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Jkraps and facts. Turkey la In a turmoil of bloodshed bordering on civil war, because of the alleged violation by the sultan of the constitution In falling to repress outrages on Christians and foreigners The maJn principle of the young Turkish party Is protection to foreigners An outbreak at Adana, a few d&ye ago was directed against the Armenians and Christians. It Is reported that 1,000 people were massacred, anc among them were two American missionaries, Messrs. Rogers and Marler There are noungs anu m?nvm ? other points, and the whole Turkish empire seems to be convulsed. Greal Britain, Prance and Germany have ordered warships to Turkish ports and it looks as if there is going to be big trouble. Most of the Turkish army it under control of the young Turkish party, which stands for protection ol Christians and foreigners, and the sultan Is being charged with violation ol the constitution and of instigating the massacres. Some of the dispatcher indicate a possibility of peaceable settlement; but that Is very Improbable. ? Charlotte Observer: Cuba, the land which Flagler's railroad has tied sc closely to the United States and which the United States should have annexed, seems to be coming forward as the of the tourists. It appears thai since January 1, about ten thousand people of the United States have visited Cuba, during the short wlntei season ending March 1. Havana, ol course, profited chiefly by this tide ol tourist travel, but the whole Island got the benefit of it. It is estimated, as a low figure, that the average sojourn of these Americans was four days, and that they spent $15 a day, which Is a richer proposition than the Island ever knew under the reign ol Spain. The 10,000 tourists are supposed to have left in Cuba $600,000, and probably, during the first two weeks of March, there was an expenditure of a proportionate amount, bringing the total up to $750,000, and thig Is considered an underestimate. As a matter of fact, Cuba is going to get much of the American money that formerly went to Europe, and in turning their attention to this new field of pleasure, the American people are showing their good sense. ? Topeka, Kan., April 16: The Federal grand Jury returned Indictments here today against the Cudahy Pack Ing company of Kansas City, Kan., on 737 counts for defrauding the government out of $80,000 by violating the Internal revenue laws. The charge is that the company had defrauded the government out of over 380,000 in revenue on oleomargarine. The maximum fine on each of the 737 counts is 31,000. The revenue law provides that each pound of uncolored oleomargarine must bear a revenue stamp of a quarter of a cent, but that each pound fo which coloring matter has been added to give it the appearance of butter, a 10-cent revenue stamp must be attached. The Indictments charged that the Cudahy Packing company has sold the colored product under the quarterof-a-cent tax. It is claimed by the government officials that the Cudahy company has succeeded in monopolising the oleomargarine market by selling the colored product and paying the tax on the basis of uncolored. District Attorney Bone will bring a civil action In the Federal court against the company to have the plant and machinery used in the manufacture of oleomargarine confiscated. The oleomargarine manufacturing plant Is connected with the Cudahy Packing establishment In Kansas City, Kan. ? Oklahoma, April 16: Four prominent cattlemen were taken from the county jail here and lynched by a mob of one hundred citizens. The victims are J. B. Miller of Fort Worth, Tex.; B. B. Burrell of Duncan. Okla.; Jesse West and Joe Allen of Canadian, Tex., The mob Is said to have organized in the Commercial club rooms and marched to the Jail at 3 o'clock today. Only one man siuuu guoiu ai mo invu and he was quickly overpowered and the four prisoners seized, taken to a nearby barn and hung from the rafters. The men were held on the charge of complicity in the murder of former United States Marshall Bobbitt who was shot from ambush on his way home. The examining trial was held Thursday, but no indictment was ever returned. Miller had killed six men in his life and was a "chum" of the late Patt Garrett, the famous manhunter, and was with Garrett when, he was killed at Lascrues. The mob was composed of many of the prominent citizens of the city and only a few were masked. The authorities were powerless to prevent the lynching as the early hour placed them at a disadvantage. The entire formation of the mob and the lynching which followed was performed in the most methodical manner. So intense was the feeling during the preliminary hearing of the men that Judge Brown prohibited the publication of the evidence. Burrell was a nephew of Miller and turned state's evidence against Miller and told of the complete plans of West and Allen to murder Bobbitt a long time enemy ol both. No arrests of the lynchers have been made. ? Director NelT, of the Philadelphia board of health, in an address before the Medical club of Philadelphia, Friday night, said in part: "During the first year of my administration I conducted the affairs of my office as any physician would have done. I locked the doors to reporters and attended tc business. But at the end of the first year I realized that I was not attaining the results that 1 should, and I came to the conclusion that the best influence I could set in operation was education, particularly public education So I called the city hall reporters tc me, and told them that if they woulc keep politics out of the department news, we would publish what we were doing. I am glad to say that reporters and the newspapers of the city have kept faith. It was a somewhat unprofessional procedure, perhaps, but it has proven to be advantageous Take our tuberculosis exhibition, foi instance. The attendance at the Washington exhibition was 200,000; at New York in the four weeks the show was open the attendance was 445,000. Ours was 498.000, though we have only 1,? 500,000 population to New York's 4,000,000. Thanks, largely to the newspapers, it was the most successful tuberculosis exhibition ever held in the world, it seems 10 me tnai preventive medicine has obtained more results than any other form of moderr science. I^our hundred thousand persons die yearly In the United States from preventable diseases. In Philadelphia the proportion Is as bad; ol our 26,000 yearly deaths 9,500 are due to preventable diseases. Europe is fai ahead of us In preventive measures, particularly in compulsory vaccination. Here in Philadelphia we inocculated 207,000 persons in 1903, during our Incipient epidemic, and at present we inoculate from 30,000 to 35,000 a year. That is not enough, and we may have a fearful epidemic of this disease any time after the next six or seven years." $he ^orfceittf inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle as Mall Matter of the Second Class. ' YORKVILLE. 