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Scraps and facts. ? Washing-ton. D. C.. August 19: That the Panama canal can be completed within five years, and at much less cost to the government than has been generally supposed, is the information which Colonel Goethals, engineer in charge of the work, is expected to bring Secretary of War Wright from the isthmus next month. Colonel Goethals contemplates a trip to this country in September for the purpose of conferring with Secretary Wright on canal zone matters. One of the AV 9 A icon CO I r\ n will ho thp PQ. HUUJCLIS III u?vu?)iv.i ..... timates for the next year, to be submitted to congress at the coming session. While here Colonel Goethals will make a trip to Oyster Bay to discuss the situation with the president. ? Atlanta, August 19: Late today the police reserves were called to the Terminal Station to quell a riot which broke out among two companies of Uhited States regulars en route from Fort Slocum to the Pacific coast. When the local police were unable to curb the soldiers a call was made upon Fort McPherson for troops and Captain Bankhead with a company of regulars responded hurriedly. The trouble started when a number of soldiers broke out of their cars and began annoying the passengers entering the trains. Officer Hill, of the local police, knocked two of the men down and the trouble became general. During the fight a soldier named Frank Smith, was seriously stabbed and is now In a local hospital. Joseph W. Bleak, another soldier is under arrest. The officers had the men under control at six thirty and under guard in their cars. Further trouble is not expected. ? Houston Post: The New York American has discovered a mares r\f hncp nronortions and it un dertakes to discredit Mr. Bryan thereby. Somebody told The American that the national committee had on hand some $300,000 left over from the campaign of 1904 and the credulity of that journal was sufficient to take it in and use the statement as the foundation of an attack upon the Democratic candidate. But there was not a word of truth in the statement and all the fabric of misrepresentation and abuse erected thereon falls to the ground. There was not a cent left in the Democratic treasury from the campaign of 1904. The truth is that the national committee never had sufficient funds with which to conduct the campaign against so w^ll supplied an organization as that over which Cortelyou presided. The idea of The American in broaching this ? Afr monumental xaivc *?ao >v Bryan of Insincerity, It desired to show that Mr. Bryan's earnestness in appealing for a people's campaign fund was assumed rather than real, because the large sum remaining from the Parker campaign was subscribed largely by corporations. ? Washington, August 19: The round-the-world cruise of the Atlantic fleet began from Hampton Roads on December 16. 1907, and the opinion of the naval authorities is that the cruise will have lasted a year when the fleet bellows forth reply to the welcome that will be tendered by the shipping and forts in New York harbor. On August 9, Auckland received the naval visitors and on August 15 the fleet started for Sydney, where the ships are sched uled to cast ancnor tomorrow, oocu days have been allotted for the exchange of courtesies at Sydney and the fleet will then pass on to Melbourne, where It probably will remain from August 29 to September 5. A few days later will gee the fleet in Albany, on the west coast of Australia, where it will remain until September 17. Then will come the long jump to the Philippines, where the battle-ship fleet is expected to arrive on October 1, remain ten days, and proceed in two squadrons. The second squadron will reach Amoy on October 29, and remain until November 4, when it will begin its three days' cruise to Manila. The first squadron will go direct to Manila, arriving there on October 31. The remainder of the itinerary, via the Suez canal, back to by the negroes. On tlie nights of August 15 and 16. the mobs continued to burn property until $100,000 worth had been destroyed and many negroes injured. One negro was shot and hanged on the night of the fifteenth. Four thousand troops are now present, and it is impossible to tell yet whether the race war is ended. ? New York, August 18: Courts of appeal no longer will decide either civil or criminal litigation brought before them on purely technical points, but will base their rulings on the merits of the cases, if the recommendations formulated by a special committee of the American Har association become law. The committee was appointed to draft models for laws to prevent delay and unnecessary cost in litigation. Its report will he presented at the annual meeting In Seattle. August 25 to 28. It opens with a statement that the most serious evil is the disposition to dispose of appeals, or writs of error, upon technical grounds. In the judgment of the committee, the rule should not be based on reversible error committed in the court below, but upon the merits as the case appears upon the record. The report says the tendency of the courts in common law cases is to construe adherence to strict le Hampton Koacis nas not oeen agreeu on by the department. ? A mob in Springfield, 111., on August 14. infuriated because the police force had spirited away from the city jail a negro who had assaujted a woman, let out its wrath on the city. Mr. Loper, a restaurant keeper, who as a deputy sheriff helped to transport the negro to a place of safety, in his automobile, had his automobile destroyed and burned, and his place of business completely wrecked by the mob. Then the mob, with arms stolen from a pawn shop, marched the streets till 3 a. m., chasing and beating all negroes found, and finally lynched one negro. Mr. Eugene \V. Chafin. Prohibition candidate for president, was struck with a W nl?ti>Ui1/\ %?/.oo?*l ?a rr o n Aort>A UMt'A, ? line i cc?v U1115 ci nvfei v/ ?uv was being beaten by the crowd. Pandemonium reigned for hours and the negroes sought every means of getting out of town. Besides the negro lynched, two white men and one negro were killed, and several scores of both were Injured. Twenty or thirty houses occupied by negroes were burned. The police and militia were at first helpless before the infuriated mob. and large re-enforcements of soldiers from neighboring cities were necessary before order was restored. It is reported that W. H. Bowe, assistant county treasurer, was caught and shot gal rules as the right of each party, and t<? reverse If there has been any infraction of these rules. It says: "This makes the trial of a case a game, in which the one wins who plays the most skilfully, the merits of the controversy having no part." The unrestricted right to a writ of error in criminal cases is characterized as a flagrant abuse. The report adds: I "These writs are constantly sued out solely for delay. The punishment of notorious criminals thus is constantly being postponed in violation of every principle of justice. This is especially flagrant in the suing out of writs of error from the supreme court of the United States to review the decision of the highest courts or criminal jurisdiction in the several states. We recommend that no writ of error returnable in criminal cases to the supreme court of the United States should be allowed unless a justice at that court shall certify that there is probable cause to believe that the defendant was unjustly convicted." She \(orhnllc (gnqttiw. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, S. C.t FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1908. Vote as you think. Vote for the best man. It Is not becoming in any man to be guided by prejudice. Mn?r th?n if?t pvprvbodv vote next ? Tuesday. Give us a full vote and nobody will have a right to complain at the result. If the people of York county do not see proper to sustain Dr. Saye's efforts to give them a practical roal law, we fear that it will be quite a while before j another representative will have the nerve to take an advanced step in this direction. There are a good many people who are objecting to the action of the county commissioners recently in employing a road engineer at a salary of $2,000 a year, and they are putting the responsibility on the Saye road law. As to whether it was wise to employ a road engineer at $2,000, we shall not discuss further than to say that in our opinion the supervision of a practical engineer is an absolutely necessary prerequisite to good roads. But in this matter the Saye law is not fairly to be held responsible. The Saye law provides for the surveying and profiling of all the roads in the county by contract within one year. The engineer who gets this contract under the Saye law, is required to give bond for faithful service and completion of his work within the time specified. The engineer employed by the board of commissioners was employed for a year for $2,000 to do such work as he could do himself and with such help as should be furnished him within that time. We have not heard that the county board of commissioners have given the Saye law as their authority for their action in this matter. If they have given the Saye law as their authority, we do not think they had a right to do so. And if they have not carried out the Saye law exactly, they have done what they have done on their own motion. The Primary Campaign. The official canvass of the county comes to a close at Yorkville tomorrow, and most of the issues of the campaign will be settled in the primary of next Tuesday. The Enquirer has been at considerable pains to keep its readers as well informed as possible as to the developments of the campaign, and we think that it has done this work about as well as it could fairly be expected to do. When it comes to the voting next Tuesday, we hope the people will vote just as they feel like voting. As to what the outcome may be. will be a matter of very litle concern to The Enquirer. All we want is an honest expression of the will of the majority, and there will be no good ground to complain of the result. MERE-MENTION. Wm, R. Hearst is making preparations to publish a morning paper in Atlanta. C.a An earthquake broke windows and dishes at Eureka, Cal.. Tuesday morning. The damage was slight Two men were killed and two were fatally injured by a boiler explosion at Draco, Caldwell county, N. C.. Monday W. Yancy Carter has been nominated as the candidate of the Independence party for the governorship of Georgia Mrs. T. S. Phillips committed suicide at Madison, Fla., Tuesday, by jumping into a well and breaking her neck W. J. Bryan has denied a story sent out from Pittsb irg to the effect that'James Kerr, national committeeman from Pennsylvania, was to raise $200,000 for the Democratic campaign fund In return for the kicking of Colonel Guflfey from the position of national committeemen from that state O. L. Taliaferro, a negro of Chester, Pa., in an address in that city Sunday night, said that the only way to check race riots and negro outrages was for the negro to indorse the Prohibition ticket and thus help to close all saloons?the chief source of the negro's troubles... .The National Tube company of Pittsburg1, h.is taken a contract to lay a pipe line from the oil fields of Illinois to the Atlantic ocean. The cost of the job is estimated at S6.0ft0.ft00 Chester county, N. J., authorities are wrestling with a trunk murder mystery. The trunk containing the body of a man. was found in a ravine, and the coroner's physician said the man had been dead from three to six months. The victim was a stranger in Chester county Miss Dora Smith, a young nurse in the insane department of a Philadelphia hospital, on Monday put a 61 year old patient, a paralytic, in a bath tub. turned on the warm water, and went aoout attending- other patients. forgetting tlie woman in the bath tub. When the nurse returned, she found her patient so badly scalded that she died soon after B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the executive committee of the Rock Island-Frisco lines, says that there are 400.000 idle railroad workers in the I'nited States on account of the business depression. If working, these men would be earning {1.000.000 a day French inventors have succeeded in perfecting a wireless telephone system by which they have been able to communicate a distance of 310 miles The United States revenue cutter Bear, has arrived at (Tnga, Alaska, with seventy-five Japanese prisoners on board, arrested for poaching on Seal Island Before September 1st, the United States navy department will ask for bids on ten oil i.ii.-nirtcr tfifnwin hnn t rlestrovers. The vessels are to cost not exceeding $800,000 each The Standard Oil company on Monday declared Its regular quarterly dividend of $6 a share, the same as last year Thos. W. Lawson. the financier, has at last succeeded In getting control of the Bay State Gas company, which he has been claiming that the "System" has used every effort to keep out of his hands. A strike of more than 50,000 Pennsylvania coal miners is quite probable during the next thirty days. THE TELEPHONE FRANCHISE. Editor of The Yorkville Enquirer: In your issue of the 18th instant, under the caption "Telephone Franchise," you printed an article signed by Mr. G. H. O'Leary in which the following appears: "During the past several days, representatives of the Piedmont or Bell Telephone company have been having private conferences with the town council with reference to securi ? fli.fi vaora frnnr*h|qii fnr lilg tX l?CIU.?