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. Scraps and iacts. ? Washington, June 30: The total labor force actually at work on isthmian canal operations on the last day of May was 21,036, according to the monthly report of the chairman. The departure of European laborers continued during the month, 250 having taken passage for Brazil on May 26.' Considering the fact that many European laborers have been on the work a sufficient time to accumulate a small competence and that others are impelled by the spirit of adventure to seek new fields of work, it is said that the departure of a large number from the Isthmus without special grounds of complaint as to their work, pay or treatment, can not be considered as abnormal, and this condition may be expected to continue from year to year, especially during the early part of the wet season. ? Washington, July 1: The average condition of the cotton crop in the United States on June 25 was 81.2 per cent of normal, as compared with 79.7 May 25 last, 72 on June 25 a year ago, 83.3 June 25, 1906, and 81.8 average of June condition for past ten years. This v\as announced by the crop reporting board of the bureau of statistics of the department of agriculture, based upon the reports of correspondents and agents of the bureau. The condition of the cotton crop June 25, and ten years average respectively for the states named is as follows: Virginia 92 and 84; North Carolina 89 and 85; Florida 84 and 85; Mississippi 84 and 81; Texas 80 and 82; South Carolina 84 and 82; Oeorgia 83 and 81; Alabama 82 and 81; Louisiana 80 and 82; Tennessee 89 and 85. The condition of the cotton crop monthly for the past ten years shows average of 82.3 per cent May 26th, 81.8 on June 25th, 81.4 on July 25th, 73.9 on August 25th, and 67.6 on September 25th. ? Bids are being opened for supplies for the regular army, aggregating million.? of dollars, and samples of the thousands of things necessary to make the soldiers comfortable and the best dressed on earth are on exhibition in New York and will be purchased, not in small lots, but by the thousand. The purchase is probably the largest that the United States army has ever made in time of peace and will include everything from 2,936,000 buttons to 1,416,000 yards of khaki cloth. Preference will be given to American manufactured goods. In addition to the khaki cloth and buttons, some of the articles that the army needs are 350,000 pairs of gloves, 140,000 caps, 50,000 bed on/3 on annol nnmh^r af pnm straw brooms, 700,000 tent pins, large and small, 120,000 black japanned buckles and 200,000 shelter tent buckles, 5,000,000 yards black sewing thread and 3,317,000 yards of colored silk threads; 120,000 linen collars. 40,000 pillow cases, 105,000 undershirts, 250 bugles, 15,250 bedsteads, 1,500 trumpets and 775,000 brass grommets. ? New York, July 1: A building 909 feet high and comprising sixtytwo piled-up stories is to be set down on the block bounded by Broadway and Nassau, Pine and Cedar streets, replacing the present Equitable building, if the plans filed yesterday by D. H. Burnham & Co., architects for the Equitable Life Assurance society, go through. The new building is likely to be a reality in the course of two or three years. It will be the highest structure in New York by hundreds of feet. Only one structure In the world will surpass its height, and that will be the Eiffel Tower, in Paris. The French skyscraper will still hold the record, but its 984 feet are not very much over the 909 feet of elevation that the Equitable means to erect. The flagpole of the Equitable building, a long 150-foot steel affair, will actually surpass the summit of the Eiffel HTV J ^4 1 ACA i u? cr mm uc, <ti i,vov icci, mc iuhiest point of earth-supported structure in the world, unless the Frenchmen feel like putting up a long flagpole too. ? Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 1: Because it is to the interest of the public that she should no longer have the right to re-marry, Mrs. Hannah Begin, five times married, five times divorced, and champion grass widow of Minnesota, has reached the end of her matrimonial rope. In an order fixed yesterday. Judge F. G. Brooks, of the Hennepin county district court, grants Mrs. Begin a divorce from her fifth husband, but the divorce is limited, and the right to re-marry is denied the woman. Judge Brooks holds that a decree of limited divorce will grant Mrs. Begin every right which she should acquire from an absolute separation, "except the right to marry, the further exercise of which," says Judge Brooks, "would not be likely to prove beneficial either to her or the public." Mrs. Begin is only forty-two years old, and she did not.begin her matrimonial career until she was twenty-six. In sixteen years she has been led to the altar five times, and in fourteen years she has been divorced four times. ? Salisbury', X. C.. June 30: The people of Salisbury were treated to a very unusual sight at the depot yesterday and the fresh and enthusiasts especially were given something to think about. Mrs. William Tyson, a middle-aged, wealthy woman of Fitehburg. Mass.. arrived here comfortably tucked away in a large box with glass front, having made the trip in the baggage car. Mrs. Tyson has been a sufferer of bronchitis and nervous troubles and for the past year has lived in a very close room imagining the slightest draught might aggravate her condition. To avoid the cold, damp climate of the north she decided to come to North Carolina in the hope that the climate might relieve her. The box in which she decided to make the trip on the train Is a large, long affair with glass front and having windows which may be opened and shut at will. She was wrapped in heavy blankets and it is needless to say that with the thermometer outside at 90, perspiration bathed her face and she looked pale, thin and worn. The interior of the box, according to her idea, was comfortably arranged with books, thermometer, papers, clock, etc. ? The opening of a sealed envelope in the vaults of a London bank and the discovery that the Lemoine formula for making diamonds supposed to be contained therein is only a jumble of meaningless words, explodes a mystery which has rivalled the Humbert imposture and the Druce case in sensational features. Efforts to get hold of the document were first attempted last March in the proceedings to prove Lemoine a swindler. Lemolne's claim that he could manufacture diamonds gained many converts. Lord Armstrong was convinced of its genuineness. Sir Julius Wernher, of the De Beers Mining company, Is al leged to have advanced $300,000 on the strength of the Inventor's representations before bringing suit against him. Plausibility was lent to the claim by the charge of a rival discoverer that the formula had been stolen from him. Lemoine's free demonstrations of his ability to make diamonds gave greater credence to the swindle and perplexed the experts. His method was to put a secret powder in an empty carbon crucible, heat it in an electric furnace and draw it out containing minute but genuine diamonds. His success in duping investors extended over a number of years, and enabled him to live handsomely in a mansion in Paris. She ^orlutillr (Enquim. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORXVILLE. S. C.t FKIDAY, JULY 3, 1908. ALL of the diplomatic representatives of the United States having left Venezuela, it is quite probable that there will be something else to take place in that country soon. President Castro is a problem; but the United States government is not accustomed to be held permanently in check by problems. Editor J. P. Caldwell, of the Charlotte Observer, was at the meeting of the State Press association, and everybody was delighted to see him. He is about as good company as is to be found anywhere. But on an occasion of this kind, where Editor Caldwell is, Editor J. C. Hemphill, of the News and Courier should be also. It is not necessary to explain the reason. Everybody knows the nature of the somewhat strained relations between these two gentlemen. The absence of Mr. Hemphill was generally noted and regretted. Although Mr. Caldwell had noticed this circumstance he did not say anything until somebody called his attention to it and asked him what, in his opinion, should be done. "Well, to begin with," said the Charlotte editor in the gentle manner that is so characteristic of him, "I think that his throat should be cut." Governor Ansel has been attending a few campaign meetings during the past week, and he paid Barnwell and Bamberg the compliment of appearing at the meetings in these towns. Some men have been endeavoring to make it appear that he was losing votes by his absence, but he is exactly right to stay away when the duties of his office demand his attention. The people elected him governor and they expect him to attend to the duties of the office. If something important was to happen and his presence was needed in Columbia while he was out seeking re-election, there would be a great howl raised by these same people. It is all political buncombe, and does not come from the friends of the governor. ?Bamberg Herald. That is all right. The governor should not have to attend these meetings at the expense of the business of the state. It is a fact also that his enemies will condemn him if he does, and condemn him if he don't. But under the circumstances, it is best that the governor should be there?best, for the people and best for himself. A TREMENDOUS row has been raised as the result of the announced purpose of Alton B. Parker and other political leaders of New York to introduce In the Democratic convention, resolutions eulogistic of the late Grover Cleveland. It is not to be understood that there is anything improper in the introduction of a suitable tribute to the dead statesman, and it is not understood either that there would be any serious objection to the passage of a proper resolution. But it is charged that there is politics in this proposed resolution and there seems to be good ground for the charge. Although true In every essential, the resolutions are objectionable in that their adoption would have the effect of committing the convention to those well known doctrines that were held by Mr. Cleveland and to which Mr. Bryan has never subscribed. We can hardly believe that the resolutions are without a special and particular design and we do not think the people behind them show up very nicely in trying to take advantage of such a situation for the furtherance of ends, however proper. There Is no doubt of the fact that Mr. Cleveland was a great man standing for great things; but he fought fair. From talks that the editor of The Enquirer had with numerous editors over at Gaffney this week, we feel warranted in stating that the concensus of newspaper opinion is that the senatorial race is between Evans, Rhett and Smith. Some are inclined to think the chances are in favor of one and some the others. All are agreed that Mr. Smith is strong by reason of the reputation he has established as a cyclone orator, and that he Is going to get a good vote. It is calculated that Mr. Evans still has many friends throughout the state; but that if he is not nominated on the first ballot his chances are slim for being nominated at all. Practically all who expressed themselves, however, were of opinion that he would be in the second primary with somebody. Mr. Rhett is conceded to be unusually well equipped for the position of senator, and it is conceded also that he is developing great strength throughout the state. Friends of all of the other candidates are fighting him harder than they are fighting any other candidate, and notwithstanding Hie >!?, ia at ill irrnicimr Rut with It oil there has been very little excitement in connection with the whole matted. Up to this time, but few of the editors have shown any Inclination to tear their shirts over the claims of any of the candidates. FARMERS' UNION GROWING. State Convention to be Held at Columbia, July 22. The state Farmers' Union convention. to be held here on July 22, writes the Columbia correspondent of The News and Courier, is expected to bring: to Columbia the largest gathering of farmers the city has seen in many years. Some counties in the state have not yet been organized, but there are now over 400 local unions in the state and others are being organized at the rate of about ten a week. Over 200 delegates are expected to attend the state convention. The executive positions of the state organization are in good hands and harmony characterizes the union generally over the state. Of course, no newspaper men will be admitted to the convention, which will be held in the hall of the house of representatives, but it is expected that something of interest to the people of the state generally will be given out for publication by the press committee. There has been a wonderful awakening among the farmers of this state to the importance of getting together and sticking, to the necessity for better methods on the farm and to the advantages to be gained by frequent meetings in local unions for exchange of experience and swapping ideas. And the rapid growth of the rural high school system shows that the farmers generally are taking more practical interest in education generally. The demonstration work of the Federal department of agriculture has accomplished great results in waking up the farmers, by pursuing systematic, practical work on the farms through district, county and township representatives. me yeanj mufj \ji agricultural graduates from Clemson has also played an Important part In , arousing general Interest in farming, as have the frequent county meetings of farmers over the state. The state Union now