8. C.? TUESDAY, APRIL 20,1909. While of course, the worst may yet be avoided, there seems to be but litI tie hope that Turkey will be able to ? escape a civil war that will tear her i In pieces. Dispatches of yesterday described the constitutional army as ) marching unopposed on Constantinople : and the sultan fleeing in a warship. I The news of the sultan's flight has not yet been confirmed, but it may or may ' not be true. ! Every citizen should remember the I fact that the Integrity of the courts i depend more upon the Juries than up on any other consideration. people ' who do not know, often charge alleged i shortcomings to Judges and other court i officials; but the juries constitute the ' mudsill of the whole system. And upon the Integrity of the courts depend , the liberties of the people and the ex' Istence of civilization. About Vaccination. I Now that the smallpox epidemic that has been threatening Yorkville and i vicinity Is over, a few remarks about vaccination, which a few weeks ago might have tended only to add to an I alarm that was close on the verge of i nonln There are a great many people who have a strong antipathy to vaccination, i and many who profess to believe that there Is no efficacy In It. To trace the > original of this antipathy and prejudice and bring it down to the present time would be a matter of but little dlffli culty; but to Justify it in the light of i present day conditions would be next to impossible, i It is a fact that of the eight deaths from smallpox during the recent local ; epidemic, not one of the victims had i been successfully vaccinated beforehand, and of the four that have recov? ered, two had been vaccinated many years before, and the disease did not go hardly with them. There were Instances of vaccinated people being : exposed to this disease in its most vlrI ulent form without becoming infected, and there is no reason to believe > that they could have escaped had they not been vaccinated. Just how long the world has been suffering from smallpox is not known, i There is no specific mention of the disease in the Scriptures, although it is i possible that it may have been referred to under the general term of "pestilence." The first historical reference to the disease is in an account of an ' epidemic that practically anmnuatea i an Abyssinian army that besieged Meci ca in the year 671. The disease is said to have spread into Europe from this epidemic, and to have remained there i ever since. i England suffered a great deal from i smallpox during a period of more than a thousand years, and for a long period previous and up to the year 1800, it is estimated that not more than 1 out of each 25 of the population .escaped. During a period of forty years or more there was an average of more than 2,000 deaths from smallpox In the city of London alone. During several hundred years, the Turks fought smallpox with a sytsem i of inoculation of the disease itself. 1 They operated usually on children, sei lectlng healthy specimens in good condition, and developed the genuine disease under the most favorable condl' tions possible. Many of the subjects ',4a?' A nr R nor nont hilt those U1CU OV111C "X V* 1/ j/v? VWU?| ? ? - i that recovered had the benefit of subsequent Immunity and that was highly i prized, under conditions where men who had not been so immuned were liable to be cut down at any time, i This same practice was introduced into England in 1721 and also into America the same year; but for obvious reasons it never became popular. Adults preferred to take their chances of missing the disease altogether, and they were loath to subject thfeir children to risks that they would not assume themselves. The discovery of vaccination came 1 about largely as the result of an accli dent. It had been known for genera> tlons that people who had had cow> pox were Immune from smallpox; but It remained for Dr. Edward Jenner, i the famous Englishman, to discover the relationship between the two dis, eases. Having heard a dairy maid re> mark very confidently that she could not take the disease, he asked her . why and when she told him it was because she had hud cowpox, it put - him to thinking. I At the first opportunity. Dr. Jenner i secured some virus from a cowpox > vesicle on the hand of a dairy maid 't and vaccinated a boy named James i Phipps, 8 years of age. After the boy . had been through the various stages of . vaccination so familiar today, Dr. Jen, ner put him In a room with a small> pox patient and gave him every op| portunity to contract the disease; but t with no result other than that he con> tinued healthy and sound. Then the doctor inoculated genuine smallpox r virus, and this also was without ef; feet. t This experiment was made in 1796, and after two years, in 1798, Dr. Jen ner gave the world the result of his experiment in a pamphlet. His ideas were hooted and scoffed throughout i the world, and It was many years bei fore other reputable doctors would . even try It; but In the course of a few . years the British parliament recogniz. ed the value of the discovery by glv1 Ing Dr. Jenner an annuity of 20.000 i pounds a year with which to continue , his investigations. > But cowpox was not a very common i disease even in Dr. Jenner's day, and knowledge of inoculation was far i more limited than it is now. About the best that could be done under the eir; cumstances was to vaccinate from arm > to arm, and this method in time trans mitted and spread diseases that were , worse than smallpox itself. During: the past hundred years then have been used a number of methods o: securing and distributing pur.e virus: but it was not until the last twenty-flv< or thirty years, that the complete efficacy of the present very satisfactory system of securing pure virus begar to be established. All the vaccine virus in the Unitec States, at the present time came originally from a case of cowpox that occurred at Cahasset, Mass., in 1881. Th< virus having been obtained directly from the affected cow, has been Injectec and Inoculated Into young calves anc collected and multiplied almost Indefinitely. Hiom iwod fn ho irren f dnnsroi in vaccination, there is now very little danger. Such danger as there Is comes from inoculation of the sore with foreign matter, and that happens now only