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Scraps and #arts.?
New Orleans. September 22: Gov. ;
E. F. Noel of Mississippi, speaking of
the possible growth of night riding
in the cotton belt, said today that if
necessary he would call on the Federal
government for troops to stop
such raids. He would first use state
troops, Mr. Noel said, and finally seek
Federal aid to restrain lawlessness at
any cost. He added that he expected
night riding to stop without military
interference.
? Charlotte Observer; Thursday:
Mill men and others interested in the
cotton trade are still talking of the
threatening letter sent by unknown
parties to the manager of the Southern
Cotton Oil Ginnery at Shelby
last Saturday. The uppermost feature
in the public mind just at this
time is the question as to whether or
not the farmers of Cleveland county
had anything to do with the matter.
While there is small belief that they
did. an Observer man asked Mr. C. C.
Moore, former president or tne .\onn
Carolina division of the Southern Cotton
association, and one of the best
posted citizens in the state, as to what
he thought about it. Mr. Moore said
that he had met with and talked to
a great number of farmers within the
past several days and that every one
without exception had condemned the
Shelby affair without reservation.
Not one believed that the farmers of
Cleveland county had anything to do
with it and all expressed themselves
in favor of signing resolutions condemning
"night-riding."
? Washington. September 22: The
International Congress on Tuberculosis
opened today, with representatives
from practically all civilized countries
of the globe in attendance. The congress
will continue for three weeks and
much good is expected to result from
the campaign of education that will be
carried on. News comes from the naval
hospital at New Fort Lyon, Col.,
that the use of mercury in the treatment
of cases of this dread disease has
proved so successful that the medical
officers are almost positive it is a cure
for the "white plague" in all its many
forms. This news comes from Medical
Inspector C. T. Hibbett, of the navy,
who. in transmitting a paper by Surgeon
B. L. Wright on the treatment of
tuberculosis by mercury at the naval
hospital says: "We are almost convinced
that mercury judiciously used
is a specific in the treatment of tuberculosis
in all of its forms. It should
be borne in mind that some of the <
cases therein reported were, at the time
that mercury treatment was commenced.
apparently at death's door and
there can be no doubt that their lives
were saved."
? Toulon. France. September 22:
During gunnery drill today one of
the big turret guns on the French
armored cruiser LaTouche Treville
exploded with terrific violence, completely
wrecking the after turret and
killing outright the entire gun crew
of thirteen. A number of men were
seriously injured, some of them probably
fatally. The accident was similar
to that aboard the gunnery schoolship
Couronne off Les Saline d' Hyeres
August 12, last, when by the bursting
of the breech of the gun six men 1
were killed and eighteen injured, i
The drill today had been proceeding
for a considerable time, when without
warning the whole turret seemed to '
blow out. Dismembered bodies were 1
thrown in all directions and several ,
of them were hurled into the sea.
The spectacle was horrible, the dead
and wounded, with shattered arms
and legs, littering the decks. A call
to quarters was sounded and as ,
speedily as possible the wounded 1
were cared for. The gun that explod- '
ed was 7.6 inches bore, of which the
cruiser carried two. Happening so
soon after the accident on the Couronne
the explosion today has caused
a sensation in navau circles and
dnnhtlpss will lead to a rigid inves
tigation. The cruiser carries a complement
of 370 men.
? Lemans, France, September 22:
Owing to a high wind today Wilbur
Wright did not attempt a flight in his
aeroplane. He had intended trying
for the Aero club's $1,000 prize for
the longest sail within an irclosure.
Wright has almost recovered from
the depression that followed the receipt
of the news of the injury of his
brother, Orville, and the destruction
of the latter's machine. He said this
accident would make him more careful
to thoroughly examine every part of
his aeroplape before every flight.
Wright is today the lion of France and
of the worlcf He is receiving messages
of congratulation from all
over Europe and America, but Is
bearing his new honors with charac- ,
teristic modesty. "There was nothing
marvelous in the performance,"
Wright said to a group of enthusiastic
admirers. "The machine is built
on the right principles and as long
as it is properly manned, it has got
to fly. I could have stayed up another
hour or until the petroleum was
exhausted but it was getting dark
and I thought it best to come down.
I am glad for my sake that the flight
was such a success, but doubly glad
on account of Orville's accident.
Many persons thought that when my
brother met with his regrettable accident
last week that our machines
were failures, and that we had been
enabled to fly largely through good
luck. Well, I think they ought to be
convinced now that the aeroplane is
all that we have claimed for it, and
that the coming machine will be a
development along the lines that we
have laid down."
? St. Petersburg, September 23:
With the death rate mounting steadily
and the number of areas of infection
multiplying, the cholera situation
in St. Petersburg is growing worse
from day to day. Between noon Sunday
and noon Monday the municipal
hospitals reported 380 cases and 155
deaths, compared with 398 cases and
141 deaths in the preceding twentyfour
hours. The addition of the statistics
from the military and suburban
hospitals for this same period of time
uu-oiiori thp total to trulv formidable
proportions. There are thirty-four
cases of policemen alone in the SemJnoffsky
military hospitals. Dispatches
received from three provinces
report 488 new cases and 201
deaths in twenty-four hours. Efforts
of the police to stop the sale of liquor
and other measures to prevent spread
of the scourge have had virtually no
effect. The police summarily closed
several restaurants that had violated'
the order against the sale of spirits
and seized the stock of unlicensed
dealers, but there was little difficulty
in obtaining liquor in an illegal way.
The hospital situation has reached a
crisis.' The Obuchoff hospital, which
is in the centre of one of the worst
districts, is turning away patients
and the Kalinkin hospital, which was
opened September 18, already is full.
Two new hospitals will be opened immediately.
The government has given
the city the use of the dormitories in
the Technological Institute and two
military barracks for the housing of
patients with ordinary illnesses. This
will make more room for the cholera
cases. The situation is complicated
by the presence of many typhoid
fever cases.
? Washington, September 23: The
census bureau's report shows a total
of 4,575,438 running bales of "cotton
consumed in the United States during
the year ending August 31st last, compared
with 4,984,936 for 1907. The total
stocks on August 31st, 1908, were
1,233,628, of which 596,432 bales represent
manufacturers' stocks and 637,196
in the hands of other holders. The total
number of spindles was 27,845,531,
compared with 26.939.415 last year.
There were 27,399,896 spindles in 1908,
which consumed some cotton, and 445,635
were idle throughout the year.
The total present spindles are classilied
as 22,914,561 ring and 4.930,970 mule.
