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Scraps and .facts. ? Lexington special of October 10, to the Charlotte Observer: It is learned that when Howe's show was here several days ago several parties were relieved of money by slick moneychangers. One man found out at once that he had been "stung" and is said to have gone to the management and demanded the return of his money?$20. A man by the name of Crotts was in to see an attorney this morning and asked what he could do in the way of getting $65, of which he was relieved by changing money for one of the showmen. He says that the man asked that he give some large bills for smaller ones, which he did; that he placed the roll in his pocket and a day or two ago counted it and found it was $65 short. He says his father, Mr. Frank Crotts. also changed some bills and found himself $10 short. ? Cincinnati, October 9: "I am going south to make a few speeches in Kentucky. Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland, not so much with the view to carrying those states as to show their people that they are a part of the Union, and as such, ought to vote for the party which will give them the influence in the nation to which they are entitled." Judge Taft said this to the Taft-Sherman club of Highlands, Ky., which came to the Sinton hotel today to pledge its support. His address throughout was an expression of intense feeling regarding the political condition of the south. The south, he said, had made wonderful progress under the application of the Republican principles of protection and yet it remained a perpetual asset to the Democracy of the north, to be delivered en bloc, no matter what might be the issue or interest at stake. The speech was heartily applauded. ? New York, October 10: According to the figures of the Financial Chronicle, the world's visible supply of cotton last evening totalled 2,467,881 bales, as against 2.5S5.913 bales a year ago. The visible supply of American cotton totalled 1,923,881 bales, as compared with 1,812.913 bales a year ago. The intosight for the week was 482,340 bales, as against 370.340 bales for the corresnondine week last vear. For the sea son so far the into-sight totalled 1,874,809 bales, as against 1,443,756 bales for the corresponding period last season. Spinners' takings of American cotton for the week aggregated 156,758 bales, as against 184,361 bales for the corresponding week last year. For the season to date spinners' takings aggregate 927,910 bales, against 966,687 bales last season. Southern consumption to October 9 was estimated at 221,000 bales, against 287,000 bales last year; northern spinners' takings at 175,158 bales. ? New York Sun, October 10: In a speech before the Fire Underwriters' association of the Northwest at Chicago yesterday, Congressman James A. Tawney declared that the Panama canal would be open in six years after an expenditure of $256,000,000 for its construction. Mr. Tawney said that the sum necessary to complete the most gigantic engineering feat of modern times would prove to be less than the annual appropriation for the army and navy. Col. George W. Goethals, chief engineer of the Panama canal, who is here attending the hearing of charges preferred against him by a disappointed contractor, read Mr. Tawney's remarks yesterday with a nod of approval and said that he had maintained for some time that the canal would be completed in six years. He even set a specific date?January 1, 1915?declaring: "We certainly expect to finish the work then if no unforeseen contingency arises. That has been my expectation for a considerable time." ? The New York Sun does not mince words in reference to Roosevelt's shady dealings with Standard Oil. It says: "Who but Theodore Roosevelt would for his own protection have written simultaneously a letter which directed Mr. Cortelyou to return the Standard Oil contribution and then tacitly permit its retention and actual use in the campaign? Who but Theodore Roosevelt, with the money of Mr. Harriman, the Standard Oil company and the insurance companies actively in use for his re-election, could write a letter to his rival candidate for presidential honors, so full of assumed indignation and righteous horror at a truthful ac/mootiAn tHot Klc nnimtrv'trion cloHlv vuoanvsu, iiiuv mo vvuitw* j 0.v*?.j I accepted the false answer for the true charge and triumphantly carried the recipient and chief beneficiary of the corporation contributions to a great personal triumph, as the very exemplar of moral probity and superior righteousness? Who but Theodore Roosevelt could so steal "the livery of the court of heaven' by clothing that which closely bordered on executive blackmail in a cloudy veil of smug hypocrisy? At least the thinking portion of the American people know Mr. Roosevelt better than they did four years ago." ? Belgrade, the storm centre in the present Balkan situation, has quieted down, according to an Associated Press review of Sunday. After a long secret session, the national assembly has taken no definite action with regard to making war upon Austria-Hungary. The city itself has quieted down, the people apparently realizing that war) would mean the destruction of Servian nationality. All the great powers are awaiting the result of the conferences which have been going on at London and which will continue on Monday between M. Iswolsky, the Russian foreign minister, and Sir Edward Grey, the British secretary for foreign affairs. King Edward himself took part in the conferences on Saturday when he had as his guest at Buckingham palace the representative of Russia, who also is completely informed on the French views. A dispatch from Gibraltar says that the British Atlantic fleet of six battleships is making ready to sail for the east and the destination proba-j bly is Malta, from which place the British Mediterranean fleet sailed a few days ago for the Aegean sea. Paris hears that Great Britain is keeping Turkey advised on every step of the negotiations going on between M. Iswolsky and Sir Edward Grey, in order to make the assent of the Porte secure. A final programme, it is expected, will be definitely outlined at London on Monday. ? New York, October 9: The Democratic national committee is preparing to announce the amount of its campaign funds and the individual contributors of amounts or $iou ana over. The lists, which have been compiled to date and sent here from Chicago, show that the campaign fund is a little over $220,000. Of this fund something over $180,000 has been collected from contributors, which, with $42,000 of the Denver convention fund, is the total fund now in the Democratic treasury. It is learned today that there have been fourteen individual contributions of $1,000 each. There have been no contributions of sums between $1,000 and $500 to date. The Denver headquarters of the national committee has collected $5,000, which is said to include a check for $1,000 from former Senator William A. Clarke of Montana. The smallest contribution received was 1 cent, which came in the mail from Monroe, Washington. The largest contributions to the fund follow: Delancey Nicoll. New York, $1,000; Jacob Ruppert. New York, $1,000: Nathan Straus, New York city, $1,250; National Democratic club. New York city, $2,500; W. F. Sheehan. New York city, $1,000; Archibald McNeil, Bridgeport. Conn., $1,000; G. B. Tucker. Little Rock. Ark., $1,000; M. F, Dunlap, Illinois, $1,000; Roger Sullivan. Chicago, $1,000; Perry Belmont. New York city. $1,000; Robert Owen. Oklahoma. $1,000; J. J. Hogan, LaCrosse, Wis., $1,000; E. O. Wood. Flint. Mich, $1,000; E. F. Goltra, St. Louis, $1,000; Moses C. Wet more, St. Louis. $1,000; Norman E. Mack. Buffalo. $1,000; Melbert Cary, Connecticut. $500; Jefferson Levy, New York city. $500; Dr. John Cox, Connecticut, $500; William F. Burns. New York city, $500; K. S. D. Ma I lory, Selma, Ala., $500; Nathan Cole, Los Angeles, Cal., $500; P. W. Burns. Chicago, $500; Joseph Pels, Pennsylvania, $500; William B. Rogers. Pittsburg, $500- Carl S. Vrooman, Cotuit, Mass., $500; Melville E. Ingalls. Cincinnati, $500; W. R. Burt, Saginaw, $500; Murray Carleton, St. Louis. $500; F. B. Lynch. St. Paul, $500; T. J. Walsh, Helena. Mon.. $500; W. B. George, Billings, Mon., $500; R. S. Ford, Great Falls. Mon.. $500. The major part of the Democratic campaign fund has come from dollar contributions and from the Democratic press, which started campaign subscriptions. ?hf \|orhrillc tfnquirrr. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.i TUESDAY, OUTOBEK 13, I'JUS. Rape fiends should be killed; but the killing should be done by the law. If one out of three of the qualified ' voters cast their ballots in the general election, the record will be better than it has been heretofore. It is worth the while of every farmer in the county to visit the various acres that are competing in the Farmers' Union corn contest. All the acres show what can be done by reasonable effort, and they suggest how much better off the country would become with more general attention to corn. There is a great deal more profit in raising dollar corn than there is In raising 8 cents cotton. Cotton would have to be worth about 15 cents to equal dollar corn. Then the corn has another tremendous advantage. As every man who has tried it knows, the longer one holds cotton the heavier it gets, and there is nothing else for it but to hold or sell at whatever price may be offered. But corn does not have to be sold. No matter what the I market price, the producer can generally dispose of it in various ways at still greater profit to himself. _ The president's son-in-law. N' j Longworth, has embarrassed the Republican campaign managers with some very indiscreet remarks about presidential succession. In a recent speech, he said that after eight years of Taft, Mr. Roosevelt would come back for | eight years and then it would be Mr. Sherman's time. After that?"But l will not go any further now," he said. As might have been supposed, the remark produced rather an unfavorable impression, and when the Republican j managers called Nicholas down, instead of saying he was sorry he said it, he | followed a very pernicious, but growing custom of the day and said he never said it. It happened, however, that several thousand people were present at the time he gave utterance to hie rather stupid observation and quite a number of them have come out with affidavits to the effect that he did say it. The saying seems to have pro-J duced quite an ugly impression, and: it is still making a good deal of talk. , j There were three distinct incentives to the Spartanburg mob last Saturday. One part of the mob wanted to kill a negro for attempted rape, a crime richly deserving of death, whether the offender be white or black. Another * ~fr\ trill Q nPPTO pail Ul lilt: IIIUU ?uuuu V W n... ..vg.w for deliberately wrecking a train and causing the death of two men. a crime as richly deserving of death as the first. The third part of the mob wanted to kill a negro who had been twice convicted of murder and was still awaiting the delay of the law. Had the three divisions of the mob gotten into the jail, they would no doubt have made common cause with each other and killed all three of the men. The result, of course would have been disastrous. But looking at the whole situation solely from the standpoint of upholding the supremacy of the law, we suggest that of the three intended victims, the most dangerous and significant is that of the negro who has been twice convicted and is still awaiting the penalty of the law. The average mind can very well understand the absolute necessity of upholding the supremacy of the law. It is a plain proposition that with law and justice eliminated, civilization has nothing to stand on. But it takes a very superior mind to understand the necessity for more than one trial in a murder case. Of course, really vital mistakes should be corrected; but mistake after mistake resulting in repeated trials indicate an inclination to defeat and hoodwink the law, and no matter how skillfully it may be done, that is something that is more insidiously dangerous even than mob violence. If it were possible to vindicate these mobs, the vindication would be furnished by the case of the negro who has been twice convicted and who has not yet suffered the penalty of his crime. The Spartanburg Mob. While the law abiding county of Spartanburg Is entitled to sympathy on account of the riotous demonstration that took place at the county seat last Saturday, it is no less entitled to congratulation that the purpose of the mob was defeated. That it was an aggravated case, it would be idle to try a dispute. Had the negro been lynched before he fell into the hands of the officers of the law. there would be little left to be said. That would not have been right, and it would not have been best; but the practice has been justified in such large measure by custom, that the law seems helpless to provide a remedy. But happily the officials of Spartanburg, the sheriff, the mayor, and the militiamen, proved to be men of the right kind of mettle. Appreciating most fully that it was not theirs to try the case, but only theirs to defend, uphold and preserve the majesty of the law, they measured up to their full duty. It was a trying experience for the officers. Had they shown the slightest doubt -or hesitation, the mob would have brushed them aside, overrun the jail and probably lynched three or four men. Of course, it Is not to be understood that the authorities were standing up for the worthless lives of the criminals. That is the way the average man who allows himself to become a member of a mob looks at it; but that is not even a prominent feature of the situation. The thing- the officers were standing for was the majesty of the law, which in Spartanburg means something. Spartanburg juries come nearer doing their duty than do the juries of any other county in the state, and in no other county is there greater respect for the law, or better security for life and property. Had the mob been allowed to have its way, it would have killed several negroes and at the same time set back the cause of law and order not less than half a century. And in the example of these splendid Spartanburg officials there is a valuable lesson to the people of other counties. That the wild, angry mob looked dreadfully fierce, there can be no doubt. For men of a less lofty conception of duty than these officers, there was a temptation to say, "we will not risk our lives in defense of a negro rapist," and leave the mob to. satiate its fury as license might lead. me consequences that would have resulted from such a course are not difficult to Imagine. The civilizing effect of the firmness and nerve" shown In behalf of the law Is significant. Had this mob, or any part of it, been successful in its indicated purpose, every member of it would have thereafter become a more dangerous menace to the established order of things than