Scraps and |actji.
? Admiral Evans's fleet is now being
entertained at Punta Arenas, the southermost
port of South America, and the
social activities in progress afe on a
more extensive scale than that far out
of the way place has ever before
known. The torpedo boat flotilla reach?*d
Punta Arenas on Wednesday.
? In the nine years that the United
States has had possession of the Philippine
Islands the receipts have totalled
$115.646.94r>. The net revenues In
in 1907 were $2,936 869 in excess of the
expenditures. There are nearly $6,000,
000 in the Philippine treasury today,
available for purely administrative purposes.
Last year there were one hundred
and eighty-three Filipino youths
in this country studying in colleges and
universities. Only two were sent home
on account of misconduct, and of the
one hundred and eighty-one who stayed
a large majority took courses in law
or pedagogy.
? Dallas, Texas, February 3: The
Rev. Angus Johnston, only a few
months less than 100 years old, has died
at Avalon. Born in Robertson county,
N. C., in June, 1808, he was licensed to
preach on April 10, 1836, by the presbytery
of Harmony, in South Carolina,
thus having served continuously in the
ministry seventy-two years. It is said
that no other known living minister in
T'nOort fitntoa h?s served that long.
Doctor Johnston during the last few
years frequently expressed the hope
that he would live to be 100 years old,
that he might fulfill a desire he cherished
to preach one sermon each in
Dallas and Fort Worth on his centenary
birthday. He preached his last
sermpn In the little church at Avalon
during the present month.
? In a speech in the house last Tuesday,
Mr. John Sharp Williams served
notice that the Democratic party is going
to Insist upon legislation to accomplish
the following objects: The publication
of the names and postofflces of
all persons contributing to campaign
funds: five days' notice to the opposite
party before a writ of injunction involving
property rights can be sued out;
the right of any one charged with a
contempt of court committed outside
the view of the court, to be tried before
a neutral judge; the election of
United States senators by the people;
the enforcement of collections under
the income tax laws; investigation of
the so-called white paper trust; restraint
of over-capitalization of combinations;
amendment of the interstate
commerce act so as to further do
away with destructive metnons m
crushing competition.
? Washington. February 4: The house
committee on appropriations today reported
favorably the pension bill for the
fiscal year ending June 30th, 1909. The
bill as reported abolishes the pension
agencies located at Augusta, Me.; Boston.
Buffalo, Chicago, Columbus, O.;
Concord, N. H.; Des Moines, Detroit,
Indianapolis, Knoxvllle, Tenn.; Louisville,
Ky.; Milwaukee, New Tory city,
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, San Francisco
and Topeka and consolidates them in
one central distributing agency at
Washington. The bill as reported carries
a total pension appropriation of
$150,869,000, which is $174,000 less than
the aggregate estimates?the exact sum
saveable by tfie consolidation of the
agencies. There was paid to 967,371
pensioners in the last fiscal year the total
sum of $13S.030.894, and the total
of pensions thnt has been paid for all
? - ? ^ ? 1
wars anci xor me reKuiai" esumuau,
ment since the foundation of the republic
is $3,598,015,732. "There Is now living,"
says the report, "no soldier or soldier's
widow of the Revolutionary war
and there is no pension soldier living
of the war of 1812, but at the end of
the last fiscal year there were on the
roll 558 widows of soldiers of that war."
? There has been no more violence
in Portugal since the assassination of
the king and crown prince last Saturday.
The surviving prince took the
oath soon after the assassination and
assumed the title of King Manuel II.
Monday he appeared before paHiament
and in a voice shaking with emotion,
said: "I am yet without experience,
either in science or politics. I place
myself entirely in your hands, needing
and believing in your patriotism and
wisdom." Wholesale arrests have been
made throughout Lisbon during the
past few days. Much of the disorder
through which the country has passed
is generally conceded to have been due
to opposition to the policies of Premier
Franco, recently made dictator by the
lxte kiner. Franco placed an embargo
on the liberty of the press and proceeded
to govern by personal decree,
putting men in prison and punishing
them as he would without let or hindrance.
Upon the assassination of the
king blame fell principally upon him.
and on Monday he renounced his power
and. it has been reported, fled the
country. Admiral De Amarel has succeeded
to the premiership and has since
been trying to organize a cabinet that
will be composed of -the various wings
of the monarchial factions. He has
agreed to raise the embargo that had
been put on the press and to grant amnesty
to all purely political prisoners.
Confidence has not yet been restored
however, and the- danger of serious
trouble has not passed. If any headway
has been made in the unraveling of
the plot that culminated in the assassination,
the fact has not been made
known. The funeral of the king and
crown prince is to be held tomorrow.
Premier De Amarel says that if there
was ever any danger of a revolution
that danger has passed away as the result
of the terrible crime that was committed.
He will call the national elections
to be held in April and the understanding
is that the government is to
be unusually liberal in its character.
? Congressmen from every section of
tlie union, says a Washington dispatch,
are receiving letters from constituents
urging that the motto. "In God We
Trust," be restored to the coinage of
the government. Representative Morris
Sheppard of 'Roxas made a very
eloquent speech advocating its restoration
a few days ago, and there seems
just now to be a large majority in fafor
of such action. It is interesting to
note in this connection that while hundreds
of letters deluge the representatives
about restoring the motto to the
coin of the realm, none pay even a
passing tribute to the man who originated
the Idea of putting the motto on
the money, or even mention his name.
And yet the distinction of having originated
this idea, which carries on the
fact of its most common carrier the
faith of a nation, is in itself enough to
warrant letting the readers of your patier
know a little about the author. And
that man was James Pollock, ex-governor
of Pennsylvania. In lsfil. President
Ldncooln appointed ex-Governor
Pollock, director of the Pnlted States
mint. Hon. Salmon P. Chase, afterwards
chief justice, was then secretary
of the treasury. The bill framed by
Mr. Pollock and providing for the motto.
"In God We Trust," passed both the
house and the senate "by a unanimous
vote. Pollock was a distinguished man
of his day. As a congressman from
Pennsylvania he was a friend of S. F.
B. Morse and took the lead in getting
through congress the bill appropriating
the money to build the experimental
telegraph line between Baltimore and
Washington. In 1848. in the halls of
congress, he prophesied the building of
a trans-continental railway, and later
put through that body the bill that
built the Union Pacific. He was a personal
friend of Abraham Lincoln, and
was consulted by him when the martyred
president formed his cabinet. An
interesting incident in his life was
that be was the only j>erson present at
irinni Hrst mfetlner of Lincoln
and Stephen A. Douglass, after the latter's
defeat. Mr. Pollock was prominent
in and largely identified with educational
and religious work.
Jltc \|orkriUr nquircr.
Entered at the Postottice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YOBKVILLE, S. C.?
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1908.
It has been given out that Senator
Tillman is to write a book on the race
question.
