Scraps and J-actis. ? James Parker, the Atlanta negro who figured in the MeKinley assassination. is today the subject of a dissecting class in the Jefferson Medical college of Philadelphia. Flushed with money given him by admiring friends. Parker went to the bad after his brave act and finally died in an asylum for the Insane. Parker was standing near President MeKinley when he was shot at Buffalo and grabbed the assassin. Czolgoz, and turned him over to the police. His act attracted a great deal of attention, and Parker was exploited as a hero from one end of the country to the other. The late Markl Hanna made him a present of $1,000. and other prominent men gave him large sums of money. He spent it all in dissipation and rapidly went down hill. ?The Aldrich currency bill was passed by the senate last Friday by a vote of 42 to 16: Previous to taking the vote on the Aldrich bill, the senate refused to substitute the Bailey bill, providing the government issue emergency currency. As passed, the bill mnrn thnn fiVP hllll J" VM IUC? 1U1 iiut ??>V* V dred million dollars emergency currency to be issued to national banks upon deposit by them of state, county and municipal bonds to be approved by the secretary of the treasury. Currency to be issued with a view of securing equitable distribution of currency over the country in accordance with unimpaired capital and surplus of banks in each state. Rinks to pay for this emergency circulation at half of one per cent the first four months it is circulated and afterward three-quarters of one per cent a month. The bill provides that national banks shall pay not less than one per cent on government deposits. An important amendment provided that of the 15 per cent reserve required to be kept by banks not in reserve cities, four-fifths to be kept in vaults of banks and of that amount one-third can be in the form of securities. Another amendment prohibits any national bank investing its funds in stocks or securtles of a corporation with which the bank's officers or directors are connected. ? Exception is taken by postal experts, says a Washington dispatch, to the reiterated statement that the expenses incident to rural delivery has been the cause of the deficit in the postal revenues of recent years. In 1897 when the expenditures on account of rural delivery were only $14,840 the postal deficit was $11,411,779, while in 1907 the expenditure for rural delivery had increased to $26,755,524, and the deficit had decreased to 56,653.bsz. These figures are cited to demonstrate that the increased expenditure on account of the rural delivery service bears no ratio to the annual deficit. On the other hand it is certain that the operation of the rural delivery service is responsible for a very large percentage of the increase in the postal receipts. The establishment of a rural delivery route, it is claimed invariably brings with it a great Influx of maii to the locality affected, and this is gradually followed by an increase in the' out-going .mail. There has also, it is said, been a saving of more than $12,000,000 on account of closing small postofflces and discontinuing star routes. Various economies of management have been effected in the service by establishing rural delivery on a definite and business like basis so that each route must show an adequate return to be continued. ? Lowell, Mass, March 30: Twenty thousand workers, men and women, are affected by the 10 per cent reduction put into effect today by the cotton mills of Lowell. It is expected that similar action will be taken by all the cotton mills of New England, unless conditions soon show a decided improvement. The mills in Lowell are owned by the Appleton, Boot, Lawrence, Massachusetts, Merimac,- Hamilton and Suffolk corporations. All manufacture cloth except the Lawrence Manufacturing company, which makes hosiery and underwear. Manufacturers give as reason for the change in wages the depression in the cloth market, the high cost of cotton and lower prices for goods. They also say that the existing wage schedules are the highest paid since the civil war. Many of the mills will continue to curtail production until business improves. The cotton mills in New England number 340 out of 1,000 in the United States. Of 300,000 cotton operatives in the country the New England mills employ at the present time about 165,000, a slight reduction from the number at work last year. Fall River has 30,000 operatives, Lowell 20,000, New Bedford 20,000, Manchester, N. II., 15,000; Rhode Island 20,000 and Lewiston, Me.. 6,500. ? There was a bomb throwing tragedy in Union Square, New York last Saturday. Two men were killed. They were the bomb thrower himself and a companion. There was an assemblage of 10,000 unemployed in the park. They assembled without the permission of the police, and became ugly. Many of the people wore red caps the emblem of anarchy and a number of red flags were exhibited. The police undertook to clear the park and 150 of them charged on the mob for the purpose. Their object was to keep the crowd moving. As the park was almost clear and while a detachment of police was following behind, two men came out from behind a monument. One of them held in his hand a bomb with a smoking fuse and as he attempted to throw it the bomb exploded. Some twenty men in the immediate vicinity were thrown from their feet. The bomb thrower was knocked insensible and fatally injured. His companion was killed. When the insensible man came to, he said that his name was Selig Silverstein; that he was from Russia, but lived in New York and had a wife and two children. He made it clear that he was an anarchist ami that others were concerned in the attempt to assassinate the police: but he declined to give names. About 1.500 extra policemen, armed with revolvers and night sticks were kept on duty during the night; but no further trouble developed. ? A negro and a white man were shot by Congressman Thomas J. Hetiin on a Washington street car last Friday night, the negro on purpose and the white man by a stray bullet. Congressman Heflin was on his way to deliver a temperance lecture and was accompanied by Congressman Ellerbe of South Carolina. Shortly after the two men boarded the street car on which there were a number of people, including several ladies, two negroes began helping themselves to whisky out of a bottle. Mr. Hetiin rebuked the negroes for