Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, October 06, 1908, Image 2

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Scraps ami .facts. ? John W. Kern, the Democratic nominee for the vice presidency, made this statement in Atlanta last Saturday: "I am entirely satisfied and very well pleased with the present situation. I have never had any doubt as to my own state of Indiana and for a long time I have been sure of Ohio, even before this last row between Mr. Taft and Senator Foraker. This controversy has clinched it and it seems to be growing stronger and stronger every day. New York, too, is Democratic and the entire situation is all that can be desired." ? Candidate Taft is on a speech mak ing tour of the west, discussing the trusts and the tariff. In Topeka, Kansas, last Saturday night, he said: "One of the important issues of the campaign is the tariff. For forty year.out of the last forty-eight the business of this country has been on a basis of protective tariff. It has produced a condition of diversified industries and increased the number of skilled workmen to millions, who are now receiving the highest wages in the world and are enjoying the comfort of living thai they have in no other country." ? Washington, October 2: The cotton crop report issued today by the department of agriculture shows that the average condition of the cotton crop on September 25th was 69.7 per cent of a normal, against 76.1 on August 25th last: 67.7 September 25th, 1907: 71.6 on September 25th, 1906, and 67.6 the average of the past ten years on September 25th. The condition and ten-years' average on September 25th, respectively, by states follow: Virginia 78 and 67.6; North Carolina 69 and 71: South Carolina 68 and 70; Georgia 71 and 71; Florida 72 and 70; Alabama 70 and 68; Mississippi 70 and 68; Louisiana 55 and 68; Texas 71 and 63; Arkansas 70 and 68; Tennessee 78 and 74; Missouri 70 and 76; Oklahoma 70 and 70. ? Lemans, France, October 3: Wilbur Wright, the American aeroplanist, who holds the world's record for an aeroplane flight, established another world's record this afternoon for time and distance. With a French journalist by his side he remained in the air for fifty-five minutes and thirty-seven seconds, circling the field twenty-four times and covering a distance officially ooHmati.H at RR kilometres, or about 36 miles. His previous flight with passengers was 11 minutes, 35 2-5 seconds. By his feat today, Mr. Wright practically fulfills the conditions of a contract signed by himself and Lazare Weiller, who represents a syndicate, whereby Mr. Wright will receive 3100,000 and the syndicate will take in return the patent rights of the Wright machine for France and the colonies, with the privileges of manufacturing aeroplanes on this model. ?Washington, October 2: The census bureau report on cotton ginning issued today shows 2,582,688 bales, counting round as half bales, ginned from growth of 1908 to September 25th, compared with 1.532.602 for 1907; 2.057,283 for 1906, and 2,355,716 for 1905. Number of active ginneries this year is 23,650, compared with 18,121 for 1907: 20,416 for 1906 and 21,389 for 1905. Round bales this year are 55,018, compared with 43,369 for 1907; 66,502 for 1906, and 74,816 for 1905. Sea island 11,275 for 1908; 4,259 for 1907; 2,689 for 1906, and 11,936 for 1905. By states the number of bales (counting round as half bales), and active ginneries resr.A?Hvoiv fnr iQftS fnllnws: Alabama ?? ? - 307,508 bales and 2,911 ginneries; Arkansas 85,827 bales and 1,490 ginneries; Florida 16,566 bales and 185 ginneries; Georgia 510,290 bales and 3,875 ginneries; Kentucky 117 bales and 1 ginnery; Louisiana 81,207 bales and 1,252 ginneries; Mississippi 198,433 bales and 2,638 ginneries; Missouri 4,131 bales and 47 ginneries; North Carolina 89,198 bales and 1,812 ginneries; Oklahoma 10,141 bales and 522 ginneries; South Carolina 288,927 bales and 4,699 ginneries; Tennessee 28,128 bales and 419 ginneries; Texas 961,835 bales and 3,764 ginneries; Virginia 379 bales and 35 ginneries. The distribution of sea island cotton for 1908 by states is Florida 5,092; Georgia 5,813; South Carolina 370. ? Washington Star: Mr. Bryan shows that his somewhat extensive experience in campaigning has taught him things by the manner in which he conserves his strength when on the road. Any one who thinks that a flyby-night speechmaklng tour is fun should try it for a while. But the peerless leader manages to stand the strenuositv of it in great shape by sleeping and resting every possible minute that he can. Every time he winds *up a five or ten minute speech from the rear platform of his car?and he made a couple of dozen of these on the run from New York to Rochester ?he hustles back into his stateroom and lies down. Sometimes he sleeps and sometimes he just rests. He even dictates to his secretary while stretched out and relaxed, most of the time. And when he finishes a night speech and returns to his car or to his hotel, dripping wet with perspiration from the exertion, he has a bath and a rubdown and jumps into bed. There isn't a burning issue hot enough to keep him up a minute later than necessary. He puts all of them off until morning, confident that they won't cool. Consequently, after a comet-like tour of the country for about a month, he is now, or was a few days ago, as fresh mentally and physically as when he started, and in even better shape vocally. The more he talks the clearer and stronger his voice seems to get, and he has no fear of any trouble from that source during the continuation of the campaign. ? New York, October 3: According to the figures of the Financial Chronicle, the world's visible supply of all kinds of cotton last evening totalled 2,167,299 bales, as compared with 2,383,934 bales a year ago and 2,140,380 bales two years ago. The visible supply of American cotton totalled 1,598,299 bales, as against 1.626,834 bales a year ago, and 1,387,380 bales two years ago. The into-sight for the week totalled 458.550 bales, as against 304,524 bales for the corresponding week last season. For this season to date, the intosight totals 1,392,469 bales, as against 1,073,516 bales for the corresponding period last season. Southern consumption to October 2 was estimated at 1 ?.1*1. GOO AAA 1SU.UUU Daies, as compareu wim ioo.wu bales for the corresponding period last season. Northern spinners' takings to October 2 totalled 124,298 bales, as against 100,441 bales for the corresponding period last year. The world's takings of American cotton for the week aggregated 200,840 bales, against 187,844 bales for the corresponding week last year. Takings of American cotton to date total 771,152 bales, against 782,326 bales last year. Exports of raw cotton from the United States during the past week aggregated 358,451 bales, including 112,803 bales to Great Britain. 