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f traps and |acts. ? Paris, August 8: Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, who is paying his first visit to Paris this week, says that Bryan not only ought to win, but will win. Looked at from Europe, what has most impressed Benjamin Tillman in the home political situation is the spectacle of Mr. Taft going obediently to Oyster Bay for President Roosevelt to revise and approve his speech of acceptance of the Republican nomination. No candidate has ever before, he says, made his first official appearance before the people in that attitude. It is a shock to Americans over nere, ana musi cosi Air. iari heavily at the elections. Senator Tillman adds that Mr. Taft, like most fat men, is personally good natured, but as a candidate he has no separate personality, whereas everybody knows where Bryan stands. Senator Tillman, who followed Bryan's itinerary on his lecture tour, found that Bryan had won popularity everywhere. Ex-Governor David R. Francis, who is also in Paris, thinks that Bryan's chances are rosy, chiefly on the ground that he is convinced the mass of the public desire a reduction in the tariff. He believes that American industries are perfectly prepared to hold their own against European competition on equal terms. ? Washington, August 8: With it practically assured that Albert B. Cummins will succeed Senator Allison, and J. L. Bristow occupy the seat of Seinator Long, the senate of the sixty-first congress will be the scene of a struggle between conservatives and su-uiiiieu i duitaia, in wmcn quarter neither will be asked nor proffered. Given two lieutenants on whom he can depend, Senator LaFollette will renew his assault on the Repub ican oligarchy in the body, which is led by Senator Aldrich and supported by Senators Hale, Burrows and Gallinger. The clash is expected to make history, in what Senator Beveridge loves to describe as "the greatest deliberative body in the world." The defeat of Senator Long in the Kansas primaries Tuesday was not altogether a surprise to Washington. It has been known for some time that Mr. Bristow was making heavy inroads on the Long strength. The senator was forced to remain in Washington because of the currency flgrit, and because his presence was needed here in the pre-convention campaign. His absence from Kansas undoubtedly cost Senator Long his seat. Unable to marshal his friends or rebuild his political fences, Mr. Brlstow found comparatively smooth sailing. He went into the fight, also, with a fairly effective organization of his own. ? New York, August 8: According to the figures of the Financial Chronicle the into sight cotton for the week amounted to 56,597 bales, as compared with 49,561 bales for the corresponding week last year. For the season to date the into-sight totals 11,356,381 bales, as compared with 13,344,168 bales for the corresponding period last season. Southern consumption to Aug. 7 was estimated at 2,169.000 bales, compared with 2,330,000 bales last season. Northern spinners' takings were placed at 1,897,955 bales, compared with 2,637,035 bales last season. The world's ' visible supply of all kinds of cotton totaled 1,951,928 bales in comparison with 2,683,168 bales a year ago and 2,108,179 bales two years ago. The world's visible supply of American cotton totalled 1,120,928 bales, against 1,601,168 bales a year ago and 1,083,179 bales two years ago. Exports of raw cotton from United States ports during the past week aggregated 28,445 bales, compared with 5,934 bales for the corresponding week last year. The amount of cotton on shipboard last evening, not yet cleared, was 41,306 bales, compared with 18,966 bales a year ago. The world's takings of American cotton during the weeK amounted 10 ko.zjz utuea, as compared with 157,000 bales for the corresponding week last year. Takings of American cotton for the season to date total 11,568,297 bales, compared with 12,641.156 bales for the corresponding period last season. ? Washington dispatch to Brooklyn Eagle: Of unusual interest is the announcement just made by Director North, of the census bureau, that the volume containing the first census of the United States, taken in 1790, is now in press. It is expected that these publications will be in great demand by those persons who are fond of tracing back their lineage to the dawn of the republic, for "the books will contain the names of all the heads of families then in this country, so far as it has been possible to obtain them from the records. The first census comprised an enumeration of the inhabitants of the present states of Connecticut, Delaware. Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland. Massachusetts. New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York. North Carolina. Pennsylvania. Rhode Island, South Carolina. Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia. A complete set of the schedules for each state, with a summary for the counties, and in many cases for the towns, were filed in the state department. but unfortunately they are not now complete; the returns for the states of Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky. New Jersey. Tennessee and Virginia having been destroyed when the British burned the capitol at Washington during the war of 1812. The schedules of 1790 form a unique inheritance for the nation, since they represent ror eacn 01 tne siaies concerned a complete list of the heads of families in the United States at the time of the adoption of the constitution. The framers were the statesmen and leaders of thought, but those whose names appear upon the schedules of the first census were in general the plain citizens, who by their conduct in war and peace made the constitution possible, and by their intelligence and self-restraint put it into successful operation. The total population of the United States in 1790, exclusive of slaves, as derived from the schedules, was 3.231.533. The only names appearing upon the schedules, however, were those of heads of families. and as at that period averaged approximately 540.000. or slightly more than half a million. ? Charlotte Observer. August 11: One of the most fearful boiler explosions that ever occurred in South Carolina took place yesterday morning at 9.07 o'clock at the Haile gold mine in Lancaster county, two and one-half miles from Kershaw, when the two 100-horse-power boilers blew up, demolishing the engine house and mammoth stamp mill and seriously injuring four men, one of whom was a son of Cant and Mrs. A. Thies. of this accustomed duties in their accustomed way. There was nothing slack so far as any of those about the place could tell to indicate that there was anything wrong. If the water was low in one of the boilers no one was aware of it. Mr. Thies, who happened to be passing through, observed to Mr. Pittman, the engineer, that his clock was four minutes slow and suggested that he move it forward a little. This Mr. Pittman proceeded to do. He stepped up on a box to get at the clock and had just accomplished his mission and was climbing down when the explosion occurred. Mr. Thies was buried beneath the debris, his face being cut by flying bricks and falling timbers and his head and body seriously burned. Messrs. Pittman, Truesdel and Ogburn, the three other men in the building, were also hurled to the floor and almost if not altogether covered by the loose material which fell all about them. Fortunately Mr. Pittman was not badly stunned though severely burned and he was able to crawl from beneath the wreckage without assistance. Mr. Thies fared much worse, however, for he was rendered unconscious and some time was required to extricate him, 15 minutes at least. Neither Mr. Truesdel nor Mr. Ogburn were seriously injured although their cuts and if n ni + Durns were mosi puuuui. mi. ruman escaped by a hair's breadth, his call being an exceedingly close one. Mr. Thies suffered the most serious injuries. Doctors were summoned and trained nurses were secured from a distance and everything known to medical science was done to save his life. The physicians are hoping for the best. ?he IJorki'iUe (!