Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 21, 1909, Image 2

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Scraps and |acts. ? New York. May 19: A bread famine among the 700,000 residents of the East Side was inaugurated today when more than 400 bakeries closed down. The trouble started with the increase In the price of wheat recently, and was augmented by the coincident strike of the bakery employees on the East Side. At a meeting of the bakery owners it was unanimously decided to close all of their shops, numbering more than 400, commencing this morning. The police, hearing of this, detailed an unusually large number of men on duty in that section today during the hours when housewives usually visit the hnkeries. There was a fear that the riotous scenes of a few years ago, when the price of meat was raised, might be repeated. Bakers who are not affected by the action of the meeting will not be able to supply one-tenth of the demand for bread in the crowded East Side, and, therefore it was believed that there would be an unprecedented demand for flour and bread from other sections. ? Atlanta, Ga., May 20: There were sensational developments today in connection with the strike of white firemen on the Georgia road, the most important being a threat on behalf of the firemen to extend the strike to every road in the south and the formal appeal by officials of the Georgia railroad to the Federal authorities to take a hand ?- <-> a?fftfiruard the mails. The following telegram was today sent to the general chairman of the firemen of every railroad in the south by E. A. Ball of Toronto, Canada, vice president of the Order of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, who is here in charge of the strike: "Situation on the Georgia railroad assuming serious aspect Cornpan** forcing negro supremacy. May have to make the white man's cause a national one. Hold yourself in readiness to convene your entire Joint board at Atlanta at the shortest possible notice." Mr. Ball denies that the striking firemen have been connected with acts of violence on the Georgia railroad and intimidation of strike-breakers. United States Attorney Tate said this af ternoon that complaints had been filed with the office by the officials of the Georgia railroad with reference to the delay of the malls >n account of the demonstrations against negro firemen. He added that the complaints were being investigated. Many rumors have reached the city of alleged demonstrations against negro firemen on the Georgia railroad last night and today but most of the rumors appeared to be without foundation. ? When the late shah of Persia was approaching the end of his life, he was forced by his people, more particularly the Moslem "priests," to grant his people a constitution. When the present shah ascended the throne in January, 1907, the supporters of the constitution suspected that he meant to abolish it Six times they compelled him to swear allegiance to it, so little did they trust him. but the shah would not be bound by such a petty consideration as six oaths to his people, and on November 23, 1908, posted a proclamation in the mosques that the constitution was no more. The constitutionalists answered with a revolutionary movement, particularly northern Persia, where they occupied Tabriz and a number of other cities. The shah's power in the north for the last Ave months has been virtually nil, and the state of anarchy which prevailed at last led to international interference. Russia and England, whose spheres of influence cover northern and southern Persia, respectively, intimated to the shah that it was absolutely necessary that he restore the constitution. After much squirming the shah did as he was commanded and on May 5 proclaimed a constitution, explaining that a constitutional regime alone was capable of restoring order and promoting the welfare of the people. Elections for the new chamber are to be completed by July 19, If all goes well, and the deputies will assemble at Teheran. The experience of Persia seems to prove that democracy has come to stay in Mohammedan Asia. ? Augusta, Ga., May 18: Block by block Augusta was today campaigned as never before in the fight against the ravages of tuberculosis. This was the day of tuberculosis "talk." Com mlttees of Augusta women, including representatives of the King's Daughters, other church societies, women's clubs, etc., divided the city by squares and at every home was delivered a red and yellow sheet pleading for the people to talk tuberculosis with their families. The crusade was under the auspices of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis which is conducting an "allGeorgia campaign," Augusta city officials, county societies and other organizations. Arrangements ere made at a mass meeting of women last night. ^ ^ la fKrv rl 1 raotAT "T^A XL*. U. AUUIMIUII lo iuc un vvvv*. you know that tuberculosis is a plant and not a bug or any kind of animal life?" was a question asked on the printed red and yellow note to residents. Every member