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Scraps ami Jarls.
? Jackson, Ky.. February S: Reech
Hargis is today cringing in abjeci mislory.
Fear is tugging at his heartstrings,
yet he has not shown any remorse for
shooting his father. Judge Hargis. The
young partricide choked before Judge
Talubeedn the court room when he
was arrigned for preliminary examination,
and was unable to speuk. The
judge remanded him to Jail without
bond. No one will be allowed to see
hiin. Young Hargis will plead self-defense.
He will swear that his father
choked him to his knees and then he
pulled his gun and fired the fatal
shots. Judge Hargis was buried today.
? Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan,
Feb. 9: The Pacific Navigation company
steamship Orita, which arrived
here this morning, reports having
passed the American fleet in the strait
at 6 o'clock last evening 12 miles east
of Cape Pillar. The Chillean cruiser
Chacabuco was leading, the weather
was very stormy. The captain of the
Orita said that he sighted 19 vessels
in the fleet, these being the 16 American
battleships, the Chilean cruiser
and two others, probably colliers. He
did not sight the American torpedo
boat flotilla, which accompanied the
battleships from this port, but which
turned north at Smyth channel, 30
miles from tho western end of Magellan
Strait, to proceed through this
passage to Telcahuano. Owing to the
heavy weather the warships were
spread out over a considerable
stretch, but all seemed to be making
splendid progress in the face of the
strong winds.
? Washington, February T: Secretaries
of congressmen, particularly
representatives, are about to organize
u union. The first meeting will be held
at 8 o'clock tomorrow night in the new
house office building. The main purpose
of the secretaries is to strike for
their fu'l salaries. Kach congressman
receives $1500 a year for a secretary.
The money is paid to the congressman
Instead of to the secretary direct.
The congressman signs a certificate
that he turns over the full
amount to his employe. But the secretaries
tell another tale?a story of
$1500 drawn from the public treasury
and $500 paid to some stenographer.
Another version is that the $1500
goes to wife or daughter. The Association
of Congressional Secretaries
has for its main purpose the placing
of its members on the government
payroll in their own names. In that
case there would be no sharing of a
secretary between three or four congressmen.
? Black Mountain, February 7: All
of North Carolina and more especially
Asheville and Buncombe county are
interested in anything concerning
fhoir hoinvpd statesman. Zebulon
Vance. The president of the University
Publishing company, in NewYork
city, in getting out a new edition
of the Maury geography, decided
to make numerous changes.
Among others was a determination to
secure a well proportioned head and
lace to represent the Caucasian race.
After all the other types were satisfactorily
placed, the strong Caucasian
head had not been found, when
the president of the University Publishing
company made a business trip
to Raleigh, and there he.spied a photograph
of Zebulon B. Vance. "This,"
he said, "is what I have been looking
for," so now all the children of the
United States who study Maury's
geography are taught that the head
of North Carolina's greatest statesman
represents the finest type of the
Caucasian race.
? Washington, February 8: Miss Ellen
M. Stone, the American missionary
who in 1901 was captured by Bulgarian
brigands and held for a ransom, had
a conference with Secretary of State
Root today to urge him to rnaki a demand
on the Turkish government for
the return of the $66,000 ransom paid
to her captors for her release. Mr.
Root promised to go over the record of
the case. Miss Stone was captured in
September, 1901, by Bulgarian brigands
near the town of Djumbala, on the
hnniAi. Thii TTntted States
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government made a demand on the sultan
of Turkey for her release. The sultan
replied that Miss Stone was captured
by Bulgarian brigands over whom
he had no control, and he was unable
to compel them to surrender her to the
American authorities. Friends of Miss
Stone and the American public raised
the sum of $66,000, which was paid to
the brigands for her release on March
1, 1002. Miss Stone believes that the
Turkish government was responsible
for her capture and rhat the ransom
should be refunded by it. Miss Stone
is now a resident of Chelsea. Mass.
? Tangier, February 6: jCaid Sir
Harry McLean, commander of the
sultan's bodyguard, and next to the sultan
the most influential man in Morocco.
has arrived here under an escort
from the bandit, Ralsuli, who has held
him under bondage for the past seven
months. He was brought here in
accordance with the agreement which
the British government finally succeeded
in making with liaisuli for
his release, in return for which
fJreat Britlan will pay $100,not) to
Kaisuli and guarrantee him protection
and immunity from arrest. The
capture of Caid McLean was carefully
planned. He went out to meet
Kaisuli alone in order to persuade
the bandit chief to resume a peaceful
mode of life. Later Kaisuli sent a
message to the sultan, announcing
the capture of the commander of his
bodyguard and informing his majesty
that he would hold the general a
prisoner until terms that he submitted
were granted. These terms included
the payment of a large idemnity
and his re-appointment to the governorship
of Tangier. Subsequently
the British government took the negotiations
unoit its shoulders finally
succeeding in bringing JUtisuli to
it-rms.
? Cornelius, ,\. C., special of February
S to Charlotte Chronicle: The
local paper, in an editorial this week
on the "Function of the Press." gives
xin amusing and striking illustration
.of h nv dithcu't ji is for a newspaper
to please all of its readers. It goes on
to say: "We have incurred the ill will
and lost the patronage of two of our
subscribers, so we are informed, because
wo published the names of the
attendants at a dance recently given
at or near Huntersville. As we are in
formed, these two parties are members
of a church which forbids Its
members this form of worldly pleasures,
and therefore they objected to
the publication of their names and
are so indignant, that they have severed
their names from our subscription i
list as a punishment to us for betraying
their disobedience and exposing
them to the dangers of being lectured
by their pastor. While, on the
other hand, we are raked over the)
coals for omitting the names of two
other attendants at the same dance
which we did unintentionally, as
their names were not given to us by
the person who gave us the list. 'Tisneedless
to say that the two last
mentioned are not church members
and they had no scruples about their
act in attending the dance. When an
editor gets into a scrape like this he
has the satisfaction of knowing that
he has the sympthany of his fellow
editors, for they have all been there."
<?ltr \|orkt'iUr (Bnqttim.
Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkvllle
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1908.
Tke old dispensary senators stick
together powefullly on all things affecting
investigation.
Althoi'oii generally caring nothing
for what the newspaper have to say
about things, it is Mr. Blease who oftenest
brings up personal privilege
questions on newspaper criticisms.
