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Straps ami .facts. ? Washington. August 22: Announcement mas made today by Secretary of War Wright that his recommendation for the punishment of the eight West Point cadets suspended for hazing had been approved by President Roosevelt. The order will dismiss from the academy the two first class men under suspension, William T. Rossell. Jr., son of Col. Rossell of the engineer corps of the army and Harry G. Weaver, of Illinois. and mean the suspension with out pay and allowances for one year] of six members of the third class. ? Tampico, Mexico, August 22: The powerful centrifugal pumps which were installed at the burning oil volcano, seventy-five miles southwest of Tampico, a few days ago, have been at work day and night forcing mud and sand into the fiery crater, but without apparent effect so far as lessening the flames are concerned. A force of 200 government soldiers are now at work digging an Incline tunnel toward the underground caldron. It is planned to explode- 500 quarts of nitro-glycerine in thi^ tunnel with the view of tearing up the earth over a wide area and thereby clogging the underground cavern through which the oil is escaping. The nitro-glycerlne has been ordered. It will bo exploded by means of an electric battery. It is stated that the owners of the oil field have already expended more than $300,000 in efforts to extinguish the great fire. ? Washington, Aug. 21: Of $10,000 ?? J ^ or^onhanlts Spnt to the Ill UWBJCU treasury department for redemption by O. D. Earl of Morrilton, Ark., all but $25 have been Identified and a check for $9,975 was mailed to Mr. Earl today. Fearing the banks were unsafe, Mr. Earl buried his savings in an old pail in 1904. Recently he dug up his treasure only to find that the bills were so decayed that he could not discern their numbers. All that was left of the roll was a bunch of paper resembling a package of dried leaves, with here and there the torn end of* a note displaying a figure. Mrs. A. E. Brown, the burnt money expert of the redemption division, was given custody of the unrecognizable mass when Mr. Earl forwarded what was left of his fortune to the treasury department. After much tedious work she has succeeded in identifying most of the money. ? Lemans, France, August 21: wnbur Wright, the American aeroplanlst, made his first appearance today since his enforced cessation of experiments as the result of the recent accident to his machine. The demonstration this evening was made at Auvours. No attempt was made to accomplish anything in the nature of a long flight, but the evolutions were made with the accustomed consummate skill. The machine soared to a height of seventy-five feet and landed without a mishap. Mr. Wright's expectations that the distance to Auvours would deter spectators from going there to witness his trials of the aeroplane were not realised, but soldiers were posted to keep the crowds out of the way. One woman enthusiast however, eluded the vigilance of the soldiers, got behind the shed and bored a peephole with a gimlet in order to view the aeroplane and the quarters of the aeroplanlst. ? The Hague. August 21: Holland's action against Venezuela and the text of her note to President Castro will depend largely upon the reports M. DeReus, former Dutch minister to Venezuela, who recently was expened by President Castro, makes to the government. He Is expe-cted to arrive here next Monday. Mr. Van Swinderne, minister of foreign affairs, will consult with M. DeReus before the government takes further steps in the matter. The ex-minister's arrival is eagerly awaited here. The press and public of the Netherlands take the Venezuelan affair most calmly. Naval officers are most interested in it, and express pleasure at the possibility of seeing active service. The government, however, thinks there is yet a chance that the difficulty may be patched up by diplomacy. A blockade of the Venezuelan coast, it is understood, will not be begun for some time because the adoption of punitive measures will depend upon the tenor of President Castro's reply to Holland s representations. ? At a conference of the big Republican leaders at Oyster Bay, N. Y., last Thursday, President Roosevelt gave the conferees to understand that Governor Hughes must be nominated by the state Republican convention to succeed himself. According to a gentleman who was present the president made it plain that Governor Hughes was the strongest candidate by far that the organization could accept. He pointed out, it is said, that the governor's acceptance or rejection would .have a far-reaching effect, and that other states besides New York had to be considered, xne president argued that Mr. Hughes represented a great moral movement, and that the decent people of all the northern states were watching his crusade. He urged that for the Republican party to turn him down at this time would be an admission that the party was not in sympathy with hie moral purposes. He did not find it hard to convince his visitors, for all of them are strong Hughes men. They clinched the president's arguments by even better ones of their own. ? Denver, Colo., August 21: A news special from Laramie, Wyo., tonight says that while every effort is being made by the authorities at Camp Emmett Crawford, the military maneuver ground, to keep the fact secret, it transpired today that oa last Sunday members of an artillery battery, assaulted a young woman, leaving her bruised and unconscious on the ground. According to the story a non-commissioned officer of the 21st regiment was escorting the young woman. when the pair were attacked by thirty-two men of the artillery battery. The officer was beaten into insensibility with a gun and the unfortunate voung woman was dragged to an isolated spot and mistreated. After lying half dead for hours, the victim of the outrage crawled to a house some distance away and told her story. Twenty-six men alleged to have been implicated in the outrage are under arrest and are chained together in the camp prison. They are under constant guard to prevent lynching, as sentiment in the camp is strong against them. Six of the alleged assailants escaped but three of them were apprehended at Rawlins today. The other three are