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Scraps and /acts.
? Atlanta. Ga.. September 29: "The
cotton crop of Georgia will be the
shortest in years." said Commissioner
of Agriculture Hudson today. "A
conservative estimate of the total
yield is 1.300.000 bales against 2100,000
bales last year." According
to CorAmissioner Hudson's statement
the decrease for the year will be S00000
bales.
? Kansas City, Mo.. September 29:
A special to the Times from Guthrie,
Okla. says: Governor C. X. Haskell
is preparing vto bring suit against
William R. Hearst because of the latter's
charges concerning Governor
Haskell's alleged connection with an
attempt to bribe Frank S. Monnett
for the Standard Oil company. The
suit will be brought in Missouri, probably
at Kansas City. H. C. Simrall,
of Mexico, Mo. is here as attorney
for Governor Haskc 11, preparing the
petition.
? Chicago, September 30. Concealing
himself in the vault of the office
of W. D. Allen Manufacturing company,
a thief yesterday stole $700.
after committing a murderous
assault on Henry Gibbes. the superintendent.
The robber struck Gibbes
on the head with a revolver when he
open the door of the vault to get the
money, which was part of the payroll.
Thrusting the superintendent
into the vault and making him a
prisoner by turning the combination
knob, the robber leaped toward the
door. The way was blocked by the
company's stenographer and bookkeeper.
"If you raise a hand to stop
me I'll kill you both." the robber
said as he leveled a revolver. Springing
over the railing the robber, who
was masked, reach the door before
Miss Walters or Gallager could attract
the attention of a large force
of employers, who were within hearing
distance. He ran to North street
where it is thought a horse and buggywere
waiting for him.
? Washington, September 30: President
Roosevelt will not reply to the
latest letter of William J. Bryan, given
out by him last night at Rock Island,
111. Secretary Loeb stated today
that the president felt that inasmuch
as Mr. Bryan's letter was simply an
attack upon him personally, there
was no reason why he should answer
it. Secretary Loeb today also made
the statement that President Roosevelt
had no intention at present of
making a tour in behalf of the Republican
candidate for president.
Many invitations had been received
by the president. Mr. Loeb said, but
Mr. Roosevelt never has stated that
he would take the stump. When
asked whether, if the situation took
such a turn that the president might
consider that making a speaking tour
would materially aid the Republican
cause, the president in that event
would take the stump. Mr. Loeb replied
that he might or might not do
so, and added that no one could tell
what the future would bring forth.
? New Haven, Conn., September 29:
President Hadley of Yale, on Sunday
delivered his annual address to the
student body at the beginning of the
university year. His text was "Seekest
Thou Great Things for Thyself?
Seek Them Not." He said in part:
"A man with whom ambition is the
dominant motive is liable to three
kinds of mistakes?mistakes of dishonesty.
mistakes of selfishness and
mistakes of judgment. His life may
be insincere; his life may be semsn.
It is the greatest merit of American
college life today that it values the
charlatan least when his advertising
signs are biggest, and has the least
mercy for the selfish schemer when
he has most obviously got ahead of
his fellowmen. The question whether
our friends win or lose any contest,
from a tennis match to a presidential
election may appear overwhelmingly
important at the moment, but the
ternnis match looks very small two
months hence, and within two generations
even the presidential election
sinks into comparative insignificance."
? Washington, September 29: That
5.000.000 people are now living in the
United States who are doomed to fill
consumptives' graves unless something
is done to prevent, was the
startling declaration of Prof. Irving
Fisher of Yale university in an address
on "The Cost of Tuberculosis"
before the International Congress on
Tuberculosis today. Prof. Fisher's address.
which "was the feature of the
day, created a sensation among the
hundreds who listened to his statements.
Prof. Fisher further declared
that 139.000 persons who die of consumption
annually in this country
cost in hard case more than $1,000,000,000
a year. The second division
of the International Congress on
Tuberculosis opened this morning.
The entire morning was devoted to
the work of section 1, with Dr. Wm.
H. Welch of Baltimore presiding.
Participating in the discussions, which
dealt principally with such phases of
tuberculosis as the channels of infection.
latent infection, predisposition
and heredity, were many distinguished
medical scientists from abroad.
? Lemans. France. September 30:
I^azare Welller a prominent French
financier and aeroplane promoter,
announced today that he had ordered
the construction of fifty aeroplanes
on the Wright model, as he was convinced
that the Wright brothers
would be able to carry out the contract
recently signed by Wilbur
Wright and himself as a syndicate
which specifies the payment to Mr.
Wright of $100,000 by the syndicate
on the accomplishment of certain
conditions and the granting to the
syndicate of the sole right to construct
the Wright type of aeroplane
in France and the colonies. These
conditions require the American inventor
to make two flights of fifty
kilometres each in a moderate wind,
the machine to carry two passengers
or an equivalent weight, and sufficient
gasoline to allow a flight of 200
kilometres. Wilbur Wright has won
the Aero club prize of $10,000 for the
longest flight over an enclosed
ground, the time limit of which expired
at sunset tonight. His flight
of one hour, 7 minutes and 11 4-5
seconds, made September 28th, stands
unbeaten. The conditions of the
prize required that the flight should
be made before sunset which debar- [
red him from consideration in his other
record breaking flights.
? Hyderabad. India, September 30The
catastrophe that overwhelmed
Hyderabad, the capital of the Nizamas
dominions and left in its trail thousands
of dead, was one of the most
sudden and most appalling of many
visitations on India. In the Nizamas
dominions are many tanks or lakes,
the largest of which communicates with
the river Musi. Tremendous rains
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tauncu uic lanw IU mw ?.v
river, which in turn burst its banks.
A liood of water 60 feet high swept
down upon the city, carrying everything
before it and completely devastating
several quarters of the city.
Thousands of tons of water crashed in
a dense mass against the houses, burying
under the ruins the natives to a
number that cannot be estimated.
When the flood subsided a vast quagmire
of black mud. out of which arises
a poisonous stench, marked the spot
where thousands of people lived. Bands
of natives are now searching this pool
for the bodies of their relatives, and
the scenes are sickening. Many of the
bodies have been recovered and all of
them are badly mangled. Many more
are buried in the debris of masonry
and twisted iron. The flood actually
wiped out a district a mile long and
half a mile wide.
? New York. September 30: Important
work for the uplifting of the negroes
of the south will be actively
undertaken the first of next year by
the. Roman Catholic church by its
recently organized "Board for Mission
Work Among the Colored People"
of which the Rev. Father John
E. Burke is the director general. Tt
represents an effort to reach the negroes
through industrial education,
and the effort is boing made to found
institutions somewhat on the plan of
the schools conducted by Pooker T.
