Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 13, 1908, Image 2
Scraps and |acts.
? Dave Poe, Tom Ranston and two
Jenkins brothers, all colored, were
lynched at Van Cleave. Miss., twenty
miles north of Riloxi. Miss., by a mob
of thirty men last Monday night. The
men were in the custody of Deputy
Sheriff E%'ans, of Jackson county, en
route to Jail when the mob overtook
them. A series of incendiary warehouse
fires, causing losses in charcoal,
feedstuffs and other supplies, incensed
the people of the vicinity. The four
negToes confessed their guilt when the
mob took them from the deputy and
all four were hanged to limbs of trees
by the side of the toad where their
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Immediate cause of the lynching: was
the burning of the warehouse of Sam
Byrd last Friday night, when It Is
said an attempt was made to waylay
and rob Byrd, who conducted a store
near Van Cleave. Among the other
warehouses burned in the vicinity are
those of W. H. Westfall, about a month
ago and the Dantseler Lumber company
recently. The lynching was conducted
in an orderly manner.
? The postmaster general is of the
opinion that It Is prejudicial to the
welfare of a boy to employ him as a
special delivery messenger in the postal
service and has issued an order to
the effect that whenever a vacancy
occurs in the force of special-delivery
messengers the position shall not be
filled and that substitute letter carriers
and clerks shall be employed to
effect special delivery. He says these
messenger boys are called upon frequently
to visit low resorts and are
often compelled to travel long dis
tances late at night in lonely outlying
sections of the great cities, fulling to
make deliveries at times through fear
or weariness. The object of the order
is to bring about the gradual discontinuance
of the services of these
juvenile messengers. Special-delivery
messengers have been employed since
1885 and at present there are 2,505
engaged at 819 postoffices, with ages
as follows: eighty-seven, 13 years;
167, 14 years; 318, 15 years; 664, 16,
years; 4 99, 17, years, and 780, 18 years
or over. At 34 4 offices substitute
clerks and carriers do the work.
? Amate, La., March 11: The
strained political situation in Louisana
Democratic circles was last night responsible
for the killing of Democratic
State Senator-elect Kemp. He was
shot and killed by C. F. Hyde, a young
political business leader of this section.
Yesterday the men quarreled
about the recent Democratic primary
for lieutenant governor, in which J. J.
Bailey and Paul Lambremont, competed
with the result that Bailey, the
defeated candidate, filed a protest
charging the Democratic state central
committee with fraud. Hyde in discussing
this controversy is alleged to
have called Kemp a liar. Friends of
both thought the incident trival and
it had apparently been forgotten until
last night, when Senator Kemp, with
a drawn revolver, walked into Hyde's
place OI Dusiness, ttwuiiivaiucu >JJ U
friend. Hyde was unarmed. Kemp,
still keeping his revolver in sight demanded
an apology, which was refused.
Kemp is then alleged to have
slapped Hyde's face. The senator^
friends at this point interferred and
separated the two men, who thereupon
agreed to meet and fight it out with
revolvers. Senator Kemp thereupon
left and Hyde went into his house
nearby and secured his revolver. When
he came out he shouted to Kemp to
wait for him which the senator did.
They approached each other and Hyde
opened fire, two shots fatally wounding
the senator, who died. Hyde was
not injured and witnesses claim that
Kemp did not shoot.
? San Diego, Cal., March 11: When
the American battleship fleet under
command of Rear Admiral Robley D.
Evans steamed today into Magdalena
bay, passing through the rocky gateway
marked by Sail Rock on the north
and Redono Point on the south, and
dropped anchors behind the high peninanin
nrnmontorv which stretches a
protecting arm down from the mainland
and makes Man'o'War cove, the
most sheltered harbor of the lower Pacific
coast, the history-making naval
cruise of more than 13,00ft miles, hegun
at Hampton Roads less than three
months ago, practically came to an
end. Magdalena bay is the present
naval base of the Pacific for American
target work and battle practice drills
and by right of temporary ownership
through government lease the vessels,
if not the men of the fleet, may feel
that they are again in home waters.
There remains to be made the trip from
Magdalena hav to San Francisco, the
destination originally announced and a
matter of some 1.100 miles, but it will
not be begun until after target practice
is concluded and fleet drills are done.
This last stage of the journey will be a
tour of holiday making, with stops at
San Diego, Los Angeles. Santa Barbara
and Santa Cruz, where reception committees
are planning all manner of entertainments
for officers and men. The
sailors will find themselves heroes, every
one. in the eyes of their western
admirers and are promised a series of
fetes which include features ranging
from gala balls under the patronage
of exclusive social sets, to prize fights
lefereed by Champion James J. Jeffries.
? Xew York, March 11: Mrs. William
Coply Thaw was served here late
today with papers in which she is
made a codefendant with her son.
Harry K. Thaw, in tht aclion instituted
by the latter's wife. Kvelyn Nesbit
Thaw, t?? annul thHr marriage. As
Harry Thaw is an inmate of an insane
asylum he is in the eyes of the law
legally dead and the next of kin becomes
technically the actual defendant
in the case. An attempt was also
made this evening to serve Harry
Thaw at Matteawan by a messenger,
who was admitted to the asylum.
Late tonight, however, it was made
known that owing to a technicality
the service was not completed. Dr.
Hubert Lamb, superintendent of the
institution, being Thaw's legal guardian,
must also be served, it was explained.
Learning this Thaw refused
to accept service and the process
server returned to New York, where
another set of papers will be prepared
and service made upon Dr. Lamb and
Thaw tomorrow. It is possible that
Dr. Lamb will be substituted for Mrs.
William Thaw as co-defendant. Daniel
O'Reilly, counsel for Kvelyn Nesbit
Thaw, explained that Thaw's mother
was made a co-defendant because, being
tlie next of kin. she is technically
the real defendant. The law presumes
her son to be insane and, then-fore
legally dead. Mrs. Kvelyn Thaw called
at Mr. O'Reilly's office today and
attached her signature to the papers
in the case. As she left the office Mrs.
Thaw was asked whether she would
subsequently make public the cause
of the estrangement which led to the
suit. She replied: "The public will
never know." The papers served today
briefly recite the fact of the marriage
at Pittsburg, on April 4th. 1905.
and set forth "that nt the time of the
marriage of the plaintiff to the defendant
the defendant was a lunatic
and of unsound mind and was Incapable
of making a valid contract of
marriage. The cause for anulling the
marriage, towit: The lunacy of Harry
Kendall Thaw, existed at the time of
such marriage."