has Its official weekly paper, a four-column, sixteenpage general agricultural publication, attractively edited and beautifully printed, and published at Columbia. This goes to about 4,000 farm families over the state, and it Is attracting much favorable comment. Its editor is Mr. S. Frank Parrott, a clever young newspaper man of Gaffney, who has been conducting the Cherokee News for the past several years. The Farmers' Union began to be organized in this state in 1904, the president, Mr. B. Harris, of Pendleton, being the first president. The organization has grown most rapidly in the upper tier of counties, where there are a larger number of white farmers, but it is being rapidly pushed into the counties east and south of the capital, Orangeburg, Calhoun, Marion, Marlboro, Clarendon, Bamberg, Barnwell, Aiken and Hampton counties being now in course of organization. The counties already organized are: Anderson, Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, Laurens, Abbeville, Newberry, Spartanburg, Cherokee, York, Lancaster, Kershaw, Fairfield, Richland, Lee, Sumter, Darlington, Florence, Williamsburg, Lexington, Saluda, Edgefield and Chester, and Union is to be organized within the next few weeks. The organization has a form of ritual and some secret work, which appeals to the imagination and tends to keep up interest, but the primary object, the practical result being striven for first and foremost, is to spread the gospel of diversification, the raising of home supplies and the treatment of cotton as a surplus crop. However, the Union is building cotton warehouses over the state, the work of constructing these warehouses is going on now In half a dozen counties, where the Union does not own such building, in keeping with the general scheme to finally get the major portion of the cotton in such warehouses for the purpose of financing the crop and releasing it only at a stated price. Some of the county and township local unions are beginning to buy their supplies in bulk, others are buying through central agencies, but the plan that seems to be most popular is to have the local merchants do the buying, the farmers buying in advance for cash. It is said that in one county last year, where the Union is particularly strong the fertilizer trust was made to sell fertilizers at from $2 to $2.50 a ton less than it was selling the same brands in neighboring coun ties. l ne union memuers reiuneu iu buy until the price was reached. CANDIDATES IN CHESTERFIELD. Aspirants to National House and Senate Address the Voters. A very good crowd greeted the senatorial and congressional candidates at Chesterfield, last Wednesday. County Chairman Mangum introduced E. D. Smith as the first speaker. He appealed to the farmer, promising that If elected he would endeavor to raise the price of cotton by legislation, as he had done by his efforts in the cotton association. He wanted a larger market and a square deal. John Gary Evans was next introduced. He said he began the fight for higher prices 18 years ago, by trying to get the money of the country increased. The supply had been raised to $33 per capita and conditions greatly improved and unless it was controlled there would be no use in raising the price of cotton, as the north would get the benefit of it. The next speaker, J. P. Grace of Charleston, made his first appearance in this campaign. He began by saying he would do no mudslinging. He was old enough to be in the race, he continued, and he was not in it to defeat any particular person and he was paying his own expenses. No other candidate was paying them for him. He said that the Columbia state had refused to publish a letter, which he read, reflecting on Mayor Rhett. He then attacked Mr. Rhett's Democracy in a very bitter way, his excuse assigned that Rhett was a Republican. Col. George Johnstone was next Introduced. He said in spite of sneers he would plead for the agricultural Interests of the state. These, he said, were not dependent on one measure, but on many, which he then expounded with his usual force. He concluded with a well told joke, which was much appreciated by the audience. Col. Lumpkin began in a very humorous way and entertained the crowd, which seemed hungry for something amusing. He advocated IlclllUllcU liquui ians. Superintendent Martin told where he came from in a humorous way. He referred to his record as r ?*ate officer and spoke against immigration. The last speaker was R. G. Rhett. He began by defending his Democracy against Grace's attack, which he did with force and considerable feeling and telling effect on the crowd, who applauded him in it. Your correspondent heard a good many say that he made votes by the attack and defense. Rhett then discussed the financial issues. All of the candidates received applause, fairly evenly divided. Among the congressional candidates, Mr. Butler of Gaffney did not appear and Hon. D. E. Finley, the incumbent, spoke first. He defended his record in a well prepared speech and promised to do his duty in the future as he had in the past. W. P. Pollock received an ovation in this, his home county. He referred to his record here as a representative of this county and the loyal support that he had always received, being unanimously endorsed two years ago and again this year by his county convention. He did not attack Mr. Finley's record, as it was his home county. He was applauded throughout and evidently "had the crowd." Hon. J. M. Spears, candidate for solicitor, as he has no opposition, only thanked the people of the county for their support in the discharge of his duty.?Columbia State. ? London, June 30: Contrasted with the recent orderly and impressive surfrage demonstrations, today's demonstration was a comparative failure and calculated rather to injure than to advance the cause it was intended to serve. Nothing like the number of suffragists appeared on the scene and the affair seemed to lack a definite plan and organization. The real leaders in the attack on the house of commons. in fact remained behind at Caxton hall, reserving themselves, as they now explain, for another projected invasion of parliament on Thursday. The police, mounted and on foot, were in strong force in the vicinity of parliament, and for two or three hours that neighborhood was the scene of riots and skirmishes through the efforts of the suffragists to break through the cordon and reach the lobby of the house of commons. Numerous ruses and disguises were employed for this purpose, hut none succeeded and in the end twenty-nine of the women were arrested, including two bold spirits who drove in a cab to Downing street and threw stones and smashed the windows of the premier's residence. Mrs. Asqulth and her daughter watched the scenes from the balcony of a hotel, overlooking Parliament square. LOCAL. AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. C. Kirkpatrlck?Is