Washington and others. The work
is now in a formative, state, but it is
expected that missionaries and members
of various religious orders will
go to the south shortly, and that the
funds which the Rev. Father Burke
is collecting in novel ways and from
all classes of the community will be
sufficient to justify the beginning of
several schools. Heretofore, much of
the educational work has been done
by Protestant bodies. Although
there are negro Catholics below Mason
and Dixon's line, the Methodists
and Haptist have been most aggressive
in making dark skinned converts.
The field is practically new to the
Catholics.
IThr \|orhville (Bnquirrv.
Rntered at the Postofflce in Yorkville
as Mall Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE. S. C.:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1908.
And Mr. Roosevelt has decided not
to reply to Mr. Bryan because Mr. Bryan's
last was so much in the nature of
a personal attack. That is pretty good.
But was not Mr. Roosevelt's first somewhat
in the nature of a personal attack?
While, of course, it is rarely the
case that a question is ever conclusively
settled in a newspaper controversy, j
the advantage remains almost invariably
with the man who is best able to
uphold the truth with facts. Mr. Bryan
has not been hurt in his controversy
with Mr. Roosevelt.
If the voters of the south will add
an average of about 10 cents each to
their votes, there is every reason to
hope for the election of Mr. Bryan to
the presidency. The principal thing
needed is money. It is true that Mr.
Bryan was defeated in 1896 and again
in 1900; but no one need take discouragement
from these circumstances.
Except for the split in the Democratic
party in 1896, Mr. Bryan would certainly
have been elected. Palmer and
Buckner got only a small per cent of
the Democratic votes that were cast
against Bryan that year. In 1900, Bryan
was handicapped by the defeat of
1896 and also by the fact that prosperity
had again begun to smile on the
land. But now the Republicans are
badly split in almost every Republican
state, and the Democrats are working
together more harmoniously than they
have worked at any time previously
since the war. A great many good
Democrats were honestly opposed to
the nomination of Bryan. They thought
that John Johnson was the man; but
practically every one of these is following
the lead of John Johnson in working
for Bryan and Bryan himself is
making a campaign that no other living
man would be able to make. It
certainly looks like Bryan is going to
win. If the voters of the south will
only come along with their dollars,
they will make Democratic victory certain.
What a Lazy Man Did.
The Carolina Spartan gives an interesting
epitome of a speech delivered
in Spartanburg not long ago by Mr. C.
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t'. Aioore, presiuem ui uic v/viwu ^
sociation of North Carolina.
Mr. Moore told about the laziest
man in his state.
He was a cotton farmer.
He believed in cotton and planted
little else.
He kept getting poorer and poorer.
The cotton crop got lighter and
lighter.
Instead of making both ends meet at
the end of the year, he had no ends
to bring together and no means to fasten
them.
His children had scanty clothes.
There were no books and papers and
no time to go to school.
As he got poorer he got lazier and
he soon got so lazy that he quit planting
cotton and tried home supplies.
Mr. Moore said that he visited him
at his home and took dinner with him,
several vears after he quit cotton.
Strange to say this lazy man had a
well furnished house, neatly dressed
children, an elegant dining room and
a dinner that was not to be forgotten,
nearly all of which was produced on
the farm.
After dinner he walked out to the
barn and there he saw more signs of
the man's laziness.
He had a splendid barn and fine
stock but he was actually too lazy to
open the doors of the stalls and water
his animals.
He had a watering fountain in every
stall.
All he had to do was to turn a spigot
when the fountain was empty.
He was too lazy to throw hay and
fodder from the loft and distribute it
in the stalls.
He made a sort of funnel out of
strong fencing wire in a corner of every
stall and the lazy fellow would
chuck in a hundred or more pounds of
hay and the horse could cat as long
as it lasted.
None would be wasted.
When he raised nothing but cotton,
he would slip off to the creek Saturday
I afternoon and wash tne ausi ana an t
off and dry on the bank. He had only
a few towels then.
But he had become entirely too lazy
to' go to the creek to wash.
He just walked into a bath room and
turned on hot or cold water as he desired
and got into a porcelain tub.
He then had two towels to dry his
body intead of none as in the old cotton
days.
The lazy fellow had also put water
in the kitchen so that wife and daughters
did not have to go to the well, or
throw waste water out of the window.
He was a very lazy man indeed and
wished to save steps and to take all
the burdens off his wife and daughters.
He was too lazy to teach his children,
so he supplied them with books
and magazines and sent his daughters
to a college in Charlotte and his boys
t<? other schools and colleges.
Such is the sketch of Mr. Moore's
laziest man.
How many such lazy men have we
in South Carolina? Would it not be
well, the Spartan asks, if they could
be counted by the hundreds in every
county?
HASKELL BACK AT PRESIDENT.
Oklahoma Governor Raises Strong
Presumption In His Favor.
Gov. Charles X. Haskell, formerly
treasurer of the Democratic national
committee has given out a long letter
to President Roosevelt, repeating his
published defense to the charges made
against him. The letter in part is as
follows:
"The serious character of your
charge against me should have suggested
to you that you as'chief executive
should proceed with deliberation
and certainty before making such
hearsay statements as your own declarations.
"Your attack upon me finally rested
on my conduct toward the Prairie Oil
<S: Gas company, in this state. I have
said that you were responsible for
granting a franchise before statehood,
thereby creating vested rights. You
seek to evade the issue and create
wrong impressions. You said the interior
department had no power, except
where crossing an Indian reservation.
You would have your readers
believe that Indian Territory was then
conducting its own government and
that only parts of the same were Indian
reservation.
"Mr. Roosevelt, you know it is not
true; you know all the land was Indian
land without county, township or
territorial government. What halo of
integrity surrounded you last week,
like the mist, has faded away and the
interior department holds the record
which convicts you.
"You granted the franchise at the
solicitation of Senator Depew, and a
few days thereafter received $260,000 in
cash for your campaign fund.
"You charged me with having attempted
to bribe the attorney general
of Ohio. That vas presumably nine
years ago. Y have abandoned that
position C'hai'eo P. Taft said through
his paper that no evidence was ever
produced that would convict me of the
charge.
"In touching on the State University
question you pretended to quote from
the Outlook Magazine, but how dishonestly
you enlarged on the magazine
article. That article charged me with
substituting Democratic for Republican
professors for political purposes. I
have shown that statement to be false,
but I charge you with trying to enlarge
on that magazine article and give
the world the impression that we were
improperly using the money appropriated
to conduct that institution.
"Your charge that I vetoed a child
labor law you have not apologized for,
notwithstanding you know that I did
it with the approval of union labor and
that our state constitution, which you
said was 'so bad your opinion of it
would not look well in print,' contains
more detail and child labor legislation
than all you have recommended to the
I\ew rorK legisiaiuie us gwveniui ui
to the congress of the United States
as president, and that I had approved
fourteen acts of our legislature passed
at the solicitation of union labor.
"You said in your first statement that
I had suits brought against me to recover
title to Creek Indian land. I
overwhelmed you on that statement.
Adopting your usual policy, you flee
from that statement without just apology
and adopt the statement now that (
it was government townsite lots that
you charged me with being sued for.