still at large. ? Boston, August 21: If George T. Angell, president of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has his way. Candidate William H. Taft, has taken his last horseback ride. "It is outrageous cruelty to animals." said Mr. Angell last night, "for a big 300-pound man like Taft to ride a horse about the country. It ought to be stopped at once. No teamster or any one who knows anything about animals would think of loading a horse down. I do not doubt the stories sent out from Hot Springs that the horse's legs have been wrenched and strained. Something should certainly be done about it. No man weighing 300 pounds has any business on a horse's back. If he must ride, let him use an automobile or an elephant. I nave react tnese dispatches concerning Taft's riding abilities and my heart goes out to the horses. It is cruelty to dumb animals in an aggravated form. Xo wonder his friends exclaimed: 'How about the horses?" That same question was in my mind at that time. Not only must the horses he rode have been strained, but their entire system must have endured a severe wrenching. I cannot say just the weight a faithful horse should carry, but I do say that an elephant is the only animal living today capable of carrying a man of Taft's stature." ? Tangier. August 23: The report of the defeat of the sultan. Abd-ElAsiz, by the forces of his brother. Mulai Hafld, has been confirmed. The sultan was surprised on the night of August 19, and most of his troops deserted to the side of the usurping sultan after the firing of a few shots. Reports indicate that the defeat of Abd-El-Asiz was due largely to the I triKAomav. Mm uc.lilj<ai Ul ma unil uiuraiurii. ji u lai Hafld has been proclaimed sultan of Morocco at Tangier and announcement of the proclamation has been telegraphed to all parts of the country. All the officials who previously have been under the rule of Abd-ElAsiz In this city declare that they have accepted Mulal-Hafid as their leader, thereby making him supreme 1 in all the large cities of Morocco. Details of the battle show that Abd-EIAsiz had an army numerically the superior of the enemy, but that his artillery either failed to work or was cienoeraieiy tampereu wun. oumv ?'i the guns exploded, throwing the tribesmen Into a panic. The vast majority of these seized the opportunity to flee during the engagement and general pillage broke out, many of the tribes seeking to carry off as much booty as possible. Abd-El-Asiz and his escort retreated in an orderly manner to Settat, his army being pursued by the victorious troops of Mulai Kafld. Abd-El-Asiz was accompanied in his flight by the grand vizier, the minister of foreign affairs, the French military mission and two British officers. A Tangier newspaper states that several British and French officers are missing. It is said that the former sultan will proceed to Cassablanca and that he intends to go 10 uamasuus. (She |(orluiUf (gnquirrr. Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkvllle as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.t TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1908. It will have to be conceded that Rev. W. E. Hurt made the best campaign of all the candidates. Immediately upon his entrance in the race, the opposition sized him up as a "mollycoddle" and laid for him accordingly. There is no reasonable doubt of the fact that the "howling down" attempt at Ogden was by prearrangement, the idea being that because he Is a preacher, Mr. Hurt would decide that the game was "too naugh ty" and quit the field. But it did not turn out that way. The would-be howlers at Ogden were brought to the astonishing realization of the fact that their supposed "mollycoddle" had more moral and physical courage than all of them put together, and not only that he had a more complete, and intelligent grasp of the real situation. He got as much pleasure and satisfaction out of their attempt to howl him down as they would have gotten if they had succeeded. But the dispensary bunch did not yield so readily. Glasscock had sense enough to get on the anti-whisky platform at once; but Stewart, Epps, Wilson and Johnson preferred rather to claim that whisky was in no sense an issue and was not to be discussed. Rev. Mr. Hurt, how ever thought differently ana Kepi hammering, until the last one of his opponents came out squarely on the anti-liquor side both personally and politically. And still Mr. Hurt did not let up. He exposed the Insincerity of aU who were trying to dodge the immigration question. Making prejudice on account of the alleged failure of the Wittekind experiment by charging that it had cost the state sixteen thousand dollars without the acquisition of a single immigrant, was a favorite expedient. Mr. Hurt gave facts and figures to show that the Wittekind experiment had not cost the state of South Carolina a single dollar. He was also very aggressive, and in spite of the fact that the organization was fighting him harder than any other candidate, won more genuine applause than all the other candidates put together. In our lpinion. Mr. Hurt made the best and most effective canvass that has been made by a legislative candidate in this county for years, and he is entitled not only to the congratulation, but the gratitude of the entire county. Newspaper and Politics. While for years and years it has been the policy of The Enquirer to refrain as much as possible from allowing itself to be mixed up in personal politics. we desire to say that the average layman can have no adequate conception of the difficulties incident to the pursuance of such a policy. In order that there be no misunderstanding. we will to* to make our meaning plain. Of course. The Enquirer has politics. If we did not have, we would be ashamed to admit it. But The Enquirer's politics is based upon fixed principles of right. The paper tries to stand only for that which it conceives to be for the best moral, industrial, social and religious interests of the country. It does not allow itself to become involved or tangled with the interests of any individual or of any political faction, except in so far as individuals and factions stand for the things in which The Enquirer believes and against the things The Enquirer opposes. But, however neutral a paper like The Enquirer might desire to be, neutrality is next to impossible. The politicians can be depended upon to use the newspaper some way, if not positively then negatively, and sometimes 1 when there is no issue, the newspaper is used for the purpose of stirring up interest. In one campaign some years back. The Enquirer had determined to re main absolutely hands off. There were no Issues in the campaign, and although we thought more of one senatorial candidate than the other, there was not enough difference between them to warrant the stirring up of strife. We thought that we were going to have an cao,) nine ci.