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Scraps unci .facts. ? Louisville. Ky.. November IS: The warehouses of the Tom Moore Distilling company at Bardstown, in which were stored 15,000 barrels of whisky were burned late today, entailing a loss to the firm of about $400,000, fully insured. The loss to the government is .<750.000. Though there Is only one fire rngine in town the townspeople formed a bucket brigade and managed to save a third warehouse and* the distillery itself. A creek which runs by the plant was flooded by burning liquor and late tonight it is stili burning, lighting up the country for miles around. ? Gaffney, November 17: Officers McGaha and McCYavey came here yesterday from Greenville and went over into North Carolina, where they located a distillery of about 150 gallons dai ly capacity, destroyed about 2.000 gallons of beer, which was almost ready to be distilled, and about twenty fermenters. Unfortunately the still, worm and cap had been removed before the arrival of the officers. The plant was located on a branch on the side of a hill and the house was built over the still in such a way that unless one knew its exact location it would never be seen. Entrance was effected through a hole In the side of the hill. This plant was located not far from the Boiling Springs High school. It had been a source of much trouble to the authorities of the school, as the operators thereof would supply the students with whisky. ? Washington. November 19: The National Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. which has been in sessjon here for a week past, adjourned today to meet next year at a time and place to be designated by the executive committee. The principal event of the closing session was the visit of a delegation from the American Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment stations. Among the number was Prof. J. L. Snyder of the Michigan Agricultural college, who in an address predicted that forty years from now there would be 200,000 people in the United States, that the tendency now is todays segregation into classes and that this could only be averted by consulting the farmers. Aaron Jones of Indiana vigorously dissented from the views expressed. He declared that the American farmers are progressing at a rate that such a thing would be 1m possible. ? It looks as if they are go'ng to have quite a lively time in Atlanta over the election of mayor next month. As the result of the escapade of James G. Woodward, the primary* nominee, in the red light district, there was a big furor, which resulted in the bringing out of R. F. Maddox, a banker to run as independent. While a mass meeting was being held to ratify the nomination of Judge Maddox, there came a messenger from Woodward announcing his withdrawal from the contest, as he put it, for the good of Atlanta. Then the primary candidate who ran next to Woodward claimed the nomination as a matter of right. This made more confusion and at a mass meeting held for the purpose, a large body of voters declared that they would have nothing but Woodward, and would vote for him in the general election. Woodward declares that his withdrawal was In good faith. The situation continues to change with each succeeding day. ? Atlanta, November 19: Of significance to the entire south is the second annual convention of the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education, which began here tonight with a banquet in the Piedmont hotel. Industrial education for the south, more factories, more skilled workers, and, in consequence, more wealth-producers, was the keynote cf many of the night speeches. The material and moral benefits which the entire United States can derive from an improvement in its industrial educational system was also brought into sharp relief. Of particular interest along this line was the speech of Elmer Ellsworth Urown, United States commissioner of education. A feature of the convention is the industrial trade school exhibition. It consists of many large photographs of'shops in operation, specimens of tools and patterns and machine parts. Industrial work for girls is the police, ami afterwards the soldiers.' represented bv exhibits from .New voik and Boston Girls' trade seh ols. The moral and material phases of Industrial education were discussed by Thomas H. Search, president of the Pennsylvania museum and School of Industrial Arts of Philadelphia. ? Nashville, Tenn., November 18: Judge Thomas E. Matthews in the first district circuit court of Davidson county today decided that the incarceration of Thomas Johnson and eight other alleged night riders from Obion county, now in the Davidson county jail, arrested by the military and executive authorities, was irregular, and ordered that further examination of the nine pending cases be adjourned until December 2. This decision declares the act of 1893 unconstitutional and the action of the governor in holding the prisoners irregular. The act of the legislature involved is entitled "An act to Invest the governor of the state with power to repel invasion and suppress insurrection, m<?bs and other like assemblages." The section of the constitution of Tennessee bearing on this point provides that the governor shall not call out the militia of the state except In time of rebellion or invasion and then only upon authority of the legislature. Among the twenty-five witnesses who have been summoned to give evidence before the grand jury at Union City this week three of import ance were nearu touay. rne nr?i n-?timony today was as to the movements of certain men who are believed to have notitied the members of the upper and lower gangs of the Walnut Log raid. The evidence of the witnesses correspond with that which has been brought out by members of the gang which killed Capt. Quentin Rankin. ? The Chinese boycott of Japanese goods, and of merchants who persist in selling them, has culminated in serious rioting in Hongkong and Singapore. Twenty-six shops in Hongkong were looted and three Chinese dealers iri Japanese goods were seized by the mob, which cut off the nose of one of the dealers and the lobes of the ears of the other two. Hongkong is an English crown colony, but the population is made up of more than 300,000 Chinese, about T.Ooo other Orientals and less than 10.000 Europeans and Americans. The police were called out In force and about 250 arrests were made. The immediate cause of the outbreak is ascribed to a rumor that certain of the Chinese in Hongkong were engaged in manufacturing 10,000 lanterns for a monster parade in Japan, inscribed "China has been subdued." In suppressing the riots met with resistance and were obliged to use force. Only one Chinese rioter is reported killed. At Singapore similar riots have occurred, and it is said merchants who have shown a desire to continue the sale of Japanese goods have been branded as traitors and in several instances have been marked by a slit in the ear. According to reports, a secret league has been formed which has pledged itself to give any man that slits the ear