Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, September 22, 1908, Image 2
Scraps and /acts.
? Manchester. England. September
21: More than 400 cotton mills In Lancashire
are idle today as a result of
the dispute over wages between operatives
and employers. This means that
40,000,000 spindles are wholly or partially
stopped, that more than $250,000,000
of capital is not bringing in any return.
and that 140.000 operatives are
without work and losing something
over $700,000 in wages a week. In view
of the present glutted condition of the
market it is not believed that this cessation
of work will entail heavy damages
to the employers. It is not felt
here that the strike will last long for
the card room workers are expected
son to take a second ballot and agree
to the five per cent reduction in wages,
which has already been accepted by the
spinners.
? Washington, September 19: A train
stopping device which it is declared
will virtually eliminate the telegraph
operator as a factor in the movement
of railway trains Is now under investigation
by the Block Signal and Train
Control board of the Interstate Commerce
commission. The system Is an
Invention of P. J. Simmen of Los Angeles.
Cal. It has already been Installed
on eighteen miles of the Santa
Fe railway in Southern California, and
is. said to be in successful operation.
Each train records on a sheet in the
train dispatcher's office the exact time
it leaves a block, and the dispatcher
can signal direct to any engineer on his
division either to stop or to proceed.
Intelligent communication is not only
maintained by the dispatchers and the
engineers in their cabs, but the dispatcher
is protected against human error
by the automatic interlocking of
the switches by which he signals to
the trains. He can stop any or all
trains on his division, but he cannot
give a signal to proceed unless the
block ahead is clear. The engineer is
also protected against error by the
use of an automatic stop.
? Shelby special of September 21, to
the Charlotte Observer: Mr. J. F. Jenkins,
the manager of the Southern Cotton
Oil company at this place, received
a letter Saturday notifying him that if
he continued to gin cotton in the face
of the declining market night riders
would burn his gin. Not knowing
whether this notice was genuine or a
hoax, he requested local papers to
make no publication until he could
submit it to the Charlotte office of his
company. In the meantime he has instructed
his night watchman to shoot
any person found around the premises
v at night. The original letter was sent
to the Charlotte office and only two or
three of Mr. Jenkins* intimate friends
were informed of its receipt. Under
this situation less than a dozen people
of this place have any information or
knowledge of the matter and Mr. Jenkins,
when approached about it, stated
that he had nothing to give out as he
had referred same to the Charlotte
office. No other glnner of this section
has received such notice so far as can
be learned and there is a difference of
opinion among the few who have heard
'of the notice received by Mr. Jenkins.
Some think it to be genuine, while others
think that possibly it Is the work
of some personal enemy.
? New York. September 19: Due 5J
to 6 points lower the Liverpool market
opened at a decline of 8 to 9 points and
closed at a decline of 4 to 6J points.
Spot cotton was dull, sales aggregating
3,000 bales, while the price declined 9
points to 5.45d, for mid-upland. Imports
totalled 2,000 bales, all American.
According to the figures of the Financial
Chronicle the world's visible supply
of cotton last evening totalled 1,793,009
bales as compared with 2,228,505 bales
a year ago and 1,794,365 bales two years
ago. The visible supply of American
cotton totalled 1,133,009 bales as compared
with 1,365,505 bales a year ago
and 1,001,365 bales two years ago. The
into sight for the week amounted to
O&R 190 haloa nralnat 91K911 hnlpssfnr
the corresponding week last year. To
date for this season the into-sight totals
548,971 bales as against 490,235
bales for the corresponding period last
season. Southern consumption was estimated
to Sept. 18. at 98,000 against
140,000 bales last season. Northern
spinners' takings to Sept. 18 aggregated
62,161 bales, as compared with 48,252
bales last season. Spinners' takings of
American cotton for the week were
placed at 160,386 bales, as against 148,456
bales last year. Takings for the
season to date total 392,944 bales, compared
with 440,5?4 bales for the corresponding
period last season.
? Washington, September 19: Orville
Wright showed signs of improvement
today at the Fort Myer hospital and
while the doctors say he is not entirely
out of danger, his condition is
very satisfactory. Miss Katherine
Wright, sister of the aviator, visited
her brother twice today and several
army officers and friends of the injur
eu man were aiso perinineu iu see uiiu.
Lieutenant Selfridge will be {riven a
military funeral, probably Thursday.
Admiral Selfridge. his father, left San
Francisco today for Washington and
until his arrival the body will remain
in the receiving vault at the Arlington
national cemetery, where burial will
probably be made. Telegrams of condolence
from all over the world have
been received at the war department.
Captain Bailey, the surgeon who has
been in charge of the Fort Myer hospital,
said today: "Mr. Wright is resting
easily. He is suffering from the
natural reaction of such injuries as he
received Thursday. His pulse is above
normal and his temperature is a little
high, but he is doing very satisfactorily.
I cannot say that he is out of danger,
as it is always possible when a person
receives a severe injury such as his
that a complication might set in." The
splint on Mr. Wright's leg will be adjusted
again tomorrow morning. It
will probably be two or three months
before Mr. Wright will be able to
leave the hospital.
? Atlanta. Ga., September 20: Just
at midnight last night. Gov. Hoke
Smith signed the convict lease bill,
which hereafter prohibits the leasing of
felons except by the consent of the
governor and prison commission. The
bill was passed by the legislature yesterday
after $35,000 had been spent in
an extra session and nearly a month
used in discussing the legislation. With
the signature of Governor Smith on the
bill as engrossed. Georgia has done
away with a system which has been in
existence ever since 1865. It was to
settle this convict lease question that
Gov. Smith called a special session of
the legislature. He desired that the
lease system be absolutely abolished
and the bill as passed provides that
there will be no leasing of convicts to
nnv rontrartnr fur tirivnto croln Tt ic
said these contractors have made thousands
of dollars out of convict labor in
Georgia in the last forty years, the
men being leased to them at $100
apiece with the simple provision of
board and sleeping quarters. In the
investigation which led to the present
legislation there was considerable testimony
to the effect that negro convicts
had been whipped by overseers
and that in several cases the abuse had
resulted in the death of men under
the control of the lessee. When the
Georgia legislature assembled a month
ago to consider the question of convict
labor. Governor Smith announced
that he desired all traces of the lease
system to be eradicated. Jlouse and
senate disagreed as to how this should
be accomplished. The senate Insisted
that there should be no leasing after
March 31, next. The house wanted the
lease system extended to 1911. Finally,
however, house and senate compromised
on a measure which permits the
lease by the state of any convicts not
used on state roads, nor by municipal|
ities. nor in state institutions. These
men may be used as the prison commission
and governor see fit, but as a
close friend of Governor Smith said tonight,
when it was suggested that this
provision might prove a "joker," "Gov.