Of the total there were 10,093,960 active
spindles and 2,256,613 bales consumed
in what are known as the cotton growing
states, in which states there were
658.489 bales held on August 31st, of
which 118.188 were in manufacturers'
hands. The total number of cotton
consuming' spindles was 25,811,681 for
1906. The statistics of cotton taken,
consumed, and of stock are for all establishments
using raw cotton, including
cotton mills, woolen mills, hosiery
and knit goods establishments, those
engaged in the manufacture of mattresses
and the like; statistics of cotton
consuming spindles Include those which
consume cotton only during the year
and do not include those which consumed
cotton mixed with other fibres.
The totals of the table include 6,f?96
bales of foreign cotton in 1908, and 8,
665 in 1907 consumed by manufacturers
in the cotton growing- states and
100.866 bales in 1908, and 131.703 bales
in 1907 consumed by manufacturers in
all other states. The statistics of both
domestic and foreign cotton are in running
bales, gross weight. The full report.
distributing by states detailed
statistics and other data regarding the
cotton industry in this and other countries
will be ready for distribution the
latter part of October. The statistics
in this report for 1908 are preliminary
and subject to slight corrections in the
final report.
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YORKVILLE. S. C.i
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FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 25. Ii)08.
Mr. Hearst is making it appear that
it has all along been the custom of all
kinds of politicians to look to Standard
Oil for the sinews of war.
We are not right sure that there is
anything to those stories about "night
rider" threats to cotton gins. We are
inclined to think that the notices have
been posted merely as bluffs and by irresponsible
parties. Of course, we are
not so foolish as to suppose that there
are no people even in this county who
are ignorant enough and vicious enough
to think that this is the right way to
proceed under the circumstances. At
the same time, however, we are absolutely
sure that the vast majority
of the cotton raisers of this County
have too much intelligence to sanction
anything of this kind. In the first place,
they know that no good has ever come
from the attempt of one man to infringe
on the natural rights of another
man, and in the second place they
stand for the law for the sake of the
law. We are not looking for any serious
attempt at night riding in this
county. If there is such an attempt,
we think the cotton producers will be
first to rise up and put it down.
We beg leave to call the especial attention
of our readers to the "Appeal
to Democrats" published in another
column. The Democratic national
committee is in need of funds. There
is no reason to doubt that if it would
appeal to the trusts and promise to take
care of them, it would get all the money
it wanted. But it can take care of
the trusts only at the expense of the
people and it does not want to win
that way. However, the committee
needs money to win. That money must
be subscribed, if at all. by the people.
It is to be used against the trusts for
the people. The people of this country
are all Democrats. rne vow m mc
state is absolutely certain for Democracy.
The only other thing our people
can do to win is to subscribe their
money. Many have already subscribed:
but the aggregate amount they
have sent forward is but a pittance.
They now have an opportunity to show
their faith by their works. The Enquirer
will take pleasure in acknowledging
and forwarding such sums as
may be received. There is urgent need
that subscriptions go forward at once.
We think it high time for the people
of South Carolina to demand such
changes in the election laws as will
make the exhibition of a registration
certificate and evidence of having paid
all past due taxes, a requisite to voting
in the primary election. In this state
the so-called primary is the real election.
and under the rules of the party,
there are virtually no restrictions to
voting. Any white man who gets his
name on a club roll five days before an
election, whether it be put there by
him or by some one else for him. has a
right to vote. It does not stand to reason
that the man who is here today
and somewhere else tomorrow, with no
fixed place of ahode, no property inter
est, present or prospective, can be as
deeply interested in the welfare of the
country as the man who is permanently
located and who bears all the duties,
burdens and responsibilities of citizenship.
The constitutional provision, that
a man cannot be entitled to a registration
certificate until he has been a
resident of the state for two years and
a resident of the county in which he
desires to vote for one year, is right
and proper, and the general assembly
should see to it that this provision is
not subverted by party rules. The
people are becoming more and more
impatient at this condition of affairs
with each succeeding election, and it
is time that the matter was receiving
the most careful consideration.
That Mr. Bryan's chances of election
to the presidency of the United States
m lIK* iMJvniiuer ciei:uuii? nave tusn;
improved within the past month, there
isn't a shadow of doubt. He has not
only gained adherents and admirers in
all parts of the country by his own
acts and speeches, but many have come
out in his support because of circumstances
that Mr. Bryan has had little
to do with. That the Republican party
is alarmed at the way things are going,
is plainly shown by the frantic appeals
that President Roosevelt is making to
the people of the country, regardless
of party affiliations, to rally to the
support of Mr. Taft. Mr. Roosevelt is
rapidly working himself up to a frenzy.
The Union League, the leading
Republican party organization of Pennsylvania.
is making most strenuous appeals
to the partisans of that state to
rally to the support of the national
executive committee by contributing
campaign funds to help Mr. Taft along.
The league is expecting to raise the
modest sum of $900,000, to be largely
used in doubtful states. Chairman Andrews
of the Pennsylvania state Re-J
publican committee, is plastering that
state with circular letters in which he
tells a story to the effect that Mr. Bryan.
while a member of congress in 1893,
characterized the laboring men as
"public beggars," in this way trying to
check Mr, Bryan's growing popularity
with the laboring class. As another
evidence of Republican hysteria, it is
announced that Mr. Roosevelt will
make a number of speeches in behalf
of Mr. Taft kn a number of the more
or less doubtful states of the middle
west. A month ago the president "had
decided not to take an active part in
the campaign." In Ohio the Republican
leaders are badly worried over the situation,
where a rather unique condition
prevails. Heretofore. Ohio has been regarded
as a sure Republican state, but
this year things look different at this
time. A leading Republican of that
state is quoted as saying on Monday:
"The trend is all for Bryan now. Our
campaign managers have let things
drift along without doing anything,
while the Democrats have been at work,
until there is a strong tide of sentiment
for Bryan." A story sent out from Cincinnati
is to the effect that Senator
Foraker believes that h^ is down and
out politically, although he will try to
be re-elected to the senate, but that in
the event of his failure that he will
throw all of his influence to the election
of John R. McLain. Democrat, rather
than see the senatorship go to some
other Republican. In other states it is
much the same. The Republican party
has been taking much for granted; relying
on what has been. The depression
in business is also working in the interest
of Mr. Bryan, hundreds of thousands'of
voters figuring it out that the
Republican party was in control when
the panic came, they are in power yet
and the depression is still here, and they
nrtrnf. that the election of Mr. Bryan
can certainly not make matters any
worse, and so it goes. But it is six
weeks until the election and millions of
votes can be made and unmade before
election day settles the question. The
present controversy between Mr. Roose1
velt, Mr. Bryan and Mr. Haskell over
Standard Oil affiliations is likely to
have tremendous effect, one way or the
other.
What Is the Truth?
Although it does not take a good
deal of foresight to see that the fast
and furious events of the present campaign
are pregnant with past and future
significance, the pace is a little
too rapid for intelligent, present comprehension.
