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Scraps and facts. ? New York, September 7: Plans for the final weeks of the Democratic campaign were outlined and discussed at a conference of William J. Bryan, National Chairman Mack and the heads of various bureaus of the national committee Unlay. Bryan told the national committeemen that he felt convinced that the tide was still running strong for the Democratic ticket. In a statement regarding conditions in the west, where he has been speaking for the last two weeks, Bryan said: "There is no state in the west where the chances are not in favor of our party and reports that we get are not only encouraging, but are increasingly encouraging. Everything we hear from the east increases confidence that the Democrats feei in the success of the ticket." Mr. Bryan will leave Friday, speaking in Joliet, Streamer and other cities in Illinois. On Saturday Bryan will speak in Missouri towns. ? Louisville, October 8: Henry Watterson presided and was the principal speaker at the Democratic rally here tonight. In the course of his remarks the speaker said: "Politicians tell you there are many issues up for settlement in this campaign. I see but one. If we can not change our rulers at will ?If an organized and defiant minority inside the fortress can withstand the siege of unprincipaled and ill-equipped majority outside?how shall talk about trusts and tariff, about rebates and bank deposits, about money and morals and stocks and bonds profit us? I behold an almost exact reproduction of the evil conditions of fifty years ago. The Republican party has grown corrupt and arrogant, and it is putting forth a tremendous effort to retain the power which it has so misused. If it succeeds it will never surrender it short of some dire cataclysm, making its exit a signal for, it may be, civil war." ? Chicago, October 6: Norman E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic national committee, made known tonight the reasons upon which he bases his prediction that New York state may safely be regarded as Democratic this year. Mr. Mack's statement regarding the situation in the Empire State is as follows: "The Democratic party in New York was never more united, not even in 1892, than it is this year. The state is never doubtful when the Democrats stand together. With a united party we find our opponents all shot to pieces; some Republicans are opposing Roosevelt, others are against Hughes, while another faction is set against Taft. As an instance of the union of the Democratic forces, the National Democratic club of New York city, composed of 1,400 members, made up of bankers, merchants and professional men. opposed Bryan almost to a man in 1896 and 1900. I am told that 95 per cent of the club's membership is ready to support Mr. Bryan this year and the club recently passed resolutions endorsing him and have contributed $2,500 with a promise to contribute a like amount later. With this situation I feel that New York is not only safe for Bryan, but there will be a Democratic landside." ? Tom Cockrill, famous for his connection with the Breathitt county (Ky.) feuds was killed in Louisville, Ky., on September 26 by a freight train. Although in age a man of less than thirty years, Cockrill several years ago earned the sobriquet of "Bad Tom" Cockrill, because of his ability with a deadly weapon, and it was he who brought on the feud between the Cockrill family and their followers and the Hargis family and their followers which gave Kentucky such a bad name in recent years. For years the Hargis and Cockrill families were on the most intimate terms until the night of February 21, 1902, when Tom Cockrill killed Ben Hargis in a blind tiger at Jackson. Ben was the youngest of the four Hargis brothers, and following that murder the feud raged. In rapid succession Jim Cockrill. brother of Tom and town marshal of Jackson, was killed from the window of the circuit court room in Jackson; Dr. B. D. Cox, guardian of the Cockrill boys, was slain as he passed from his office to his nome, ana james o. iuarcum was shot as he stood in front of the court house opposite the Hargis store. Although Cockrill, as was frequently predicted "died with his boots on." he is the only prominent male member of his family who in recent years has not met death from either a bullet or a knife. ? London, October 6: The second and culminating step in the Austro-Bulgarian programme for the aggrandizement of themselves at the expense of the status established by the treaty of Berlin was consummated tonight, when Emperor Francis Joseph formally proclaimed the practical annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the dual monarchy. The present situation is as follows: "Turkey calls upon the powers to preserve to her what they guaranteed by the treaty. Austria and Bulgaria strongly declare their determination to keep what they have taken. Servia is protesting belligerently against being hemmed in more strongly between two unpopular neighbors and against having the Servians in Bosnia absorbed into the Austro-Hungarian nationality. The other powers concerned in the Berlin treaty are discussing the holding of an international conference to consider this most delicate of problems. Turkey's unexpected policy of restraint minimizes the possibilities of war. which now is considered out of the question. The English papers unite in praising Turkey's moderation and in denouncing Austria. A conference of the powers is expected to be held within two or three months if it can be arranged, but no one Imagines that it will undo this week's work. Austria declines even to discuss annexation. and the most expected is some arrangement that will save Turkey's pride. ? The people on the island of Crete, stirred by the events in southeastern Europe, the independence of Bulgaria and the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria, have arisen and proclaimed a union with Greece. The Turkish government has sent to the powers a circular protesting against the Bulgarian proclamation and asking the powers what steps they me?n to take looking to the re-establishment of order in Bulgaria and the maintenance of Turkey's interests, which were guaranteed by the treaty of Berlin. Great Britain, in reply to the proclamation of Austria-Hungary's annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has refused its sanction to this action and has practically requested the Austro-Hungarian government to reconsider it. Both Premier Asquith and Foreign Secretary Grey in public addresses touched upon the Balkan question, the former asserting that the British government would not stand alone among the pow ers in its present anuuue. mc iauci expressing' the belief that nothing has happened thus far that would lead to breach of the peace. In Servia there is popular clamor for war against Austria-Hungary, and the Servian government has issued an appeal to the powers requesting them to restore the status quo. or else to grant Servia compensations. Italy, through Signor Titloni. the foreign minister, has demanded that in addition to the evacuation of Xovipazar. Austria renounce