announced as a candidate for reappointment' to the office of county commissioner of York county. Lindsay Templeton, No. 2, Smyrna? Has lost a brown and white setter pup and will pay reward for information leading to recovery. W. M. Campbell, Yorkville No. 2?Will appreciate information leading to the recovery of a hound, female, which disappeared a few days ago. J. Q. Wray, The Leader?Quotes prices on.various goods and reminds you that he will sell goods as low as any dealer. Clothing one-third off. M. W. White?Wants you to remember that you may be missing the chance of a lifetime by not buying real estate. Thomson Co.?Gives additional information in regard to its big "Mill End Sale," which is now in progress. Special bargains during the sale. First National Bank?Solicits your savings account, on which It will pay 1 ptfr ut?HL niLtri cai, L'uuipuuiiucu quarterly. W. I. Witherspoon Co.?Handles Watertown, Columbus, Guilford and other buggies and Mandt, Milburn and White Hickory Wagons; Johnson mowers and rakes. J. W. Dobson?Tells about his stock of staple groceries and also makes remarks about a line of specially fancy goods. Loan & Savings Bank?Wants your banking account, either large or small, and will appreciate your business. R. B. Davidson Co?Has a lot of Edison phonograph records with passages from Bryan's speeches. The records sell at 35c each. Carroll Bros.?Zenith? Palace Theatre?Will have the "Great 1907 National Horse Race" in moving pictures tonight. See it. The power works at Gaston Shoals are worth a long trip to see. Now for the rub between Clover and Fort Mill. Both teams are wrought to high tension over the matter. The Cotton Belt Farmers' Union has arranged to treat itself to an ice cream festival next Wednesday evening. It is to be a purely social occasion. People who have some conception of the rarity of the editorial holiday will rejoice over the delightful time the editors had in Gaffney this week. The crop stories are growing more and more encouraging. Except where there has been damage by hail, it Is doubtful whether the outlook has ever been brighter. The Fort Mill Times in its last issue reproduces the paragraph recently published in The Enquirer about the Gold Hill politicians and comments on the same as follows: "About all we see wrong with the above is that The Enquirer minimizes in its estimate of the number of "warm" politicians in Gold Hill. As a matter of fact, there are no cool voters in Gold Hill, everything's warm. It has been said that to gain office a York county candidate must first gain favor in Gold Hill, and to lose this favor means his early retire ment. We are indeed proud of our Gold Hill politicians for their activities in watching the public interests, and hope that the bunch may survive many more campaigns and that their numbers may increase." CORN PRIZE SUBSCRIPTION. Sutton Spring local Union has subscribed to the County Union corn prize fund as follows: N. S. Black J 2.00 W. T. McClain 1.00 E. U. Davidson 1.00 J. W. Davidson 1.00 J. H. Loughridge 5ft T. S. Snyder .50 L. G. Thompson 2.0ft R. M. P. Robinson 1.00 J. R. Watson 1.00 $10.00 THE COUNTY UNION. The regular meeting of the York County Farmers' Union was held in the court house at Yorkville yesterday, Mr. J. Frank Ashe, the president In the chair, and Mr. A. L. Black, the secretary, keeping the records. The attendance on the meeting was quite large and several matters of business of more or less interest were attended to. A resolution was adopted, providing that the requirements of the State Cereal commission as to the measurement of competing acres and the yields of the same, be adopted for the government of measurements and yields of prize acres competing in the Farmers' Union corn prize contest, in this county. The following were selected as delegates to represent the County Union in the annual convention of the State Union to be held in Columbia on July 22: A. L. Black, J. M. Craig, D. P. Lesslie, J. O. Moore, R. W. Whitesides, D. J. Forbes, J. Frank Ashe. THE SPECULATIVE MARKET. The developments in the speculative market yesterday as summarized in an Associated Press dispatch of last night from New York, were as follows: The cotton market was easier today with business largely in the way of evening up for over the holidays as the market will not re-open until Monday morning. The close was steady at a net decline of 9 to 13 points. Sales were estimated at about 125,000 bales. The market opened easy at a decline of 7 to 13 points and while there was a slight rally during the early session on buying by reactionists, the general tendency of the market was downward under Wall street bear pressure and liquidation by yesterday's buvers who were disappointed by the weakness In Liverpool and the failure of yesterday's government report to promote any general demand from outside sources. After selling off to a net loss "of about 13 to 15 points, the market steadied on covering, but showed very little rallying power with the close only a couple of points up from the lowest on the active new crop months. Old crop positions were dull during the entire session and ruled relatively easy, notwithstanding reports of steadiness in southern spot markets. Weather reports were generally favorable and the forecasts Indicated no change for the immediate future. Receipts at the ports today 4,387 bales against 6,127 last week and 2.160 last year. For the week 45,000 bales, against 43,852 last week and 15,028 last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans 296 bales, against 604 last year and at Houston 1,653 bales,, against 157 last year. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Arthur K. Wingate of Gastonia, is spending a few days in Yorkville. Miss Isabel Davis of Lancaster, is visiting in Yorkville, the guest of Miss Annie Bludworth. Mr. David Simril, who recently suffered an attack of typhoid fever, is now convalescent. Mr. \V. S. Boyd of Lessile visited the family of Mr. J. VV. Betts, near Yorkville, this week. Miss Wilma O'Farrell returned to Trenton, Fla., after a visit of several weeks to her home in Yorkville. Miss Minnie Lee Garrison of Rock Hill lias been visiting friends and relatives on R. F. I). No. 3, Yorkville. Dr. and Mrs. Moffatt Kennedy of Newberry, arrived lust night on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Kennedy. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tiddy leave this afternoon for Shelby, N. C., where they will make their home In the future. Mir. T. H. White of Chester, came up Tuesday afternoon to see his brother, Dr. M. W. White, who Is confined to bed with fever. Mrs. R. A. Burrls and children, left this morning for Camden, where they will spend a few days before returning to Charleston. Misses Katherine and Annie Lowiy Hardee of Atlanta, Ga., are visiting the family of Mr. J. Warren Moore en R. F. D. No. 3, Yorkvllle. Mr. Zlmri Carroll of Clover, has gone to Dysortville, N. C., to spend a portion of the summer months with his daughter, Mrs. W. H. Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Snell of Oklahoma City, and Mr. Oliver J. Hart, ar?i--?J r? trio If tn tho nveu una luuiuiiig uu a ?I Q1L I,\J ui? family of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. S. Hart. Rev. Henry Cauthen of Yorkville, has been confined to his bed for several days with fever; but is up today and hopes to be able to be about again within a day or two. Messrs. D. C. Clark and W. H. Pursley left yesterday for Aiken to attend the annual convention of the Rural Carriers' Association of South Carolina, which convenes there tomorrow. Rock Hill Herald: Mrs. R. M. Dulln of Bowling Green, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. J. H. B. Jenkins, the past week, has returned home. She was accompanied by Miss Nellie Jenkins, who will spend a while there. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The candidates for United States senator, speak in Yorkville next Wednesday. ? The election called for Wednesday, on the question of voting a 1 mill tax for high school purposes, resulted 48 to 5 in favor of the levy. ? The Thomson Co.'s big mill end sale opened most auspiciously yesterday. The big stores were filled with customers nearly all day. ? There was quite a large number of people in Yorkville yesterday on account of the county meeting of the Farmers' Union. Had the rally day not been called off, there would have been a much larger crowd. Nearly all of the announced candidates and a number of prospective candidates were present. It was the best opportunity that has been afforded so far this year, to see such a large number of representative citizens from all parts of the county. ? The people of Yorkville were shocked this morning t;o hear of the death of Mrs. Chas. W. Smith, which occurred last night between 9.30 and 10 o'clock. Mrs. Smith had been ill for a short time, less than twenty-four hours, and the members of the family, even the family physician had no idea that Vior onndltlnn tt'fla AsneHftllv seri ous. She grew worse very suddenly and died within a few minutes. Uraemic poisoning was the cause of death. The deceased was Miss Sallie Caldwell, a daughter of Mr. Wm. Caldwell, of King's Creek and was 25 years of ige. She was married to "her husband in January, 1904, since which time she lias been a resident of Yorkvllle, whore on account of her lovable Christian character and womanly worth, she has been held In the highest esteem not only by a large circle of special friends, but by all who knew her. She was a useful and valued member of Trinity church. Besides her sorely bereaved husband, she leaves one child, Master Strauss, a bright little fellow of three yeare. She Is also survived by her father, four brothers and one sister, Mr. Hugh Caldwell of Texas, Mr. Edward Caldwell of the Southern railway, Mr. Thomas Caldwell, of the Strauss-Smith company, Yorkvllle, Mr. James Caldwell of King's Creek, and Miss Mattle Caldwell of Yorkvllle. The funeral takes place from the home this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock, the services to be conducted by Rev. Dr. S. A. Weber, and the Interment will be in the Yorkvllle cemetery. STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION. For the second time in the history of that organization, the annual meeting of the South Carolina State Press association is being held in Gaffney this week. The meeting commenced last Tuesday, and continues through today. There has been some business transacted and some most excellent addresses have been delivered, particularly those by Miss Mary T. Nance, Mr. R. H. Edmonds, and Hon. A. D. Lawshe, third assistant postmaster general; but easily the most distinguishing feature of the occasion has been the tireless activity of Editor DeCamp, assisted by the leading citizens of Gaffney in exploiting the splendid hospitality of the hustling and appreciative little city. Upon their arrival on the various incoming trains, the editors and publishers, with accompanying relatives and friends, were at once taken to Limestone college, where they soon found themselves at home. Dr. Lee Davis Lodge, the able and scholarly president of Limestone, had his handsome and imposing house, (the college building) in order, as if for a great marriage reception, and all were made comfortable as fast as they arrived. The living quarters of the college, as well as all other departments are In tip-top shape. The dormitories, are bright, fresh, clean and comfortable. The long and broad verandas are cool and inviting, and the spacious grounds, shaded with stately wateroaks and sycamores, bear testimony of the grand and aristocratic character of the whole place. Bouis? Rogler L. Bouis?representative of the American Type Founders company, was there, of course. Without Bouis any meeting would be more or less of a failure. To him was delegated the duty of taking care of the new arrivals as they came, assigning them to most comfortable rooms in the dormitories, and running a general intelligence bureau. To a certain extent Bouis was under the direction of his clever and agreeable superior, Mr. Chas. S. Conner, one of the directors of the company; but it is pretty generally conceded that the only Bouis requires but little direction, and the genial Mr. Conner would not think of offering suggestions to him?not on such an occasion. During Tuesday the members of the association were entertained in various ways. The formality of introduction was dispensed with to a large extent. The badges that Editor DeCamp pinned on the visitors as they arrived, curried introduction and recognition ev erywhere. The badge was literally a key to the city. There were among the editors some who felt a little delicacy in accepting certain things such as carriage, transportation, cigars, soda water and other items of more value, without paying. But all soon learned that there was but one way to make Gaffney people take their money and that was by hiding their badges. They had been told beforehand that everything was to be free and free it was. The first day was spent In carriage and automobile riding, visiting the manufacturing establishments, the big stores, the banks and other places of interest. There was baseball in the afternoon and many delegates enjoyed that. On Wednesday the entire party went out to the plant of the Electric Manufacturing and Power company, at Gaston Shoals on Broad river. On this trip the editors and their friends were the guests of the- Southern railway, and of Mr. Oscar Shanks of Spartanburg, the local representative of the power company. There were four coach loads of people in all, and Just | plenty of room for everybody. The route was down the Southern, across to the east side of the river and then about four miles up the river