As we see it, however, there is no
reason why the American people should
get excited. On the contrary they want
to be as calm and self-possessed as
possible. The only thing that they are
really concerned in is getting at the
truth, and this, if they allow themselves
to become unduly excited, they
will miss.
The charges of Mr. Hearst against
Messrs. Foraker and Haskell came in
the nature of a bombshell and at the
first explosion it looked as if one was
hit about as hard as the other, wun
the rising of the smoke, however, it
appeared that only Foraker had been
knocked out. There was nothing
against Haskell but an qnsupported
charge.
Foraker went down ? and out. For
that no credit attaches either to him
or his party. Unless he can prove his
innocence there is no further hope for
him. Had there been any tangible
proof against Haskell, he would have
been taken out of the game just as
suddenly and just as effectively.
The evident purpose of the statement
given out by the president, was
to try to recover for his party some of
the ground that had been lost through
Hearst's demolition of Foraker, and it
looked like he would be successful in
this. He. no doubt, would have been
successful except for Mr. Bryan's telegram.
in which the Democratic leader
said exactly the right thing at the
right time.
Because of his high position, if for
no other reason, the presumption is
that the president of the United States
would not even intimate charges that
he could not sustain absolutely, and
upon the. appearance of his letter in reply
to Mr. Bryan Jt looked as if Mr.
Haskell had been sent to join Mr. For- [
aker. But within a few hours afterward.
it developed that Mr. Haskell is
also quite able to take care of himself,
and so far as the record goes up to
this time, he seems to stand absolutely
unscathed.
How it will all come out, we cannot
predict with certainty; but we hope the
truth will be established, let it help or
hurt who it will. If Haskell is guilty
of dishonest affiliation with Standard
Oil, or of trying to evade the truth, we
hope the facts will be shown, and If
Mr. Roosevelt is grxiilty of having made
false accusations, we hope also that he
will get what is coming to him. The
maintenance of the truth is of more
importance to the nation than the triumph
of either Mr. Bryan or Mr. Taft,
or the ascendency of either the Republican
or Democratic party,
McLAURIN IN IT TOO.
W. R. Hearst Implicates Former Senator
With Standard Oil.
At the New York state convention of
the Independence party in New York
city last night. W. R. Hearst turned
loose another batch of letters connecting
various Democrats and Republican
senators with the Standard Oil company.
There were some more shots at
Treasurer Haskell of the national
Democratic executive committee; but
the greatest interest of South Carolinians
attaches to letters between John
D. Archbold and former Senator John
L. McDaurin. These letters are as follows.
"26 Broadway, Dec. 12, 1901.
"My Dear Senator: I have your kind
favor of yesterday. We have, of course,
noted your recent disagreeable experience
with T. with the utmost interest.
Think you have done just right in not
being goaded by him into doing a
foolish thing.
"I am greatly Interested in the suggestion
of the law practice and will see
to it that it is kept in mind, with the
hope that something may develop in
which I can be of service to you in
connection therewith.
"With kindest regards, I am.
"Very truly yours,
"John D. Archbold."
"Hon. John I.. McDaurin, Senate Chamber.
Washington, D. C."
"United States Senate.
"Bennettsville. S. C.. May 29. 1902.
"Dear Mr. Archbold: I have pushed
my fights so vigorously that they have
called on Tillman. I met him at Gaffney
and beat him at his own game.
"I called his bluff and now the fight
is for two seats in the senate Instead
of one. I can beat Tillman if properly
1 TllPPP jg Tlfl
time to lose, however. I enclose my
account of both meetings for your information.
With kindest regards, I
am. "Yours sincerely,
"John L.. McLaurin."
"26 Broadway. April 21. 1903.
"Mr. Frederick L. Eldrldge. First Vice
President. Knickerbocker Trust Company.
66 Broadway, City.
"Dear Mr. Eldridge: It gives me
great pleasure to introduce to you
hereby. Senator J. L. McLaurin of
South Carolina, who desires to discuss
with you some business questions of
mutual Interest. I can not speak in
too high terms of Senator McLaurin,
for whom I bespeak your most kindly
consideration.
"Very truly yours.
" John D. Archbold."
The Columbia State called Mr. McLaurin
up by long distance telephone
at his home at Bennettsvllle shortly after
1 o'clock this morning. He stated
that was sprung upon him so suddenly,
and just aroused from sleep, he had no
recollection of the letters dated at Bennettsville.
The letter of introduction to
Mr. Eldridge of the Knickerbocker
Trust company, he said, was procured
with reference to the making of certain
financial arrangements in connection
with the Birmingham and Brunswick
Railroad company, of which he was
president at the time.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Campbell & Jackson, Clover?Want
you to pay up at once if you owe
them on account.
National Union Bank?Tells a few
things about bank checks and their
use, that are not as well known as
they should be.
J. L. Williams & Co.?Gives a list of
good things in cloth that they are
selling at 5 cents a yard. Special
values in shoes.
First National Bank?Wants you to remember
ihat its certificates of deposit
are just as safe as are bonds, and
that they draw 4 per cent interest.
J. C. Wilborn?Makes offerings of several
tracts of land located in various
parts of the county. Four pieces of
town property.
Miss Rosa Lindsay?Invites you to
come and let her make your photograph
today, bring the children
tflt W \fAt1
Star Drug- store?Tells why Its soda
fountain is so popular?pure milk,
delicious ice cream, etc. It is in
business for your health.
Thomson Co.?Calls special attention
to dress goods and silks, of which
it is showing a large and varied line.
York Supply Co.?Can supply you with
galvanized iron roofing, V-crimped
in assorted lengths, also sticks for
same. A few bushels of Appier and
R. R. P. seed oats.
Loan and Savings Bank?Insists that
making a start Is the important thing
about building up a savings account.
It wants your savings deposits.
Strauss-Smith Co.?Talks about hats
and caps for men and boys. A
word about shoes for men, women
&nd children.
YorkvMlle Hardware Co.?Is showing a
big variety of coal grates and advises
you to have yours placed while the
weather is warm. Coal stoves, heaters,
etc.
I. W. Johnson?Has a full assortment
of cereals, baking powders, cakes and
crackers and three kinds of Heinz's
vinegars.
Yorkville B. & M. Co.?Thanks the
ladies for the success of their suit
and cloak opening yesterday. Many
orders were taken.
York Drug Store?Tells you about remedies
for chills, of which it sells several.
Y. D. S. chill pills and India
cholagogue are especially recommended.
J. Q. Wray, The Leader?Tomorrowopens
a special sale of which he 'ntends
to close out all goods in his
clothing department. Other store
news of Interest.
It is pretty generally conceded that
the people are more intelligent and better
informed than they have ever been
and that they are more independent of
the politicians. Of course, it is not to
be denied that the politician still exerts
a powerful influence over a large
proportion of the population, but that
influence is certainly waning.
