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Scraps and ^acts.
? Tom Longboat, the Canadian Indian
runner, has defeated Dorando Pietri.
the Italian, in a Marathon race, in
Madison Square Garden. The event
took place last Monday night. It will
be remembered that Dorando was defeated
in London last summer by John
J. Hayes of New York. He bantered
Hayes for another trial, which took
place in Madison Square Garden recently.
and won. Then Tom Longboat,
the Indian challenged. The course was
:? > miles and 3Sfi yards. Dorando held
a lead of from one to two yards almost
to the finish, the Indian sticking close
behind him all the way. The tug of
war came in the last mile, when both
men got down to their best. Dorando
played out when in sight of the goal
and Longboat ran in with ease. Long
boat's time was two nours, ioriy-nve
minutes, five and two-fifths seconds.
? A suit has been filed in the district
court for Geary county, Kan., which
will attract wide attention, says the
Chicago Record-Herald. On the morning
of October 3, Jesse B. Wingfleld, a
prominent farmer living in Geary
county, awoke and announced that in
his sleep he had swallowed his artificial
teeth. Dr. King of Junction City,
brought Wlngfield to a Topeka hospital.
where it was decided an operation
was necessary, and Drs. McClintock and
Bowen of the hospital and Dr. King of
Junction City, performed it. The doctors
first cut a hole in the side of the
throat, but the teeth were not there.
Then they decided, as alleged, that the
teeth were in his stomach, and they cut
him open for a general investigation.
The teeth were not found there either
and have never been found. Wingfield
died. Now his widow is suing the
three doctors named, for $10,000 damages
and malpractice. The doctors said
the man died of kidney trouble.
? Albemarle. X. C., December 15:
The county of Stanley is in a state of
intense excitement tonight over the
first case in the history of the county,
of criminal assault of a white woman
by a negro and it is feared that there
may be violence at Albemarle, where
Henry Young, colored, is in jail, having
been beaten into unconsciousness at
the hands of John R. Moss near Whitney
late today. Moss and George Lefter,
who were attracted to the home of
Moss by the screams of Mrs. Moss,
found her in the clutches of the negro,
making desperate efforts to reach the
telephone to call for help. When the
negro attacked Mrs. Moss she ran into
the house and locked the doors.
Young broke down a door and entered,
and seising the woman, a desperate
struggle ensued. Upon the arrival of
Moss and Lefter. they had a struggle
and fist fight with the negro before
they subdued him. Sheriff Green was
called and took the prisoner to jail at
Albemarle, six miles away, after he had
been guarded for two hours at the
Moss home.
? Washington special to the Chicago
Record-Herald: All Japanese emigration
to the United States is to be stopped
by the Japanese government.
When the Japanese diet meets a few
weeks hence, Baron Komura, minister
of foreign affairs will make official- announcement
that the government has
decided to prohibit all emigration to
the United States after a given date.
Thus will disappear the htst remaining
difference or possible cause of trouble
between the United States and Japan.
Though the announcement in Tokio
may be made upon the assumption that
the Japanese government, has voluntarily
decided upon this course, as a
mutter of fact the decision was reached
through a long series of negotiations
between Secretary Root and Baron
Takahira, the Japanese ambassador to
the United States. The order of the
Japanese government will prohibit all
emigration, but will, of course, leave
1 travel free, so that merchants, students
i and tourists from Japan may visit
K America at will under the passport
I agreement with the United States government.
? A large area of comparatively still
water which lies in the interior of the
^ several currents of the North Atlantic
ocean is known as the "Sargasso Sea,"
on account of the quantity of seaweed
that floats on its surface. The boundaries
of the area, which are of an irreg
Ul ill', eiupuca.1 Sllitpi' ailll licail^ <Tt|ucvio
that of Continental Europe, are somewhat
variable, but are described as being
between the parallels of 20 and 35
A grees north and between the meridians
and 30 and 60 degrees west. Into it is
collected a large proportion of the drift,
or wreclage, which floats about the
North Atlantic. This sea, or more exactly
the sargasso which formed it. is
now reported to have disappeared.
This report is made by the captain of
the British steamer. "Hornby Castle,"
which stopped at Norfolk. Ya., last
week en route from Vera Cruz to
Glasgow. He says the sea. once marked
by meshes of seaweed, and dotted
with numerous drifts and wrecks is
now a broad expanse of clear water.
The report has been forwarded to
Washington, and will be investigated.
This Sargasso Sea has been a dangerous
spot for mariners for nearly four
centuries. The matted seaweed entangles
all that enter it.
? Washington, December 16: The
senate devoted considerable time yesterday
to a discussion of the president's
course in placing strictures on congress
in the matter of the secret service
and adopted a searching resolution
proposed by Mr. Aldrich and amended
upon the suggestion of Mr. Culberson,
providing for a thorough investigation
by the committee on appropriations of
the president's charges, both in respect
to the facts and the course that
should be taken by congress to resent
the imputations believed to have been
cast upon that body. Mr. Aldrich in
introducing his resolution made no
comment upon it, but Senators Bailey,
Bacon, Tillman, Culberson and others
declared that the president's words
should be resented by the senate as
highly insulting. Mr. Hale said that
while he would prefer having the resolution
go to some other committee
than of that which he is the head, yet
he was sure the committee would do
its full duty to the senator. Senator
Foraker's resolution calling on the secretary
of war for information concerning
the work of detectives in the
Brownsville affair was also adopted.
Senator Lodge spoke in support of the
Warner bill permitting the president to
re-enlist the discharged soldiers of the
Twenty-fifth regiment at his discretion.
? Union City. Tenn., December 17:
Two unexpected surprises sprung by
the state on the second day of the trial
of the eight alleged night riders, indicted
for the murder of Captain
Quentln Rankin, resulted in the completion
of the jury this afternoon, and
will shorten the time of the trial. The
state caused consternation as soon as
court opened by filing an affidavit,
signed by all the attorneys for the prosecution.
charging that J. 11. Russell,
the first of the two jurors chosen yesterday.
was the father of a night rider.
and had been sworn into the outlaw
band by one of the defendants now
on trial. The son is Charles E. Russell.
and Attorney General Caldwell declared
that this son had participated
in several of the midnight rides of the
band and would be used as a witness
at the trial. He told the court that
this knowledge of the relationship came
to him after he had accepted the Juror.
Juror Russell admitted his relation to
Charles Russell, and was excused by
the court, over the protests of the defense.
When the next talesman was
announced and examined, the defense
attempted to challenge him peremptorily.
