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Scraps and facto. ? Georgia gave Bryan a majority of 13.471 over Taft. Watson, Chapin, Hisgen. etc. Bryan's vote was 73,739. Taft's 41.292 and Watson's 17,643. Taft carried twenty-seven counties and Watson nine. The remainder of the 143 counties of the state went for Bryan. The Independence league party got only 83 votes in the state. -- A few weeks ago James G. Woodward was elected in a primary to be the candidate for mayor of Atlanta, On., in the genetal election in December. Woodward has served two terms as mayor with more or less satisfaction t?> the people of the city. Hej achieved more or less notoriety during previous terms by getting: drunk at Memphis, Tenn., Hot Springs, Ark., and Toledo. (>., and in Atlanta last Thursday night he went on one of his old time drunks and in company with a former police commissioner visited houses of ill-fame and raised such a row that the police had to be called in, who very kindly sent the mayor-elect home in a cab. Now. the Atlanta Georgian is trying to stir the city up to a high state of indignation because of the incident and is strongly advocating that some man of ability and moral character offer as a candidate to oppose Woodward in the general election and if this cannot accomplish* the end desired, that impeachment proceedings be instituted in order to free the city from the unpleasant notoriety that the mayor-elect is bringing to the city. ?Syracuse, N. Y., November 7: Many and widely diverse opinions have been expressed on President Roosevelt, as a successor to Dr. Eliot as president of Harvard as a result of the Syracuse Herald asking prominent editors what they thought of the matter. Rome G. Brown, president of the Harvard Clubs of America, 1907-08, said at Minneapolis that Mr. Roosevelt was not conservative enough for the place and could not get one vote of the Harvard board of overseers. Clark Howell, Atlanta Constitution, wired that Roosevelt would make an ideal president. The editor of the News and Courier, Charleston, S. C., said that the southern people would advise against such a move. Josephus Daniels, News and Observer, Raleigh, N. C'., wired: "By all means Roosevelt should be elected president. Rockefeller bursar and Root professor of political economy, If Harvard is to teach absolutism, greed and usurpation." The Chicago Tribune preferred that Roosevelt -stay in politics. The Salt Lake Tribune thought the president would strengthen Harvard with the Mormons. The Leader, Guthrie, Okla., said public sentiment suggested Bryan. ? Tom Watson was among the number of those who "also ran," but he seems not to have enjoyed his campaign to the extent professed by the leading candidates. His account of his experiences is a tale of woe which may cause future candidates of forlorn hopes to pause before attempting the impossible*. He says: "The things I have had to bear, a proud man finds difficult to endure. To see old friends turn their backs when you enter a hotel lobby to avoid meeting you; to lift your hat to ladies and girls on the streets and have your courtesy received with mockery and jeers; to offer your hand to old friends on the cars and have it refused; to have wagon loads of drunken negroes sent to your house at night to yell and hoot their insolent taunts, in the hearing of your wife and children; to attempt to address your fellow-citizens on the principles of Jeffersonian Democracy, as you understand them, and to be howled down, and owe your life to the intervention of brave friends and sympathizing policemen; to be so menaced in your own home that a picket of armed men seemed to be absolutely necessary to protect it from murderous attacks; these are the things which I have had to endure." has been arrested at ner nome. ouuivc Shoals. the house built by the late humorist. Hill Nye. <>n the French Broad river, twelve miles from here, on a warrant charging her with violation of the state law. which forbids a man and woman living together in a house unattended, unless married or relatives. The case was continued until November 19. The son of Col. V. E. McBee. who has resided at Bucke Shoals for several years, secured the warrant for Mrs. Eastman's arrest. The sensational interest in the case is heightened by the fact that Mrs. Eastman has begun suit against Col. McBee. charging that, while she furnished all the money to buy Bucke Shoals from the heirs of the late humorist, he has so deluded her that the property ? cnicagu, ixjvciuuei i. i.>w? mot the election is over and there Is no chance that the airing of her domestic unhappiness might have a harmful effect upon the political future of her father, Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt is preparing to bring suit for absolute divorce from her artist husband, William Homer Leavitt. This information was given out last night by intimate friends of Mrs. Leavitt. This friend says the suit will he filed in Denver, where the Leavitts had a home?purchased for them by William Jennings Bryan?and where they last lived together. Leavitt is now in Europe, continuing his art studies. The two children, Ruth Leavitt, five years old, and William Bryan Leavitt, three years old, are with their mother. Officially, they still live in Denver, but they spend much of their time in Lincoln, and the children had the time of their lives at Falrview during the campaign. Little Bryan Leavitt is the complete master of his gj-andfather. No opposition is expected from the artist. His wife told friends in Denver that he was "simply impossible" and that she "couldn't endure him another day." When the action is begun the charges will be nonsupport, mental cruelty and Incompatibility of temperament. Mrs. Leavitt will ask for the custody of the children. ? New York, November 7: "I'm a sacrifice?a victim of public clamor," bitterly commented Charles W. Morse today on the 15-year sentence imposed on him by Judge Hough in the United States criminal court. The Tombs prisoner, who two years ago called himself worth $22.000,000, spoke with a sneer. "I'm a sacrifice," he reiterated, "by political interests, to the public clamor for a victim from the ranks of the so-called 'predatory rich.' I'm 52 years old now," added Morse, as for a second his sneer gave place to a look of sorrow and his voice seemed tinged with sadness. Quickly, however, the bitterness he felt reasserted itself and he went on: "He might as well have given me life as fifteen years." These words from the convicted banker constituted practically his first outcry against the court's order, that he be confined in the United States prison at Atlanta. Morse slept soundly in nis cell all ni??ht. He had his own bed clothing and a suit of pajamas. He had complained the night before because he could not get a "robe" in which to sleep. The prisoner turned in soon after dinner, which was sent from the outside, on his order. At 6.30 Morse was awakened with the other prisoners. He sent out for his breakfast, and while awaiting it. read the newspapers. ? Paris. November 6: While J. L. Morgan of Marion, N. C., was scouring the continent in search of his runaway daughter, Fayetta. and W. P. Craig, with whom the young woman