of a "traitor" $15, and should he be thrown into jail, to see that he is held up to the public as a martyr and t<> pay him a dollar a day while he is in Jail. At Canton there have been signs of similar trouble and a number of ruffians have been hired to attack merchants. Vigorous efforts are being made to suppress the rioting. (The \IorkviUr tfnquirer. Entered at the Postnfflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.? FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1908. In the current issue of the Chester Lantern. Editor J. T. Bigham, the proprietor, announces that he has sold the paper to Messrs. J. Frank Latimer and W. F. Caldwell, who will take charge on December 1. Mr. Caldwell Is to have the editorial management and Mr. Latimer is to continue to look after the mechanical department, as he has been doing for some time past. The Lantern was established by Mr. Bigham, and from its first issue, twelve years ago. it has been conducted on a plane that has been highly creditable to country newspaper making. Wei regret very much to see Mr. Bigham retiring from a field in which he has proved himself so useful. The new editor, however, has both experience and ability and there is every reason to anticipate that he will continue to maintain the high standard that has been set for him. The cables from China make it plain that there is a strong suspicion that the emperor and dowager empress were murdered; but the fact has not been established. Indeed, there has been nothing to indicate that death was due to other than ordinary causes. But whatever the cause of the death of these potentates, there is no doubt of the fact that grave unrest is hovering throughout the empire, and there is danger of serious revolutionary disturbances. It has been believed for a long time that Japan has designs on China, and it has been a common belief that a situation like the present would precipitate the expected trouble. Declarations from Japan are to the effect that that country has no designs against China; but these declarations are not being taken as sufficient to quiet all fears. Cables from the Philippines indicate that there is a feeling in that quarter that something unusual may happen soon. They have had John D. Rockefeller on the witness stand in New York during the past two days testifying in a suit brought by the government to dissolve the Standard Oil company. The old gentleman told a wonderful story of how the company had its inception as a private firm in 1860 or 1S62 with a capital of only $4,000, and how it has grown into its present gigantic proportions. He claimed that the development of the business has been perfectly legitimate and that nothing has ever been done to operate as a restraint on trade. He took occasion to represent the Standard Oil company as a public benefactor and tnougiu it was eiuuicu iu 6""?i vicuii. for having reduced the cost of oil to consumers. The direct examination of Mr. Rockefeller was conducted by John G. Milburn. counsel for the Standard Oil company. The cross-examination is being conducted by Frank B. Kellogg. special assistant attorney general of the United States. Commkntini; on the court martial of the Spartanburg militiamen, who refused to respond to orders to assenible and protect the jail recently, the Anderson Daily Mail says: "The court martial of certain members of the Spartanburg military company for failure to respond to the order to turn out to protect the negro who was charged with attempted criminal assault, is calculated to make the militia very unpopular with a great many people. Public sympathy will be on the side of the young men who are to be court martlaled. A conviction would probably result in legislation to limit and define the powers and functions of the militia. There has been a feeling for some time that the militia craze is being carried to excess, and this court martial at Spartanburg will doubtless strengthen this sentiment." If what the Mail says is correct, then more than anything else, it Is to be taken as indicating the impossibility of maintaining an effective military organization under existing conditions. The most essential requirement for an effective militia organization is discipline, and that requirement is absolute. Without discipline there can be no really serious military establishment. What the effect of this trial will be on the militia or public sentiment, we do not know; but we beg leave to suggest that if the militia cannot stand such a small test of discipline as is here involved, the best thing that can happen is complete and speedy disorganization. Law and Order Meetings. It seems a little strange, we confess, that it should be necessary at this late day to be still holding law and order meetings in as old established communities as go to make up the great state of South Carolina; but still, If sucn| meetings are necessary, it will have to] be admitted that these communities are entitled to much credit for holding them. The published report of the meeting in Chester the other day gives but a brief synopsis of the remarks that Judge Hydrick made on the occasion of | the meeting in that town: but at the same time, we would say that the re-1 porter gave enough of the address to show that his honor thoroughly understands the situation in South Carolina. We would not be understood as minimising the importance of anything that Judge Hydrick said, for all of his remarks were to the point; but the ideas that strike us with the greatest force are that failure to observe the laws >>f the land inevitably meet with retributive punishment, and that the juror who undertakes to discriminate as between different classes of offenders destroys his fitness as a juror and as a citizen. The essence of the law is justice, or at least equality. Every man has a right to absolute equality before the law, and that right cannot be denied except at the ultimate expense of those who would assume to make the denial. Justice and equality are forces that are not to be permanently evaded, and the individual who tries to evade either of them temporarily, is very foolish" The whites of this country have a feeling of superiority over the negro, and we have no hesitation in saying that in a general way that feeling of superiority is well founded. But In both a general and specific way \ye assert that this superiority is never demonstrated in doing the negro injustice. To be still plainer, we will say that the white man who undertakes to deny /"* a/1 1 o miction tn fho iiuauiuit VJT*'u ?-? JU.