occasionally. There are those, of course, who will dispute the records, but it is a facl that the medical world does not know of a case of smallpox after a recent successful vaccination, and it is a fact that vaccinated trained nurses havenc fear of the disease at all. Vaccinated physicians who have had experience with smallpox do not fear it. The history of smallpox shows that the disease frequently comes, first in a | mild form and returns later in a most deadly form. It will be remembered that the epidemic which swept over the state some lew years ago was so mild as to excite a lot of humor and ridicule; but there was no joking about the type that originated In the York cotton mill village a few weeks back, and there la reason to believe that this recurrence was from the former visitation. Vaccination Is not pleasant. There Is no Joke about the chills and fevera and excruciating pains that accompany sore arms; but vaccination is far preferable to a deadly type of smallpox. A vast majority of the people in and around Yorkville have been vaccinated, either previous to or during the recent scare, and the town and community are reasonably safe from further re ?V-1? K,?* I* ohnnU K^Ul ICIIUC Ui liuo uiocaoc, i/uw tb Quvuiv not be forgotten that smallpox has heretofore appeared In sundry and various parts of the country, and that vaccination has not been as general In the country as it might be. Under all the circumstances, therefore, the sensible thing for all people who have not already been vaccinated is to be vaccinated at their earliest opportunity. Vaccination Is the only safeguard against smallpox, and those who would immune themselves should be vaccinated. As to Trial By Juries.?The extreme and unlimited power placed In the hands of juries extending to the lives and liberty of the persons brought before the twelve men who compose each tribunal, is not always realized and appreciated by such bodies. Their duties are so serious in capital cases, their power is so great, that every man composing such a trial jury should be fully impressed with the awful responsibility resting upon him. He is placed in a position where the protection of society and the maintenance of public order is entrusted to him, and at the same time he lias to decide questions which involve the life and liberty ol his fellows. It should be remembered that if a Jury convicts an accused person who is brought before it, there is very little possibility that if improperly convicted he will ever suffer punishment But, on the other side, the Jury, with its unlimited power, can set free the most atrocious criminal in face of the most convincing proof of his guilt and there is no power in the state to undo the act. Thus it is in the power of trial juries to fill the community with criminals who are brought to understand that they cannot be punished, uu l nitty cmi j uu uitu mw upvu ox clety with a free hand.?New Orleans Picayune. ? A Washington special to the News and Courier says that it is rumored In Washington that the Wilson Distilling company and the Fleischman company, who recently lost their case against the dispensary commission in the United States supreme court, may ask for a rehearing before the time for issuing the mandate expires?30 days from the time of rendering the decision. The special says: "The rules of the court prescribe, ordinarily, that its mandate shall not issue until a full month has expired after the announcement of the decision in order that petitions may be filed for rehearing, and as a rule these petitions are not filed until the very last day?as was the case with the Waters-Pierce oil nnmnonv U'hlnll WII u rftncntlv OU8 ted from the state of Texas and fined a !arge amount in addition, and other cases. Recently that company filed a brief asking for a rehearing and it Is being rumored today that such a step may be taken In the dispensary case. In fact, such a procedure is rather looked for around the clerk's office of the supreme court, because It Is recognized that this case is one of the most Important decided at the present term of the court. If this step is decided upon it will probably tie up the whole matter until next fall, because the petition would not be filed until the last day, which would be May 5. As the court will adjourn for its summer vacation about May 15, It is almost certain that the petition would not be taken up for consideration until fall, as every effort is being made to get rid of the cases that have already been argued at this term, in order that as few of them as possible may be carried over. Such a course would mean that the whole matter would stand in statu quo for the present and that while the receivers would be practically ousted, the dispensary commission would be powerless to act until the petition for rehearing had been acted upon one way or another. Just what would be gained by this move except the possibility of getting a reversal of the present decision by a new court in the fail by the new appointees who will probably take the places of Chief Justice Fuller and Associate Justices Peckham, Harlan and Brewer?who are expected to retire during the summer vacation, is not now known. While the retirement ot Chief Justice Fuller from the bench would have no effect on the case one way or another because he took no part in the recent decision, having previously sat on the circuit court of appeals bench in Richmond, there is al ways a possibility that a decision reached by one court may not be reached by another when there has been a change In Its membership. In addition to this, a rehearing would give the Wilson and Flelschman attorneys an opportunity to cover any weak spots in their case that might have been neglected in the former arguments. Although apparently there would be little reason for them to hope for a reversal. Justice White having reached the decision that the case should be reversed on the broad ground that, being a suit against the state, it had no standing in court. The president is almost certain to make one or two changes in the personnel of the court during the summer vacation, and in these changes there is a possibility that the decision just rendered might be upset." The D. A. R.'s.?Music, patriotism, oratory and harmony were the dominant features of the tirst day's session of the eighteenth continental congress of the National Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington yesterday. With interest at fever heat over the impending election of a successor to Mrs. Donald McLean, the retiring president general, the daughters swarmed in such numbers that many were compelled to stand. The two aspirants for