eloped from Florence about three weeks ago, the couple were married at Canterbury, England. The ceremony occurred October 30. Mr. Morgan returned to America in ignorance of the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Craig are now in this city. W. P. Craig was employed as a broker's clerk in New Orleans, and on a recent visit to Marion, N. C.. fell in love with Miss Fayetta Morgan, 17 years old. Mr. .Morgan forbade the marriage, and the young man declared he would marry without Mr. Morgan's consent. Mr. Morgan promptly sent his daughter under the care of a chaperon to attend an art school in Florence. Italy. Mr. Craig's efforts to outwit the father were favored by a bequest of $3,000. which enabled him to get to Europe as soon as did Miss Morgan. He found her in Florence, and eluding the chaperon Craig and Miss Morgan made a vain attempt to be married on the continent. In the meantime Mr. Morgan got news of what had transpired, cabled American agents throughout the continent to find the couple, rushed to New York and boarded a steamer for Europe on October IS. He returned yesterday after a vain search. ? Asheville, N. C.. November 7: Mrs. Sophie Eastman, daughter of the late Carter Harrison, former mayor of Chicago. and sister to the present mayor. is invested in a company that he controls. It followed a quarrel between Mrs. Eastman and Col. McBee, who had been her constant companion at horse shows, and the like, through the substitution of a young man named Rider Edwards, as her companion in drives. Yesterday morning at 4 o'clock lire destroyed two of her saddle horses, which she claims was incendiary. Mrs. Eastman's friends say that the charges are only intended to prejudice public sentiment against her, and that they are absolutely false. <Thr \|orl;nllr (Nquitrr. Entered at the Post?>fflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.: rirucikiv vm i'iiuuu in ions; I L> CiOlM 1 ? 11 v V lilil ULili iv, it/vu. From the reports In the papers, it is beginning to look as if the powers that control commerce have sent forth the mandate that the wheels be put in motion again. The steel trust has reduced the price of rails about four dollars a ton. putting them within reach of railroad builders, and orders have begun to pour in. Weavers are beginning to place orders for immense quantities of yarn, and soon the spinners will be hungry for cotton. Everything points to another boom and the probability is that it will, not be long in coming. Mr. John G. Capers has given out a statement in Washington, in which he claims that the recent election shows that the Solid South is on the verge of being broken. As substantial evidence he points to the heavy Republican vote in North Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia, and states that there is a strong Republican sentiment in South Carolina. He goes on to declare that Mr. Taft considers the south as excellent 'tillage" ground, and the intimation is that a considerable portion of the next four years is to be devoted to systematic proselyting by employing all the usual means of landing politicians and others who may be more or less shaky, on their political foundations. It will have to be admitted that the Republicans are making gains elsewhere in the south: but for various reasons, they need not look for much headway in South Carolina. PRESIDENT TAYLOR'S FIGURES. Head of Ginners' Association says Cotton Is Worth 121-2 Cents. To the Ginners and Planters: Y. ur reports show there has been ginned to November 1st, this year, 8,051.000 bales and that the crop will be 11,861,000 bales, not including linters or repacks. This is some lower than general expectations, but the loss seems to be principally in Louisiana and Oklahoma, where the crop is the shortest on record. The weather has been almost perfect for over two months now and with plenty of labor and cotton all open earlier than known before in years there is no reason why the ginning should not be even larger. The farmers seems to have sold it very freely, especially in Texas, where the crop is good in most of the counties; but only a few of them report as good as 1906 and they are some of the smaller producing "ounties in the west and southwest. Ellis county has about the best crop in the state and will make only 141,000, compared with 152,000 in 1906. There is a large number of counties malfini? mnrti less than last vear's short crop. If the present weather continues the crop will all be picked by December 1st except in Oklahoma and western Texas. Even the Mississippi delta will be practically through. Cotton Is a cent a pound lower than last year at this time with the panic on in full blast, while now business has recovered to nearly the old basis before the panic. The election is over and large contracts are being placed for coal, iron, steel and other material and it looks as if every laborer in the country will be at work in thirty days. The mills have used up their invisible supplies and at present prices would consume over 13,000,000 bales, while the commercial ~rop will be at least 700,000 under that figure. Notwithstanding the heaviest movement on record since October 18th the market has advanced $2 a bale. vearly all the members of the New York and New Orleans Cotton Exchanges are bullish and have large lines of contracts on the long side, the sales nearly all hedges against the purchase of spot cotton from the fovmorc Vu cnftn n? (hp hpavv move-I ment is over the mills will buy this cotton from the merchants and these hedges will be bought in and will cause the market to advance gradually to much higher figures. The bal| ance of this year's crop should sell I for 12J cents and I strongly advise the farmers not to sell another bale j under 11 cents unless you have to meet your obligations. Another reason we have got to have higher prices is that cotton cannot be grown in the boll weevil district for less than 11 cents at a profit. The yield to the acre is not half as much and the cost of cultivation a great deal more. As this district now covers a territory that produces over 5,000,000 bales, the price will have to advance or the acreage in the weevil district will be so greatly reduced as to raise less than the world needs and cause extreme high prices as in 1003, which the spinners do not want. Report by states: Ginned Total Nov. 1st. Crop. Alabama *98,000 1,169,000 Arkansas 521,000 792,000 Georgia 1,358.000 1.764.000 Louisiana 276.000 409,000 Mississippi 871,000 1,496,000 North Car 373,000 602.000 Oklahoma 208.000 612,000 | South Car 812,000 1,098,000 [Tennessee 186.000 290.000 Texas 2.476,000 3.461,000 Fla.. Mo., Va. and . Kentucky ... 72,000.. 123,000 Totals 8.051.000 11.816.000 Our estimate at this time last year was 1 1.132.000. not including linters. The crop was 14,057,000, census figures. J. A. Taylor, j President National Ginners' Association. Memphis. Tenn., Nov. 6th, 190s. SPECULATIVE PROSPERITY. The Players In Stocks Prepare to Fleece the Lambs. The release of m jch industrial energy, held in reserve pending the national election, says a New York dispatch. was counted upon with the passing of that event. The record of the %? /-w?Lr irt that VDcnftPt U'fiSC in ntTl'PP ..