*nqutro. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.t TUESDAY, AUGUST II, 1908. For whom will the grafters vote? Your old registration certificate Is no better than a last year's bird's nest. You can't build roads without work or money and It generally takes right smart of both. Have you registered yet? The time In which you have the opportunity continues to grow shorter. pl't your name on the club roll, but do not confound that with registration. Registration Is one thing and club enrollment Is an entirely different thing. People who have forgotten should read that letter from Hon. W. F. Stevenson, republished in this Issue from the Cheraw Chronicle. The letter contains nothing that Is-new; but the matter Is of burning Importance. Every voter who stands for a clean administration of the state government should now come forward in support of Martin F. Ansel. No . man who claims to stand for upright dealing and manly character can fall to realize the Imnortance of dolne his duty at this time. Platforms are important, but they should not be considered above character and reputation. The voters of York county are invited to consider carefully the characters and reputations of the two senatorial candidates. Character and reputation count- for more in the senate than does "gift of gab." Now Mr. Blease is abusing the Newberry ministers for making it known that they do not endorse his candidacy for governor. He claims that they had no right to interfere in the gubernatorial race. Was it not Mr. Blease who compelled this thing by referring the people of the state to the ministers of Newberry for information as to his character? While It is true that under the law as it now stands, there can be no dispensary in York county except on a petition for an election and a vote of the people, it is also true that the Carey-Cothran law is a local law and can easily be amended. If the York delegation in the general assembly, or a majority of It, Including the senator, desires to amend the law so as to give York county a dispensary without a vote, there is nothing easier. It is a fact that some of the coarse yarn mills have been so hard run that they have actually been spinning cotton waste. Of the big stock of dog tail cotton that has been accumulating in New York for years and used solely for the purpose of depressing the market all that was spinable has been spun, much of it having been shipped south for use in southern mills. There has never been a time since the close of the war when the mills were nearer out of cotton, and there has never been a time in the history of this country when they were more uneasy about a general advance. Nobody wants any miscellaneous assortment of immigrants to come into this country. Certainly nobody wants the kind who have to be hired to come. Mr. Watson does not want these. But we do desire the return of our own people who went to the west and northwest in search of better opportunity. and we want to continue the maintainance of the intelligence bureau in Columbia, in order that there may be means of informing these people of the tremendous progress of South Carolina?how our own state has really forged ahead of the states in which our friends and relatives have established their homes. Thf statements of Messrs. Epps and Glasscock at Ogden last Friday as to how the Saye road law came to be passed, did not exactly agree. Mr. Epps said that he had told Dr. Saye that he was not wedded to the measure; but would vote for it under certain conditions to keep down a "disagreement" among the members of the delegation. Mr. Glasscock frankly stated that Dr. Saye had told the entire delegation that he would not press the bill unless everybody was entirely ~... I.. I ? 11m ninoonnnlf It lu nlon tn city. Other than that the water is supposed to have been allowed to get too low in one of the boilers, nothing of a definite nature is known as to the cause of the accident. Boiler Xo. 1 blew up and one of the flying fragments of iron knocked off the dome of boiler Xo. 2, which also then exploded. The shock was terrific, its force being very perceptible, even in Kershaw, more than two miles away. It simply demolished everything about the place, some of the parts of the boilers being hurled far upon the sides of the adjacent hills. Mr. O. C. Gardner, who happened to be standing behind a post but ten feet away from the boilers, when the catastrophe occurred, was thrown through K/-, r.f f Kq ario-ino h/iticu inf m the stamp mill hard by, and was practically unharmed. The injured are: Mr. Ernest A. Thies. superintendent of the mine, seriously burned about head and body, and face and neck cut by falling debris. Mr. H. M. Truesdel. badly burned and stunned by falling pieces of wood and brick. Not seriously hurt. E. M. Ogburn burned and cut by falling timbers. The accident took place shortly after 9 o'clock The engines at the time were running smoothly, apparently performing their enough, and this generation, at least, should not forget that experience. It would not be five years before the men in charge of the phosphate mill owned by the state would be as corrupt as hades, and the stench would rise to heaven. We must avoid all such and not try to do too much. The Union has her hands full looking after the affairs that properly belong to It. MERE-MENTION. The Pressed Steel Car company of Pittsburg, last week practically closed a contract for 10.000 cars for the Oould-Harriman railways. The contract represents $10,000,000, and will probably require live years for com plelion samuei uompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, is likely to lose his ofiice as the result of his promise to deliver the labor vote to the Democratic party in November. He is being warmly criticised by labor leaders More than 12,000 employes of the Canadian Pacific railway are on a strike. The strike includes men in all departments of the service The International Paper company's mills at Corinth, X. Y., are closed on account of a strike of its 700 employes... .Seth M. Richcreek, an absconding banker of Indianapolis, Ind., who gut away with $150,000, has been located at Johannesburg, South Africa. . . .The Shah of Persia last week negotiated a loan of $250,000 by pawning the crown jewels More than $375,000 in cash has been raised in Germany during the past few days to furnish funds to Count Zeppelin with which to build a new