Smith, you may be sure, is totally opposed
to leasing convicts to private individuals
and will never consent to any
leases of this kind. The lease system
is dead."
(Thr \lorkviUr inquirer.
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YORKVILLE. S. C.i
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, I90S.
The presidential campaign is getting
real warm. In fact, it has begun to look
as if the outcome is really doubtful.
There is a growing feeling throughout
the country that politicians are
losing their control because of the more
intelligent interest that is being manifested
by the people. It will be a great
day for this country, when the people
really rule, and rule they will, when
every man undertakes to inform himself
and vote his own honest convictions.
That Senator Foraker of Ohio,
should have been knocked out so fully
and completely comes as a shock to
the whole country. There was really
very little reason for believing that the
senator was mixed up with anything
dishonest or dishonorable. In fact, it
seemed to be pretty generally conceded
that he was an exceptionally honest
politician. But as we see it, he Is deserving
of no sympathy. He has merely
run against the penalty that inevitably
comes to those who think to secure
and maintain elevated position by
crooked dealing.
So far as Mr. Arthur and Mr. Hen
derson are concerned, we know very little
about them. We have personal acquaintance
with Mr. McCullough, however,
and we consider him to be a man
of integrity and ability. The presumption
is that the other two gentlemen
will also do the square thing. In fact,
as masters and receivers in this dispensary
case, we do not see how they
can afford to do otherwise. We do not
believe any of them would want to do
otherwise. It is practically certain that
the state can never win its proposed
appeal to the United States supreme
court. Then why does not the state
commission go right into Judge Pritchard's
court, and get the evidence that
it was unable to get while conducting
investigations on its own account?
The commissioners could not compel
liquor dealers living outside the state
to bring their books into South Carolina;
but Judge Pritchard's receivers
can get those books and all other evidence
that may seem relevant to the
subject.
Senator Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio,
for years one of the most influential
and powerful leaders in the Republican
party, has received a knockout blow at
the hands of W. R. Hearst, une aay
last week, Hearst stated In a public
speech that Foraker had been too Intimate
with the Standard Oil company,
having served that corporation as attorney.
Foraker made a suave reply
to the effect that he was at one .time an
attorney for the Standard Oil people;
but claimed that It was before he became*
a senator and went on to say
that he had never represented the company
in matters of legislation. Next
day, Hearst published letters from John
D. Archbold, a Standard Oil magnate
to Senator Foraker, addressed "My
clear senator," at Washington, and
showing not only that Foraker had
been paid a fee of fifty thousand dollars:
but that he was expected to take
care of hostile legislation. The case
was simply unanswerable. Foraker had
engagements for a lot of speeches to be
made in Ohio and other states with
Taft; but realizing the full force of the
situation, he had the good sense to pull
out of the campaign at once. He has
given out that he will make a campaign
for re-election to the United States
senate; but that his campaign will be
conducted along independent lines,
rather than under the auspices of the
Republican party.
The Hon. Joseph C.annon, the "czar"
of the house of representatives, has the
fight of his life on his hands to be reelected
to congress from the Seventeenth
district of Illinois. Since he became
speaker of the house, Mr. Cannon
has run the lower house of congress
very much as he pleased, only allowing
the consideration of bills when he saw
proper and paying but little attention
to members of the body that he didn't
care to favor. In this way he has gained
not a few political enemies in congress.
and has brought upon himself the
ill-will of a great many people of more
or less prominence throughout the
country who are not noliticians. For
some time past there has been a bill
before congress intended to put a stop
to the shipment of whisky Into prohibition
states. This bill was fathered
by the Anti-Saloon league, and several
of the religious denominations, notably
the Methodists, have been trying to get
the bill before congress for consideration.
Uncle Joe is not in favor of the
provisions of the proposed measure and
he pigeon-holed the bill and despite all
efforts to the contrary, consideration
has been put off. These tactics of Uncle
Joe have riled the friends of the
proposed law and the Anti-Saloon
league and the Methodists are after his
political scalp, and are putting forth
every effort to compass his defeat. Another
element that is fighting the
speaker is the labor leaders led by
Samuel Gompers. The labor unions of
the country have for several years been
trying to get legislation favoring them
through congress, but Mr. Cannon has
given them to understand that their
measures were dead. Consequently the
American Federation of I>abor and
kindred organizations are fighting the
re-election of Mr. Cannon very strenuously.
Mr. Bryan opened up his speaking
campaign about ten days ago, in
the speaker's district and delivered
seven speeches while in the district, all
of which were aimed more or less directly
at the "czar." Another phase
of the fight on the speaker is the slogan
of various candidates for congress
throughout the west, "I am opposed to
Cannon." and this battle cry is having
its weight and effect. Last week in
Minnesota, J. Adam Bede, Republican,
who has been in congress for several
terms, and a lieutenant of the speaker,
was defeated for renomlnation in the
Republican primaries of that state by
Clarence Miller, who received nearly
three times as many votes as did Bede.
Miller's slogan in his campaign for the
nomination was, "I am opposed to
Cannon's methods." With these forces
arrayed against him, it is not an impossibility
that Mr. Cannon may be defeated,
although it is admitted that
the task is a large one.
Night Riders In the South.
The following is from the Atlanta
Constitution:
This night riding business is not going
to be tolerated in the cotton growing
states of the south.
Those who have any budding inclination
to indulge in this sort of inquisitory
lawlessness may as well take
heed right now.
Neither the cotton growers of the
south nor their friends, numbered almost
by population, whose interests
are practically identical, are going to
tolerate any recrudescence of this murderous,
property-destroying spirit of
the middle ages.
The attempt has appeared in but few
spots in the south, outside of the tobacco
districts of Kentucky, and the
authorities in the southern states may
be relied upon to crush it in the shell.