the protectorate which she has exercised over Montenegro under the Berlin treaty. Italy is one with great Britain. France and Russia in counseling the holding of a conference of the powers for the purpose of examining into the complications that have arisen, and. if necessary, revising the treatv of Berlin. ? Chicago. October 7: Wm. J. Bryan and Wm. H. Taft. rival candidates for the presidency of the United States met tonight at the fourth annual banquet of the Chicago Association of Commerce. The meeting is said to be the first of its kind. Bryan, having been in all day. was first to arrive at the banquet hall in the Auditorium hotel. Taft, having delivered a speech at the opening of the Deep Waterways convention in the forenoon, went to Oalesburg, 111., to deliver another address during the afternoon, and returned to Chicago tonight after the banquet was under way. An ear-splitting shout gave warning of the arrival of Taft. Bryan, in common with everybody else, rosej and looked toward the entrance. Taft's' huge frame, moving like a ship among a swarm of tugs, was moving slowly up the narrow aisle between the two tables. Bryan turned his head slowly as his political rival drew near, smiling slightly. The dramatic moment which had been anticipated with such deep interest was soon over. Bryan's hand awaited that of Taft. A single lingering pressure, a word or so which none could hear because of the tumult and the Republican leader pushed on to a chair at the right of Mr. Hall. In the first moment after the noise subsided, Bryan leaning to one side, and smiling broadly, asked Taft if he had a good day. This display of friendliness on the part of the two candidates stirred the crowd to renewed cheering. Taft stroked his throat for answer. Then T^ft laughed and applause Increased. The speeches of Taft and Bryan were both non-partisan. (The iilorhvillc (fnquirtr. entered at the Postofflce In Yorkvllle as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.j FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9. 1908. As may be very readily understood, a man like Mayor Rhett of Charleston, can give his time to campaign speaking except at great personal expense to himself. Mr. Rhett Is a man of large affairs, and his affairs cannot go on as satisfactorily during his absence as under his personal supervision. But he is doing most effective work for the party and he is doing it uncomplainingly. The Enquirer, however, is not at all surprised. On the contrary, Mr. Rhett is doing just what we expected him to do. He is no less in earnest now than when he was giving the people an opportunity to nominate him as United States senator. After the Election. It is the universal testimony of those who have noticed such things, that there is a general paralysis of business at this season during presidential election years. Formerly, it was the custom of the politicians to try to make it appear that the paralysis was due to a fear of the success of the opposing party at the polls; but that idea has been so generally exploded that it is but seldom advanced nowadays. The agitation and strife incident to the selection of a president of the United States necessarily brings about demoralization that can have no other result than business paralysis. Of course, there is considerable difference as to the proposed policies of the two parties, especially, with reference to the tariff; but it is very well understood that there can be no radical changes in economic conditions, no matter who may be elected. People who give careful and intelligent study to the existing political situation are inclined to arrive at the conclusion that the country is on the verge of the demnition bow-wows, no matter which political party may prevail; but no matter how serious the situation may look to such students they may generally find consolation in the fact that things have ever appeared thus and that there has been only a few serious crashes up to this time. It is pretty safe to predict that after the election is over, no matter who may be elected, the business situation will straighten itself out and things will soon begin to move along as they should. MERE-MENTION. New York customs officers on Monday captured about $4,000 worth of gloves that were being smuggled into the United States without paying the required duty A French submarine boat has accomplished the feat of running 693 miles under water. The vessel was under water eighty-one hours A riot developed in a jus* (fnnm at T nc An^plps Pal.. Monday, as the outcome of an attempt to lynch a negro, who had confessed to aji attempted criminal assault. The negro was sentenced to life imprisonment Fourteen women tried to get their names on the registration lists for the November elections in New York on Monday. The effort failed Heavy fines having failed to stop motorists who have a mania for high speed, a New York police judge has resorted to placing offenders in prison New York city's I public schools will cost the tax payers j of that city $33,031,000 for the school year 1908-09 An incendiary fire wrecked a large tenement house building in New York on Monday and eleven persons lost their lives Dr. Mary Walker, the famous wearer of male attire of Washington, declares that tuberculosis is caused by tobacco smoke Dr. Charles E. Latimer, a wealthy New York physician, who die*] recently, left $50,000 to the national Prohibition party, to push the work of prohibition... .The Atlantic fleet will leave Manila today for Japan, where elaborate entertainments will be provided for officers and men. The near-beer license law of Georgia has been declared constitutional by Judge Ellis of the superior court of that state An unknown woman committed suicide Tuesday by jumping into the Niagara river above the falls. In a minute her body was carried over the falls Election bets in Ohio are being placed at the rate of two to one in favor of Mr. Taft Governor Willson of Kentucky. has been summoned before the grand jury of Christian county, that state, because of his making the statement in a speech that he knew the names of officials and members of the night riding klan Mrs. Harvey Day of Elizabeth. N. J., died Tuesday from the effect of a dog bite received seven weeks ago, despite treatment by the Pasteur institute for rabies The government of Mexico is preparing to issue $50,000,000 of bonds to be used for irrigation purposes. .. .Thos. W. Lawson was badly .injured in a runaway accident near Boston on Sunday afternoon, his horse becoming frightened at an automobile.... Hamilton Fish, assistant treasurer of the United States, has resigned the office to become a candidate for congress from the twenty-first district of New York.?An effort is being: made torestrict the height of skyscrapers in New York city Ex-Congressman Sibley of Pennsylvania, has demanded that Wm. R. Hearst publish all letters that he may have written to John D. Archbold from 1900 to the close of his public service, in full Captain J. Clayton Erb, a well known politician and society man of Delaware county. Pa., was shot to death in his home in that county Tuesday night. Erb was suing his wife