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Scraps and Jacts. ? The case of John T. McCarthy, of Boston, alias John Odoudrell. alias John Wilson, is much fuller of human interest than that of any of the five men who were arrested some time ago at Van Wyck and whom he helped to convict at Raleigh last week. As Odoudrell, he was sentenced to the United States penitentiary at Nashville, Tenn., eight years ago for 22 months for cracking the safe at Edenton postofflce. He served his term and soon afterwards dynamited safes In a store at Littleton and at Wilson, and was sentenced to the state prison at Raleigh for fifteen years. Eighteen months later he escaped in the day time, getting some citizen's clothes and passing out as a visitor. He next cracked the safe in a New Jersey postofflce, was sent to the Federal prison and became a church member and was pardoned by Pres ident Roosevelt. While a convict there he was utilized by the postofflce department In attending trials and illustrating safe-cracking methods. He went to Boston, has since been on its police force and also a special detective for an express company, also aiding the postofflce department and making a fine record. He was arrested at Raleigh by Warden Fleming, of the state penitentiary, who identified him, but in a few minutes Inspector Gregory telephoned the circumstances to Governor Glenn who ordered McCarthy's release and he left for Boston that night. ? Charlotte Observer: The next wonder of science' and invention? Answering a recent question of our own before it is cold, we point to the noiseless rifle, an arm perfected and demonstrated by Hiram Percy Maxim. This inventor has a high-power gun whose discharge is no louder than the dropping of a nail upon the floor and cannot be heard a room away. It makes only a hollow plunk, yet does work as deadly as any. Regular ammunition is used without change and any rifle will give the result after a slight re-modeling. Pending tests to be made by the ordnance department of the United States army, the inventor has demonstrated his device before the board of managers of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, sending a flat-nosed bullet from an ordinary 32-calibre Winchester through six inches of city directories practically without noise. This demonstration was given in pursuance of a request made by the S. P. C. A. that he furnish a weapon for butchering animals more humanely than is possible with the somewhat haphazard hammer method, and the officers present agreed that their requirements had been fully met. They now have a gun capable of driving a bullet into a steer's brain without frightening the other animals lined up behind. Efforts to persuade or compel its extensive use will come next. Thus a shooting device which can hardly fail to play a great part in war may likewise serve other and quite different purposes. Its inventor's achievement doubtless means that the next great battles will not only be smokeless but noiseless as well. Without losing any of their deadliness or tremendous range, tirearms will no more fill battlefields with fiame, smoke or sound than so many bows and slings. Men will fall by thousands without knowing whence death comes. Of course military tactics, which have been continually readjusting themselves as weapons become more deadly, must necessarily make further re-adjustments?few now believe that war will ever become extinct through sheer deadliness; but H. P. Maxim's invention will at least increase the difficulty of already formidable problems. If some restraint isn't laid upon the Maxim family, in fact, war may get to be such a very serious business that nations will think twice before rushing into it. ? The most striking development of the Republican national convention >\ ru ursua) nao * v??u? v.?. tion that was given to President Roosevelt. It was during a eulogistic speech that was being made by Senator Lodge, the permanent chairman. The speech of course, had been carefully prepared to meet all possible contingencies and this particular part of it was for the purpose of heading off a movement to make a mix-up of Taft's fortunes by putting Roosevelt in nomination. After speaking in the most enthusiastic endorsement of all that Roosevelt had done, Mr. Lodge told how the president, contrary to the desires of his fellowcitizens who would be glad to retain him, positively declined to continue in office. "That man," said Mr. Lodge, "is no friend of Theodore Roosevelt, and does not cherish his name and fame, who now, from any motive, seeks to urge him for the great office he has finally declined." Further on in his speech, Mr. Lodge said, "The president is the best abused and most popular man in the United States today." This was the long awaited signal. Instantly a shout broke from the galleries and was echoed back from the floor?at first only a tempest of detached yells and catcalls and shouts of "Teddy." but gradually gathering force and volume until it swelled to a whirlwind of sound and motion, as delegates and spectators rose en masse, mounting chairs, waving flags, newspapers, anything which could be seized uoon to add turbulence to the scene. Amid the tumult, the band struck up, but the clash of brass and drums was completely lost in the bable of sound which swelled uii from 11,000 throats. From the first minute Senator Lodge stood waiting to proceed, occasionally raising his hand for silence, only to awaken a defiant yell twice louder than before. Five minutes passed, ami instead of abating, the uproar was increasing. Senator Lodge sank back in his chair to await a lull in the storm. Five minutes?10 minutes? 15 minutes. There was no lull, no abatement. A hoarse roar had taken the place of the detached yells. "Four! Four! F< ur Years More" came in a deafening chorus from the full sweep of the gallery, as if preconcerted, each "Four! Four!" exploding like the boom of heavy artillery. Fifteen minutes?twenty minutes?twenty-five minutes! New delegations were joining in the outbreak. Some had mounted chairs, Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and were gesticulating madly. One delegate far to the left had torn off his coat and was whipping it wildly above his head. Texas and Kentucky appeared to be the centre of the agitation on the floor. New York viewed the storm with calm, and silence, except when one of the Foraker delegates. Marcus Shoup, who mounted on a chair, kept both arms in motion with a waving flag and a newspaper and his voice joining in the general pandemonium. Thirty minutes?thirty-five minutes ? forty minutes ?forty-five minutes. A full three-quarters of an hour had passed in this bewildering confusion of sight and sound. For a time some fear was felt by some that a stampede was imminent. Hut the politicians were glad to give the pentup enthusiasm of the multitude this outlet of expression, and at no time was there the slightest apprehension among them that the well-devised plans would miscarry by some overpowering movement. Frank H. Hitchcock, the Taft manager, moved about