of every household, home folks, business folks and working folks were asked these questions: "When is a consumptive dangerous to other people? What is the difference between consumption and tuberculosis? Why do so many negroes, Indians and Chinese die from consumption? What can be done at home to protect the family against consumption? Do you know that every one is interested in one way or another in the tight against tubercu lusis?" Many responaeu 10 me icquest to call up the society headquarters after their talks. ? Atlanta, May 18: That an organized movement to eliminate negroes as industrial factors in railroad work in the south is under way was the statement made today by Thos. K. Scott, general manager of the Georgia railroad. Last night between 50 and 75 white firemen of the Georgia railroad struck because the road refused to dis~ ..rnw^ '? ! miss Its negro nremen. x uc aumv, said Mr. Scott, "is the first step of a movement which is planned to eventuate in the abolition of the negro as an industrial factor. It is the skirmish of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen in its plan to drive the negro out of employment on railroads altogether. The plan has been smoldering for five years. This strike on the Georgia railroad is just the first step. I have reason to believe that the same demand will in time, be it soon or later, will be made upon the railroad officials by the officials of this firemen's union upon every other railroad in the south." F. A. Burgess, assistant grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and A. P. Kelly of Chicago, vice president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, arrived today and consulted with local brotherhood men regarding the strike of firemen on the| Georgia railroad. Second Vice President Ball of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, grave out a statement tonight In which he charges that the places of the white firemen out on strike are being filled by negro firemen. The officials of the railroad announce that the strike has not affected the operation of trains in the slightest degree. She |iorki'illc (Snquirrr. Entered at the Postoftlce In Yorkvllle as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.t FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1909. The King's Mountain monument having been completed, the stonecarvers are now engaged on the "myths" that are to ornament the base thereof. Although numerous protected interests are devoting themselves to the settler ent of the various tarifT schedules * * Kon_ sc .3 to derive as muui muiviuuai wcefit as possible, It is probably a fact that the country as a whole Is more concerned about having an end to the agitation. With the tariff agitation stopped, there would be an opportunity for the resumption of business. York county has subscribed quite liberally to the monument that Is to be erected to the women of the Confederacy, the contribution being all the more liberal In view of the fact that the first monument of the kind erected anywhere had already been erected in this county. It is true that the monument at Fort Mill owes its existence to individual patriotism, liberality and appreciation rather than to popular effort; but that does not detract a great deal from the credit that attaches to York county for having been the first to erect such a monument. Representative Hollingsworth of Ohio, has gotten about what was coming to him. Not long ago he Introduced a resolution intended to frustrate the purpose of the state of Mississippi to present a silver service to the battleship of that name, engraved with a portrait of Jefferson Davis. The resolution did not go; but the southern papers, especially those of Mississippi, gave Hollingsworth a flood of stinging comments, of which he proceeded to try to relieve himself by rising to a question of Dersonal privilege in the house. As a foundation for his privilege he had the newspaper comments read one after another, and after they were all in, the chair ruled that inasmuch as the representative's official record haa not been attacked, there was no question of privilege to be considered. Hollingsworth asked for unanimous consent to say his say; but a member from New York objected and the discomfited south hater was left high and dry with pages of biting newspaper comments against him in the record, and not a word of his own to go along with them by way of explanation or defense. SOUTH CAROLINA N?WS. ? Sumter, May 18: This city was shocked and saddened today by the sudden and tragic aeain 01 .Major n. Frank Wilson, about 8.30 o'clock this morning. Soon after he had entered his office in the court house building this morning, and while his aged father was reading the morning paper. Major Wilson entered the vault room, closing the door behind him. In a few minutes a shot was heard in the vault and when the door was opened, Major Wilson was found lying on the tioor dead, with a pistol wound in his right temple and his pistol lying near. It seems to have been a very deliberate case of suicide, many facts now being recalled, which points to this theory. Major Wilson had been in ill health for several years, and this is supposed to have caused the rash act. ? Augusta, Ga., May 18: Two robbers boarded Southern passenger \Trt 1 7 U7o?