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Scraps antl partis. ? Washington, April 8: lly a vote of 8 to 7 the house committee on post-offices ami post roads today vir- , tually talded the ocean mail subsidy : bill. The bill as Introduced in the house raised second-class mail vessels ?carrying United States mails to South America, the Philippines, Japan, China and Australasia?to the schedule of pay for first-class vessels, an increase from $2 to $4 per mile. The bill passed by the senate similarly raised the pay for second-class and third-class vessels, an extreme increase from $1 to $4. In the house committee today after vigorous debate a motion to substitute the house bill for the senate bill failed by the vote stated. It is now understood that the committee will take no further action on either bill. ? Chicago, April 8: In the local option elections, held by 1,200 townships in 84 counties of Illinois outside of the city of Chicago today, 20 counties became absolutely anti-saloon territory and approximately 1,500, or about one half of the total number of saloons in that territory, were voted out of business. Most of the larger cities in the state, however, voted in favor of licensing saloons. The larger cities voting in favor of the saloon are: Springfield, Freeport, Aurora, Elgin, Sterling, Kankakee, Lincoln, Joliet, Murphysboro and Itoc-k Island. Those voting to abolish the saloon: Rockford, Decatur, Dixon, Hoopestown, Georgetown, Pontiae. Shelbyville, Carbondale and Champalgne. The following counties are absolute anti-saloon territory and are in addition to the.six which voted last November to abolish the dramshops: . Boone, Moultrie, Fayette, Hamilton, Edgar, Clark, Brown, Saline. Gallatin, Douglas, Macon, Cumberland. Piatt, Shelby, coies, wnue, tvnjuc and Richland. ? Plans are being elaborated in detail says a Washington dispatch, for the mobilization of a joint military and naval force in Venezuelan waters, 1 as soon as possible after President 1 Roosevelt obtains congressional sanction to resort to force against Castro. It may not be deemed necessary by the administration to make this martial demonstration but the war department and 'he navy department are both mapping out a military I movement. It was learned today that the whole military situation is now under consideration by the general staff of the army and the general board of the navy, by direction of the president, upon Secretary Roots's rec ommendation for the prepaiedness 1 to back up eventualities, with a show of arms. The directions given in the present instance, are, however, the most explicit made since the army and navy were ordered to appear for participation in the international relief column against Pekin during the Boxer troubles, and are being guarded closely and transmitted verbally from bureau to bureau. ? Negotiations between America and Russia concerning the administration of affairs at Harbin are being closely watched by Japan, says a Tokio dispatch. The alarmist newspapers suggest Japanese administration of South Manchuria, as the real object of the American action. The sensationalists connect the coming of the American fleet with possible future representations concerning Manchuria. A Washington special says the government has decided to oppose the action of Russia and Japan in Manchuria. A dispatch from Harbin quotes Minister Fisher as saying that the American government's initiative demands the abandonment of Japan's present status in Manchuria. These telegrams have aroused much comment. The Japanese foreign officers who ever refuse to accept the sensationalist view said to the Associated Press that it is not prepared to be lieve that the government is opposed to Japan's present attitude in South Manchuria. It is believed here that the report quoting the Washington officials is not founded on fact and is circulated for the purpose of creating a fresh cause of ill-feeling. ? New York, April 7: The New York Methodist conference yesterday adopted a resolution asking the general conference, which meets in Baltimore in May, to strike out of the Book of Discipline the prohibition of dancing, theatre-going and other forms of amusement. The resolution was passed without debate, and with only seven negative votes. If the general conference approves the step, it was explaiued, it will not mean that Methodism alters its historic position in respect to these amusements, but simply makes them a matter .of conscience. A protest against the elimination of the name of Jesus Christ from the exercises in public schools in New York was adopted unanimously. The resolution recited that "a song book introduced in the schools contains hymns in which the name of Jesus Christ, and any reference to Him have been expunged and the sense intended by the authors has been violated." This was declared to be a dishonor, and the board of Education was called upon to reverse its policy. Discussing the resolution Doctor Bond said that one of the boys in his church wrote in a school essay the phrase "the I-ord we should pattern after," whereupon his teacher and the principal of the school, to whom the boy appealed, declared that the phrase must be stricken out. ? After extended hearings and exhaustive arguments by the members of the senate committee on the judiciary. that committee has agreed upon a bill dealing with the shipment of liquors from one state or territory to another state or territory. The measure will be reported by Senator Knox, chairman of the sub-committee, which conducted the hearings. It provides that there shall be no collect on delivery packages of liquor shipped in interstate commerce; that the name of the consignor and consignee shall be stated plainly, and that no ? ? - I--.ii i ,..i fictitious nunifs miuii up u.^m. i uvt v< were numerous bills before the subcommittee dealing with every phase of the question and particularly they sought to give to a state the right to control liquor shipments the moment they entered the border of a state. All of the bills before the sub-committee were declared unconstitutional by a vote of 3 to 3. Later the full committee declared them unconstitutional by a vote of 7 to f?. The bill agreed upon eliminates all of the features that are believed to endanger a successful constitutional accomplishment of the object sought. The report on this bill will be unanimous. At the same time the minority of the committee still believes that certain other features intended to broaden the scope of the measure should be enacted and it was agreed that the votes of all of the members of the committee should be incorporated in the report. ? The police department of Philadelphia. as well as the population of that city, is stirred up as never before by the discovery of a gang of burglars, operating on a large scale in the city of Brotherly Love, who wore uniforms of the city police force and drew pay from the city as policemen. The disclosure come last Saturday when the first clue was given by a woman who was jealous of a fellow named Frost, who was an accomplice of the burglar-police. From hints dropped by the woman, investigation brought out the facts which showed that four officers connected with the fourth precinct station were engaged in wholesale burglaries. Their mode of operation was like this: By means of a telephone in the plumber's shop they were able to keep tab on the street sergeant, which enabled them to always