The state raised the point that
the defense, having used twenty-six
peremptory challenges, had exhausted
its legal number and two more. Attorney
OJeneral Caldwell* admitted that
each defendant was entitled to 240
challenges, but said that when on a
joint trial the defense did not specify
on behalf of which defendant it made
the challenge, it was presumed to have
made each challenge upon behalf of
each defendant. After a long and bitter
argument, the court promptly ruled
with the state, and ordered the case
to proceed. The work of selecting the
the jury then proceeded rapidly to a
conclusion. Just half of the jurors are
citizens of Union City, the others being
residents in towns in the vicinity.
Not a single resident of the Reelfoot
Lake region was selected.
(The \|orkvillr (Bnquim.
Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE. S. C.?
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1908.
A Washington dispatch of yesterday
says that the state department has
been officially not ied that Venezuela
has declared war against Holland.
The Smithsonian Institute has
agreed to send representatives to Africa
with President Roosevelt to look
after the tatter's hunting trophies next
year.
TiiKitE was a test vote in the house
Wednesday on the question of prohibiting
the transportation through the
mails, of advertising or information
having reference to dealing in futures
where the delivery of the article dealt
in cannot be made. The vote resulted
in the defeat of the proposition, 103 to
89. The idea of putting a stop to future
contract gambling is making headway.
ALTiioroH there is a good deal of
news coming this way from Venezuela,
and there is no doubt about the fact
that they are having troublesome times
down in that country, it is a difficult
matter to arrive at a satisfactory understanding
as to exactly what it is all
about. It will be remembered that
President Castro gave the United
States to understand some time ago
that Venezuela could mind its own
business with regard to the asphalt
controversies, and it has looked very
much like this country has had to
back down from some pretty high positions.
Indeed, the Washington administration
has had to endure some
pretty severe snubs. Of course, the
United States would have very little
difficulty in licking Venezuela to sub
mission, but while the merits 01 me
controversy have not come out fully,
there is at least very grave question
as to whether this country has had the
right end of it. And there seems to be
reason to believe that the operations
that are now being conducted by Holland,
are being conducted with the approval,
if not at the instigation of the
United States, under an arrangement
with France, Germany and Great Britain,
all of which have had more or
less serious differences with Venezuela
without getting a great deal of satisfaction.
As to whether Castro Is a
good or bad man, we do not know.
Most of the dispatches have shown him
as a kind of a Theodore Roosevelt, or
worse; but some of the magazine articles
have pictured him in the light
of a high minded patriot, and made it
appear that he is very much misunderstood
and abused in this country. But
now in the light of what looks like the
beginning of the end, it is possible that
the truth may soon be forthcoming.
That is a pretty bad looking mess
they have raised about the Seminole
Securities company; but really we do
not see what is to be done. As to
whether the stock of the Seminole Securities
company is as good as the
agents have been representing, we
cannot say. The showing that has
gone out from Insurance Commissioner
McMaster, who is as good as they make
them, is not calculated to increase confidence
in this investment; but even
that does not prove anything. This
stock juggling business is an every day
occurrence. Even if these agents sold
for 150. stock that was worth only 50,
it is not the first time such a thing
has been done. On the contrary there
have been numerous cases where men
who have been stuck in this way have
succeeded in unloading on some other
fellow at a still better profit. We do
n<<t want to be understood as approving
any of this kind of thing; but we do
not see how it is to be remedied. Supervision
of insurance companies is all
right, and It has been a long time
since the general assembly has done
a better piece of work than in creating
the office of insurance commissioner,
and putting Mr. McMaster in that office.
But how it is going to be possible
to regulate purely private corporations,
we are unable to see. There
are but few of these corporations that
could prosper in the white light of publicity.
From the very nature of the
case such a thing is absurd. It ought
to be otherwise, of course; but it cannot
be. Or, at least, we do not see how
it can be. If the people who invested
in Seminole are stuck, they are stuck,
and that is about all there is to it. We
are sorry for them. We would like to
see them get their money back if possible,
and if they have been swindled,
we would like to see the people who did
the swindling punished. We are not
looking for anything of the kind, however.
The law as to stock transactions
is the same as the law as to horse trading.
The Prize Acre Contest.
We do not know of a recommendation
that we could make to the farmers
of York county, individually or as a
whole, that will likely prove of more
benefit to them and the county generally
than that as many of them as
possiuie K''i nil" Hit* runner* i iinui
Prize aero contest next year.
While, "f course, the prizes themselves
will be a consideration to the
winners, they will he of small consequence
compared with the honor of
leading in such a contest as that of
next year promises to be. Hut this is
not all. The benetits will extend to
every individual who succeeds in making
a better showing than he has ever
made before, and the value of a wide
spread, united effort to the county generally
is almost beyond advance estimation.
There were about sixteen entries in
the Farmers' Union prize contest of
this year; but quite a number of them
dropped out. They decided that they
could not win and they concluded that
it was not worth while to report. This
was a matter of i egret. Each and every
one of these contestants made
progress as compared with previous efforts,
and their reports would have
been of value. It is hoped, therefore,
that not only as many as may be able
to see their way clear will go into the
next contest: but all will resolve from
the beginning to stay to the end, let
the result be what it may, and not
forgetting that the lessons learned from
disappointment or failure are often as
valuable as those learned from success.
The county of York and the whole
Piedmont country has much to gain
from the highest development of corn
production, and no individual who
gives his attention to the matter has
anything to lose. We sincerely hope
therefore, that everybody will help.
CLOVER CULLINGS.
More Small Grain Than Usual?Cotton
Sales?Work on the Ninety-Nine Island
Power Line.
Correspondence of the Yurkville Knauirer.
Clover. December 18.?The acreage
sown in small grain, especially oats,
in this section has not been so large In
several years, as it is this fall, and the
outlook for a good yield is all that
could be desired at this time.
A considerable quantity of cotton is
still being sold here, though not so
much as when the price was 9 cents.
For about a week the price has been
8J cents, never having gone below that
figure for good cotton as yet.
Mr. M. L. Dickson of this place, recently
slaughtered two Poland-China
hogs, one being 13 and the other 14
months old. The net weight of the older
being 445 and the other 365.
Several Clover citizens were caught
by the individuals who worked this
county lor the "Seminole Securities
Co.," and while it is a fact that they
are not elated over their investment,
still they are not utterly cast down and
are hopeful that something will be saved
from the wreck. Several nearpurchasers
are congratulating themselves.
Mr. S. R. Clinton who is taking a
course at the Charleston Medical college.
is at home for the Christmas holidays.
Messrs. Ed Brison and Clarence
Thomas as well as the eight or ten
young ladies, who are off at college
are not expected until next week.
