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?craps: and .facts. ? News from Curaeoa, of the Dutch West Indies, indicates a strong probability of serious trouble between Venezuela and Holland. Relations have been strained for some time. Not long ago the Venezuelan consul at Williamstadt made statements in a Venezuelan paper that were derogatory to the island of Curaeoa. Last Saturday the populace of Williamstadt surrounded the consul's house and made an angry demonstration The consul fled to the German consulate for protection and the mob followed him there. Afterward he was sent back to his own ro?iHpnr>p under a euard of trooDS and I was hooted and jeered on his way. The people had all kinds of insulting things I to say of Castro, the president of Venezuela, and as the upshot of it all, there is, to be some washing of dirty linen between Venezuela and Holland, through diplomacy or otherwise. ? St. Paul, Minn., July 25: Governor John A. Johnson, of Minnesota, today received a personal letter from W. J. Bryan, Democratic candidate for the presidency, requesting Gov- J ernor Johnson's early presence at "Fairview," and asking when the governor could be available for speaking purposes. The latter question is asked, Mr. Bryan says, in his letter, because of the numerous requests that Governor Johnson be allotted speaking dates in the various states. Mr. Bryan says the demand in this respect is general and he hopes the Minnesota governor will be able to give them his attention. Mr. Bryan' hastens to request the presence of Governor Johnson at Fairview, that details concerning the campaign may be talked over. Governor Johnson is on a lecture tour, but the contents of Mr. Bryan's letter were wired him. ? Charlotte Observer: Following in the footsteps of the shah of Persia, the sultan of Turkey takes steps toward a constitutional government. China has already made a move in the same direction. Japan, of course, went this way several decades ago. In India there is afoot a strong move * - - ' * Drltoln ment 10 exati irum uicai j_>i <.<*.* virtual self-government pending ultimate independence. In the Philippines we are teaching self-government and will some day let the natives run things themselves. Asia, especially Mohammedan Asia and its overlap into Europe, are on the move. To the moral effect of Japan's victory over Russia the extent and insistence of this movement are in very large part due. Asiatic peoples have been encouraged to assert themselves against both native despot and European overlord. The Russo-Japanese contest has produced consequences which no one could foresee at the time when a Japanese torpedo stole on a dark night into the harbor of Port Arthur. ? London, July 25: The Olympic games were brought to a conclusion this afternoon so far as reports held in the stadium are concerned, when Queen Alexandria presented the gold medals and trophies to the successful competitors and the Dowager Duchess of Westminster and other titled ladies handed the silver and bronze medals, diplomas and medals to those . entitled to them. The athletes were cheered by a large crowd. The Italian Dorando was honored with the greatest ovation. Before the prize giving ceremony began America captured the 110 .netre hurdle and the sixteen hundred metre relay. The stars and stripes was the last flag to -x *u. ? .1 T~ ?11 noat ai ine masiucau. in un n?v events concluded since Olympic began, the present standing of the countries is as follows: United Kingdom 38. America 22, Sweden 7, France 4, Hungary 3, Norway, Germany, Canada. Italy, two each. Belgium, South Africa, Finland one each. In field and track events. America stands first with 114 J points. United Kingdom next with 66 1-3, the next nearest being Sweden with 12J. ? Washington. July 25: Some idea of what has been accomplished through the campaign inaugurated by the post office department, in cooperation with state highway commissioners for good roads may be gathered from the following illustration: On May 14 last, the attention of the postoffice at Peru, Ind., was called to the bad condition of the roads on rural free delivery routes out of that office. Through efforts of the postmaster, work was begun on seven of the twelve roads leading out of Peru. At a local meeting it was decided to request the detail of an engineer from the good roads bureau of the department of agriculture to construct an object lesson road and in pursuance of a state law, contracts were let to the amount of $85,000 for the construction of gravel roads in the county. The postoffice department announces that it will continue to insist that all who are receiving mail by rural delivery and who desire to continue as its beneficiaries must see to it that the condition of their roads is maintained at a high standard to enable carriers to deliver mail with ease and facility. ? Norman E. Mack of Buffalo, New York, is to be chairman of the National Democratic executive committee, and is to manage the Democratic campaign. The other officers of the committee are: Vice chairman, L. P. Hall of Nebraska; treasurer, Gov. C. N. Haskell, Oklahoma; sergeant-atarms, John I. Ma'tin, Missouri; secretary, Urey Woodson. Kentucky. These selections were made at a meeting of the sub-committee held in Chicago last Saturday. Mr. Bryan and Mr. Kern were present, and the elections were with their approval. There were in the race besides Mr. Mack, Judge M. J. Wade of Iowa; T. E. Ryan of Wisconsin; Former Governor James E. Campbell of Ohio, and Urey Woodson. Commenting on the election of Mr. Mack. Mr. Bryan said: "Mr. Mack is a member of the committee, and it has been felt all the time that the chairman should be taken from the committee unless there was some weighty reason for going outside and no such reason appeared. Mr. Mack's appointment is a recognition of the eastern Democracy, and an announcement that we expect to fight for New York. He Is in harmony with our platform and I can say of him personally that he has been a close and trusted friend in my two former campaigns. One of the strongest arguments in his favor was that he is successful business man. Beginning at the bottom of the ladder he has built up a business that amounts to more than half a million dollars a . year, and the executive ability that he has shown in his work commended him to the committee that made the selection." ? The Marathon race was the great feature of last Friday in the Olympic games being held in London. The first Marathon race was run 2.500 years ago, by a nameless Greek, who after the defeat of the Persian hordes under Darius, ran a distance of twenty-six miles to Athens in three hours and expired as he uttered the word "Victory." Upon the restoration of the Olympic games four years ago this became one of the great features, as it had been a great feature of the original games during many centuries after the event referred to. The entrants included fifty-eight men from all over the world, the pick of all who applied. The race began at Windsor Castle, twenty-six miles away and wound up at the great stadium, filled with more than a hundred thousand spectators. There were six American starters in the great race and of the first ten to reach the goal, four Americans who came in first, third, fourth, and ninth. John F. Hayes, 21 years old. a clerk in a New York department store, was the winner of the race. Lewis Tewinna. a Carlisle In...nn \ .. D..lion not.on/ln ?ii m i v\ a.