Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 17, 1908, Image 2
Scraps aiul ?a(ts.
? The consideration of the naval appropriation
bill has been the most interesting
business before the house of
representatives (luring tlie past few
days. Representative Hobsnn of Alabama,
has been working hard to secure
the authorization of four battleships
this year, and President Roosevelt
sent in a special message urging
provision for four battleships. Mr.
Hobson insisted in his speeches that
there is danger of war with Japan and
other foreign countries and the president
urged that preparedness is the
greatest security of-peace. The house,
however, was unwilling to stand for
four ships or three ships. A proposition
to provide for only one battleship
was voted down. Two battleships
were authorized.
? Says a New York dispatch of
April 14, to the Philadelphia Public
Ledger: The Royal Baking Powder
interests, which recently purchased the
$2,400,000 plant of the Western Glucose
company of Roby. Ind., nave Degun
war on the Corn Products Refining
company, an $N0,000.000 Standard Oil
concern, their most powerful rival.
The baking powder concern announced
today that a discount of 15 per cent
on all glucose and other products would
be given to its customers. The Corn
Products company hitherto has sold the
Baking Powder trust all of its starch,
which makes up about 85 per cent of
baking powder. When it became
known that the Royal Bilking Powder
interests were about to make their
own starch and sell their surplus corn
-products in the Corn Products Refining
company's territory, the Standard
Oil Interests retaliated by announcing
that the Corn Products company would
start the manufacture of baking powder.
? New Orleans, April 15: A report 1
that about Kt? whites and Indians have
been killed in Nicaragua in bloody
bush warfare waged by Mosquito Indians
was brought here today by W. I
R. Coft'nian of Bloomington, 111., who i
, was a passenger on the steamer Dicta- I
tor from Central American ports. The <
death list of whites numbers about 20. <
The lighting started over a month 1
ago on the Caribbean coast, where
the Indians live. Late in February
about 100 Indians attacked Prinza- >
polca Ber, a small town. They hid
behind bushes, trees and other shel- <
ter, pouring into the village a fire >
whicli killed two men. A long, hard i
fight resulted, soldiers and citizen i
volunteers finally driving the assail- i
ants back, about a dozen of the In- i
dians being killed or mortally wound- i
ed. The other Indians fled but many
of them were captured and after being
severely beaten with raw hides, .
chains were placed about their legs j
and they were imprisoned in an im- ,
]>rovised stockade. Another engage- 1
,iu-nt took place at Cape Gracas, near
the border of Nicaragua and Spanish
Honduras. Here the casualties
among the troops were five, but the
Mosquitos were no more successful
than before and tied to retreats in the
mountains. Since then, Mr. Coffman
said, many troops have been sent into
the Mosquito district and several skirmishes
have occurred. It is reported
that treachery and cunning have been
used on both sides. Wherever a par- (
ty of white men get a chance they
generally kill the Indians without mercy,
and the Indians have slain several
soldiers whom they caught in the forests.
? Washington, April 15: James J.
Hill, president of the Great Northern
railroad, will make one of the leading
addresses at the White House conference
in May on the conservation of
natural resources. His subject will
be, "The Relation Between Rail and
Water Transportation." It is understood
President Hill's subject will lead
him into a discussion of the competitive
relations between the railroads
and canals of this country. President
Hill is one of the five distinguished
citizens who have been personally invited
to attend the conference. The
others are Grover Cleveland, William
Jennings Bryan, John Mitchell, and
Andrew Carnegie. These guests, with
th? governors of the states, will be
entertained by President Roosevelt at
a dinner on the evening of May 12.
The session will begin the following
morning. The plan is to hold two
sessions a day for three days. President
Roosevelt will open the conference
with an address and he is also
expected to preside at each session, if
m?t throughout each session. The
meetings will be held in the east room
of the White House. Indications already
are that that room will be
crowded. Each governor will be attended
by-three delegates and some
forty great national organizations will
be represented, t'abinet members, the
justices of the supreme court and
members of congress, and the inland
waterways commission have been invited,
and arrangements will also be
made for the accommodation of newsj?aper
and magazine writers. The importance
of the conference and its
notable personnel, as well as its nonpartisan
character, is indicated by the
fact that it happens that practically
all the Republican and Democratic
presidential possibilities are on the
invitation list. Tuft and t'ortelyou
will be there in their capacity as cabinet
members. Knox and Lafollette
are invited as senators. Fairbanks
1 " 1 ........ I incilutiillK
;illU l HIIIIUll llrt*c in rnvu ?.. ? ?%?4?.w..v.
because of their positions as presiding
officers of the two houses of congress.
Hughes will be on hand as
governor of New York. Kryan is one
of the five to receive a personal invitation.
Johnson has the same standing
as Hughes, by virtue of being
governor of Minnesota. Judge tlray
will attend as a delegate from Delaware.
? fjreat Falls. Montana. April 15: A
great flood is rushing down upon this
city caused by the breaking of the
great Hauser I-ake dam on the Missouri
river. The town of Craig, lying
directly in the path of the uncontrollable
volume of water, is reported
wiped off the map. The 400 inhabitants,
it is thought, escaped, having
had warning of the approach of the
flood. The population of this place is
15,000. All living in the valleys are
fleeing to the mountain sides for safety.
The Boston and Montana Smelter,
one of the largest in the world, is
thought to be doomed. Five hundred
men employed there worked all night
constructing a wing dam, but the
works, being located on the river
bank, are directly in the path of the
flood and the weak earth works will
be of little avail in saving them. The
town of Cascade, 4 00 population, on
the north of Craig, is under water and
in danger of being entirely swept
away. Undoubtedly there has been i
loss of life and the peril is becoming
greater every hour. The river is
thickly strewn with the debris of
ranch houses and the carcass 's of
drowned cattle. That cattle were
drowned is an indication that the
flood caught the cattlemen unawares
and there was no time to drive cattle
to safety. As a last resort the dam
at Great Falls, from which the smelter
receives its power, will be dyna- i
mited so as to let the water down
stream and make room for the flood
racing in this direction. The great
Hauser dam is in a mountainous region
and there is no room for the
spread of the water. Spring freshets
and the melting snow taxed the dam
to its greatest strength. A break was
reported yesterday and efforts were
immediately made to repair it. The
water broke through with a mighty
roar and tlie men on tlie structure
had barely time to escape. It is not
known whether till of them reached
safety. The great body of water
backed up for miles leaped through
the break and raced down through
the small ravines, growing in volume.