^nut IV uiv negro is not superior to the negro. Worse than that he is not capable of being just to his fellow white man. In seeking a reason for the confessedly widespread disrespect for and disregard of law. Judge Hydrlck is no doubt correct in attributing most of It to example, and he is very happy In his illustration of the manner in which children follow in the footsteps of their elders, and this suggests another feature of the situation that seems to be entitled to special attention. Unfairness and injustice to the poor, ignorant negro offender Is by no means the most dangerous source of weakness to the law. There are still other sources, of far more dangerous poison, and not the least of these is to condone and overlook the moral slips of degenerate offenders higher up. In Georgia not long ago, an embezzler was pardoned from the penitentiary because of the disgrace his imprisonment was supposed to bring on respectable and influential relatives. It is a fact that many such offenders actually escape being indicted even for this very reason, and although our penal system is calculated to withstand many abuses, it cannot reasonably be expected to withstand a strain like that. Condonation, or o%-erlooking of the degenerates higher up. necessarily operates to give license to the degenerates lower down. But after all. there should be no great difficulty in the complete re-establishment of law and order in this country. All that is necessary is for every honest man and woman to lend his and her assistance. Under the existing condition of affairs, the initiative in a prosecution for crime is left to the individuals most aggrieved. Where an offense is of a public nature, individuals are disposed to stand back with hands off. All who know of such offenses should bring them to the attention of the proper authorities, and people who take the initiative in such matters from a sense of public duty should have the backing and support of the public. On the subject of punishment of crime, there is nothing .wrong with public sentiment in this country. Public sentiment is wholesome, honest and exact. It is to the effect that crime should be punished, regardless of the individuality or environments of the offender. It is a fact that this sentiment has never censured a jury for doing its duty. It manifests impatience only when a jury shows itself to be weak or allows itself to be beguiled into going against truth and justice. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Aetna cotton mill, of Union, was sold last Tuesday to James R. Mitchell <fc Co., of Philadelphia. Pa., for $200,000. ? Columbia, November 16: Commissioner Watson estimated the cotton crop of South Carolina for 1908 at 1,098,536 running bales. The estimate is made by Mr. Watson, who is chairman , of the special committee of southern commissioners of agriculture, and in a few weeks he will be able to issue a statement giving the estimates for the entire south by states. Mr. Watson has been very fortunate in his estimates since the department has undertaken the work, missing the totals as after- 1 wards shown by official government reports by only a few thousand bales. The method by which the estimates are given are very interesting. On November 1. of this year, the government report showed 822,369 bales ginned. The only other crop which had weather and other conditions?with the possible exception of labor?the same was that of 1905, when the report on November 1 showed 822,232 bales ginned. In no case in the history of cotton reports has any higher than 73 per cent of the total crop been ginned on the first of November. The total crop of I 1905 was 1,112.363 bales, and, with the basis given above, the estimate for 1908 was accordingly made. The acreage for 1908 will be about 2,512,260, and for 11907 the acreage was 2,463,000 acres. | The 1907 crop was the second largest in the history of the state, being 1,163,565. The largest crop was in 1904, when 1,192.926 bales were produced. The 1904 crop was the first ever going over a million bales. ? Spartanburg special of November IS. to Charlotte Observer: Privates C. MacQuinn, Lester Holt and W. A. Holt, members of company I. First regiment. South Carolina National guard, plead guilty before court martial here today? Quinn and Lester to the charge of desertion, and W. A. Holt to the charge of disobeying orders. Privates W. H. Rogers, James Wiids and Clarence Cobb, who were court mantialed on the charge of desertion, pleaded not guilty , and were tried, the case taking up the entire day. H. L. Bomar appeared for the defendants. The officers of the court were Captain P. K. McCulley, Capt. H. C. Hundley. Captain F. R. Watson and Captain J. Frost Walker, judge advocate. The trial attracted great interest, the Chamber of Commerce, where the court was held, being crowded with military men and private citizens. It was the first military trial ever held in Spartanburg and the first of the kind ever held in the state. The court martial was ordered by Colonel Lewis, commander of the First South Carolina regiment, and was the result of the above named privates refusing to respond when company I was called out to protect the jaif on October 10th. when a mob attempted to storm the jail and lynch John Irby, COIOrt*Cl, I'llclIKfU Willi tl l ll'Ilif/i I lis u; nosault Miss Leila Dempsey. Irby has since been convicted and sentenced to serve thirty years in the penitentiary. 'When the court convened, the privates under charges, all of whom were in uniform, together with the witnesses, were brought into court. Privates Lester Holt and C. MacQuinn pleaded guilty to the charge of desertion and W. A. Holt entered a plea of guilty, to the charge of disobedience. MacQuinn. in making his plea of guilty, broke down and cried. He said that it was his intention to respond and that he went to the armory for his uniform and arms, but found the armory locked. Privates Cobb. Wilds and Rogers, in their defense, claimed that they were >f the opinion that their term of enlistment expired October 1st; that they had turned in their uniforms and equipment and were not therefore subject to call to arms. The position of the company was that since they had not received written discharge from the colonel of the regiment they were subject to duty at any time. The court adjourned late this afternoon and the papers and findings of the court martial forwarded to Colonel Lewis, commander of the First regiment. It will be ten days before Colonel Lewis will make a report on the ca?o. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. C. M. Inman?Offers the residence, garden and orchard lately occupied by S. W. Inman for rent. Dr. M. W. White?Wants to rent the residence occupied by Mr. B. R. T. Bowen on King's Mountain street. Miss Rosa Lindsay?Wants you to place orders for Xmas photos early for prompt delivery. Joe W. Smith, Adnir.?Will on December 5, sell the personal property of J. R. Xeeland. deceased, at his late residence. National Union Bank, Rock Hill? Publishes an open letter from R. T. Fetvell, president of the Bank of Rock Hill. J. A. Tate, C. C. C. Pis.?Gives notice of sale of real estate in the case of Bessie Lee Watson, plaintiff, vs. Mary Frances Sherer and others, defendants. Loan and Savings Bank?Says that you will find a checking account with it a business luxury. Sherer & Ferguson?Will give your orders for anything in their line prompt attention. Sam M. Grist?Tells you why you "? t - 4. snouia nave an aaiunu nun u.