COMPLIMENT TO OLD GEORGE.'
It is not to be supposed that a Yorkville
dealer in meat and fancy groceries
could draw trade from away up in Vermont;
but at the same time to have a
Yorkville advertisement reproduced in
a daily newspaper at such a distance
purely on account of its ingenious originality,
is a" distinct compliment to th5
writer. From the "Wit and Epigram '
column of the Rutland, Vt., Daily Herald
of Tuesday, September 22, we clip
the following:
"A Poetical Butcher."
"Don't Beat the Butcher. When
you want the best beef in town, phone
Sherrer's market. We deliver the
meats free, but some of you seem to
think the Beef is free also, from the
way ?ou let your bills stand. Some
folks in town are satisfied if ycu feed
their families free, but there are others
that keep boarders and want me to
furnish stuff free to feed them on.
Ain't that the limit? Drink Cracker
Jack Coffee, it keeps down all domestic
troubles and makes you want to pay
your debts. Sold by Old George at the
Market.
How do you expect me to get grub
rr* ^ ?"* /InwAn t V> rno tlmou a /IciV
I U 1CCU cX UV?C11 i?n vv ?
If nobody works, but Old George
And he not get any pay?
Yours to serve, Old George, The
Butcher.?Advertisement in the Yorkville,
S. C., Enquirer."
"THE LATE PRIMARY ELECTION."
This communication published in the
last issue of the Fort Mill Times, under
the heading "The Late Primary
Election," is not altogether without a
certain interest:
Editor The Times:
Now, that the political cyclone has
blown over, I have been surveying the
situation for the last few weeks.
After making some calculations, I
have come to the conclusion that York
county has become tired of newspapers
trying to run politics. For instance,
J. A. Tate and W. H. Stewart were
the only candidates who dared "cuss
out" The Enquirer and, look at the result,
they came in with a whoop, notwithstanding
the bad weather on the
25th, when on account of bad weather
these gentlemen lost hundreds of votes.
Take the Fort Mill box alone, and there
were something like one hundred votes
that did not come, all for Tate and
Stewart. This will serve as a pretty
good guide two years hence.
We see that our friend Billie Wlndle
is still doing business for the county.
He was in Yorkville with his boxes of
the second primary and it seemed that
about nine-tenths of the good people
of that city weie glad to see him and
shake his hand with congratulations.
It was a great pity some of these editors
were not there to see with their
own eyes. It seems they have had all
the rope they wanted. You know it
is said if you want to kill a dog, just
give him all the rope he wants and he
will hang himself. It seems that the
Rock Hill Recoid man. we don't know
his name, but will call him Swazzlegod.
did not need so much, for he broke his
neck the first leap.
Oh, well. South Carolinians don't care
much for these northerners, anyway.
Reformer.
Gold Hill. Sept. 21. 1908.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Margaret McCorkle, spent
Thursday in Gastonia.
Miss Agalice Le Sassier of New Orleans.
is visiting Mrs. W. B. McCaw.
Miss Emma Kennedy left this week
for Hardeeville. to resume her school
work.
Mrs. O. D. Anderson and ehtldren
are visiting her mother, Mrs. Williams,
in Columbia.
Mrs. John B. Bowen and son, of
Spartanburg, are guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Thos. p. Moore.
Mr. R. G. Ratchford of Yorkville No.
3. is spending a few days with Mr. R.
S. McConnell at the Catawba dam.
Messrs. B. P. Brrron and Howard
White, left Wednesday afternoon for
the Medical College of Charleston.
Miss Kate Padgett of Oastonia, has
taken a position with the Yorkville B.
& M. Co.. in its millinery department.
Mrs. D. E. Jackson of Yorkville R.
F. D. No. 6, left Thursday morning on
a visit to her son, Mr. W. W. Jackson,
at Shelby, N. C.
Miss Rita Beard left Wednesday afternoon
to enter Columbia college. She
was accompanied to Columbia by her
mother. Mrs. E. B. Beard.
Columbia State: Miss Anna Steele
McCaw of Yorkville, is making a visit
of a few weeks to her aunt, Mrs. J.
P. Knox, on Richland street.
Miss Mary Ashe returned to Yorkville
Thursday morning from Brevard,
N. C., where she has been spending
the summer with Miss Nan Clark.
Mrs. J. K. Reinhardt and Mrs. Zora
Harold of Forest City, N. C.. and Miss
May Smythe of Fort Mill, are at Mr.
J C. Burge's on account of his illness.
Charlotte Observer. Thursday: Mrs.
J. M. Youngblood, wife of Sergeant
Youngblood, of the city police service,
is ill at her former home in York county,
S. C.
Rock Hill Record: Miss Maggie
Shannon of Yorkville, was in the city
today on her return home after spending
some time with Rev. W. A. Hafner
and family at Fort Mill.
.Rock Hill Record: Mr. John Shurley,
who for some time past, has been
filling a position at the York Drug
Store, in Yorkville, has acepted a position
with the National Union Bank
of this city, and# has entered upon his
new duties.
The following York county students
have matriculated In the Presbyterian
College of South Carolina at Clinton,
which commenced its year's work last
Wednesday: Giles H. Adams, Bowling
Green; Dan G. Crawford, McConnellsville;
John M. and William S.
Fewell, T. Oliver Flowers, R. M. Massey,
David McFadden, T. L. Thompson,
Rock Hill; Carl B. Plexico, Sharon; W.
L. Latham, Bullock's Creek; Grover C.
Thompson, Clover.
Charlotte Chronicle: In the presence
of a few intimate friends, Miss Frances
S. McLain and Mr. A. Query Neely
were united in marriage last night at
7 o'clock at the First Presbyterian
church manse by Rev. Dr. W. M. Kincaid.
Immediately after the ceremony
the young couple left for New York
and other points north, where they
will spend their honeymoon. Upon
their return they will make their home
in Charlotjte. Mrs. Neely is originally
from York county, South Carolina, but
has made her home in this city for the
past four years. Mr. Neely holds a
responsible position with J. W. Wadsworth's
Sons company. Both are deservedly
popular.
THE SAME OVER HERE.
Possum and taters! The crisp air
of the late afternoon, says the Anderson
Daily Mail, and the early morning
has sprung a new flame in the
hearts of some of the citizens of the
city and county. The 'possum dogs
are howling about the yards, itching
for the frost to fall and the Simmons
to get ripe so that the chase
can be begun.
In, Anderson county there are any
number of people with whom the
sport of 'possum hunting is surpassed
by nothing. Many of these love it just
for the sport it affords, but there are
tU/in/x too ii>l> a t Kin 1/ thorn la n n hot.
. U1U9C, I.KJKJ, V> III/ l it 111 rv 10 nu
ter dish than the ham of a 'possum,
well cooked and circled with a row
of juicy, yellow yam potatoes.