Ranchmen meed ahead warning the
occupants of the danger and urging
them to escape to the hills. There
was no time to save property. People |
on the mountain side suffered greatly |
from exposure. The night was cold
and many of the families are entirely
without shelter.
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Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
FRIDAY, APRIL 17. I'.IDS.
Mr. Featherstone has announced
his withdrawal from the gubernatorial
race.
The idea of sending discreet men
to China to open up a market for
American cotton goods strikes us as
the most practical remedy for the
present depressed condition of the textile
industry.
If our esteemed friend the Columbia
State will pardon us, we will suggest
that it take a lesson from the experience
of that poor fellow out in Macon.
Mo., and not require the members
;>f its staff to go unshaven until Mr.
Bryan is elected president.
The Caffney Ledger promises to give
the members of the State Press association
the greatest time they have
ever known at the meeting in Limestone
college this summer. But the
thing that puzzles us is how the esteemed
Ledger expects the members
of the association to stand a bigger
time than some of those they have already
had.
There is being builded some public
sentiment along the line that the senatorial
race is entirely between Hons.
John Clary Evans and D. C. Heyward.
There is very good reason in the opinion
of The Enquirer, to think that
these two gentlemen are stronger than
the others; but to assume that there is
nobody else in the running would be a
very serious mistake. Smith, Johnstone
and Martin all have followings,
and they will cut no little figure in the
general result. Watch.
Representative Aiken is trying to
secure the refund of about $60,000,000
cotton tax collected from the south
during the fii =t few years following
the war. The tax was imposed directly
on cotton and one of Its principal
objects was to make the people of the
<outh bear the whole financial burden
of the war. In the course of time the
tax was declared unconstitutional as
everybody knew it was from the first,
and then the northern people began to
work the protective tariff idea stronger
and stronger to the same end. That
the cotton tax should be refunded
there is absolutely no question; but as
to whether it will ever be is very
doubtful. However, Congressman Aiken
is to be commended for his efforts
to secure justice in the matter.
ARRIVED AT SAN DIEGO.
Long Trip Around the World Nearly
Completed.
A parade of blue jackets and marines
landed from the American battleship
fleet, 5,000 fighting men fresh
from a cruise of more than 13,000
miles?marked today the ceremonies
of official welcome to the state of California.
Sixty-four companies of sailors
in their togs of the sea and 16
companies of marines formed this
most notable of the navy's land display.
The procession that the men of the
navy formed was more than two miles
long. They marched from the water
front to the city park, over three
miles of streets canopied with decorations
which combined the red, white
and blue of the nation and the gold
and white of the state.
At the city park the sailors passed
in review before Hear Admirals
Thomas. Sperry and Emory, and Governor
Gillett and his staff. Three
thousand school children waving flags
and banners were massed directly in
front of the reviewing stand and their
songs and cheers were one of the
prettiest features of the day's celebration.
Governor Gillett in a brief speech
supplemented his words of welcome
spoken yesterday on the Connecticut,
and Rear Admiral Thomas made formal
response.
Admiral Thomas then graciously
accepted, in Admiral Evans' behalf,
a golden key symbolical of the freedom
of the city. The token will be
forwarded to Admiral Evans at Paso
Rubles. There will go with it a gold
mounted and jeweled naval sword
presented today to Admiral Evans,
through Admiral Thomas, by the patriotic
fraternities of the city, including
the Grand Army of the Republic,
the Confederate veterans and Spanish
war veterans.
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Emory gold metals, commemorative of
their visits, were presented, and there
also was a medal for Capt. R. R. Ingersoll.
who served as chief of staff to
Admiral Evans from Hampton Roads
to Magdalena bay. The medal will be
sent to Captain Ingersoll at Norfolk.
Tonight a ball was tendered to the
admirals and the otlicers of the fleet
at the Hotel Del Ooronado.?San Diego,
California, dispatch of Aprli lii.
AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION.
Mr. Bryan Draws Distinctions Between
Himself and Roosevelt.
Mr. Win. J. Bryan made a speech in
the opera house at C.rand Rapids,
Mich., last Wednesday night and among
other tilings said:
"I do not blame President Roosevelt
for the financial depression. If 1 had
been president 1 would have been
blamed for the trouble. Roosevelt says
he only turned on the light. I only
blame him for having a gas fixture so
bad it lias taken liiin live years to turn
it on. The Republican party sold the
country to Wall street In 1S96 ami delivered
the goods. When a gambler in
Wall street gets cold today the whole
country has to shiver.
No one in the I'nited States gets
more pleasure out of what the president
has done than I do. I think I
am his greatest beneficiary. He has
made my ideas respectable. And the
people use me better, too. The papers
speak more kindly of me. The cartoons
are not so bad. They used to
make such horrible pictures of me
that I was afraid to have the papers
come into the house."
Mr. Rryan described n cartoon show
ins him as a featherless bird sitting
on a limb beside a nest in which th(
president, depicted as a bird, was sittins
And the president's nest was
feathered with feathers taken from thi
Bryan bird. Only <>ne feather was
left?tariff reform?and this the president
had given warning lie would tuk<
after elect ion.
"Well. I'm willing to raise feather
if the president will use them." saU
Mr. Bryan.
lie said that the action of fjovernoi
Hughes in vetoing the 2 cent fare ir
New York and in his expressed opinloi
that the levying of great fines on cor
porations works an injustice to stock
holders, showed his sympathies to b<
with the corporations.
"Mr. Hughes has said that the indi
vidual violators of the law should bi
given jail sentences," said Mr. Bryan
"but we don't see any of the trus
lenders in jail."
Mr. Taft he declared to be the heir
apparent to the Roosevelt monarchy
All of the other cabinet officers ha<
been exposed to reform, he said, but i
did not take, and in Taft's case he be
lieved it to be only varioloid. Taft hat
condemned Bryan as being in favor o
trust "extermination, said Mr. Bryan
whereas Mr. Taft stood for trust reg
ulation.
"Destroy the trust and you destroy
the industrial system," says Mr. Taft
"Well, the Republican party has beet
regulating the trusts for eleven year
and the trust family has continued t<
grow. It is one family to measure uj
to the president's measure of a family
Mr. Taft is either Ignorant or lacking
in candor when lie advocates trust reg
ulation."
Mr. Bryan condemned the admlnis
tration's Philippine policy and eriti
cised the rapidly increasing army am
navy budgets.
MFRE- MENTION.