-uuu Insurance policy. York Drug Store?Is showing: a large variety of fancy baskets. Including all sizes and shapes. York Furniture Co.?Wants you to see it for fine blankets, comforts and bed springs. All sizes of window glass, and piltty. J. L. Williams & Co.?Quote prices on men's shoes and suits, and ladies' clonks. It has bargains. Geo. W. Sherer?Says he has the best fruits and vegetables and choicest meats in town. Thomson Co?Calls your attention to its mill-svndicate sale which is now in progress. Strauss-Smith Co.?Has a word to say to the buying public about the way it conducts its business. First National Bank?Says you owe it to yourself and family to look to the future by building up a bank account. J. M. Brian Co.?Has a lot of Blue Ribbon stock powders and with ea^h package will give a buggy whip, free. T. W. Ross, Rock Hill?Solicits orders for boring wells. Can do the work in a day. J. Edgar Poag, Broker?Reminds you of the auction sale of real estate in front cf the court house tomorrow. Bank of Hickorv > Grove?Emphasizes the convenience to householders of a checking account and solicits yours. York Supply Co?Offers seed oats for sale at cash prices. See them for flour at best prices. All kinds of lumber. J. Edgar Poag, the man who "cuts the earth to suit your taste," will have an auction sale*of the Norrls-Sherrer property tomorrow. This property consists of several small tracts located between Yorkville and Sharon, and is good value. A club of twelve names from Lancaster, with a check to pay for them, is one of the most pleasant responses that we have received from our club announcement, published last Friday. There is nothing unusual in the number of names or in the check, as both are necessary incidents to the increasing circulation of The Enquirer. And there is nothing unusual either as to the source of this particular club, as the same thing has been going on with delightful regularity for a number of vears. The pleasure arises out of the fact that the club is evidence of the continued good health of the venerable Capt. Samuel E. White of Fort Mill, and of the fact that the efforts of The Enquirer have the continued approval of that splendid. Christian gentleman. On different occasions our distinguished friend has taken occasion to write us words of encouragement in our work, and in such words from him, and others like him, we have found compensation for efforts and sacrifices that would have otherwise seemed almost in vain. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Messrs. ,T. L. Williams & Co., have rented the store room now occupied by the Strauss-Smith company and will take possession January 1, next. ? Business has been very lively in Yorkville this week, and trade continues good. People are coming in from all sections. Cnnoi'v!?ni. Rnvil i? nslnir n nni'tlnn of the chaingang for the purpose of digging a sewer flitch from the jail to the branch at the foot of the jail hill, where connection will be made with an outlet. ? In its report of the Mayors' Convention, the Charlotte Observer of yesterday, has the following: Mayor Jno. R. Hart of Yorkville, S. C? was called upon for some impromptu remarks during the afternoon and made an earnest speech in advocacy of the commission form of government, presenting interesting facts which showed its success in comparison with the old method. His town's public works are in the hands of a commission of three men who have absolute control. Yorkville has taxable property amounting to $700,000, with a bonded indebtedness of only $59,000. Lights are furnished the citizens at 6} cents per k. w. h. as against 12J and 15 cents in other towns and cities. The tax levy there is only 10 mills and by statute cannot exceed this. Yorkville sells consumers of electric power, up to 10 horse-power as low as two cents per k. w. h. The town pays all the expenses of operating public utilities, the wear and tear of same, and is constantly improving the plants from the revenue derived from the sale of water, lights and power. Mayor Hart made a good impression on his audience: and, questioned about methods of operating several departments, made intelligent and understandable answers." ABOUT THE C. C. & O. Under date of last Tuesday, the Yorkville correspondent of the Charlotte Observer sends that paper the following interesting gossip about the C\ C. & O. railroad: While Yorkville is not so much as dreaming that the main line of the Carolina, Clinchtield Ohio railroad will pass through her limits, still she is expecting to receive substantial benefits from the construction of the road owing to the fact that it connects with the Marion and Kingville division of the Southern at Marion, N. C? and with the Carolina <fc North-Western at Lin? ? ' ?? A XT /I .1,/. 1-/1 lOlIHUU, i>. l>., UVCi in^r ccauu??\?, a nville has never enjoyed the advantage of being either on or in close touch with a main, through line of railroad, hut does enjoy the advantage of having two competing branch or independent roads that connect with all the principal trunk lines operating in this part of the state. It was reported here more than a year ago that the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio railroad was negotiating with tile Southern for the purchase of tile Marion and Kingville division, but owing to the fact that there were no subsequent developments given out. it had been generally supposed that the negotiations had long since ended, but the Observer correspondent was advised a few days ago by a prominent citizen of itlacksburg that he knew it to be a fact that negotiations were still pending as recently as six months ago, and he was satisfied that could the two corporations arrive at what both sides considered equitable terms the Marion ?<fc Kingville division would be absorbed by the C.. C. & O.. and the former used as the main line of the latter as a part of the line for reaching Charleston, where he felt satisfied that it was the purpose of the new road to ultimately have its Southern terminals. When asked lmw this could be when it is generally understood that , the road has already been located from Bostic, N. C.. to Spartanburg and the 1 contracts for building the same award- 1 ed. he replied that it was generally i understood that it was not the intention of the C.. C. & O. people to con- , struct this line as a part of the permanent main line, and stated that it was claimed that the line from Bostic to Spartanburg would not be on the same general scale as to grades, curves, bridges, etc.. as is that part of the road between Bostic and Spruce Pine, and was only intended as a means of reaching that part of the state which otherwise could not be reached over Its own lines, and in' which the business possibilities for the road were [ great. As to whether or not the Blacksburg man has sized up the situation correctly and has actually given out the plans of these people who it is stated have already spent $r>0.000,0fl0 in constructing and eauipping what is claimed will be the best constructed railroad line in the south, this correspondent is not prepared to say, and merely writes what he has a* an additional contribution to a theme on which many other