Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 22, 1908, Image 2
?crap$ and Jarts.
? Mae C. Wood, who has been suing
Senator Piatt of New York for
divorce, was on yesterday sent to the
Tombs prison on a charge of perjury.
It developed that the. woman had already
blackmailed Senator Piatt out
of thousands, and after there hud been
positive testimony showing that the
alleged marriage certificate had not
been lithographed until several months
after the date of the alleged marriage,
Justice O'Gorman promptly but a stop
to further proceedings and sent the
woman to jail in default of $5,000 bond.
? The efforts for the extermination
of rats in San Francisco and in several
cities of South America, on account
of their being the principal agents in
the spread of the bubonic plague and
other diseases, have called the attention
of the world to this menace to
human life. Recently in England an
international organization was formed
for their extermination all over
the world. According to recent figyo
t ia nnt r?nlv JL llailCeTOUS
pest but an expensive one as well. It
is estimated that every rat in this
country costs two cents a day for its
keep. In England a rat costs from
half a cent to five cents daily to the
person upon whose property it preys.
The Indian rat is the most expensive
of all. There a rat consumes three
cents daily, 011 an average, in its mode
of operations. If to the cost of board
and lodging be added the expense of
stamping out the disease spread by
rats, the average specimen in civilized
nations may be said to cost from
seven to ten cents a day.
? Keno, Nev., May 20: "Rawhide"
Jack Davis, who found the first free
gold at Rawhide more than a year
ago, and who cleaned up a fortune in
Reno last week through his discovery,
is burdened with his new found wealth
and is looking for a way to get rid of
it. Next Thursday morning he will
start for San Francisco in a chartered
automobile, and, with two chauffeurs,
will endeavor to beat the world's record
of fourteen days across the continent.
He is sparing no expense in the
preparation for the journey. Davis
leased an entire theatre last night, invited
his friends and made the night
a wild one for the crowd that followed
him. His wife and the two chauffeurs
will be his only companions
across the country. Davis cannot sleep,
so he says, and to while away his
wakeful moments he is spending his
money, which is a portion of the $250,000
he received as payment for one of
his Rawhide properties. He is thirty
years of age and never saw a mine until
he went into the Rawhide country,
a year or so ago.
? Charlotte, May 20: The annual
meeting of the Southern Newspaper
Publishers' association came to an end
this evening with the annual banquet
at the Hotel Selwyn. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, J. P. Caldwell, Charlotte
Observer: vice president, Col.
ltufus N. Rhodes, Birmingham News;
secretary-treasurer. Victor M. Hanson.
Montgomery Advertiser; executive
committee, R. \V. Brown, Louisville
Courier-Journal; J. C. Hemphill,
Charleston News and Courier; F. W.
Hlnman, Jacksonville Times-Union;
C. B. Johnson, Knoxville Sentinel; E.
M. Foster. Nashville Banner: F. L.
Seely, Atlanta Georgian. Birmingham,
Ala., was chosen as the next meeting
place over Rome. Ga.. Augusta and
Greensboro, N. O., which extended
invitations. At the morning session
resolutions were adopted instructing
the secretary to wire Speaker Cannon,
demanding the passage of the
wood pulp and print paper bill and in
the afternoon resolutions were adopted
putting the association on record as
favoring the Appalachian and White
mountain forest reserve bill.
? New York, May 19: The cotton
trade in this city were given a pronounced
shock today when it became
known that 46 members of the New
York cotton exchange had been subpoenaed
to appear before the Federal
grand Jury of this district. Among
those answering the call were all the
members of the board of managers
of 1905 and also many members of
the trkde revision committees of the
past few years. It is stated on excellent
authority that the investigation
has to do in an immediate sense with
the case of Edwin S. Holmes, who
was dismissed in 1905 from the associate
chiefship of the bureau of statistics,
department of agriculture, after
"leaks" in the crop report system
of the government had been investigated.
The aim of the government
now it is said is to obtain additional
evidence with a view to reopen.ng a
case and entering upon active prosecution.
Today's happenings, which
created the biggest stir in the
cotton trading circles, however, was
a demand made by the grand jury
for the production of the books of the
exchange members summoned. From
this many cotton traders have gathered
the idea that the present investigation
has a purpose beyond the discovery
of additional evidence bearing
on the Holmes case.
? J. L. Livermore, the youthful
operator whom the cotton exchange
credits with having made $600,000
in his successful coup in July cotton
completed, is by no means a novice
in the artifices and tricks of speculation
in cotton, stocks and grain. It became
known that when only sixteen
years old he concluded a highly successful
stock market operation in a
New England bucketshop which resulted
in closing the concern. Although
only thirty years old now, he
has been onerating in speculative
markets for fifteen years. From
Worcester, Mass., he went to Boston,
where his tactics in speculation and
his successful coups so aroused the
managers of alleged exchanges or
bucket-shops of New England that
orders were issued to take no more
trades from him. "I am not always
successful," he said. "More frequently
than otherwise I am unsuccessful
in my operations, but I am quick to
discern the fact that 1 have gone contrary
to the trend of the market. It
is safe to say that sixty per cent of
my operations are unsuccessful, but
on the remaining forty per cent I
make as a rule, large profits. If I
think I discern a movement in the
stock market, for example. I will
sometimes try three or four times,
buying or selling small trifles as the
case may be, but if the market does
not respond to my testing tactics I
will run quickly, taking my losses."
? Washington, May 21: Congress
today took an important step looking
to the payment of ship subsidies, the
conferees on the postottice appropriation
bill having agreed to accept the
amendment by the senate authorizing
the postmaster general to contract
with steamships lines running to ports
of South America, the Phillipines, Japan,
China and Australasia for carrying
of the mails and to pay to vessels
of the second class the same rate that
is now paid on American vessels of
the first class to Europe and to vessels
of the third class the rate now
authorized for vessels of the second
class. There are no American lines
of the first class to the countries
named and the effect of this legislation
will be to encourage the establishment
of passenger and mail
steamship lines to ports ?>f those
countries. Although the payment to
be made for the carrying of mail is
not termed subsidy, it will amount to
that nevertheless. The biggest tight
ever made in congress for ship subsidy
was that led a number of years
ago by the late Senator Hunna and at
that time the name "subsidy" was
held up by the opponents of such
legislation as a "bugbear" that
should be avoided. The bill was defeated
and after that a joint commission
of congress was appointed to prepare
a bill. The measure submitted
to congress was an elaborate piece of
work called the "shipping subvention"
bill. The senate passed it. but
the house would not have it under any
name. Senator Gallinger, who was
interested in the movement from the
start, tried again at the present session.
but he found that that sentiment
was still opposed to it and he finally
directed his efforts to have passed an
act enabling the granting of some i
encouragement to American ship lines
i
to South America and the Orient in
tlie way of mail contracts. In this
effort he had the assistance of President
Roosevelt and Postmaster General
Meyer. The bill was passed by
the senate, but the house ignored it.