The king: of Italy has given his con
sent for the marriage of the duke o
Abruzzi to Miss Klkins, daughte;
of the senator from West Virginia, 01
condition that Miss Elkins accepts thi
Catholic religion Jean Hull, ant
his mother and another woman
have been condemned to death a
Barcelona, Spain, for anarchist bom)
outrages. Several accomplices wen
given prison sentences. .. .The proper
iv loss as the result of the Chelsea
Mass.. fire of last Sunday is now pine
ed at $7.0ftrt.0rta, with insurance o
$-1,000,000. The burned area include!
more than fl.r>0 acres Chas. F
Wood & Co., wholesale diamom
dealers of New York, went into th<
hands of receivers on Monday wit!
liabilities of $525,000, and assets o
$240.000 Thus. R. Kachley ant
Jas. M. Boucher of the Atlas Engim
company, have been indicted by i
grand jury at Indianapolis, Intl., oi
charges of bribing county officials
The Alabama supreme cour
has decided that the state law prohi
biting Sunday baseball games is un
constitutional The New Englant
Methodist conference has adopted i
memorial to the general conferenct
recommending the repeal of the arti
cle forbidding card playing, dancinj
and theatrical performances Con
is selling at $1.18 a bushel in Yorl
county, Pa Chester, Pa., stree
car workers are on a strike and con
siderable rioting has taken place...
The five masted sail ship Preussei
from Hamburg arrived at New Yorl
on Sunday. The Preussen has a car
lying capacity of 266 freight oafs o
thirty tons each An unknowi
negro was shot to death by a police
man at Tampa, Fla., Tuesday. Th<
negro knocked the policeman dowi
with his own stick, and the office!
shot him in self defence Thi
. .i of sS:in Dios'O
A 11 il III 1C mxi uiikvx ?...
Cal., Tuesday morning Danvilh
and Winchester, Va.t have voted ou
their saloons by good majorities.....
Dr. 0. 0. Swinney shot his daughter
aged 16, seriously wounding her, am
then committed suicide at Asheville
N. C., Wednesday. The doctor's mint
is supposed to have been unbalanced
and the shooting the result of an in
nocent April fool's day prank by th<
daughter Mrs. Sarah Eichen
laubs and her son, Russell A., are oi
trial in Philadelphia for the murde
of the latter's wife. They are charg
ed with administering poison to th<
victim Delaware's delegates t<
the national Democratic conventioi
at Denver, have been instructed t<
"support, advocate and vote" fo
Judge Gray for the presidential nom
ination The Danish folkthlnt
(congress) has passed a bill glvinj
the franchise to all women taxpayer:
over 25 years of age Jas. D
Powers, president of the Americai
Bankers' Association, told the housi
committee on banking. Tuesday, tha
his organization would defeat the po
litieal party that passed the Aldricl
financial bill New York postal re
ceipts for the month of March wen
$1,724,630. a loss of $64,300 as compar
cd with a vear ago. in the fifty lead
ing postoffices of the country then
was a net decrease of $260,657
The United States senate on Wednes
day passed a bill prohibiting rac<
track gambling at the Bennings track
located in the District of Columbia
The senate also passed Senator Till
man's anti-vagrancy bill to suppres
vagrancy in Washington.... John V
Harris, teller of the Merchant's Na
tional bank at Carlisle, Pa., is unde
arrest on a charge of embezzling $25,
000 of the bank's funds It is pre
dieted that the 1 908 Georgia peael
crop will be the largest and best ii
years The general relief fun*
for the benefit of sufferers from th<
Chelsea. Mass.. fire has passed thi
$100,000 mark, but more money i
urgently neeueci.
Yakns Lowkst ix TKX Ykahs.?Hot)
weavers and knitters state that the;
are being offered cotton yarns fron
stock at the lowest prices touched ii
10 years. From the frequency witl
which stock yarns are offered, and thi
prices at which sellers are willing ti
accept business, it becomes more an(
more apparent that pressure to sell i
stronger than ever. In this and othe
markets, stocks are said to have ac
cumulated to a marked extent, am
holders of these stocks realize tha
they must dispose of what they hav<
at the best possible prices they cat
get. regardless of the original cost.
While in some quarters orders an
reported as slightly better than the;
were a week ago, the demand is no
large, and the prices at which th<
yarns are changing hands are by m
means satisfactory to the seller. Man;
forced sales at low prices are report
ed, while other offerings at equatl:
low figures are still left on dealers
or spinners' hands. Knitters in somi
sections have been attracted by thi
low prices named, and have takei
some supplies for lightweight goods
On the other hand spinners claln
that there are many knitters who re
fuse to accept deliveries now due 01
orders placed sometime ago at highe
price levels.
\W;ivpts do not annear to be inter
ested iii taking further supplies, n<
matter how low the priees named ma;
lie. Values are very irregular ant
they change so frequently that it i
almost impossible to name prices tha
convey any idea of the actual situatioi
in the market. It Is safe to say tha
almost any price quoted can he shad
ed. if the buyers show any desire t<
take supplies. The result of the meet
ing of the Soft Yarn Spinners associ
at ion at Charlotte. X. 0.. this week, i
awaited with considerable interest ii
this market. A complete close-dowi
of all yarn spinning plants until wel
into the summer months, is predicte<
in almost every quarter.?Xew Yorl
Commercial. April 14.
THE BIG CORN PRIZE.
Another Liberal Subscription to Hel|
Swell the Fund.
Rock Hill. S. (April la. 1 fifts.
Mr. W*. I). Crist.
Yorkville. S. ('.
Dear Sir:
Meing in full svmpathy with ani
movement that will better the condi
tion of our farmers, we beg to ask tha1
you enter our names jointly for a subscription
of Ten I)o I la rs ($10) to g^
into the corn prizes for 190S.
Yours very truly.
Roddev Mercantile Co..
and W. Ti. Roddey.
r LOCAL AFFAIRS. ]
* _ I
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. \
? I/ick n.?x 54?Wants to rent 5 or 6 '
room house. *
^ Moving Picture Palace-?Will have a t
new picture on this afternoon. Ail- j
mission fie anil 10c. ,
J Jus. W. Smarr. Ailmr.?dives notice
that he will apply to the probate 1
court for tinal discharge as adminis- 1
r trator of estate of Miss R. C. Moss, ]
J deceased, on May 16.