be on post when he came around. As soon as the sergeant had gone on his rounds the burglars would phone Frost where to go with his push cart. Frost would appear on the appointed spot accompanied by a boy. kept for the purpose of assisting in the robberies. The boy would be hoisted up to a lire escape or through a transom and would then unlock the door of the store or factory to be robbed and then tile thieves could gather their loot at their leisure, carl it to Frost's place and divide the swag. The four officers and their accomplices were arrested Saturday and a search of their homes disclosed thousands of dollars' worth of plunder. The accused men have implicated other policemen and us a result the whole police force is under suspicion. One of the prisoners states that if all the police who get things by taking them by force or otherwise were arrested, half of the city's police would be put in jail. It is claimed that the situation disclosed is the natural result of a political police system. $hf \(orlmUc gnquirrr. J Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkvllle as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, S. C.: .? FRIDAY, APRIL 10. I90S. And does nobody want to go to the United States senate? Don't neglect that corn crop. This is the year for everybody to d<? ihelr best. Ik Cieinson had only met previous crises properly, especially the one of last year, she would not have had her present trouble. TilK corn growing contest is one that every fanner can enter with a certainly of being the winner. Even those who miss a prize in the shape of dollars. will be sure to come out ahead in valuable experience and corn. People who have gone through the plantation of Mr. C. C. Hughes, will generally admit that he is the champion road builder of York county. The public roads through his place have been put in excellent shape and largely at his own expense, and not the least striking feature of the object lesson thus presented is the large amount of work that has been accomplished at a minimum cost. People interested in the road question may profit by a visit to Mr. Hughes. Tiik Clemson cadets who were dismissed on account of the April day escapade have shown an admirable spirit up to this time, and we venture to say that if they keep their temper to the end they will eventually secure a material mitigation of their punishment. The action of the discipline committee meets with our hearty approval. We cannot see how it could have done anything else, but we shall not qssume to suggest that under the circumstances, the requirements of the situation may not be satisfied with punishment less drastic. Up to this time, however, the discipline committee has made no mistake. In a signed statement to the farmers of the south, Harvie Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton association urges a reduction in cotton acreage of 33 per cent. Unless this is done, he said, prices will be low next fall. Jordan also urges growers to hold to what remnants of cotton they have. His statement says in part: "With a shortage in the world's supply of cotton amounting to 4,500,000 bales, due to the bad seasons last year, the price of spot cotton continues to go steadily down. American mills have been for some time curtailing the manufacture of cotton goods, due to trade depression aim me imuiiiihhi ui iu> eign trade is none too bright at the present time. If the same acreage Is planted in cotton that year that was planted in 1H07 and followed by good seasons in America, India and Egypt, the growers will -find but little or no profit in the harvest next fall." Reduce the Acreage. Wise farmers throughout this county are going to heed the warning that is being sounded from various sources for the reduction of the cotton acreage. It is true that the world's supply is short this year?short something like 4,000,000 bales, 2,000,000 bales in America and two million bales in Egypt, India and other foreign cotton producing coutries. Hut do not lose sight of the fact that trade conditions are bad in America and that the mills generally are curtailing to the demand. The farmers have done splendidly so far in holding and they must continue to hold: but they must remember that they can only hold to a certain point. The situation is nicely illustrated in a statement that a prominent banker recently made to this writer to the effect that he was advancing money for another crop to a farmer who had not yet sold his last crop. We would not have it thought that there is anything the mutter with me 11h11vi<iu$iI iarmei or me uuuk. 11 is a matter of business with both anil both are doing the right tiling under the circumstances: but it is not difficult for either to foi-see the end of such a procedure. With consumption of finished products very much reduced and curtailment going on to conform to consumption. it will not do for the farmer to keep on producing the raw material too freely, or he will surely come to grief. The farmer who has cotton will do well to hold it: but he will also do well to go slow about producing more. He should at least guard against overloading himself. < >f course, we would not be understood as advising anybody to take a year off; but we do advise a considerable reduction in cotton and the devotion of surplus effort to the production of other crops. If the world gets the complete upper hand of the southern cotton producer again, nothing short of another accident will shake it loose. ? Columbia. April t!: Governor Ansel has appointed the board of commissioners for the Infirmary for ('onfederate veterans as follows; Maj. K. B. Cantey, of Camden: Col. J. \V. Reed, of Chester; Col. D. Card well, of Columbia: Col. J. Q. Marshall, of Columbia. Gen. Wilie Jones, of Columbia. The first three are Confederate veterans, as required by the act, and the latter two are sons of Confederate soldiers. The infirmary is to be es tablished by the act of 1908. on land now belonging to the state and connected with the state hospital for the insane. An appropriation of $12,000 is made for the infirmary, and two ftn indigent veterans are to be admitted t from each county on the recommen- i dation of the county pension board. \*j< 'I'iie commissioners are to receive no j pay. ^ Jo SUSPENSIONS FROM CLEMSON. In All 309 Participants In April Fool Escapade Have to Go. Having already disposed of the case ^*j( of the juniors, the discipline commit- ; lee of Clemson college continued its . investigation of the remaining partici- \y. pants in the April day escapade, and j on Wednesday published judgment. gti dismissing 2f>7 other students belonging , to the various lower classes. The dis- i missal orders include nearly half the ^ entire enrollment. Under the law, Clemson canned expel: but can only , dismiss, and there will therefore be i nothing to prevent the dismissed ca- , dets from entering other colleges. ca Because of so many dismissals, the , school will have to be reorganized al- ] most entirely, many of the class sec- ; tions have been completely wiped out. The names of the dismissed juniors j. have already Deen puonsneo. eouow- ( ins is a complete list of those included ] in the order of Wednesday morning: j. Preparatory Class. f Preparatory class?R. B. Alverson, [ Union; It. O. Atkinson, Chester; E. T. ' Bouhvare. Fairfield; J. R. Rouhvare, T" Fairfield: J. M. Rradberry. Anderson: J. L. Brown, Oconee: H. S. (''lark. ' Florence: E. Cromer. Anderson; H. E. 1 Durant, Clarendon: F. T. Ellenberg, ' Abbeville: J. P. Fellers. Xewberry; S. A. Gandy, Darlington: E. P. Holliday, 1 Greenville: J. L. Kee, Chester: T. A. ! Kirby, Cherokee: S. I. Lenoir, Sumter; _ 1 M. M. Reames, Sumter: E. A. Schillotter, Oconee; W. R. Simmons, Laur- ! ens: L. L. Royleston, Aiken; B. F. 1 Parks, G. D. Blackwell, Edgefield; v B. L. Rouhvare, I^aurens; H. A. Heriot. Lee: L. K. Hicklin, Chester; J. T. , Hires, Colleton: G. E. Lomax, Abbe- [ ville; B. C. Truluck, Florence: F. J. ' Villepontraux, Berkeley; S. M. Webb, Y Saluda: J. A. White; G. F. Garling- ' ton. Spartanburg; S. S. Abell; f. S. Henderson. Colleton: J. T. Armstrong, Laurens; T. E. Bell. I^ee; F. L. Dal- ' ton. Greenville: W. H. Ferguson, T Chester: P. Gaillard, Hampton: J. R. Griffis. Edgefield: M. Hamer, Marlboro; R. A. Hamilton. Chester: J. W. Holliday. Greenville. pn Freshman Class. i Freshman class?S. M. Connor, i Colleton: J. F. Ezell, Spartanburg; 1 J. G. Harris. Laurens; W. D. Keasler, Anderson: T. P. Nisbet. Lancaster; B. | F. Owens, Barnwell: W. C. Patrick, Hampton; H. B. Pitts, Sumter; T. C. w" Redfern, Oconee: J. W. Rhyne, Cher- He okee: R. L. Ellis, Charleston: G. G. drc Inman, Cherokee: E. S. Jenkins, . Berkeley: J. E. Jenkins, Berkeley; J. H. Mappus. Charleston: H. T. Pross- as er. Williamsburg; R. W. Scott: J. T. tin Shirley. Anderson: E. C. DuBose, Lee: jt H. Fulmer: J. W. Gantt, Anderson; H. . W. Harvey, Berkeley: W. W. Herbert, Newberry; J. F. Keel, Barnwell: J. P. ?e< Parks, Laurens; L. B. Parris, Spartan- an< burg: B. T. Rice, Barnwell: C. P. Ri- tjH can. C. A. Sanders, York: F. F. Stokes; H. E. Vincent. Hampton: B. R. Bacot. Charleston: L. D. Roone, Orangeburg; H. W. Cromer. Abbeville; ] F. A. DePorters, Fairfield: J. C. Dii- ffu, pree. Laurens: C. S. Evans, Oconee; . W. D. Ezell. Spartanburg; B. P. Folk, Bamberg; W. R. Cray, Laurens: L. C. V. Haskel, Abbeville; J. J. Hunter, I^iur- 1 ens; C. S. Lykes, Richland: E. W. 1 Nettles. Darlington: I\. M. Yoder: S. slf< E. Boozer, Charleston; O. P. Earle, S" Spartanburg: A. P. Fant, Anderson; 1 C. R. Gilliam. Bamberg; L. M. Kay. vis Pickens: R. B. Kay. Pickens: C. E. Mi Kitchens, Chester: G. M. McGregor, ] Anderson: R. Morrison. Spartanburg: acJ W. B. Wright. Fairfield: J. W. Black. H Darlington; C. V. Fairey, Orangeburg; P. S. Hale, Charleston: D. M. . Mackintosh. Charleston: R. J. Mackin tosh, Richland; W. M. Morrall, Col- " leton: A. J. Ryley. Bamberg: F. E. Schroder. Charleston: L. P. Tobin. ^ Barnwell: F. A. Williford, Anderson: f? L. M. Williford, Anderson: H. M. i? Woodward. Barnwell: F. H. All. 1 Barnwell: J. O. Garland. Clarendon: J. G. Lawton. Hampton; L. C. MeClure, Union: J. Nance. Newberry; R. _ A. Opt; W. E. Stokes, Bamberg: R. S. Wolf. Orangeburg: A. C. Bolt, Laur- ~ ens: C. E. Ryrd. Darlington: P. M. *;Ie Faris. York: H. O. Kaigler, Lexing- ro1 ton: J. T. Lazar. Barnwell: S. G. Venning, Charleston: L. W. Corbett, Lee: ? R. Lebby, Charleston: S. A. Millee, wi Richland: W. S. Rogers. Richland: fid E. A. Sompayrac. Darlington: W. J. vei Stephenson. Fairfield: J. M. Sturdy- to vin, Greenville: J. J. Wheeler: F. P. _ Wichman, Colleton; J. I. Crowther. nil Anderson: W. A. Edmunds. Edgefield: M. P. Epps: J. C. Fltzslmmons. Char- p|8 leston: J. M. George. Anderson: P. P. i?j Gregorie, Charleston: H. G. Hamlin, wi Anderson: G. L. Marshall. Green- nit wood: H. G. Boynton. Barnwell: J. H. tlx Gage. I"nion: A. E. Gillmore. ITnion: pei W. N. Ginn, Hampton: J. E. Mitchell, a < Charleston: W. S. Nicholson. Union: j?> W. G. Perry. Greenville: F. L. Reese, wi Abbeville: W. S. Rents. Hampton: A. sai M. Robertson. Abbeville: J. H. Rod- wi gers. Newberry: F. B. Sandifer. York; ns< S. M. Brown. Anderson: E. O. Con- pu nor. Colleton: J. C. Crouch: J. J. Cudd. A. B. Parker. Sumter: A. C. Shell. Laurens: R. A. Sfrribling, Oconee: H. W. Anderson. Walterboro: H. ' C. Beaty. Charleston: J. F. Boyd, tin Spartanburg: O. R. Cohen. Charles- th< ton: M. B. Elkins Union: W. Foster: coi C. F. Loeky. Anderson: C.-F. Lunz, be.1 Charleston: D. B. Miller. Richland: J. cei H. Willougnny. riorenco; rj. i>. .viayes. Greenwood: H. S. Wakefield. Ander- be son; E. W. Webb. Greenwood. on Sophomore Class. Sophomore Class?I). C. Beattv. Un- |nj ion: A. J. Becker. Spartanburg: I. N. (jjt Colc-lough. Clarendon: E. E. Epting. Anderson: W. A. Friday. Union: W. ^e' M. Haynesworth. Florence: McL. ()U Hodge, Clarendon; C. F. Tnman. Cher- gj. okee: F. H. Jeter. Union: E. Parker. Sumter: S. Swygert. Laurens: J. B. ;nf Keith. Florence: J. S. Knox. Oconee: E. H. Pinekney. Charleston: J. S. Py- .. ntt. Georgetown: I,. D. Rogers. Dar- j lington: F. s. Thomason, Spartan- ... burg: O. T. Sanders. Sumter: A. F. Simpson, Laurens; F. E. Rogers. Dar- "? lington: W. C. Bolt. Laurens; B. K. {'; Poylcston. Aiken; R. E. Bowen. Pick- tra ens: SI. P. Cooper. Fairfield: C. A. Dukes. Orangeburg: O. O. Dukes. Dorchester: S. E. Evans. Clarendon: G. P. Garner. Barnwell: B. B. Harris. Anderson: J. W. Henagen. Orangeburg: T. G. Hope. York: J. E. Jenkins. Richland: L. S. Lindler. Lexing- aw ton: A. A. McKeown. Chester: J. A. Self. Edgefield: C. M. Sondley, Abbeville: F. E. Spears. Union: E. J. ne. Thornhill. Dorchester: M. W. Arthur. Union: M. W. Beach. Colleton: B. L. "* Crawford. York: R. M. Coleman. ? Fairfield: D. B. Clayton. Fairfield: W. 1,1 c. Crum. Orangeburg: E. T. Davis, . Greenwood: H. S. Davis. Charleston: ' K. Easterling, Marlboro; C. D. Evans. Abbeville: G. C. Fant, Anderson: W. . S. Goodman. Oconee: D. T. Hardin. ' Abbeville: J. W. Harrison. Spartan- J burg: X. C. Head. Aiken: W. H. Ties- la* ter. Greenwood:. B. F. Lawrence, er York: A. W. Leland. Charleston: G. I,. . ' McCord. Abbeville.. J. H. Bull, Sum- 111 ter: P. IT. Lipscomb. Cherokee: R. W. ? Low ry. (iconee: O. P. McCard. Green- ^ wood; II. H. Martin. Anderson: J. McQ. Martin, Horry: J. C. Milliner. Greenwood: S. L. Miller, Chester: F. ,,H 14. Marion. Chester: II. \\". Prinson. Greenwood: W. L. Morrison. Charles- .. ton: \V. II. Philips. Orangeburg: ,\. P. Ransom. Anderson: A. R. Smarr. . * York: C. H. Trott. Charleston: J. E. C. u Poschoff. Charleston: A. M. Campbell, ' Charleston: <1. D. Ryan. Sumter: E. , N. Sitton. Anderson: S. P. Sullivan. . Anderson: C. P. Townsend. Marlboro; O. L. Walker. Newberry: L. T. W.vnd- .. bam. Perkeley. T>. K. MoAlpine. Abbe- \ ville: D. H. Wilson. Laurens. _ lift i ? The eoniptroller general has com- nil pleted a full checking up of the old tin state dispensary account with the col state. This shows that in the thir- Ca teen and it half years' history of the institution, up to Dec. 31 last, a total of $l.r?1 r?.107.RT was paid into the state treasury: $1,234,607.17 by counties for schools. $4 2,000 for summer ni;i schools and $233.lion.40 for the ordi- m miry expenses of the state government. The distribution by counties I'''1 shows these six in the lead: Orange- i burg. $64,400; Horry. $59,636: Spar- set t.anburg, $57,740; Greenville; $52,985; ma Charleston, $44,360; Anderson. $42.