As the final resort the bill was added
to the postofliee appropriation bill in
the senate and it now appears that
the house will accept it.
She \(orlu'illr tfnquim.
Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE, S. C.t
FRIDAY, MAY 22. I'JOS.
Conoukss will probably adjourn tomorrow.
11 ,.f ?ho ninn -
i>U? 11 let I lilts qucoiiuu vi. wi*v her
of battleships that congress is I
willing to stand for has been settled,
there is no longer talk of the probability
of war with Japan. There was a I
good deal of buncombe about the whole
matter, anyway.
Although there are quite a number
of Democratic papers that seem to
think otherwise, the outlook is that
Mr. Bryan will have enough instructed
delegates at Denver to give him the
nomination on the first ballot. If he
should not b? nominated on the first I
ballot, however, there is good reason
to expect that he will not be nominated
at all.
Bit what has a South Carolina
Democratic convention to do with
Clemson College? Are not a perpetual
majority of its board of trustees appionted
under the will of a decedent?
Is it not an institution controlled by
a private estate??News and Courier.
Yes, this is always timely. The matter
is important and should be kept in
mind until it is properly straightened
out. Under state support, Clemson
should be under state direction.
There is no question of the fact
that Mr. W. E. Gonzales, more than
any other one man, or half a dozen
men, for that matter, was responsible
for the action of the state convention in
instructing delegates to Denver to vote
for Bryan, first, last and all the time,
and under the circumstances, Mr. Gon- I
zales was fairly entitled to be named
as one of the delegates-at-large. But I
such is politics.
The city council of Atlanta has li-1
censed the sale of a prohibition brew I
known as "near beer." It is practi-1
cally the same as the real article, sol
much so that the internal revenue de-I
partment requires a tax for its sale. I
The effect of the city council's action,
of course, will be to nullify the state
prohibition law to the extent that beer
will be freely sold in the city. The
"near beer," of course is the real article
in everything except the name.
Til eke is not much danger of any
considerable plowing up of cotton.
The plowing up of 20 per cent of the
present acreage would send prices I
booming: but those who count seriously
on seeing anything of the kind?I
a great deal of plowing up?are de- I
ceiving themselves. The situation is I
very much like the frequently recur-1
ring stories of hopelessly love sickl
couples who agree to end it all by suicide,
but are generally spared because
each waits for the other to go first. I
As a matter of fact, there has neverl
yet been much voluntary reduction of
acreage on the part of cotton farmers,
and still less voluntary reduction of
yield.
fx its summary of Tuesday's cotton I
market, the New York Sun, gave the J
following facts that are interesting:
"The English trade appeared dis-1
posed to sit still and await develop-1
ments on this side, apparently puzzled
at the ability of the manipulators to
prevent a full response to the ad-1
vances over there, in the face of such I
ji demand for actual cotton and the |
manifest improvement in business
conditions. Liverpool prices at the
hour of the local opening were 5 to
12 points lower, the old crop months
showing relative easiness. Spot cotton,
however, continued in good demand,
sales for the day aggregating
12,000 bales. The price declined 10
points, to 6.28d. basis middling. It
might be observed however, that 6.
28d. means 12.56c in American money
and that middling in New York at
yesterday's close was quoted at 1 lc.
It costs 60c to take a bale of cotton
from New York to Liverpool. That
such an abnormal difference in the
price of the actual cotton should exist
between two of the world's most
important markets, together with the
fact that stocks in New York warehouses
are smaller than they have
been in years and no additional cotton
can be brought here from the
south without entailing a tremendous
loss, is bound to attract public attention
sooner or later, arid when it does
there are likely to be more fireworks."
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Declarations Adopted In Wednesday's
Convention.
Following is the pla'tform of the
South Carolina Democrats as adopted
in the convention held in Columbia
last Wednesday:
We, the Democratic party of South
Carolina. in convention assembled,
reaffirm our faith in the fundamental
and historic principles of the party
of Thomas Jefferson and call to
the nation to again put its trust in
the party of individual liberty and of
"equal rights to all and special privileges
to none."
We favor the exercise by the general
government of all its constitutional
authority for the prevention of
monopoly and for the regulation of
inter-state commerce: we insist that
federal remedies shall be added to.
and not substituted for, state remedies.
We denounce as revolutionary
the policy of the Republican party,
that the powers of the general government
should be extended by judicial
constructions.
A private monopoly is indefensible
and intolerable. We. therefore, favor
the vigorous enforcement of the
criminal law against trusts and trust
magnates, and demand the enacting
of such additional legislation as may
t,, mnlfu it imriossihle
for a private monopoly to exist in the
I'nited States.
We favor an immediate revision of
the tariff by the reduction of import
duties, and we denounce as hypocritical
the promise of the Republican
party to enact such legislation after
the elections. Articles entering
into competition with articles controlled
by trusts should be placed
upon the free list; material reductions
should tie made in the tariff
upon the necessaries of life, our
present financial conditions show the
urgent necessity for a more elastic
currency system.
The Democratic party of the nation
should pledge the people that if placed
in power it will enact prompt but
conservative legislation to relieve
present conditions.
We favor the enactment of a fair
and just employers' liability law.
We sympathize with the efforts put
forth for the reclamation of the arid
lands of the west and the use of Irrigation
in the development of the
country, and upon the same principle
we also favor the reclamation of
swamp lands. We favor the preservation
of the forests still remaining,
and the replanting of the denuded
districts in all our mountain ranges,
as well as the forestation of the western
plains.
We urge liberal appropriations for
the improvement and development of
the interior waterways, believing that
such expenditures will return a large
dividend in lessened cost of transportation.
We favor the election of United
States senators, by direct vote of the
people, and regard this reform as the
gateway to other national reforms.
We favor a federal law compelling
the fullest publicity in the matter of
contributions to the national campaign
funds of all the parties and we
would call the attention of the nation
to the failure of the Republican party
to enact such legislation as proof
of the correctness of the charges
made on the eve of the last election
by the Democratic nominee for president
that the Republican party had
received assistance from corporations
desiring to control the polices of the
national government iti their own interest.
We welcome Oklahoma to the sistor-hnnd
of stuffs and heartilv con
gratulate her upon the auspicious beginning
of a great career. We favor
separate statehood for Arizona and
New Mexico and demand for the people
of Pot to Rcio the full enjoyment
of the rights and privileges of a territorial
form of government.