R. M. Anderson for Com.?Invites the
public to a pasket picnic at East*
view school house on May 2. i
Wm. It. McCaw, Chairman?Calls a
meeting of voters of Yorkville Orad"
ed school district at the court house (
April 28th, at which time an election 1
L* for special school tax will he held. ,
Winnie Davis Chapter, U. D. C.?Pub- *
lishes the programme that will be
' rendered by the Schubert Symphony 1
i' club tomorrow evening. j
I J. L. wimanis & uu.? wnen Hfioj?pi.in
asks you to remember the "Store
j that sells for less." Easter specials.
{ J. Q. Wray?Announces a mid-season
special sale which begins tomorrow (
and continues all of next week.
Prices are quoted freely.
. Foster-Milburn?Tells you additional
' reasons as to why you will be bene- J
' fited by taking Doan's kidney pills.
See fourth page, 1
W. G. Reid & Son. Rock Hill?Will sell <
^ you a piano or organ from their '
large stock, on monthly payments.
' Write for cuts and prices. <
' First National Bank?Gives you two of
the necessary requisites to opening (
a bank account. The first of these <
is a desire 1
j Luther Baber?Reminds you that Ess- ?
tee-dee will cure dandiuff. It sells J
at ">0c and >1 a bottle. '
I). K. Honey. Manager?Explains that
life is uncertain and that the Farm- *
ers' Mutual Life Insurance company. 1
furnishes insurance at the lowest
f cost. 1
r M. W. White?Remarks that there is '
^ no competition between brains and
money?that one Is but the Instru- J
s ment of the other. Renl estate of1
ferings.
i( Carroll Furniture Co.?Is showing a '
! large line of hammocks in all qual- :
ities at all prices, and want you to 1
!) see them. j
? Thomson Co.?Asks you to see Its su- J
perb line of Eclipse shirts for men. '
and also its lines of hats for men. '
underwear, spring clothing, etc. 1
York Furniture Co.?Calls attention to '
f an extra showing of go-carts in all 1
R sixes and all (iiialitles, and says it '
can please you if you want one.
York Drug Store?Advises you to 1
1 plant your watermelon and cante- j
? loupe seed now while there is a good
" season in the ground to bring them '
1 .1
, up.
r J. W. Dobson?Reminds you of his last '
1 ad. in Tuesday's paper, calling at?
tention'to tomorrow's special grocery s
" offerings. ;
Loan and Savings Bank?Points out 1
i that security for your funds should
i. be your first aim in selecting a bank
t to do business with. . '
Yorkvllie B. & M. Co.?Will tomorrow '
institute a special bargain counter 1
of shoes and oxfords for men. wo]
men and children. It will be loaded
j with good values..
3
^ Next Sunday Is Easter.
- 1 - - - --I-J Urn. of 41 9R I.
y l>Orn IS oeing ?uiu on m.ic <>v
. a bushel. Wlint farmer can *tand it?
t Information gathered from the most
t reliable sources accessible. Is to the
effect that the farmers of the south
. are going to put a larger acreage in
1 cotton this year than ever before.
[ It has not been practicable to secure
f statistics as to fertilizer sales in York
i county this year; but from such information
as has been obtainable it is
i safe to say that the aggregate, a mount
r is as large ns last year.
- It is beginning to look like York
I county juries are developing a more
t decided tendency to enforce the laws
. against all criminals, including truir_
derers; but the personnel of the jurors,
( of course, ertters very largely into^the
j proposition.
, The action of the grand jury in eall"
ing upon the county board of cormnlsg
sloners to refund an amount paid out
i for a bridge over a road that had been
r discontinued to the public has occa~
sioned not a little comment. Inquiry
3 of members of the grand jury devell
ops that the bridge was built on the
plantation of Mr. James Cansler, near
r
. Tirzah. If the facts are as the grand
? jury has reason to believe, the com*
missloners will make good to the
?
, treasurer and Mr. Cansler, or whoever
i caused the bridge to be erected, will
e make good to the commissioners,
t
i WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Spring trade continues good.
? Municipal registration certificates
. are ripe.
p ?The municipal registration is
' nothing like what it should be. If the
? election were next week there would
:. be a large number of people who would
lie unable to vote.
? ? Transient travel has been unusual
ly heavy within the past few weeks.
The hotel people say that they have
r never known y better business In
. Yorkville at this season,
i ? The Schube?t Symphony club Rives
^ an entertainment that is well worth
p the price of admission and the time
p and attention of anybody who cares for
s first-class music and high class humor.
? There was quite a large audience
out at the opening of the Moving
1 Picture Palace Wednesday afternoon
1 and night, and the entertainment afi
forded was satisfactory to all present.
1 With changes of films as often as twice
? a week, promised by the management,
1 this amusement promises to have an
s extensive run.
r >
1 ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. Robt. I j. deLoach left for
^ Tampa, Fin., on Monday, where he
will spend some time on account of
p his health.
^ Dr. J. (). Wilhite, Jr.. of Anderson,
p has taken a position with the York
d Drug Store, as prescription clerk and
V salesman.
~ Mr. T. R. Butler of Oaffney, was in
; Yorkville Wednesday and Thursday in
p the interest of his candidacy for conp
gress. Mr. Butler has been over a
, good part of Chester and Lancaster
i counties; but has not yet covered the
" district. This, however, he proposes to
J1, do thoroughly.
Kx-Ctovernor D. ('. Hey ward spent
- last Wednesday in Yorkville meeting
the people generally and his friends
j especially in the interest of his eandis
dacy for the United States senate.
' Governor Hey ward has been over a
' considerable portion of the state and i
I
. spoke as though ho is very well pleased *
"> with the prospects. He has quite a J
number of friends in York county. i
<, Dr. ('. K. Williams, formerly of York- I
i ville. ijow of Columbia. has been elect- ^
1 ed state health officer by the executive j
^ committee of the state board of health, j
{ The election took place in Anderson on ?I
Wednesday, the executive committee j
i f the state board of health being there \
on account of the convention of the 1
Slate Medical association now in ses- ^
sion. Dr. Williams has for some time j
been secretary of the state board of j
health: but will resign this position. <
As health officer he will receive a sal- *j
ary of $2.fifth a year and traveling ex- j
* penses. He is recognized throughout
t the state as an able physician, thor.
oughly capable in every particular and
i exactly the right man for the place. f
Charlotte Observer: The wedding ^
of Miss Janie Massey, of Rock Hill, c
S. C., and Mr. Eugene Herrington I
Dewstoe, of this city, which is to take
ilace in the First Presbyterian
ihurch, of Rock Hill, Tuesday, April (
58th, promises to be an event of exraordinary
interest. The ceremony ^
,vlll be performed by Rev. Alexander
Martin and the attendants will be:
Vliss Rose Marie Lindsay, of York/llle,
maid of honor; Mrs. J. M. Okliam,
of Charlotte, dame of honor; '
Mr. Walter P. Moore, of Charlotte,
lest man; Misses Kathleen Massey,
lister of the bride, and Jean Henderson,
of Mount Holly, bridesmaids. The
ushers will be Dr. J. E. Massey, Jr., '
sf Itoek Hill, and Messrs. J. M. Oldtiam,
J. B. Reeves and L. J. Townlend,
of Charlotte. The ring service
will be used, little Miss KatherincVlassey,
a niece of the bride, acting
is ring-bearer. !
REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY.
Following is the final presentment
if the grand jury submitted before its
lischarge last Tuesday afternoon;
To his honor, R. C. Watts, presiding
ludge, spring term, 1908.
1. We have passed on all bills (
Itanded to us by the solicitor, and reurned
same to the court with our
Indings thereon.
2. Committees have been appoint- ,
id as follows: Chalngang Committee, ,
J. H. Sutton, R. M. Sherer, W. T. Mcclain,?County
Home Committee, T.
J. Nichols, J. Mack Moore, J." M. Cald- |
veil. County oflices, W. W. Boyce ,
md J. A. Barber. Jail Committee, S.
\. Mitchell, J. J. Jones, S. M. Shilinglaw,
H. G. Parrott. i
3. The court has been asked to is- (
lue indictment against W. O. Bailes
Tor adultery, and Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth
Jane Holobaugh for bigamy and adul:cry.
Witnesses in both cases, J. W. (
Bailes, S. B. Bailes, Victoria Bailes,
Jim Holobaugh, George Holobaugh
ind Robert Boltwright.
4. We beg to submit that in passng
an the bill of indictment, State vs.
Lum Parham, Hamp Johnson and
Samuel Johnson, that in addition to
he witnesses given in this indictment,
i number of reputable citizens of
aoth North Carolina and South CaroIna
have expressed their willingness
to appear before the court and testify
as to the reputation of these persons
keeping u public nuisance. The
tames of said persons ure written on
the bill of Indictment.
5. On report of our special committee
of investigation, we recommend
that the county commissioners
then in charge return to the county
treasurer the amount of thirty-nine
Jollars which was paid out for the ,
Duilding of a bridge on Delphos and
Tirzah road on the 6th of June, 1906;
?aid bridge not being on a public road:
said road having been discontinued
is a public road on November 6th,
1901.
6. We beg to submit the above as >
ur report, and thank your honor and i
the solicitor for the courtesies shown (
us in the discharge of our duties.
Respectfully submitted.
W. W. Boyce, Foreman. i
THL PKILfc hMgiunr.
There is very little doing in cotton
low except on the speculative exchanges
where the prices are jrtade 1
>y artificial processes. The developnents
in these quarters yesterday are !
uimmarized in a New York dispatch
?f last night as follows:
Trading in cotton was not active tolay
and prices eased off under com- <
mratively moderate offerings, with the ,t
close barely steady at a net decline of ,
) to 14 points, which carried the mar- '
<et hack to within 3 to 5 points of the *
owest for the season on active months.
Sales were estimated at 175.000 bales. ,
The market opened steady at an advance
of 4 to 6 points in response to {
Inner Liverpool cables and a renewal '
if yesterday's covering movement. But
here was no snap to the buying, and
.vhile there was talk of cooler weather 1
n the south there seemed to be nothng
in the weather news to excite ap- <
>rehension as to the crop outlook so .
?arly in the season. At any rate the
liarket eased off under realizing by re- 1
cent buyers for a reaction, who may
lave been disappointed by the failure ,
>f a more urgent demand from shorts
:o develop, and after midday prices
croke quite sharply following the anlouncement
of the failure of a local \
cotton commission house. This firm
,vas generally known to be embarrassed
earlier in the week, the heavy liquidation
of Monday having been at- i
tributed to it, and the news of the
suspension had no influence on looal '
?entiment. The circulation of the 1
datement through the'country seemed !
:o bring in some selling orders from (
)utside sources, itowever, and the close ,
,vas within a point or two of the low;st
of the day.' The Liverpool market
ivill be closed until Tuesday morning, i
Mew York and New Orleans will be ,
closed on Friday and Saturday, reop- '
Unn.loi. mnrnlnv while New Or
leans will he closed again on Tuesday I
'or spring elections.
Receipts at the ports today 12,059
jales against 13,103 last week and '
12,192 last year. For the week 90,000
lgainst 99,899 last week and 83,695 last '
fear. Today's receipts at New Orleans
1,742 against 2,536 last year, and at
Houston 1,899 against 3,703 last year. 1
, I
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ind when that sum is reached the (
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CIRCUIT COURT.
Before its discharge on Tuesday af:ernoon,
the grand jury passed on the
/arious bills of indictment brought to
its attention by the solicitor as follows:
Andrew W'itherspoon. indicted for
nurder. True bill.
Rufe Rodman, indicted for assault
ind battery with intent to kill. No
bill.
Walter Buskins, Indicted for violation
of dispensary law. True bill.
Reese Witherspoon. Assault and
battery with intent to kill. Time bill.
ct w l-Till assault and hntterv with
Intent to kill. True bill.
Walter Hardin, assault and battery
with intent to kill. True bill.
Jeff Sanders and Will Sanders, assault
and battery with intent to kill.
Xo bill.
Saul Drown, assault and battery with
Intent to kill and carrying concealed
weapons. True bill.
I.eon Barnett, assault and battery
with intent to kill. True bill.
Ollie Brown and Foster Wise, larceny.
True bill.
William Hunter, arson. True bill.
J. E. Jackson, Thomas Chrlstenbury
and Harve Michael, gambling. True
bill.
J. E. Jackson and Thomas Chrlstenbury.
assault and battery with intent
to kill. True bill.
Robert Chambers, assault and battery
with intent to kill and carrying1
concealed weapons. True bill.
Henry Simms, assault and battery
with intent to kill and carrying concealed
weapons. True bill.
Lum Parham, Hamp Johnson and
Samuel Johnson, violation of the dispensary
law. True bill.
John T.ove, assault and battery with
Intent to kill and carrying concealed
weapons. True bill.