-||?C ?.i*4.v...wv that company in Yorkville," and referring further to the mayor casting hie vote on a tie "against the town and in favor of this rich corporation." And still further, "About three years back this company tried the same game, but was baffled by the citizens in a public meeting." Answering these charges, I desire to say that no member or representative of either the Piedmont or Bell Telephone company had any "private conference" with the mayor, nor, so far ns I know, with any member of the town council. Mr. Maupin of the Bell company appeared openly before the committee appointed by the council and at the council meeting. Mr. O'Leary knew these parties were in town. Had he called at my office I would have been glad to have shown him the proposed franchise and given him any information in my possession. The first I ever knew of any dissatisfaction on his part, or the first time I heard of him in connection with the franchise, was when his card appeared in your paper. There was "no game" or trick or subterfuge in any transaction the council had. The mayor did cast the deciding vote, and it haf>pened in this manner; when the proposition of allowing the telephone company to charge $2.50 for a business phone numKor nf o11 haorlhPrc at thlc exchange was under 300 (afterwards changed to 350). the vote stood, in favor of allowing this charge 5, and opnosed to it 1. The mayor cast no vote here. On the second proposition to allow the teleohone company to charge $3.00 for a phone at a business station when the number of subscribers was over 300 (afterwards changed to 350) and under 500 (afterwards changed to 600). there was a tie vote and then it was the mayor cast his vote in favor of sustaining the report of the majority of the committee appointed by council to suggest a suitable franchise, this matoritv having reported in favor of allowing the charge. I have never cast any vote "against the town in favor of the rich corporation" so far as lay in me to see what was right, and anv statement by Mr. O'Leary. or anyone else, saying that I have done so is simply untrue. One of the aldermen suggested that the nronosed franchise be published. I stated that mv idea had been to show the proposed franchise to the business men and subscribers in Yorkvllle. but deemed the suggestion that the franchise be published a better idea than mine and yielded to it without any hesitation. This is how much I endeavored to hide the terms of the franchise. As to whether this council is "true to the interests of the town or trying to subserve the interest of this rich corooration" is too absurd to answer, and when Mr. O'Learv, who "fathered" the card alluded to, recovers from his excitement, he will realize as fuliv as do the other citizens of Yorkville, the absurdity of his question. T do not desire anv newspaper controversy and with this I dismiss the matter. Jno. R. Hart. Yorkville, S. C., Aug. 20, 1908, SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Spartanburg special to The Columbia State: Mr. Stanyarne Wilson's action in withdrawing from the race for the house of representatives is thought by many to be the outcome of an event at a campaign meeting at uowpens, Wednesday. As Mr. Wilson rose to speak some one in the audience called "Hurrah for Spartanburg fire insurance!" This was greeted with a laugh that for a few seconds drowned the speaker's voice. Continuing. Mr. Wilson stated that he had no axe to grind and that his object In wishing to go to the house was that he might fight the extravagance of the present administration. If it could be proved that he had been working for his own interests when he returned he said he would leave the county. ? Columbia special to Charlotte Observer: A negro resident of one of the big low-country towns today told the Observer correspondent how the negroes of that town had quietly got control of the politics of the town by slowly building up a negro registered vote. This is not a majority, but it is dangerously near a majority, and the whites fear It to such an extent that they will not disregard the wishes of the negro leaders. "Now. of course, we do not attempt to run the town," said this negro leader, "but we see to it that no mayor or set of aldermen is nominated in the primary that would do our interests serious injury. The other side knows that if a seriously objectionable man were nominated, we could defeat him in the general election by combining with bolters. In other words, we constitute the balance of power. We have had sense enough so far to use the power we have gained wisely." ? Columbia special to the Charlotte Observer: The race for United States nruaiw r?uit mir* j'cujnc unwub.?vu?. v..* state guessing as to which of the seven candidates for Mr. Latimer's place is likely to win out. All sides concede that there will be a second race, none of the candidates even claiming any chance of getting in on the first primary. Who will be in the second race is the question everybody is asking. In the beginning ex-Governor Evans was thought to have a cinch on the lead, but this idea appears to have been dissipated. There are five leaders, opinion being about equally divided as to which will be in the second race. These five are Col. George Johnstone of Newberry; State Superintendent of Education O. B. Martin of Columbia; Mr. Evans; Mayor R. G. Rhett >f Charleston, and Mr. E. D. Smith, the cotton association man. On the other hand there are many who think that Colonel Lumpkin may get into the second race. The only thing about the nice that seems to be generally conceded is that John P. Grace, the tlier Charleston candidate, will not be in the second race. Opinion differs as to what effect he lias b^en able to have on the candidacy of Mr. Rhett. In the 1 - - 1 ? ~ r*. I jlUIKlllt'lll ?>i siiiiif, air. vii ULe nuv ceeded in keeping Mr. Rhett from the second race, a sentiment that the other senatorial candidates have industriously attempted to keep alive. In the opinion of others, however. Mr. r,race's work has benefited Mr. Rhett. LOCAL AITFAXXIS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Wm. Ross, Columbia?Offers the Wm. Ross home place near Sharon, for sale. Mrs. J. M. Ferguson, Manager?Publishes the programme of the comedy?drama, "The Deacon," to be produced in the court house Monday night. Palace Theatre?Will present "An Animated Portrait" and "Rescued from an Eagle's Nest" tonight and the "James Boys in Missouri," tomorrow night. Mrs. Laura E. Parish?Has unfurnished rooms, single or in suites, for rent. Miss Rosa Lindsay?Will open her studio tomorrow, after a short vacation. Bank of Clover?Tells you that $1,000 can be accumulated in five or six vears by systematic savings. Try it. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge? Gives notice that Mrs. W. C. Ewart has applied to him for letters of administration on tne estate ui nev. W. C. Ewart, deceased. J. C. Wllborn?Offers, for sale 274 acres of land, six miles from Yorkvllle. $2,700 will buy It. J. S. Brlce, Attorney?Wants a buyer for the Camp store house and lot, located on Main street, Yorkville. York Drug Store?Has a new supply of best varieties of turnip seeds. Thomson Co.?Calls special attention to its lines of trunks and suit cases and says it has the best selection of these goods ever brought to York-) vilie. First National Bank?Advises you to teach your boys to save?that in future years they may be independent. It wants your deposits. Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Wants you to come to it for all kinds of builders' hardware and carpenters' tools. Herndon & Gordon?Have a supply of best cheese and fresh Cove oysters. See them for groceries. Strauss-Smith Co.?Call special attention to bargains in low cut shoes and underwear. Special offer to buyers of goods to the value of $5. Southern Railway?Announces a special excursion to Charleston next Wednesday. What was left of the printing plant that was brought to Yorkvllle for the purpose of establishing the York En-J terprise. and afterward used in the ' '' ? "? nonora Irnnwn as PUDllCHUOIl ui liic . the Yorkville Yeoman and Yorkville New Era, has been 9old to Messrs. J. H. Schroeter & Bro? of Atlanta, Ga. The plant consists of a Country Camp- I bell printing press, a small job press, type stands, cases and other materials In various stages of "wear. Messrs. Schroeter & Bro. paid J300 for the outfit. A part of It they will repair and resell, and a part of It they will consign to the Junk heap. This old I nlant has had quite an eventful history locally; but a truthful review of that history would hardly add in any considerable measure to the pleasant recollections of any of those most directly concerned. There is likely to be more scattering in the voting for the legislative ticket than most people suppose. At the outset the general opinion among the politicians not necessarily in the secret, was that one ticket would be Stewart. Epps, Glasscock, Johnson' and Wilson. The other was generally assumed to be Saye, Hollls, Hurt and Sanders. But it has become evident that there will be a good deal of splitting. It was assumed that Johnson was on the Stewart ticket for the purpose of carrying the cotton mill vote to that side. It has been noticed how| ever, that both Stewart and Wilson in refuting an alleged "campaign lie," about an alleged combination, would refrain from mentioning Johnson. Stewart would say "Sam Epps, Little Black | Wilson, Jim Glasscock, myself and an* other man," and Wilson would mention Mr. Stewart, Mr. Epps, Mr. Glasscock, himself and another man. It is supposed that Johnson was left out through a fear that the farmer element of Stewart's supporters would not stand for Johnson. It is generally believed that Johnson is very strong among the cotton mill voters and that he can carry a good many of them either way he chooses. The supporters of Sa.ve will, for the most part, vote for Hollls, Hurt, Sanders and Glasscock. Some will support Wilson instead of Glasscock, and some will throw off on Johnson. Some people are predicting that the Saye ticket will be elected entire with Glasscock as the fourth man and others are predicting that the Stewart ticket will be elected entire, including Johnson. Still others guess that whether Saye or Stewart be elected, there will be a split in the balance of the ticket. BECAUSE OF THE PRIMARY. The next issue of The Enquirer due to appear Tuesday afternoon is hardly to be expected before Wednesday morning. The anticipated delay is because of the desirability of giving the returns from the primary election to be held next Tuesday. The primary poles will not be closed until 4 o'clock and it will be late in the night before the returns can be collected and presented. We are now endeavoring to complete arrangements for the presentation of full returns from all the precincts within twelve hours after the close of the polls, and If we fall to do so It will not be because of the sparing of any reasonable pains on our part. THE COUNTY CANVASS. The county campaigners were at Piedmont on Tuesday, Hickory Grove on Wednesday, and at Blairsville yesterday. Today's meeting is being held at McConnellsvlUe and the canvass winds up at Yorkville tomorrow. There was a comparatively small crowd in attendance at Piedmont. Mr. R. M. Wallace presided, and the various candidates made virtually the same speeches that they have been making. There were no unusual developments. The Hickory Grove crowd was also small, as Is usually the case at that place, and the speaking was about the same as at Picumont. There were no developments out of the ordinary, except that the meeting was broken up in the afternoon by a much needed rain. The meeting at Blalrsville yesterday was the largest of the campaign, not excepting that at Rock Hill. It was made the occasion of a big picnic and the people of the entire surrounding country, including young and old were in attendance. Mr. J. P. Flair presided. There was nothing new that is worthy of special mention. LAW OF THE PRIMARY. Although the following has been printed once, it is important enough' to warrant its reproduction. It Is a law regulating primary elections in this state, approved March 6. 1905: An act making certain offenses in primary elections misdemeanors and prescribing penalties therefor. Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of South Carolina: At or before any political primary election held by any political party, organization or association, for the purpose of choosing candidates for office, or the election of delegates to conventions, In this state, any person who shall, by threats or any other form of Intimidation, or by the payment, delivery or promise of money, or other article of value, procure or offer, promise or endeavor to procure, another to vote for or against any particular candidate Ir. such election, or who shall, for such consideration, I offer to so vote, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 2. Every candidate offering for electK-n, under the provisions of Section 1, shall make the following pledge and llle same with the clerk of the court of common pleas for the county in which he is a candidate, un*?? V\a o oon/IMato In mnrp i less lie SI1UUIU UC a Lauuiuutv than one county, In which case hej shall file same with the secretary of state, before he shall enter upon his campaign to wit: I, the undersigned of the county of and state of South Carolina, candidate for the office of ... hereby pledge that I will not give nor spend money, or use Intoxicating liquors for the purpose of obtaining or influencing votes, and that I shall, at the conclusion of the campaign and before the primary elections, render to the clerk of court or (secretary of state as hereinbefore provided) under oath, an itemized statement of all money spent or provided by me during the campaign for compaign purposes up to that time, and I further pledge that I will. Immediately after the primary election or elections that I am a candidate in, render an itemized statement, under oath, showing all further moneys spent or provided by me In said election. Provided, That a failure to comply with this provision shall render such election null and void, in so far as the candidate who falls to file the statement herein required, but shall not affect the validity of the election ofj any candidate complying wiih this section: And. provided, further. That such Itemized statement and pledge shall be open to public inspection at all times. Section 3. That any violation of the Drovisions of this act shall be a misdemeanor: and any person, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 or be imprisoned at hard labor for not less] than one month nor more than six months, or bqth fine and imprisonment Ir. fha (tlarrptlnn of the court. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Daisy Simril is spending two weeks with friends at Old Point. Rev. James Boyce, president of the Due West Female college, was in Yorkville Wednesday. Rev. George Ratchford of Gaffney, spent Wednesday in Yorkville with the family of Mr. Jno. R. Hart. Rev. O. A. Jeffcoat and family, are visiting Mrs. Jeffcoat's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Crosby, near Sharon. Mrs. F. R. Barford of Atlanta, Ga., and Miss Jessie Milling of Lancaster, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Mackorell this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Sherer of Gaffney have been visiting the family of Messrs. H. H. and S. H. Sherer of the Blairsville neighborhood. Miss Lina Allison of King's Mountain, N. C., who has been visiting Misses Mary and Louise Dobson, returned to her home this morning. Mr. R. A. Dobson, formerly of Yorkville, but for the past two years superintendent of the Laurens city schools, has resigned his position to take up tho study of law. Rock Hill Record: Dr. D. J. Brimm, the old Catawba Military Institute, and who last year was superintendent of the schools at Yorkville, has been appointed financial agent of Chlcora college at Greenville, and the Presbyterian college at Clinton, and Is now at work. His friends will be glad to learn of this. Dr. Brimm's family Is spending the summer at Sharon and later on will take up their residence at Clinton. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The telephone row now on in Yorkvine Ib very little else than the reopening of an old sore that first began to matter In the summer of 1905; but which is not to be finally healed until the Bell Telephone company gets, through its subsidiary, the Piedmont company, a franchise to do business in Yorkvllle for twenty-five years. The controversy was preclptated when the Piedmont company acquired the rights of the Bedford company and gave notice of a proposed material increase of rates. In response to a call signed by Messrs. J. S. Brice, u Hort M R .Tenniners. Thos. F. McDow. W. B. McCaw and W. W. Lewis, there was a warm meeting in the court house on the subject on the night of July 7, 1905. Mr. O'Lcary presided, and in explaining the object of the meeting to be to protect the telephone subscribers from extortion Mr. Brice had some pretty hard things to say about tne tseu reiepnoue tumpanj, declaring that it was a greedy corporation with no regard for the rights of the people and that its sole object was to get money out of the public no matter how. There was a lively tilt between Mr. Jennings and Mr. Maupin, and Mr. John R. Hart suggested that "we appoint a committee to go before the city council and request the annulment of the franchise, or, in the evrnt the city council is not able to give relief, to proceed in the courts on the ground of poor service." As the upshot of that meeting it was decided to appoint a committee of five "to draft a telephone franchise, calculated to conserve the in terests of the community in the most satisfactory manner possible, and to offer the franchise to the Bell, Piedmont or any other company that could give an acceptable guarantee of its ability to live up to the terms of the contract. Otherwise the committee wou.d report back to the citizens for such further action as might be deemed proper." The committee took the matter up and after considerable deliberation recommended the organization among the subscribers of a protective association with the idea of keeping the telephone company up to good service and reasonable rentals by means of withdrawal of patronage in the event of dereliction. In its recommendation the committee specified a maximum rental of 42.00 for business phones and $1.00 for residence phones. It was required that all lines coming to the cor 4- 11 14,. xt 1 \rx <,ua..u1 ka o/1_ purine i1u1iis u1 iuimiiic siiuuiu uc uumitted to the exchange at these rates and that the $2.00 rate should entitle subscribers to all connections in the county. Mr. Maupin met this proposition with an offer to give all local residence phones for $1.25 a month, ail the lines owned by the Bedford Phone company for $2.00 a month and all the lines in the county for $2.50 a month. Later on there was a virtual agreement with the telephone people that the rates should be as follows: "Residence phones with town and country connections at $1.25 a month; i 1 ..? ..v. ? ) An .1 mnnlll. all UUMlirna jiuwiico ?..v? u. n.UUi?, .... connections in the county for 12.50 a month." After this the committee was discharged and the telephone people continued from time to time to importune for a franchise. From what had been said all along that was really what they were after all the while. The council, however, cohtlnued to re- , fuse. The matter comes up again now after there, was reason to believe that everybody had forgotten the original troubles. There are some people In the town who are unable to see why the franchise should not be granted under proper guarantees as to rates and service. They say a franchise which does not attempt the exclusion of competition does not amount to anything anyway. Others Insist that If the franchise was not very valuable the tele phone people would not be so anxious for It. and If It Is so valuable, there Is no reason why it should be given away without a consideration. They say that they are willing for the telephone people to make all the Improvements they want to make; but If the telephone people are not willing to trust the town the town Is foolish to trust the telephone people. Also that telephone rates will eventually become a matter of legislative regulation, and If the town of Yorkville should be bound up In a| twenty-five year franchise In the meantime, It could not get the benefit of subsequent legislative rate changes until the expiration of Its special contract. There Is absolutely no