the floor smiling as the tumult was at its height. "The cheers for Roosevelt today will be for Taft tomorrow." said lie with confidence. With the subsiding of the Roosevelt storm. Senator Lodge completed his stirring speech, and then the convention turned to the reports of the other committees. That on rules and order of business brought a majority report against the resolution offered by James Francis Burke, of Pennsylvania. reducing the representation of states to a basis of the Republican vote cast by those states. Kr. Burke presented a minority report, in which seventeen of the states concurred. She ^(ovhiillc (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.: ? FRIDAY, JUNE 19, I90S. The campaign is rather too young to warrant much of a prediction as to who is who and whut is what. Sentiment along this line will develop as the campaign progresses. Hon. Joseph T. Johnson of the Fourth district, will go back to congress without opposition. He would have gone anyway; but he no doubt finds it pleasant to go without opposition. They yelled three quarters of an hour for Roosevelt at Chicago, Wednesday and they will no doubt yell an hour and a half for Bryan at Denver. But it is the shouting that comes after the voting that sounds best. The Republican convention turned out as it had been cut and dried beforehand. Roosevelt could have been nominated without difficulty, and LaFollette was shown to be the next strongest man. But the delegates could not have done other than they did do if they had wanted to. Farmers who sell cotton at this time for future delivery, help to depress prices against themselves and neighbors. The speculators who buy September or October cotton at 10 or 11 cents, or any other price, use it to beat down the price of November and December cotton. It is best not to sell for future delivery at any price. Referring to the senatorial race, the Anderson Daily Mail expresses the wish that the best man will win and hopes that the friends of the various candidates will not construe the expression as a lick at their respective favorites. If we were not aware of the fact already, we could gather from this straw that the editor of the Daily Mail is a very wise man. One of the principal considerations that keeps would-be candidates from going before the people is a fear that they will be beaten. It is well that this matter is so ordered, for as a rule the man who would like to be a candidate; but who refrains for this reason, ought not to be elected. The men who run because they feel that they may be of service to their felImvmen do not altogether fail in that service even though they fail of election. The regulation of cotton gambling is receiving serious consideration at the hands of the Louisiana legislature. Senator Mansion has a bill in which he proposes to require that dealers in futures must, upon demand, furnish proof of actual deliveries. The bill also requires that the grades traded in must be delivered as specified. There is a. strong sentiment in favor of the bill; but as the entire New Orleans Cotton Exchange is opposed to it, it will hardly pass at this time. A'r the opening of the state campaign at St. Matthews last Wednesday, Dr. T. H. Dreher the county chairman, fired some shots at the newspapers for their alleged opposition to the campaign meetings. Just what the doctor said, was not reported, and we are in the dark as to his exact position. We would remark, however, that about all the opposition we have noted has been because of the small attendance and the heavy expense to the candidates. We have absolutely no objection to the campaign meetings; but we are of the opinion that in practice their educational value does not measure up to their theoretical value. So far as the newspapers are concerned, considering their selfish interests only, they would much rather have the meetings than not. We like the platform of Mr. R. G. Rhett and we like the platform of Mr. E. D. Smith. Both are along lines that have been advocated by The Enquirer for a great many years. We do not claim to have been the original exponent of either platform; but we heartily approve them both. Through the tariff on manufactured articles and through cotton exchanges manipulation, the north has gotten a very great advantage of the south. It has been able to ride us both going and coming, especially ever since the war. It will be a long time before the south will be able to secure any change in the tariff policy of this country other than may have the approval of the north anu west. Hut by means of thorough organization and persistent effort, we can eventually get the full benefit of our monopoly in cotton production, and I with cotton at a fair price?al! that it lean reasonably bring?the south will have a more certain and lucrative source of income than the north will ever again be able to get out of the tariff. This is not exactly a national question maybe, but it means more to the south than any national question that is now under consideration. And Mayor Rhett's idea of bringing Charleston. into closer touch with the back country and the back country into closer touch with Charleston is also a matter of very great importance to both. Charleston is one of the best ports along the Atlantic. In times past it was the principal market for the whole of South Carolina. It was such up to the beginning of the war. Even since, the war it has continued the best market in the state for cattle and other produce of the interior. Cotton has largely been diverted in other direc Itlons, and so has the trade In many other articles. The diversion has been through artificial means, and very probably because of the failure of Charleston to properly look after her own. Rut all the same Charleston is the natural gateway for the foreign commerce of the whole South Atlantic countiy, bofh going and coming, and there is no good reason why it should not again become such. Charleston can do a great deal to recover what has been lost. In fact, Mr. Rhett has already stirred the old city up along this line considerably, and we feel Quite sure that as the result of his campaign he will do good work in the interior. Whether either of them get to the senate or not, we are looking for good results from the campaigns of both Mr. Smith and Mr. Rhett. Rhett and Grace. While the entrance of Mayor Rhett, of Charleston, into the senatorial race was something of a surprise, the entrance of Mr. Grace, of the same city was a little more surprising. It is explained by Mr. Hoyt, of the News and Courier, that Mr. Grace has been in political opposition to Mr. Rhett for some time past, and the inference is that he is running for the United States senate principally for the purpose of embarrassing his enemy. Mr. Rhett was re-elected mayor of Charleston lust time without opposition. and outsiders would naturally suppose that he was allowed to run without opposition for the reason that opposition was useless. That gave less reason to look for the present situation. The real merits of the quarrel between Messrs. Rhett