Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 14, 1908, Image 2
Sfrraps and .facts.
? President Harvle Jordan, of the
Southern Cotton association, in a
statement published yesterday, says
that the Southern Cotton association in
connection with the Farmers' Union
has completed arrangements to hold
the remnant of th?' 1907 cotton crop.
The Farmers' Union cotton companies,
the statement says, in Tennessee,
Arkansas. Mississippi and Alabama
have already perfected arrangements
with bankers in those states to
finance every bale now held in Farmers'
Union warehouses. Similar results,
continues the statement, are being
secured for cotton held by members
of the Southern Cotton association
by the central headquarters and
state divisions, and at the larger cen*
U?ooi/Jor>t T A r/1 O n
iruiiKfu puinm. ricsiucni vuiuu..
concludes his statement as follows:
"I cannot too freely emphasize
again the imperative importance of
cutting down the cotton acreage and
preventing a serious crisis next winter."
? Boston, April 12: Fire devasted
more than one square mile of the
manufacturing, business and tenement
district of Chelsea today entailing
a loss estimated at fully $10,000.000.
The fire started .at 10.40 a. m.
near the Boston Blacking company's
works on West Third street, near the
Everett city line, and crossed the city,
a distance of one mile and a quarter to
Marginal, opposite the east Boston
shore. So far as can be learned there
was one fatality. Half a hundred
persons were injured. Among the
buildings- burned were 13 churches.
Frost Hospital. Children's Hospital.
City Hall, Fitz Public Library, five
school houses, a dozen or more factories
and about 300 tenements and
dwellings. The residential section of
the city where the wealthier class reside,
escaped the flames. In the retail
section, through which the fire
passed, were 20 business blocks which
were destroyed. The United States
Marine Buildings were not damaged.
? Charlotte. N. C? April 10: At a
meetine of the executive committee
of the North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers'
association here today it
was decided to recommend that the
mills embraced in the association as
well as all other Southern mills, shut
down for 60 days. This decision was
reached after a thorough discussion
of existing conditions in the Southern
states and the acute depression in the
price of yarns. Strong resolutions to
this end were unanimously adopted.
The meeting, which was presided over
by President R. M. Miller, Jr.. ex-ofticio
chairman of the committee, was
enthusiastic and representative. The
meeting of the Southern Cotton Spinner's
association, called to consider
the matter of curtailment, will assemble
here April 17th and it is expected
that the Southern mills will fall in
line with the mills of this state. The
executive committee decided also to
hold the annual meeting of the association
at Wrightsville Beach, June
18th.
? Washington, April 10: Admiral
Evans' gunners have broken all records
in target practice in Magdalena
Bay, according to an announcement
by Chairman Foss, of the house committee
on naval affairs, during debate
on the naval appropriation bill in the
house today. He said that if he were
to divulge confidential reports it
would be shown that no other navy in
the world could approach the United
States men-o'-warsmen for straight
and rapid shooting. Discussion of the
naval bill brought peace into the
house for the first time since the beginning
of the Democratic filibuster,
Instead of roll calls and clashes of
leaders, the session was orderly. Chairman
Foss and Representative Padgett,
of Tennessee, another member of the
' * 1 J - ' 3 ^ J Wa rvoAamommP
commmee, ueieuucu mc k*
of two instead of four warships. Representatives
Favrot, of Louisiana, and
McKinlay and Knowland, of California,
pleaded for a "two ocean" navy.
Representative Bartholdt, of Missouri,
advocated arbitration as a substitute
for a naval increase.
? President Roosevelt last week sent
the shortest message to congress that
he has ever transmitted to that body,
calling attention to the need of further
legislative dealing with anarchy.
With the message was a letter from
the attorney general giving the legal
phases of the question. The message
was as follows: "I herewith submit a
letter from the department of justice,
which explains itself. Under this
opinion 1 hold that existing statutes
give the president the power to prohibit
the- postmaster general from being
used as an instrument in the commission
of crime?that is. to prohibit the
use of the mails for the advocacy of
murder, arson and treason. And I
shall act upon such construction. Un
questionably there snouiu De iuriner
legislation by congress in this matter.
When compared with the suppression
of anarchy, every other question sinks
into insignificance. The anarchist is
the enemy of humanity, the enemy of
all mankind. His is a deeper degree
of criminality than any other. No immigrant
is allowed to come to our
shores if he is an anarchist. And no
paper published here or abroad should
be permitted circulation in this country
if it propagates anarchistic opinions."
? Washington. April 11: Declaring
that many members had gone "navy
mad," when consideration of the naval
appropriation was resumed in the
house today Mr. Gregg (Tex.) opposed
a great naval programme. He charged
that President Roosevelt had an unsettled
naval policy and that he was try
ing to force it upon congress. If. Mr.
Eregg said, the plea for four battleships
was based on fear of a contlict
with Japan, the president's course had
been peculiar, because, he said, the relations
with Japan on Dec. 31, 1 i*06,
were more strained when he asked
for one ship than on Dec. 3, 1H07,
when he asked for four. The best
proof that this government did not anticipate
a war with Japan was the fact
that the Atlantic tieet had been ordered
to return from Pacific waters. In
a vigorous speech Mr. Hobson (Ala.)
again pleaded for four battleships instead
of two. When an aggressive nation,
he declared, investigated the
question of whether a war was to be
undertaken or not that nation did not
ask about administration, maintenance
?r auxiliaries, but is asked "how many
battleships has the other." Even a
margin of superiority in fighting ships,
he said, would tend to conserve the
peace. With only three more battleships
in 189S. Mr. Hobson said, the
margin of superiority between the
American and Spanish fleets would
have been such as to have made possible
the settlement of the case by diplomacy.
So important was this matter
of superiority that when congress haggled
over two battleships the safety of
the nation was being trifled with. Mr.
Hobson again reverted to the alliance
between Japan and England and hinted
at a possible uniting of the forces
of these nations in Canadian waters.
Mr. Hobson went so far as to say that
$-.0,000,000 in battleships would have
enabled the I'nited States to force Russia
to evacuate Manchuria at the time
she agreed to do so, and in that case
the war between Russia and Japan
would have been averted. "The war
clouds are gathering," Mr. Hobson
said, "but America could by carrying
out a legitimate national policy prevent
it. Tt is not a vision, it is not a
dream. You and 1 can do it. Let's
begin by authorizing four ships this
of tho lonct "
<?hc \|orkt'iUr (fnquim.
! Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkvllle
as Mall Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE, S. C.t
TUESDAY. APRIL 14, I'JOS.
