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Scraps and .facts. ? Charlotte Observer. February 12: 1'nited States Marshal J. Duncan Adams of South Carolina, passed through the city last night on No. 34 en route to Raleigh, having in his custody live rather noted safe-crackers in the persons of J. T. I Leonard, Charlie Williams. Frank Shaw. James Scanlon and Henry Hallan who were arrested several days ago for a depreciation in the town of Waxhaw. The men were being taken to Raleigh to be placed on trial upon a charge of breaking into the postofflce at Dunn, which occurred sometime in December. The South Carolina authorities agreed to give the safecrackers up for a time on account of the fact that the alleged crime committed in this state was more heinous than that in South Carolina. The officers have no doubt about convicting them in both cases. One of the men has been in the business a long time, according to Mr. Adams, but the others are new at this kind of work, being totally unknown to the government men of the Palmetto state. ? Acting Secretary Oliver is able to make the important announcement that the war department at least is in position to completely arm the organized militia of the country 100,000 strong, with the new high-powered army rille or musket. The weapon is officially known as the model of 1003, rechambered for the ammunition of 1906, the distinguishing feature of which is the new sharply-pointed light steelclad bullet with its enormous range and fiat trajectory. Governors of states may have the new rilles for their militia upon requisition and turning in the Kiag-Jorgensen guns of the type used in the Spanish-American war, the first magazine shoulder urm, regularly issued to the American army. The completion of this stock of arms will not close the great manufacturing armories, but they will be fully employed for a long time in making a stock of the new rifle to be held in reserve for the purpose of arming any volunteer army that may be called into the field in the future. ? Washington, February 11: Although Representative Hobson was defeated in the naval committee on his proposition for a big naval programme, he is not disposed to give up the fight. In the course of his address to the committee before the final vote was taken which resulted in the adoption of the two battleships plan, he indicated that if defeated in the committee, he might carry an appeal to the floor of the house; and his committee colleagues expect him to make a minority report asking for four big ships. Mr. Hobson made an eloquent and earnest talk to the committee before the vote was tak en. 11 is cwnccueu itmung jus vum. tee associates that no one was well Informed enough to cross words with Hobson, on the scientific theory of the importance of sea power in these times. Hobson knows the navies of the world, the gateways of the continents, the naval programmes, the fighting capacities of vessels and of men, as nobody else does. He is not a fanatic, but he is decidedly an enthusiast on naval affairs. ? Washington, February 11: \bout $10,000,000 may be secured fr^m the government by people of the south if a bill reported unanimously by the house committee on war claims becomes a law. The bill gives to the court of claims jurisdiction of the claims for captured and abandoned property which was sold during the civil war and the proceeds turned into the United States treasury. During the war the government authorised the seizure of abandoned property to be sold and the net proceeds placed in the United States treasury. There was a provision that if any one should bring suits within two years after the close of the war and prove that the property sold belonged to him the money received for it should be paid over, but to do this the citizen bringing the suit had to prove loyalty to the Union. This disqualified most southerners until the amnesty proclamation was declared in 1866, which came too late to take the claims to court, the two years' grace having expired. The object of this bill is to enable the original owners of the confiscated property to get the money it brought when sold. ? New York, February 12: Every child who has no lunch at home and would like a sandwich, stand up." This was the command given by the teacher in public school No. 114, in Oliver street, today, and whether they had a lunch at home or not such a call was not resisted. Almost every little girl stood up all the boys did. Some of them had been reported as fainting from lack of food and today's feast was an effort to impress upon them the fact that hunger is not a necessary feature of life. Early in the day a large box was deposited in the hall down stairs, and the appetizing rumor that it contained ham sandwiches had spread to every room bebefore noon. At that hour the sandwiches were carried to the rooms upstairs by important looking little boys, whose manner proclaimed that this unprecedented fall of manna was a happy diversion in the school routine. Each sandwich was neatly wrapped in white paper, but this was an item which escaped the notices of the youngsters, who were too excited tc pay attention to details. ? Tampa, Kla., February 13: Three negro delegates sent to the immigration convention by local colored organ IZailOIlS lUUUN, MC1C" K iuwu o, ..s., asked to retire, delegations from South Carolina, Tennessee, (ieorgia and Virginia objecting to their pres< nee. Another feature of the proceedings was \V. P. Xeils, socialist, of tFiis county, who appeared in the convention and demanded a seat as an American citizen. On motion of Immigration Commissioner Watson, of South Carolina, Nells was made a inembei of the convention, which Nells followed by vigorously opposing immigration of any sort. K. Zimmerman, ol .Memphis, Tenn.. declared the convention was wasting time as the prohibition wave now sweeping the south would prevent desirable immigration coming to this section and drive away many worthy foreign residents already here. The Central Trades Cnion ol Portsmouth, Va., presented resolutions opposing immigration, declaring foreigners brought disease germs and sent away good money. Secretary "1 State McC'own of South Carolina, introduced a resolution referring the iiuestion of immigration to several states, each state to work out its own solution. All resolutions were referred to committees. ? King Carlos of Portugal, who was assassinated recently, was the most unique monarch in the world. He was, according to the press, a glutton, and ate more than any other man in his kingdom. Although weighing three hundred and fifty pounds, he was a champion swimmer, a skillful lighter in the bull ring, and twice risked his life for others, once to save a drowning man and once in rescuing a peasant from a highwayman. He was a giant in strength as well as si'/.e. and many remarkable stories are told of his feats of strength. He could bend coins in bis fingers apparently without effort and could tear a pack of cards in two. Outside of bis own country Don Carlos was regarded as an admirable monarch. He was a good sportsman and an agreeable companion. These qualities, which rendered him so good a friend, made him terribly expensive to the natives. He loved to wander about the world, shooting, yachting, watching the races, and seeing the gala performances at the theatres. All of these luxurious exploits and excursions required many hundreds of thousands of dollars from , the exchequer of his impoverished country. The king drew heavily upon the national treasury in excess of his annual allowance of $600,000. For such conduct he was called an embezzler and traitor by the republicans. fthr ^torkviUr tfnquirrr. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvillc as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILIE, S. C.s FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, I90S. Mex have actually gone to the legislature for the purpose of getting jobs in connection with the dispensary. Didn't Appelt blister them though? It is riot goo<l for a newspaper man to be in the senate; but in this case it is certainly good for the senate. We do not believe in forcing prohibition on a county that does not want it; but we do not see how York county ' can very well afford to vote for other ' than prohibition. It was very proper that the bill to regulate admission to the Confederate home according to population of counties should fall. The counties did not send men to the war altogether in pro- | portion to population. 1 1 i Thfjrk has been talk about spending < $50,000 on the state capitol; but the senate put the quietus on the proposi- i tlon Wednesday night. The refusal to < make the appropriation was based up- j on the ground of economy. I ? ? i Dr. Saye's bill relating to the regula- ' tion of life insurance companies, or ' rather penalizing the making of false ! representations by agents has passed 1 the house, and will probably pass the senate as there seems to be no opposi- ! tion to it. Mr. A. G. Brice's bill to outlaw the Southeastern Tariff association has passed the house by a big major- 1 ity; but it will no doubt meet with stiff opposition in the senate. The senate on Wednesday night , passed Senator Christensen's bill appropriating 15,000 for the prosecu- ) tion of the dispensary grafters. The A in fflvnv nf t hp ns sage of the bill. If the bill becomes a i law, the situation will certainly bocome interesting. Provided Mr. Lyon is not assassinated as the last deperate resort of the thieves, the appropriation will very probably result in putting stripes on somebody. It will certainly result in a saving of many thousands of dollars to the state. Senator Tillman introduced what seems to be an important amendment to the Aldrich currency bill on Wednesday. This amendment provides that the emergency currency to be issued under the terms of this measure shall not be withdrawn from circulation more rapidly than at the rate of $9,000,000 a month, which is in accordance with the 1 present law. The pending bill removes this limitation. Mr. Tillman objected to the banks being permitted to inflate the currency by issuing $500,000,000 in bank notes and then to contract it at will. Skxator A Id rich delivered quite an exhaustive speech in the senate last Tuesday in explanation of the provi, sions of his currency bill. Very briefly . outlined, the bill would authorize the immediate preparation of national bank notes to the amount of $500,000. All of the provisions for the issuance of national bank currency remain as they , are now. In case of financial stress, any national bank will have the priv. ilege of depositing approved municipal , or railroad bonds and receiving this . emergency currency in an amount ; equal to 75 per cent of the value of the , bonds. The currency is to be paid for ( by the bank at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, the interest being charged in order to insure its retirement as soon as it is no longer needed for circulation. The bill proposes to absolutely prohibit the issuance of all other forms I ? ot emergency currency. I Tm-: salary of a circuit judge is three thousand dollars a year. That sounds . like a good deal of money to most people: but a lawyer who is not making from three to four thousand dollars a year by his profession is not fit to i be a circuit judge. Among the circuit . judges are some of the ablest lawyers in the state, as well as some of the , best men. On the go all the time, the r circuit judge has to pay out something like a thousand dollars a year on hotel . bills and railroad fare. Circuit judges , who have no families, or who have v,oa fomiiios :iff. lint sis well nuali I ? . tied for their positions, sympathetical. ly, at least, as those who have fami lies. The family expenses of most men . are much greater when they are away . from home than when they are at home. I And growing children necessarily suf' fer from the absence of their father. As a rule it is not best that all the trouble . and responsibility of training and caring for the children should be upon [ the mother. Where there are several I children and the father is away, it is very necessary that the mother have i some help, and this help is generally : more or less expensive. So altogether , the circuit judge with a family has a I pretty hard time of it. Of course a ; good deal of honor attaches to the > position of circuit judge; but the state can very well afford to pay its J servants In something more substantial than honors, and in the ease ol' the judges it should do so. The Lien Law. And just as many who are experienced in such matters have believed all along, the lien law is not to he repealed. * The house voted overwhelmingly for repeal: but there is reason to believe that ^ majority of those so voting did H so in the assurance that the senate would not pass the repeal measure. The senate passed the repeal bill on L second reading and then killed it on ihe third reading, leaving the lien law undisturbed on the statute books. j, The fact that there really was no intention to kill the lien law is not a mere matter of opinion. Numerous E senators and representatives, including some who have been voting both ways have been saying this all along. T The explanation is that the politi cians have about run out of something to quarrel about?something that is calculated to reach the people of the whole state on one side or the other, and this lien law question has been J. taken up principally on account of the politics it is likely to develop. *< It is a fact also that this is the principal reason for the agitation of the prohibition question at this time. That the lien law will figure in politics from now on is quite probable; but that the law will be repealed for some time to come is very doubtful. The Suffrage. One of the most Important subjects ' before the people