JrnoE Emory Speer of the United
States court, has filed a decision in
which he holds that a farmer can be
placed in involuntary bankruptcy as
well as a merchant. The case was that
of J. T. Oliver, a farmer, on a petition
filed by the Armour fertilizer company.
Ai.ready' possessed of telephone connections.
dally mall deliveries and a
rapidly improving free school system,
the rural communities need only good
roads to make them more desirable to
live in than the towns. The Federal
government gave the mail system, the
state government gave the school system.
the corporations are providing the
telephone connections; but to get the
roads the people must act themselves.
If it had not been for what Mr. W.
F. Stevenson said at Asheville, it is
probable that there would not have
been quite such a hullabaloo over Senator-Editor
Appelt's editorial. It is a
pity however, that the senate had not
gone on and expelled Mr. Appelt from
the senate, as the crowd that refused
to endorse the dispensary winding up
commission seemed to desire. Mr. Appelt
knows that he is right, and he is
man enough to stand his ground, rtaa
the mad senators only pushed things to
the extreme, their action would have
had the effect of bringing the people to
take notice.
In his correspondence to the News
and Courier, Mr. August Kohn expresses
an opinion to the effect that
the lien law will not be repealed. He
thinks instead of passing the house bill
the senate will probably pass a repeal
bill that will not be acceptable to the
house and the matter will end there for
the present. But there is really no telling
what will be done, about the matter
and there is little else than to wait and
see.
Thb house yesterday passed a bill
^nviriinor for th*? pstflblishment of an
infirmary in Columbia and unless the
bill was killed today it will be a law.
It passed the senate last year. The
vote yesterday was very close, 46 to 44.
Many Confederate veterans throughout
the state are opposed to this proposition
as useless. As a matter of fact we
ire inclined to think that the movement
owes Its origin and promotion not
so much to the desire to promote the
health and comfort of Confederate veterans
as it does to the zeal and energy
of the Columbia spirit in getting things
for Columbia.
CouHKSPO.vDK.vr McCaw of the South
Carolina Press Bureau, exposes an ef
fort on the part of interests north to
make favor for the Aldrich currency
bill by buying up newspaper correspondents.
Those behind the scheme
would have done well to confine their
efforts to the north. Southern correspondents.
as a rule are not to be tempted
that way, and as for McCaw, he
would rather give away a scheme like
that for nothing than to help push it
along at any price. There is not a correspondent
in the state who more than
Mr. McCaw delights in throwing light
on things that are dark. He can get up
more rows to the column of matter
printed than all the other correspondents
put together, and his exposures
are almost invariably something that
ought to be exposed. In this connection
also there is some work going on along
the same line that would be considered
shady were it not so ludicrous. Somebody
is sending out from Washington a
lot of "special correspondence" that is
intended to boom the campaign of Senator
Philander K. Knox for the presidential
nomination. Neatly all of the
southern newspapers are receiving the
stuff: hut of course, none are using it.
They are unable to see how or why they
should be iu the least concerned about
the matter.
That was a pretty mess In the senate
the other day with all those senators
trying: to make such a hullabaloo about
the statements that Senator Appeit
made in the Manning Times. To us the
whole thing: savors of the "injured innocence
v dodge with a vengeance. As
we take it. tin- motive of those senators
who supported .the <?tts resolution defining
the relation of the dispensary
winding up eojnmission to the state
was to support the governor aud attorney
genet a I in their tight against the
whisky grafters. What the motives of
those who fought the resolution were,
of course, people will have to infer for
themselves. It may be all right for a
senatorial lawyer to be prosecuting the
claims of whisky houses at this time.
There are no doubt those who think
they can do e?iua! justice to their clients
and their constituents. We remember
to have read somewhere, however,
a very striking observation to lite
effect that no man can serve two masters.
and while we are aware that there
are those who will dispute the proposition.
we accept it. One of the senators
who confesses that he represents claims
of the whisky houses puts things very
nicely when he tells how he refrained
from voting on the Otts resolution.
Hut it seems to us that he was sent to
the senate for the purpose of voting,
and we have an idea that if he had not
represented these claims, he would have
I voted. As to who he served best by not
voting-, his clients or constituents, he
will figure out for himself. Some of
the others also indulged in some very
funny tulk. And wlmt those people will
do when it comes to the matter of voting
the $10,000 that Mr. Lyon wants for
the prosecution of the grafters, it. will
be interesting to watch. We expect
them to take the position that it is unnecessary
and that the state cannot
spare the money or something like that.
But will that be the reason? Bah! The
same authority that observed the impossibility
of serving two masters, also
told why a certain class of individuals
love darkness. People who have been
clean throughout this dispensary' rottenness
need have no fear how much
money Mr. Lyon may have for the purpcse
of turning on the light.
Supremacy of the Law.
That the law is not observed in South
Carolina as It should be Is a fact that
is generally recognized and deplored by
a large proportion of the Intelligent cit'zenshlp
of the state; but the reason
for this condition of affairs is a proposition
upon which these same people
find it more or less difficult to agree.
Discussing the situation with this
writer one day an able and broad minded
circuit judge expressed a view
about like this: "There is no use to
try to deny that there is not as much
espcct for law In South Carolina as
there should bo. If askod to mention
the counties In which jurors stick most
conscientiously to the law and evidence
in rendering verdicts, I would place the
big county of Spartanburg at the head
of the list and the smaller county of
Horry next. I could mention several
counties in which It is very difficult to
?et an honest verdict against combinations
of family influences. The Juries
are not generally deceived by the pleas
of the lawyers or the testimony; but
they are influenced by family and factional
prejudices, sometimes coming
down from the days of the Whigs and
Tories, before the Revolution."
We have not seen proper to mention
any name in connection with this observation
for the reason that it was
not understood that the view quoted
was being expressed for publication;
but knowledge of the condition mentioned
is one of much value to those
who would aim to secure reform along
the lines suggested.
No reasonably intelligent man can
very well afford to deny that the surest
guarantee of public peace, prosperity
and happiness lies In the strictest
and most impartial enforcement of all
laws, and if there is a keynote to strict
qnd imnartial enforcement of laws, that
keynote lies in the honest conscientious
discharge of duty by juries.
It may be true that judges sometimes
make mistakes. It may be a fact that
they are sometimes unfairly dishonest.
It may be true that many lawyers are
willing to resort to any expedient, however
questionable in order to acquit a
client. It Is an unfortunate fact that
there are lawyers who hold themselves
bound by no consideration of conscience
or morals in representing either side
of a case. But after all. none of these
things count for a great deal as against
a jury* of high class, honorable gentlemen,
whose purpose is single only to
the object of doing that which is right.