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Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second-Class.
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YORKVILLE, S. C.i
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, I90S.
"The mills of the prods prrind slowly,
but exceedingly fine."
"Whom the gods wish to destroy,
they first make mad."
On. well, if Mr. Bryan is nominated
as he no doubt will be. it will be all
right. But somehow, it seems to us
that after scoring two defeats with one
man the Democratic party ought to be
able to ring in a new candidate.
Governor Ansel has re-appointed
Hon. E. J. Watson to the office of
commissioner of immigration. Mr.
Watson has made a most efficient and
capable officer and in reappointing him
Governor Ansel has only done what
was naturally to be expected of him.
HARPY?A fabulous winged monster,
ravenous and filthy, having the face
of a woman and me uouy ui a vU?ture,
with long claws and the face
pale with hunger.?Webster.
Mr. Lyon seems to be quite happy
in the choice.of words. This word
seems to be appropriate enough.
MR. Joseph H. McCullough has withdrawn
from the senatorial race. He
has decided that his acceptance of
Judge Pritchard's appointment as one
of the receivers of the dispensary funds
really does affect the situation. Like
many other people. Mr. McCullough is
wiser on reflection than at first blush.
The elimination of Hon. Joseph H.
McCullough seems calculated to
strengthen the Hon. O. B. Martin in
Greenville county. There is reason to
believe that the Hon. John Gary Evans
will carry Spartanburg county practically
solid. It is quite possible that
there will now be other entries in the
senatorial race.
That was a wise move on the part
of the attorney general in putting the
books and records of the investigating
committee in the custody of the state
treasurer. The United States government
is almost deadly sure when it
goes after its own criminals; but we
are afraid that it might be somewhat
indifferent in the prosecution of the
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Lyon, hold on to what you have.
The banks receiving- deposits of dispensary
funds were required to put up
collateral security. This security was
turned over to the state treasurer, who
now has it. If the banks decline to pay
out the money they hold on the order
of Judge Priiehard, their officers will
be attached for contempt. If they do
pay it out, the state is still safe with
the security. Is Judge Pritchard able
to make the state deliver up that security?
Let us watch and see.
Tiie most deplorable feature of the
present situation is that individuals
and newspapers seem to be unable to
get their minds off that $800,000 of dispensary
funds that Judge Pritchard has
taken in charge. That may as well
be conceded to the "expenses of the
litigation." So far as The Enquirer is
concerned, it cares nothing of what
comes of this fund. Of course, it may
as well have been burned as to go
where it will go. but that is not the
point: its disposition will be according
to law. The spilt milk that we are
crying over is the escape*of the grafters
who have been lining their pockets
in a manner not sanctioned by law.
The fear that these grafters will be free
to snap their lingers at the people
whose trust they have betrayed is galling
in the extreme.
Al.r. three of the gentlemen who are
accepting Judge Prltchard's appointment
as receiver for the dispensary
funds are doing so on the ground that
the position will "enable them to be of
service to the state." Noble self-sacrificing
patriots! The usual commission
to receivers in the United States court
is 5 per cent. The amount involved in
this case is about $800,000. and 5 per
cent of that amount is $40,000. If Judge
Pritchard is sustained, the receivers
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Hut what a strain there will be on their
patriotism! The stupid mob will hardly
be able to appreciate such noble sacrifice.
and because of the Ingratitude
that is sure to come, the probability is
that all three of these gentlemen will
be turned against the regularly constituted
authorities of the beloved state.
Later on when it becomes clear that
the principal effect of this receivership
is to protect the grafters, the receivers
will be defending their attitude then on
the ground that they wanted to help,
but the people would not let them. Hut
gentlemen if. in your opinion $1.1.000 is
full compensation for the position you
have chosen, take it and welcome.
Now don't swear at Judge Pritehard,
abuse him or praise him. You are entitled
to your opinion about the commissioners,
who laid down on the governor's
job of $5 a day to serve the
Federal court for a chance at a prorata
of 5 per cent on $800,000: but Judge
Pritcnam is not ine suDject 01 lesmniate
criticism?not unless it can be
shown by actual facts that he has acted
from improper motives. The reasoning:
upon which he has based his
action may appear liiinsy. From one
standpoint it looks flimsy and from
another it doesn't. Hut that is not the
question. It is for the I'nited Statessupreme
court to say whether Judge
Pritchard is in error, and the people
can very well afford to contain themselves
in patience. Wrath against
Judge pritchard is worse than wasted.
The tiling for every loyal South Carolinian
to do is to line up behind Governor
Ansel. He is level headed, fearless
jand true. If the I'nited States su
preme court decides that the Federal
government is sovereign over state government
in all things in which it finds
sovereignty expedient and desirable,
there will he time enough afterward
t<? consider what is the next best thing
tn lie done.
The people of the state will do well
to remember that Governor Ansel has
been fought most bitterly by a number
of politicians not a few who would
go to almost any length to bring him
into discredit. Some of the opposition
is because of political rivalry. For instance.
Mr. Blease might be capable
of doing something really creditable if
Governor Ansel should happen to
do something discreditable to throw
him in apposition. But this, of
course. Governor Ansel will not do.
The politicians of Charleston have
it in for the governor on everything.
It is not a question of politics
that provokes their opposition; but one
of duty. It will be remembered that
departing from the easygoing policy
that Governor Heyward inaugurated, of
winking at the violation of the liquor
laws by Charleston tigers, Governor
Ansel tried to enforce the law in Charleston
as elsewhere. Scores and scores
of Charleston tigers were brought before
the grand jury. The tigers pretty
nearly control Charleston and the
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the governor resorted to the only remaining
expedient of enforcing injunctions
by means of contempt proceedings.
The tigers elect most of Charleston's
representatives and this accounts
in large measure for the fact
that Charleston refuses to stand by
the governor in his efforts to discharge
his sworn duty to the people. Governor
Hey ward used to be very popular
with most of the Columbia newspaper
correspondents and reporters. Governor
Ansel is not so popular. He has
the respect of the newspaper men all
right; but they do not swear by him
as they did by Governor Hey ward. One
of the reasons is that Governor Ansel
more often finds himself at varience
with the newspaper men as to what
his duties as governor?his duties to
the people he governs?really are.