Mrs. McLean's place are Mrs. Matthew T. Scott of Illinois and Mrs. William Cummlngs Story of New York, who occupied conspicuous seats. ; LOCAL APFAXXtS. r . NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8. i J. E. Brandon, Sharon 2?Will pay for return of an estray hound. She anr swers to "Delia" and disappeared April 13. American Branch, Anderson, S. C.? Wants salesman to Introduce the 1 American typewriter. High grade, low price. M. B. Love. Yorkville No. 6?Has two good milch cows with young calves i for sale. r Ellas Ramsey. Admr.?Calls on the I debtors and creditors of Wallace . Ramsey, deceased, to make settle1 ment with him within the time prescribed by law. Loan and Savings Bank?Spares no efforts to give its customers the most satisfactory service in banking mats ters. It wants your account whether i it is large or small. . J. L. Williams & Co.?Tells you that it pays you, Mr. Man, to buy where you can Duy me cneapeoi uuu want you to compare their prices with I others. . Yorkvilie Hardware Co.?Has a big ' Supply'of basebabll goods, including balls, bats, gloves, mitts, masks, etc., t from the house of Reach. t J. Q. Wray, The Leader?Is showing a nice line of men's fancy vests at 75c each, worth 11.25 to f 1.50. Alao I offers several attractive specials for ! the week. First National Bank?Requests you to k deposit that $50, $100 or $1,000 that you may have that is doing nothing, i on a certificate of deposit and let it earn 4 per cent interest. , National Union Bank, Rock Hill?Explains the advantages that are yours 1 when you are a customer of a strong I bank that can and will help you, when vou need help. Write or call for information. ! Yorkvllle B. ft M. Co.?Tells you that I If you want real hargalns In clothi lng for men and bovs, come to see what It has to offer before you buy. Thomson Co.?Is showing new lines of tissue creoe, summer lawns, shirt* ( lng percales, shirting madras, etc. r Fine line of men's Panama hats in Aluine and telescope shapes. Standard OM Co.?Again calls attention to the advantages and convenience cf Perfection blue flame, wick oil stoves for summer cooking. See page four. There have been a great many thousands of dollars deposited In the different York county banks during the past week on account of sales of ten 1 cent cotton. And business Is not only looking: better, but is feeling better In consequence. It is pretty generally agreed among those who have studied the question, and who are In a position to have Information on the subject, that there are about nve readers ior eacn copy 01 a semi-weekly newspaper circulated and on this basis The Yorkvllle Enquirer has no less than eleven thousand readers. If the Columbia Music Festival and Art exhibit falls to draw a tremendous crowd Thursday and Friday, It will be through no fault of the committee ' charged with the publicity. Miss J. Adger Fllnn, society editor of the Columbia Record, has been especially active, not only securing the publication of numerous news stories In various newspapers throughout the state; but sending out thousands of post cards to Individuals. The festival has been well advertised and It will no doubt be i a great success. Most of the farmer Jurors are naturally lmoatlent at being compelled to > remain In attendance on court, especially at this season. The circumstance Is a reminder of the sentiment expressed by a well known farmer who lives about eight miles north of town. He , was on the jury one spring some time 1 back, and made It a rule to go to his | home every night he could get off and I return the next morning. One morn1 Ing he came a little late and pretty 1 well run down. When the fact was noted by a fellow Juror, he said: "Yes, , I grannq, that judge don't know what it Is to be on the Jury in the spring of the year, to leave to an ignorant negro the running off of his rows in such a , manner that his land will be washed away all summer." But it is a fact, we are told, that this Juror made no effort to get excused. QUARANTINE RAISED. The' Yorkvllle board of health on last Saturday night, raised the quarantine that had been enforced against the York cotton mill village for some weeks on account of the outbreak of , smallpox, and the mill people and others who desire to do so, are at liberty to go and come between the town and mill as they please. There have been no more cases in the mill village other than those mentioned. The case of Mr. John Thompson, the last to develop was very mild, i he having been vaccinated some forty years ago, and the other cases have reI covered without serious harm to any of them. As an extra precaution, the houses in which the smallpox patients lived are still guarded, and it is the purpose of the mill authorities to do everything that experience and prudence can dictate to prevent a recurrence of the disease from any of the late infections. DI CAQ vsvsivi ifivii r ?-*-? ?w. The spring term of the court of comi mon pleas, which was commenced in February last was resumed yesterday, his honor, Judge J. C. Klugh presiding. Upon the call of the Jury, Messrs. J. D. Jones and J. M. Ivy failed to answer and Messrs. T. E. Strait, J. M. Miller and J. E. Armstrong were excused, leaving the venire as follows: i G. S. Cobb, W. M. Whitesides, H. E. Moore, J. J. Bryan, J. W. Smith, J. M. Barnett, W. B. Moore, J. D. B. Currence, J. E. Brandon, D. J. Mitchell, i H. A. Caldwell, R. R. Bailey, J. F. Bookout, R. R. McCorkle, M. E. Plexlco, S. C. Carson, D. D. Branch, W. W. Wilson, J. M. Leech, N. S. Black, J, G. Wardlaw, John E. Clinton, J. M. ' Ferguson, R. C. Caveny, L. A. McGlll, R. E. Griffin, J. J. Clinton, C. M. Mc Knight, J. H. Bignam, vv. uecKneu, i James Wright. The first case called was that of the Southern Railway vs. Pride Ratteree, a suit to establish the right to property held by the defendant on the plaintiff's 1 alleged right of way. This case was continued at the instance of the plaintiff. 