-* ii i ii i ii. nil liaiKin i/wiaimu was ahead up to a few hundred yards of the finish: hut came In delirious and exhausted, and had to be guided and drugged, which was against the rules. It was a pitiable sight, and at the same time most heroic. The Marathon race has been the feature event in every Olympiad since the revival of the games at Athens in 18**6. The distance has varied from time to time according to the possibilities of the course selected, but has always been between twenty-five and twenty-six miles. In 1896 the race, which was won by a Greek runner named Loues, who covered the course in 2 hours 55 minutes 20 seconds. Four years later, at the Paris meeting. Teato, a Frenchman, was first to complete the grueling struggle over the dusty roads. His time was 2 hours 59 minutes. In 1904 came America's turn, for when the great distance j ace was held at St. Louis it was Hicks who was proclaimed the winner, his time being 3 hours 28 minutes 53 seconds. Two years ago Sherring carried the maple leaf emblem of Canada across the line first at Athens, much to the disappointment of the thousands of Greeks who filled the marble stadium in the hope of witnessing another victory for their countrymen. Sherring's time was the best ever made in a modern Marathon race, being 2 hours 51 minutes 23 3-5 seconds, and since it was made over the true Marathon course, the fact that he cut 3 minutes 56 2-5 seconds off Loues's 1896 record added credit to the Canadian's feat. Hayes made the run in two hours and fiftyfive minutes. She forbviNe inquirer. | Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkvllle as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.i TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1908. | Rev. G. H. Waddell has commenced the publication of a weekly newspaper at Fountain Inn. called "News and Notions." J The Democrats of Texas, in their primary last Saturday, voted to incor [ porate a promomon amenameui m cue state constitution. Texas comes nearer being controlled by individual voters than does any other state in the Union, and there is no state in which there is a better enforcement of the laws. If prohibition is not enforced after its inauguration, the people of Texas will know the reason why. "Politics is most dead in this county," complained a politician in the hearing of the editor of The Enquirer the other day. His remark seems] about true in its application to representation in the general assembly. That, up to the present time, is a rather dull proposition. But there is plenty of politics in connection with the other places, and the outlook is that there will be more than a plenty before the windup. There Is more wirepulling going on now in connection with the United States senatorship than in connection with any other one position; but this is presenting a rather difficult problem because of the large number of people who have opinions of their own. "I am going to vote this year for what I consider the best all round men, regardless of what any of them say they stand for," observed one thoughtful voter to the editor yesterday. He did not mean that he did not care what a candidate stood for; but he did mean that he did not intend to be influenced by platforms that were intended merely "to get in on." He thought he would rather vote for a good man who stood for something he did not agree with, rather than vote for an inferior man who professed his allegiance to other policies that were closer to his notions. And there are a great many people of this kind in York county. They know most of the men for what they are. and in casting their votes they will be governed accordingly. Should a fellow come to us and allege that one esteemed as man and friend had stolen a sheep, we would not go to that friend to ask if the charge were true. Instead, in a sentence of about five words, we should make a positive declaration regarding the accusation, relying upon the aggravation, as well as the truth of the rejoinder, as extenuation for the emphasis of profanity.?Columbia State. If a proposition like that is admissible anywhere, it can hardly be anywhere else than in a political editorial, and if it is admissible in a political editorial, then there is evident need for elevation of the political plane. It is all very nice for one to have absolute confidence in the integrity of one's friends, for unless a friend has integrity he is not worthy of being a friend. But still one cannot afford to be blind to facts. Even a "fellow" is capable of stating facts, and facts stated by a fellow are just as potent and uncomfortable mayhap, as if they are stated by a "gentleman." In politics it is common to try to get rid of unpleasant facts with the sentence of five words referred to by The State, "It is a damned lie." But it is not often that such a characterization is of itself sufficient. It must be remembered that after all it is possible that a friend might steal a sheep, and when a friend steals a sheep the crime is just as low and as contemptible as if the sheep had been stolen by a "fellow." One of the weaknesses of childhood, except in the case of unusually well raised children, is to think that a denial is sufficient to change a fact. There are many grown people who have retained this childhood weakness after they have become old enough to know better. But the great disinterested world at large does not allow itself to be influenced so easily. Sometimes its convictions are so strong as to be able to withstand the cumulative but insubstantiated testimony of dozens of friends. It is both unable and unwilling to get around facts. And before it will be convinced, especially in politics, it must not only have direct testimony; but it must have the benefit of cross examination to which it may apply the tests of motive through circumstance and logic. MERE-MENTION. A number of New York's police force are to be indicted by a grand jury 011 a charge of accepting money from race track gamblers for immunity from arrest under the new antibetting laws of that state President Roosevelt has approved the discharge of eight cadets from the naval academy at Annapolis for engaging in hazing under classmen Among Air. Bryan's visitors at "Fairview" on Thursday was tin* Negro Bryan and Kern club of Lincoln. They were served a lunch of fried chicken on Mr. Bryan's lawn During an electrical storm which swept over Gettysburg, Pa., Thursday, evening, three members of the national guard of that state were killed by being struck by lightning- Many others were more or less injured In Chicago Thursday night, L<ewis Sletton was shot to death by Wm. T. Branitsky, while the former was attempting an assault upon the latter's wife. Branitsky is a bedridden invalid, being confined to his bed in a plaster cast The July price of oats' dropped six cents a bushel to 50J in Chicago, Saturday Since May 4, 1004, 40,938,575 cubic >ards of material have been removed from the Panama canal, of this amount 27,979,375 cubic yards have been re moved during the fiscal year 1908.... A race war between Americans and Italians broke out at Xatalbany, La.f Tuesday, as the result of the killing I of Walter Simmons while he was attempting to separate two boys, one an Italian, who were engaged in a tist | fight. The rioting lasted several days and troops were asked for by the sheriff to preserve order An Italian bandit was killed in Forest Hill cemetery near Boston on Thursday morning, as the result of a fusillade from the revolvers of 100 policemen who had been looking for him since Tuesday. During Tuesday and Wednesday the desperado had shot and more or less seriously wounded nineteen men Wm. J. Bryan has turned over the publication of his weekly paper, The Commoner, to his brother, Charles W. Bryan, while he is engaged in campaigning for the presidency The Vade Mecum springs hotel in Stokes county, X. C., was den li'ffUfnlntr