-? ix licuucu iu^m h</ui the fence; but it was not to be permitted that way. From one of the meetings preliminary to the opening of the campaign, a correspondent sent in a report of the proceedings and gave a synopsis of the speeches of the candidates. The report was perfectly fair so far as we could see; but a few days later there came a long communication from one of the candidates who claimed that he had been "misrepresented in some particular" and he desired his position to be made clear. It was impossible to see wherein the man had been misrepresented. and not only that, much of the stuff he sent in was entirely new matter. The presumption was that he had set up the alleged misrepresentation merely as a pretext on which to pet additional free advertising of his candidacy. and there was the quandary. If we declined to print the stuff, the candidate would not want anything better than to run around the county claiming that he had been treated unfairly in that he had been misrepresented and denied the right of a correction. To allow him to print his stuff under such a pretext was clearly an unfair advantage over his opponent and there it was, with no satisfactory way out of the situation. Hut it was decided best to print the communication with a state ment showing how little justification there was for it. and after a good deal of unpleasant controversy that particular candidate was defeated. But this is only one incident out of hundreds. Try as it will, it is rarely the case that a newspaper can go through a campaign without becoming involved as a factor. It is generally made to appear the sinner: but the truth of the matter Is that it Is as often sinned against as sinning. Such is peanut politics, however, and after all. it is just as well. Any and everything that helps to attract attention and make people think is of just that much value in contributing to the general result. The Right Wins. That right will eventually prevail is a truism that has been appreciated since the day when mankind first be gan to t>e aoie to cnsunguisn rigni num wrong; but there have always been those who disputed the proposition and there always will be those who will dispute it. But nevertheless, right wins. It is not true that the individual is always successful because he is right. If this were true, all men would have long since discovered that it would be futile to attempt to accomplish anything else than that which is right, and there would be no wrong. We know that although water may be forced up hill and may he kept for a long time in an unnatural position, it will eventually find its level. So also rir;ht may be held down for a time; hut eventually it will win. The individual who seeks to do only that which is right meets with a great many more obstacles than does the individual who stands ready to do right or wrong as may seem easier ui me time. It is not easy to do right at all times. If everybody else were trying to do right there would be no trouble about it; but the man who considers first the right at all times comes in most frequent contact with those who are inclined to do wrong, and every such contact necessarily makes friction. Whether there are more people trying to do right than there are trying to do wrong, it will have to be admitted that those who try to do right command the most consideration at the hands of the whole people. The men in the community who are most consistently and persistently right are not at all times the most popular; but they are at all times the most respected. They command to a larger extent the esteem and confidence of their neighbors, and their true worth commands more general appreciation. It would be foolish to deny that individuals may attain all manner of business, professional and social success by wrong means. There are few people of observation and experience, who have not witnessed such things. Ulo KfAoA Inn/1 CiVCl y tUUllUUIIll^ 111 lUia utwuu icuiii furnishes present day examples. But we run little risk of successful contr?diction when we say that It Is impossible to find an Instance of a man who has attained high social, business or professional position by questionable means and who retains In that position the confidence or respect of hi# fellow men. We will say also that there is no such man In such a position who having held It long enough to realize its full significance, would not give up all else he has for that which he lacks, the confidence and respect of his fellows. It is common to hear people say, "Give me the dollars and let the public think and say as they please." but no man of sense is to be deceived as to the sincerity of such a declaration. It is easy to comprehend how this sentiment can have its origin only in the ashes of bitter disappointment. The rimn wnu may nave ianeneu on questionable dollars, or who may have attained nominal prominence by dishonesty or duplicity is inevitably brought to a realization of the fact that honor does not necessarily go with position, and position without honor is always uncomfortable. And again, there is no permanency in dishonestly acquired wealth or "honor." "Honor," nominal honor, is dishonestly acquired as often as is genuine wealth. But neither can bring genuine pleasure or satisfaction. The public will become informed sooner or later and although criminal punishment will not necessarily follow, the punishment that will come will be no less sure and no less effective. Yes, right wins. It will always win. The most foolish man in " > world is the man who would try to keep right from winning. Sometimes he resorts to lying, sometimes he resorts to homicide, sometimes to other crimes; but no matter what expedient he uses, he fails in his object and right wins? if not at once, then certainly in the long run. CONGRESS IN THE FIFTH. Incomplete Returns Show Long Lead For Finley. Up to 1 o'clock this morning returns were received from the congressional race in the Fifth district as follows: Seven boxes in Chesterfield county gave Butler, 78; Finley, 285; Pollock. 