Taken all in all we think it would be
of some advantage to the governor if
nnnnio o/Miid irnow him as he real
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ly is and we think also that it might
be some advantage to the people if
they had more of this knowledge.
STATE SOVEREIGNTY QUESTION.
Interesting View of Judge Pritchard's
Position.
The action of Judge Jeter C. Pritchard,
of the United States circuit
court, in forcing an issue with the government
and the judiciary of South
Carolina, is more arbitrary in his usurpation
of authority than any judge
who has yet assailed the doctrine of
state's rights since the recent revival
of that issue.
Hitherto this conflict of authority
has arisen practically in every instance
in connection with railroad litigation.
While we have no idea of receding
from the position we have always taken
on those questions as they arise,
the fact remains that the railroads
were engaged in intersate as well as in
intrastate commerce, and it is at least
conceivable how this dual function
might give rise to an honest doubt as
to whether certain proceedings should
come before the state or the federal
tribunal. The right of the federal government
to regulate interstate commerce
is so clear and so broad that we
can at least comprehend the extreme
lengtji to which the federal courts have
gone in claiming jurisdiction over matters
which, in point of fact, belonged
exclusively to the state.
But there is no such possibility of
confusion In the case which Judge
Pritchard has made the basis of his
attack upon the sovereignty of the
state of South Carolina. The state, in
the exercise of its police powers, decided
to regulate the liquor traffic by
taking it entirely into its own hands.
It was distinctly as a sovereign right
that this police power was exercised;
it was only thus that it could be exercised,
and to say that in exercising it
the state forfeited its sovereignty is a
octraniction in teims.
rcv,o ctuto Viii? marie no nttemot
whatever to extend its jurisdiction beyond
its own borders. It has confined
Its efforts to the regulation of its own
domestic concerns. With the method
of regulation and control which it
chose to adopt no other state had anything
to do. South Carolina was attending
to its own business in its own
way, and when it decided to abandon
the dispensary method of dealing with
the liquor traffic it was still a matter
with which no other state nor the federal
government had the slightest concern.
This is both the law and the common
sense of the situation, and when
Judge Pritchard takes the amazing
ground that the state of South Carolina.
in dealing as it saw fit with the
liquor business within is borders, forfeited
its sovereignty he brings on a
conflict between the state and federal
authority which seems to be far less
excusable than any of the irritating instances
which have gone before in
which the common carriers were involved.
South Carolina has a history behind
hf>r which inspires confidence in her
utterances and in her fortitude when
she says, through her attorney general,
thdt she will resist federal usurpation
to the extremity of the law. She
stands on solid ground and it is hoped
that she will not doubt nor dally.
Judge Pritchard had better refresh
his memory as to the events which led
to the adoption of the eleventh amendment.
in which Georgia, we are proud
to recall, bore a leading part. More
than once we have related the facts,
but they will bear repeating
The federal government attempted
to assert its authority over the Cherokee
terriory, which was then located
within the borders of the state of
Georgia. When the half-breed, Corn
Tassel, murdered another Indian in
that territory, he was arrested by the
authorities of the state or ueorgia,
tried and condemned to death.
The demagogues of his day, anxious
to strengthen the federal power, lost
no time in coming to his assistance. In
spite of the limitations of jurisdiction
already proscribed by the constitution,
the supreme court issued its writ of
error and demanded that the case be
brought to that tribunal for review.
The state of Georgia ignored the
imperious mandate of John Marshall,
failed and refused to transmit the record
to the federal court?and Corn
Tassel was hanged!
The pious agitators, Worcester and
Graves, who. in the name and under
the guise of missionaries, went into the
Cherokee territory, in defiance of the
clear prohibition of the state, and for
so doing were placed under arrest,
made similar appeals to the supreme
court of the United States. Again the
state of Georgia was commanded to renounce
its authority in favor of the
federal government and again the slate
refused.
And when we say refused we mean
it in the negative sense that the writ
of the federal court was not even dignified
with a positive refusal. It was
contemptuously ignored.
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t'?o federal court the criminals
who had violated the laws of Ceorgia
were sent to the penitentiary.
Tt was as a direct outgrowth of this
conflict of authority that the eleventh
amendment was passed, in which tlv
federal court was Riven, at the hands
of congress and the people, th? severest
rebuke that tribunal h is ever received.
It is just as well to bear these facts
of history in mind when the tendency
of the federal courts, in it few conspicuous
instances at least, is to usurp
the authority of the states, and partiealarly
when the state of South Carolina
is told that in exercising her police
power in a certain fashion which
suited her best, she divested herself of
her sovereignty!?Atlanta Journal.
LOCAL AFFAXXtS. *
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. pi
Ix>ftn and Savings Bank?Prints a
statement of its condition at the
close of business on Monday, March th
9th. Resources $273,787.31.
Carroll Bros.?Are agents for the Co- '
lumhia buggy?the only bugerv made
at the price with guaranteed A grade hi
wheels.
Bank of Hickory drove?Publishes its ..
statement of condition at the close
of business on March 9th. di
Star Drug Store?Gives a talk on oi
paints for outside and inside work,
doors, roofs, boilers, etc. Use alabastine
for tinting walls. nr
I. W. Johnson?Talks about molasses, si
of which he has a variety. He says fe
he has the best 5-lb. Can of coffee on __
the market. ^
Foster-Milburn Co.?Says that age is
no bar to kidney diseases, and prints di
a testimonial from a Columbia man
in regard to Doan's kidney pills. See ..
fourth page. tn
J. W. Dobson?Tells you that the man ui
who buys his groceries from him, e\
saves money. It is up to you to in- hl
vestigate.
John B. Plaxco, Yorkville 4.?Has sor- ?*
ghum hay for sale at $1 per hundred
pounds. t0
A. L. Black?Offers Culpepper's reimproved
big- boll cotton seed at $1 a
per bushel. cr
M. W. White?In poetry tells what the qi
man who bought real estate did.
Local stocks for sale and wanted.
D. E. Boney?Requests you to drop him w
a card or phone him when you want
to see him in regard to insurance. He
will call on you.
Loan and Savings Bank?Reminds you
that it is a very dangerous practice ni
to keep money in your home. The ,s<i
bank is the safer place. u-;
York Furniture Co.?Wants you to see
its line of iron beds, of which it has .
always a large variety at various
prices. Bed room suits.