firo oarlv TPH sii u.vru uj a iigiiiuiiic w. v - -day morning The guests had narrow escapes and lost all their peVsonal effects Mrs. John B. Stetson. widow of the millionaire hat manufacturer, was married in Philadelphia on Thursday to Count Santa Eulalia of Portugal Five persons were killed and forty-three more or less seriously wounded at Bombay, India, Friday, during a riot among 20,000 striking mill employes Twenty-five men were drowned in the Loetschberg tunnel in the Burnese Alps tunnel Friday morning when the workmen pierced a wall which separated the tunnel working from an underground river David Shellard, a Brooklyn. X. Y., policeman, Is under arrest in that city on the charge of having murdered Barbara Reig. Shellard claims that the girl was courting him and that she committed suicide after he told her that he could be nothing but a friend to her, as he had a wife Dr. W. A. Hemphill was on Friday convicted at Troy, Mo., of second degree manslaughter on a charge of causing the death of a woman patient in February last by wrongful practice, and was sentenced to three years in prison. The conviction was upon the tes timony 01 ine aying gin aim. Anna Lynch of McKeesport, Pa., is dying of elephantiasis. From a woman of 165 pounds her weight has increased until it is now 510 pounds. For the year ending June 30 the total of imports into t>he United States from foreign countries was $1,194,341,792 while a year ago the total was $1,434,421,425, showing a decrease this year of $240,079,633. A special term of the Federal court is to convene at Jackson, Tenn., on November 8 to hear a case against the Standard Oil company which includes 1,624 counts Governor Chas. E. Hughes of New York, last Friday gave out a letter in which he says that he has received so many requests to stand for renomination for the governorship that he has decided to do so, although some time ago he had said privately that he did not desire another term as governor. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Columbia special of July 25 to The Spartanburg Herald: Dr. S. C. Mitchell, head of the department of history at Richmond college Richmond, Va., was today elected president of the university of South Carolina, vice Major Penjamin Sloan, resigned. The board of trustees of the university of South Carolina met today in the governor's office and after a conference gave out the intelligence of Dr. Mitchell's election. Dr. Mitchell, however, will not be able to assume the presidency until June of next year. Meantime Prof. A. C. Moore will be actively president. Dr. Mitchell has made arrangements to lecture at Brown and Harvard universities during the coming session and this will prevent his entering upon his duties here at rne coming session. It was owing: to this fact that the trustees have been delayed so long- in announcing that the presidency had been filled. They decided. however, that they would wait until next June for Dr. Mitchell. Dr. Mitchell who was here today said that it was a difficult task confronting ,iim, the filling of the position of president and that in order to do so acceptably he must have the co-operation of the press and of the citizens generally. "Without the assistance of all working and pulling abreast T would not have accepted the position." said Dr. Mitchell. Dr. Mitchell leaves this evening for Richmond but will return for a while about September 8. He is a native of Mississippi. Mrs. Mitchell, however, comes from Greenville, S. C. ? Spartanburg special to Columbia State, Saturday: Motion for bail for W. T. Jones of Santuc, in jail at Union. on the charge of murdering his wife. Mrs. Marion Jones, by strychnine poisoning on the night of July 5, last, was argued before Judge Hydriek here today, engaging the court until late this evening. Judge Hy drick announced that he would take the matter under consideration and announce his decision in a few days. W. T. Jones was represented by Townsend & Townsend of the Union bar and Col. George Johnstone and George B. Cromer of Newberry. The state was represented by P. D. Barron and J. A. Sawyjr of Union and Solicitor Tom Sease A number of new affidavits were offered by the state, many of them being answered by the defendant's affidavit denying the truth of the charges thus presented. One of the new affidavits was by K. F. Johns, who states that upon one occasion he took supper at Jones' home and while there saw Jones knock Mrs. Jones down and choke her. Others were much along the line of Jones* treatment of his wife. Messrs. Barron anil Sawyer spoke for the state, arguing the presumption great that Mrs. Jones was murdered by her husband. Mr. Ben Townsend and Col. George Johnstone spoke for the defendant, arguing Mrs. Jones committed suicide, being insane at the time. Col. Johnstone, though apparently unfamiliar with the evidence in the case, being prompted by his associates as to the charge in the affidavits and the contention of opposing counsel, made one of the strongest arguments ever heard here. ? Mlgtl I'Ollll special 01 juiy i.\> iu the Charlotte Observer: One of the most peculiar cases on record developed here this week, resulting in the death of the 2-year-old girl of Mr. Jones Griffith. For some time the child had suffered with a complication of diseases and recently its stomach began to swell until it assumed enormous proportions, and strangest of all, three large cracks appeared in the child's head, through which the pulsating of the brain could be seen. The attending physician h d never had or seen a ease like it and all the physicians that saw the child were baffled. The parents, after the child's death, were asked to let the physi dans perform an autopsy, but they would not consent to it. The remains of the little one were carried to Pinnacle. this state, for interment. This peculiar case calls to mind the aged lady with h >rns growing out from her head, who nas visited High Point on several occasions. Her name is Hightower and she is 70 or more years of age. Two large horns, very much resembling those of a rata, protrude from the head and cause Mrs. Hightower, so she says, extreme pain at times. She says that when the horns began to appear her head almost split open with pain. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. W. Rl. Bigger?Is announced as a candidate for appointment to the office of magistrate of Bethel township. Mrs. J. M. Sims, Pres.?Invites the public to an entertainment in the Woodlawn church grove at Sharon, Friday evening, 4 to 10 o'clock. A. L. Black, Pres.?Calls meeting of C'otton Belt Union for Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock. J E. Burns, for Com?Wants the members of Beersheba church vo meet there next Friday to clean the cemetery. H. L. Dickson, Clover?Will pay liberal reward for return of watch lost at eilhai-t loot Snfnrrtnv Miss Jennie Plaxco, Teacher?Invites the public to a moonlight picnic at Clark's Fork school house on Friday next. W. A. Bolin, Pres.?Invites farmers interested to a meeting of Gold Hill Union, No. 2, next Tuesday afternoon. Palace Theatre?Will have the world famed "Passion Play" in moving pictures next week in Yorkville, Aug. 3, 4 and 5 and at Clover, Aug. 6, 7 and 8. W. O. Johnson, Mgr.?Will be pleased to give Inquirers all information in regard to White Diamond Llthia Springs, King's Creek, S. C. Carroll Bros.?Are showing a full line of buggies and harness. Luther Baber?Tells you that S. T. D. will do the work for which it is intended. A trial bottle will convince. M. W. White?Points out why some men and women succeed where others fail. Stock offerings. W. M. Kennedy, Agent?Is ready to supply you with a variety of turnip seeds. J. Lt Williams & Co.?Are receiving large quantities of new goods for the fall trade. National Union Bank, Rock Hill? Points out the good features of its certificates of deposit They pay 4 per cent interest. Yorkville B. & M. Co.?Received yesterday an elegant line of gentlemen's negligee shirts, collars attached, 50c and $1 each. vnrt Snnniv Co?Among its latest ar rivals are corn, oats, hay, mill feed, bran, etc. Plows and plow points in variety. Loan and Savings Bank?Says it is growing and wants you to grow with it. It wants your account and can handle it with mutual profit. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Has a full line of all kinds of builders' hardware and wants to make you prices. I. W. Johnson?Reminds you of the varied line of fancy groceries he carries and wants a part of your business. Thomson Co.?Calls especial attention to its hosiery department for ladles and children. Muslin underwear for children. J. C. Wilborn?Offers the J. Ed Carson tnict of 108 acres near Bethesda church. Buy now and pay in the fall. Strauss-Smith Co.?Announce a final sweep sale of all summer goods and quote low prices to help It along. First National Rank?Tells vou not to let your monev loaf. Make It work on a certificate of deposit or in its savings department. The best preventive against mosquito bites is to kill the mosquito before it comes. Crop prospects, especially as to corn and cotton, seem to be off somewhat compared with what they were a few weeks ago. Some people say they saw lots of "tricking" among candidates at Filbert and others say they saw little of anything of the kind. The Filbert Farmers' Union has sent out invitations to some of its friend? to join it in a little sociable next Friday evening, at which ice cream will be served. "> Quite a number of ladies, wives and sisters of the members of the Cotton Belt Union, have made application for admission and they are to be Initiated at a meeting to be held next Thursday afternoon. When people who know how to guard ntninst dl?#>n??c fail to take the simnie and easy precautions that are necei* sary, about the best that can be said of them is that they deserve whatever may come. Kill the mosquitoes. The astronomers tell us that an unusually large number of shooting stars are to be seen during August, from August 1 to 16. The shooters will be most numerous after the 10th. They will be seen principally in the northwest. The Charlotte Power company, a corporation recently organized under the laws of New Jersey will probably become of considerable importance in this section within the next few months. The object of the company it is understood is to furnish light, heat and gas and operate electric railways "in and around Charlotte." It has been given out unauthoritatively; but nevertheless comprehensively, that the company will build various trolley lines out from Charlotte and it is not improbable that their system will eventually include Rock Hill, Yorkville, Gastonia and other points. The Southern Power company owns a big block of the company's stock and will control it. This is to be taken as a guarantee that the promised developments mean something worth while for this whole section. In a speech in Union the other day, Mr. M. V. Richards, the land and industrial agent of the Southern railway, had something to say of the value of the real estate agent to the communitv. Mr. Richards, of course, referred to the commercial value of their work; but he did not nay any more than the subject warranted. This section has been familiar with the real estate agent only for a comparatively few years. There had been some more or less sporadic work before; but it was not until Mr. J. Edgar Poag took hold a few years ago and afterward Mr. J. C. Wilborn, Dr. W. M. White and others, that people generally have begun to appreciate the importance of this line. Most of those people who have, gotten rich in the accumulation of real estate and who have been giving attention to the matter a number of years, remember no long time ago when It was easy to pick up big values at small cost. They had only to keep their eyes open. The average seller was a man who owned but one or two properties, and who bought for one reason or another to sell them, had no more idea of their value than he would have of the value a bent nickel wanted by a European collecter, because of its particular mintage. The cue of the buyer, of course, was to buy as cheap as he could and often he picked up bargains at only a ridiculous fraction of their value. But the real estate agents have changed all that. Besides the general conditions of the country the value of a piece of real estate is affected by dozens of other considerations, every one of which the real estate man is as the average housewife is with the price of sugar, and his educational value to the people generally has been almost incalculable. To many people, especially to the folks who depend upon getting something for nothing, the real estate agent is a nuisance: but to the public generally and especially to those people who are willing to pay full prices; but who do not know enough on their own account to keep from being badly scorched the real estate man Is indispensable. And the advertising the real estate people do is of great value to the general public. There never has been a time when the average investor could buy with more assurance and safety than now. ENCOURAGEMENT FROM HARRIS. President Harris, of the Fanners' Union has Issued another call to the farmers with refei???ee to holding cotton. It sounds like a pretty strong argument. Here is what Mr. Harris has to say: "Remember farmers, that it all depends on you to make the spot cotInn ftint ic nmt* in voiir hnnds brine the minimum pri^0?15 cents. I know the speculators will try to scare you and get you to sell. Now, let us see if this is true. I met a farmer today who told me that a buyer drove out to see him and tried to get him to sell his cotton, stating to this farmer that in an adjoining county he had bought 400 bales from the farmers. The buyer told him that he had better sell as it was going lower; that new cotton was coming in and that it would soon be selling at 8 cents. Now, farmers, do not be 'bluffed' by such falsehoods. The trouble with that buyer is just this?he is buying for some broker who has contracts, on which deliveries are due and he is being called on to fill them. Gentlemen, make him pay your price before he gets your cotton, it is yours and you have a right to demand its value and your demands are not too much. Fifteen cents is the price and if the old crop is held by the farmers, it will come. They might try to scare you with the new crop, but let us see if it is not wisdom to hold it. "The new cotton crop can not be spun by itself, until sixty days after it is ginned and packed and there is not enough old cotton for the mills' consumption, so the mills have to mix two bales of the old cotton with one bale of the new cotton before fhev can snin it to advantage. month ago nine men out of ten approached on this subject would tell you that they had scarcely thought ot It; but now it Is different. Occasionally there happens along a man who knows but little of the subject and cares less; but he is the exception. Nine men out of ten have either been doing some thinking on their own account or hearing some talk. The candidates for supervisor are probably making the most noise. That may not be so much due to the fact that they have covered the county more thoroughly than have some of the others, as to the fact that there are more of them. Most of the opinions that have been expressed in the presence of the reporter