drinking whisky in such a public place and one of the negroes gave him some impudence. There followed a desperate struggle as the outcome of which Heflin threw the negro off the car. The negro made a move as if to draw a pistol. Heflin got his gun out first and fired two shots through the car window. One shot struck the negro in the head. The other went wild and hit Thomas McCreary of New York in the leg. Hetiin was arrested and locked up until friends were able to raise $5,000 bond for him. The negro was not able to appear at court next morning and the case was continued. At first it looked as if the negro would die: but he is now thought to be out of danger. It was Heflin who some time ago introduced in the house a "Jim Crow" car bill intended to require the street railway people to provide separate cars .for the negroes. The negroes of Washington are very bitter against Hetlin on this account, and they have been stirred up anew because of the shooting of one of their number. Thomas Lumby is the name of the negro who was shot. ? Montgomery. Ala.. March 28: In a sweeping decision making permanent the preliminary injunction decided last August. Judge Thomas G. Jones, of the Federal court of Alabama, middle district, declared that acts which sought to prevent the railroads of the state from going into the Federal court were unconstitutional and that the anti-railroad acts of the Alabama legislature should be suspended pending an investigation of the complaints of the railroads that the acts were confiscatory. Judge Jones declares in the opinion that the issue of states' rights is not involved in the issue now in the Federal court. The opinion says: "Life would be intolerable in any government claiming to be at all free wherein the citizens had no redress against wrongs done by officials in the name of the state." The constitution itself, it is held, gives the Federal court the right to pass upon such questions, and the real objection to its exercise is therefore an objection to the princi pies . published and was in the hands of the printer for delivery when the United 1' States supreme court rendered its hi opinion in the Minnesota cases which were similar to those in which the state of Alabama was a party. In all essential details the opinion was slml- n< lar to that rendered by Mr. Justice tj Peckham. ^ H ?hc ^(orkviUc (Enquirer. ? Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle as Mail Matter of the Second Class. 11 a< YORKVILLE, S. C.t hi tf TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1908. m m Will Gov. Ansel run on a prnhibi- j,, tlon platform this year, or will he adhere to his local option platform, upon v which he was elected? It must be ri recognized that the prohibition senti- Sl ment has made great headway in the a past two years, and Mr. Featherstone is making a bid for the prohibition ?' vote.?Anderson Daily Mail. sc The people of South Carolina thor- n< oughly understand that Martin F. An- t! sel is no liquor man. They have full 01 confidence in him, and they have reu- "i son to know that he can be depended t?( upon to enforce as far as any man w can enforce, such laws as the geneial assembly mny provide for the regula- w tion of the liquor evil. t< ? m Pritchard Sticks to It. cl Whatever else may be said it Judge Pritchard, there is very litt! i doubt of tr the fact that he is an able man; but C as to whether he is a fair and just man, hi we do not know. ' 01 There seemed to be good reason to ?1 hope that in view ot the remarkably oi clear deliverance of the South Caroli- ta na supreme court on the subject of ci state and Federal jurisdiction in this dispensary matter, Judge Pritchard c< would have the grace to step down R from his former remarkable position It and revoke the orders under which he w assumed jurisdiction of the dispensary ai funds. is But Judge Pritchard has not seen p< proper to take the back track. From is what he said at one of the preliminary ti hearings it was evident that he was ei somewhat dubious about trying to in- a] terfere in the matter. Having decided, st however, it is now apparent that he is a going to stick it out. As we have remarked before, we consider the situation as especially unfortune, principally because we be- B lieve the whole proceeding to be not in the interest of justice; but in order 0 to hamper ine attorney general m mo ^ efforts to run down and punish the ^ people who have for so long been mak- B ing sport of the people of South Car- la olina. It was evident that the whisky ^ houses were getting all that was com- fa ing to them, and there was absolutely tl no just reason why the case should go " to the United States court. In the ^ present situation, however, we can see bi it in no other way than that the peo- 01 pie who are responsible for all the S! trouble that has been caused will pi*ofit by the delay. M Our own humble opinion of the ei state's i-ights question is about like this. Originally the constitution rec- w ognized the complete sovereignty of tl the states. The Federal government c' had no authority over a state except such as might be exercised with the rr state's voluntary acquiescence,. Any 1? state objecting to Federal jurisdiction ^ of any kind had a right to get out of hi the Union. All this, however, was set- tl tied by a trial of strength and power covering a period of four years. Since f( then the states have continued to urge bi claims of sovereignty on various ques- s< tions; but whenever the matter has 14 come to an issue sovereignty has been b' settled in accordance with the pi'ef- tl erence of the Federal government. . We do not look for anything else in 0) the present case except that the United bi States supreme court will sustain Judge Pritchard on the merits of the sj case if it wants to, or switch the mat- r? ter off on some side issue in case it does not care to establish a precedent ^ at this time. But as to this we are not Qj very much concerned. The thing that S worries us most is the fact that any 01 court of this country, whether the United States court or a state court, ,>] can be so flagrantly used for the purpose of covering up crime. al Still, however, there is no need to j. get excited. Governor Ansel is a wise man, and Mr. I?yon is assisted by able li counsel. The people of South Carolina can do no better than stand by the inen S( whose business it is- to look after their bi affairs. b' . si Two