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Scraps and ^arts. ? Washington, April 18: The board of food and drug inspection of the department of agriculture is trying to determine what coffee is entitled to he labeled "Mocha." A decision probably will be rendered shortly. The pure food and drugs act provides that no ' product can bear the name of a country from which it does not come. Ow- j Ing to the formation of several large sand bars, the port of Mocha is no longer used and the coffee is now shipped from Aden and Hodeidah. in Arabia. It is said that there are but two firms importing Mocha coffee into this country, but the decision will be of universal interest, owing to the extensive use of so-called Mocha coffee. ? Washington. April 18: As a result of the first conviction under the pure food law, Robert X. Harper, a druggist, president of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, formerly president of the American National Bank, has been sentenced by Judge Kimball in the police court, to pay a fine of 5700 on charges of mislabeling a headache remedy, said to contain antipyrlne, aeetanilid. caffeine, alcohol and other ingredients. President Roosevelt has insisted on a jail sentence in order that the first convicted violator of the pure food law should suffer the extreme penalty. Harper's attorneys appealed to the district court of appeals. Harper admitted on the witness stand that he would not take the contents 01 an eight-ounce bottle of his own prepar- < ation because it would be dangerous, but a mass of expert testimony was offered by the defense to show that if the directions furnished with the remedy were observed, its effects would be harmless. Vague reference was j made by Harper's attorneys during argument to the president's letter urging a jail sentence, but no specific , mention of the document was made. ? Washington, April 13: Mr. W. W. Finley, president of the Southern | railway, was asked today regarding < the dispatches which have appeared | in the papers concerning a reported i controversy between the South and Western railroad and the Southern i railway. He stated that the Southern , railway was not endeavoring to pre- j vent the construction and completion ( of the South and Western railroad; . that the relations of the managements , of the two companies have been entirely amicable. The South & Western i line is being constructed contiguous to the line of the Southern railway at a point in North Carolina, and there it ] developed last week that the engi- i neers in the employ of the South and ! Western were conducting their oper- j ations in disregard of the rights of the Southern railway, encroaching upon its property, and even, by blast- 1 ing, interrupting traffic and putting the Southern line temporarily out of operation. To prevent these en- ' croachments and compel the conduct , of the work in an orderly way, the , Southern railroad company has obtained an injunction against the continuance of the specific and purely , local wrongs which it has sustained. Jt is hoped that the controversy will be promptly disposed of. ? Xe.w York Times: There is a ; curious state of affairs in Kentucky. ; The night riders, in their peaceful and ; benevolent activities to promote interstate commerce found it necessary to dynamite some property, and the insurance companies are desirous to i plead that a loss by dynamite explosion is not a loss by fire. They have i the idea that the courts of a state in which grand and petit juries are largely composed of night riders are not likely to try such an issue with- 1 out prejudice and they wish to transfer their cases to a Federal court. They distrust the report that there is "plenty of evidence to prove the dynamiting of the property before the lire broke out." But Kentucky, which has not done its entire duty toward the rest of the United States as regards the suppression of the night riders, refuses to permit the insurance companies to take their case to another jurisdiction, and has passed a law , revoking the licenses of insurance companies which transfer their suits from the state to the Federal courts. Some may think that this leaves little to choose between the night riders and the honorable legislators of Kentucky in their methods of attaining their objects, regardless of all legal obstacles. Kentucky is a queer state, and these are queer times. ? Charlotte. X. C., April 17: Although the hard yarn spinners, who met in this city yesterday decided not to give out anything to the public as to what was done at their meeting at the Southern Manufacturer's club, it was learned that a virtual agreement was reached to shut down all plants for sixty days, at the end of which time another meeting will be held to consider the situation and decide whether or not a further suspension was necessary. It was ascertained at the meeting that more than half of the spindles represented had been standing idle for the past sixty days and in many cases for ninety days, and hence the action above stated. The meeting is said to have been harmonious. taken litis in line with the recommendation of the executive committee of the Cotton Manufacturer's association of North Carolina, which met in this city a week ago today. Resolutions were drafted and approved, not only relative to curtailment, but also as to the prices of yarns, but it was decided to keep them secret for the present. The meeting was largely attended, approximately 1.500.000 spindles being represented. The attendance was not coniined to the members of the 1 Southern Hard Yarn Spinners' association. but to hard yarn spinners of all kinds. ? In an argument favoring the disfranchisement of the southern negroes. Mr. Griggs, of Georgia, in the house of representatives last Friday declared that such disfranchisement was necessary to insure white control and the peace and prosperity of ihe south. In consequence of such action, he said, the negro would be no less a fac- , tor than he is now. "At present," Mr. Griggs said, "lie is only a menace and a scarecrow?not a factor in determining political issues." The rights of the negro of the south, he maintained, were guaranteed only through white judges and white jurors and ' those rights would not be changed by i disfranchisement. Mr. Griggs took , issue with those who claimed, that manufacturing and technical educa- 1 tioti of the negroes of the south fur- ' nished a solution of the race question. That in itself, he said, was a declaration of the negro's inferiority. "For ' God's sake," he exclaimed, "let us not I depend upon technical education of | the negro to solve this problem. It ( would, he said, either drive the great majority of southern white men into 1 other states or create the most terri- ' ble race war in the history of the world. He did not believe the south ern white men would be driven from \ their homes. "If." he said, "they should refuse to live in a land under s conditions so deplorable and like , their fathers go out and build homes in the wilderness we would have left to us a land made up of two classes ' of people?a professional class of i whites and a laboring class of blacks." The absurdity of such a condition, he declared, was apparent. In the opin- ' ion of Mr. Griggs there was no dan- ' ;er nf the amalgamation of white and Macks. There must be perfect submission from the one, he said, and complete control by the other. This, he said, would result in the negroes gradually becoming educated and their removal to other states, whore they could have greater privileges. As 1 lie negroes increased in numbers in those states, he asserted, they would he disfranchised "until finally, having grown strong during these years of wandering in the wilderness." they would have the manhood to go out and with the white man's help establish homes for themselves. 