dirigible balloon to take the place of the one destroyed by an accident last week John Temple Graves vice presidential nominee on the Independence party ticket, underwent a slight operation in a New York hospital Thursday. He is improving slowly During the thirty-five days of fighting and rioting at Tabriz, Persia, more than 800 people have been killed. The property loss is considerably over $1,000,000 The building department of New York city has approved the architects' plans for the 62-story building to be erected in that city by the Equitable Life Assurance society... .Attorneys for Harry K. Thaw have filed a petition in his behalf in voluntary bankruptcy in the Federal court at Pittsburg, Pa. His assets are given at $128,012.28 and his liabilities at $453,140.43 The railroads have refused to give reduced rates to Lincoln, Neb., on account of the Bryan notification tomorrow... .Ten officials of Mile End parish, London, were convicted Friday of grafting after a trial lasting thirty days and costing $50,000 One man was killed and several injured in the wreck of a Southern Pacific train In the suburbs of New Orleans, Saturday night ^ ~' AUIa Woo r?Pcip*1iPr1 .Elmer e. jjover ui wiwu, . ^,.D the secretaryship of the Republican national committee.. The battleship division of the Atlantic fleet reached Auckland. New Zealand, Saturday morning. The fleet will sail again next Saturday The Lackawanna railroad, operating In New York and Pennsylvania, is experimenting with the telephone in dispatching trains. The tests are proving satisfactory'... .Mrs. E. P. Acroeter is in a critical condition in a Philadelphia hospital, suffering from streptococcic poisoning, caused by a fly bite received ten days ago John G. Lund, former millionaire and politician, committed suicide at Minneapolis, Minn., Wednesday to escape the disgrace of arrest for a felony. Two banks of which Lund was president. were closed Thursday. He was speculating in wheat The overflow of the West river in south China four weeks ago which caused a rise of 40 feet in a few hours, and the drowning of several thousands, has left hundreds of thousands homeless and starving.. The government crop report issued Friday places its condition at 80.7 and the winter wheat production at 425,940,000 bushels, against 409,442,000 bushels last year. Real estate men of New York claim that the city government pays $25,000,000 annually in salaries for which the city gets no returns The United States immigration uepartment Is making a determined fight to break up what is known as the "white slave trade" carried on throughout the cities of the north and west....The Audubon society headquarters in New York has launched a national campaign to protect birdlife. It is estimated that destructive insects cost the country $800,000,000 last year, and it is believed that saving the birds will reduce this great loss Asiatic cholera is making steady advances In the Volga district of Russia A rumor in London is to the effect that the German government is negotiating for the purchase of three first-class battleships now building in England for Brazil Lee Haseman, an 18-year-old bank messenger of Chicago, is under arrest on the charge of stealing $fi,900 from his employers and an aunt. He spent the money in automobile rides with | women In the collapse of a factory building at Szedegin, Hungary, caused by a hurricane, 100 workmen were buried in the ruins. ? St. Petersburg, August 0: Special dispatches received here from Teheran gives a tragic-comic description of the position of the shah of Persia, who is virtually a prisoner in the hands of wild tribesmen summoned to Teheran to protect the throne against the revolutionaries, but who have become a greater menace to the monarch than his other foes. The tribesmen are extravagant in their demands for money, which the shah is unable to grant and they threaten to destroy the palace and pillage Teheran. The $250,000 secured from the Russian bank recently as a loan on the crown jewels is already exhausted. General Liakhof's Cossacks are unable to make any headway against the tribesmen who have refused to permit the shah to leave the camp at Badeshakh ror sauanaoau, wnere we harem Is now staying. Famine is reported to be iinmient in southern Persia and this promises to bring about a crisis in political affairs in the autumn. ? Washington August 7: In order to relieve Judge Taft of criticism on account of the discharge of the Brownsville soldiers General Corbin today gave out a hitherto unpublished dispatch from President Iiuosevelt, showing that the order came directly from the president. The original order was promulgated by Acting Secretary Oliver, while Taft was In iha On his return Secretary LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8. John R. Hart, Mayor?Publishes an ordinance relative to the use of automobiles and regulating the speed thereof on the streets of Yorkville. W. A. Carroll, Ree. Sec.?Announces a picnic under the auspices of the Jr. O. U. A. M., at Filbert on August 28 and invites the public. R. N. Plaxco, Sec.?Requests a full attendence of Bethany Farmers' Union No. 2, on August 15 at 3. p. m. E. M. Bankhead and J. E. Latham, Com.?Invites the public to the campaign picnic near J. C. Blair's on Thursday, August 20. Jos. A. Dickson. Clerk?Invites the public to a W. O. W. basket- picnic at King's Creek on Monday, Aug. 17. Southern Teachers' Agency, Columbia?Wants teachers for schools now open, and trustees to write it for teachers. W. G. White, Kings Creek?Offers a miscellaneous lot of lumber for sale at bargain prices. H. J. Sherer, Trustee?Gives notice that on Friday, Aug. 14, a contract will be let for erecting a school building at Shady Grove. Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Is ready to supply you with belting of leather or canvass, piping, valves, couplings and other fittings. R. B. Davidson Co.?Wants you to call and see the Farrand pianos and organs and invites comparison. Thomson Co.?Reminds you of its remnant sale which is in progress this week. Herndon & Gordon?Give notice that prices for hlde3 are better and tell you to bring them in. Luther Baber?Has just received a new supply of Ess-tee-dee for the hair and scalp for which he has the exclusive sale in York county. J. Edgar Poag, Broker?A3ks you to write for a copy of Poag's Real Estate Monthly, the subscription price of which is 50c a year. York Drug Store?Has a complete line of talcum powders as well as other toilet articles and wants you to come to it for your needs. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives notice that J. L. Williamson has applied to him for letters of administration on the estate of J. Louis Williamson, deceased. Loan and Savings Bank?Points out that the confidence of the community is absolutely essential to the success of a financial institution and tells you that it has this confidence. Strauss-Smith Co.?Quotes additional prices on shoes and tells of other bargains offered during its summer clearance sale, which is now in progress. First National Bank?Says that it is the man with the money, that is ready for financial emergencies, and explains how to have your money ready when needed. Anyhow, there i? going to be lots of corn In this county this year and there is no other one crop that better enables its producer to hold his cotton until he gets ready to sell. Where people have plenty of corn they are pretty Qfll If! It would be a source of very great satisfaction to The Enquirer if all of its subscribers could have the refusal of all the county papers in the state for a week or two. We would like this for purposes of comparison. The common verdict as we think, would be: "There is not a paper in the state that Is such a complete reflex of the daily life of the people for whom it is published as is The Enquirer, and it is so far ahead of 95 per cent of the other papers, that it Is difficult to see how the subscribers to the other papers can be satisfied with them." The publishers of The Enquirer are always reluctant to hold the paper back beyond the regular press hour. We know that the subscribers are accustomed to look for the paper regularly and when they fail to get it, thex are disappointed. We were not surprised, therefore, when people came to the office last Friday afternoon in large numbers to see what the trouble was and neither were we surprised at the constant buzzing of the telephone. All this was to be expected. But under the circumstances, we thought that the first campaign meeting was of sufficient importance to warrant some delay, and really there was no other way for It. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. Thp e-eneraDhical distribution of the legislative candidates Is less evenly balanced that has ever been known: Broad River, 1?J. H. Saye. Bethesda, 1?0. L. Sanders. Catawba, 5?W. H. Stewart, J. S. Glasscock, J. P. Hollis, S. L. Johnson, W. B. Wilson, Jr. Fort Mill, 1?S. H. Epps. York. 1?W. E. Hurt. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. W. B. McCaw Is spending sometime at Flat Rock, N. C. Miss Mamie Turner is spending a few days with friends in Charlotte. Miss Aline Neely of Old Point, is visiting the Misses Simril near Yorkville. Dr. E. F. Glenn of Gastonla. is visiting relatives and friends in York county. Miss Rfola Quinn of Smyrna, Is visiting her sister, Mrs. E. W. Long, in Yorkville. Miss Annie Roach of Rock Hill, Is in Yorkville on a visit to the family of Mrs. R. S. Russell. Mrs. R. R. Ccmak of Columbia, has been visiting the family of Mr. J. Oscar Robinson, in Yorkville. Misses May me and Frances Darby of Lowryville, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Harvey Witherspoon. Mr. Walter Rose left this morning for a ten days visit to relatives atid friends in eastern Tennessee. Mrs. E. W. Long returned home last evening alter a snort visit to Mr. J. W. Quinn's family at Smyrna. Messrs. J. M. Ferguson and P. W. Love are spending a few days at the White Diamond Llthia Springs. Mr. Boliver Carson of the Delphos neighborhood, is with the StraussSmith company for the fall season. Miss Maggie Barnett of Yorkville R. F. D. No. 2, is with J. L. Williams & Co., as saleslady for the fall season. Mr. Herbert M. Dunlap of Rock Hill, was called to Ashevjlle Saturday, on account of the illness of h}s little child. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Beard and son, Howard, are visiting relatives and friends in Charlotte and Lumbertop, N. C. Misses Cora Graves and Lillian Kirkputrick of Sharon, have been visiting the family of Mr. J. R. Comer at Ebenezer. Mr. and Mrs. Rush Grey of Chester, returned home yesterday after spend1 * 1 - A T ? I-> I_> Dtr1/lLi?? lllg U ween ?Vlll? mi. IV. JJ. uiuuir family at Zepo. Mrs. a. B. Bradley and daughter, Beulah, of Limestone, Tenp., is in Yorkville on a visit to her sister, Mrs. L. W. Louthian. Mr. L. It. Williams is still confined to his hojne, but hopes to be out again within a few days, although he improves rather slowly. Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Kennedy and son, of Chester, came up Saturday on a visit to the family of Mr. W. M. Kennedy and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Coryell returned to their home at High Shoals, N. C., yesterday, after a short visit to Mr. A, Mr. E. Manning Stanton, assistant cashier of the First National Bank, has been spending the past ten days visiting New York, Washington and other Eastern cities. He expects to return to Yorkvllle this week. Hickory Democrat, August 6: Miss Addle Craig and Mr. Herbert Miller planned a surprise for their many friends last Thursday night, July 30th. They attended prayer meeting as usual, but afterwards slipped Into the parsonage and were quietly married by Rev. Harte. They planned to keep the affair quiet until after Sunday. Even the Rev. Harte would tell no tales when asked what he knew about It, but friends could not keep the happy secret. Miss Craig is the daughter of Mr. and Airs. vv. J... uraig wro live on Tenth avenue. Miss Craig Is organist at the Baptist church and has many friends in this city. Mr. Miller is an industrious young man. Their many friends extend congratulations and wishes them a long and happy married life. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The colored Masons have purchased two lots on Westerlclgh from Mrs. Laura E. Parish, and It Is their purpose to erect on the lots a Masonic hall. ? The digging of the sewerage ditches is proceeding much more rapidly since the ditching machine has been in operation. Digging has been practically completed on King's Mountain street, Wright avenue and East Madison street and the ditcher Is now on Lincoln street. ? There are sixteen people on the free lists of the water and light department, as follows: They include the members of the town council, the board of commissioners of public works, the board of health, Mr. Barn wen, me supennienueiu ui me ueytii iment, Mr. G. T. Schorb, the town treasurer and Mr. W. W. Lewis, the town attorney, ? RevLval services were commenced in the Yorkvilie Baptist church on Sunday morning. The pastor, Rev. I. G. Murray, is being assisted in the work by Rev. Raleigh Wright, one of the five regularly appointed evangelists of the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist convention and Mr. W. E. Rodgers, of Atlanta, the latter leading and being in charge of the singing, Mr. Wright preached his first sermon on Sunday morning, and it as well as the sermons of Sunday and last night was addressed especially to Christians, the preacher insisting that unless they are "right with [God" a genuine revival of religion and the conversion of sinners is impossible. He in intensely earnest in hi3 preaching and at the same time clear, eloquent and forceful. Each point made is enforced by apt Scriptural quotations. The church building was comfortably filled on Sunday night, but the congregation last night was not so large. Services will be held each morning during the week at 10 o'clock, and each night at 8.15, the song service beginning at 8 o'clock. The singing of Mr. Rodgers is an interesting feature and he hopes with little delay, to organize and train an effective choir composed of as many of those of the town and surrounding country who can and will help, and at the service last night extended an * < ti-it 4. ~ ?11 ...1,^ A eariiesi mvuauiMi iu all who ucnncu to avail themselves of the opportunity to meet him at the church at four o'clock each afternoon until further notice and practice, promising to Instruct all who came to