reason to distrust the good intentions of the town council in the matter or of any member of it. The sole question Is whether the town is to derive any present or future advantage from giving up this franchise. But that the franchise will eventually be granted there Is no reason to doubt. The fact that some of the most strenuous original opponents of the proposition have changed over Is evidence of the old saying that times change and men change with them and eventually the' telephone people will carry their point just as easy as taking candy from a baby. THE TELEPHONE QUESTION. Following the card published by Mr. G. H. O'Leary In the last Issue of The Enquirer, protesting against the granting of a proposed franchise to the Piedmont Telephone compuny, a meeting of the telephone subscribers was held in the court house Wednesday at noon to consider the matter further. There were forty or fifty people at the meeting, which was organized by the selection of Mr. J. S. Brice as chairman and Mr. F. P. McCain as secretary. Mayoi John R. Hart took the floor on a question of personal privilege, and made a statement of his connection with the matter. He disclaimed any secrecy in the deliberations of the town council, and said that if Mr. O'Leary had come to him he could have gotten all the information he desired wilthout going into the newspaper. The sub stance of his remarks will De comprehended in the card he publishes in another column. Mr. O'Leary in reply said that when he had gotten information of what was going on through a member of the council, he first asked that member to secure for him the privilege of going before the council. Not getting satisfactory assurance on this j^ne, he asked that other citizens be aflidved to appear with him. Then he made an effort to secure copies of the pending proposition for publication. He had been told that he could get them; but there was delay, and as the only means he could think of to get the matter to the people before final action could be taken by the council, he had gone to the newspaper. Mr. J. M. Starr of the town council, made a statement confirming what both Mayor Hart and Mr. O'Leary had [ said, and explaining that he had left a copy of one of the proposed contracts In Mr. O'Leary's office during Mr. O'Leary's absence and had, because the council had need of it in the meantime, withdrawn it before Mr. O'Leary had had an opportunity to see it. There was a good deal of discifssion of the whole matter pro and con, Mr. W. B. McCaw and others, otposing the proposed action of the town council, and Messrs. John R. Hart, mayor of the town, W. W. Lewis, town attorney, and W. B. Moore, a stockholder In the Piedmont Telephone company, defend ing the proposed action of the council as the wisest thing to be done under the circumstances. It was freely conceded in the discussion that there were no ulterior purposes on the part of anybody. Some of the expressions were in favor of the granting of a franchise at the proposed advance rates, provided the subscribers could be assured of better service than they are getting, and others were opposed to the granting of any franchise whatever on the ground they could not see why the telephone company could not improve its service as well without a franchise as with one. It was also urged that it would be unwise to give the telephone company any kind of a franchise that was to have a life of twenty-five years. At no time was" there any definite Dronosition before the meeting, and the upshot of the whole affair, was the adoption of a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of three to select a committee of seven to represent the telephone subscribers in a conference with the town council on a basis of settlement and that the joint action of the council and committee should be referred back to the meeting of citizens for further consideration. The duty of selecting the committee of seven was delegated to Messrs. S. M. McNeel, W. B. McCaw and W. D. Glenn. The principal features of the proposition pending before the town council and under consideration of the meeting are: 1. The contract Is to hold for twenty-five years, unless It be revoked because of inefficient service, provision being made for such revocation by arbitration. 2. The system is to be put in first-class condition in accordance with specifications set forth. The scale of rates as agreed upon by the council until three hundred stations are included in the Yorkvllle exchange is to be as follows: Special line business stations, {2.50 a month; duplex line business stations, {2.25; party line business stations {2.00 a month; special line residence stations, $1.50 a month; duplex line residence stations, $1.25 a month; party line resdence stations, $1.00 a month- When 350 stations are connected, these rates are to be increased to $3, $2.75, {2.50, $2.00, $1.75, and $1.50 respectively. At these prices, privileges extend to the town of Yorkvllle, farmers lines connected with the Yorkvllle exchange, . and subscribers at Hickory' Grove, J Sharon, Clover and Tirzah. The privilege to Rock Hill and Fort Mill is to be discontinued except by special toll. The present franchise under which ' * l the company is doing business, expires in May, 1909. There was a mo- 1 tion that the franchise matter be kept 1 in statu quo until the expiration of < me present contract, inis motion tun- 1 ed of adoption. There has been considerable discussion of the whole matter on the streets 1 of Yorkville during the past few days; 1 but as yet the majority sentiment does j not seem to have developed into a clear cut conviction as to the best so- ' lution of the problem. ? FUNERAL OF MR. EWART. The funeral services In connection with the burial of Rev. W. C. Ewart, took place In the Yorkvllle Associate Reformed church last Tuesday evening and at the grave In the Yorkvllle cemetery. Notwithstanding the previous threatenlngs of a thunder storm and Its prevalence during the service, there was a great concourse of people in aiienuu.net: una me uiiurcn was crowded to its capacity. Although there were scores of devoted friends throughout the Associate Reformed church and a number of relatives who desired to take part at the funeral exercises, it was not deemed desirable to postpone the service for too long, and the out of town attendance was confined to those who were within easy reach. These included a number of people from the surrounding country, and the following brother Asciate Reformed ministers: Rev. Dr. J. C. Galloway of Gastonla, N. C.; Rev. Dr. R. M. Stevenson of Clover, Rev. J. L. Oates of Hickory Grove, Rev. A. S. Rogers of Rock Hill, Rev. W. H, Stevenson of Neely's Creek. Rev. O. W. Carmichael of Lancaster, and Rev. R. Lt. Robinson of Camden, Ala., now on a visit to his old home at Lancaster. The funeral procession from the residence to