Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 24, 1908, Image 2

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Scraps and |acts. ? Augusta, Ga., March 21: A meeting of the Populists of Georgia is to be held in Atlanta Tuesday under call of Chairman Halloway. at which it Is understood the principal business will be preliminary arrangements for an alignment of the Populists with the new Independant party. Delegates will be selected to attend the St. Louis meeting. April 2, when it is Intended all the reform parties shall be organized. The Populists with the new Independent parmovement by which their party is to be absorbed on the one proviso that Thomas E. Watson is made the Independent party's presidential nominee. The two parties are understood to be at divergence but practically one point, Watson being almost unalterably wedded to the greenback money system. The alignment is expect * ' * ? ed to bring strengtn uiruuguuui un south to the new organization, but Watson's vote in the last campaign was a disappointment even to his own people. He did not poll as strong a vote as Waaver did in 1892. ? Fall River, Mass., March 20: Simultaneously with a drop of onefourth cent in the price of print cloths today notices were posted in the seven mills of the Fall River corqpany and the print works of the American Printing company, owned by S. D. M. Borden of New York, that those plants would be closed next week and alternate weeks until four weeks' curtailment had been completed. The Fall River mill works has not been shut down for curtailment of production for ten years. The immense plant produces 80,000 pieces of print cloth a week and employs 5,000 operatives, and had a weekly payroll of, $35,000. The American Print Works has 750 hands and a capacity of 12,000 pieces weekly. They are the largest producers of printed fabrics in the United States. That the print cloth market is in a demoralized condition is shown by the fact that the seventy-five mills of Fall River combined have been selling but 20,000 pieces during the past week. Their capacity is about 250,000 pieces weekly. The price of standard print cloth, 64x64, 28-lnch squares, declined today from 3|c to 3ic, although there were no sales of this class.of goods this week. Thus far cotton mills in New England, employing about 60,000 hands, have posted notices an nouncing a wage reduction March 30. ? Boston Globe: The plain facts about what the people of San Francisco have done in less than two years since the earthquake and fire, which together destroyed 28,000 buildings, are simply beyond comprehension among the people of the east. There were 28,000 buildings destroyed, worth in the aggregate $105,000,000. In spite of lalabor troubles and a cloud of all kinds of difficulties, which would have daunted the people of most cities. San Francisco within the short period of twenty-two months since the disaster has erected or is now completing 10,000 new buildings, worth $111,000,000. That is to say, these new structures represent $6,000,000 more than the original loss; and yet only $5,000,000 of the capital necessary for this gigantic work of upbuilding came from outside of San Francisco. What is equally significant, these 10,000 buildings have more floor and room space for business purposes than the 28,000 that were destroyed. The general business conditions in San Francisco have, of course, been affected more or less by the recent panic, as they have everywhere else. It is barely possible that in the new buildings the builders have provided for too many offices for the immediate need; but the same thing has happened in Boston. New York and other cities. In the process of time the demand will certainly equal the supply. ? Washington, March 20: The American battleship fleet is to visit Japan. The desire of the emperor of the island kingdom to play host to the "Big Sixteen" was laid before Secretary Root yesterday by Baron Takahira, the Japanese ambassador. The invitation, which was couched in the most cordial terms, was made the subject of extended consideration by President Roosevelt and his entire cabinet today. Secretary Root was directed to accept the invitation, and the acceptance was laid before the Japanese ambassador late today. It is regarded in official circles here as more than likely that China will be next to bid for a look at the fleet, and that should this be the case the invitation would be accepted. Secretary Metcalf and Admiral Pillsbury, chief of navigation, are arranging the details of the new itinerary. With the exception of China, it is believed to have been determined that all other invitations, should any be received, will be declined, for at best the fleet will now not be able to reach the Atlantic seaboard before the first of next March. The itinerary which seems to be the most direct, includes stops at the Hawaiian islands, Samoa. Melbourne, Sydney, Manila. Yokohama? should that port be selected as the stopping place in Japan?possibly a Chinese port, back to the Philippines and then home by way of the Suez canal, with only such stops as are necessary for coaling. The fall target practice has been planned to occupy a month at Manila either before or after the visit to Japan. The desire to have the lleet return to its home station may lead to a curtailment of the month planned at Manila. Japan win nave me snips a week, according to tentative plans. The acceptance of the Japanese invitation is regarded in official circles as of considerable importance in the way of administration of the cordiality existing between the American and Japanese governments. The added trip is nearly equal in distance to a voyage from Xew York to Burope. ? Canton. March 22: The greatest indignation prevails here against the government's yielding to the Japanese demands in the Tatsu Maru case, it being considered that the government's action in this matter has brought disgrace upon this province. The Self Government society of Canton. has organized several monster indignation meetings, at which resolutions were adopted that the anniversary of the release of the Tatsu Maru be observed as a day of public mourning. The resolutions also declared a boycott against Japanese goods. Among the speakers was a 12-yearold boy. whose declamation against the Japanese caused the greatest enthusiasm. A great number among those who had assembled thereupon divested themselves of Japanese garments. including caps and handkerchiefs and made a huge bonfire of them. One dealer in Japanese goods offered to sacrifice his entire stock. ? Ivcxington, Ky.. March 22: Because of warning letters and visits from night riders many farmers in nearly all of the forty-two counties in the white hurley tobacco region are destroying their tobacco beds, and at the present time fewer than one-third of the normal number have been started. In many counties huge signs have been erected on buildings and in high places nearby declaring the intention of the farmer not to raise a crop this season. Realizing the difficulty of making a living for their families in case the decision to raise no tobacco is adhered to many tenant farmers are preparing to move to other states, while many farm owners have placed their property on the market with the avowed purpose of li< leaving Kentucky. The murder of ai Farmer Hedges, in Nicholas county, . yesterday and the raids in Woodford and other counties last week, have Si increased the alarm. In announcing s? their determination to go elsewhere the tenants declare that it will be impossible to subsist from the proceeds of crops of hemp, wheat and oj corn. In the neighborhood of Mount |? Sterling many farmers have received . threatening letters with which were : matches, powder and poison, and armed guards have been placed at threatened points. Conditions through- d< out the state are declared to be worse til now than at any time since the tobac- fc ico war began. o! A TTJir HLlnrkrillc (tfitnuircr. 