and Grace, or more properly perhaps, Mr. Grace's quarrel with Mr. Rhett, will no doubt be developed later on. In the meantime the News and Courier gives its view of the situation.as follows: "The choosing of a United States senator for South Carolina Is not a Charleston county monopoly, and it is quite possible for a candidate to be nominated in a state primary in South Carolina without carrying his home county. Moreover, it is the proper boast of a Democracy whose opportunities are multiplied by the primary election plan that it offers to every man the privilege and the right to go before the people and present his claims for preferment. No citizen who avails himself of them is subject to criticism on that account. "The entrance into the senatorial contest of a second candidate living in Charleston will not materially change the voting in Charleston county. In the judgment of the News and Courier, Charleston county is practically solid and enthusiastic in support of Mayor Rhett." LIST OF CANDIDATES COMPLETE. The List as It Stood at the Closing of the Doors Tuesday. The entries for the state Democratic primary closed last Tuesday at noon and there were some last hour surprises. Messrs John P. Grace, of Charleston, and W. W. Lumpkin, of Columbia. filed their pledges for United States senator, and Col. Henry T. Thompson, of Columbia, for adjutant and inspector general. The entries, as officially announced by State Chairman Wilie Jones, are as follows: For the United States senate: John Gary Evans, George Johnstone, O. B. Martin. R. G. Rhett, E. D. Smith. John P. Grace and W. W. Lumpkin. For Governor. M. F. Ansel and C. L. Blease. For lieutenant governor: T. G. McLeod. For secretary of state: R. M. Mc (.'own. For state treasurer: R. H. Jennings. For attorney general: J. Fraser Lyon. For comptroller general: A. W. Jones and X. W. Brooker. For superintendent of education: E. C. Elmore. S. R. Mellichamp and J. E. Swearingen. For adjutant general: J. C. Boyd and Henry T. Thompson. For railroad commissioner: James Cansler, B. L. Caughman, F. C. Fishbourne. J. A. Summersett, H. W. Richardson. For congress: First district. George S. Legare; 2d, J. O. Patterson and W. S. Smith: 3d, J. E. Boggs and Wyatt Aiken: 4th. J. T. Johnson: 5th, T. B. Butler. D. E. Flnley and W. P. Pollock: 6th. Wm. Murchison, P. A. Hodges. J. E. Ellerbe, J. R. Coggeshall, J. W. Ragsdale; 7th, A. F. Lever. For solicitor: First circuit. P. T. Hildebrand: 2d, Jas. E. Davis, Jas. F. Byrnes and H. M. Graham: 3d. J. B. McLaughlin. P. H. Stroll and A. B. Stuckey; 4th, J. Monroe Spears; 5th, W. Hampton Cobb, Christie Benet, Geo. R. Rembert and B. B. Clark; 6th. J. K. Henry; 7th. T. S. Sease; 8th, R. A. Cooper and E. L. Richardson: 9th. W. St. Julien Jervey and John H. Peurlfoy; 10th, J. J. McSwain, P. A. Bonham, A. H. Dagnall and M. C. Long; 11th, G. B. Timmerman: 12th, n "d n T> fiiio ftlahn n m Wfl 1 - I~. U. OCI1CI n, V. X . utvi v- . ter H. Wells and W. F. Clayton. The race for senator has afforded surprise after surprise for several months in entries and withdrawals, and the uncertainty was kept up until the last minute today, when Col. Lumpkin put in his pledge shortly before the entries closed. That Mr. Grace would be a candidate had been reported yesterday. Col. Lumpkin entered the race two years ago against Senator Tillman, but withdrew after the campaign opened and after he had canvassed several counties. He is a native of Georgia, but has lived in Columbia for ten years or more and is well known over the state as an accomplished orator and a favorite at reunions of the Confederate veterajis. He was himself a gallant soldier and is a member of a family distinguished in the history of his native state. He is a man of most lovable character and disposition. Mr. Grace is a young lawyer of Charleston and is regarded in that city as the leader of the faction in city politics opposed to the Khett faction. His candidacy for the senate, following close on the announcement of Mr. Uhett's candidacy for the senate. will perhaps have the effect of making the impression that Mr. Rhett has not the united support of his home city, although he was recently elected mayor for a second term without- opposition. The fight between the Rhett and Grace factions was evident in the recent state democratic convention, when Mr. Rhett and his friends supported the candidacy of Editor T. R. Waring for disdolairotf. ninl Mr firnro. who nt first aspired to be district delegate, then became a candidate for delegate at large, and subsequently for alternate at large, being elected to the latter position.?News and Courier. Caxdipacv ok Mr. Grace.?It Is stated in the dispatches from Columbia that Mr. Grace's candidacy is understood to be in the interest of John Gary Evans and for the purpose of weakening Mr. Rhett in Charleston and the low country. We do not know if this be true. But if this be the purpose of his candidacy, it is a stupid blunder, for it will neither benefit Mr. Evans nor injure Mr. Rhett. It will likewise not benefit Mr. Grace, for it will be seen by the people of the state to he a piece of small politics that will not commend itself to anybody of clear and disinterested judgment.?Spartanburg Journal. ? Jackson. Miss.. June 10: The state officers of the Farmers' Union announce ,tonight that they have closed contracts with one of the largest cotton bagging manufacturing concerns in the United States to furnish them with sufficient bagging, made of low grade cotton, to cover 2.000.000 bales of cotton next fall. This is the result of years of labor, [and the union officers declare it the biggest undertaking they ever have accomplished. It means a market for many thousand bales of low grade cotton, a decidedly better bale and neater covering. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. A. D. Neely?Announces himself as a candidate for recommendation for reappointment to the office of county treasurer of York county. Thos. W. Boyd?Is announced as a candidate for re-election to the office of supervisor of York county. W. B. Williams?Is announced as a candidate for recommendation for the office of auditor of York county. Piedmont Mineral Springs Co.?'Announces the opening ball at White Diamond Blthia springs on June 25. A good time is assured. Palace Theatre?Will show "Bobby's Practical Jokes" and "An Up-todate Robbery" in moving pictures this evening and tomorrow. Mrs. Dora Gladden?Will be at Mr. T.' D. Turner's in Yorkville for a few days to treat cancer sufferers. W. G. Reid & Son. Rock Hill?Call attention to big lines of summer furniture. Including porch rockers, benches, swings, shades, lawn swings, etc. J. .C^UgUI X uaft, jui v/n^i xcjio jv/u that the summer and fall months are best months In which to offer real estate for sale. Poag's Real Estate monthly Is circulated all over the country. Luther Baber?Says he knows of nothing that will eradicate dandruff more quickly than Ess-tee-dee. M. W. White?Wants you to let him advertise your wants, whether you want to buy or sell. J. W. Dobson?Has just received shipments of salmon, rice, coffee etc. Herring are going fast at 1 cent each. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Is ready to supply you with fruit Jars, extra tops, rubbers and enameled cooking utensils. Loan and Savings Bank?Reminds you that It is a good idea to save a part of your earnings. It wants your account. Herndon & Gordon?Have almost everything In staple groceries, hardware, confectioneries, etc. York Drug Store?Offers a beautiful line of pictures.at very low prices and wants you to see them. D. E. Boney, Manager?Reminds you that $1,000 would help your family in case of your death. See him for Information. First National Bank?Explains how its depositors are protected by every care known to good banking. Your account will be welcome. J. Q. Wray?Invites especial attention to reduced prices that he Is offering now on clothing, dress goods, shoes, etc. Thomson Co.?Ask you to remember it for dress goods, millinery, notions, clothing, shoes, etc. Foster-Milburn Co.?Print a testimonial from a Rock Hill man telling of the benefits derived from Doan's kidney pills. See fourth page. Yes, the roads are good now; but just think of last winter. The crops continue to look fine, and almost everybody Is bragging of the manner in which corn is being worked. All the farmers should be in Yorkville on July 2, the occasion of the county Union rally. The meeting Is calculated to be of much educational value. Every man who buys an automobile becomes at that moment an advocate of good roads. And as a rule, people who buy automobiles are people who pay taxes, and who have more or less influence. K. M. MONUMENT. Dirt was broken last Tuesday on the foundation of the monument that the national government Is erecting In commemoration of the battle of King's Mountain. Contractor Dagon, of the Spartanburg Marble and Granite company Is doing the work, and it is his purpose to push it to completion as rapidly as possible. The site of the new mounment is about one hundred yards north of the monument that was erected in 1880, and its height Is to be 115 feet. Already this tardy recognition on the part of the government has begun to attract renewed public interest to the historic associations of this locality, and there is a noticeable increase in the number of foreigners who are visiting the spot. It will have to be confessed, however, that there is much discomfort In trying to visit King's Mountain at this time. The roads, especially on the York side of the line, are in very bad condition and the bridges over King's creek and Clark's Fork are dangerous. On the North Carolina and Cherokee sides of the line, the roads are in very good condition. There is a growing sentiment in favor of making a pleasure park of the battleground and providing a convenient and comfortable pavilion for the use of visitors; but as there is no reasonable hope of returns on the necessary investment, there is little hope of anything of the kind being done at the present time. COUNTY POLITICS. People are fond of saying that there is no interest in the political situation up to this time; but that is probably because there has not yet been a great deal of noise. The people of York county have long maintained a most healthy interest In politics and for that reason York is one of the best governed counties there is in the state. It is a fact that there has not yet been much alignment behind candidates; but that is not to be taken as a lack of interest. It merely shows that the interest the people are taking is intelligent. They are not disposed to commit themselves too enthusiastically until they have had an opportu nity to consider the best in sight. Of course, it cannot be claimed that the voters of York county invariably select the best they have to choose from; but that Is not the fault of the voters. The majority of them always try to do absolute justice, and when they make mistakes it is through causes other than deliberate design. When individuals go to market to select goods, it is their intention to get the best qualities and largest quantities at the lowest prices; but they do nut always do it. People who may be able to offer these advantages and who are glad to do it. often fail to convince the people who are hunting the same of their ability to supply what is wanted. In a like manner, the best and most available candidates are sometimes overlooked because of the inability of themselves and friends to make their qualifications known to the voters. But we have great confidence in the ability of York county to make proper selections of public official!-. It maybe that they sometimes fail to take the means to supply a sufficient variety of choice among candidates; but they will generally come pretty near selecting the best that are to be had. SPECULATIVE MARKET. The developments in the speculative market yesterday are described in a New York dispatch of last night as follows: The cotton market was less active today but showed renewed firmness after early irregularity and closed very steady at a net advance of 8 to 22 points. Sales for the day were ' estimated at 1 ftft.rtOO bales. The market opened steady at a de- i cline of one point to an advance of three points and during the first few minutes sold about 1 to 6 points net lower owing to disappointing cables, favorable weather and crop reports and renewal of yesterday's late selling movement. But offerings were by no means aggressive, particularly of the near positions and the market steadied up during the middle of the morning with the tendency upward during the balance of the day on cov. erlng of shorts, bullish old crop considerations and reports of a break in the Red river levee near Alexandria, I^a. The new crop months responded lather slowly to old crop gains but were helped to some extent by predictions that high temperatures in the southwest would cause shading. Such crop news as reached the market as a rule, however, was bearish and the strength of the near positions including September was the main bull factor. All of the old crop months sold into new high ground for the movement and the close was not far from the best on active months. Southern spot markets otficially reported were unchanged to & cent higher. Receipts at the ports today 7,678 bales, against 7,846 last week, and " "-' ?--- ?.Doi, an nnn z,?uo m?i yetit. wi i"*> *?VVfwww bales, against 64,223 last week and 25,588 last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans 3,512 bales, against 92 last year, and at Houston 1,334 bales, against 133 last year. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Two crates of homing pigeons arrived this morning from Trenton, N. J., addressed to Mr. H. H. Beard. There are 100 or more of the birds. ? Twenty-one rats in one trap was the catch at the C. & N.