of South Carolina is that of suffrage, and unless the matter receives careful, intelligent and patrl- R otic attention during the next few vears, the state will pay severely for its neglect. J. As the suffrage system now stands in this state, there is really very little restriction as to the rigjit of a white man to vote. In most sections of the state si about all that is necessary is that he p; look like he is twenty-one years of age. ^ Whether the fact is generally recognized or not, it is a fact all the same. ^ that our registration laws amount to very little. After twelve years of regisV tration, only about 75 per cent of the n white men entitled to register are reg- , n istered, and between 25 and 50 per cent of the names on the books are those of people who have either died or became legally disqualified by moving out of j the counties in which they were origi ?,1 miliv rt-gisicicu. About the only real restrictions to . voting are those that are Imposed by the executive officials of the Democrat- tj. 1c party, and these restrictions are very often governed more largely by the ej whims and preferences of said execu- ,p live officials than by any rules of rea<on, lav or justice. . In this county of York, for Instance, jj there are about four thousand men of voting age. who by right or suffrance are able to participate In primaries. Of these four thousand, probably as many t is three thousand are settled residents, tj. Identified with the welfare of the gov?rnment and about one thousand are v< floaters, who are here today maybe and . next month somewhere else. In the case of a primary where the ^ resident voters are divided, and it is j never difficult to divide them, the resuit of the election depends on the ability of one side or the other to control the largest number of floaters, and this controlling of the floaters is often done by means that are not at all fair rt to the people who are permanently es- tl tablished and who bear the burdens a] and responsibilities of the government, j What South Carolina needs, is grit and strict regulations of the registra- A tion so as to give every permanently v< established white citizen the right to C( a certificate, and to provide that no . man shall participate in a party primary except upon the exhibition of a 01 registration certificate that will en- cs title him to vote in a general election. rj BIENNIAL SESSIONS. ** b< A Reform For Which the People Voted Without Result. From time to time we hear of the "referendum" as a device that ought to be made a part of our governmental rr system, but it would be well if some u wise legislator would contrive a way to make the referendum effective even in those cases where it is now provid- * ed by law. Four years ago the people rr of South Carolina voted in favor of tj adoption of a constitutional amendment making the sessions of the gen- s' eral assembly biennial, instead of an- nual, but because the amendment was n in some way defective in form and the transition from the old to the new plan was not legally practicable under e' it, it failed of its purpose. Subsequent si legislative efforts to make effective tlie cieariy expresseu win ui mc tummonwealth have proved abortive. dl Yet nothing is more certain than sj that the majority of the people wish ^ that the general assembly should meet only once in two years, and the present condition in Columbia proves that sessions more frequent than biennial are undesirable. The general assembly is even now jogging along * with time on its hands, and with the pressure of work so light that the Vj temptation is strong to the legislator , to take his work too easily. Annual sessions are out of fashion in the United States. They are held qi in only six states of the forty-six. Sup- w posing that a legislative session costs $40,000 in South Carolina, the money saved by omitting a session in alter- D nate years would support another little n( college. Twenty thousand dollars is . the annual interest on $400,000 of state bonds. The cost, however, is not the prin- w cipal objection to annual sessions. Be- s( ing unnecessary, they are positively harmful. The precept of Democracy is "The less law, the better." Frequent v sessions of the legislature are a power- c ful incentive to encumber the statute books. "What are we here for, unless to legislate?" inquires the legislator and the process of passing or killing yi a weary catalogue of curious acts j "goes on forever," as the brook goes ^ on, until the constitutional time limi- C tat ion of the session sets a period to o] it- M The main point is that the people . have spoken in favor of the constitutional amendment and their will should not be thwarted. It is somebody's fault that the annual sessions have not been abolished, a fault which we do not attempt to trace to anyone, ?' but. be that as it may, the duty is a imperative upon the general assembly before it adjourns, to take measures ? to carry out what the people of South Carolina wish in this important mat- o tor.?Xews and Courier. ai ' 1 n ? Before the winding up commission d, yesterday, Lewis \V. Parker of Green- 3, ville, testified that Samuel J. Lanahan of Baltimore told him that Cole L. ^ Blease represented Lanahan's liquor s< concern in South Carolina for a short time at $2,000 a year. It is said that R Mr. Blease has an affidavit in which Mr. Lanahan swore that he never said P anything of the kind. Lanahan died ei about two weeks ago. Dining yester- f)| day's session also Attorney General Lyon denounced Rditor G. Ft. Keoster 01 of the Columbia Record as a "most in- o] famous and dirty liar." The denuncia- a, tion was because of an editorial in the Record in which it was pretty clearly suggested that Mr. Lyon is engaged in P1 buying testimony against grafters. Mr. ti Keoster claimed that iiis editorial was based on the fact that the commission is unwilling to pay claims until claim- P ants show their books. Keoster asked for the protection of the court and Lyon t\ said that he held himself personally responsible and was to be found walk-lot ing the streets at any time. le: LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. lOuis Roth?As usual has a complete line of fancy groceries and mentions a few for your consideration, liss Rosa Lindsay?Suggests that you have your photographs made now, when you can do little else. Watch the display case. oik Furniture Co.?Will sell you all kinds of house furnishing goods either for cash or on easy payments. Harrison's ready-mixed paints, lerndon & Gordon?Say they carry everything in groceries, confectioneries and hardware. See them for a "Never-Fall" oil can. uther Raber?Has opened his barbershop in the Shandon hotel building, is ready for business and solicits your patronage. eff D. Whltesides?Requests all persons who have subscribed for The Enquirer on his club to make settlement at earliest convenience. >. E. Boney, Manager?Tells you why you should