55,822 bales to France and 189,832 bales to the rest of the Continent. For the corresponding week last year exports totalled 211.178 bales. The amount of cotton on shipboard last night not yet cleared was placed at 127,895 bales, as against 120,768 bales a year ago. (The ^lorknlle inquirer. Fntered at the Postnffice in Yorkville as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.t TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, I90N. Chairman Mack declares that the New York election will show a landslide for Bryan. The Farmers' Union of Gaston county, N. C? has offered a reward of $100 for proof to convict anybody who has made threats to burn gins in that county. Governor Haskell is raising a popular subscription in Oklahoma to pros > 1 tt ? ttr\ ?n ecute Kooseveu anu nceuai. a few days ago $3,000 had been subscribed and the fund was still growing. Mr. Hearst has been reading some more letters to and from Archbold that still further entangle Senator J. W. Bailey with Standard Oil. There seems I to be no doubt that Bailey Is guilty as charged. The big figures of the September ginners' report have had a decidedly bearish effect on cotton. At any rate the speculators have succeeded in making use of the report to that end. But the whole south knows that large ginnings in September, always indicate a small crop. Democratic papers over the countryare having a good deal of fun at President Roosevelt's expense for discontinuing the controversy he provoked with Mr. Bryan, on the ground that Mr. Bryan's last broadside was "too per onal." In view of the decidedly personal nature of Mr. Roosevelt's first communication this is real funny. It is a fact however, that Mr. Bryan was getting decidedly the best of the controversy. and it was for that reason, no doubt, that Mr. Roosevelt's party subordinates were finally able to induce him to quit. The news of the warlike developments in the "near east," would be sensational were it in not for the fact ** rn,%r GamHo Pnlan Hq nnrl Alia lllctl 1 UIIVCJ, UCI ? IM, tria have been in a state of turmoil for so long that the condition has come to be regarded as chaotic. There are a number of bones of contention in these countries that seem to be very well calculated to develop hostilities at any time; but that part of the world which is best informed as to conditions there, has ceased to speculate on possible happenings. It is admitted that a serious war might break out at any time? a war that could involve nearly the whole of Europe: but until this war is in actual progress, it will not be a cause for general concern. Bryan and Taft. Although, as might naturally be expected, most of the voters of this part of the country are Bryan men and would rather see the Democratic candidate win, there is a lack of the enthusiasm noticeable in former presidential campaigns. Those who paid attention to such matters as far back as 1S96, will remember that during the campaign of that year, the whole country seemed wild for Bryan. The average voter showed more concern over national politics than over state politics even, and there were cases where candidates for county offices made lots of friends among the voters by exhibiting zeal for Bryan. During the campaign of 1900, there was general apathy. People who had never before thought of such a thing as voting a Republican ticket, did not hesitate to declare that they would just as lief vote for McKinley as Bryan, and some went so far as to insist that they would vote the Republican ticket except for the names of the negro electors thereon. It is a matter of undisputed record that President McKinley got closer to the southern people during his administration than any other president since the civil war, and politicians of experience admit that if he had lived he might have played havoc with the "Solid South." When It developed on the night of the election that Bryan had been overwhelmingly defeated, the disappointment was not nearly so keen as it was four years previous. While there is very little enthusiasm over the present campaign, it would not be fair to say that the voters are anything like as apathetic as they were four years ago. There are quite a number of substantial citizens, who are inclined to favor Taft as against Mr. Bryan; but they are nothing like as numerous as those who favored McKinley. There is not a great deal of hostility against Mr. Taft, nothing like there was against Mr. Blaine, for instance, and it would not be far short of the facts to say that the general feeling is one of respect. On the other hand, Mr. Bryan, probably stands higher in the estimation of the people of this section than he ever did before. The enthusiasm of 1806 was founded more on the impulse of the moment than anything else. Since then, it is generally realized that Mr. Bryan has passed through all the tests of real manhood, and has not been found wanting. Everybody admits that he is not only an honest man, but a remarkably able man, one of the greatest men of his generation, and it is a rnfa t)iin?r to hp^ir nnvnne atteinnt to belittle him in any in inner. It is probably a fact that there has never been a time in this country? certainly not since the war, when people felt freer to say what they think about national politics. As far back as sixteen or even twelve years ago, there were few men who would have dared let it be known, even if they had been able to see anything good in Republican candidates or measures; but now the man who has studied the situation intelligently and come to an honest conclusion, does not stand back a great deal on letting that conclusion become known. Rut it is not to be understood that I absence of enthusiasm indicates lack of interest, for while enthusiasm is probably not so strong1 as it once was, interest is greater than has ever been known. It is a clean, wholesome interest, too. There are very few Democrats in this country who are Democrats because of what they hope to get out the party in the event of Bryan's success. They just seem to believe that Mr. Bryan is absolutely incorruptible and if he can be clothed with the power of the presidency, he will bring about a much needed national house cleaning. And again, as further illustrating the solid interest of the people in the situation, while the national campaign subscriptions for the whole of York county amounts to only about $200, they are some $150 greater than they have been during any previous campaign, and it is quite probable that if an energetic canvass could be made, the subscriptions so far recorded could be more than ouadruDled. WAR CLOUDS IN THE EAST. Looks Like There May be Trouble In Near Future. Events which threaten to change the political face of Europe, says a London cable of Sunday, are crystallizing with lightning rapidity. Almost over night the horizon of the near east, which seemed gradually to be assuming a peaceful appearance, has become crowded with war clouds. News has reached here from several sources that two definite strokes are impending which cannot fail to bring matters to a crisis, and perhaps force an immediate war. One is the proclamation by Prince Ferdinand, of the independence of Bulgaria, which will include Rumelia, taking for himself the title of "czar." The other is an announcement of AustriaHungary of the practical annexation of the provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina as appendages of the AustroHungarian crown. Either action will be equivalent to the leasing up of the treaty of Berlin, while Prince Ferdinand's course seems almost certain to precipitate a war between Bulgaria and Turkey. Before these possibilities, the quarrel over the east Rumelian section of the Orient railway sinks into insignificance. Both armies are reported to be quietly and swiftly mobilizing near the borders. Bulgarians are said to be buying munitions and horses on an extensive scale. Bulgarians have faith in their army, which has reached a high state ? * ~ ? * ? ? ?