1 The next case taken up was that of Hall vs. the Southern Railway, a suit . for damages, sustained In breaking his leg as the result of a Jump from a wagon to escape from an approaching train. The court was still working on the case this morning. THE SPECULATIVE MARKET. Following were the developments In : the speculative market yesterday as summarized in an Associated Press dispatch of last night from New York: There was heavy realizing in the cotton market todav and prices weak ened In consequence with the close i steady at a net decline of 9 to 14 points. ! The market opened steady at an advance of 2 to 7 points with July selling at 10.50 on the call, or a new high record for the season, In response to better cables than due on the New York close of Saturday, reports of a very firm spot situation, and dry weather In the southwest. This advance seemed to bring out a great bunch of long cotton. After selling about 25,000 bales scattering, one prominent commission house which some thought to be operating for Chicago account, and others for southern bulls, sold 16,000 bales of July In a block to people believed to be buying for foreign short account and continued selling during the balance of the day, disposing of perhaps as much as 100,000 bales before the close. This cotton and that sold by others, either In the way of realizing on scattering long accounts or of operations tor a turn was largely absorbed by strong local bulls, and trade Interests, and at one time during the early afternoon prices rallied slightly, but generally speaking the tendency was downward with active months showing a net loss of about 11 to 14 points just before the close. Around 10.12 for October and 10.30 for July, there seemed to be a lot of supporting orders and v>? final tnno tva a slaadv nnrtlmilflrlv as the offerings for long uccount seemed to be a little lighter during the last few minutes. Southern spot markets officially reported early were generally unchanged to ic. higher. Receipts at the ports are running much heavier, but are partly at the expense of the country Interior towns and are supposed to reflect the recent Improvement In the demand for export. Receipts at the ports today 31,415 bales against 18,516 last week and 9,083 last year. For the week 115,000 bales against 118,960 last week and 58,757 last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans 5,321 bales against 4,546 last year and at Houston 7,568 bales against 2,822 last year. WINTHROP COMMENCEMENT. The Wlnthrop Normal and Industrial college has sent out Invitations to the commencement exercise of the rourteenin Class irum amy ov iu uuiic 1. The exercises begin with the sermon before the Y. W. C. A at 11 a. m., on May 30, and close with the awarding of diplomas and certificates at 8.30 p. m., Tuesday, June 1. The class roll Is as follows: Olie Orme Adams, Elizabeth Marshall Barnwell, Clara Speights Barr, Florrie Wannamaker Bates, Anna Blanche Baxley, Bertha Black, Mary James Brltton, Abble Dukes Bryan, Florence Hartstene Burns, Elizabeth F. Burton, Berta Bush, Lora Clement, Florlne Erwln Carothers, Helen Mills Coleman, TanniA t.pp Prftlfir. Nan Woodslde Craig, Ettle Carylon Crelghton, Mildred Cunningham, Annie Azlle Davis, Loula Derham, Marguerite Elizabeth Dreher, Kate Mclver Edwards, Lucy Watson Edwards, Jennie Gettys, Anne Adele Hamilton, Louis Gray Harris, Lucy Hill Henry, W. Cecil Dean Hester, Susie Livingston Hill, Julia Anne Holladay, May Holliday, Mary Elliott Hough, Lucia Tarrant Hughey, Kate Hunter, Estelle Hyman, Annie L. Johnston, Agnes Mae Jones, Nellie Jones, Adelle Hunter Kllgore, Cynthia Allelne Laney, Elizabeth Rives Lang, Mary Lathan, Kate Drafts Lenoir, Iris Llttlejohn, Isabel Feaster Lyles, Sarah Louise Maglll, Martha Irwine McAlpine, Annie Belle Metz, Kathleen West Minus, Margaret Burwlck Montgomery, Louise Murray, Ethel Pegram, El ma Collne Phillips, Sallie Duncan Phillips, Irene Apderson Prince, Margaret Elizabeth Ross, Kathryn Moss Salley, Jen nie A. Sanders, Elisabeth Satterwnue, Zelia Louise Scarborough, Delia Steele, Annette Stover, Catherine Tennent, Helen Thomas, Leah Townsend, Inez Ward, Willie Marlon Waters, Nellie Watklns, Daisy Whitney, Clarabel Williams. ABLE YOUNG FINANCIER. It Is rather an unusual thing to And a young man under twenty-one who thinks more of making and saving money than he does of spending it; but Mr. C. J. Hughes, local agent of the Farmers' Co-operative Demonstration work, has called the attention of The Enquirer to the case of a boy under nine, who if he Is spared and keeps on the way he is going, will make his mark in the business world some day. The little fellow is Master Robert, son of Mr. J. W. Betts, who lives about three miles south of Yorkville. Robert has among other things, a calf, eight guineas, a Wyandotte cock and fifteen hens, and a credit of 14146 in hig savings account in bank, all accumulated principally as the result of his thrift, economy and business judgment. Upon inquiry it develops that the little fellow has been developing habits of economy and thrift since he was about three years old. He began by Bavlng the eggs of a hen that was assigned to him by his father as his own, and when there were enough eggs to warrant their being converted into cash, he kept the money against fu ture needs, and it was not a great while before he began to drift Into other ventures. One of Robert's most successful deals was in the purchase of a calf for $2. His uncle pastured the calf for the manure, and the grown animal was finally sold for $26. A deal that was not quite so lucky involved the purchase of a sow with a litter of pigs for $11. The sow and all of the pigs hut two died. He gave one of the pigs to his father for trouble In connection with the raising and finally sold the other for $9. Not long ago, young KODeri uougni a Wyandotte cockerel for $2.45, and later he bought another calf and a pig. and is carefully looking after the increase of his different investments. Some of the neighbors who have been watching the little fellow's deals with much interest, say that he knows the crow of every rooster and the cackle of every hen on the place, and he can tell from the size, shape or color of each egg which hen laid it. He has a surprising stock of Information about poultry, live stock and general farming, especially for a boy of his atra nn,l thero )s no donht of the fact 1 ?Ov> -"U ??? ? that if he keeps on in the direction he has been going, his accumulations 1 will eventually amount to something 1 worth while. HIGH PRICE OF LIVING. Every day the cost of living climbs i higher and higher, until now it is be- < girtnlng to pinch hard enough to be noticeable. The prices of foodstuffs i have risen steadily during the past i twelve or fifteen months, and so grad- I ual has been the climb that house wives have scarcely realized how the shortage in the money set apart for living expenses has been brought about. In many Instances they are wondering how it is that the family eats so much more than formerly. But It Is not the housewife's fault that the money buys less. Take Hour for Instance. Last August?Just eight months ago?the best patent flour was worth $5.45 per barrel in curload lots. Today the same flour is quoted at $7.60, and the mills are not very anxious to sell at this price. These are wholesale prices, and of course, not the regular retail price per barrel that the consumer would have to pay; but it Is a fact that Yorkvllle merchants are selling flour for cash at a less price than the.