previously, and there would have been no increase whatever in security to person, life or property. Yes, the state and county authorities are to be congratulated on the good work they have done in Spartanburg. THE SPARTANBURG INCIDENT. Negroes Should Be More Diligent In Running Down Their Criminals. The endeavors of the mob to lynch the negro Irby, in Spartanburg, illustrated the value of the South Carolina militia. But for the quick arrival of the soldiers, it seems wholly probable that the man guilty of a crime that naturally aroused the revengeful instincts of the people of Saxon Mill village would have been taken from the jail in spite of the resistance of Sheriff Nichols and his deputies and put to death. Had the negro committed his attempt at the worst of crimes in the country, he would be dead now?as it would have been impossible to secure the prompt protection of the soldiers for him. The behavior of Private Fleming, of the Spartanburg police, in holding the negro in the face of the threats of the mob was courageous in the highest degree. An officer of the law aware of his duty and determined to do it is a valuable possession of any community. What has occurred in Spartanburg and Greenville should bring home to the respectable negroes that they have a responsibility upon them. The white people of Spartanburg and Greenville counties are not thirsting for the blood of negroes; they do not wish to kill human beings, and their disposition is to treat the negroes kindly and justly. There is no part of the United States in which the feeling between the races Is better than in South Carolina. When however, attempts at crimes of the character of that of the negro Irby, are made, men lose control of themselves and when two or three attacks upon women have been made by negroes, animosity against the whole race is aroused. Unhappily, the avoidance of a lynching in Spartanburg Saturday does not assure the public that the trouble growing out of the negro's crime has passed. The mob that is unsatisfied is still an angry mob, and two thousand men who think that they have been cheated of their prey are In a dangerous frame of mind, which will last for weeks, or perhaps months. Consequently. homicides may occur not only in the neighborhood of Saxon mills, but anv where in the country surrounding, which may be primarily, though not directly, due to the passions fired by Trby's infamous assault. In these conditions it especially behooves respectable, law-abiding negroes not only to uIn + /InmflanAr hnt uc w'iii;uiii?^cvi in nicit uvutuuMv/i, wwv to be active for the detection and arrest of negro criminals. Whenever a series of crimes have been perpetrated by negroes, the excitement of the whites against the negro race is inevitable, and In Spartanburg and Greenville at '*ast three offences of a nature peculiarlv exasperating have lately been committed. Indignation would be no less intense against a white man. who had been guiltv of a crime similar to that of the negro Irby than it is against him and he negroes of the county and neighboring counties can best protect themselves bv actively co-operating with the white people in a ameasure to drive awav or apprehend the "suspicious characters" among their people.?News md Courier. HICKORY GROVE NOTES. kirrespondence of the Yorkrille Enauirer. Hickory Grove, October 13.?The fall sacramental meeting at the A. R. P. church, closed Sabbath night. Rev. J. L. Gates was assisted by Rev. G. R. White of Mecklenburg county, N. C. Mr W. T. Slaughter returned a few days ago from an extended tour of the state, in the interest of the W. O. W. Mrs. Crockett and daughters, Misses Sallie and Harry Crocket, have returned to their home in Tennessee, after spending the summer here. At the residence of the officiating minister, Rev. J. L. Cobb, the 27 ultimo., Mr. Robert Latham of Sharon R. F. D. No. 1, and Miss Sallie Jackson of Clover, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. The high school opened the 1st instant with quite a fair attendance. Miss Eva Wylle left last week to take charge of a school in Florence county, where she will teach this winter. Mr. C. M. Whisonant expects to move his family to Chester in a short time. Part of the lumber has been delivered on the ground to build the new M. E. church: work at which is to be commenced in a few days. Mrs. Sallie Whitesides, who has been very sick for several weeks, is resting some better at this writing. Messrs. Frank McGill and David Allison of the Clark's Fork section, have returned to Atlanta, where they are attending the Atlanta Dental coilege. Mrs. B. A. Bridges, whose illness has been mentioned, is in quite a critical condition. ? F. Kikuclii, a Japanese acrobat with a traveling show, was murdered in the woods, two miles from Newton, Catawba county, N. C., Sunday afternoon. George Sigman, a suburban citizen, heard six shots in the woods near his home and started out to investigate. As he entered a deep gully 300 yards from his home, Henry Yamagata, manager of the show, climbed the bank and pointing to the gully exclaimed: "There is a dead man down there." Mr. Sigman descended the cliff and found a dead Japanese lying under a pile of boards, hastily thrown over the body. He hastened to town and notified the sheriff. In the meanwhile Yamagata ran to the show tent, changed his clothes and made off. boarding the Asheville train at the station. By prompt work Yamagata was arrested at Hickory the next station, and brought back to Newton, Sunday. The dead man was featured with the show in connection with two little Japanese girls and" his alleged slayer was manager of the outfit. All were working under the direction of a booking agent at Buffalo, X. Y., and he was acquainted with the tragedy tonight by the county officials. The show people, closely questioned by the sheriff, knew nothing as to the murder or its motive. An inquest developed that there were five bullet holes in Kikuchi's body, all entering his back. ? Spartanburg, October 12: Private Hoke, a member of the Hampton Guards, the local military company, was placed under arrest yesterday on the charge of refusing to obey orders. Hoke left the company, it is said, saying he would not protect a negro charged with attempting to ravish a white woman. Later he was found by a detachment of soldiers and carried to jail. He was released today and will be courtmartialed. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Howe's London Shows?Will exhibit in Yorkville on Wednesday, October 21, with a great variety of attractions. H. H. Bausher, Parish Hotel?Wants to employ a salesman to travel in North and South Carolina. W. D. Morrison?Has forgotten who borrowed his overcoat last spring. He would like to have it returned. S. W. Inman?Has 500 bushels of good, sound corn for sale. W. M. and Jeff D. Whltesides, Exers.? Will on November 2, salesday, sell certain real estate belonging to estate of John B. Whitesides, deceased. J. L. Guy, Camden?Offers for sale a 1,200 acre farm near Lugoff. The farm is splendidly located and the price is $11 an acre. Miss Marie Moore?Will pay reward for return of gold watch and silk fob lost on Main street, between the postoffice and residence of Mrs. E. A. Crawford. Loan and Savings Bank?Has credited your savings account with interest for the last quarter and requests you to bring your pass book for entry. Star Drug Store?Has a good line of cisrars in boxes of 25, 50 and 100 and can please smokers In quality and variety. Sam M. Grist?Gives some comparisons of life insurance figures and says the Mutual Benefit guarantees the best insurance at the least cost. First National Bank?Points out the annoyance people suffer who depend on "home banks" for the safety of funds. It will keep your money safely. York Supply Co.?Is ready to supply you with dressed lumber, including flooring, ceiling and moulding. It has shingles and painted and galvanized iron roofing. J. c. Wilborn?Offers for sale six tenant houses in Yorkville that pay 12 per cent to their owner. Charleston?Extends an invitation to its annual fall festival, which comes during the week of November 16 to 21st. Low railroad rates. Thomson Co.?Calls attention to special offerings in boys' hosiery and blankets that were bought cheap. Ladies are invited to see its line of cloaks, etc. J. L. Williams & Co.?Puts a price of $18 a suit on men's suits worth $22.50. Ladies cloaks at $3.50, $5, $6.50 and up to $12. J. Q. Wrav, The Leader?Asks you to see his lines of underwear for men and women: cloaks for ladies, pants for boys and men, and suits for men ?his prices will make sales. W. E. Ferguson?Has a choice line r\f frrneorloc: C11 r> Vl ? will tPmnt H lagging appetite. Louis Roth?Wants you to know that he has fertilizers, made especially for grain. York river select oysters at 40c a quart; oyster crackers, 10c. | York Drug Store?Tells you that It has a complete line of all colors of Jap-a-lac in all sizes of cans. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge? Gives notice that Arthur M. Erwin has applied to him for letters of administration on estate of Rev. J. A. McMurray, deceased. If there has been any unseemly scramble on the part of the public to ?et its campaign subscriptions in before the windup, this scramble has not been brought to the attention of The Enquirer. There is still time, however, to put dollars where they can do good. Mr. J. J. Edwards who lives near I Tirzah church, has sent The Enquirer some fine specimens from his apple orchard, which has just come into good bearing this year. The specimens include Ben Davis, Russet and other varieties. All of the specimens are very fine, and soem to bear evidence that whether they can be kept through the winter or not, this locality Is capable of producing apples as perfect In quality and size as are to be found anywhere. The big land deal referred to in the last Issue of The Enquirer, as the reI suit of which the Williams plantation was transferred to Mr. Gordon Hughes, was brought about through the agency , of Mr. J. C. Wilborn of Yorkville. This is the largest transaction of the kind that has taken place in this locality for quite a while, and the common view is that all the parties to it, Mr. S. M. Jones, the owner, Mr. Wilborn the selling agent and Mr. Gordon Hughes the purchaser, are to be congratulated. The plant of the Cotton Belt Ginning company, owned by several cittzens of the Cotton Belt neighborhood, consists of a ginning outfit and shingle making machine, well housed and a good steam engine for power. The principal business of the company is cotton ginning; but when work is slack the power that would otherwise be wasted is economized in making shingles for the people of the surrounding country. The gin has been quite busy all fall and has proved a great convenience to the cotton producers of the surrounding country for a distance of several miles. The shingle making machine, put in as an experiment, has proved quite a success. The company makes shingles out of such material as its customers bring at so much per thousand, and the work is quite satisfactory. The understanding is that a corn mill Is to be added shortly and still other Improvements are in contemplation. The affairs of the company are under the management of Mr. W. E. Land, who makes it his business to see that every customer gets satisfactory service, and the people of the surrounding country are showing not a little practical appreciation of his efforts. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Although there is but little cotton selling, trade is picking up some. ? Anomer snow cflming on ine and quite a big one it looks like. ? There Is lots of complaint as to the condition of the streets; but very little promise of early relief. ? "If you haf been a Democrat, vy you don't gif your dollar?" pertinently asks a well known citizen of York vilie who is taking a lively interest n the Bryan campaign, and who has already subscribed quite liberally. SUBSCRIPTIONS ACKNOWLEDGED. The various subscriptions made to the Bryan campaign fund through The Enquirer have been sent forward and duly acknowledged. On yesterday The Enquirer received the following: Chicago, 111., Oct. 10, 1908. The Yorkville Enquirer: Gentlemen: Your esteemed favor of the 6th, enclosing your check for $9.00 as contribution to the Bryan campaign fund, with list of the faithful givers as contributors, has been received. A souvenir receipt will go forward to these contributors at an early date. The Democratic prospects were never bettei'. Yours truly, M. C. Wetmore, Chairman Finance Committee. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. John Scott has entered Wofford college instead of the Fitting school as stated. Mrs. A. M. Niles and Mr. Edward McDowell of Camden, are visiting Mrs. S. C. Ashe. Mrs. H. Garner of Union, is visiting in Yorkville, the guest of her aunt, Mrs. S. M. McNeel. Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. McNeel of Spartanburg, are visiting relatives and friends in Yorkville. Mr. James Wideman of Due West, spent Sunday in Yorkville with his sister. Mrs. J. F. Thomson. Mrs. II. E. Barrier and two children, of Monroe, N. C., are visiting in Yorkville, the guests of Mrs. R. E. i Heath. ! Miss Lucile Doggett, who has been ( the guest of Miss Mattie Caldwell for , several days, left for her home in Char- ' lotto yesterday. Gaffney Ledger: Mr. and Mrs. Geo. \ W. Brown and children of Yorkville, spent the last few days in the city 1 visiting relatives and friends. Rock Hill Record: Dr. D. J. Brlmm, a former Rock Hill citizen, who Is the i financial agent of the Presbyterian col- ! lege at Clinton, has moved his family to that place. < . . THE SPECULATIVE MARKET. 1 A New York dispatch of last night summarizes the developments In yesterday's cotton market as follows: While the cotton market reacted after a sharp opening gain today the | close was steady In tone and prices were 8 to 13 points net higher. Sales were estimated at 150,000 bales. ( The market opened firm at an ad- , vance of 10 to 17 points with the active months selling 11 to 17 points net , | higher during tne nrsi rew minuies on active covering and fresh buying for long account which appeared to be the result of better Liverpool cables than expected and reports that the Manchester labor trouble had been practically settled. Later cables, however, suggested that Lancashire masters might not accept the proposition of . the operatives to resume work at a 5 per cent reduction in wages with the privilege of reopening the question at the end of three months; the weather map showed no killing frost over Sunday; there was a renewal of southern selling and with heavy profit-taking at the advance the market eased off during the forenoon and at one time sold within 3 or 4 points of Saturday's finals. As realizing sales were well absorbed, the market steadied up again during the afternoon and the close was within 3 or 4 points of the best on active months. The big estimates for tomorrow's