correspondents have written during the past two or three years without any more accurate data than has tile present writer. THE SPECULATIVE MARKET. Yesterday's developments in the contract market were summarized in a New York dispatch of last night as follows: After making new high records early today the cotton market eased off closing barely steady at an advance of 1 point on October but generally unchanged to 3 points lower. Sales were estimated at 375,000 bales. The market opened steady at an advance of 2 to 5 points and before the end of the first half hour sold at a net gain of 7 to 11 points with all the active months entering new high ground for the movement. The advance was due to a bullish interpretation of the differences between grades fixed bv the New York revision committee at its meeting yesterday and was also encouraged bv better cables than due, large English spot sales, and talk of firmer Interior holders. But realizing was very heavy at the advance to 9.22 for January and 9.06 for May, and while offerings were remarkably well absorbed by fresh buying for long account and covering by nervous shorts, prices gradually worked off with the close at practically the lowest point of the day. Southern spot markets offlclallv reported were unchanged to \c higher, and hn licrht octlmntn fnr tf\rr?Arrnu''o rh. celpts, particularly at Houston, was a factor on the early advance. One of the well known local houses was a heavy seller here during the afternoon and there were rumors that It would Issue a bearish estimate of the crop tomorrow. It Is officially announced that the government's crop estimate will be Issued at 1 o'clock on December 9th. Receipts at the ports today 63,837 bales, against 73,826 last week and 48.662 last year. For the week 450,000 bales, against 476,"000 last week and "54,387 last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans 16.535 bales against 10,979 last year, and at Houston 23.245 bales against 7,645 last year. "YORKVILLE." Mayor Hart has prepared and published a small four-page folder, intended to answer questions ??f Interest to outsiders about the town of Yorkville. The contents of the folder are as follows: Yorkvllle. S. C., has a population of 3,600. It is situated In the Piedmont region of South Carolina, and is the 1 county seat of York county. It is on the line of the Southern Power company. It has four cotton mills, owned by home people. Three of these mills are : driven by electric power. Yorkville owns its water and light , plants, and has just about completed an up-to-date sewerage system. The taxable property of Yorkville amounts to $700,000.00. Its bonded indebtedness is only $59,000.00. Yorkville furnishes her citizens ' lights at 6} cents per K. W. H., as < against 12J and 15 cents in other cities 1 and towns. Yorkville furnishes her consumers v.ater at $1.50 for 6.000 gallons; spe- 1 cial rater being made to large consum- ) ers. ( Yorkville sells users of electric power up to 10 horse power, as low as two cents per K. W. H. Best of all: With these low rates ; V rvt'lf i-lllrt r.o oil ovnott coo (\f Mtroi'fit. ing her public utilities, the wear and , tear on same, and is constantly imnroving the plants from the revenue 1 derived from the sale of water, lights j and power. Yorkvi'le buvs her electricity from the Southern Power company. Yorkville is governed bv a mavor and six aldermen, and three commissioners of public works. The commissioners of public works have absolute charge of the water, lights and sewerage. Yorkville has good schools and churches, and the best surrounding farming country of any town in South Carolina. The United States government has said that Yorkville was the healthiest town in the United States. Yorkville wants new industries, and offers five years' exemption from local taxes to anv new enterprise that will Invest capital in Yorkville. Yorkville has two banks, affording ample capital and banking facilities to their customers. The tax lew In the town of Yorkville is only ten mills, and by statute cannot exceed this. No license tax is charged on merchants or other business enterprises in Yorkville. Yorkville is right in for and after a trollev line from Charlotte through Rock Hill. Yorkville and Oastonia. and back to Charlotte. Yorkville is just thirty miles from Charlotte. N. C.. the centre of the manufacturing industries of the south, >pd in t^e center of the Piedmont region of South Carolina. The Yorkville Enquirer, published in Yorkville. is admitted to be the best county newspaper in the United States. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Mitchell of Chesx? * V^,.lr,.i1lA lei, spem ?> eiiucou<i.> in luiiKinc. Dr. S. L. Steele of Greensboro, X. C., Is spending the day in Yorkville. Thomas F. Jr., the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. McDow, is critcaily ill. Master Dare White broke his ankle one day last week while playing foothall at the graded school. Rev. M. P. Cain of Tampa, Fla., is visiting Rev. J. S. Grier at Sharon, having stopped over from Synod. Mrs. F. P. McCain and little son, James Allen, left this morning to visit Mrs. McCain's father in Florence. Miss Virginia Neville of Clinton, has taken charge of the school at Smyrna. She began work last Monday. Messrs. John T. Roddey, mayor of Rock Hill, and L. T. Harris, mayor of Fort Mill, attended the convention of mayors in Charlotte. X. C. Mr. R. D. Axelander has moved his family from Rock Hill to Yorkville, and is occupying the house recently vacated by Mr. T. K. McMackin, next to the Parish hotel. Mr. John G. Barnwell, superintendent of the water, light and power department of Yorkville, accompanied Mayor Hart to the Mayors' Convention in Charlotte last Wednesday. Mrs. W. P. Harrison ana cniimen, of Columbia, are visiting' friends and relatives in Yorkville. They are on their way to Gantt's Mine. Ala., where they will make their future home. Mr. Ed Lowry, carrier on No. 3, has returned from Charlotte where he has been for some time undergoing treatment in the Presbyterian hospital. He had a tumor removed from his back. A. R. Presbyterian: Mrs. Statla Wldeman Thomson is spending several days in Due West. Ml*. Thomson came by from New York and spent a day or two -in Due West as he returned to Yorkvllle. Rev. I. X. Kennedy of Elk Valley, Tenn., preached two most excellent sermons in the Yorkvllle Associate Reformed church last Sunday, having stopped over by Invitation on his return home from synod. . Mr. W. T. Beamguard of Clover, has sent out invitations to the marriage of his daughter, Miss Belle, to Mr. frank Lee of Fort Mill. The ceremony is to take place at Clover on Tuesday afternoon, November 24, at 4 o'clock. Chester Reporter: Dr. S. A. Weber of Yorkvllle, spent last night in the city as the guest of Rev. D. M. McLeod. Dr. Weber was on his way to WInnsboro to attend the exercises marking the centennial of Methodism in WInnsboro. Mrs. E. B. Beard has returned from Columbia with her daughter. Miss Mell, who has just recovered from on attack of scarlet fever. Miss Rita Beard, who is a student at the Co- j lumbla college, also returned with her ] mother and sister. Rev. W. A. M. Plaxco of Bartow, : Fla., has been spending the past ten ? days with relatives and friends In York county, his old home, having come over from the recent meeting of the Associate Reformed synod at Newberry. He preached at Smyrna last Friday, Saturday and Sunday in con- < nectlon with the celebration of the < Lord's Supper on Sunday. 