Senator Laney of Chesterfield, has
been trying to get the senate to agree
to submit the lien law to a primary
election.
Congressman Jos. T. Johnston has
introduced a bill providing that the
Federal government pay for all property
taken from Confederate soldiers and
citizens by Federal troops after the
surrender, in violation with the agreement
between Generals Lee and Grant.
Congressman Johnston has been the
means of having many horses paid for
by the government and If his present
bill becomes a law it will mean compensation
for a great deal of other
property that was wrongfully confiscated
by the Federal authorities.
NOTHING BUT GAMBLING.
Mr. Bryan Takes a Fall Out of the
Speculative Exchanges.
Unjust taxation, the manner in which
some private monopolies are conducted
and gambling in stocks and farm products
were declared to be nothing more
than a form of larceny by William J.
Bryan in an address before the Civic
Forum, of New York last Tuesday
night. The stock and produce markets
came in for most bitter denunciation.
He said the New York stock exchange
has graduated more embezzlers than
Fagan's school did thieves, that measured
by the number of suicides Monte
Carlo is an innocent pleasure resort as
compared with the New York institution
and that the men who once had
charge of the Louisiana lottery never
did a tithe of the harm that the grain
gamblers and the stock gamblers of
New York do every day.
"When a group of men gamble at a
wheel of fortune or at a game of cards,"
said Mr. Bryan, "the Injury done is
confined to them and to those immediately
dependent upon them, but those
who gamble in the grain pit or on the
floor of the stock exchange deal in commodities
or securities in which eighty
millions of people are directly or Indirectly
. interested. Farm products are
juggled up or juggled down, stocks are
boosted by the bulls or depressed by the
bears, and the whole country feels the
effect. The natural laws of supply and
demand ought to regulate prices, but
these laws are entirely suspended when
a few men can by their bets add millions
of dollars to the market value of
one product or take millions of dollars
from the value of another product. After
a crusade which convulsed a state
and at least impressed the thought of
the nation, we got rid of the Louisiana
lottery and then we congratulated ourselves
upon our virtue. The men in
charge of the lottery never did a tithe
of the harm that the grain gamblers
and the stock gamblers of New York
do every day, nor did they ever exernnvthlnir
lllfo fho f?f?rril nf 1 n t? infill
ences over politics. It has been asserted
without denial that 9H per cent of
the New York purchases and sales of
stock and of produce are merely bets
upon the market value, with no intention
on the the part of the vender to
deliver, or on the part of the purchaser
to receive.
"This is not business; it is not commerce:
it is not speculation; it is common.
vulvar Rambling', and when to the
ordinary chances that the gambler
takes are added the extraordinary
chances due to the secret manipulation
of the market by those who are on the
'nside. the stock market becomes worse
than an honestly conducted gambling
resort. If a man takes a chance upon
a wheel of fortune, he knows just what
his chance is. and he knows that the
owner of the wheel has a percentage of
?hances in his favor, hut when a stranger
gambles upon the stock or grain
market he is at the mercy of those who,
by obtaining control of the visible
supply, can destroy every natural law
or business rule which the outsider
knows. While the laws of each state
and the laws of the nation should prevent.
as far as laws can. the use of
these commercial activities for gambling
purposes, there must be back of
the law an educated public ooinion and
t beg the spiritual advisers of our great
cities to consider whether they cannot
^Allorlnn o? woll oq mnrnlltv
uu vante icu^iuu us ??v?? v%?
bv pointing out that tl.e commandment
"Thou shalt not steal" is openly and
notoriously violated in the stock market
and in the grain pit bv those who profess
tc? believe In the Bible and to have
respect for its teachings."
DISCUSSING THE LIEN LAW.
Senator Otts of Cherokee Says Repeal
Would be Wrong.
Again the consideration of the bill
to repeal the lien law was postponed
in the senate last night. After a very
few remarks by Senator Laney and
some very extended remarks by Senator
Otts. a motion to continue the debate
until today at noon was carried.
Senator Crouch, who is leading the
fight in the senate in favor of repeal,
will not consent to further delay and
has hopes of securing a vote on the
bill today.
It is very doubtful if the very generous
supply of "talk" on this measure
will result in changing a single vote,
but more than half of the members of
Vw,. PAMotA haar/1 nn tllP
bill before a vote is taken. The farmers
in some counties want the law repealed;
in others they are opposed to
repeal and the senators want the "dear
folks back heme" to read it in the
newspapers that they "stood up for the
rights of their constituents?and "talked
up for" them as well.
Senator Otts declared that the title
of the bill to repeal the lien law should
be changed to read "A bill to destroy
credit and drive labor from the state."
He thought that the passage of this
bill would result in accomplishing those
two things. There is demand for labor
in the southwest, in Oklahoma, in the
Mississippi valley and elsewhere and
lie warned the senate that following the
repeal of the lien law there would be a
general exodus of farm laborers from
South Carolina, and. he declared, there
will be few laborers to come here to
till their places.
Mr. Otts said lie did not believe that
immigrant labor can be secured to fill
the places on the farms which the negro
has been filling?they can not afford
to come here and work for the
small wages that are paid on the farms
in this state, and it will be years before
such wages are paid on the farms
here as to induce them to come to this
state.
He argued that whenever the genera]
assembly deprives any set of men ot
their basis of credit?whether that set
of men be poor or rich?they do those
people a grave wrong. There is no
popular demand for the repeal of the
I1C11 law Ilflf ami nine a irn
nent farmers, in this county or ihat,
iiave met, organized and passed resolutions
favoring repeal of the law, but
there is a great throng of poor, honest
white farmers who have not yet been
heard from. He made the prediction
that if the lien law is repealed there
will be many men now In office left at
home because of the stand they took In
favor of repeal.
There is no class of people In the
state, he declared, who have asked for
more or who have received more at the
hands of the general assembly than
the farmers, and they have no right to
come to the legislature and ask for the
passage of a law which will mean the
enslavement of another class?the poor
farmers who are forced to get.credit
each year in order to make their crops.
Senator Otts said that no class of
people in the south have prospered so
much in the past decade as the farmers.
In 1890 the average yield of cotton
per acre in this state was one-third
of a bale: In 1900 the average had increased
to one-half a bale per acre.
The price of farm lands has increased
in every county in tho state?and all of
this under the operation of the lien law.
Why repeal this law? Why change
conditions in this state under which
prosperity has come to every class?
Senator Otts said that a crop mortgage
is far worse than the lien law.
Under the former a man can mortgage
his crop not only for supplies actually
needed, but he can secure luxCk\?ckr\
IrtMnrli* In It nASt in
ui ica emu w?vii ti*v?u%?v ... -- i ?
debtedness, while under the lien only
supplies necessary in the production of
the crop can be secured. If the lien
law is repealed, he said, he proposed to
vote and work for the repeal of the
crop mortgage law.