^.rrx ... ..... . - nu*nt with the confident expectation universally held in financial circles. In the response of the stock market to the situation, however, there was a genuine surprise. As the speculative) medium of events to coine rather than those already accomplished the action of the stock market indicates that the extensive advance in prices which had occurred over the level of last year's depression, while fully commensurate with the improvement then in sight in the country's affairs, did not begin to measure the hopes of the ultimate improvement to occur. The outbreak of a furor of speculation last week is the more remarkable in view of the accurate predictions of the result of the election in so far as the great parties are concerned, which were current and were accepted in Wall street before the decision at the polls. There were few observers in Wall street who had not given the advice that the first after-election rise in prices would be followed almost certainly by a sharp reaction. The inrush of new demand for stocks, on the contrary, has been sufficient to sweep up all selling to realize with a sustained upward movement of prices. The news of the week contained plentiful evidence of the quick movement that has occurred towards revival of industrial and commercial activity following the election. The response in this field apparently exceeds as much this expectation as does the market movement of stocks. The apprehension dispelled by the result of the election was lost sight of in the consideration of the larger result, that the minor parties are not a source of future danger to capital. The assumption of more tolerant public sentiment towards corporations finds expression in the unconcealed de lermiimimn ui Hie iam u<uio iw ocvuic higher rates for freight than they have hitherto enjoyed. The knowledge of a concerted movement to this end Is credited with large influence on the animated speculation In stocks which gained volume as the week progressed. The enthusiasm of the speculation owes much, also, to the conviction that conditions favor a quick recovery to an extent unusual after financial crises. LETTER FROM OGDEN. Mr. M. B. Dunlap Sustains Serious Loss by Fire?First Killing Frost?Meeting of the Union. of the lurkville Rnanirer. Ogden, November 9.?The first fire this community has had of any consequence for some time, occurred late Saturday afternoon when a large barn and a cotton house of Mr. M. B. Dunlap's were totally destroyed, and it was only by the timely arrival of nearby neighbors that his home was saved. The bam, it Is said, contained enough roughness to feed three head of stock through the winter and the cotton house contained a few loads of corn. Nothing was saved from either building. It appears that the dwelling caught first and while those who gathered in were extinguishing the flames, the other two buildings caught, and the fire burned so rapidly that it was impossible to check the flames with no facilities for fighting them except by carrying water in buckets. The fire started in the roof or overhead ceiline of the stove room and is supposed to have originated from a spark from the stove flue. Mrs. Dunlap had started a fire in the stove, using shingles and kerosene oil as fuel, after which she went to the house of a tenant, only a few hundred yards away on an errand, and before she had started back her house was discovered on fire. Mr. Dunlap was not far away and the alarm was given by telephone and other means. The community is thickly settled, and in a few minutes quite a number of neighbors were on the scene, but it was impossible to save anvthing except the dwelling. The loss will amount to several hundred dollars. Your correspondent learns that Mr. Dunlap carried some insurance on the burned buildings in the Carolina Mutual company of Spartanburg. Mr. Dunlap's home was destroyed by fire about two years ago and he only recently completed his new home, a part of which was erected immediately after the fire. The first killing frost in this secMon occurred on the morning of the fith instance. Everything except the hardiest vegetation was blasted. The local lodge Farmers' Union held their regular monthly meeting last Fri<'av night. Plans were set on foot at this meeting for holding a special meeting and big rally in the near future, at which oysters will be served. COTTON GINNED TO NOVEMBER!. Census Bureau Reports Increase Over Last Year's Crop. There were 26,295 active ginneries and 8,199,782 bales of cotton ginned from the growth of 1908 to November 1st. These figures, announcea Dy me census bureau yesterday, are against 26,069 ginneries and 6,128,562 baies at the corresponding date in 1907; 27,370 ginneries and 6,906,395 bales in 1906, and 27,802 ginneries and 6,457,595 baies in 1905. The report counts round bales as half bales and includes 149,340 round bales for 1908; 125,785 for 1907, and 169,741 for 1906, and 183,870 for 1905. The number of Sea Island bales included for 1908 is 45,495 for 1907, 33.331; for 1906, 21,706, and for 1905, 49.161. The corrected figures of the quantity of cotton ginned this season to October 18th are 6,296,166 bales. The number of bales and active ginneries respectively by states on November 1st, 1908, follows: State Bales. Ginneries Alabama 894,123 3,363 Arkansas 536,658 2,016 Florida 43,065 241 Georgia 1,385,816 4,321 Kentucky 954 4 Louisiana 290,099 1,559 Mississippi 893.546 3,309 Missouri 30,409 69 rvew Mexico ?o*? ? North Carolina 373,188 2,606 Oklahoma 219,860 941 South Carolina 822,369 3,133 Tennessee 199,621 605 Texas 2,504,886 4,046 Virginia 4,607 82 The distribution of Sea Island cotton for 1908 by states, is Florida 19,057; Georgia 21.998; South Carolina 4,440. ? Former United States Senator Edward Carmack, was shot and killed in a street duel in Nashville, Tenn., yesterday by Robin Cooper, a young attorney. Carmack was wounded three times, in the neck, breast and left shoulder. Young Cooper was wounded in the left shoulder by a bullet from Carmack's revolver. The shooting grew out of factional politics. Since ois retirement from the senate, Carmack has been editor of the Tennesseean and has been opposed to a faction of which Col. Duncan Cooper was a leader. In his editorials he has been referring vigorously to the alleged machine methods of the Cooper party. He had been warned that the editorials must stop; but he continued to write them. The Coopers, father and son, met Carmack on the street. Carmack had just raised his hat to a lady when young Cooper opened fire. The elder Cooper stood by with a revolver in his hand, but did not shoot. Carmack drew his pistol as soon as he could and fired twice, before he fell dead. Cooper's friends claim that Carmack fired first. Mrs. Eastman, the lady to whom Carmack had raised his hat, who was walking down street with her husband, gave this version of the affair: "We were walking down Seventh avenue in the direction of Church street and had just passed the entrance to the Polk fiats. Mr. Carmack came up the street towards us, smiling as he rec <j?iii?fu inc. nr ?ao auinc oicpa <1. \> <x y and there were very few people on the street. Mr. Eastman and I were near the edge of the sidewalk and