receipts at leading points favored the reaction during the middle session and the southern selling was thought to be largely in the way of hedges. Receipts at the ports today 57,071 against 51,723 last week and 49,920 last year. For the week 350,00 against 340,922 last week and 275,752 last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans 9,244 against 5.115 last year, and at Houston 12,625 against 8,661 last year. CHANGES IN CONSTITUTION. The voters of South Carolina, in addition to choosing state and Federal officers on November 3, will also vote upon two proposed amendments to the , state constitution, as authorized by the last general assembly. Botn amendments are of little importance generally one relating to the town of Gaffney and the other relating to a change in the name of the office of "adjutant and inspector general" to that of "adjutant general." The amendment relating to the: town of Gaffney provides that Ihe section of the constitution limiting certain bonded indebtedness shall not apply on certain issue of bonds for municipal improvements. The section relating to the change of name in the office of adjutant general reads as follows: "Section 1. Be it resolved by the general assembly of the state of South Carolina, That the following amendment to the constitution of the State of South Carolina, be submitted to the qualified electors for representative, and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the general assembly voting thereon shall vote In favor of the said amendment and a majority of each branch of the election, and before another, ratify the same amendment by yeas and nays, section 4, of article 13 of the constitution of the State of South Carolina the said section as amended shall read as follows: "There shall be an adjutant general elected by the qualified electors of the State of South Carolina by striking out in the same manner as the other state officers, who shall rank as brigadier general, and whose duties and compensation shall be prescribed by law." - SLAYER OF CLAUD JETER. Hayes Sanders, the negro who killed Claud Jeter in Bullock's Creek township on the third day of July last, was arrested in Blacksburg last Saturday and committed to jail in Yorkvllle on Sunday. The story of the crime for which Sanders will stand trial at the approaching term of the court of general sessions was told in The Enquirer of July 7 last, as follows: "Coroner Louthlan went to Bullock's Creek last Friday to hold an inquest over the body of Claud Jeter, a negro, ,x-aa iriiieH hv Haves Sanders, an other negro, on the plantation of Mr. W. L. Thompson the previous afternoon. The testimony was to the effect that while Jeter was leaving the field in wU'ch he had been working, Sanders came up from behind and told him that he wanted to fight out the quarrel they had had on the previous Sunday. Jeter replied that if that was what was wanted he would go on and started off. Sanders raised his shot gun and shot him in the side. Jeter lived about an hour and a half. Sanders escaped to the woods, holding back pursuers with a revolver." Sanders was arrested by Policeman Duncan of Black *burg, who deservedly enjoys the reputation of being one of the most alert and efficient police officers in this part of the state. The facts as The Enquirer gets them, are to the effect that Policeman Duncan keeps by him at all times a long list of names and descriptions of people who are wanted for various crimes. When a traveling negro show aggregation known as the "Rabbit Foot," which had been at Yorkvllle Friday, began to spread its canvas at Biacksburg on Saturday. Policeman Duncan went around to get acquainted with the personnel. His especial attention was attracted to two negroes who were engaged in driving tent stakes, because one of them seemed to answer a description he had of a negro who was wanted. When he approached the negroes. both broke and ran. Taking this as good ground for suspicion, he start- ! ed after them. The one he particularly war ted escaped; but he held on to the other. After taking a good look at the prisoner, the policeman thought to look up his list of descriptions, and finally succeeded in identifying him as Hayes Sanders. Seeing that denial was useless, Sanders admitted his identity. Sanders says that he has spent most of his time since the killing in Dancaster. I' CORN CONTEST RULES. Because there has developed more or 1 less misapprehension as to the requirements governing the York County Farmers' Union prize contest, the rules i (and regulations as reported by the [committee and published last spring j are herewith reproduced: ' shall he < i. i 11(11 iiic vuiii |/v?- v - - ? open to every citizen of York county, < land owner, renter or cropper, who Is < willing to comply with the conditions herein prescribed. i 2. That no individual competitor < shall be eligible to receive more than I one of the three prizes offered. < 3. That every competitor must culti- < vate as much as two acres of corn to i tlie plow on the intensive system, and | if one of his acres shall be first, second i or third best in the entire competition. ' the other acres must show a yield up 1 to 75 per cent of it to enable him to I claim the prize. I 4. Every intending competitor must I report such intention to the secretary ' of the nearest local Union on or before t the first day of June, and at the same < time pay to the said secretary an en- < trance fee of 50 cents. So much of this c entrance fee as may be necessary is to s be used by the local and county Unions t for contingent expenses, such as sta- t tionery and postage, and any balance r there may be Is to go into the general ( prize fund. The local secretaries, 1 shall, as soon as practicable after their 1 receipt, report all entries to the county secretary. 5. Each local Union will appoint the committees necessary to see that the competitors within its bounds comply with these regulations, and to supervise the measuring of the competing icres and the gathering and weighing >f the crops. 6. All gathering and weighing must be completed between the tenth and twenty-fifth days of November, provided, of course, that the weather is suitable. All measurements shall be made in a uniform manner, in accordince with recognized standards, to be promulgated hereafter. 7. The judging committees will, as soon as they have completed their work, draw up reports of the same, and forward them to the county secretary, properly attested. 8. All committees will exercise the most scrupulous fairness and impartiality. Such differences, however, as may arise, and which cannot be satisfactorily settled by the local committees. must be referred to the countv Union, through the county secretary. 9. The awards to the successful contestants will be made by a committee to be appointed by the county Union, as soon as practicable after the close of the contest. 10. Every competitor is at liberty to plant any kind of land, bottom or upland, and fertilize and cultivate the same in accordance with his own notions. Each separate competing patch, however, must include as much as a full acre. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From this date to January 1st, 1909. for 46 cents. After Eleven years. Rock Hill Record: Eleven years ago, Mr. Harry Wylie planted a pecan nut. On Friday last he got the first pecans off the tree, and they were fine, large ones, with thin shells. Harold Gibson Dead. Gaffney Ledger: Mr. Harold Gibson, one of Gaffney's aged and respected citizens, died at his home in this city Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, after an illness of some weeks' duration. Mr. Gibson was well known in Gaffney. He served on the board of registration for CheroT kee for several years. He was well Informed and a great reader of current literature. He was in his 80th year and only lacked one day of celebrating the fifty-fifth anniversary of his marriage. Deceased leaves about A<rrV?ftf /loooon/lo nto TViO fnnana 1 1 CIfiiiijr-ivrir uco^cuuaii to. i uot &uiictai was held from the First Baptist church Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, Dr. A. M. Slmms, pastor, presiding. The Interment was at Oakland cemetery. The pall bearers were grandsons of the deceased. Peace to his ashes. Homicide In Catawba Township. Coroner Louthlan went to the River Bend section of Catawba township Sunday, to hold an Inquest over the body of Ed Heath, a negro, who died Saturday night from the effects of a knife wound alleged to have been inflicted by Mr. R. H. Cornwell about three weeks ago. Only a few witnesses were examined at the Inquest. The most important were two negroes. Their testimony was to the effect that Mr. Cornwell reproved Heath for placing a lantern too close to the lint cotton that was being packed in the press at the gin. Heath picked up the lantern and gave it to Mr. Cornwell abruptly and probably gave expression to some impudence for which Mr. Cornwell struck him, it is said with a knife. The negro lingered and died as stated. Medical testimony was to the effect that death resulted from the knife wound, and the Jury found that the deceased came to his death at the hands of Mr. Cornwell. Mr. Cornwell went to Rock Hill yesterday, and surrendered to Constable Wingate as the representative of the sheriff. He was taken to Lancaster today on habeas corpus proceedings. Death of Mrs. W. A. Metts. Columbia State, October 12: The many friends of Mrs. W. Arthur Metts will be grieved to learn of her death, which occurred last night just as the clock was striking the hour of 11. While she had been quite 111 for the last ten days, yet it was thought at noon yesterday that her condition was improving. There was an alarming change in the afternoon, and at 6 o'clock she began to sink very rapidly. Mrs. Metts is survived by her husband, Maj. W. Arthur Metts, and two sons, Arthur and LeRoy, and by her mother Mrs. LeRoy F. Youmans; one brother, Pringle T. Youmans, and a sister, Mrs. DeWitt Himrod of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Metts was one of Columbia's best known women. From her childhood she has lived here, and was active in the city's affairs. Her death will be greatly deplored. The funeral arrangements will not be announced until tomorrow, as Mrs. Youmans is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Himrod in Pennsylvania, and had not been called home, Mrs. Metts' condition not having been sufficiently alarming. ? Washington. October 11: The bureau of engraving and printing has completed designs suggested by Postmaster General Meyer for a new issue of United States postage stamps. The new stamps will be of the following denominations: 1-cent, 2-cent, 3-cent, 4-cent, 5-cent, 6-cent, 8-cent, 10-cent, 15-cent, 50-cent and $1. The $2 and $5 denominations now in use will not be reprinted. It will be some weeks before all the denominations will be put on the market. However, the 2-cent will be the first distributed, and it is expected that shipments to postmasters will commence some time in November. The) new issue has been designed with the object of obtaining the greatest simplicity commensurate with artistic result. The profile has been taken in each instance instead of full view, giving a bas-relief effect. All the stamps are of simi'ar design, containing a head in an'ellipse, the only decoration being laurel leaves on either of the ellipse. The lettering Is in straight lines, at the top being "U. S. Postage," and at the bottom the words "Two Cents." The 1-cent stamp contains the head of Franklin, while all the others will bear that of Washington, taken from busts by Houdon. Thus one of the most notable differences in the new isgue will be the minimum of lettering. The colors are the reds and blues of the early stamps. Director Ralph of the bureau of engraving and printing regards the new stamps as the most artistic ever issued by the government. ? Spartanburg, October 12: John Irby, colored, who is charged with having attempted to assault Miss Lillie Dempsey near Saxon Mills last Saturday, choking her, she says, until it seemed her eyes would pop out from her head and leaving her unconscious in a dense patch of woods; and Clarence Agnew, who wrecked passenger train No. 40 at Wellford two weeks ago, causing the loss of two lives, are now safe within the walls of the state penitentiary. The prisoners were spirited out of the county jail today at noon by Deputy Becknell and Capt. S. J. Nichols of the Hampton Guards, to the Charleston & Western Carolina road, where they boarded the train for Laurens and made connection with the Atlantic Coast Line train for Columbia. The Trayham Guards of Laurens, one of the companies that had been on duty at the Jail since Saturday night, Accompanied the prisoners as far as Laurens. The prisoners were not removed from the jail because it was considered unsafe nor because of any fear that they might fall into the hands >f the mob. They were removed in ornnnmol mna roicrht hA restored and to save the state the expense of troops being stationed indefinitely about the jail and court house. Then, again, next Saturday Ringling Bros.' circus will show here and several thousand people will be here from all parts of the county, especially the mill towns. There was talk today about vhat would be done on circus day and tile authorities, fearing that quantities if liquor might be shipped into the ;Ity for circus day and another attack >n the jaii might be made, decided to dip the prisoners out of jail. All the troops have been dismissed and the town is perfectly quiet tonight. One lot familiar with the scenes of Saturiay night and Sunday would never enow that anything out of the ordinary lad taken place. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. 1 ? Spartanburg Hierald, Sunday: Dr. , A. S. Hydrick, one of the best known ( physicians of South Carolina and a t brother of Judge D. E. Hydrick of this ( city, died at his home in Orangeburg ] yesterday morning at 2.30 o'clock as , the result of a stroke of paralysis he | received last Saturday night. After being stricken, he never rallied nor J was he able to speak a word. All the , members of his family were present , when the end came. Dr. Hydrick was . well known in Spartanburg, having of- ' ten visited Judge Hydrick. His many friends here will be pained to learn of his death. He practiced medicine in Orangeburg for many years, and was one of the most successful physicians in the state. ? Charlotte Observer: The general synod of the Associate Reformed Pres- 1 byterian church of the south will hold ' its annual meeting the first week in i November at Newberry, in the church ( of which Rev. Dr. D. G. Phillip? is pas tor. The synod Is the highest council of this denomination, being composed of the various presbyteries of the states, extending from West Virginia , to Texas, with projections into Mis- , souri. The synod is made up of representatives from each congregation In ( the bounds of the denomination, these ( being the pastor and one elder from ( each church. It is to the A. R. P. < church what the general assembly is ( to the Presbyterian church. The As- ( sociate Reformed Presbyterian church ' holds to precisely similar doctrines as [ the United Presbyterian church of the north, nothing separating them but the , Mason and Dixon line. Both adhere to the exclusive use of the Psalms in divine worship, and this is all that distinguishes both of them from other Presbyterians. The A. R. P. church embraces a membership of about 15,- ! 