are to the effect that Boyd is in the lead and that he will be in the second race with somebody. Some give Hughes credit for being next strongest, others say it is Parrott, others Gordon, Sugg's or Duncan. There are some who claim that Boyd will be left out in the first race and that the matter will be settled between two of the new men on the second. It is not difficult to form an idea Just how things appear; but it would probably be unfair to give such an expression at this time. For auditor it is pretty generally conceded that Hunter will be in the second race with somebody; but whether with C'rook, Williams or Love, opinions differ in accordance with personal preferences or the extent of the information. There are no real issues in this race. It is a matter of personal equation more than anything else. That Hunter and Williams both have lots of fripnris has been shown in previous contests. What Love and Crook may be able to do is a matter of future development. There are those who claim that Love has made himself a factor to be reckoned with and friends of Crook are claiming the same thing for him. The most interesting race of the lot probably is that between Tate and Logan for clerk. The average disinterested outside says without hesitation that Tate will be elected. He bases his opinion not so much on knowledge of what the people are thinking as | upon the fact that the incumbent has had the office one term and as he has discharged the duties of the same with entire satisfaction, there will be no disposition to turn him out. But those who are in closer touch with the situation and who are generally agreed I that the contest is a hot one, helieve that the result will be close. Tate's friends claim that he will win by a big majority and Logan's friends [Claim that he will win by a majority large or small. One argument of LoI gan's friends is that their man was j really the s:ronger four years ago, in that he was the second choice of more of Wylie's friends than Tate was, I and also the second choice of more of Tate's and Wilborn's friends, and that he would have been elected over either Tate or Wylie or Wilborn had he gotten in the second race with them. As to how well founded this claim is cannot be shown except through the final test. It is no injustice to either candidate, however, to say that from this distance the race promises to be exceedingly close. There is some general interest in the race between Brown and Plexico for sheriff; but there is not nearly so much talk as in the case of the races for clerk or auditor. As between Stewart and Saye for the senate, most of the talk has so far hinged upon the so-called "Saye road law." This Is being held up to inspection and criticism principally by the friends of Stewart and such sentiment as develops unfavorable to the law is held by Stewart's friends to militate against Saye in favor of Stewart. The tight between these two candidates, however, can hardly be said to have opened. A large contingent of the voters with most decided opinions as to the comparative merits of these two candidates, and as to which would probably represent the county in the senate with the most credit, has not yet begun to show an active interest. Feeling, however, is pretty strong. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Elizabeth Hunter is visiting friends at Gastonia. Mr. Sam Latimer, Jr., of Columbia, is visiting relatives in Yorkville. Col. Jos. G. Wardlaw of Yorkville has returned from his European trip. Miss Ella Xeely is the guest of her brother, Mr. Jno. A. Xeely at Rock Hill. Miss Kate Hunter is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Hunter at Lincolnton, X. C. Mrs. Rush Grey of Chester, spent yesterday with relatives and friends in Yorkville. Miss Sarah Warren of Gastonia, is visiting Miss Beulah Ferguson in Yorkville. Miss Anna McLaughlin of Charlotte, is visiting Miss Anna Cherry Schorb of Yorkville. Messrs. Joe and Ottman Rose are visiting friends In Charleston, Savannah and other points. Mrs. O. K. Hammett of Greers is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. F. Thomson on Cleveland avenue. Mr. A. Frank Woods left Saturday for Andrews, N. C., on a visit to his daughter, Mrs. W. H. Smith. Mrs. F. N. Wilson of Columbia, is in Yorkville on a visit to her sister, Mrs. W. B. Steele and other relatives. Miss Mamie Patrick of Gastonla, "Why did this drop In price occur In the last 15 days? Has the price of the manufactured goods fallen off and trade conditions In a worse shape? No?some weak-kneed farmer got scared, and then the price went up to 12 cents, they just turned loose enough to feed the spinners for twenty days, and the speculators said we will drop It down and scare them with the new crop. Now, don't be frightened. Remember last year there was a premium paid for old cotton in September. Why was this? Because the consumers had to have it o mix with' the new crop before it could be spun. "Now as to the condition of the growing crop. Our national president, Hon. C. S. Barrett, called a meeting of the state presidents to meet him and the national executive committee in Memphis, Tenn., on the 16th inst., and all of the cotton growing states were represented there, with two exceptions?North Carolina and Florida. We got a true and correct report of the conditions existing in all of the states. The complaint was that there had been too much rain and the cotton crop had not been well worked and very uneven. The plant was growing too much weed and was not fruiting well. The above is a true statement of the facts concerning the growing crop. The next forty days is the most critical "* * 41 ?T*V?? trnotlior will period ior ine vru^. have to be perfect for the balance of the season if we duplicate our 1907 crop. "r saw a statement in today's paper that Texas had sold all of her old crop that was being held. This is on[ ly another bluff to scare you. Just j remember that 'futures' can not be spun into goods and our last year's crop was 4,000,000 bales short, so take a firmer grip on your spots and victory is yours." COUNTY POLITICS. While it would hardly be fair to say that there is a great deal of excitement over the political situation, still it is no longer in keeping with the facts to snv that no interest is developing. A is spending awhile with the Misses I Scott on R. P. D. No. 3, Yorkville. 1 Mrs. Sailie Childers of Blacksburg, ! is spending a few days with her daughter, Mrs. Frank M. Stewart, of Smyrna. ; Misses Juanita and Sudie Neely of Old Point, are visiting Misses Daisy and Lottie Belle Simril near Yorkville. Miss Mamie Rose has returned home after a visit to her sister, Mrs. T. A. Covington at Lincolnton, N. C. Mrs. J. J. Keller and Misses Ruth and Ruby Hicks of Rock Hill, are trnaata <"?f 1\Tr anH ATr<j .T AT Fprenison Mrs. S. D. Patrick and son, Paul, of Toccoa, Ga., are visiting friends and relatives in Yorkvllle and vicinity. Mrs. J. J. White and children of McComb City, Miss., are in Yorkvllle on a visit to her uncle, Mr. Jas. F. Thomson. Messrs. Tom Caldwell and John W. Miller left Sunday for a stay of two weeks in the mountains of North Carolina. Mr. Miller Drakeford returned to Yorkvllle last week from Wilmington, N. C., and is confined to his room with malarial fever. Mr. D. Wyatt .Neville of Clinton, is spending this week in Yorkville in the interest of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina. Misses Kate Cody of Gastonia. and Ella Cody of Yorkville, left yesterday morning for their summer vacation at Banner Elk, N. C. Mr. J. W. Williams of Birmingham. Ala., has been called to Yorkville on account of the illness of his mother, Mrs. Annie Williams. Misses