Thousand, Two Hundred. It will be a pleasure to the many friends of The Enquirer to know that c the circulation of the paper is now larger than it has ever been before at n this season of the year. As a matter of interesting informa- ntion. we will state that this is the par- ft ticular season at which the circulation ^ of The Enquirer is always the small- *v est. B With the close of the club contest tr last Saturday night, every name that had not been actually paid in advance, ? or settled for in a manner that was fully as satisfactory as such actual P payment, was stricken from the list. That leaves virtually the entire cir- y culation provided for until January 1 d next, and under conditions as they ex- P ist such changes as may occur will naf 11111IIv tr year there were close to 2.300 names, ^ and the pruning did not reduce the number below 2,000. n The largest subscription list ever at- o tained by The Knquirer in former years was about 1000, in 1870 and 1871, when there were no newspapers in Chester, V I nion. Caston or Cleveland counties, (' and this paper had practically the en- ' tire field. In 1*88 and 1XX!?. the circulation of n The Knquirer ranged from 1,150 to 1,- |> 250; but since that time, there has been o a gradual and steady increase. While the fact is not generally ap- p 'predated by the public, a bona fide si rculation of 1,000 copies is very good >r what Is known as a county newsiper. There are more such papers in rnith Carolina that have less than 000 subscribers than there are that ive more than 1,000 subscribers, here are quite a number that have en established for years and which e very well satisfied with 500. It is rather strange; but it is a fact, verlheless. that it is rarely the case lat an editor will admit less than 000 subscribers. Those who ordinary print only 500; but who at some me get out a special edition of 1,000, lereafter adopt the larger figures as le circulation standard, and make lit e hesitation in quoting them. A great many county papers have so followed a practice of holding on all the names that have found a ace on their subscription list. Their lea is, once a subscriber, always a lbscriber. The subscriber may have anted the paper only for six months, id after that time he may have died r moved out of the country; but the iper would keep on going to his old ldress. In this way many publishers ive built up larger circulations than ley were able to carry. The outlook is that there will be no iore of this. If the postofflce depart* * - '-- ? Uo rooonf r?n1 ieni is in eumtrsi auvui no nwi>v >? ig it is practically certain that there ill not be. The principal point in the lling of the department is that no ibscrlption must be continued beyond certain limit after its expiration withjt an express order from the subTiber that it be continued. It is not fcessary as we understand it that ic subscriber pay for what he has had r what he is to Ret; but the paper Hist not be sent to him without his >nsent. and if lie orders it stopped, hether he has paid for it or not, it list be stopped, forthwith. Otherise, the offending newspaper Is liable i forfeit its right to admission to the lails as mail matter of the second ass. We would not undertake to say that lere is not a county paper in South arolina other than The Enquirer that as a bona fide paid circulation of as lany as 2,000 copies; but until some :her publisher states that he knows ' his own knowledge that we are misiken, we will believe that such is the ise. That we feel no little pride in the imparatively large circulation of The nquirer, we have no desire to conceal. is something to be proud of. That e expend more labor, more energy id more money on The Enquirer than expended on any other county pa sr in the state, we oo noi mum uicic any question. The large circulaon the paper enjoys is to be taken as . idence that these expenditures are ^predated, and in this last circumance, especially we feel that we have right to take considerable pride. FIRE AT HICKORY GROVE. lock of Small Buildings Destroyed? A. R. Church Has N'arrow Escape, orrespondence of the Yorkrille Enauirer. Hickory Grove, March 31.?The block I buildings from the brick stores on fylie avenue to the north corner of road street, were swept out by fire st night. The list includes a dwellig on the corner, owned by Mr. B. F. coggins and occupied by two colored imilies. These families barely made leir escape, and lost nearly everyling. The next building was a vaint store belonging to Mr. J. N. Mcill. In it were stored about sixty-five jshels of corn, some roughness, about le-half bale of cotton and a lot of itton seed, belonging to Mr. John oss. This was a total loss. The next building was the store of [r. C. L. Westmoreland. The rear id of this building was occupied as dwelling by the family of Mr. Tom :cDaniel, who had a narrow escape ith their lives. Some show cases in re store and a few other small arties were saved. Mr. McDaniel manred to save a little furniture. The next building was the beef larket with dwelling at the rear, benging to William Smith, colored, he residence had but recently been )mpleted. Nearly all of the houseold furniture was saved. Adjoining lis was a small building used as a arber shop by William Smith. This uilding was saved from the flames >r some time by carrying water in uckets, but the intense heat Anally ?t it also, but all the fixtures had been >moved. Several telephone posts were almost urned down and the wires are down lis morning. Just about the height, of the fire, the . R. P. church on the opposite side f the street caught fire on the roof, lit was extinguished by the timely ef>rts of Rev. J. L. Oates and others. The livery stable just across Broad reet would have burned also, but the >ofing of rubberoid probably saved it. Nearly the whole population of the >wn turned out, but could only stand y and see the work of the flames go n. The origin of the fire is unknown, ome thought it started in the rear end t Mr. J. N. McDiU's vacant store >oin, and others said it started about le stove flue of the Scoggin's building I the corner. Mr. B. F. Seoggins had some insurII ce. Mr. C. L. Westmoreland had $400 on is stock and $400 on the store room. Mr. Tom McDaniel had something ke $150 on his furniture. William Smith had $350 insurance. The wind was blowing from the >utheast. which saved the block of rick buildings, the last of which was ut a short