With the mills declining to buy and
1 the farmers declining to sell, the contract
gamblers of the cotton exchange
1 are able to put the prices of cotton as
low as they please without let or hindrance.
Attorney Reneral I .yon says thai
the report that was sent out to the effect
that he went to Washington to
argue a motion before Chief Justice
Fuller was a mistake. He was in
Washington and consulted the chief
justice with regard to procedure; but
had no intention of arguing a motion.
The Washington correspondents asnnrwtliPSS
of most Of What |
they had to say.
The Progressive Farmer insists that
the Williamson plan is not what it is
cracked up to be. claiming that the
principal reason why better crops have
been made under it is because it calls
for the use of more fertilizers. As the
outcome of several tests made under
the attention of the Progressive Farmer.
that paper states that by the use
of the same amount of fertilizers better
results have been obtained by other
more common methods. The Enquirer
is not able to discuss the matter
from the vantage ground of practical
experience: but thinks there is no
doubt of the fact that the Williamson
plan has given tremendous impetus to
corn production and whatever else may
ho said of it. it is deserving of credit
for that.
Ik the cotton mills shut down, it
must be taken purely as a matter of
business. If they are where they can
make no money, it is the right thing
for them to shut down. Of course, it
is hard on the operatives; but what
else is there for it. There is no sense
in the mills running themselves into the
hands of receivers, with eyes wide
open. And if the cotton producer fails
to take the proper lesson from the situation.
he has only himself to blame.
The sensible thing for him to do is to
devote himself as far as possible to the
production * of other crops. The best
thing is f?>r all the producers to pull
together in the direction of curtailo
Keonoo nf i\ fTPnOTil 1
mem, i?ui m me
movement. the individual will find all
the more reason why he should pro slow
as to himself.
Corn and Cash.
Corn in the crib is just like cash, in
the bank.
Most farmers who have corn at this
season also have cash.
There are very few farmers who
have cash and no corn.
The man who buys coin at this time
has to send out of the country cash
that would be very acceptable at
home.
If York countv should rais all the
corn she needs, there would he a great
deal more cash than there is. because
approximately speaking, every bushel
of corn that comes here from the west
pinches one dollar off of the local circulation.
All good business men have more or
less appreciation of the extent to which
corn is a money crop. It is only those
who have less business capacity, who
hold that there is no money in corn.
It is very rarely the case that a farmer
who makes enough corn to run
him tinjil the next crop gets into financial
difficulty, and it is almost as rare
when a farmer who fails to make sufficient
corn to run his place, gets to the
next crop witl\out trouble.
Equality of Taxation.
Comptroller General Jones is still
hammering <>n his hobby of equality
of taxation in accordance with the requirements
of the constitution of the
state, and has publisned an interesting
pamphlet of extracts from his recent
annual report to the general assembly
with a view of throwing more light
on the subject.
Although a matter of very great importance.
it will have to be confessed
that the public has not yet been disposed
to show much practical interest
in it. and there seems to be very little
.reason to hope that it will do so.
Just what the trouble is we are unable
to state in a manner that would be entirely
satisfactory, even to us; but
we will state that the present situation
i-- not at all creditable either to the
state or its citizenship.
Everybody very well understands that
the assessed value of the real and personal
property of this state is anywhere
from if. to Kft ner cent of its real value
with an occasional exception running up
to Ho or 100 per cent, and that a very
c? ininon excuse for this condition of
affairs is that it makes no difference
so long as the assessment is "properly
equalized." But there is a very material
difference, and the adjustment of
the matter would he well worth all of
the tremendous trouble, worry and political
upheaval that would result from
it.
The constitution provides for equality
of taxation, and it stands to reason
that the statute requiring all property
to be assessed at its "true" value is the
< nly means by which such equality can
be secured, ( rdinaril.v it is not such
a difficult thing to fix the true value
of any piece of property, whether real
or personal, and the property owner
who keeps this fact conscientiously in
view at the time of making his return
is not apt to go far wrong; but where
one is tempted and encouraged by eusjtom
to slip his moorings from actual
values, his tendency is to drift to th?
other extreme.
There are some people who mnkf
absolutely correct returns to the vers
best of their ability; but these inoludf
a very few. There are others who fee
a strong iuelination to do this; but art
unable to In ing themselves to th> it it
the face of the fact, that neighbors
friends, rivals ami compelitors an
making their returns on a basis st
much lower. As the comptroller general
very correctly argues, the present
system, or rather practice, encourage*
dishonesty.
There is a widespread sentiment ir
favor of shifting the burden of taxatior
to corporations of various kinds. "Lei
corporations pay the taxes," say many
The constitution says taxation must
be uniform and equal. The idea of taxing
corporations above their share h
wrong to begin with, and the thins
will not work out in practice anyway?
not for long. If the public is unjust tc
corporations it must expect injustict
at the hands of the corporations?
either that or the corporations will b<
destroyed and the burden will comt
back on the public at last.
Yes. .Mr. Jones is right in his effort*
to secure the assessment of all property
at its true value. We are all familiar
with the old adage to the effect
tlmt "there is no escape from deatl
and taxes." Most of us have senst
enough to appreciate that since deatl
is inevitable, we should try to meet it
squarely. It would be the part of wisdom
to contemplate the taxation ques
ti<>n from exactly the same standpoint
PRITCHARD TO BE DEFIED.
Looks Like Dispensary Commissior
Will Not Give Bond.
No new developments were reported
in the dispensary situation yesterday
The time limit by which the dispensary
commission was required to give
bond in connection with the supersedeas
proceedings expired yesterday,
and it was expected that Judge
Pritchard's receivers would make demand
for the collateral now held b>
the state to guarantee the security ol
the dispensary deposits in the banks
The situation last Saturday as described
by a correspondent was as
follows:
"The order of Judge Prltchard
granting a supersedeas on conditions
has not been served on the chairmar
of the dispensary winding up commission,
Dr. W. J. Murray. It is dated
April 8, and requires compliance
within five days from date, not five
days from service, so that the commission
has now only three days to
arrange any personal affairs so as tc
take an enforced absence from business
for a longer or shorter period,
The commission will not give the
heavy bond required by Judge Pritchard,
and will not surrender the colKn
rnnnli'uc tn Ha QUI*
IcllCI Cl I >Y 111 V Ji lie 1 VVJMU V?.' w WW w?.
rendered, so that the members will be
in contempt in refusing to obey the
order to deposit the collateral with
the federal court. As a matter oi
fact, the collateral is not in the possession
of the commission, but is with
the state treasurer, and has been in
his possession for a long time, even
before the books and records of the
dispensary were placed in the treasurer's
vaults. This being the case,
the commission can make answer
that the collateral is not in its possession
at all and that they cannot
comply with the primary and mosl
important condition of Judge Pritchard's
order.