J. L. Williams & Co.?Are showing a
line of white llnonette skirts for ladies
at $1 each. See their clothing
and furnishings.
W. ft. Reid A' Son. Rock Hill?Have a ...
full line of bicycles and bicycle sundries
and remind vou that now Is the a
the time to ride. Wheels from $3fi to
$7ft. |
J. Q. Wray?Quotes prices on lace cur- J"
tains, pillow shams, ladies' collars. '
domestic, etc. He wants you to see
him for shoes and says he will save
you money. b
York Drug Store?Carries a full varle- E
ty of garden and field seeds, such as
are usually planted hereabouts. -i
Louis Roth?Will have shad tomor- .
row. Prices will be lower than last
week. . J
Thomson Co.?Is receiving new spring
goods and wants you to call and see
for yourself.
Carroll Furniture Co.?Tells you where t
it is located and wants you to call on
it for goods in its line. .
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Sheriff Brown is planning his an- bt
nual campaign against delinquent tax- c'
payers.
mou?mini which has w
been somewhat later this season than P(
usual. Is now in full swing. The probability
Is that there will be as much
fertilizer used as usual. a{
Mr. R. E. Dagnall of Hickory Grove. ^
sends check for fifty cents to pay for T,
the cow for sale advertisement recent- a*
ly published by him. and writes: "I 3.
sold my cow all right Tuesday and had
other callers."
From the best Information obtainable
the probability is that the trustees of er
the Yorkvllle Graded school district af
will not obey the act requiring them rc
to refund the taxes collected from the sc
people living without the district. The
trustees claim that they now have no m
funds for the purpose, and after the st
funds of next year shall have been P1
cl
used for other purposes, the same claim
will be as valid then as it is now.
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ABOUT PEOPLE. Q]
Mrs. H. H. Beard is visiting relatives jjj
and friends at Lumberton. N. C. It
Miss Sallie McConnell of McCon- P<
nellsvllle, was in Yorkvllle today. ^
Miss Mamie Smith of Hickory Grove
is serving as night "central" during the Cf
illness of Miss Mamie Turner. u'
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Miss Frances Crossmore of Baltimore,
arrived in Yorkvllle Wednes- ai
day to take charge of the millinery tt
department of the Thomson company 01
for this season. bi
Fort Mill Times: Mr. J. M. Grier hi
spent Saturday in Lancaster, the guest
of Capt. S. E. White. The captain's
many friends here will be pleased to di
know that he is enjoying excellent In
health.
Mr. R. C. Jackson of Tirzah, who cut 0,
his foot with an axe recently, is not th
getting along very nicely. Erysipelas ?1
has developed in the wound and Mr. ^
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WITHIN THE TOWN. jj[
? Quite a lot of cotton was brought &
to the gin of the Victor Cotton Oil
company Wednesday and yesterday, p.
Some of it was good cotton picked last t?
fall: but most of it was dog tail that
has weathered the whole winter in the v]
fields. d<
? There are a great many people in la
Yorkville who do not understand the pl
c<
municipal registration law. Because
they have what they know as a town
registration certificate, they assume hi
that they are qualified to vote in all
town elections. They seem to be un- tf
aware of the fact that the certificates a>
they now hold are no good. The law pj
requires a new registration every two st
years. The books must be kept onen m
ninety days next preceeding the gen- b<
eral municipal election (the election for
mayor and aldermen) and during these jz
ninety days, every individual who se
would participate in the government of
st
the town during the next two years j(]
must provide himself with a registra- fc
tion certificate. The registration books hi
are now open, and every citizen should
get a certificate at once. t,,
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MAKING CORN.
Hundreds of people have tried the sc
Williamson theory of corn culture and JV
been successful and hundreds of others p,
who have seen it tried continue to remain
more or less skeptical: but there 1)1
is absolutely no question of the fact '
that when Mr. Williamson gave his us
plan to the world, he conferred a ben- ei
efit the value of which is hardly withw
in the limits of conservative estimate. tj
The Enquirer has printed the testi- at
nunv ?,f numerous farmers on this 01
subject; but the story never grows old,
and it will not lose its importance un- vi
til every corn planter has been fully st
converted to tlie soundness of the prin- "
ciples discovered by Mr. Williamson.
The features of the Williamson plan
are deep and thorough preparation, no
fertilization at planting, neglect until 8j
the stalk has been thoroughly stunted f()
and then work and fertilizing until the |i(
crop is made. ?(1
Discussing the situation generally ^
yesterday with Mr. Wm. Ferguson, a u.
substantial farmer, who lives near OI
Yorkville. the reporter remarked: (]j
"I suppose you have not tried the j)(
Williamson plan?"
"Well, yes, I have and I haven't,"
said Mr. Ferguson. I have been working
along that line for the last two n,
years. 1 can't say that I have follow- ol
ed Mr. Williamson directions exactly; a|
hut I have gotten some mighty fine re- hi
suits." sj
"Tel! me about it," the reporter ask- a<
ed. nt
"I don't mind telling you," Mr. Fer- to
ison said; "but I don't want you to
it it in the paper. Therp may be peoe
who would elalm it is not so."
"Well you don't mind that. What'er
they would say would not afreet
e truth, and besides that nobody
nuld believe them anyway."
Thus persuaded. Mr. Ferguson gave
s experience to the effect that he
oke up his bottom land good with a
sk plow lust fall, harrowed it with a
sk harrow and planted his corn withit
any manure. When the corn came
i he went over it with a cultivator
id thinned it out with hoes. At losing
time he plowed it and applied
rtilizers, 17f? pounds of high grade
lano on one side and about 50 pounds
' nitrate of soda on the other. He
d not remember the analysis of his
ia.no. In the fall he gathered fiftyiree
bushels of corn from one meas ed
acre. The best crop this acre had
rer yield before was about thirty-five
ishels. From one patch of a quarter
' an acre he got twenty-five bushels.
Mr. Ferguson is generally conceded
be a good farmer. He has had such
reputation for many years. Good
ops, especially good corn crops, are
lite common with him, and his enirsement
of the Williamson plan is not
Ithout significance.
THE SPECULATIVE MARKET.