Mr. Carmack would have passed between us and the fence. He raised his hat as we spoke. He had his right hand up and was about to make a remark when somebody said?it was the older voice ?'we've got you all right.' or something to that effect. I can't say positively what the exact words were. It never occurred to me that it was anything more than a friend speaking. Mr. Carmaek raised his eyes, instantly put on his hat and ran his hand back, when the same voice said: 'You coward, you are hiding behind a woman are you?' Senator Carmaek jumped out so as to get clear of me and I jumped into a gateway. I saw that Mr .Carmaek had a pistol. I turned and said: 'For Cod's sake don't shoot.' I saw Mr. Carmaek wheel and fall in a heap in the gutter." ? Columbia, November 8: In Ids forthcoming annual report, Superintendent of Education Martin will call attention to the fact that after forty years of effort in building up an educational system, the state of South Carolina is now expending about one and one-half million dollars on its public schools; that there is an enrollment of considerably more than 300,000 children: nearly 4.000 school buildings; more than 6,000 teachers; more than 100 high schools. On its colleges the state is spending more than $300,000 annually. Superintendent Martin declares in his report that the outlook is most encouraging, though there is yet a great deal to be done to perfect the state's educational system. LOCAL. AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A. L. Black, President?Calls a meeting of Cotton Belt Union for Wed-' nesday night to transact business of importance. John & O. W. Knox, Clover?After Wednesday, November 11, will put on horse and mule shoes at 10 cts. each, instead of at 12jc as heretofore. York Supply Co.?Sells the Vulcan turn plow and has all necessary repairs for same. It wants to see you about dressed lumber, shingles, etc. National Union Bank?Tells its customers that if they desire to hold their cotton it will loan them the money needed at 6 per cent interest. Thomson Co.?Has ivory rimmed satin covered buttons at 25c and 50c dozen. Silk petticoats at $6, $7.50 and $8.50; Heatherbloom petticoats at $2, $2.50 and $3.50. T. W. Speck?Wants the ladies to see a big line of decorated ware, which he is offering at 10 cents per piece. It is nice goods and cheap. Strauss-Smith Co.?Announces additional special offerings, including thpee lots of men's clothine. men's collars, anil bed comforts. Special attractions each day. Sherer & Ferguson?Are now established in the Herndon building, ready to supply you with meats of all kinds. They will buy beef cattle and milkers. J. Q. Wray, The Leader?Again calls your attention to the special bargain offerings he is making in all sorts of goods in his line. First National Bank?Invites you to make use of its rooms and facilities for transacting your business. It will give you any assistance possible. M. W. White?Says the wise man does not wait for the word of the seer or prophet, but decides each Issue for himself. Real estate offerings. Loan and Savings Bank?Suggests an idea to help you in building up a savings account with it. The deception would benefit you. Star Drug Store?Advises you to give your horse Pratt's food?it will make your animals eat well and grow fat. Herndon & Gordon?Again urge per* pie who owe them for fertilizers to pay such accounts and notes at once. They are depending on you. W. M. Kennedy, Agent?Has choice fruits and nuts, spices, fruit cake ingredients, teas, coffees, canned goods, hams, breakfast strip, etc. Lamm tailor-made clothes fit. W. E. Ferguson?Wants you to know that he has a barrel of best grade new crop New Orleans molasses. Also has buckwheat flour. Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Gives a brief financial history of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance company, that is of interest to insurance buyers. York Drug Store?Announces that it has secured the local agency for tl? celebrated Huyler's chocolates bJM bonbons?the candies with the gua^ antee. The open season for game begins next Monday. Supt. Stephenson has made an unusually good sweet potato crop on the county home farm this year. In all he gets more than 75 bushels of potatoes, and some of the Individual specimens weigh as much as 62 ounces. THE A. R. SYNOD. The Associate Reformed Synod of the South, convened in Its 105th annual session at Newberry last Thursday and concluded its labors yesterday. The opening sermon was preached by Rev. J. A. White of Blackstock, the retiring moderator and the deliberations of the meeting were presided over by Rev. W. H. Miller of Tennessee. The proceedings generally developed but very little out of the usual routine; but all of the reports were satisfactory and encouraging, and the meeting, on the whole, was an ideal one. The Neely's Creek congregation, York county presented a pressing #K vitation for the next meeting of synod; but the majority of the members preferred Bartow, Fla., which place was selected. Rev. S. W. Haddon of Virginia, will be moderator next year. AftTrnw IK) -rue npi na V/V I I VII 1 11 I 111- I-- ? There is a good deal of cotton in the fields all over York county, and especially in the northwestern section. "I have been over a considerable scope of country during the past few weeks," remarked a citizen of King's Mountain township In The Enquirer office yesterday, "and I'll tell you that there is just lots of cotton that has not yet been gathered. In some cases the fields have been picked over once and in others they are almost white." "And what is the trouble?scarcity of labor?" was asked. "No, there is plenty of labor," was the reply. I do not know of any landowners who have cotton of their own in the fields?at least there are very few of them." "The unpicked cotton belongs principally to renters who know that they have already eaten it up at present prices and who are not inclined to have anything more to do with it unless the price goes up. In most cases these renters claim that they 'cannot get their hands together,' but if the price would go to 10 or 11 cents, much of this cotton would come out in a hurry." PETIT JURORS?SECOND WEEK. The following venire of petit jurors was drawn this morning to serve during the second week of the approaching term of the circuit court: \V. S. Love Bullock's Creek. J. L. Biack Catawba. \V. J. Blair Bullock's Creek. J. \V. H. Good Bullock's Creek. J. VY. Latham Fort Mill. S. S. Plexico Catawba. W. O. Harshaw York. T. J. Steele Ebenezer. J. M. Stroup King's Mountain. Jno. A. Neely Catawba. J. W. Mitchell Bullock's Creek. J. G. Walker Catawba. J. H. Boyd, King's Mountain. C. R. Means Catawba. T. E. Love King's Mountain. J. T. Smith Broad River. D. M. Benfield Bethesda. W. W. Baker Catawba. W. O. Raw Is York. B. F. Massey Fort Mill. David Lindsay Fort Mill. J. M. Poag Catawba. W. B. Roach Bethesda. W. G. Duncan Catawba. W. P. Fudge Catawba. W. T. Smarr Bullock's Creek. T. \V. Hope Ebenezer. W. J. Stewart Fort Mill. \\\ E. Creighton Fort Mill. Henry Gordon Catawba. J. D. Clark York. H. L. Johnson York. J. B. Miller Catawba. \V. F. Rich King's Mountain. T. W. Johnson Catawba. J. M. Epps Fort Mill. OUR CORN PRIZE OFFER. It has been called to the attention of The Enquirer that it is desirab'e that we lay down specific rules for the government of the competition for the prizes offered by us for the thirty best ears of corn produced on acres competing for the Farmers' Union largest yield prizes and we have decided to do so as follows: 1. For the best ten ears we agree to pay ?f>. For the second best ten ears we agree to pay $3, and for the third best ten ears we agree to pay $2. In all cases the prize winning corn will become our property. 