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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.
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YORKVILLE. S. C.:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.