the church and from the church to the grave, included a long procession of carriages, and many people on foot. Special friends of the family served as active ball bearers, and ciders and deacons of the church served as the honorary list. There was a profusion of floral tributes, and these were borne by the members of the Sabbath school. Rev. Dr. J. C. Galloway presided and tho ovarnloaa urlth a tr\nr*V? I n ct Invocation for Divine presence and sanction. This was followed by the singing- of the 91st Psalm and after reading the fifteenth chapter of I Corinthians, there were addresses by the local ministers. Rev. E. E. Gillespie, pastor of the First Presbyte^an church, was the first speaker. He said: Yesterday afternoon, the gates of the Celestial city stood ajar for the reception of our friend beloved, whose departure we mourn this day. From the lips of the Master he so fervently loved and so faithfully served, he heard the blessed plaudit, "Well done good and faithful servant, enter thou Into the Joy of thy Lord." Great is his eternal gain, irreparable Is our loss. The bereavement so keenly felt by the entire community comes to me as a personal sorrow. He was my iriena iriea ana true, my coiaborer in the .work of the Lord, my brother in Christ whom I greatly loved for his own sake. For over three years it has been my privilege to know brother Ewart very intimately. His virtues were many. I could speak for hours of the beauties of his Christ-like life. Time forbids the consideration of all the excellent traits of character he daily exemplified. I must, however, mention two which have forcibly Impressed me in all our relations, namely, his goodness and his faithfulness. "Moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful." He was God's steward, and we are confident that he has rendered the account of his stewardship with exceeding Joy and has received the approbation, "good and faithful," from his Lord and Master. For several months he was my nearest neighbor, and I esteem it one of the blessings of my life that during that period was developed a mutual friendship which has grown as the years have passed and which has known neither doubt nor change. As a citizen he was ever true to all that he believed would promote the betterment of his fellow men. Goodness and fidelity characterized him in all his relations to the people of the whole town. To an aged and loving mother, to a loyal and devoted wife, to the dear and precious children God had given him, he was always faithful and ever good. i "How e'er it be it seems to me, 'tis only noble to be good, Kind hearts are more than coronets and simple faith than Norman blood." As a minister of the gospel he was ever faithful In the study of God's Word and In the fearless proclamation of the whole truth In a spirit of love. Fidelity was beautifully manifested in his pastoral work. The homes of the sick and bereaved were never neglected. As an angel of mer cy he ministered to the sick and dying the comfort and consolations of the gospel of Jesus Christ. The bereaved will cherish as a priceless heritage the sweet memory of those fervent prayers commending them to the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort, and invoking the gracious Heavenly Father "to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." In personal work he was a faithful "winner of souls." Many are those who have been led to a saving knowledge of Christ by his personal solicitations. His crown of rejoicing will be studded with many stars emblematic of the good he has done and the souls he has won. Great is our loss in the calling up higher of our , beloved brother, but we mourn not as those who have no hope, "For he has gone where his Redeem- ? er is j To that fair city on the other side, ; And at the threshhold of His palaces, j Has loosed his sandals ever to abide. ] I know his Heavenly King did smil- ( ing wait ] To give him welcome when he . touched the gate." Rev. Henry Cauthen, pastor of the < Methodist church, spoke as follows: 1 How can I. in five minutes, csti- , mate the life of my departed friend? | How I should like this afternoon to 1 pour out my soul concerning him! I j could talk for hours about brother , Ewart, because I love him and be- < cause there was so much in his life ' to talk about. I have known him for j only about a year and six months, but { during that time I have learned to love 1 him. From the first he drew me to 1 him, and quickly my friendship grew 1 to real affection. Never have I got ? closer to any minister than to broth- ' er Ewart. My dear friend was a man ' four-square. His life was beautifully ] symmetrical. I could talk for a long time about his Christian character. He always Impressed me as a man who walked with God; as one who had in him the mind that was In Christ Jesus. I was almost dally with him, and never have I heard from his ips anything that was inconsistent ivith his profession; nor witnessed iny act that did not square with his liscipleshlp. He was an ideal Christian. And then I could say so much lbout him as a minister. He was always thoughtful of the high responsibility that attaches to this high cullng. He had full knowledge of the Bible, and In his pulpit ministrations moke as one who heard the whisper ings of the Great Spirit. I have heard Brother Ewart preach some really great sermons. He had tine, powers of thought and a splendid command of language. At times he was genuinely eloquent. He was always heard with interest in Yorkvllle. As a pastor he was unusually gifted. He was peculiarly fitted to mingle with all classes, and did mingle freely with men on the streets and In business houses and with the people In their * homes. He looked with loving care after the sheep of his flock. The sick and distressed will miss his sympathy. But the most signal gift that God bestowed upon him was his rare personal magnetism. While he was a good preacher and an excellent pas- f tor and accomplished a great deal through these gifts, it was his personal magnetism that made him most effective. Few men have been similarly blessed in this particular. Like his Master he drew men to him. He was lovable, and everybody loved him. This great crowd this afternoon attests the esteem in which he was. held. Every heart in Yorkville is bleeding. What a beautiful sight do we behold in the little boys and girls who come with flowers to place upon his grave. jfeThe little children loved him. How ^ I shall miss the man who was indeed my brother. Rev. I. G. Murray, pastor of the Baptist church, was the next speaker. He said: This is the' second time I have attended the funeral of a pastor and ? - _|L the first time to take part in the funeral of a fellow pastor. I came today to speak in behalf of my people, bringing our tribute of respect with all the people of this community and ask the privilege