-W, depot Tuesday night. The next night five rats were caught with the trap unbaited. ? John Cohn, a well known negro of Yorkville, died suddenly at his home Wednesday night. He was a hard working, well meaning man, and was highly thought of by members of his race and by many whites who knew him. ? The new council was duly installed last Tuesday. It Is composed as follows: John R. Hart, mayor; John P. Youngblood, alderman ward 1; James M. Starr, alderrian ward 2; J. P. White, alderman v.ard 3; H. C. Strauss, alderman ward 4; Jas. F. Thomson, alderman ward 5; I. W. Johnson, alderman ward 6. ? The protracted meeting which was commenced in the Presbyterian church on the 7th instant, came to a close last Wednesday night. As has been stated, all of the meetings were well attended, and at the closing meeting the church was packed to overflowing.. The effect of the meetings on the community has been good, and there is reason to hope for much lasting benefit. ? Miss Ellen Elizabeth Gilbert and Mr. Parker Rembert McCain, were married last Wednesday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock at the residence of Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Weber, where the bride has for some years been making her home. The marriage took place in the presence of a la Tje number of friends of the young people and was quite a pretty affair. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. K. McCain, the groom's father, assisted by Rev. Dr. Weber, for some years past the foster father of the bride. The handsome parlor in which the marriage took place was prettily decorated and the floor was covered with white. The bride wore white messoline silk and duches lace. Miss Louise Wharton of Columbia, was maid of honor, and Mr. Roland, also of Columbia, was best man. Among the out of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. John McCain, Mr. Roland, Miss Laurens McCain, Miss Alice McCain, Miss Louise Wharton of Columbia; Mr. Jas. Allen of Florence, and Mr. Henry McCain of Gray Court, Laurens county. The bride is the only daughter of the late F. A. Gilbert, and the groom is a trusted employe of the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad company, with headquarters at Columbia. After the marriage, Mr. and Mrs. McCain left for Toxaway, where they will spend a part of their honeymoon. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Mary Ashe is visiting friends in Greenville. Miss Rita Beard is visiting relatives In Birmingham, Ala. Miss Leila Dunlap of Delphos, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. J. Dunlap near Rock Hill. W. W. Dixon, Esq., of Winnsboro, came to Yorkvllle yesterday on a visit to Mr. Jos. F. Wallace. Mrs. W. W. Lewis and two children left yesterday for Culpepper, Va., on a visit to friends. Mr. R. A. Burris and family of Charleston, came up Saturday on a visit to Mr. W. L. Baber's family. Mr. W. E. Ferguson and two little daughters, Beulah and Minnie Florence, spent Wednesday in Gastonla. Mrs. Kate Fewell of Rock Hill, is visiting relatives and friends in Yorkvllle, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ed. Sadler. Mr. John R. Ashe, who is taking a course in medicine in a New York college, arrived in Yorkville last week for the summer. Mr. Walter Bedford Moore of Yorkvllle, graduated from the College of Charleston Tuesday evening with the degree of B. A. Mrs. N. C. Weatherly and daughter, Miss Lillian, of Greensboro, N. C., are visiting the family of Rev. E. E. Gillespie, Mrs. Weatherly's brother. Mr. Jas. H. Dickson underwent a successful operation for appendicitis at the Rock Hill hospital Tuesday morning. He is reported as getting along nicely this morning. Miss Anna Lewis is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Jas. W. Bowen, in Raleigh. Mrs. Emmie H. Beard and three children, left yesterday for Asheville, X. C., where they will spend the summer with Mrs. Beard's sister, Mrs. Dawkins. Miss Charlotte Erwin, who was brought to Yorkville last Sunday, very ill with malarial fever, was last night taken to the hospital at Rock Hill by her father, Gen. John B. Erwin. Mr. G. L- Evans, who has been spending some time at his old home at Whitmire, has returned to Yorkville to work for Messrs. J. J. Keller & Co. He is boarding with his son-in-law, Mr. G. F. Grant, Information from Mr, Lowry B. McGill, of the Hero neighborhood, who had his legs broken recently, is to the effect that he is getting along as nicely as could be expected. He has been suffering a great deal, however. Gastonia Gazette, Tuesday: Mr. John M. Craig was operated on for appendicitis at Charlotte Saturday. His many Gastonia friends will be glad to learn that he stood the operation successfully and that his condition is all that could be desired. p.roonchnrn oorrpHnnndi'itep Char lotte Observer, Thursday: Prof. William Herbert McNalry. a native of Greensboro, and Miss Louise Glenn, of Chester, S. C? will be married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Glenn, on the 24th Inst. Professor McNairy, who graduated from the University of North Carolina with high honors a few years ago, is superintendent of the Chester graded schools. Winnsboro' News and Herald: Rev. Oliver Johnson was formally installed as pastor of the Winnsboro A. R. P. church Wednesday evening. Rev. J. P. Knox of Columbia delivered the charge to the pastor and Rev. C. E. McDonald the one to the congregation. An interesting part of this service was the welcome on the part of the other churches, which was extended by Rev. J. M. Holladay in a very happy manner, the spirit of Christian unity being very fully set forth to the great credit of this community. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From this date to January 1st, 1909, ? * 1 A ?* j i u r -p i. 1/ u. Mad Dog Killed. Tom Garvin, a colored man, living on the plantation of Mr. J. L. Moss, killed a mad-dog last Wednesday. The dog bit Garvin's dog and several others in the community. No Road Exemptions. Under the Saye road law, all exemptions from road duty are abolished. The law provides that all male persons between the ages of 18 and 50 years are liable to the $3 road tax, which Is to be collected as other taxes are collected. This is really the most sensible solution of the exemption question. Death of W. E. Holmes. News was received in Yorkvllle this morning of the death of Mr. W. El Holmes, which occurred at his home in Clover last night, as the result of a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Holmes was a farmer in the Beersheba neighborhood for a good many years. His health gave way last year and he went with his family to cotton mill work. He was 43 years of age and leaves a widow and eight children, six sons and two daughters. The funeral takes place, at Beersheba tomorrow. Mr. Holmes held a Mutual Benefit policy for $1,000. THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN. Candidates For U. S. Senate and State Offices Begin Canvass Wednesday. The candidates for the various state offices and for the seat occupied by the late Senator Latimer in the United States senate, commenced their respective canvasses Wednesday, the candidates for state offices opening at St. Matthews and the candidates for the senatorial nomination opening at Sumter. Both meetings were quiet and without sensational development of any kind. Most