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f craps and Jacts. ? The hearing authorized by recent action of congress of the discharged negro soldiers of the 25th infantry in order that they might clear themselves of the charge of participating in the Brownsville riot with the view to their re-enlistment, according to a Washington dispatch, is not likely to be conducted for some time yet. Various reasons are assigned at the war department for tire delay in the organization of the committee to conduct the investigation, the principal ones being that the certified copy of the law has not been issued by the state department, and that care must be exercised in the selection of the personnel of the commission to avoid any ground for possible allegations of bias. Many inauiries have reached the department as to when the investigation would be begun. ? Users of the Maxim silencer had ?? better keep away from Pittsburg, Pasays a dispatch. The silencer is not to be permitted to do business there, the police department has already taken action, and persons found in possession of a gun with the new device attached will be sent as far as the law will permit them to be sent. The matter was brought to the notice of the police department by a citizen, who pointed out the almost unlimited opportunities for crime presented In the use of the silencer. Superintendent of Police Thomas A. McQuaid said last night: "There Is no question in my mind but that the user of the silencer will prove disastrous to the peace of every center where precautions against Its use are not taken. With a silencer attached to his revolver a thug or murderer could stand 100 feet away from his victim, shoot him, and then make his escape without fear of detection. ? New York, March 9: True to their promise, a band of suffragettes invaded the downtown newspaper district at 2.30 o'clock this morning in the hope of attracting the attention or ana tVIl- I verting to the cause of women's suffrage the employees of newspapers along Park Row. Standing on a wagon drawn by one horse, ten women halted In front of the Tribune building, and the speech making began at 3 o'clock. Although there were few persons on the street at the time a crowd soon collected and listened to the talks. Among the well known women who were seen In the wagon were Mrs. Boorman Wells and Dr. Maude Glasgow. The vehicle was lighted by the familiar campaign torch and a little speaker's stand stood at the end. There were also conspicuous signs, one of which bore the inscription, "Women Vote in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and Idaho?Why not in New York?" Whether any newspaper employees mingled in the crowd and whether there were any converts to the cause could not be ascertained. A detail of policemen and plainclothes men kept order. ? Chicago, March 10: Judge Anderson decided to instruct the jury in the Standard Oil case to find the com pony not guilty. The prosecution today ended in failure after having once been tried by Judge Landis, whose decision was reversed by the court of appeals and the case remanded to the district court for a second trial, had Its beginning August 27, 1906. On that date ten indictments were returned by the Federal grand Jury, charging the Standard Oil company, of Indiana, with accepting concessions from railways In shipments of oil from Whiting, Ind. With 146 counts in the Indictments allowed to stand the case went to trial before Judge Landis, March 4. 1907. The trial resulted In a verdict of guilty. Arguments for a new trial were denied. On August 3, 190S, Judge Landis imposed his famous $29,240,000 fine. The decision of the court was announced at the close of a long argument by the assistant district attorney and the Jury was immediately summoned and instructed to return a verdict of not guilty. This means that all but two of the pending indictments against the Standard Oil company of Indiana are void and will be abandoned by the government. The two cases not affected by today's decisions are cases Involving the shipment of 1,915 carloads of oil from Whiting, Ind., to Evansville, Ind., via Dalton Junction, over the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad. ? Washington, March 9: The appearand nf thinirs nt the White House bears ample evidence of the change In administration. Major D. A. Leoffler the venerable German-American who has for forty years been doorkeeper of the president's office, is not on duty, his place having been taken, according to announcement, by Thomas E. Stone, who has for several years been the chief usher at the White House. Mr. Stone is a much younger man than Major Leoffler, who has been In service at the White House without interruption since early in the first administration of President Grant. Another innovation was the substitution of negroes in turn for the members of the police force who have for many years and perhaps since the foundation of the government been hourly on guard at the main door on the north side of the mansion. Mrs. Taft is responsible for this change. Since the president's offices are now located in a separate wing of the building, miscellaneous visitors do not enter by the main door of the White House, and that portal is there fore considered strictly private. Uniformed guardians of the peace are not considered necessary, and their places have been taken by negro men who wore today a neat livery of blue cloth with a narrow white line to trim the coat and trousers. The livery is similar to that which was worn by the president's coachman and carriage footman during the Roosevelt administration. Fred W. Carpenter, who has been the private secretary of Mr. Taft since the days when he was governor of the Philippine Islands, is in charge of the White House offices as secretary to the president. Assistant Secretary Rudolph Forster, who has occupied the desk next to that of the secretary of the president for several years, will continue in the same capac*?oeon* finn ItJ UUI11I5 LI1C ^iVOCIH, UUHIIUIOUUUVIl. ? Washington special to Columbia Record: As has been foretold in these dispatches, the negro, Wilson, for sixteen years incumbent of the postmastership at Florence, will not be reappointed. The next postmaster in that city will be a white man and a Democrat, and Senator Smith of South Carolina, fresh from his yesterday's oath of office, is authority for the statement. I met Senator Smith today as he was rushing from his hotel. La Normandie, to catch a train for Florence and he was in high spirits over the assurance he had received from his new colleagues in the senate. He said that now that Wilson's nomination had been Indefinitely held up the long-famous "courtesy of the senate" would have full sway. In this case the senate's courtesy means that in his own town Senator Smith can have practi cally a free hand in his appointments. There are some white Republicans in Florence, said the new senator, but he will lift his voice in favor of a Democrat and he feels certain that his request will not be refused. Exactly who he will favor Senator Smith has [not yet decided, though he said that he had several good men under con[ sideration. He believes that he has (time enough for that decision before anybody's name will be presented to the senate. On the subject of Mr. Taft's inaugural address?that part of | it at least relating to the south and J her negro question that sombre in[ terrogation point that has punctuated her history for fifty years?Senator Smith's remarks were all praise. If President Taft, said the new senator from South Carolina, can carry out the policy he declared in his own inaugural address yesterday, he will not only build up a strong Republican party in the south, but in Senator Smith's opinion, he will do the south, as a section, great good. "With the negro question hanging over us," said Senator Smith in effect as he walked hurriedly down Fifteenth street northwest, "there was nothing for us to do but to hang together, all of us. It has bound the south in certain grooves that would ordinarily have been abandoned and has fastened her under the political control of certain limited circles that have not always been for the best good of the south. If President Taft keeps to his pledge, he will make some changes in these things." She florlmUf inquirer. Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkvllle as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVHXE. S. C.t FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1909. A party of soldiers captured a pair of young: eagles on James Island, off Charleston, a few days ago, after a hard fight with the old birds. The nest was In a tall pine. One of the soldiers climbed the tree, and was so fiercely attacked by the old eagles that he had to push the nest out of the tree in order to save himself. His companions on the ground caught the young birds without difficulty. When the man who climbed the tree came down, blood was flowing from numerous cuts, and he said that if he had not thrown the young birds down the old birds would have finally got the best of him. The Audubon society has taken the matter up and sworn out warrants for the soldiers. Tire Columbia Record Is rapidly making good under Its new management, at least editorially. Mr. James A. Hoyt, the editor is one of the mos/ capable young newspaper men In the state. He began to give evidence to that effect, first on his father's old paper, the Greenville Enterprise and Mountaineer, and later on the Columbia State and News and Courier. This, however, we believe, Is his first independent responsibility In connection with a daily; but he has taken hold with the assurance and confidence of a veteran, and we are not looking for anything else than that he will make of the Record a factor that will have to be considered. Mr. Hoyt and the Record have our best wishes. There Is quite a strong element of rebellion in the Republican house majority against the re-election of Mr. "" creator At 1 pa n fi-OOd vaillivn oo o^/vunvi wv?~ v w ? deal of fuss is being made over the matter. But It will not amount to a great deal, for it is based principally on the ambition of other would-be leaders to get the place for themselves. There is a lot of fuss from time to time about the autocratic power of the speaker and the alleged tyrannical manner in which he uses it; but there is more or less buncombe about it. Of course, the speaker has great power. It is necessary for him to have power. Otherwise, but little headway could be made in the transaction of business. Any other man as speaker, whether Republican or Democrat, would have to exercise just about the same power and in very much the same way. All of the members of congress understand this, and there is so little question of it, that it is strange there should be so much buncombe of the kind that is so persistently indulged in. But we do not think there is much probability of Cannon being turned down, at this time. New Laws. 4 *L/? norl r\f tho AllIlUUSIl II1C gicaici (Jail VI I..V forty-seven days the general assembly was In session this year, was badly interfered with by the deadlock over the election of an associate justice, and the filibuster over the state-wide prohibition bill, the forthcoming volume of acts will be about as large as that of previous years, and while most of the new laws are of local Interest only, several of them are of very considerable general importance. As to the wisdom of repealing the lien law, we have all along been more or less doubtful; but now that the law has been repealed the thing is for those concerned to make the most of it. There is no doubt about the fact that many people have been benefited by this law and many others have been harmed. We refer to those for whose uplift the law is supposed to have been intended?the ambitious farmers who have no other means of credit. By means of the lien law many a laborer without capital has raised himself to the position of an independent land owning farmer. Also many a land owning fanner, by depending upon it has lost everything he had. There is a prevalent idea that a good way to learn a beginner how to swim is to pitch him into water over his head. Some learn to swim and some drown. Most people appreciate the meaning of "root hog or die," and there are many instances of people who after reaching the point where they could no longer get even lien accorn IllUUttlll'Iia, navr gvut; u"?? u vw uuiu work, and by the exercise of proper thrift and economy have lifted themselves out of the ruts. To see how it will all come out, it will be best to wait. There is now a law that prescribes punishment for corporations that seek to declare dividends that have not been earned. Heretofore, there has been little effort to regulate this matter. It has been a common thing in this state as well as in other states for corporations to pay dividends with the idea of boosting stock. This new law seeks to discourage this kind of humbug. A somewhat novel proposition in this state is the act making the ut terance of bogus checks a misdemeanor. Of course, anybody can under stand that to give a check against "no funds" in the bank involves fraud at common law. But, heretofore there has been no means of reaching the offense. A man who may have drawn his balance years ago might give a check and when brought to book, claim that he thought there was still something coming to him. As everything depends upon the "intent," and that is a matter that cannot be established outside of the mind of the alleged offender, there is no satisfactory way of getting to the bottom. But under the new law, the drawer of the check must know (what he is doing. If there are no funds in the bank to meet his check when ?miiot malro crr\f\rI pIVSCIllCU, 11IC1I uc aiuok luanv evvu within thirty days after notice or take the consequences. The bill passed by a pretty close vote. There are in the general assembly quite a number of representatives who were opposed to the proposition. The commercial world?that portion of it which recognizes the sacredness of commercial obligations?favors the law. Another law that marks a new departure for the general assembly of this state, is one that seeks to outlaw the sheep killing dog by making his ownership a misdemeanor. Various efforts at sheep raising have been made from time to time in different parts of the state and although these efforts have met with numerous discouragements, the most serious has been the sheep killing dog. As to what effect this new law will have is a matter of doubt. It only puts the sheep owner in a position to protect himself if he desires to do so. We have not yet seen the acts, only the titles. Among these titles are several that seem to suggest consid emuie iiiipuiiaiibc, uui as iu nun important they are, we cannot say until we have seen their texts. CLOVER CULLINGS. Telephone Misunderstanding?A Big Cocking Main?Building Notes. UorresuondeDce of the Yorkriile Knqulrer. Clover, March 12.?Sometime ago a contract was signed by the Piedmont Telephone and Telegraph company and a