2. The competition for these prizes Is limited to the people who entered the contest for the Farmers' Union largest yield prizes. 3. Each and every competitor will be allowed to compete for all three prizes; but to do so must make three separate entries of ten ears each. 4. Each ten ears must be submitted In a separate package, and along with them the name of the competitor In a sealed envelope. 5. The packages of com may be left at The Enquirer office at any time between November 25 and December 1, and we will undertake to keep them in safe custody until they are placed in the hands of the judges. 6. The judges as already announced, are to be three in number and are to be appointed by Mr. J. Frank Ashe, president of the York County Farmers' I'nion. 7. The judges are to have no intimation of the ownership of the corn on which they are passing judgment until after they have come to a decision and made their awards. The names of the winners will then be learned by tearing open the envelopes containing said names. 8. All competing corn that falls to win a prize will remain the property of the contestants. We urge each contestant to especial -- -1 ?.?1a ly liunei VC lilt: \ liiiunr* Wi IUIC luui, which is intended to guard the name of the competitors until after the award of the prizes and to insure subsequent identification not only of the prize corn; but of the corn that does not win. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Dr. McDowell's office is in the B. N. Moore building over I. W. Johnson's store, instead of in the Shandon hotel as erroneously stated. ? The boards of commissioners of state and county and Federal elections are in Yorkville today canvassing the returns from the general election of November 3. ? The Yorkville Cemetery association wants to name the two cemeteries in the town. Neither has a name, and the effort to distinguish one from the other is more or less confusing. All cemeteries elsewhere, have distinctive names. Mr. G. W. S. Hart, president of the association will be pleased to have suggestions from all who care to make them. A name is to be decided upon shortly. ? The Jeannette Kling Recital company gave an entertainment in the school building last Friday night as advertised, except that the performance did not commence until late because of delays experienced by the members of the company in coming from Chester in an automobile. The audience was rather smaller than it would have been except for the delay; but everybody present enjoyed the entertainment very much. All of the performers are firstclass artists in their respective lines. SPECULATIVE MARKET. Following is a summary of the developments in the speculative market yesterday as sent out from New York last night: Today's cotton market was very active with March and later months making new high records for the season. Later prices reacted partly, however, and the close was barely steady at a net advance of 6 to 11 points. Sales estimated at 375,000 bales. The market opened steady at unchanged prices to a decline of 1 point and for the first few minutes ruled rather irregular owing to lower cables and uncertainty as to the effect of the census report. But as the market failed to yield to bearish efforts owing to aggressive support from Wall street bulls demand soon became general and during the afternoon March sold up to 8.89 or 27 points above the low level of last Friday and 3 points above the previous high record. At this time the general list showed a net advance of 12 to 17 points. Houses with New Orleans and western connections were active buyers on the advance while some spot people seemed to be selling near months. There was some scattered southern selling of the late positions and above 8.95 for the spring months trading became very heavy, causing a reaction . toward the close. Southern spot markets officially reported were unchanged to 1-16 cent higher. While the census report showed more r*r\ftn n viniwil tn Vnvemher 1st than during- any of the previous years for which records have been kept, the figures were under rather than over local expectations, and seemed to have no influence on local estimates of the crop, those believing in a moderate y.cld maintaining their position by arguments concerning improved ginning facilities, early maturity, abundant labor and favorable weather. Receipts at the ports today 7.1,07? bales against 57.881 last we-'k and 61.923 last year. For the week 430,000 against 482,433 last week and 357,243 last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans 21.905. against 6,789 last year, and at Houston 21,754 bales against 6,829 last year. CHAINGANG TO CATAWBA. The Rock Hill Herald In its last Issue has the following with reference to the proposed disposition of the chaingang by the county board of commissioners: For some time past an agreement has, or was supposed to have, existed between the county board of commissioners and the city of Rock Hill to the effect that the county commissioners were to return to the city of Rock Hill the number of days due the city for prisoners sent to the chaingang. Realizing that the county chaingang was only a few miles from the city and realizing how much cheaper it would be for it to be moved from its present location, in Ebenezer township, rather than to the western part of the county, then a removal back into Ebenezer township, Mayor Jno. T. Roddey, accompanied by Chief of Police U. C. Partlow and the editor of the Herald, appeared before the county board of commissioners Wednesday afternoon and presented a list showing that prisoners amounting to 2,803 days of work had been sent up from Rock Hill to the county chaingang since the agreement had been made with the late Mayor J. J. Hull. Mayor Roddey requested that the chaingang be sent to Catawba township as soon as the work in Ebenezer township was finished. The commissioners, and all of them were present, took occasion to look up the minutes in which the agreement was made with the late J. J. Hull and from the minutes of the monthly meeting of March, 1903, the following was found: "J. J. Hull appeared before board and asked that the county arrange to re 11? 1 - ' ? " ? won ? 