/* l4L/\ti>wVt 1* lo rvAfkorvo UL eilUJIflluy, ctllliuugll ll 10 ^uia^o lacking in officers and the war, for which Bulgaria has long been suspected of preparing, could be fought with more advantage for her now than when the Turkish government had time to recognize its forces, which have become enraveled by the (corruption and neglect of the old regime. The emperor of Austria, it is understood, has dispatched a letter to the president of France, setting forth his intentions regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina, although the contents of the letter are kept secret, and he is sending similar notes to the other powers. It seems incredible that Emperor Francis Joseph, who has always been a scrupulous observer of forms, should reveal his plans to the rulers of other nations before he has communicated them to his own parliament. One explanation is that the letter was not intended for delivery until Tuesday, when identical notes would be presented to the other powers. While Austria's action with regard to the two provinces may not technically be called annexation, it is believed it will amount to that, whatever it may be called. Apparently the emperor is determined that the destiny of these provinces shall be Austrian, not Turkish. For thirty years they have been administered by Austria-Hungary, but they have always remained theoretically Turkish territory, and Austria pledged 1 that h?r administration should not derogate Turkish rights. English public opinion is with Turkey in the Bulgarian dispute, as all the powers except Austria seem to be, and it remains to be seen what the English attitude will be toward annexation if that becomes a fact. Austria is suspected of encouraging the recent Bulgarian-Turkish trouble for her own interests, but the British government has made proposals to the settlement of the railway case, under which the other powers have agreed to give support to the plan which contemplates the temporary restoration of the way to Turkey "to save her face," and then transference of the company to the Bulgarian government. The English press expresses surprise that Austria and Bulgaria should plot against Turkey and asks if the great powers will submit to having obstacles placed in the way of the regeneration of Turkey. THE GARRISON CASE. Editorial Comment on the Sensational Murder Trial In Laurens. The verdict of manslaughter in the case of J. H. Garrison, tried on the cnarge of murder in Laurens county, is significant of changing sentiment in South Carolina. Ten or fifteen years ago, a white man accused of a crime of the nature of that laid at Garrison's door would have been acquitted as a matter of course, for in those days juries did not always listen attentively to the judge's exposition of the law. When the prisoner at the bar was able to offer what appeared to be a fairly reasonable excuse for man-slaying, the jury did not inquire closely as to whether or not it was one of the excuses defined in the statute books as legal. The tendency always was to release the prisoner; to give him another chance. Nor were negroes convicted unless the case made out by the state was clear and strong. This condition of affairs was the inevitable consequence of the revolution in the south eflfeeted hv the war between the states and the period of Reconstruction. When a people are adjusting themselves to new and strange circumstances, there must be some disorder and demoralization, and we are at a long distance still from the day that homicide will be looked upon with the abhorrence which it is viewed in the country of an old and settled civilization. But the people of South Carolina are learning that life must be protected. No man who is industrious, intelligent and aspiring, is willing to be shot down, and every man of that character is aware that unless the habit of quick appeal to pistols and shotguns be checked, he may be the next victim. Thus juries nowadays are composed of men who value their own lives and the peace of their communities to such a degree that their sympathetic minds may no longer be affected by mere eloquence. Each year the colleges are sending into every neighborhood young men who have been trained to think, and so it has come to pass that the average South Carolina jury is pretty sure to include one or two members capable of sifting the testimony and separating it in the privacy of the jury room from the subtle sophistry of the advocate, however clever he may be. The Garrison case was peculiarly one to arouse the sympathies of the jurymen. Garrison is not, in the common acceptance of the term, a bad or dangerous man, but one rather who would never dare to suffer keen sorrow for having taken human life, whether or not he felt iustified in the act. and he and his family are respectable and worthy people. The jury which tried him hearkened to the law and the evidence as they were sworn to do and, whether or not their finding was too severe or too light, they were endeavoring to reach a true verdict.?News and Courier. Ci mors Coxtkivaxce.?The law is a curious contrivance. In the trial of Garrison at Laurens for killing young Williamson, the court would not permit witnesses to testify to the good character of the dead nn...?because "his character had not been put in evidence by the defense." This seems rather queer to a layman when it is considered that the defense of the defendant was that he shot the young man because lie was attempting a crime.?Newberry Observer. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. "Stock," Enquirer Office?Offers for sale, twelve shares First National bank stock, for sale at $120. J. L,. Williams & Co.?Ask you why it is that the buying- public is flocking to their store. And say it is simply because they save them money. Glenn & Allison?Say it will cost you money to buy a horse, mule, buggy, wagon or harness before getting their prices. John E. Carroll?Has twenty farms on his list for sale and a number of desirable town property propositions. He wants you to see him at once if you want anything. Herndon & Gordon?Have best R. R. P. seed oats, as well as numerous other articles, including seasonable groceries, hardware, etc. J. C. Wilborn?Has additional real estate for sale, which he offers for your consideration. See fourth page. J. A. Tate, C. C. C. Pis.?Gives notice of sale on salesday for November of lands belonging to the estate of Thos. B. Whitesides, deceased. First National Bank?Points the way to independence by making a small beginning in fts savings department. It wants you to start a savings account. T TTVIcrof Pno <r ?Tnniilr^c \ f vnn are looking for a home or an Investment in real estate. He Is ready to supply your wants whatever they may be. National Union Rank?Appreciates the accounts of small depositors, because of the probability of the small account growing to be a large one. J. Q. Wray?Again reminds you that he is offering his clothing at money saving prices. Prices are cut onethird to a half. Thomson Co.?Reminds the ladies that its millinery department is in full blast and ready to serve them. Wanted?the gentlemen to see its clothing and shoes. Strauss-Fmith Co.?Calls attention to its complete stock of gents' furnishings, including underwear, work and drass shirts, collars, cuffs, etc. York Sunplv Co.?Has a supply of guano for wheat and oats and a limited supply of Appier and R. R. P. seed oats. Yorkvllle Ruggv Co.?Tells you that after three years of use, the "all steel Rlue Rird" turnplow is conceded to he t^e beef sold in Yorkvllle. Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Again reminds you of its lines of heating stoves, grates and cooking stoves and ranges. R. F. Montgomery?Wants people who owe him for work to pay at once He peed? the money and must have it by October 15. J. B. Scott. President?Calls a meeting of Yorkvllle local Farmers' Union in the court house next Sat- ; urday at 2.30 o'clock. Tenuis Roth?Will have the well known select York river oysters on and after today. He will handle "OAnleV^i " rvtrof nro Editor Perkins of the Chester Reporter came up to Yorkville last Friday to see how an edition of The En- : quirer Is handled with the new equipment of this office. A very modest gentleman Is Editor Perkins; but he is 1 a good printer, and a newspaper man ' of no mean ability. He saw what he J came to see and expressed himself as : well pleased; but we are quite sure that he did not get all of whatever ben- i efit there may have been In the visit. < He knows something about newspaper < making himself, and he has an admir- i able grasp of the conditions under which The Enquirer and he and his < partner. Editor Erwin, are working. I - i REGISTRATION. I The county board of registration having complied with the law as to the 1 matter of re-registerlng the voters of the county, had their books open yesterday for the last day, previous to the j November election, and will now leave their records with the clerk of the ' court. The total number of voters reg- 1 istered was 3,110, of which not exceeding thirty are negroes. The reg- ( istration by townships is as follows: Bethel 107 * Bethany 141 Blairsville 92 ' Rnlloek's Creek 65 < Clover 260 Coates's Tavern 56 Ebenezer 80 Fort Mill 267 i Forest Hill 54 j Hickory Grove 189 . McConnellsvllle 104 Newport 58 Ogden 61 < Piedmont 29 < Rock Hill 867 Sharon 67 Smyrna 47 1 Tinsah 50 Yorkville 516 j Total 3,110 j ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. J. P. Garrison of Rock Hill R. F. D. No. 3, spent Sunday with relatives m?ar Yorkville. . Mrs. J. L. McGill and Miss lone Plaxco of Bethany, spent several days in Charlotte last week. Miss Mary Scott left Saturday on a f visit to her sister, Mrs. Leroy H. Ferguson, at Taylor, S. C. v Mrs. R. S. Poag of Rock Hill, has been visiting her mother, Mrs. H. J. ^ Harshaw on Yorkville No. 3. p Mr. John Scott of Yorkville R. F. y D. No. 3, left last Saturday to enter1 the Wofford Fitting school at Spartan-oi burg. n< Mr. F. C. Black is back from Florida,w where he has been spending some time"t' on account of his health. He Is veryia much improved. ui Mr. W. O. Harshaw has returned11from a visit to Wadesboro, N. C., where^ he has been spending several days withfU his sister, Mrs. W. B. Kerr. dt Mr. James Land, Jr., for the past*'' two years with the Phillips Drug com-|K pany of Rock Hill, has gone to Char-ni leston to take a course in pharmacy. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Carroll, and'^ Messrs. M. C. Willis. Jr.. R. C. Love, C.'J A. Boney and B. F. Smith of York-.h ville, went over to Charlotte Friday to'a see "The Merry Widow." .0 1 JO WITHIN THE TOWN. >r ? "I paid my dollar. Did you?" 'v ? There were many people in town,g last Saturday and trade was good. hi ? Rev. W. E. Hurt has sold hiss Wright avenue house to Dr. D. L. Shei-^ der. nj ? Rev. J. O. Babin, rector of theai Episcopal church here, will not return"^ to Yorkville. He tendered his regis-ro nation, and the same became effective-ei on the first day of this month. ' ? The R. 13. Davidson Co., is giving^ the public the benefit of Bryan'se) speeches free. There are a number ofei Bryan records for the phonograph and'}5 many people are going out to hear the^ eloquent speaker. ()1 ? The salesday crowd yesterday was> rather slim, there being no special at-?l tractions for visitors from over th&(( county. There was some trading stocke on hand*, but not a great deal. The10 day passed off quietly. (?. ? Mr. Maupin and Judge Palmer, rep-la resenting the Piedmont Telephoned company, were in Yorkville yesterday151 in the interest of the franchise thatj" company is now trying to secure fronts the town. By special request the re-ib cently constituted citizens' committee"1 ) met with the visitors and listened to.v what they had to say. The committeeui gave the visitors to understand that it"0' had no authority to grant a franchise under any circumstances, and no au- p thorlty to make even a tentative agreement. Messrs. Maupin and Palmer went over about the same ground they have been over previously. They said that they were willing to agree that any rate scale that might be agreed upon in the proposed charter should be subject to such changes as the railroad commission might see proper to make hereafter. They declined to concede free connections with Rock Hill, Fort Mill or Gastonia. One of the committeemen asked if they would be willing to make such an agreement with Yorkville as they have with Clover. The Clover agreement is that in the event of unsatisfactory service on the part of the telephone company and failure to remeay tne same wunin ninety days after notice, the telephone company shall forfeit its charter. This the telephone people would not agree to. The conference was without result. SPECULATIVE MARKET. An Associated Press dispatch of last night from New York, summarized the developments in the speculative market yesterday as follows: The cotton market was easier again today and closed barely steady at a net decline of 10 to 14 points. Sales were estimated at 170,000 bales. The market opened steady at a decline of 3 to 4 points and after some little Irregularity, Increased the loss to a matter of 8 to 10 points under southern selling, a lower .Liverpool market than expected and good weather over the week-end. Realizing by shorts caused a slight reaction during the middle session, but the market weakened again in the late trading and closed at practically the lowest prices of the day. Private cables reported no improvement in the Manchester situation and attributed the decline in the English market to an insufficient demand to absorb hedge selling. No rain of consequence was reported in the south over Sunday, and temperatures were higher, suggesting a rapid progress with picking and ginning, while It is believed that there has been a considerable falling off in the volume of spot demand, since the completion of September engagements. A good deal of