insure your life in the Farmers' Mutual Life Insurance company. hnmsnn Co?Gives notice that owing to the inclement weather of this week, its special sale will continue until February 22d. Q. Wray?Is showing new lines of spring goods and says that bright, sunshine days will come again. W. Dobson?Wants you to be sure to read his next ad. There'll be "something doing." Produce wanted. [. W. White?In rhyme tells what printers' ink will do for the man who has stocks, bonds and real estate for sale. A. Tate, C. C. C. Pis.?Gives notice of sale of lands of estate of Jas. A. Jackson, deceased. Sale takes place salesday in March. , L. Williams & Co.?Are showing new shapes in men's hats in pearl, brown and black at $1.00 to $3.50. Men's half hose. 50c dozen, ork Drug Store?Invites you to see its lines of cut class and fancy china, when .you are looking for gifts for friends or relatives. ,oyal Baking Powder Co.?Reminds you that you can eat food prepared with Royal baking powder with perfect confidence. See fourth page. ,. R. I?ogan. C.?Calls special meeting Yorkville Council No. 48, Jr. O. IT. A. M.. this (Friday) night. Dr. Saye's bill to prohibit the deduction of fox in York county has assed both houses and will become a iw. The senate has passed a joint resoition introduced by Mr. Price to pay [rs. Harriet J. Bratton of Brattonsille, $100 for stoek slaughtered on the ^commendation of the state veterinaan. The Progressive Farmer is urging its waders to give more attention to the jlection of seed corn and to buy only i the ear. This strikes us as being :>od, sensible advice. There are nulerous farmers who are too indifferent oout the selection of their seed corn. Electric power is the best power in te world except when the wires are Jt of business, and then it is a mis*able disappointment. Except for he Enquirer's supplementary power, ir subscribers would have missed two sues within the past two weeks. As was, the machinery of The Enquirer * than 71 ce was imi iui n minutes, during working hours. Now that they have about decided ? give Columbia the Confederate home lat she has been crying for so long, it ill be interesting to see how many 2terans will take advantage of it. We now of many Confederate veterans ho are finding it a pretty hard scuffle ? get along; but they all have home es that they will be more or less athe to give up for any such home as lat in Columbia is likely to be. The statute which allows the bringig of a suit for damages against ^ lilroad in any county through which le railroad runs, no matter where the lleged damage was sustained, is workig quite a hardship on York county, ttracted no doubt by the several big erdicts that have been given in this >unty against railroad corporations, lere seems to be quite a disposition n the part of plaintiffs to bring their ises here. And really it does not look ght that York should have to take le responsibility and pay the expense f settling troubles that more properly ?long in other counties. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? This is St. Valentine's day and the mils are full of missives of all kinds, nder and otherwise. ? The best outlay that the town of orkville can make In the direction of mnicipal improvement would be for le macadamization of Congress reet. ? The surveyors have not yet furished their estimate as to the probable )st of constructing the proposed sew~age system for Yorkville; but from jch information as The Enquirer has pen able to gather, it is still very oubtful as to whether an adequate ostein can be had for the amount of inney that will be available. ABOUT PEOPLE. Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon of orkville. are both down with grip. Mrs. J. A. Willifora or kock nui, is isiting relatives arid friends in Yorkille. Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Radcliff, are both uite sick at their home in Yorkville, ith grip. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Lesslie and Mr. '. P. Lesslie of the Neely's Creek eighborhood, have been sick with grip >r some days. Mrs. Martha B. Lowry is quite ill ith grip at her home on East Jefferin street, Yorkville. Miss Clara Alexander of No. 4, Yorkille, left yesterday for Raleigh, N. .. for the purpose of entering a busiess college in that city. Mr. Geo. W. Kunz, for a number of pars past, a. valued employe of Messrs. J. Keller & Co., left yesterday for artersville, Ga., with the expectation f making that place his future home. Irs. Kunz and the children expect to >Ilow in about two weeks. PARCEL POST BILL. Senator Burnham of New Hampshire n Wednesday introduced in congress measure of distinct importance to rutl interests throughout the United tales. It is a bill to provide a rural el I very parcel post for merchandise nd other articles actually mailed on jral delivery routes. The rural free elivery routes now number more than $,000, and on mem an excess <u ia,)0,000 people receive a daily postal ?rvice. The measure introduced by Senator urnham has the indorsement of the resident and Postmaster General Meyr. It provides for the establishment r a domestic rural parcel post at speial rates of postage, for the delivery f foodstuffs, dry goods, drugs, books nd other merchandise. The rate of ostage is to be Jive cents for the first nund and two cents for each addional pound or fraction thereof, and ti parcels weighing less than one mind as follows: Two ounces or less, one cent: over vo and under four ounces, two cents; rer four and not exceeding eight Linces, three cents; over eight and not cceeding 12 ounces, four cents; and over 12 ounces and under one pound, Ave cents. ai Two important limitations are nlaced . on the use of the proposed parcel post ,n by the following1 provisions: gi "That nothing herein contained shall Sfi be taken as authorizing the acceptance or delivery at the special rates of postage herein provided of any parcel of- th fered by any person acting as agent or so representative, upon commission or otherwise, for any erson or company not resident on such rural delivery route. sc "That only such parcels shall be re- g-, celved for delivery at the special rates u. of postage herein provided as are offered by bona, fide merchants or dealers sa whose regular places of business are on ju rural delivery routes covered by this act. in the ordinary and regular course r,. of their business, and by residents on such routes in their individual capacity." The bill provides that the parcels carried shall not weigh more than 11 pounds, or be more than three feet six sl inches in length. Perishable articles of will be sent at the senders' risk, and m will not be accepted at any postofflce more than three hours before the departure of the mail from the office. is , ht JOHN B. WHITES1DES DEAD. f Mr. John Brown Whltesides died at ? a r the home of his daughter, Mrs. Amanda McGill, four miles east of Hickory Grove, last Wednesday morning at 9 \ o'clock, after