distance from the barber top. FOREST HILL NOTES. orrespondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Bandana. March 30.?Miss Eula eard, who has been ill with pneumoia. is much improved. Master Howard Currence is sick with lumps. There are twelve more in the imily to have it. Miss Janie Brandon of Lowell and lr. Frank Harrison also of Lowell, ere the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. igger last Saturday. They returned > I^owell yesterday. Misses Sarah Jane and Sallie Oullener. who have both been ill with pneuainia are now improving. Miss Lida Suggs entertained a house arty the last of the week, the guests ere Misses Lela Wilson of Lowell, nd Marjorie Jackson of Yorkville, and lr. Parks Smith of Clover. They went own to the river where pictures of the arty were taken. It is reported as a lost pleasant party. Prof. C. R. flrler <>f the Forfst Hill chord went to his home in Pineville, '. O., on a visit the other day. He as also in Charlotte while "over the iver." He reports Charlotte as still rowing. He says, "I saw many hanges. though I had been absent nly five months. The new Lawyer's uilding has been completed since I was lere: the beautiful Y. M. C. A. hall ! lntinn onrl ic n hnmitv. : Hearing niiiii/iciiofi, ... . . ie work of excavating for the 'skyfraper' is being pushed rapidly. A e\v hotel is being constructed near the outhern depot; the hand of progress s working changes everywhere in harlotte. I believe the roads are bet r across the river than they are on lis side: the small grain is making lore show." Mr. Grier came home? r rather, came back to his boarding ouse yesterday. Mrs. R, K. I.. Ferguson and the chilren were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Giltz Voungblood of Belmont Satuiv ay and yesterday, returning last vening. ? Geo. A. Bristow, a young white man f Columbia, said to be prominent; connected, was arrested last week n the charge of making fraudulent use f the mails to entice girls to their ruin rider the pretense that they were to e put in the way of a career in the liow business. LOCAL AFFAIRS. ? ti NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. tl Si Jno. R. Dickson, Oapt.?Issues orders ft to members of Co. "D". 1st S. C. N. G., in regard to drills. T. M. Glenn. Tirzah?Ts looking for a p stray Walker hound. Will appre- Sl elate information. t< S. C. Pursley, Sec.?Gives notice of s a meeting of Santiago Farmer's s ITnion next Friday night. tj J. Edgar Poag, Broker?Publishes a p plat showing the way the Norrls- a Sherer place will be cut up for the n auction sale next Monday. See y fourth page. a J. Q. Wray?Tells about his shoes 0 for men, women and children and a wants you to see him for clothing, t He also handles groceries. v Herndon and Gordon?Have seed s sweet potatoes, sound and good. f Loan and Savings Bank?Wants sav- a ings depositors to J>rlng in their h home banks on or before April 1st t< that interest may be added for the e past quarter. Luther Baber?Recommends Ess-Tee- q Dee for hair troubles. Sells for e 50 cents for trial bottle. a M. W. White?Tells when a cipher is jj of value and applies the parallel to j| the service of the broker. p J. W. Dobson?Asks you to call for a k jell-o receipt book and see the pos- i< sibilities of jell-o as a dainty des- c sert. t! J. L. Williams & Co.?Offer a few t specials this week that are of in- c terest to buyers of this kin! of g goods. Yorkville Hardware Co.,?Has a big line of cooking stoves and ranges and wants to see you before you buy. f, York Drug Store?Carries a complete s line of fine correspondence stationery and can please you in quality c and style. n J. C. Wilborn?Puts on sale a num- ^ ber of farms in the Bethany neighborhood. n Thomson Co.,?Tnvlte the public to 1 its millinery display tomorrow evening and Thursday. y Dr. Earl Sloan, Boston?Tells what t Sloan's liniment will do for slek e horses. See fourth page. v G. &. C. Merriam Co., Springfield, it Mass.?Explains the different par- t ticulars in which the International t Dictionary exceeds all others. See c fourth page. g As has been remarked before this is ^ a good year to make corn. The farmer who will have plenty of corn next fall A will be the farmer who will be able to take care of himself best. n NEXT MONDAY. S Next Monday is salesday for April n and the programme for the day sug- . gests a busy time in Yorkville. There is to be one auction sale of , land by the clerk?in the case of Rob- * inson and others vs. Jenkins. , The I. H. Norris farm, divided into several smaller farms will be sold at auction by J. Edgar Poag. The board of supervisors of registration will be in session in the office F of the county commissioners. The regular monthly meeting of the g York county Farmers' Union will be b held in the court house. The horsetraders will be on hand for the final spring roundup. All of the local business people will * be ready to take care of any and all 1 business of whatever nature that may J develop. . ABOUT PEOPLE. J Mrs. Edward Guy of Lowryville Is A spending a few days with Mrs. S. W V Inman. J Mr. John R. Shurley of Rock Hill, has taken a position In the York Drug ^ Store as salesman. , V Mr. J. T. Cole has moved his family q to Albemarle. N. C., where they will g make their home in the future. p Miss Mamie Devinney has closed J her school near Blacksburg and re- J turned to her home near Yorkville. C Miss Mae Hadley of Baltimore, ar- ^ rived in Yorkville on Sunday, to tale Ja position as assistant trimmer at the ^ Thomson company's. Mr. Rufus E. Knox, the well known ^ railroad machinist, formerly of Blacks- j burg-, but for some time past, working ^ at Spencer, N. C., was in Yorkville last j Saturday, and is now spending a ^ while with relatives and friends at j. Clover. j 7 SECOND WEEK JURORS. F The following petit jurors were ^ drawn this morning to serve during the second week of the approaching term ^ of the circuit court: ? C. H. Branson Fort Mill. ^ R. T. Crook Catawba, j C. S. Moorhead Broad River. ? E. P. Neely Catawba, A. J. Ballard Catawba. T W. M. Campbell York, j Saxby Chaplin Catawba, j H W. Draffln Catawba. c H. H. Stephenson ....Bullock's Creek, j E. M. Bankhead .' Bullock's Creek. J. E. Castles Broad River. G. W. Sweat Catawba. n S. E. Sturgis York. 11 R. W. Gandy Catawba. s E. M. Faris Fort Mill. n J. M. Brice York. * C. J. Youngblood York. 1 O. L. Sanders Bethesda. ^ W. F. Downs Fort Mill. * S. W. Thomas York. 0 Wm. T. Parks Fort Mill. 8 J. B. McFadden Catawba, P J. W. Boyd Catawba. a D. S. Smith Bullock's Creek. . F. C. Whitner Catawba. !' C. L. Diehl Catawba. n W. F. Roach Broad River. J. A. McGill Broad River. s J. A. Williford Catawba. J. B. Barron York. M. D. Anderson C'atawba. W. D. Williams York. Robert deLoach York, t E. W. H. Pope Bethesda. A J. A. Garrison Bethesda. T. W. Allen Bullock's Creek. n ? s THE SPECULATIVE MARKET. 