the tusiness represented buying of Decembtr against sales of later months an expectations of an increased preriium. Receipts at the ports today 51,723 against 54,010 last week and 44,750 last ytar. For the week 375,000 against 338,122 last week, and 241,529 las year. Today's receipts at New OMeans 7,472 against 5,880 last year, and at Houston 14,089 against 9,472 list year. BKYAN CAMPAIGN FUND. Previously acknowledged: Dr. T. N. Dulln, Clover $2 50 R. R. Allison, Tirzah 1 00 New subscriptions: D W Cmirma 1 rtft LI. TV TV IIUCOIUCO, KJlllJ L iia JL VW Louis Roth, Yorkville 1 00 P. W. Love, Yorkville 1 00 W. D. Grist, Yorkville 1 00 0. E. Wilkins, Yorkville 1 00 0. El jiist, Yorkville 1 00 A. M. 3rist, Yorkville 1 00 Seo. V. Brown, Yorkville 1 00 L. G. Thompson, Yorkville 1 00 Theie subscriptions go direct to Hon. Moses C. "VVetmore, chairman finance commttee of the national Democratic executive committee, Auditorium Annex, Chicago, Illinois. On last Saturday, The Enquirer received from Mr. "VVetmore a box of fifty campaign buttons, each containing :he portrait of Bryan and the legend: "I gave my dollar. Did You?" rhese buttons are being distributed to ill subscribers of one dollar or over. As we understand it, the national Democratic executive comittee is in 3ore need of all the funds It can get. rhere are onV four weeks more of the campaign, aid those who desire to ' Kelp, should lose no timo in inalciug their subscription. It is a fact that York ominfv is nlrea.dv at the head of the list with the most liberal subscrib- , srs among the counties of the state; but up to this time her total subscriptions amount to less than $200, and she :an easily give more. Dollar subscriptions may be handed < us in cash or sent to us through the nulls by postcXflce order, check or reg- ' istred letter. We will undertake to , t'unish each subscriber with a soureir button that will not only secure exaiption from further solicitation, but ( whih may be kept as tangible evidene that the owner has satisfactorily 1 meaured up to his political duty. Itgives us much pleasure to acknowledge the subscriptions above and ? it wll give us still more pleasure to be ale to acknowledge twice as many ' inortin our next issue. URGES DIVERSITY. \ Th< farmers' Union urges her memiers ml farmers generally not to rush j ;heir :uton on the market at the pres- j ;nt pjiois, which are below the cost of iroduttbn. Every bale of cotton beng sdd is taken from the producer at i 20 per bale less tnan its real value. Vho is the bear on the market? Is it a ot the producer? if you would refuse <. j take tne price ottered the speculajis win nave to give your price. Can c ou uo better.' Certainly you can. lie farmers' Union has been ottered t u tne money necessary if we will illy put our cotton in bonded ware- \ ouses. Tne Union has a number of arehouses, and the Standard Ware- r ouse company is also in position to ore cotton and issue receipts. The H tier company can store 70,000 bales id issue receipts which will be nego- c aDle at any bank. Arrangements have ;en made lor carrying your cotton I r you if you will but co-operate. If irtner information regarding this is ^ ;sired address the undersigned at mdleton, fc>. C. 1 would advise any > le putting their cotton in ware?uses to arrange for money for six V onths at least. Is it good judgment to warehouse L tton? I will answer yes, it is uliys good judgment to warehouse any R oduct when it sells below producin, and conditions will certainly war- R nt it now. As to the condition of the present w tton crop, the weather over a large rtion of the belt is bad, and so are b ospects. Heavy rains are reported er Texas. Oklahoma and Florida, and n ports of deterioration from the cotton It still come In from every state, and e world realizes now that the crop short. It will not more than duplite our last crop. There will be no 0 crop this year, and cotton is open- u r prematurely. I want to urge our cc mers to warehouse their cotton and 01 t money on it to settle their indebt- (1. ness and market the crop as the rid needs it. By so doing you can c* 1 your price. 01 l will pay the farmers to remember it corn is now selling at $1.10 per shel, bacon from 11 cents to 12 cents pound, ham 18 cents to 20 cents J'1) pound. Real, real farmers are purisers of the above articles. Now, sc >ther, don't grumble when the spec- Pf tor offers you 8.75 and 9 cents for Wi lr cotton. He knows that you have pay for the above articles you have so jght to make this cotton, and you of ,v have to meet your obligations, or w, be fair and don't blame him when ea offers you the present price. Re- de mher that buying bacon, corn, flour, Si lasses, hay, guano, mules and horses th die cause. I want you to remember lb t there is no country where the en ?ve articles can be raised cheaper an n here in South Carolina. The ha ledy for 8.75 and 9 cents' cotton is Cc ersification of crops. So let me sug- nu t that you write "diversify crops of ; year" and tack it up in the most ny spicuous place about your house, Sn that you can be reminded of it ev- we day. and then do it. and you can tr< ne your price for your cotton and tri Lire it for your whole crop. So di- wsi sify. B. Harris. tlv President S. C. Farmers' Union. clei endleton, S. C., Sept. 30, 1908. ' A STRANGE COINCIDENCE. Mr. F. C. Harris, one of the best 1 known and most respected citizens of Mecklenburg1 county, died at his home at Pineville last Friday. Mr. Harris j was a native of Steele Creek township and was nearly eighty years of age. , He was a veteran of the civil war and ( was a life long member of the Associate Reformed church. The funeral [ took place at the residence Saturday morning, and the interment at Blackstocks. He is survived by an aged 1 widow, one son, Mr. Robert Harris, and live daughters, Mrs. Oscar Potts of ' Pleasant Valley, Mrs. Sam Cunning- ; ham, Mrs. Edward Costner, Mrs. Car- : lans and Miss Janie Hill Harris, all of J Pineville. i The following sent by the Pineville correspondent of the Charlotte Chroni cle and printed in that paper just be- | fore the death of Mr. Harris, will be 1 especially interesting to all who know \ the people mentioned as well as to the general public: i 'Squire P. C. Harris, who was strick- I en with paralysis about sixteen months 1 ago, and whose protracted illness has t been noted from time to time in these 1 columns, is desperately ill at his home < on Polk street. Mr. Harris has been ' confined to his bed for some time, not I being able to walk, but was lifted by ' his devoted family to a chair and < wheeled to the piazza and other parts i of the house. He, however, has not been able to sit in his chair for the past three weeks, and it is sadly ap- ( parent that the venerable old veteran is slipping away from earth. His mind lingers in the past, and he often imag- I ines that friends, who have long slept . in the silent grave, are around him, and he calls them by name and seems to greatly enjoy their society. A re- i markable instance of the kind occur- , red recently which was so startlingly ( borne out by subsequent facts that it ' made a profound impression. He 1 awoke one morning seemingly refresh- j ed by a good