1 ? pi " Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkville gj as Mail Matter of the Second Class. >( YORKVILLE, S. C.i " TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 11)08. ? - - 4! f< Bt"r the fatal ship subsidy bill seems rp to give promise of further and more la satisfactory development. b; w announcing a candidacy for United States senator in South Carolina is an easy way to get a lot of free ad- w vertising. The newspapers print long tn announcements and platforms when Sf the candidate enters the race and when he withdraws, further lengthy statements are printed from him as to st his reasons for withdrawing. All of o< which adds to the fame of the candi- ^ date and costs nothing.?Spartanburg Journal. -v< And what an easy mark is the average editor! From this it would ap- 111 pear that for a candidate to get his ^ stock in trade is as easy as taking can- ey dy from a baby. But why senatorial 'n candidates and not all the balance? sr "Holland," a well known financial pi writer, explains that the trouble tj, with the financial system is that there ^ is too much gold. The gold circula- ^ tion of the world, he states, r.as Deen ^ added to during the past few years at tfl the rate of about $500,000,000, and this w has brought about a gradual decrease n) in the purchasing power of the dollar, a{ that did not become apparent until it t had almost revolutionized the established order of things. As Holland sees it, si the business world is rapidly absorbing the increased circulation and with- jp in a short while values will have become adjusted to prevailing condi- p, tions. m tii The most valuable piece of property pi to be had in the way of a reference lo book is Webster's International Die- m tionary, latest edition. This is a whole fii library in itself, and there is nothing else in the language that nearly ap- dv proaches it. There are two cheap edi- ly tions on which the copyrights have ex- to pired. Both of these are good. The th last one is the best thing in the way be of a dictionary to be had, except the b( latest revised edition of the same work, cc It is along the same line only it is larg- si er, more complete and more nearly m down to present day requirements. There should be a Webster's diction- pi ary in every family, and no family that d\ can afford the price, $10.75 should b# st without a copy of Webster's Interna- ui tional. to ? -* tli This from the Charlotte Observer of last Saturday is timely and to the p villi. The Southern Railway company has withdrawn all its funds on deposit in st Georgia banks, amounting to about se half a million dollars, and transfer- th red them over night to Chattanooga. Every depository of the Southern in Georgia is discontinued, money being 1" sent daily to Chattanooga. This ac- of tion was taken not merely for the th general reason that Georgia has come . to be a wild state politically and en- * joys swatting railroads scarcely less i't than burning niggers, but for a specific reason. Some Atlanta lawyers, m fearing lest the poor old sadly maul- f ed railroad should go broke, have t(J been tying up its funds by garnish- n< ments and attachments on damage iz suits; hence the persecuted money's .u flight into Tennessee. This is an unpleasant incident to read about and cc yet we know of nothing better calcu- la lated to bring the already fast sober- jn ing railroad fighters of this section completely to their senses. The Atlanta lawyers were doubtless unduly to alarmed, but certain it is that when- s* ever any railroad company reaches the s_ point where long-delayed payment threatens damage suit judgments, then th will many of its very worst enemies ki become in their hearts chief mourners, tl ? ki Advocating ship subsidy, the other th day on the theory that the principal th obstacle to the development of the for- 111 eign market for American cotton goods cl lies in the advantage that the foreign- w ers have over us in the matter of p< transportation facilities. Senator Sim- m mons of North Carolina gave these p? statistics that ure both interesting ro and eloquent: vl Mr. President, some of our southern se cotton mills are largely dependent on to foreign markets for the sale of their products. In recent years they have been making strenuous efforts to sell their surulus uroducts both in China at and South America. With the aid of ia our consuls in those countries and that of the special investigators sent out ai by the government they have learned se what kind of goods those markets re- at uuire. and they have been making ,, their goods in accordance with those requirements. What, Mr. President, u has been the result of these efforts? til With China we started off well. In etl 11?03 we sold her cotton goods to the value of about $10,000,000; in 1904, about $9,000,000; in 1905, $30,000,000; but as soon as we began to be trouble- es some to our competitors in this mar- g ket. through their control of our means <?f transportation they put the screws upon us. and our trade with China be- lit gan to fall off. In 1906 it fell to $30,- j?| 000.000. while in 1907 it fell to less than $3,000,000, while in the latter year Great Britain's sales to her advanced tit to about $43,000,000. and Japan's, which at in 1905 was only about one-sixteenth U1 as great as ours, advanced to nearly the same figure as ours. In South 1J| America they have not let us get much hi of a foothold at any time. In 1906 p, Argentina bought about $29,000,000 . worth of cotton goods. We sold her 1 in that year only $271,500 worth. In v' that year Brazil bought about $15,000.- le 000 worth of cotton goods, of which we u| sold her only $479,300. In that year the countries of South America bought m $74,712,400 worth of cotton goods. Of of this amount Great Britain sold in round numbers $47,000,000; Germany, $11,000,000; Fiance $5,400,000; Italy, over $7,000,000. and the United States si only $3,630,100. u| ? Si The Cotton Situation. w If there is any good lesson in the m present condition of the cotton market, tli i* seems to us that it surely must be bj to call attention to the desirability of reducing the acreage. ut From till of the positive data at hand is on which to base reasonably satisfac- th tor.v conclusions, it seems to be clear tli that this year's crop is nearly two mil- $4 "?n bales short of last year's croi id in spite of this condition, the ten mcy of prices continues downward itch a condition does not look rea liable and it is not reasonable. From last Saturday's Wall strot lit ion of the .New York Evening; Sui ie of the most accurate and compre mslve market reviewers of which w ive any knowledge, we clip the fol wing: The general visible supply of cotto creased during the present wee tiout 96.000 bales, against a decreas r the corresponding week last yea ' 60.406 bales. The world's takings c merican cotton for the week, accord ig to the ligures of the Financis hronicle. were 250,304 bales, as com ired with 272,784 bales for the cor 'sponding week, last year. Taking ' American cotton to date totalled 7. 