4V\n nlf v place Uie lauui oil lUiiuj uc?. uic vnj of Rock Hill for convict labor sent to the chaingang by the city authorities. The board decided to take up this matter after leaving Bethesda township and Sutton's Ferry road and allow the city of Rock Hill 60 days for convict labor furnished up to date, said labor to be put upon the public roads near the city after the work in Bethesda township." The board at that time was composed of Supervisor Boyd and Commissioners Stanton and Crawford. Supervisor Boyd stated that he was at the meeting in 1903, and remembered the agreement and he did not want to appear as opposing the agreement, for he did not. but he was of the opinion that some other work had been promised this year to parties in other sections of the county. Upon investigation of the minute book it was found that in the March, 1908, meeting, while the chaingang was doing work in Fort Mill township the following resolution was adopted: "A resolution was adopted to the effect that the chaingang would go to the road which could show the largest amount of rock laid down on the ground and available for macadam work." The gang was moved from Fort Mill township to Ebenezer township u.ider the above resolution and is there vet. Mavor Roddev stated that if the gang was at present in the upper part of the countv he would not ask the i hoard to remove it Into Catawba town?bin. but in view of the fact that the 1 " ang is now at Catawba's door and i since the countv owes the 2.803 davs o the city, he thought it the best investment to the countv to move the ' gang into Catawba township from < Ebenezer township and pay the debt, as It were. , Every member of the board seemed to agree with Mayor Roddey and Commissioner Lumpkin moved, which was i seconded ty Kirkpatrlck and which was finally carried unanimously, that Immediately upon finishing the work for the chaingang in Ebenezer town- ] ship, that the chaingang be moved to , Catawba township to commence perman en t work on such roads in said township as the city council of Rock 1 Hill shall designate to return the 2,803 days work, of one man. this being the ' amount of work due the city of Rock Hill, for prisoners sent up from Rock < Hill to the chaingang up to November i 1st. 1908. The chaingang will probably finish 1 work In Ebenezer township the latter part of December, 1 I ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Julia Smith left this morning i fur t'ni >n. where she will spend the , winter with relatives. Miss Mary Jackson of Newport, has been spending several days in Yorkville. the guest of Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Weber. Miss Mamie McConnell returned to Philadelphia yesterday, after spending the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McConnell. Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Finley and Mr. W. M. Kennedy have returned from Newberry where they have been in attendance on the annual meeting of the Associate Reformed synod. Misses Mary and Carrie Cartwright, Helen Dowry, Fredrica Lindsay. Georgia Marshall and Kitty Salley of Winthrop college, spent Sunday in Yorkville with friends and relatives. Mr. W. M. Faulkner of King's Creek, has been confined pretty closely at 1 home for some time past, with a car- 1 buncle on his back. His many friends 1 are very much concerned about his 1 condition. 1 Mrs. I. G. Murray and Miss Eunice ; Grist left yesterday morning for ' Charleston as delegates to the W. M. U. convention. Mrs. Murray represent- 1 ing the W. M. U. and Miss Grist the 1 Y. W. A., of the Yorkville Baptist church. Gastonia Gazette, November 6: Mr. J. Y. Miller, who was for a number of years in the mercantile business here, who has more recently been undergo- I ing treatment at Morganton, Is here i with his family and expects to reside 1 in Gastonia in the future. Mr. Miller recently spent several weeks in Washington undergoing special treatment and his health is greatly improved. His many friends will welcome him i back to Gastonia. HOMICIDE NEAR YORKVILLE. Tom Hafner, a mulatto, who lived about two miles southwest of Yorkville, died yesterday morning from the effects of a pistol shot wound inflicted i last Saturday night by Rufe Anderson, also colored. < Some facts as to the killing were i developed at an inquest held by Cor- ! oner Louthian and a jury yesterday morning, and from the evidence it ap- i pears that it was only another recur- i rence of the unreasoning passion so ; nnmmnn omnnt/ tho m Icnnmnt nnfl vicious clement of the colored popula- i tion. The original cause of the trouble i does not appear from the testimony taken before the coroner; but the understanding is that the two men first ( came together in Yorkville in a quarrel over some whisky that had been given to one of them. Hafner started home first, and was overtaken by Anderson, near the cabin of Pete Davis, on the Pinckney road about two and ( a half miles from Yorkville. There the two men had a bout with their pocket knives; but they were parted by Pete , Davis and John Currenee before either was hurt. i On being parted after the knife duel, both negroes went their respective ways; but at about 8 o'clock Ander3on , came to the house of Dump Miller and | said that he was going to kill Hafner. , Miller tried to persuade him to drop | the matter, and later he quit talking | about it; but in a little while afterward | Hafner came to the house and Anderson commenced firing on him. The first shot missed; but the second struck \ Hafner in the abdomen, < According to the testimony taken j before the coroner's Jury it appears that Anderson was lying in wait for Hafner, but it does not appear that Hafner was aware that Anderson was ' in the house. i AT THE RIFLE RANGE. Company "L" had its first outing at ] the new rifle range on last Saturday i afternoon. The company left town at 1 ?.30 p. m., and arrived at the range in , a little less than an hour. Each man carried his blanket roll and haversack, < containing plate, knife, fork, spoon, 1 etc. The cots, cooking range, stoves ( and commissary supplies were sent out i in wagons. The rifle range is located on Turkey ! creek, a short distance down the creek i from Sutton's spring, on land belong- i ing to Mr. Samuel T. Ferguson, and is J what is known as a thousand yard , range. The targets are placed at the furthest point down the creek, where 1 the creek makes an abrupt turn, so , that there is a heavy hill Just behind | the targets. From the targets to the creek, there is a level stretch of bottoms, and here are arranged the firing stands in distances of one hundred i yards, beginning two hundred yards ' from the targets, find extending , up to one thousand yards. The targets are of the latest improved pattern, and are so arranged that four men can use them at the same time. Just in front of the targets is a heavy wall of mas >nry, and in front of this is about fif- ( teen feet of earth. Behind this mason- . ry stand the men who read the targets, and signal back to the scorers by means of "markers," the score made ] and the point on target struck by tne bullet. The range pit is connected with . the tiring stand by means of telephones, and communication may be constantly had between those who are on the tiring stand, and those who are reading the targets. The firing on Saturday was all done from the 300 yard line, and considering the greenness of the men, some fairly good records were made. The best score was made by Private Harley Dixon. The range house is built on the knoll between Sutton's spring and the public road and is a one story building, containing one large room about thirty feet square, one office room and a kitchen. The house is surrounded by j a broad piazza, and