"Of course, if Judge Pritchard car
get hold of the collateral he has thf
case in his hands absolutely, but the
state is not going to surrender the
collateral.
"Judge Pritchard may serve an order
on State Treasurer Jennings, but
it happens that Capt. Jennings is in
"Mississippi, and not at this time in
the jurisdiction of Judge Pritchard's
court.
"He is having a pleasant visit out
there and is doubtless not in any hurI
ry to return, unless he is requested tc
come home by Governor Ansel, and
the governor will not likely ask him
to come back to give up the collateral.
and Mr. Jennings will not instruct
any one to give it up for him.
"The state is simply going to keej:
its hands on the collateral, which was
deposited as security ior me ueposiu
of the dispensary money with the
various batiks of the state, and ihe
banks will not pay out the money
without getting their securities back
"This point is the milk in the cocoanut,
and the state holds the cocoanut.
"Ry next Monday, the 13th, the
matter will, unless something now unforeseen
intervenes, come to the crisis."
Cotton Statistics.?The world's
visible supply of cotton up to last Friday
evening totalled, according to the
New York Financial Chronicle. 4,221,727
bales, those figures comparing with
." ,268,332 bales at the corresponding
date last year and 4,50ft,779 bales two
years ago. The visible supply oi
American cotton was placed at 3.017,727
bales, as against 3,791,332 bales a
year ago and 2.933.779 bales two years
ago.
The into sight for the week amounted
to 137.074 bales, as against 160.847
bales for the corresponding weeks last
year. The into sight for the season to
date amounts to 10.028.67S bales, as
against 12.114.436 bales for the corresponding
period last year. Southern
consumption to date was estimated at
1,499,000 bales, against 1,514,000 bales
to the corresponding date last season.
Northern spinners' takings were placed
at 1.413.74S bales, against 2,309,780 bales
for the corresponding period last season.
The world's takings of American
cotton for the week totalled 206,507
bales, as compared with 251.974 bales
for the corresponding week last year.
The takings of American cotton to date
totalled 8.346.795 bales, as against 9,221.260
bales for a like period last
| yea r.
Receipts of Egyptian cotton at Alexandria
since September 1 were estimated
by competent authority to have
been 6.784.460 can tars, as compared
with 6.772.884 cantars for the corresponding
period last season and 5.810,473
cantars in 1905-06. Exports for the
same period were 684,547 bales, against
736.482 bales last season and 658.541
bales in 1905-06.
? Shiloh, Tenn., April 10: Governor
Johnson and staff and fifty prominent
citizens of Minnesota today attended
the dedication of the monument
(erected to the memory of the Minnesota
soldiers who fell here during the
civil war. Governor Johnson made the
dedicatory address, in the course of
which, after eulogizing those who gave
their lives for the preservation of the
union of states, he took exception to a
recent ruling of the supreme court of
the I'nited States because it would inaugurate
a new relation between the
national and state governments. The
governor referred to the ruling which
nullified the Minnesota railroad rate
law. He then made a plea for the
preservation of state rights because
the "very theory of our government is
based upon the right of the states to
control absolutely their own domestic
affairs. Eliminate this principle of
government," said the governor, "and
you clothe the Federal courts with
power to supervise and control the official
action of the states as though
they were dependencies or provinces."
A WORTHY MOVEMENT.
More Corn and Bigger Crops Mean
Much For York.
Y< tkville, S. ('.. April 11. litflN.
The Yorkville En<iuirer:
While pot a member of the Farmers'
rni<in 1 endorse every good move they
make. 1 see that a subscription is
asked to promote a most important
movement along tlie line of growing
more corn and bigger corn crops foi
old York. 1 will subscribe $2 for the
corn fund. Very truly.
\V. H. Herndon.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
John W. Miller?Wants to buy a me- i
' dium sized horse. 7 or 8 years old. In :
I good condition. j
Jno. R. Logan?Calls special atten- ;
tlon to the next regular meeting of '
1 Yorkville council. No. 4 8, Jr. O. U. ]
A. M.
. Howard Heard?Will sell tomato i
plants at 10 cents a dozen?three
' dozen for 25c. i
Louis Roth?Sells International stock
t preparations in all sizes and says
they are the best of their kind.
Miss Rosa Lindsay?Will be away from
her studio from Thursday to Tues- ,
i day on business.
, Glenn & Allison?Are selling Cole
planters so rapidly that they advise :
you to let them know at once
whether you will want one or not.
t They may have to reorder.
York supply Co.?Tells you what a
Planet Jr.. cultivator will do and
' how well It will do Its work. It ,
I also tells about other Planet Jr.,
tools and supplies.
G. H. O'Leary?Is showing an exten
sive line of spring goods, including
i mattings, rugs and art squares. He
sells the Standard rotary sewing
, machine. 1
Luther Baber?Offers to apply Ess- <
tee-dee to your hair at 10 cents extra
for each application. It has '
5 helped others and will help you.
Herndon & Gordon?Have choice New 1
Orleans molasses, preserved peac .i- l
es, evaporated apples and prunes,
t ? all seasonable goods.
, J. W. Dobson?Makes special money- !
saving offerings of groceries for i
Saturday. 18th, including Karo syr
up. coffee, Snyder's pork and beans, j
t etc.
Star Drug Store?Advises you to take '
Starr liver regulator for that tired
feeling which is common at this
season of the year. A large box
foi only 25 cents.
Loan & Savings Bank?Wants you to
remember that you won't need a \
safe place in which to keep your ,
i papers after they are lost. It offers
safe deposit boxes at $2 and $.1 a '
year. 1
' York Drug Store?Explains that till- (
name "Lowney" almost makes the ,
mouth water. It has a special line J
of chocolates and bonbons for the 1
! Easter trade. <
M. W. White?Is looking for buyers
, for various local stocks He is also 1
looking for a seller of certain stocks 1
wanted. i
York Furniture Co.?Especially in- (
' vites you to see its big lines of art
I squares and rugs, as this is the '
season to take up carpets and put '
down rugs and art squares. <
First National Bank?Emphasizes ,
i the fact that a bank's first duty is '
*' - ? '' -1 Knalncoc lu '
"saieiy, anu umi jwm wuo...*.,*,
wanted. i
National Union Bank?Relates a story (
. and points out a moral from which .
1 you may derive benefit. It tells how :
a man lost $5,000 and comfort and
ease in his old age. '
! Moving Picture Palace?Announces :
: its opening in the Herndon build- 1
ing tomorrow afternoon and will ;
continue every day in the week, ,
' . for white people only. Admission ,
5c and 10c.