A number of amendments were proposed
to the bill a?d upon motion of
Senator Smith debate was postponed
until today at noon.
There are three or four senators yet
to be heard on the bill and it will probably
not be voted on before the night
session.?The State, Thursday.
STORY OF AN EYE WITNESS.
Graphic Recital of the Assassination In
Lisbon.
A graphic recital of the assassination
of the king and the crown prince, says
a Lisbon cable, has been obtained from
an eyewitness. He says the royal carriage
was a little in advance of the
other vehicles. While passing between
the ministry of finance and ministry
of public works a man rushed out from
the crowd on the sidewalk, jumped to
the step of the carriage, and placing
a revolver close to the king, emptied
Its contents into the king's neck and
back.
King Carlos quivered, as the bullets
penetrated his body, clutched his
throat spasmodically with his right
hand, attempted to rise and then overcome,
fell back on the seat trembling
and shaking.
Frightful commotion ensued. From
far and near detonations were heard,
and there was a sound as of the firings
of many guns. Mad revolts seemed
broken out in the city and there was
fighting in many places.
In the dreadful moment of panic and
confusion, the spectators who kept their
heads, saw Queen Amelie standing up
In the carriage and the assassin still
clinging to the carriage as it clattered
toward the open gate. The queen
sought to shield the body of her husband,
while with a boquet of flowers she
rained frantic blows on the assassin,
trying vainly to force him from the
carriage.
The roses broke from her hand and
fell, leaving a trail of crimson color
behind the carriage.
At the first shot both the Crown
Prince Louis and his brother Manuel
arose, pulled their revolvers and fired
repeatedly at the assassins who seemed
to be swarming around the vehicle.
The police rushed toward the vehicle,
engaging the assassins In a fearful
struggle.
Suddenly a man advanced toward the
royal carriage in which the standing
' DtunnA mn/la Ofi
iunil UI lilt? V. HM> it i I 1 IIV^C utavic/ cv*?
easy mark, and drawing: a carbine from
under his long cloak, deliberately fired
twice then turned and ran to the shelter
of the arcade, surrounding1 the minister
building where he wheeled and
fired at Queen Amelie and Prince Manuel.
The queen's life was undoubtedly
saved bv the action of the soldier who
grappled the murderer until an aidede-camp
to the king thrust a sword
through his body.
END OF JUDGE HARGIS.
Notorious Kentucky Fuedist Killed by
Drunken Son.
Former County Judge James Hargis,
for many years member of the state
Democratic executive committee, accused
of complicity in many killings
and a prominent figure in the feuds
which have disrupted Breathitt county
for several years was shot and instantly
killed in his general store at Jackson
about 3.30 p. m. yesterday, by his
son, Beach Hargis. The son fired five
shots in rapid succession at his father,
who fell dead while his clerks were
waiting on customers. The exact cause
->f the murder has not been learned, but
it is supposed to have been the result
of differences which have existed between
father and son for some time.
The two men were reported to have had
a severe quarrel several nights ago,
when the father, it is alleged, was compelled
to resort to violence to restrain
his son.
Young Hargis, it is said, had been
drinking heavily of late. He came into
the store this afternoon and was apparently
under the influence of liquor.
Judge Hargis, it is said, spoke to his
son about drinking and a quarrel resulted.
Father and son. stepped behind a
counter, when the son, after a few
minutes conversation, drew a revolver
?nd fired five shots. Four took effect,
Tinlo-o T4;irfrl? fulling Oenrt The VOlinE
'adv stenographer and the customers in
he store tied in fright.
Young Hargls was arrested and
Placed in jail. He was raving like a
maniac and the officers were compelled
to drag him to jail.
Judge Hargis has been for years a
"romlnent figure in Kentucky in poMtical
and criminal circles. He has
"gured in the courts in the mountains
for years on account of the murders
of Dr. Cox. Attorney Marcutn and
"Jim" Cock rill. Judge Hargis was the
oolitical leader of the Democrats of
the Tenth distr'ct and was regarded as
the "boss" of Breathitt county.
Some weeks ago, Judge Hargis purchased
for himself a $1,500 casket, and
"esterdav afternoon his widow telegraphed
the undertaker as follows:
"Express today casket selected by
lames Hargis, as he is dead.
"Mrs. Judge Hargis."
Bigoek Than the Law.?There is
not much enthusiasm over the contemplated
prosecutions, as the people have
come to accept calmly the conviction
that it is impossible to convict an influential
man in South Carolina. Take
one case, for instance, and see what the
attorney general is up against. One ol
the men, a former member of the state
.1 v.^t.i.,1 oar'jinut whom an
uii?|Kii^ai ty uun? vi, uooiuuv .. ....... ...
indictment has been brought for conspiracy
to defraud the state, has been
a member of the house of representatives.
a member of the governor's staff;
his uncle has been lieutenant governor
and state treasurer, and his first cousin
is now solicitor ?f the very circuit in
which tire case must be tried. Col
John Hell Towill was a young man of
means before he . went on the state
board, and his family influence in Lexington
county has always been next tc
irresistible. He is even now foreman of
the grand jury of that county. Does
anyone for a moment conclude that Col
Towill will not exert every honorable
means to clear the good name of himself
and his family? Will it take any
money to prosecute this case? And
this is just a sample.?J. H. Hoyt in
the News and Courier.
LOCAL AFFAIRS, f
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. e
Thomson Co.?Announces a six day t
i bargain sale, which begins Monday I
and ends on Saturday next,
i Royal Baking Powder Co.?Says that
i England protects her people against
alum baking powders. Say Royal s
plainly. See page four. ]
' Va.-Car. Chemical Co.?Calls attention
to the benefits to be derived by the 1
i use of its fertilizers. See page four. 1
> Royster Guano Co.?Tells about the t
> Royster fertilizers, what it Is and *
what it will do. See page four.
, Wylie Sanders, Filbert No. 1.?Wants f
the owner of four stray sheep at call
for them. c
J. L. Williams & Co.?Are offering spei
cial bargains in embroideries at less
i than half price. f
i M. W. White?Insists that investments t
in home real estate are safest and j
i best.
Bank of Clover?Offers you its services 1
i as a repository for your spare cash. "
It is safe and always at your com- I
! jnand. ,
i T. W. Speck?Is showing a large line
1 of sterling silverware and cut glass 8
' at right prices. He wants you to I
i see it. ^
' York Drug Store?Has a nice line of
valentines and also a choice line of 1
Lowney's candies.
' Walter Rose?Wants to buy fat beef
1 cattle and will pay highest market
price in cash for same.