Belle and Maud Smith of Hickory Grove spent a few days last week with Miss Margaret Wilkerson on R. F. D. No. 1, Yorkville. Rev. and Mrs. J. P. Knox of Columbia, came to Yorkville Friday night from Hickory Grove and Smyrna, to spend a few days with Mr. J. S. Brlce and Mrs. Fannie B. McCaw. fT1 *- rkOAnla o ro ofr 1 lie luimn nig iuiiviiiie F^vpiv < >? ? the White Diamond Lithia Springs: Dr. A; Y. Cartwright and Misses Mary, Carrie and Margaret and A. Y. Cartwright, Jr., Mrs. J. R. Lindsay and Misses Mattie Caldwell and Fredrlca Lindsay. Information from Mr. C. W. Smith, who went to Asheville recently on account of his health is to the effect that he is getting along very nicely, but it is hardly probably that he will return to Yorkville before October or November. Sharon special of July 25, to Charlotte Observer: Misses Claire and Ruth Crosby charmingly entertained Friday evening at their home "Finley," in honor of their house party guests, Misses Marie Hunter of Charlotte; Francis E. Vaughn and Mildred Brewer of Kershaw. Dainty refreshments were served and all voted the Misses Crosby charming hostesses. Hon. and Mrs. D. E. Finley are entertaining a house party this week in honor of their son and daughter, Mr. Edw. Finley and Miss Frances Finley. The following young ladies and gentlemen are guests: Miss Netta and Mr. Robert Cooper of Wisacky; Miss Patti Cage of Chester: Miss Emmy McCrary of Clinton; Miss May Bailey of Greenwood; Misses Julia and Helen Witherspoon of Guthriesville; Mr. Frank Spigener of Columbia and Mr. Halcott Poag of Rock Hill. THE FILBERT PICNIC. Another Filbert picnic has passed into history and if it can be judged by surface indications, it has left a good taste in the months of the fifteen hundred to two thousand persons who were there. In all essentials the occasion was typical of that on which the people assembled there a year ago. The speaKers Miami w?o ncucu v,,, about the same spot, as also was the refreshment stand presided over by representatives of the Woodmen of the World under whose auspices this as well as previous picnics at Filbert, have been held. The crowd was a representative one and gathered from every section of York county and also Included a goodly number from Chester county, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Cherokee and perhaps other sections. It was a well behaved crowd that had assembled for the purpose of enjoying a day of social Intercourse, and as stated, carried out Its purpose. It was generally understood by everybody before going to Filbert that the candidates for congress as well as for the various county offices to be filled at the approaching prlmai-y would be there, and that some of them would embrace the opportunity of urging their claims on the people from the stand and if any candidate who was really expected failed to show up, there was little or nothing said about it publicly. After several inspiring numbers had been rendered by the Yorkville Cornet Band under the leadership of Sheriff Brown, Mr. J. C. Wllborn, who had been Invited by the committee in charge to act as chairman, introduced as the first speaker, Hon. W. P. Pollock, of Chesterfield county, as a candidate for congress from this district. Mr. Pollock opened with bouquets for the Woodmen, telling or the commendable work it had done, was doing and what it would do in the future, and stated that he had been a chopper for a number of years. He then told of his experience as a candidate for congress, ten years ago at the time Mr. Finley was first elected, and presented his personal claims on the position at this time, stating that although Chesterfield had been a part of the Fifth district since its organization it had never received any consideration at the hands of the balance of it, and that his people were hoping for a change this year. He thought "the old man had enjoyed the honor and emoluments long enough," and that the interests of the people would in no way suffer by his retirement. Hon. T. B. Butler, of Cherokee, was next Introduced. He was also a loyal Woodman and expressed the opinion that no organization was accomplishing so much real good in this section as it was except the church. He said that he was asking to be allowed to represent this district in congress not because he came from a county that had never had a representative, but because he felt that he was capable of representing the people as acceptably as either of the other aspirants. He reminded the audience that notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Finley had held the office for ten years It did not belong to him, but to them, and that they had a perfect right to make a change. Mr. Butler Illustrated many of his points with apt jokes, ancient and modern and left his hearers who had given him close attention, in a good humor. Hon. D. E. Finley was next introduced and while he did not devote so much time to throwing bouquets to Woodmen, still he announced that he too, was an enthusiastic member of the order and that he with six other citizens of Yorkville organized the first camp in the county when the national order was in its infancy, and had seen it grow until today when it was the leading fraternal order of the country. He then gave an account of his stewardship as representative in congress from this district and stated that he was by reason of his long service and experience, better able to serve the best interests of the people than ever before. The three speakers occupied about two hours' time, and the audience, embracing from 300 to 400 people, gave each of them a patient, respectful hearing, but little or no applause. All professed to stand on the Denver platform, and. therefore, there were no issues to discuss, the only question to decide being a choice between men. At the conclusion of Mr. Finley's speech, the speaking was adjourned until after dinner. While there was an abundance of dinner on the grounds to satisfy the hunger of the enormous crowd, it was not spread out on one common table, ; but each family that had brought a basket joined with one or more others ; and spread their dinners together, in- i viting friends and acquaintances who had none to break bread with them, and in this way, so far as the writer knows, ail were provided for. i About two hours later, after several < numbers had been rendered by the ( band, a crowd assembled around the j speakers' stand. During the interval it had been talked that the candidates 1 for the senate and house of represen- ( tatlves, and possibly others would 1 speak in the afternoon, but none of I them were on the stand and the I statement was made privately that I the announced candidates were un- < willing to tell the people where they ' stood until "after the gates were clos- 1 ed on August Gth," and therefore ' would not speak. After considerable 1 delay Chairman Wilborn introduced Rev. J. L. Harley, superintendent of I the Anti-Saloon League for South I Carolina. Mr. Harley spoke for about 4 5 minutes and received the closest i attention from an audience equally as large as that assembled in the morning. Among other things he explained the mission of the league and told what it had already accomplished and what it hoped to do. He stated that while York county was now in the prohibition column, a systematic plan had been started to re-establish the dispensary, and that unless the prohibitionists waked up, the schemes of the whisky crowd would be successful. He predicted that if the Prohibitionists waked up and stood to gether as their interests demanded that they should, there would be statewide prohibition in South Carolina in less than twelve months. While none of the