the best of his ability. There can be no doubt as to Mr. Rodgers ability as a teacher of singing and it hardly seems likely that those within reach who have any talent for singing will fail to respond to his liberal proposition. THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT. There was no repetition at Tlrzah on Saturday of the attempt that was made at Ogden the day before to howl down Rev. W. E. Hurt. The Enquirer has Information that it was the intention of the Blease element to give Mr. Hurt another round at Tlrzah; but when it developed during the morning that there was so much general condemnation of the Ogden affair, the programme was changed, and Mr. Hurt was allowed to speak without Interruption. It is only a matter of justice to say that few, if any, of the Ogden people took part in the discourtesy described in our last issue. The representative of The Enquirer was sitting on the stand facing the little bunch of howlers, and did not recognize among them a single man he knew to be a resident of the immediate neighborhood. One man who walked along In front of the stand drinking whisky from a bottle as he walked, certainly did not belong there. The Ogden people generally are as good as are to be found in this county. They are mostly folks who have worked* their way up from the ground, so far as this world's goods are concerned, during the past fifteen or twenty years, and they are nearly all well-behaved people of good intentions and high aspirations, who show a more wholesome interest in politics than do the people of many other sections of the county. Rev. W. A. Beckham of North Rock Hill, who preaches at Antioch and other churches, was very much mortified that such an incident could have occurred in his neighborhood, and he made it a point to go to Rev. Mr. Hurt with an explanation. He said it was not the Ogden people who committed this breech of hospitality, and he assured Mr. Hurt that the Ogden people had no sympathy with the demonstration. During the afternoon several prominent Ogden people went to Mr. Hurt with additional assurances of the same nature. "I really, did not know who it was," said Mr. Hurt, when the reporter mentioned the matter to him yesterday. "I really did not think much of it one way or the other," he continued, "but I was very much gratified at what those gentlemen told me afterward, not so mucn oil my own aa-uum an on account of the neighborhood. That kind of conduct cannot hurt me. The only harm it does is to the people who engage in it." THE COTTON SITUATION. The cotton situation continues in this county very much as it has been since last fall?in a kind of waiting condition. The mills are showing no anxiety to buy, and the farmers are showing no anxiety to sell; but both would be wonderfully pleased to see a return to normal conditions. That practically all of the mills are short of stocks there is no question. It is doubtful as to whether there is a short staple mill in this whole section that has on hand enough cotton to keep it running' ten days. There is still quite a lot of cotton in the hands of th? fnrmersr hut not nearlv so much as Is generally believed. Some pretty well informed judges claim that 6,000 bales will cover every pound of cotton In the hands of the mills, warehouses and producers of York county. Just how many samples the grader from Clemson carried away from here recently, we did not learn definitely; but It is quite certain that the samples represented not less than one thousand bafes and possibly two thousand bales. The owners of this cotton are to receive offers on Jt shortly arjd it Is quite probable that much of it will be sold provided the prices aye close enough |o 12 ceqfs or over. There are conflicting reports in the papers as to the stocks of surplus yarns, now being held by the mills or the commission men. It is pretty gen away. Some of the warerooms are practically empty, and 1 saw none that Indicated an overflow Into the offices. Philadelphia Is the largest distributing point of yarns ar.d I saw more there than elsewhere; but not so much there as usual." "What about you mill people?" the mill man was asked. "Well most of us that have no surpluses In the hands of the commission men have surpluses In our own warehouses; but those surpluses are very much reduced. While we were shut down not long ago, we had an order for 150,000 pounds of yam and we filled It out of our warehouse; but It came pretty near taking all v/e had." "Don't you really think then, things ought to be getting to where they will soon be better?" "I can't see much encouragement so long as the wholesalers keep out of the market. They are holding back for the re-adjustment of prices they are expecting on account of the new crop. "Yes; but you are badly short on this year's crop, notwithstanding the reduction, for thirty days after the new crop comes In It takes two bales of the old crop to spin one of the new. and for the next sixty days It takes bale for bale. You can't work the new crop alone under ninety days. The country Is bound to hs.ve the goods, and with your surpluses already so nearly exhausted, I cannot see how It can be otherwise than that the demand will make you start your mills, and If there Is any appreciable continuation of the holding movement, I cannot see It otherwise than that the price of cotton will have to go up higher. "I cannot answer that," the mill mar. said, "further than to say that If we can only get the price of yarn up to where we can make a fair profit, I don't care how high cotton goes." THE TIR2AH PICNIC. The second meeting of the county campaign which started at Ogden on last Friday was held at Tlrzah on Saturday. A picnic was held In connection with the meeting?the annufi.1 Tlrzah picnic?and the crowd numbered about 1,000 people, including many ladies and children, and the large majority of them seemed to thoroughly enjoy the occasion. The meeting was held in a grove about 200 yards southwest of the depot and the stand was located on or near the spot on which the one stood several years ago when the question of abolishing the Yorkville dispensary was discussed by Senators Tillman and Brlce. Music for the occasion, and good music It was, was furnished by the Sharon band under the leadership of Prof. Lucas. The meeting was called to order about 11 o'clock by Mr. W. B. Wilson, and the exercises were opened with prayer by Rev. Henry J. Cauthen of Yorkville. Mr. W. H. Stewart, candidate for the senate, was the first speaker introduced. His speech as a whole was practically a repetition of what he said the Hau h/ifnra at (>?nlen. hilt there were several features that were different. At Ogden he stated that he favored the repeal of the Hen law as security to the merchant, but favored the retention of the landlord's lien. On this occasion he expressed himself as favoring the repeal of both. He stated that a report was being circulated to the effect that he had made money out of the ginner's reports by selling them to the bucket shops before sending them to the government, and denounced the report as false?, and stated that had he done so he would have been put behind the bars. He stated that as he now saw the matter he was opposed to the state embarking In the business of manufacturing fertilizers. He