Work has recently been resumed on
the power line to be erected from this
place to the site of the proposed plant
of the Southern Power company at
Ninety-Nine Island, the purpose being
to use electricity instead of steam power
in constructing the dam at that
point.
MERE-MENTION.
President-elect Taft says that he
will carry out the policy of the late
President McKinley in regard to the
Philippine Islands. The United States
must hold the islands until the people
can govern themselves Lieutenant
Mapes of the United States
army, has invented a hand grenade
for use in close quarters, that is said
to be capable of making one soldier
armed with the grenades equal to forty
men armed with rifles Frank
J. Murphy, counsel for Abraham Ruef,
tried at San Francisco on a charge of
attempting to bribe a juror, has been
declared not guilty T. Jenkins
Hains, the author, is on trial at
Flushing, X. Y., as accessory to Capt.
Peter Hains, who shot Wm. E. Annis,
a magazine publisher, to death last
summer, because of alleged undue Intimacy
on the part of Annis with Mrs.
Peter Hains Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan
has contributed $100,000 to the
fund for rebuilding the Protestant
Episcopal churches destroyed by the
San Francisco earthquake three years
ago The National City Bank of
New York will move its quarters in
that city tomorrow to the old United
States customs house, which has been
remodeled. Fifty million dollars in
currency, gold and silver will be moved
in packages containing $10,000
each During the year 1907 the
surface car lines of New York paid
out $2,431,000 in damages for injuries
to passengers and others during the
year Governor Hughes of New
York, has appointed a committee of
nine, consisting of bankers, business
men and economists, to investigate
the business of the New York exchanges
and to suggest "what changes
if any, are advisable in the laws of
the state bearing unon the speculation
In securities and commodities," etc.
A Moscow, Russia, millionaire,
feeling that his end was near, withdrew
his whole fortune from the
banks, and had the pile of bank notes
burned, Informing his family and relatives
that as "wealth was the source
of all evil," he had saved them from
lots of trouble Ex-United States
Senator Marion Butler and his brother,
Lester Butler, have been indicted by
the grand jury of Guilford county,
X. C., on charges of criminal libel....
The receivers of the Seaboard Air
Line railroad have been cited by the
supreme court of the 'District of Columbia,
to show cause on January 13
why the road should not be sold for
the benefit of its creditors The
American Tobacco company has been
declared a trust by the United States
circuit court at Xew York, and it is
enjoined from engaging in interstate
commerce Congress will adjourn
tomorrow for the Christmas holidays.
....Dr. Birdsong. who last week shot
Dr. Pitts to death at Jackson, Miss.,
plead guilty on Tuesday and was given
a sentence of life imprisonment.
Farmers' Union No. 4, Harris,
Ga., lias adopted resolutions to insist
on the use of cotton bagging for the
wrapping of the next cotton crop.
Rooskvki.t In* DISREPUTE.?President
Roosevelt has sent so many special
messages to congress that tne average
Washingtonian pays but little attention
to what he says. It is a remarkable fact
that on a day like yesterday, after a
sensational document has come from
the White House, no one, save newspaper
men looking for stories, cares
what the president says. The Roosevelt
temper has got the better of the
president and he is suffering among his
most loyal friends, who no longer apologize
for him. Those who admire him
personally and believe that he is honest
and sincere in dealing with the
people do not defend him. Many men
who do not like him go so far as to
say that they believe he is losing his
mental balance, "tie cans persons wars
and then hides behind his position,"
is the way some of his enemies put it.
Scores of congressmen resent what
he said about the secret service department.
yet it is not believed that anything
in the way of rebuke will be
passed through the house or senate.?
Washington correspondence Charlotte
Observer.
a Farmkk Who Knows How.?"I've
got some of last year's cotton that
couldn't be bought at ten cents, and I
don't care if mules go to $T>00 a piece,"
said Mr. T. E. D. Starnes of Jackson
township. Mr. Starnes said he never
bought a pound of meat nor a bushel of
corn, but one time, and that was a year
when lie was unable to work. Mr.
Starnes pays no mule tax. as he has
the mother and grandmother of all the
stock he works, and he pays no smoke
house tax, and lie says that the next
thing he is going to cut out is the
guano tax. Of the twenty-one bales of
cotton made on his place this year onethird.
he finds goes for the fertilizer
tax. Hut he is ordering his work so
that hereafter this tax will be largely
abolished.?Monroe Journal.
? Columbia, December IT: General
Thomas W. Carwile, a gallant Confederate
soldier and head of the United
Confederate veterans, died in Edgefield
today after a very short illness. The
news of the death of General Carwile
will be received with sadness throughout
the state.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
C. C. Hughes. Yorkville No. 7?Wants
a blacksmith for good paying job.
\V. G. Voorhees?Offers fifteen tons of
soft coal at $4.50 per ton.
J. W. McFarland?Wants owner of
stray bull to call and get same by
paying expenses.
1'. Brooks Parish?Will on next Tuesday
sell a lot of personal property
at his home two miles from Yorkville,
at auction.
J. Q. Wray?Received his Christmas
goods this morning.
D. K. Boney?Suggests that you make
your wife a present of a $1,000 policy
in the Farmers' Mutual Life Insurance
company.
M. W. wnite?says tnat mose wno uesire
to own their own home, should
investigate the real estate he is offering
at a sacrifice price,
Sam M. Grist?Thanks his friends for
the business given him during the
year and wishes all a prosperous
year during 1909.
Loan and Savings Bank?Is ready to
serve you in any legitimate way that
a bank can serve its patrons.
York Supply Co.?Tells you that it
is to your interest to see it if you intend
to buy flour.
Star Drug Store?Reminds you that it
still has a full line of Christmas
goods and makes a few gift suggestions.
J. A. Tate. C. C. C. Pis.?Gives notice
of sale of real estate in the case of
J. Eugene Lowry, PlfT., against R. B.
Lowry. and others, Defts.; also in the
case of Yorkville Building and Loan
Association against Fred C. Black.
Yorkville B. & M. Co.?Announces that
its "strictly cash sale" on dry goods,
clothing, shoes, etc., will continue
until January 1st. Big bargains for
cash.
York Drug Store?Makes gift suggestions
for holiday shoppers and invites
you to make it the first stopping place
when shopping.
Thomson Co.?Is ready to supply you
with all kinds of holiday goods, including
toys, wagons, carts, chinaware.
handkerchiefs, pillow tops, etc.
I. W. Johnson?Calls atention to his
big variety of fancy groceries, especially
suitable for the holiday trade.