50,289 bales, as compared with 8,443, 54 bales at the corresponding perio st season. The visible supply c merican cotton last evening wa laced at 3,298,783 bales, as compare ith 4.040,296 bales a year ago. Th mount of cotton brought into sigh Liring the week was 149,446 bales, a mpared with 221,782 bales for th rresponding week last year. Th ito sight to date totals 9,593,228 bale! mpared with 11.585 404 bales for th i>rre5ponding period last seasor outhem consumption to date was es mated at 1.370,000 bales, the sarnie a vent while northern consumptio date totalled 1.308,278 bales, com ired with 2,130.104 bales to the cor rsponding date last year. Exports c itton for the week aggregated 104, 8 bales, compared with 122,772 bale >r the corresponding week last yeai he amount of cotton on shipboar st evening not yet cleared was 154,40 lies, against 301.527 bales a year ag< ontinental imports during the pas eek totalled 135,000 bales. All this seems to indicate that not ithstanding so much talk of the cur lilment of southern consumptioi tuthern consumption has been goin r very much as usual and notwlth unfiing a decided curtailment in th tnsumption north, the "into sight" t Jte is 2,000,000 bales less than has ar. Of course, there is some discourage ient in the shutting down of the Fa iver mills: but somehow or othe ;en this circumstance does not seem t npress the business world as being a rious as on its face appears. The feeling prevails throughout th >uth, especially among the cotto roducers, that there is little else i ie whole matter other than a flgh ?tween the producer and the balanc ' the world, not over 15 cents, not fo !j cents, not over 10 centh; but fo ie mastery of the situation. Ther ere indications along- this line begin ng away last summer with such a :tive compaign to buy cotton for fu ire delivery, and almost every cir lmstance of significance that ha nee developed seems to be susceptlbl ' more or less convincing ap"plicatio support of such a feeling. While there is nothing at all sur ising in the decline of the contrac arket at this time, or at any othe me, or under any circumstances, th nf fVio or-tii-ti onttnn cannot b wered except by throwing It on th arket, and this those who have s mly held out thus far will hardly dc Thus far the tight of the cotton pro icers has been managed magnificent . That part of the problem, (the cot n of the weaker producers) tha ireatened the greatest danger, ha ?en successfully disposed of. It woul 1 too bad if the people who have ac implished so much for the other lould now fall down themselves. The ust hold out to the end. The best possible way to meet th "esent slump in contracts is to re jce the acreage, and if prices shoul art up again shortly, which is no llikely, let those who have determine reduce hold all the more firmly, t lelr determination. Ship Subsidy Passed. What is commonly called a shi ibsidy bill; but which is hardly de rving of such a designation, passes ie senate last Friday. It was not a new bill; but inor operlv an amendment and extensioi ' a law enacted in 1891 to encourag ie carrying of American mails ii meriean bottoms, and which has beei operation since that date. The act of 1891 authorized the post aster general to enter into contract r terms of years, not less than flv >r more than ten, with American clt ens for carrying the mails betweei is country and the ports of forelgi >unt ies. For the purposes ot tna \v American steamships are divide* to four classes: First, steamers o i knots speed her hour, with a gros nnage of not less than 8,000 tons cond, steamers of 16 knots per hou >eed. with a gross tonnage of not les ian 5,000 tons; third, steamers of 1 lots, with a gross tonnage of not les ian 2,500 tons; and fourth, of l: lots, with a gross tonnage of not les ian 1.500 tons. The act provides tha e rate of compensation for such oceai ail service for steamers of the lirs ass shall not exceed $4 per mile out ard voyage: of the second class, $ r mile; of the third class, $1 pe ile: and of the fourth class, 66 cent >r mile, by the shortest practicabl >ute. In order to come within pro sions of the act steamers of the flrsl cond and third classes are require* be constructed upon plans and spec cations agreed upon by the nav; -partment, with a view to promp id economical conversion Into auxll r.v naval cruisers. These steamship e required also to carry a mall mes nger and to provide suitable roon id accommodation both for him an* ie main: also one cadet or apprentice ho is to be an American boy, for eacl tousand gross tons capacity and fo tch majority fraction of a thousam oss tons. Under this law, a steamship line wa tablished between New York an* urope; but nothing has ever beei >ne looking to the establishment o les to South American ports or to th liilippines, China or Japan. The great drawback, it seems, is tha le trade between the United State id South America oil the one ham the United States and the Philip nes. China and Japan on the othe ind, does not call for ships of 8,00 ns burden, or 20 knots speed. Prac rally all of the ships used in this ser ce, even by foreigners are of a fa ss pretentious class and the bonu lowed by the government was no arly sufficient to encourage the us ' such ships in such service. For years past the United State 'vernmeiit has found itself in the po lion of depending almost entirel; ?on foreigners to carry its mails t ?uth America and Asia, and it is s ell known and notorious fact that th ails of this country like the goods o lis country are discriminated agains ,* the ships of foreign governments. The most notable changes in the lav ider the bill that passed last Frida; that 1G knot ships plying betweei lis country and South America, Japan e Philippines and China shall havi a mile for carrying the Unite* ), States mail on their outward voyages | - and 12 knot ships shall have $2 a mile 1. There was inserted an important - provision requiring that if two or more U steamship lines shall he established t from Atlantic ports, under the act, the i, second one to be established will be re- L, - quired to stop at two ports south of e Cape Charles. This amendment was ,p - forced by Senator Bacon of Georgia, and ills object was to stimulate southn ern trade in cotton goods, naval stores ^ ^ and lumber with South American ports, j. It is provided in the act that the J. >f postmaster general shall not pay in - bonuses for carrying the mails during ll any one year, any more than the esti- j mated receipts from the foreign mail s service. The bill was passed without divi- L j sion; but it was strangely championed ,f by a number of southern senators, nots ably Bacon of Georgia, and