710. Fifteen boxes in Cherokee gave Butler, 844: Finley, 397: Pollock, 17. Incomplete returns from Fairfield gave Butler, 284; Finley, 858, Pollock, 317. York complete: Rutler, 358: Finley 2,786, Pollock, 187. Total vote received up to hour of going to press: Butler, 1,564; Finley, 4,326; Pollock. 1,231. CHRISTEN SEN IS SAFE. By telegraph to The Enquirer: Charleston August 2f>.?Neils Christensen, Jr., has been re-elected to the senate over Thus. Talbird by a safe majority. The whisky people have been making almost desperate efforts to defeat Christensen so as to put a stop to the fight he has been making for the punishment of the dispensary grafters. ? Heidelberg'. August 24: Baron Speck Von Sternburg. German ambassador to the United States, died at Hotel Victoria in this city about midnight last night. The immediate cause of his death was an inflammation of the head thought to be cancer. The baroness came to Heidelberg last month to consult a specialist concerning the inflammation of the head with which the ambassador had been suffering for some time. After a prolonged examination of the diseased part, on the left side of the head, the doctor pronounced it not cancer but 1.. .uwl it sxtuM hi? piit'Pil hilt the ambassador and his wife left immediately upon this opinion and made arrangements for the baron to go to Berlin the middle of September to be received in audience by the emperor previous to his return to Washington. No arrangements have been made for the funeral, but it is possible the burial will take place at the family estate near Dresden where the baron's father resides. The ambassador's widow was Miss Lillian May Langham. ?>f Louisville. Ky.. and she was with him at the time of his death. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. \V. F. Jackson. Jr.? Wants to recover a rain coat lost on road to McConnellsville last Friday. \V. A. Carroll. Rec. Sec.?Gives list of sptHKcrs til nit; Jr. u. u. -t\. i>i. piunic next Friday. Palace Theatre?Will Wednesday night show "Electrocuted" and the "Man with the Calf Head" in moving pictures. D. T. Woods?Gives notice of postponement of regular meeting of W. O. W. until Friday night. Sam M. Grist?Says that if you want to be absolutely sure of your protection against loss by fire, let him write your insurance. Star Drug Store?Wants you to remember that September and October are the best months for painting and advises the use of Peninsular semipaste paints. T. W. Speck?Tells you that it is a fact that his lines of watches, clocks, jewelry, etc., are as large as you will find in this section and that his prices are right. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Advises you to get your ginning outfit in shape for the fall ginning and wants to furnish you with all necessary supplies. J. J. Keller & Co.?Ask that you let them have your orders now for all kinds of small carpentering jobs. They sell paints, oils, lime, cement, ntn CIV. Loan and Savings Bank?Points out that the goal of financial independence is in reach of any one who saves steadily and consistently. T. W. Wood & Son. Richmond?On the fourth page of this Issue tell of the advantages of having vetch as a winter feed. Send for information. First National Bank?Explains the advantages to be derived by careful saving. It will help you to save and pay you for doing so. Thomson Co.?Will have an expert cutter from Schloss Bros. Co., tailoring establishment with them Wednesdav and Thursday, August 26th and 27th. I. W. Johnson?Makes a special offering of coffees in 50 lb. bags at 10c and 12Ac a pound. A word about teas. National Union Bank, Rock Hill?Calls attention to the fact that banks are coming more and more the custodians of the people's money. It wants you to save time and money by giving it your business. Reallv, it was a pretty decent canvass was it not? There is no use to feel sore about it. It is right that the majority should rule. This country is in better condition to hold the fort this year than it was last year. We have not noted that the county has allowed itself to become badly excited over the campaign. Reports from different parts of the county indicate continued deterioration in crop conditions. There is more corn thnn usual: but it is not so good as it promised to be. and cotton is beginning to show a considerable falling off. Mr. J. C. Lusk, division passenger agent of the Southern railway, with headquarters at Charleston, was in Yorkville last Saturday on business. Mr. Lusk Is a former newspaper man, having1 served three years as a reporter in Nashville. As a reporter he was quite a success, and that probably is sufficient explanation for his efficiency in his present position. The weather conditions of today have been a matter of considerable concern, especially to those who were anxious for a large vote. It was feared that the old men, the blind, the halt and the rheumatic would not be able to come out. The rain has its advantages. Had there been a heavy shower yesterday or this morning and a clear up shortly afterward, there would have been a favorable condition for a heavy vote: but with a continuous downpour, holding up only for brief intervals, hundreds of people who would otherwise come out, would be naturally inclined to stick close at home. Of course, it will be done eventually, but will somebody please tell us why the town of Yorkville should give the Bell Telephone company a fran cruse to do business in the town.' to be sure there is a "promise" of better service: but then it was promised that the Piedmont service would be better than the Bedford service. But why is a franchise necessary to better service? The town has no objection to the Bell people making all the Improvements they want to make. Certainly not. Yes. we said "Bell." not to nrejudice. but because it is a fact. It is really the Piedmont that is doing business here: but the Piedmont belongs to the