Yorkville Hardware Co.?Has a com- ;
! plete line of enamel ware in several
qualities, and says that enamel ]
ware is the best for all kitchen and ;
cooking purposes.
Thomson Co.?Reminds you of its
! special Easter sale which continues
J nil of this week.
1 It is well worth anybody's while to ;
, try for the corn prizes.
! ' The idea of instituting a contest for <
the best ears of coi n has been suggest
; ed. It is possible that something of (
. the kind may develop next fall.
There was some frost Sunday morn- '
ing and it was close to frost again yes- 1
terday morning; hut so far as infor- ]
i mation has been obtainable no harm '
! has been done.
[ Many of the newspapers are com- J
plaining of the high price of white pn- ]
per compared with low subscription .
1 prices. The complant is well found^,;
t ed. Most of the newspapers have their ]
i subscription rates too low.
Bowling Green, Beth-Shiloh and Al"
lison Creek churches all very much
, regret to lose Rev. W. A. Hafner to
I Fort Mill church, but the Fort Mill
1 church is to be congratulated on secur
ing such an excellent man and preacher
for a pastor. (
And not a little honor will attach to j
j the winners of the corn prizes. There (
> are lots of good farmers in York count
ty, and the man who proves himself
to be the best at corn raising will ^
' have a right to feel proud of his
. achievement.
Nearly $200 subscribed to the corn ^
prize fund in a single week. That is'a
, creditable showing for the York county
public. There is good reason to hope
that the proposed fund will be sub!
scribed in full. Anyhow would-be
competitors are warranted in getting
down to their knitting.
, Every farmer in the county will do
' well to enter the corn prize contest.
1 There is no question of the fact that
corn raising is very largely a sclentif,
ic proposition; but still there is a
! considerable- element of luck in it.
Where a man has reasonable confi
denco in his land and where he proposes
to fertilize with any liberality
' at all, he will be very unwise to refrain
from entering the contest on aci
count of such a small matter as a 50
cents' fee.
Two of "ye olde tyme" fiddlers have
visited The Enquirer office with refi
erence to the fiddler's convention which
is to be held in the court house on May
S. under the auspices of the Yorkville
Cornet band. Both were pleased with
1 the idea; but one of them is disposed
to make a kick. He says that violinists
were allowed to compete in the Rock
Hill convention and that that is prejudicial
to the fiddlers. Now, while The
Enquirer does not mind statins' the
grievance of the other fellow, it does
not want to be understood as having to
settle any of these matters. The Cor- j
net band will have charge of the ar- '
rangements. The understanding is 1
that it is to be a fiddler's convention, J
and the band boys will see that every- j
thing is regular. i
SPECULATIVE MARKET.
The exchanges are still hammering j
down the price of cotton, notwith- 1
standing the fact that very little Is J
being offered for sale. An Associated ,
Press dispatch of last night from New
York summarizes tlie developments in
Villi.- I'liutni'iliiv !IV follows:
New low records were made in the
cotton market today with May contracts
selling: below 9 cents, the low,
est level reached since September, 19<n;.
The market closed with prices only a
, little up from the lowest, at a net de,
dine of 23 to 2X points, although the
, linal tone was steady. Sales were es.
ti'nated at 3.10,000 bales.
' The market opened easy at a decline
. of s to (I points in response to lower
cables, continued good weather in the
south, reports of large supplies in the
! hands of Kuropean spinners, talk of
increased acreage and apprehensions
regarding the amount of unmarketed
- cotton in the interior of the south.
There was no sign of liquidation by
the Willi street clique at first, but
neither was there any support from
that source, and the market gradually
worked off until heavy stop loss orders
were caught under which May broke
to S.9C: July to 9.02 iind October to
it.00. or 29 t<> 30 points net lower, and
2*3 points below the high level of last
January. Around these figures, offerings
of distress contracts were peri
cepiibly smaller and there was considerable
covering, but the market de;
veloped little rallying power, and closed
within. 2 to .1 points of the lowest.
Southern spot markets were unchanged
to Jc. lower. Local traders were rath- i
er nervous over the spot situation and i
vere inclined to await some indication
is to the effect of the break in futures
in interior holders.
Receipts at the ports today 8,921
igainst 13,346 last week and 13,216 last
rear. For the week 90,000 bales
lgaiust 99,899 last week and 83,695 last
rear. Today's receipts at New Orleans
1,390 against 3,325 last year, and at
Houston 1,894 against 2.892 last year.
Spot closed (|Ulet. 15 points lower;
middling uplands 10.10; middling gulf
10.35;no sales. Futures opened and
Hosed steady.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mrs. John G. Barnwell is visiting
relatives and friends at Boykin.
Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Hartness after
spending several days with Yorkville
relatives and friends, left this morning
for their home in Charleston..
Elders J. S. Brlce, W. D. Glenn and
\V. B. Wylle have been appointed a
committee on entertainment during
the approaching meeting of the First
Associate Reformed presbytery in
yorkville. v
Rev. E. E. Gillespie and Elder G. H.
O'Leary of the Yorkville Presbyterian
church, and Rev. J. K. Hall and Elder
P. M Burris of Bethesda church, left
this norning for Kershaw to attend
the spring meeting of Bethel presbytery.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Clinton have
sent out invitations to the marriage of
their daughter, Miss Mary Emma to
Mr. J. Lean Adams. The ceremony is
* -- * ? nMAoKi>1astnn
to UIKC piace in me ricnuj itmui
church of Clover on Wednesday evenIns.
April 29, at 8 o'clock.
THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY.
The undersigned have subscribed
the amounts opposite their names for
the use of the Farmers' Union of York
county in offering premiums for the
best acres of corn in a competition recently
instituted by that organization.
It is desired that the aggregate fund
lie not less than five hundred dollars,
tnd when that sum Is reached the
subscription will be closed. Should
that amount not be reached the committee
will use for the purpose indicated
such sum as may be subscribed.
All promises of subscriptions will
be promptly acknowledged in The Entuirer,
and be furnished to Mr. A. L.
Black, secretary and treasurer of the
Union for record. Payment is to be
made to Mr. Black on or before September
1, 1908.