The course of the speculative cotton
arkct yesterday as outlined In an As ciated
Press dispatch of last night
as as follows:
Today's cotton market showed no
lprovement in point of activity and
ices made new low records for the
ovement with the" close steady but at
decline of 1 to 11 points. Sales were
itimated at 175.000 bales'.
The market opened steady at an adince
of 4 to r> points and after some
[tie hesitation increased the gain to
matter of 8 to 9 points on the active
onths as a result of better cubles
ian expected, some New Orleans buyg,
and moderate support from Wall
reet sources. Hut local professionals
lemed to he bearish, offerings in eased*
on the advance and after a
?r.v quiet middle session the market
fcame unsettled on reports that New
ngland mills with the exception of
all River had decided to reduce wages
> per cent, which it was feared might
ad to labor troubles. The close was
: practically the lowest level of the
ty Press dispatches stated that Misssippi
mills had decided to reduce
leir production by one-third and while
ivices were received from Atlanta
ating that mills in the vicinity of Blringham
had decided to run on full
me. reports concerning the mill sltition
as a whole were considered j
farish. Southern spot markets offi-1
ally reported were unchanged, but
ivate wires from Memphis, Blrmingim
and Galveston reported that there
as practically no demand and some
Jlnts stated that commitments seemed
) have been filled. Very small fertiler
sales are reported in Mississippi.
Receipts at the ports today 16,259
jainst 13,509 last week and 24,150 last
?ar. For the week 100.000 against
15,503 last week and 187,095 last year,
oday's receipts at New Orleans 5,882
fainst 8,218 last year and at Houston
373 against 9,788 last year.
APPEAL TO FARMERS.
Mr. E. D..Smith, president and gen al
organizer of the Southern Cotton
iRociation has given out the following
view of the present situation as he
;es it:
"After careful investigation as to
mditions in this state, I deem it to be
y duty to ask every farmer in the
ate, now that the time has come to
epare for another crop, to take no
lances, but so to lay his plans as to
*ovide for an abundant grain and for
?e crop. By abundance I mean not
ily enough to meet the necessary retirements
of his laborers and famy,
but a surplus of it sufficient to
rovide for the conversion of a part of
into pork and beef and for the pur>se
of using this live stock as a means
? premanently improving the plantaon,
reducing the fertilizer bill and
le supply bill. The three last years of
mtinued high priced cotton has put
? into a position where we can make
ie experiment of an abundance of food
id supply crops. I am particularly
ixious for the state to try one time
le experiment of producing a surplus
' these food supply crops.
"In looking over the causes that have
ought about the terrible fight for
Igher priced cotton I have found that
le main cause, and perhaps the only
iuse?when reduced to its last analys?has
been indebtedness of the projcer
to the banker and merchant; and
i investigating I find that this indebtIness
is practically all for those very
lings which a surplus of food crops
i the farm would eliminate. I once
lought that having control of the price.
' cotton we could afford to purchase
icse things. I .still think so; but I am
mvinced that we will never be able
> control the price of cotton until we
rst cease to purchase these things.
"As I have called attention incidently
in another article, the appalling
umber of liens recorded in this state
cplains why so much cotton is put
pon the mar<et at a price which the
slier knows ! < not what he is entitled
i. but which necoessity drives him to
ike.
"We have made a wonderful fight
id have accomplished a wonderful
ictory, and with practically the lien
?bt eliminated and the fertilizer bill
rgely decreased it means the comnative
emancipation and absolute
rntrol of the cotton crop by the cotton
ov.er.
"The present outlook is for much
igher prices during the spring and
immer, and for that reason I fear
lere will be a tendency on the part of
le cotton grower to load himself up
fain with debt for fertilizer and supies
and then, in order to make prosion
to meet his debts to load him?lf
up with a big cotton crop; which
leans a burden too great for him to
jar and a consequent sacrifice of
hat otherwise would be his. So
ithout attempting to begin an organed
effect, I appeal to the common
>nse. experience and wisdom of the I
irmers and teg each and every one to
art this year with the determination!
i provide foi the liquidation at home'
>r our hay. grain, meat and fertilizer
ill. so that we will be in debt to no)dy
for these things but ourselves. J
ten next fall let all those who have
led it meet tit the fair grounds in Combla,
S. C.. and have an experience
eeting as to what our prospects are
ir next year, based upon the con iousness
of having an abundance at
one and no pressing obligations to
irce our cotton on the market at a
ice less than that indicated.
"I have no doubt of our winning the
ice for which we stand this year. In
> state do I hear of any inclination to
oaken: but having so much debt upon
* and being put to so many expedlits
to borrow money on our cotton in
der to meet our obligations, when
ithout this indebtedness and obligaons
we could meet the issue, settle it
; our own good pleasure and be thorjghly
independent of all parties, let
' - - 1 1 ? ..rwn ? 1 QAO
i try nit* i*A ifiiiiit-iu in nit- t>t-<n
i the state of South Carolina. In my
sits and communications to the other
ates I shall insist upon the same
ling."
ADVERTISING AND PRINTING.
There has been more or less discuson
in this county of the question of
jblic advertising, so-called, and pubc
printing, so-called. In its relation
i patronage, and while The Enquirer
is never seen proper to engage in
hat may properly be called a quarrel
i the subject, it has from time to time
scussed the matter from the standtint
of business and moral right.
Almost any individual, though he be
er so dull of comprehension, may un?rstand
some of the ways in which a
jwspaper may be useful to a politician
a political party, by being keenly
ive to real or imaginary virtues and
ind to sins of omission and commison.
And at the same time it Is just
s easy to understand how this same
nvspaper may be very objectionable
a politician or political party by
constantly nagging at their actions and
throwing out insinuations as to their
motives.
It is very well understood how most
men feel kindly to the source of their
revenues. The principle of "you tickle
me and I tickle you" is so far-reaching
that the presumption is rather against
any ordinary mortal being unsusceptible
to Its influence. Newspaper men
are ordinary mortals, and so are politicians.
Both classes thoroughly understand
this fact of each other.
Public money ought to be used as judiciously
and as wisely and economically,
as private money. A public dollar
should be made to go just as far as a
private dollar, and come as near getting
value received. But as a matter
of fact this is not always the case. It
frequently happens that the distributors
of public dollars are able to see
where they might be able to get someiUU"
hnmcolAllt nf \Mirlmia
tiling MM Uioiiotlfto ?#U V vr*. 1
transactions, especially in the shape of
good will, and other things being at all
equal, it is not strange they should
do so. We would not be understood
as suggesting that this Is right: but
merely that it is a fact.