The time for hunting the 'possum
will open with October, but it will
be late in November before the animals
are in the pink of condition for
the table. The 'simmons and black
haws will then be ripe, and it will be
'ittle trouble to find the 'possum in
plenty in the woods no great distance
trom the city.
A character that will herald the
coming of the 'possum and 'tater season
with more delight, possibly, than
any other, is the old time darkey.
It has always been his favorite sport
I and he can sit down now and tell
yarns about the capture of big 'uns
that will make your hair raise. He
is almost all gone now, and the few
of the good, old ante-bellum negroes
that remain will take up little active
interest in the 'possum hunts of 1908
and 1909.
He will sit about the house and listen
to the trailing of the dogs and
tell Aunt Mandy over and over again
the stories of the chases in days when
he was young.
SPECULATIVE MARKET.
The fluctuations in the speculative
cotton market yesterday, are summarized
in a New York dispatch of last
night as follows:
The cotton market was nervous and
irregular today, the main feature being
the strength of October contracts
which seemed to reflect the approach
of notice day. The close was steady
net 4 points higher to 5 points lower.
Sales were estimated at 125,000 bales.
The market opened steady at an advance
of 2 to 4 points in response to
the higher English spot market and
rains in Texas. Trading was very quiet
at the start and following the favorable
western belt forecast the market
eased off to a net decline of 3 to 5
points under realizing and local pressure,
but soon rallied again on covering
by October shorts and rumors that
considerable sales had been made from
the local stock. The advance carried
October up to $.08, or 14 points net
higher, but the later months barely
reached the initial figures owing to
lessened apprehensions regarding the
weather and in the late trading, the list
eased off under profit taking by early
buyers and the absence of continued
support from bullish sources. Private
cables from Liverpool reported no
change in the labor situation and no
apparent efforts toward a settlement.
Detailed weather reports from Texas
in,iirafiwi nn iinnortnnf nreciDltation
except at a couple of points, but there
is still some uneasiness over a low area
northwest of the belt. There are rumors
that fully 6,000 bales have recently
been sold from the local stock to New
England mills.
Receipts at the ports today 43,377
bales against 36,269 last week and*32,495
last year. For the week 270,000 bales
against 213,882 last week and 221,312
last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans
3.822 bales against 2,132 last year,
and at Houston 11,507 bales against 8,873
last year.
MAKE IT AT HOME.
Mr. C. A. Carroll, a well known farmer
of the Beth-Shiloh neighborhood,
who is commonly conceded by those
who know him, to be a man with an
unusually level head, dropped into The
Enquirer office a few days ago for a
brief chat and said some things that
are worth thinking about.
"I'll never put any more fertilizer
under corn," he said, "because it does
not pay. I have tried it and I know.
This year I fertilized my corn both
ways. Where I had fertilized at planting
time, the corn went right on up.
The rains struck it about the time
it should have commenced to ear, and
instead of earing, the stalk continued
to grow. In the case of corn that was
planted without fertilizer and not fertilized
until it got above knee high, the
fertilizer took effect just at earing
time. The stalk did not grow quite so
large; but I made more corn. I am
satisfied along this line now.
"Then I'll tell you another thing,"
continued Mr. Carroll, "and that Is
about this cotton question. No man
can afford to raise cotton at any reasonable
price except as a surplus. You
can't ?do it at 25 cents a pound. It is
all pkht to hold cotton off the market,
and to market it gradually to make
them pay you a fair price; but that is
not the remedy to the situation. Every
individual farmer has got to cut down
his cotton acreage and manage so as
to make his cotton as clear profit. You
need not tell me It cannot be done. It
can be done, and that is the only way
any farmer can hope to come out
ahead.
"Of course, I know that there are
plenty of people who will argue otherwise;
but I am not afraid to tell you
that there is actually more clear mnn
ey in raising1 cattle than in raising cotton.
The biggest item of expense in
cattle raising is sowing rye about now.
You can pasture it from the middle of
December to the last of January, and
during the next spring and summer you
can get two cuttings off of it. "Fou
have very little cost, except in buying
the seed and putting them in the
ground.
"Yes, sir. there is more money raising
cattle than there is raising cotton,
and I am just sure of this fact, that if
we do not at once go down to rotation
of our crops, we are going to get back
where we were a few years ago. It
seems to me that with such a lesson as
we have had. nobody should need to be
reminded of it, so soon. But you
know how it was. Most of the people
of this country had broke themselves
raising cotton and lands went down to
$."> and $<> an acre. People quit raising
cotton, because they had to, and after
a while things began to get better.
Now that we see the same old condition
returning, we should quit raising
cotton, except as a surplus and at once
get down to a diversification of crops."
TICK EXTERMINATION.
Dr. E. M. Nlghbert, of the United
States bureau of animal Industry, who
has charge of the work of tick eradication
in this and several adjoining
counties, was in Yorkvllle last Wednesday,
having just returned from
Washington where he has been in attendance
on a meeting of the InterState
Livestock Sanitary board.
Discussing the proceedings of the
board with The Enquirer, Dr. Nlghbert
said that much consideration was
given to the subject of tick eradication,
and it was the concensus of opinion
and experience that this is the
most important work that the government
has ever engaged in for the de|
velopment of the cattle industry in all |
sections. Members of the board spoke
of a number of problenis that are giving
trouble: but all were agreed on
the far-reaching Importance of the
work and the excellent progress that
is being made.
Dr. Nighbert had some verv nice
things to say about York county. He
has been engaged in the work of tick
eradication for a great many years,
and his duties have taken him into
many different states. That he should
run upon all kinds of people and conditions
is natural. In some places, his
work meets with intelligent appreciation,
and in others he meets with lots
of stubborn ignorance and selfishness.
For instance he has had the owners of
tick infested cattle to say that they did
not want the ticks removed. They
would insist that they did not want to
move the. cattle anywhere, and it was
not the government's business whether
they had ticks or not. When it was
pointed out to them that their unreasonable
position was a hardship on
other people who desired the eradication
of ticks, so as to secure the removal
of'the quarantine, it seemed to
give them pleasure rather than otherwise.
"But I am frank to tell you," declared
Dr. Nlghbert, "that I do not believe
I have ever run upon a more intelligent
people than you have in York
county. It is certainly the banner
county that we have struck in this
state, and that is saying a good deal. I
have found the people here generally
willing to meet us more than half way,
and anxious to do whatever seems to
be necessary to get rid of ticks. Quite
a large number of them began, work
early in the summer and have been
looking carefully after their cattle ever
since. Those who have kept their cat
lie iree or hcks Derore ana since oeptember
1, and who will keep them free
until cold weather sets in, may have
the satisfaction of knowing that there
will be no further danger of Infection
next spring, and shortly thereafter their
premises will be officially released from
quarantine. Those who have allowed
their cattle to carry ticks up to this
time, will have to continue under supervision
next season.