Horndon & Gordon?Are receiving new
goods almost every day and wants
you to call on them for various goods
in their line.
XV. L. Hogue. Clover?Extends thanks
to his patrons for past favors and
says he will try to merit their business
in the future.
The county will not be able to do as
much road work next year as is necessary;
but it will be able to do a great
deal more than has been any year1
heretofore. How it will be after next
year, will probably depend on the results
of the year's experience.
Christmas shopping has been progressing
quite satisfactorily for 3ome
days, and the number of buyers who
are looking over-the situation and getting
what they want before stocks are
too much depleted, is larger than
usual.
One of the things that the farmers
of York county need to do is to raise
their own mules. It is a tremendous
tax that we are paying to Tennessee
and Kentucky for mules, and an unnecessary
tax. It is possible to raise
as good mules in York county as in
Tennessee or Kentucky, and as cheaply.
It has been done and it is being
done. Of course, the business may involve
the trouble and expense of certain
preparations, and of course, it is
necessary to secure good stock to breed
from; but all necessary conditions can
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where.
We are not talking to experienced
business men; but to people who have
never taken the trouble to develop how
much satisfaction and convenience
there is in doing business with the
banks. People who have cash money
about them should deposit it in a good
bank. If they need the money, let them
check against it; if they don't need it,
let it lie on certificate of deposit. The
bankers can tell you all about it. Talk
to them and ask them questions. It is
a capital way to learn about business
methods. There is no question of the
fact that money is always safer in a
good bank than it is elsewhere.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Bamberg Herald, Thursday: In a
recent address before the convention of
mayors at Charlotte, the mayor of
Yorkville stated that his town furnished
electric light at 6.1 cents per kilowatt,
and that the power rate up to
ten-horse power was as low as two)
cents per kilowatt. Yorkville owns her
water and light plant, but we imagine
their electric current Is not generated I
by steam, else they could not furnish
electricity at the prices named. In;
Bamberg we charge 12 cents per kilowatt,
and find no big money in it at
that nriro wliilp the Ramberer Herald
pays seven cents a kilowatt and furnishes
generator and all equipment.
We have a generator at the cotton mill
here, with a private line to our office.
We furnished the entire equipment and
paid for the installation and pay the
mill seven cents a kilowatt to generate
the current, and the minimum charge
to us is $10 a month. We can't see
how Yorkvllle furnishes power at two
cents a kilowatt, even if, as we suspect,
they purchase power from the Southern
Power company, which has a big
plant on the Catawba river, near Yorkvllle.
HOLUMY SUSPENSION.
In accordance with the time honored
custom in this office, The Knquirer will
suspend an issue during the holidays,
that of next Friday, which would have
otherwise appeared on Christmas day.
It is our purpose to have the paper
appear as usual on next Tuesday, December
22, and the next issue following
that will be on Tuesday, December 29.
The object of this suspension, of
course, is to give the staff of the paper
a few days of rest, and the shut
down, of course, will include the ever
busy job department, which will take
a holiday along with the balance of
the establishment.
If any of our friends or patrons have
in mind any job printing that they desire
to have done that is of pressing importance,
they will please bring it in
at once, and we will try to rush it out
by next Tuesday afternoon, if possible.
Otherwise, it will have to wait over
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unlay, December 26.
The last issue of The Enquirer for
this year will be that of Tuesday, December
20.
THE SPECULATIVE MARKET.
An Associated Press dispatch of last
night from New York, summarizes yesterday's
developments in the cotton
market as follows:
The cotton market was a little steadier
today, taking it as a whole, although
an advance during the middle
of the session was practically lost in
the late trading with the close barely
steady net 1 point lower to 1 point
higher. Sales estimated at 150,000.
The market opened unchanged to 3
points lower, with the tone steady and
during the early session showed a tendency
to rally following the recent decline
on covering by shorts for over
the week-end and the census report on
Monday. Cables were just as due and
Liverpool seemed to be buying here to
undo straddles, but there was no sign
of aggressive bull support and after
selling up to 6 to 10 points net higher,
prices eased off under a renewal of local
bear pressure and realizing by early
buyers who found very little demand In
the market. Southern spot markets officially
reported were unchanged to 1-16
lower.
Receipts at the ports today 49,947
against 59.389 last week and 53,919 last
year. For the week 380,000 against
410,667 last week and 400.715 last year.
Today's receipts at New Orleans 13,767
against 14,236 last year, and at Houston
12.320 against 12,529 last year.
THE SAYE ROAD TAX.
There will be available for road work
in York county next year the sum of
of seventeen thousand, four hundred,
seventeen dollars, sixty-nine cents, six
mills, ($17,417,696). This, provided
the 2 mill tax stipulated in the Saye
road law is collected as assessed by
the auditor. The foregoing are the
figures as they appear on the books
of that official. They are subject to
change, only by abatements, additional
and nulla bonas, and the amount
actually realized may be more or it
may bo less. The exact figures cannot
be determined until the final closing of
the treasurer's books next spring. The
apportionment of the tax, among the
townships is as follows, according to
the amount paid by each:
Bethel 5 818.490
Bethesda 1,113.160
Broad River 792.480
Bullock's Creek 809.270
Catawha 4.292.6*0
Ebenezer 1,892.020
Fort Mill 1,296.910
King's Mountain 1,513.490
York 2,350.720
Total $14,869,260
The balance of the $17,417,696, or
$2,548, is to be paid by railroads, telegraph
and other corporations as follows:
Insurance $ 300.092
Express 18.372
W. U. Tel. Co 47.068
Fullman Car Co 5.498
A. Tel. & Tel. Co 18.988
So. Bell Tol Co 5.148
Piedmont Tel. Co 12.160
Railroads 2,131.160
Total $2,548,436
Bethel township now has in the
treasury $800.75. raised by a special
levy of two mills, voted in an election
and collected last year. The statute
under which the election was held provided
for the levy during two consecutive
years; but because of the Saye
law providing for the levy of a 2 mill
tax over the whole county, Bethel's
special levy was omitted this year, and
the tax will remain as last year. The
amount already collected on account of
Bethel township is subject to the disposal
of the Bethel commissioners as
they see proper, and the understanding
is that they have decided to apportion
it over the whole township on a basis
of mileage giving to each mile of road
about $9. The money collected under
the Saye law levy is to be expended
under the direction of the supervisor,
and county board of commissioners.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Bessie Williams of Yorkvllle. is
quite sick with diphtheria.
Mr. Joe Culberson of Wadesboro. N.
C.. is visiting friends in Yorkville.
Miss Annie Thurston of Pittsburg.