Simmorfs ^ of North Carolina, e ^ . it s COTTON CROP OF 1907. e Si ,c Final Census Report Shows 2,000,000 e Bales Shy of 1906. i. The census report issued last Fri- ^ - day showed that the cotton crop s grown in 1907 aggregated 11,761,163 n running bales, counting round bales - as half bales and including linters, and Y - a total of 27,777 active ginneries for 1907. This is against 13,305,265 - bales in 1906, and 10,725,602 in 1905. s The statistics include 127,646 bales re- T i*. turned as remaining to be ginned after d the time of the March canvass. The 0 total number of running bales as giv>. en is equivalent to 11,302,872 50)- N it pound bales. The average gross weight of the - bales for 1907 is 501.8 pounds. The items for the crop of 1907 are 10,798,596 square bales; 198,549 round b bales; 86,793 sea island bales; linters g 276.500 bales. The number *of running bales by J* states follows: e Alabama 1,126,928; Arkansas 760,o 162; Florida 57,616; Georgia 1,891,it 90*); Kansas 34; Kentucky 4,205; Louisiana 676,823; Mississippi 1.464,207; Missouri 35,997; New Mexico 447; * North Carolina 648,517; Oklahoma II 864,106; South Carolina 1.175,375; ,r Tennessee 274,536; Texas 2,271,724; re Virginia 9,486. Kentucky's total in0 eludes linters of establishments in II- h s Ilnois and in Virginia. In the entire crop the quantity of lint_ ers included is 276.500 bales for 1907; di 322,064 for 1906, and 230,497 for ti. n 1905; round bales are 198,549 for n 1907; 268,219 for 1906, and 279,836 for tt 1905; sea Island bales are 86,793 for tl . 1907; 57,550 for 1906. and 112.539 H< e for 1905. G r Average gross weight of the bales r for 1907, including linters as given, is ?* e against 510.9 for 1906; that of the round bales is 245.1 for 1906, and the sj sea island 391.6 pounds for 1907, comn pared with 387.2 for 1906. al , m , of THE C., C. & O. n< s ds e South and Western Changes Its Name ^ n and Renews Its Activities. (1' It is reported here on reliable au. thority, says the Asheville, N. C.t Ga. zette, that the South and Western G Railroad company now building in r North Carolina between Marion and f)< e Altapas, and which recently changed e its name to the Carolina, Clinchtieid d< nn.i f)hid Railwav comnanv/will short- ri< e ly employ 10,000 laborers for work on 0 the construction of the road and to ,c >. augment the many hundreds of labor- la era now at work. tl" This good army of laborers, It is " understood, will be strung out along - the line of construction in Kentucky, fr t Tennessee, Virginia and North Caroli- e^ na and that the putting on of these |s 8 10,000 men will commence shortly in d order to have them at work by mld spring. ni s The syndicate building the South and pi Western or the C. C. & O., is headed w y by George L. Carter of Bristol, Term., and backed, it is understood by Thos. ^ e F. Ryan. The object in putting on such pt a vast army of laborers is to conT^' p( plete the construction of the road while d labor is cheap. it The road Is now 70 per cent com- tli 1 pleted, and it is said that only about se $12,000,000 will be necessary to finish e( ? and equip it for operation. Last year, and in fact for the past two years, ln common labor for railroad construe- cr tion has come high, the price ranging a! from $1.25 to $1.75 per day. Since the ~ panic and the cutting down of conp struction work of railroads in different tl" - sections of the country and the shut- fa tl ting down of industrial plants, labor a) has cheapened and it is said that now all the labor desired may be had for 90 e cents and $1 per day. n An official letter to the Manufacture ers* Record says it is true that the fu charter of the South and Western railn road has been amended, permitting it se n to change its name to the Carolina, pf Clinchfield and Ohio railway. It is also permitted to increase its capital stock to $27,000,000. 9 Since November 1, 1907, the progress e of the work has been somewhat re. duced. but on some portions of the qj line, effective March 1, forces have been restored to the former number, o The line between Johnson City, Tenn., C. t and Marion, N. C., will be completed |a A and in operation about September 1 of this year. On that date also the grad* ing will be completed between Dante, st s Va., and Kingsport, Tenn., and about ne ; January, 1909, all of the line now un- C(, ' der construction between Dante, Va., and the Seaboard Air Line at Bostic. s N. C.. will be in operation. R. 4 A stockholders' meeting of the com- se s pany has been called for May 18 at ? Bristol, Va., and another stockhold ers* meetinir has been called on the hi s same day, but at a later hour, at John- of t son City. Tenn. These are for the purpose of approving the Issue of $15,11 000.000 of bonds. t f t Usk FOR THE PHILIPPINES.?In the sli 2 course of a discussion in the house 0l r last Friday of the situation in the Philippines, Mr. DeArmond of Mis- ru v souri, referring as he said, to the fail0 ure of the Filipinos to accomplish - anything, suggested "A useful pur- be pose to which the Philippines may be ce devoted." He Inquired, amid laughter and applause, "Why not raise in wl - the Philippines, instead of importing, pi y the necessary quantitum of be.rons, tii t dukes and counts and other titled bipeds?" In that case, he said, there ar * would be a domestic industry orgt.n- ti< s ized, against which there could be no pa . objection. "There would be no trou- ro ble," he said, "in negotiating with our be 1 home-made dukes. We could tlx our eq 3 own tariff rates and determine what (i we should pay for the privilege c-f ex- Gf J* porting to the Philippines such of our sc daughters as we desire to part with p, r and to accompany with a right hand- te [I some dot." He asked further, "why contribute te all our millions to those titled gentle8 men in Europe in order to dispose of m 3 our American daughters, in order to fi make them countess or some other - sorr of titled lady." It would be cheap- ar er. he said, to get the titled gentlemen m e from the Philippines, and in harmony be with the protective policy of the Ttet publicans. "Now, as it is at present." sc lie said, further, "there is an export nl s duty on these American girls sent to ar 3 foreign parts." That, he declared, was .. contrary to me provisions 01 me con- at stitution "but," lie asked, "what Is tlie f{ constitution when it comes to getting tj, 0 a title into the family for a hundred tll - thousand dollars? Let us so into the jn industry of raisins noblemen in tlie Philippines," he said amid laushter. 