Bell, and it is no consequence which we call it. But why should we give the Piedmont a franchise. Don't want to spend money without a "guarantee?" Is not the integrity of the community a sufficient guarantee? No? Then so long as the community consults its individual interests it will be foolish, very foolish to give up this franchise. As we understand it. the telephone people will be permitted to do anything without a franchise that the community would be willing to have them do with a franchise. Will somebody please tell us why a franchise should be granted? give us a good, reasonable reason? The Enquirer will be glad to give up twice as much space as is contained in this paragraph for the. purpose. And we feel sure that if the people of Yorkville are shown a good, sound reason why the town should give up the franchise. there will be no further objection. As we have said before, we are confident that the" franchise will eventually be driven up, but just as a matter of interest and information to the people concerned, we would like to see in print, a good reason. HEAVY RAINS. The present rainy spell has continued until the farmers and others interested are growing very much alarmed as to the probable effect, especially in this immediate vicinity. Showers have been frequent since last Thursday, and during Sunday niirht and last niaht the rain was al most continuous. All of the rural carriers out of Yorkville had a rough time of it Monday, and today, and they are not expecting anything much better tomorrow. Allison creek was reported yesterday to be fuller than It has been for years, and Fishing creek this morning was covering its valley from hill to hill. Bullock's creek, Turkey creek, Clark's Fork. King's creek, Crowder's creek and Beaverdam were also high. Information from Broad and Catawba rivers is. that both are up. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Pauline Lindsay of Rock Hill, is visiting Miss Mary Starr. Mr. J. P. White has returned from a trip through Alabama. Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee. Mrs. J. C. Hewitt of Durham, X. C., is in Yorkville on a visit to her sister, Mrs. J. E. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Whitener and two children, left Friday night for their home in Tampa, Fla. Messrs Robert Moore of Charlotte, N*. C\, nnd Sain Moore of Birmingham, Ala., are visiting their mother, Mrs. S. R. Moore. Mrs. I,ella McKinney from Jacksonville. Fla., and Mr. R. M. Wilkins of Haffney, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. () K Wilkins. Misses Flora Hambright and Beatrice Hogue of Grover X. C., are spending soine time with the family of Mr. Wade Ferguson. Mrs. M. C. Willis and children. Mary Henley and Fa lie, have returned home after a visit of several weeks to relatives in Lynchburg, Va. Little Miss Flizabeth Wllborn. who has been spending sometime with her aunt. Mrs. S. M. Jones in Chester, Is expected to return on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wllborn and Mrs. W. (5. White will leave on Wednesday morning to attend the unveiling of the Confederate monument in Fbenezer. Mr. George Hart left Sunday afternoon for Greensboro, N. (*., after spending a week in Yorkville. on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W S. Hart. Columbia State. Sunday: Miss Virginia Watson, formerly of Yorkville. now of Richmond. Ya.. passed int'ouRD tin- city yesterday, en route from Tallahassee, I'la., to her home in Rich mond. She will stop over In Chester to visit relatives and friends for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Plaxco of Sanford, Fla., have been spending some weeks with relatives and friends in York county. They were, with Mr. John B. Plaxco yesterday, and leave today for their home. THE PRIMARY ELECTION. We are printing in this issue as full and accurate returns from the primary election as has been possible under very disadvantageous circumstances, including rather unsatisfactory telephone service. Although, as usual, we had arranged with correspondents at each precinct, nnlv a few of them could be heard making rather slow progress during rne last week. The heavy rocks down below the surface of Main street have given no end of trouble. ? Mr. John R. Schorb, for the past twenty years co-operative weather reporter at Yorkville, has resigned his position by reason of falling health. During some time past, he has been physically unable to attend to the duties of the position, and because of his advanced age, he does not expect to again assume the responsibility. Mr. Schorb lacks but three months of being 90 years of age, and at the time of his resignation, was not only the oldest voljntary weather observer, who had held the position since the establishment of the weather bureau, but was the oldest government official in the United States. Not only was he the oldest voluntary weather observer, but he was one of the most reliable and efficient. Director Bauer Is now anxious to find Mr. Schorb's successor. THE COUNTY CANi/ASS. The canvass of the county in accordance with the programme of the countv executive committee, came to a close last Saturday with a big meeting at Yorkville. The McConnelisville meeting was fairly well attended, but there were no developments out of the ordinary except that Mr. Stewart was less vociferous than he had been on the western side of the county and got on Mr. Hurt's platform as to civic righteousness, and claimed that he had always been opposed to liquor, is opposed to it now and will always be opposed to it. The McConnelisville people made it clear that they think a great deal of Mr. Sanders. Dr. Saye got a great d^al of encouragement and Rev. Mr. Hurt was accorded something of an ovation. The meeting at Yorkville last Saturday was largely attended, and as is usual at the closing meeting most all the political heelers in the county were on hand to compare notes and arrange for the last supreme effort on * Cann tnr Rr pp from direct and most of the figures we are giving had to be secured from the returns as posted by the Democratic committee which had its headquarters at the court house. Although larger than two years ago, when it was only 2,719, the total vote of the county which reached 3,308 was not nearly so large as was expected. There is reason to believe that it is from GOO to 700 less than would have been the case had the weather been more favorable. On their face, the returns as they have been collected show the follow ing results: Mr. W. H. Stewart is nominated for the senate. Messrs. Glasscock, Hollis, Sanders and Wilson are nominated for the house. Sheriff Brown is renominated. Clerk of the Court Tate is renominated. Mr. Louthian is renominated coroner. Messrs. Boyd and Gordon must run it over for supervisor. Messrs. Hunter and Love must run lz over for auditor. Messrs. Lumpkin, Kirkpatrick, Carroll and Aycock must run a second race for the two places as county commissioner. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The heavy rains on the fresh earth excavated from the sewer ditches have put Main street in a fearful condition. ? F. P. McCain, Esq., is soliciting subscriptions for the Bryan campaign fund. He will get quite a liberal sum for Yorkville. ? The ditching machine has been tflP (lay Ol lilt: eicniuii. uiim.... attended the meeting to hear Mr. Stewart repeat some of the ugly things that he had been saying over the county. but Mr. Stewart considerately refrained from saying anything offensive. The speech by Mr. Hurt was easily the most notable event of the day. Mr. Hurt was received with applause. He was good naturedly aggressive against the opposith ' candidates, clearly turning nearly all of their jokes against them, and making the audience laugh applaud and roar with a heartiness that has not been noted in any previous campaign meeting in the court house this summer. When Mr. Hurt's time was up, the audience insisted fhnt he go on. and as he had given the orher candidates part of his time at other places, he continued five or six minutes longer. Supporters and opponents alike, conceded that he showed a bet" ' ' ' -.1 ter grasp or tne reai isrucn ?< >. ........ n bettor speech than any other candidate in the crowd. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From this date to January 1st, 1909. for 08 cents. . The Booming Broad. A telephone message from Hickory Grove last night was to the effect that Broad river was 35 feet above the ordinary stage at Howell's ferry and was rising at the rate of a foot an hour. The Booming Catawba. A telephone message from Wright's ferry at 3 o'clock this afternoon, brought news that the river was 26 feet above the mean level and was still rising. The flat went to the bottom at about noon, and there has been no crossing since. Bridges wasnea mway. There have been no doubt, a number of bridges washed away. The only one definitely reported was that over Bullock's creek on the Shelby road. Several people have reported that the streams in the western part of the county are higher than for twenty year/. The Magistrates. In York township It. L. deLoach defeated J. C. Comer for magistrate with a majority of 56 votes. It. L. A. Smith defeated Jos. M. Whitesides in Broad River township. We could get no definite information from Bethel township last night; but as there were four candidates, the probability is that there will be a second race. There was only one candidate in each of the other townships. Fire Loss In Bethel. On the morning of August 12, at about 2 o'clock, the kitchen located about 30 feet in the rear of the dwelling of Mr. W. M. Bigger, near Wright's ferry, was discovered to be on fire. By hard work on the part of Mr. Bigger and members of his family, the dwelling and one or more outbuildings near the kitchen were saved. The wind was not blowing, but the dwelling was ignited by reason of the intense heat several times. There was, in addition to cooking utensils and dishes in the building, a large quantity of family supplies. Everything was destroyed. Mr. Bigger figures his loss at about $750. There was $75 insurance in the York County Farmers' Mutual. The fire is believed to have been of incendiary origin. Dr. Miller Moore Demented. Dr. J. Miller Moore of Rock Hill, has been in the medical corps of the United States navy for nearly eighteen years. The following telegram front Paris to a Louisville paper will cause a great deal of regret to his many friends: - f r?i. I.ilin Millet* Mi ii >re lilt* ifi t,,. .. has occupied the attention of t onsul General Mason ever since the middle of last week, when I)r. Moore, who at one time was surgeon in the 1'nitod Stats navy, was sent to the Villeverad asylum on account of his peculiar behavior in certain Paris hotels, which led the authorities to believe he was suffering' from hallucinations. Dr. Moore insists that he is sane, and he has written several letters to Mr. Mason. demanding his instant release, but the examining experts, including Dr. J. W. Babcock, superintendent of the State Insane asylum at Columbia, S. C., who knows Dr. Moore, are all agreed that he is suffering from violent delusions of sight and hearing and that it would not be safe to liberate him. The French authorities refuse to liberate him until some relative or Mend will sign a bond for his personal safety and conduct him from France. Mr. Mason has no appropriation for such a course, and no authority to act, and consequently he has submitted the matter to Dr. Moore's relatives in South Carolina." Big Power Company Contracts. Charlotte Observer: August 24: The Southern Power company is making the most of market conditions by contracting with the various manufacturing concerns for material for future use in construction work. An order has just been given the Milllken Brothers of New York for a big lot of steel transmission towers, similar in all respects to the ones now in use about Charlotte. Rock Hill and Great Falls, S. C. When the company takes the 2,000 towers ordered, it will have a sufficiency of poles for 200 miles of line, the towers on the average being placed about 660 feet apart. In order that a little idea of the amount involved may be had, and as indicative of the higness of the company and the wide scope of its operations, it may be stated that this one order when filled will represent an outlay of $250,000 alone. The first batch of these steel transmission towers will be received in a very short time and win ue usen in me stringing or tne line from Great Falls to Chester, S. C. This will be a 100,000 volt line, equipped with all