of doing honor to him, who was loved by all. I thank my God upon every remembrance of him. Among tsro. juwart s trans 01 cnaracier, i can only mention two or three. He was a ^ man of purity. He read In God's word JP how that they who stand In His holy hill must have clean hands and a pure heart, and he lived such a life In our midst. Jesus said "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." and we feel that he pleased his Master in this respect, and that today he is be- ? holding the face of his King. Then the loyalty of this noble man of God challenges the admiration of all truehearted people. He was loyal to his friends and would stand for their defense when necessary. He was loyal to his church and as a pastor, won the love and esteem of all in his saintly ministrations. If I were to leave Yorkville and return in after years, I would not go to the marble slab mark- * ing his resting place to read his truest % and best epitaph, but I would let those A who loved and honored him as I would ? take them by the hand, tell me of their ^ love and esteem for this servant of the J Lord. A man's best epitaph js in the ? hearts and lives of his friends.' He was loyal to the message he bore when preaching the word of God from which he received it. and the people to whom he delivered it. He spoke the truth in love, holding in view the glory of God and the betterment of his fellowman, rather than the empty praise of men. But he has gone from earth and could he speak to u? from the glory land, he would tell 11s ??f the hllss of belne with Jesus and call upon the unsaved to prepare to meet thcJr God. The speaker 9 here quoted Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar" as expressing the sentiment which should fill our hearts upon such an occasion and closed by thanking God for the life of the departed, whose fragrance should abide with him so long as life should last. A Following Rev. Mr. Murray, Dr. Galloway called upon Hon. J. S. Brice, as a representative of the congregation. He spoke as follows: This congregation feeds keenly the loss of Its beloved pastor. The relation between pastor and people, so suddenly severed, was most cordial and tender. That sleeping man had the .confidence, the respect, the esteem?aye, the love, of every member of this church. He was doing a noble work here and I believe we appreciat- V ed him and his work. But doubtless many of us here this afternoon vainly regret that we did not encourage him Sk more than we did, and to my mind ^ one solemn lesson to be learned from this sad providence by this church, and by all churches represented here, is this:?Not to save all our flowers until our pastor lies In the cold embrace of death, but while he is living and working in our midst, go to him and go with him and encourage his heart and encourage him in his work by word, act and deed, in every way we can. Our Saviour himself com- mended this course, for He praised the woman who anointed His body days before His death by declaring "She hath wrought a good work." Following Mr. Brice, Dr. Galloway Introduced Rev. J. S. Grier of Sharon, who spoke as follows: ^ I have neither the time nor the in- ? clination to make a talk? I have known Brother Ewart for twenty years and one month, and we loved each other even as college boys. If there had been entrusted to me the government of this world, we would not have been gathered here on this sad-day. With my limited knowledge and measured love, if Providence had been in my hanas, I would not have bereaved this congregation of such a faithful and devoted pastor. I would not have enveloped in such utter darkness this crushed widow, and laid such a terrible cross on her bleeding heart. I would not have thus laid low this thrice bereaved mother, trying to follow the bier of her only son. I would not have V rendered those precious children or- W phans as they are today. But then in not doing these very things, I would have made a very serious and fjjtal mistake. It is all so much more tender and loving and better Just like Christ has done it, that Brother Ewart has now f>nterad on his coronation In perfect rest, and triumph and glory; that the Saviour's prayers, not ours, were answered?he has gone "to be with Christ." We all feel this to be true of the crowned one, but so hard for our heart to feel It true of those who are left weeping by the way. Now. belov- * ed, it is just as tender and loving for you that the Saviour has led Just as H>e has today, and when He explains to us over there His tender and loving plan in this thing, we shall fall down in deepest gratitude and praise His name for this very day. Beloved, this ^ Is my lesson to you: Reach up and catch His hand, and follow on, for He leadeth very tenderly today. Rev. J. L. Oates, pastor of the Associate Reformed church at Hickory Grove, spoke as follows: I've tried to think of something to say, but only the thought recurs time after time that I am very, very vad. if someone could take me by the hand and comfort me, It would be mnro cnomlv thon for mn i/v J ? ?? ? ?= IV H J W comfort others. This congregation has lost a pastor, and I have lost a MM personal friend. And such a friend! r V We know that there are two classes af friends in the world?one the friend fl 3f the sunshine days, the other the friend all the time. Of the few in the fl ivorld who are capable of the latter form of friendship, Brother Ewart ivas a strong example. I am sure that f I could say that I had but two friends among all mankind yesterday, :hen it must needs be that I have but >ne today. For eleven years I have known him, during seven of those we lave been neighbors, and all the time 'riends. We read of two men long igo whose souls were knit together ay a love surpassing the love of wonan; and one was taken on Gilboa, ind the other left. And like that ^ )ther, I would call, "Publish it not in \shkelon, tell it not in Gath," for 'how are the mighty fallen!" Today he mother sits with bowed head, the vife mourns, and the children weep. uet me lane meir nanns in mine aim veep with them, for tears are the only ribute now that a friend can pay to at i friend. * Rev. Dr. R. M. Stevenson: Having listened with much Interest ind pleasure to the tributes paid our leceased brother by his congregation, to-pastors in the town and his breth'en of the presbytery, I feel that the ieparture of such a man Is a loss not inly to the local congregation, but to he entire community. The very presence of a godly man in a community s a blessing to it. To what extent ? hat Is true is shown in the case of Sodom, which Hod would have spared f there had been ten righteous persons n it. The presence of one good man irotected it while he remained there, t has been testified that he was pre mlnentiy a man <n jjiujci. ??nu mows how much any community is v ndebted to the prayers of its good