for divorce after a number of quarrels with her. Mrs. Erb was in the house at the time of the killing with her sister, and they are both in jail charged with the shooting, the sister claiming to have fired the shots George R. Sheldon. treasurer of the Republican national committee, is said to have had a rather acrimonious conference with Mr. Roosevelt in Washington on Tuesday. Sheldon is alleged to have said to Mr. Roosevelt. "You furnish the enthusiasm and I'll capture the cash." A St. Louis brewer had placed a bet of two to one that Mr. Taft will carry Missouri. ..A half-dime of the date of 1S02 was sold in New York on Tuesday at auction for ?715. . .The "rlrys" added six more counties, to the prohibition column in Ohio on Tuesday. The "wets" carried one county. Defiance, by a majority of 801 In Philadelphia 284,700 voters have been registered for the November elections: 72.000 men entitled to register failed to qualify Dispatches from Venezuela are to the effect that President Castro is critically ill. CLOVER CULLINGS. Death of Miss Currence?Marketing the Cotton Crop?Oil Mill and Warehouse Talk?Personal and Other Notes. Correspondence ot the Yorkrille Enquirer. Clover, October 9.?Miss Elizabeth R. Currence died at her home here on last Monday, aged about 65 years. The funeral took place at Bethel on Tuesday. She was for many years a resident of Clover and was held in high esteem by all the people. For about fifteen years previous to her death she was a helpless invalid, being confined to the house. She bore her affliction with Christian fortitude and resignation and was always bright and cheerful. A considerable quantity of cotton was sold on this market while the price was at and above 9 cents, but since it has dropped below that figure there is nothing doing, the sales not averaging as many as three bales a day. ?,ast winter there was considerable talk here relative to erecting a standard cotton warehouse, and for a time it appeared that the enterprise would be put through, but owing to reasons that are not of general interest, the principal one being, that the idea seemed to prevail that this would not be a good year to hold cotton, the matter was allowed to drop. The men who were agitating the matter last winter have now arrived at the conclusion that the enterprise should have been pushed through and it is likely that a warehouse owned by the leading business men will be ready for storing cotton by another season, whether or not there is any cotton to store. At present cotton that would naturally be stored here did the facilities exist goes either to Gastonia or Yorkville and our business men realize that it would be to their interest to have it stored here. There was some talk last fall and winter relative to erecting a cotton seed oil mill here, but the scheme failed to materialize. It is a fact that few points in this section, other than those that have oil mills, buy more seed each year than does Clover. This is due to the fact that the surrounding country in all directions produces as much cotton per acre as any similar area in the Piedmont, and that all the roads leading to this town are good and the local buyers pay the top of the market for seed, and in view of Clover's past successful record in the management of business enterprises, it is safe to predict that an oil mill would not be an exception so far as the interests of the stockholders are concerned, to say nothing1 of the great commercial benefit such an enterprise would be to the town. Up to yesterday afternoon 710 bales of cotton had been ginned this season, which is considerably more than at this time last year, but owing to the undoubted shortness of the crop it is not likely that the number for the entire season will be nearly so large as 'ast year. Dr. I. A. Bigger of Rock Hill, was here on yesterday. He came to consult with Dr. Pressly in regard to several patients of the latter, especially Mrs. W. B. Riddle of Bowling Green, who is seriously sick. Messrs. Meek Smith and H. L. Wright returned yesterday afternoon from a two days' fishing trip to Catawba river. Thev report a successful experience in landing a goodly number of carp and cat fish. Mr. M. Li. Smith and family are now occupying their handsome new home erected on the site of the one destroyed by fire last January. The building is a model of convenience and comfort. It is provided with a private water system. including a huge boiler or tank for heating water, has bath room, is steam heated and electric lighted. It is covered with slate and there are no stove flues, thus reducing the probability of destruction by fire to the minimum. Capt. W. B. Smith, who several weeks ago suffered something or a set back, has about recovered, and in fact is feeling: so well that it is probable that he will spend a day in Yorkvllle in the near future?something: that he has not done in quite a while. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Columbia State: Mr. W. B. Dove of this city has been appointed assistant secretary of state by Secretary R. M. McCown. Mr. Dove succeeds Mr. W. H. Malloy of Florence, who has recently been elected cashier of the Farmers' and Mechanics' bank of that town. Mr. Dove has had considerable clerical experience and is well known throughout the state, having for several years been connected with one of the largest book concerns doing business in the south and afterwards being one of the general agents of the Southeastern Life Insurance company' of Spartanburg. ? Spartanburg. October 8: The ap-1 pointment of a colored man, Jeremiah Anderson of Roebuck, as substitute letter carrier in Spartanburg may result in a st'r in postoffice circles. The appointment was made several days ago, and recently there has been rumors that Anderson, who was formerly in the government service, figured in some sort of trouble, the alleged writing of an improper letter to a white woman. Postmaster S. T. Poinier, when asked today with reference to the rumors going the rounds said that since the appointment was made he had heard something about the colored substitute having been in some sort of trouble because of a letter said to have been written to a white woman, but that no charges had been preferred against the man and that no protest had been made. He said he did not hear of the alleged letter until after the appointment was made. Col. Poinier said that the postoffice here needed a substitute carrier and that the negro passed a most creditable examination on the list, and that he was accordingly appointed as substitute carrier. ? Laurens, October 7: In view of the approaching election on the dispensary in this county the prohibition forces have planned a series of temperance rallies which will be held throughout the county this month. In addition to a number of local speakers, Including Rev. W. E. Thayer, pastor of the First Baptist church, Hon. C. C. Feathstone. Rev. E. C. Watson, pastor of two of the large Baptist churches of the county, and the Rev. C. Lewis Fowler, pastor of the First Baptist church at Clinton, Dr. Geo. B. Cromer of Newberry and Dr. Chas. E. Burts of Edgefield have been invited to partici "headquarters for novelties in notions"?the little things that customers demand from time to time. Dress trimmings, etc. R. C. Peacock, New fork?Wants a representative for Success Magazine in Yorkville. Miss Rosa Lindsay?Tells you that the prices of photograph .work vary according to quality of work and size of picture. M. W. White?Says that some people lose so many opportunities that it Is a wonder they don't lose themselves. Real estate offerings. Loan & Savings Bank?Explains who it is that takes advantage of the facilities offered by its savings department. J. Edgar Poag. Broker?Is sending "Poag's Real Estate Monthly" ail over the country to real estate buyers and sellers. He wants your business, either buying or selling. Star Drug Store?Enumerates a number of articles which it can furnish, including bonbons, cigars, drugs, camphor ice, etc. Carroll Bros.?Are in receipt of a carload of Oliver plows, points, mould boards, slides, standards, etc., and wants to supply your needs. Herndon & Oordon?Are receiving fresh groceries and confectioneries every day and have full lines of hardware, crockery, leather, etc. York Drug Store?Invites especial attenti in to Its line of toilet soaps, which includes all grades at the right prices. Candles. York county has gotten the reputation of having poorer roads than any I A M/1 +Vin t I "I lilt; counties suri uuiiuing. ahu mai Is a reputation that will hurt quite seriously unless It Is amended. The first killing frost of the season occurred on Sunday morning of this week. It was not general, but In some sections of the county peavines and cotton stalks were blasted black. The registration books were not open on Monday of last week, and The Enquirer was in error in saying they would be open. Members of the board were under the impression that the books would be open on Monday; but after looking into the matter and finding that it would not give thirty days until the general election, the books were not opened. There were about a hundred disappointed applicants for certificates. There is something wrong about the law fixing a license on traveling shows. That such shows should be taxed there Is no good ground for question; but to specify the tax to be paid without specifying the price to be charged for admission, does not cover the ground. Take the Gentry Bros., shows for Instance. In North Carolina where there is a better regulation of such matters, the price of adult admission was 25 cents. In this state, especially in Yorkville, the price of admission was 50 cents. Such shows care very little for the license tax, so long as there is no regulation of the price of admission. They can make the people pay the bills. Our friends at Clover got the best of the telephone people in the franchise matter, especially in that provision which makes the franchise subject to forfeiture for unsatisfactory service, three months after notice. This provision is not at all satisfactory to the telephone people. Messrs. Maupin and Palmer told the Yorkville committee so. They said that Mr. Babington should never have made such a contract, and that means that our Clover friends had better watch out. Just what method the telephone people will use to readjust this matter, we do not know. It is possible that they might make the service unsatisfactory for the purpose of putting an end to the agreement. They may resort to some other expedient. Anyhow, the situation is well worth watching. It is possible to get a temporary advantage of the telephone people; but to hold that advantage, requires eternal vigilance. BRYAN CAMPAIGN FUND. Previously acknowledged: Dr. T. N. Dulin, Clover *2 50 R. R. Allison, Tirzah 1 00 R. W. Whitesides, Smyrna 1 00 Louis Roth, Yorkville 1 00 P. W. Love, Yorkville 1 00 W. D. Grist, Yorkville 1 00 O. E. Wilklns, Yorkville 1 00 O. E. Grist, Yorkville 1 00 A. M. Grist, Yorkville 1 00 Geo. W. Brown, Yorkville 1 00 L. G. Thompson, Yorkville 1 00 Additional subscription: B. M. Johnson, Yorkville 1 00 Total to date $13 50 SPECULATIVE MARKET. The developments in the speculative market yesterday are summarized in a New York dispatch of last night as follows: The cotton market just about lost yesterday's advance during today's trading, the close being steady at a net decline of 4 to 11 points. Sales were estimated at 125,000 bales. The market opened steady at a decline of 7 to 8 points and quickly increased the loss to a matter of 10 to 12 points under liquidation by recent buyers, southern selling and a renewal of local bear pressure. Lower cables than expecieu, reports mui jcoiuuaj o meeting of masters and operatives at Lancashire had not been productive of any favorable result and Increasing uneasiness with reference to the eastern political situation were the bear factors in connection with the continued good weather in the south. There was enough covering to check the decline, but only slight rallies occurred and the close was only some 3 to 5 points up from the lowest on the active months. October was relatively firm in the late trading, rallying 7 points from the lowest. YORK'S ROADS. "I have been over a large part of the state in my automobile," said Mr. S. L. Miller of Columbia, to the editor of The Enquirer, the other day, "and I just want to tell you that the roads of York county are the poorest of any county in the state. "There are some very good roads leading, for a short distance, out of Hock Hill." Mr. Miller went on. "and some other fairly good roads in other parts of the county; but taking the county as a whole, the roads are a positive disgrace." In company with Mr. J. E. Lowry of Yorkville. the editor of The Enquirer went over about fifteen miles of public roads last Wednesday, and although those roads are at their best, so far as they are from time to time affected by weather conditions, they were generally bad. There was hardly a half mile stretch in the whole fifteen that did not appear to be in need of repairs. During the trip, Mr. Lowry called frequent attention to the absolute neglect of the drainage question. There were places where a furrow on either side would be sufficient to make roads good that are otherwise bound to be bad during the coming winter; but there was no sign of such a furrow, and there were frequent deep puddles, notwithstanding the long time that has elapsed since rain. The road referred to, ran partly over red clay and partly over sand. Mr. Lowry several times remarked how easy it would be to haul the sand to the clay and the clay to the sand, ana now mis, wun a nine aliening and surfacing would make roads that would be superior to macadam and at one-tenth the cost. There Is no doubt about the fact that York is suffering seriously on the road question, and unless she does something to improve her condition, she is going to lose the high place she holds in comparison with the other counties. ABOUT PEOPLE. Master Andral Rose is quite sick at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Rose. Mr. A. Moore of Lincolnton, N. C., is visiting his father, Mr. W. T. Moore of Yorkville. Miss Marie McCants of Winnsboro, is visiting Miss Lesslie D. Wltherspoon in Yorkville. Mrs. Leroy