It is a work in which they will have
the assistance of the cotton producer
and his friends and, if the necessity
arises, which is not anticipated, there
will be vigilance committees enough to
deliver the outlaws into the hands of
justice. ,
There is not a reasoning, thinking
man in the south who would for a moment
credit the insinuation that any
member of the Farmers' Union had
anything whatever to do with these few
outbursts which are being heralded
over the country in the effort to make
it appear that the cotton producer is
appealing to the shotgun and the torch
in the pursuit of his purpose.
The statement from President D. J.
Neill, of the Texas Farmers' Union,
that that organization will not tolerate
lawlessness in any shape or form was
wholly unnecessary, in so far as the
people of the south and the friends of
the Union are concerned.
There is no room in the Union for
any who would resort to or encourage
such methods.
While we have not the positive evidence,
rather is it credible that these
are methods resorted to by enemies
of the Union in the attempt to discredit
it away from home, and, by indirec
tion, to atiacK us legmmaie uusmcaa
efforts to maintain the fair market
orice of the south's important product.
The Farmers' Union and its membership
will be found first and foremost
among those not only to denounce
and condemn, but, if need be. to lend
active personal effort to the termination
of this character of lawlessness.
The orgy of arson and murderous assault
which has been Kentucky's misfortune
is not going: to be repeated
in Georgia, Alabama. Mississippi, Texas
or any of the southern cotton producing
states.
The people have no patience with it,
and if it shows its head, the authorities
will not lack anv of the necessary assistance
or backing in promptly crushing
it out.
The Common Sense Way.
In discussing in our issue of last Friday,
the probable effect of the action
of the United States circuit court of
appeals in upholding Judge Prltchard's
dispensary decision, we laid rather more
stress on what we assumed would be
than what we are inclined to think
ought to be, and for the purpose of
making the record clear, we will take
the liberty of referring to the matter
again.
Upon the filing of Judge Pritchard's
decision last spring and before the announcement
of the personnel of the receivership
under the jurisdiction of the
United States court, The Enquirer, in
its issue of March 3, had this to say:
As to what will happen now, we cannot
predict with any degree of certainty.
We believe that if the commission
persists in its appeal, Judge Pritchard
will be sustained and then the case will
come back to where it is now. If the
United States court will make a really
honest effort to probe the dispensary
rottenness to the bottom, we believe
it can accomplish that end much
more effectively than it could have
ever been accomplished by the winding-up
commission. The winding-up
commission had but little power in
compelling the attendance of witnesses.
The power of the United States court
is without limit. And after all, the
the principal thing is to get at the bottom
of the whole rotten business and
punish the graftersIt
is hardly to be denied that there
is a strong feeling of resentment, not
only in this state but in a.most every
state of the Union, against any and
everything that appears to have the
flavor of Federal interference with
state sovereignty. We coifess to being
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imbued to a certain extent wiui ?uui
i feeling1. Possibly it is more or less
hereditary. It is certainly traditional.
But, however, it is to be accounted
for. good common sense, in the light of
the bitter experience this country has
passed through along that line, suggests
that this feeling of resentment
should be forgotten.
We never have believed, and we do
not believe now, that the object of the
whisky people in taking the dispensary
commission into the United States
court was to get justice. We thought
then and we think now, that their principal
object was to secure delay. It
will be remembered that at least one
of the plaintiffs declared that he would
lose his whole account rather than
show his books. The reason of such a
position is too clear to require explanation.
Of course, hindsight is better than
foresight; but as we look back on the
situation now, we do not think that
there has been a single incident of the
whole litigation that has been more
pleasing to the plaintiffs than when
the defendants decided to take Judge
Pritchard's decision up to the court of
appeals. We are almost tempted to
suspect that some of the hard things
that were put in the plaintiff's petition
and the rough language used by the
plaintiff's counsel at the hearing, was
intended principally for the purpose of
taunting the defendant's counsel to
take the matter up, the object being?
delay.
The case of the state is in the hands
of able lawyers, who have done splendid
work in this whole matter, and
while we do not feel like presuming
to advise them, at the same time we
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From all indications, the chances
against securing a reversal of Judge
Pritchard in the United States supreme
court are very slim?too slim to be
worth the taking. Even if Judge
Pritchard should be reversed after a
year or two more of delay, time will
have largely eliminated the present
probabilities of a successful prosecution
of the people the state is after.
It would have, perhaps, been better
if the commission, instead of appealing
the case, had brought the issue up on
habeas corpus proceedings and had it
settled in thirty days; but that is past
and gone now, and we feel quite sure
that the next best thing is to drop the
appeal and make the most of the poweitful
machinery of the United States
court in the collection of evidence.
If the state appeals, the real defendants,
the alleged grafters, will
laugh; but if it accepts what seems to
be the inevitable and goes into the
Federal court for a rigid and thorough
investigation, the case will take on a
more serious aspect.
Time to Curtail.
With lard selling at 12 cents wholesale,
ribs 113c. fat back at 10c, and
liour at $5.40 a barrel, how the cotton
producer is going; to make both ends
meet with 9 cents cotton is a puzzling
proposition.
The situation is one for serious consideration;
but there should be very
little difficulty in arriving at the correct
answer, which is curtailment.
And now is the time to curtail.
In these columns we have already
told our readers that we believed the
stringency of the times was due largely
to a fear on the part of eastern and
European money centres that the bottom
rail was about to get on top.
Lest we be misunderstood, we will
briefly explain again. The sudden and
unexpected rise in cotton a few years
back, lifted the south out of debt and
put the farmers where they could make
a profit. That if this condition should
continue the cotton raising section
would soon become independently rich,
was too plain to warrant dispute. It
was equally plain that if the south
should become rich it would be at the
expense of revenues previously enjoyed
by other sections of this country or
other parts of the world. There was
nothing more natural then, that there
should be a wirld-wide campaign looking
to the restoration of former conditions.
With the ioininer of the issue, the
people of the south begun to fight, and
with the progress of that fight, all concerned
directly and Indirectly are pretty
familiar. As to wno has the best of It
at this particular writing, it is not altogether
certain who has the advantage.
The figures quoted above Indicate
that the advantage is against the
cotton producer; but that Is not altogether
certain. On the contrary, we
believe the cotton producer has made
distinct gains, and if he will only continue
In the pursuance of as wise and
conservative policy as he has been
pursuing he will certainly win.
Curtailment is the thing.
There has been a restriction of consumption.
The restriction has been
largely legitimate, as the result of
stringency brought about through a
combination of complications. This restriction
has also been encouraged in
various quarters. As the result of restricted
consumption of manufactured
goods, there has been restricted production.