Star Drug Store?Can fit your eyes f
with proper glasses. Satisfaction
given or money refunded. t
York Supply Co.?Seeks buyers for
wagons, a mule, a horse, hay, corn,
oats, flour, shingles, groceries, fertil- \
izers, etc. j
1 J. W. Dobson?This week received a
fresh shipment of National Biscuit
Co.'s goods, including Uneeda biscuit, '
ginger snaps. Nabisco wafers, etc. 1
Carroll Furniture Co.?Received a
carload of furniture and a car of _
mattresses a day or two ago, and is 1
ready to serve you in every way. i
Luther Baber?Invites the public and i
his friends to call on him at his
new barbershop in the Shandon
hotel building. *
T F. McMaekin. Sunt.?Announces i
that Miss Mary Nance will deliver
addresses at Fort Mill and Yorkville
on February 14 and 15.
' J. Q. Wray?Reminds you that it is to a
your interest to buy dry goods, etc., j.
from him if you would save money.
Senator Laney of Chesterfield wants (
the repeal of the lien law referred to
s
the qualified voters in the state. ^
The house of representatives was not j
in session yesterday, having adjourned r
out of respect to the memory of Rep- .j
resentative J. M. Major of Greenwood, t.
who died of pneumonia Wednesday
night. .
Mr. Brice has Introduced in the sen-< ^
ate and Mr. Glasscock in the house a
i c
. bill to empower and authorize the city
of Rock Hill to refund its bonded in- _
debtedness in coupon bonds and to pro- *
! vide for the interest on the same. ^
Mr. M. W. Latham of Sharon No. 1,
has a chicken hen that will be nineteen
years old this spring. The hen has
been laying eggs every year during the j
last eighteen years. Mr. Latham would ^
like to hear from anybody who knows
of an older chicken or of one as old.
r
The general assembly has accepted t
an invitation to visit Charleston toa
morrow, the occasion of the visit being s
to inspect the Citadel academy and J"
learn something of the good work that
Is being done in tnat institution, mat
the legislators will have a good time
goes without saying.
Senator Brice hat Introduced a bill to 8
prohibit the trespassing of live stock. c
We have not seen this bill and do not f
know its provisions, but we think Its 8
object is good. There should be a law
to prevent stock of one man running at I
, large on the lands of another w'*hout ?
the consent of the latter, and this law
should apply to all kinds of domestic
fowls as well. 1
Mr. E. D. Smith touched the key note 1
of the troubles of the cotton growers t
when he referred to the common ten-, 0
dency to sell cotton at prices short of r
the minimum agreed upon. The cotton i
exchanges are merely sawing up and f
down as cautiously as possible with a J
view to bringing the cotton out of the 1
hands of the farmers as cheaply as pos- *
sible. They are careful, of course, to 8
keep the fictitious market far under the t
actual market; but their purposes are t
very well served nevertheless. The t
buyers, of course, are not going to
give any more than is actually neces- i
sary, and so long as the sellers let go I
under the minimum price, the minimum d
price -will never be reached. I
From the announcement in another \
column it will be noted that Miss Mary r
Nance, president of the South Carolina f
School Improvement association, is to 1
be in Yorkvllle on February 15, and will i
make a talk in the court house at 11 !
| o'clock a, m. Miss Nance is engaged in
a patriotic public work that is support- c
ed almost entirely by private contribu- (
tions. It is her mission to teach the c
! importance of beautifying country f
schools houses and school grounds, i
not merely for the purpose of making s
them look beautiful: but also for the f
purpose of developing in the children j
settled ideas of the things that contribute
to comfort, convenience, etc. )
Miss Nance has already accomplished %
much in the line of her work and the ^
work is growing rapidly. Miss Nora v
Williamson of Guthriesvllle, has been ^
\ appointed organizer for York county. j
f
SPECULATIVE MARKET. v
Following is the speculative market 1
of yesterday as summarized in an As- c
soelated Press dispatch of last night t
from New York: *
The cotton market was not active to- s
' day but it was steadier and recovered r
part of yesterday's loss with the close
steady at a net advance of 11 to 12
points. Sales estimated 200,000 bales. "
The opening was steady at an adi
vance of 2 to 3 points and after some
little irregularity the market worked
higher with active months selling 12
to 14 points over the closing figures of c
i last night during the early session on r
i higher cables, smaller receipts, more \
i encouraging reports from Liverpool, t
covering of shorts and a steady though i
' not aggressive demand from brokers \
believed to represent big outside inter- t
: pets Around 11 07 for May. offerings r
increased early buyers took profits and \
with no active buying the list eased off <I
to within a point or two of last night's f
finals, from which level it rallied again r
in the later trading on covering by lo- \>
' cal shorts, buying by spot people and a e
continued demand from prominent r
traders. The close was steady and with- r
In 2 or 3 points of the top. Liverpool ?
cables said that Lancashire spinners ,
1 were sold ahead for four months and i
that short time was Improbable except
' perhaps among weavers. Southern
1 spot markets officially reported were '
' unchanged to 1-16 cents lower. Ex- i
| ports for the day were about 5,000 bales r
; greater than port receipts.
Receipts at the ports today 38,924 8
! bales against 42,320 last week and 27,- 1
1 141 last year. For the week 240,000 c
against 287.984 last week, and 256,718 j.
1 last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans
7,414 against 10,461 last year and r
at Houston 5.648 'against 6,804 last
yea r. ^
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Messrs. J. J. Keller & Co., are still r
pushing their work on the Lockmore 1
? mill building quite rapidly. t
~ The county board of commission- i
ers held its regular monthly meeting i
! last Wednesday, but attended to no s
business of general Interest out of the r
usual routine. 1
i ?Judge Watts keeps the jurors pret- t
ty close in the court house. He has t
riven everybody to understand that he
vlll not put up with any foolishness,
ind it is pretty generally understood
hat when Judge Watts says anything,
le means just exactly that.
? A bill requiring the treasurer of
fork county to refund all taxes aslessed
and collected during the years
.907 and 1908 on property outside of
he corporate limits of the town of
forkvllle, for the support and malnten
* - Ml J-4
ince or xne xoraviue gn.iut?u ?ouw#i?,
he proper parties, has passed the senile:
but lias not yet passed the house.
? Mr. Craig McCorkle, local manager
>f the Piedmont Telephone company
eports that there was not a great deal
>f damage to the wires in Yorkville,
>ecause of the recent freeze. Some of
lis country lines went down but the
own lines, as a rule stood up nicely.
'But if the drizzle had lasted about
ial:f an hour longer," remarked Mr. McCorkle.
"I guess it would have been
ill up with me." Several phones were
>urned out because of the electric light
vires becoming entangled with teleihone
wires.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mrs. D. E. Finley left this morning
or Washington, D. C.
Miss Alta Fewell of Rock Hill, Is
he guest of Miss Bessie McConnell.
Rev. W. A. Hafner of Bowling Green,
vas in Yorkville Wednesday on busness.
Dr. Saye bus been kept at home since
ast Friday on account of measels in
lit; family.
Lincoln County (N. C.) News: Miss
T Hnntar n.f VnrlrvillA S CI..