having been confined ' to his bed since August 13 last, and . Sil ____________ E of I n( th p> LW I bi A M I to s' th I in b( WKm8 1 H >f I bc l? I ar n I ill >P id I ir m was buried at Smyrna on Thursday, ca His death was due to hemorrhage of he the lungs following congestion. ev Mi*. Whitesides was one of the best cl< known citizens of western York. He cu was born at the old mill place on tii Clark's Fork, on December 13, 1825, hs and spent practically the whole of his th long life In the neighborhood. He or went to the war as a member of Com- ti< pany A. 12th regiment, Willis Miller, ar cat tain, and served twelve months th until he was severely wounded at al Hilton Head. Upon his return home at he sent 4,000 bushels of corn to the sc front for distribution among the sol- th diers of his regiment. When the war m closed he owned twenty negroes. so After the war Mr. Whitesides de- ed voted himself principally to farming. He was elected a ruling elder of Ci Smyrna church in 1865 and served la until the time of his death. His rep- la utation was that of a straightforward, tr upright citizen. He leaves the follow- g ing children: R. M. Whitesides, Mrs. gr pe Emma McGill, Mrs. Lizzie Plaxco, g v?r? Wh<taal,1oa TufY r> r,, > V III. 1UCU1II n liuvoiuvu, wvi*. ? . Whitesides, Mrs. Amanda McGill. cc yi THE SPECULATIVE MARKET. ^ The contract market fluctuations of yesterday are reviewed in an Associated Press dispatch of last night from New of York as follows: St The cotton market was nervous ci: and unsettled today with the close jn steady at a net decline of 9 points to h( an advance of 1 point. Sales were esti- ra mated at only 150,000 bales. ar The market opened steady at a de- \\ cllne of 2 to 5 points under a little m selling by local traders, but quickly at rallied on covering and during the co early session showed a net advance of about 6 to 7 points on the active co months In response to a steady Eng- w| lish market, reports that a large ce number of dry goods buyers were <p] reaching the city, and continued re- w\ ports of firmness in southern spot cir- m| cles. There was no sign of aggressive q, bull support, however, and the market eased off, becoming quite weak sj( during the afternoon on rumors of another unfavorable presidential message in the near future, and the break in stocks. There was a slight rally at 0( the close on covering. Last prices were 5 to 9 points net lower on old crop months and unchanged to 1 higher he on new. Neither New Orleans nor of Liverpool reported any change of consequence over the local holiday and sent but few orders here during to- ar day's trading. Southern spot market be officialy reported early were unchang- ^ ed to &c. higher, generally unchanged. 1 Receipts at the ports today 26,221 bales again-it 27.427 last week and at 21,761 last year. For 1 he week 200,000 bales agu'nst 217,956 last week l'u and 208,913 last year. Today's receipts de at New Orleans 8,822 bales against J?' 9,681 last year and at Houston 6.659 eil against 12,610. ?u R. T* H CIRCUIT COURT. ? pa Notwithstanding the long list of si cases on Calendar 1 and the brave ^ start on Monday of last week for a full term of two weeks, the court of com- th mon pleas ran out of work for the ju- cli rors Tuesday afternoon and on Wednesday morning they were discharged j0( from further attendance. On Wednes- th day afternoon, the court was adjourned as sine die. When the last issue of The Enqul- co rer went to press the jury was out on ar *i? \t > ? T T Rniwn vs. the !s 11 If CI.-*- ... _ __ Southern railroad. The suit was for ev $.10,000 damages for the killing of Mrs. un Brown's husband while he was engaged u-s in coupling cars. Mr. Brown was a conductor and was crushed between the bumpers of two freight cars. The jury ' remained out several hours and finally jC} agreed upon a verdict for the plaintiff tk In the sum of $S,000. so There was several motions for new trials: but all of these motions were an overruled. Judge Watts in effect tak- to ing the position that one trial is wl enough. Of course, it would be unfair ^. to represent his honor as unwilling to Sn grant a new trial regardless of his plain 24 duty: but he made it very clear that in xv' a case where he has the least doubt about the propriety of a new trial he re is willing to put the matter up to the th supreme court. cl' . It is understood that several cases * were compromised: but the reporter was able to get definite information as to only one?that of J. H. Witherspoon ,n vs. the Southern railroad. This was a th right of way case in which the plaintiff ve was suing for $2,000. The basis of the ^ compromise has not yet been made a ()g matter of record. Ui There was some little disappointment nong some of the jurors at the breakg down of court so early. They arle that while it suits very well to do twice now while they would not be >ry busy at anything else, later on in ie spring it will not suit them nearly i well. Judge Watts had no hesitation about ittlng an end to the suspense just as ion as delay began to develop. He ive it to be understood that he was illing to remain as long as was necesry; but he was not going to hold the rors doing nothing against uncertain s. His honor left for his home in tiesterfield on Wednesday evening. MISS NANCE TOMORROW. Miss Mary Nance, president of the ate association for the improvement rural schools, has an appointment to ake a taJk in the court house tomoriw on the subject of her work, and it sincerely xo De nopea inai sue win ive a good audience. This matter of improving the comrt, convenience and looks of things ound school houses is not altogether sentimental proposition; but more of practical one, and it is especially derable that the practical, common sense hool patrons of the county come and >ar what Miss Nance may have to .y. Of course, it is the purpose of The nquirer to have at least a summary Miss Nance's remarks; but we would >t advise anybody to assume that this ill be sufficient. This lady has given is particular subject a great deal of actical thought, she has had much iperioneo, and she is filled with a lining enthusiasm that is calculated carry more contagion than can posIdy come from cold print. Anybody is able to appreciate how e school houses might be made more viting by a little discrimination, lair and expense to that end. and jt is it difficult to appreciate how this will ihance the interest of the pupils, iss Nance is able to give lots of valible suggestions along this line. ANDBOOK OF SOUTH CAROLINA. The Enquirer is in receipt of a copy the Handbook of South Carolina, a 10k of something over 600 finely inted pages, recently gotten out by on. E. J. Watson, commissioner of ;riculture, commerce and immigration id containing a comprehensive sumary of the statistics of agriculture, anufactures, geography, climate, geol;>*, physiography, minerals, mining, lucation, transportation, commerce id government of the state. This