"Of course, as I have already said,
there is no disposition or desire on the
part of the quarantine officers to work
unnecessary hardship on anybody.
Where people undertake to Ignore the
ouarantine regulations and refuse to
try to get rid of ticks, our people cannot
extend consideration. But in the
case of peonle who are really trying to
?et rid of the ticks bv using the oil
emulsion and taking other proper precautions.
we are glad to give them permits
to move cattle when desired."
Dr. Nlghbert said that as to how
'ong this county will be kept under
quarantine, depends * altogether upon
the people. Tf everybody gets down to
work and the cattle are looked after
thoroughly, the quarantine can continue
but a short time.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The Tavora Cotton mill resumed
work last Monday.
? The Gentry Bros., shows are to be
in Yorkville on Tuesday, October 6.
? The sewer contractors have finished
the heaviest part of the work and
are working on some of the ragged
i ? a_ l.i xt? mu
encis Deioi^e taxing up ine outlets. tiie
ditching machine was at work on
King's Mountain street near the K. M.
M. A building Wednesday and yesterday
it worked up a few hundred 'feet
on West Liberty street. As matters
now look, the jail is not to be provided
for, unless the county comes in with
some help,
? The rolling of cotton wagons along
the otherwise quiet streets is a feature
of the early morning hours these days.
The wagons are on their way to the
ginnery of the Victor Cotton Oil company.
Some come the night before and
remain all night; but most of them
come during the morning hours, between
3 and 11. A representative of
The Enquirer went to the ginnery yesterday
morning and at 6 o'clock there
were no less than twenty-five wagons
in the waiting line. He was Informed
that as many as thirty-four wagons
have been counted at one time and
some days the output of the ginnery is
in the neighborhood of ninety bales.
Much of the cotton is being sold as
rapidly as it is ginned; but a good deal
of it goes back home to wait for better
prices.
? The Enquirer had almost decided
not to say anything about the telephone
franchise matter. It has contented itself
heretofore with merely recording
developments, and because of conditions
as they exist in the town was inclined
to continue in the pursuance of
that policy. But if we do not say something
now, we will not have the satisfaction
a few months hence of saying,
"we told you so." That the mayor is
for granting a franchise to the Piedmont
company is very well understood.
Just how the balance of the council
stands we have made no effort to ascertain.
Each member, no doubt, has
his own views, and there is absolutely
no reason to question the honesty of
these views. To The Enquirer, however,
the situation looks so plain that
it seems to have but one side. If there
was no telephone system in Yorkville,
and there was no local enterprise or
capital ready to supply one. we can
readily . understand why inducements
should be offered to outsiders in the
way of franchise and even exemption
from taxation, if necessary. But Yorkville
had a system that was founded
and built up squarely on the merits of
the business. The Piedmont company
bought this system knowing exactly
4 t A- tttnn n * V> /\ * I 0 r\ f t Vi n nut*.
WIlilL 11 ? a L IIIC IIIUC ?/i HIV f/u? chase.
The town, therefore, owes nothing
to the Piedmont company, and the
Piedmont company has no especial
right to ask anything of the town. To
be sure there was a liftle peculiarity
in the status of the Piedmont company's
plant, in that most of the poles
and wires were located on and over private
property instead of on and over
public property, and this Is not exactly
what a corporation would like to have.
Here, very likely, is the real cause of
the present agitation. In its position
of "tenant at will" the telephone company
necessarily has to be very kind
and considerate of its indulgent landlords
as well as of its subscribers,
landlords and subscribers are in a position
to give a good deal of inconvenience
if they want to. In all these
vears. however, we have heard of very
little friction, and so long as the telephone
company continues to behave itself,
there is no probability that there
will be any serious friction. But if the
telephone company could get off of private
property on to public property, it
would be in a position to assume a very
different attitude toward its patrons,
and it is not Improbable that some day
that attitude might be assumed. At
least, that has been the history of similar
situations. As matters now stand,
the telephone people are easily getting
value received for all the service they
render their subscribers or the community.
and what right it has to ask or
why the town should give it the franchise
it wants, is a proposition that we
do not understand.
LOCAL LACONICS.
We Will Send The Enquirer
From this date to January 1st. 1909,
for 04 cents.
Farmers' Union Rally.
The Farmers' Union rally that was
to have been held in Yorkville in the
summer, will be held on Friday, October
2. President B. Harris is to be
one of the speakers of the occasion and
still other speakers are expected. The
members of the Union desire a large
attendance of farmers generally, from
all parts of the county.
The Broad River Flood.
Mr. W. E. Good, who lives in Bullock's
Creek township within a short
distance of Broad 'river, was in Yorkville
Wednesday, and in conversation
with the reporter gave the information
that the stage of the water in Broad
river at Lockhart during the recent
freshet was just IS Inches below the
stage reached in the Pacolet flood of
five years ago. There is a levee Just
above the town of Lockhart for the
purpose of guarding it against overflows,
and that is where the measurement
was made. Mr. Good is not certain
whether the river was higher during
the recent flood than on the occasion
of the flood of 1865; but is quite
sure that if it was not higher than
the flood of 1865, it was the highest he
has ever known. He has been living
on the river all of his life, more than
fifty years. As the result of this last
flood he lost about 500 bushels of corn.
Death of Mr. William Caldwell.
Mr. William Caldwell, whose critical
illness with paralysis at his home at
King's Creek, was mentioned last
Tuesday, died Wednesday night at
about 12 o'clock, and was buried at
Beersheba yesterday, the funeral service
being conducted by Rev. H. J.
Mills. Mr. Caldwell was close to 70
years of age, and during his long and
useful life, has been known as one of
the most solid and substantial citizens
of his neighborhood. He was twice
married and is survived by a widow
and ten children. The surviving children
of the first wife are Mr. Hugh
PfllHu'olt nrttv in Tavoa \f r TomPfl
Caldwell, at home; Mr. Thomas Caldwell,
of Yorkvllle: Mr. Edward Caldwell,
with the Southern railway, and
Miss Mattle Caldwell of Yorkvllle. The
children of the second wife are Frank,
Margaret, I^ena, Harry and Herbert,
all at home. There was a large attendance
at the funeral yesterday.
Rock Hill High School Controversy.