Pa., is the guest of Mrs. W. G. White.
Mrs. E. B. Beard and Miss Rita
Beard of Yorkville, spent yesterday in
Charlotte.
Mr. N. S. Black of Yorkville No. 5,
is walking on crutches, the result of
a severe cut on his foot.
Mrs. R. E. Heath and children, of
Yorkville, left yesterday for Monroe,
N. C.. to spend the holidays.
Mrs. Paul N. Moore and daughter, of
Columbia, are in Yorkville on a visit
to Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Beard.
Mrs. M. E. Gettys of Lesslie, is confined
to her bed with a broken arm, the
result of a fall sustained recently.
Mr. C. Henry Smith, who was so
severely hurt in a runaway accident recently.
Is able to be up and about
again.
Captain Jno. R. Dickson of the
Staunton (Va.) Military academy, arrived
In Yorkville yesterday for the
holidays.
Mrs. W. B. Moore and her daughter,
Miss Marie, of Yorkville, who have
been spending several weeks north,
have returned home.
Mr. John D. Corn well, formerly a
member of the York county board of
commissioners, is critically ill at his
home at Lesslie station. He has been
in bad health for the past two years;
but has been confined to his bed only
about ten days.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Smoak of Filbert.
have issued invitations to the
marriage of their daughter. Miss Bessie
Duff, to Mr. Jesse Weldon Stone.
The ceremony is to take place at the
home of the bride's parents on the
afternoon of December 24, at 3 o'clock.
Rev. O. M. Abney, the new pastor of
Trinity church, Yorkville, who was to
have preached next Sunday, has been
detained at Anderson, because of the
illness of Mrs. Abney, who is in the
hospital at Anderson, recovering from
the effects of a surgical operation that
was necessary for her to undergo recently.
Information from Mr. Theodore V.
Boyd of Fort Mill township, who has
been in bad health for some time past,
Ik that he has been confined to his bed
during the past few weeks and that
his condition does not show much signs
of improvement. Mr. Boyd's trouble is
dropsy of the heart. His numerous
friends are very much concerned about
him and they sincerely hope for his
recovery.
CIRCUIT COURT.
In the case of A. S. Barron against
Henry Summit, et al., which had not
been c< ncluded ujhen Tuesday's issue
01* The Enquirer went to press, the Jury
returned a verdict for the plaintiff in
the sum of $25. This was an action to
recover $150, for alleged damages done
by defendant to one of plaintiff's livery
horses. J. S. Brice, Esq., for plaintiff,
and Jno. It. Hart. Esq., for defendant.
J. H. Patterson against the Fort Mill
.Manufacturing company was the next
case. This was an action for $25,000
for personal injuries. The jury returned
a verdict for $2,000 for plaintiff.
Messrs. Thus. F. McDow and Jno. R.
( Hart represented the plaintiff, and Mr.
W. B. Wilson, Sr., the defendant.
In the case of Ferguson & Sherer
against the Southern Railway company,
| the jury found for the plaintiff in the
sum of $120. This was an action for
damages to cattle shipped to Charles!
ton by plaintiff. John R. Hart, Esq.,
for plaintiff, and J. E. McDonald. Esq.,
for defendant.
In the case of the Clover Cotton
Manufacturing company against the
Southern Railway company, the jury
found for the plaintiff in the sum of
1 - T-V ^iftAC nrv.t
$!??. Ill l.'UU, lllv Vl?'? V*
ton Manufacturing company bought
thirteen bales of long staple cotton in
Vickshurg, Miss., at 13J cents. This
cotton not having arrived at Clover on
the 26th of June, 1907, plaintiff went
into the open market and replaced this
sai-:l thirteen bales at 20 cents per
pound. The cotton did not arrive in
Clover until March. 1908. This action
was for $70 interest on money paid for
the cotton and difference in price between
13J cents and 20 cents.
The court held that this difference in
price was special damages, and the
railroad not having been notified for
what purpose the cotton was wanted
or the time within which it was to be
delivered, that the action to this extent
could not be maintained, and thereupon
entered a non-suit for the claim
for difference in price. G. \V. S. Hart
and John R. Hart for plaintiff, and J.
E. McDonald for defendant.
The next case was that of the Clover
Hardware company for penalty for delayed
shipment, amounting to $80. The
jury found for the defendant. Jno. R.
Hart for plaintiff, and J. E. McDonald,
for defendant.
Upon the conclusion of this case, the
court took up the case of W. Lesslie
Jackson vs. the Southern Railway company.
This is an action for $15,000
damages for personal injury. Messrs.
J. P. Hollis and W. W. Lewis, for the
plaintiff, and Mr. J. E. McDonald for
the defendant. This ease was taken
up yesterday afternoon. Foreseeing
that it would probably take up all of
today, and desiring to reserve tomorrow
for the hearing of motions and
passage of orders. Judge Hydrick, on
yesterday discharged all unengaged jurors.
The court will adjourn sine die
tomorrow.
LOTS OF GOODS SOLD.
There have heen more dry goods sold
out of Yorkvllle this fall than any
previous fail for a good many years,
probably in the history of the town.
This sounds like a pretty rash statement,
perhaps; but from general and
specific information, the writer is satisfied
as to its correctness.
Hut few, if any of the dry goods people
have made any money. The great
bulk of all the goods that have been
sold have gone at or below cost; but
this fact has not given much occasion
for worry. On the contrary, some of
the business folks are thankful to have
broken even.
It is quite a trying experience that
the dry goods people have passed
through during the past few weeks.
All of them had laid in heavy stocks of
new goods, in anticipation of unusually
good business. At the time they were
buying the outlook was most favorable;
but before their goods had been landed
in their stores conditions had
changed. Cotton wer.t down and the
weather continued warm.
The most important consideration in
the dry goods business is the weather.
The price of cotton is another very important
consideration: but it is not
first?not In this country. Even when
cotton is high, selling freely, if the
weather is mild, there is not much dis
position to rush the stores; but no matter
how low the price of cotton, when
the weather gets rough, people will buy
dry goods.
The fall was moving along swiftly
with the price of cotton declining and
the weather continuing like spring. It
was fine for the country generally maybe;
but rough on the merchants. The
problem with most of them was whether
to hold out for the legitimate profits
necessary to the healthy conduct of
business, and run the risk of having
to carry large quantities of goods over
into the next season, or stand from under
and let the profits go.
The Yorkville merchants, practically
all of them, decided to stand from under.
They marked their goods down
close and they have been selling thousands
and thousands of dollars' worth
of stuff over a wide scope of territory.