Yes, I believe I am a defendant as to
certain government townsite lots in
one of nearly 11,000 suits that you have
had brought against as many different
honorable and highminded citizens of
this state during this presidential campaign.
and you will not undertake to
deny that petty politics for the purpose
of Republicanizing about 20,000 Indian
voters was your sole motive for having
those suits brought: and I charge you
with knowing that there has been no
delay in these cases, except thai :casioned
by the court's deliberations, taken
by himself as time he deemed necessary
to consider whether or not there
is any merit in the petition filed by ,
your attorney.
"You say that on that land question
vou will see that I get a hearing in
court. Yes. sir, I will come to your
hearing. Call to" your assistance all
the power that your high office commands.
present cases in any form you
like. I am ready to meet it and before
its conclusion the people of America
will be disgusted that they ever
elected you president of the United
States."
NOTES FROM OGDEN.
Progress of Farm Work?No Damage
From October Frost?Plenty of
Lintless Cotton?Personal Mention.
Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enauirei.
Ogden, October 1.?With the exception
of a big rain on Saturday, September
5th, there had been four weeks of
uninterrupted operations on the farm
up to last Saturday night, so far as
weather conditions were concerned, and
a great deal was accomplished during
those four weeks. Over 50 per cent of
the cotton crop has been picked and
an abundant forage crop harvested. ,
The work of cutting peavine' for forage
is still in progress. There is an ;
abundance of fodder in the country
that was not pulled for the reason that ,
there was so much late planted corn, ,
and when the weather cleared up the ,
last of August, cotton and fodder both
came on at the same time and hands (
could hardly be induced at all to pull
fodder when they could get cotton to ,
pick at from 40 to 50 cents per hundred.
As cotton picking progresses everybody
is being more firmly convinced |
that the shortage in the crop has not :
been over-estimated. Farmers on the
red ridge lands report that the crop is
practically all open now as there is no '
top crop at all. Cotton usually grows |
late and puts on a good top crop in ;
this low Blackjack section, which does ]
not open until late In the fall, but such
Is not the case this year. The gin- 1
neries have been getting about all they
could do the past two or three weeks,
but the rush will not last long this
year.
Several good farmers of this section
say they will sow more grain and peas
and plant less cotton next year than
ever before. Peavine hay when baled,
sells readily at 75 cents and $1 per
hundred, therefore an acre of cotton
land sowed in peas will yield good ;
returns besides the improvement to
the land.
The October weeds have been in
bloom for a week or more, the fruit i
on the cocklebur weeds is about matured
and all kinds of vegetation is (
rapidly maturing, all of which indicates
early frost, according to the local
weather prophets. No one is uneasy,
however, as there is scarcely anything
that frost would hurt even at this
date, everything being in such an advanced
state of maturity.
We have some of the lintless cotton
mentioned in the last issue of The Enquirer
in this section. The lintless (
bolls, however, are not confined to the
tops 01 siuiKS. i\o goou uuns ai an
are found on a stalk of this kind, and
when the bolls open there is just barely
enough lint in them to keep the
seed, which are black and perfectly
smooth, from dropping out. There is
some of this lintless variety of cotton
seen every year, but not so much as
there is this year.
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. McFadden, of this
place, are a little anxious about their
son. Ernest, about 19 years of age, who
left home on the night of September
19th, and has not been heard from yet.
When he went away, young McFadden
told his parents that he was going to
call on a friend of his in the community
and would return by the next day,
which was Sunday. He did not return
however, and on going to his
room the next night, his parents found
that he had taken all his clothing and
personal effects with him. They are
of the opinion that he has gone either
to Norfolk. Va.. where he has a friend,
or to Greenville, Texas, where an uncle
and aunt of his recently went from
this place, and they are expecting to
hear from him every day. Young McFadden
was a member of and quite an
active worker in the Antioch Sunday
school and was considered a model
young man in his community. He, of
course, had no cause to leave home as
he did and it is believed that he did
so only because he feared that his parents
would not consent for him to go
so far away from home if he mentioned
the matter to them. There is no
suspicion of foul play and both the
young man's parents and his friends,
believe he will soon be heard from.
The bulk of the forage crop that has
been cut the past two weeks is still
in the fields, the most of it put up in
small stacks and it is hoped that the
weather will continue nice until it
can be hauled up.
Mr. W. S. Percival has about recovered
from his attack of malarial
fever and erysipelas, although he came
very near having a relapse on account
of getting out too soon.
Dr. W. M. Love of McConnellsville,
who sprained his ankle so badly a
few weeks ago, was in this section
Monday and is still using crutches.
Strict educational Qualification.?There
is no question at all but
that there are some mighty serious defects
in the primary system now in
effect in South Carolina. The Record
has l>>ng contended that no man should
vote in the primary who is not a qualficd
elector?namely, one who can read
and write or who pays taxes on property
valued at $300. Indeed, we would
go further and say that it would be
better for the future of the state of
South Carolina if the property qualification
were eliminated and let the educational
qualification be the test of a
man's right to bp one of the electorate.
The man who cannot read or write, but
who happens to be possessed of a little
property, ordinarily has but a small
grasp on governmental affairs. Nine
times out of ten the illiterate man
knows little and cares less about who
should (ill office, and is not himself
capable of judging whether any particular
candidate is qualified for the office
he seeks. The man, in other words,
who cannot read the newspapers can
hardly be said to be a first-class citizen.?
Rock Hill Record.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Enquirer Office?Will pay reward for
return of two bills, $5 and $10, lost
on streets of Yorkville this morning.
Gentry Bros. ?Will exhibit their famous
dogs and ponies, elephants,
monkeys and acrobats at Yorkville
on October 6.
Royal Baking Powder Co.?Tells of
the absolute purity of Royal baking
powder. See fourth page.
Standard Oil Co.?Explains the advantages
and conveniences of a
first-class oil stove. See fourth
page.
Parish Hotel?Call and see a Steinway
piano that is for sale or rent.
J. McC. Moore. Yorkvllle Xo. 3.?Has
found a sum of mpney which owner
may have by proving property.
T. X. Dulin. Pres.r?Calls an important
meeting of Bethel Union for
Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Thos. W. Boyd. Supervisor?Gives notice
of letting of contract to build a
bridge near residence of P. B. McAfee
on October 8.
J. Q. Wray?Invites visitors to the
show next Tuesday to make his
store their headquarters. Closing
out prices on clothing.
Miss Rosa Lindsay?Suggests that
photographs of family members
increase in value with age. Get
yours now.
Bank of Hickory Grove?Reminds
you that one dollar starts an account
in its Savings department. It
wants you to make a start.
Sam M. Grist?Wants you to know
that when you make a purchase,
whether you get the best or not, it
is you that pays the freight. This
is especially true of life insurance.
Carroll Bros.?Are paying 22* cents a
bushel for cotton seed and want
what you have to sell. See them
about an Oliver turnplow.