3Fhr \lorhrillc (fhtqttivcv. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, S. C.: TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1!)0S. Tiikisk is still room in tlie senatorial field. Or, at least, that is the way it appears up this way. Tin-: H??n. Cole L. IJIease desires it known that he is still in the gubernatorial race, no matter who goes out who goes in. Rf.v. F. C. Hickson has withdrawn from the joint editorship of the Union Times because he and Mr. Kice were unable to agree as to what to print und what not to print. It seems that the immediate cause of the split-up was tiie desire of Mr. Hiekson to jump >ii a carnival company before it came to town, and Mr. llicc did not want the jumping done until after the carnival had left. Mr. Hickson insists that his editorial conduct must be influenced by nothing other than his conscientious conviction of what is right, and Mr. Rice suggests that the newspaper may be due some deference to the conscientious convictions of the other fellow as well. The difference between .i._ t...? !? nn? that is easily lilt- m<i gniiiciuvu . ? appreciated by practical newspaper men; but a practical newspaper man would hardly be able to adjust it to the satisfaction of either. "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 of its staff to go unshaven until Mr. Bryan is elected president."?Yorkville Enquirer. Do not worry. The State is neither frantic nor freakish. It is making a straight, fair, open fight for what it conceives to be the best interests of the people of South Carolina and of this whole country. It is certainly fighting for true Democracy, and to keep the party out of the grip of stand-patters and anti-reformers. It would be better for Democracy, we think, were there more live interest manifested in the party by some of our South Carolina contemporaries.? The State. Our contemporary seems to take the little dig quottd above quite seriously, and in its last sentence r^ads us quite a lecture. But somehow, we cannot be aroused. Mr. Bryan is a good, well meaning man. and if elected we have no doubt that he would make a better president than Mr. Roosevelt has made, along the same general line. As we see 'A 1 * : * " ^Ai.anrAno oanclntiinn II, n??\Vf\t-|, II I.- n iwirftonv that the South Carolina delegation will vote for him in the nominating convention. and there appears to be no reason why anybody should become excited over the matter. There is no ijuestion of the fact that the vote of this state will go to him if he gets the nomination, just as it would go to any other Democrat: but there is no reason to suppose that the people can be aroused to do anything else than vote. They were considerably interested in Mr. Bryan the first time he was nominated: hut the second time they were totally indifferent. They showed but little interest in the fortunes of Judge Parker four years ago, and except in the case of a very few, we have seen no evidence of enthusiasm over the situation now. That it would be better for the state and the party if the papers and the people would take more interest in the situation, we fully agree: but as to how such an interest is to be aroused under present conditions is a problem that we are unable to solve. About the only encouragement that we have to offer now is that our esteemed contemporary keep on pegging away, and whether it gets the people interested or not it may succeed in moving the politicians to an extra turn or so. Situation and Outlook. I.et us take a sober, sensible view <>f the situation as it stands now and of the outlook for the future, not from the standpoint of what we would like to have: but front the standpoint of trying to look at tilings as they are. The reason for the existing depression in the cotton trade is of no importance for the purpose of the present review. That the depression exists and for this survey of the present and the immediate future, that is sufficient. That the country has enjoyed several years of unprecedented prosperity, there is no. question. Everybody who has cured to work has found plenty of employment and the compensation generally has been profitable. As is usual under such circumstances most people have gone in for everything they wanted, including many luxuries that they have never been able to enjoy before. We are speaking generally. but every reader is requested to apply the statement to himself and see to what extent he personally knows it to lie true. Now there has come a depression, it has not hit this locality real hard V?*i; but it seems that any reasonably intelligent man ought to be able to see it. When we see heavy clouds moving before strong winds, we think [here is a probability of rain, and many of the signs in the business world are hardly less plain. Whether there is an over production f cotton goods in America we do not re now: but that is a matter of very it tie consequence. There is no doubt f the fact that the cotton mills have For some time past been making more cotton goods than consumers were willing to buy. and that practically all if them are now badly overstocked, riiey have on hand large quantities of foods that they are unable to sell for note than the cost of production. In the situation that confronts the otton mills there is no problem. If he mills go on accumulating stocks, prices will continue downward, and the lid of the game will be bankruptcy. Pile mills, or most of tlieni, see that and they do not propose to continue J production. The shutting down of tlie mills means lots of things that are undesiraide; Imt not the loss certain of the undesirable things it means is the curtailment of the demand for raw mater- (' ial. and that is the matter of the greatest concern to the people of this part of ila* country at this particular lime. <! In the event the American mills all ,, shut down, there is no telling Imw long it will take to realize on their accumulated stocks. It must he remembered that the reason those stocks have accumulated is because the people have not been buying. The people could J absorb the last thread of these accumulations within a few weeks or months if they had the money and the inclination; hut on the other hand it must not be forgotten that the people themselves have accumulated consid- t erable stocks of old clothes, and these tnav be worn indefinitely. So, as long, therefore as the people stay out of the -j market the accumulated stocks will continue to drag. The farmers of the south have several million bales of cotton on hand, l and they have started another crop. They have on hand enough cotton to last quite a while without any more j being made, and so long as the mills remain at a standstill there is no probability of an improvement in the price , of that already in hand. The outlook, therefore, suggests the possibility that producers may eventually find themselves carrying parts of the crops of ^ two years at once. For the producers who have held their cotton thus far to