With twelve jurymen bent only on
trying to do that which in right, there
can be no miscarriage of justice. But
where the jurymen are corrupt?where
they are Influenced by any consideration
other than a determination to do
right, they are likely to do Incalculable
harm.
It is a gratifying fact that the average
York county juryman is all that he
should be. He seeks to discharge the
obligation he Incurs with his oath, and
does not allow himself to be influenced
by considerations of prejudice or
friendship. That is the rule, and there
is reason to hope that some day the
verdict of a jury in this county will be
generally accepted as conclusive establishment
of right and Justice.
TILLMAN'S BILL HEARD.
To Make Liquors Subject to 8tate Laws
When They Cross State Line.
A sub-committee of the senate committee
on judiciary, sonslting of Senators
Knox of Pennsylvania; Pulton
of Oregon, and Bacon of Georgia,
last Tuesday gave an extended hearing
on the Tillman bill providing that
upon the arrival of liquors within a
state and before delivery to a conslfnpp
thev shall be subiect to the
operation of the laws of the state, In
the same manner as though such
liquors had been produced In the
state.
Mrs. L. M. X. Stevenson, national
president W. C. T. U.. said that In
Maine bogus express companies operate
surreptitiously through keepers
of "blind tigers," etc. In this way,
she said, it is never possible to trace
it to the consignees as contemplated
by the law as now interpreted by
the supreme court of the United
States. She wanted the law amended
so that the liquor might be seized at
the point of destination without regard
to the consignee.
Opponents of the bill appeared in
the persons of George W. Yost, president
of the National Vial and Bottle
Manufacturer's association, and William
Launier, secretary of the National
Glass Blowers' association,
who claimed the proposed legislation
threatened their business, which they
said employs 40,000 people.
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, suggested
that when prohibition laws
were enacted in Georgia there was a
big brewery near his home which
every one supposed would be closed
down.
"But," added Senator Bacon, "they
began to make a beer that had no
alcohol in it. The agricultural department
has pronounced it to be nonalcoholic
and now.they are bottling
more beer than ever before."
"It is certainly worth coming along
distance to hear that encouraging
news," said one of the bottlers who
had come from Ohio to attend ?he
hearing."
M it. CimisTKNstc.v's Position.?After
Senator Weston had frankly acknowledged
last Friday that he represents the
claims of liquor houses, and also indieted
members of the old state board
and attempted to justify himself in his
attitude. Senator Neils Chr.istensen,
wh<> i? editor of the Beaufort Gazette!
took the floor on a question of personal
privilege and said:
"i, too, aiu an editor, and during
the sessions of the legislature have
occasion to comment on events in the
legislature, i to aye qomrnejited in a
general way on the situation dlscyssed
by the senator from Clarendon in
his (taper. and toy the senator from
Richland, who lias just taken his
seat.
"It is my belief that the senator
from Richland has not acted in any
way inconsistent with his ideas of
what is right and proper. Rat I disagree
with him and have said sq and
propose to condemn his course agaip
if I think it proper. He represents
some of these liquor houses .whose
claims are being investigated, and
some of the ex-state officials who are
under indictment, find thinks it proper
and right as state senator to oppose
in the senate the bill to provide
the attorney general with funds to
prosecute his clients. I disagree with
him and have so stated elsewhere,
and wish to put myself on record
here."
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
McOill Bros.?Will close their ginnery
for the season after February 22d.
B. J. Currence and others, Trustees?
Give notice of a special election to be
held In school district No. 23 on February
20.
T. E. McMnekin, Supt. of Ed.?Notifies
teachers of the common schools that
annual reports must accompany
winding-up pay warrants.
Thomson Co.?Remind you of Its six
biggest bargain days sale, which
ends Saturday.
M. W. White?In a jingle tells what
advertising did for Mr. Croaker. Real
estate offerings.
Yorkvllle Buggy Co.?Is prepared to
* '- -?- *?'! in onir lanwiU rvn
lurnisu suhcii ?wuu 111 .xii.t irii^ui v?it
short notice.
York Supply Co.?Calls attention to
germofert, a special fertilizer for
corn and cotton and asks you to see
samples.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill?Says
that the savings bank habit is good
and that a savings bank book is
healthy.
York Drug Store?Wants you to try
Bowen's cold and grip cure and also
coughease.
Yorkville B. & M. Co.?Continues its
special bargain picnic sale for ten
days and offers many bargains.
Mr. Rucker's secret society bill has
been killed.
The senators seem to be quite touchy
on this graft investigation question;
but we do not think that their touchiness
is very creditable to them.
Mr. John G. Anderson has insisted
on the acceptance of his resignation of
the presidency of the Rock Hill Chamber
of Commerce because of ill health
and Mr. Ira B. Dunlap, has been chosen
to fill the vacancy.
We do not see a great deal of use in
submitting the prohibition question
to the primary election. That was
dcoe once and although the majority
voted for prohibition the general assembly
did not comply with Its implied
agreement. There Is no guarantee that
the general assembly would give pror
hibltion. even if prohibition should
be voted for. Prohibition is what the
state needs. We should either have
prohibition or return to the old saloon
system. Within a few years from now
the county dispensaries will be breeding
as much corruption as was bred by the
Id state dispensary.
The bill providing for the refunding
of the three mill tax collected from that
portion of the present Yorkville graded
school district that was added by an
act of the last session of the general
assembly has passed the senate; but
has not yet passed the house. On being
advised by the trustees that the
money in question has already been
spent, Senator Brlce provided that if
it is impracticable for the school district
to refund it all this year, it will
refund half this year and half next
year. The people living in the portion
of the district that was added have sent
forward two petitions asking for the
refund. '
We will not give any names because
we have not had the opportunity to
make a full Investigation; but The
Enquirer is informejr on what is to
be considered rellatSle authority, that
there is a field of about thirty acres
of cotton near Rock Hill that will
average nearly a bale to the acre and
that not so much as a hundred
pounds has ever been picked from it.
TTseems^hat at about the time the
pickers should have started to work,
the owner of the field considered it of
more importance to prepare wheat
and oats, and when he got back CO
the cotton picking, the weather was
too bad to permit of anything of the
kind. The field, of course is literally
white, the cotton hanging down
from the stalks in streamers apd covering
the ground. It is probable that
this cotton will yet be picked and sold
as "dogtall," but it has been damaged
at least two or three cents a poqnd.