T. H. Miekle, disposing of property
under lien. True bill.
J. M. McCorkle. assault and battery
Willi Intent to kill. True bill as to assault
of a high and aggravated nature.
In the case of William Punlap, Chess
Lockridge and Roheit Johnson, charged
with the murder of Nathan Lindsay,
in progress when the last issue of The
Enquirer went to press, the jury found
a verdict of not guilty as to Chess
Lockridge, and guilty with a recommendation
to mercy as to Wm, Dunlap
and Robert Johnson.
In the case of J. E. Jackson. Thomas
Christenbury and Harve Michael,
charged with gambling, Michael was
allowed to turn state's evidence. Jackson
was sentenced to pay a tine of $75
and go to jail for one day, or pay a fine
r?f $5 and be confined sixty days.
Thomas Christenbury was sentenced
to pay a fine of $25 and be confined
one day. or pay a tine of $5 and be
confined 30 days.
Walker Hardin, charged with assault
and battery with intent to kill,
was convicted of simple assault. The
sentenced was a fine of $25 or 25 days.
Walter Raskins plead guilty to the
charge of violating the dispensary' law,
and was sentenced to pay a fine of
$100 or serve three months on the
chaingang.
Press Massey was convicted of violation
of the dispensary law and recommended
to the mercy of the court.
The sentence was four months or $125.
J. M. McCorkle, charged with assault
and battery with intent to kill,
was convicted of simple assault and
sentenced to pay a fine of $20 or go to
fail for twenty days. The fine was
aaid.
Andrew Witherspoon, charged with
murder, consented to be tried by a
jury of eleven men, it not being practicable
to obtain a full panel at the
time. The jury returned a verdict of
not guilty.
In the case of Ollje Barron and Foster
Wise, charged with larceny, the
jury returned a verdict of not guilty
is to Wise and guilty as to Barron.
Rarron was sentenced to two years in
the state penitentiary or upon the public
works of the county.
Oad Dover and Andy Spencer,
charged with violution of the dispensary
law, plead guilty as charged and
were each sentenced to pay a fine of
$100 or he confined at hard labor for
three months. Dover paid his fine,
cash.
In the case of J. E. Jackson and
Thomas Christenbury, charged with
assault and battery with intent to kill,
the jury returned a verdict of not
guilty.
Friedman Huey, tried on the charge
at violating the dispensary law, was
acquitted.
Lum Parham plead guilty of keeping
a gambling place and of violating
the dispensary law. There were quite
a number of the most prominent citizens
of the Rowling Green neighborhood
on hand to testify against him,
and his conviction was a foregone conclusion.
For keeping a gambling
place, the court imposed a sentence of
SI00 or three months, and for violation
of the dispensary law the fine was
f200 or five months. The fines were
paid in both cases. Judge Watts advised
the prisoner that there was still
another Indictment pending against
him, and that If he should come before
this court again, the sentence would
he something uncomfortable.
William Hunter the young white
hoy, charged with burning his way out
>f the Yorkville guard house two years
igo, plead guilty and was sentenced to
serve six months in that part of the
state penitentiary set apart for the
criminal insane.
Samuel Brown plead guilty to the
harge of assault and battery of a high
ind aggravated nature and was sentenced
to pay a fine of $40 dollars or
je confined on the public works of York
county for a period of ninety days.
. A good part of yesterday was taken
up with the trial of A1 Williams for
the murder of Jim Crockett in February
last, Solicitor Henry for the
prosecution and Thomas F. McDow
'or the defense. The testimony show
:>d that Williams had taken possesdon
of Crockett's wife, and desired to
nit Crockett out of the way. Williams
irovoked the difficulty and laid in wait
'or Crockett to kill him. There was in
lie killing all the elements of murder,
ind although Mr. McDow for the de"ense
made as good a showing as was
lossihle under the circumstances, Mr.
Henry put the matter up to the jury
n a way that left no escape from a
onviction. The jury remained out
ibout half an hour and returned with
i verdict of guilty with a recommenlation
to mercy. It is understood that
our of the jurors were for conviction
>f murder without recommendation.
The next case taken up was that of
Ufred Williams charged with the
iiurder of Kllas White, in fort Mill
ovvnship on February S. Solicitor
Henry represented the prosecution and
rhos. F. McDow, the defense. The
>lea was self-defense. It appeared
hat while White was probably the aggressor.
both parties were more or less
it fault. The jury, however, took a
lenient view of the matter and return- n
ed a verdict of not guilty. *
The case of the State vs. Lawrence a
Marley, charged with murder, was
continued on motion of the defense. A
The first case taken up this morning 81
was that of the State vs. Bert Jos- j
eph, charged wit It violation of thedl>. - jt
pensary law. The "jury returned a ver- I
diet of not guilty. ^
The next case was that of the State n
vs. Dr. D. W. Hill charged with as- n
sault and battery with intent to kill. J:
This case grew out of the shooting of
Mr. Sep Massey by Dr. Hill at Oa- u
tawba Junction during the latter part j
of December. The papers will go to the ''
jury this afternoon. c
u
e
LOCAL LACONICS. a
We Will Send The Enquirer ''
From this date to Januarv 1st, 1909, ,,
for 51.42. j,
Natural Causes. v
Coroner Louthian was called to the
Tirzah neighborhood Wednesday to c
investigate the sudden death of an ^
aged negro woman. Dr. J. I. Barron t
accompanied him, and after an exam- ^
inution of the corpse of the deceased,
gave it as his opinion that death was f
due to natural causes.
An Escaped Convict. C
Deputy Sheriff Quinn and Constable h
J. L. Sanders had a race last Monday ''
night after a negro convict recently c
escaped from the Cleveland, N. C., e
nhoinminir THpv fniino the man on h
Mr. R. K. Dowry's plan tat ion. He tried
to set away; but after Constable Sanders
had fired several shots at him.
he allowed himself to be caught. He
was at once committed to jail.
Whitesides- Faulkner.