Nat. Union Bank. Rock Hill*...$10 00
First. National Bank, Yorkville.. 5 00
J. Frank Ashe, McConnellsville.. 5 00
L. M. Grist's Sons, Yorkville 10 00
Bank of Clover* 10 00
/. B. Scott. Yorkville No. 3 f? 00
W. S. Wilkerson, Hickory Grove 5 00
rhe Thomson Co., Yorkvflle.... 10 00
W. H. Hemdon, Yorkville 2 00
T r, on
J. -EJ. 1 wi I\T iiiv/
Dr. M. J. Walker, Yorkville 2 00
H. I. McCaw, Yorkville* 1 00
J. A. Tate. Yorkville 5 00
Thos. F. McDow, Yorkville .... 2 00
H. A. D. Neely, Yorkville 5 00
L. R. Williams Yorkville 5 00
P. W. Love, Yorkville 5 00
Vork Furniture Co., Yorkville .. 5 00
VV. W. Lewis, Yorkville 2 00
M. R Jennings. Yorkville 2 00
Y. R & M. Co.. Yorkville 10 00
D. L. Shieder, Yorkville 1 00
n. H. O'Leary, Yorkville 5 00
To in W. Miller. Yorkville 1 00
[. W. Johnson, Yorkville 1 00
Carroll Bros., Yorkville 5 00
J. W. McFavland, Yorkville .... 1 00
Dr. W. G. White. Yorkville .... 1 00
S. M. McNeel, Yorkville 5 00
/no. R. Hart, Yorkville 1 00
Clenn & Allison, Yorkville 5 00
W. R. Carroll, Yorkville 5 00
Black Bros., Yorkville No. 1 5 00
I. Bdgar Poag, Rock Hill 5 00
C. C. Hughes, Yorkville No. 7.. 5 00
Dr. A. Y. Cartwright, Yorkville.. 2 00
I. C. Wllborn, Yorkville 5 00
J. R. I^ogan, Yorkville 5 00
W. I. Witherspoon, Yorkville .. 5 00
B. N. Moore, Yorkville 2 00
W. B. Moore, Yorkville 1 00
Yorkville Hdw. Co., Yorkville.... 5 00
M. C. Willis. Yorkville 5 00
Louis Roth, Yorkville 5 00
*?Subscriptions paid.
DEM. EX. COM.
The York county Democratic executive
committee met in the court house
last Saturday pursuant to the postal
card notification by Chairman Brice,
md took steps to put the party machinery
in operation for the approaching
primary campaign.
All of the precincts were represented
except Blairsvllle, Coates's Tavern,
Fort Mill, Newport, Rock Hill No. 1
ind Smyrna. The roll call showed the
committee to be composed as follows:
Bethel?R. M. Barnett.
Bethany?T. E. McMackin.
Clover?J. E. Beamguard.
Ebenezer?J. F. Williams.
Forest Hill?John M. Craig.
Hickory Grove?W. S. Wilkerson.
McConnellsville?A. A. Burris.
Ogden?J. R. Logan.
Piedmont?R. M. Wallace.
Rock Hill No. 2?W. B. Wilson, Jr.
Sharon?J. H. Saye.
Tirzah?R. R. Allison.
Yorkville No. 1?J. S. Brice.
Yorkvllle No. 2?M. B. Jennings.
On motion, the chairman was indructed
to issue a call to the various
precinct clubs to meet at their respective
precincts on Saturday, April 25,
'or the purpose of re-organizing and
electing delegates to the county contention
to be held in Yorkvllle on the
first Monday in May. The call will instruct
precinct clubs to elect one delegate
for each 25 votes cast In the first
primary election of 1906, and one delegate
for each majority fraction of 25
totes. The precinct polls will be kept
>pen from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m.t for the
* - * - 1 - - ^ ? T T 1 il,A
purpose or sucn erection. uuuci inellies
of tlie party upon which the foregoing
resolution was based, the vari>us
clubs will he entitled to represenntion
in the county convention as folows:
Bethel, 3: Bethany, 5: Blairsvlile, 4;
Bullock's Creek, 2; Clover, 9; Coates's
ravern, 3; Ebenezer, 2; Port Mill, 8;
Forest Hill, 2: Hickory Grove, 7; Me^onnellsville,
4: Newport, 2; Ogden,
5; Piedmont, 1: Rock Hill No. 1, 13;
Flock Hill No. 2, 7; Sharon, 3; Smyrra.
3: Tirzah. 2; Yorkville No. 1, 14;
iforkville No. 2. 10.
A committee consisting; of W. B.
iVilson, Jr.. J. H. Saye and J. M. Barriett
was appointed to examine the
looks and vouchers of Mr. M. B. Jenlings.
secretary and treasurer of the
Democratic executive committee, and
eported the same to be correct.
RIGHT OF WAY BATTLE.
The following dispatch from Ashe,-ille
to the Charlotte Observer deals
vith the matters that are of interest
ven down in this part of the country:
That the South & Western railway
vill in turn attack the charter of the
Southern railway, to which corporation
in injunction, stopping all work of construction
on the most important secion
of the former road, was granted
,'esterday by Judge Pritchard. was
luthoritatively stated today. The inunction
cited the South & Western
n appear before Judge Pritchard next
Thursday to show cause why it should
lot be permanently enjoined from dong
any work or claiming any rights
0 the roadbed which it (the South &
Vestern) has constructed adjacent to
oadbeds of the Southern.
The bill of complaint was filed on
lehalf of the Southern railway, Car>11
na division, citizens of South Caro1
11 a: the Southern railway company,
itizens of Virginia, against the South
t Western railway company, the Car>Iina.
Clinchfield & Ohio railway conilany,
a Virginia corporation; Carolila
Construction company, a North
Carolina corporation, and Millard
iuigg Construction company, a Virginia
corporation. It alleges that the
Southern railway, Carolina division,
s the owner of a certain line of road
cnown as the South Carolina & Oeor
gia Extension, running from Marion s
to Camden, S. C., 171.3 miles, and that r
June 30th, 1902, it leased this line for
999 years to the Southern railway
company and the Southern railway t
entered into possession and operation: f
that on April ?th, 19?H, defendant
railways and their contractors unlawfully
entered into the right of way of '
the Southern line between Marion and j
Thermal city and wrongfully set up
title to same and are blasting and constructing
road and encroached upon 1
the right of way of the Southern railway.