Rock Hill special of September 23,
to the Columbia State: Two good sites
have been offered to the board of directors
of the Rock Hill school district
for the building of a high school. Both
of these have been made by liberal
and public spirited citizens w,ho offer
to turn over absolutely free of cost the
ground offered. Mr. Thos. L. Johnson,
representing his mother, Mrs. Dorcas
A. Johnson, was the first and he gave
the choice of two locations of one acre
and a half either on Moore or Hampton
streets. The second proposition is from
Mrs. Hattle I. White and her two sops,
Herman and Jennings, who offer to
donate one and four-fifths acres north
of the old Three Cs railroad and on
the corner of Academy and Pendleton
streets. The latter site is near the
famous old Pine Grove academy, where
so manv of the younger generation of
Rock Hill's business men and leading
citizens received their early education.
The matter of the sale of the present
high school property being still in the
courts, it Is probable that the school
hno r*r1 trill /I ol o \r Uo ooflon 11 tits*
vw?Mi if hi ucia ? i ccj av, iiun uiiui niu
muddle Is cleared.
Had Been Dead a Week.
The dead body of a white man, afterward
identified as Eli Rogers, was
found on the lands of Mr. Z. T. Batles
near Pineville last Wednesday morning,
and an inquest was held by Magistrate
John W. McElhaney of Fort
Mill. The body was discovered because
of the presence of a flock of buzzards
that had gathered at the spot, and the
investigation developed that the man
had been dead for some days, possibly
a week. Identification was established
by Joe Rogers, white, who knew the
dead man well. It seems that the de,
ceased was a former citizen of Union
county, N. C., and was about 32 years
of age. Some Jen years ago he killed
a negro, and after that, about seven
years ago, he killed a white girl who
had refused to many him. It had been
known for a long time that he was
subject to fits of insanity, and after
the last crime he was sent to the asylum
for criminal insane at Raleigh.
He escaped from the asylum last June
and has since been wandering about
more or less aimlessly. He had been
seen in the neighborhood in which his
dead body was found about a week
before; but it is not certain what his
object was unless he was trying to locate
Doc Garrison, who once worked
for his mother. The cause of his death
was not definitely established; but
there is- no reason to suspect foul play,
as there were several dollars in his
pocket.
MERE-MENTION.
Chas. B. Roberts, the Baltimore
society man, who was seriously shot
on the Boardwalk at Atlantic City,
X. J., several weeks ago by a highwayman,
while riding In a rolling
chair with a lady friend, has so far
recovered as to be able to return to
his home For the cities on the
west coast of South America to receive
the full benefits to be derived
from the building of the Panama canal
when completed, they will have
to expend about $60,000,000 in harbor
improvements Fifty-eight
new cases and nineteen deaths from
cholera are reported for the twentyfour
hours ended at 8 o'clock Monday
morning, in the city of Manila. From
8 o'clock Monday to 2 o'clock of the
same day, 25 new cases were reported.
The plague is spreading rapidly
Wm. H. Burletson of Parma, Mich.,
was c&ptured on his way to the railroad
station as he was leaving town
with a satchel containing securities
valued at $21,000, which he had taken
from a Pittsford bank of which he
was controller.. .Mrs. Howard Gould,
of New York, who is suing her husband
for divorce, Is also asking for
$120,000 a year alimony and $15,000
counsel fees The unpaid
and overdue taxes due the city of New
York on December 1, 1907, amounted
to $90,545,054 The Rev. Lena
Mason, a negro evangelist of Kentucky,
collected $14,780 as the result
of a month's revival Just closed,
which she held in Philadelphia
Bill Hatfield has been arrested in
Grayson county, Tex., on a charge
of murdering six persons at San Jose,
Cal., twelve years ago Rev. J.
H. Moore, pastor of the Christian
churcti at Taylorstown, Pa., was requested
by female members of his
congregation, to resign because he
made ugly allusions to powder puffs.
The women talked right out in meeting
and the pastor complied with the
request Chelsea, Mass., was
visited by another disastrous fire
Monday and property valued at $300000
was destroyed. An acre of wooden
buildings was destroyed
Five persons were killed and twenty
were seriously injured at Moita,
Spain, Monday, by a herd of twenty-two
bulls breaking from the arena
and stampeding a crowd gathered for
the bull fights James Kimball,
head of the insurance department of
the du Pont Powder company, is on
trial at Wilmington, Del., on a charge
of embezzling $2,400 Dr. Charles
Bushnell, an aged man, known as a
malpractitioner, pleaded guilty in the
Federal court at Philadelphia on Monday,
to a charge of using the malls
In futherance of his illegal traffic.
Sheriff W. W. Beard of Clay
county, Ga., was shot to death by a
negro" whom he was trying to arrest
at Fort Gaines early Tuesday morning.
The negro was later captured
after being fatally shot A fire
which originated in a large department
store Sunday in Paris, destroyed
ortft nnn wnrlh nf tirnnertv hpfore
it was finally brought under control
early Monday morning. Business was
paralyzed in the city as a result of
the fire Forest fires have destroyed
the towns of Gagen and
Woodboro, Wis., and 4,000 men, women
and children are homeless as
the result. Other towns are in danger
of destruction Four hundred
cotton mills of the Manchester,
England, district, closed Monday, because
of the failure of 130,000 operatives
to agree to a wage reduction of
five per cent. The shut down may
result in 1,200.000 operatives being
thrown out of work Rev. W.
toitchie, pastor of the Methodist
church at Charlottesville, Ind., has
disappeared, and with him a young
woman 20 years of age, and nearly
$2,000 belonging to the church.
Ritchie's wife has received a letter
from him stating that he and his "affinity"
have left for parts unknown.
Andrew Lighfoot, a negro inmate
of the government insane asylum
at Washington, believed to be
harmless, suddenly became violent
and killed two other inmates and
broke the arm of a third. He escaped
and was captured after a long
chase in which he was shot in the leg.
A negro was almost kicked to
death by an ostrich at Mineola, L. I.,
Monday. Of the ostrich the pegro
said, "That ain't no chicken, that
there's a two-laiged mule." Gov.
Hanly of Indiana, has called an extra
session of the state legis'ature, and
hopes to secure the passage of a local
option liquor law "Bill" Maccabee,
a "powder monkey" on the old
ship Constitution in 1814, celebrated
his 105th birthday at Philadelphia
on Monday.
SOUTHERN MILLS RESUMING.
Manufacturing Situation In the South
Looks Better.
Gentlemen prominently identified
with the yarn mills in this section are
of the opinion that conditions among
the mills are improving rapidly and
will continue to do so. A large mill
in this section has Just received an order
for 200 20s two-ply warps at 17c,
but decline, because they did not care
to take any but small orders. This is
considered as an indication of the improvement,
for two weeks ago only 16c
was offered and there were few offers
at that figure. It is said that there is
a number of commission men in the
south buying for months ahead all the
goods they can secure at present prices.
The correspondent of the Journal of
Commerce has endeavored to gather
together as complete a report as possible
on southern mills that have resumed
operations during this month.