3 visiting her brother and sister-inaiv,
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hunter.
Rev. A. S. Rogers of Rock Hill, has
>een quite ill for some time past, but
s now able to be about his work again.
Mr. F. C. Black, who has been quite
11 for some time, has been removed to
i private infirmary in Columbia. His
>rother, Mr. N. S. Black, took him to
'olumbla a few days ago.
Rock Hill special to the News and
Courier: Mr. John A. Jenkins, who for
lome time has been with the Roddey &
Joyce company, will take the position
n the National Union bank made vaant
by the resignation of Mr. S. W.
)andrldge. who goes to the office of the
Charlotte Brick works.
Mr. J. B. Wood was excused from
ury sen-ice last Monday because of the
xitical illness of his sister, Mrs. Cardine
Thomasson, at the home of her
on-in-law, Mr. Beauregard Jones, near
lock Hill. Information . yesterday
nornlng was to the effect that Mrs.
Fhomasson was still living, but there
vas no hope for her recovery.
Hon. Joseph A. McCullough of Greenille,
was in Yorkville Thursday, havng
come over on professional business,
^earning that his case could not be
eached this week, he left Thursday
ilaht for Greenville and expects to be
tack Monday. Mr. McCullough 19 quite
l prominent candidate for the United
states senate to succeed Senator Latmer.
THE CIRCUIT COURT.
While the court of common pleaa was
ible to do very little last Monday, beause
of delay In completing the venire,
irogress since then has been quite
teady and satisfactory.
The next case taken up after the case
|f W. F. Jackson, Jr., against the
louthern railway was disposed of, was
hat of J. R. Key, plaintiff vs. the
iVestern Union Telegraph company.
This case was commenced In October,
904, and first came to trial In Decem>er,
1905. The complaint asked for 11,100
damages because of the alleged
legllgence and delay of the defendant
n delivering a telegram. The jury
'ound for the plaintiff In the sum of
;500. The defendant appealed and the
ower court was reversed. The Issue
vas taken up again at the last fall term
ind resulted in a mistrial. This time
here was a verdict for the plaintiff In
he sum of 150. Wilson & Wilson for
)lalntiflf; J. H. Marlon for defendant.
The next case was that of Shannon
t Hope vs. Hill-Kennedy Co., and B.
Moore, receiver. The Issue was for
lamages because of the purchase by the
-Ull-Kennedy company of cotton on
ehlch Shannon & Hope had a lien. The
>la!ntiffs asked for 1150. The jury
ound for them In the sum of 1118.
rhos. F. McDow and W. W. Lewis for
. . .. > > t-? T 1 ~ T\t n
)iainun ann m. r>. jeuiiiii^s mm u. ?.
deCaw for defendant.
The next case was that of Joe White,
loiored, against the Charlotte Brick
Company. While working for the brick
lompany. White was injured by a detective
trip car?had his leg broken.
The jury found for the plaintiff in the
lum of $237.50. Wilson & Wilson for
ilalntiff and. H. E. DePass and Thos.
\ McDow for defendant.
Tlie next case taken up was that of
,Valker R. I>atlmer vs. the General
Slectrlc company. John R. and Geo.
<V. S. Hart for plaintiff; H. J. Haynesvorth
and W. W. Lewis for defendant.
This Is a suit for damages sustained
i.v the plaintiff while working for deendant
in July, 190fi. Mr. Latimer
vas on the cross-arm of a pole at the
ravora Cotton mill, painting the joints
>f a transformer, when he received a
erriflc shock that came near ending
lis life. The complaint alleges that the
ihock was due to Improper arrangenent
of the wires, and the plaintiff
eeks compensation in the sum of
1.999.
"MHO im i cttcd nnvrfi
I. W I I f O 111 kb I I t_ >
York county postmasters desire us to
all attention to the practice of some
latrons of rural delivery of placing
oose coins in their boxes each time
hey desire to dispatch letters Instead
>f supplying themselves with postage
n advance of their needs. This pracice
imposes undue hardship on rural
arriers in removing loose coins from
mxes and delays them on the service
if their routes. The postmasters, thereore,
urgently request that patrons of
ural delivery provide themselves and
reep on hand a supply rf stamps conlistent
with and in advance of their
leeds. It is also very desirable that
ural patrons place In their mall boxes
miall detachable cups of wood or tin in
vhich to place coins, when necessary,
n purchasing supplies of stamps.
The foregoing paragraph was pubished
in a recent issue of The Enqul er,
as it was also by hundreds of other
mpers throughout the United States,
ind we have taken occasion, since its
niblication, to Inquire of several rural
arriers of this county as to whether it
las had any effect in accomplishing the
esuit desired.
This, from one of the carriers yesterlay,
is about the experience of all the
ithers with whom me have talked:
"Yes, three people on my route have
>ut small cups or holders in their mail
oxes to contain the coins left for posage:
but as a rule the patrons have
aid no attention to the matter. I am
nclined to think that they eonider
it of such small importance as
n>t to be worth noticing. I can see
low that would he, looking at it from
he standpoint of the patron; but if
he patron were in my shoes and had,
with frozen finders, to pick coppers and t
dimes out of from a dozen to two dozen I
boxes, all In one trip, I believe he would b
say something that would sound p
warm." t
As further evidence that the matter J
referred to Is not trivial, It is very well t
for the. people to know that while, as b
stated, the paragraph above came to n
The Enquirer through York county v
postmasters, it really came to the post- t
masters from the postofflce department s
at Washington, which fact Indicates t
that the same conditions prevail all 1
over the United States and that the r
department is trying to bring about a p
reform that means a good deal to the v
carriers. f
If the patrons of the rural routes t
continue to ignore the request as pub- c
lished the next thing there will proba- t
bly be an order that will instruct the b
carrlprs to nav no attention to loose ?
coins left in boxes unless the coins are
In cups or holders that will make them
easy to pick up.
THE SAYE INSURANCE BILL.
Following1 Is the full text of the bill
recently Introduced by Representative
Sa.ve to check the sale of life Insurance
through false representations:
Section 1. No life Insurance company
doing business in this state, and no officer,
director or agent thereof, shall Issue
or circulate, or cause or permit to
be Issued or circulated, any estimate, Illustration.
circular or statement of any
sort misrepresenting the terms of any
policy issued by it or the benefits or
advantages promised thereby, or the
dividends or shares of surplus to be
received thereon, or shall use any name
or title of any policy or class of policies
misrepresenting the true nature
thereof. Violation of this section by
an agent or officer of an insurance
company, shall b# a misdemeanor, and
punishable by a fine of five hundred
dollars or imprisonment in the county
jail for sixty (60) days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment; and if a com
pany violates or participates in tne
violation of this section, such company
shall have its certificate of authority to
do business in this state suspended for
a period of not exceeding six months
for each offense.