This restricted production has
been necessary. In the case of hundreds
of mills they had to either restrict their
production or go into bankruptcy.
There Is absolutely no just reason to
complain against our local mills, and It
is doubtful as to whether there Is Just
ground to complain against the spinners
anywhere. It Is well not to forget
that fact.
It would have been silly for the mills
to snin when the public would not buy.
Those mills that have been piling up
surplus stocks on borrowed money
have only been adding to the weakness
of'the situation. Goods that are forced
on the market are always cheaper and
the forced goods fix the present price
of the goods that cannot be forced.
But after all there is a brighter side
to the whole situation. It is easy
enough to dam the creek for a time;
but the dam must eventually either
overflow or break. In either case the
current must resume its normal vol
ume, and in the latter case the normal
volume is preceded by a flood.
We have an idea that there i? to be
a flood in the present instance. The
stringency that has been on for so long,
cannot last always. The world is compelled
to have cotton. It can wear Its
old clothes for a time; but when it gets
to putting on new clothes, there must
necessarily be a lining up of the situation.
The demand will be strong
enough to make prices what they ought
to be.
There should not be too much banking
on future higher prices, however.
Instead, every farmer should begin to
make his future plans to fit the present
situation. It must not be a mattor
nf hlnfp- hut nf actual nerformarire.
Now is the time to put real good land
in oats, wheat and other crops that will
reduce the cotton acreage.
We are not advising that this action
be taken for the purpose of reducing
the acreage to raise. the price of cotton.
To make the plan really effective, every
farmer must go in with the determination
of doing the best he can with all
other crops, regardless of the price of
cotton.
Now is the time to curtail.
ROOSEVELT AND BRYAN.
President and Democratic Candidate
Warming Up.
Oyster Bay, September 21.?Late to
day Secretary Loeb gave to the press
a formal statement by the president
which was called forth by the recent
exchanges between William R. Hearst
and Senator Foraker of Ohio. Hearst,
in public utterances, had accused the
senator of relations with the Standard
Oil company inconsistent with his duties
as senator and his attitude as a
representative of Republican politics
and professions.
In today's statement President
Roosevelt makes another appeal for
the support of Taft, and declares his
defeat would bring "lasting satisfaction
to but one set of men, namely,
those men who, as shown in the correspondence
published by Hearst, were
behind Foraker, the opponents of Taft
within his own party, and who are
now behind Governor Haskell and his
associates, opponents of Taft in the
opposite party."
The statement embodies a letter
written by Taft to a friend in Ohio in
July, 1907, in which the Republican
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plan of the Ohio senator for the committee
to endorse Taft for the presidency
and Foraker for re-election to
the senate in a single resolution. The
president points out that Taft's attitude
has always been directly opposed
to that charged against Senator Foraker
by Hearst regarding moneyed interests.
Buffalo. Sept. 21.?The president has
seen lit to give the Republican candidate
another endorsement. It seems to
me I am running against two Republicans
instead of one. our platform is
so plain and our purpose so well expressed
in the platform that I am prepared
to meet the argument of one or
both of them." Hurling defiance at the
Republican opponents, William J. Bryan.
Democratic candidate for president,
speaking here tonight before an Immense
audience, so declared himself.
From the moment he began speaking
in the state at Brookport early in the
day. until lie closed his words here, the
Democratic candidate took the bit in
his teeth and assailed at every turn
President Roosevelt. Taft and the Republican
leaders. He spoke of the conflict
which, he said, existed between
the president and the Republican managers
of congress, attacked the president
for what he said was his failure
to enforce the anti-trust laws, charged
the Republicans with turning the financial
system over to Wall street and
finally poured a volley of denunciation
into the Standard Oil company.
It Is said tonight that at no time
during his past campaigns has Bryan
been so aggressive. I
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sherrer & Ferguson?Want information
as to whereabouts of horned
r ?d heifer lost September 11, near
Hickory Grove.
C. F. Sherrer?Will pay reward for return
of brown check coat lost September
11, near Hickory Grove.
Thos. W. Boyd, Supervisor?Gives notice
that he will let contract for
bridge over Crowder's Creek, at
Wright's Ferry, on September 29.
Sherrer & Ferguson?Are in the market
for fresh milch cows for immediate
shipment. Phone at once.
D. T. Woods, Clerk?Reminds W. O.
W. members of the regular meeting
on Thursday night. Protection degree
and important business.
M. L. Whltesides, Admrx.?Calls on
persons indebted to estate of J. c.
Whltesides, deceased, to make settlement
at once. Creditors are requested
to present claims.
M. W. White?Has a desirable farm
for sale. It contains 192 acres and
is located within two miles of town.
A rnrp hnreain in a farm.
York Drug Store?Is showing a complete
line of brushes of every description
and will be pleased to
show you what you want.
Star Drug Store?Inquires about your
liver. If it is wrong It wants to
make It right with Star liver regulator.
Loan and Savings Bank?Advises farmers
and others not to carry wads
of money In their pockets. It is not
safe. A check book is convenient
and it is the safer way.
Sam M. Grist?Says that the crops are
short, and advises you to have your
property insured to guard against
big losses by fire. He writes all
kinds of insurance.
G. W. Sherrer, The Butcher?Has a
full line of fruits and vegetables,
candies for the children, and the
best beef In town. If you owe him
he wants you to pay.
Yorkville B. & M. Co.?Will have a
representative of a New York ladies'
tailoring house with it on Thursday
to take measures for ladies'
suits, skirts and cloaks.
First National Bank?Remarks that
the man who burled his money In a
bucket was no crazier than are lots
of other- people who are careless
with their funds. Your money will
be safe with it.
J. Q. Wray?Offers special values in a
job lot of men's new fall suits at
$7.48 a suit. Sfee his dress goods,
staples, etc. He wants to make you
prices on groceries.
W. M. Kennedy, Agent?invites you
to see the newest things In men's
tailor-made garments from Lamm &
Co.. at his store. He is showing more
than 500 patterns of stylish goods
for men's wear.
Citizens of Rock Hill have contributed
$39 to the Democratic campaign
fund. Fort Mill has also made a liberal
contribution. York county has so far
given considerably over $100.
Sutton's Springs Farmers' Union enjoyed
an ice cream sociable at the
school house last Friday afternoon.