1 The climate of the islands, he thousht, s "would foster the growth of that kind t of product." They could he had in o( sreat variety. "Granted the orisinal stock." he said, "we can make the tities as other people have made the ti- fr s ties." _ _ to ., ?Spartanburg, March 2ft: Bud v Poole, colored, is a prisoner in jail ' ' 0 here, having been lodged on the seri- vvi ft ous charge of blowing up with dyna- af c mite the home of Gresham Jones, in f this county, near Greer, on the night of March 9. Jones had just left his <|1 1 home when the explosion came. Had th he been at home he would have been vt= hurled through the roof of his house, \ for the explosive was placed directly y under his room. One side of the house i was wrecked. It is believed that oth- C< , ers took part in the attempt to wreck ja! the house, and warrants have been e issued for James Sanders, Xewton cl 3 Berry and Raylie Glenn. fe' -OCAL AFFAIRS, it ur NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8. se arry Miller?Requests parties who j('j have given him their subscription to . The Enquirer to pay up at once. . R. Williams, Adj.?Promulgates an order from Commander Wallace to .. Mlcah Jenkins camp, U. C. V. hos. W. Boyd. Supervisor?Calls on road overseers to put their road sec- ej tions in first-class condition at once. J. I). Thomasson, Sec.?Gives notice u of a meeting of Filbert Farmers' Union No. 252 next Thursday night. L. Williams & Co.?Invite the ladies ra to see their lines of Ziegler oxfords au and pumps. They please the eye and 'le are comfortable to the feet. J-? W. Dobson?Offers special bargains in groceries for Saturday next. It is up to you. "y oan and Savings Bank?Says that th now is a good time for you to start Wl an account with it. Any amount an from $1 and upward is received on t'r account. co [. W. White?Tells an Irish joke and 1,1 applies the moral to the buying and ur selling of stocks, bonds and real es- Ru tate. Local real estate offerings, am M. Grist?Prints a testimonial In relation to the Mutual Benefit Life , Insurance company that is of interest to Insurers. ini irst National Bank?Reminds you se that you can open an account in its th( savings department with J1 and se- . cure a "Road to Wealth" bank. ork Drug Store?Reminds you that fr? it can furnish you with the best ci- ju gars, smoking tobacco and chewing tobaccos. homson Co.?Quotes prices on a *|f number of small articles of every clay use, including post cards, ai- " burns, etc. atlonal Union Bank, Rock Hill? ** Wants you to know that It wants you to borrow money from it and ** wants your deposits. f. & C. MeiTiam Co., Springfield, Mass.?Explain what the Webster's y* International dictionary is and how J* to obtain it. See fourth page. '* din R. Hart, Mayor?Publishes an ordinance relating to the rules of the ^ board of health in the placing of ?* water closets in residences and oth- y|. er places. . R" Not much farm work during the Et est four days, and present prospects J. ither gloomy. From information that is developing ?re and there, the indications are that s. lere are to be quite a number of can- Jidates for the various county offices ^ lis summer. G First-class agricultural machinery *s J. te only practical substitute for the E. rarclty and contrariness of labor, j oc?d machinery will often do the work f. ! several men. E. Magistrate Glenn of Ebenezer town- ^ lip, who by the way is a very active - * --no? * . - r* .. In nno an irlnoi H. in emciem UIIIUGl, 13 quuicu ao oa; ii?h J ' the negro Weeks who killed another p ?gro, McCullough at Old Point a few J. lys ago, "I'll get him If he stays on W le earth." Mr. Glenn has run down g jlte a number of such fugitives at 3* fferent times, J. As to whether the fruit is killed as J* le result of the snow and cold de- A snds upon the turn the weather may >ke in clearing up. Snow of itself ju les not hurt fruit blooms, say ex- 0jj ?rieneed observers, and neither does R e; but frost alone. The dampness p(. st Saturday and Sunday protected le fruit from the frost. If the weath turns off warm without frost, the :uit Is safe. If there is a heavy frost, erythlng in the vegetation line that th' killable by frost will be killed. 1,11 Sleet and snow Friday afternoon and w' ght came as quite a surprise to peo- a? lip e who had slept Thursday night ithout any bed covering. Because of pr le unusually warm weather of the hu ist few days, It was common to hear wf ?ople commenting on the early spring id congratulating each other on what 25 ley seemed to think was the settled foi curity of the fruit crop. Rain turn- ev 1 slowly to sleet and this later changed 1 to great white flakes of snow, which cei ivered the ground in the dry places ha id accumulated on the housetops. ^ till there was a strange absence of 0jj lat chilliness that belongs to a snow tie 11, and before Saturday was over, de 1 the snow was gone. ch, THE LAST DAY. ed The time limit by which clubmakers wc r The Enquirer must make a final so] ttlement for the names on their res- Ua ctive clubs, expires next Saturday ha -ening at 6 o'clock. ^ ABOUT PEOPLE. ha Mr. W. E. Ferguson spent Sunday In St ?? a'' larlotte. no Mr. George Barber of Ashevllle, N. ha , visited the family of Mr. A. Cody i-s st week. ^ Mr. Louis Roth of Yorkville, has been ai; ibpoenaed to serve as a juror at the ito >xt term of the United States district urt at Greenville. *0 Mr and Mrs. Street of Providence, bu I., left this morning after spending th< veral days with Mr. and Mrs. W. B. oore. Mr. Street is a member of the m of Eddy & Street, yarn spinners pa Providence. lie eai RURAL SCHOOL PRIZES. The state board of education in ses- cei m on in Columbia last week gave thor- ar( igh consideration of the matter of th< iral school prizes, and finally adopt- Pr< . the following: ^ "1. Improvements must be made u0 tween November 1, 1907, and Dember 10, 1908. evj "2. Prizes will be awarded to schools here the most decided material imovements have been made during the lie mentioned. * , "3. Under material improvements e included local taxation, consolida;n, new buildings, repairing and sec linting old ones, libraries, reading at oms or tables, interior decorations, jov autifying yards and better general luipment. we "4. No school can compete for any sit these prizes unless It Is a rural wa hool. No town with more than 500 . ipulation shall be eligible to the const. 1 "5. All who wish to enter this con- litt st must send names and descriptions schoo s, before improvements are ade. to the president prior to Octo- "ai f i for 6. All descriptions, photographs ,uf id other evidences showing improveents nvjst be sent to the president lore December 15. 1908. The chair- ul" an of tlie hoard of trustees of any lar hool that Is competing f >r a prize ap| ust approve all descriptions before id after improvements are made. "7. Prizes will be awarded In checks s the annual meeting of the South boi irolina School Improvement associa >n December 31. 