Mr. Robert C. Faulkner and Miss
Annie Whitesides were married at the c
residence of the bride's parents, Mr. a
and Mrs. R. N. Whitesides last Wed- o
nesday afternoon. The ceremony was v
performed by Rev. Dr. R. M. Steven- f
son in the presence of about a hundred f
friends and relatives of the young peo- t
pie. After the ceremony, the bridal <party"
was entertained at a reception f
given at the home of the groom's i
mother, Mrs. Violet Faulkner. There ?
was a splendid supper, and the whole I
occasion was one long to be remein- c
hered by all of the participants. C
Gaston Shoals Power. \
Gaffney special to Spartanburg Her- ?
aid: Nothing remains to be done now si
at the big power dam at Gaston Shoals r
except to clear away the debris, as the s
gates of the dam were closed yester- t
day, and in a short time the water will v
be flowing over the spillway, and this r
power will go racing all over the coun- o
try to turn the wheels of machinery, r
showing how subservient to man is s
nature when made to do his will. It 1
will give some idea of the magnitude e
of this enterprise when one realizes t
that this work, when totally completed, r
will have cost nearly twelve hundred a
thousand dollars. a
Rev. D. S. McAlister Dead. v
Christian Observer: Rev. D. S. Mc- c
Alister, pastor of Florala, Ala., church j
and stated supply of Laurel Hjll e
church. Florida, died at his home at ^
Florala on Saturday, March 29, in the v
sixty-third year of his age. He was an t
honor graduate of Davidson college n
in 1871, and a graduate of Columbia a
Theological seminary of the class of y
1874. Fayetteville presbytery licensed i
him in 1873, and Harmony presby- e
tery ordained him In 1874, and for \
seventeen years he was pastor of Blen- t
helm church, S. C. For a portion of s
this time he was also pastor of Hen- e
nettsville and Red Bluff churches, and
for another portion stated supply of t
Reedy Creek and Dunbar churches. (
Beginning in 1891 he became the pas- r
tor of Bethel church in Bethel pres- t
bytery, which relation existed until v
ikqq After suDolvine several i
churches in South Carolina, in 1303 r
he became pastor of the church at e
Washington, Ga., and became pastor t
at Florala in 1307. He was a userul s
man and minister of God. t
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Bishop Ellison Capers is again
quite ill at his home in Columbia. ^
? It is stated that Major Benjamin
Sloan will insist upon the acceptance
of his resignation as president of the
University of South Carolina and Mr. s
John J. McMahan is spoken of as his j
probable successor. I
? Lancaster special of April 15 to
Charlotte Observer: Pearl, the 10- c
year-old daughter of Warren R. Rob- a
inson, a farmer living three miles east t
of Lancaster, accidentally shot her- t
self in the head this morning at her
father's home and died this afternoon. 4
She was fuipbling about her brother's t
trunk In which was a revolver, when u
the weapon suddenly discharged with f
the above result. L
? Columbia State, April 16: The ^
Winthrop college board of trustees met
yesterday in the office of Governor An- f
sel to consider the plans for the dor- t
mitory to be erected shortly. The V
last general assembly appropriated g
$24,000 for 1908 and the same amount n
for 1909 which, with $12,000 given by d
the Peabody educational board, will
enable the trustees to erect a dormi- I
tory for 200 additional pupils. The b
board yesterday appointed a building P
committee, consisting of Mr. W. J. r
Roddey of Rock Hill, President John- ii
son and State Superintendent Martin. 1<
? Charleston Post: Col. Asbury b
Coward has sent in his resignation to c
the board of visitors of the South Car* 8
olina Military Academy, to take ef- c
feet in September, the six months' re- 0
quired being given. The announce- ?.
ment that Col. Coward will resign ^
came today as a great surprise to his a
many friends here. For eighteen a
years he has been at the head of the a
academy, and has built it up to its a
present state of efficiency through a
trying times. Col. Coward said this J1
afternoon, when asked if his reslgna- l'
tion had .not been tendered to the "
board, that it was a fact, and that it ?
had nothing to do with the Carnegie fi
" 5 V?n ho/1 VlOO T*H ^
1UI1U mailer, ui ninv.ii nv ,?v?v. i.v? no
news. |
?Spartanburg. April 13: While shooting
at didappers from a boat on the y
pond at Pacolet mills Saturday after- v
noon, P. Kirby, aged 18 years, was g
drowned. The body was recovered
Saturday night and the inquest held
Sunday. The jury returned a verdict
of accidental drowning. Kirby, William
French and a young man named
Bryant got In the boat and started up
the liver on a fishing trip. Kirby carTied
a shotgun and commenced to shoot V
didappers. Bryant took the gun to try ^
his luck. Kirby, in turning the boat,
caused it to dip and the three men
tumbled into the stream. Kirby went
down immediately, but Bryant and
French reached shore. The water was
drawn from the pond and Kirby's body j
was found in the mud. n
? A cyclone struck the territory between
Olenn Springs and West
Springs, Spartanburg county Wednesday.
A negro man was killed near West
Springs, several houses were blown
down and a number of people Injured
about West Springs. Pauline and *Jonesville,
as the result of the
cyclone which passed through that sec- '
tion between the hours of twelve
and one o'clock. The cyclone cleared
everything in its path, uprooting giant H
trees, blowing down dwellings and out- w
buildings antl injuring quite a number Ir
of people. Its path was from west to t
east, but was very narrow, not being n
at any point over four hundred feet e]
wide. After passing through the lands tj
of Dr. Chas. Jeffries, four miles east C(
of Jonesville, the cyclone took a north- v
easterly directum imvmu v,u11 ? ononis IT
on the Pacolet river, and was seen no j.;
more, vv
? Lancaster special 01 April 13. to
The News and Courier: Mr. S. B. \
Roberts, a prominent farmer of the
Creek section, was severely hurt in a
rather mysterious manner Saturday
night. While riding from one of his
plantations to another he was
thrown by his mule or knocked from
his animal. He doesn't know himself
what happened to him. The mule returning
home riderless caused Mr.
Roberts' family to institute a search for
him. He was found at a neighbor's
house in a dazed condition, with
an ugly cut across the back of his
head, a gash on his forehead, left ni
shoulder bruised, bones broken in the b;
foot and seven red spots in the back, ?
as though he had been struck with a
knotty stick. Mr. Roberts doesn't
know how he got to his neighbor's E
house, nor how he received his inju- tt
ries. The only thing he distinctly re- S
nembers is that he was riding along
he road when he suddenly lost conilousness.
He is not a drinking man
nd was perfectly sober.