attempt to sell now would he absurd. They would find that there is no demand. There really is very little demand in this country, and there is not much demand any- j where except at lowest notch prices. I'nder conditions as they exist Iliel-*' is but one sensible thing for the farmer to do and that is to plant as |,< little cotton this spring as posible. If he has a good part of last year's cotton on hand, he does not want to plant another seed. If he has no cotton on hand, he does not want to plant half as S much as he would if the outlook was good for a fair price. There are plenty of people who will ask. "Hut what are we going1 to do?" J The question is perfectly natural, and the best way to answer it is by asking others. If you are in debt, how N do you expect to get out by planting a crop that does not promise to sell for as much as it cost? People can wear their old clothes; T but they cannot do without something to eat, and the .policy of every wise farmer this year will be to first raise a double supply of food for man and ^ beast. A thrihble supply will be better than a double supply and after that is assured, let every man raise as much ^ cotton as he can. There is no panic among the farmers. There has never been and there I. can never be. Hut the individual farmer is governed by business princi- y pies just the same us any other individual. and in a situation like this affecting his welfare as it does, every farmer will do well to keep his busi- y ness as nearly as possible within his own control. MERE-MENTION. The county council of London, England, has accepted plans for a new county hall that is to cost $i,uuu,uuu. The plans were drawn by an obscure (rJ architect who worked as a clerk.... C( The Presbyterian department of n church and labor will ask the 11,000 ^ 0 ministers of Presbyterian churches throughout the United States to ob- tl serve May 10 as Labor Sunday g Carlton McCarthy, who styled him- ^ self the " live wire mayor," was defeat- a ed for re-election to the mayoralty of n Richmond, Va., last week. McCarthy P was too hot after corruption, saloons and places of ill-repute... .The navy department is reported to have recently bought three of the largest col- b liers ever built. They have a carrying (i capacity of 7,000 tons of coal each ..." Herbert L. Heyl, head actuary v of Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, a fell dead from heart disease last Thursday on being arrested for embezzling $1,500 from the institution. S| Heyl took the money in small dribs E and his stealings covered a period of several years Police Captain Duffy of the New York police force, j was last week sent to Sing Sing for an V indeterminate sentence because he as- J1 slsted thirty men in false registration. 11 The Hamburg-American liner, j" President Lincoln, arrived ni New York last week with a case of smallpox n aboard, and 165 steerage passengers el were quarantined in consequence.... " Mrs. William Wheeler Smith of New York, has relinquished her claim to the $3,000,000 estate left by her husband, in order that a memorial hospital might be erected to his memory. Mrs. Smith will receive only $8,400 a , year from the estate It is announced at Washington that the de- " partment of justice will prosecute the . Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis sl railway for failure to provide proper accommodations for negro passengers'. "J Rev. George W. Tomson, pastor xx of the Presbyterian church at Wood- c< bury, X. J., committed suicide Friday ^ by siiooting himself with a pistol. He was engaged to marry a wealthy wid- p ow and two days before he had been violently denounced as a hypocrite by a Sunday school teacher, to whom he had been very attentive... .Two ban- Si, dits entered a bank at Coffeyville, xx Kan., early Friday morning, locked tin* cashier and a customer in? the vault, gathered $."{.000 into a gunny sack and rode away Captain s' Arthur T. Marix and his wife got a verdict of one cent against the Wash- j'1 ington, Baltimore and Annapolis _ Electric Railway company at Ralti- cmore in the Federal circuit court Fri- sl day for alleged injuries to Mrs. Marix. 1,1 They sued for $20,000... .Two train ?! robbers held up the passengers on a s! Pullman car just out of Minneapolis, sl Minn., Friday and got $41 and two watches Mrs. Sarah Eichenlaubs and her son, Russell, were acquitted in Philadelphia last week of the charge of poisoning the latter's wife. < Kurdish bandits are giving the f< governments of Itussia and Persia '? considerable trouble on the Persian "i border. In a pitched battle between Cossacks and bandits last week, thir- dj ty-four of the latter were killed and s< a large number were wounded X The total number 01 vicums 01 me n Chelsea. Mass., tire of ten (lays ago has now reached fourteen.... Louis j Orion, his wife and five children were ' burned to death near Cogswell. S. D.. ' Friday by a prairie tire State . troops have been sent to Chester, Pa., on account of rioting street ear workers who are on a strike against jt reduced wages Thirty Italians ' were on Friday forced to leave Bloom- J| inglon. III., by threats of violence. The people had become incensed because . the mayor of the city had received a threatening "Black Hand" letter.... * Confessing that he had robbed the Merchants' National bank of Chester. Pa., of $45.000, John B. Harris, teller, *** offered to commit suicide that the c' bank might be reimbursed from his Jlife insurance. The offer was declined. I': Harris was prominent socially and in " church and Sunday school circles.... In an effort to corner the Lint burger s' cheese market. Kdwin C. Story, cash- r< ier of the Citizens' National bank of Belleville. Wis., embezzled $,'50,000 of ' the bank's funds. When discovered he attempted suicide.... Wholesale lc plots of murder and arson have been uncovered by trials of "Dreamers," a w religious sect at Winnepeg. Manitoba, d< on charges of arson. el -OCAL AFFAIRS, i 0 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. v loving Picture Palace?Will have on j a new picture tonight?"A struggle ? for Life." * . I'rank Sheerer?Wants good, fresh | milch cows and fat beef cattle. . (1. Drown and others, Com.?Make announcement in regard to "Ye ohle , Time Fiddlers' Convention." eo. L. Suggs, No. S?Offers two milch \ cows with young calves, for sale. I. M. Moore. Postmaster?Asks pa- , Irons of rural delivery routes out of Yorkville to furnish carriers lists of persons receiving mail at each box. :. M. Anderson For Com.?Says that the date for the picnic at Eastview | school house is Friday, May 1st. t . S. Brice, Chairman?Calls a meet- \ ing of Yok county Democrats to be ( held in the court house on Monday, May 4th. to elect delegates to the ( state convention and elect a county f chairman. t [erndon & Gordon?Have a shipment t of sound, sweet, Charleston yams. t homson Co.?Begins a special em- t broidery sale tomorrow, Wednesday. Lawns at special prices. New ar- j rival. ( orkville Hardware Co.?Has a large t variety of flower pots for those la- ( dies who delight in potted plants. > Also has other earthenware goods, ( including milk jars, churns, etc. t uther Baber?Will apply Ess-tee-dee i to your nair 11 you win uuy u uume and leave it at his barbershop. It t eradicates dandruff. i . I*. Williams & Co.?Are showing j men's Panama hats at $5 each. ( Nainsook underwear for men at 64c < a suit. No suits