\ can buy it at the mills today. In six months Irish potatoes have Jumped from 85 cents to $1.20 per bushel, wholesale prices in carload lots. The cost of bacon has gone up two cents a pound within the year, and lard has advanced in cost something like 2 cents a pound within twelve months. And the cottonseed oil compounds are costing the merchant 18 cents a pound more than they did a year ago. Navy beans have jumped up near a dollar a bushel In less than a f year, and the wholesale carload price of navy beans Is $2.85 per bushel. The merchants are paying an average advance of about two cents a pound on the coffee they are now buying from the wholesaler, as compared with the prices ruling last spring. This extra two cents comes around as a result of an export tax imposed by Brazil on exports. The Brazilian government, being afflicted with an abundance of debt and coffee at the same time, decided to even things up all 'round by taking charge of the latter to the extent of placing a special tax of 2 cents on all exports. This little game on the part of the Brazilian moguls was met with an obstinate one by the big Importers up New York way. In effect, these rt*?a/1ofAmr rron tlomon on f /Innrn ofrvlMlv ^jk cuavui j gbiihviiivii ooit uun u oiwhui; and Bald, "Well, we don't care about paying Mr. Brazil's debts, so we Just won't buy any more of Mr. Brazil's coffee until our reserve gives out" As the present "reserve" Is said to consist of some 16,000,000 or 20,000,000 bags, the Importers look good to stand pat for quite a spell. And now comes the "Joker." Cbffee goes up the 2 cents Just the same. What for? Because It can. And sugar Is rising, too. This has been a very low priced commodity In Yorkvllle for some time past, but as the market advances, of course the merchants will be compelled to advance prices on their customers. The rise all along has been very gradual, but It has gotten prices high enough now to be quite noticeable, without very much effort on the part of the housewife who makes a practice of "counting the cost." GENERAL SESSI0N8. When the last isue of The Enquirer went to press, the court was engaged on the case of the State vs. Marshall Steele, charged with assault with Intent to ravish, and because of Its unusual and remarkable character, the case attracted a great deal of Interest. The defendant Is a well known young man of Rock Hill, and the prosecuting witness Is a handsome young woman from Lancaster. The prosecution grew out of an incident that occurred in Rock Hill on the evening of February 6, last. All the details of which were fully brought out In the testimony. According to the statement of the prosecuting witness, she had come to Rock Hill to meet her husband, who she had not seen for eight years, and who was to come down on the next train from Charlotte. She remained In the waiting room until the arrival of the train, and her husband falling to come, she went to the home of a relative. Shortly afterward, a hack called for her and the negro driver brought a message that led her to believe that her husband was up town waiting for her. At the pool room, she was Joined by the defendant, who she could not see very well in the darkness; but who represented that he was her husband. Being more or less In doubt, she demanded to be taken to a light where she could see, and was driven toward the blackjacks. Within a short time, it became clear that her companion was not her husband, and he becoming convinced of his mistake, admitted the fact, said his name was Sam Jones, told her that she was a lady and instructed the negro to take her back to town. The defense did not offer any testimony, contenting itself with asking questions that seemed to imply mitigation of the aleged offense. The Jury took the case shortly after 3 o'clock Friday afternoon, and wrestled with it all night until about 7 o'clock Saturday morning, when it reported a verdict of Blmple assault. It ?? *Vic. r urVion +Via Inrv flrflt IS U1IUC1 oiuuy uiav n uou v?>? j xt j went in, three were for acquittal, and the balance were for verdicts of varying degrees of severity, some for simple assault, some for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, and some for guilty as charged. At one time there was a tentative agreement on assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature; but after getting instruction from the court that the maximum penalty would be ten years imprisonment, those who were for acquittal went back to their original position. Several held out for the extreme limit almost to the last, but finally there was a compromise on the verdict as rendered, and the court imposed the maximum penalty prescribed under the circumstances, $100 or thirty days. xne case nas exciiea a great, ueai ut Interest, not only In Rock Hill, where the facts have been known all the while; but also in Yorkville and other parts of the county to which rumors of the occurrence have penetrated. Opinion Is divided. Very few of the defendant's friends attempt to justify him; but a great many people hold that the penalty Is out of proportion to the offense. The majority sentiment, however, seems to uphold the majority of the jury In the view that the extreme limit of the law is the right thing In all of such cases. The verdict as rendered does not seem to have received very general endorsement. This was the last case of the sessions. Solicitor Henry went home Friday evening. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? There is not much addition to the ordinary population because of the common pleas court. ? The R. B. Davidson company is making quite a popular place of its store of evenings by giving concerts Trom the latest phonograph records. ? Mr. W. S. Gordon has sold his most recent supply of "Dark Corner," but has another lot coming. He Insists that he must sell a hundred; but does not promise that he will quit after reaching that limit. ? The annual inspection of company L, First Regiment South Carolina National Guard, was held in the armory >f the company last night. The inspection was made by Col. W. T. Brock, ponrpsoniini? the state, and Lieutenant Cfablness, representing the government, The Inspection of the regimental and patalllon headquarters h ] been made previously during the day. ? "Large congregations attended the 4ervices held last Sunday In the First Presbyterian church by Rev. J. O. Reavis, secretary of foreign misdons of the Southern Presbyterian :hurch. Dr. Reavls has a national reputation as a