1 Following is the history of the spec- ? ulative cotton market yesterday as re- d ported in an Associated Press dispatch of last night from New York: tl The cotton market advanced early c, today; later eased off, closing steady, ^ net 5 points lower to 4 points higher. J Sales were estimated at 100,000 bales. The opening was steady at an ad- ? vance of 2 to 3 points and during the s first few minutes the market sold 8 to H points net nigner oil covering anu ? some fresh buying for long account a which was promoted by steady cables t and talk of firmer interior markets. J Offerings increased at the advance ow- >' ing to good weather in the south, some- h what larger estimates for tomorrow's P receipts, reports of rapid progress with c farm work, and predictions that the a local stock would be tendered on May contracts. After selling off to 9.55 for g May and 9.44 for October, the market t; rallied on some positions as a result n of covering in the late trading, but y there seemed to be little snap to the p buying, and the undertone showed lit- o tie improvement. The Southern mark- ii ets officially reported were generally l< unchanged. Exports for the day were p comparatively large, but were supposed t to reflect the usual spurt at the end of s the month. Advices from the south- b west state that considerable cotton is s still held in interior, but generally pri- a vate advices reaching the market are i bullish as to the attitude of holders. t Receipts at the ports today 13,453 t; bales against 11,448 last week and 13.- p 035 last year. For the week 100,000 o bales against 93.279 last week and 113,- e !tS4 last year. Today's receipts? at New t Orleans 3.593 against 1.204 last year, s and at Houston 2,234 against 2,1611 last a year. c OUR CLUBMAKERS. II IS mi' [iiriisuit- 01 i lie uihiuiici *. to give expression here at this time, s to a feeling that is never out of our c hearts and minds from one year's end ti to another and that is our sense of oh- i< ligation to our elubmakers. b While the club system is a common o feature in connection with the circu- 1 lation of most weekly papers, that sys-. ii tern as it exists in connection with The C Enquirer is different in some respects F from anything of the kind of which we h have any knowledge in connection with s any other newspaper. F There are elubmakers in the list we t< publish elsewhere in this issue today, F \ ho have been making clubs con- I inuously for thirty years or more, and fiere are several also who represent fie second and third generation in the time work, their fathers and grandithers having been elubmakers in the ast as they are now. Fellow newspaper men and others ave more than once puzzled themelves over The Enquirer's club syst*m?wondered how we could offer uch liberal premiums and how the ystent could work so smoothly, and Ills is not strange for the situation is o be appreciated only by those who re parties to it. We have more than nee had evidence that the premiums re offer are In a large measure only secondary consideration; that most f the elubmakers are moved more by feeling of the good they are doing ban by the value of the premiums, and re are glad to say that it has long ince been made impossible for us to eel that any premium we may give or ny cash commission we may pay is ufflclent to discharge our obligation o such staunch and generous co-workrs. The present publishers of The Enuirer cannot claim to have establishd the club system as it exists. It was n institution when the present pubishers took charge. But there is gratficatlon In the fact that there has been o change: that those who had been ;eeping up the work so long are no ?ss zealous than they were; that new nes join in from year to year, and that he bond of personal friendship beweon all of them and the publishers ontinues to grow stronger as It rows older. THE PREMIUM CONTEST. The annual contest in competition or the premiums offered for clubs of ubscribers to The Yorkville Enquirer, nme to a close last Saturday evening | t 6 o'clock, and a checking up of the ooks shows that the total number of aines returned in the contest was .801. The feature of the contest this year i-as the competition for the nine quarer leather top Rock Hill buggies, ight worth $70 each, and the ninth forth $9T? offered to the elubmaker, ruling all others in their respective mvnships, the rubber tire buggy going u the elubmaker returning the largest lub of the entire competition. As shown by the returns, the bugles are to be awarded as follows: Bethel township buggy to go to Mr, !. L. Suggs for 61 names. Bethesda township buggy to go to Ir. J. Webb Moore for 43 names. Broad River township buggy to go o Mr. Jeff D. Whltesides. for 185 ames. Bullock's Creek township buggy to o to Mr. John H. Sherrer for 94 ames. Catawba township buggy to go to Ir. W. S. Lesslle for 51 names. Ebenezer township buggy to go to Ir. W. M. Carothers for 20 names Fort Mill township buggy to go to Ir. W. H. Crook for 58 names. King's Mountain township buggy to o to Mr. George W. Knox for 125 ames. York township buggy to go to Mr. J. A. Smith for 287 names. This bugy is to be fitted with rubber tires. The other clubmakers with the numer of names returned by each were as oilows: L B. Black 14 toy Bankhead 5 atham 17 . D. Laughridge 5 Valter H. Moore ?. 4 larry Miller 20 Irs. J. B. .Mlckle 9 '. V. McFadden 3 t. E. McClure 7 l. W. McFarland 254 liss Lula McCants 5 liss Sallie McConnell 28 IcCaln Nichols 11 ). L. Presslev 10 . S. Plexico 7 t. S. Quinn 17 . N. Roberts 2 - - w O i. K. Keinnarcu 4. T. Smarr 9 . W. Summerford 12 . J. Smith 20 . A. M. L. Stewart 5 !. B. Thompson 21 fiss Lizzie Wood 17 The Rock Hill Buggy company nakes several styles of buggies at the rice indicated, and President Anderon has advised us that the winners lay select their own styles. Those t'ho find it convenient to do so will go r> Rock Hill and decide the matter for hemselves. Where it is left to The Inquirer, we will request the shipping ut of the buggies similar to those hown in the cuts that have been linted in connection with the contest nnouncements. Other clubmakers who have not yet ndicaied the. premiums they would ave for their respective clubs, are reuested to make their wants known as oon as convenient. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Mr. J. D. Jimison has purchased he York Lunch Room from D. A. launey & Co. ? People who have not yet secured lunicipal registration certificates hould look after the matter at once, 'hose who are without state registralon certificates should apply to the ounty board of supervisors next Monay. ? Mr. Alonzo Rose said yesterday hat he had sold more than 100,000 abbage plants to the people of Yorkille and the country surrounding durig the past few weeks. Other local ealers have also sold large quantities f plants and the prospect for an unuually large crop is good. ? What was formerly the Yorkville pera house, has been converted into n armory for the Jasper Light Infancy. The hall has been used by the 1 as per Light Infantry for a number of ears; but within the past few weeks, t has been especially fitted up for the urpose of the officers and men of the ompany, and the quarters arranged re very convenient and comfortable. ? Municipal political situation is beinning to warm up a little. There is alk of at least three candidates for uiyor. The present council claims a iKid record in the management of the own's finances. An issue has arisen ver the action of the council in pushing the sewerage matter, as it is al?ged prematurely. There are a niimer of citizens who do not believe that he town can construct an adequate ewerage system for $25,000, and who ; elieve that an attempt will only reult in the exhaustion of all the availble money on an unfinished job. 'here are also people who think that he town is not warranted in undernking the maintenance of an exensive team of horses for the purpose j f drawing the wagon to an occasion- ; d fire. It is held on the other hand hat this expense is largely compen- : ated by the saving in insurance. There , ie various other matters up for disussion. and it looks as if the voters lay really become interested in the overnment of the town. ? The annual meeting of the York ounty branch of the American Bible ociety was held in the Presbyterian hurch Sunday evening and was called i r? order by Rev. W. C. Ewart, the pres- ; lent. The attendance was quite large, eing made up principally of members ; f the various local congregations, 'he exercises were opened with slngig by the choir, prayer by Rev. H. J. 1 !authen and a vocal solo by Miss Lilla | lerndon. Rev. I. G. Murray was to i ave made the address of the occa- I ion; but he having an appointment at last View school house during the af- ? prnoon the address was delivered by i lev. E. E. Gillespie. He took "The Bi- < ble" for his subject and made a most interesting- and instructive talk. After the address the reports of Mr. W. a M. Kennedy, depositary and Mr. J. B. p Pegram, secretary were read, and a u large number of new members were v enrolled. In the reorganization. Rev. a E. K. rjillespie was electecr PAlin f" V _ crauc puny ui open tanuuifj y has issued a call for all the Democratic ( clubs in the city and county to meet April 25 for the purpose of reorganizing the clubs and electing delegates to the county convention to be held in . this city the first Monday in May, at which time the county Democratic p party will be reorganized and dele- . gates elected to the state convention to be held in May. ? Says the Chester Lantern: Pickens g is stirred over the alleged unmerciful t whipping of a little boy of the first s grade by one of the teachers, who, it is y said, will be indicted for assault and r battery of high and aggravated na- g ture. The boy was charged with tak- c ing a little magnet from a schoolmate, but he and other children say that he s picked it up off the floor and made no t: attempt- to conceal it. The teacher is t a woman, Miss Olive Newton. The j, Abbeville Medium wants to know what r church she belongs to. v ? Lancaster special of March 28, to d the Columbia State: Capt. Samuel E. 2 White this morning received intelli- I* gence of the death of his nephew, Ed- s win Holt White of Graham. N. C,. o which was caused by suicide last a night. The deceased had several warm t friends in Lancaster, who were pained . to hear of his death. It is thought ? that ill health was the cause of the t1 suicide. Mr. White was a son of the r< late Capt. Jas. White of Fort Mill and related through his mother to the Holts, who run the big mills in North and South Carolina. ? Trenton, March 28: While no alarm ( is felt, there is considerable anxiety over the continued illness of Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, and announce- F ment Is made that his physicians, Dr. e Babcock and Dr. Hunter, have advis- S ed a complete change as a matter of ti necessity'. It develops that Senator n Tillman's condition demands absolute h rest and quiet, hence any idea he may h have entertained of making another f( lecture tour after the close of congress, tl or later in the year, has been put v aside. The senator and Mrs. Tillman v are making arrangements to go abroad -s duiing the late spring or early in the li summer and will be away several ^ mnnlhu O ? Columbia special of March 28, to c the News and Courier: Governor An- a sel in speaking of the decision of Judge Pritchard, made at Asheville yester- 8 day, said: "In reference to the decis- ?' ion of his honor, Judge Pritchard, made _ yesterday in the dispensary case, de- a clinging to conform his former orders to 11 the decision of our supreme court, I a must say that the same was a disappointment to me, as our supreme court J: has so ably and clearly passed on all the questions involved. I shall not at- w tempt to discuss the case here and " now. The course that I shall pursue " in the matter depends upon future de velopment. If the case can be and is allowed to be carried to the supreme court of the United States fairly, peaceably and orderly, without drastic proceedings being resorted to as ' against the commission and depositories?and that seems to me to be the C most dignified and feasible method of procedure?then I shall be satisfied that the interests of the people will be main- a tained. If. however, there are to be ,'?? onmnlirations