HEMPHILL IN CHARLOTTE.
Brilliant South Carolina Editor Has
Fun With the Mecklenburgers.
There are very few newspaper readers
in this state, who are not cognL
zunt of the long continued quarrel between
Editor J. C. Hemphill of the
News and Courier, and Editor J. P.
Caldwell of the Charlotte Observer,
over the authenticity of the Mecklenburg
Declaration of Independence,
and the birthplace of Andrew Jackson.
Mr. Hemphill ridicules the Mecklenburg
declaration as a myth, and cites
reams of evidence to prove that Andrew
Jackson was born in I^ancaster;
but Editor Caldwell, knowing that he
cannot yield and remain in Charlotte,
insists stubbornly on both propositions.
The annual meeting of the Southern
Publishers convened in Charlotte on
Tuesday. Editors Caldwell and Hemphill
are both members. Knowing
that Mr. Hemphill would be present,
Editor Caldwell industriously revived
old scores beforehand; but at the same
time generously assured Editor Hemphill
that every precaution had been
taken for his safety while in the city.
That the Charlotte people had it in
for the sacrillgious South Carolina
editor, there was no question; but as
to who has come out of the fray with
the fewest number of scars is not a
matter of much doubt.
In their addresses of welcome to the
publishers, both Mayor Franklin of
Charlotte, and President Preston, of
the Greater Charlotte club took shots
at Mr. Hemphill. Mayor Franklin related
the story of the signing of the
Mecklenburg declaration, and took
care to refer to the doubts of Mr.
Hemphill. President Preston went
further, referring to the cast iron tablet
that had been put down to commemorate
the incident and told how
any doubter who would stand on this
sacred spot with bared feet would receive
inspiration of the truth.
Major Hemphill was called upon to
reply in behalf of the association to
the addresses of welcome. He did it
very nicely; but he did not neglect to
play for an inning on the declaration
question. "Mr. President and gentlemen
(I refer now to the members of
the Southern Newspaper Publishers'
association)" said he. "This city rwith
exceeding solemnity] has a notable
historical past. It was here that in
1775. on May the 20th day, that the
Declaration of Independence was signed,
an event which is celebrated to
this day. Many prominent men from
all sections of the United States have
come here to take part in the exercises.
Thousands of people come here
from all sections to attend. Many
men of ability believe in the Mecklenburg
Declaration of Independence. Mr.
Roosevelt is a believer. A monument
to the signers has been erected in front
of the county court house and there is
a good deal of the same sort in the
newspapers. And all of this is as true
as the inscription on that iron tablet
011 the square." [Laughter]. Then
breaking off on another tack, he said
that shortly after getting off the cars
the night before, he asked a negro
hackman if the declaration of independence
had been signed here. "Yes,
sir; ves, sir," replied the negro, "right
up there on the square." Then I asked
if it was true that Andrew Jackson
was born in this city. "Yes, sir, boss:
yes. sir, his widow lives right upon
this street." [Laughter]. "Why, declared,"
Major Hemphill, '"they have
even got the niggers trained to lie for
them." "But," the major went on,
"these North Carolinians are great
people: especially those that came
from South Carolina," Charlotte, he
said, was largely a South Carolina
nvt/1 th/Mitrh cmnll
II, ClUU IIJVICIWIV, ui"Uf,i.
one of the best tbwns in the world.
During: the afternoon, the publishers
were taken for a car ride over the
city, and quite a number Of people had
gathered on Independence square to
see what would happen to Major Hemphill
at that point. One of the Charlotte
newspaper men called Major
Hemphill's attention to the tablet and
insisted that he take a look at it. "1
don't see anything but a sewer lid," declared
the major; but that was not
enough. The Mecklenburgers insisted
that he go stand on the tablet as suggested
by President Preston. Major
Hemphill acceded to the request, except
that he did not take off his shoes.
After several moments' rumination, the
crowd breathlessly awaiting the result
the major said: "It's all a d?n
li
During the car ride. Editor Dowd of
the News was explaining how the
Southern Power company had spent
five millions developing the water power
around Charlotte. "It is all developed
down in South Carolina, I believe,"
observed Major Hemphill.
"Yes," retorted Mr. Dowd, "but they
have to bring it to Charlotte to sell it."
This looked like one on the major.
"Only the surplus," he returned dryly.
REGULATION OF RATES
The Real Issue of the Campaign, Declares
Mr. Bryan.
In an interview given out in Haitimore
Wednesday, William J. Bryan
declared his belief that President
Roosevelt will not be named at Chicago
and that he would not press state
ownership of railroads as an issue.
"1 have announced my willingness
to accept the Democratic nomination
for president, if it is tendered to me,"
said Mr. Bryan.
"The Democratic voters themselves
must decide the question of my candidacy.
If they think I can help the
party by my candidacy. 1 shall be
willing to be a candidate. It rests
with the voters."
"Will you attend the convention?"
"No, 1 shall remain at home. I am
not a delegate."
"Will the campaign be propitious
to the election of the Democratic
(' in,li,In fue iii'esidcllt ?"
"It will, assuming: that the* national
convention arts in such a way as to
satisfy the majority of the Democratic
voters. I believe that we shall enter
the campaign with excellent prospects
of success."
"Will your advocacy of government
and state ownership of railroads be
prominent in the campaign?"
"This is not a pressing issue, and 7
do not intend that it shall be a leading
issue, because the people who will
press it are trying to sidetrack the
real issue, which is the regulation of
railroad rates." sstid Mr. Bryan with
emphasis and determination.
? Judge (luge it few days ago refused
a motion to grant hail to Ben
and Dee Stogner. charged with the
minder of Bart Sims, in Lancaster.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Miss Mell Beard?Wants to find her
shepherd puppy, "Wrinkle."
W. H. Stewart?Is announced as a
candidate for state senator, subject
to the action of the Democratic party
in the primary election.
Palace Theatre?Will show the "Impossible
Biker" in moving pictuies
tonight and tomorrow night.
First National Bank?Publishes a
statement of its condition at the
close of business on May 14.
R. K. Dowry?Warns all parties
against hiring hands who are under
written contract to him. He
| will protect his rights.
I T /I TUtlK/Min Affoi?o 10? o nroc nf lan/1
near King's Mountain battleground
at $7 an acre.
Carroll Furniture Co.?Has a big line
of iron beds and wants you to see
the new "Vernis Martin" finished
beds.
Shannon & Hope, Sharon?Announce
a big special sale of all kinds of
goods, beginning Tuesday next and
continuing ten days.
Louis Roth?Will have sweet potato
plants tomorrow?Saturday.