the latest safeguarding devices and as near perfect in construction as a line of the kind can be made. One of the largest contracts for electrical machinery for a cotton mill ever given In the south will be that awarded tomorrow in Charlotte by the engineers of the Southern Power company. The bids will be handed in today and the specifications gone over with and the official notice of the award will be posted tomorrow. The contract calls for about $60,000 worth of machinery. Connection will be made with the lines of the Southern Power company as soon as the necessary electrical equipment can be installed. This Loray contract is being sought after assiduously by a number of the large machinery manufacturing concerns. Messrs. J. A. Plzzlni, sales manager for the Western Electric company, and W. L. wvuvuvuii, wi vuicagu uii1v/c ul ii1c same concern, are both here on the contract, as are also a number of other prominent manufacturers and dealers in electrical supplies. Other competing firms are the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company, the General Electric company, the Crocker Wheeler company and Fairbanks. Morse and Company. The fact that a mill of the capacity of the Loray, backed by such experienced and keen business men as operate this plant, has decided to convert from steam to the electrical drive, is an argument that speaks volumes for the new current, of which there is such an abundance, present and prospective, in this immediate vicinity. MERE-MENTION. Logan Jones, crazed by liquor, attempted to murder his family at Tarboro, N. C., last Thursday, and was shot to death by his 15-year-old son. After several months of bitter struggle the chamber of deputies of Holland has by a vote of 83 to 55 adopted the Congo annexation treaty. This will put an end to the misrule that has characterized the colony for many years past The steamer Lusitania last week again broke her bost record across the Atlantic by clipping three hours and fifteen min utes from a former best record of 4 days, 18 hours and 40 minutes. The Lusitania is the undisputed queen of the sea....Six Hungarians were arrested at Hoboken, N. J., Thursday as they stepped from the steamship Deutschland, on a charge of murdering a man at Vacz, Hungary, and robbing his body of $8,000.... Governor John A. Johnson has been renominated by the Democratic party of Minnesota for the governorship, although he said that he didn't want the nomination.... More than $5,000 worth of Democratic campaign buttons of the vintages of 1896 and 1900 have been sold to the small dealers of Brooklyn, N. Y., who bought them without knowing that they were being buncoed The tower of the city hall of Philadelphia is to be regilded, and the work will require the use of 10,230,000 sheets of gold leaf. The great forest fires which have been burning in British Columbia for three weeks past have been orougm unuer control i ne uefense of Captain Peter C. Halns, who shot Wm. E. Annis to death at Bayside, L. I? ten days ago, on account of the alleged intimacy of Annis and Hain's wife, will be insanity. .. .Yellow fever is spreading throughout a considerable portion of southeastern Mexico. The government is using every effort to stamp out the disease. The Mexican boll weevil is reported to be doing great damage in southwestern Mississippi H. B. Subar and J. H. Gilmore, rival merchants. fought a duel at Robinsonville, Ind., Friday. Both men will d'e. .......Six children were burned to death near Colfax, Wash., Friday. The children were left in the house while their parents went to a theatrical performance... .W. G. Blair, of Omaha. Xeb., was injured in a railroad wreck, and while the surgeons amputated his leg at the hip Thursday, he lay on the table, smoking cigarettes and joked the surgeons about their bloody work....The police of Camden county, Pa., have progressed en the solution of the trunk murder mystery of that county so far as to Identify the body of the victim as that of Solomon Jacob Rosenbloom of Windber, Pa., and are searching for his son. who it is believed committed the murder. The son disappeared a few days after the disappearance of the father in November last J. W. Randall of Madison county, X. C.. was convicted Saturday of murder in the second degree, his victim being his wife, and was sentenced to thirty years in the penitentiary. The defence was insanity Chas. Street, a baseball catcher of the Washington team, on Friday caught a baseball dropped from the top of the Washington monument, 550 feet from the ground. This feat has been tried many limes, but never successfully accomplished before. The ball in its descent traveled at the rate of 135 feet per second A bride of a week on Friday committed suicide by Jumping from the 1200-f >ot Bismarck tower at Heringsdorf, Prussia. She left a note telling her husband to marry some other woman with whom he could be happy Twenty-eight boys. inmates of the Pennsylvania reform school at Morganza, are victims of typhoid fever. The disease is epidemic in a number of towns throughout the state. .. .Augusto B. Leguia was on Friday proclaimed president of the republic of Peru by the Peruvian congress Three bets were made in New York Friday at odds of 3 to 1 that Taft would be elected president. Even money bets were made that Pryan's popular vote would be less than eight years ago The public debt of New York city on June 30 was $785.985.12d Mr. Taft declares that in the event of his election lie will, immediately after his in nuguration. call an extra session of congress for a revision of the tariff laws Two tunnel drivers were killed in a coal mine near Pottsville, Pa.. Saturday by a bolt of lightning which entered the mine on the car rails. The men were 1,300 feet underground at the time of the tragedy No. 1 Northern wheat declined from 124 to 112 per bushel at the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce in Saturday's trading A large meteor fell and exploded near Ellsworth. Kan., Friday night. 