(
The bill presented to Judge Pritchard
by T. S. Rollins, district counsel,
and signed also by VV. B. Rodman, <
division counsel, alleges that Ryan's
roads?two corporations being named, .
have occupied the Southern's right of
way, but it does not reveal the sensational
contest which underlies the lit- 1
ierntion?the attack on the charter
rights of the Ryan corporations, their
very existence in the locality named,
nor does it show the counter attack I
of the South & Western, which is that
its rights are superior to those of the
Southern and that it can occupy what
land it chooses south of Marion. }
The South & Western has built
from the coal fields of Virginia south- ,
east, passing through the northern
Carolina counties in spite of fierce objection
from the Southern and at 1
enormous expense, building the finest
roadhed known in this section. It tunnels
a mountain and to head it off the '
Southern began building a tunnel '
nearby which passes over the South & |
Western tunnel and a year ago rival
gangs of workmen fought at this
place. The South & Western is plan- '
ncd to reach the Atlantic coast.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Last Saturday was a good day for 1
business. All of the dry goods concerns.
especially, were in a rush during I
practically the whole day. The feeling I
in business circles here is much better
than it seems to be in many of the 1
surrounding towns, judging the state- 1
ments in some of the newspapers and '
the tone of advertisers. 1
? Mr. J. Bolivar Scott of the corn 1
contest committee made a partial can- I
vass of Yorkville last Saturday afternoon
for subscriptions to the proposed
$f>00 prize fund, and raised $7f> or $S0
within an hour or two. Almost every 1
one to whom he broached the matter 1
was not only willing but anxious to '
push the undertaking1 along. I
? The First presbytery of the Asso- <
ciate Reformed church meets in York- I
ville on Monday. May 4. There are '
about fifty churches in this presbytery ?
and the probability is that there will
be from 70 to 80 delegates. The dele- ?
gates will be entertained In the homes 1
of members of the Associate Reformed
congregation, and of their friends of <
other denominations. i
? Misses Mamie and Connie Beard <
have arranged to operate a moving I
picture palace in the Herndon building. I
It is their purpose to give the initial
exhibition tomorrow afternoon at 4 '
o'clock and continue every afternoon. 1
An electric piano is to be installed as ?
an additional attraction and the hall is 1
to be maae comroriauie uuiuik mc
summer by means of electric fans.
? The annual inspection of the Jasper
Light Infantry took place in the
company's armory last Saturday night.
There were forty-two men and three
officers in line, and the inspection,
which was made by Lieutenant Cabaniss,
representing the United States
army and Colonel Brock, assistant adjutant
and inspector general, was
quite creditable to the company.
? Quite a large congregation assembled
in Trinity church last Sunday
[morning to hear the annual sermon of
Rev. Henry Cauthen, the chaplain, to
the Jasper Light Infantry. Mr. Cauthen's
sermon was ba*ed on the 6th chapter
of Paul's Epistle to the Epheslans,
and was both interesting and instructive.
The whole service was especially
appropriate to the occasion and was
j very much enjoyed not only by the
soldiers; but by the entire congregation.
? There is reason to believe that it
would not be a very difficult maner 10 <
Induce the Southern railroad to make |
Yorkvllle instead of Rock Hill the ter- i
minal point for trains Nos. 117 and 118.
The necessary terminal facilities can j
be had In Yorkvllle for two or three (
hundred dollars, probably less and <
there seems to be no reason why the <
railroad people should object to the '
(extra fifteen miles of running. Altogether
it Is of small consequence to the <
railroad. It means a great deal to the J
people of Yorkvllle, however, and if |
they would secure the advantage Indicated,
they must go after it.
? The concert given in the auditor- (
lum of the graded school building last i
Friday for the benefit of the Presby- I
terlan organ fund, was quite success- j
ful in point of attendance and other- t
wise. The features of the programme t
were vocal solos by Miss Lllla Hern- (
don, instrumental duets by Misses t
Hemdon and Anderson, Instrumental (
solo by Miss Mary Starr, vocal solo by t
Miss Mattle Caldwell, accompanied by j
Miss Anderson on the piano and Mas- (
ter Daniel Brimm on the violin, violin I
and flute solos by Mr. Harry Asbury, j
piccolo solo by Master Henry Brimm, t
and recitation by Miss Daisy Hart, j
The proceeds aggregated $23. ?.
i
CIRCUIT COURT.
The spring term of the circuit court f
of York county convened yesterday c
morning, with the Hon. R. C. Watts *
presiding.
All of the grand Jurors answered to r
their names upon the call of the venire
by the clerk. Mr. W. M. Steele was j
excused for cause, leaving the grand v
jury made up for the term as follows: *
W. W. Boyce, foreman: Thos. J. 1
Nichols, J. Mack Moore. W. T. Moore,
M. B. Dunlap, W. T. McClain. H. G.
Parrott, J. J. Jones, R. M. Sherrer, J. s
M. Hardin, W. E. Feemster. J. M. J
Caldwell. S. A. Mitchell, S. M. Shilling- f
law. J. H. Sutton. J. H. Barber, A. D.
Friedhelm. r
Of the thirty-six petit jurors drawn, *
all answered but three, as follows: J. f
L. Stephenson, W. D. Moore, W. H. t
Ad kins, J. S. H. Faris, W. N. Wallace. 1
F. N. Davis, J. A. Moloney, S. D. Brown,
J. A. Shillinglaw, R. K. Parks, S. C. (
Faris. C. T. Thomas, S. E. Clinton, M. I
I?\ Cobb, M. A. Steele, R. S. Gouriey, v
R. S. Poag, E. E. Wood, J. T. Cornwell.
Martin T. Smith, T. G. Dowdle, W. B. ||
Creed, S. T. Ferguson. Jr.. J. H. Quinn,
J. J. Dun la p. Jr., M. L. Carroll. J. Ba- ^
ker. E. G. M. Galloway. A. R. Kim- f
brell, J. G. Walker, T. W. McElwee, E.
F. White, W. D. Thomasson. ^
The following petit jurors were ex- ?
eused upon proper showings to the {)
court: W. M. Wallace. S. C. Fails, A. n
R. Kimhrell. M. F. Cobb, K
The court ordered the drawing of
seven names from the five mile box to
lill the places of the jurors not found
and those excused, and the drawing
resulted as follows: W. B. Moore,
Jesse Pairott, Lesslie Smith. W. S. V
Gordon, S. T. Ferguson. J. R. Lindsay.
R. B. Voungblood. J. R. Lindsay was h
excused. L
The first case taken up yesterday
morning was that of the State vs. v
Adam Elliott, charged with house- A
breaking and larceny. The jury re- fi
turned a verdict of not guilty. n
Monroe Rawlinson was convicted of S
burglary and larceny and sentenced to \\
ix years on the chaingang or in the
>enitentlary.
The presentments of the grand Jury
ip to 11 o'clock this morning were as
allows:
State vs. William Ditnlnp, Chess
'..oekridge and Robert Johnson, indlct d
for murder. True bill.
Ret t Joseph. Indicted for violation of
he dispensary law. True bill.
Alfred Williams, indicted for murler.