*?.An.r(ll/N O H nam ii, ai uai iruvim, o. v., icu miles out, tonight, got the drop on Express Messenger Thomas L. Hutto, knocked him senseless with a piece of rubber hose, pinioned his arms behind his back, took his keys, threw him into an empty express chest, locked him there and ransacked the car at will. The train makes up at Branchville and carries through express and mail from Charleston and Columbia to Augusta. E. C. Burrell, agent of the Southern Express company at Augusta, states that the records show that the robbers secured about $200. This is the first time on record that the express has been of such small amount. The average currency express carried is $2,500 to $10,000. The robbers rode into Augusta and left the train at Broad street in the centre of the city. No one on the train knew of the incident and the robbery was not discovered until the messenger was liberated at ntn nonr.i urhn lilt; UIIIIMI Siaiivil, licgiu y/KSA ici O n ?iv were to engage In unloading the express having located the imprisoned man by his vigorous kicking within the box. ? Beaufort, May 18: On April 3, B. H. Hayes, chief constable for Beaufort county, seized two barrels of beer while in transit, consigned to Thomas Eaton of Paris Island. His place of business is just outside of the government reservation. This man, and others near the same locality, are alleged to have caused considerable trouble to the county constables. Thomas Eaton, hearing of this, furnished, it is said, a gun to four United States marines, telling them they could have as much of the beer as they could drink if they would rescue the beer from Hayes, which they did at the point of a double-barreled shotgun. They then opened the beer on the bank of the river and proceeded to enjoy themselves. Col. Cole, who is in command at the United States School of Instruction, being informed of the affair, had the men arrested and tried by court-martial. They were convicted and sentenced to serve three years and one month in a government prison. They will be sent to Portsmouth in a few days to commence serving the sentence. Thomas Eaton is now under indictment, and will be tried by the state. ? Columbia special of May 19, to Charlotte Observer: A young man, about 21 years old, giving his name as C. M. Holliday. of Manning, and who said he was the son of Mr. Jack Holliday of Manning, appealed to the governor's office today to know if he could not secure relief from a marital situation, into which he claims he was forced on Monday a week ago at the point of some twenty-five guns in the hands of the father, brothers and other kinsmen of the young woman they forced him to marry under threats of killing him, and who is in a delicate condition. Young Holliday brought with him the name of Rev. J. R. Funderburk, a Baptist minister of the I neighborhood, who according to Holli day performed the ceremony under threats of his own life. Holllday says Mr. Funderburk said he would not have performed the ceremony if he had not thought both their lives were in danger, and told him to skip and promised to help him get relief as soon as the storm blew over. Holliday insists that he answered none of the questions of the preacher, did not consent to the marriage except to save his life; that he skipped out immediately after the ceremony and went home; that when hfe learned the relatives of the woman were coming after him again he stole out In a closed buggy to the nearest station and came to Columbia. Holliday was advised to consult an attorney, and in the meantime the matter will be taken up with the Clarendon and Sumter county authorities. The marriage took place in Sumter county near the Clarendon county line. ? Columbia State. Thursday: There was some decidedly interesting features yesterday at the meeting of the legislative committee investigating af fairs at the State Hospital for the Insane. The Interest was centered In the testimony of Dr. J. W. Babcock, a native of this state, a graduate of Harvard, and superintendent of the Institution since 1891. He has a national reputation as an alienist and Is regarded as an authority on pellagra and several diseases which are Interesting the scientists. The examination of Dr. Babcock took a very wide range. Questions were asked him by every member of the committee, although the examination was under the direction of Mr. Carey, who, with Mr. Bates, constitute a special subcommittee for this work. The Investigation went Into the administration of the affairs of the asylum, the treatment of patients, the needs of the Institution and finally It was decided to give the authorities thirty days In which to file any changes that they might suggest. One of the Interesting features was the statement by Dr. Pabcock that at the time of his absence from the city, Mr. Hunter