again paid his respects to the communication recently published by Senator Brice, and stated that he was making his fight singlehanded on his merits and that Doctor Saye was being backed by the Yorkvllle Enquirer, the Rock Hill Record and Senator Brlce. The speaker was liberally applauded when he finished his speech. Dr. J. H. Saye was next introduced and as he stepped to the front of the stand, was heartily applauded, the applause being more general tnan tnat accorded Mr. Stewart at the conclusion of his speech. At the beginning of his speech Dr. Saye referred to the charges that are being made against the last legislature of extravagance and asserted that every dollar appropriated by the ways and means committee, of which he was a member, received careful consideration and that no appropriation was approved by that committee other than those that were believed to be for the best Interests of the public. He freely admitted that appropriations were larger than formerly and called attention to the rapid increase in the necessities of the state by reason of her wonderful growth during the past few years and a^ked whether or not it was considered good business policy by the successful farmer or business man to increase his expenditures or expenses as his business grew and expanded and also called attention to what happens to the business of the Individual who undertakes to hold down expenses to the same old sum regardless of the tendency of the volume of his business to increase. He declared himself as favoring adequate but not extravagant appropriations for the support of each of the educational institutions fostered by the stata and referred to Winthrop as an institution of which all South Caro linians should be proud and stated that he was satisfied that no school in America was doing a grander or more valuable work for women than was our own Winthrop. Dr. Saye then touched on the road law, and treated it very similarly to the day previous at Ogden. While explaining the $3.00 per capita tax feature, a hostile voice called attention to the fact that there was no alternative as to number of days work, when another voice cried out, "Yes he has made it 30 days." Then it was that Dr. Saye said "It was my purpose to pass a law that meant something and was not enacted to be dodged." This reply of the doctor elicited hearty rounds of applause. He called attention to the fact that practically all the opposition to the law was political buncombe. He expressed himself as favoring the repeal of the lien law and in favor of selling all the state farms except so much as may be necessary for the production of food stuffs used at the penifiavu nnH vtiite hnsnitaL Onnoses the establishment of a fertilizer factory to be operated by the state. He stated that he was a candidate for the senate because of the fact that citizens residing in all sections of the county had urged him to enter the race and insisted that it was a duty he owed the people to offer and closed by stating that he was perfectly willing to stand or fall on his record both as a private citizen and a legislator. As he took his seat there was hearty applause. Hon. J. S. Glasscock was next introduced and his entire speech was along the same general lines as his opening speech at Ogden. He again 1?oonol rounnnalhlHtv tnem. naa nopeu inai ine wiimny question would not be injected into this campaign as he was satisfied with existing conditions under the CareyOothran law. Said he was ready to abolish the lien law. In regard to the "guano business" he said that it was his understanding that it was the purpose of the advocates of the plan that fertilizers should be sold to the farmers at a profit of 10 per cent, and if that was done it would "help the farmers" and therefore he would favor the establishment of a fertilizer factory by the state. The speaker then called attention to the fact that he was the only candidate from "over the river this year,"-and said that "we send up the Macedonian cry for you to come over and help us on August 25." Mr. Epps Insisted that he was in a good humor, notwithstanding the fact that his manner, style and tone while speaking did not indicate it, and he said that in order to prove it he would tell a joke. His alleged joke was the same as told at Ogden and was about a patent medicine vender who made a contract with a country cmgregation to furnish It with a supply of new song books free provided he be allowed to place an advertisement of his pills on the fly leaf and told how when at the first service after the books were received the preacher announced that they would initiate the new books by singing No. 1 and proceeded to read the rhyming advertisement of the medicine mar. Nobody was able to see the ap ourselves or paying for them. According to his information the taxes provided by the Saye law would aggregate about $30,000 a year. The engineer's squad will consume about $5,000 annually, leaving about $25,000 with which to build roads. It will take a long time to get good roads on this money and he does not believe the people will stand any more taxation. He thought the best thing was for everybody to agree on a plan and push it. He thought that the engineer could lay out more work in two weeks than the county could pay for in two years. As he saw it there were two ways in which the roads could be built at once. One was to issue bonds and the other was to make every land owner a road overseer to work the roads along his own lands, requiring him to use the labor on his own lands and such other labor as might be living off public roads; but which is liable under the old law. Mr. W. B. Wilson, Jr., was IntroI - ? J ? ? ? .i k.. a uuceu us lilt; nexi .lpranci uy nun, vj. H. Epps. He stated at the outset that by reason of his limited time and the over-shadowing' importance of the road question he would devote most of his time to that subject. His remarks on this subject appear In full in another column. He expressed himself as favoring the repeal of the lien law; favoring the abolition of the Immigration bureau, but in favor of the retention of the Intelligence department for the purpose of advertising the resources of the state. Thinks it would be wise to confine the operations of the state farms to the production of food stuffs, and does not approve of the scheme for the state to engage in the manufacture of fertilizers. In conclusion he denounced as 1 false the report that Stewart, Wilson < and Glasscock were in a combination to re-establish the dispensary in York county and stated that he was running on his merits and if elected would represent York county as a whole and not a particular faction or clique. The next speaker Introduced was Hon. S. H. Epps. He started out by 1 repeating what he had said the day previous relative to his, not being wedded to the Saye law but supported it rather than have any unpleasantness in the delegation?said he had voted to do away with the bureau of immi- i gration at the last session. Said he favored selling the state farm and taking the convicts and putting them at some other business. "Favors good roads: but don't know how to get , ea. fie siaiea mai ai a caucus neiu tn Yorkville two years ago it was agreed that he should be the candidate from Catawba township for