number of citizens living along the road running east from Bowling Green as far as Mr. R. B. Riddle's, providing that the parties of the second part (the citizens) were to furnish and set up the necessary poles and the party of the first part (the telephone company) .was to furnish the wire, put It up, furnish the necessary Instruments, keep the line in order for a term of three years, give connection with all exchanges in the county owned or controlled by It, and also with Gastonia and charge >2.50 per month for business phQnes and >1.50 for dwellings, and also agreed in the contract that not exceeding twelve instruments were at any time to be connected with same wires?the equipment to be a metallic circuit The parties of the second part have carried out their part of the contract to the letter, and erected an ex ceptlonally substantial lot of poleseach one being cedar and of a quality and size calculated to stand for 12 or 15 years. When negotiations were first opened the representative of the telephone company stated that the contract would be made if as many as four or five would agree to the terms. The wires have not yet been strung, and no instruments installed, but trouble is brewing. Messrs. Will Riddle and Ben Adams were here yesterday and stated that now that the poles were set up and the company finds that it can get twenty subscribers instead of twelve, Manager Babington has advised them that he will place the former number on the line. These gentlemen, as well as others who furnished and set up the poles, are opposed to having more than the number originally agreed upon and propose to try to hold the company down to the written contract. It is not their desire or purpose to deprive any of the conveniences they expected to enjoy themselves, but claim that if the telephone company makes contracts with more than twelve persons on their line it must string additional wires. The line is to connect with the Clover exchange. A big cocking main was pulled oft at a point about two miles east of Clover on last Tuesday between North and South Carolina birds. Very little is known about the affair here, but ft is said that there were sixteen fights and that the North Carolina crowd claimed to have won thirteen of them. Two citizens living in the neighborhood where the fights took place, and who were very anxious to have them stopped, but could not for lack of much needed law on the subject, visited the scene in the alternoon ana one or rnem advised your correspondent that when they arrived no fights were in progress and none took place while they were there, but a number of dead cocks were in sight which was conclusive evidence of what had been going on, This character of "sport" is prohibited by law in North Carolina, .but it would seem that South Carolina always has too many members in the legislature who stand for this kind of thing, as such a bill is defeated each time it is introduced. Mr. D. A. Matthews recently bought the frame store building that stood on Mrs. C. A. Dorsett's lot on Main street, has torn it down and is having it rebuilt on the lot he bought from Mr. S. J. Clinton on the north side of East King's Mountain street. Mrs. Dorsett is having an addition erected in the rear of her boarding house to be used as a dining room. Mrs. Edith Jackson has purchased a desirable lot on New street and has awarded the contract for erecting a handsome dwelling on it to Mr. W. I. Brison. Mr. Walter B. Moore has bought a lot on New street and expects to erect a dwelling on the same during the coming summer. Dr. Marshall Nell has been quite unwell for the past ten days or two weeks, and at present is unable to attend to his large and growing practice, and which is being looked after by his partner. Dr. E. W. Pressly. Dr. Nell's numerous friends are hoping that he will soon be himself once more. ? Columbia Dally Record. Wednesday: The home offices of several of the rerl un over the new act reauiring a tax of 2 per cent on gross premiums, surmising that this was in addition to state and county taxes. Mr. J. J. McMahan, representing several companies, called on Commissioner McMaster today and found that their interpretation of the new law agreed, that the new tax was in lieu of the other. As has been generally understood the new act was passed to get around the recent Abbeville decision of Judge Memminger in the case of the New York Life, which along with other companies have been "bucking" against the payment of state and county taxes, Some of the companies thinking the new tax additional were making preparations to withdraw from the state, The last annual report of Insurance premiums collected in this state, in which the totals appear, was for 1907, when a total of $4,848,258.46 was collected?$2,955,583.62 in life premiums $1,630,068.47 for fire and $262,606.37 for /tnonnUir Krvn/lmar nn/1 onolrlont The former tax averaged about li per cent throughout the state, but there was an additional license tax of half a mill, which makes the new tax about the same as the old. The new law does not interfere with city license taxes on insurance companies, and this city and county will get about the same as usual from the Insurance companies. After the two per cent is paid in, it will have to be apportioned between the state and the various counties, which will be a big jcb. ? Columbia, March 10: President Taylor, of the State Audubon society, today secured warrants from Magistrate Fowles here against the eleven Federal soldiers stationed at Fort Moultrie, accused in an article in the News and Courier of today of having robbed an eagle nest of Its young on James Island Sunday. Mr. Taylor is having papers sent down for service today. The warrant charges the men with violation of tire act of 1905. LOCAL AFFAIR8, 1 NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8. Enquirer Office?Will tell the finder the name of the party who lost 125 on Wednesday, if application is made at this office. R. M. Wyatt, Smyrna?Owing to physical inability will in the future do only the lighter grades of work In his line. J. M. Barnett?Requests subscribers to The Enquirer on his club to pay up at once. Miss Catherine Dickson?Has lost a breast pin and will appreciate information leading to its recovery. Bank of Hickory Grove?Wants an opportunity of telling you the advantages you receive by haviitg a bank account?J1 will start you. Yorkvllle Monument Works?Is prepared to furnish marble and granite monuments, urns, vases, curbing, etc., and guarantees workmanship , and material. \ M. W. White?Advises you to do unto others as you would ha"^? them do to you. Stock and real estate offerings. N*. York Supply Co.?Can supply you with several varieties of seed Irish potatoes and wants you to see the John Deere line of farm, tools and implements. Loan and Savings Bank?Inquires if you have started to lay by something for your old age. It offers a safe depository for your funds. T. M. Dobson?Representing the Charlotte steam laundry, solicits dry cleaning, dyeing and laundry work. Take care of your laundry tickets J. Q. Wray?Is showing new spring styles in white wash goods and wool dress goods, men's negligee shirts, etc. Groceries for the man who i would save money. Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Tells about the good qualities of "Keen Kutter" tools for carpenters' use. It has a large stock of these tools. Carroll Furniture Co.?Says its cook ing stoves are hot propositions and can supply you with any size at the right prices. First National Bank?Is ready to take care of your funds and assures you of the most thorough protection against loss by Are, burglary or otherwise. L. M. Grist's Sons?Have added a stock of typewriter ribbons and carbons, typewriter papers,, etc., to I their stationery department Sherer & Ferguson?Want fat veal calves delivered at City Market on Saturday and Monday. Star Drug Store?Has a big line of statlonerv to meet the requirements of all classes of stationery users. Prices to suit you. Miss Rosa J. Lindsay?Is prepared to fill orders for photographs In colors and will be glad to ouote you prices on this class of work. A small white boy of the Sharon neighborhood had three fingers of two hands blown off recently, as the result of the explosion of a dynamite cap with which he was ignorantly experimenting. Andy Wood, a well known negro of the Beth-Shiloh neighborhood, died last Tuesday after a brief Illness. He was a slave until tne ciose or xne war, and since the war has been held In high respect by his white neighbors. He owned a small farm and owed no debts. The government has been spending money at a pretty stiff pace during the past few years, and with the outgo exceeding the income, and very llti tie prospect of an Increase of revenue through tariff sources, it is beginning to look like It will be necessary to levy war taxes to keep things straight. Either that or there must be i a bond issue to pay the expenses of 1 the government. People interested in the Farmers* Co? operative Demonstration work, should address Mr. C. J. Hughes, Filbert No. 1. There seems to be a general idea that to undertake this work means expense to the co-operators and demonstrators. That is a mistake. The , government does not recommend or desire the use of more than 300 pounds of fertilizer to the acre, and the whole object of the demonstration is to get the largest crops at the least expense. LIEN LAW REPEAL. The act repealing the lien law is brief. The text of it is as follows: ' Be It enacted by the general assembly of the state of South Carolina that section 3,059, volume 1, code of laws of South Carolina, 1902, relating to liens for advances be, and the same Is, hereby repealed. Section 2. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Section 3. This act shall take effect on the first day of January, A. D. 1910. i Provided that all liens taken before i" this act takes effect shall be valid, and may be enforced as now provided i .by law. i Approved March 4, 1909. i ? ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss May Moorman of Columbia, is | the guest of Mrs. Withers Adickes. i Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Nesbit of Van Wyck, are the guests of Dr. and Mrs. i M. J. Walker. Mrs. S. C. Ashe left yesterday morning for Atlanta, Ga., where her brother is critically ill. Mrs. W. H. Lowrance of Chester, is visiting her sister, Mrs. C. J. Hughes on Filbert R. F. D. No. 1. 11 Because of a sudden change for the worse in the condition of his son, who ! recently underwent an operation for appendicitis, Rev. C. E. McDonald i will be unable to preach in the Associate Reformed church next Sunday. The many friends of Mr. T. C. Dunlap will regret to learn that he has been compelled to resign his position as cashier of the Loan and Savings f bank. This is because of his health, his physician having advised him that to continue in his confining position will be very unwise. Mr. Dunlap has | been cashier of the J oan and Savings bank for about three years, during 1 which time, by his courteous, consid1 erate and efficient service he has not only held on to all of his old friends, but made many new ones. Mr. Dunlap's resignation will take effect next montn. MADE HIM INDEPENDENT. | "I am not prepared to say that the repeal of the lien law Is the best," said a farmer to the reporter a few days ago; "but I have noted some cases that seemed to argue that easy , credit very frequently does a man , more harm than good." With this by way of preliminary explanation, the farmer went on to tell this story. "I know a certain farmer in this county who owns the plantation he lives on, who Is practically independent so far as this world's goods are concerned, who has good credit, and who pays his debts as they become due. Up to a few years back, this farmer had very little means. In fact he had been running on liens year after year, and coming out so far behind that he could not get credit anywhere. And this very fact was his making. When he . could no longer get credit, he went , down to hard, steady work, lived economically and finally got to where he ' could go it alone." The speaker assured the reporter , that he was able to give names and , other specific information; but suggested that was unnecessary, as he believed The Enquirer had many read, ers who could mention similar instances. They could be found, he said, in almost every section, and the lesson , they teach, he thinks, is that it is best to put people as far as possible on their own resources. THE SPECULATIVE MARKET. The developments in the speculative market were reviewed in an Associated Press dispatch of last night ! as follows; The cotton market was rather more active today, but prices were easier and the close, while steady, was at a net decline of 5 to 7 points. The market opened easy at a decline of 2 to 6 points and Increased the loss to a matter of 7 to 9 points : right after the opening under selling by old longs who were probably discouraged by the Indifferent cables, < rumors of short time In Lancashire j and prospects for more rain In the southwest. Leading bull Interests ] seemed to be supporting prices at the , decline, however, and during the middle session prices rallied 3 or 4 points | from the lowest to ease ofT again dur- ; ing the middle of the afternoon under i renewed liquidation and bear press- ' ure. At the low point May sold at 9.42 and October at 9.20, the lowest prices reached so far this week. Around < 9.20 for October there was a good de- i mand, both from the leading longs and fresh buyers, and prices recovered a point or two in the later trading, although the undertone of the mar- i ket seemed to be unsettled. Official weather reports showed no precipitation of consequence in the south- i west during the past 24 hours, but | the forecast was for showers in south Texas and showers or snow in northern portions of that state. Southern < spot markets officially reported early were generally unchanged and local < spot buyers report some demand for j export. Today's exports were heavy, being more than double the port re- < ceipts. Receipts at the ports today were i 27,255 bales against 13,200 last week ( and 16,159 last year. For the week ( 110,000 bales against 152,225 last *%y*A 1AA 75K loaf vonr Tnflflv's receipts at New Orleans 4,365 bales against 5,882 last year and at Hous- i ton 6,384 bales against 3,373 last < year. i COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. The county board of commissioners met In their office last Wednesday, 1 pursuant to published notice and spent ' the whole day in the consideration of i various Items of business that demanded attention. The feature of the day's meeting was the representations of various delegations that were on hand on account of the proposition to establish a straight road between YorkvIIle and Rock Hill, and the discussion of the subject was quite animated and interesting. The "straight road" proposition contemplates the use of the Landsford road from the county home to Adnah church, and the Lower Rock Hill