ABOUT P50PU5.
Miss Ethel Cauthen of Lancaster,
visited her grandmother. Mrs. Janie
Parish this week.
Mrs. A. E. Willis and Miss Marcella
Willis of Lynchburg. Va., are guests of
Mr. M. C, Willis' family.
Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Neil of Norfolk,
Va., are visiting friends and relatives
in Yorkville and vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Heath of Charlotte,
spent Sunday in Yorkville, the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. Ernest
Heath.
KOCK ?||| rtecorq: sir. j. *v. oi-uggma,
who 1'or the past number of years has
been a citizen of this place, having
been connected with the newspapers
of the city for the greater portion of
the time, but recently with the Life
Insurance company of Virginia, has
decided to give up the city life for
this year and go to his father's farm
near Ogden. This is only a temporary
move on the pert of Mr. Scoggins, as
his health has not been good recently
and he hopes to benefit the same by
spending some time on the farm. Mr.
Scoggins Is a mighty good citizen and
we regret to see him leave the city,
and we also trust that the change will
do him good and he may soon come
back and cast his lot among us.
WANTED ON OLD CHARGE.
Will Hunter, the young white man
who was committed from Rock Hill
yesterday on the charge of selling liquor
in violation of the Carey-Cothran
law, is the same party who is wanted
here for trying to burn the town calaboose
in 1906. Sheriff Brown has had
the calaboose offense in mind ever since
its occurrence, and it is his purpose to
prosecute Hunter on account of it.
The facts of the burning of the calaboose
were published in The Enquirer
or August 24, i?ut> as ionows;
Will Hunter, a white boy, about sixteen
or seventeen years old, burned
himself out of the Yorkville guard
house Wednesday night, and had a very
narrow escape with his life.
It seems that the boy was arrested
for misconduct at the merry-go-round.
He would get on the machine as it was
about to start and pull other smaller
boys on with* him. Then as the machine
was getting well under way he
would throw off the hats of the smaller
boys and make them get down.
Chief Love decided that he would do
better in the guard house and took
him there.
Along about 12 o'clock a negro man
who was passing the guard house,
heard screaming and yelling within
and observing the place to be on fire
notified'Sheriff Brown, who with Deputy
Sheriff Quinn, at once went to the
rescue. . ,
AJI ,tbe noise had subsided when
Sheriff Brown reached the guard
house; but as h<^ opened the door :
young Hitnter staggered out and fell
dQwn ,911 the grass. The sheriff and (
d.eputy left him alone while they devoted
themselves to extinguishing the
flajnes. Af,ter a little the boy got up *
and ran away. Sheriff Brown and i
Deputy Qyinn followed him a short ,
dlstapc,?. bu,t sydn lost him in the
darkness.
Investigation of the interior of the :
guard bouse showed that Hunter had
broRep up an old bucket that he J
found tljere and had kindled a fire
up against jth,e door jamb with the 1
pieces. The draft from under the door ]
blew the smoke Inward and the room
was soon so filled as to almost stifle '
the desperate young prisoner. ^
Hunter has not since been heard i
from. He has quite a reputation with
the police here, having been arrested
once or twice before; but as to
whether there will be any hereafter
with reference to this last escape,
probably depends upon whether or
not he Is captured again.
COTTON FLUCTUATIONS.
The developments in the contract
market yesterdry. as reviewed by an
Associated Press dispatch of last night
from New York were as follows:
The cotton market was not active today
and fluctuations were irregular In
the absence of general business. Sales
estimated 150,000 bales and the market
closed steady at a net advance of S
points to a decline of 3 points.
The opening v.'as steady at an advance
of 4 points and during the first
few minutes active months sold 5 to 6
points net higher as a result of covering
and moderate bull support which
was encouraged by the steady showing
of the English market. Demand was
not aggressive, however, and shortly
afterward active positions eased ofl
to about the closing figures of Saturday
under realizing and local bear
pressure promoted by the weakness ol
stocks. This was followed by a second
bulge which carried near positions
aDOUt 11 points net uiguer un icpune
of continued firmness in southern spot
circles but there was no increase in the
volume of business and later fluctuations
were very irregular with houses
with spot connection selling the latei
months. The close was generally 5 tc
8 points higher on the active old crop
positions while June was 1 point lowei
and October 3 points net lower. Wednesday
being a holiday in the local
market while Liverpool and New Orleans
will remain open. A good pari
of the business was for evening up old
accounts. Southern spot markets reported
early were generally unchanged
Receipts at the ports today 34.10S
against 40,255 last week and 29,637 lasl
vear. For the week 200,000 bales againsl
217.956 last week and 208,913 last year
Today's receipts at New Orleans 13,56!
against 7,753 last year.
NEGRO HOMICIDE CASES.
Coroner Louthian has been called
upon to hold Inquests on account of twc
homicide eases during the past few
days, one in Fort Mill township lasl
Saturday and the other in Bethesdfl
township Sunday afternoon. All tht
parties to both killings were negroes.
In the Fort Mill case. Ellas White
met death at the hands of A1 Williams
The difficulty occurred at the house ol
Reese Witherspoon on the Spring.4
plantation. There were several negroes
at the house, and a quarrel de"eloped
between Williams and White
White pulled his pistol and laid it dowr
within convenient reach. Witherspoor
told the quarrelers that if they would
fight they must get out of his house
They went outside and Williams stuck
a knife into White's head. The Jury
of inquest, Mr. J. M. G&mble, foreman
added Justifiable homicide to its verdict;
but the coroner, as was proper
issued his warrant for Williams, who
was committed to Jail yesterday. Ht
made no effort to escape.
The Bethesda township killing occurred
in the house of Dave Miller on Mr
J. K. Dowry's plantation, about si*
miles south of Yorkville. Several negroes
had gathered at the house foi
roncnn nnrl a miarrel arose be
tween Ji n Crockett and Alf Williams
Williams and Crockett went out of the
house, and according to the witnesses
Williams wanted to know whether
Crockett had something against him,
Williams. Crockett admitted that he
had something against Williams, but
declined to say what it was, aijd Williams
commenced shooting. Crockett
fell, and Williams jumped on him and
befvt him with a pistol until somebody
said that Crockett was dead, apd then
Williams got up and ran away. Sonrje
of the witnesses testified that both negroes
had pistols and both were shooting.