or drastic measures adopted, it may become necessary, at un early day, to reconvene the legislature to enact such legislation as our jr state supreme court has held to be competent." j ? Belmont, X. C., special of Saturday *r to Charlotte Observer: An unauccess- * ful attempt at criminal assault was made on Miss Gladys Purnell, daughter of Rev. T. H. Purnell, about 7 o'clock this evening by an unknown n negro, who made good his escape. ? With the exception of Miss Gladys, the family were sitting on the front piazza, when they were aroused by her screams in the rear of the home. Just as she had stepped out of the house a negro grabbed her and bound a rag around her mouth. Her screams frightened q the negro and he lied Bloodhounds d were brought at once from the eonvict F camp near here, but could not strike M the trail, a crowd having gathered and 9. bliterated the tracks. D MERE-MENTION. Governor Broward of Florida, has ppointed William Hall Milton to be Inited States Senator to fill out the nexpired term of Senator Mallory, ice William James Bryan, deceased, fter three months service... .Governr Johnson of Minnesota has made a pecific declaration to the effect that /hile he is not a candidate for the )emocratio presidential nomination lie -ill accept it if tendered to him 'he Iowa and Indiana Democratic conentions on last Friday endorsed Win, . Bryan as the Democratic nominee or the presidency There was a estructive earthquake in Mexico last 'rlday, three or more cities being more r less damaged and a hundred or more Ives lost The Rhode Island Reublican convention declined to intruct delegates to the national conentlon The Japanese ambassador ears to attend the big reception that i to be given to the battleship fleet n its arrival at San Francisco, on ccount of the danger of assassination. Three indictments each containug three counts, against Patrick Calonn nresident of the United Railwav: Mrew L. Ford, general counsel for the ame corporation, and Abraham Ruef, ormer political boss of San Francisco, ecently voted by the grand jury last 'riday, were filed with Presiding Judge Iteurtevant on Saturday... .It is now eported* from Berlin that Emperor Villlam's objection to David Jayne Hill s ambassador from the United States las been withdrawn. Indeed it is delied that there has ever been any obection........ Congress is considering he question of establishing grades ol otton... .Judge Pritchard has authorzed the receivers of the Seaboard Air Jne railroad to pay $51,000 Interest n first mortgage bonds due April 1. ...The grand National Steeple Chase ace came off at Liverpool last Friay and for the first time In the hlsory of the event, the race was t'on by an American bred horse. The llstance was four miles, 856 yards ,nd was won by Rubio by ten lengths, The purse was $15,000 and the odd* .gainst Rubio were 66 to 1 Two nen were killed and several injured in . head-on collision between an express ,nd freight train on the F.rie railroad .t Belvidere, N. V., Friday ..The otal stealings of John Young and lenry Rieber, who were arrested last reek at Pittsburg, on the charge ol mbezzllng funds from the Farmers' >eposit National bank, are placed at 1,105.000 The state of Texas has ndlcted the Pullman Car company or ,000 counts for violation of the state lealth laws Safe-crackers opened he safe in the postoffice at Suwanee 'enn., early Friday morning and got .way with $1,600... .Mme Anna Gould le Castellane, divorced, is engaged tc riarry Prince Helie de Sagan... .Mack Toung, a farmer of Hartwell, Ga., was eriously shot with an "unloaded" gun ost Friday. The gun was fired by a oung woman Myer R. Bimberg, mown throughout the United States s "Blm the Button Man," died in Jew York last week. Bimberg made ,n immense fortune selling political ampaign buttons... .Home L. Castle, 'rohibltion candidate for governor ol 'ennsylvania in 1906, is held under 2,500 bond in Philadelphia on a harge of defrauding stockholders ol . title and trust company... .The lowr house of the New York legislature ast week passed the anti-race track ambling bill, recommended by Govrnor Hughes By a vote of the Irginia- legislature, Judge J. W. G llackstone of that state, Is to be re noved rrom omce on cnargew ui bivoc mmorality The Knlckerbockei "rust company, one of the biggest New Tork hanks that went down In the lanic of last fall, reopened for business ast week. The deposits on the day ol eopening totaled nearly $1,500,000.... )r. Elizabeth Cook, a young lady medcal student, was bitten on the arm >y a Gila monster, one of the mosl oisonous members of the lizard famly, in Philadelphia last week, while ngaged in biological investigation. 'he young lady will recover The apanese government is building a irge number of submarine torpedc mats, which it is said will have a caacity of crossing the Pacific ocean al greater speed than the Atlantic leet A Chicago woman has sent 200 to the New York collector of cusoms with the explanation that her conscience hurt her" because she had lipped some dutiable goods through the ustom house The liquor intersts of Chicago have employed forty ecturers to combat the forces of local ption in Illinois. Two thousand IIInois cities, towns, villages and townhips will vote on local option on April th Engineer W. "W. Rippey and ,'onductor C. M. Oakley of the Southrn railway, were acquitted at Raligh, N. C., Saturday of the charge of nanslaughter in connection with a lead-on collision in which three lives ^ere lost C. E. Niles, a banker of "inlay, O., dropped dead on an AtlanIc Coast Line train near Jacksonville, "la., Saturday evening.. ...The Southrn railway will soon put on a passen;er rate of two cents per mile for paries of ten and over United States oldiers have been sent to the Treadr-ell mines in Alaska, on account of lotous acts by striking miners lenator Penrose, who has been critially ill for several days at his home n Philadelphia, is reported as being lightly improved nenry ragman, he inventor of a flying machine, was lirown 35 feet from his machine n Paris on Friday while going at the ate of sixty miles an hour. Farman ras only slightly hurt Last Friay, March 27, was the warmest March 7th on record in Philadelphia and Jew York Several blocks of 32nd treet, New York, have settled a foot r more during the past few days on ccount of the Pennsylvania railway unnel which runs under the street. Major General A. W. Greely, U. I. A., of