1 Mrs. Cynthia Dobson of Yorkvllle, I left Wednesday to visit her grand- ! daughter. Mrs. W. J. Whltener, at 1 Llnwood, N. C. Mrs. Dobson, who Is ! the mother of Messrs. T. M. and J. W. 1 Dobson of Yorkvllle, Mr. Wm. Dobson 1 of Gaffney, and Dr. Butler Dobson of J Lynchburg, Va., is In the 91st year of | her age, having passed her 90th birth- < day, January last. < Dr. J. D. McDowell leaves this af ternoon for Baltimore to be present at l quite a serious operation that his fath- 1 er, Rev. James McDowell, expects to undergo at the Johns Hopkins hospital tomorrow. Rev. Mr. McDowell went to Baltimore last week to prepare for the operation. His many friends are very much concerned as to the possible outcome. Rock Hill Record: J. M. Cherry was bitten by a pet dog on Tuesday afternoon. The dog, which was a fox terrier, and but a puppy, had been ailing for several days, and on Tuesday appeared to be choking, as if It had a bone in its throat. One of Mr. Cherry's daughters was attempting some measure of relief, when Mr. Cherry came into the room, and he picked up the puppy, forced open Its mouth and inserted his hand to see if he could not locate the trouble. The dog at once severely bit one of Mr. Cherry's fingers 'and in a few moments died in a fit. While it is likely that the dog did not have rabies?this hardly being the season of the year for such a malady?Mr. Cherry was willing to take no chances, so he left Tuesday night ' for the Pasteur hospital, in New York , city, where he will undergo treatment. ( He took the head of the dog along with ? him. Before leaving. Dr. Young cau- i ferizpri the wound made by the dog's ! fangs. Mr. Cherry's many friends here hope that no serious results will follow the dog's attack. YORK'S REGISTERED VOTERS. For the benefit of the public especially in connection with school and other elections, it Is the purpose of ? The Enquirer to publish a list of the . voters of the county as shown by the recent registration. The publication of < ill the names at one time would fill an ] entire issue of The Enquirer, und it is 1 therefore deemed more advisable to ' take up the work by installments, j People interested in these lists will do i well to clip them out as they appear in ( The Enquirer and paste them in scrap books. In the list given below will be > round all the registered voters of I Bethany Precinct. * No. Name Occupation Age t 1 W. F. White, farmer 33 , 2 R. D. Wallace, farmer 46 ? 3 Alexander Wallace, farmer 74 4 J. F. Wallace, farmer , 60 i 5 Thomas White, farmer 76 6 J. T. McKnight, farmer 32 | 7 J. L. Clemer, farmer 55 c 8 W. L. Kiser, farmer 45 t 9 D. W. Boyd, farmer 30 j 10 Marion Wray, farmer 26 [ 11 I R Vfer'nrter farmer 52 t 12 E. B. McCarter, farmer 22 ] 13 W. B. McGIll, merchant 27 s 14 J. B. Hogue, farmer 28 t 15 E. M. Walker, farmer 50 j 16 J. B. Whitesides, farmer 22 j 17 J. A. Walker, p. c? minister 41 t 18 J. E. Turney, farmer 49 c 19 W. M. McCarter, farmer 39 f 20 R. L. Ferguson, farmer 37 i 21 C. T. Douglass, farmer 34 t 22 T. A. Brown, farmer 51 s 23 A. N. Brown, farmer 21 \ 24 J. J. Matthews, farmer 54 t 25 C, M. Klser, farmer 33 e 26 W. D. Clinton, farmer 32 ? 27 R. L. Graves, farmer 31 c 28 J. A. Ratteree, farmer 48 t 29 W. B. Black, farmer 52 t 30 A. A. Laughridge, farmer 28 c 31 W. Mace Stowe, farmer 47 e 32 W. J. Mulllnax, farmer 55 c 33 D. A. White, farmer 37 g 34 John L. Smith, farmer 46 a 35 W. R. Crawford, farmer 28 t 36 C. C. Stewart, farmer 22 ^ 37 J. L. Templeton, farmer 22 a 38 S. L. Pursley, farmer 52 39 A. E. Watklns, farmer 47 ? 40 O. J. Walker, farmer 50 41 D. B. McCarter, farmer 75 v 42 A. L?. Lineberger, farmer 48 c 43 W. N. Hanna, farmer 66 t 44 John W. Pursley, farmer 34 v 45 W. H. Sherer, farmer 33 I 46 P. Goforth, farmer 54 1 47 S. F. Black, farmer 28 d 48 E. G. Pursley, farmer 28 c 49 H. D. Wallace, fanner 30 c 50 J. H. Boyd, farmer 27 a 51 Jas. A. Hogue. farmer 67 r 52 J. T. Stowe, farmer . 41 r 53 J. C. Wells, farmer 30 s 54 W. H. Matthews, farmer 27 tl 55 C. M, Turney, farmer 23 u 56 R. X. Whitesides, farmer 46 t 57 W. F. Davidson, farmer 42 f 58 R. G. McMackin, farmer 52 v 59 S. C. Pursley, farmer 27 ii 60 I. C. Grayson, farmer 46 1 61 R, C. Foster, farmer 49 t 62 T. M. McLure, farmer 52 a 63 R. C. Whitesides, farmer 39 a 64 W. G. White, farmer 37 ii ? ? ^ or i . 65 u. Ti yuinn, iarraer -u i. 66 J. J. McCarter, farmer C 67 J. H. Quinn, farmer 55 g 68 W. N. Biggers, farmer 34 t 69 J. D. Smith, farmer 37 1 70 H. G. Thomasson, farmer 30 t 71 A. J. McCarter, farmer 71 J 73 A. J. Griffin, farmer 54 o 73 \V. A. Faries, farmer 25 h 74 George E. Ford, farmer 35 t 75 W. A. Carpenter, farmer 41 i< 76 Jas. Biggers, farmer 36 h 77 J. Q. Hall, farmer 29 b 78 A. C. Baker, farmer 27 a 79 S. A. Reece, farmer 58 n 80 J. T. McMackin, farmer 78 e 81 \V. L. Pursiey, farmer 33 n 82 J. L. McGill, merchant 24 & S3 Ralph N. Adams, farmer 28 n 84 F. C. Horton, farmer 45 a 85 J. E. Biggers, farmer 35 ti 86 P. L. Pursiey, farmer 72 87 W. M. Smith, farmer 22 88 J. B. Quinn, farmer 23 tf9 W. H. Ferguson, farmer 27 S 90 J. J. Foster, farmer 27 u 91 John M. Thomasson. farmer 74 ti 92 L. C. Neil, farmer 58 s 93 T. H. Logan, farmer 62 b 94 T. X. Davis, farmer 24 I95 J. J. Howe, farmer 40 f< 96 W. D. Brown, farmer 58 n 97 W. W. Brown, farmer 23 o 98 L. A. McGill, farmer 57 n 99 J. M. Pursiey, farmer 37 a 00 L. B. McGill, farmer 34 .01 Geo. A. McCarter, farmer 28 L02 J. M. Whitener, farmer 46 03 D. M. Hall, farmer 56 04 W. M. Baker, Sr., fanner 49 LOS R. J. Green, farmer SO 106 J. L. McCarter, farmer 4S LOT Berry Wray, farmer S3 108 J. S. Turner, farmer SO L09 Ernest Turner, farmer 24 L10 R. M. Turner, farmer 23 111 R. T. Sherer, farmer 28 112 A. M. Grlffln, farmer 31 113 Summle Patterson, farmer 22 114 H. C. Williams, farmer 45 115 J. W. Qulnn, farmer 22 116 J. E. Whitesldes, fanner 49 117 J. A. McCarter, farmer 22 118 J. F.. Adams, farmer 30 119 F. E. Sinclair, farmer 27 120 A. C. McCarter, farmer 40 121 Felix Qulnn, farmer 60 122 W, M. Wallace, farmer 62 123 George Wallace, farmer 23 124 R. C. Wallace, farmer 39 125 Dan'l Alexander, p. c? farmer 45 126 J. Walter Sumerford, farmer 25 127 L. H. Good, farmer 31 128 D. P. Klser, farmer 42 129 D. J. Blggers, farmer 57 130 A. M. Blggers, farmer 30 131 G. R. Alexander, p. c? farmer 47 mz ?. n. Alexander, p. c., mrmer 01 133 C. R. Ross, p. c., farmer 48 1'4 J. Z. Stowe. farmer 22 135 J. A. Childers, farmer 40 136 Neal A. Ranson, teacher 27 137 J. R. Davidson, farmer 49 I*<8 A. G. Crofford, farmer 54 P9 W. H. Jackson, blacksmith 47 140 R. R. Smith, farmer , 35 141 W. Glide Faris, farmer 28 LOCAL LACONICS. To Clubmakers. We will be very much obliged if all :lubmakers to The Enquirer