They have drawn trade from across
county lines, and cut into the territory
of competing towns.
"It looked pretty hard a month ago,"
said a local merchant, discussing the
situation yesterday, "and I found it
mighty hard to decide what to do. It
looked like right smart of a gamble one
way or the other. I was quite sure
that if we sacrificed our stuff, we could
not hope for a profit, and I was equally
sure that if the mild weather continued
on till Christmas, there was no chance
of a profit, especially in view of the
low price of cotton, so we at last con
eluded to join In the cut price procession
and here we are. While we made
little If any money, we have gotten rid
of a pile of goods, and in the light of
what we can see clearly now; but
could not see at all then. I feel that
we have cause for congratulation.
There has been very little weather during
the past two months that has been
calculated to sell dry goods."
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
all the names at one time would fill an
entire issue of The Enquirer, and it is
therefore deemed more advisable to
take up the work by installments.
People interested in these lists will do
well to clip them out as they appear in
The Enquirer and paste them in scrap
books. In the list given below will be
found all the registered voters of
Coates's Tavern.
No. Name Occupation Age
1 J. Wylie Roddey, farmer 54
2 J. I. Ferguson, farmer 39
3 G. M. Caldwell, farmer 44
4 W. J. Comwell, farmer 48
5 T. W. Boyd Co. supervisor 42
C W. P. Crook, farmer 53
7 J. S. Glasscock, farmer 53
S D. P. Lesslie, farmer 49
9 J. T. Spencer, farmer 55
10 W. S. Lesslie, fanner 57
11 J. R. Gettys, farmer 57
12 J. A. Funk, farmer 48
13 E. B. Patton, R. F. D. 21
14 T. E. Patton, farmer 44
15 G. A. Gettys, farmer 56
16 R. W. Patton, merchant 40
17 J. G. Barron, farmer 32
18 W. T. Glasscock, farmer 79
19 T. M. Allen, farmer 60
21 G. B. Sweat, fanner 57
22 W. E. Walker, farmer 39
22 Sep Massey, farmer 48
23 J. T. Walker, farmer 34
24 J. W. Taylor, farmer 70
25 W. R. Ratteree, farmer 54
26 A. J. Walker, farmer 75
27 H. L. Morgan, farmer 28
28 E. L. Williams, fanner 24
29 J. M. Simpson, R. F. D. 41
30 J. T. Corawell, farmer 46
31 W. T. Anderson, merchant 54
32 W. W. White, farmer 71
33 R. A. MeCorkle, farmer 74 '
34 J. B. Ratteree, farmer 41
35 G. H. Ratteree, farmer 45
36 W. L. Ratteree, farmer 24
37 T. F. Lesslie, farmer 45
38 J. P. Lesslie, farmer 22
39 W, H. Spencer, farmer 24
40 G. H. Stroud, farmer 63 i
41 W. S. Boyd, farmer 47 {
42 J. H. Boyd, farmer 21
43 J. H. Hayes, farmer 50 1
44 J. D. Lesslie, postmaster 26
45 W. R. Hayes, farmer 76
46 Labe Sitgreaves, p. c? farmer 34 1
47 A. M. Morgan, farmer 35 '
48 W. M. Martin, farmer 67
4f- J. W. Simpson, farmer 48 <
50 J. H. Caldwell, postmaster 38
51 J. W. Lesslie, farmer 30 1
52 T, M. Anderson, farmer 34 (
53 F. B. Walker, farmer 26
54 W. P. Locke, farmer 52 j
55 X. B. Williams, farmer 46
5(: E. F. Williams, farmer 22 1
Ebenezer.
No. Xaine Occupation Age ,
1 R. H. Neely, fanner, 32 '
2 J. R. Comer, farmer 62 1
3 W. M. Wilson, student 23 i
4 W. B. Wilson, Sr., lawyer 58 i
5 J. S. Sturgis, farmer 49 <
6 W. T. Comer, farmer 22 I
7 \V. M. Setzer, farmer .74
S S. S. Robison, farmer 26
9 J. H. Matthews, farmer 59
10 A. O. Long, president mill 49
11 J. It. Neely, merchant 53
12 J, E. Bass, farmer 39
13 W. H. Wylie, merchant 51
1J J. E. Comer, farmer 24
15 B. H. Matthews, farmer 24
16 VV. M. C'arotherx, farmer 40
17 J. H. Harnett, farmer 45
IS J. R. Miller, M, D., 40
19 J. R. Stokes, dentist 31
2t( Jos. Bennett, farmer 43
21 J. C. Mitchell, farmer 49
22 E. H. Garrison, farmei 48
25 S. A. Hutchinson, farmer 50
24 A. C. Hutchinson, farmer 52
25 A. B. Fewell, farmer 50
26 C. E. Coulter, farmer 48
27 W. A, Milling, farmer 53
28 J. A. R. Garrison, far Tier 58
2!- N. D. Karris, farmer 21
3il T T + f, ...mn.. 11
u?* * u. nictit, iai IIIUI i i
31 J. B. Fewell, farmer 37
32 R. E. Wingate, farmer 39
33 A. A. Barron, farmer 57
3-? T. B. Craig, minister 52
35 E. P. Steele, farmer 47
36 J. F. Williams, farmer 37
37 C. C. Blaylock, farmer 52
38 T. H. Slmril, farmer 55
39 Jas. N. Steele, farmer 74
40 J. H. Miller, Ins. agent 48
41 R. S. Poag, tarmer 38
42 T. A. Matthews, farmer 37
43 E. L. Barnes, merchant 49
44 W. A. Blaylock, farmer 27
45 W. S. Hutchinson, farmer 30
46 I. J. Hutchinson, farmer 66
47 P. B. Hutchinson, farmer 28
48 W. W. Miller, bookkeeper 35
49 Fred R. Black, farmer 33
50 J. D. Starnes, farmer 35
51 June Baker, farmer 36
52 E. P. Baker, farmer 28
53 R. -T. Fewell, president mill 52
54 J. Hope Adams, farmer 46
55 T. A. Barron, farmer 47
56 A. K. Smith, postmuster 71
57 J. C. Edwards, farmer 40
58 J. P. Hutchinson, Jr., farmer 48
59 I. F. Hutchinson, farmer 21
60 J. J. Starns, farmer 32
61 W. S. Garrison, farmer 62
6? T. J. Roach, farmer 67
63 W. T. Nichols, farmer 40
64 S. G. Roach, farmer 26
65 S. W. Barron, farmer 32
66 J. R. Poag, farmer 37
67 J. E. Brewer, lineman 28
68 R. S. Cannon, engineer 30
69 Jos. W. Alewine, clerk 28
70 Lee Warren, power house 34
71 R. S. McConnell, farmer 55
72 T. V. Roach, farmer 32
73 J. E. Barnett, farmer 54
74 W. J. Roach, student 22
75 H. C. Simril, farmer 22
76 J. R. Spears, farmer 39
77 T. R. Carothers, M. D.. 53
78 W. M. Barron, merchant 58
79 J. W. Wherry, farmer 26
80 Robert Clark, farmer 61
LOCAL LACONICS.