book only came to hand this orning, and, of course, it is impractiI to make anything like a compressive review of it at this time; but en a casual turning of the leaves disuses many features that are well calilated to impress one with a high estnate of its unusual value. And we ive gone into it far enough to see at it is not given over entirely even for the most part to dry staples. It contains highly interesting id accurate descriptions of most of e particulars in which this state leads 1 others, and presents many remark>le facts that will prove more or less irprising even to people who think at they are throughly informed in all atters pertaining to the natural reurces, industrial, agricultural and lucational progress of the state. According to this hand book, South irolina leads the world with the rgest cabbage growing industry, the rgest cabbage plant shipping indus?r ?Ifi rtrout npfnn trrnwftr. the lar >st cotton mill under one roof, the eatest production of upland cotton :r acre (four bales raised by the late , D. Thompson of York county), in lality of sea island cotton, yield of >rn per acre, yield of rice per acre, eld of oats per acre, in the use of ectrical power for driving cotton ills, in the tensile strength of grans. This state leads the Union in a imber of important particulars and le southern states in still a number others. It ranks second in the United ates in the cotton manufacturing, urth in the manufacture of commeral fertilizers, fifth in the canning dustry, fifth in the manufacture of >slery and fifth in the production of iw cotton. The book contains much interesting td valuable history, and although Mr. atson apologizes for having left out uch that should have been incorpored, we have not yet been able to dlswer any omissions. There is no charge under the law for pies of this valuable work, but those ho would have copies must send 25 nts to help create a postage iuna. le book is easily worth J5 to those ho would always have at hand the ost valuable reference work on South irollna that has ever been published. Jdress Hon. E. J. Watson, commis[>ner, Columbia, S. C. LOCAL LACONICS, sath of Mrs. J. R. London. Mrs. John R. London died at her >me in Rock Hill yesterday morning pneumonia, after a brief illness, rs. London was a daughter of Mr. id Mrs. J. A. Shurley of Ebenezer, had en married only about five months, sath of Mrs. Thomasson. Mrs. Annie Caroline Thomasson, died the home of her son-in-law, Mr. B. rnes, in Bethesda township on Febary 9, in the 73d year of her age. The iceased was the widow of the late imes Thomasson and the mother of ght children, of whom the following irvive: Mrs. Sallie Harrison, Mrs. J. Ferguson, Mrs. B. Jones and Mrs. J. . Nevins. Mrs. Thomasson had been great sufferer during many years ist. She was a member of Uethliloh church. nocked Out By Grip. Fort Mill Times: For the reason that e editor has for a week been in the utches of his majesty, the grip, the aders of the Times will please excuse e small amount of home news on the cal pages of this week's paper. For e foregoing reason we would also k that our advertisers excuse the ual changes in their ads. Be it iown that this editor is also chief mpositor, au-man and picsa-pusun, id when overtaken with illness, there little doing in the sanctum of the mes. Fmm present indications, hower, we feel safe in saying that ere inther week we will have regained our ual high state of excellence (?) and at the Times will appear next Thursy in usual form. sath of Mr. D. E. Thomas. Mr. David Elain Thomas, whose critll illness with pneumonia was men>ned recently, died at the home of his n, Mr. Sam Thomas, near Flirt yesterday morning. The de 1 Phnofoi' nnnntr I awu >\ US C-L IKU1VC Ul vvw..?^ I id was born May 27, 1834. He came York county with his parents in 1841 ien only 7 years of age and has been resident of this county since. His fe was Miss Kllen Minerva Fergun, to whom he was married on May . isr.fi. There were nine children, of rtom eight survive. Mr. Thomas was Confederate soldier, and was woundthree times during the war. His putation throughout his long life was at of a straight-forward, law-abiding :izen, and he had the respect and es?m of all who knew him. le of the Noblest of Them All. P. H. McCJ., in News and Courier: presentative Legale has written the jstees of the Carnegie Foundation in e interest of Col. Asbury Coward, the teran military educator of South irolina. It is the purpose of Mr. Lere to have Col. Coward receive recnition as one of the men in the lited States who has been actively engaged in teaching for thirty years and to have him receive part of the fund which Mr. Carnegie set apart last year for that purpose. There is little doubt but that Mr. Legare will be successful in Ills undertaking, and it will be a just recognition of Col. Coward's excellent record as an educator of many years' experience to have him receive part of Mr. Carnegie's generosity. Mr. Legare has written the parties in charge of this work and has sent them a strong letter signed by all the members of the South Carolina delegation in congress. Formerly of Yorkville. News has been received here of the death of Mrs. A. HefTerron, which occurred In Calumbla last Wednesday. She was in the 94th year of her age. Mrs. HefTerron lived in Yorkville during the war, and her son, Mr.' B. W. HelYerron, now of West Point, va., naa a case of smallpox. The deceased was a sister of Mrs. Jane Armstrong. Mrs. Mary Smith, and of Dr. Hunter, all former residents of Yorkville. Mrs. Smith was the wife of Win. Smith, who was In his day a noted boot and shoe maker. The deceased had one daughter, Miss Mattle, who will be remembered by some of the older people. She Is now Mrs. P. W. Crutchfleld and resides in Winston-Salem, N. C. Death of Mrs. D. T. Lesslie. Mrs. Susan Jane Lesslie. widow of the late D. T. Lesslie. died at her home about a mile east of Lesslie Station last Tuesday, after a long and tedious illness. The deceased was a daughter of the late Thomas Wylie, and was born in the Santuc neighborhood near Harmony on November 13, 1826. She was married to her husband on December 20, 1849, and became the mother of seven children, of whom the following are living: Mr. W. S. Lesslie, Mr. D. P. Lesslie, Mrs. N. E. Simpson, Mrs. Nancy J. Williams, Mr. T. F. Lesslie. She had several brothers and sisters; but all are dead. Mrs. Lesslie was a woman of strong character and high Intellectual power. Her life was devoted principally to her family and her church: but she exercised a great Influence for good throughout the entire community in which she spent her long life. The funeral took place at Neely's Creek on Wednesday, the services being conducted by Rev. Oliver Johnson. Important Amendment to School Law. The house on last Monday passed a bill adding the following to section 1208 of the code of 1902: "Provided, further, that whenever a school district has voted a special