The coroner got two pistols that
are claimed to have belonged to the
two principals to the homicide. The
jury of inquest, Mr. J. B. Scott, foreman.
found a verdict to the effect thai
the deceased Crockett came to his death
from a gunshot wound inflicted by the
hand of Williams.
Dr. T. B. Kell, rrjade an examination
of the body of the dead negro and found
that the bullet had entered about an
inch under the left qlpple and penetrated
the heart and lungs. Death was instantaneous.
1
THE CIRCUIT COURTThe
jury in the case of W. R. Latimer
vs. the General Electrjc company,
which was still in the roqm when the
last issue of Tha Epquiper went to
press, returned when court reconvened
at 3 o'clock after the recess, with
a verdict for the plaintiff In the sum
of $1,380. The full amount sued for
was $1,999. John R. Hart and G. W.
S. Hart for plaintiff; X. Y. Haynesworth
and W. W. I^ewis for defendant.
The next case was that of J. Q.
Wray vs. the Southern railroad. The
plaintiff brought spit against the defendant
for penalties provided by statute
for carrying freight other than
as routed p.nd delaying delivery. The
penalties provided by the statutes
amounted to $500. At a former trial
the verdict was for a less amount
than was asked and Judge Wijson
set the verdict aside on the ground
that it should have been $500 or nothing.
After remaining out for quite a
while the jury desired more instruction
and askad as to whether it
could find for a less amount than
$500. Judge Watts instructed as had
Judge Wilson that the verdict must
be for the full amount or nothing?
that the penalty was fixed by law and
that if the jury found that the railroad
was liable at all, It would have
to find the full $500. This was at
about 11 o'clock Friday night. The
jury went back into its room and remained
all night, end when it reported
its inability to agree next morning
a mistrial was ordered. The principal
defence of the railroad was
that the mlsrouting was altogether a
matter of accident. W. W. Lewis for
plaintiff: J. E. McDonald for defendant.
The next ease was that of Robinson.
administrator vs. the Fraternal
Union of America. The defendant resisted
the; payment of a policy calling
for $1,200 on the ground that the in
sured came to his death oy nis own
act. The plaintiff denied that the insured
committed suicide; but held
that death was due to a mistake?inadvertence
in drinking a mixture of
carbolic acid and turpentine for whisky.
There was very little evidence to
sustain the claim of suicide. The jury
found for the plaintiff in the full
amount of the policy with interest.
Wilson <& Wilson for plaintiff; Spencers
& Dunlap for^ the defendant.
This case consumed very nearly all
of Saturday and the balance of the
[lay was taken up In the hearing of
motions and the signing of orders.
Upon the convening of the court
yesterday morning, the following
jurors reported themselves as ready
'or duty: B. L. Jenkins, J. N. McElivee,
R. L. Sturgis, R. F. Lee, A. S.
Barron, J. A. McFadden, I. T. Ford,
J. B. Roach, D. G. Kimbrell, C. A,
VIcKnight, W. H. Jones, W. M. Anlerson,
P. M. Caldwell, W. A. Oates,
i J. J. Jackson, D. D. Branch, J. C.
' Witherspoon, J. S. White, B. R.
! Smith, S. J. Fails, W. E. Smarr. A. I
K. Sherrer, A. C. McKnlght, H. A.
' Elliot, T. W. Courtney, H. J. Sherer,
T. M. Ferguson.
The following for various reasons,
satisfactory to the court, were excused
from further attendance: J. M.
Cherry. S. C. Wood, R. F. Crier, W. D. ;
: Wolf. W. S. Nell.
J. H. Drennan and X. M. Williams
were reported by the sheriff "not
i found."
An order was issued requiring the
' drawing of an extra venire of ten jurors
from the five mile box and the draw;
ing resulted as follows: J. D. Clark, W.
1 J. Watson, Lythe Wood, A. E. .\ove,
, Robert Cordon, J. S. Sandifer, J. A.
Sherrer, Walter Rose, T. Cleve Dunlap,
i J. J. Gaulden.
\ The llrst case taken up yesterday
" morning was that of Mrs. L. T. Brown,
administratrix, against the Southern
railroad. This is a suit for $50,000
| damages on account of the death of the
, plaintiff's husband, who was a conduc:
tor in the employ of the defendant rail'
road. The case comes from Lancaster
i county. Mr. Brown was killed In the
town of Lancaster in March, 1907,
? while engaged in coupling cars. He
' was in charge of a freight train and
, while supervising the making up of his
I train, undertook to couple some cars,
as the cars were coming together, and
was mashed to death while so engaged.
, The plaintiff held that his death was
. due to the negligence of the railroad
| company, and the defendant undertook
[ to show that it was not guilty of any
. negligence whatever that contributed
as a proximate cause to the death of
the deceased. Joseph A. McCullough,
Barry Foster and Thos. F. McDow ror
plaintiff, and J. E. McDonald for de'
fendant. The testimony was all In yes?
terday, and the Jury will get the papers
r at about 1.30 today.
1 KING'S MOUNTAIN MONUMENT.
! The following are the inscriptions to
be placed on the Kind's Mountain mon!
ument to be unveiled in October next:
Front face:
"Erected by the
i Government of the United States
. to the establishment of which the
heroism and patriotism of those
who participated in this battle
so largely contributed."
i West face:
i "To commemorate the victory* of
I King's Mountain, October 7, 1780."
East face:
t Killed?Col. James Williams, Major
, William Chronicle, Capt. William Edmondson,
Capt. John Mattocks, First
1 Lieutenants William Blackburn, Reece
Bowen, Robert Edmondson, Sr.; Second
Lieutenants John Beattie, James
' Carry. Nathaniel Dpyden, Andrew Edmondson,
Nathaniel Gist, Humberson
Lyon, James Phillips; Privates Thomas
Bicknell, John Boyd, John Brown, Da.
vid Duff. Preston Goforth, Henry Benigar,
Michael Mahoney, Arthur Patter
son, William Rabb, John Srnart. David
: Siske, William Steeje, Wllliarn Watson
. and unknown.
Mortally wounded?Capt. Robert Sevier,
First Lieutenant Thomas McCullough.
Second Lieutenant Jarnes Laird,
, Private Moses Henry.
, Wounded?Lieutenant Colonel Hambright.