road from there to the Biggers hill, and the opening of about two miles of new road between the Biggers hill and the end of Main street. Rock Hill. The advocates of this proposition ofTer to 1 secure rights of way and do the opening up work free of cost to the county. The air line distance between YorkvIIle and Rock Hill is a little less than twelve miles. The nearest road Is 1 nearly fourteen miles and by the "up- 1 per" road tne distance is aooui nuccu miles. It Is claimed that the new road will make the distance in a fraction over twelve miles. The opposition to the proposed straight road comes from various sources assigning various reasons. I Some people on the upper road do not want travel diverted to the lower road. I Others object to a straightening process that would interfere with the re- ; lations of their respective homes to j the highway, and others claim that there are enough roads already and that there is no need to open any more. ( There were still others on hand in the j Interest of opening a road from Rock ' Hill in the direction of Bethesda and Guthriesville. Some were antagonizing j the straight road idea, and others were advocating other propositions. With the light before it the board ( was unable to decide in its office the best thing to do in the circumstances, j and decided to visit the Biggers hill | next Thursday and go over, the proposed new road from that point to j Rock Hill; also to get as much addi- J tional information as possible about the other propositions. ( Messrs. J. S. Glasscock and N. B. Williams presented a petition for the granting of a public road starting at Neely's Creek church on the Colum- ] bia and Nation Ford road and running through the lands of H. and N. B. Williams to Andrew Shlllinglaw's, where it connects with the new B]ack Jack road, leading to Rock Hill, This petition was referred to Supervisor Gordon and Township Supervisor D. P. Lesslie for further consideration. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The musical entertainment in the school auditorium this evening has been the talk of the town since Its announcement, and it will be thoroughly enjoyed by everybody. It promises to be an entertainment that will please. ? An alarm at about 7.30 o'clock last Wednesday night took the fire department to Trinity church, where prayer meeting was in progress. It seems that something had gotten wrong with the furnace, presumably as the 1 result of unauthorized tampering, and 1 the sleepers above caught Are. The ( dames were extinguished with but little difficulty. ? A white youth of 17 or 18 years, ( pretty well dressed and of fairly good , appearance, drifted into Yorkville last ! Tuesday and represented himself as a j deaf mute. He went to the printing office and ordered the printing of some j cards, for which he paid in advance. Later he appeared on the streets soliciting alms, and several people state that they heard him talking. For some reason he decided to hie out and took , the blind baggage to Rock Hill, leaving his board bill unpaid. J ? In the last issue of The Enquirer | was an index of an advertisement of , " L ~i, ?? coin , Z.UCI1 illUUHCC a UtXl IV V/UlllCI, 1U1 oo.v , by Mr. W. S. Gordon of Yorkville; but ; by an oversight the advertisement itself was left out of the paper. Mr. Gordon, however, has decided that he does not want the advertisement repeated at this time for the reason that he has only a few copies of the book left, and dislikes to disappoint anybody who may call for it. He has already sold several dozen copies and will soon get a new supply, if additional copies are still to be had. ? The funeral of Mr. J. C. McClain, whose death was mentioned in the last issue of The Enquirer, took place in the Yorkville cemetery last Tuesday afternoon, religious exercises at the grave being conducted by Rev. O. M. Abney. Mr. McClain was 65 years of age. He is survived by five sons, Messrs. J. C. McClain of Charlotte, N. C., L. F. McClain of Columbia; Frank McClain of Augusta, Ga.; T. W. McClain of Jacksonville, Fla.; Edward W. McClain of Houston, Tex.; two daughters, Mrs. J. E. Griffin and Mrs. Q. Neely of Charlotte; two sisters, Mrs. Mary F. Grist of Yorkville, and Mrs. W. B. Haslam of Middletown, N. Y., and a brother, Mr. T. B. McClain of Camden. LOCAL LACONICS. ; Tenement House Burned. A tenement house occupied by New- 1 man Jackson, colored, on Mr. Lesslie ' L. Smith's place, five miles northwest ' of Yorkville, was destroyed by fire ' yesterday at noon. The fire originated ' in a pile, of corn in the shuck in an < otherwise unused back room. Only a 1 few articles were saved from the burn- ' ing building. 1 Deadly Loose Cartridge. Miss Ethel, daughter of Mrs. R. R. I Plexico, was quite seriously injured I at her home in Sharon last Monday, as < the result of the explosion of a pistol ' cartridge that she had swept into the I fire. It is thought that the injury was I indicted by the shell which usually I does the harm in such cases. She ' was struck in the back, and the mis- i sile fractured the eighth rib. Pip* Mpar Rethanv The home of Mr. Robert Deal about a mile and a half east of Bethany, was destroyed by fire last Wednesday night at about 8.30 o'clock. Mr. Deal and his family had gone away about an hour before on a visit to a neighbor nearby, and were apprised of the fire by the light from the (lames. The cause of the fire is unknown, the theory being that it was probably a case of rats and matches. The loss was complete and amounted to about $500. Co-Operafive Demonstration Work. Following are the names of the York ' county fanners who, up to yesterday, had signified to County Agent Hughes their Intention to participate in the government's co-operative demonstration work: J. E. Burns, A. L. Black, J. C. Dickson, J. J. Jones, A. L. Lineberger, S. L. Pursley, J. Darby Smith, E. M. Dickson, W. T. McClain, W. C. McLure, R. W. Love, J. D. Land, J. D. Clark, W. S. Hogue, R. R. Love, J. Warren Moore, D. T, Quinn, R. W. Whitesides, T. A. Gwlnn, J. L. Dowale, W. T. Dowdle, J. D. Smith, W. T. Smarr. E. N. Caldwell, M. S. Carroll, W. D. Thomasson, John M. Craig, W. H. Herndon, H. B. Merritt, J. Frank Ashe, E. A. Burns, H. J. Zlnkler, J. M. Mcllwaln, J. S. Harper, A. T. Neely, S. L. Thomasson, S. P. Nell, E. N. Stephenson, J. W. McFarland, E. G. Pursley, S. W. McKnight, J. L. rempleton. "Varmint" At Pinevilla. Plnevllle correspondence Charlotte Observer: "As Messrs. Tate Spencer and Alvah Culp were walking along the street last evening they heard the pitiful yelp of a dog, which seemed to be In distress. In a few minutes an animal, with a little dog clenched be ed. For some time past he has Deen a "trusty" and has been behaving: himself very well. Thinking: the threatening weather extended the Invitation, he walked off Tuesday night and gave Superintendent Gordon and his guards a lot of trouble. Mr. Gordon was out after him nearly all night, going as far as Catawba river, and getting the full benefit of the heavy downpour of rain that fell during several hours. Brown was captured about three miles south of Yorkville. He claimed that he was merely going to visit his family and that It was his Intention to return. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? Aiken, March 10: It was reported at the meeting of the city council, by one member of that body, that since Miss Kirk, the lady who is alleged to be suffering from leprosy, came to this city the city has paid out $700 for quarantine, in maintaining guards and other incidental expenses in maintaining the segregation. The matter of taking off all guards but one for the day was discussed, and it is probable that hereafter only one guard will be kept to maintain the quarantine. At present there is a night and a day guard. It was proposed to take off the night man and require the day guard to remain on from early in the morning to about 10 o'clock at night, as it is not believed that any one will attempt to get into the premises during the night hours. ? Spartanburg, March 9: The head camp of the Woodmen of the World, in convention here tonight, elected the Following officers: Head consul, R, A. Lide, Orangeburg; head adviser, Tlios. C. Hamer, Bennettsville; head banker, bred C. Lotz, Charleston (re-elected); bead clerk, R. S. Hood, Sumter; head escort, W. Hampton Cobb, Columbia; head watchman, W. E. Lee, Anderson; bead sentry, R. N. Edmunds, Edgefield; board of head managers, C. A. Rowers, Laurens, chairman; A. M. Boozer, Columbia; J. E. Carroll, Yorkvllle; Max S. Bryan, Rock Hill; M. J. Spears, Darlington. Delegates to the sovereign convention, which meets in Detroit in June: Dr. R. A. Gyles of Blackville, retiring head consul, and Robert A. Llde, head consul, by virtue of their offices; Li. L Parrott ol Sumter, ana A. S. Parks of Greenville; alternates, R. B. Gross of Holly Hill and Philip Stoll of Klngstreej- The next meeting will be held at Stfmter, this place being chosen over Chester. ? Columbia, March 9: Applications for two positions of inspector at $1,000 a year plus $300 for expenses, which Commissioner Watson will have to fill under the new factory inspection act, are still floating in by every mail, and no part of the state has been slighted on the part of those applying. Commissioner Watson will not make the appointments until just before the act goes Into effect, twenty days after its approval last week. In the meantime the commission is preparing a digest of all the labor laws of the state, which will be printed in pamphlet form for the edification and guidance of all employers of labor. Already numerous requests are coming in for copies of the new act, particularly that section which requires a registration of children at work under 14 with full signed statements from their parents or guardians as to their ages, residence and the reasons for their being em pioyea. A peculiarity auuui. me uctt act is that it requires several impossible things, among others the thorough Inspection of every place in the state where there are five or more employed. Even if the inspections were confined to strictly manufacturing plants the two inspectors would have over 3,000 such Jobs to be attended to "thoroughly" in the course of the year, and the act requires these Inspections to be made periodically during the year. And the Inspector Is provided with the average sum or less than 20 cents per job. Commissioner Watson said today that he would not attempt to carry out the full directions of the act, but would confine the inspectors to the most important work, the gathering of statistics and organizing the work generally so as to have the work well in hand by the next meeting of the legislature. ? According to the Spartanburg Journal, work on the Carolina, Clinchfleld and Ohio road is proceeding rapidly and, if not interrupted by bad weather the contractors say that track-laying will begin at the Spartanburg end In about sixty days. Track-laying will Degin ai me uosuc enu puaaiuiy u, iuuc earlier than that, as the grading work a,t that end is further advanced than it this end. The contractors have worked right on up to the overhead bridge at North Church street, where the C. C. & O. will cross the Southern. The trees on the edge of Wofford campus have been felled. Beyond the residence of Mr. Rembert the work of grading is actively in progress, houses ire being removed, and dirt is being taken from cuts and dumped on the (ills. There will be quite a high trestle ever Chincapin creek Just above Beaumont. The fills on either side of this will require a large amount of dirt. A.gain over Lawson's Fork above Drayton mills there is to be a high bridge ind heavy fills have been made there. On the west side this has been done by dump cars from the steam shovel, but on the east side it has been done by teams and scrapers. From where the road leaves the Southern at the averhead bridge there will be a single track as far as Lawson's Fork, beyond which there are to be three tracks for i mile. These are to be used to store the immense number of coal cars that will be brought to Spartanburg dailv for distribution throughout this territory. It is understood that coal pockets will be erected near Drayton mills, rhe right of way at this point is 400 feet wide. The C. C. & O., as everybody knows, is to be a well built road, it does not run up and down hill to <vfn/Hnry Kilt \ c Hiilltnn t(ivc CAj;cuac Ul {jiauiutjt wuv iu MU<>% V? i level, no matter how deep the cuts nor tiow high the fills necessary to make it so. This can be seen In the work ilready done. The rail to be laid will ae.90-pound steel rail, the same as Is used on the main line of the Southern. The road will be first-class in every respect. The contract with McArthur Bros, calls for the road to be completed from Bostic to Spartanburg by October 10, and It looks now like this will ae done, as the work has been pushed nith great energy ever since the con:ract was let. No doubt trains from Bostic will be running into this city ay October. Trains will be running 'rom Spartanburg, carrying material .'or track-laying within three months. The Journal says that the road Is the object of absorbing interest on the mrt of everybody. It is expected to lo Spartanburg great good and double :he population of the town within a ,'ew years. It has already furnished a remendous Impetus to development of ;very sort and has been worth hunireds of thousands of dollars to Spar;anburg up to this time. iween us leein ciusneu in uuni ui them. The boys Immediately gave chase, and a rare race they had. Over gullies, across lots, through fields they went, often splashing in water over the tops of their shoes. The wailing o??l?? r># tVift 1 Utln /Iaop rrronr nfoolrar arwl L-I ICO 1/1 llic Hint uvg 51 vn *T vanvt unu the unknown animal kept straight on, out-distancing the boys, who only desisted after utter exhaustion. Later in the night the same animal made a disturbance on Gay street, and another dog disappeared. Policeman WagBtafT has been investigating and the general opinion is that the animal is a catamount or a far-famed santer." Escaped and Recaptured. Richard Brown, serving a three years' sentence on the chaingang on the charge of murder, ran away last Tuesday night and was captured Wednesday. Brown is the negro who killed David Nash, another negro, in Ebenezer township some twenty years ago. He was captured in Charlotte last year and at the July term of the court was convicted and sentenced as above stat THE MURDER Of CARMACK. . [Continued from First Page. ] m. Miss Lee says he was In Bradford's office between 11 and 12." General Garner next turned his attention to Judge Bradford and declared that the tatter's testimony had been Impeached, adding: "This is the man who said '1 could have killed Senator Carmack with as little remorse as 1 would kill a rattlesnake.' "The day moves on and the defendants are armed. The three men reachUnion street together and start to cross Union street. They tell you they are going over there on a peaceable mission, yet Sharpe says he feared there would be serious trouble