night's rest, and, turning ] I to his wife, he asked, "Where is Mr. Steele?" Mrs. Harris told him she did f not know, and inquired whom he ' meant. "Why," he said, "I mea.i Wll- < Ham Bratton Steele of Yorkville. He spent last night with me." Mrs. Har ris reminded him that he had not seen his old friend, Mr. Steele, In twenty f vears and added, "You know he is quite blind." Mr. Harris insisted that he 5 had seen him and' that he certainly J spent the night with him and said, J "Why, Fannie, Mr. Steele's eyesight t has been restored." A few days after this Mr Harris was sent a r>nnv nf * The Yorkvllle Enquirer, by a relative, i who had pencil marked the notice of ] Mr. Steele's death which had taken g nlace the very day on which Mr. Harris had imagined that he had seen him, 1 and. strange to say, the notice of his t death gave an account of the restoration of his eyesight a short time before he died. We read of instances v Mke that above, but they seem vision- t ary and unreal and make very little c impression, but in Mr. Harris's case, t while we cannot understand It, it Is L certainly true, t g MANAGERS STATE ELECTION. ^ v The York county board of commis- a sioners for state and county elections, consisting of Messrs. D. P. Lesslie, P. c M. Burrls and J. E. Latham, met In v Yorkvllle yesterday and got Itself In 0 working shape by electing Mr. D. P. ? Lesslie as chairman, and Mr. T. E. Mc- r y Mackin a.s clerk. In appointing man- t, agers for the election to be held No- t, vember 3, the board, as far as possible 11 gave preference to those who served in the recent primary and the list was made up as follows: $ Bethel?H. G. Stanton, I. H. Camp- r bell and J. J. Nichols. f< Bethany?J. A. Ratteree, Lee Groves si and D. T. Quinn. o Blairsville?H. E. Hood, J. A. Malo- n ney and Jas. N. Russell. F Bullock's Creek?Jas. E. Bankhead, t( T. B. Ratchford and W. C. Robinson. a Clover?W. D. Moore, J. E. Jackson si and J. F. Currence. jt Coates's Tavern?J. W. Simpson, W. is 3. Lesslie ana R- W. Patton. w Ebenezer?John B. Neely, Hope T Adams and A. K. Smith. Fort Mill?W. H. Wlndle, R. G. Smythe and B. S. Gordon. Forest Hill?W. P. Boyd, Henry Beard and G. W. Martin. P' Hickory Grove?Tom McGill, J. S. n Wilkerson and L. G. Wylie. McConnellsville?J. O. Moore, J. T. bl Crawford and A. A. Burris. f Newport?J. M. Taylor, F. P. Glenn ind John Bames. Ogden?Jesse Moore, Sam Byers and ? J. Fiank Moore. k' Piedmont?W. M. Faulkner, J. W. " Wallace and W. W. Love. S' Rock Hill?G. A. Cowan, J. F. Win?ate, J. H. B. Jenkins. " Smyrna?W. W. Whitesides, J. I. Bo- P? in and J. M. Caldwell. Sharon?J. M. Simms, W. H. Burns " ind J. S. Hope. ot Tirzah?R. R. Allison, J. J. Miller ind A. P. Hope. c? Yorkville?N. J. N. Bowen, Brooks !nman and Joe Hart. cc The Federal Elections. at The commissioners of Federal elec- bl ions consisting of , Messrs. R. W. m Whitesides, C. P. Blankenship and J. 2. Howe, met last Friday, elected Mr. W. Whitesides clerk and Mr. John 5. Carroll, secretary, and appointed ^ nanagers as follows: Bethel?J. B. Ford, J. M. Barnett and t. M. Barnett. Bethany?J. J. Howe, W. H. Howell re ind B. R. Smith. vi Blairsville?R. H. Sherrer, H. J. gc Sherrer and Mason Blair. re Bullock's Creek?Kelly Inman, J. D. ca .'ranford and W. T. Smarr. m Clover?Walter B. Moore, F. E. Clin- ev on and J. L. Matthews. Coates's Tavern?J. W. Lesslie, J. in Vylie Roddey and J. R. Gettys. Y< Ebenezer?J. R. Spears, T. A. Bar- a on and J. E. Bass. in Fort Mill?S. H. Epps, Sr., Guy C. pa llankership and D. G. Kimball. tic Forest Hill?Perry Ferguson, F. G. look and J. D. B. Currence. su Hickorv Grove?John K. Allison, R. in ,. Scoggins and W. T. Slaughter. se: McConnellsville?J. F. Ashe, R. L. sit IcCleave, L. B. Ashe. op Newport?J. A. McFadden, A. T. de leely, E. H. Garrison. lii< Ogden?W. C. Pearson, R. G. Griffin, m, V. H. Dunlap. pa Piedmont?C. W. Dickson, John R. be ,ove and A. C. White. mi Rock Hill?J. W. Rawlinson, T. W. ch less and J. C. Sandifer. lik Smyrna?W. L. Whitesides, J. T. thi :amsey and T. C. Lester. ge Sharon?J. M. Plexlco, W. B. Caldell and R. M. Sherrer. he I lrzan?.1. t-s. rsarron, j. vv. ioung- in( lood and J. S. Sadler. ex Yorkvllle?C. H. Sandifer. Will Neil m( nd J. L. Moss. js an INTERESTING SURETY CASE. ho an A somewhat interesting case, says pli le Columbia Record, is scheduled to me before Commissioner McMaster i October 30th. The facts in the ^ai ise are that the American Surety an' tmpany of New York, which had been I tlie bond of Mr. Chas. D. Miller, as rent for the Southern railway, at Fort the ill, on May 8th, notified the Southern sur ilway that it wished to cancel its lia- he lity on the bond of Mr. Miller, in con- 'f quince of which Mr. Miller lost his tba is it ion as agent for the Southern rail- ref ay, at that point. w" Mr. Miller alleges that the only rea- j1.'.' II he can assign for the cancellation j' his bond is because of the fact that m * 1 April 27th, ten days prior to the ncellatlon of his bond, he gave evi- Ja nee in a suit against the American J iret.v company, this suit being for . e recovery on a bond furnished by e American Surety company to an 2 ' lployee of the Columbia, Newberry ne d Laurens ra'ilroad. Mr. Miller, who d previously been auditor for the ? ilumbla, Newberry and Laurens rail- frei ltd. alleges that previous to the trial in < the case against the Surety compa- moi he was told by an inspector of the abo iret.v company that if the case ever a o< nt to trial someone would be given bin: able about it, and that during the out al. in which Mr. Miller's testimony two is very important, the representa- bod es of the Surety company exhibited sex< rddedly hostile feeling towards him. mal rhat tlie American Surety company a g< had given bond for him when he was employed by the Southern railway at Fort Mill, on February 1st, and continued on his bond until subsequent to the trial, as above mentioned; that he has diligently sought for reasons why his bond was conceded, but has been unable to learn any cause for same, that as the Southern railroad is under contract with the American Surety company to give bond, for all of its employees, he is thereby deprived of opportunity to serve the Southern railroad in any bonded capacity, and that he is unable to secure employment in any other bonded position, since one of the first questions asked by all bonding companies is whether or not his bond has ever been refused by another Surety company, and upon his answering that the American Surety company had cancelled his bond, he is unable to secure a bond from any other bonding company. Mr. Miller has furnished the commissioner with references to persons who have known him for years, and have been in position to judge of his Integrity. These references certify to the high character and integrity of Mr. Miller. Commissioner McMaster, under the ict of the general assembly, creating the insurance department, empowering him "to summon witnesses to take testimony as he may deem fft and proper for the protection of the public interest of this state," after consulting with the attomev general on the subject hns summoned the American Surety " nmnanv 10 snow cause nerore mm, on October 30th. why Its license should not he revoked. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From this date to January 1st, 1909. for 48 cents. The Meeting at Sharon. There was a large attendance on the meetings held in the Associate Reformed church at Sharon on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in connection .vith the celebration of the Lord's Supner on Sunday morning. Rev. J. P. Knox did the preaching and all of the services were very much enjoyed, rhere were four accessions to the :hurch. Executors Sale of Realty. The only auction sales of realty be'ore the court house door, yesterday, salesday for October, were by W. B. stroup, executor of the estate of A. C. stroup, deceased. Pursuant to adverisement offered for sale a lot In the own of Clover and three tracts of land n King's Mountain township, one of 00 acres, one of 78 acres and one of 13 acres. All four of the offerings were ?id off for the estate, belonged to Lucas's Battalion. i i 'jhi au auiiiciiuL ouuiu, xuc uuluirer learns uuti tne uue vvllliatn ,aiuweh, who cued at 111s home at viugs creea i*ecenuy, seiveu in me !ivii war as a memoer ol i_,ucas s oaianon oi Heavy artiiiery. jtxe joined tne attaiiun at cnariesum in l?t>4 and renamed uiere until laoo. He was en;aged in the Dattle of Averysburg, N. and later in tne battle ot Bentonsine, where ne was wounded by asneil, ,na incapacitated from furtner service. ;ase or J. H. Garrison. J. nenry Garrison of Laurens, who ins on last rriuay morning convicteo f manslaughter in connection with the liiing of j. Louis Williamson, was on riaay afternoon sentenced to two ears at nard lanor in tne state penientiary. Judge Memmlnger imposed ne senience after overruling a motion or a new trial. Counsel for Garrison mmedlately gave notice of a proposed ppeal and snortly afterward, the deendant was released on a bond of i 1,U00. It is stated that when the Ju- 1 ors first went in the room two were : or acquittal, some were for man- laughter and others were for ccnvictlon f murder. After being locked up all ight the Jury came out at 9.30 o'clock 'riday morning and stated its inability i o agree. Judge Alemminger, however, < dmonished them on the unfairness of i hifting the responsibility to another ] lry, charged them further as to the \ iw and sent them back. The verdict i as readied two hours later. he Bridge at Howell'* Ferry. Gaffney Ledger: A delegation of gen- , emen from York and Cherokee coun- < es were in the city yesterday to ap- i ear before the board of county com- | lissior ers in an endeavor to have the , herokee board join with the York oard in erecting a bridge at Howell's ;rry, which connects York and Chertee counties. About a dozen gentlelen represented the Cherokee end of le argument while Messrs. W. S. Wil- * erson, J. J. J. Robinson and Jona- 1 lan Buice appeared for York. These * sntlemen stated to a Ledger reporter J lat the sand has practically blocked 1 ie ferry, making passage almost im- c jssible and that when the river is t w it is entirely so. As the result of s ie meeting between the county board v ' commissioners and the delegation of i ?ntlemen from York and Cherokee s >unties, the Cherokee board will meet a ie York boUrd on next Tuesday at f ie site of the proposed bridge and I >nfer as to the advisability of a bridge r : this point. If it is deemed practlca- t e, the legislature will be asked to e ake an appropriation for the purpose, t r t TAFT AND CHANLER. 11 u erald Thinks the Republicans Will ? Carrv New York. 1 New York, October 4.?Taft by a [ duced plurality and probably a ctory for Chanler over Hughes for r >vernor, Is the estimate of election " suits made by the Herald after a reful canvass of the state. Sum- P arizing the results of its inquiry in ery county, the Herald says: P "Mr. Taft, according to all surface r dications, at present holds New jrk state. It will apparently require ' political convulsion or revolution 11 the remaining weeks of the cam- ? tign to dislodge him from his posi- 11 >n. e "Mr. Chanler's chances now seem perior to those of Mr. Hughes. But the opinion of many political ob- J' rvers the full strength of the oppo- J' ion to the present governor devel- " ied early in the campaign. They a clare it is now at flood tide and is :ely to recede during the coming ? onth. The vigorous whirlwind cam- d ign which the governor is about to ai gin, his supporters believe, will do -1' jch to swing the state. The ma- J1: ine Republican leaders, who dis- . :e Mr. Hughes, declare he is one of e most effective campaigners of his tc neration. "There are not likely to be any a! avy pluralities either way. The 01 >st sanguine Republicans do not pect Mr. Taft to carry the state by b( >re than 50,000. Where a plurality sl claimed for Mr. Hughes the figures a* ; placed very low. The Democrats "? pe to elect Mr. Chanler by 50,000, . tl some of them figure out a small ro irality for Mr. Bryan. The panic has hurt the Republi- d is with the workingmen and with "J ail business men. On the other nd, the general fear that Mr. Biys election might precipitate anoth- .. crisis or delay the return of pros ity will give Mr. Taft many votes. 'The German voters believe that ! present governor inclines toward nptuary legislation. They believe t MERE-MENTION. The 2-cent letter rate between the United States and Great Britain went into effect on Thursday last... .Pennsylvania's appropriations for school purposes for this year total (7,500,000. Morconi, the inventor of wireless telegraphy, says he hopes to see the time come when trans-atlantic messages will cost but one cent a word. George W. Goethals, chairman of the Panama canal commission, says that the canal will be open on January 1, 1915 General E. Burd Grubb, at one time minister to Spain, and a lifelong Republican, has been nominated for congress by the Democrats of the Second congressional district of New Jersey The production of gold in the United States last year had a total value of $90,435,700; the value of the silver produced was $37,299,700 A New York night school has a pupil who Is 55 years old, who expects to study law after he gets through the night school Grave anxiety , is felt at St. Petersburg because of the Illhealth of the czarina. Her condition is said to De due to anxiety over her husband and children About 200,000 persons were registered yesterday for a chance to draw a quarter section of the Rosebud Indian reservation lands In South Dakota, including 838,000 acres, which was thrown open by the government for allotment to settlers. Thos. W. Lawson, the Boston financier, is said to be suffering from a general breakdown The National Model License league, with headquarters in Louisville, Ky., Is sending out an address to its membership, asking that retailers obey all liquor laws and to meet the will of the people,.. .Two persons, a man and a woman, were killed at Detroit, Mich., Friday night, In a collision between an automobile and an electric car....Three men were killed and three others were seriously Injured by the falling roof of a burning building at Youngstown, Ohio, Friday An Atlanta, Ga., man Is asking the courts of that state to grant h'm a divorce on the ground that his wife mistreats