Sec. 2. No life insurance company
doing1 business in this state shall make
or permit any distinction in favor of
individuals between Insurants (the insured)
of the same class and equal expectation
of life in the amount of the
payment of premiums-or rates charged
for policies of life or endowment insurance,
or in the dividends or other benefits
payable thereon, or In any other
of the terms and conditions of the contracts
it makes. Nor shall any such
company, or agent thereof, make any
contract of insurance or agreement as
to such contract other than as plainly
expressed in the policy issued thereon;
nor shall any such company or any officer,
agent, solicitor or representative
thereof pay, allow or give or offer to a
pay, allow or give, directly or Indirect- 8
ly, as Inducement to insurance, any rebate
of premium payable on the policy,
or any special favor or advantage In a
the dividends or other benefits to ac- s
crue thereon, or any paid employment t
or contract for services of any kind or r
any valuable consideration or Inducement
whatever not specified in the pol- r
Icy contract of Insurance; nor give, sell a
or purchase, as Inducement to insur- s
ance or In connection therewith, any
stocks, bonds or other securities of hny
Insurance company or other corpora- t
tion, association or partnership, or any li
dividends or profits to secure thereon, g
or anything of value whatever, not specified
in the policy. Every officer or a
agent of an insurance company doing g
business In this state, who shall vlo- f
late any of the provisions of this sec- t
tlon, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and. upon conviction thereof, a
shall be fined In a sum not less than c
one hundred dollars ($100), nor exceed- a
lng five hundred dollars ($500), or Imprisonment
in the county Jail of not less 0
than thirty (.10) days, nor more than t
ninety (90) days, or both, in the dls- j]
cretlon of the court, and shall pay the
costs of the prosecution. It shall be
the dutv of the comptroller general, 1
upon being satisfied that any such in- a
surance company, or any agent thereof, j
has violated any of the provisions of ?
this section, to revoke the certificate
of authority of the company or agent *
so offending.
Fee. 3. From and after the date this J
act takes effect no life Insurance com- *
nany shall Issue in this state, nor per- e
mlt Its agents, officers or employees to ^
Issue in this state, agency company *
stock or other stock or securities, or
any special or advisory board or other
contract of any kind, promising returns
and profits as an inducement to insurance
and on and after March 15, 1908, *
no life infeurance company shall be authorized
to do business in this state,
School district No. 23 In Bethel
township, has decided to hold a special jj
election on the question of voting an .
extra levy of three mills for school pur- ?
poses. The dute of the election has T
not been fixed; hut the voting will be a
at Oak Hidge school house. The under- u
standing is that the voters generally c
will support the tax. the petition for
the election having been signed almost
unanimously. k
a
Was Horse Stolen? T
Fort Mill special of Tuesday to the J
Columbia State: A dispatch to the a
State from Fort Mill Tuesday said: jJ
E. P. H. Nivens has been bound over tl
which issues or permits Its agents, of- q
Peers or employees to issue In the state t
of South Carolina or any other state j,
or territory, agencv company stock, or a
other stock or securities, or any special g
or advisory board or other contract of
any kind promising returns and profits e
as an Inducement to insurance, and no
corporation or stock comoany, acting v
as agent of a life Insurance company a
nor any of its agents, officers or em- a
oloyees, shall be permitted to agree, g
sell, or offer to sell or give, or offer to j
"rive directlv or indirectly, in anv jj
manner whatsoever, any share of n
stock, securities, bonds or agreement
^f any form or nature, promising re- _
Mtrns and profits as an inducement to p
insurance, or an inducement to insur- c
<>nce. or in connection therewith: Pro- t
vided, That nothing herein contained t
'hall impair or affect in any manner ^
any such contracts Issued or made as s
an inducement to insurance prior to the
enactment hereof, or prevent the pay- 0
ment of the dividends or returns there- p
!n stipulated to be paid. It shall be the c
duty of the comptroller general, upon ?
being satisfied that anv such insurance ^
ooiiinany. or any agent thereof, has vio- t
'a ted any of the provisions of this sec- g
tlon. to revoke the certificate of au- a
thor'tv of the company or agent so offending.
a
Pec. 4. This act shall become effect- t
ive immediately upon its approval. 0
Sec. 5. All acts or parts of acts in- j
consistent with this act are hereby re- ^
oealed.
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LOCAL LACONICS.
Died of His Wounds. ij
Nathan Lindsay, who was wounded C
in the row on Mr. S. W. Inman's place
on last Sunday, died last Tuesday night
from the effect of his wounds.
Married In Oklahoma. F
A letter from IdabeJ, Okla., brings
news of the marriage of Miss Bessie c
Gladden, formerly of the McConnellsvllle
section of this county, to Mr. |j
Tames Williams of Idabel. The cere- u
mony took place in the Presbyterian h
church of Idabel, on February 2, and e
was performed by Rev. W. T. Mat- a
thews. The bride Is a daughter of Mr. ^
A. W. Gladden. a
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Two Vacancies at Annapolis.
Congressman Finley has two vacan- g
cies for the naval academy at Annapo- p
lis which must be filled soon. The ex- h
animation will be held in Yorkvllle on t(
February 18. The applicants must be s,
white citizens of the Fifth congresslon- h
al district, between the ages of sixteen c
and twenty years, and those who pass f]
the educational test must also stand a a
satisfactory physical examination.
Sneeial Tax For No. 23. tl
o a preliminary before Magistrate
Jeckham at Rock Hill, under $300
iond, on the charge of knowingly dis- (
losing of stolen property. It seems j
hat a valuable horse was stolen from t
ilr. J. H. Wilson in Columbia about I
en days ago, and in a few days Nivens J
ought the horse from a strange white t
nan. It Is alleged that Nivens, being 1
ramed by friends that the horse had {
:een stolen and that officers were
enrolling for it, took the horse across (
lie Catawba* at night and disposed or
t. At tiny rate, when the officers
cached Nivens' store, in the upper
;art of the township, he refused to tell
vhere the horse was or to give any inormatlon
about it, although it is said
he owner offered to give him back the
ost of the horse. The officers crossed
he- river and succeeded in finding the
inrse about ten miles from Nivens'
tore. They secured the horse and, reurnlng
to town, had Nivens arrested
>n the above charge.
relephone Exchange For Clover.
By an arrangement recently perfected
cith the Piedmont Telephone company,
he town of Clover is to have a tele>hone
exchange and connected with it
here will be some seventeen or more
esidents of the Bethel neighborhood,
rhe plan provides for the erection of
he nwpssfti-v line from Clover into the
bethel neighborhood by the Bethel peo>le
and after that the different subic
fibers will each connect themselves
it their own expense. The telephone
loinpany will, of course, receive Its
egular monthly rental for keeping up
he line and giving connections. Some
wenty-five or more Clover people have
igreed to become subscribers and the
Bethel subscribers are to secure deslr d
connections through the exchange at
Clover. The line from Clover is already
inder construction, the Information Is,
hat It Is to be first-class In every paricular.