and he was so sure of it that at a single glance he told Miss Skefflngton that 'that's Colonel Cooper shooting Carmack.' "The colonel tells you he didn't wait on the corner lest the waiting be pregnant with meaning?an overt act?so he thought it safer to walk down the ,street behind Mrs. Eastman and come 'upon Senator Carmack unawares." General Garner placed the plat of the scene of the tragedy on the floor, put two books up to represent the poles and demonstrated that It would be a physical impossibility for Carmack to have shot Robin from between the poles. Of course, the defense does not admit that the poles were placed as Garner placed them and as one of the poles has been cut down there is a conflict on this point "They tell you that after receiving the two wounds in the heart Carmack turned his head and received the third bullet in the neck. Yet these bullets were fired so rapidly tnat a man? their own witness?says he could not imitate the reports. "Gentlemen, I see in the location of these wounds the accusing finger of God, making it impossible that justice should miscarry. They swore that the senator only turned his head. But listen, gentlemen, we have here another mute witness which all the lawyers on God's earth cannot impeach. Here is the senator's collar. It has in the centre of the back a bullet hole. If Clarmack's body did not turn round, and they swear It did not, how could that bullet hole be in the centre of the back of the collar, for the collar does not turn with the head?" General Garner paid a tribute to Mrs. Eastman. "Oh, Carmack! If you had to go without a last blessing on your heart's Idol, your son, if you had to leave wunoui it litai kiss irum juui nut, are you not glad that beautiful Mrs. Eastman was there when you went? "They say she lied," he exclaimed. "Hell never instigated a blacker calumny. "And now we come to Binning, the sainted Binning, police judge of Danville, 111., and cook on a house-boat Now Binning lied and you know he lied. I want to say that I do not believe that Mr. Meeks had any more to do with securing or drilling Binning than I had. I know how such witnesses come. Binning knew that there were no eye-witnesses to the killing except the defendants. So he got Into the game." Coming to the scabbard testimony Garner said: "Now there Is no doubt that the scabbard was in Senator Carmack's possession the night before. But where has it been since? "I'll tell you; somebody put that scabbard there after the clothing had been searched three times. Why, I don't know. I would like to know, though, why they are manufacturing evidence. "Colonel Cooper's defense must rest upon anything, upon the avowal that he had no evil Intent and this must be supported by a statement which has not been made, that he notified Carmack to this effect 'There is one significant fact in this trial. Who knows how many pistols Colonel Cooper had and to whom they were delivered. Sergeant Meadows says he got this new, shiny, unflred pistol that night at the police station from Sergeant Reid. That was hours after Carmack's death. Where is Sergeant Reid? He was not produced." General Garner next described .Carmack's mental condition before the shooting, when witnesses testified tnat he was jolly and pleasant. "Mrs. Eastman says she did not see Senator Carmack fire and she does not think he did fire. If you believe otherwise, you believe that Mrs. Eastman perjured herself. She says she saw a young man, Robin, coming up from behind and then the firing began. And then, too, gentlemen, they murdered Senator Carmack. I don't care what your verdict is, whether you acquit or convict, but the Coopers entrapped and foully murdered E. W. Carmack. "After the murder?listen now to what this old spark of Southern chivalry says to his own daughter, 'It Is all over, it is all over.' Is that the voice of an honest man ? Or is it the voice of a murderer? "No, it is not all over. That was your day, Colonel Cooper, now is the day of the law. Justice demands that the murderers be punished, the law demands that the murderers be punished. The voice of the dead cries to you, gentlemen, for Justice." General Garner closing at 3.10 p. m., had dpoken four hours. General Washington then began the defense and he grew fiery at once. He attacked Garner for intimating that Lieutenant Pilcher had tampered with Carmack's revolver. Garner arose and said he had not so charged. "I know you didn't, you oon i aare to do it, but you Intimated that the son of old General Pilcher, who bears the star of honor on his brow, was a thief, a scoundrel, a liar and a perjurer, and you can't say or intimate those things when I am around. "This is a sad, sad case. My heart and the hearts of my clients go out to that stricken woman, to the beautiful boy. She is an aristocratic, southern girl, to the manor born. I am not here to rob one star from the diamond that glistens for the deceased or to steal one rose from the wreath of his memory. I am not here to defame the dead. He was a great statesman, a brilliant editor; I know it well. I am here to help to investigate the truth, to strip the glamour from the case and show you the man; he wrote with a brilliance that put his name into the literature of the south; he spoke with a fire and power that filled the galleries of the United States senate; he was all that was great. Gen. Washington described how brilliant the services of Carmack were, but said that on his appeal for re election he was opposed oy coionei Robert Taylor. "When a man has the poison of a scorpion in his pen, the sting of a wasp in his words and the venom of a rattlesnake under his tongue, he may be brilliant, but people want a man at Washington who can help them." He said that while Robin supported Carmack, Colonel Cooper committed the unpardonable sin of believing that Taylor would make a better senator than Carmack. Taylor was successful and the enmity toward Cooper that Carmack gained then never ended. Cooper opposed Carmack for Governor and then Carmack sought revenge by humiliating Cooper and his family and attempting to disgrace him. "What is the worst thing a man can do to you? He can burn your house, you can rebuild it. He can steal your money, you can earn more. But if he touches your honor he takes what he cannot restore. "The most powerful engine for public good today is the public press. It does more good today than any one institution except possibly the churches. All honor to the press. All honor to thrwo who burn the midnieht oil that you may be Informed. It Is the duty of the press to criticise public officials and the fear of the press is the greatest deterrent of graft in the world today." General Washington described how Carmack outraged and insulted Colonel Cooper repeatedly in the presence of the "fairest, most charming, most delightful women in the world" by calling Colonel Cooper "a little bald-headed angel." He put the defense's interpretation upon Senator Carmack's utterances, declaring that they were vitally insulting and debasing. He claimed that Carmack had Cooper by the throat, helpless and like the small boy bully at school, gloated over his power. It was also intimated by the speaker that Colonel Cooper suspected from the News Scimitar editorial that Carmack proposed to expose his dealings as clerk and master in chancery. General Washington"* Plea. Nashville, Tenn., March 11.?The fourth day of the arguments in the Cooper-Sharpe trial for the murder of former United States Senator Edward W. Carmack closed tonight with General