Here is the report on the mills heard
from to date:
With the confirmation of the sale of
the Eugenia & Clark Manufacturing
company of Jonesboro, N. C., this week,
it is very likely these mills will begin
operation at an eany date. Night ana
day work has been resumed at the
Franklin Mill of Concord, N. C. After
a two weeks' shutdown the Randleman
Hosiery mills of Randleman, N. C., has
just resumed operations.
High water caused a short suspension
of operations at the Caroleen mills
of Caroleen, N. C., recently, but now the
mills are running. The Elizabeth City
Hosiery mills of Elizabeth City, N. C.,
recently resumed operations and propose
to continue full time. Since last
January these mills have only been
making about half time and during the
summer they have been running on
short time. At McColl, S. C., the Iceman
mills have recently resumed work
after a long period of enforced Idleness.
A report from Columbus, Ga., states
that during the past few days the knitting
mills of that place have been forced
to run half the night In order to
keep up with increasing orders. Overtime
work will have to be kept up
throughout September and perhaps x
longer. Additional laborers have been
employed to keep up with the brisk
business.
It was feared that the break In the
canal at Augusta. Ga., during the recent
floods In the south would compel
the suspension of operations at the
mills of John P. King Manufacturipg
company, at Augusta, but It Is now
announced that the mills will be able
to resume operations by October 8th.
The mills at Mount Holly, N. C., the
Wood lawn and Nlms mills are now on
full tlmn Vlirhf nrArlr ?-o a nn
* uii uiiiv. iiigiii num nao own vtu u
at these mills a few days ago. The
Mount Holly mill, which closed down
recently for one week for want of cotton,
is ready to start up on full time.
After a shutdown of about four weeks
the Paulding County Cotton mill of .
Dallas, Tex., is said to have started
up again on full time. The Columbia
mills of Columbia, S. C., hope to be
able to have repairs for damage from
the recent floods made at an early
date. A dispatch from Glendale, S. C.,
states that the mill at that place has
resumed operations on full time. After
running half force for some time,
the Spartan mills* of Spartanburg, S.
C., have started up work with full
force. As noted some days ago, the
Chadwick-Hoskins string of five mills
of Charlotte, as well as the Crawley
Towel mills and the Magnolia Yarn
mills, are now running full time. After
a shutdown of two weeks Mill No.
,3 of Lindale, Ga., has recently resumed
operations. All the mills of Lindale
are said to be running full time
now.
The Barnesville Manufacturing company's
woolen mills at Barnesville. W.
Va.. which have been idle since last
April on account of a lack of orders,
are now running full time. After a
shutdown of six months the Manchester
Manufacturing company of Macon,
Ga., started up on the 14th. During
the suspension everything was put In
shln-shaoe for continued operations,
without lnterruptloh. The Head-Lipscomb
Manufacturing company of Bristol.
Tenn., recently organized, hopes to
begin work by October 1st.
Among the other mills which have
recently started up operations after a
total or partial suspension are the fol1
rwn?In rr 1? 1/^a?vi mill Do rnooi'lllo f*lo
started 15th: Lancaster Cdtton mills.
Lancaster. S. C., 73,000 spindles: Langlev
mill. Langlev, S. C.: Warrenvllle
mills. Wgrrenville. S. C.: Victor and
Appalacho mills. Greers. S. C.: Monaghan
mills. Greenville, S. C.; OlymDia,
Granbv. Richland and Capital City
mills. Columbia. S. C.; Burlington Cotton
mills, Griffln, Ga.: Chinabee Cotton
mill, Talladega. Ala. The above
Is not a complete list, but it Is sufficient
to show there has been unmistakable
improvement.?Charlotte special
to New York Journal of Commerce.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Union, September 22: Late today
County Supervisor Betenbaugh, acting
on a petition presented to him some
time ago. ordered an election to lie
held in this county on the question
of dispensary or no dispensary on
Tuesday, Oct. 27.
? Mr. Matthew F. Tlghe, formerly in
charge of the Columbia bureau of the
News and Courier; but now a Washington
representative of the Hearst
system of newspapers, is in this state
in the interest of the Independence
party organization. He Is: arranging
to get men to agree to permit their
names to be put on the ticket for presidential
electors.
? Greenville News: Master in equity
Gray made a ruling cf considerable
general interest in his court yesterday.
The case of Fowler against
Kilgore was being tried, when a witness,
Mr. Burdett, of Simpsonville*
was called for the plaintiff. Immediately
upon his being sworn, Mr.
Burdett enquired of the master
whether he could be compelled to
testify before his per diem and mileage
had been paid. After argument
by Mr. Shuman for the plaintiff, the
master held that the wi:ness could
not be compelled to testily until his
pay had been arranged. The witness
insisted and the plaintiff declined to
pay, so under the master's ruling he
was excused and went on his way.
? Spartanburg, September 24: Southern
railway southbound passenger train
No. 41 from Charlotte to Seneca, ran
into an open switch one mile and a half
south of Welford, a station twelve miles
south of this city, tonight about 8.45
and Engineer W. J. Fonville of Greenville,
and his colored fireman were
killed. The baggagemaster had a leg
broken. None of the passengers suffered
more than being badly shaken
up. The engine and tender turned
completely over. Dr. Earl of Greenville.
rushed to the scene in an automobile
and rendered aid to the injured
baggagemaster. A wreckin? crew left
here at midnight. Traffic will be block
ed for several hours. It Is believed by
officials of the road that the switch was
thrown by some miscreant.
? The following clipping from the
Union Progress gives further details
of a happening that was talked about
considerably a few days ago, and
shows how the blind tigers adopt
some clever devices to bring in their
stock. An accidental wreck of a
freight car on Thursday at Carlisle
revealed what many persons believe
to be a way that is used to get a lot
of liquor that is sold illicitly in this
city. It seems that the other day a
car was derailed and wrecked near
the switch just east of Carlisle, and
there were exposed several barrels or
cases of liquor, four of which are said
to have been addressed to ?he CIovot
club, the destination of this liquor being
Delta, S. C., which is in the southern
part of this county. When the
wreck had been cleared, the liquor
cases, except a little given to those
helping to remove the debris, was put
on a car and sent on to Delta. As
there happened to be no Clover club
here, that organization having been
/I * wl *\r\ timn o (T.t 11 till nthpr
llimmilUCU OUIIIC 11IIIC UP)</, t4.nu VV4IVI
clubs having been raided for storing
and selling lic|Uor, it appears that the
use of the name was but for the purpose
of getting the stuff to Delta,
from whence it would be hauled to
Union by wagon or other conveyance.
This is not the first time, it is said,
that liquor has been shipped In this
manner. Indeed, the authorities here
have on several occasions been notified
by telephone or telegraph. from
junctional points that booze was being
consigned to parties here, and in this
way they have been able to keep track
of it, and It is probable that even a
closer watch will be kept in the future.
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