There were about forty or fifty people
present, including quite a number of
ladies, and. of course, there was plenty
of ice cream and cake. Everybody had
a nice time.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The town council has been making
quite a strenuous campaign after delinquent
street taxes, during the past
few days.
? Mrs. Sarah Abigail Warlick, widow
of the late James Warlick, died at her
home in Yorkville last Saturday morn
ing after a long ana teaious illness wiui
consumption. She was aged 50 years
and one month. The funeral took place
at Sharon on Sunday, the services being
conducted by Rev. J. S. Grier.
? The regular monthly meeting of the
Presbyterian Ministerial Union of
York county, was held at the .Shandon
hotel yesterday with the following
members in attendance. Revs. J. K.
Hall, J. B. Swann, W. A. Hafner, W. B.
Arrowood, H. J. Mills, J. A. McMurray,
E. E. Gillespie. Rev. O. L. McCutcheon
sat as a visitor. The Union devotes itself
principally to reports on the spiritual
ar.d material progress of the
church and the consideration of matters
that seem to invite development.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
In compliance with the requirements
of law. Superintendent of Education
McMackin recently sent in to
the state superintendent of education
his annual report showing the condition
of the schools in this county during
the year ending June 30, 1908.
The report includes quite a lot of information
about the sohools, giving
among other things the revenues received
by each, the number of white
and colored teachers, the average salaries
paid, the total enrollment, average
attendance, number and value of
school houses, branches taught and
other interesting statistics. In a general
way the most important item is
that of enrollment, which is put down
for the various districts as follows:
Name of District. White Negro
Oak Ridge 18 227
Bethany 221 149
Bethel 74 213
S. Fort Mill 26 70
Catawba 358 923
Bethesda 64 39
Belmont 73 149
York 253 504
Hickorv Grove 80 70
Blairsville 100 194
Yorkville 265 335
Rock Hill 932 788
McConnellsville 58 256
Ogden Ill 276
? ^ cr 0 10
fcSuuocK s ureeK ui
Olive 19 52
Piedmont 45 30
Smyrna 119 138
Beersheba 91 67
Sharon 78 103
Chapel 75 70
Bowling Green 110 186
Point 100 85
Dixie 48 90
Clark's Pork 34 59
Riverside 31 52
Concord 13 53
Fort Mill 247 85
Bethesda Graded 59 210
Forest Hill 45 84
Allison Creek 75 149
Ebenezer 32 144
Philadelphia 64 91
Turkey Creek 8 98
Tirzah 4 7 74
Newport 84 126
Clover 165 100
Hopewell 59 116
Gold Hill 121 78
Hickory Grove 106 61
Total 4575 6812
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Louise Quinn of Smyrna, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. E. W. Long.
Miss Lila Barron of Tirzah, has been
visiting the family of Mr. J. W. Dobson.
Prof. Harry Asbury of Charlotte,
spent several days in Yorkvllle last
week.
I Mr. J. C. Burge, is quite ill with fever
at his home two miles southeast
of the court house.
Mr. John R. Ashe of Yorkville, has
returned to the College of Physicians
and Surgeons in New York.
Miss Annie Thomas was one of the
Yorkville young ladies who matriculated
at Chicora college, Greenville,
last week. j
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bratton and son.
Master Paul, left Sunday for their
home in Charleston after spending the
summer in Yorkville.
Miss Blanche Watson of Yorkville,
left yesterday morning for Linwood
college, near Gastonla. In which institlon
she will become a student. !
Mrs. H. D. Wolff and child, of Petersburg.
Va? are the guests of Mr. and ]
Mrs. J. Ernest Lowry.
Mr. W. N. Wallace, for the past year <
and a half, cashier for the Yorkville B. :
& M. Co., left yesterday afternoon for
Atlanta, Ga., where he will make his
future home.
Dr. John B. Bowen of Spartanburg,
passed through Yorkville on Friday on
his way to Atlantic City, N. J? where
he will attend the annual convention of
the National Wholesale Druggists' association.
Mr. Wm. Caldwell is In a critical
condition at his home near King's
Creek, having a few days ago sustained
a second stroke of paralysis. Information
received this morning was
to the effect that he was unconscious
and there was very little hope for his
recovery.
?
SPECULATIVE MARKET.
A New York dispatch of last night
summarizes the day's developments in
the cotton market as follows:
Reports of a shutdown by Lancashire
mills caused quite a break in the cotton
market today, with the close steady
at a net decline of 10 to 15 points.
Sales were estimated at 150,000 bales.
The market opened steady at a decline
of 9 to 10 points in response to
the cables, and during the morning sold
off to a net loss of 16 to 18 points under
liquidation, southern and foreign
selling and local bear pressure. Private
cables said that 72 per cent of the
Lancashire mills had not opened this
morning, owing to labor troubles, and
that the duration of the shutdown was
uncertain. But after the early break,
selling on this development became
more cautious, and it was pointed out
that there might possibly, be a settlement
at any time, and after midday the
market rallied slightly from the lowest
on covering and a little scattered buying
on the reaction theory. The close
was about 4 to 6 points up from the
bottom. At the lowest the market was
about 34 to 37 points under the high
level of last week. There was nothing
In the weather news to offset the bearish
influence of the Lancashire situation,
the effect of which upon domestic
spinners and Interior spot holders Is
now being awaited. Southern spot
markets officially reported today were!
generally 1-8 to 3-16c. lower and some
thought that part of the selling by
houses with southern connection represented
hedging of spots supplies on
prospective crops.
DEATH OF WM. B. McCAW.
William B. McCaw, Esq., died at his
home in Yorkville last Sunday afternoon
at 5 o'clock, after a critical illness
extending over a period of nearly
three weeks, since September 3.
Mr. McCaw was first stricken with a
disorder that evidenced all the symptoms
of gastritis, in a dangerously
acute form. There was every reason
to fear a fatal termination within a
few hours; but later there was a
change for the better, and family and
friends were encouraged to hope for
his recovery. As the days wore on,
however, the patient grew steadily
weaker, and on Saturday the attending
physicians were brought to a
realization of the fact that there was
no possible chance, except through an
operation. They could promise little
even for this. The operation was attempted
early Sunday morning. It
disclosed an abscess of the liver as the
fatal complication, but because of the
exhausted condition of the patient little
could be done. The end came
within about ten hours.