Luther Baber?Says Ess-tee-dee has
driven dandruff from other heads
and that it will drive it from yours
if you will try it.
Clover Drug Co., Clover, S. C.?Is
selling Victor talking machines and
records and invites you to call and
hear the machines and talk about
the purchase of a machine, if you
are interested.
York Supply Co.?Advises you to buy
the best when you buy a refrigerator,
and says the best is the Glacier.
They will be pleased to show
it to you.
Loan and Savings Bank?Remarks
that if you will save your money it
will come in handy some day. It
will take care of your savings.
Herndon & Gordon?Have 10-2-2
acid phosphate and ammoniated
goods, and a full line of groceries
of all kinds, as well as a supply of
hardware.
I. W. Johnson?Has coffees from 15c
to 35o a pound, teas, pickles, hams,
lard, soaps, tobacco, cigars, etc.
J. W. Dobson?Offers a limited
quantity of Hascall's carbon paint
for roofs at a bargain price to
close it out.
Harrison Randolph, Pres.?Gives notice
that entrance examinations for
the College of Charleston will be
held in the court house on July 3.
York Hardware Co.?Is ready to supply
all kinds of baseball goods, including
balls, bats, masks, gloves,
mitts, in fact everything but the
grounds, the players and "rooters."
Strauss-Smith Co.?Has gathered its
broken lots of shoes into lettered
lots and offers them at bargain
"-tnoo 'a flaan thum iin Orilv fl
few of a kind, but every pair a bargain.
First National Bank?Wants to impress
you with the fact that money
deposited with it is safe, and tells
you why.
J. Q. Wray?Cuts prices on all of his
hats for men and offers some special
barguins in men's clothing, especially
in serge suits at $7.98.
Foster?Milburn Co.?Publish a :estimonial
from a Rock Hill lady
giving additional information as to
the good properties of Doan's kidney
pills.
Local politics does not break out
much until the hot season is well advanced.
June 3 is the 100th anniversary of
the birth of Jefferson Davis. It will
be generally observed throughout the
south.
? Mr. J. M. Stroup has let a tontract
for an extensive remodeling of his
house on East Liberty street., now occupied
by Mr. W. D. Glenn, and it is
understood to be his purpose to move
to Yorkville in the fall.
The rumor that the Carolina and
Northwestern's Nos. 7 and 8 were to
be restored is verified in a way; but
there will be disappointment in that
they are only to be week-end trains.
The hope was that they were to be
daily.
The Columbia Record undertook' fo
secure from delegates to the state
convention some idea as to the comparative
strength of the various senatorial
candidates; but was unable to
get anything that would seem to assist
in forming an opinion.
All those who expect to enter the
corn prize contest under the auspices
of the Farmers' Union of York county,
should notify Mr. A. L. Black, secretary
and treasurer, Yorkville R. F. D.
No. 1, on or before the first day of
t 11 n?. si ml nnv him an entrance fee of
50 cents.
The rain of Monday night camei in
good time for oats, and cotton that
had been planted long enough to be
up; but which had not yet broken
through the stiff top crust, especially
of red soil. There were lots of oats
over the country that had commented
heading out at a height of only about
12 inches and the rain has helped
them wonderfully. Cotton has also
come to good stands in many cases
where good stands had been given
over as altogether hopeless.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The Civic League keeps busy. All
it needs is more money.
? There is a good deal of interest
developing in the sale of the McLain
lots.
? The town council Is doing some
much needed work on the Adair's
Ferry road.
? There has been a steady run at
the Palace Theatre ever since the
opening, and the management has arranged
to make some new and expensive
improvements. Mr. Beard said
yesterday that he had bought a new
machine <?f the most approved pattern
and that he had also completed a deal
for a series of the most expensive films
to be obtained.
? Work on the sewerage ditches
has been progressing very nicely considering
the weather and the small
number of laborers that have been
procured up to this time; but the management
has arranged to greatly inincreuse
the number of laborers and
will push the work more rapidly during
next week and the weeks following.
CATAWBA POTTERY.
Mrs. A. I. Robertson, state vice-regent
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, says the Columbia
Record, Dl'ings gouu news Mum
Washington, where she recently attended
the continental congress, D.
A. R., and the convention of the Colonial
Dames, of which she is a member
from North Carolina. It is gratifying
to know that the coats of arms
of the states, painted by Mrs. Robertson,
have been much admired. All
which have been finished have been
handsomely mounted in brass and
hung in the Continental Memorial
hall. On one side of the rostrum,
above the clock presented by Pennsylvania,
is hung the coat of arms of
that state, while the place of honor
on the other side of the rostrum has
been given to South Carolina.
During her stay in Washington,
Mrs. Robertson, always busy with her
heraldic paintings, has painted the
seal of the Colonial Dames of North
Carolina, presenting it to that state.
She has made a careful study of the
seals and emblems of the states, and
is at present preparing some interesting
little booklets giving the full descriptions
and history of the thirteen
original seals. These booklets she
will bind herself and ornament in
red. white and blue. She will then
present copies to the secretaries and
regents of the different states.
(?n going to Washington Mrs. Robertson
carried with her a number of
pieces of the Indian pottery made by
the Catawba Indians, and she is much
pleased because they were much admired
by her many friends in Washington.
A number of pieces have been
bought by the Smithsonian Institution,
and Mrs. Robertson has orders
for as much as she can send. A number
of pictures of the Indians in their
village near Rock Hill have also been
placed, with the pottery, in the
Smithsonian institution, where there
is a most valuable collection of Indian
pottery and relics. In this col
lection there is the cast of a young
Indian's head, which has attracted
much attention. This cast was made
recently from a full-blooded young Indian
known as Wheelock, of the tribe
of the Indians. In this is his romance,
for romance is often found, after all,
even in the matter-of-fact twentieth
century. When attending the Indian
school at Carlisle, Pa., he met a pretty
Indian girl, Rosa Harris, the
daughter of Chief Harris of the Catawba
Indians in South Carolina,
from the first he loved her, and when
she left the school, he followed to
claim her, to return to his old home.
And now they are living In Washington,
where he is in business. It is because
he is so perfect a type of the
Indians of old that he was requested
to allow the cast to be made of him
and placed in the Smithsonian Institution.
Mrs. Robertson, of course, went to
see Rosa Harris, now Mrs. Wheelock,
in Washington, and the Indian girl
has become the agent, selling the pottery
ware made by her own people in
South Carolina. Mrs. Robertson has
arranged a studio for her, where thef
pottery will be sold and orders re-_?