politicians or candidates for county offices spoke from the speakers' stand, it is a fact that they all did the very best day's work of which they were capable. They were the busiest people on the grounds, not excepting the refreshment sellers of the Woodmen, and it goes without saying that each and every one left there feeling that he had not only stopped many holes, but materially strengthened his political fence. It goes without saying also that Cupid was in evidence at Filbert and put in as solid and successful a day's work as he has been doing on similar occasions since the time when the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. Taken all in all, the occasion was a great success and the people who had the planning and carrying out of the details are entitled to the thanks and congratulations of each individual who visited Filbert last Saturday. ? WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Superintendent Hunter, in charge of the sewerage contract, received the ditching machine for which he has been looking for quite a while, yesterday. The machine will be put to work at once. ? The candidates for the various slate officers will be in Yorkville tomorrow and the probability is that quite a crowd will be in from different parts of the county to hear what they have to say. ? At tho anniifll mpptine of the Stock holders of the Tavora mill held last Monday, directors were elected as follows: J. F. Wallace, Dr. W. G. White, H. A. D. Neely, S. M. McNeel, G. H. O'Leary, B. N. Moore, W. B. Wylie. Mr. McNeel having accepted the presidency a year ago with the understanding that he was to be relieved after a single term, declined re-election and Mr. W. Brown Wylie was elected in his stead. Mr. Wylie is also treasurer. Further reorganization will be deferred until another time. ? A scccessful York county farmer said to a Yorkville merchant Friday; "Do you know that there is a movement on foot to establish a dispensary in Yorkville?" The merchant replied that he had seen such a statement and heard such a rumor. "Well I Just want to tell you that it is a fact that there is such a movement going on, and I'll tell vou this, if a dispensary is established in Yorkville you people will be to blame, because the people In the country are not going to give the movement much assistance, and I surely hope the effort will fail." ? Rev. J. L. Harley, superintendent of the South Carolina Anti-Saloon League, filled the pulpit of the Baptist church Sunday morning and in an address of about forty-five minutes length held the close attention of his hearers while he told about the work of the Anti-Saloon League in South Carolina; what it had accomplished, what it was doing and what it hoped to accomplish. Among other things Mr. Harley said: "I want to tell you people something. Some of you may know it already, but I want to impress the fact upon you. I have been over a considerable portion of York county during the past three weeks in carrying on my work, and I know it to be a fact that there is at work In this county an organization to iasien a countv dispensary upon York county. You may be surprised at this, but it is a fact and you people will soon have to 'ace the problem." ? The entertainment presented in the court house last Friday night under tne auspices of the Juvenile Missionary society of the Methodist church was a most delightful affair, hugely enjoyed Dy all present. The main feature of the entertainment was a rather faithful burlesque of the events of the day at the "Village Post Office." There were a number of hits on the habits, characteristics and conduct of some popular local individuals, and most of them were conceived with a cleverness that compelled the keenest enjoyment. The cast of characters in the presentation of the play was as follows: "Hosea Howe, the Postmaster," David V. Bush; "Bill Bluster, Carrier R. F. D. No. 3," F. P. McCain; "BenJ. Bullitt, Relic of the War," T. C. Dunlap; "Obediah Wayback, Oldest Citizen," W. N. Wallace; "Deacon Skinner. Town Pessimist," George W. Brown; "U. R. Wright, Drummer," M. C. Willis; "C. D. Dooless, Town Shirk," Philip Hunter; "Prof. Sleeper, a Hypnotist," David V. Bush; "E. Z. Mark, Victim of Advertisment," Lowry Jenkins; "Miss Dick Quill, Town Editor," Miss Anna McCaw; "Artie Wiseboy, Dude," David V. Bush; "Seth Swallow. Town Cut Up," Arthur Hart; "Axabeila Tlttletattle, Village Gossip," Miss Julia Smith; "Rose Highcrown, the Milliner," Miss Mabel Berry; "Mazle Ketchum, the Village Cut Up," Miss Olive Walker; "Aunt MIrandy, a Good Old Soul," Miss Frances Falconer; Mrs. Dooless, Victim of C. D.," Miss Leon White; "Cleopatra Jones, Would XT ^1 ft Ulnn A f . > , TXT t% ILta?? Uc liuvcuai, 1*1.ioo *ucw .y Tiainci , "Dorothea Dimple, Village Belle," Miss Bessie Pegram; "Washington Snowball," Will Dixon; "Weary Willie," W. G. White; "Chewing Gum Sallie," Mrs. T. W. Speck; "Sly Ferrit," Luther Baber; "Miss Willow," Miss Mary Dobson; "Sophie Titterington," Miss Winnie Crawford; "Limping Daniel," Wheeler Willis; "Teddy Johnson," W. C. Erwin. The specialties included a recitation by Miss Olive Walker; a quartette by Mrs. Carroll, Mrs. McCorkle, Mr. Carroll and Mr. Barnwell; a piano solo by Miss Ashe; piccolo solo by Henry Brimm; vocal solo by Mrs. M. L. Carroll; violin solo by Bedford Moore; quartette by Miss Wilson, Mrs. Speck, Mr. Carroll and Mr. Barnwell. Then in addition there were three pretty drills, a doll drill by thirty little tots, a jumping jack drill by fifteen boys, a garland drill by seventeen young ladies. The entire entertainment was presented In a first-class style, everybody was well pleased and the door receipts were something well worth while. ? On the first page of today's Enquirer we are publishing an interesting statement from Surgeon General Wyman, of the public health and marine hospital service 011 the mosquito ques escape without some subsequent maarial manifestation was regarded as little less than a miracle. In confirmation of his theory this doctor went to this swamp with nets and other pre- ^ cautions against mosquitoes and pro- ^ tec ting himself thoroughly, remained tor months without sustaining an atlucR of malaria. Since then, foreigners have visited the place with impunity when they are properly protected; but to this day the unimmune and upprotected Italian or foreigner who spends a few hours in these swamps is ? as practically certain of contracting cans and buckets, rain barrels, etc. When this water is thrown out thousands of mosquitoes are killed in their embryo state. Where it is impracticable to throw the stagnant water out or drain it off, a thin coating of kerosene oil over the top of It will serve the same purpose. Some energetic vigilance In this direction will save lots of sickness and suffering. But will the * people heed? Not until the town or community is infested with mosquitoes and malaria is developing in numerous families. Then people who would guard against the present discomfort of mosquito stings will buy nets. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will 8end The Enquirer From this date to January 1st, 1909, for 84 cents. Clover and Bowling Green. Clover beat Bowling Green last Friday afternoon by a score of 7 to 1. The batteries for Clover were Smith and Niell; for Bowling Green, Riddle ^ and Dale. J Contract Cotton. There was considerable activity in v, the contract cotton market yesterday. Interest centered in August and Sep- . ) tember, which advanced from 30 to 35 points. It is the belief that the bulls are trying to corner the New York stocks with a view to forcing a squeeze in October. Execution Stayed. There has been a stay of execution in the case of Love Robinson, the young negro from Fort Mill township, who was convicted of murder at the last term of the court and sentenced to be hanged on August 28. The stay -9 is because of a notice of appeal served on the solicitor bv J. P. Hollis, Esq. The Wage Reduction Restored. Lenoir News: The employees of the Carolina & North-Western railway and ^ the Carolina & Northern railway are W wearing' smiles these days that won't come off. They all sustained a cut of ten per cent in wages last fall when the panic struck the country and a few days ago they all received notices of a restoration of their old wages, beginning July 1st, 1998. Thus the panic is rapidly becoming "ancient history." John Wood a Millionaire. Greenville, July 25: Information reached here tonight that John Wood, secretary of the Greenville board of s trade has 'a' el heir to one million dollars, com!;.? tl rough the settlement of the Word estai* >r England. He is being ./armly congratulated by his many fr.T.ds here. Mr. Wood is a na- I tive of Albemarle county, Virginia, and came to Greenville from Rock Hill a few years ago. He married Miss Sallie London of Rock Hill. Mr. Wood was at one time editor of the Roanoke, Va, News, and was associated with Mr. Charles O. Hearon, now editor of the Spartanburg Herald, in establishing the Bristol Herald in Bristol, Va He was at one time secretary of the Rock Hill board of trade. Outrage In Rock Hill. Record, July 27: A cowardly and brutal attack was last night about 10 ? o'clock, perpetrated upon Miss Beulah McFadden, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McFadden. The outrageous affair occurred at the home of the young lady's parents. Mr. McFadden had just been to the well to get a pitcher of water, which he left M on' the back porch. He returned to the house and Miss Beulah stepped out on the porch to get a drink, and just as she put her hand on the dipper the brute (whether white or black will never be known) seized her hand . and clapped a towel over her mouth to prevent her from making a cry. Still holding the young lady firmly by the hand, the brute dragged her head fnromnot (lnu n Iho 8tpn?' hilt at this time Miss Beulah in some way managed to get the towel from her mouth and gave vent to screams, which at once brought her father to the scene, the brute at once fleeing. Mr. McFadden found his daughter in a dead M faint, lying head foremost down the steps, with her feet on the porch. The young lady is not certain whether the brute is white or black. She knows he wore a black coat, but. remembers nothing else. The Sunday School Convention. Rock Hill Record: The Interdenominational convention of Sunday school workers of York county, which met here last Thursday and Friday, was a fine one in every way. After opening exercises conducted by Rev. A. S. Rogers, the temporary chairman and secretary were elected. Mr. Beamguard, of Clover, for the form- M er office and Mr. B. \V. Getsinger, of Rock Hill, for the latter. Mr. J. M. Way. general secretary of the South Carolina Sunday School association, then addressed the convention on the subject of organization, illustrating his remarks and applying It to our ^ | local conditions. A sum of $122 was * subscribed for state work. On Friday the convention went into the election of officers, with the following result: President. Major W. W. Boyce, of Rook Hill. Vice-President, J. F. Boyd, of Fort Mill. Superintendents ?Elementary. Miss Emma* Roach, of Rock Hill; adult, J. A. Boyd, of Fort Mill; home, W. H. Herndon, of Yorkvllle; teacher training, W W. Lewis, of Yorkville. Executive committee? E. \V. Hall, chairman, Rock Hill; G. ^ W. S. Hart, Yorkville; S. H. Love. Bethesda township; J. E. Lathan, Bullock's Creek township; R. L. A. Smith, Broad River township; J. E. Beamguard. King's Mountain township: W. H. Crook, Fort Mill township; T. J. Patrick, Bethel township, T. V. > Roach. Ebenezer township; J. E. Bass, Catawba township. malaria of a kind that kuis inree out of nve of its victims. The mosquito is to be found in this locality by the million. The next most notable confirmation of the mosquito theory was In connection with yellow fever in Cuba ? An American doctor, connected with the army service, voluntarily submitted to the bite of the suspected yellow fever mosquito for the purpose of making a test, contracted yellow fever and died. After that the Americans cleaned up the city of Santiago, killed ail the mosquitoes for miles around and eradicated the yellow fever for the first time in more than two hundred years. Next the mosquitoes were exterminated about Havana and yellow fever was driven out of that city in the same way. ? . Havana, from one of the deadliest of cities to foreigners became as healthful as any of the others and remained so until the Cubans, after it was turned over to them, allowed the mosquitoes to again propagate. Later the Americans went back, killed out the mosquitoes anew, and now there is no yellow fever in Havana. There is not much danger of exaggeration In the statement that there is hardly a repu table physician in America today vho holds to any other theory than that malaria owes its origin solely to mosquito bites. It is a fact that the bite of the mosquito does not necessarily produce malaria, so-called; but malaria is never produced from any other cause. There has been a great deal of malaria in Yorkville and throughout this whole section during the past few /ears. It has all been caused from mosquito bites. There will be a great deal more within the next few years. It will all be caused from mosquito bites. There are more mosquitoes here % now than there used to be. It is because the town has grown somewhat larger, and there has been development of the places where mosquitoes could propagate. Also, the people generally, while not so Ignorant, are as careless and indifferent ^.s were the Cubans as to yellow fever. What, in the ordinary course of events, will happen in the way of malarial developments during y the next few months, of course, no man can tell; but if there is not more malaria this year than there was last year, it will be due more than anything else to good luck. And why should this be when to avoid the mos- k quito plague is only a matter of a littie intelligent effort. The mosquito breeds only in stagnant water. There is stagnate water in ponds, ditches, old tion. We are reproducing this article for the especial and particular benefit of the people of Yorkville and the communities generally within the bounds of the circulation of The Enquirer. In practically all of its manifestations, malaria has been identifiable as far back as medical history extends. It has been most familiar in the form of fevers, and its secondary and tertiary effects are too numerous to mention. Though the great white plague Is generally charged with responsibility for more deaths than any other one disease, if malaria got credit for all that was coming to it directly and Indirectly, especially in those localities that are infested with mosquitoes, the record of tuberculosis would go down beside the records of whooping cough and measles. As the name, mala, "bad," aria, "air," indicates, the world thought for ages and ages that the disease owed its origin to peculiar forms of impure air. dui less mail iweniy-nve years ago, an English doctor, who had been working on that theory for quite a while, proved beyond a doubt that whether mosquitoes are the only cause of malaria, protection against mosquitoes protects against malaria. The swamps of Campania, Italy are known as the deadliest malarial district of the world. Up to a few years back for a foreigner to go into these swamps and