1908. The prizes are be used for further improvements ')I( the schools receiving them." wil tal WITHIN THE TOWN. ml - If there is one thing that the town to Yorkville needs more than another, bal is the rnacadamlzation of Main street < run Madison to Jefferson streets. thfi -A negro named McDowell broke in- the tlie residence of Mr. A. S. Barron ma iturda.v night and stole a pistol. He spi is caught by Constable \V. S. Peters wa ter a chase. spi - There are very few people who are pul lalified to vote in the municipal eiec- abl ins to be held during the next two hot ars. Registration certiticates issued cia iring 19rtti will be of no use. to -The annual meeting of the York 'I lunty Bible society did not take place bar st Sunday as announced. Because ne.? the condition of the weather, very far iv people were able to get out, and Fri was decided to postpone the meeting bi itil next Sunday night. g, -Charlotte Observer, Sunday: The salon of the A. R. P. church at York- ni lie, S. C.. was in communication yes- Q1 iday with local contractors relative a a new house of worship, which it Is . oposed to erect at that place at a st of $10,00(1. Messrs. Hunter X U1 lughan will be at least one of the In- li 1 contracting firms to put in bids for w e jol>. The church will be constructafter the modern style of architect- J1 e and will in all its appointments he ji -to-date. - Constable Sanders has adopted a jt ther drastic method of dealing with f spected blind tigers against whom ' is unable to "et sufficient testimony make a case that looks like it will ai Jd water. Experience has taught a m that many people who promise to ike g<y>d witnesses fall down when w ey are put to the test. Now lie di itches the express office carefully ,r d when he finds an individual getlg more whisky than he is able to nsume in a reasonable time, he seizes eir lues, and nuts it up to them to ove that the liquor Is for legitimate irposes. fc GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY. h The jur>' commissioners this morn- T ar drew thirty-six petit jurors to s' rve (luring the approaching term of "" e circuit court, and twelve grand rors, who with the six holding over J>m last year will constitute the grand Q ry for the next twelve months: U Petit Jurors?First Week. ^ L. Stephenson Bullock's Creek. H . D. Moore King's Mountain. . N. Hardin Bullock's Creek. r{ . C. Whitesides .........Broad River. . H. Atkins .....Ebenezer. 111 S. H. Faris Catawba. Q . N. Wallace Bethel, tc N. Davis King's Mountain. .. A. Maloney Bullock's Creek. L Brown King's Mountain. w A. Shlllinglaw Catawbu. hi E. Parks Fort Mill. C. Furls Fort Mill. T. Thomas King's Mountain E. Clinton Catawba, ai F. Cobb Catawba, ji A. Steele Catawba. S. Gourley Bullock's Creek. S. Poag Catawba w F. Wood York, h: T. Corn well ,. Catawba. a| artin T. Smith... .King's Mountain. . G. Dowdle Bullock's Creek. n) . B. Creed C'atawba. ni T. Ferguson. Jr York. p( H. Qulnn King's Mountain. J. Dunlap, Jr Bethesda. L. Carroll York. E. Merritt *...Fort Mill, tc Baker Ebenezer. w G. M. Galloway... .Bullock's Creek. .. R. Kimbrell Catawba. G. Walker Catawba. W. McElwee Broad River, tc F. White King'fc Mountain. s1 . D. Thomasson York. Grand Jurors. G. Parrott King's Mountain. ' J. Jones York. w M. Sherrer Broad River. T M. Hardin Broad River, h: . E. Feemster Bethesda. k| M. Caldwell Broad River. A. Mitchell Bullock's Creek. tl M. Shlllinglaw Catawba. T H. Sutton Fort Mill. A. Barber Catawba. . M. Steele Catawba. D. Friedheim Catawba. t< Following are the hold-over grand tl rors from last year: Thos. J. Nich- ir <, J. Mack Moore, W. T. Moore, M. P1 Dunlap, W. T. McClain, W. W. vl yce. di ai AS TO HUNTING LICENSE. tt Mr. James Henry Rice, secretary of e Audubon society for South Caro- ai a has sent to the press the following th regard to the license imposed n' ainst non-residents for hunting privges in this state: The legislature of South Carolina S1 ovided for a license of non-resident n< nters many years ago. This license hi is fixed at $25, but was seldom, if er, collected. The amount was re- s ced at the session of 1907 to $10, with P' cents fee to the clerks of the court fc r issuing said license. Practically D. ery state In the Union has a nonddent license, and some of them ex- P' t a license of $50. In others the linse is good for only one county and e, s to be renewed in each county the nter enters. The Audubon society of South Car- b< na. has labored under many difficul- cc s in trying to collect this non-resi- jr nt license. The old law permitted a est to hunt without paying this 11- 11 nse, and some are not aware of the, ange. If a man's guest were allowto hunt without license then there . . >uld be an end of license, for each d every incomer would be a guest of if mebody. This may in some indivld- ty 1 cases work hardships, but it is per , p.s impossible to point to a reguia>n of any kind that would not work n' rdship to somebody. The state's right to exact this license s been passed on by the United ates supreme court and settled for D time. The money collected from n-resident licenses goes into the nds of the state treasurer, where it placed to the credit of the "game h< otection fund," and Is drawn out y( d used for enforcing the game laws, 1 good citizens should Insist on vis- . rs paying this license and report D< Jm when they fail to pay it. y< Between 3,000 and 4,000 men come in- c, South Carolina annually to hunt, t this year the merest fraction of ?m will pay license. The Audubon SI :iety has pursued the policy this er ar of not prosecuting a man who q, nted without lioense provided he id the license on demand. Hereaf- H all parties found hunting without M ense will bo indicted and fined for m ch day they hunt without lioense. k There are sufficient non-resident liases to support a vigorous enforce- Pi tnt of the game laws if these'licenses s collected. In the present instance . i weakness of the society has been a( jsumed on, and its confidence has ci en generally abused. dj The natural and inevitable presume- ^ n for-the future will be that the man io hunts without license is trying to " ade the payment. p< tr HOW A SHEEP JUMPS. tr There Is still a good denl of cotton '3 the hands of those producers of this tion. who have been standing steady the breech, while those of their fel- to k-s who were less strong or less nervy a'' re unloading their crops, and the ar uation Is as full of interest now as It ? s last fall when it looked as if the ttom was in danger of dropping out. av \s a matter of fact there is very re le demand for cotton at this time. ru e mills have only scant supplies on th nd; but they are not very aggressive tf) more, and the local buyers are in- ,,a ferent in the matter of purchases. m' ey are willing to take a few bales tn ng. of course; but when It comes to as ge lots, they say that they are un- ^ le to place them, and that is rather ev new condition in the market. V farmer from the Bethany neigh- w< hood took a single bale to King's a luntain last Saturday and made a ^ ftty thorough canvass of the town m( Knino- ,.KIo f,? p>f>t anvhoriv to te a serious look at his sample. The *h II people said that they did not want R' buy. and the farmer brought his le back home. Ki )f course, it would not be fair to say it the people are unconcerned over at situation. Let the reason be what It fr< y. it is a serious condition when the w< nner tells the producer he does not co nt to buy. It is serious both to the Lc nner and the producer, and to the ur blic: but so far as The Enquirer is Fi e to learn the farmers generally are tli h nervy and game. This is espe- on lly true of those who feel fully able on take care of themselves. ha There is a good story of a bit of wi idinage between a Yorkville busi- fit is man and Mr. L. A. McGill, a large an met*, on the streets of Yorkville last W< day. It is to the effect that the V' usiness man was guying Mr. McGill ood naturedly about the declining ' inrket and his inability to sell a large ( uantlty of cotton he has on hand. As . matter of fact. Mr. McGill was not ying to sell, as he does not have to 1 ntll he gets ready. Tint his retort was . ke this: "I have always