J 3 ? ~ /Inmonrl fr\T*
ceiveu, ell HI III! uuuul Luc uciuauu lui
the pretty ware will steadily increase
and the Catawba pottery soon become
quite a fad in Washington.
CORN CONTEST CONTRIBUTIONS.
At the last regular meeting of the
York county Farmers' Union, a resolution
was adopted suggesting that
each of the local Unions solicit subscriptions
among their members to
swell the fund that is being raised to
pay the premiums being offered on
account of the corn contest. The Cotton
licit Union, No, 253, took up such
a collection last Wednesday night and
raised an aggregate of $15. The subscriptions
were as follows:
M. S. Carroll $ 1 00
A. L. Black 1 00
R. M. Dickson 50
J. R. Burns 50
CI. M. Carroll 2 00
W. E. I.and 1 00
D. C. Clark 1 00
W. U. Caldwell 1 00
L. L. Smith* 50
P. B. Neil 1 00
J. D. Land 1.00
J. D. Clailt 1 00
Lesslie Smith 50
J. W. Smith 1 00
J. H. Good 1 00
C. J. Hughes 50
R. N. Caldwell 50
Total $15 00
Subscription paid.
There has previously been acknowledged
on accont of this fund the sum
of $221.00. The subscriptions above
increase this sum to $236.00.
All subscriptions are payable to Mr.
A. L. Black, secretary and treasurer
of the county Union, on or before September
L 1.908.
THE SPECULATIVE MARKET.
An Associated Press dispatch of
last night from New York reviews the
i 1 ~ ? >-? $-? c* onooulnftvA mil 1'
UeVtMUpiliema in me n|,. v.u.u,...
ket yesterday as follows:
After a lower opening the cotton
market rallied and ruled very firm In
in the late trading, the close being
firm at a net advance of 17 to 29
points. Sales were estimated 300,000
hales.
The market opened barely steady
at a decline of f> to 9 points in response
to lower cables and during the
early session July sold at 9.46 and
October at 9 cents. There was a good
deal of buying by recent seUers on
the initial decline and the" market
soon rallied. During the middle session
there was more or less nervousness
and irregularity, but the market
showed a steady tone and just before
the close became very active and
strong with July selling at 9.82 and
October at 9.32 or 22 to 30 points net
higher. The close was at practically
the best point of the day. There were
rumors during the day that a prominent
Wall street operator had covered
short contracts in October, and
was taking a fresh hold of the bull
side of the market and the advance
was also said to be encouraged by
private predictions of unsettled
weather over the week-end, although
the official weather map and forecasts
were not considered unfavorable.
Some wires were received from
Fall River claiming that mills there
were going on full time in the near
future and generally speaking advices
from dry goods districts were
more encouraging. Southern spot
markets were unchanged to 3-16 cent
higher.
Receipts at the ports today 7,979
hales, againsf 6,287 last week, and
~ ~ <<r/\nD cn rtnn
last year, rur tor: ncm uu.w/w
against 50,906 last week, and 52,485
last year. Today's receipts at New
Orleans 4,102 against 1,231 last year,
and at Houston 2,4 40 bales, against
2,941 last year.
FREAK OF LIGHTNING.
"Here is a puzzle for you," said
Judge 14. R. Williams yesterday, as he
handed the reporter a small, triangular,
raffle basket. "How did this come
about?"
The basket was triangular In
shape, and each side of the triangle
was about three inches. It was little
more than an inch through. The top
was fastened with a piece of ribbon.
In either side of the basket," one opposite
the other, there was a small
round hole that was slightly blackened
on the edges and the bottom appeared
to be somewhat scorched.
"If you mean these holes," the reporter
replied, "they appear to have
been made by a bullet."
"It does look that way," assented
Judge Williams, "but you would have
been nearer right if you had said that
this was the work of the Good Master."
Then Judge Williams proceeded to
explain the mystery. The basket had
been used as a case for a gold watch,
and its place was on a mantelpiece in
the home of Mr. Milton Jackson, who
lives four miles east, of Yorkvllle. The
house was struck by lightning on
Wednesday about noon. The bolt
passed along the limb of a tree,
through a second story window, tore
up a bureau and knocked off some
weatherboarding as it passed out of
tile building.
The family was down stairs at the
time, and Mr. John Jackson was
struck by a splinter; but was not
hurt. The other members of the family
were more or less seriously shocked
and jarred; but none of them sustained
any injury.
The peculiar mishap to the basket
was discovered only in tracing the
course of the bolt. The basket looked
as if it had been pierced by a 50-calibre
i-ifie bullet from, the outside, and
ft,*. Haulrat was itiipnt'll it was
found that while the gold chain had
been cut or burned in twain, the watch
itself had not been injured. It was
still ticking away as if nothing had
happened.
Mr. Milton Jackson, the owner of
the building had a policy in the Farmers'
Mutual, and Judge Williams
gathered the facts related, while helping
to assess the damage.
The loss was not very considerable,
the damage to the furniture being
nit her greater than that to the residence.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Laura Spencer of Gastonia. Is
visiting Miss Connie Beard, in Yorkville.
Dr. J. D. McDowell and family left
this morning for Arden, N. C., where
they will spend the summer.
Mrs. R. S. McDonnell and Mr. Robt.
McDonnell of Rock Hill, are spending
a few days with friends near Yorkville.
Miss fJrace Dickson returned to her
home Wednesday, after spending a
while with her sister, Mrs. M. A.
Raines in Columbia.
Mr.. John F. Gordon returned home
Saturda.\ after spending several weeks
with his sister, Mrs. John McMillen
near Richmond, Va.
Mr. T. J. Nichols, who lives about
six miles northeast of Yorkville, met
with quite a severe experience one day
last week in being thrown from a
wagon load of hay. The hay was piled
up high and he was on top of It. Driving
over what looked like level ground
one wheel went down into a gully
that had been tilled with weeds, grass
and soft dirt, and Mr. Nichols got a
header that rendered him insensible
for a time. He was badly bruised
about the head and body; but fortunately
no bones were broken. He was
up and about again after being kept
in a day or two.
Capt. John R. Dickson of the Jasper
Light Infantry, with two other candidates,
stood an examnaition in Columbia
yesterday for an appointment as
second lieutenant in the regular army.
If Capt. Dickson wins, as his many
friends hope he will, he will have to
pass another examination at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan., and then he will
be regularly commissioned. Capt.
Dickson is a young man of fine education
and unusual natural ability and.
if he secures the appointment will, no
doubt, make a good soldier.
Fort Mill Times; The Presbyterian
manse on Confederate street was the
scene of a very happy event last Wednesday
evening, the occasion being the
welcome reception and "pounding" of
the new pastor. Rev. W. A. Hafner.