will be careful to write the names of sub*crlbers plainly, give postofflce address In every instance and say whether the subscribers are old or new. If the subscriber has not been taking the paper since July 15 last, the fact may be inilcated by placing an "N" after the lame. Otherwise the status may be inlicated by an "R" for "renewal." Care'ul attention to this request will greaty facilitate the clerical work In this ifflce. . Situation at Winthrop. Rock Hill Record: The fever tfitua:ion at Winthrop college is greatly mproved. Dr. Kinard states that it vlll only be a week or so until the lisease will be a thing of the past. Many students who went home at the jutbreak have returned, and are pursuing the daily routine of studies. The .vorkings of the institution have nev;r closed for a moment, even during tye most trying period of the epidemic, and the management and Drs. Miller and Crawford are to be congratulated upon the efficient handling )f the situation, which meant so nuch to Winthrop. the students, and he city of Rock Hill. rhe D. A. R's in Session. The annual conference of the South "'nfAllno noiicrhtora /\f fhd A mpHpfl n k/ai viiua iy(vu5iiivio v*. vi*v Revolution convened In Sumter on last Wednesday with practically all of the chapters In the state represented. The 'eatur^ of the opening meeting was a lumber of carefully prepared addressis, including a very Interesting address jy Mrs. R. Moultrie Bratton, the state egent. Mrs. Bratton reviewed the vork that has been done by the state jrganlzatlon up to the present time ind outlined the work now in hand. The sessions of the conference continled through yesterday. The Sumter leople have been giving the Daughters i great time. ^isoners In Jail. The following prisoners are in the Ifork county jail awaiting trial on the iharges named: Crawford Mitchell ind Bradley Lock, assault and battery vith intent to kill; Arthur Wallace, :aking minor out of the state; Tom [<ahs, housebreaking and using stock vithout the consent of the owner; Renry Massey, housebreaking and larjeny; Walter Rainey, assault and bat:ery with intent to kill; Rufe Anderlon, murder; Kalif White, assault and >attery with Intent to kill; A. Sanders, nurder. Besides the foregoing awaitng trial, two United States prisoners ire serving sentence, one six months ind the other three months. l"o March on Yorkville. Chester Reporter: Company G, First 3outh Carolina regiment, Capt. J. S. UcKeown commanding, will leave ;heir armory at Cornwell, Monday norning at 9 o'clock and march to L'orkville, the purpose being to engage n target practice on the company ange at Yorkville. Capt. McKeown jxpects to have thirty men in line for he march, and he hopes to reach the )bjective point in good order and vithout any delays, unless unseasona)le weather shall retard progress and :ompel the command to go into camp Monday evening. This movement is lomething new, and the result will be vatched with interest by military men ill over the state. Jp to Cherokee. Supervisor Boyd and Commissioner iirkpatrlck, were present at a meeting >f the county board of commissioners leld in Yorkville last Saturday for the mrpose of further considering the moposltion for the erection of a steel midge across Broad river. Messrs. bowler and Estes were present, representing the Cherokee county commitee and Messrs. W. S. Wilkerson and r. J. J. Robinson represented the peo)le on the York side of the river. Afer giving the matter full and thorough :onsideration, Messrs. Boyd and Kirkjatrick passed a resolution putting the fork board on record as being willing 0 allow the Cherokee board to select 1 location anywhere In the immediate Mclnity of Howell's ferry, and pledging his county to pay half the expense of srectlon as well as half the expense of lubsequent maintenance. The prin:ipal thing that has been keeping the 1 wo boards apart, heretofore, is the fact hat on a proposition to haw the two counties meet in the middle of the riv- j t with the understanding that each lounty will afterward maintain its own 1 ipproaches, some locations are to the idvantage of one county and some to he other. The proposition that the 1 fork board now adopts seems reasonable and just to both sides. Vetty Home Wedding. Chester Reporter: A pretty home redding was solemnized at the home ?f Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. White on Cener street early yesterday morning, i rhen their oldest daughter, Miss Cate, became the bride of Mr. Mason I. Blair. The house was beautifully < lecorated for the occasion. The col- < ?r scheme in the parlor, where the eremony was performed, was white ,nd green, numerous ferns and potted lants being also placed around the < oom and helping to beautify the i cene. The guests were met at the loor by Miss Dollie Hardemai, who ushered them into the parlor, where hey awaited the coming of the bridal 1 air. Miss Lizzie Hardin played the I redding march, and to Mendelssohn's ] inmortal strains the couple entered, " here were no attendants. Taking ' heir place before Rev. C. E. McDon- ' IU IIICJ wuc iiicivic mci.it ct 11vi >> iiCi III ceremony beautifully sweet and ' mpressive. After hurried congratuations-Mr. and Mrs. Blair boarded the & N.-W. passenger train for the room's home near Sharon, where hey expect to live. A profusion of ovely and serviceable presents atested the esteem in which Mr. and Irs. Blair are held by their numerus friends. As Miss White, the bride as always been numbered among Cheser's most popular young ladies. She ? the possessor of splendid traits of leart and mind, and Mr. Blair is to e congratulated upon winning her s his life partner. Mr. Blair, while tow living near Sharon where he is ngaged in farming, was for several lonths employed here by Jos. Wylie : Co., and while in Chester made lany friends, who will wish for him nd his bride, all kinds of good forune. ? Col. Aaron Thompson of Inman, ipartanburg county, said to be real thy, was convicted in the Sparinburg sessions last Wednesday of elling whisky. The colonel is said to e well known as a lavish entertainer, le had been suspected of liquor selling or some time, and special constables lade a case against him. On moth n f his counsel for an arrest of judglent, sentence was suspended pending n appeal. MERE-MENTION. Burglars entered the vault of the postofflce at South Bend, Ind., early Sunday morning, using an electric -wdrlll, and got away with $19,000 worth of stamps Rev. Endicott Peabody, principal of Groton school, New Haven, Conn., sayr, "It is the vicious idle rich from whom we have to fear more than any other element in our modern life." Thousands of Italian and other European laborers who returned to the old country during the season of business depression, are now returning to the United States... .The cranberry crop this year is estimated at 1,000,000 bushels. The Thanksgiving consumption is estimated at 300,000 bushels In the United States alone... .Mrs. rearl Good has been sentenced at Waco, Texas, to twenty-hve years in prison for tne murder of her husband on June 25, last The autnoritles of 2>awtede, Cal., where an old soldiers' home Is located, are trying to prevent iiic ."