Ferguson ol Taylors, S. C? is visiting the family of Mr. J. B. Scott, of R. F. D. No. 3, Yorkville. Chester Reporter: Mrs. W. H. Lowranco went to Yorkville yesterday morning to visit her sister, Mrs. C. C. Hughes. Miss Lee Williams of Yorkville, left ; yesterday for Asheville, N. C. She was accompanied by her sister, Miss Willie Williams. Gaffney Ledger: Mr. W. M. Dobson has purchased, through the real estate agency of Mr. Sam L. Fort the pretty little home of Mr. Malcomb Goudelock, on Race street. Gaffney Ledger: Mr. Brian Bell, who has been connected with the Ledger, has accepted a position on the Columbia State. He left yesterday to take up his new work. In Mr. Bell, the State has secured one of the brightest young men in the country. He has a "nose" for news and he will make the State a most valuable man. We regret to give him up, but must congratulate both him and the State. Chester Reporter: The parlor of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. McCullough's home on Columbia street was the scene of a quiet, but pretty wedding Tuesday afternoon, when Miss Mayme Nunnery became the bride of Mr. H. C. Thomasson of Yorkville. Promptly at 3.30 o'clock to the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march, rendered by Miss Lizzie Hardin on the piano, the bridal pair entered the room unaccompanied and took their places before the officiating minister, Rev. J. Q. Adams of Charlotte, N. C., pastor of the Harmony Baptist church, who in a few beautiful and well chosen words pronounced them man and wife. After congratulations from those present, the party repaired to the hospitable diningroom, where frappe, cake and other light refreshments were served. The parlor, hall and dining room were befittingly decorated for this glad event, a profusion of beautiful ferns and flowers that harmonized with the occasion shedding their beauty and their benediction on the scene. Little Misses Mary McCullough and Hulda McLarnon, tastefully attired in white and carrying pink roses, met the guests and ushed them into the parlor. A number of beautiful and serviceable presents from friends and relatives attested a sincere regard for the two who were thus enter ng upon a new life. Mr. and Mrs. Thomasson left on the 4.15 train for Yorkville, where they will make their future home, the groom being engaged in business in that town. Mrs. Thomasson is a daughter of Mrs. Carrie Nunnery of Lando, but has made her home in this city for the past several years, where by her many womanly qualities of heart and mind she has greatly endeared herself to all wkh whom she has been associated. For the last eighteen months she has held a position as compositor in the Reporter office, and by her attertion tc duty and many fine qualities has won the lasting regard of the owners of the paper, as well as associates at the case, who with all of her numerous other friends will wish for her and her husband the best that life can give. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Mr. J. S. Mackorell has purchased Mr. W. P. Harrison's residence on King's Mountain street. ? The York Cotton Mills resumed operations last Tuesday. All of the local mills with the exception of the Lockmore, are now running. ? Mr. R. E. Heath has moved from the Dr. J. D. McDowell residence on King's Mountain street to the Miss Maggie McCorkle residence on Lincoln street. ? It seems to have been made pretty clear that the telephone people are unwilling to trust the town of Yorkville; but at the same time they Insist that the town of Yorkville must trust them implicity. ? Dr. J. D. McDowell and family, who have been spending the summer in the mountains of North Carolina, have returned to Yorkville, and will occupy their residence on King's Mountain street. Dr. McDowell expects to resume the practice of medicine in Yorkville. ? There were at least one thousand visitors to Yorkville on account of the Gentry Bros.' show last Tuouay, and there were very nearly 1,500 people in the show, maybe more. The show was very much enjoyed by old and young alike. The features were practically the same as on the occasion of the last visit of the show to this place several years ago; but there were several new features that added tn the strenerth and oleasure of the entertainment. There were no swind- I ling games of any kind in connection with the show, and no complaints of pocket picking, short change, or anything of that kind so common with the big circuses. But easily the most noticeable feature of the day was the remarkably good behavior of the crowd. There were four extra policemen on duty during the day, and although they gave their very best attention to their duties, there was not a single arrest during the day. People whose business it was to circulate through the crowd inside and outside the big show tent, say they never saw a sign of whisky, and there were no reports of whisky being on sale during the day by tigers or others. ? Two right of way cases for the sewerage line were adjudicated this week under condemnation proceedings. : One case was that of the town of i Yorkville vs. A. Rose and the other was that of the town of Yorkville vs. ! Walter Rose. The right of way Involved was over lands between the northeastern corporate limits of Yorkvllle and Fishing creek. The Messrs. Rose were unwilling to donate right of way; but preferred to have the matter settled as the law provides in such cases. J. S. Brice, Esq., represented the Messrs. Rose and W. W. Lewis, Esq., represented the town. Juries were summoned for each case. The A. Rose case was tried on Wednesday and the Walter Rose case on Thursday. TV?A OO UO Af A Daoa Imrstltrrwl a atrln of bottom 25 feet wide and 468 feet long1. His witnesses estimated its value at from $150 to $200. The witnesses for the town estimated the value at from nothing up to $50. Some of the witnesses claimed that the digging of the sewerage ditch would be a benefit because of under drainage. The jury allowed the sum of $136.20. The Walter Rose case involved a strip 25 feet wide by 1530 feet long. His witnesses estimated the value at from $375 to $500. The witnesses for the town gave estimates at from $40 to $70 or $80. Most of them were in the neighborhood of $40. The jury decided that the property was worth $185. The cost of drawing the jury, etc., in the proceeding is about $75 in each case. This must be paid by the town. Mr. Lewis, in behalf of the town, gave notice of appeal in both cases. The appeals will be heard in the common pleas court as other cases. PRIZE CORN ACRES. There were sixteen entries into the prize contest that was instituted by the York County Farmers' Union last fall, and with the exception of perhaps one or two who were knocked out by the recent flood, they will all be In the contest up to the day of the final award. Those who notified Secretary Black of their intention to compete and paid their initiation fees on or before June 1, were as follows; J. L. Wood, J. E. Beamguard, W. E. Land, D. J. Forbes, N. S. Black, M. C. Willis, M. A. McFarland, C. W. Wallace, E. U. Caldwell. W. A. McKlnney, C. H. Smith, J. L. Laughridge. R. N. Whitesides, J. Frank