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Quarles, a well to do farmer of the Johnston neighborhood, was struck by lightning and Instantly killed late yesterday afternoon. The bolt tore through the roof of Mr. Quarles'house. Though Mr. Quarles* son-inlaw was in a few feet of his father at the time of the occurrence he was uninjured. ? Lancaster News: The first bale of new cotton marketed here this season was brought to town Wednesday by Mr. Roy Cunningham, the well known and successful young farmer of this vicinity, son of Mr. W. J. Cunningham, and manager of his father's model plantation west of Lancaster. The bale weighed 540 pounds ana orougnt 11S cents, the Lancaster Mercantile company being the purchaser. ? D. ,U. Fowler and Herbert Marley, two Bennettsville dealers, have been bound over to the next term of the court of general sessions to answer to the charge of selling cigarettes to minors. The prosecutor is A. C. Gilchrist, and his 16-year-old son is the principal witness. Young Gilchrist testified that he could buy cigarettes without difficulty from any dealer who makes a business of handling thom. ? Anderson, August 21: Dr. C. F. Williams, state health officer, has completed an official inspection visit to the cotton mills and dairies of this county. He came to look after the plumbing, heating and ventilation systems in the cotton mills, which he found in tolerably fair condition. The dairies are not kept in as good condition as they should have been. He will make due reports to the state board of health. The office of state health officer was created at the recent session of the general assembly. ? Chester, August 21: The horse stolen from Mr. S. S. McKeown, of Rodman, a few days ago in this city has been found near Lincolnton, X. C.. in the possession of one Mr. W. M. Sigmon, who states that it was sold to him by Clyde Meng, the young white man now in jail here charged with the theft. Chief of Police J. G. Howze and Mr. Ralph McKeown, a son of Mr. S. S. McKeown, went to Idncolnton Monday and secured the animal, which is again in the possession of its rightful owner. Meng has admitted his guilt ? Gaffney, August 22: Revenue Inspector W. B. McGaha and D. H. Wallace came to Gaffney Wednesday night from Greenville and made a II I 1 2. *9 1 : * 55 i I ! - -? I 3 : x 1 , 1 John Gary Evans l- ; | John P. Grace J -- George Johnstone & I 5SoJ | ?? 1 ^ | W. W. Lumpkin. ( ?! I O. B. Martin SI ^ - n- I * i | R. G. Rhett j * ! ;J E.B.Smith fma tot I Martin F. Ansel f o_S L * A I C. L. Blease ? 1 I For Lieut. Governor A fg I T. G. MoLeod ^ ^ . I For Secretary of State ?? | R. M. McCown JC- N. W. Brooker 2* :u A.W.Jones f I For State Treasurer Eg R. H. Jennings C fJ gg|j. C.Boyd | gj JJi j Henry T. Thompson 2 0 w^J ^ | E. C. Elmore cr- ^ FfH J IS. R. Mellichamp ' co k k; J. E. Swearinjfton 3 n For Attorney General, ( J Sg J. Fraser Lyon _ ?j" ^ | j a, j James Cansler I? wfj ? 5 M j B. L. Caughman ? g _ I F. C. Fishbourne g S /~H ^ | ? L j I H. W. Richardson | jf ? 1 I ft J . J. A. Summersett g ?. J =?f n * - I Total Vote Cast for j Q. a i ffi ?tola 1 9* ^ * ?JV??VV/ v/lil\ w "I 2 j T. B. Butler m g8|D.E.Finley f I | W. P. Pollock 1 S I ^ | For Solicitor 5? ML 38 1 J*.?' Henry j Dr. Jos. H. Saye ^ 9 ]5 r ^ I W. H. Stewart ? ft S*1 3 IS. H. Epps,Sr. | OH 3,6. I J. S. Glasscock 2 5? H S?J 5 2 U ct. I John Porter Hollis : 2, 2 ^ *? J j jc fc0l W.E. Hurt <8 y in 2 jH Samuel L. Johnson I Q kSLi 111 3* J .,g O.L.Sanders : gj3*. W. B. Wilson, Jr. ! j <r 1 V! ^ rg Hugh G. Brown jjf j ^ 1 I ~ ^ ? ST M hoj 1' ?. g ^ John R. Logan P 2 i ; J ? ? ffl J. A. Tate 5 as L J r 5 0 I ThoP. W.Boyd ?! ?00 I 1 - H L-J I W. G. Duncan 2 !** ^ [I | C F. Gordon || J M ^ ^ | C. C. Hughes | F Pj a - I A. J. Parrott i k j N 5 5? | Geo. L. Suggs | I J. L. McGarrity j<o I 5 ? L. W. Louthan S For Supt. Education ^Lj 3? T. E. McMackin _ TW I For Treasurer . A | H. A. D. Neely J#] | W. P. Crook I ^ | J. J. Hunter |*| j Broadus M. Love S ^ -jo j W. B. Williams j| J ^ | W. A. Ayeock ? 1 I "* ' - m ., _ | M. s. Carroll J j I j John C. Kirkpatrick <5 j c_ I J. A. C. Love * coj ] 8 L. J. Lumpkin j|| B. R. Walker ; * fcH I I Total Vote Cant For rg I County Officers - 1 4 | raid into North Carolina Just across * the Cherokee line and captured a copper still of seventy-five gallons capacity and destroyed five hundred gallons of beer. The outfit was com- * plete in every respect and showed I that the operators were just getting # | ready to manufacture whisky on a large scale. The officers did not succeed in makintr nnv orwot.. ?*- - a _.v uwcaio as I lie birds had flown. ? Chester, August 21: Mr. A. H. Adkins, of Charlotte, representing the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company, was In the city Tuesday, and had a conference with President R. R. Hafner and Directors R. B. Caldwell and L. D. Chllds, of the Chester Telephone company, the resuit of the conference being the signlng of a twelve months' exchange w agreement, whereby the Bell people are to be allowed to_ run their wires iiiuj me central otTlce of the loca! system, thus giving subscribers of the local exchange the benefit of long- fl distance service over their private 9 'phones. ? Blacksburg, August 22: As the passenger train from Marion, N. C., on the old Three C's road was nearlng Blacksburg yesterday evening at 7.30 o'clock the two passenger coaches left the track, and after running over the crossties a short distance, turned over in the deep cut between the two overhead bridges and in the rear of Cherokee Inn. The train was in charge of Conductor Barxtell and Engineer Wright. There were quite . ' a number of passengers in both cars, but all escaped without any serious injury. Neither were the cars damaged much, and the wreck was cleared up by three o'clock this morning. ? Chester, August 21: Mr. T. C. Faley's house on Columbia street was , struck by lightning yesterday after^ / ( noon while an exciting electrical storm was in progress, and it is a wnnHnr t V? a t imrv coi'Iaiig not done to the building and contents. As it was, a good sized hole was knocked through the outside wall of the building, while on the front a clean aperture that looked as if it might have been made by a missile about the size of a base ball, is to be seen. A considerable quantity of plastering was torn from the celling in one of the front rooms, and pictures and ornaments on the mantel were thrown far and wide, and some of them broken and otherwise damaged. The bolt seems to have struck one of the chimney's of the house and divided, a part passing down the