Ail during the day members of the
congregation had busied themselves in
getting together articles of food, etc.,
and in the lot procured, it was said,
was a supply of everything from a pod
of pepper to a bundle of hay. Great
and pleasant was the surprise of Mr.
Hafner and family upon reaching the
manse to behold the bountiful supply
of good things. The occasion was not
only an assurance of welcome to Mr.
Hafner and family, but expressive of
the hope that their stay here may be
long, happy and successful.
Columbia State, Thursday: Cards
have been issued announcing the
marriage of Miss Ellen Elizabeth
Gilbert to Mr. Parker Rembert McCain,
Wednesday. June 17, at Yorkville.
Miss Gilbert is a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Gilbert,
and a niece of Rev. and Mrs. S. A.
Weber of Yorkville. She is a graduate
of the Columbia Female college
and a young lady of charming personality,
having a large circle of
friends in this city whom sha has visited
since her graduation. For the
past four years Mr. McCain has been
with the Columbia, Newberry &
Laurens railroad company, as chief
dispatcher with offices in the Columbia
bank building. He is a young
man of most pleasant address with
many warm friends who congratulate
him most heartily. He is a son
of Rev. J. K. McCain of the South
Carolina conference.
LOCAL LACONICS,
We Will Send The Enquirer
From this date to January 1st, 1909,
for 51.22.
At the State Convention.
The roll call of the state Democratic
convention showed York county to be
represented as follows: York county?
Delegates*: A.' L. Campbell, W. Hi
Dunlap, J. H. Saye, J. M. Cherry, J.
R. Haile, D. M. Hall, H E. Neil. Thos.
F. McDow. Alternates: J. F. Williams,
F. P. McCain.
Bethany High School.
The closing exercises of the Presbyterial
High school at Bethany, were
commence*] on last Sunday with a
sermon by Rev. Dr. J. C. Galloway of
Gastonia, and ended last night with an
interesting dramatic entertainment entitled
"All a Mistake." The programme
of Wednesday night consisted of music
and declamations by the students,
and yesterday afternoon after reading
of the prize essay. Rev. J. L. Oates delivered
the prizes, presented the diplomas
and made the literary address.
There was a good attendance on the
exercises throughout and the occasion
was very much enjoyed.
Big Catch of Carp.
Mr. T. M. Martin,, who lives near
what used to be Huddleston Island
on Catawba river, caught about 300
pounds of carp one day recently.
While passing a small arm of the river,
he noticed that it was literally alive
with carp that had probably gone in
there to spawn, and immediately securing
help and two seines, he fixed
one seine across the mouth of the little
pond and used the other to drag for
the fish. In a half hour or such a
matter, the catch was completed. The
carp were of various sizes, some of
them quite large. All the neighbors
for miles around enjoyed carp during
n.vt twn nr three days. The riv
er carp are generally considered to be
very fine eating.
MERE-MENTION.
George E. Sterry, aged 72, a millionaire
coal operator of New York,
was killed by his son in his office in
that city Tuesday. The father had
announced his intention to marry
again and this angered the son, causing
the tragedy. The son committed
suicide... .There was much rioting
among the street car strikers in
Cleveland, O., Tuesday. More than
one car was wrecked with dynamite.
.... May corn reached the record
breaking price of 79 cents a bushel
on the Chicago Board of Trade on
Tuesday. The high price was the result
of a corner by Jas. A. Patterson.
J. Ogden Armour is said to have lost
several million dollars in the deal.
.. .The Texas law that put a tax of one
per cent on the gross earnings of railroads
in that state has been declared
unconstitutional by the United States
supreme court....Wm. H. Marsh, a
wealthy New. York man, on being
told at the Pasteur institute of that
city, that he had hydrophobia, and
would live only four or five days, said:
"Well, if I have to go I can face it.
My business is in shape and a day or
two more will see it all settled. I'd
rather die some other way, but I'm
not afraid." The Rev. S. A. Coffman,
a Methodist Episcopal minister,
committed suicide at Fairmount, W.
Va., Monday, while temporarily insane
It is now feared that the
whole of Venezuela will be swept by
the epidemic of bubonic plague now
prevalent in that country. Large numbers
of people are absolutely destitute
at La Guayra..... .The Pittsburg and
Lake Erie railroad has placed a rush
order for 2,000 pressed steel coal cars.
The stealings of Wm. Montgomery,
cashier of the Allegheny National
bank of Pittsburg, at first said
to be about $750,000 are now placed
at over $2,000,000. The bank held
large deposits of state and city funds,
but these are amply secured by bonds.
Up to Wednesday, $30,000,000 in
go'd had been shipped to European
money markets during the past few
weeks.... Police Inspector O'Reilly of
the East New York police precinct, has
requested the children of public
school No. 72, located in his precinct,
to act as police sergeants, and report
every patrolman guilty of any breach
of police regulations. The patrolmen
are not pleased....A warrant has
. nui ? T.
Deen issueu m <_un-u6v. .w, ?
Skelly, president of the American
Steel Car company, a $10,000,000 concern,
on a charge of swindling... .Senor
Edward Eraso, a wealthy Venezuelan,
died in New York as the result of
taking a dose of sulphate of atropine,
delivered by a druggist in place of
sulphate of sparteine A warehouse,
grain elevator and hardware
store at Memphis, Tenn., were destroyed
by fire Wednesday night, entailing
a loss of $325,000 The
Democratic convention of Pennsylvania
refused to instruct its delegation
to the National convention for Mr.
Bryan. Missouri instructed for Bryan...,The
American Cotton Manufacturers'
association met in Richmond,
Va? Wednesday.... Mrs. Guinness,
the La Porte, Ind., murderess,
has been officially declared to be dead
by the coroner, "having come to her
death through felonious homicide,
the perpetrators thereof to the jury
unknown.".... Many of the railroads
in the north and west are cutting
down tile number of block signals on
their lines in an effort to curtail expenses
The new naval collier Vestal
was launched at the New York
navy yard Tuesday. The Vestal is the
largest of her class in the world, having
a coal carrying capacity of 6.000
tons besides a bunker capacity of 1,500
tons for its own engines. . . .The
lower house of congress has passed a
bill appropriating $1,500,000 for an
American exhibit at the Japanese
World's Fair at Toklo in 1912
There has been a decided improvement
in the New York market the
past few days for cotton duck, drills,
etc.
CLOVER CULLINGS.
Election of Teachers?Fiddlers' Convention?Personal
Mention and Other
Notes.
Corresuondence of the Yorkville knauiter.