It will run out the Clover and
Bethel road a distance of eight or nine
niles to the residence of Dr. Lynn
Campbell, and will be tapped by subcribers
all along. Quite a number of
he Bethel people who have heretofore
>een connected with Yorkvllle have
rone Into the neighborhood arrangenent
with Clover.
Vinthrop Wins Without Trouble.
Wlnthrop won easily before the house
if representatives last Wednesday when
he bill to provide for a new dormitory
ras brought up. There was little dis:usslon
and no roll call, only a few
'otes being cast against the measure's
lassage. The bill, Introduced by Mr.
llchards, was on the house calendar
is a special order and was called up by
ir. Richards. Mr. Aull moved to strike
iut the enacting words and Mr. Richrds
took the floor to explain the neceslty
for the new dormitory and the
erms under which it was being asked,
le made a strong argument for the IJ
neasure, paying a tribute to Wlnthrop ,
.nd the women of the state. Mr. Aull '
aid that he did not have a word to
ay against Winthrop and her work,
>ut he thought in view of the already
firge appropriations the legislature
hould go slow about this matter. He
,lso made the point that last year the
reneral assembly had made an approbation
for a practice school at Wlnhrop
which had not yet been begun
nd he thought one building should be
ompleted before the college asks for
mother. He said that the University
f South Carolina was asking for a new
ullding, the first the institution had
tad In nearly 100 years, except three
ottages for professors' residences,
["here was no other extended discussion
.nd the vote was taken without divlson,
the bill parsing to third reading,
rhe measure provides for more dormiory
and boarding accommodations at
ft'inthrop, the sum of $48,000 is approbated?$24,000
for the year 1908 and
24,000 for the year 1909, to be expend
U oy Lilt? UUUIU U-L LI UOICW, WVQ^vuvft
yith. $12,000 already offered by the
'eabody board for the same purpose.
GROWER8 ELECT OFFICERS.
Vork of the Annual Meeting In Columbia
Wednesday.
The annual meeting of the South
Carolina division of the Southern Coton
association was held in Columbia
ast Wednesday. There was a large
.ttendance from' all sections of the
tate and much enthusiasm was manrested.
The election of officers resultd
as follows:
E. D. Smith, president; E. L. Archer,
ice president; F. H. Wyatt, secretary
nd treasurer. Members of the natlon1
executive committee, E. L. Archer of
Spartanburg, and J. W. McCown of
"lorence; finance committee, E. M. Wlllamson,
Wade Stackhouse, J. E. Wanlamaker,
J. M. Moss.
The executive committee will be appointed
now by President Smith. Hon.
\ H. Weston, who has served so aceptably
as secretary, declined re-elecion
on account of ill health and high
ribute to his excellent service was paid
>y President Smith and Mr. Williamon.
It was decided to combine the offices
f secretary and treasurer and Mr.
lyatt was requested to accept the new
position. As delegates to the Dallas
onventlon the following were elected:
ireher. Smith and J. M. Kinard. At
he Dallas convention on the 19th In- t
tant, Mr. Smith will resign as nation- c
1 organizer. I
A resolution was adopted calling for \
reduction of 25 per cent in acreage t
his year in order to meet the reduction r
f cotton purchases by manufacturers, c
L resolution calling for a similar re- v
uction in fertilizer was also adopted. \
A resolution endorsing the plan of t
otton warehouses was adopted, the a
esolution calls on local banks to assist 1
n this effort. The repeal of the lien I
iw was also by resolution endorsed.? t
ireenville News.
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HICKORY GROVE NOTES. 8
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Personal News?Life Insurance of Mr. g
J. Ed Leech. c
Wrespondence of 'he YorkvlUe Knquirer.
Hickory Grove, February 5.?There i
i quite an epidemic of measles break- v
ng out in the school, and It has spread i
ntil the rank and file of the school t
as been materially thinned. The dis- t
ase is in quite a severe form. Grip is j
Iso prevalent. s
Hon. W. T. Slaughter returned to his t
uties at Columbia Monday morning'. r
fter spending Saturday evening and c
iunday with his family. v
Mr. C. M. Whlsonant and family of f
tlacksburg, recently moved to this j
lace. They are occupying the Mitchell
ouse. I
There is not a vacant house in the t
)\vn now. It might be a good idea for j,
ome progressive citizen to build a few
ouses here, to rent to a good class of
ltizens. .
Mr. T. Arthur Wilkerson has retired ?
rom the firm of J. S. Wilkerson & Co., ,
nd will give his attention to the farm. *
Mr. Morgan Wilkerson has decided to *
ot prosecute his medical studies fur- ?
her, and will stay on at the farm.
Mr. J. Ed Leech carried insurance to
he amount of $2,000. The claim in the S
'armers' Mutual was sent in Thursday i
fpnine and Saturday morning a check
as received for the amount of (1,000. v
'he proofs are in from the W. O. W. T
nd will be forwarded at once.
Owing to the inclement weather, but
ttle winter plowing has been done, and j*
oniparntively little grain sown.
t
? Messrs. M. F. and Kirkiand Dun- %
ip. brothers, were seriously wounded c
t Honea Path, Andei-son county, last t
uesday by a drunken negro named 1
ohn Freeman. Freeman was drunk v
nd the Messrs. Dunlap was trying to d
ulet him. He shot them both, one t
1 the left forearm and the other near t
ne heart. o
MERE-MENTION.
Floating Ice on the Ohio river Is
:ausing lots of damage to river ship- 4
)lng... .Mayor McClellan of New York,
las vetoed an ordinance which sought
o prevent smoking by women In public
Maces H. B. Blgham, assistant Inlustrial
agent of the S. A. L., was
'ound dead on the Southern railway
rack near Method. N. C., Tuesday.
't Is supposed that he crawled through
he sleeping car window and was -4
tilled by the fall Fourteen Frenchnen
killed and more than fifty wound>d
was the result of a clash between
French forces and native Moroccans a
'ew days ago Miss Nettle Ingham
)f Norfolk, la._ employed as a working
drl, has received notice that she Is
lelr to an estate of $100,000 In Eng- 9
and Premier Franco of Portugal.
las resigned and a new ministry has
>een formed. Franco was charged. In
jome quarters, as being Indirectly the
'ause of the murder of the king and
:rown prince on Saturday last. The
country Is growing quiet again
rhe chief of the bureau of biological
rnrvey estimates the damage done by
ats, squirrels and birds to crops and
>ther property in the United States at
1110.000,000 annually A Pennsylvania
railroad locomotive Jumped the
:rack near Fraikvllle, Pa., Monday, and
Dlunged do\\n a mountain side 200 feet,
rhe engineer was killed There are
low 132 cases of diphtheria among the
nmates of the state reformatory at
Rahway. N. J The countess of ^
Yarmouth who was Miss Alice Thaw, ^
ia? been granted a divorce from her
busband. The earl did not contest the
Jult the Russian court martial.
which has been considering the case of
3eneral Stoessel for the surrender of
Port Arthur, has condemned the genM-ul
to death...... Mr. Bryan Is said to
be making many friends as the result
if his "Thou shalt not steal" speech
ilong the lines of the president's mes- .
sage The great steel and wire plant *
if the John R. Roebllng company, covering
four square blocks at Trenton, N.