Ashe, J. A. Steele. S. F. Black. There has not been a great deal of fuss about the contest. In fact, there Is nothing exciting or sensational about a race involving only the slow processes of nature in developing fields of corn. It is not to De denied, nowever, tnat this effort on the part of the Union has awakened quite a wholesome interest in corn production in this county, and subscribers to the prize fund, who will take the trouble to investigate the matter a little will not have to go very far to find that their investments have shown profitable results. Upon the invitation of and in company with Mr. J. E. Lowry of Yorkville, who Is entitled to such credit as may attach for having been the first to suggest the corn prize Idea to the Union, the editor of The Enquirer, on Wednesday made a drive of some fifteen miles through the county to take a look at-the corn situation generally, and such prize acres as could be conveniently reached, especially. As it happens, the contestants are scattered over quite a wide area and only three of them were Included in the route. These were Messrs. C. W. Wallace, W. E. Land and J. Lytle Wood. All three, however, have fine corn, and an inspection of their respective prize acres is very well calculated to give a good, general idea as to the condition of most of the others. The first prize crop visited was that of Mr. C. W. Wallace. Mr. Wallace lives about five miles northwest of Yorkvlile, some three-quarters of a mile east of the Rutherford road. His contesting corn crop consists of about four acres planted in light, sandy upland. The soil does not appear to be dl illl I It'll, UUl nitric 10 11 yj qu^otivii of the fact that the corn is fine. The corn is planted in accordance with a plan that seems to be original with Mr. Wallace. There are two rows two feet apart, then a row four feet from these, and then two more rows two feet apart. The stalks stand from 12 to 18 Inches in the drill. The fodder has been pulled of course, and it looks like each stalk in the field has two ears?not an average of two ears to the stalk?but two ears on each stalk. The ears are rather small; but there are lots of them. By more or less tedious search there can be found some stalks with one ear; but while these are being found, the search will probably disclose as many others with three ears. Mr. Lowry was not inclined to venture a guess as to the probable yield and the editor had no idea whether it would be twenty-five or seventy-five bushels. Mr. Wallace was not disposed to give his own opinion either; but said that visitors had estimated the probable yield at all the way from 50 to 75 bushels. He seemed satisfied that whether he shall take a prize or not. he has a good crop of corn, and of that fact there is very little chance of mistake. Mr. Wallace used 1,000 pounds of fertilizer to the acre?340 pounds of nitrate of soda and 660 pounds of guano. The cost of fertilizer for the four acres was $70. There can hardly be a reasonable doubt that the aggregate yield will be more than 200 bushels of com. Besides the four contest acres, Mr. Wallace has about eleven acres more in corn and he is calculating on getting not less than five hundred bushels in all. Mr. W. E. Land lives with his father, Mr. J. D. Land, about two miles from Mr. Wallace. He is about a mile west of the Rutherford road. He was not at 1 - LI" n>no nn/1 tVmm JlOIIie; UUl 11115 IdlliCl ? t\o, aim tuviv was no trouble about being1 able to see the corn, which is on a hillside to the rear of the house. The soil like that of Mr. Wallace, is sandy, but rather heavier. The corn, also like that of Mr. Wallace, Is of a "prolific" variety. Mr. Land explained that the corn had been planted before the announcement of the contest. The rows are five feet apart, and the stalks pretty close to 12 inches in the drill. The rule is two ears to the stalk; but there are many stalks that have three ears and not a few that have four. The ears generally are larger than Mr. Wallace's; but Mr. Land has not nearly so many stalks. Any attempt, however, to guess which will give the largest yield would be necessarily wild. Mr. Land used 1,000 pounds of fertilizer, including 200 pounds of nitrate of soda to the acre. Most of the fertilizer was put on after the planting of the crop, and in addition to the 1.000 pounds referred to, he also applied rough manure. From the home of Mr. Land to that of Mr. J. L. Wood the distance is some six or seven miles. The road runs through a considerable portion of the splendid cotton producing lands that the owners are fond of referring to as the "Cotton Belt," over quite a strip of sandy country that was formerly considered as almost worthless; but which Is now steadily and surely Increasing In fertility and productiveness. The sand continues almost to Filbert, but from Filbert on the character of the soil changes from sandy to mulatto and red. and the lands In the vicinity of Mr. Wood including his own, are generally of this character. Along the route there was to be seen a considerable acreage of upland corn, some of it rather poor; but most of it much better than has been seen on the same land for quite a while. Most of the cotton was open and a great deal of it had been picked clean, especially between the Rutherford road and Filbert. Mr. Wood's farm is about Ave miles northeast of Yorkvllle. It is a noticeable fact that the crops generally in his neighborhood are better than over In the Cotton Belt neighborhood, and his own crops seem to be Just a little Knt*o*? Knn nntr r\f Vila nAl<rHKnra T-T O has some cotton, for instance, from which he is expecting a bale and a half to the acre, and Mr. Lowry was inclined to think that he will come pretty near getting it. It is Russell cotton and it is not nearly all open yet. The yield wild depend on the date of the first killing frost. Mr. Wood's prize corn patch consists of two acres. It was planted five feet between rows and 9 inches in the drill. He used 1,200 pounds of fertilizer to the acre?250 pounds of nitrate of soda and the balance cotton seed meal, acid and kainlt. His corn shows up only one ear to the stalk; but every stalk has an ear and the ears are much larger than those of either Mr. Wallace or Mr. Land. Mr. Woods did not know the name of the variety; but partly shucked a number of ears to show how they were filled out to the very end. In cultivating he followed pretty closely the Williamson plan from start to finish. There are considerable quantities of grass and peavlnes between the rows, enough to make mowing worth while. People who have seen Mr. Woods' corn and taken the trouble to make estimates in accordance with the commonly accepted rules, say he will get not less than eighty bushels to the acre. Mr. Woods made some experiments along the line of the Williamson plan last year and got a yield of something like forty bushels of corn to the acre. His nrlze acres this vear are easily twice as good as his crop of last year seemed to promise. Although all the crops along the route were fairly good and some of them unusually good, it Is interesting to note that Mr. Lowry was not so much Impressed with this fact, as he was with the number of neatly painted, comfortable homes he saw. The editor of The Enquirer, being fairly well acquainted with the neighborhood, met with no surprises In that particular. Mr. Lowry. however, being more familiar with the country between Guthrlesvllle and Rock Hill, had long been disposed to consider that section the real garden of the county. Of course, he wouldn't think of saying anything in disparagement of his own neighborhood; but in passing east from Filbert over toward the W. J. Gordon place, and back to the farm of Mr. Wood, he could not withhold frequent remarks about the splendid evidences of comfort and prosperity everywhere apparent. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From this date to January 1st, 1909. for 48 cents. Big Land Deal. Mr. Gordon Hughes, from near Grover, N. C., has purchased the Daniel Williams plantation, in this county about eleven miles southeast of Yorkville and four miles southwest of Rock Hill. There are 600 acres in the tract, and it is well known as one of the best plantations in York county. It is said that the gross proceeds taken off it by Mr. S. M. Jones, the late owner last year, amounted to about $17,000. Mr. Hughes is a younger brother of Mr. C. C. Hughes, who owns a big farm on Fishing creek, and has already established a reputation as an unusually progressive and successful irmer. Death of Rev. J. A. McMurray. Rev. J. A. McMurray, pastor of Woodlawn, Ramah, Blacksburg and Harmony Presbyterian churches, died suddenly at his home at Sharon last Tuesday afternoon. He left the house to do a little plowing and after he had been at work but a short time, one of his daughters saw him fall. Suspecting the reason, she gave the alarm, and as soon as possible he was removed to the house. He was unable to speak and died a few minutes afterwards. His death was due to heart disease. The funeral took place on yesterday, the services being conducted by Rev. E. E. Gillespie of Yorkville, assisted by Revs. H. J. Mills, J. K. Hall and R. A. Mills of the Presbyterian church, and Revs. J. S. Grier and J. L. Oates of the Associate Reformed church. Mr. McMurray had been located at Sharon about three years, and was 59 years of age. His wife died one year ago. Besides a brother and two sisters, he leaves six children, Mrs. A. M. Erwin, Misses Mary, Susie and Nannie and Messrs. John and Henry McMurray. He was considered a good man and a good preacher and was held in high esteem by the congregations he served. The K. M. Monument. News and Courier: Rapid progress is being made in the construction of the handsome monument that the national government is erecting on the King's Mountain battlefield in York county, and it is expected that this fine memorial to the brave heroes of the Revolution, who fought in this contest which proved the turning point townrri? imprirnn indenendence. will be completed many weeks before the specified time, which is February 18, 1909. The monument is to be a very tall obelisk, built of granite, and the plans indicate that it will be one of the handsomest of its style in the country. The contract for the erection of the monument is held by the Southern Marble and Granite company, which commenced work on June 17. 1908. The specifications required that the work be completed in eight months from the date of commencement. and the contractors are positive that they will be able to do this. When the time set for the completion of the monument arrives the engineer officer of the army, stationed in Charleston, will notify the citizens of Yorkvllle of this fact, and a large celebration will be arranged for, at which hundreds of persons from all over the state and North Carolina will be present. CAMPAIGN SUBSCRIPTIONS. To the Editor of The Enquirer: Mr. W. D. Grist having resigned as a member of the York County Bryan fund committee on account of having previously accepted a similar commission from the national committee, I wish to state that I have appointed Mr. J. T. Ramseur of Yorkvllle. to fill the vacancy. The committee is now composed of Frank P. McCain, D. E. Finley and J. T. Ramseur. Either of those gentlemen will be glad to receive contributions, and would urge upon the public the importance of immediate action along this line. Very respectfully, Frank P. McCain, Chrm. Yorkvllle. S. C., Oct. 9. 1908. SOUTH'S GROWTH UNCHECKED. Where Hard Times In the Cotton Industry Had Its Least Effect. Not only are the cotton mills of the south constantly increasing1 their proportion of the consumption of the raw cotton crop, as compared with the mills of New England and other sections longer engaged in manufacturing, but they also make a better showing as to the number of spindles in operation. In the preliminary report of the United States census bureau for the "cotton year" ended August 31st it is shown that there was an increase of 565,996 in the number of active spindles in the cotton producing states as compared with the year previous, or 5.1 per cent; while for all the other states the aggregate spindle increase was 458,709, or only 2.7 per cent. The year Just ended was one of quite general financial. industrial and commercial depression, and the cotton manufacturing business felt it, of course; yet the cotton mill industry of the south suffered from it much less than did the much longer established cotton manufacturing business in other parts of the country. There was, for Instance, a decrease in the consumption of raw cotton in the southern mills, as compared with the previous year, of 164,389 bales, or 6.4 per cent. This is to be compared with a decrease of 255,118 bales, or 9.9 per cent in the mills of other sections. "This is remarkable," says President W. W. Finley of the Southern railway, commenting on these comparisons, "in view of the fact that, relatively, a larger proportion of the southern mills depends for their normal market on the North China trade, which was virtually dead during the entire period covered by this report. On the whole the statistics furnish additional evidence of the superior advantages of the south for the location of cotton mills." When we consider that the cotton mill industry of New England was already around the century line of age when the southern mills were still in their swaddling clothes in the decade following the close of the war between the states, the records that they are now making is all the more remarkable. The south's industrial growth in forty years is nothing short of marvelous. And this is due in no small measure to the increasing efforts of men like President Finley, who not only operate their railroad properties for the profits that these may yield to their owners but also for the upbuilding and the development of every square foot of terri luiy uituuKii ? intii iiic lines ptu^n wcu knowing that their own enterprises can prosper only as the country and the people prosper. In his Tammany Hall speech in 1866, more than forty-two years ago, "Ben" Hill of Georgia, of beloved memory, declared to an audience, some men In which had been off the battlefields less than a year: "There was a south of slavery and secession? that