Washington, of the defense, in the middle of his argument and two more attorneys to follow him. At this rate * It In rinuhtful If the case will arr> to the jury before Saturday. General Washington finished his ninth hour of argument when court adjourned at 6 p. m., and he announced that he would "conclude some time tomorrow." He will be followed by Judge Anderson, who Is expected to make the main argument for the defense. Then Attorney General McCarn will close for the state. Judge Anderson says he will require about six or eight hours for his speech while McCiarn declares that four hours will do him. Judge Hart today again requested the attorneys to submit instructions for the charge and complained that they were slow about complying. General Washington's argument today was brilliant in word painting, metaphors, appeal and invective. He made savage attacks upon the state's counsel and singled out Attorney General J. B. Garner as his special victim. Garner Is reputed to have nearly as fiery a temper as has Washington, so counsel for the state insisted upon Garner's withdrawing from the room during Washington's address. The speaker laid special stress upon the social standing and breeding of the defendants and declared that men of such families killed only in defense of life or honor. His speech was a uidflierpiece uj. unui/ry uxiu imu ?& nwticeable effect upon the jury. General Washington speaking of the effect of the Carmack editorials, said: "When a man of national reputation emblazons his name at the head of the paper, then people do read and believe." He said that men with any red blood in their veins would resent having their names put on the same page with the name of a horse thief or a convict. Of the editorial of October 21st, mentioning Cooper's name with others, General Washington vigorously explained that, two of the "honorables'" names were disreputable and that when Carmack associated Colonel Cooper's name with theirs, he committed the gravest offense a man could commit and affronted and insulted Colonel Cooper beyond endurance. He said he agreed that no editorial ever written justifies killing but that he was trying to show that Colonel Cooper's anger was aroused. "We contend," said Washington, "that Colonel Cooper had as much right on Seventh avenue that day as Carmack had. He had as much right to turn around and walk towards Carmack as Carmack had to walk towards him. And Colonel Cooper had a right to go up to CSarmack and demand that these fllthy attacks upon him be stopped, just as I believe any man on this jury would have done. "You can drive a man Insane with ridicule," said Washington. "You can send a man's son into a frenzy by ridicule. Carmack refers to Colonel Cooper as 'major,' when he wrote to Colonel Cooper as a friend he called him 'colonel.' When he wants to insult and degrade him he calls him 'major." It was a gratuitous insult." Indicating Cooper, the attorney exclaimed : "That man is no murderer, you know it. Murder does not run in that breed, an aristocratic, old, blue-blooded family. "Maybe Colonel Cooper did say to Craig, 'If my name appears again in the Tennessean, one of us must die,' or 'the town will not be big enough for both of us.' They both mean the same. The words were spoken in a passion and were not meant and no one ever believed they were. "But Craig comes back and says: 'Colonel, I can do nothing.' The silence after that phrase, 'Colonel, I can do nothing,' told more than all the words in the world. "What does Carmack do? He arms himself. He fears the note Colonel Cooper threatens to send will not come. Ha ravh 'I nm not enlne to (At him escape. I am going to make him send me that note.' So he wrote that last editorial, 'The Diplomat of the Zwelb-ind.' ~nack thus declared open war. He knew that with those crumpled fingers, Colonel Cboper could not pull a trigger, he knew he was safe." General Washington took the revolver and showed the Jury how hard It would be for Cooper to shoot "Colonel Cooper saw in Craig's eyes that there was danger, that Carmack was In an ugly mood. So he armed himself and If he had not done so, he would be In his grave today." General Washington saw his error here?the defense's contention being that Colonel Cooper never even drew his gun until the shooting was over? and he said: "If Robin Cboper had not armed himself, they would both be dead today." General Washington then read the statement written by Miss Lee giving the profanity she said she heard Cooper use about Carmack, prefacing the reading with this remark: "I thought we were going to hear something awful, but all she wrote was?" f General Washington repeated the / profanity as though the women of \ Nashville were wont to hear it daily. ^ The epithets used included the most vile that one man can apply to another. \ ?mu? *?_ ?11 a AUA .r? V iiiaiB eui, 5CHUCI11CU, umi ouo &<xya she heard," said Washington. The speaker argued that all the fear expressed by Mrs. Burch because her father was armed was because he was so pacific. He claimed that Robin's alarm was due to his knowledge of his father's crippled hand and his consequent inability to protect himself. He claimed Mrs. Burch exaggerated the trouble and placed a construction upon it not warranted by Colonel Cooper's language or intentions. He argued that Mr. Lander, by telling Carmack about Cooper's threats, "converted Carmack into a stick of dynamite." General Washington next devoted nearly half an hour to a burlesque imitation of General Garner's crossexamination of witnesses. He compared Garner to be a bee martin pecking at a great eagle?the eagle, he said, was John Sharpe. General Washington attacked Miss Lee's testimony and extolled General Brown and Judge Bradford. "Oh, what has become of the men of honor of Nashville?of the old gallant blood?that attempts should be made to discredit such men as Bradford and Brown, than whom no more honorable, better bred ever lived?" He said Miss Lee was mistaken when she impeached the testimony of these men. "And they bring a newsboy here and he swears he heard Colonel Cooper say to Robin, 'We will get him' or 'We will catch him.' The boy was mistaken. Robin had just said h?wanted a coca-cola and then the boy heard Colonel Cooper say, 'We'll get it.'" Commenting on the state's (allure to cross-examine Governor Patterson, Washington said: "The state didn't dare. Even the bee martin would not try." General Washington attacked General McCarn (or not putting into his case in chief evidence as to how Senator Carmack got the revolver which he carried when he was shot A(ter the denunciation o( McCarn, General Washington went back to the morning o( the tragedy and started in on the early morning conference. Again he led up to the time o( the shooting. Continually he re(erred to Colonel Cooper as "the old soldier o( the Confederacy," "the grizzled hero o( the Lost Cause," the "man who rode with Forrest and had passed through the hall ot death and had seen his comrades (all like leaves in autumn." He declared Colonel Cooper proved his bravery when he walked over to meet Senator Carmack, who was much younger, much larger and in the prime of life. "He didn't know that Lander had - ii. i . i_ J 1 _ i a. iAA J ru? emptied & lauie in nui icau uuu mack's ear. And Robin didn't know it. He knew this old soldier of the Confederacy, crippled and infirm, was going over into danger. He had a right to go along. If he had not he could not have lived in this community, no decent man would have taken his hand and he would have deserved