broken at the price. I. \V. White?Quotes Arthur Balfour, i the English statesman, and adds to that gentleman's remarks an equal- < ly true statement. Docal stock offerings. s W. Speck?Invites you to see him for watches, clocks, jewelry, ster- j ling silver, cut glass, lamps, brie- \ a-brack, etc. ( ork Furniture Co.?Gives twenty- | one reasons why the Will C. Free sewing machine is superior to all others. It is ball bearing throughout. and has a self-setting needle. ,oan and Savings Hank?Says that , the savings bank book is an em- , blem of good luck as well as the , horse shoe. It wants your savings ( account. , 'irst National Hunk?Having SOT.iiOO of capital, surplus and undivided j profits, solicits your account on the ' ground of its being a safe institu- ? tion that will look carefully after the \ safety of your funds. trauss-Smith Co.?Is showing a large , line of Monarch shirts, the best for $1, pure linen collars, suspenders, ] belts, neckwear, hats and caps for | boys and men. I . Q. Wray?Reminds you of his mid- season bargain sale which continues all of this week. See last Enquirer for prices, and full information. < National Union Bank, Rock Hill?Asks < you to write for a copy of the booklet telling the story of the success of John Rodgers. It is free for the , asking. . ork Drug Store?Wants to furnish ] the plastico and alabastine that you ] will need for rejuvenating the walls of your home. It also wants to fur- ( nish the paints, jap-a-lac, etc. . W. Dobson?Tells you that it pays to trade at the store of the stretched | dollar. Others are finding this out ( and be wants you to test the claim. ( tandard oil Co.?Tells you that you < will need an oil stove the coming j summer ami advises you to Duy a . Perfection. Sw fourth page. I \V. Johnson?Parries a large assort- | ment of chewing tobacco and wants | you to see him for your needs. 1 ork Supply Co.?Gives a list of , Pratt's stock remedies it carries, as | well as other articles of common | everyday use at home and on the , farm. orkville P.uggy Co.?Is receiving good , reports from users as to the satis- , faction given by Sunny South planters. j W E. Ferguson?Prints a list of additional groceries received during the | past few days. < Official announcement of the KM- ( ler's convention is published today. ' 'he convention is to be held in the ourt house at Yorkville on Friday ight. May 8. under the auspices of the j orkville Cornet Band. The band gen- ' rally and the committee especially ' ill do everything possible to make ' ne occasion a complete success and a { reat time is expected. It is hoped to ' ather all of the most famous old time ddlers, banjoists and dancers, and ' II are cordially invited. Almost every 1 eighborhood has it particular cham- J ion and each neighborhood is urged 1 > have itself represented. ! The picnic at Eastview school house, nnouncement of which was made in le last issue of The Enquirer, is to > e on Friday, May 1, instead of Saturay, May 2, and it is to be a school ( ither than a political gathering. ( lit* iUIVfl llSCIIirui ? mien uiiuv-1 j erbal instruction by a third party who t uthorized tho signing of the name of ( lr. R. M. Anderson as representing j ie coniiniltee in charge, and the eras occurred by reason of a misuriderfanding on the part of the writer. The lastview people hope for a large atmdance, and if any who are candiutes for public office desire to avail i temselves of the pleasures of tho day, \ ley also will be welcome, of course, f ist as other individuals. This state- f lent is for the purpose of correcting t jch false impression as may have t een made in the original announceicnt. The advertisement has been s tianged to read as those in charge of t le occasion desire. t ? t GENERAL SESSIONS. The court of general sessions which mvened on Monday of last week, and t ie proceedings of which have already 1 een reported up to last Friday at 3 * clock, concluded its work Friday af- > rnoon at G o'clock and was adjourned $ ne die. In the case of Dr. O. W. Hill, tried c 11 the charge of assault and battery t itli intent to kill and carrying con- ( ?aled weapons, the jury found "not l uilty" tis to the first count, and guilty ( * to the second. The defendant was f mtenced to pay a line of $Gf? and for- < ?it the pistol with which he shot Mr. t lassey. f Rose Witherspoon charged with as- i init and battery with intent to kill, r as convicted of assault and battery j f a high and aggravated nature and nteneed to pay a fine of $T>0 or to mvp four months at hard labor in the t tate penitentiary. j Will Dunlap and Robert Johnson, ( nvlcted of the murder of Nathan t indsay and recommended to the rner- i v of the court, were sentenced to the j tsite penitentiary for the remainder ( f their lives. A! Williams, convicted t f the murder of Jim Crockett with a t milar recommendation, received a f milar sentence. I ( WITHIN THE TOWN. \ ? There are quite a number of con- ( actors in Yorkville to submit bids t >r the proposed sewerage work. The > ids are to he opened tomorrow t lorning. 1 --The To von i mill will close down to- * 11 y. The York mill will probably close ' >on. but it is understotKl that the f eely mill will continue to operate for ie present. 1 -The Schubert Symphony club and j dy quartette appeared in the Graded .1,....] .. ii,li f, .1*1 ii it, li??f Siahlivtiiv nii'lit '' nder the auspices <>f the Winnie Da- . is chapter I'nited Daughters of the onfederacy and gave.a lirst-class enrtainment. Recause of the fact that '! was Saturday night and the business iMtple were not able to get <,ut earlier, 1 ie performance did not commence util S.4f> o'clock. There was quite a rge audience at the entertainment j nd everybody enjoyed the splendid 'J mt;ratnii)e immensely. ? Some curious interest was attach- | I to a marriage performed in the n erk's office yesterday afternoon Dy ( C. Wilborn, Esq. The contracting' d irtics came down on the C. ii N.-W. v a in from Hickory. N*. <\. and inform- ,] I Mr. W. It. Latimer that they do- l{ red to lie married. Mr. Ijitimer call- | ! in Mr. Wilborn and the knot was (l ed iti short order and approved style. ^ he couple gave their names as John f lien Spencer and Sarah Rector Mil- <| n ? The people of Yorkville may as a ell recognize that it is up to them to a i something with refeience to the n retrie light and shade tree problem, il "hero are too many wires for the trees r too many trees for the wires. Many laces are to be found where the wires lave lost their insulation by contact nth tho branches of the trees, and it s evident that many of the trees are uffering. During fair weather, users f electricity suffer n<> inconvenience; at with eacli rainy spell, short ciruits are more or less frequent and the urrent is made unreliable for the nuny uses to which it is now being ipplied. Tin* situation looks very much ike a matter of having the trees cut >r killed away, or having tho wires put mder the ground. EASTER. To the great satisfaction of every>odv. esneciallv. the ladies, the sun mine out clear Sunday morning, the veather was warm and balmy, and alogether it was an ideal Easter day. There was an interesting exhibition >f new spring suits and "Merry YVid>w" and other fashionable bonnets on lie street and in the churches, and he many people who delight in such hings found much to occupy their atention during the day. Special Easter services were held it the Methodist