Although recognizing the existence
of the "I tickle you" principle. The Enquirer
does not endorse it or practice
it?pot consciously at least. Good teaching
long ago confirmed the present
management of this paper in the view
that "value received" is the only foundation
fit for permanent reputation
building, and it is our constant care to
use no other material if we can help
It. A sufficiently practical reason for
this If we are not to be asked for a
higher one. is that a successful newspaper
must necessarily have to do with
and diaw its support from thousands
of people of all kinds, and the only
possible way of satisfying such a large
composite interest, is by serving it with
conscientiousness, faithfulness, fairness
and honestly.
The Enquirer fully realizes that it
cannot afford to cater to any kind of
public patronage on any other basis
than value received. If it should undertake
to repay official favors by
questionable partiality or dereliction of
duty, it would sacrifice sucb measure
of public confidence as it holds and
that would mean a much greater loss
than all the patronage controlled by
public officials of ail kinds. And we
are proud to soy that so far as the
present management knows, The Enquirer
has never in its history, accepted
any kind of business patronage, pub
lie or private, with the understood or
Implied condition that It was to give
then, or subsequently any further consideration
than went with the fair and
square legitimate agreement Involved
in the transaction.
Our idea of the basis upon which
"public advertising" should be given
out Is that the conditions should not be
any different from those that apply to
other advertising. The consideration
should be value received. An advertisement
that is of a local nature should
be published where It will reach the
most people likely to be interested, and
the same rule applies to an advertisement
of a general nature. If It Is
worth one cent to reach one man for
instance, it is worth a thousand cents
to reach a thousand men, and the newspaper
with the larger circulation is entitled
to consideration over the newspaper
with the smaller circulation, Just
as one would pay more for a hamper
full of potatoes than he would for a
peck measure full. But while this is a
correct principle, we would not be understood
as contending for it, in its application
to The Enquirer. We have
never considered that public patronage
has been a necessary part of our living.
We have never failed to ?*et a fair
share of what was going. We have
never felt under any obligation to any
official for giving us what we have gotten
and we do not remember that we
have ever compiainea at any puuuu uiflcial
for failure to give The Enquirer
all or any part of the patronage controlled
by him.
There Is lots of printing sent away
from the town of Yorkville by officials
and individuals that could be done in
The Enquirer office as well as elsewhere
in the state, and just as cheap.
It has always been so and will always
be so. But we have no complaint to
make of that. We get more printing
from abroad than is sent from Yorkville
abroad. We frequently do socalled
public printing for other counties
of this state. There has not been
more than a week during the last five
years that we have not been crowded
with practically all the work we could
do, and during the past few months we
have shipped job printing to New York
city. We are still busy.
There is no special reason why this
should have been written. The Enquirer
could have gotten along about as
well without saying anything at all
about the matter; but since the subject
has been brought up and The Enquirer
Is in the business both of advertising
and printing, it is not improper, perhaps.
to define our position, and more
especially since there is very little happening
just at this time in the way of
news developments.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Declared a Bankrupt.
Mr. J. N. Ben field, who has been doing
u small mercantile business at Delphos
during several years past, has
been declared a bankrupt. The order
was granted last Tuesday by Judge
Brawley, on an application presented
through F. P. McCain, Esq., attorney.
The liabilities are given at $2,099.20,
and the assets at $1,672.
Mrs. Mary Jane Guthrie.
Mrs. Mary Jane Guthrie died at her
home at Guthrlesville last Wednesday
morning of heart failure, in the 68th
year of her age. Her illness was quite
brief. The deceased was the widow of
the late Robert E. Guthrie, the founder
of Guthrlesville and for many years
one of the best known citizens of the
neighborhood. There were no children.
The funeral took place at Bethesda
yesterday.
No Damages Awarded.
Charlotte Observer: The suit of Margaret
Freeman against the Southern
railway for $2,000 damages for the killing
of her father, who was 68 years old,
near Pineville some years ago, was
completed yesterday just before adfur
the noon recess and giv
en to the jury. Later in the afternoon
the jury returned a verdict of no damages
to tiie plaintiff. This suit was
warmly contested by opposing attorneys.
The defense introduced tabular
evidence, based on the calculations of
life insurance companies, as to how
long a man of 68 could reasonably expect
to live. The deceased had before
his death no regular and fixed employment
and hence it was argued that no
damages should be forthcoming from
the coffers of the Southern railway.
Postal Appropriation Bill.
Congressman Finley spoke on the
postal appropriation bill last Tuesday.
There was a separate bill to increase
the appropriation for ocean steamships
carrying thp mails. Mr. Flnley characterized
this proposition as "an indefensive
and cowardly subterfuge." He
accused the Republicans of attempting
to deceive the country into the belief
that the bill was in the interest of the
postal service and challenged them to
come forward with a proposition for a
shlpsubsidy, pure and simple, with its
purposes and objects clearly stated
and unequivocally avowed. Mr. Flnley
pleaded for larger expropriations
for the rural free delivery service. For
the establishment of a rural parcels
post, for more clerical assistance in the
third-class postofflces where the salary
is less than $1,600 and for greater compensation
for fourth-class postmasters.
Political Suggestions.
Rock Hill Herald: The political pot
is beginning to boll in this county and
before the sulky weather sets in many
hands promise to be sore from hand
shaking. For more than twelve
months politics has been exceedingly
quiet, save a few whisperings now and
then between the friends of a said-tobe
candidate. It is rumored that there
will be not less than three candidates
for state senator to succeed Mr. J. S.
Brice, who will probably not be a candidate.
Those spoken of are Messrs.
James E. Beamguard, of Clover: W.
H. Stewart and W. B. Wilson, Jr., of
Rock Hill. Mr. Beamguurd repre
sented the county ably and successfully
in the lower house for several terms
and has a large following. Mr. Stewart
has been reading clerk of the senate
for a number of years and Is well
known In political circles, and has
many friends who say that he will be
the next senator. Mr. Wilson is an
able attorney and although he has
never held any other position than
that of county attorney, which position
he is now holding, will no doubt
make a good run* Mr. Brlce has a
large and growing law practice which
naturally suffers during his absence
from his office during legislature and
this is why he has about decided to retire
from active politics. The liquor
question, of course, will be the center
of attraction in the primary and some
interesting developments are expected
to turn up before the election.