of the candidates, especially for the higher offices, read their respective speeches, which were devoted almost entirely to the laying down of platforms and the discussion of state and national political questions. At St. Matthews. Governor Ansel was the first speaker. He began by discussing education and taxation. He called renewed attention to the fact that tax collections are a year behind and urged that steps be taken to even up. He occupies the same position as heretofore on prohibition, in favor of restricted local option as between prohibition and.county dispensaries. He thinks that instead of leaving the old state dispensaries or county dispensaries, all should have been abolished, and that the people should have been left the option of reestablishing them if they so desired. Cole L. Blease began his speech with an argument against the second term precedent, and declared for a platform Including among other things, biennial sessions of the legislature, opposition to higher education of the negro, strict marriage regulations, restriction of immigration, 2J cents railroad fares, and county local option as between prohibition, county dispensaries and license under dispensary restrictions. He said he was absolutely opposed to the old barroom system, and would veto any bill that might be passed looking to its lestoration. However, if elected governor, he would sign any other bill' that th?? ereneral assembly might pass and would enforce the law. His position on all subjects discussed was directly the contrary to that of Governor Ansel. The most Interesting of the candidates for superintendent of education was J. E. Swearingen, the blind professor of Cedar Springs institute. In 1888 he had his eyes put out by a shot gun accident; but notwithstanding that, afterward went through South Carolina college with high honors and has since been engaged in teaching the blind at Cedar Springs. He tells a simple but engaging story of his struggles for an education, and declares himself as standing for the uplifting of all. The candidates for railroad commissioner, including Cansler of Tirzah, introduced themselves and discussed matters that are more or less familiar. Attorney General Lyon, who is without opposition, won considerable applause in giving an account of what he had been doing to carry out his promise of two years ago to convict the grafters, and he promised anew with much confidence that the men who had been indicted would be convicted. By general agreement, the candidates for governor are limited to 30 minutes each and the other candidates to 10 minutes each. At Sumter. The senatorial party organized by the election of George Johnstone as chairman and O. B. Martin as secretary. It was agreed to start at the head of the list alphabetically and rotate daily, allowing each man equal time. Hon. John Gary Evans discussed a number of national questions devoting himself principally to the tariff. He said that the war of secession was waged not so much for the purpose of freeing the negroes as for the purpose of keeping the manufacturing interest of the north in power and he advised that the people of the south who desire a reduction of tariff duties should ally themselves with free-traders everywhere. Col. George Johnstone commenced his speech with an anecdote of how he had heard some drummers who did not know him, abusing him on a train and how when he introduced himself they became his friends. Then he discussed national issues, along the line that the country needs to get back to the bedrock of the constitution. He said that it provoked him greatly to hear people praising Roosevelt, who he denounced as the most dishonest statesman who had ever attained such a high position. Col. W. W. Lumpkin made quite a hit with an eloquent speech devoted to national issues including prohibition. He stated that being an employe, he would stand first for employes of all kinds, the traveling men, the railroad men, the mill workers, etc. His speech made a good impression and was cheered. Hon. O. B. Martin made an interestT-Trv mo/I hiu nlatfnrm 11 is - 11'5 OptCVil. AXC 1 VM^t cussed the various issues and took a fall out of Mr. Evans on account of the )atter*s New. England wife. He urged that if the tariff question should be close in the senate, Mrs. Evans's New England friends would persuade her to keep Mr. Evans on their side. The appearance of Hon. R. G. Rhett was greeted with applause, and the audience warmed up to him considerably in his speech. He commenced by complimenting the people of Sumter on their court house and the general appearance of their city. Then he told how the people of Charleston had elected him mayor because they believed in his policy and re-elected him because they endorsed his administration. He had told the people of Charleston that they could never have a great city until they got the people of South Carolina behind them, and Charleston is now devoting herself to securing the co-operation of the balance of the state. Mayor Rhett explained his tight for betterfreight rates for Charleston. He does not believe in nagging at or abusing the railroads. Let them make a living; let them earn a fair margin on their investment. But don't let them discriminate as they had done. He had been laughed at in the beginning of the fight, but subsequently he had gained much, and it had been for the good of South Carolina as well as for the city of Charleston. Mr. E. D. Smith was the last speaker. He was well received by the audi- i ence of his old home county and he 1 made an effective speech along the lines pur-sued in his cotton campaign. Mr. Smith spoke of the relation of < the cotton question to the tariff issue. < There has long been a distinct line of cleavage between the manufacturing north and the producing south. This had been manifested in the attempt to Impose a tariff which had caused nullification, then' the compromise, finally war and then the greatest crime in the history of the nation, tin* placing of the burden of taxation by tariff upon the shoulders of the southern white man who had Just been robbed of his slaves and the wealth of the then prosperous south. As in warfare there had been given protection against encroachments, the helmet for the spear, the armor plate for the steel-jacketed bullet, just so in this instance has there at last been provided an armor to resist the encroachments of the tyrant north Tt is the wall which the southern cotton farmers are building around themselves by means of organization. The south has a monopoly of cotton, and cotton is a substitute for every other known fibre? ' III* o n/1 flow T'Uo f c\ r?rv* o e n f ? i'wi anvi iicia. i lie lanuci v?. the south, by organizing to resist the hear evil, rather than the boll weevil, has made an armour plate. Mr. Smith denounced Wall street to the satisfaction of the audience and declared that the Southern Cotton association, of which he, had been field agent, has driven the bucket shops into outlawry in the south. The cotton farmer is entitled to get better treatment at the