William Bratton McCaw was born
In Yorkville on August 22, 1857. His
father was the late Robert G. McCaw,
in his day a leading, wealthy and influential
citizen of York, and at one
time lieutenant governor of the state.
His mother was Miss Belle Bratton, a
sister of the late General John Bratton
of Fairfield county. He was educated
in the local primary schools of
his day, spent several years at the
King's Mountain Military school under
Colonel Coward, and afterward
completed a course in the University
of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee,
being graduated from that institution
in Aiier leaving sewanee, ne
devoted three years to the study of
law, was admitted to the bar In 1879,
and continued to practice his profession
in Yorkville up to the time of his
death. He was chosen in 1888 as a
member of the house of representatives;
but after serving one term declined
to stand for re-election.
Mr. McCaw was a close student. He
pursued his work persistently and systematically
and it was commonly conceded
among his fellow-practitioners
that he was a lawyer of rare attainments.
His knowledge covered not
only the ordinary lines necessary for
the country lawyer, but fields that are
seldom entered except by more ambitious
specialists. During the past
dozen years he has figured in a number
of unusually important cases, including
several of those growing out
of the Fishing Creek wreck, and in
one of which, the Brickman case, was
rendered the largest personal damage
verdict on recbrd. He was generally
recognized as a hard fighter and it
was rarely the case that he ever gave
up so long as his client stood a rea
sonable chance of eventual success.
His practice was confined almost exclusively
to the civil side of the court.
Mr. McCaw was married on November
24, 1885 to Miss Emma Le Sassier
of New Orleans, who with three
children, two daughters and a son,
Misses Agallce and Belle and Master
Henry, survive him. His surviving
brothers and sisters are Messrs. R. G.
and H. I. McCaw, Mrs. L. W. Perrln
and Mrs. J. K. Alston.
The funeral services were held this
morning at 11 o'clock In the First
Presbyterian church, of which the deceased
was a member, and was con
ducted by Rev. E. E. Gillespie, the
pastor. The church was crowded with
grlef-strlcken relatives and sympathizing
friends of the deceased and of
the family. Most of the families of
Yorkville were represented, and there
were many people from the surrounding
country and adjoining towns. The
service was in accordance with that
commonly used by the Presbyterian
church on such occasions, and in connection
with it Mr. Gillespie paid a
feeling tribute to the life and character
of the deceased.
Two brothers, two nephews and
three cousins of the deceased served
as active pall bearers. These were
Messrs. R. G. and H. I. McCaw, Messrs.
Lewis and Robert Perrin, Dr. R. A.
Bratton and Messrs. R. M. and Mason
Bratton. Among the honorary pall
bearers were members of the York,
Chester and Fairfield bars, and members
of the board of trustees of the
Yorkville Graded school. After them
came carriages in which were members
of the family and intimate
friends. A large number of people
went to the cemetery on foot.
The interment took place in the
Yorkvuie cemetery ana at me conclusion
of the service after the filling of
the grave, the mound was covered
with floral tributes, representing the
offerings of this and surrounding
communities.
LOCAL LACONICS.
We Will Send The Enquirer
From this date to January 1st, 1909,
for 56 cents.
Ready to Quit Cotton.
"I'll not work for cotton next year,"
said Mr. J. W. Branch, to the reporter
a few days ago. "I had almost made
up my mind last year not to plant any
cotton this year; but I went on and
did it anyway. Now I have enough."
Mr. Branch is a solid, substantial farmer,
who lives about six miles south of
Yorkvllle. He runs twelve plows,
lives at home, has his entire cotton
crop of last year on hand, and does not
owe any man a dollar that he cannot
pay on the instant. But he is satisfied
that the farmers raise too much
cotton, and he thinks it time to quit.
Death of Mr. J. P. Bailes.
Mr. J. P. Bailes, a well known and
highly esteemed citizen of Fort Mill
township, died last Saturday night, in
the 71st year of his age. Mr. Bailes
was a native of the section in which he
spent his life. He went to the war and
after its close devoted himself to farming.
As the result of his Industry and
perseverance, he accumulated a handsome
property, which included 2,000
acres of land. He was a member of
the Methodist church and was held in
high regard by all his neighbors. The
following children survive: Messrs. J.
7.., J. J. and S. E. Bailes, Miss Bleeker
Bailes and Mrs. R. M. Bryant. The
funeral took place at the home of the
deceased on Sunday morning at 10
o'clock, and the Interment took place
it Pleasant Hill church.
CHALLENGED TO THE PROOF.
Governor Haskell Makes Reply to W.
R. Hearst.
W. R. Hearst of the Independence
league party, charged Senator Foraker
with using his official position for the
promotion of the designs of Standard
Oil and practically proved the charge.
At the same time he made similar
charges against Governor Haskell of
Oklahoma, treasurer of the National
Democratic executive committee. Governor
Haskell has met Mr. Hearst with
the following:
"Sir: You are stating in speech and
press-in substance that during the year
1899, when Attorney General Frank S.
Monnett of Ohio had several cases
I nnn/Hnor {r> fho Qiinromo fVMirt of !
Fvuu,,ib MUJ/.V...V
state against the Standard Oil company
that I sought to influence him to
dismiss those suits. I have said, and
now repeat, that your statement is absolutely
false, and that I never had
any relations of any kind or character
with the Standard Oil company. Our
conflicting statements prove nothing.
You, as a newspaper man, may and
should desire a reputation for truthfulness;
I, as a public official, demand
that those who accuse me stand forth
and make known their proof. You
know that a suit against you for civil
damages, or a criminal prosecution for
libel, means long delay and affords
your character of Journalism a chance
to cover your expenses before being
called upon to settle. I do not want
your money; I simply desire to expose
you to the public as a false accuser
who has distorted public records and
manufactured statements for base political
purposes. For the purpose of
forever settling this Infamous slander
which you are circulating in your
newspapers and on the stump, I now
propose that a committee of five or
any three of them, composed of the
editors of the Springfield (Mass.) Republican,
the Chicago Journal, the
New York World, the Indianapolis
News and the St. Louis Republic, be
selected to hear you and me under oath
and all other evidence they may desire
as to the truth or falsity of your
charge, at the earliest possible moment,
and render their decision to the public
in writing. Should this committee find
your charge sustained I shall withdraw
from all connection with the present
presidential campaign. Should the
verdict be against you, as I know it
will, there need be no other penalty
than the public contempt due every assassin
of character.