the legislature but when he was offered the support of those who held the caucus, for reasons satisfactory to himself he declined to become a candate. He favors the establishment and operation of a fertilizer factory by the state. Is in favor of a marriage license law and stated that while he did not consider that there was any force in the argument of those opposed to a marriage license law because its passage meant the eventual passage of a divorce law, he would favor It even though satisfied that its passage also meant the passage of a divorce law. Was not thoroughly familiar with the Raye road law, but thought it should have been submitted to the people. He closed by stating that If elected he would by using his pencil keep his constituents thoroughly posted through "his parkas" qa tn Vita wnrlr In Pnlumhlft. Mr. O. L. Sanders was next Introduced and Just as he commenced to speak, the band, located about 25 feet away commenced to play. He took his seat remarking that he was not equal to the task of speaking against a brass band. After the band had subsided Mr. Sanders again stepped to the front and had been speaking for two or three minutes when six or eight pistol shots rang out from a point In the woods about 100 yards west of the stand and Instantly the crowd became aware that a fight was In progress, a majority of the men making for the scene of disturbance, leaving Mr. Sanders without an audience. It was perhaps thirty minutes before conditions warranted the chairman In undertaking to again resume the exercises, when the speaker started for a third time by starting that on the day previous at Ogden he had not been able, because of lack of time, to fully state his position on the various questions brought forward for discussion, would only undertake to finish his prepared speech and would, therefore confine himself, to the road question, engaging In a practical and sensible treatment of the subject, notwithstanding the existing confusion. He said he considered the road law a serious question. All are agreed that good roads are desirable and the question has narrowed down to working them uitu wiine it ta aaic iu nay inai ncvcial of the heelers who had Interrupted Mr Hurt and attempted to discredit him at Ogden on Friday were present, they made no public attempt to interrupt him on Saturday but contented themselves with making deprecatory remarks to kindred spirits about the preacher who would offer as a candidate to the legislature. Mr. Hurt dwelt for some time on the overshadowing importance of a definite support of the free public schools?the common schools and impressed his hearers with the fact that he was handling a subject with which he was entirely familiar. He stated that he was not fully posted as to the merits or demerits of the scheme for the state to eneaee in the business of manufacturing fertilizers but that he considered it wrong In principle and calculated to promote graft and dishonesty and therefore as he now saw it would not If elected, support the scheme. He favored good roads and was not In favor of repealing the Saye law. He came out clear and strong as to his position and views on the whisky question, they, being strictly in conformity with his profession as a Christian minister. Samuel L. Johnson was next introduced. He stated that he entered the Confederate army at the age of seventeen and remained constantly in the service of his country until April 1865, and by reason of this faqt was deprived of the educational advantages he might otherwise have eniov rect but that possibly the age limit should not go below 21 and was satisfied that all road funds should be expended where collected. At the conclusion of Mr. Hollis's reinaiks, it then being 12.50 o'clock, the chairman announced that a recess would be taken until 2 o'clock in order to give the people an opportunity to eat dinner and rest. The custom that has grown up in this section during the p&st few years of two or more families spreading their dinners on the ground together and inviting those who had brought none to partake with them instead of the former custom of having one general table free to all, prevailed on this occasion, and it is safe to say that. nooh narcnn tioH on aKiinHannn Af onncl v. uv. * i pcitiv/ii iiau ail auuiiuaiivv vi g wu things to eat. Shortly after 2 o'clock a crowd of about the same size as had been present in the forenoon assembled around the speakers' stand, and the exercises resumed. The first speaker introduced being Rev.- W. E. Hurt. He received a close and respectful hearing, ...UIU <?- U oAtrAr. plication of Mr. Epps's Joke and nobody, so far as the reporter saw, smiled. The candidates for sheriff, clerk of J court, supervisor, and coroner were next given an opportunity to speak, in the order named. With two or three exceptions each man as his name was called appeared before the audience and announced his candidacy and asked for support. The meeting was then adjourned, but before adjournment, by reason of threatening, ^ low hanging clouds many people had already left for their homes, and before the balance of the crowd, especially those who "went tfrere on the train got away, most of them got a thorough wetting by a heavy rain that commenced to fall Just before ^ nie v\ t-.si Dounu iruin, which was about IB minutes late arrived, but nobody seemed to mind this as all were in a good humor and more Inclined to Joke over the occurrence than complain or fret. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From this date to January 1st, 1909, for 76 cents. At Bethany Today. Quite a number of the county campaigners passed through Yorkvllle this morning on the way to attend the meeting appointed for Bethany today. The People at Piedmont. ^ There are about thirty-five or forty guests at the White Diamond Lithla hotel at this time. People generally are pleased with the fare, the management and the water. Clover and Beaaemer. Clover and Bessemer played five Innings on the Clover grounds last ^ Saturday and when the game was called on account of rain, the score was 3 to 0 in favor of Clover. The announcement that Gaffney was to be Clover's antagonist was caused by a misunderstanding over the telephone. J Bessemer was not altogether satisfied with the outcome, and It has been agreed to renew the contest In Clover tomorrow. Row at Tirzah. There was a shooting scrape at Tirzah last Saturday. The participants a were E. M. and W. T. Russell on one i side and Jim, Meek and Tom Robinson, Chess and Ben Nivens on the other. One of the Russell boys was hit in the head with a rock. Meek Robinson was shot In the left shoul- "^i der and Jim Robinson was shot in the left side of the back at the waistband of his pants. A bullet went through Chess Nevins's hat. A stray bullet struck a mule belonging to Mr. W. J. Gordon In the knee. The Russell boys were arrested and released on bond. It is not thought that there Is any danger of fatal results from any of the wounds. j Rifle Range Under Preparation. Company L, of the First Regiment South Carolina National Guard, has under way the preparation of a firstclass rifle range at Sutton's spring, two ana one-nair miles west of York- ^ vllle. The arrangements consist of a ^ dead wall of brick, banked with earth to stop bullets and a club