True bill.
I^awrence Marley. Indicted for murier.
True bill.
AI Williams, indicted for murder.
True bill.
Monroe Rawlinson, indicted for
lousebreaking and larceny. True bill.
John Wilkes, murder. True bill. *
Lum Parham. keeping a gambling
dace. True bill.
Oeorge Irwin, murder. No bill.
George Pearson, violation of dispensary
law. Nolle prosequi by solicitor.
Delia Byers, violation of dispensa v
law. Nolle Drosequl by solicitor.
Torrence Melton, assault and battery
.vith intent to kill. Nolle prosequi.
Walker McCaw, William Cousar.
\aron Smart* and William Dowdle.
Nolle prosequi entered at instance of
prosecuting witness.
Will Hunter, indicted for violation
>f the dispensary law. Nol prossed.
Press Masscy, violation of the dispensary
law. Tine hill.
Hood Russell, violation of the dispensary
law. True hill.
J. T. Pyatt, burglary and larceny.
.Vol prossed because of idiocy of defendant.
The first case taken up this morning
svns that of the State vs. William Punlap.
Chess Loekridge and Bob Johnion.
charged with the murder of NaIhnn
Lindsay on Mr. S. W. in man's
place. <m the outskirts of Yorkville on
February 3.
THE CORN CONTEST.
The members of the committee appointed
by the Farmers' Union last
tveek to launch the corn contest in<tltuted
by the Union, and to formuate
rules and regulations for the gov?rnment
of the same, held a meeting |
in Yorkvllle last Saturday, and after
several hours of careful consideration
o greed upon a report.
The committee consists of Messrs.
I. Boliver Scott of Yorkvllle R. F. D.
5. Daniel J. Forbes of Clover, and W.
D. Grist of Yorkvllle. Mr. J. E. Lowry
if Yorkvllle, who was active In pronoting
the proposition in the convention.
accepted an invitation to assist
the committee and gave his assistance
throughout Its deliberations.
In Its consideration of the whole
natter, the committee ran upon quite
t number of more or less perplexing
juestions; but threshed them out as
well us it was able under the circumstances,
and decided to publish Its report
at once so as to save time In getting
the whole'thing well under way.
The report is as follows:
Yorkvllle, S. C., April 11. 1908.
To the President and Members of
the County Convention of the Farmers'
Union of York County:
We, the undersigned members of the
committee appointed by you at the last
regular meeting of this honorable body
to inaugurate a corn growing contest
for this county and to formulate reguations
for the government of the same,
in accordance with certain requirements
stipulated by you, beg leave to
submit the following report.
Your proposition appears to have met
:he hearty approval of the public, which
is giving practical evidence of its cooperation
through prompt and liberal
subscriptions. The committee is encouraged
to believe, therefore, that it
will be a matter of but little difficulty
to raise an aggregate prize fund that
will make the competition worthy of
the attention of all the best farmers
of the county.
In the judgment of the committee,
t Is best to divide such aggregate sum
is may be raised into first, Second and
:hlrd prizes, and that the first prize be
fifty per cent of the whole sum, the
second prize thirty per cent of the
ivhole sum and the third prize twen:y
per cent of the whole sum.
Because of the peculiar requirements
if the proposition under consideration,
fhe committee has, in the formulation
>f rules and regulations found It necessary
to rely largely upon its own discretion:
but thinks that every reasonjble
contingency that is likely to arise
ivill probably be met in the following:
1. That the competition shall be
>pen to every citizen of York county,
and owner, renter or cropper, who is
villing to comply with the conditions
lerein prescribed.
2. That no individual competitor
diall be eligible to receive more than
me of the three prizes offered.
3. That every competitor must cultivate
as much as two acres of corn to
he plow on the intensive system, and
f one of his acres shall be first, second
>r third best in the entire competition,
:he other acres must show a yield up
o 75 per cent of it to enable him to
claim the prize.
4. Every intending competitor must
eport such intention to the secretary
>f the nearest local Union on or before
he first day of June, and at the same
:ime pay to the said secretary an enrance
fee of 50 cents. So much of this
entrance fee as may be necessary is to
ie naed hv the local and countv Unions
'or contingent expenses, such as stalonery
and postage, and any balance
here may be is to go into the general
">rize fund. The local secretaries,
(hall, as soon as practicable after their
eceipt. report all entries to the county
lecretary.
5. Each local Union will appoint the
rommittees necessary to see that the
:ompetitors within its bounds comply
vlth these regulations, and to superrise
the measuring of the competing
teres and the gathering and weighing
>f the crops.
6. All gathering and weighing must
>e completed between the tenth and
wenty-fifth days of November, prodded.
of course, that the weather is
lultable. All measurements shall be
nade in a uniform manner, in accordince
with recognized standards, to be
>romulgated hereafter.
7. The judging committees will, as
loon as they have completed their
vork, draw up reports of the same, and
brward them to the county secretary,
troperly attested.
8. All committees will exercise the
nost scrupulous fairness and impariality.
Such differences, however, as
nay arise, and which cannot be satisactoril.v
settled by the local commitees,
must be referred to the county
'nion. through the county secretary.
9. The awards to the successful
ontestants will be made by a commltee
to be appointed by the county l'non.
as soon as practicable after the
lose of the contest.
10. Every competitor is at liberty to
ilant any kind of land, bottom or upand,
and fertilize and cultivate the
ame in accordance with his own norr?
u AAmnailnc nnfnh
ion?*. J'hUii ^rj?uinic vumi^iiiin |/M?vi.,
lowever. must include as much as a
till acre.
The committee begs leave to ac;nowledge
its appreciation of the genrous
co-operation tlrat is being manested
by the public and to recommend
nd request that each local Union
nake a voluntary contribution to the
;eneral prize fund.
Respectfully submitted.
W. D. Grist,
J. R Scott.
D. J. Vorhks.
LOCAL LACONICS.
V i 11 Sound Calendar Tomorrow.
Judge Watts will sound Calendar 1
nmorrow afternoon at f>.4.r? o'clock.
,ost Mules Found.
Charlotte Observer, April 14: Two J
aluahle mules belonging to Mr. W.N. (
ishe of Rock Hill. S. C.. disappeared j
rom the livery stable at the old '
larket place Saturday night or early j
unda.v morning. A vigorous search |
as instituted which resulted in the I
Keating of the animals yesterday afternoon
at the place of Mr. VV. F. Bennett,
near the oil mill. Mr. Bennett
stated that the mules wandered to his
place Sunday morning, and not knowing
whose they were or whom to notify.
he impounded them. Three men
came up from Rock Hill yesterday to
hunt for the missing live stock.