Arctic fame, was retired from he army last week, on reaching the etirement age, 64 years. BULLOCK'S CREEK NOTES. Jorrespondenco of the Yorkville fcnauirer. Bullock's Creek, March 30.?Mrs. S. '. Feemster died suddenly at her home arly last Tuesday morning, March 24. !he had been suffering from heart rouble for sometime, but seemed to be o worse than usual. She gave some istructions about breakfast and when er sons returned from eating they ound her dead. Mrs. Feemster was he wife of the late S. M. Feemster, and .as 70 years old. She was a most deoted mother, a good neighbor and a ympathetic friend. She leaves eight ving children: Mrs. Sam Ferguson of 'orkville, R. F. D? Mrs. J. J. Wallace f Yorkville, Mrs. John Lee of Conord, N. C., Mrs. Ida Cain of Sharon, nd Mrs. W. O. Blair of Rock Hill, lessrs. S. G., W. T. and E. A. Feemter. Rev. J. B. Swann, her pastor, onducted the funeral at Bullock's !reek church Wednesday morning, nd the burial was at the cemetery in he presence of a large number of reltives and friends. Mr. W. B. Good has returned from .ouisvllle, Ky., where he was called to he bedside of his son, John D. Good, ho is a medical student there and ho was very ill. Mr. Good reports is son as being much better. AT THE CHURCHES. BAPTIST. Prayer meeting on Wednesday evenig at 7.30 o'clock. HURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. Service on Wednesday and Friday fternoons at 4.30 o'clock. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. Prayer meeting on Wednesday evenlg at 7.45. RINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL Prayer meeting on Wednesday evenlg at 7.30 o'clock. SSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. Prayer meeting on Wednesday afteroon at 4.30 o'clock. Cotton iHarhet. Yorkvllle, March 31.?Cotton 10$. New York. March 30: Spot closed uiet; middling uplands 10.40: midling gulf 10.65; sales 4,500 bales, utures closed steady as follows: larch 9.47; April 9.48: May 9.60; June 57: July 9.60; Aug. 9.56; Oct. 9.45; ec. 9.46. Special Notices. Flag Raising Jr. O. U. A. M. ' Clover Leaf Couneil No. 23 of Clover. S. C. will raise a United States Flag on the grounds of the Clover High school, Saturday, April 4th. 1908, at 2 p. in. The public and especially all members of the order are cordially invited to attend these ceremonies. Col. 55. P. Smith of Raleigh. N. CL. will 1 take part In these exercises. Also deliver a lecture In the opera .house tn the evening at 8.00 o'clock. H. C. McClaln, For Com. 2f> - Mf.t Zt SANTIAGO UNION. 4 IMPORTANT meeting next Friday night. Full attendance desired. S. C. PURSLEY, Sec. 26 t It* WALKER HOUND. BLACK and Tan with half a tall, strayed Sunday night. Please notify me at Tirzah. T. B. GLENN, i 26 t It FOR SALE. f MY House and Lot on Cleveland avenue, Yorkville. See me about It at once. FRANK TIDDY. 16 t.f tf. TO MEMBERS OF CO. "L." ATTENTION! IN addition to the regular drills on Tuesday and Saturday nights! there . will be a drill In extended order on Friday evening. We will assemble In ' the Armory at 5.45 promptly. The re; crults, as well as the men who went on 1 encampment last year, are expected to attend In full Uniform, if the same can | be had. The annual Inspection of this 4 , company takes place on Saturday Evening, April 11. At the drill next Friday, I want nil extra hats, leggings, J ponchos, pieces of uniform, and what( ever else of government property that may be in your possession to be turned In. See that your uniforms are pro- * , perly laundered before inspection. JNO R. DICKSON. , C'apt. Co. "I." 1st Inft. N. fl. S. C. 26 t It FEW HOUSEKEEPERS REALIZE THE 1 t POSSIBILITIES OF ^ I JELL-0 [ THE DAINTY DESSERT ; SO EASILY PREPARED. 1 See my JELL-0 Window and call for I , a JELL-0 RECEIPT BOOK. .J. W. I )OHSOIN ^ 1 The place where the' DOLLAR I DOES FULL DUTY. J. L. Williams. Mason McConneil. ^ J. L. WILLIAMS & CO. SPECIALS^I 75 Pairs Boys* Long Pants, 75c Pair. 100 Pairs Men's Pants, worth up to , "v $2 at $1 Pair. -4 100 Pairs Men's Pants, worth up to > $3.90 at $1.79 Pair. l 1,000 yards Light Calico at 5c Yard. ) 500 yards Chambrays, worth 10c at 5c Yard. 300 yards Ginghams at 5c Yard. ! 700 yards Organdies, good qualities, A easily worth 20c at 10c Yard. Brown Voile, worth $1 yard wt 75c Yard. ' WSee the Ziegier Oxfords and I Pumps for Ladies. J. L. WILLIAMS & CO. 1 Sell For Less. ! ' Correspondence i /-* rr( a /\ m. t a-a T MAlIUFNtKY 1 When you want Correspondence Stationery that is out of the ordinary in quality and style you can find what , you want at the YORK DRUG STORE. We always carry a complete line of Fine Correspondence Stationery and can please the particular buyer. Let us show you when you want your next supply. m If Free use of Chloro-Naptholeum f about your premises will keep down all | kinds of disease germs. THE YORK DRUG STORE, J. B. Bowen, Proprietor. 9 = April First Is an INTEREST(ING) Period . To all the DEPOSITORS In our 4 Savings Department?as well as to the small boys Bring in your home banks and let us credit up last quarter's INTEREST on your pass book. A DEPOSIT made before APRIL 5TH, draws interest from the whole ^ of next Quarter. Make your regular deposit NOW? INTEREST compounded every three months at 4 per cent. LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK YORKVILLE. S. C. The Question of t SHOES A Is an important one to you. Every member of the family wears them and it's always desired to get the most wearing quality, comfort and atyle for your Shoe Money. This is easy if you buy your Shoes at J. Q. WRAY'S. We make a specialty of giving Extra Good value for Shoe Money. Try us. We have: Men's Tan. Patent Leather and Gun Metal Oxfords at $3.50 a Pair. . -r --it- - /%_# j- A<% AO i>ien s rHieni i^eamer uxiurus ui a Pair. " Men's Gun Metal Oxfords at $2.40 a Pair. For Ladles, Misses and Children we have: Ladies' Oxfords in Patent Leather and Tan at $1.75 and Upward. Misses' Oxfords, Ribbon Tie, $1.00 and $1.25. Children's Oxfords, Ribbon Tie, 85c. and $1.00. Every p .. o' Shoes sold by WRAY is Guaranteed o fcc- exactly as represented o you gr ...(Other pair free of Cost. Spring Clothing If you are ready for that new Spring % Suit, you had better come around and see us. We have the most stylish Clothes, the best styles and lowest Prices. J. Q. WRAY, The Leader * JW See me for Heavy and Fancy Groceries. I handle a complete line and will save you money, in the prices.