York Drug Store?Is ready to supply
possum hunters with first-class lanterns,
extra globes, wicks, burners,
chewing and smoking tobacco and
pipes.
York Furniture Co.?Calls especial
attention to Cole's hot blast coal
stoves as the best, quickest, hottest,
most economical and convenient of
coal heaters. It has others.
First Xational Bank?Invites you to
do your banking business with it on
a business basis. Your funds will
be safe and it pays 4 per cent on
savings deposits.
T. W. Speck?Has a large stock of
lamps, Including all styles from a
cheap hand lamp to elegant parlor
and hall lamps. He wants you to
see them.
J. C. Wilborn?Offers the J. H. Xeely
home, near Clover, for sale. A bargain
for quick sale.
R. B. Davidson Co.?Says the Farrand
pianos and organs are far superior]
to the popular priced instruments
on the market. Edison phonograph
records?a new style.
T. W. Speck?Wants you to see him
for lamps. He has a large stock
in a big variety of styles and prices.
I. W. Johnson?Tells about the seasonable
edibles that he has for you.
He wants you to can ana see wimt
Thomson Co^Is, a^es'^cloaks ^and
c?oate stilS. They are handsomely
trimmed, well made and stylish.
All the gins in the county continue
busy; but it is generally conceded that
Sin a week or two more the rush j
"'it wilTnot be a bad investment for
the Democrats of this county to subscribe
to the national campaign fund.
No one need hurt himself. Fr?in \f\
15 Is a ptemy for each IndlvW^l. If
Mr. Bryan should win, and there is a
S ttrheVed^Jt g
with their shouting, but with their
"aiihounh we are inclined to think
that "guiltv of murder" would have
been the pfoper verdict In ?e
Williamson, the verdict of manslauBhdid
not believe the case that the de
fSSS, -r sfd"emof.ehe "d'efe'nU! 5? ?
diet would no doubt have been
guilty."
BRYAN CAMPAIGN FUND.
Dr. T. N. Dulln, Clover * 2 J?
R. R. Allison, Tirzah
BY THE PEOPLE ONLY.
A petition is being circulated in
Yorkville looking to securing an
amendment to the town charter so as
to provide that, hereafter franchises
may be granted only by the consent of
a majority of the qualified voters.
The proposition originated with the
citizens' committee having in charge
fhe telephone franchise now under
consideration, and its object is to provide
for the satisfactory settle men tof
this and similar situations that may
arT^VJceedlngs referred to are beIn
which towns may amend their
ChY^jrkville, like most other towns in
the state, exercises its municipal authority
under what to known as the
-General Incorporation Act which |
was framed with the idea of relieving
the general assembly of the trouble and
annoyance Incident to enacting specla
charters for each particular town in
the state. While all charters are necessarily
similar in many Important j
resnects, it was recognized that tnere
would be cases where towns d Jerire
to change some of the provisions
of any general law that might e enacted.
and to facllitate thls, it was
r.rnvifled that upon a petition signeu
by a majority of the freeholders the
ftwn council should ca I an e ectlon ln
which the qualified voters might pass
upon any specified amendment
The freeholders who sign the peti
Hon now being circulated, are asking
he tmvn council to call an election on
the question of amending the charter.
so that hereafter no fra?ch,*!Ji?aL*,e
granted until the people shall have
passed upon It in an eiection. If a
majoritv of the freeholders sign the peHtlon.
the council will at
election and if a majority of the voters
so indicate their desire, the charter will
he amended as described.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Kate Hunter of Yorkville, left
Wednesday for Winthrop.
Miss Bessie Gryder of Rock Hill, Is
visiting the family of Mr. J. C. Burg ,
near Yorkville.
M B. Jennings, Esq., of Yorkville.
left yesterday for Chase City, Va., on
tirofosslnriJil business
Mr. Philip W. Hunter of Yorkville,
left Wednesday morning for the Charleston
Medical college.
Mrs. Mason Ferguson has returned
to Yorkville. after spending several
davs with Mrs. J. J. Keller in Rock
Hill.
Mr. William Smith of Washington,
D. C., spent several days last week in
Yorkville, with the families of Messrs.
O. E. Wilkins and R. C. Allein.
Mrs. J. W. Retts and children, Mastor
Robert Walker and Miss Miriam,
returned today from a week's visit to
the family of Mr. R. S. McConnell at
Catawba dam.
Mrs. M. W. White and children, have
returned from a three months' trip to
the country, where they have been
boarding during the summer with Mrs.
Walter L. Jackson.
State Chairman Wilie Jones has appointed
Messrs. F. P. McCain. D. E.
Finhy and W. D. Grist to solicit subscriptions
from citizens of this county
for Democratic national campaign.
The following Yorkville delegates
are in attendance on the Ladies' Missionary
union, which Is holding its annual
meeting in Lowryville: Miss Rose
Lindsay, from the Asheville conference;
Miss Bessie Williams, from the
Miriams; Mrs. J. F. Thomson, from
the Ella C. Davidson society; Mrs. W.
H. Herndon. Mrs. S. W. Inman, Miss
Lesslie D. Witherspoon and Miss Maggie
Gist from the Willing Workers.
Rock Hill special to Columbia State;
Ira B. Dunlap, cashier of the National
I'nion bank: Dr. W. W. Fennel, one
of the city's leading surgeons, and J.
W. O'Neal, a wholesale grocer, are off
for a tour of the west. They will go as
far as Denver. While on the trip Dr.
Fennel will spend a time at the surgery
of the famous Mayo Brothers, and
Mr. Dunlap will visit his brother, Mr.
Bemie Dunlap, in East St Louis. He
will also attend the meeting in Denver,
of the American Bankers' association.
FINE KEIFER PEARS.
Mr. John W. Gladden of Bethesda
township, was in Yorkville yesterday,
and left at The Enquirer office a half
dozen Keifer pears, taken from his orchard
about four miles south of Guthriesville.
The pears weigh from a pound and
a quarter to a pound and three-quarters
each, and contrary to the general
reputation of the Keifer, are yellow,
smooth, ripe and delicious to eat.
"These pears," Mr. Gladden explained,
"are raised on a sandy soil. That
is why they are so smooth and yellow.
It also accbunts for their flavor. The
Keifer does not do so well in a red soil.
It is rougher, and does not mellow as
readily and does not have as good a
flavor."
Continuing, Mr. Gladden said he has
about five hundred Keifer pear trees.
They are from three to ten years old,
and while all of the trees are not well
fruited, the crop this year is pretty
satisfactory. Some of the trees have
about four or five bushels of pears on
them.
, Asked as to what he would do with
the product of his orchard, Mr. Gladden
said that he was having no trouble
to dispose of his pears at a dollar a
bushel right there in the neighborhood,
and he thought he could ship them at
even a better price. "My neighbor,
Mr. S. C. Wilson, started a man to
Rock Hill the other day with six or
seven bushels of pears, but he never
did get there. The people bought them
on the way."