Major Micajah Lewjs, Major
' James Porter, Captains James Dysart,
' Samuel Eskpy, ^Viljiam Lenoir, Joel
, Lewis, MoBes Shelby, Minor Smjth,
, First Lieutenants Robert Edmondson,
k Jr., Samuel Johnson, Samuel Newell,
- J. M. Smith; Privates Benson! Banning,
William Bradlpy. William Bullen,
; John Childers, John Chittem. William
I Cox, John Fagon, Frederick Fisher,
William Giles , GJlleland. William
Gilmer, Charles Gordon, Israel Hayter,
i Robert Henry, Leonard Hyce, Charles
j Kilgore, Robert Miller, William Moore,
Patrick Murphy, Willjam Robertson,
John Skeggs and thipty-six unknown.
American Forces:
Washington coupty, Va? Col. Willlarp
! Campbell: Washington county, N. C.,
) (now Tenp.,) Col. John Sevier; Sullivan
. county, N. C. (now Tenn.,) Col. Isaac
. Shelby; Rowan county, N. G., Col.
James Will|ams, Wilkp^ and Supry
' COUntieS, IN. \J.9 V^ui. Deujaiiiiu ?v!
land, Major Joseph Winston: Lincoln
county, N. C., Lt. Col. Frederick Hambright,
Col. James Johnstone, MaJ. WfJ1
liam Chronicle; Burke and Rutherford
I counties, N. C., Maj. Joseph McDowell;
i York and Chester counties, S. C., Col.
Edward Lacey; Georgia, Maj. Wflllaii)
Candler.
Brltjsh Forces:
Commanders?Col. Patrick Ferguson I
(K), Capt. Abraham Peyster.
South face:
"On this field the patriot forces
, commanded by Colonel William
, Campbell attacked and totally defeated
an equal force of Tories
' and British regular troops. The ,
British commander, Col. Patrick
i Ferguson, was killed and his en1
tire force was captured after suffering
heavy loss. This brilliant '
victory marked the turning point '
of the American Revolution." {
LOCAL LAC0NI?8. j
salaries ot Muanor? ?na hc??uivi.,
A bill has been introduced to raise (
' the salaries of the auditors and treas- i
i ire re throughout the state. It provides '
that the salaries of the auditor and
treasurer of York county shq.ll he J1.600 (
each. i
i ,
Committed For Selling Liquor.
Will Hunter and George Pearsoq, i
*oth white, were committed to jail yes- >
terday afternoon on charges of selling 1
whisky in Rock Hill. The arrests were ,
made by the Rock Hill police and Con- i
stable Sanders. 1
The Remedy.
"What are we going to qo about i
our roads?" was asked of a mud-be- ?
draggled friend from the country a J
few days ago. He reflected thought- ?
fully for a moment, and then half f
seriously and half humorously replied,
"Quit traveling them. I reckon!"
J
Fifth District Organizer. \
Mr. Mllus S. Carroll, who has been <
doing a lot of good work organizing lo- .
cal Farmers' Unions throughout York ,
county, has been chosen by Mr. J. t
Frank Ashe, executive committeeman, 1
as organizer for the Fifth congressional t
district. Mr. Carroll proposes to give 1
a large part of his time and attention y
to the work during the next few '
months.
*? " i a i.j y
mill V/Oniraci ?w?ra?o.
The New York Commercial has the
following special from Rock Hill, S.
C.. In Its Issue of the 7th: "The contract
for the erection of the Wymojo
cotton mill has been let, Contractor
J. J. Keller of this city, securing It.
Work will begin In a few days. The
site selected Is that lying south of the
old Three C's railroad, behind Winthrop
college, and facing the Rock j
Hill Ruggy company's plant." n
Homicide In Rock Hill.
Torrence Melton, a young white man r
was committed to jail yesterday after- b
noon to await the results of injuries b
inflicted on Tally Fouth, a young white e
man who was fatally wounded by him o
in Rook Hill Sunday night. It seems v
that the two men were members of a b
party that had hired a surry from a
flreen's livery stable during the day, h
and that night at about 11 o'clock they p
quarreled. Melton drew his pistol and f;
fired. The bullet entered Fouth's abdo- n
men and pierced his intestines. By- n
standees interfered before he could fire v
again. The wounded man was still 7
alive yesterday afternoon, but the at- ii
tending physicians had no hope for his h
recovery. It was not practicable to get si
telephonic communication with ?ock d
Hill this morning on account of the ice e;
laden condition of the wires. tl
MINORITY CURRENCY BILL.
Now the Democrats Would Regulate the
Conduct of the Banks.
What will be known as "the minority
currency bill" was introduced Friday
by Representative John Sharp
Williams of Mississippi, the Democratic
leader of the house, who drew the
measure as a result of a conference of
Democrats behind closed doors today.
Those beside Mr. Williams who participated
in the conference were: Representatives
Lewis of Georgia, Pujo of
Louisiana, Glass of Virginia, Gillespie
of Texas. Ollle James of Kentucky,
Crawford of North Carolina, McHenry
of Pennsylvania?all members of the
committee on banking and currency, i
Entire harmony is said to have marked
the meeting.
It is understood that the bill as
drawn by Mr. Williams may be subjected
to slight amendment by its supporters,
but it will come before the
house in the shape of a minority report
from the banking and currency
committee in its present form.
Among the provisions of the bill are
the following:
It repeals all the laws permitting
national banks to keep their reserves
in national banks of reserve cities and
similar laws permitting such deposit
of one-half of the reserve amounts.
It provides that not less than onehalf
of the reserves now required to be
kept in lawful money In central reserve
cities shall be hereafter held in
gold or gold certificates.
It does away with the payment of
national bank examiners by the fee
system and substitutes salaries not less
than S3,000 nor in excess of $5,000
yearly with actual expenses.
if nrnvM<*? that the total liabilities
of any nutional bank, inclusive of the
liabilities of Its members, shall not exceed
one-tenth of the banks' paid in and
unimpaired capital stock and one-tenth
of its unimpaired surplus fund; and
that In no event shall the liabilities exceed
30 per cent of the capital stock.
But the discount of bills of exchange
drawn In good faith against actually
existing values and the discount of
commercial or business paper actually
owned by the person negotiating It,
shall not be considered as liabilities.
Violation of this section Is made a
misdemeanor punishable by fine or imprisonment.
No national bank shall loan in the
aggregate more than seven times the
amount of its paid up capital, plus Its
unimpaired surplus. Violation Is punishable
as provided in the section preceding.