and beats him Oliver M. Farrand, a wealthy diamond Importer of New York, Is looking for his confidential clerk. Henry F. Mprs^hner. who has disappeared with *50,000 worth of gems. A young woman Is mixed up In the case The iprg^st German steamship ever built will be launched at Bremen on October ?1. and will be named George Washing ton one thousand men were put to work In the Southern rallwav shops of Knojrvllle last week The receipts of the United States treasury for th? month of September were $48,320,114 and the expenditures were $52,904,085. making a deficit of $4.583.971 \ N?w York engineer proposes the construction of a system of underground freight railways for New York and estimates the cost at probably *100.000 000 Snow fell at Tupper Take. N. Y? Friday to a depth of two inches Two New York men have bet $25,000 each on the election of Hughes and Chanler, to the governorship of New York state Senator Torakar has issued a statement to the effect that he will not make a canvass of Ohio In behalf of his candidacy for re-election to the United States senate A fire destroyed a pickle ?actory at Hicksvllle, Long Island, Fiiday and with It 30,000,000 pickles Philadelphia Is this week celebrating the 225th anniversary of the founding of the city The loss of life due to the floods in the vicinity of Hyderabad, India, last week, is placed as high as 50,000 lives. The financial loss Is estimated at 200,000,000 rupees..., Mr. Bryan has received Information to the effect that President Roosevelt Is to make a speech-making tour from the Atlantic to the Pacific, making six special speeches enroitfe with many short ones Three more counties, making a total of twentytwo. voted for prohibition In Saturday's local option elections In Ohio. Three men and two women were drowned in the Tennessee river near Chattanooga - on Sunday by the cap sizing of a small boat The 500 rlrlvers of taxlcabs In New York city are on a strike for more pay Night riders set Are to a negro's cab'i* -?nr Hickman, Ky., Saturday night, and shot a negro, Dake Walker, a 5-year-old daughter and a baby to death, and seriously wounded Walker's wife Eighteen political prisoners escaped from the Russian prison at Strunsk, Russia, Sunday..,. Lord Northcllffe of England, has offered a prize of $25,000 to the first person who crosses the English channel In a flying machine The total Imports for the month of August this year were $91,255,308, as compared with $125,806,043 during Au?rust of last year. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Union, October 3: The Hon. E. D. Smith, of Florence, made an address lere today before the County Cotton Association by special Invitation. Mr. Smith first paid his respects to the Republican party, giving its record luring the reconstruction period in he south as a supreffne reason why loutherners should avoid affiliation vith that party as they would the )lague. Coming down to the cotton ituation, the speaker urged co-operition and organization among the armers. He stated that Secretary iester was paid a large salary by the nills and cotton exchanges in order o furnish them with exact statistics overing the number of bales of coton in existence. The farmers had io such officer and no means of obainlng such information in order to Ix the price of their product. He irged organization along this line, tating that he proposed to devote his ntire time from now to December, 909, when he takes his seat in the Jnfted States senate, to working for he Cotton Association. Mr. Smith epeatedly and emphatically urged pon all farmers the need of holding heir cotton if they desired a better rice. ? Laurens, October 4: The contemlated appeal in the case of J. H. Garison, recently convicted of manslaughsr in Laurens, may raise an interestig point in regard to the disquallflcalon of a Juror by age. The rulings f Judge Memminger in the trial of tie case were with one or possibly two xceptions favorable to the poinr.s rais d by the' defense, so that there are iw grounds for an appeal from the idginent of the trial court, though is announced that an appeal will be iken. The principal point on which n exception was noted by the defense i that of the eligibility of Mr. R. P. dair, who when sworn on hs voir ire stated that he was 66 years of age, nd the defense raised the point that e was disqualified for service as a iror because he was over 65 years d. Judge Memminger held that he as exempt from service if he wished ? claim the exemption but not disualified, and declined to hear any jthoritles on the subject. Seel ion 22 ' article 5 of the constitution of 1895 ads as follows: "Each Juror must ? a qualified elector under the provions of this constitution, betwesn the pes of 21 and 65 years and oif good oral character." Under this provlon the defense contended that the Jur over 65 was disqualified, but as alady stated Judge Memminger held herwise and the juror in question as presented and then the defense Jected to him. an exception being >ted to the ruling of the court. This 111 probably be one of the points in e appeal to the supreme court, but it ay be difficult to get it squarely here the supreme court for the reason at the defense did not exhaust its lections and therefore was not marially affected by the ruling in the case Juror Adair. However, this is prac ally the only point of law on which e court ruled contrary to the request defendant's counsel. The charge to e jury was considered to be lenient r the defense. - Greenville. October 3: Citizen sh Ashley was in Greenville yes"day for the purpose of making arngements for the legal prosecution the slayer or slayers of John Meha. Mr. Ashley has retained Solicr Boggs. who is employed to ast Mr. Ponham who will occupy the sition of solicitor when the case nes to trial. Mr. Ashley said other unsel may also be employed. Con*nlng the' killing of McGaha Mr. hley made the following statement: :>hn McGaha was not only murred but robbed. When his friends t to him about nine o'clock, half ur after the shooting, they found isiderable money scattered around body?his gold watch was gone 1 somewhere between ten and mty-five dollars in cash. John Mcha never killed but one man Intlonally, and that was in self-de would sign stringent Sunday laws nf such were presented to him, and tif t if elected governor the radical ^ ormers of Puritanic tendencies 1 flock to Albany this winter with ^ sorts of bills restricting 'personal fn] ?rty,' many of which the governor ?ht favor. They do not bear him ~ ' ill on account of race track leg- j"0 tion, nor is this issue cutting much te' a figure in the state. ra Up to date neither party seems to e much money. This will tend :*a lamage the Republicans more than 'v1 Democrats." , ? , P? coi Oaffney, October 3: Another coi ik of nature has been developed oei Cherokee county. Mr. John Har- As l. a well-known farmer, living "j( ut nine miles from the city, had dei 3W to deliver a calf that is a com- gol itinn of several things altogether hoi of the ordinary. The calf has eor heads, one at each end of its the y. two tails and six feet. Both an< *s are developed in it. The ani- tw< is quite a wonder and has caused fja J(?d deal of astonishment. ten