? Anderson Daily Mail, Tuesday:
bout the best meeting of the Anderr?n
county Farmers' union ever held
,-as held in the court house this inornig
commencing at 11 o'clock. Preslent
B. Harris presided ami Mr. J. B.
>oulhit acted as secretary. There
;ere present a great many enthusiasIc
members and the meeting was a
lost successful one. Probably the
tost important matter discussed at
his meeting was the cotton situation,
'he result of the discussion was the
doption of a resolution providing
hut the members of the union will
lold their cotton indefinitely for 15
ents. This resolution was passed
inanimously and with a great deal of
nthusiasm. Another resolution
dopted today provides for a decrease
a tlie cotton acreage. The resolution
alls for the members of the Union to
ilant at least inree acres m mc
a peas. All land left Idle for wheat,
/hich could not be planted on account
f the weather, will be planted In corn
nd peas. President Harris asked the
o-operation of the '..embers of the
,'nion in the management of the couny
fair association. The Union memers,
hereafter, will take more interst
in it and will expend more efforts
i?r the county fair.
? Columbia special of April 14 to
'harlotte Observer: Within twelve
lours indicted, a true bill found, araigned,
tried, convicted and sentencd
to die, the two Toland boys, colord,
arc tonight again safe within the
iig state prison after having been
ransportcd under military guard to
^exlngton this morning and back
{tain this afternoon. On May 1st they
rill both give their lives for the horible
murder of Mrs. Paul Ellisor, at
'ayce, across the river from Colum>ia.
Perhaps never before in the hisory
of this state has a trial been
onducted under Democratic rule with
. military guard. It has been done In
ither southern states to prevent mob
iolence, but not In South Carolina.
Jovernor Ansel, however, took the
trecautlon to have the two negroes
aken to Lexington, twelve miles from
,'olumbla, on a special train this
norning and brought back here toilght
and with them went Capt. Joeph
R. Allen with fifty men of the
llchland Volunteers, with fixed baymets
and loaded guns, besides Sheriff
'orley, of I^exingfon, and his deputy
md Superintendent Crlfflth and Capuln
Roberts, of the penitentiary
ruard. The train took the prisoners
[board as near the penitentiary as
>ossible and they disembarked at the
ame place and were escorted Into the
>rison by the same guards. There
vas a crowd of over one thousand
(fcople In the little town of Lexington
>n yesterday, many of them from
[ear Cayce, and it was not to be aserted
that precautions were useless.
The Jury, of which Mr. Faber, gen ral
manager of the Middleburg Coton
Mill at Batesburg, a northern
nan, was foreman, was out two hours
ind it was stated that the Jurors were
it first not agreed as to the verdict so
ar as the younger of the brothers
vas concerned, some desiring to recommend
him to mercy and thus give
lim a life sentence; but after deliberation
the verdict of guilty of murler
as to both was read out and there
vere exclamations of approval from
he crowd. Ned Tojand, in his testlhminlne
the old worn
in with an axe, but declared his .
ounger brother did not take any part
n the murder and the younger brotht
also claimed that he did not particpate
in the actual killing. When
Irst arrested the younger brother
wore his elder brother was not presnt
at all, but that a stranger was the
?ne who killed Mrs. Ellisor. Later
10th confeased to Superintendent
Jrlfflth, and Captain Griffith today
elated their confession. As soon as
he verdict was announced, Judge De ore
pronounced sentence, fixing May
st as the date for their execution, and
ourt was adjourned. Under guard
if the volunteers the prisoners were
aken to the station and put on the
pecial for Columbia, which was at
he penitentiary by 7 o'clock.
NEGRO IN POLITICS.
curious View Attributed to Hon. Leon
F. Livingston.
There must be some mistake In the
tory sent to the New York Sun from
Ltlanta that the Hon. Leonidas F.
jivingston, Democratic member of
ongress from the Atlanta district, Is
dvlslng his supporters to vote against
he constitutional amendment framed
o disfranchise the negroes because he
hinks the Democrats will need them
o defeat Thomas E. Watson, the Popilist
leader." In a recent speech in
!ampbell county Mr. Livingston Is
luoted as saying:
"I advise you not to vote to djsranchise
the negroes for we'll need
hem in a short time to defeat Tom
Vatson and his crowd, which the ne*
:ro calls poor white trash. With the
legro disfranchised Watson would
ominate the state."
We can hardly believe that Mr.
Jvingston holds the views thus attributed
to him, but, if he does, the
eople of the Atlanta district ought to
etlre him from their service at Washrigton.
We think Mr. Watson is radially
wrong in his political opinions,
ut he has at least the courage of his
onvictions, and, whatever may be
aid as to the errancy of his political
ourse, surely he is not to be attacked
n the ground that he belongs to the
lass described by Mr. Livingston and
he negroes as "poor white trash."
Ir. Watson is a lawyer by profession,
gentleman by education. He is also
n author of some note, and is probbly
almost as sound in his Democracy
s Mr. Livingston himself. Moreover,
e is a white man, and even if it be
rue as Mr. Livingston says, "with the
eg ro disfranchised Watson would
ominate the state," that would be
ar more desirable than to have the
egro made a factor in the determintion
of political contests in Georgia,
lesldes, if there should be a scramble
or the negro vote in Georgia Mr.
Vatson would probably be able to
ote as many negroes as Mr. Livington.?News
and Courier.
AT THE CHURCHES.
BAPTIST.
Rev. I. G. Murray, Pastor.
Sunday Services?Sunday school at
0 a. m. Preaching service at 11 a. m.
'o evening service.
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
Rev. J. O. Babln, Rector.
Sunday Services?Morning service at
1 o'clock. Sunday school at 3. 30 p.
l. No afternoon service.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN.
Rev. E; E. Gillespie, Pastor.
Sunday Services?Sunday school at
} a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock.
Ivening service at 7.4,r>.
RINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
Rev. Henry J. Cauthen, Pastor.
Sunday Services?Morning service
t 11 o'clock. At this hour the subject
111 be the Resurrection. Appropriate
lusical programme will be executed,
he offering at this service will be for
lissions. It is desired to liquidate the
ntire assessment for this cause at this
me. Members will please put their
millUUlMMlM HI iiuUKLIllllluiin Hi
elopes and place on the plates at the
lorning service. Don't overlook.
Ivening service at 7.45. The subject
ill be the Judgment. Special music.
SSOOIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN.
Rev. \V. C. Ewart, Pastor.
Sunday Services?Sabbath school at
) a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock,
vening service at 7.45.
Special Notices.
Preaching at Hebron.
There will be preaching at Hebron
ext Sunday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock
y Rev. J. S. Grier.
Preaching at Eastview.
Rev. I. G. Murray will preach at
astview school house just beyond
>e residence of Mr. C. C. Hughes on
unday at 3.30 p. m.