Clover. May 22.?The outlook Is
that the old Fiddler's convention announced
to be pulled off here on the
evening of June 5th is to be u great
success. As stated the net proceeds
are to go to the baseball team and
this fact together with the novelty 'of
the entertainment Is sure to win.
The board of trustees of the local
school have already selected the
teachers for the next term as follows:
Mr. Lamar Ferguson, principal with
Mrs. Lamar Ferguson and Misses Ida
Ormand and Bessie Adams, assistants.
Mr. Ferguson comes from Ridge way,
S. C., and has had several years of
successful experience in the work of
teaching and managing schools, as
also has Mrs. Ferguson. Misses Ormand
and Adams taught in the school
during last year and did work entirely
satisfactory to the patrons and
trustees.
A protracted meeting is to be commenced
in the Clover Methodist
church on Sunday, May 31. The pastor
is to be assisted by Rev. Mr. Coman
of North Carolina. He comes
highly recommended both as a successful
evangelist and as a man.
Rev. Edward K. Hardin, of this
place, who has been pursuing a post
graduate course at Princeton university
since last fall, reached home on
Wednesday afternoon. He expects to
remain here about a week when he is
to go to Greenwood as supply for the
church there, the pastor having been
granted a vacation because of ill
health. Mr. Hardin expects to join
the conference at its next meeting.
Little Mary Eugenia, the 18 months
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. G.
Matthews died at their home yesterday
evening at 6 o'clock after an
illness of one week, from cholera infantum.
The funeral is to take place
this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock.
Rev. W. E. Rowe, who is to graduate
from the .Southern Baptist Theological
seminary at Louisville about
the first of June, has accepted a call
to become pastor of the Clover, lTnion
and Enon Baptist churches and is
expected to commence his work on
the second Sunday in June. He will
make his home at Clover.
The Clover Cotton mill continues to
operate full time and the management
is hopeful that it will not be
forced to either run short time or
shut down entirely and hardly thinks
it will.
NOTES FROM CHEROKEE.
A Welcome Rain?Petition For the
River Bridge?Other Matters.
Correspondence ot the Yorkville knquirer.
Wilkinsvllle, May 20.?The dry spell
came to an end last Monaay mgm.
For several days farmers had been
wishing for rain to bring their cotton
and corn up and put the ground in
hard places in fix to plow. Oats and
gardens were beginning to need rain
badly. A good deal of the cotton crop
has been thinned out and corn replanted.
In many places the cut worm has
been playing havoc with the corn.
Some of the cotton had been so
badly injured or killed out by the cold
weather as to make the replanting of
it necessary in many places.
The communion meeting at Salem
began on Friday night. Rev. George
B. Ratchford did the preaching. He
had no ministerial help. There was
one addition to the church, during the
meeting.
Brown Wylie, the youngest child of
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Estes, Is very sick.
There will be a congregational meeting
at Salem on the fifth Sabbath at
10 o'clock a. m. All the members of
the church are requested to attend at
that hour.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. McDaniel of
Hickory Grove and their children, spent
Saturday night on this side of the river,
and attended the communion at
Salem last Sabbath.
Mr. James G. Love and family, who
have for several years been living at
the Gaffney cotton mill have moved
back to their old home at Smith's ford
on Broad river. Mr. Love is an old
soldier, a member of McCorkle's (afterwards
Grist's) company A, 12th S.
C. regiment. He and John A. M. Estes
are the only survivors of a mess of
eighteen belonging to that company,
known as the Union mess.
The Cherokee p< titioners have filed
their petition with thfeir county board
for a steel bridge across Broad river
at or near woweus ierry. me same
hasn't yet been acted on and perhaps
won't be until the meeting of the board
on the first Monday in July, when it
will be pressed by those Interested.
This petition asks the Cherokee county
board to co-operate with the York
county board and build this much
needed public convenience and we
hope it will be carried into effect. It
will be a great advantage to both
counties.
Mr. Robert Stevenson, who lives at
Howell's ferry on the York side of
Broad river, has sent your correspondent
a cockle-burr weed with several
full grown and well developed burrs
on it. This, to our oldest people, is
something new under the sun. They
say they never saw the like before.
Also, some have found jlmson weed
blossoms. One man who seems to
know more than any one else, says
it is a sign of a dry year.
Mrs. Mary Dagnall of Hickory
Grove, has sent your correspondent a
photograph of her little adopted son,
Frank Brown Dagnall. Mr. and Mrs.
Dagnall have no children of their own,
but through the Salvation Army, from
workers in Columbia, they procured
this little waif about two years ago.
They have adopted him as their son
and they are very proud of him. He
is a fine looking boy and we hope he
may be a great help to them, should
they live to be old.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The state campaign is to be after
the style of a two rjnged circus
this year. The convention last Wednesday
adopted an amendment to the
constitution to this effect as follows:
"Before the election in 1908, and each
election thereafter, except as herein
provided, the state Democratic committee
shall appoint and arrange for
two campaign meetings in each county.
to be held not less than two weeks
apart, one of which meetings shall be
addressed only by candidates for state
offices, and the other only by candidates
for United States senator. United
States house of representatives and
circuit solicitor: provided that if any
election year there shall be but one
candidate for the office of United
States Senator or no opposition for
state officers, tne said committee may,
in its discretion, arrange or appoint
only one meeting in each county."
? Columbia State: There was quite
a fight in the committee room on the
matter of adopting a resolution requesting
the trustees and faculty of
Clemson college to reinstate the 300
young men who were expelled. The
intention of the author, Mr. W. A.
James, was not to interfere in any
way with the discipline or manage
ment at Clemson college, but as tne
largest political body in the state to
advise the faculty of the sentiment of
the people of the state. The resolutions
were linally rejected after several
ballots, including tie votes, etc.
Mr. James stated in the outset that
no reflection was intended to be cast
upon the justice of the verdict or the
wisdom of the faculty, but the object
of the resolution was merely to apprise
the faculty of Clemson college
of the fact that these young men
have been punished sufficiently and
that to deprive them of further collegiate
training would do them a
wrong, irreparable and at the same
time unnecessary. The gentlemen on
on the other side of the question, Mr.
John J. McMahan, Mr. Richard I.