Mr. Gladden says he was induced to
commence planting his orchard some
ten years ago, because of the difficulty
of getting satisfactory labor. He has
been very well satisfied with the result
so far and is expecting still better
returns later on.
FARMERS' UNION RALLY.
There were several hundred farmers
from different sections of York
county in Yorkvllle today on account
of the Farmers' Union rally
advertised to be held in the court
house, and although President Harris,
Secretary Reid and Mr. F. H. Weston,
who were among the invited speakers
failed to show up, the proceedings were
interesting and profitable.
The meeting was ealled to order by
Mr. J. Frank Ashe, president of the
York County Union, and opened with
prayer by Rev. W. B. Hurt, after
which Mr. Ashe introduced as the first
speaker. Mr. S. F. Parrott, of Columbia,
editor of the Farmers' Union Sun, the
organization in this state.
Though professing not to be a
speaker, Mr. Parrott made quite an interesting
and instructive talk on the
achievements of the Union and the
purposes it has in view. He urged upon
the non-union members In convincing
manner, the duty of affiliation and
co-operation, looking to the achievement
of the great ends in view, and
also presented the claims of his excellent
paper to the consideration of
inose wnu are mieresiea in agriculture.
He was liberally applauded.
The next speaker was C. E. Spencer,
Esq., president of the York County
Southern Cotton Association. Mr.
Spencer made a {food common sense
speech, urging the importance of living
at home, and telling how to do it. In
the course of his remarks, he took occasion
to describe the cotton association
as the forerunner that prepared the
way for the Farmers' Union, and while
he was satisfied that the Farmers' Union
is filling a field that is not to be
filled in any other way, he showed that
there is room and need for both organ'zatinns
and urged that both be maintained.
During his remarks, Mr. Spencer
provoked some enthusiastic applause.
After the adjournment of the public
meeting, President Ashe announced
that after dinner, the Union would hold
an executive meeting and when The
Enquirer went to press, this was in
progress.
THE MILLINERY OPENINGS.
The fall millinery openings at the
stores of the Thomson company and
the Yorkville Banking and Mercantile
company brought out a large majority
of the ladies of Yorkville last night,
and these attractions have continued
popular all day. Many Yorkville ladies,
who failed to get out last night, have
been availing themselves of the daylight
opportunity. Others who were
out last night have returned to note
the difference in daylight effects, and
with these there have been a number
of lady visitors from the country, who
are interested no less than their sisters
of the town in what the arbiters
of fashion have decreed will best harmonize
with their beauty during tbe
coming season.
Both the Yorkville B. & M. company
and the Thomson company made their
usual elaborate preparations for the
event. Their big stores were handsomely
decorated for the occasion,
with their prettiest and newest goods
all on display where they would soonest
attract the attention of the expert
critics for whom the show was arranged.
The show windows were, of course,
a striking feature and invariably compelled
a pause of the visitors on the
sidewalks outside before they entered
the stores. The Thomson company's
windows were so arranged as to give a
comprehensive glimpse of all the season's
attractions, and the Y. B. & M.
company's display was along the same
line, only it was set off with a section
of a regulation picket fence, showing
an open gate inside of which was a
column crowned by a tremendous creation
of the millinery art, typical of
the season's style. The Yorkville Banking
and Mercantile company gave out
as souvenirs preny lime wuaii uuuiiiia
that illustrate the "Merry Widow"
dance a la moving picture.
Anything like at attempt at detailed
description of all the hats on exhibition
would grow tiresome, even to the ladies
long before it could be completed;
but it will be interesting to note
that as usual, millinery this year is
fearfully and wonderfully made, and
is characterized by all the dash and
picturesqueness of the Directoire and
Empire periods. Huge shapes, many
of them flat as a mushroom, gorgeous
plumes, velvet streamers and neck
ruches of the same satin of which
the hat is made, stunning models of
the empire period, which are conspicuous
because moderate in size, are
some of the features of the season's
styles which first impress the observer.
While the majority of the hats
shown are especially well adapted to
the tall slender woman in that they
are very large and richly trimmed,
there is a greater variety in size than
is generally supposed, and before the
season waxes old a number of them
will be seen.
One of the most fashionable colors
is raspberry. Amethyst colors are
good, and canard green is a favorite.
Scarcely a big, fetching hat in the
colorful exhibits was built on other
lines than the flaring poke-bonnet
models and the modernized versions
called "mushroom." And frorrt the
brims, from the crowns, from almost
anywhere to which a streamer could
be attached, flowed the silky ribbons
which are destined to nestle quaintly
next winter under oval chins.
A black, rounded shape of velvet
and satin, with a groat cluster of scarlet
poppies wreathed about the crown,
was perched in the centre of the opening
display, and from a point just
back of milady's ears came two black
streamers for a bewitching bow.
For sterner uses, though none the
loss charming, was a soft French felt
of grayish taupe, surmounted by a
beaver crown of identical shade, made
in a wide almost Hat street hat for
tailored wear. At the base of its
crown was twisted a gold cloth fold,
into which was woven the soft, dull
colors of an eastern rug. Across the
crown were two slim feathers of dull
brown, upon which were embroidered
little scales of Irish grass green.
A big brown hat of velvet brim and
shirred satin crown was a general
favorite because of a bizarre orangeand-gold
bird of paradise which
flaunted it splendid length upon its
crown and over its brim. In the
breast of the bird and through its
flaming plumage were all the rare
I tints of autumn sunsets, the glories
of dying forest monarchs, the mellower
tints of ripe fruits and the scar- I
let of fires. Bows of ribbon In shad- i
ed orange and soft yellow completed '
the daring model, and a flash of brilliants
came from a half-hidden buckle
on one side of the crown.
A smaller shape of old blue corded 1
silk attracted much attention by virtue
of a band of Persian embroidery
about the crown and the soft red of
satin roses in a cluster at one side.
A big black Merry Widow shape for
street wear had a white satin scarf
knotted about the crown, from which
rose two tremendously long quills in
black and white stripes. The crown
was of black and white stripes, and
a black jet buckle caught the ends
of the quills in a firm grip in a chou
of white satin.
A fetching model of amethyst velvet
was of similar shape, and two
smart stiff satin bows were the sole
garniture.
A larger shape in hyacinth blue
was of panne velvet, with a soft satin
orlee. nhout the crown of which was
roped a giant willow plume of harmonizing
shade. The plume was of
such length that Its journey about the
crown made scant Inroads on its trimming
capacity, and the remainder of
It was twisted into a ohou and swung
over one shoulder.
Several charming black picture
hats were shown which combined the
drooping grace of CoFonial models
with the chicness of modern garnitures.
GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER.
Laurens, October 2.?(Special dispatch
to The Enquirer). In the case
of the State against J. Henry Garrison,
the jury rendered a verdict at 11
o'clock this morning of guilty of manslaughter,
with recommendation to the
mercy of the court. S. E. Boney.