and Episcopal ihurches. Rev. J. O. Babin conducting he latter and Rev. Henry Cauthen sonducting the former. Both churches ,vere beautifully decorated with down's for tlie occasion, large congregaions were in attendance and the seri-ices were very much enjoyed. A particularly interesting feature of he services at the Methodist church vas the singing, a solo by Miss Resde (Gilbert and several hymns by the dinir's excellent quartette. Rev. Mr. I'authen was at his best, and preached i most interesting and instructive serimn on the resurrection. The congregations at the other lunches, Baptist, Presbyterian and Associate Reformed were also unusually large. During Sunday afternoon many >'oung people enjoyed themselves valking and riding in their Easter fin?ry, and from more than one standpoint. the day was most interesting. COMMON PLEAS. The regular spring term of the court jf common pleas for York county convened yesterday morning, the honorable. R. C. Watts presiding, and the following jurors answering to the call if the clerk: C. H. Branson. R. T. Crook, C. S. Moot-head. E. P. Neely. A. J. Ballard, W. M. Campbell, Snxby Chaplin. H. H. Stephenson, E. M. Bankhead, J. E. Castles, G. W. Sweat. S. E. Sturgis, J. M. Brice, C. J. Youngblood. O. L. Sanlets, W. E. Downs, S. W. Thomas, Win. T. Parks, J. W. Boyd. W. F. Roach. J. A. McGill, J. A. Williford, J. B. Barron, W. D. Anderson. W. L. Williams, E. W. H. Pope, J. A. Garrison, r. W. Allen. These were reported by the sheriff 'not found:" H. W. Draffin, R. W. "Sandy, E. M. Paris, J. B. McFadden, D. ?. Smith, C. L?. Delhi. These failed to answer: Mr. F. C. VYhitner, because of his right to exemption by reason of his having been re mitted to the bar, and Mr. R. L. deLoach by reason of his absence in Florida. The following were excused by the jourt: C. H. Branson, E. P. Neely and W. L. Williams. The only case tried yesterday was that of J. Q. Wray against the Southern railway. This was a suit for the penalty of $f>00 that the statute prescribes against railroads for knowingly and wilfully misrouting consignments of goods. The case had aeen before the jury before. The first time there was a verdict for the plaintiff: but there was a compromise as tit the amount, and the verdict was set aside. The next time there was a mistrial and yesterday the jury found for the defendant. There was no question >f the fact that the shipment had been misrouieu M.s mil mo j UIJ was not convinced that the misrouting was wilful and deliberate. W. W. j Ix-wis, Esq., for plaintiff and J. E. McDonald for defendant. The following jurors were drawn from the five-mile box to iill out the venire: J. C. Morrow, W. S. Barn-J well. A. J. Parrott, H. J. Connor, T. V. Whitesides, Samuel C. Smith, Geo. H. Sherrer. J. F. Adkins, J. M. Ferguson, J. E. Carroll. The first case taken up this morning was that of Joe M. Taylor vs. Southern Railway company, suit for la mages on account of inconvenience ind discomfort sustained because of i delayed train. Court granted a nonsuit. The next case taken up was that of ft. M. Evans vs. the Southern Railway company, suit for $1,950 damages >n account of injuries alleged to have :>een sustained in a wreck near the 196 nile post in North Carolina on Feb. 12, 1907. \V. M. Dunlap for plaintiff and J. E. McDonald. Esq., for defendant. The case was still in progress when The Enquirer went to press. The outlook for a full week of the jourt of common pleas is more or less loubtful. There is plenty of work to (eep the court going: but Judge Watts las given notice that any unnecessary lelay in getting a case up is likely to >e met with a sine die adjournment. "CONVICTING JURIES." It is a curious fact more or less faniliar to those who are in close touch vith sessions court porceedings, that ?ach venire of jurors almost invariably fives evidence of a tendency in a paricular direction either toward conviei m or acquittal. For instance, if the first case results in an acquittal, it has been noieed that the chances are in favor of icquittal in succeeding cases, and if he first case results in a conviction he tendency to conviction is all the rreater in other cases. It is not to be understood, of course, hat this tendency operates with absoute disregard of the facts and circumstanees connected with each case; but dill it is almost always noticeable refardless of facts and circumstances. There is good ground for the prosecution of every case that comes from he grand jury with a "true bill" en iorsement. In the first place, tne soicitor examines into the facts and ircumstances of evety case as careully as possible before he turns it iver to the grand jury. Unless he hinks there is fairly good ground for i prosecution, he does not give out a till, and likewise with an intelligent, onseientious grand jury, unless there s strong presumption of an offense no bill" is returned. But in most eases after all the tesimony of the prosecution and the state s in the jury has <iuite a task in deeding upon just what should be done. Sometimes it is really difficult to arive at the truth, and where the jury s in doubt, it properly returns a verlict of acquittal. At other times, alhojgh there may be conflict in the estiniony there is really little reason or doubt; but still the juries are lia>le to arrive at unexpected verdicts me way or the other. There have been runs of "not guilty" ei diets in cases where almost every lisinterested spectator thought that he finding should have been "guilty." Verdicts of "guilty" where verdicts of lot guilty were expected are quite rare. I'lie court and spectators are seldom shocked with anything of that kind. I'lie tendency always being in the oth>r direction. The correct attitude of the ideal ju or is to try hi arrive ai wit* bmvi ruth. He is supposed to banish all eeling of resentment and prejudice, md is not supposed to be moved even iy the sentiment of mercy. It is his msiness to arrive at the facts just as hey are and to apply the facts deveiipcd to the law as laid down by the mil t. After he has done this he is not esp insihle for the consequences. Why it is that some juries submit hemselves to the absolute government if the facts and law. while others are lisposed to disregard both law and acts is a subject for interesting specllation; hut to find the answer would ie difficult. It is fair to assume that nnst jurors, after having been sworn o be governed by the law and evilence, sire desirous of doing exactly rhat is right. If all were sincerely lesirotis of doing right, there is no Itiestion that right would be done, hit it is also a fact that men are not if the same degree of intelligence, nowledge and will power. They difer in their endowment with these utilities as they do in moral endowments. And as it can easily happen that man of more knowledge, intelligence nd will power can very often domiate men having less of these qualities. : is not difficult to arrive at the conclu- | sion that this fact must, in greater or less measure, account for some improper verdicts. The venire of last week was what is known as a convicting venire. There Is very little doubt of that. No one was improperly convicted. Kvery defendant got about what was coining to him except that it might have been better if there had been no recommendations to mercy in the murder cases; but it is exceedingly difficult to get a murder verdict these days. The average juror is more apt to acquit in a clean cut murder case than he Is even to bring in a verdict of manslaughter. The conditions described above are not peculiar to York county. Judges and solicitors are familiar with them everywhere. It is generally conceded that convicting juries are more common in York titan in most of the other counties: but the concensus of opinion among those best in a position to know is that Spartanburg and Horry counties lead the list in this particular. ABOUT PEOPLE. The Rock Hill Record notes the serious illness of Mr. F. H. Barber. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Strauss left yesterday morning on a visit to Newport, Arkansas. Mrs. H. H. Crosland of Bennettsville, is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Sam M. Orist. Rev. W. A. Hafner of Rowling (Ireen, preached to the cadets at Cleinson col lege on Sunday last. Miss Willie May Grayson of Bethany Is visiting friends and relatives in llutherfoi'dtiin, N. C. Dr. and Mis. J. D. McDowell and children arrived Saturday on a visit to Mr. C. K. Spencer's family. Mrs. Win. B. McCaw left last week for New Orleans, where she will spend some time with relatives. Misses Georgia and Annie Witherspoon returned home after an absence of a year in Rock Hill and Columbia. Rev. W. A. Kennedy of Statesville, N. C., is visiting the family of his father. Mr. J. R. Kennedy at Sharon. Miss Mary Eunice Grist has returned home from a visit to her sister. Mis. H. H. Crosland, in Rennettsville. Mr. Rembert McCain and sister, Miss Laurens, of Columbia, spent severaJ days witli the family of Mr Frank P. McCain this week. Mr. K. It. Love has erected a handsome cottage three miles southeast of Vorkville, and will with his family, move into it this week. Mr. Edw. Finley and Miss Frances Finley came up from Columbia Saturday and spent Easter with Yorkville relatives and friends. Mr. J. R. Barnwell of Yorkville No. G, who has been in Richmond for about five months, studying telegraphy and book-keeping returned home last Friday. Mrs. M. A. Raines, who has been spending a while with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Dickson, returned to Columbia yesterday morning, accompanied by her sister. Miss Grace Dickson. Miss Annetta Dobson, formerly of Yorkville, was married on Sunday or last week to Mr. Von Lee Livingston of North. S. C. The ceremony took place at Salley, the home of Miss Dobson's sister. Mrs. Tully Sawyer, and was witnessed by a number of friends of the young people. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Win, Dobson. now of Gaffney. The following young ladies from VVinthrop college spent Sunday and Monday with relatives and friends in Yorkville: Misses Jennie McClain, Winnie Crawford, Annie Crosland, Bessie Pegram, Louise Guy, Elizabeth Wannamaker, Martha McAlpine, Fredrica Lindsay, Mary Gailliard, Florrie Bates, Marguerite Shief. Margaret Moore, Clara Barr, Marie Moore, Nellie Watkins, Helen Lowry, Mary and Carrie Cartwright, Norma McNair, Helen Witherspoon. CORN CONTEST NOTES. The attention of all who are interested in the corn prize contest is called to the letter from Commissioner Watson and the summary of the state contest manual, published on the first page of today's issue of The Enquirer. From this letter and summary it appears that the participants in the Farmers' Union contest will also be entitled to participate in the state contest, and in view of the extraordinary inducements that are being offered to) York county farmers, we think that they should carry off all the prizes of the state contest. The machinery to be provided by the Farmers' Union for measuring prize acres, and gathering and weighing crops will also greatly facilitate the contest. It must be remembered, however, that every individual who intends to participate in the state contest must at once provide himself with a copy of the manual that has been provided by the state commissioners, and which will be furnished on application to Commissioner Watson at Columbia, without cost. While it was originally intended to raise one hundred dollars of the corn prize money by pro rata assessments on the contestants, those who have - 3 ?- *' ? K,. tHo reaa me ifKuinuuiin mruiuiairu uy committee will note that the idea has been abandoned. There will be no assessments upon the contestants whatever except an entrance fee of fifty cents. They are at liberty to contribute to the general fund if they so desire; but there is nothing compulsory about such contribution. It appears that there is some misunderstanding as to the reason for the requirement that the participant in the corn contest who secures the largest production from an acre, must show on the other acres required of him a yield up to 75 per cent of the best acre. The reason is very good. It will be lemembered that the contest had its inception in a desire to have every farmer in the county plant at least two acres of corn to the plow on the intensive system. If the prizes had been offered for the largest yields on independent acres, each contestant would have been at liberty to devote his whole attention to a single acre. Under the 75 per cent provision, however, no contestant will be able to neglect any one of the acres required of him as a prerequisite to eligibility. The writer has information that several of the Farmers' Union locals are to make tlve collective subscriptions asked of them; but as yet have not had time to act. A few members of the Cotton Belt Union last week raised a subscription of $5.00, but decided not to report the same until all of tlie members have had an opportunity to chip in and the amount is increased. Reports from diffierent sections indicate that there will be a number of entanrts in the prize contest. Some of the intending entrants say they have little hope of winning out over other corn raisers of which they have knowledge; but at the same time they are sure that faithful effort will be profitable to them, win or lose. FEARLESS AND JUST. If the honorable, R. C. Watts is especially noted for one thing more than another, it is the directness at which he gets at the meat of cases that come before him and his clear cut conception of the law. It is a generally understood fact that his honor does not have a great deal to say in charging a jury: but every word he does say counts, and there is generally very little room for misunderstanding. With the lawyers he is very positive. Some of these are inclined to think that he is abrupt: but this is hardly correct. Those who have given most careful attention to his honor's disposition and habits, have noticed that when a lawyer commences getting off on something that does not meet his approval, there is at first a mild suggestion of a contrary view, and if the lawyer fails to take the hint promptly, lie is liable to lie jerked up shortly with something like a blow from a club. Of course, there are those who think that his honor is sometimes disposed to be a little arbitrary. That is natural. The other fellow who does not agree is almost always arbitrary. Iiut somehow or other during a career of twelve or fourteen years on the bench. Judge Watts has the record of being upheld by the supreme court in a larger per cent of rulings than any other judge on the bench. Some attribute this record to thorough knowledge of the law, some to i long experience and some to plenty of i good horse sense: but whatever the reason