- the 945. These figures do not take into at the account the county profits, which Sal were divided equally by the counties 'I and their cities having dispensaries, clit ,OCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. quirer Office?Will appreciate reurn of a gold pin that was lost ecently. tor Cotton oil Co.?Wants a good man to look after its ice delivery in Vorkville. hn it. Dickson, Capt.?Issues an uiiler to Co. "I." members to attend llie Methodist church Sunday morning for the annual sermon by the chaplain. Inspection Saturday evening. ctor Cotton Oil Co.?Closes its ginnery for the season after April 15 and 1G, when repairs will be made, liter Rose?Says for you to phone lint when you want the best meats. auss-Smith Co.?Calls the attention >f men to the good qualities of iVaIk-Over shoes. W. White?Says that Gabriel's last trumpet call will probably slash before some people make up to their passing opportunities. Local stocks offered and wanted, rroll Bros.?Sell Foster's white camphor liniment for the ills of man and beast. A large Dottle ror 25 cents. In emergencies see Mr. M. L. Carroll. W. Dobson?Has limited quantity of good New Orleans molasses that he offers at 30c. a gallon. L. Williams & Co.?Say that hon>st values always win. Zieller's Oxfords and pumps for ladies at $3 tnd $3.50.. omson Co.?Will inaugurate an Caster sale on Monday which will continue for one week. Special reductions throughout the store. Sale closed April ISth. rst National Bank?Wants you to deposit your surplus funds with it in certificates of deposit, on which It pays 4 per cent interest. Q. Wray.?For a short time offers attractive bargain prices on dress goods, staples and embroideries. He wants you to see him for groceries, irkville B. & M. Co.?Is showing a most fashionable line of men's and boys' clothing at reasonable prices. Shirts and suspenders free. Visit the millinery department, irk Drug Store?Has a complete stock of Sherwin-Williams paints ttnd wants you to see it for prices and particulars before you buy paints, etc., W. Johnson?Invites attention to Beechnut sliced bacon, put up in glass and says it is the "best what is." Other seasonable groceries. ster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo?Gives additional reasons why you should ise Doan's kidney pills. See fourth page. Vlr. D. S. Henderson of Aiken has thdrawn from the senatorial race. savs that the reasons for his withnval do not concern the public. course no one will be so foolish to attempt to discount the need of trough preparation for corn: but let! not be forgotten that it has now I n definitely established that a great il depends upon proper fertilization d that the time to fertilize is while ? corn is growing. . ) ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Daisy Glenn of Bethel, is the i est of Miss Maggie Glenn. Miss Huhla MeNeel left yesterday a visit to her brother, Mr. John D. Neel at Talladega. Ala. Mrs. T. It. McClain of Camden, is ending a few days in Yorkvilie, the est of t lie Bo wen house. Mrs. S. C. McKeown of Sumter, is liting her grandparents, Mr. and s. W. B. Steele in Yorkville. Mrs. T. S. Bratton left yesterday, companied by her mother, Mrs. M. Metts, for Fort Des Moines Iowa, rhe statement that Mrs. Finley re- J ned home from Washington with ngressman Finley last Saturday was error. The reporter had been inrrectly informed. Mr. Finley came wn only for a few days instead of a more or less indefinite stay, s. ITnley is still in Washington. WITHIN THE TOWN. '* -Who is the hest banjoist? -Could you vote In the municipal ction if it were to be held tomor,v. Your certificate of two years r> is not good any longer. -The Fiddlers' convention! That II be great. There are not a few filer's in this section. Until the conntion is over it will be irT bad taste refer to any of them as violinists. -The Yorkville Cornet band is ariging to hold a Fiddler's convention the court house about May 8. The ins have not been perfected; but it pretty certain that the convention II be a go. 'The idea is to hold a isical concert, including pieces by ? band, cornet solos and other nuniis; but the principal feature will be competition among the fiddlers, banpickers and dancers. Suitable prizes II be offered, and every step necesry to ensure the success of the affair II be taken. The band proposes to e the proceeds, of course, for its own rposes. THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY. File undersigned have subscribed i amounts opposite their names for i use of the Farmers' Union of York unty in offering premiums for the st acres of corn in a competition rently instituted by this organization, is desired that the aggregate fund not less than live hundred doilurs, d when that sum is reached the bscription will be closed. Should it amount not be reached the comttee will use for the purpose incited such sum as may be subscribAll promises of subscriptions will promptly acknowledged in The Enirer, and be furnished to Mr. A. L. ;ick, secretary and treasurer of the lion Cor record. Payment is to be ule to Mr. Black on or before Sepnber 1. 1908. itional Union Bank, Rock rlill $10 00 st National Bank, Yorkville.. 5 00 Frank Ashe. McConnellsvllle.. 5 00 M. Grist's Sons, Yorkville.... 10 00 nk of Clover 10 00 15. Scott, Yorkville No. 3.... 5 00 S. Wilkerson, Hickory Grove f> 00 ~ 'Plmmenn C.l Vi.lkville 10 00 PRISONERS IN JAIL. Ph.- following prisoners are in jail niting trial on the charges named the approaching term of the court general sessions, which convenes xt Monday: I. T. Pyett. This is the man who tered the home of Mr. J. L. Sanders Yorkville, on the night of January 3. is charged with housebreaking and ceny in the night time. kVill Dunlap, Cites Lockridge and b Johnson. These are charged with 1 murder of Nath Lindsay, on Mr. W. Inman's place, on February 3 t. Dunlap is principal and the othtwo accessories. \l Williams. He killed Elias White Fort Mill township on February 8. Jeorge Pearson, white, selling whisA'ill Hunter, selling whisky. This the man who burned himself out of * Yorkville guard house in July 1900. will he tried on that charge also, hut Joseph, colored, selling whisky, ie Ha iron, colored, grand larceny. i ..I \lMlll.imu otnr.lor lu * man who killed Jim Crockett on * J. E. Lowry place on the 10th of binary last. don roe Rawlinson, burglary. 'ress Massey, selling whisky, ziiwrence Marley. white, murder irley is the young: man who kilter in Warlick in Yorkville on last Satlay afternoon. \nd.v Witherspoon. charged wit I irder. is at liberty on bond. He is man who killed lank McCaw, nls<? ored on the plantiition of Mr. T. L. rroll. on Christmas day. MARKET FLUCTUATIONS. I'he developments in the contract rket during yesterday, are sumi i /.< (I by an Associated Press disIch of last night as follows: tfter making new records for the ison this afternoon the cotton rket had <iuite a sharp rally during afternoon and closed very steady a net decline of only 2 to 6 points, les estimated at 300,000 bales. flu* market opened steady at a deie of ft to S points in response to lower cables, and ruled very weak and unsettled during the forenoon under liquidation, stop loss selling, and bear pressure which was promoted by reports of good weather, claims of In creased acreage, talk of distress cotton in Mississippi, a reported London failure, and rumors of banking difficulties in tlie southwest. Before the decline was checked May sold at 9.20 and July at !i.24, or about IS points net lower. Iiul at this level there "was a belter demand from shorts and during the middle of the afternoon there was some aggressive Wall street buying which was attributed to a large speculative interest that was prominent in tlie market during the autumn and early winter. The close was within a point or so of the best and 12 or 13 points up from the lowest. Private advices from the south as to