noticed that 1 hen a sheep goes to measure for a ! imp over a fence, the higher he has to imp the further back he gets. Cot- i >n is only getting ready to take a big imp." Mr. McGill Is content to wait ?r the jumfi. Among those who hold cotton there < re some who are nervous, and there re others who feel that no matter hat may come, whether the closing own of mills, or anything? else, prices mst be better after a while, WANTED FOR MURDER. Mr. James M. Howell, a fugitive om Tennessee Justice during the past >ur years was arrested at the home of Is brother, Mr. John T. Howell in the irzah neighborhood last Saturday and arted back to Tennessee yesterday , lornlng. The arrest was made by Constable L. Sanders and Deputy Sheriff Fred uinn, at the instance of G. F. Jusce. an officer from Mitchell county, f. C\, who had been on the trail of [owell for quite a while. After his arrival here, having al;ady located his man. Officer Justice lade a trade with Officers Sanders and , uinn to perfect the arrest, agreeing > give them for their trouble 550, half le amount of the reward of 5100. ' hlch he said he was to receive for Is share in the matter. , Proceeding at once to the house of Ir. John T. Howell, Officers Sanders ml Oulnn had no difficulty in locutig their man. Mr. Howell acknowlIged his identity, said that he knew hat he was wanted for and expressed is willingness to go along peaceably, Ithough he intimated that there might ave been some Interesting (Jeveloplents had Justice come after him in erson. At the Carolina and North-Western epot yesterday morning, Mr. Howell >ld the reporter that the killing for hlch he was wanted occurred at Elk [111, Carter county, Tennessee, on Oc)ber 30, 1904. The vlctitp was Mas- 1 ? Onntnn o mnclstrnfp_ who Was fibbed to death in a general melee. , But they have no evidence against , le," he said. "I go as freely and as illlngly as If going to my breakfast, hey don't know who killed him. They 1 ave already tried three men for the ( illing and the state laid down each me. they could not prove a thing, hey do jiot know who did the killing. ( rid 1 doubt If they will ever know." From the story of Officer Justice, >ld to Mr. Senders, It appeared that le magistrate was stabbed to death i his office. One of Howell's sons, or erhaps more of them had been conIcted before the magistrate for a mis- , pmeanor and the whole party, father ad three sons attacked the magis ate, stabbing him to death. Three of , ie sons had been tried as accessories nd acquitted. ( Howell is 52 years of age; but does ot look to be more than 40 or 45. He i a carpenter by trade, close to six >et high, powerfully built and a fine tecimen physically. Officer Justice did 1 ot see proper to put handcuffs on Im, and although the officer is a pret- | ' good physical specimen himself, , sople who saw them board the train ' >r Tennessee were quite free in the (hat Hnweli would not com- < lete the trip unless he wanted to. j Replying to questions of the report- , \ Mr. Howell said that he had been i fugitive since the killing and had 1 ?en over a considerable part of the J >untry, as far away as Seattle, Washigton. He said that he had been at i le home of his brother for two weeks, j As a matter of fa*t, it is very well | fiown that he has spent a considera- j e portion of the time since the kill- ' ig working at his trade in York coun- . and it is also a fact that his final ? rest grew out of information fur- 1 ished from this end of the line. LOCAL LACONICS. I eath of Mrs. E. L. Plaxico. Mrs. Elizabeth Louisa Plaxico, widow tha IntA .Tames E. Plaxico. died at / ir home three miles west of Sharon < 'sterday morning at 3.30 o'clock. Her 1 ?ath was due to dropsy. She was | )rn in the Blairsviile neighborhood 74 1 iars ago, and was reared in Bullock's ' reek church, of which she continued 1 member up to the time of her death. | he is survived by the following broth- ' s: John M. Sherrgr of Bullock's J reek; James M. Sherrer of GalTney: ( . H. and S. H. Sherrer of Sharon, i rs. Plaxlco was a most excellent wo- j an, loved and esteemed by all who , lew her. I igeon Follows Train. . Lenoir, March 12: A pigeon has been , )lng some funny stunts in railway i rcles here for the past week. Every ' ly when the passenger train on the ( & N.-W. railroad comes into Lenoir r is followed by this pigeon, which 1 ?rches itself on a housetop or in a j ee near the station until time for the c ain to depart. As soon as the signal t given for the train to leave this pret- j white bird Is all attention and when t e train begins to move the pigeon < llows after it. Sometimes it flies f ongside of the engineer's cab, within * m length of the cab window. J ther times it has been seen ahead I the train, over the train,. and 1 vay behind, bringing up the ^ ar owing to the speed the train i nning. Several of the best people of 8 e town have testified to having seen ^ is pigeon following the train for the t ist four or five days. The railroad pn report that this bird follows the c tin to flranite Falls. Cliffs and even ^ far as Hickory. It always follows d e first train from Hickory or where- s r er it stops to rest, back to Lenoir. v any people who believe In signs and e inders are wondering whether this is a good omen or a bad one. In view of * e fact that white In railroad circles pans the way Is clear and unobstruet- a . we take It to be a good omen, a* 1 r Is pigeon is white. No one is able to a ve any reason why this pretty bird li llows the trains. f lied For Cigarette Wrapper. r Abraham MeCullough. colored, died f Old Point last Saturady afternoon J" im loss of blood as the result of a t >und inflicted by John Weeks, also 3 lored, during Friday night. Coroner v luthian went down to Old Point Sat- ? day evening and held an Inquest, a om the testimony it appeared that n e killing was without provocation *1 the part of the slain man. Only tl e witness saw the shooting. There v d been a frolic, and the story of the K Si tness was to the effect that after the n )lic was over, the dead man, Weeks v d himself stopped at the house of eeks's brother. The witness heard " eeks tell MeCullough: "By the time [ hit you over the head with this shovel I reckon you will give me a cigarette wrapper." Then Weeks went into another room and returned with a *hot gun. Witness tried to get in ills way and remonstrate with him. He pointed the gun at witness and witness got out of the way. Without more ido Weeks pointed his gun at McCul lough and tired. The ciiarge took effect in tlie arm of McCullough. Then Weeks ordered McCullough out of the house. He went out to the pig pen and remained there for several hours. When found he was very weak from loss of blood. He died a few hour* later. Weeks disappeared soon after the shooting. At the Inquest Dr. T. R. Cat-others said that the life of McCullough might have been saved very easily had some of those present had sense enough to twist a handkerchief around the wounded arm above the elbow. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Colonel Joseph Daniel Pope died at his home in Columbia last Saturday afternoon at about 4.30 o'clock. Had he lived until April 6 he would have been 88 years of age. He had been professor of law in the South Carolina university for twenty-five years or more and his last illness came upon him in the lecture room. He was a man of great ability and strong personality. ? Governor Ansel has reappointed the state board of education as follows: Prof. W. K. Tate, first district, Charleston; H. F. Rice, Esq,, second district, Aiken; Prof. D. \V. Daniel, third district, Clemson College; Prof. A. G. Rembert, fourth district, Spartanburg; Supt. A. R. Banks, fifth district, Lancaster; Hon. W. J. Mont- , gomery, sixth district, Marion; Supt. A. J. Thackston, seventh district, Or angeburg. ? The city council of Spartanburg ha.s passed an ordinance requiring ail citizens who own chickens to keep them from running at large on the premises of their neighbors. The ordinance applies to ducks, geese, pigeons, turkeys, etc. The police are given authority to impound all fowls running at large. After being captured they will be held three days and If not redeemed they will be sold at private sale. The ordinance became necessary, it is said, because of the large number of chickens that are owned by the residents of Spartanburg. Nearly everybody in that city raises chickens and they are afflicted with wanderlust of the worst sort. They travel several blocks in order to get into a garden of vegetables, which they quickly destroy, causing neighborhood rows. ? Columbia special of February 21 to the News and Courier: Senator Tillman, who for several days has been at his home at Trenton, between Columbia and Augusta, will probabjy not be able to return to his duties in Washington for some days. Senator Tillman was taken seriously ill Thursday night. He spoke Monday in Washington and after two days at Clemson college, he went to his home at Trenton, complaining of the heart. That night he had an attack evidently due to the hard work and the unusual heat, which produced nervous trouble similar to those from which he suffered three years ago, when he consulted eminent specialists in Philadelphia, who found no signs of organic disease. After a short rest the senator was soon at his post again. In the present attack tho old symptoms of numbness and tingling of the left side have returned, but they are lessening In the last twenty-four hours. His physicians, Dr. Hunter and Dr. Babcock, are agreed that there are now no Indications of organic trouble and are hopeful that after a few days of rest the senator may be well enough to return to his duties in Washington. ? Columbia special of Saturday to Charlotte Observer: Insurance Commissioner McMaster stated today that the Equitable Fire Insurance company of Charleston Is the only domestic Insurance company in South Carolina which has complied with the act passed by the last session of the legislature, requiring all domestic Insurance companies in the state doing business In more than one county and one adloining county to tile a bond/ or depos-It securities with the insurance commissioner, to the amount of $ 10,000. in other words all other domestic companies' writing business generally In this state are now violating the laws of the state, and are subject to penalty, except the fraternal orders and lodges and the county and township mutual flre assessment companies ioing business only in the county in which they are organized and one adlolning county. The provisions referred to are contained in what is known as the Miley act, which became law twenty days after the governor signed the measure. Governor Ansel approved the act February 22nd, hence this law became effective March 18th, and all companies Included within its provisions which have done business since have disregarded the law, except the company named. ? Columbia State, Sunday: After a thorough investigation- by Mr. W. W. Morrison, special agent of the Southern railway, and Sheriff B. F. Sample it Saluda county,_it ^vas determined :hat ex-Judge u. w. tsucnanans Jeath was due to a most unusual accident. Mr. Morrison stated yegterlay that Judge Buchanan wag killed t>y a stray bullet from a 22-calibre parlor rifle in the hands of a small poy of Wards station, the shot having been fired at a distance of about six:y yards from the railroad track and while the train upon which Judge Buchanan was a passenger was pasgng the station. As soon as the shootng was discovered Mc Morrison was notified and he left for Wards on the text train, arriving there at 7 o'clock, hree hours after the shooting occur?ed. In company with Sheriff Sample and his deputy, Mr. Ben Padgett, le made a thorough investigation. Jt was learned that several boys had jeen shooting a parlor rifle around he little town all afternoon and it is tnown that two of these small boys were in the back yard of a residence tear the station when train No. 33 massed. The boys were questioned ind admitted having shot at targets, ;tc., about the town during the afterloon and the two who were in the rard near the station when the train >assed did not deny being there at hat time, but did deny that they dlscharged the rifle while they were here. Mr. Morrison got in possession >f some of the cartridges which the >oys were using in their rifle and the >ullet is exactly the same size as the >ne which the physicians at the Aurusta hospital extracted from Judge 3uchanan's wound. "Of course it is inusual for a person to be killed by a >ullet from a parlor rifle," said Mr. dorrison, "but where the range is not oo great and there is nothing to obitruct or deflect the bullet it is as langerous as a bullet of a larger calbre. The window of the oar being up ind the bullet striking Judge Buchinan at a vital point, with no bones o deflect its course, it is but natural hat it should have proved fatal. A !2-calibre bullet will, under such cirumstances, kill a person at an even ;reater distance." Mr. Morrison statd that the shooting was beyond all loubt an accident and that not a peron at Wards knew that It had occured until more than two hours afterward. He stated that it Is not expectd that any indictments will be made .gainst the two boys on account of the hooting. Sheriff Sample agreeing with dm that it was entirely accidental. It s recalled that about three years ago . man named Traywick, employed by he Stevens Lumber company at Cheaw, was shot by a stray bullet, from . 22-calibre parlor rifle, near the Atantlc Coast Line depot in that town, rom which wound he died within a ew hours. In this case several young nen were shooting the rifle from the datform of the A. C. L. station, dlectlng their aim across an open lot n nf thp station, a bodv of tim ?er being in the background, about 00 yards from the station. Mr. Trayi-ick was at least 250 yards from the iolnt where the parties were shooting:, et the shot resulted In death within very few hours. One of the young: nen at the A. C. L. station admitted olng the shooting:, but stated that he Id not even see Mr. Traywick when he shot was fired. This contention ;as borne out by a study of the rounds, Mr. Traywick having fallen t a point not visible from the station n account of the fact that the land as rolling and he was "under the 111," so to speak. An Indictment for lurder was given out by the solicitor gainst this young man. but the grand nry returned "no bill."