?aic v/ l uauiaiv.a b "'o*-* iw kiic *fk" erans on the ground tnat it la killing tne oid men by tne score....A herd of torty-une cattle, lntected with aphinous (ever was Kiued Aionuay at ioanvuie, fa.., by state heaitn ontcers. iviany utner anunais have tne tever. A numoer of cnudren of tne vicinity have oeen Infected with the disease and fatal reruns are prooable 'ihe explosion or a Duller or a well boring outut at Rutier, r-a., a few dayj ago, startea tne now of an oil wen tnat is prouueiug dou barreis or oil a uay....Accoruiug to umciai ngures *o2,< <t>,is0 were wagered on noise races in rranee last year, rrom wnicn tne government rcceivea a revenue ot ... .peter van Vilssingen was arrested, confessed to having obtained m^re tnan iliu.uOO tnrougn torged notes and deeus, was indicted and sentenced to an indeterminate term of one to fourteen years, an in four nouts' time in Chicago, on iwonday... .c'nas. P. Taft, brother of President-elect Wm. H. Uatt, Is said to have spent $1,000,000 in his ertorts to elect his brother. Chas. P. Taft is a candidate for Mr. Foraker*s seat in tne Lnlted totai.es senate ihe contributions to the national Democratic campaign fund not being sufficient to meet the expenses, Chairman Mack has announced that he would personally make good the deficiency. Dr. Neff of Philadelphia, said Monday, that not less than 5,000 babies died in Philadelphia within a year as a direct result of (insanitary and filthy supplies Lieutenant Edward Gottlieb, of United States army, is being tried by court martial in New York, on charges of serious financial irregular.ties The United States government is suing the sugar trust to recover the sum of $3,624,121 forfeitures and backshipments of rir d. ring the past six years... .Charles Wright was convicted at Rockhill, Md., Monday, of selling two half pints of liquor and sentenced to pay a fine of $300 or serve three years In the penitentiary oia iiiru ?nc iiir?Let 1111j ivuieu in a turn mine shaft at the Ellsworth mine In Washington county, Pa,, Monday, by the fall of the elevator cage a distance of 285 feet Thos. Taggart has withdrawn from the race for United States senator from Indiana, for business reasons Abraham Ruef has asked for a change of venue In his bribery cases at San Francisco, on the ground that he believes his own life and those of his counsel to be in danger. ....Less than 14,000 persons contributed to the national Republican campaign fund. The total amount subscribed has not been announced Mr. Wm. J. Bryan, said at San Antonio, Tex., Tuesday: "If the party so demands and conditions arise to warrant it, I will be a candidate for the presidency four years hence."... .Wm. Randolph Hearst was a visitor at the White House in Washington on Monday night Herman Billek, convicted of murdering a Chicago family of five members, is to be hanged December 11, after taking an appeal through all the courts up to the United States supreme court A 400-mile automobile race is to be pulled off at Savannah, Ga., on Thanksgiving Day. over a 25 mile track. About twentyfive cars are entered for the event.... A British steamer is loading 3,000,000 gallons of oil at Philadelphia, for shipment to Calcutta, India Mrs. Sophie Harrison Eastman was married at Asheville, N. C., Tuesday night to Baker E. Edwards of Norfolk, Va Eight convicts were burned to death in a coal mine at Pratt City, Ala.. Monday night, by a fire which was siarieu oy convicts in an enort to make their escape... .Dr. W. S. Gregory, the dentist on trial at Roanoke, Va., on a charge -of assaulting Miss Theodora U. Irvine, while she was a patient and under the influence of ether, has been declared "not guilty.".... The Lackawanna Railroad company will spend J25.000.000 for the improvement and extension of its lines between New York and Chicago during the next twelve months... .Plans have been approved for the construction of a monster dry dock by the United States government at Pearl harbor. Hawaiian Islands. The dock is to be 1.100 feet long. 110 feet wide and 35 feet in depth, and will cost approximately $6,000,000 The famous Lookout Inn on the crest of Lookout Mountain, near Chattanooga, Tenn., was destroyed by fire Tuesday. The loss Is about $150,000. ? Columbia, November 19: In his forthcoming first annual report to the legislature Mr. wcwasier, ine newstate Insurance commissioner, will have some interesting and encouraging remarks to make concerning domestic mutual insurance doing a fire business, showing the remarkable saving to policy-holders on both city and country property these concerns chartered under the "mutual protective association act" have made over "old line" insurance. They "tell a story of honesty and fraternity that entirely overshadows the failures of the few which have attempted to cover the whole state." Mr. McMaster mentions one Charleston company, the Carolina Mutual, which is 57 years old, has $130,000 in cash and investments. It weathered the great Charleston fire of 1861, through the loyalty of its members meeting all its heavy losses then, which have been fully saved back to them in reduced insurance since. He also mentions favorably the Hibernian Mutual, the Germania Mutual and the Merchants' Mutual, all Charleston companies confining themselves to Charleston City property. These Charleston companies, the report says, "have been the means of saving, I believe wkhout exaggeration, hundreds of thousands of dollars to the citizens of Charleston." Ucii.Y Church Trouble.?The resignation of Rev. William Duncan, as pastor of the First Associate Reformed church of Charlotte, was declined last Tuesday by the called meeting of presbytery that was held for the purpose of investigating certain charges. When the decision was announced several members of the faction opposed to Mr. Duncan rose abruptly and left the church. There were no votes in the negative, but probably half the members of the body, for some reason, refrained from voting. A partially suppressed ripple of applause swept over that portion of the assemblage favorable to the minister, which was some ivnat onset oy tne aorupt departure m t number who have, steadily opposed tiim. Announcing as its unanimous opinion that the letters playing so prominent a part in the affair did contain some elements of Indiscretion and further that Mr. Duncan had been careless in contracting and discharging lebts, the commission decided nevertheless that, all things considered, more harm would be done the church jy a severance of his relation as pas.or than by his continuance in his resent station, and therefore recomnended the declination of the resignation. Elder J. K. Morrison of Statesville, :halrman of the commission, without foing into details, explained the pains vhich the commission had taken to irobe the matter to the bottoir}. stating that, among other things, the commission had held at least one session which lasted nearly all night. Following the settlement of the Dunran matter the presbytery adjourned line die.