The Columbia State of this morning
contains the following detailed account
of the trial J. Henry Garrison for the
killing of J. Louis Williamson.
Laurens, Oct. 1.?J. Henry Garrison
was tried today in the court of general
sessions for the killing of J. Louis
Williamson.
All day was consumed in hearing
the testimony, the arguments of counsel
and the judge's charge. Messrs.
Richey and Eeatherstone addressed the
Jury in behalf of the defendant, while
Messrs. Cooper and Nelson spoke for
the State.
On the witness stand today, for the
nrst nine, were aeciareu me ueia.ua
of the tragedy, which occurred near
Gray Court at about 11 o'clock on the
night of July 31, and in which Mr.
Louis Williamson of Bethesda, York
county, lost his life. Miss Mary Garrison
and her father were the principal
witnesses, Miss Garrison for the State
and the defendant for himself. Although
summoned for the State, Miss
Garrison's testimony was decidedly in
favor of her father, a fact impossible
to be concealed.
The prosecution sought to show that
Mr. Williamson was not taking advantage
of Miss Garrison; that his conduct
was but the legitimate caresses of
a lover and a future husband. The defense
endeavored to show that these
acts were not within the bounds permissible
and that they were committed
against the will of Miss Garrison,
who protested against them, and
endeavored to free herself. It was testified
that Williamson had been drinking,
was intoxicated when he arrived
at Gray Court, but it was not proved
that he had had any whisky after his
arrival and the State contended that
he had time to sober up before the
shooting took place.
The defense held that Garrison did
not know that his daughter was engaged
to Williamson. The prosecution
contended that no harm or injury was
committed, while the defense took the
position that the indications were sufficient
to convince the father that harm
was attempted.
Judge Memmlnger made a brief but
unusually strong charge to the jury
on the points of law involved, showing
under what circumstances an act like
Garrison's would constitute a defense
of a female member of his family and
at 8.15 o'clock the jury retired to find
a verdict.
Something over an hour was con
i 1 _ 4L.
sumea tms mvming in me twitxnuu ui
a jury to try Mr. J. Henry Garrison
for the murder of Louis Williamson of
York county. Ten farmers, one clerk
and a merchant composed the panel.
The State opened its case by the
testimony of Dr. C. E. Rodgers of Gray
Court, who was called in to attend the
deceased. Dr. Rodgers testified that
he was called by Mr. Garrison at about
11.30 to come to his house to see a
"man he had shot."
Attended the wounded man and ascertained
that there was no hope of
recovery. Death caused by internal
hemorrhage. Some gunshot and wadding
in the wound. Shot entered to
left of abdomen.
Miss Mary Garrison was next put
upon the stand. Had been teaching in
the Bethesda high school, near Rock
Hill and in two miles of the Williamson
home. Met Mr. J. Louis Williamson
and later became engaged to him.
Returned home May 2 of this year and
Williamson came to see her in June.
Upon question from counsel she stated
that she had not told her mother of
the engagement, but her mother knew
it after tVat first visit. Williamson's
conduct was proper and becoming a
gentleman on. this first visit. On July
31 Williamson arrived at her home
at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon with
J. H. Garrison, her father, who had
gone, upon her request, to meet him at
station. They went walking in the
afternoon, had supper together and sat
for a while on defendant's porch, together
with members of family. Later
?at about 9.30?she and Williamson
went into the parlor together and the
family retired to their rooms for the
night, she supposed, for they were not
on the porch.
Relating the circumstances just prior
to the shooting. Miss Garrison said that
Mr. Williamson acted in a manner unbecoming
a gentleman, went too far,
took undue liberties. She was begging
him to desist in tones loud enough to
be heard outside. Then she saw the
barrel of a gun stuck into the window
from the outside, heard her father's
voice calling out something. Did not
know what. She got up and ran. Williamson
also got up and in just a moment
she heard the shot. After the
shot she, with her sister, Fannie, and
her mother entered the parlor. Williamson
sat down, but later walked
without assistance into the bed room,
just back of the parlor, where he pulled
off his coat and with her (Miss Garrison's)
assistance pulled off his collar.
She fanned him and stayed at
head of bed most of the time. Slept a
little while on sofa next morning. Had
sent some flowers along with the body
next day and identified her card on the
flowers. Also identified a letter of
sympathy she had written Mrs. Williamson
after the tragedy. This letter
was not admitted as evidence.
When Mr. Nelson handed the letter to
Miss Garrison she looked at it a moment
and then tore it in two, throwing
it on the floor. At the conclusion of
her testimony Mr. Featherstone apologized
for the act, saying that under
the severe strain Miss Garrison was
not herself.
Judge Memminger stated that he appreciated
the situation and the act
would not be deemed contempt of
court.
On cross-examination by Mr. Featherstone
Miss Garrison said that she
knew by his general demeanor that
Mr. Williamson had been drinking.
She gave Mr. Williamson's dying statement
to her. It was this: "I know I i
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am KOlIli; HI UIC clliu 1 IW umms
for the shooting and not your father,
and I don't want your father hurt
for it."
Re-examined by Mr. Nelson, Miss i
Harrison said that after the shooting,
Mr. Williamson asked her to get his
suit ease. She did so and he got a
bottle of whisky out of it. Some of
(he whisky had been taken from the
bottle.
Mr. T. L. Shell and Mr. W. B. Blythe
were put up by the State, the first tes- 1
tifying that he was notified of the
shooting and went to the Garrison f
house at about 12 o'clock and stayed <
until nearly morning. Williamson i
made a statement to him, but it was I
not admited as testimony at first.
Court heard statement while jury re- I
tired, which was "I don't see why that 1
man shot me."
Proper legal foundation for the in- '
traduction of this had not been laid. <
hence it was ruled out. but later from 1
another witness It was introduced. Mr. :
Rlvthe was the undertaker who em- i
balmorl the body. J
Besides numerous witnesses who tes- I
tified as to seeing Mr. Williamson on
the afternoon of July 31, and that he
was in an intoxicated condition, the defense
put up Mrs. Garrison, wife of
the defendant, J. H. Garrison. Mrs.
Garrison heard the dying statement of
Williamson. Went to the parlor when
she heard shot after leaving th'e porch.
Went to her room and retired, but did
not know whether or not she had been
asleep. Heard Mary's voice in the parlor
directly under her bed room.
"Heard enough to know that Mary had
no business In there, so I got up to go
down ana can ner out. umn i Know
where Mr. Garrison was. Had left
him down stairs. Just had gat into
the back hall when I heard the shot."
Mr. J. Henry Garrison sworn, testified
that he was the defendant, aged
57 and a half years, the father of Miss
Mary Garrison. Had gone to the station
the afternoon of July 31, distance
of about half a mile, to get shoes for
mule and had been asked by Miss Mary
to meet and bring out Mr. Williamson.