house to accommodate practicing militia and store ammunition and appliances. The house has already been completed at a cost of about $800, and the balance of the l-ange will be ready within a few days. The money for the purposes referred to comes from the national government which each.year makes an appropriation especially Intended to ^ encourage and develop rifle practice. J Under the law each year's approprlation must be used during the fiscal year V for which it is intended, otherwise it ^ is recovered into the treasury. Of , M last year's appropriation some seven or eight thousand dollars went back. This year the militia intends to spend all It has. Company L's range will provide for shooting at 200, 400, 600, 800 and 1,000 yards. The Fort Mill company has already constructed the only other range in this county. TO HOLDER8 OF COTTON. The Crisis Is Now On and Holders Have Advantage. Now is the time to hold, and victory Is yours. Farmers, do you realize that cotton is scarcer in the world today than it has been for twenty-five years? f If you do not, the sooner you realize It the more you will think of the spots you have on hand, and the crops you are growing. Now remember that it all depends on you to make it bring the minimum price, 15 cents. If you can be scared out of your cotton for less than the minimum price I do not blame the fellow for scaring you. I would do the same thing if I were in his a place, but you, the holder of spot cot- M ton, have all under hold in this flght, ^ and if you give up it is because you % have not the nerve to stand the Are of ^ the battle. Let me say to you, the holder of spots: Hold to them, for the ? next two months is the most critical period, as both the American spinner and the European spinner is about out of cotton to spin. If you, the holder of spots, will not sell, there will be many mills that will have to close down and not from choice, but for the want of cotton. Conditions are all In your favor, but nerve the backbone you lack. Now do not say you cannot hold. , We have plenty of bonded warehouses in our state and you can put your cotton In them and borrow money on your receipt. Let me urge you to do this, and do not put any cotton on the maket until the minimum is reached. ? Let me tell you the European mills are now out of cotton and they have contracts sold ahead. They have to come to America for cotton and they will have to do this now at once. This Is the situation, so no cause for alarm. I know the bear side of cotton Is using the new crop to bear the market so they may get you to sell the remainder of your old crop. The price will now soon go up, back to 12 cents, and ^ they think you will then sell. I know some of you have said If It reaches 12 you would sell. Now the same thing that brings It back to 12 will if you hold on make It bring the minimum, 15 cents. Now as to the conditions of the 1908 crop. I have correspondence from every cotton growing state. There cannot be a more accurate account than we, the Farmers' Union, can get up ind reports from all the states Is of this character. In the first place, too much wet weather in the early spring ind there was a poor preparation of the soil. When the preparation Is poorly dope you cannot make an averlge crop. The rains west of the Mis dssippl river continued until July 1st, and the cotton grew to weed too much and is not fruited well. Now the hot 3ry weather has set In with them and ^ much damage Is being done. In other words it is impossible for the west to make anything like an average crop when they have a wet May and June. Such weather fills the cotton plant with too much malaria and it cannot atand the hot sun without great damage. To prove tnis ic : i.ow me piant i* now turning: yello-v ant. 'eaves dropping: rrom it. TMs report comes from many if the stat We cannot now more than duplicate the 1907 crop, and renember the shortage of last year's ;rop. 4.000,000 bales, and Just rememser cotton futures cannot be spun. ^ B. Harris, President, S. C. Farmers' Union. J UUKIlUWICUgCU c^uai i v-^pwi v j with Dr. Saye and the other members of the York delegation for the Saye law, and stated that while it was not perfect it was in the right direction and that he would, if elected, assist in corecting the defects. Mr. John Porter Hollis was next introduced and about the only matters referred to by him not reported In connection with his Ogden speech was that he would favor the abolishment of the immigration bureau but would favor the retention of the information bureau, now doing a valuable work in advertising the resources of the state to the world. He favored the improvement and building up of the public schools in the county nnrl insisted that in former years the most successful men along all lines received their training in the country schools and that the interests of the state demanded that they be liberally supported. He thought that the principles of the Saye law were cor erally conceded that these stocks have been reduced 25 per cent from what they were at the highest point during the present demoralization, but a mill man with whom the writer talked a few days ago made the statement that the reduction was much heavier than the general public has any idea. "I was in New York, Boston and Philadelphia last week," he said, "and although commission men represented they had large surplus stocks on hand, from what I saw I concluded that the stocks have reached the lowest level ever known. In ordinary times you will find the warerooms of the commission men filled to the doors, and 5" ?? Auorrtniu r\t vorna in thpir offices. If they have such big stocks as they claim, they have them hidden1 B. Crosby's ramiiy near snaron. Miss Eugenia Walker has returned to her home at Chester, after a visit (?f several days to the family of Mr. J. Bolivar Scott. Yorkvllle No. 3. Dr. A. Meek Barnett, formerly of Bethel, hut for sometime past a citizen of Gastonia, has taken a position as prescription clerk and salesman with the York Drug Store. Dr. O. Frank Hart and son. Master Wm. A., and Mr. Carl'Hart of Colum bia and Mr. Geo. S. Hart of Greens-1 boro, N. C., spent Sunday In Yorkvlllel with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. S. Hart. ' Tuft suspended the order for the president to reconsider. The president, who was then at Porto Rico cabled: "Discharge not to he suspended unless new facts: care nothing for yelling politicians or sentimentalists. Offense heinous, and punishment inflicted after deliberation, facts showing official report in whole or in part untrue would be heeded, but nothing has been brought before me to warrant suspension. I direct that the or tier De executed. t uruin commenting. said: "With these facts nobody can place the responsibility on Judge Taft." UglTfUUir. iVH. vua?"?i5tv\-u, u ?o ai-7u n/ be noted, made no effort to shirk responsibility for his vote. This from the current issue of the Farmers* Union Sun is sane and sensible: The Farmers' Union sot upon very dangerous ground at the recent convention, when resolutions were passed urging ine legislature iu sen uitr state farm and put the convicts to manufacturing fertilizers. South Carolina has had a sufficiency of graft and corruption. and we shy at the mention of such. The state dispensary was