Manning. Capt. W. \V. Smoak and
others, argued with force that resolutions.
even if merely in sympathy
with the dismissed cadets, might be
contrued to be more farreaching than
intended. The faculty and management
could be made to understand
that the resolution was merely the
appeal for pardon submitted by a
lawyer for his client, but the young
men themselves might think that as :
there had been some kind of issue, i
their side was sustained. The resolutions
were not in the nature of an i
implied command, but yet it was considered
the part of wisdom to let the
college alone, for it was stated by i
several members of the committee
that they had heard of efforts now
being made by the faculty to have
the men reinstated, and if some political
body should step in and Intiuence
them the action of the faculty
might not appear to be voluntary,
and for that reason the good work
might be spoiled. Capt. Smoak recalled
a similar case. A few years
ago 65 men were dismissed from the
South Carolina Alilitary academy. He
had never heard of any political convention
asking for the reinstatement
of these men. And yet the faculty ?
of the institution made it possible for
all of the men with the exception of
one to go back and get the education
of which they would have been deprived.
Tf the faculty of Clemson
college is contemplating such a step,
argued Capt. Smoak, it would be so
much better for them to proceed unhumpered.
One of the delegates got
very much excited and inveighed bitterly
against the "aliens" who are in
charge of Clemson college, but this
speech made no effect upon the mem
bers of the committee. There tvere
several efforts to patch up a resolution
which would not be offensive and
could not possibly be construed in
that manner, but the resolution was
finally killed by a vote of 22 to 17.
AT THE CHURCHES. *
BAPTIST.
Rev. I. G. Murray, Pastor.
Sunday Services?Sunday school at
10 a, m. No other service.
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEP- * _
HERD.
Rev. J. O. Babln, Rector.
Sunday Services?Sunday school at
10 a. m. Morning service at 11 a. m.,
at which Rt. Rev. W. A. Guerry, Bishop
of the Diocese, will be present upon
his visitation to the parish. No afternoon
service.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN.
Rev. E. E. Gillespie, Pastor. ? \
Sunday Services?Sunday school at
10 a. m. No other service.
TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
Rev. Henry J. Cauthen, Pastor. k
Sunday Services?Morning service
at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 3.30
p. m. Union sen-ice at 8 p. m., preaching
by Rev. J. L. oates.
ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN.
Rev. W. C. Ewart, Pastor.
Services this evening at 8.00, tomor- _l
row morning at 11, tomorrow evening ^
at 8.00, Sabbath morning at 11. Sun*
' 1 ? 1 ? ? n/v?MrM?inI/\n In
aay scnoui ui iv m. vyuuuiiuaiuu m
connection with the Sunday morning
service. Preaching1 by Rev. J. L.
Oates.
THE YORK CIRCUIT.
Rev. H. Bascom Hardy, Pastor.
Sunday Services?Preaching at
St. Paul at 11 a. m., and Clover at 7.30
p. m.
Special goti^s.
At Bowling Green.'
Rev. G. A. Sparrow will preach next
Sunday afternoon at 3.30. Congregational
meeting immediately after the
service. R. M. Dulln.
Flint Hill Dedication.
The new Baptist church at Flint Hill
is to he dedicated next Sunday. A -4feature
of the occasion is to be a great
home coming of all who are interested
in the congregation. There will be a
great time of It. 2t
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For the State Senate.
Dr. J. H. SAYE.
W. H. STEWART.
For Sheriff. P
S. S. PLEXICO.
For Clerk.
JOHN R. LOGAN
For Supervisor.
W. G. DUNCAN,
C. C. HUGHES.
GEO. L. SUGGS,
For Auditor.
BROADUS M. LOVE.
Week-End Special.
Beginning Saturday, June 13th, 1908,
this line will operate between Chester,
S. C., and Mortimer, N. C., Special
Week-End trains, leaving Chester,
Saturday evening at 4.45 p. m., arriv- 9 ing
at Lenoir 9.45 p. m, Mortimer 11.10
a. ' mnn.
p. m.; returning, icatc uviuui? uv?
day morning 7 a. m., Lenoir 8.20 a.
m., arriving at Chester 1.20 p. m.
This will give the traveling public
and the business man especially, an
opportunity to spend two night and one If
day in the mountains without losing
any time from his business; as they
can leave home after business hours
Saturday evening and return early
Monday morning.
E. F. Reid, G. P. A.
Letter to M. C. Willis,
Yorkvllie, S. C.
Dear Sir: We can't get over talking
about those two houses at Lufkin,
Tex, owned by Judge I D Fairchild.
Both houses are exactly alike and ^
both painted at same time by J. M.
Torrance.
One took 15} gallons Devoe; the
other 25 gallons of another paint sold
at same price.
That 25 gallon paint is weak and 15
per cent whiting; that's wny 11 iouk
9$ gallons more.
Yours truly
65 F W DEVOE & CO
P. S.?J. J. KELLER & CO., sell our
PAINT.
Veteran Special?Special Train Columbie,
S. C., to Birmingham, Ala., Via *
Southern Railway.
Arrangements have been made with
Major General Thos. W. Carwile, Commanding
South Carolina Division,
United Confederate Veterans for a
special train, Columbia to Birmingham
for the accommodation of the Confederate
veterans and their friends who
desire to attend the Annual Reunion at
Birmingham, June 9th-llth, 1908.
This arrangement will enable veterans
from Orangeburg, Sumter and
points in the eastern part of the state,
also from Camden, Chester, to arrive *
in Columbia on noon trains in time to
leave on the special at 1.45 p. m.
From Rock Hill, Yorkvllle, Blacksburg,
Union and Spartanburg, veterans
can leave on regular trains arriving
Greenville 8.55 p. m., connecting
with the "Veterans Special" which
will leave Greenville 9.00 p. m., due at
Birmingham the following morning,
Tuesday, June 9th in time for breakfast,
so that veterans can get located
before the opening session of the first
day.
Those who contemplate joining the
special at Columbia will please communicate
with B. H. Todd, Passenger
and Ticket Agent, Southern Railway,
Columbia, S. C., and those who expect
to join at Greenville, communicate with f
T. P. P. Carson, Passenger and Ticket
Agent, Greenville, S. C.. stating whether
accommodations will be desired in
day coaches or Pullman sleeping cars,
and how many there will be in the
party, etc.
Tickets will be sold at very low ^
rates from all points, June 6th, 7th and
8th, limited June 20th, 1908. Round
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follows:
Abbeville $6.40; Anderson 56.40;
Blacksburg $8.05; Camden $9.20; Chester
$8.15; Columbia $8.55; Greenville
6.85; Greenwood $6.70; Lancaster
SS.75; Newberry $7.70; Orangeburg
$8.70; Prosperity $7.85; Rock Hill
$8.55; Spartanburg $7.45; Sumter
$9.40.
Pullman berth rate Columbia to Bir- *
minghum $2.50. If two people occupy
same berth, the rate can be divided accordingly.
See that your tickets read via Southern
Railway to Birmingham and return.
For further detailed information.
apply to Southern " Railway Ticket
Agents, or address J. C. Husk, Division
Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C.