spot conditions were somewhat conflicting, some wires reporting a tendency on the part of holders to accept concession, while others claimed that spots were not f dlgwing futures. Southern markets officially reported early were unchanged to l-16c lower. Houses with southern connection were sellers during the morning. Receipts at the ports today 13,113 against 14.267 last week and 17,072 last year. For the week 100,000 bales against 103.112 last week and 102,644 last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans 3.676 against 3,091 last year, and at Houston 3,003 bales against 3.899 last year. CHANGES OF SCHEDULE. These general changes of schedule an- to go into effect on the Southern and Carolina and North-Western railroads next Sunday. We have information as to the nature of the changes on the Carolina and North-Western, and the Charlotte-Columbia division of the Southern, but nothing very definite as to the Marion and Kingvlllo division. On the Charlotte-Columbia division, trains Nos. 25, 26, 22 and 24 are to be discoid in tied. Train No. 29. going south, will pass Rook Hill at 4 a. m? and Chester at 4.45 a. m. Train No. 25, a new train, will leave Charlotte at ti. 2n a. in.; liock Hill at 7.25; Chester 8.12, and arrive at Columbia at 10.45 a. m. This train connects at Chester with the C. & N.-W's No. 10 for Yorkville. Train No. 27, leaves Charlotte at 4.45 p. in.; Rock Hill, 5.36; Chester, 6.20, and arrives at Columbia at 8.45 p. m. This train connects at Chester with the C. & N.-W. train No. 9 for Columbia. Train No. 36, a new train, leaves Columbia at 5.50 a. in.; Chester at 8.05 . m.; Rock Hill at 8.47, and arrives at Charlotte at 9.30. This train makes close connection at Chester with the C. & N.-W.'s No. 10. for Yorkville. Train No. 28, leaves Columbia at 3 p. m.; Chester 5.18 p. m.; Rock Hill, .05, and arrives at Charlotte at 7.00 p. m. Train No. 30 leaves Columbia at 9.55 p. m.; Chester 11.46 p. m.; Rock at 12.20 a. m.; and arrives at Charlotte at 1.15 a. in. The Carolina and North-Western's train No. 10, leaving Yorkville at 9.01 a. m., will make close connection at Hickory with the Goldsboro and Asheville division of the Southern both east and west. There is to be no change on the 1 1 I/I???.,lll? ,l!t'tut/kn nf tha .VI ill II >11 Him iviugiiiiiic iim.nr'ii ui Southern except that No. 14 which now passes Yorkville going east at 10.45 a. in., will after Sunday, pass here at 10.10 a. in. The changes on the Charlotte-Columbia division of the Southern make it pretty hard on the people of Yorkville in the matter of connections both north and south, and there is talk of an appeal to the railroad people to change the schedules of Nos. 16 and 17 so as to make Yorkville, instead of Rock Hill, their terminal point. THE CORN PRIZES. As was no doubt generally understood from what was published in the last issue of The Enquirer, the Farmers' Union was not prepared to settle on the spot all the details in connection with its proposed corn raising contest, and necessarily the matter was largely delegated to a committee. During the consideration of the question as to how the money was to be raised, it was proposed that the competitors themselves be taxed to the amount of one hundred dollars to be raised on an equitaDie pro rata oasis. This idea seemed fair and reasonable; but the committee is not inclined to resort to it if sufficient funds to make the proposition attractive can be raised otherwise, and of this there is little reason for apprehension. The purpose of the Farmers' Union is to encourage corn raising to the greatest possible extent. It is anxious to secure the largest acreage that the county has ever planted, and it especially desires the most thorough and intelligent fertilization and preparation. The objects sought are two-fold. In the lirst place, it is hoped to emphasize the importance of intensive corn culture from the standpoint of profit and in the second place it is desired to direct as much acreage as possible from cotton to corn. Since the original announcement of the corn prize idea, the committee has received practical earnest of the fact that the general public is willing to give its most hearty co-operation, and there is reason to believe that it will be a comparatively easy matter to secure a substantial prize fund by means of voluntary contributions. As stated before, the competition is open to any kind of land whether upland or bottom, and crops already planted and to crops to be planted hereafter; and the regulations stipulated by the committee for the government of the contest will not. include any provision of a discriminating character, unusual to such contests. It will bo required, of course, that each competitor must have at least two acres to the plow on the intensive system, and in the case of the man who raises the most bushels on a single acre the other acres required by the rules of the contest must come up to a reasonable per cent, hereafter to be fixed, of the best acre. LOCAL LACONICS. Death of Mr. S. A. Fewell. Mr. Samuel A. Fewell tlio?l at his home in Ebenezer last Tuesday afternoun after a Ions period of bad health. He was a good, substantial citizen who was well thought of by all who knew him. Will Go to Fort Mill. Rev. W. A. Hafner, who has been pastor of Rowling Green and Allison Creek churches for about ten years past, has announced his acceptance of the call to the pastorate of the Presbyterian church of Fort Mill. To Develop Tin. Oaffney Ledger: Major Jno. F. Jones of Rlacksburg, has formed a company for the development of the tin mines near King's Mountain. The company has purchased large areas of land and will at once proceed with the work of development. Jurors Not Found. All of the jurors drawn for the first week of the approaching term of court were "found" except three?W. N. Hardin, W. C. Whitesides and G. E. Merritt. Mr. W. N. Hardin lives in Chester county. Mr, W. C. Whitesides is at Great Catawba Falls. G. E. Merritt should have been T. K. Merritt of Fort Mill township. County Commissioners. The county board of commissioners held its regular monthly meeting in its office last Wednesday, and spent the greater part of the day in the transaction of routine business. The only item out of the ordinary was in the placing of a contract for publishing the quarterly reports of the supervisor, for which service the law provides that the commissioners must not pay more than $00 per annum. All of the papers of the county were invited to bid: but only two. The Yorkville Enquirer and the Rock Hill 'Herald complied. The Enquirer offered to do the work for SCO and accompanied the offer with a statement that it had 2,200 subscribers. "The Herald offered to do the work for $20 and accompanied the offer with a statement that it has 1.100 subseripers. The board accepted the offer of The Enquirer. MEETS WITH APPROVAL. Public Spirited Institutions and Individuals Help Corn Contest. There is every reason to believe that the competitive corn raising contest instituted by the Farmers' Union will meet with the hearty co-operation of the public. Notwithstanding the lateness of the season and the fact that the idea is yet only u few days old, substantial encouragement has already been received from sources that count, evidenced by the following letters: National Union Bank. Rock Hill, S. C.. April X. 1908. Mr. \V. D. Grist. Yorkvilie, S. C. Dear Sir: Enclosed herewith you will find