hands of his government and to have the grinding tariffs removed, and in the justice of God, the cotton farmer will get 15 cents for his cotton this year. He decried immigration and declared that it Is a movement fostered by the department of agriculture at Washington to increase the cotton acreage and therefore to keep the south in servility by means of this alien competitive labor. His peroration was a pledge of loyalty to our Godgiven monopoly King Cotton. The state candidates were at Orangeburg yesterday and the senatorial candidates were at Manning. TAFT AND SHERMAN. Republican National Convention Names Its Men. For president of the United States, William H. Taft, of Ohio. Taft on the first ballot; Taft by 702 votes?Taft by the unanimous consent of the convention. Such is the record of yesterday, the culminating day of the Republican national convention of 1908, effected amid scenes of tumultuous enthusiasm. and after a nerve-racking continuous session lasting nearly eight hours. With a president named and platform enunciated, there remains only the nomination of the vice president to complete this momentous work. Last night the whole city of Chicago was given over to wild exultation in honor of the new candidate whose name goes echoing through the country. The picture within the walls of the vast amphitheatre as the presidential candidate was named was one truly grandiose In its magnitude. In front, to the right and left, below and above, the billowing sea of humanity, restless after hours of waiting and stirred from one emotion to another, was In a fever of expectancy for the culminating vote. The favorite sons of other states had been named, save Knox and LaFollette, and now on the roll call came Ohio. As the Buckeye state was reached, the tall, gaunt form of Theodore E. Burton, with student-like face and severe black clerical garb, advanced to the platform to nominate Ohio's candidate. He spoke fervently, with the singing voice of an evangelist, which went ringing through the great building. The close of his speech of nomination was the signal for loosening the long pent-up feeling among the Taft legions. Instantly the Ohio deleo-ateu wero nn their feet, other states following, while the convention hosts. In gallery and on tloor, broke into mad demonstration. "Taft! Taft! W-H-Taft!" came in a roar from the Ohloans. Megaphones seemed to spring from concealed places and swell the Taft tumult into thunder. A huge blue silk banner bearing the familiar features of the statesman-secretary was swung before the delegates, awakening a fresh whirlwind of enthusiasm. All semblance of order had been abandoned and the delegates' arena was a maelstrom of gesticulating men; the guidons of the states were snatched up by the Taft enthusiasts or borne under by the storm of disorder. The band was inaudible?a mere whisper above the deafening volume of sound. Ten. fifteen, twenty minutes this uproar continued. It was a repetition of the scene of Wednesday, when the name of Roosevelt threw the convention Into a frenzy, repeated In intensity and almost in duration. But there Is a limit to the physical resources of throat and lung and at last the tired voices died down to a hoarse shout, and finally subsided. The lull now gave the opportunity for the speech seconding Taft's nomination by George H. Knight of California. his big, round face beaming forth on the sympathetic mulitude, and his splendid baritone voice welling forth like the tones of a great church organ. California's tribute to Taft was brief and fervid. Now there was another lull In the Taft movement, while the remaining candidates were placed in nomination. It was late In the afternoon before the convention, sweltering with the intense heat and weary after nearly seven hours continuous session, reached the end of the flood of eloquence, and the decks were at last clear for the culminating act?the ballot. But no; just as the last swell of oratory, the seconding speech for LaFollette had died away, like a cyclone from a clear sky burst a LaFollette demonstration which swept the convention from its very bearings. It was the same deafening wave of sound that had greeted Roosevelt Wednesday, and Taft a few moments before, intense and maddening and with the vital ring of genuine enthusiasm. The delegates sat calm and waiting, except the frantic Wisconsins. but the convention for the time being was In the possession of the galleries. Now a singular transformation occurred?gradually the whirlwind veered from LaFollette to Roosevelt. " A banner bearing the Roosevelt portrait and waved from the gallery was the signal for the change. Amid the pandemonium and with the galleries In full control. Chairman Lodge ordered the roll call of states to begin for the vote on president. Such a call, under such circumstances, has probably never before occurred in the history of national conventions. A ballot was taken to nominate a candidate for president while the convention was cheering frantically for a man whose name had not been presented to the convention. The votes were being counted for Taft while the people were shouting for Roosevelt. The delegates, however, cast their votes uninfluenced by the clamor of the crowd. More than this, the first states on the call?Alabama and Arkansas?had been relied upon by a few Roosevelt enthusiasts to start the stampede for the president, but they held by their instructions while th" stampede raged all about them. Seizing a megaphone the secretary shouted the roll call of states?Alabama?Arkansas?but his voice was swallowed up in the mad uproar. Gradually, however, the curiosity of the multitude conquered their enthusiasm. and they lapsed into silence to hear the result of the roll call. A hush of expectancy hung over the assembly as the call proceeded. Hasty summaries showed that Taft was far in advance. When New York was reached the Taft column totalled 4 27. Ohio carried the Taft total to 511, or 20 more than enough to nominate. Still the call went on until the final result was announced by Chairman Lodge. A great shout went up as Lodge concluded his announcement, and with one accord the cohorts of Cannon and Knox, and Hughes and the other heroes, joined in a common tribute for the candidate of the par- 1 tyGeneral Stewart L. Woodford, for Governor Hughes, moved to make the nomination of Taft unanimous; Sena- J tor Penrose, for Knox and Boutell. j for Cannon, and Henry, of Georgia, for Foraker, and Wisconsin for La- 1 Follette. seconded the movement. The vote was given with a ringing cheer. 1 and then with shouts of exultation 1 over the new candidate the conven- J lion adjourned until lfl o'clock this .