000, the Carolinas being the centre in numerical strength. More than half the members come from the First and Second presbyteries, which include North and South Carolina and the upper part of Georgia. Charlotte has the , distinction of being the strongest city in the bounds of the church in point of membership, the communicants here numbering about 1,200. The first session of the synod will be held on Thursday. November 5th, and thereafter sessions will be held daily and nightly until the 10th. On Wednesday night prior to the convening of the council, a great meeting will be held in the interest of the Laymen's Missionary Movement when this church will officially align itself with this great American effort to evangelize the world in the next generation. Quite a number will attend from this city and surrounding country. ? The city of Spartanburg became a scene of turbulence and excitement last Saturday, because of the efforts of a mob to lynch a negro- rape fiend. The excitement developed during the morning and grew in violence until midnight, when the authorities managed to establish control of the situation. While passing through a wood on her way from the Saxon mill to her home in the city Saturday morning, Miss Lilly Dempsey, an attractive young lady who had been employed in the mill for about two years as a book-keeper of time was attacked by a negro named John Irby who had been in the mill as sweeper. The public learned of the outrage when the voung lady crawled to the roadside into the presence of an old negro man named Wilson Harry. He at once gave the alarm at a nearby store, and while the lady was being taken to her home a number of men went into the wood where they ran upon a hiding negro. The negro did not appear to be much alarmed at first but when he was taken before the young lady she promptly identified him. and then he began to show signs of fear. There was a police officer present; but heedless of his appeals to allow the law to take its course, the members of the mob started with the negro to the woods for the purpose of lynching him. One man hit him with a brick and others were beating htm. Before he could be strung up a party of mounted policemen arrived and took him to jail. As the news spread over the city the mob swelled rapidly, and soon the lynching + ...An XT Is* V? s\1 a ztpjiit wan vn) sn uug. OIICI in iiiwuuio ordered out the Hampton Guards and Morgan Rifles and a Laurens company was also sent for. The mob made several futile attempts to break into the jail and finally somebody fired at officers in the jail through the window. Sheriff Nichols was hit but not seriously hurt and a negro prisoner was struck in the face with a piece of broken glass. The guard returned the fire and three young men in the crowd were severely wounded. Mayor Floyd supplemented the police force with a number of specials and used them to keep the mob off the sidewalks. Assistant Adjutant General Brock took command of the troops and gave orders for the dispersing of every crowd that collected within 500 yards of the jail. A man named John Parks was arrested on the charge of having fired the shot that wounded the sheriff, and the magistrate declined to allow him bail until the next day. The effect of the firing and the wounding of several people had a tendency to quiet the mob somewhat; but it was not until after there had been a number of attempts to get into the jail by smashing down the gates with sledge hammers. During the evening quite a crowd arrived from Greenville and the report went out that it was their purpose to lynch the negro Clarence Agnew, who caused the wreck that resulted in the death of Engineer Fonville of Greenville and Fireman Bowers. This wreck occurred at Dun- 1 can ten days before. The Greenville crowd was 500 strong. Most of the men were armed with Winchesters and they had with them a large quantity of dynamite. But finding that the military already had the situation well , in hand and that the Spartanbyrg mob was but poorly armed they gave up their purpose without making much demonstration. Among the men from Greenville and also among the people who came in from the surrounding country there were quite a number who were desirous of lynching a negro named Will Foster, who had been twice convicted of the murder of John Young. During Saturday afternoon ' and night Judge Klugh, Solicitor Sease, Senator Carlisle and others made speeches to the mob that the law be ; allowed to take its course, and a petition was put in circulation asking for the calling of a special term of the court for the immediate trial of Irby. < Governor Ansel, who was in Greenville, j telegraphed that he would order a special term without delay. Realizing that < they could not get their man without a ] great deal of bloodshed, the Greenville men boarded a train at an early hour Sunday morning and returned to Greenville. A Spartanburg special of | Sunday night to the Charlotte Observer gives the situation at that time as follows: All is quiet in Spartanburg I tonight, the mob spirit having died out, and no further trouble is expected. The Hampton Guards, the local military company; the Morgan Rifles of Clifton, and the Trayham Guards of Laurens, ' are still on duty, however, and are ful- j ly prepared to protect John Irby, the negro charged with having attempted criminal assault upon Miss Lilly . Dempsey yesterday. The streets are practically clear of people tonight with the exception of small groups of men gathered here and there about the court . house square in the vicinity of the jail. No incendiary talk is being indulged in. It is greatly to the credit of the $ officials of Spartanburg that Irby was : not lynched yesterday or last night, j The officers were determined to protect the negro at the cost of their lives, 51 and with three military companies sta- 1 tioned in the jail yard, the mob soon f saw that it would be fooi-naray to at- J tempt to take Irby. In many of the J churches here today the ministers re- ] ferred to the mob spirit that had pos- ' session of hundreds of men yesterday 1 and grave thanks that another tragedy ( was not committed against the law of s the land and the Creator, to be added to the awful crime charged against 8 Irby. It Is not known how long the J troops will remain on duty at the Jail, J though it is thought that the two vis- f iting companies will return to their 8 homes tomorrow. The men who were c wounded in the miniature battle yes- 8 terday between officers and members of I the mob are not thought to be seriously 1 wounded. Miss Dempsey, who was 8 brutally assaulted by Irby, has in a ' measure recovered, though she is still v very nervous and suffers much pain 1 about the head and throat. It may be t several weeks before she entirely re- I covers. Warrants were sworn out to- c dnv for a number of the ring leaders of yesterday's and last night's mob and c several arrests have been made, the v .varrants being served by soldiers. Those who are under arrest are