"C. N. Haskell."
Hearst In Reply.
New York, Sept. 21.?William R.
Hearst, who has been campaigning for
the national ticket of the Independence
party in the south and middle
west, returned to this city tonight and
soon afterwards Issued a statement concerning
the challenge of Governor C.
N. Haskell of Oklahoma. In his recent
speeches Mr. Hearst had charged that
Haskell, who is now treasurer of the
Democratic national committee, had
sought in 1899 to influence Attorney
General Frank S. Monnett of Ohio, to
dismiss certain suits then pending
against the Standard Oil company. In
a telegram to Mr. Hearst, which he
made public last night, Governor Haskell
Invited Mr. Hearst to publicly prove
his charges before a committee of editors.
Mr. Hearst refuses to accept the
suggestion of an editorial board of
arbitration in the following language:
"To the Associated Press:
"T aHHrpaa this enmmiinioatlon to VOU.
as I cannot have the slightest correspondence
or controversy with a man
of Mr. Haskell's character.
"Mr. Haskell's proposition reminds
me of the well known story of the
burglar who was caught In the act by
the police. When the police burst In
upon him. they found him In front of
a safe, which had been blown open, with
his tools in his pocket, a dark lantern
'n on* band and his other hand on the
valuables In the safe. The police drag"red
the burglar to the court room and
the judge said to the culprit:
" 'Well, what have you to say for
vourself?'
"The burglar said: 'Look, a-here,
.ludge, let's arbitrate this case.'
"The court records, the complaint of
the ex-attorney general of Ohio. Mr.
Monnett: the affidavit of the present
ooolofonf r\f fho nrocont a tfnrnPv cpn
eral of Ohio, Mr. Burnett: the court
records of the state of Oklahoma In the
^ralrle OH and Oas comnanv case, accuse
Mr Haskell, and not I.
"Mr. Haskpll has had manv years In
which to sup Mr. Monnett. If that genMnman
eommlttpd a l'hel In naming C.
V. Haskell as one of the men who attempted
to bribe him In the Standard
Oil case.
"Mr. Haskell's proposition to arbitrate
the matter now shows that he has
i <j?nsp of b"mor. even If he has not a
sense of bcnor.
"William Randolph Hearst."
MERE-MENTION.
The United States submarine boat
Octopus wf s last week operated at a
depth of 107 feet below the surface of
the bay at Newport, R. I. This Is the
record for actual operations under water
with a full crew aboard The
creditors of Daniel Sully, the cotton
operator, who failed about four years
ago, will only get about forty cents on
the dollar for their claims Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler of Dutchess county,
has been nominated by the Democratic
party for the governorship of
New York. Mr. Chanler is at present
lieutenant governor of the state The
government of Germany has suggested
to the government of Holland the calling
of another peace conference at The
Hague, probably next year, to consider
universal peace and "exchange regulations."
Since Its establishment In
1836, there have been more than 900,000
patents issued The first patent Issued
was for "an improvement In a box
for packing tobacco."... .The International
Tuberculosis congress will convene
In Washington on September 21.
Tuberculosis experts from all parts of
the world will be in attendance... .The
negroes of Cuba are forming a political
party of their own on color lines
and declare they will have a candidate
for every office from president down,
in the November elections Thos.
A. Edison says that within five years
airships carrying passengers will cross
the Atlantic ocean in eighteen hours, a
speed of 200 miles an hour being necessary
to do this A terrific storm
with the wind blowing more than sixty
miles an hour, struck Galveston,
Tex., Thursday. The streets were
flooded to a depth of more than four
feet The health authorities of Pennsylvania
are wrestling with what
threatens to be a state-wide epidemic
of smallpox Invitations have been
sent out from New York to all parts of
the country' to participate in the second
international congress of the unemployed
to be held in that city on
September 25, and continue for one
week Hans Knudshen, a Danish
electrical engineer, has invented and
perfected a wireless telegraph typewriter.
The writing on one machine operates
another machine at a distant point
by means of sound waves the same as
is employed In wireless telegraphy....
Adolph H. Newburg, one of the attorneys
of Abe Ruef, the San Francisco
grafter, was last week arrested on a
charge of attempting to bribe a prospective
juror in the trial of Ruef
Wall Street brokers are offering odds
of five to one that Governor Hughes
will be elected to the governorship of
New York A. F. Bonelli, an absconding
banker of Cleveland, O., wanted
for the embezzlement of $30,000
some months ago, was last week returned
to that city, having been captured
in Brazil An official census
of Chicago, completed last week, gives
the population of that city as 1,924,060,
an increase in four years of 209,916....
Forty men were overcome by poisonous
gases and smoke in a fire which destroyed
the plant of the Swift Packing
company at St. Joseph, Mo., Thursday
night In special elections held in
Indiana last week to fill vacancies in ;
the legislature, the Democratic party
maae very large gams as eumpaieu
with the Republican vote of two years
ago. In one district a Republican majority
was cut down from 3,000 to 236....
Jim James, the negro who was the
cause of the race riots in Springfield,
111., a month ago, because he killed
Clergy A. Ballard, was convicted Friday,
and sentenced to death... .Harold
S. Bope, a son of a wealthy Pittsburg i
man, was arrested in that city Friday
with Frank L. Steen and F. S. Haugh,
charged with a gigantic land swindling <
scheme which the trio was working in I
Texas Charles W. Morse, head of
the National Bank of Norti America
and the New Amsterdam National
Bank of New York, both of which were
closed In the October panic 01! last year,
has succeeded in recovering his ground ?"
to such an extent that Moise will be
able to pay all depositors In full and
have something left for the stockholders.
Morse's efforts to regain his former
financial position are regarded as
wonderful... .Vast areas of the state
of Pennsylvania are being devastated
by forest fires. But little rain has fallen
in the sections where the fires are
burning, In several weeks... .Including
the death of Lieutenant S? lfridge on
Thursday last, there have only been
four fatal accidents to experimenters
with "heavler-than-air" flying machines.
A number of others have been
more or less injured The American
fleet left Albany, Australia, Friday afternoon
for Manila, a distance of about
3,600 miles Up to noon Saturday
twenty-four hours showed 395 new
cases of cholera in St. Petersburg, with
a total since the beirinninir of the epi
a bad sprain of the ankle. As a
result of the accident, he was not able
to do any riding for several days and
is still using crutches.