Negro Girl Killed.
Rock Hill Record: A negro girl
named Alice Gray, living on Mr. R. H.
Cowan's place, was shot and instantly
killed Tuesday afternoon by a negro
boy named Sidney Gray. They were
in the held picking cotton. The boy
had a ride along and in fooling with it,
It was discharged and a bullet from
the same took effect under the girl's
eve with the usual result.
Case of Pellagra.
Rock Hill special of December 16. to
Columbia State: The first case of
pellagra to be found in this section
was diagnosed by Dr. J. E. Mussey a
few days since. A consultation with a
number of other physicians of the city
confirmed the diagnosis. The patient
is a Mrs. Bushbee of the Arcade mill
village. She came here a short while
ago from Durham, N. C.
Fort Mill Cotton Mills.
Fort Mill special of December 17, to
Charlotte Observer: This town has
probably been harder hit by the panic
than any town in the Carolinas of
which the writer has knowledge. Both
mills of the Fort Mill Manufacturing
company have been at a standstill for
four months. For the most part, the
citizens of the mill villages have moved
away and the loss has been seriously
felt by all business interests. It is now
stated that the mills will resume work
on full time January 4th.
Mr. William Glasscock.
Mr. William T. Glasscock, a well
known and highly esteemed citizen of
Catawba township, died at his home
near Harmony station last Wednesday
morning at about 1 o'clock. He had
been suffering with a bladder trouble
for some time and had been confined to
his bed about a week. Mr. Glasscock
was 79 years of age. He leaves a
widow and six living children as follows:
Hon. J. S. Glasscock, Messrs.
Ellis and A. K. Glasscock, Mrs. W. C. 1
Farls, Mrs. R J. Robinson, Mrs. W.
H. Williams. |
Appeal Abandoned.
Hon. J. Porter Hollis, attorney for
Love Robinson, convicted last July of
the murder of a negro girl in Fort Mill
township, and sentenced to be hanged
on August 28 last, has abandoned the ,
annonl of u-hifh hf> MVP TlOtirP Sit the
time of the sentence and which oper- j
ated as a stay of proceedings. Robin- !
son will be re-sentenced at the next |
April term of the court, and Mr. Hollls i
will then renew his efforts to secure a !
commutation of the sentence to life
imprisonment in the penitentiary. The i
principal grounds upon which the com- (
mutation will be asked for are, the youth j
of the prisoner, his misfortune in not (
having had the advantage of parental ]
training, and the fact that he is hardly J
up to the average of intelligence. The
matter has already been before the
governor; but he refused to take ac- ,
tlon during the pendency of an appeal ]
to the supreme court. ]
Five Bales on Four Acres. <
rn conversation with a represents- <
tive of The Enquirer a few days ago, 1
a farmer who has been in Yorkville on ]
the jury this week told a little story 1
that is not without a valuable point. '
It was about to this effect: There is i
a tendency among us farmers to be too <
extravagant with our woodland. We t
are too quick to consider that our fields <
are worn out, and that we must have s
"new ground." I had a field of four <
acres, on which a renter had been mak- i
ing only a bale of cotton. That was t
several years ago. It occurred to me (
that instead of cleaning up more <
ground, it might be a good idea to t
take the litter and muck out of the 1
woods and put it on this old land. I t
followed out this idea during several I
years, and built up those four acres to i
a point where they produced five bales, s
I can't see that the woods from which t
the litter and muck have been taken '
have been hurt a pnrticle." t
Fort Mill Marriages.
Fort Mill special of December 1U, to f
Charlotte Observer: At 7.30 last t
light at Pleasant Hill Methodist church, t
in the Pleasant Valley neighborhood, r
Mr. Charlie Torrence was married to I
Miss Helen Harris. The bride is the t
daughter of Mr. John Harris, a highly t
respected and successful farmer of the ]
Pleasant Valley section. The bride is S
a young woman of character and ac- s
complishments and has many friends, t
The groom is a prosperous young far- c
mer of lower Steel Creek township, f
The ceremony was performed by Rev. e
\V. M. Owings. former pastor of the 1
church, but residing now in Rock Hill, r
The marriage of Miss Jennie Roberta f
j nornweu, (musmei <n me nut? ui. c
James H. Thornwell, and Dr. James a
Boyce Elliott took place here yesterday ?
at the bride's home, at 4 p. m. The e
ceremony was performed by Rev. R. G. c
McLees, brother-in-law of the bride, s
assisted by Rev. W. S. Bean of Clinton, a
The ceremony was witnessed by only ?
a few friends of the family and was a t
i|uiet home affair. The bride is an r
attractive and accomplished young wo- t
man who has a large circle of friends, c
rhe groom is a popular young physician i
who has resided here for several years f
In the practice of his profession. The i
popular young couple will, it is said, v
occupy the Watson residence and make t
their home here. 1;
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ,
? Blacksburg, December 15: At a
well attended mass meeting of citizens
last night at the town hull to discuss j
the matter of issuing fifteen thousand
dollars of twenty-year town bonds it
was unanimously decided that the
bonds should be issued. The election I
on the bond question will be held on 1
the 21st instant, at which time three }
citizens will be elected to handle the
bonds. It is the purpose of the town
to use the money realized from the
bonds in taking up the street paving
notes, in retiring some school bonds %
that will become due early in 1909, and
to secure electric lights for the town.
? It has just been announced by the
secretary or tne interior mat me suue
ot South Carolina is entitled to receive
the sum of $35,000 from the government J
for the promotion of schools of agriculture
and mechanical arts, under the
Act of 1862. The act of 1907, increased
the amounts previously authorized to
be devoted to various agricultural colleges
throughout the country, and as
stated, the amount that South Carolina
will receive this year is $35,000.
The total amount that will be available
to all of the states from this fund for
the next fiscal year Is $1,750,000, having
been gradually increased year by year
to this amount. * ^
? Spartanburg. December 16: Messrs. -fl
S. J. Nicholls and H. T. Rogers, counsel
for Will Foster, colored, twice con- A
victed and sentenced for the murder M
of Mr. John Young, have dropped the
appeal which they intended to make
before the supreme court for a new tF
trial. Solicitor Sease will order that
the appeal be dismissed before the supreme
court. Foster will be resentenced
to hang at the January term of
court for Spartanburg county. Will
Foster was tried for the murder of
Mr. John Young, in the January term
of court of general sessions and found
guilty and sentenced to hang in March.