religious teacher and platform speaker and is eagerly sought ifter by the leading summer conferjnces for religious Instruction. Yorkrllle was fortunate In having him as Per guest, and it Is needless to say he neasured up to all great expectations. Those who heard him were instructed, >dlfied and uplifted. At the morning lervlce he preached on the text, "In all ;hy way acknowledge him, and he ihall direct thy paths." Prov. Ill, 6. The sermon was characterized by depth of thought, convincing logic, and clearness of presentation, and yet so simple that the little children heard him gladly. As the speaker eloquently pleaded for a personal consecration of every life to the Lord with the divine assurance of making plain all paths, many eyes were filled with tears and hearts were moved to higher and more noble endeavor. The missionary address at the evening service was a strong appeal for the evangelization of the world in this generation, based on the success attending the work of missions in the past and the present resources of the Christian world. The business like way In which the move ment 01 woria-wiae evangenzauon is being prosecuted today means the realization of our expectations. The Northern Presbyterian church has assumed definite responsibility for one hundred millions of the people of the heathen world and has set as its annual contribution to foreign missions, the sum of $6,000,000. The Southern Presbyterian church has assumed the responsibility of reaching at least twenty-five millions of the heathen and has set as its annual contribution to foreign missions $1,000,000. The speaker reviewed the fields in which the Southern Presbyterian church is laboring, viz.. The Congo, Africa, East Brazil, West Brazil, North Brazil, MidChina, North Klangsu, Cuba, Japan, Korea and Mexico. Two hundred and sixtv missionaries, are now emDloved and thirty are under appointment to be sent out at an early date. Four hundred and fifteen adults were baptized In addition to a large number of Infants last year by the nine ordained missionaries of the Southern Presbyterian church in Korea. During nine months of last year over two thousand were baptized In Africa by the ten ordained missionaries of the Presbyterian church. Many other striking facts of the success of the foreign work were given. The address was listened to by an attentive congregation from start to finish. The visit of Dr. Reavis will not soon be forgotten by those who heard him Sunday. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Thos. P. Moore is in Charleston this week on busniess. Essie Inman, Esq., of Greenville, spent yesterday in Torkville on business. Mrs. R. E. Heath and children left this morning to visit relatives in Charlotte. i Dr. John I. Barron left yesterday for Summervllle, to attend the meeting of the State Medical association. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Nesbit of Van Wyck, arrived Sunday on a visit to the family of Dr. M. J." Walker. Prof. Charlie Betts of Lesslle, spent several days last week with his father, Mr T W RaO> nn Vnrlrvtllo Mn 3. Rev. Frank D. Jones of Charlotte, spent yesterday and today in Yorkville, the?guest of his aunt, Mrs. W. H. McConnell. Dr. Miles Walker left yesterday evening for Summerville to attend the meeting of the State Medical association. Chester Reporter, Monday: Rev. C. E. McDonald is reported to be some better this afternoon. He has been resting well and has no temperature. Dr. J. H. Saye of Sharon is attending the State Medical association meeting at Summerville, and will also take in the Shrine meeting in Charleston. Miss Lesslle D. Wltherapoon la in Washington, D. C., attending the annual congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which convened In that city. The following Yorkville ladies left this morning for the Spartanburg Music Festival: Mesdames S. M. McNeel, H. C. Glenn and R. J- Herndon, and Misses Rose Lindsay and Fannie Wardlaw, Dr. D. L. Shleder, who recently underwent an operation for appendicitis, Is able to be up and about again; but has not fully recovered his strength. The doctor is encouraged to hope that he will suffer no further inconvenience from his attack, and that hope is shared by his many friends. The following expect to leave this evening for Charleston to attend the spring meeting of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine: Thna T R Williams T>r JftS. W. Campbell, J. Meek Smith of Clover; W. T. Slmms, Sharon; Qulnn Wallace, A. Meek Barnett, John R Hart and M. B. Jennings of Yorkvllle. Mr, N. M. McDlll, cashlsr of the bank of Hickory Grove, has succeeded Mr. T. C. Dunlap as cashier of the Loan and Savings bank. It Is not understood that the arrangement will be permanent, Mr. McDDl's Idea merely being to remain In Yorkvllle for a few 1 months, when he will return to Hickory Grove. In the mean time, Mr. J. Mason Wllkerson, Is holding down the cashlershlp in the Hickory Grove bank. ' Lancaster News. April 14: A popu lar young couple In Lancaster surprised their numerous friends by getting married last Monday night, the contracting parties being Mr. Oeorge Heath and Miss Connie Davis. The ceremony was performed about 8 o'clock at the Presbyterian manse, by ' the pastor, the Rev. Chalmers Fraser. ' The handsome groom, as Is well known, Is the eldest son of Mr. and ' Mrs. O. P. Heath of Charlotte, and is 1 now the traveling representative of 1 the Armour company of Chicago. He 1 is a young man of exceptionally fine 1 Dusmess capacity, ana ueing ui genuu, pleasing manner is exceedingly pop- ^ ular with all who know him. The ' charming bride, who is the eldest * daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Davis, 1 of this place, is a young lady of striking beauty and magnetic personality and has hosts of admirers. The News 1 extends hearty congratulations to the ] Iirddv vounsr couole and wishes for ' them many years of unalloyed pleasure. LOCAL LACONICS. Until January 1, 1910. We will send The Yorkvllle Enquirer from this date till January 1, 1910 for $1.44. Death of E. H. Holbrook. Mr. F. E. Smith of Yorkvllle, has received news of the death of his uncle, Rev. Elam Henderson Holbrook, which occurred in Texas on March 29. Mr. Holbrook was a native of Charlotte, N. C., but was for many years a resident of Yorkville, where he worked as a carpenter. He served in the war, and shortly after the surrender moved to Texas, where for many years he was a preacher. He leaves a widow and two children. The Broad River Bridge. Wilkinsville correspondence Gaffney Ledger: We are reliably informed that Supervisor Lipscomb contemplates building a bridge across Gilkey creek between the "Old Davis" place and Wilkinsvllle and opening a new road between those two points. This Is a good Idea. It will b? a great convenience to the traveling public In that section. While in this neighborhood ^ last Monday looking after the new Iron bridge to be built across Broad river at the "Darwin place," he located the road to it on this side of the river which he will have worked out as soon as the chalngang gets here. Our Tork 1 county neighbors will do the same thing on their side of the river and the public may rest assured that It will have good roads to it on each side of the river. Tork county will open two new roads from the bridge?one going direct to Hickory Grove and the other going out by Mrs. Brown's and Intersecting with the Howell's ferry and Cheater roads. On this latter road we understand that Mr. W. 8. Wilkerson propose* to build a bridge across "the Devil's branch"?