J., was destroyed by fire last Wednesday.
The loss was In the neighborhood
if $500,000. Seven hundred men have
been thrown ovft of employment as the result
of the Are Hon. William J. %
Bryan made a speech In New York on
Wednesday In. which he declared that
free silver is no longer an Issue
President Roosevelt has temporarily
suspended Chap. A. Stllllngs, the public
Drlnter, pending an Investigation of
fhe affairs of the government printing
9fflce. The British steamer Theripla,
from Galveston reached Havre ^
Wednesday with her cargo of cotton on
(Ire About twenty firemen were
injured by fating walls while fighting a
Are in New York city Tuesday morn
Ing. The Are was In the wholesale
commission district and did $200,000
iamage Commander Robert EI
Peary is planning: another trip In search *
pf the north pole. He expects to get
iway in July Secretary Root has
virtually told the government of Venezuela
that It must make payment of
certain claims made by Americans an^
corporations, or take the consequences,
ivhich may mean war Russia has
ordered 5,000 troops to the Turko-Persian
border because of a dispute be-.
tween Persia and Turkey Twelve
puddings were destroyed at Tweed, ^
3nt., Tuesday, by an explosion in a ^
powder mill.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEW*.
? William Lanahan, the Baltimore
svhisky dealer, who was so well known
n connection with the dispensary scanlals,
died at his home in Baltimore last
Tuesday.?
Gaftney, February 5: The creditors
>f W. C. Carpenter have flle,J a petition
n the United htates court ?eejiing to
rave him declared a bankrupt Mr.
-arpenter, who is represented by Butler
& Osborne and J. C. Jefferies, will re>lst
the granting of the petition on the
fround tnat he is solvent The .-natter
vill be decided at the April term of
:he United States court in Greenville.
? By a vote of 73 to 20 the house on
Wednesday adopted Representative
Nasn s bill providing for a state, health
officer at a salary of $3,000 a year. He
s to be selected by the executive comnittee
of the state board of health and ?
s to be the executive otflcer of the
>oard. He will have authority to take
itcps to suppress contagious diseases
ma may require railroads and other'
corporations to suppress sanitary
muses. The bill is yet to pass the senite.
? Mr. T. B. Roach, formerly of York
county, but for a number of years past
proprietor of a grocery in Columbia,
shot a negro named Henry Nelson in g
lis store last Tuesday. Mr. Roach fired
tour shots with a thirty-two calibre
'evolver. Two of the shots took effect;
put the negro is not wounded danger>usly.
Mr. Roach surrendered and was
" ?Rnn hnnrt H? hflJI not ?
CICOOCU UU a. fvvv wwhm. ?
vet seen proper to make a statement. A
riIs nephew was the only other witness
:o the shooting, and he also declines to
alk. The negro was formerly in the
jmploy of Mr. Roach. J
? Governor Ansel has granted a full
)ardon to Eddie Benson, the Camden
legro given thirty years In 1906 for atempted
assault on Mrs. Travis Barleld.
A strong petition was endorsed
>y both Judge Hydrlck and Acting Soicltor
M. L. Smith. The petition was
>resented by Chief of Police Halle, who m
lad been the prosecutor. The papers
ihowed that Benson was convicted and
l confession was extorted from him by
i clever educated negro fellow prisoner
rnmed A. G. Izler, who had been promsed
pardon If he would get a confession.
Izler used the Bible and worked ^
>n the weak-minded negro's superstl- vf
ions. The petition was also endorsed
)y Mrs. Barfleld and backed by affidavits
to. prove an alibi for Benson.
? On third reading^ Wednesday a fight
vas made on Mr. Kucaers 0111 w reluire
all secret orders .to obtain & li:ense
from the clerk of court Mr.
sichols made the motion to recommit
md the merits of the bill were discuss;d
again. Mr. Rucker defended the
neasure, contending it would tend to
tuppress harmful negro secret socle- /".ai
les and in this he was supported by .
dr. Norton. A vigorous attack on the
>ill was made by Mr. Nichols, who de:lared
the measure would not accom)li8h
its purpose. An aye and nay vote
vas taken and it was announced that
he motion to recommit had been carled
by a vote of 54 to 51. Mr. Rucker *
ailed for a poll of the house and it
vas found that the result as announced
vas correct. On the motion to clinch
he vote, Mr. Rucker also called for an
tye and no vote and by a vote of 61 to
.7, the chincher was put on and the
tucker bill was killed, embalmed and
rnried beyond all hope of resurrection.
? The Charleston, Columbia and
n?*a tnllinrr rxt a
71CCUVUIC \jcl?jxzi a ai c ivmiig u& u.
imooth game that has been worked
ipon business men of those cities by
mart swindlers. In each case the
rame was the same. The grocer or 4
Iruggist as the case may be would get
i call over the telephone for fifty cents
ir a dollar's worth of goods to be deIvered
at some place designated and
vould be advised that the party orderng
the goods had no change less than
en dollars. The tradesman would W
herefore please be good enough to send
9 or $9.50 in change. When the mesenger
reached the place from which
he order came, he would be met by a
legro who would take the goods and
hange and say that he would return
vith the bill In a minute; but he would
all to return at all. It Is generally beleved
that the game Is being worked
>y white men with negro confederates.
t is quite a slick trick and except for
he newspapers could be kept up almost i
ndeflnitely."
? Salem, Ky., February 5: Two hunIred
masked night riders visited Dyusburg,
Ky., and applied the torch to
Jennett's tobacco warehouse and disillery.
Both were completely destroy- ?
d. The loss is about $40,000. The *
nasked riders came from the direction
>f Kuttawa and Eddyville in Lyon
ounty. The mob shot up the home of
Villiam Groves, foreman of the tobacco
actory, driving him from the building,
rhen he was captured and whipped aloost
to death. Henry Bennett, a memler
of the firm of Bennett Bros., was
aken from his home, tied to a tree and
everely whipped. He was left bound
o the tree. Bennett Bros., operate an
ndependent factory and have been 4
mylng tobacco from non-association
rowers, it is claimed. When the mob
ailed at Mr. Groves' house they requesed
him to come out, and he declined.
'he shooting at once began. Mr. Groves
kas In a room with his wife and chilIren
and as the bullets began to fly ' ?
hrough the windows he deemed it best
0 come out in order to save the lives
1 his family.