From this verdict counsel for defense
gave notice of appeal. A new trial was A
granted, and in the fall term of court w
Foster was again found guilty.
? Clemson special of December 15,
to News and Courier: About seven
years ago a lot of platinum apparatus
very mysteriously disappeared from the ^
chemical laboratory. Platinum, as everybody
knows, is very valuable, and
efforts were made to discover the platinum
as well as the means by which It
disappeared. Even expert detective
work failed, however, to learn anything
about the mystery. But about a
week ago the entire amount was accidentally
discovered by a negro workman.
who was hauling leaves and trash Jk
for a resident of the community. Having
raked a small area in a low place, f
where leaves and trash had collected. *
tho ncarrn o-o f horo/4 o Via n/)fnl t\f rooh A
llic lltftl V ^UkllVI VVi (?. IIOIIU1UI VI. noon
from beside a rotten log off to one side
and threw it into his wagon. On this M
trash was the platinum lost several F
years ago. The present value of the
material is about $1,100. Clearly
thieves did the work, but who they
were and why they left the platinum
where they did are still shrouded in
mystery.
? Columbia State, December 17: Application
for bail in the case of W. T.
Jones of Union, under arrest on the
charge of poisoning his wife, was made
before the supreme court yesterday.
The motion was made after the associate
Justices of the supreme court, 1
Messrs. Gary, Jones and Woods, had ' m
reversed the action of Chief Justice , /
Pope in granting a stay of proceedings
in the case, after Judge Hydrlck had
refused to grant bail, when the case 0
was called for trial at Union. Both
sides appealed in the case; the state 4
from the order of the chief Justice staying
proceedings, and the defendant
from the order of Judge Hydrick. On
the hearing of the argument by the
state the appeal was sustained. Then
the argument for bail was made and a
decision of the court will be made later.
Jones was in the court, accompanied
by Deputy Sheriff Sanders, and
there were a number of attorneys on
both sides of the case. The affidavits 4
submitted are very interesting and go A
into the testimony at the coroner's in- ,r
quest and other evidences very thor- [
oughly. The decision of the court
will be awaited with interest. i
? Columbia, December 14: State In- /
surance Commissioner McMaster to- 4
day gave to the pre.ss an interesting
detailed statement of the facts he has
been able to gather regarding the Seminole
Securities company and its deal
with the Southern Life of North Carolina.
In the opening paragraph he
calls the Southern Life down for Its
advertisement in the State of Sunday
regarding accident, health and liability
insurance. He says the company is not
licensed to do such a business in this
state, and that its application for 11- , 4
ppnoa HqH hppn I'pfnooH nondlnir on
vestigatlon of the company's deal with
the Seminole. The commissioner several
days ago wrote to Manager Cooper, *
of the Southern Life, demanding a com- ^
plete statement regarding the deal be
tween the Seminole and the Southern
Life. A letter received from Mr.
Cooper today says that this will be forwarded
today. As to the commissioner's
inquiry as to whether any officers of
the Southern Life shared in the big
commission paid Herbert, Mr. Cooper
stated in his letter that he preferred
this answer not to go in the public record,
but he would say unhesitatingly
that no officer, nor any one else connected
with his company, had in any
way shared in this commission, and he #
had no reason to believe any of the of- A
fleers of the. Seminole company shared M
in it. He would put this in the report ^
and the commissioner could use his M
own discretion about putting it in the 9
record. According to Mr. McMaster's S
statement, President Crarlington, of the ^
Seminole, told him that the deal with
the North Carolina company had been
passed upon and approved by Commissioner
Young. Mr. Garlington is flatly
contradicted in this by a letter from
Mr. Young to Mr. McMaster, in which
Mr. Young'says he not only had not
approved of the deal, but had not then
even been asked to do so. Mr. Young
says the Seminole asked for permission
to sell stock in North Carolina, but was
jenied the privilege on failure to comply
with the North Carolina law. Yet
?reat quantities of this stock were sold %
In North Carolina.
? Columbia sr*>rinl nf nwsinhdr Ifi
to Charlotte Observer: Insurance
Commissioner McMaster today sent a
letter to the officers of the Southern ^
Life Insurance company at Fayette- T
t'ille. X. C., requiring them to show
:ause before him here within thirty
Jays why the company's license to do
5usiness in this state should not be
revoked on account of the deal with
:he Seminole Securities company,
rhis afternoon papers in receivership
proceedings against the Seminole
:ompany were served on the local
:rustees and the officers and directors
it the company requiring them to
show cause before Judge Watts. De:ember
21st. why a receiver should
lot be appointed. Accompanying the
ipplication for a receiver were affi- *
lavits setting forth that the company *
ibtained its charter from the secre- J
:ary of state under false represents- fc
:ion; that 50 per cem' of the stock was f
lever subscribed for oefore the char- \
;er was obtained, but the company vas
organized and officered before any
stock was sold and that there has ~
lever been a meeting of stockholders,
rhlngs are happening fast and swift
oday in re the Seminole. Judge Wilson
at Barnwell, has issued a rule to
show cause against the Seminole ofIcers.
why a receiver should not be
I nnnlnfft/1 tVia enlo Knlnir W Ofl A ro
urnable before Judge Wilson at Manling
on the 29th, which happens to
>e the day of the Seminole stockholders'
meeting In Columbia. The petiioner
in the Barnwell case is W. G. ^
^uddell, a former stock agent of the
Seminole. who alleges he is also a
itockholder. Judge Wilson restrains
he bank at Hampton from disposing
>f or collecting notes which Ruddell
)ut up with the bank and which he ^
endorsed for his own stock and to colect
in filing other stock. Slmultaleousl.
. th the serving of papers
or receive. of the Seminole Seeurlt'es
company, the action of Insurince
Commissioner McMaster, of
5outh Carolina, in citing the Southern
Life to show cause within thirty
lays why license to do business in this
tate should not be revoked, has been
inticipated by the officials of the
Southern Life, and no fear is enteralned
that the result will In any way
effect discredit upon any action of ?
he Southern Life in this matter, be- f
ause their every action has been reg- *
ilar and legitimate, as appears in the
ull, detailed statement, with exhlbts
attached, which has been filled
rlth the Insurance departments of u
?oth North Carolina and South Caroina.