the fact seems to have been so 1 well established by time that people have ceased to question it. ' An incident quite unusual but illustrative of Judge Watts's character, occurred last week at the close of the trial of Andrew Witherspoon. colored, charged with the murder of Link MeCaw. The testimony showed that McCaw had hold of a negro woman and was forcing her to go with him against her will. The woman and another older woman, who was with her, were crying for help. Witherspoon appeared on the scene with a gun and ordered McC'siw to turn the woman loose. McCaw made for Witherspoon with a pistol and razor, and Witherspoon killed him. There was nothing in the testimony against the character of tlie woman. After all the testimony was in, Judge Watts turned to the solicitor and inquired: "You are not going to ask for a verdict in this case are you?" "I'll not asK tor a verdict or murun your honor; but I do not feel like taking the responsibility of consenting to a veidict of not guilty." "Well I'll take that responsibility." replied his honor. "So long as I have the honor to preside over this court," he continued. "It shall not be said that a man has been put in serious danger of life and liberty for protecting a respectable woman from assault. Here is the testimony showing that this fellow who was killed had a pistol, a razor and bottle of liquor, and was trying to force this woman against her will. There has been nothing to show that the woman is not respectable, and Mr. Foreman, you just wiite a verdict of not guilty." On one occasion in Greenville some ten or twelve years ago, a white man was arraigned before Judge Watts on the charge of asault and battery. The piosecuting witness was a young negro woman nurse. The defendant plead guilty with the explanation that his wife had remonstrated with the negro for keeping the baby out after dark. The negro offended again, and when his wife scolded her, the negro slapped his wife's face. As soon as he reached the scene lie gave the woman an unmerciful whaling with a walking stick. The solicitor substantiated the defendant's story, and Judge Watts said: "Under the law you are guilty of assault and battery and It Is my dutv to Impose sentence. If you had not done what you did do in this case I would have been glad to send you to the penitentiary, except that the penitential}' is too good for a man who is too contemptible to protect the white women of this country from such outrageous impudence on the part of ne gro servants. In view of your plea of guilty, however, the sentence of the court is that you go to Jail for a period of one minute or pay a fine of five cents." 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 be not less than five hundred dollars, and 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 Enquirer, and be furnished to Mr. A. L. Klack, 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 F'irst National Bank, Yorkville.. 5 00 J. Frank Ashe, McConnellsville.. 5 00 L. M. Grist's Sons, Yorkville 10 00 Bank of Clover* 10 00 J. B. Scott, Yorkville No. 3 5 00 W. S. Wilkerson, Hickory Grove 5 00 The Thomson Co., Yorkville 10 00 W. H. Herndon, Yorkville 2 00 J. E. Lowry, Yorkville 5 00 Dr. M. J. Walker, Yorkville .... 2 00 H. I. McCaw, Yorkville* 1 00 J. A. Tate, Yorkville 5 00 Thos. P. McDow, Yorkville 2 00 H. A. D. Neely, Yorkville 5 00 L. R. Williams Yorkville 5 00 P. W. Love, Yorkville 5 00 York Furniture Co., Yorkville .. 5 00 W. W. Lewis, Yorkville 2 00 M. B. Jennings, Yorkville 2 00 Y. B. & M. Co., Yorkville 10 00 D. L. Shieder, Yorkville 1 00 G. H. O'Leary, Yorkville 5 00 John W. Miller. Yorkville 1 00 I. W. Johnson, Yorkville 1 00 Carroll Bros., Yorkville 5 00 J. W. McFarla'nd, Yorkville 1 00 Dr. W. G. White, Yorkville 1 00 S. M. McNeel, Yorkville 5 00 Jno. R. Hart, Yorkville 1 00 Glenn & Allison, Yorkvtlle 5 00 W. R. Carroll, Yorkville 5 00 Black Bros., Yorkville No. 1 .... 5 00 J. Edgar Poag, Rock Hill 5 00 C. C. Hughes, Yorkville No. 7.. 5 00 Dr. A. Y. Cartwright, Yorkville.. 2 00 J. C.* Wilborn. Yorkville 5 00 J. R. Logan, 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 Z. M. Neill, Clover* 1 00 D. A. Matthews, Clover* 1 00 Campbell & Jackson, Clover*.. 1 00 John and G. W. Knox, Clover*.. 1 00 J. E. Beamguard, Clover 1 00 Roddey Mercantile Co., and W. L. Roddey, Rock Hill ........ 10 00 York Drug Store, Yorkville 5 00 | W. N. Bigger, King's Creek* .. 1 00 *?Subscriptions paid. All subscriptions of one dollar or over of which The Enquirer may be advised will be acknowledged above, and the list will be placed in the hands of Mr. A. L. Black, secretary of the Farmers' Union for record. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From this date to January 1st, 1909, for $1.40. Big Building and Loan. Rock Hill has launched a Building and Loan asociation with an authorized capital of $7)00.000. The cashiers of the three banks are on the board of directors. Case of Hydrophooia. A horse belonging to Mr. Brown Oates of Tirzah, was bitten by a mad dog recently, and afterward became so frantic and ungovernable that It was decided best to kill it. This was done last Saturday. Wanted For Murder. Tom Falls, a negro man who has been working for Mr. R. M. Plaxco of Bethany, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Quinn yesterday for a murder committed in Cleveland county, N. C., last December. The arrest was made at the instance of the Cleveland authorities. , Bond Issue Defeated. An election held in Fort Mill school ! district last Friday on the question of | issuing $10,000 worth of bonds to be used in the erection of a new school building was defeated by a small majority. The town has a brick school | building, but ilisold and in a poor state , of repair. The advocates of the pro- | posed bond issue urged that the pres- ( ent building is a fire trap and that the ( town should have a modern, new build- , ing in keeping with present conditions. . The opponents of the proposition held , that the present building could be put ( in satisfactory repair at comparatively , small cost and that there is no prac- ] tiral necessity for a new building. Killed In Machinery. Mr. J. M. Neely, foreman for Messrs. Glenn & Allison on meir plantation , four miles south of Yorkville, died Sunday morning from the effects of injuries sustained in a tragic accident last Friday afternoon. When last seen ' alive and well, Mr. Neely was looking after the running of an engine pulling t a cotton gin. Shortly afterward he f was found unconscious with frightful < bruises about his head. He did not 1 recover sufficiently to tell how the ac- } eident occurred. It is supposed that 1 his clothing caught in the belt while he 1 was engaged in oiling (he engine and that his head may have been crushed against the fly-wheel of the engine or the gin pulley. Just what may have happened is a matter of speculation. I The deceased was about 35 years of age, and leaves a widow and four chll- c dren. lie was a hardworking, indus- f trious man, well thought of by those ,vho knew him. Tlie Interment took place yesterday at noon at Adnah cemetery. Railroad Dispute Settled. Asheville, X. C., dispatch of April 17: The scheduled hearing set before Judge J. C. Prltchard of the United States circuit court In the case of the Southern Railway company against the South & Western Railway did not materia li/e. the differences between the two roads having been settled