to the dam. Arrived at the dam everybody got out and made an inspection of the surroundings, including the power house. There were refreshments in abundance, and at 1 o'clock a splendid collation was served In the commissary department under the supervision of Mr. C. G. Parish, the hotel man, of Gaffney". There were after dinner speeches of the pleasant spur-of-themoment kind, full of good will to everybody, and later the party lined up against the dam and power house for some group photographs. At about 4 o'clock, the train started on the return to Gaffney, going by way of Blacksburg for orders and landing the party at the Gaffney station at about 6 o'clock. The Gaffney people turned out in large numbers Wednesday night to hear the addresses of Hon. A. L. Lawshe and Mr. Edmonds. Both of these addresses were of extraordinary interest to the editors, and were hardly less enjoyed by all the other people who heard them. Mr. Edmonds who, through his valuable paper, has proven his faith and affection for the south, and is today aiding greatly in the material development of this section, opened with a pleasing tribute to southern womanhood. His address was along the lines of industrial development, the value of brains and energy applied to this cause. Fie suggested on the part of the press greater concentration of its Influence and effort upon those things that go to build up thd material interests of the section. He pointed to recent campaigns in Tennessee and Georgia, as an evidence that frenzied politics, is not conducive to united effort in the line of industrial and material development of a state. In this day and time he believes the press should fight the battle of progress and expansion, rather than going to extremes in political campaigns. He wants the energy thus extended by the newspapers to be turned into a channel that will build factories, develop southern resources and make for the south her rightful place as a land of Industrial progress and power. Mr. A. L. Lawshe, third assistant postmaster general, in his address to ,the editors, said he was once a country newspaper editor and he said he loved the newspaper business and newspaper men and wanted to impress upon the editors that the members of the postofflce department, including himself, did not have any horns. His address was peculiarly interesting in view of the recent ruling of the postofflce department that newspapers must be paid for before they will be admitted to the mail, as second class matter. He explained clearly and forcibly the reason and necessity on the part of the department for the ruling and its ieal advantage to the publishers of legitimate newspapers. It had been found out that some of the abuses of the second class privilege was by persons having no legitimate publication but using the mail simply for advertising purposes who claimed 100,000 circulation, but had less than 3 per cent of that number. Mr. Lawshe said he thought the legitimate subscriber was one who wanted a paper and who showed that he wanted it by paying for it. He believed that editors would agree with him that in its ruling the department was not only legally but was morally right, and he believed the wisdom of the ruling had been justified not only by the results to the government, but especially by its beneficial results to the legitimate newspaper publisher whom it protected. Mr. Lawshe's address was clear, forceful and instructive and he was heard with close attention by members of the association. He urged the editors to co-operate with the department in its effort to protect the mails and to advance the interests of the legitimate newspapers. After the addresses, the association held a business session, and then after adjournment many of the editors remained on the verandas and about the grounds to a late hour in the morning, talking the political situation, discussing matters of interest to the craft and profession and enjoying pleasant social intercourse. Among the visitors, especially agreeable to the editors and publishers, were W. B. Jenkins, of the Cincinnati Cordage and Paper company. He always carries a full stock of the latest and best Jokes and can keep his auditors laughing by the hour. The only and original Bouls has already been mentioned. Mr. Horatio N. Goodwin, manager of the Atlanta office of the American association has been taking advantage of the opportunity to become personally acquainted with as many editors as possible. Everybody was well pleased with this most delightful gentleman. Mr. Chas. S. Conner is liked by all the newspaper men, and deservedly so. There is no finer man in the printers* supply business. And Walter H. Savory, of the Mergenthaler Linotype company, is always good company. The linotype people had installed in the college a . Linotype, Jr., one of those remarkable little machines that the Mergenthaler company has gotten out for the benefit of the small er papers that do not think they are able to afford a standard machine. This machine was in charge of Mr. Savory, of course, and was operated by Mr. W. L. Parks, one of the company's best experts. The editors and publishers were very much interested in this practical demonstration of this wonderful machine. The Gaffney Ledger was issued daily during the meeting under the editorial management of Mr. August Kohn, and was filled with matter that was of great interest to the editors as well as to the people of Gaffney. The getting out of this daily was a most creditable piece of work on the part of Mr. DeCamp and he deserves much credit for it. When he, last year, invited the editors to hold their next meeting in Gaffney, Mr. DeCamp confidently promised them that the people of his town would make the occasion one of the most enjoyable they had ever experienced and many of those who attended are willing to testify that he has made good. During the lust business session yesterday, the local committee presented to each of the male members of the association a walking stick cut from Cowpens battleground, and to each lady a dish with a picture of Limestone college engraved thereon. The association came back at Editor DeC'amp with a handsome and costly set of solid silver, each piece appropriately engraved with name and date. All of the old officers of the association were re-elected, and an invitation was accepted from the city of Greenville to hold the next annual convention there. The members of the association left this morning for a trip to AsheviUe, Toxaway, Hendersonville and other points in the beautiful mountain country of western North Carolina. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From this date to January 1st, 1909, for 98 cents. Kell-Stewart. Mr. T. E. Kell, formerly of Sharon, was married Tuesday afternoon to Miss Bessie Stewart at Concord church. Woodwards. Rev. G. G. Mayes, performed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Kell went to Charleston for a few days. Bethesda Council, Jr. O. U. A. M. At the recent annual meeting of Bethesda Council, Jr. O. U. A. M., the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Councillor, William Newson; vice councillor, J. B. Davis; recording secretary, S. E. McFadden; assistant, G. G. Workman; financial secretary, G. H. Morrow; treasurer, William Hasten; conductor, C. E. Strait; warden, J. V. Garrison; inside sentinel, Challle Hasten; outside senftnnl C T Wnrlrmon trnotoo T Q 11 liV* lf Ui . Tf VI Alliatlf LI U.JltVp At L/i Kidd; deputy, R. J. Morrow. Marrying Squire a Fighter. Pineville special of Tuesday, to Charlotte Chronicle: Mr. Jack Kimball, of this vicinity, and our "marrying squkre," W. O. Bailee, engaged in a fight at the depot one day last week. It seems that bad blood had been between them for quite a number of years, and on the day they met Mr. Kimball had indulged in some talk that the squire deeply resented, and as Mr. Kimball alighted from the 5 o'clock down train, he noticed Mr. Bailes In the crowd that was waiting at the depot, and called out, "Hello, Willard," to which Mr. Bailee replied by knocking him down. He continued to pound him around and drag him about until Mr. Kimball, who was a mass of blood and bruises, managed to get a large knife open and started to cut at Mr. Bailes, when at that opportune moment our lone policeman, Mr. Crump, made his appearance and took both men in charge. They were tried before Mayor Fisher, who fined Squire Bailes $9.50 and Mr. Kimball $2.50. Intelligence reached the village yesterday. that Mr. Kimball's wounds are quite serious, but he sent Mr. Bailes a message to the effect that he, Mr. Bailes, must prepare to die. as he (Kimball) had it "in for him," and expected to make a finish of him. Mr. Bailes has the sympathy of the majority of our people, for one time in his checkered career, in the affair. The day on which the trouble culclnated the crowd stood quietly by and let the fight proceed. Desire to Go to Winthrop. Forty-six girls are participating In the Winthrop scholarship and entrance examinations being held at the court house today. The list is as follows: Annie May Jackson, Yorkvllle; Quinna Kate Fewell, Rock Hill; Sarah Black, Rock Hill; Kate O'Farrell, Yorkvllle; Inez Smith, Fort Mill No. 1; Louise Black, Rock Hill; Rhetta Culp, Rock Hill No. 3; Carrie C. Roddey, Roddey; Louise Dobson, Yorkville; Ona Gryder, Rock Hill; Edna Kayler, Rock Hill; Martha Creighton, Rock Hill; Leona Thomasson, Old Point; Minnie Ratchford. Sharon; Mary Williams, McConnellsville; Lela Barron, Tirzah; Ona Wylie, Hickory Grove; Cleo Whisonant, Hickory Grove; Isabelle Beamguard, Clover; Annie Crook, Fort Mill; Lillian Gllson, Rock Hill; Catherine Frew, Rock Hill; Julia Foster, McConnellsville; Mamie C. Byers, Rock Hill; Evelyn Frew, Rock Hill; Alston Wroton, Rock Hill; Lillian Caveny, Rock Hill; Nellie White, Rock Hill; Lillian V. Cook, Rock Hill; May Coltharp, Fort Mill No. 1; Mabel Hartness, Sharon; Myrtle Smith, Fort Mill No. 1; Blanche Cain, Sharon; Annie Carothers, Rock Hill; Harriet Anderson, Rock Hill; Annie Miller, Yorkville, No 7; Lily Martin, Lesslie No. 1; Bessie Garrison, Rock Hill; Sadelie Stewart, Rock Hill; Annie Brown, Rock Hill, No. 4; Tetherd Clinton, McConnellsville; Carrie Boyd, Rock Hill, No. 2; Lillian Klrkpatrlck, Sharon No. 2; Ora Love, McConnellsville; Florence Steele, Rock Hill No. 1; Julia Plexico, Rock Hill. Tampered With the Switches. Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday: A little negro boy from the country. 9 years old, who was bringing some blackberries to the city to sell Monday morning, came very nearly playing havoc with the shifting engine and crew. The negro was coming from the direction of Lesslie on the main line of the Charleston division and when he had gotten inside of the yard limits he came across several switches. Perhaps unconscious of the deed he was about to do, or perhaps for devilment, he set a death trap for the whole shifting crew. He turned every switch that he came to and after doing so he stood alone in amazement and saw the shifting engine with the entire crew dash into one of the open switches. There were several cars standing nearby on the siding and within a few seconds, before the engine could be gotten under control, it ran into the cars and knocked them about 300 feet down the track. Just as the engine and the cars came in contact the flagman and the brakeman, who were standing on top of the moving train, Jumped for their lives. They landed on the ground at a rapid rate and by the providence of the Almighty the car upon which they had been standing remained on the track, 1 although it seemed that it would fall in upon them. Fortunately no one was hurt in the collision but it was i indeed a narrow escape. The little negro, whose name is Arthur Cloud, was arrested by the police and placed in the lockup. On account of his youth the railroad authorities have been notified of the. occurrence and he j will be held in custody until the authorities have been heard from. i ??? SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Insurance Commissioner McMaster i has revoked the license of the Great ' Western Life Insurance company of I Kansas City, Mo., to do business in | this state. ? Major Oliver J. Bond, B. S., Ph. D., ! for twenty-two years a member of the J faculty of the South Carolina Military academy, has been elected superinten- ( dent of that Institution to succeed Col. , Asbury Coward, resigned. Col. Coward has been in charge of the Citadel for eighteen years. ? Washington correspondence Char- ' leston Post: E. H. Deas, Republican ( state chairman of South Carolina, has j lost his position with the Federal gov- ' ernment through order of John G. ! capers, commissioner or internal rev- ' enue. Deas has been an inspector on the denatured alcohol bill of the internal revenue department and it has netted him something like $115 per month. He has been notified that his services are no longer necessary. This was the only roll of the government where persons could be put on without civil service examination and, under the law, that can no longer be done. Deas had one of the fat places on this roll, from which it is understood that a number of others will be dropped because there is nothing for them to do. Not only will Deas lose his pull at the government milk can, but it is understood here that this fall he will be deposed as Republican state chairman and put out of political power altogether. Commissioner Capers and his lieutenants have always regretted the necessity of political association with Deas, but he served certain ends and was continued ^ in his place. A new element of negro leaders in the state stand ready to depose him and will follow the leadership of Capers, Loomls Blalock and others. ? Commenting on the campaign meeting at