C. & N.-W'? 7 and 8.
Lincoln County News: The Carolina
and North-Western proposes to put on
a chair car service when the summer
schedule goes into effect the latter part
of May. At the same time Nos. 7 and
8 will be put on to accommodate the
summer travel which is expected to be
unusually heavy this season. Prof.
Anderson Weaver of Davenport college,
Lenoir, will have the management
of the Edgemont Inn at Edgemont this
season. The passenger train service
will be extended to Edgemont on the
summer schedule and first class hotel
accommodations are assured. The
magnificent scenery of the gorge, between
Colletsvllle and Edgemont Is
well worth the trip to Edgemont.
Bond Election In Fort Mill.
Fort Mill special of April 12, to Columbia
State: Fort Mill Is considerably
stirred up just now over the
question of issuing bonds. An election
to decide whether or not $10,000
in bonds shall be issued to build a
new school house has been ordered by
the trustees of the district. A petition
is also being circulated asking
the city council to order an election
for the purpose of authorizing the issue
of $10,000 in bonds for the purpose
of making street Improvements.
The opponents of the bond issue for
the new school claim that for a great
deal less than $10,000 the present
building, a large brick one, in bad repair,
could be put in good shape and
made large enough for the present.
Also that $f>,000 will not build and
equip a large enough building to last
many years, if the present growth of
the town and school is kept up. Very
little opposition seems to have developed
so far to the bond issue for street
improvements.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8.
? Columbia, April 11: Commissioner
Watson returned today from Philadelphia
with a car load of thirtythree
English' farmers, collected and
brought to this country by Alex
Thompson, of New Orleans. The visitors
are being quartered in boarding
houses here, pending their distribution
over the state. They will work the
first year for wages, purchasing after
that. Among them are a number of
young girls with whom the commissioner
will start his experiment of
solving the southern servant problem,
placing them to the best advantage In
rural families. While north Commissioner
Watson had a conference with
the backers of the proposed new line
from England and Norway to Charleston
and Havana. The commissioner
feels confident that with the expected
return to good business conditions the
line will be established by fall.
? The following special was sent
from Laurens Saturday night: An important
meeting of representative mill
presidents has been held here, at which
the advisability of reducing expenses
was discussed and an agreement to reduce
employes' wages was practically
reached. Just when the reduction
it'lll Ha nut Intrw if HpflriitAlv Hp. *
cided upon is not known. The prevailing
idea seemed to be that there must
be a cut in running expenses and that
a reduction of the wages of the employes
was the most feasible and wisest
plan. The presidents were not
disposed to run their mills on short
time, and it was about, decided to keep
up the full time. The majority of the
mill interests of this entire section
were represented at the meeting.
Among those here were Messrs. W. S.
Montgomery of Spartanburg;. Z.
Wright of Newberry; A. F. McKlssick
of Greenwood; Alex Long of Rock
Hill; B. D. Riegel of Ware Shoals,
and M. L. Oopeland of Laurens.
? Washington special of April 11 to
News and Courier: Governor Ansel,
with Mrs. Ansel, Mrs. Moultrie Bratton
and Miss Gist, the two latter from
Yorkville, spent today in Washington
on their return home from New York,
where they went to see the model of
the Calhoun statue being made there
to be placed by the state of South Carolina
in Statuary Hall of the national
capitol. The governor went to the
capitol soon after his arrival in Washington
and was given a prominent
seat on the floor of the house, the rules
permitting governors to seats during
its sessions, the same as members. He
quickly found all the South Carolina
delegation, took lunch with some of
them and heard Congressman Hobson
make his speech in favor of a bigger
navy. The ladies in his party also occupied
seats in the members' gallery.
When asked if he had anything to say
in reference to the dispensary situation
in South Carolina Governor Ansel declined
to express himself. He said he
was delighted with the model of the
statue, which he went to New York to
see, and thought it would prove entirely
satisfactory In every particular. After
seeing some of the sights in Washington
the South Carolinians left for
their homes this afternoon.
? Columbia State: The refusal of
the supreme court to grant a stay of
proceedings in the case of the State
against Rudolph Rabens results in formal
notice being served on the clerk of
court of Oconee county that the defendant
must begin his sentence of
three years on conviction of the charge
of receiving stolen goods from three
safe-crackers. The motion to stay the
sentence was made some time ago after
repeated efforts had been made to
secure a new trial. Rabens is now out
on a cash bond of $5,000 furnished by
himself. The case of Rabens was an
interesting one and its history was
brought out at the time of the arrest
of a number of safe-crackers in this
state. He was a resident of Charleston
and the specific charge was that he
had received from James Johnson,
James McCarthy and John Fisher the
money taken from a safe robbed at
Newry, the property of the Courteney
Manufacturing company. He was convicted
and the appeal was made to the
supreme court on the admission of certain
evidence and the refusal of the
circuit judge to continue the case upon
the late arrival of one of the attorneys.
All exceptions were overruled
and the refusal of the court to stay
proceedings means that Rabens will
begin to serve out his sentence in the
state penitentiary.
? Columbia special of April 12, to
Charlotte Observer: George Splvens,
trainmaster of the Cole Bros', circus,
who has been in jail at Sumter sinoe
October. 1906, for the murder of Mr.
J. K. Gaillard at Manning, was yesterday
acquitted of Mr. Gal Hard's murder
at Sumter, the jury being out on his
case only 21 minutes. The verdict appears
to meet with the general approval
of Sumter people, In spite of the
popularity and prominence of Mr. Galllard,
whose killing came near resulting
in a serious conflict between the
circus people and the people of that
section. There was a failure to prove
that Spivens was the man who fired
the shot that killed Mr. Galllard. During
his incarceration he has been the
recipient of many courtesies at the
hands of prominent Sumter women.
There Is also a strong feejing in the
community that the circus negro. Jack
McCoomber, known as "Campflre Bill,"
who was about a year ago convicted of
being one of the principals in the killing
and given a life term, Is not guilty
and a numerously and strong signed
petition is to be presented to Governor
Ansel asking for his pardon. There
has been much mystery about this
case, and it is now being hinted that
there may be arrests of a sensational
nature in the near future. Various
circus periodicals have from time to
time been advertising for evidence
that would tend to throw any light on
the situation, but while these have resulted
in statements from several circus
people who could not be reached
bv the South Carolina courts to the
effect that neither Spivens nor the nejro
fired the fatal shot, there has been -*
nothing in the statements to connect
any South Carolinlnian with the affair,
although there are hints that someone
known to the signers did fire the shot
that killed Mr. Galllard.