THE FALLING OF A GIANT.
Joseph W. Bailey Ruined by Connection
with the Oil Monopoly.
By all accounts the speech of Senator
Bailey of Texas. Monday, opposing
the Aldrich currency bill, was
a masterly one and this estimate of it
affords no occasion for surprise, for
it is to be seriously doubted if as an
intellectual proposition he has an
equal in the senate. It is a matter of
unending regret that a man of his intellectual
proportions and capacity for
public usefulness should have become
complicated as he has with an odious
institution, the Standard Oil company,
i It is not for any one to say. in the absence
of the clearest And most convincing
proof, that he has sustained
guilty relations with it but it seems
im/nmut<Ano hlo tViot ho ViQfi hoon lindor
financial obligations to H. C. Pierce,
one of the heads of a subsidiary concern,
and the fact has brought upon
him a great deal of denunciation and
ill-repute in Texas and has lost him
the major part of his prestige in the
country. The developments came after
his nomination by the primaries
for reelection to the senate and notwithstanding
this primary nomination
he had to undergo a stiff and it looked
at one time as if a losing fight; and
now there is an equally bitter and determined
fight to defeat him for dele,
gate at large to the national convention.
But for this Standard Oil association
it is not at all improbable that
he would have been the nominee of the
Democratic party this year for president,
and if he were, and still enjoyed
his popularity of two years ago, he
would be elected. As it is, he is no
longer mentioned or thought of in this
connection.
His case is a tragedy in real life; he
is one of those "who yet living doth
follow at the funerals of his own reputation."
The world is charitable to
men, especially to men as great as
Senator Bailey undoubtedly is; it forgives
a great deal that is wrong in
them but it is relentless in its judg,
ment of them when they deviate in
matters of money, and, as an almost
invariable rule, washes its hands of
them when any of their transactions
, to which dollars are related is even
questionable.?Charlotte Observer.
i _
MERE-MENTION.
A petition signed by 100,000 people
has been presented to the governor of
Kentucky asking for the pardon of
1 Caleb Powers. If pardoned, Powers
will be a candidate for congress from
the eleventh Kentucky district
Two Chinese, Mock Kung and Jung
Jow, members of the Hip Sing tong,
were hanged at Moyamensing prison,
Philadelphia, on Tuesday Harry
, Orchard, confessed slayer of Governor
Steunenburg of Idaho, pleaded guilty
at Caldwell, Idaho, Tuesday, to first
I degree murder. He will be sentenced
March 18 Brown Bennett, a "night
rider," was shot to death near Woodford.
Tenn., Monday night An attempt
was made to assassinate King
; Haakon of Sweden at Christiania,
Tuesday... ,L. L. Fee, a plumber, undertook
to rob the Merchants' National
bank of Omaha, Neb., on Tuesday, by
threatening to blow the building to
pieces with nitro-glycerin. The fellow
, is in jail The cruiser Albany now
holds the record for the best shooting
in the navy with 6-inch guns, making
an average of ten hits per minute
Italian troops killed 500 natives of
Somaliland. Africa, a few days ago,
while the latter were raiding villages.
The Italians lost one man An Atlanta
brewery is preparing to manufacture
soft drinks instead of beer and
ales....An insane inmate of the Central
Indiana Insane hospital, recently
completed an almost perfect counterfeit
$50 bank note. The lunatic labors
under the delusion that the government
owes him $40,000,000 The
Southern railway has closed down its
fpnalp ahnns located in Atlanta. Ga....
James Frady fatally shot Parris Summer
near Ashevllle, N. C., on Tuesday,
and then gave himself up to the sheriff
of Buncombe county. It is an "unwritten
law" murder The bill providing
for constitutional prohibition
has been defeated by the Mississippi
senate by a vote of 21 to 19.
? In his charge to the Lancaster
grand jury last Monday. Judge Watts
outlined the scope of Its duties?the
passing upon all bills of indictment,
examination of public offices, buildings,
county's finances, etc. He advised the
jury to pay no atentlon to anonymous
communications, which usually result
from spite work. If a party knows of
any violation of law in this community
he should go before a magistrate and
swear out a warrant or report the matter
in person to the grand jury or a
member thereof. Judge Watts alluded
to the numerous homicides in South
Carolina. It seemed to him. he said,
that there is too much unnecessary
killing going on in this state. He said
he did not refer to Lancaster county
particularly, but to the whole state. In
proportion to Its population, he stated,
there are probably as few homicides
here as in any county in South Carolina.
Much has been said about the
non-enrorcemeni 01 me law, some placing
the responsibility on the judges,
others on the juries, but from his observation.
Judge Watts said, much of
the trouble is due to perjured testimony.
witnesses swearing falsely to save
relatives or friends. In every county
there are a number of families .bonded
together, so to speak, by blood, marriage.
association and friendship, and
when a member of any of such families
gets into trouble the various connections
generally try to save him. The
laws will never be any better enforced,
the judge declared, until the religious '
and the law-abiding elements In every
county get together, take the matter in
hand and fee that justice is done.
? J. C. Catoe was acquitted in Lan- |
caster of killing John Snipes.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Spartanburg. March 11: J. P. Gaston.
constable to Magistrate Poole, today
shot and killed John Young, col- '
ored. The officer arrested Young on a
charge of assault and battery. The negro
drew 51 44-calibre pistol and attempted
to kill Gaston, who leveled a
shotgun at Young and fired. The load
entered Young's stomach, killing him
instantly.
? Columbia, March 12: Governor Ansel
has taken the first definite step toward
resisting Judge Pritchard's injunction
in the matter of the eight
hundred thousand dollar dispensary
fund now on deposit in thirty-odd
banks throughout the state. He sent
a letter to each of these banks, notifying
them that If they pay out any money
except on the order of chairman of
tne winding-up commission, or recognize
any authority except the state's,
they will be held responsible by the
state for the amount of the deposit.
This is a direct clash with Judge
Pritchard's order to the same banks to
recognize only the Federal court's order.
The securities for the deposits are
in the vaults of the. state .treasurer's
office, where the governor locked up
the dispensary' books from the Federal
court.
? The Columbia State says that Col.