(not & very pretty name) but it has been called that from I our earliest recollection. It is said that ghosts and hobgoblins were frequently seen there by superstitious people, and this gave It Its name. Mr. Wilkerson is a public spirited man and to his efforts, more so perhaps than any other person, the public is indebted for the prospect of getting the new bridge. He was about the first man to see or express the necessity for it When he spoke of it five years ago some people were disposed to laugh at the idea of ever getting a bridge across Broad river this far from town?they thought such a thing was impossible. But, like Neal Dow was by getting prohibition in .Marlon, Mr. Wilkerson said: "We'll make it possible," and now his hopes are in a fair way for realisation. All's well that ends well. MERE-MENTION. When the receiver for the bankrupt firm of Ennls & Stoppanl, brokers of New York, who failed last week with liabilities of 11,500,000, opened the > safe of the concern, he found only $300 in cash, which together with the office furniture represents the available assets Mr. Roosevelt and party will Arrive at Mombasa. East Africa, to morrow morning and will proceed at 4 once to the ranch of Sir Alfred Pease, whoae guest he will be for two weeks. Forty deaths from the smallpox have occurred during the past few days at Nairobi, where the Roosevelt party was expected to stop for a short stay. The lower house of the Missouri legislature has passed a resolution to submit a constitutional amendment to the people In the general election of November, 1910, on the question of prohibition. If the. amendment carries It will close every barroom, brewery and distillery In Missouri The police department of Chicago has begun a war of extermination on bucket shope in that city. Nine were closed Thursday on evidence furnished by the Board of Trade... .Governor Johnson of Minnesota, has signed a bill which makes It a misdemeanor to manufacture, sell or give away cigarettes or cigarette paper In that state. ....Six years in the state penitentiary Is the sentence imposed on John Andrews, former assistant comptroller of Atlantic City, N. J., on his plea of guilty to the charge of forging city pay warrants on four counts. There were thirty indictments against Young. Among the bridal presents of Mrs. T. Suffern Taller of Baltimore, Md., at her marriage last week, was a check for 11*000,000....Fourteen of the rioters who took part In the Good Friday riots at Velardena, Mexico, have been executed under orders of a drum-head court martial and there will be others The district attorney of Pittsburg, who has been investigating the grafting city councllmen of that city, has announced that It is useless for any of the grafters to attempt to run away to avoid the grand jury. He says they will come back someday and he will get them when they return. He has a full confession of a grafting councilman to help him in the work The legislature of New York has passed a law making it a misdemeanor to sell or wear the plumage of any species of the heron family. This will stop the sale of the aigrette for women's hats in that state During the progress of a fire In one of the public schools of Cleveland, O., Thursday, 1,300 pupils were marched out under the "Are drill" without in- / jury or panic The attorneys of Duncan B. and Robin J. Cooper, recently convicted of the murder of Senator Carmack, in making a motion for a new trial Thursday, filed their exceptions giving forty-six separate reasons why the Coopers should be given a new trial The Anal ceremony of the beatlAcatlon of Joan of Arc, the French heroine, was celebrated at St Peter's Cathedral at Rome, on Sunday. More than 40,000 people went to Rome from France for the ceremony....The Baldwin Locomotive works of Philadelphia, have just completed two locomotives for a western railroad which are said to be the largest ever built. Each of the locomotives, complete with tender, weighs approximate ly 600,000 pounds. The engine itself is mounted on twenty wheels, sixteen of them being drivers, coupled up in groups of four pairs each Mrs. Eva A. Ingersoll of New York, has won a verdict in the Federal circuit court at Boston, by which she is to get the sum of >138,810, which represents an unpaid attorney's fee charged by her husband, the late Robt. O. Ingersoll, in a case in which a will was to be broken by contesting heirs The WatersPierce Oil company, under the recent leclslon of the United States supreme :ourt, will pay the state of Texas nearly >2,000,000, line and penalties, for r</\ln r\# fKn ofn fo'a ou'LtrUflt ffltVO i iv/ianun \jl kiic owvco aun-u u??. Many of the manufacturing plants throughout Vermont and New Hampshire were put out of business temporarily last week by the spring 'reshets of the rivers Addison S. Beardsley, confidential man for a New fork real estate Arm, Is under arrest :harged with stealing $25,000. His stealage extended over a period of sevfral years W. F. Galloway, prin:lpal of a grammar school at Savaniah, Ga., has been arrested and reeased on bond on a charge of unnec jssary crueny in wnipping a scnooi >oy Four persons were drowned n Glace bay, Massachusetts, Friday >y the capsizing of a sail boat rohn Sykes, one of the best known awyers of New Jersey, Is being sought >y the police of Trenton, because of embezzlements, alleged to total $30,000 n connection with the settling of an >state A 910,000,000 silk plant or "ranee is to be moved to the United States and will probably be located at 3atterson, N. J Nine members of d be lower house of the Japanese diet jave been arrested on charges of graftng and bribery Z. P. Freeman, a ormer city tax collector of Tampa, "la., has been convicted of embezzlenent and sentenced to Ave years in