Saw Williamson when he got off
train. Thought he was a little dazed
from riding but did not approach him
at once, as some one called him. Later
passed him in the postofflce, told
him to wait a minute for the mail,
then they would go home. Had not up
to this time noticed that he was intoxicated.
Did notice later when he went
to get in buggy. Drove home and
worked In field until sun down. Ate
supper with Williamson, who appeared
to be still intoxicated, but did not say
anything out of the way. After the
couple went into the parlor he went
up stairs and sat in a window directly
above the parlor. Was suspicious of
Williamson in his then condition.
About 10 he went to his room up stairs
and stayed until nearly 11 o'clock.
Heard a scraping noise as a chair
dragged across the room. Went down
stairs. Half way down .heard his
daughter say: "Please don't." Heard
it again. "As I reached the bottom of
the stairs I thought of my gun in the
passage way just outside, picked it up,
walked out the back way around the
house to the window on side, saw Williamson
with his arms around her.
Put the gun into window and hollered:
"Move," -for he didn't want to shoot
the man in the back, whereupon Miss
Mary ran and Williamson exclaimed:
"Mr. Garrison, Mr. Garrison." Shot
was fired almost Immediately after Garrison
hollered "move." After being shot
Williamson said, "I intended to marry
your daughter and you have killed me,"
to which Garrison replied, "May be
you did and may be you didn't."
Williamson asked not to be shot
again and Garrison said he would not
on/1 iir?nn rn/niput nf U'PTlt for
Dr. Rodgers. Mr. Nelson in the crossexamination
asked Garrison why he
did not go directly into the parlor from
the hallway instead of sneaking around
on the outside and spying on his own
daughter, to which Garrison replied
that he did not want to give them
warning, that if there was anything
wrong he wanted to know it. Asked
why he shot the deceased, he said, "Because
I thought he vyas trying to take
Improper advantage of my daughter."
Counsel had defendant admit that
Williamson was not doing anything at
the time he was shot. On question
from counsel, Garrison stated as his
reason for bringing Williamson home
with him in a drunken condition that
he wanted to get him away from where
the neighhors would see him, as there
was already talk about the young man
being drunk.
A number of witnesses testified that
Williamson was Intoxicated on the afternoon
of the 31st. None, however,
that he took a drink after his arrival
at Gray Court at 3 o'clock up to the
time he was shot at about 11 o'clock.
The defense in a nutshell was around
this point, that young Williamson was
under the influence of whisky and acted
in such a manner towards the girl's
father in defending her. The State had
a number of character witnesses here,
among them Mayor John T. Roddey of
Rock Hill, to testify to the good character
of the deceased, but because the
defense did not assail his general good
character, that testimony was not taken.
LOCAL LACONICS.
We Will Send The Enquirer
From this date to January 1st, 1909,
for 50 cents.
Plenty of Partridges.
The outlook for a good partridge
crop this season is good. Many of the
birds are more than half grown and
there seems to be lots of them.
Death of Mrs. John Brown.
Mrs. John Brown died at her home
in the Beersheba neighborhood on
Tuesday night, and was buried in
Beersheba cemetery on Wednesday.
She is survived by her husband; but
leaves no children.
Election Commissioners.
The governor, has appointed election
commissioners for York county
as follows: Federal?F.. W. Whitesides,
J. Q. Howe, C. P. Blankenship.
State?D. P. Lesslie, P. Ml Burris, J.
E. Latham.
Of Consumption.
Mr. Ennis Burns died at the home of
his father, Mr. W. A. Burns in the
Beersheba neighborhood on September
22, after a long and wasting illness
with consumption, in the 31st year of
his age.
Meeting a* Sharon.
Services in connection with the Sacrament
of the Lord's Supper to be administered
next Sabbath, were commenneri
in the Associate Reformed
church at Sharon last Thursday night.
Rev. J. P. Knox of Columbia, is doing
the preaching?two sermons each day.
Of Typhoid Fever.
Master Clarence, the son of Mr. U.
M. Pursley of Lesslie, died in Rock Hill
last Wednesday of typhoid fever. He
had been moved from Lesslie to Rock
Hill about two weeks before. The deceased
was about 16 years of age. The
funeral took place at Neely's Creek
church yesterday.
Work on the Monument.
The contractors are about to the surface
of the ground with the concrete
foundation of the King's Mountain battleground
monument. They followed the
seams of slate rock to a depth of about
12 feet on one side and about 18 feet
on the other, and have been filling the
excavation, 24x24 feet with concrete.
The work on the main shaft has not
yet been commenced. Up to this time
the expenditures of the contractors aggregate
something over $3,000.
Coming Next Tuesday.
The Gentry Bros, show has been to
Yorkville once and the hundreds of
people who saw it were well pleased
with the performances of the dogs, ponies
and other trained animals. One
of the advance agents advises The Enquirer
that at the time of the first visit,
the show was divided into four sections,
only one of which came to this
place. Now the four sections have been
consolidated into two sections, and the
section that will come to Yorkville will
be more than twice as large as that
which came on the first visit.
Another Bank For Fort Mill.
Charlotte Chronicle: Steps are being
taken for the organization of a second
bank at Fort Mill, S. C., with a capital
stock of $25,000, business to begin
about January 1st of next year. A
subscription for stock is now being taken,
prominent among those taking
shares being Dr. T. S. Kirkpatrick and
Mr. W. B. Ardrey of Fort Mill, and*
Mr. W. A. Watson of Charlotte. Work
will begin on the bank building and
officers will be elected within a few
weeks. The growth of Fort Mill warrants
the establishing of this institution,
there having been in that city
only one bank, the Fort Mill Savings
Bank, which is a prosperous and popular
institution. The advancement of
the town along progressive lines amply
provides the city for another financial
enterprise.
Gold For the Rainy Day.
'*A bulky bag of gold containing $8,000
of the yellow metal was found,"
says the Charlotte Observer, "in the
bottom of the late Mr. J. P. Bailes*
safe when those having charge of the
disposition of his estate opened it at
the Bailes' home near Fort Mill, S. C.,
a few days ago. This money was in an
nut-of-way place in the bottom of the
safe, where it had been, some of it at
least, for more than a score of years.
Its discovery came as a surprise, although
members of the family had an
idea that there was a pile somewhere.
Mr. Bailes was a most provident man,
was known to reserve all the gold that
;ame into his possession but no one
believed that he had accumulated such
1 sum. Aside from this sum in ready
:ash, Mr. Bailes left an estate condsting
of 2,000 acres of fine land and
from $20,000 to $30,000 in stocks, etc.
MERE-MENTION.
Miss Sllvey Speer, 17 years old, a
rich heiress and high in social circles
of Atlanta, Ga., was married
Monday morning in that city to Russell
Thomas, chauffeur of her father.