< morning when the nomination of a i candidate for vice president would < conclude the sessions. t The official ballot was as follows: Taft 702; Foraker 16; Hughes 67; Cannon 58; Fairbanks 40; Knox 68; f LaFollette 25; Roosevelt 3, absent 1. Total 980. For Vice President. Chicago, June 19, 12 m.?James S. Sherman of I'tica, N. Y., was nominated by the Republican convention for vice president this morning on the first ballot. THE SENATORIAL RACE. 1 Daily Mail Makes Interesting Com- fl ments on Starting Bunch. We have two new entries In the 48 senatorial race?Col. W. W. Lump kin of Columbia and Mr. J. P. Grace of Charleston. They came in ostensibly as dark horses, but we are Inclined to think the role of cailco ponies would suit them better. Col. Lumpkin, as you will remember, entered the race against Senator Tillman two years ago, and after two or three campaign meetings he got cold feet, although the weather was quite warm, and Jumped - the game. He may do the same thing this year, or he may not, but in any event it won't make much difference In the final wind-up. Nobody ever found out why he entered the race two years ago, and his entry this ye ir will be as much of a mystery as it was ^ then. All this is said because it is " true, and without any intention of discounting the assertion that Col. Lumpkin is a mighty fine man and a most eloquent speaker?oh, so eloquent! The entry of Mr. J. P. Grace of Charleston is about as great a surprise as would be occasioned if the Hon. VV. H. Sharpe of Lexington county should go to Denver and demand the Democratic nomination for -h ' the presidency. Mr. Grace?remember the name?was a candidate for mayor of Charleston some years ago. This is his chief claim to fame. He got some votes, we believe, but not more than enough to put him in the "also ran" class. The anti-Rhett factlon in Charleston is not very numerous, but it is very assertive, and Mr. Grace's candidacy, is plainly an attempt to take as many votes as possible from Mr. Rhett in Charleston and in this way cripple his chances of election. We believe it will react, though, and will help him throughout the state rather than injure him. It will show the people that the pollticians realize that Mr. Rhett is a ' very formidable candidate indeed, and that desperate efforts are being resorted to in order to weaken his strength. The race as it now stands has these entries: John Gary Evans, George ? Johnstone, O. B. Martin, E. D. Smith, R. G. Rhett, W. W. Lumpkin, J. P. Grace. That is the way It stands today. There will probably not be so many candidates later on and there is plenty of time yet In which to pick the winner. The only interest The Daily Mail has in the race is the wish to see the best man win?and we hope the friends of no candidate will regard this pious wish as a lick af their favorite.?Anderson Dally Mail. ^ MERE-MENTION. Two women" and a child, all of New York, were drowned in the Hudson river in that city, Monday night while passengers in a runaway taxlcab Bishop Beaven, of the Catholic church, has ordered cash registers installed in the churches of his diocese, which includes Worcester, Mass. In this way the bishop expects to do away with financial tan gies a aementea man attempted to kill Minister of War Picquart ^ of France In the war department at Paris, last Monday The Doussan bill, providing for a referendum vote on state-wide prohibition in Loulsl- ^ ana, has been indefinitely postponed by the legislature of that state,,,.,., Up to Tuesday the recount of the ballots In the McClellan'-Hearst mayoralty contest, Mr. Hearst gained only 228 votes. In some boxes Hearst made gains and in others he lost by the recount Chas. Bartlett, 84 years old, was sentenced by a New York Judge Monday to three years in prison for forgery. Bartlett stated * that since 1867 he had served twentyseven years in various prisons for forgery The total value of the right of way of the Northern Pacific railway is placed at $108,000,000.,., ~ Since April 15th, $42,500,000 in gold have been shipped from New York to European money markets The armored cruiser Maryland Is the fastest warship of the American navy, having made an average speed of 22.25 knots an hour The bubonic plague is still unchecked in Venezuela. New cases are continually developing..... .A 6-year-old son of S. D. Driggars of Atlanta, died Monday from hydrophobia The Mississippi river was thi'ty-six feet above its ordinary stage, at St. Louis, Tuesday morning... .Congressman A. fl A. Wiley of Alabama, died at Hot Springs, Va,, Wednesday, of inflamraa- V tory rheumatism. He was 54 years of age Three Italians, supposedly members of the Black Hand society, were killed by an Italian wine merchant in New Orleans Wednesday. when they attempted a hold-up of the merchant's place of business. Fire destroyed the plant of the Kaul Lumber company at Hollins, Alabama, Wednesday night with a property loss of $350,000 Fifty fishing boats were wrecked off ?the coast of Kagoshlma, Japan, last week and 350 lives were lost Louis Daniels, a negro, shot a policeman to * death in Philadelphia Tuesday night, after the policeman had arrested him for insulting white women on the street. The negro narrowly missed lynching at the hands of a mob As one of the great cables to support the new Manhattan bridge between >6 Brooklyn and New York, was being raised into position Tuesday, the clutch holding one end slipped and the cable, weighing hundreds of tons fell to the river 130 feet below. Only one person was slightly hurt The motto "In God we trust" will not be restored to the gold eagles and double eagles for some time owing to the fact that gold coins are not being coined at present The postoffice department has completed a postal convention with the Italian government whereby after August 1st parcels will be interchanged be- " tween the two countries at the rate of twelve cents a pound up to eleven pounds San Francisco's mounted policemen are equipped with lariats with which they are to lasso automobilists who exceed the speed limits J. X. C. Stockton, Prohi- ' bitionist, was defeated for the gubernatorial nomination In Florida, Tuesday by Albert W. Gilchrist, local optionist The International Sunday School Association is in session in Louisville, Ivy. Delegates are in attendance from all parts of the world. John Sharp Williams has resigned the position of minority leader of the house of representatives....... Peter G. Hagan. a sailor of the battleship Mississippi, was killed in a ^ friendly boxing bout at the League Island navy yard, Philadelphia, by a blow over the heart. Tuesday night. Three prominent bankers and tho r.resirlent nf a life insurance enm pany, have been indicted by a special Federal grand jury at Toledo, O., on ^ charges of conspiracy to wreck the Broadway bank of that city Expecting trouble in the Panama canal zone following the provincial elections on June 28, the authorities at Washington are rushing 767 additional marines to the canal to preserve order. This will bring the number of marines on the canal up to 1,250. ? The city councl* of Sumter has passed an ordinance providing that ill dogs running at large in that city between May 1 and October 1, be muzzled. ? The jury in the case of the State rs. E. Grover Welch, tried In Lancaster H :hls week on the charge of murdering Berry Mobley on the train out of Ker<haw recently, on Wednesday night eturned a verdict of not guilty. Welch Maimed that the killing was in selflefense.