levy upon Itself the trustees of said district shall have power to tlx the special levy of that school district from year to year, provided they shall never lower the .same as set by an election of the people: And provided, further, that they shall fix and advertise the special levy based upon estimates of school expenses for the coming years, itemized and published at same time: Provided, further, that this advertisement shall be Inserted in at least one local paper in its issue immediately subsequent to the meeting of the board fixing the levy. This meeting shall always be held some time in May. During the two months after such meeting has been published the people shall have the right to call an election as provided now under section 1208 of the general school law and raise or lower the levy as fixed by the trustees for the coming year. If the levy is raised or lowered by the people the trustees shall raise or lower its estimates for the coming year so as to bring expenses of said district inside the amount provided by the general tax laws and the special levy." THE STATE AND THE GRAFTERS. Review of the Dispensary Mess by Senator Christensen. A contest is being waged in Columbia this winter the like of which is seldom seen in this state. It is going on beneath the surface for the most part, though occasionally outcroppings are noted in the papers. The state and the grafters have locked horns and are struggling mightily, the one to get off unexposed and unpunished with as much of the boodle as possible, and the other to uncover the most secret nests of corruption, to put the guilty in prison, and to save ror the state all that is due out of the $800,000 that is part of the bone of contention. The attorney general and the "Winding Up Commission" are working in harmony, assisted by Messrs. Abney of Columbia, Stevenson of Cheraw and the firm of Anderson, Felder & Roundtree of Atlanta. Ranged with them is a majority of the legislature and the state press. This force comes on to the field to engage in one of the last battles of a three year campaign. All that has happened in this affair since the appointment of the legislative investigating committee in 190'5 serves as a foundation for the present contest. Those In charge have, month by month during these years, shaped measures to the present end. It is only because the people have patiently and with determination, and with ballot, and no uncertain voice, backed this effort to cut out this cancer from the state that success now seems certain. Strong as this combination seems it would be powerless were it not for the fund of $800,000, of which $600,000 is claimed by liquor concerns. The act under which the "Winding Up Commission" is operating, compels a full investigation of each claim before it is paid. Some of the liquor people involved can not afford to lose the money. That is what brought Goodman to Columbia and gave an opening that widens each day as the state presses forward. * * At?/\ a r"r*i xroH tVlP I rt gH 111S L II1C maic aic anu;v%. .... suspected and unsuspected grafters among its citizens, together with some of the most powerful liquor combinations in the world. They have millions at their back, with all that means. They are fighting for their reputation, their liberty, and some against bankruptcy. One of the outcroppings spoken of is the effort to take the whole matter out of the hands of the "Winding Up Commission" and put it into those of Judge Pritchard, who presides over a United States court in North Carolina. Fleischmann of Cincinnati is heading this move. He is one of the most influential men in Ohio and very strong in those Republican circles that control Judge Pritchard's appointment. Fleischmann's attack has been many sided. He has tried for instance, to discredit the attorney general and the winding up commission by publishing in the papers charges that they have entered into an arrangement with the banks that are holding these funds whereby they will all profit. This was denounced and its absurdity exposed before Judge Pritchard last night. Those involved have threatened to assassinate the attorney general, they have attempted to open up negotiations to bribe him. and their last desperate attempt has been to slander him. Fortunately for the state his character is such as to make this attempt as futile as the others. On the streets, in the hotels of Columbia and at the portals of the legislative halls of the capitol, in the meetings of legislative committees and on the floor of the senate the friends of the suspected grafters and the unsuspected grafters are busily at work. Their secret agents watch every move of the state and it may not be doubted that every possible means to thwart justice is being considered.? Beaufort Gazette. SOME PKi-sa uuivinncNio. What the Newspapers Are Saying About Current Events. Senator Chrlstensen has said more than Senator Appelt said. Why don't some of the other senators jump on him??Anderson Daily Mail. The News and Courier says: A drop in life insurance rates in Breathitt county may be expected." Yes, Breathitt county probably breathes more easiiy.?Spartanburg Herald. And lo! The members of the legislature just had to go to Charleston to see for themselves if it were really a fact that the tigers were suppressed.? Greenville News. According to a newspaper dispatch, "Three years ago the president told a caller, 'Before my administration closes the people will tind that I am an Andrew Jackson Democrat.' " This confirms the old suspicion that he, too, was born in North Carolina.?News and Courier. WHY NOT HELP COLUMBIA? Splendid Privilege the State Enjoys In Having Capitol Located Here. The plea of Columbia that the stale relieve the city from the obligation of an ancient contract to supply the state institutions with water without charge ought to have indulgent attention. The state furnishes to the city a great number of benefits without cost, but the state is actuated by no sentiment of benevolence or charity. The state appropriates the money required to convert the capitol grounds Into a pretty park which the citizens of Columbia, famous for their love for the beautiful, cannot but enjoy. The state provides the money for the university, the spacious grounds of which are the constant resort of many of Columbia's fairest daughters and tallest sons. The state supports a lunatic asylum and erects for it imposing buildings, objects of interest to the thousands of visitors, and, additionally, a state prison. A bill is pending in the legislature at the moment of the esiaonsnmeru, in ^oiumoia, ui u uuwic for indigent Confederate veterans, to be maintained by the state out of its revenues and, of course, it should be located in Columbia. Indeed, we imagine that a suggestion that It be located on the slopes of Paris Mountain would be considered as impious. The shop-keepers of Columbia derive immense revenues from the state institutions, the