Hilton Floss, Grover Fowler, Bud McCarty and Caesar Thomas, all of whom are being leld In the county Jail on the charge ^ >f rioting. The parties now under arrest are residents of the Spartan Mill tillage. A detachment of soldiers left lere tonight for Drayton mills to make several arrests, but as yet have not relumed to the city. Grover Fowler, who ivas arrested today, was one of those who were shot yesterday. Fowler had t sledge hammer trying to batter down the Iron gate when he was flred on From Inside the Jail. MERE-MENTION. An American and two Spaniards were killed in the province of Pampagena, P. I., Wednesday of last week by Filipino bolomen A New York man is suing a young lady of Massachusetts for $20,000 damages, alleging i breach of promise of marriage Kugene V. Debs, Socialist candidate for president, says his party will poll 2,300,000 votes in the coming election and will elect the president four years hence Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, will soon begin the publication jf a weekly paper, primarily In support of "government by the people." Theodore R. Shear, a well-to-do lawyer of New York city, has fallen heir to an estate of $10,000,000 by the will of an uncle in California, recently deceased. Shear says he doesn't know vvhat to do with the money, and hasn't any special need of it John E. Redmond, leader of the fight in the British parliament for home rule for Ireland, who came to this country a few weeks ago in behalf of his people, has returned to Ireland, with pledges of $100,000 for the benefit of the home rule movement in parliament Wm. J. Bryan has been ofTered the editorship of the Denver Post at a salary of $12,- * 000 year, in the event of his being defeated in November The 1908 shortage of the European wheat crop is placed at 18,000,000 bushels Orville Wright, the aeroplanist, recently hurt in the accident at Washington, in which Lieutenant Selfridge was killed, is slowly recovering The Atlantic battleship fleet will be reviewed by the president and his cabinet in Hampton Roads, Norfolk, on Feb. 22, on its return from its around-the-world trip. The Sharpies Separator company of West Chester, Pa., has placed a notice in its works that in the event Mr. Bryan is elected, the works will be closed down Indefinitely. The plant employs 1,000 men The Canadian Pacific Railroad company will issue $50,000,000 of bonds, the proceeds of which will be used in securing additional equipment Advices from Caracas, Venezuela, are to the effect that the bubonic plague is spreading in that country- The first case appeared about four months ago Wm. Robinson, a negro night rider, was sentenced to five years in prison at Mayersville, Miss., Thursday, for posting a threatening notice on a ginnery. The negro confessed A recent estimate of the lumber supply of the United States placed the stumpage at 1,390,000,000,000 board feet, and the annual consumption at about 100,000,000,000 board feet...*.. In the Georgia state election of last Wednesday, Jos. M. Brown received 106,382 votes, while Yancey Carter, In dependence party candidate received 10,906 The international convention of the Churches of Christ Is In session at New Orleans, with 5,000 delegates in attendance Richmond Pearson Hobson has filed a suit against Congressman Kellher of Boston for $50,000 damages for libel About fifty speakers. representing the labor element, will speak In Speaker Cannon's district during the next three weeks In an effort to defeat the "czar" of the house A Southern freight train went through a draw-bridge on the Tombigbed river near Jackson, Ala., early Friday morning. The engineer lost his life The Republican national campaign committee last week sent out 22,000 letters to individuals asking for contributions of $50 each. Many favorable replies have been received The governor of Texas has put three companies of Rangers at work to break up night riding In that state Since January 1, there have been 12,316 cases of cholera and 7,830 deaths in the Philippines. Since August 15, there have heen more than 500 deaths a week. AXOTirER COTTON' CONVENTION. ? Harvie Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton association, announced from Atlanta yesterday, that in response to requests from all parts of the south, he would call a convention of cotton growers and allied interests, similar to that held In New Orleans in 1905. Mr. Jordan stated today that he had decided to undertake an active and vigorous campaign for better prices and would this week issue. a general call for a mass meeting of farmers, bankers, merchants and ginners to be held at some central point in the cotton belt, probably at Memphis. The convention to be called, he said, will not be confined to any particular organization. The Whole Story.?If you have two Hollars and vou need a dollar's worth of food, and a dollar's worth of cloth, you will buy both the food and the cloth, but If you need a dollar's worth of food and a dollar's worth of cloth and have but one dollar you will buy the food, and let the cloth go over till another time. The whole world Is economizing-, and Is buying: the food but Is cutting down on the cloth. Therefore, food products, which we of the south do not raise but buy, are advancing In price. If we made less of the cotton and more of the food,. we would be that much better off.? Sumter Herald. AT THE CHURCHES. BAPTIST. Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening at 7.30. METHODIST. Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening at 7.30 o'clock. Special gotices. Beth-Shiloh and Allison Creek. There will be preaching at Allison Creek church next Sunday, October 18, at 11 a. m., and at Beth-Shiloh at 3 p. m., by Rev. W. J. Wyly. Members af Beth-Shiloh are urged to come prepared for a liberal contribution for Foreign Missions. L. R. Williams. HOWE'S GREAT LONDON SHOWS. Memories of Youth Awakened?Our Girls and Boys Just Like Their Parents Were. There is nothing more pathetic on ?arth than the urchin who stands outside the Big Tent, views his companons blithely pass before him to en:er paradise, while all the time the lideous consciousness is his that he ias not been able to muster the price if admission. He may grow up later :o be a great and good man, and be:orr.e President of the United States, lut he does not care for that now?he vould give all his chances in this vorld for the possession of the little slip of cardboard which would put lim face to face with the eleesome. leasome baboon. If you meet any iuch wistful hangers-on at the outer jale of the Land of Heart's Desire, ind are moved by the memories of ('our youth to pass him in, you will lo a better deed than if you found lim hungry in the street and fed lim, for he will digest the meal and leed another before long, but a cirrus is worth missing many meals to iee. So go to the circus, and don't be to ashamed of wanting to go that rou make the excuse that you are ust going to take care of the chiliren. Admit that you like it. Go ind eat peanuts, and laugh at the down and feel young and happy igain. The clown Is another test, de will be, to all intents and pur>oses, the first clown you ever saw; ind he will have the same jokes; but f you attend In the proper spirit, you v ill laugh in the same old places. Phe clown is not meant to minister o your sense of humor; his is the llgher function of testing the degree if youth which you retain. Howe's Great London Shows are oniing for two exhibitions in Yorkille, on Wednesday October 21.