Any national bank may keep 50 per
cent of its reserve in United States
bonds or in the bonds of states, or in
the bonds of certain municipalities; but
not more than one-fourth of the total
reserve may be kept in state or municipal
bonds: and the bonds shall be acceptable
only of such municipalities as
have maintained their bonds at or
above par for six years preceding, and
have been in corporate existence 10
years, and have never defaulted in
their funded debt, and whose net indebtedness
does not exceed 18 percent
of their taxable property. The acceptability
of such bonds as reserve securities
shall be passed on by the attorney
reneral of the state In which the municipality
Is located, and these bonds
shall be known as "interconvertible
bonds."
The comptroller of the currency, immediately
upon the passage of the bill
shall furnish a copy of the new law to
each bank in the country and inquire
if it will accept the provisions. ConSent
shall be binding and the liabilities
attaching to consent may be enforced
by the comptroller. Agreement to accent
the Drovislons shall entitle state
banks and trust companies to the benefits
of the new law.
The elastic currency feature of the
bill is contained in a section which
provides that these interconvertible
bonds may be deposited "in the nearest
sub-treasury and the depositing
banks shall receive in lieu thereof
United States emergency treasury
notes." These notes shall be In the nature
of loans, subject to a taxation of
one-eighth of one per cent for the first
four months of their issuance; one-half
of one per cent for the seiond four
months, and one per cent thereafter.
When tlje bank feels that the emergency
has passed and the loan is no
longer needed, it may redeem them
with actual money. Such redemption
monies shall consfitvite a special fund
for the purpose of redeeming United
States emergency currency notes and
whenever they aire presented for payment,
the notes to be then cancelled
and destroyed. These notes shall be
legal tender.
For the creatiop of a fund of $15,000,000
for ttye payment of depositors
of failed banks Operating under the
provisions of this law, there is authorized
the imposition of a tax of onesixteenth
of pne per cent on the deposits
of banks so qperatingr and whose
consent tq be sq taxed has been obtained.
The final section of the bill provides
that no bank officer shall make a loan
for the purpose of stock gambling, and
fixes as the penalty for violation a fine
In the amount of the loan, or imprisonment.
SOUTH CAROLINA tyEW8.
? Greenville is to have a new afternoon
paper to be called the Sun, and
Mr. J. C. Garlington is to be editor.
The paper is to be issued daily except
Sunday.
?The supreme court has handed down
a. decision in which it affirms the sentence
of the lower court as to Jack McCoomer,
a negro, and gives a new trial
to George Spivens, white. About eighteen
months ago Edward Gq.|llard of
Sumter, was shot from a circus train
near Manning. Spivens and McCoomer
were arrested and convicted of the
?rlme and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The|r cases were appealed to
the supreme court, with the above remit.
? Lancaster special of February 7, to
the News ana courier: me nev. ?*. ?.
Gibson, a well known young member of
the South Carolina Methodist conference,
who was statjoned at Rock Hill
ast year, died last plght at the home
if his father-ip-law, Mr. G. W. Plyier,
In the Tabernacle section of this county.
On account of falling health he
was unable to go to his new appointment
for this year, and has been at
Mr. Plyler's since the adjournment of
conference at GafTney. He was a son
if the Rev. T. F. Gibson, also a member
>f the Methodist conference. He leaves
i widow, who was Miss Minnie Plyier,
laughter of Mr. G. W. Plyier, a gradrnte
of the Methodist college in Columiia.
to whom he was married about
'our monthB ago. The burial was at
Tabernacle this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
? Greenville News, Tuesday: Dr.
Edwin M. Poteat. the popular and
flfted president of Furman Unlversi:y,
has received a call to the pastorate
if the Broadway Baptist church of
Louisville, Kentucky. This church is
ine of the largest Baptist churches in
he South and the call Is a tribute to
Dr. Poteat's ability. It could not be
earned yesterday whether Dr. Po;eat
would accept the call or not as
le was out of the city and has not
fiven the slightest. intimation as to
lis intentions. The news was received
11 the city through the Louisville palers
and a close friend of Dr. Poteat
vns asked yesterday concerning the
eport. He "stated that the newspaper
tccount was true and that Dr. Poteat
lad received the call. The Baptists of
he city and state will do all within
heir power to keep Dr. Poteat at his
iresent post for they could ill afford
o lose him at this time. Since he has
>een at the head of Furman that initiation
has made great strides forvard
and great things have been
ilanned for it in the future. It is a
lertain fact that the Baptists will not
lear to Dr. Poteat's removal to
mother state.
? Columbia. February 7: A letter Just
eceived by the South Carolina News
mreau from a news agency in Wilkesarre.
Pa., offering to pay a bonus for
ach newspaper in which publication is
btained of a news story colored to far>r
tho r?nrronr>v hill pnH om.
racing interviews from local bankers
nd business men, shows that somebody
as opened up a ' pork barrel" for the
urpose of manufacturing sentiment in 1
nvcr of the bill. A postcript says: "I
lust ask you, of course, to treat this i
latter as strictly confidential." The 1
Titer's name is, therefore, withheld. 1
'he letter bears marks of being a man- i
'old copy, indicating that the scheme s
< widely extended. In part the letter I
ays: "For yotir special efforts in this i
Irectlon I am willing to pay you $10 '
ach for story of about half a column <
tint you can place in the big city pa- l
pers, such as New York, Philadelphia,
Washington, Baltimore, Pittsburg. Boston,
Buffalo, Boston. Cleveland. Cincinnati,
Chicago, St. Louis. Detroit. New
Orleans. Nashville, Tenn? or cities of
that size, and $2 for each article placed
in your local papers, or in any city or
town papers which are not classed as
big papers. You should have no trouble
in landing much of this matter. It is
good news. The smaller papers In the
district you cover, while they would not
probably pay you space rates for the
stories, would be glad to use them, and
you could duplicate the same story to a
number of them."
? Union special of February 7, to the
News and Courier: Court of common
pleas was adjourned this morning.
While three Jury cases have been tried
this week, only one verdict was rendered,
the other two being mistrials.