presents quite an t inviting appearance. r The company spent the night at the | range, having an oyster supper at ^ which there were several guests from ? town. Early Sunday morning a hearty % breakfast was served, after which the I men returned to town, arriving here i; about 8.30 o'clock. It is quite likely t that the company will spend all of Thanksgiving day at the range. Oth- j er companies of the First regiment are expected to make use of the range be- t fore the cold weather sets in, each ^ company staying from two to three ^ flays. r LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From this date to January 1st, 1909. for 30 cents. The King's Mountain Monument. The foundation work on -the King's Mountain monument is not yet quite completed. The contractors expect, however, to begin laying stone next week. ^ed One Hundred Years, There died in Yorkvllle on the 23d Jay of last month, a negro woman who Is commonly credited with having lived r>ne hundred years. Her name was Mary Ann Beckham. She is said to have been born in Chester county in October, 1808, and it is stated that she was a member of Galilee negro Baptist church for 75 years. Shot at a Party. A negro named Walter Rainey was committed to jail last Saturday night by Magistrate R. L. A. Smith of HickDry Grove, to await the result of int?* ? ! oo K a I? oV>o rnrA/1 Vto vlntr In. dieted on McCaw at a "party" the night before. The party was in a house on "Locust Hill," about three miles north of Sharon and developed into a row that resulted in shooting. Ralney shot McCaw with a pistol. The wound was quite a serious one and there is reason to believe that it may terminate fatally. The Farmers' Union. The regular monthly meeting of the York County Farmers' Union was held In the court house last Friday, The business transacted that is of public interest was the adoption of a resolution requesting the county board r>f commissioners to build two miles experimental sand and clay road?one In York and the other in Catawba township. The next regular meeting pf the Union will be held in the court house on Thursday, December 3, and on that occasion there will be an award of prizes in the corn contest. Typhoid at Winthrop. Prof. James P. Kinard, acting president of Winthrop, made the following statement last Sunday: "Two of the suspected cases of fever at Winthrop have been pronounced typhoid. This makes in the infirmary today six cases of typhoid fever. There are also in inn innrmary nine suspetieu ctwjea. i reported yesterday one additional suspected case, but in some way the correspondent from Rock Hill failed to set the work "additional." Dr. Boyd reports that the sick girls are doing well. Miss Nellie Ray, who has been very ill, is better today." Burglary In Fort Mill. Fort Mill special of November 6, to the Charlotte Observer: A genuine sensation was caused in town this morning when It became known that efforts had been made during the night to burglarize two of the leading stores here. The store of Meacham & Epps was entered through the back door and robbed of many articles, such as shoes, stockings, cloth, etc. The stock was pretty thoroughly torn up and scattered over counters and shelves. No very accurate estimate of the loss can be made, but it will undoubtedly count up into the neighborhood of $100 or more. Entrance was made by boring out a hole in the back door large enough to insert a hand, unlock the door and remove a bolt which secured it. A similar effort was made upon the store of E. W. Kimbrell & Co., but was unsuccessful the parties either being frightened away or giving up the task as a hopeless one. The auger with which the robber or robbers worked was left sticking in the door. The tools used were secured by breaking open a mechanic's chest in the new Parks store building nearby. There is no clue as to the identity of the perpetrators of Ihe robbery. A gentleman on the early train from Charlotte reports having seen two men with bundles on their backs walking beside the railroad between here and Plnevllle. This clue is being followed up, but so far has given no definite results. Magistrate McElhaney, his deputy and the local police are on the alert, following every suggestion of a clue that might lead to apprehending the guilty parties. World's Cotton Production.?The world's production of cotton for mill consumption during the year ending August 31st, 1908, exceeding 2,340,000 bales, the production of the previous year, according to the census bureau's report on the supply and distribution of cotton. It is a significant fact, the report shows, that the fluctuations in the world's supply of cotton is measured practically by the variations in the annual production in the United States. If the consumption of cotton in 1909 equals that in 1908 the United States, It Is declared, must contribute about 12,500,000 bales to prevent further decrease in stocks. The number of cotton spindles in this country is 27,964,187, the distribution among the states giving Massachusetts, 34 per cent; South Carolina, 13 per cent; and North Carolina 11 per cent. Rhode Island ranks fourth in the list. The number Df spindles has increased 23 per cent In the last eight years and the consumption of cotton 24 per cent. The annual exports of manufacturers of cotton are declared to be subject to wide fluctuations, those for 1908 amounting to $25,177,758 or less than one half the value of exports for 1906 which aggregated in value more than *50,000.000. This reduction is due to the falling off of the exports to China. An interesting fact to producers is that the total cotton supply of the country for 1908, amounting to 4,549.300 bales, *4 per cent was consumed in the United States. ? Washing-ton. November 6: In the opinion of Franklin K. Lane, inter-state commerce commissioner, the railroad, industrial and financial condition of the country is improving rapidly. "It is a fact." said he today, "hardly believable. but nevertheless true, that :he total operating revenue per mile of railroads for the year ended June 30, 1908. exceeds that of any other year n the history of railroading in the United States, except the one year of 1907. The average operating revenue jer mile of line per month for the 226,>00 miles of railroad reporting to the commissioner was $894 for the fiscal rear of 1908. This was less by about S61 than for the year 1907; but it was nore than any preceding year and was 5118 per mile per month more than in he year of the last presidential elecion. As I predicted a local car shortige even now exists. Conditions are jecoming normal and prosperous. ? Atlanta, Ga., November 8: Harvie fordan, president of the Southern Cot<>n Growers' association, speaking tolight of the outlook for marketing the jresent cotton crop, said: "The naional election is past and millions of lollars of orders for manufactured foods have been placed in the past few veeks. Raw cotton will feel the im>etus given to other lines of industry. itonoeto In/lloo ffi O l? Hilt1 lilt" filiilirifl irj;ui 10 luuivaiv u arger amount of cotton ginned to date han at any previous period in the listory of the census bureau, the ginilngs for November and the succeedng months of the year will Indicate a