Bamberg, the Herald of that town, remarks: "The governors ?? * ?r<Ht OnvAmnr Anspl is i( popular here with a large number of people, but of course his dispensary Idea does not take with some. Frankly, we would advise him to modify his platform in regard to dispensaries in county seat towns only. We don't care, but towns like Denmark, Allendale, jm Blackville, and others will want dispensaries if the county seats are to have them, and it will cost him votes. In plain English they want the revenue from the sale of liquor, and many church members, even official members, will vote against him on this account solely. Strange how some people vote anyway, ain't it? Mr. Blease has a good delivery, and his voice rang ^ through the court room as he deplored the extravagance of the legislature, but he offered no remedy. He seemed opposed to many appropriations voted ^ for b, the representatives of this county, but he paid a high tribute to Senator J. B. Black, who he said had voted with him against many appropriations. Mr. Blease said the state was mighty sick?was going to the _ ^ demnltion bow wows mighty fast, but * he did not prescribe for her relief. Pity he is such a demagogue, for he appears to be a man of brains and courage." MERE-MENTION. Ferdinand Dudenhefer, a former tax collector of Louisiana, was convicted at New Orleans on Tuesday of ^embezzling $66,000 of state funds.... About 300 freight handlers of the Illinois Central railroad are on a strike at New Orleans for an increase of pay from $1.80 to $2.50 a day... .United States troops have been sent to points s%r~ along the Mexican border to keep Mexican revolutionists from talcing refuge on American soil....The Corn Products Refining company has been chartered under the laws of New Jersey with a capital of $80,000.Receivers of the Seaboard Air Line rail- jl road have placed . orders for 12,000 w tons of steel rails Upon examln- A ation of the bottle from which Dr. Wm. H. Wilson of Philadelphia drank a glass of ale last Friday night, which , caused, his death, it was found that jj| the bottle had been drugged with cyanide of potassium. Detectives suspect a New York man as having sent Dr. Wilson the ale The 1908 peach crop of Delaware it .estimated at 1,500,000 baskets. The harvest will begin about August 1st The legislature of Louisiana has passed a high license law for that state. The minimum license is to be $500. * The Russian douma has passed a bill providing for an internal loan of $100,000,000 A Swiss aero club has succeeded in sailing a balloon across the Alps mountains. This has often been tried without success * Wm. F. Walker, absconding cashier of the Savings Bank of New Britain, Conn., who disappeared in February, 1907, and was arrested in Lower California in December last, will be turned over to United States officers by the Mexican government. Walker got away with about $650,000 The * ^ American Steel and Wire company, put 1,500 additional men to work on Tuesday in its Pittsburg plant....The 1908 acreage of corn in Illinois is 10 per cent less than last year and its condition is very poor Railroad + and Industrial concerns, whose principal offices are in New York, show a decrease of $29,5HOT14 in dividends ?8 compared with July 1 of a year ago A mutiny in a convict camp near Atlanta Ga., Tuesday, resulted In the serious shooting of one convict. The new royal baby of Spain was officially christened on Monday. The child was given eleven names.... John W. Riddle, American ambassador to Russia, is critically ill at St. Petersburg N. H. Green shot L. W. Tidwell to death in Bradford, Fla., Tuesday morning. The coroner's Jury said it was self defense Two men were killed and three seriously injured in the collapse of a building at Minneapolis, Minn., Tuesday after nuun Aiuen oruwn, a. negru, wm hanged in Washington, D. C., Monday, for the murder of his brother-. Seven persons died in New York on Tuesday, due to the extremely high + temperature... .Mrs. Philip N. Moore, of St. Louis, has been elected president of the general Federation of Women's clubs, now in session in Boston There is much suffering among the inhabitants of Warren and Issaquenna counties, Miss., as the result of the recent overflows of the Mississippi river Geo. A. Hoadley, aged 80 years, a professor at Swarthmore college in Pennsylvania, is soon to marry Miss Fannie B. Kilgore of Delaware county. The bride-elect is 26.... Gen. Luke E. Wright has assumed the duties of secretary of war and will soon visit the Panama canal.... Mae > C. Wood, the Omaha, Neb., woman who sued Senator Piatt of New York for divorce, has been indicted by a New York grand Jury, on a charge of perjury A superb silk state flag is to be presented to the cruiser North ^ Carolina at Morehead City, N. C? today, by the North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution..Geo. XI. uailicis, 1UI 1110,11 J >WWO gcuciai passenger agent of the New York Central lines and one of the best known railroad men In the country, died at Lake Placid, N. Y., Wednesday. Six of the ten race track associations of New York state spent $42,500 in an effort to kill the anti-race track gambling law recently passed by the legislature of that state Alfred Soderman of a Massachusetts experlment station located at Worcester, has tomatoes growing above ground and potatoes under the ground on the same vine The Republican na- Wn tional committee has not yet decided as to who will be chairman. One wing H of the committee wants Frank H. Hitchcock and the other wants Arthur I. Vorys and they are unable to get together The American Sheet and Tin Plate company, Pittsburg, has cut the wages of its 10,000 employes, 5 per cent Murat Halstead, one of the best known of American Journalists, died at his home in Cincinnati, yesterday The friends of Governor Johnson of Minnesota, say that he will not have the vice presidency and the friends of Mr. Bryan say that he g shall not have it. ? Washington, July 1: From the treasury standpoint the fiscal year Just Vina honn o mnot linaQ PtnrV pne. Since about the middle of October last, when the period of money t stringency set In and the consequent iepression in business began to be felt, there has been a constant falling pff in government revenues up to the Tionth just closed. For June a surplus is shown of nearly S4.000,000. This fact, however, is not significant is June Is unfailingly a surplus nonth. Nearly all appropriations be;ome available on .the 1st of July and his year treasury officials are looking 'orward to a deficit larger than usual. ^ rhe amount of cash now in the treaslry vaults and available to meet expenditures is about 570,000.000. In adlition to this there is on deposit with latlonal banks about 5153,844,000. A jonslderable portion of this sum is Ikely to be called Into the treasury vithin the next few days and it is hought the amount will not be less han 550,000,000.