The action that was of most Interest
was that of W. R. Gilliam against Allan
Nicholson, editor and publisher of
Progress, In which Gilliam asked for
$10,000 damages against Nicholson basing
this demand on an article published
in Progress during the summer of 1906,
which article Gilliam alleged to be libellous
and slanderous. It will be rena
1 lor! r.orho nu thot nonai/laroKlo av_
VUKVW! f ""J"') V-UIIOlUCiai/IC CA~
cltement was caused In June, 1906, by
rumors and newspapers stories to the
effect that an old negro named Mose
Hughes had been foully murdered and
his body hidden in the waters of Tiger
river, in Green Hill township, this
county. In the trial Just had the
plaintiff proved that an article had been
published in Progress, wherein his
name and that of Douglass English,
a young white man of the same neighborhood,
were prominently connected
with the murder of the old negro. The
article alleged that a negro man was
said to have stated he saw W. R. Gilliam
shoot Mose, and in the same article
it was stated that the negro who
was said to have made the statement
had been seen and denied having said
anything of the kind. There was no
denial of the publication, but Mr. Nicholson
took the position that the story
was told in the way of news, that he
had no malice against the plaintiff
whom he did not even know, and he introduced
evidence to show that the rumor
connecting these men with the alleged
murder was widely circulated before
it ever appeared in his paper. He
also offered proof that he had gone to
the expense of hiring an automobile
xnd sending two men to the neighborhood
of the alleged crime in order to
ascertain the 6orrectness of the story.
Considerable evidence was introduced,
also, for the purpose of showing Gilliam's
connection with the supposed
murder. After full argument, and a
clear charge by Judge Gary, the case
was given to the Jury about 6 o'clock
last evening. This morning the tore- ,
man reported that, after being out all
night, there was no hope of an agreement,
so a mistrial was ordered, this
being the second trial with the same
result. It Is stated, on apparently good
authority, that the Jury stood seven to
five In favor of giving the plaintiff
4ome damages.
? Anderson special of February 9 to
the News and Courier: A shrewd
swindler, with a novel scheme, no less
than that of selling divorces to women
whose matrimonial ventures have
been unsuccessful, ha# been operating
recently In Anderson County, and apparently
with much success. He has
disappeared at present, two of hi? Vlcr
tims having made things too warm
for him here, but he has taken a
goodly pile of Anderson money along
with him, if reports be true. The
swindler in question, a man of ?5 or
60 years of age, and who claimed to
have a knowledge of the law, drifted
into Anderson. Ho visited the vapipps
cotton mills and learned through gossip
and otherwise which women in the
villages were disappointed with their
husbands, and the names of those
women who would pay for and accept
divorces. His. game progressed nicely
and many women, tired of their hp?r
bands, or because their husbanas had
deserted them, fell vlctiifis tp the sllclf
talk of the "lawyer." He cqllected considerable
money in Anderson, some In
Wllliamston ar-* some ip Pel^er. If is
operations w. confined chiefly to
cotton mill villages. Here was th?
game: He v juld fin .ft the name of
a woman who might be willing tp pay
for a divorce from hef hnehand, bc^
cause of one pretext or another, wqpld
visit that wpman; explaip to her that
it was not necessary for her married
life to continue, and that he copld arr
rang it with the courts so Uiat She
might be made a single wpman again.
Then he would make a coptrocf wlfh
the woman that ppon the payment qr
$5 he would prepare for her execution
affidavits sustaining a complaint
against her hpsband, upon which
complaint the divorce proceedings
should be made. The man's pndprr
standing with hi? clients was that h?
should take the complaints before a
judge In the courts of Florida ah4
there procure the divorce decrees.
Upon his returp with the decrees, h?
was to receive an additional payment
of $15, making his services worth ih
each case $20. After getting up al| of
the complaints he would disappear
for a few days?he wQpld leaye this
part of the country, ana would visit
mill villages elsewhere to cpntlnpe h!8
nefarious work. After an absehce
several days, he would turn pp at the
door of his client and produce th?
desired decree and would dellvpr th?m
upon the payment of thp remaining V f
$15 In each case. Thp scheme
very cleverly workpd opt, thfi 4?~
crees, which were prepared by the
swindler In Anderson, being islgnpd
by a "special judge, and no county
being given. .
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MERE-MENTION.
A United States fleputy marshal seized
220 barrels of wine at New Qfleapa
last Friday under charges qf yiolhtlQh
of the pure food laws. The wipe wps
shipped by Sandusky, Q., firms By
the will of Mlsa Alice Qyipgton of
Pittsfield, Mass., the Harpptop Normal
and Agricultural Institute of Ifaipptop,
Va., Is to get $210,000, and the Eoofcer
Washington school pt Tuskegee, Ala., }s
to get $50,000... .The Cape fear ^umber
company's plant at Wlliplhgtop,
C., was destroyed by fipe op Saturday.
The loss was $100,000. ,,.Johp H. Hallt
former United States district attorney,
has been convicted at Portland, Ore., on
charges of land grafting... .The fourth
cruiser squadron of the British navy is
soon to be sent to the naval base at
Esquimalt, B. C.f Aocordipg to the
estimates recently published by the
health department the epidemic of typhoid
fever for the year ending June,
1907, cost Greater Pittsburg, Pa., the
sum of $700,000 The house of representatives
of West Virginia, last 4
week passed a Joint resolution providing
for a prohibition amendment to the
state constitution Frederick Van
Meter is under arrest at Sumner, O., on
a charge of murdering his wife by put- J
ting arsenic in her coffee There has
been a decided falling off in the customs
receipts at New York during the
past three months. The decrease is especially
noticeable as regards precious
stones, automobiles, etc The bills
prepared by the house committees on
army and naval affairs will carry
appropriations that will total $85,000,000
for the army, and $100,000,000 for the
navy The postofflce appropriation
bill for the next fiscal year, as it will
be presented to congress will carry approximately
$220,000,000, an increase of
$8,000,000 over last year Including
the sale next Friday of $50,000,000 of
long term bonds, New York city within
four months will have disposed of $150,- ^
000,000 of bonds for municipal purposes. ^
The railroads of New Jersey last
week paid to the state treasurer $2,500,000
as a balance of taxes due for the
year 1906... ,R. M. Mitchell, a white man
was convicted on a charge of murder
at Rome, Ga., last Friday and sentenced
to imprisonment for life The senate
of Kentucky has passed a bill provldiner
that electricity shall be used in
executing condemned criminals In that
state Two young Italians fought
a. duel to the death at Dubois, Pa., with ^
knives last Friday, because they both
loved the same girl....Mrs. Cecil Walton,
formerly of Tennessee, committed
suicide In New York last Friday. Before
committing the act she notified the
undertaker and her physician that she
would be dead by the time they recelv?d
her letters. She prepared herself for
burial... .Three children were drown