our check for $10. I would like you to use this as our subscription to the fund to be gotten up by the Farmers' Union to be given away as prizes for the best acres of corn. Very truly yours, Ira B. Dunlap, Cashier. First National Bank. Yorkville, S. C'., April 9, 1908. Mr. W. D. Grist, Yorkville, S. C. Dear Sir: We notice in The Enquirer of Tuesday the action of the Farmers' Union in regard to offering premiums for the best acres of corn raised in York county on the intensive plan. We think this is a most capital idea and bog leave to ask you to enter the name of the "First National Hank" for a subscription of $5 to go into the fund. Yours very truly, O. E. Wilkins, President. Mr. J. F. Ashe, President of the Union. McConnellsvllle, April 9. Editor Yorkviile Enquirer. I am sorry that I was so situated on Monday that 1 could not meet with the Union, on account of which I did not learn of the corn prize matter until I got my Enquirer. I heartily approve of I he plan, and will ask you to put me down for a subscription of $fi to tlie fund. Although it is getting late and 1 have already planted most of my corn, I may make some fellow hustle for the first prize. It will help things wonderfully if we can raise an aggregate of $500 for the prize fund, and with the co-operation of the general public, for which I look with confidence, I believe the amount can easily be raised. I am very truly, J. Frank Ashe. Bank of Clover. Clover. S. C.. April 9, 190R. Yorkviile Enquirer, Yorkviile, S. C. Gentlemen: Heartily approving the plan outlined in yesterday's Enquirer just to hand, for raising a fund of $500 to be distributed in prizes among the farmers of York county to promote corn growing, we take pleasure in handing you herewith our check for $10, for this cause, as we realize that agriculture is the backbone of the country, and we hope to see the farmers of York county made famous during the year 1908 as coin growers. Willi IJtTU WimifM nil lilt" SUl'lTilB Ul this cause, we beg to remain, Very truly, Bank of Clover, M. L. Smith, President. Mr. W. S. Wilkorson. . Hickory drove, April 9, 1 !?0S. Mr. W. D. Crist, Yorkville, S. C. Dear Sir: I am very much pleased to note the movement that has been started by the Farmers' Union to stimulate corn production in York county. It would have been better, of course, if there had been an earlier start. For instance I have already planted much of my corn, and I confess that my preparation has not been what it would have been, if I had had a contest in view. However, there is still a lot of good to be gotten out of this undertaking. It will cause many to make better preparation, and many will be more thorough in cultivation than otherwise. Please be assured of my hearty sympathy with the movement and put me down for $5 to help swell the prize fund. Very truly, W. a Wilkerson. The Thomson Company. Yorkville, S. C., April 10, 1908. Editor Yorkville Enquirer. The com prize idea of the Farmers' Union is the very thing and we sincerely hope that it will be a great success. Anyhow we desire to be identified with its encouragement, and request you to advise Mr. Black that he mat- onnnt tinnn n? fnr 51(1 The Thomson Co. CLEMSON'S TROUBLES. Junior Class. Makes Manly Statement of Affairs. The newspaper reports of the recent trouble at Clemson college heing more or less incorrect and not altogether fair and Impartial, we, the undersigned ex-members of the Junior class, desire to give to the people of the state what we conscientiously believe to be a true and impartial statement of the facts. We do not believe that any one knowingly made an incorrect statement; but we do know that some of the newspaper reports were written by men who knew but little about the facts which they attempted to state. Consequently, some blunders and mistakes were made, and we consider it our duty to the people of the state to correct, as far as possible, these mistakes. Taking up these statements in order, we desire to make the following corrections: 1st. The newspaper articles referred to above stated that several orders and warnings were published at retreat on the evening of March 31st. As a matter of fact, only one order was published, and that called attention to paragraph 126 of "The Regulations for the Government of Cadets." The order in question was as follows: "Headquarters Corps of Cadets, Clemson Agricultural College. Clemson College. March 31, 1908. General Orders No 42. Par. 1. The attention of the corps of cadets is specially directed to par- i agraph 126 of "The Regulations for the Government of Cadets, which : reads as follows: i 'Any cadet who leaves barracks without authority at any time be- i tween retreat and reveille, shall be dismissed.'" By order of Capt. Minus. i As far as we have been able to find < out, no one left barracks without au- < thority during that time. The news- I paper reports made it seem that this j order was intended for the next day, I when the order itself plainly shows i [ that it was not. . i 2nd. A statement was made that telegrams were sent to Prof. R. H. 1 Fike informing him that his services < were no longer needed. R. H. Fike ? is a cadet aqd not a professor: and ] the telegram was sent in a spirit of ; fun. merely to let Fike know that the ] participants were carrying on their < April Fool celebration! Cadet Fike j was in no way connected with the af- i fair. i 3rd. The statement that the rest i of the student's were very indignant i over the action of their comrades is a i n? nrflcticnllv the whole stu dent body treated the matter as a 1 joke. t 4th. Cadet T. S. Allen was not a ? leader in the celebration. In fact, j there were no leaders, everybody act- { ing for himself. Cadet Allen did. af- . ter the juniors were dismissed from l college, advise the rest of the students 1 to remain at college, but did so solely because he thought ttat by using his influence, he might help to prevent the lower class men from leaving with c the juniors. * 5th. There was also a slight mis- [ take made as to the number of stu- t dents in the junior class. There were .s only SI students in the class; 48 of <i these were dismissed and one sus- i pended. Of the rest, several were on n the athletic teams and would have I gone on the "lark." had they not been J persuaded by their classmates not to n ?o. I We do not wish to cast any reflee- t tions on any one; our purpose being to t correct some statements that might a create a wrong impression among the people of the state. In conclusion, we, the undersigned, E wish to say to the people of this and other states that we, the dismissed cadets of Clemson college do now feel the seriousness of the offense and j think that the punishment received ( was just; and that we have absolute- s ly no ill feelings toward the action of ' the discipline committee of Clemson college. We realize that the mistake ( was a serious one, hut we do not feel that any disgrace attends our dismissal. Tit is statement is signed by the * members of the Junior class dismissed. 1 ' i BIG DAY AT CLOVER. i Interesting Account of the Junior Or- j der Exercises Last Friday. < Correspondence ot the Yorkville (inquirer. Clover, April 9.?Had Clover Leaf j Council No. 23 ordered weather for the } occasion the day could not have been ' improved on. Saturday, April 4, was Indeed a ' "Red Letter Day" for our order, for 4 we gave to our graded school a hand- ' some American flag and a copy of the 4 Bible. The boys turned out in force, J and certainly made a favorable im ? -- 1? V..? olnno am < pression on our pcopic. * ??