The marriage has caused a social
sensation in Atlanta The steam
yacht Argonaut, collided with the
steamer Kingswell, Tuesday, off the
coast of England and sank. Her 250
passengers and crew were saved in
small boats The leading mercantile
establishment of Erie, Pa.,
was destroyed by fire early Tuesday
morning with a loss of {500,000
Mrs. Mary Dougherty of New York,
while cleaning house Tuesday morning,
closed a folding bed In which a
two-year-old baby was asleep. When
she thought of the -child and opened
the bed the baby was dead
Six students of Guilford college were
arrested at Greensboro, N. C., Tuesday
on a charge of assault and battery
upon a fellow student whom l.hely
were attempting to haze Three
men were killed and two wounled,
one perhaps fatally, as they were
standing in a church door at Anthras,
Tenn., Sunday morning. The killing
was the work of a drunken mob
The semi-annual meeting of the National
Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Is In session at Saraioga
Springs, N. Y Heavy rains began
falling in the Adirondack mountains,
New York, Monday night and
it is hoped the forest fires which have
been burning for several weeks will
be extinguished. Many lives were
lost as the result of the forest fires.
Large numbers of bears are being
killed in Yellow Stone National
park. The bears are being killed by
soldiers because they are too numerous
for comfort The Methodist
conference of California, In session
at Los Angeles, passed a resolution
Monday calling on the Methodists
of his district to give Speaker Cannon
"a vacation of two years without pay."
More than 300,000 persons 1:00k
part in a demonstration against a license
bill now before the English parliament
in Hyde Park, London on
Sunday Chairman Hitchcock of
the Republican national committee,
claims that out of a total of 483 votes
in the electoral college, Mr. Taft will
receive 307; Mr. Bryan 158, and 1J are
doubtful The cholera victims ot
Russia up to Sunday numbered 15,183;
of these 7,102 have died. Sanitary conditions
have slightly improved during
the week, with a slight decrease in the
number of new victims of the scourge.
John E. Redmond, leader of the
Irish Parliamentary party of Ireland, Is
making a tour of the United States in
behalfc of his countrymen... .Two army
officers went up in a balloon near Dusseldorf,
Prussia, Monday to a heighth
of 6,000 feet. At this altitude the gas
bag collapsed After descending 4,000
feet the torn balloon opened out, acting
as a parachute, and the men reached
the earth without serious damage
Train robbers made a successful raid
on a train near Vllna, Russia, on Monday,
getting away with $100,000. A
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In a Marathon race run at Milan,
Italy, on Sunday, a 19-year-old boy
covered a distance of 26J miles in 2
hours, 56 minutes and 6 seconds
Forest fires destroyed the village of
Homestead, Mich., Monday, rendering
twenty families homeless New
York state on Wednesday, had a cash
balance in its treasury of J27.000.000.
The state's indebtedness totals $26,230,660
The thirty-fourth annual session
of the American Bankers' association
is in session at Denver, Col
The United States Steel corporation
will expend $15,000,000 during next
year in improving its plants in the vicinity
of Pittsburg, Pa During the
year 1907, 3,125 men lost their lives in
coal mines in the United States; 5,316
others were more or less injured
Twelve counties of Ohio on Tuesday
under a new local option law, voted
"dry." This makes fifteen counties in
that state to vote for prohibition under
the new law, closing nearly 400 saloons.
The population of the fifteen counties
is 400,000 The strike of mechanics
of the Canadian Pacific railroad, which
has lasted for about one month, has
collapsed Election bets in New
York have changed recently from 5 to
1 in favor of Taft to 5 to 2 and 3 to 1.
The change is said to be due to the
interference of President Roosevelt.
The opinion being that the president
has helped Mr. Bryan's chances of election
Governor Hanly of Indiana,
Vioo /lomanHorl In VDflt\f3TU tInn hV thft
legislature of a charge made against
him to the effect that he offered a bribe
to a representative to secure his vote
for the recently passed local option
bill. _
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Anderson special of September 30,
to the Greenville News: What might
have been a serious accident occurred
on West Market street yesterday as the
Gentry Bros, show parade was returning
to the show grounds near the C. &
W. C. depot. A team of mules became
frightened at the procession and attempted
to run. One of the wheels of
the wagon struck a big elephant,
throwing the rider, who was perched
on the monster's head, to the ground.
In wheeling around the elephant tripped
a dromedary and this animal
nlnneA a foot on the man. SDrawline In
the road. The man was slightly bruised,
but otherwise no damage was done,
and the procession proceeded.
? Greenville special of September
30 to the Charlotte Observer: The
state executive committee of the Independence
party met in this city today
and elected the following officers:
Chairman, D. E. McCuen, of Grtenville,
S. C.; secretary, S. C. Price, of
Columbia, S. C. The personnel of the
entire executive committee will b<*
given out as soon as the list is completed.
A full electoral ticket will
be put in the field for the November
election. The executive committee
has under advisement the subject of
a state ticket with candidates for
governor and all state offices. A decision
as to this matter will be reached
in a few days and a statement given
to the public. State headquarters
will be located in Greenville. The
state chairman issues a call to all
those interested in the Independence
party movement in the state to communicate
with him at once.
? Columbia, September 29: In response
to the call of the department
of agriculture upon the various county
auditors of the state for information
as to the number of abandoned
farms in the various counties and
an expression of opinion as to whether
the individual ownership of farming
land is decreasing or increasing.
Commissioner Watson has already received
the reports from practically
one-third of the auditors of the state.
The exceedingly gratifying showing
is made in every report that there are
practically no abandoned farms in
any of the counties reporting, showing
that marked progress has been
made in the last few years in the revival
of the agricultural industry.
The reports indicate a marked tendency
towards the smaller farm and
a most pronounced tendency toward
individual ownership. In some counties
also is shown the fact that negroes
are beginning to purchase and
operate small.farms.
McLaurix and Archbold.?A new
phase of the discussion of the socalled
"Standard Oil correspondence,"
was made public last Tuesday when
John D. Archbold, vice president of the
Standard Oil company, made a statement
to the Associated Press setting
forth the details of the alleged theft
of letters from his flies.
Former United States Senator McLaurin
of South Carolina also entered
the held with a signed statement
declaring his attitude in the matter.
After saying he had no apologies to
make, Senator McLaurin says;
"I believe that the south and especially
the state of South Carolina, is
today throttled in its natural progress
and its intelligent exercise of the
right of self government by an
oligarchy which Keeps alive prejudices
of past generations through perpetuation
of ignorance and fertilization
of corruption, and I shall welcome
the day when an educational propaganda
which can only be spread by
the use of money, whether it be
Standard Oil money, railroad money,
or any other money, save that derived
from the governmental sale of whisky,
will enable the people to see
more clearly their own best interests
and cast out those leaders
whose hypocritical morality and illdisguised
selfishness is responsible i'or
the fact that in the south illiteracy is
greater, and increase of populatian
and wealth slower, than In any other
great section of the Union."