VUlion iu me launi ui oiais
? Columbia special of March 11, to
the News and Courier: Two white
prisoners, men of prominence, were
brought to the penitentiary today to
begin serving sentence, the supreme
court having passed on their cases and
decided against both of them. J. W. "
Gallman, who killed S. M. Gilmore of
Union county, and was convicted of
manslaughter, was brought down by
Sheriff Sanders. His sentence is fifteen
years. Gallman is 40 years old
and has a family. He left his wife ill
at home. He Is very highly spoken of
by those wno Know mm as a man uj.
character and courtesy. The difficulty
between Gilmore and Gallman occurred
at Jonesville on May 15, 1907. G1Uman
asked Gilmore if Gilmore accused
him of stealing: Capt. Foster's cow.
Gilmore said he did not, but that Gallman
had accused him, Gilmore, of
burning his own barn. From this the
lie was passed and the difficulty began.
There were five wounds in Gllmore's
body. W. H. Mills entered the penitentiary
today for the rest of his natural
life unless pardoned. He is a
young man. At Blacksburg about one
year -ago Mills shot and killed Frank
Deal, a young man who was a member
of a prominent Blacksburg family.
Mills claimed that Deal had been inti-'
mate with Mrs. Mills, whose statements
as to her relations with the two
men differed at different times. Mills
was tried in June, 1907, and convicted
of murder with recommendation to
mercy. On appeal the lower court was
sustained and now Mills has begun his
life sentence.
? Chairman Murray of the dlspensa- 1
ry commission on Wednesday made
public what has been known for some
time past as the "B. F. Arthur matter."
The information is in the shape of a
transcript of the stenographic notes of
a regular house cleaning investigation
that the winding-up commission made *
of itself In October last. Attorney Stephenson.
having been requested to look
over the vouchers of the accounts of the
different members of the commission
found in the accounts of Mr. B. F. Arthur
a number of Items that he did
not think should be passed, and this is
what brought about the investigation.
.vxi". Ainiur was examineu ai icubi"
Attorney General Lyon. It appears
that Mr. Arthur had charged up three
days at $5 a day every time he went I
to Columbia to countersign checks.
The actual work of signing the checks
required about 10 or 15 minutes; but
Mr. Arthur claimed that it took a day
to go from his home in Union to Columbia
and a day to get back. He admitted
that he charged this per diem
and mileage even when in Columbia on 1
other business. He made one trip to
Richmond on the business of his cotton
mill and chaiged up the expenses
to the state. He admitted that the
mill was also paying his expenses. He
also charged full per diem even when
he countersigned checks at his home
in Union. His fellow-members of the
board were unwilling to stand for such
proceedings. Mr. Arthur intimated that
he had charges or criticisms against
other members of the board; but when
pressed to publish the same failed to do
so, practically admittnig that he had
nothing that was worth consideration.
He had a complaint against Mr. Stephenson
for criticising his vouchers,
and that was about all. Mr. Patton
had disagreed with Chairman Murray
because Chairman Murray had at first *
been inclined to go ahead and wind up
the dispensary on a purely business
Felder and Mr. Malvern Hill, In going
over the old books of the state dispensary,
discovered that on an order for
300 casks of beer sold to the state dispensary
In 1904, the Indianapolis Brewing
company overcharged the state the
sum of $260. A settlement In full had
been made with this concern nearly
four years ago and their firm name did
not appear on the ledger of the dispensary
when the commission took
charge. Col. Felder addressed a communication
to the Indianapolis Brewing
company calling attention to the
finding of the commission as to their
dealings with the officers of the state
and advised that the amount of overcharge.
$260, be remitted to the attorney
general without delay. By return
mall came a check for the full amount
of the overcharges und no questions
were asked.
? Charlotte Chronicle, Tuesday, The
close relationship between Chester,
S. C., and Charlotte accentuates developments
with regard to an alleged
piece of thievery brought to light by
Traveling Auditor Pool, of the Southern
Cotton Oil company. Mr. J. J.
Hardin, manager for the last year, of
the company's mill at Chester, Is a defaulter
to the extent of something
more than $2,500. All facts so far are
not obtainable. The man who has 4
gone wrong Is said to be about 30 years
old, and has been a resident of Chester
all his life. The latest news is to
the effect that he left out yesterday.
At any rate he was last seen yesterday
afternoon in the place of his abode.
Mr. Hardin has been Identified for
several years with the Southern Cotton
Oil company, and was supposed to enjoy
the confidence of everybody with
whom he had come In contact He Is
a young man who Is well known In
Charlotte and tms section or me iwu
Carolinas. Officers are on the trail,
and there is every reason to believe he
will {mediately be apprehended and
handled for the commission of his
crime.
? Greenville, March 11: Messrs.
C. K. Henderson, of Aiken, and B. F.
Arthur, of Union, receivers of the dispensary
fund, arrived in the city this
afternoon for a conference on the situation
with Mr. J. A. McCullough, of
this city, the third receiver. When
asked for a statement the receivers
said that there was absolutely nothing ,
to be given out to the press at this
time; that they were here arranging
to give bond, sign their oaths and take
charge of their duties. A course to
pursue was mapped out and it Is said
that a demand will be made upon the
winding-up commission at once for
the funds. Messrs. Carter and Barnard,
two Asheville attorneys who
represent a number of liquor houses. _
were also here today, but they refused A
to give out anything, saying that they
were passing through the city en
route to Atlanta and stopped over to
become acquainted With the receivers.
"There is no use of presenting any
claims to the receivers until they get
some money," remarked Mr. Carter.
He is of the opinion that the case will
be carried to the United States supreme
court.
? Columbia special of March 11, to
The Greenville News: The records of
the state dispensary, many of them of
the greatest importance, were today
carried to the capltol and placed in the
vaults of the state treasurer's office.
The securities given by the banks In
which the state dispensary money Is
deposited have been all along In the
vaults of the state treasury. When
the receivers appointed by Judge Prltchard
make demand?if they ever do
?for the money and the records, they
will ffnd the same practically all in the
hands of the state treasurer. If a
bank which has some of this money J
I on deposit is ordered by the federal
court to turn it over to the receivers,
I how can the bank get the securities?
The state officials are hoping that this
question will not have to be answered,
but the fact remains that the dispensary
records are safely in the custody
of the treasurer of the state of South
I Carolina and the securities for the dispensary
money are also in the custody
(of that official, who by the way wears
an empty sleeve as a mark of his de* '
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