Mr. John Polk, who was reported in
this correspondence a few weeks ago
as having lost a fine cow with Texas
fever, has since that time lost three
more cows from the same cause.
Mrs. M. A. Strait had the misfortune
to lose a valuable mule last week.
Mr. Bufort McKnlght and his sister.
Miss Irene, formerly of Sharon, but
who made their home the past year
with Mr. and Mrs. S. E. McFadden of
this Dlace, left Wednesday of last week
for Greenville. Texas, where they will
make their home.
The Bethesda school has opened for
fV*/* cfloolnn wlfh \famlA "RvrH
of Laurens county.. In charge.
The time for sowing fall oats Is about
it hand and If weather conditions are
favorable, there will be a good acreage
sown In this section.
While it Is a fact that the cotton
crop of this section Is much shorter
than was expected, the com croD Is
better than It looted to he before fodder
milling was commenced.
BULLOCK'S CREEK MATTERS.
Correspondence of the Yorkrllle Enauirer.
Bullock's Creek. September 21.?
Farmers are very busy picking cotton,
they are complaining of the crop being
very short.
The young people of this community
have gone to their respective colleges:
Miss Minnie Ratchford to Winthrop:
Messrs. Willie Ratchford to Davidson,
Fay Good to Wofford, and Luther Lathem
to Clinton, and Miss Lillian Klrkpatrlck
to Bethany.
Mrs. S. R. McAliley has been sick
for several weeks, but is better.
Miss Ora Bankhead. who has had typhoid
fever. Is able to be up again.
Communion services will be held at
Bullock's Creek on next Sunday, September
27. Preparatory services beginning
on Thursday at 11 o'clock.
Rev. C. G. Brown Is to do the preaching.
? Columbia special of September 17,
to the News and Courier: The gathering
of the executive committee of the
State Farmers' Union and county presidents
concluded its session this afternoon.
The following information was
given out from the meeting, which was
held behind closed doors. From reports
from each of the twenty-five
counties represented at the meeting the
present crop was estimated at from 58J
to 59 per cent of normal, which means
that the state will produce about 800,000
bales this fall. Encouraging reports
were heard from the state's delegates
to the national convention at Fort
Worth. Definite steps were taken to
complete the organization of counties.
Marion will be organized next Monday
and Clarendon, Marlboro, Calhoun and
Aiken counties will fall into line soon
after. Secretary F. H. Weston or tne
Cotton associations, and President T. B.
Stackhouse, of the warehouse company,
addressed the meeting on the cotton
movement and the importance of
storing. A resolution was unanimously
adopted which requires all members of
the Union to sell not a bale until there
Is advance from the present prices.
The minimum is held secret. Steps
were taken to place the Farmers' Union
Sun on a firm financial footing with
$10,000 capital, and a well equipped
plant, the raising of stock being prorated
among the several county organizations.
The determination is to make
the Sun a strong agricultural paper,
second to none In the country, and to
this end arrangements were made for
various departments of the paper to be
pdlted by eminent agricultural specialists.
demic of 126 deaths. In the garrisons
Immediately around the Russian capital
more than 400 soldiers have been
stricken with the disease A strike
of cotton mill operatives involving
200.000 workers, is imminent In Manchester,
England, unless an tigreement
can be reached on a proposed cut of five
per cent in wages The total number
of Immigrants reaching the United
States during the month of August
was 27,782, as compared with 98,825 for
the same month a year ago The
secretary of the navy on Saturday gave
out contracts calling for the construction
of ten torpedo boats The
steamer Mauretania had a rough trip
on her last voyage which ended at New
York on Saturday. On Wednesday
while battling against a hes.vy storm
that had been run Into several hours
before, one of the propeller blades
snapped off with a shock that shook
the great ship from stem to stern,
buckling the planking of the decks and
frightening the passengers ln :o hysterics.
Immediately after the acoldeht the
vessel began to roll and for some little
time the outlook was anything but
pleasing to the officers and crew. She
finally righted herself and reached port
safely.
NOTES FROM OGDEN.
Everybody Down to Business?Plenty
of Ginneries?Mr. Percival 8ick?
Accident to Dr. Love?Personal and
Other Matters.
t!nrnuTOondeno? of tha Yorkville fcna lirar.
Ogden, September 21.?The farm is
indeed the scene of much activity these
days. To use a city expressio:i "everybody
is down to business,"' but we call
It work down here, and work it is,
The mowing machine can be heard In
every direction and many tons of peavine
and other kinds of hay are being
cut. The fodder crop has already been
gathered. Cotton Is opening so rapidly
that it Is impossible to keep up with
the picking. From 40 cents to 50 cents
is being paid for picking, but hands
are scarce and hard to get at any price.
It is the busy season such as we are
now In the midst of that the newspaper
full of fresh and interesting news, is
most appreciated in the rural districts
of the county. A perusal of the local
paper in the evenjng after a hard and
honest days' work is thoroughly enjoyed.
The people of this section are pretty
well supplied with ginneries, there being
one at Ogden station and four others
within a radius of five or six miles
of that place. Only one of these, the
one run by Mr. Bratton near Bethesda
church, being over three or four miles
away from the station. But notwithstanding
this, there will be an abundance
of cotton hauled to the gins at
Rock Hill from this section. This has
been done for some time, although there
have been four ginneries within reach
of this place for several years. The
people patronize the Rock Hill ginneries,
principally for the reason that they
get more conveniences and better accommodations
there than the average
country gin affords. And then the cotton
can be ginned and sold and the
seed disposed of in about the same
time it takes to have a bale ginned in
the countrv. Several of the ginneries
in this section, however, are buying
seed this fall.
Mr. W. S. Percival, one of the foremost
farmers of this section, has been
confined to his bed for nearly two
weeks with malarial fever and erysipelas,
starting from a boll on his leg.
He is now improving and was able to
be up Sunday. He had a very stubborn
attack of fever, his temperature
registering 103 and 103J several days,
and was reduced only by repeated ice
water 'baths. Dr. Wm. Love of McConnellsville,
who has been attending
Mr. Percival met with quite a painful
accident last Monday, while on his
wav to Mr. Percival's home. He stopped
at Mr. J. L. Williamson's and while
there, stepped on a small stone or
block of wood on the lawn, which turnout
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