general assembly itself is of incidental assistance to the beautiful hotels of Columbia, but the institutions and the legislators obtain their money's worth and Columbia krtlnder no obligation, moral oF""irtfsTnes8, to the state. Perhaps, the state owes something to Columbia for maintaining itself as an agreeable and charming capital city?what would the state of South Carolina do for a capital were it not for Columbia? Were the general assembly to appropriate $25,000 for the purchase of Congaree water, and some member from Sumter. like George Dick, should move to amend by adding $100,000 for the paving of streets leading to the public institutions, we should regard It our high duty to applaud with zest. South Carolina does not manifest towards other communities the same affection that it lavishes upon the capital city. There is a state institution in Rock Hill, but the citizens of Rock Hill contributed handsomely to its foundation. A citizen of Fort Mill contributed largely to the foundation of Clemson college. There is a state educational institution in Charleston and the city of Charleston contributes annually to its revenues. But no possible reason may be brought to show that the state should not pay for everything that it gets out of Columbia. The privilege of having the growing city of Columbia, with its 45,000 inhabitants, and its splendid industrial plants built in the_ neighborhood of the Columbia canal, for, a capital, ought to be paid for each year and is not to be supposed that the debt will ever be paid in full.?News and Courier. 0 9 MERE-MENTION. Plans have been completed for the erection of a $20,000,000 union terminal station at .San Francisco The United States forestry' department has given orders for the slaying of about 15,000 wild horiies that roam the government reserves in Nevada. Robert Womack, discoverer of the Cripple Creek, Col., gold field, is living at Colorado Springs, an object of charity. He sold a claim for $500 that has since produced $15,000,000 in gold The estate of the late Marshall Field has recently paid the city of Chicago $1,000,000 back taxes on unlisted securities that came to light after Mr. Field's demise The Oklahoma house has passed a bill which will require all hotels to provide beds with nine-foot sheets, and that no cup, dish, vessel, etc., that has a visible crack can be used in serving food....More than 75, 000 nogs were received at cmvugu stockyards on Monday. The receipts were the largest on record for a single day Henry Thaxter, a negro, was hanged at Birmingham, Ala., Monday, for murder. He made an address from the scaffold, saying, "Friends, I am here once again," and ending with, "Thanking you for your attention.".,..., .The First National bank of Brooklyn, which* closed October 25, was reopened for business this week A New York judge a few days ago fined seventyfour absent talesmen $100 each for lax attendance after being summoned for Jury duty Sixteen locomotives, made in the United States and shipped to the Manchurian railway, were lost off the coast of China a few days ago by the sinking of the vessel carrying them.... Thousands of iron and steel workers are returning to work throughout Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania as business prospects grow brighter... .Chas. W. Morse, a former banker and ice magnate of New York, is under indictment by the Federal grand <ury for grand larceny Mrs. Dora McDonald, on trial in Chicago since January 20 for the murder of Webster Guerrin was acquitted by a jury Tuesday night The 100th anniversary of the successful burning of anthracite coal in a grate, was celebrated at Wilkesbarre, Pa., Tuesday... .The mayor of Milton, Del., says he will resign the job because the town has become so quiet and peaceful under , prohibition that there are not enough fees to pay for his time Judge Kennesaw Landis, in Chicago on Tuesday, refused to appoint a receiver in a bankruptcy case involving two liquor saloons. The judge said, "I refuse to go in the liquor business, and, therefore, will appoint no receiver. I will enjoin anyone from moving away or selling the assets." Russia will spend $6,000,000, in the next three years in building a fortress at Vladivostok ...; Leavenworth, Kan., after a bitter campaign lasting several weeks, has voted to adopt a commission form of government instead of by mayor and council Mrs. Violet Goold, sentenced to death by the guillotine at Monte Carlo, France, for murder, has had her sentence commuted to life imprisonment. She and her husband murdered a woman named Levin, for the latter's jewels... .The attorney generals of Texas, Kansas and Missouri, have decided to cooperate in a warfare on violaters of anti-trust laws of those states....An 8-year-old negro girl was killed in Atlanta, Wednesday morning by a live telephone wire Six automobiles made the start in the New York T-*? ~ aa VAnr Vnnlr AM WoH. iu runs i uv;c n um w?4 ?? v? nesday morning: Squire Mutchin, a negro, who claimed to be 133 years old, died at Troy, Ala., Tuesday. Mutchun claimed to be a native of South Carolina More than 3,000 merchants from the south and west landed In New York, Tuesday, to buy spring goods. It is estimated that the visiting merchants will buy close to $100,000,000 worth of goods. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The quadrennial weighing of the mails in this state was commenced last Tuesday and will continue for several weeks. ? The Greenville Clearinghouse association has burned $148,000 of the $150,000 worth of clearinghouse certificates issued sometime ago by the banks of the city. It is said that money is plentiful in Greenville now and everything is moving along swimmingly. ? The house spent Wednesday night's session in considering the bill of Mr. Miley to require domestic insurance companies to deposit with the staje treasurer a bond of $10,000, or that amount in cash, to protect their policy holders. There was a stubborn fight on the bill and every known parliamentary motion to defeat it was made, but it finally passed after being amended so as to exempt mutual companies which do not write insurance outside of their own counties. ? News and Courier: Discussing *he repeal of the lien law Monday night Senator Graydon of Abbeville, said the hue and cry advocating the repeal of the lien law came chiefly from the newspapers and a few landlords. He had never seen a valid reason !? favor of tho hill. The onlv argument he had heard was that the repeal would mean the servitude of colored labor. He felt that the negro was free, and that any such bill would prove an egregious mistake. Instead of forcing the negro into farm servitude It would drive the negro to the west and public works outside this state. The very men crying for the repeal of the lien law are the very men who want no immigrants. He would rather have the negro than southern Europeans as laborers. This bill would bring trouble