out of court. The Injunction issued by Judge Pritchard against the South Ac Western, stopping construction work on the line between Marion and Thermal City, has been dissolved. The South A: Western people say they had no desire or purpose to encroach on the Southern's right of way or attack its charter rights. It is authoritatively stated that the contest is over. The Southern's $5,000 bond deposited with the court has been withdrawn. TO INSTRUCT OR NOT. Summary of National Political Situation In South Carolina. Charlotte Chronicle. Columbia, S. C., April 18.?The fight in South Carolina over Bryan is not so Important or bitter as the the fight in New York, but it is warm enough and will come to the issue on the 20th of May, when the state Democratic convention meets in this city to elect delegates to the Denver convention. At present the fight on the surface is a newspaper war, but in reality the choice of delegates is at uto Is a The leading Bryan boomer in South Carolina at this time is the aggressive and powerful Columbia paper, The State, the editor of which, Catft. William K. Gonzales,' Is a candidate for delegate-at-large to the Denver convention. Whether the advocacy of Bryan by The State is intended to advance the candidacy of Capt. Gonzales or whether the candidacy of Capt. Gonzales Is intended to advance the candidacy of Bryan is not necessary to inquire and it is sutiirlent to say that ('apt. Gonzales is looked upon as the chief Bryan advocate in South Carolina today. He is putting a full day's work for Bryan through the editorial columns of The State six days in the week, resting from politics for Sunday. The State has always been a Bryan paper, but in 1904 was the chief supporter of Parker in South Carolina before the St. Louis convention. Since then Captain Gonzales has entertained Bryan at an elaborate luncheon at his elegant home in this city, when Mr. Bryan spoke here about a year and a half ago. If Bryan should become president, the editor of The State, along with Senator Tillman, would undoubtedly have a say-so in things political in South Carolina. On the other hand the chief opponent of Bryan in this state Is The News and Courier of Charleston, the other great daily newspaper of the state, which has never been Bryanish in its politics, but, on the contrary, was a gold-bug in 1896, though not supporting Palmer and Buckner. The Xews and Courier has for some months been sounding the praises of John Johnson, and the editor of that paper, Major J. C. Hemphill, one of the most forceful editorial writers in the south, speaks from intimate personal acquaintance when he extols the Minnesota man. as Major Hemphill and Governor Johnson served together on the international policyholders' committee two years ago when the insurance tight was on. From the friendship formed at that time. Major Hemphill entertains a u*~u ul\iIHv t\f fJAvprn Hifti! rrgai u iui uiv uun.^ or Johnson. The debate at this time is taking the form of a discussion of the advisability of sending a delegation to Denver instructed for Bryan or uninstructed at all, The State contending for an Instructed delegation very vehemently and The News and Courier holding that this is unwise and undesirable from every standpoint. The situation in this state is Just about the same as in other states; the Bryan men seem afraid to trust their champion's chances to a convention of unlnstructed delegates while the antiBryan men believe that Bryan can b? .. defeated for the nomination if the convention is not bound to him before it convenes. The most powerful figure In South Carolina politics is Senator Tillman when national politics is concerned, though he can no longer control domestic politics as he did 15 years ago. But Senator Tillman is sick in Atlanta and has announced his intention to go abroad, putting politics of all kinds behind for the sake of his Impaired health. Senator Tillman Is pretty close to Bryan In a way, though at times he has differed from the Nebraskan sharply on matters of party policy and has said so to Bryan's face. However, should Bryan become president, Tillman would be an even larger natural figure than he is now. Of course neither The State nor The News and Courier is a Tillman paper, though the Charleston paper is more friendly to him than Is the Columbia paper. The State recently sent a staff man to interview the senator and he was asked his opinion as to the proper course for the state convention to take. He pointed out very clearly the danger of Instructing for Bryan?which lies in the possibility of the Republican conKnlno oto m nnH Arl fnr RfiOSP VCIlllUli UC * **e? akUK*|^vv.Vv. - ^ - velt, and Bryan having already endorsed most of Roosevelt's policies. He said, however, that if Taft is to be the Republican nominee. Bryan should be put up by the Democrats and would have a good chance of election, but as the Republican convention meets alte rthan the Democratic state convention, the senator's position is taken up as advising against instructing the delegates. In 1904 when an effort was made to Instruct the state delegation for Parker, Senator Tillman opposed the proposition. In 1900 no other candidate but Bryan was thought of at all and the convention, like all other conventions of the party, sent delegations instructed for Bryan. It has been customary in South Carolina to send at least one of the United States senators, the governor and the state chairman to the national convention as delegates-at-large. In 1904, the delegates at large were Senator Tillman. Governor Heyward. Gen. Wilie Jones, state chairman, and Mayor Rhett. of Charleston, the late Senator Latimer being defeated and Mayor Rhett being put in as a recognition of Charleston. This year Senator Tillman will be unable to go. Governor Ansel has stated that he does not care to go, but General Jones and Senator Gary are understood to aspire to the honor while besides Captain Gonzales the names of Cant. H. H. Watkins, of Anderson, and Mr. N. D. Dial, of Laurens, both lawyers, have been put forward by their friends. It is not known how Captain Watkins and Mr. Dial stand on the Bryan issue. General Jones does not especially favor the idea of instructing the delegation but is a great admirer of Bryan an1 knows him personally very well, senator Gary, who owes his position in the senate to providence, is a new hand in national politics. The state convention not only elects the four delegates-at-large but also fleets the fourteen district delegates from this state, and the instructions etiven apply to the entire delegation if jjiven at all. The precinct clubs meet >n Saturday. April 25th. in this state ind the county conventions on Monday. May 4th, the county conventions fleeting delegates to the state contention in Columbia on the 20th of May. IT IS A CAPITAL IDEA. fork Drug Store Contributes to Corn Contest. Spartanbuig. April 16, 1908. rhe Yorkville Knquirer. I have read with much interest the iction of the Fanners' Union with re farrt 10 premiums iur uie uksi iicie.-* >f corn raised in York county, and bpieving it to be a capital idea, I ask ,-ou to enter the name of the York Drug Store for a subscription of Five Dollars. Very truly, J. B. Bowen, Proprietor. Approval and Support. King's Creek, April 18, 1908. Messrs. L. M. Grist's Sons. Gentlemen: Please find enclosed my heck for $1.00 to be applied to the orn prize fund. Very truly, W. N. Bigger.