south Is dead. There is a south of union and freedom?that south, thank God. Is living, breathing, growing every hour!" What would "Ben" Hill say could he return to life and see her growth today!?New York Commercial. ? Chief Justice Pope has signed an order calling upon the managers of the proposed Brice Law election in Laurens county to appear before him at Columbia on Oct. 17, and show cause why they should not be restrained from holding the said election. The petition upon which the order was secured sets forth that under the constitution of 1905 there must be a re-enrollment of the voters every ten years and that an act by the legislature passed March 9th, 1896, orders the first general re-enrollment under the constitution to be done in the year 1896 and further provides that the next enrollment shall be in the year 1908, thus making two years in excess of the time provided by the constitution. The petition sets forth that the petition upon which the supervisor ordered the election was not signed by one-fourth of the qualified electors of the county as is provided for and required by the act of the legislature of Feb. 6, 1907, in that the books of registration were not open when the petition calling for the election was filed, hence the signers of the petition that was submitted to the supervisor was not signed by any qualified electors according to the act. The third ground upon which the order was secured is the allegation that the supervisor in ordering the election provides for only one box in which to deposit the ballots both "for" and "against." Asset Currency.?The people of America pay the highest interest rate of any civilized country in the world. It is cheaper for the English, the French and the Germans to buy cotton and carry it at home than it is for the farmer to hold it in America. The reason for this is that our banking system has gradually drifted to be most suited to the needs of Wall street and not to those of the people. We need asset currency and guaranteed deposits. Then the farmer may get money at 4 and 5 per cent as in Scotland and yet the banks make more money?Greenville News. Parody on Justice.?If there ever was a parody on Justice in South Carolint, we see it in the farce of the trial at Laurens on Thursday of J. Henry Garrison for the brutal and cowardly murder of Louis Williamson, a York county boy. Here was the case cf a man who deliberately and without cause shot to death a most promising young man in the presence of the woman who was soon to be his wife. Yet the jury calls it manslaughter and recommended him to mercy, and the lenient Judge gives the murderer but two years In the penitentiary, the maximum under the law being thirty years. But of course that is too long a sentence for a white citizen of standing and wealth. Justice in South Carolina is double blindfolded.?Rock Hill Record. Doino Good Work For Bryan.?We are informed that Mayor Rhett's speaking programme has been so changed that he will appear in Maryland. New Jersey, and New York, instead of in the west. He will win votes for Democracy in each of those states. Mr. Rhett was against Bryan twelve years ago, as were thousands of other easterners. He, like so many oi:her bankers and conspicuous business men, feared Bryan. But Mr. Rhett is now a Bryan advocate and, from the business man's standpoint, makes a strong Bryan speech. His argument will convince other bankers and business men ef the east that their cause for fearing Bryan has passed, if it ever existed.?The State. AT THF r.HlJRCHES. BAPTIST. Rev. I. G. Murray, Pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preaching- at 11 a. m., by the pastor and 7.30 p. m? by Rev. W. E. Lowe of Clover. All are cordially invited to attend these services. CHURCH OP THE GOOD SHEPHERD. Sunday Services?Sunday school at 3 p. m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. Rev. E. E. Gillespie, Pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday school at 10. a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock and evening service at 7.30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Dr. H. A. White of Columbia Theological Seminary. TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL. Rev. Henry J. Cauthen, Pastor. Sunday Services?Morning service at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 4 p. m. Evening service at 7.30 o'clock. ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. Sunday Services?Sunday school at 10 a. m. THE YORK CIRCUIT. Rev. H. Bascom Hardy, Pastor. Sunday Services?Preaching at Clover at 11 a. m.. and St. Paul at 3.30 p. in. pate in the campaign. The election will be held on the 3rd of November, the same date of the general election. This will be the second effort to rid the county of a dispensary, as it will be remembered that in January, 1906, an election was held on the same proposition and anti-dispensary won by a small majority. However, the election was contested on certain alleged irregularities and after much litigation it was declared null and void. Consequently the shop has continued to do business, an exceedingly fine business too, considerably over $100,000 a year. ? In the case of J. M. Turbyflll, ad ministrator of the estate of Miss B. Hand, against the Southern railway, a Spartanburg jury on Wednesday returned a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $5,000. The amount asked for was $50,000. Miss Hand was run over and killed by a Southern railway passenger train at Duncan on November 9th, of last year, while she was crossing the track on her way to see a sick friend. Miss Hand was a sister-in-law of Mr. J. M. Turbyflll and was a teacher in the public school at Duncan. On the afternoon of November 9th last, after dismissing the school, she started to the home of a sick friend. As she went to cross the Southern's tracks near the depot she heard passenger No. 11 coming. Thinking she had time to get across, she quickened her pace and started in a brisk gait, between a fast walk and a run. It is said that as she moved forward she held her head downward and sideways, against the wind, so that her hat obstructed her vision of the train, which was just emerging from a deep cut. Had she been looking at the train even after she started, it is claimed that she would doubtless have halted and turned back. She was caught between the tracks by the powerful engine and crushed to death in the presence of several witnesses. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Carroll Furniture Co.?Asks prospective stove buyers to come and see its line of stoves before making any purchases. Strauss-Smith Co.?Has a word to say in regard to shoes for men and women, and especially about the Dixie Cirl and Reed shoes. R. R. Davidson Co.?Will on Saturday, October 17th, sell a $75 Farrand organ at auction to the highest bidder. Bids are to be sealed. First National Bank?Points out the fact that it is not hard to accumulate money if one starts in the right way. It will help you. Yorkville B. & M. Co.?Says its prices "Can'tbebeat," and asks you to watch its advertisements. "Prices to match cotton prices." Thomson Co.?Reminds you that it is