*?. ai<>uc v.v. the order make a brave showing, but our citizens graced the occasion in large nujnbers. The programme was a splendid one and the committee in charge of arrangements deserve great credit for the thoroughness with which they performed their work. Bro. G. W. Knox did well his part as master of ceremonies, and in a graceful little speech introduced Past Councilor J. E. Beamguard, who delivered a splendid acidress of welcome. He was followed by Bro. Z. P. Smith, who spoke for some little time on the general objects of the order, and also presented the flag add Bible. Bro. T. B. Butler, who by the way is a candidate for congressional honors, accepted the gifts of the order on behalf of the board of trustees. Imriiig the exercises a picked choir rendered patriotic hymns, delighting the great audience by their tine singing. A feature of the occasion was the presence of the school children In a body, and the little ones seemed to enter into the spirit of the affair with I all the interest of their elders. At the conclusion of the speechmaking, "Old Glory" was raised, while ev- i erybody united in singing our nation- 1 al hymn, "America." i Among the visitors present we had < our true and faithful State Council < Secretary Jas. S. Wilson, and we were 1 all glad to see him. Bro. Wilson is < just recovering from the effects of a ' serious operation, and literally got up from a sick bed to be present with us. < We had almost forgotten to record < the ball game in the afternoon, proba- i bly because our boys trounced the < visiting team so hard that we lost in- < terest. 1 We had our (lag and Bible presenta- < tlon to the public school in the after- < noon, as noted, and we had also ad- I vertised Bro. Z. P. Smith to speak in I the opera house at night. By the time i set for the exercises to begin, the opera i house was filled with an expectant people?all wanting to hear about our < noble order. < Bio. J. E. Beam guard Introduced the < speaker, and for an hour he stood be- ] fore our people and proclaimed theogs- i pel of the Jr. Order United American < Mechanics, and we know that he has 1 done us great good, and we are going I to have this good brother with us < again. A feature of the evening was i the singing of the school children un- < dor the direction of our gifted princi- | pal. Prof. Hardy. Truly Clover Leaf Council No. 23 : covered herself with glory on "April 4th, and the day and Its work will long I be remembered by our people. 1 _ ( THE SUPERSEDEAS QUESTION. ' I Attorney General Lyon Applies Directly to Chief Justice Fuller. < Attorney General Frazer Lyon, of > South Carolina, and his assistant, A. I W. Rountree, of the Atlanta law firm < of Anderson, Felder, Rountree & Wil- ' son, were in Washington yesterday ' morning to get Chief Justice Fuller, ' of the supreme court of the United ' States, to issue a writ of supersedeas i against Judge Jeter C. Prltphard, of Asheville, N. O., in the South Carolina < dispensary case, involving the dispo- i sition of $800,000 of dispensary funds. I This money is now in the hands of 1 the South Carolina dispensary com- i mission, and the effect of the writ will ] be to prevent its payment to the dispensary receivers, thus holding the case in statu quo until it has been re- ] viewed by the United States circuit i court of appeals, at Richmond. I The several banks in which the j funds are deposited were required by | the commission to put up collateral in 1 an amount corresponding to the de- { posits each received, and this collater- ( al has been sequestered by the com- j mission in the state treasurer's vaults f to keep the receivers appointed by | Judge Prltehard from getting their f hands on It. t Although Judge Prltehard has or- , dered money and collateral turned j over to his receivers by the commis- ( sion on demand, the receivers have j not yet made formal demand for it, . and Mr. Lyon desires to have the writ , issued by the supreme court before , such demand is made. . Chief Justice Fuller, it is under- , stood, has reserved his decision, pend- > ing the receipt of an answer to a let- (' ter written him by Judge Prltehard.. j I MERE-MENTION. J Emma Goldman, the anarchist J queen, who has been lecturing in Win- t nepeg, Canada, has been refused ad- ( mission to the United States by or- f ders from the immigration department, j Colombian forces have occupied t the town of Niurado, Panama, claim- r ing the town as being the territory of ? Colombia. The Panama government t has applied to the United States, but j the Washington officials say it is en- s tirely a matter for Panama to settle. ( The total amount involved in the j question of race track gambling or no ? race track gambling in New York state f is $135,000,000 Eight prisoners, t some of them life termers, escaped f from jail at Gulfport, Miss., Tuesday j morning George Smith, a negro, ( was convicted and sentenced to life u imprisonment at Jackson, Miss., Tues- j day, on a charge of criminal assault. ( Smith's sister was also convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment as an accomplice Herman Rldder of New ( York, declares that he has the names s nf sixty-eight Republican congressmen a to a promise to vote for the repeal of s the tariff on wood pulp and these with ^ the Democrats will force the passage j >f the bill The National Cement f company of New York, has been for- j bidden the use of the mails Tony a Shelby, a Mexican detective, was shot > to death at Aguilar, Col., Tuesday by r in Italian anarchist Seven per- v sons were shot down and more than 100 were wounded by soldiers at Lisbon, Portugal, on Tuesday, as the remit of election riots With the exception of Havana, all Cuban points liave been quarantined by the United States marine hospital service Mew York state has 1,793 rural routes, ? OVei'lIlg 11,1^0 11111 111 mull, auu iia.i in average of less than one mile of macadamized n?ad to each route, but s preparing to spend $50,000,000 in oad building The health of Admiral Evans is improving rapidly at :he hot springs at Paso Robles, Cal. Nearly 170,000 foreign laborers 3 lave left New York since January 1st :o April 1st. against 57,926 for the same period of last year. Only 67,193 immigrants have arrived against 451,>61 for the same period of last year. Sir Henry Qimpbell-Bannerman J. las resigned the premiership of Great ? Britain on account of his health. _ 1 ? Governor Ansel and other members >f the Calhoun monument commission ., vent to New York a few days ago to j >ass upon a clay model of the statute 1. >eing made by K. Wellington Rock- (. ituhl, to be placed in Statuary Hall sj it the> National Capitol. Other 'v nembers of the commission are Sena- ^ itor W. L. Mauldin of Greenville: Representative J. A. Banks of St. ? Hatthews; Mrs. R. Moultrie Bratton if Guthriesville. state regent of the Daughters of the American Revoluion: Miss Maggie Gist of Yorkville, listorian of the D. A. R. Mrs. Ansel H Iso accompanies the governor. E SUPERSEDEAS GRANTED. 