leavy and continuous falling off. The otal yield of this year will, in my pinion, fail far short of the two big rop years of 1904 and 1906." Mr. Jorlan emphasizes his belief that the rice of cotton will rise speedily. MERE-MENTION. Philip Hyde, a former drug clerk, was last week sentenced to three years' Imprisonment by a Philadelphia judge, on conviction of forging orders for cocaine Chas. W. Kllot, for nearly forty years president of Harvard university, has resigned the position, to take effect May 19, 1909 New York gamblers are said to have lost as much as $100,000 as the result of the election of Governor Hughes last week. In some Instances they gave odds of 5 to 2 against the governor A Pittsburg, Pa., rumor is to the effect that the price of steel rails is to be cut from $28 to $24 a ton. It is expected that large orders will be placed at the cut price During last Wednesday, Mr. Taft received more than 3,000 telegrams from all parts of the world, congratu latlng mm on nis election to me presidency It is rumored in Washington that Secretary of State Root wants to retire from the office on March 4, next. He has his eye on the seat of Senator Piatt in the United States senate The new 15 gold piece, with the designs countersunk below the outer edge, so that they will "stack," and bearing the motto, "In God we trust," are now being coined at the Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco mints Judge Goff of the United States circuit court has rendered a decision in the case of John W. Brlckhouse, a negro, who attacked the constitution of Virginia on technical grounds. Judge Goff says: The legislative department of the state has declared the constitution valid and in force, it is therefore the fundamental law of the state, and will so remain until changed by the people of the state or overthrown, not by the courts, but by revolution... .The Pennsylvania railroad last week placed an order for seventy-seven all-steel passenger cars, making a total of 277 cars of this type oruerea wiinin ine past icw months. The gross weight of one of these cars is about 116,000 pounds, and of this only about 300 pounds is wood. The cutting of the famous Cullinan diamond, presented to King Edward of England, by his subjects in South Africa, has been completed at Amsterdam, Holland, at a cost of $60,900. The stone was cut into seven pieces besides the largest stone which Is to be called the "Culllnan."... .Three persons were burned to death Friday at Stephensville, Tex., as the result of a lamp explosion Governor Patterson of Tennessee, is receiving nu- 1 merous threats against his life, supposedly from night riders and sympathizers The national convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy begins tomorrow at Atlanta, Ga., continuing through Saturday... .A Chicago man wagered $1 that he could take fifteen drinks of whisky without stopping. He got eleven of them down and then lost his wager by falling into a stupor and dying The proposition of the Georgia Daughters of the Confederacy to give the Wirz monument to the city of Richmond, Va., has raised a storm of protest on the ground that to accept the Wirz monument, would cheapen other monuments Governor-elect Marshall of Indiana, received about $3,000 in cash from friends for campaign expenses, despite his declaration that he would accept no financial aid. Mr. Marshall is returning the money to the contributors. England's newest battleship, the Invincible, Is expected to make a speed if thirty knots an hour Dr. Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller Institute for ; Medical Research, New York, says It Is now possible to transplant the organs of animals, Including the kidneys and arteries from one animal to another, and that such an operation is oosslble with human beings... .Amer1 lean Industries, the official organ of the National Association of Manufacturers, says that after a careful analysis of data collected during the past month from all over the country, more than 500,000 additional workers will be employed by January 1st, largely as the result of the election of Mr, Taft. neaiui umcers ui mmcBuaire, Pa., in an effort to combat the spread of an epidemic of diphtheria in that city, are killing all dogs and cats found in houses where there are cases of the disease, In the belief that the animals spread the disease by going to other homes It is not improbable that John W. Kern will be elected to the United States senate by the Democratic legislature of Indiana. Thomas Taggart is also a. candidate for the office The epidemic of cholera at Manila is now believed to be stamped < out John D. Rockefeller visited the Standard Oil company's offices in New York a few days ago for the first time In fourteen years The trial of Roy Lamphere, accused of burning Mrs. Belle Guinness and her three children to death last April, was begun at Laporte, Ind., yesterday Two women and an 18-months-old baby lost their ?'ives In a Washington fiat Friday as the result of deadly carbonic oxide fumes, caused by Improper combustion of the carbon in the gas stove burners. Death was instantaneous... .The New York Central railroad last Wednesday placed orders for $31,000,000 worth of equipment and supplies. Other rail- ' roads are expected to place orders within the next few days that will bring the total up to $240,000,000 As a result of an open war between the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company and the Independent fertilizer companies of the south It is probable that the prices of fertilizers containing sulphuric acid will be greatly reduced. The Tennessee Copper company has reduced the price of sulphuric acid to the Independent companies $4 to $5 a ton Edward M. Morgan, postmaster of New York, was shot and seriously wounded on the streets of that ( city yesterday by E. H. B. Mackay, an eccentric English stenographer, who Immediately afterward committed suicide. ? The following delegates to the Memphis cotton convention have been appointed by South Carolina State Commissioner of Agriculture Watson: O. B. Scarborough, Summerton; S. Frank Parrott, Columbia: T. W. Secrest, Van Wyck; John G. Richards, Jr., Liberty Hill; J. C. Lamar, North Augusta; J. W. Reir, Reldville; J. E. Wannamaker, St. Matthews; B. .E. Moore, Bennettsville; C. H. Smith, GafTney; J. D. Montgomery, Marion: Niels Christensen, Jr., Beaufort: R. R. Hemphill, Abbeville; D. A. Spivey, Conway; J. C. Wilborn, Yorkville; M. L. Donaldson, Greenville; W. G. Hin- 4 son, Charleston: Jos. L. Keitt, Newberry; A. H. Williams, Lake City; John G. Mobley, Wlnnsboro; J. H. Burnett. Walhalla; T. J. Cunningham, Chester; F. H. Hyatt, Columbia; J. G. Anderson, Rock Hill; T. J. Moore, Moore's; R. M. Cooper, Wisacky; E. C. Haynesworth, Sumter; D. F. Moore, Hampton: R. H. Walker, Appleton; R. G. Causey, Mor.ck's Corner; R. P. Caston, Cheraw; W. B. Gruber, Walterboro; J. Q. Davis, Winnsboro; D. H. Traxler, Timmonsville; W. L. Brunson, Edgefield: S. G. Mayfleld, Bamberg; M. M. Limehouse, St. George; I, M. Mauldin, Pickens; J. K. Durst. Greenwood; D. F. Eflrd, Lexington. Tbto to the mammoth cotton conference which takes place In Memphis on the 10th and 12th. Governor Ansel has also named other delegates.