3ut It Is Conditioned on Heavy Bond By Commission. In the 1'nited Slates circuit court at Vshevillc last Wednesday, Judge -Tit chard made an important order in he South Carolina dispensary matter, (impending his recent order apjMilntlng eeeivers for the $800,000 trust fund inder certain specified conditions. Tlie rder is entitled, tile Wilson Distilling mil puny et al. vs W. J. Murray et al. ind tlie Flelschmann company vs. W. I. Murray et a I. These are the conlolidated cases. The order reads: "It is now ordered, adjudged and lecreed that the said order appolntng receivers shall be suspended and ill proceedings thereunder stayed unil the final determination of said appeal upon compliance by the defenlants with the following conditions: "First. The defendants constitu:ing the state dispensary commission ihall within five days from the date if this order deposit in the registry of :his court, to be held subject to the miers of this court, ail notes, eviden:es of indebtedness, collaterals and ither securities of whatever kind and character taken by them to secure :he payment of the moneys deposited n the various banks within the state if South Carolina: "Second. The defendants shall, ivlthin the said five days, file a bond, ivith good and sufficient security, to le approved by this court, in the sum >f $250,000, payable to the receivers heretofore appointed by this court ind consent to turn over to said receivers. in the event that the orders ippealed from shall be affirmed or the lefendants shall fall to prosecute :heir appeal, all moneys, credits, accumulated interest, property or assets " * ' * * * * /v# fknm wnicn sain aeienauius m tmj v.. ........ low ha\(^A>r ought to have In their lossessioiyor under their control unler and Jay virtue of the act of the ^enerajkmssembly of the state of South Jarolfna creating the state dispensary commission. "fl Is further ordered that this orler shall not In any way affect the lniunction heretofore granted In this cause and that said Injunction shall it all times he and remain in full 'on e and effect pending said appeal." OTHER SIDE OF QUESTION. ^ot Fair That Employers Should Shoulder All Errors of Employes. A new partner, in the person of the railroad employe, has literally pushed hits way into the manager's office. So Important a factor has he now become in the councils of a railroad corporation that hardly a move can t>e made in the operating department without first consulting his rights and wishes. Not only is the power and influence if the railroad employe at the present jay an Important factor In railroad management, but. in the opinion of competent Judges, the time is not far iistant when manager and employe will meet on equal terms and together legislate for the Interests of all concerned. Now, granting the ever Increasing power of the employe In framing the rules and influencing the management, what is there to be said ibout the division of responsibility? At the present day, when an acellent happens on a railroad and lives if passengers are sacrificed by reason if the carelessness or neglect of employes, practically the whole moral ind financial responsibility is ImmeHately assumed by the management. Heartfelt regret Is at once expressed by the highest-authorities, the Injured are visited by sympathetic officials, and every conceivable kind of bill or sxpense is at once acknowledged and paid. On the other hand, we, the employes, singly and collectively, ignore the whole business. We simply stand back and let the pr.ess and the authorities figure out reasons and remedies for themselves. We neither adopt resolutions of sympathy nor pay out a single dollar to benefit the families of the dead or to alleviate the sufferings of the injured. Considering the division of power, does this adjustment of responsibility appeal to any fair-minded person? It bas occurred to some of us that if we ar our organizations were assessed In hiard cash in proportion to our responsibility for some of these preventable accidents, the casualty lists an our railroads would very quickly assume microscopic proportions. An "employes' liability act" would, of course, be looked upon as an absurdty. yet if unprejudiced Judges were to analyze a few of our accidents they would quickly conclude that the Idea is sanely and soberly logical.?J. O. Pagan Ir -Jantic Monthly. Endorsed i ' Ieoklenbubo.?The Parme.s' Union of York county, S. C., bas de?.'Jod to stimulate the cultivation of corn on the intensive system ind to that end has planned to give a 1st of prizes. As reported in The Yorkville Enquirer, this is to encouri CP thu InfAtislvA ?v?tem nr tlia nrn. Juction of heavy crops on few acres. Bvery competitor must riant on this system not less than two acres to the plow. The competitors themselves, ihall, if practicable, raise not less :han $100 of the prize money by neans of a pro rata assessment on the aasis of acreage entered as above inJicated. The committee is authorzed to request the co-operation of the jeneral public in swelling the prize noney to something more worth vhile, in which event the number of arizes may be increased to three or nore, and made larger in amount, rhe Enquirer thinks that the prize :ompetition idea is the best that can ae adopted to the end in view. It aroperly holds that the principle has >een settled by the experience and sanclon of time and its application to this aarticular puiiao.se has been establishid time and again not only in South Carolina, but in every corn raising itate in the union. It would be almost mpossible to suggest a proposition hat would furnish opportunity for . ? nore general co-operation, and we ire confidently looking not only for he cash necessary for liberal prizes, aut a general awakening of interest md enthusiasm that will make every armer. big and little, white and alack, take more interest in corn proluction than he has ever taken beore. And The Chronicle considers he whole matter a good suggestion or the Farmers' Union of Mecklenaurg county. The intensive system of orn cultivation is fully explained in m article in another part of this paler, by Mr. Williamson.?Charlotte Chronicle. ? The Greenville Evening Sun, J. ?. Garlington, editor and proprietor, luspended publication last Monday ifter a brief existence, it having been tarted on February 22nd, of this -ear. Lack of patronage Is assigned is the principal reason for the susaension. The paper will go out of exstence. Mr. Garlington has formed i connection with the Greenville Cews, by which he becomes traveling epresentative and staff writer and rill begin his new labors at once. AT THE CHURCHES. RAPTIST. Rev. I. G. Murray, Pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday school at 0 a. m. Preaching service at 11 a.m. allowed by Lord's Supper. Evening ervlce at 7.45 p. m. CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. Rev. J. O. Rabin, Rector. Sunday Services?Sunday school at :30 p. in. No other service. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. Rev. E. E. Gillespie, Pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday school at 0 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock. Evening service at 7.45. 'RINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL.. Rev. Henry J. Cauthen, Pastor. Sunday Services?Morning service t 11 o'clock. Annual sermon to the asper Light Infantry and First regnent staff, by Rev. Henry Cauthen, haplain. Special music for the occoion, and general public cordially inited. Night service at 7.45 p. m., and unday school at 3.30 p. m. SSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. Rev. W. C. Ewart, Pastor. Sunday Services?Sabbath school at 1 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock. Veiling service at 7.45.