A. Glbbes, an attorney, of this city, who had later presented a memorial to the general assembly, asking for an investigation. had placed In the Institution a young man of this city who was in jail under a charge of fraud. The patient was committed on certificates of two physicians over the protest of the authorities, and Dr. Babcock stated that it had been reported to him that Mr. Glbbes, while visit ing his patient, had talked with other patients and offered to get some of them out for a fee of $35 each. This caused action to be taken for disbarment proceedings, a letter being written the attorney general and the case being under consideration by Mr. Benet. at that time solicitor. ? Lexington, May 19: Sheriff P. H. Corley is lying at his .home suffering from a desperate gunshot wound, while a posse of several hundred determined men Is scouring the country hunting for his assailant, Ed Bynum, a negro whom the sheriff attempted to arrest at an early hour this morning. Bynum was a cropper on the plantation of Mr. C. W. Caughman, about a mile and a half from town. Yesterday the negro gave up the crop, It is said, and Mr. Caughman ordered hands to go to his field this morning and take charge of the crop. Bynum Interfered and ran the hands out of the field with his gun. Mr. Caughman had a warrant issued for his arrest, and the same was placed in the hands of Sheriff Corley for execution. When he went to the house of Bynum to serve the warrant, the negro shot the sheriff through a window, with about No. 4 shot. Sheriff Corley returned the fire with his rifle, but his aim went wild. The entire load took effect in the right side, of Sheriff Corley's face and breast. His right hand is completely riddled with shot. When the sheriff saw that the negro was going to shoot he threw his hand to his lace, and mis, in an proDaoiuy, is wnai saved his life. Bynum escaped at once. The news spread rapidly and In less than an hour hundreds were on the scene. The sheriff's bloodhounds and the bloodhounds from the chaingang were carried to the house, but they failed to carry the trail successfully. At 1 o'clock the dogs from the penitentiary were brought over in an automobile in charge of Capt. Roberts. All kinds of reports have come to town since the shooting. The negro has been tracked to Barrs, a little station about four miles above Lexington, it is said, and it is reported that he secured a mule from his brother and made his escape. He is a desperate character and has been in trouble before. He is described as being a bright mulatto, about six feet tall. Sheriff Corley is resting as well as could be expected and the outcome of his injuries cannot be determined at this time. Sheriff Corley is one of the most popular officers the county has ever known. He has proved a terror to the lawbreakers. Many have been the anxious inquiries about his condition today. ? Columbia special of May 18 to the Augusta Chronicle: Quite a surprise was sprung today by Attorney Felder for the state, when he displayed a letter at the hearing before the commission charged with the winding up of the affairs of the South Carolina dispensary, from Salesman Nelson, of the E. A. Saunders whisky company of Richmond, to Morton A. Goodman, who is at present under a $25,000 bond to answer charges of conspiracy to defraud the state. The reading of the letter was to prove that Goodman had a four-year contract to distribute the dispensary business among the different whisky houses. All of the members of the commission were present and a number of representatives of various interests. The first case to be taken up was that of E. A. Saunders & Co., of Richmond, who have a claim of approximately $40,000. M. H. Chambers, secretary of the company, appeared before the commission. The examination was conducted by Colonel Felder of Atlanta, for the state. The proceedings proved very interesting and under the tire of questions by Colonel Felder, Mr. Chambers made absolute denials of several questions and was forced to refresh his memory on many subjects. The hearing adjourned at 1 o'clock and the commission went Into executive session for the purpose of considering several matters. Mr. Chambers seemed to be at sea on many details of the transaction. He declared that he had never heard of certain alleged agents who made arrangements in South Carolina and apportioned out the sale of whisky to the different houses. When questioned concerning an alleged "frame-up" with the Big Springs Distilling company of Savannah he made a flat denial, although he admitted that his house had sold an inferior grade of whiskv In the amount of about SIS. 000 to the state dispensary through the Big Springs company. When asked why whisky was sold by this house to the South Carolina dispensary, he declared that it was through a circular which his company had received. In answer to questions witness did not seem to know anything about Mr. Goodman, but later on "refreshing his memory" as he expressed it, mentioned his name several times, and also that Mr. Nelson, the whisky sales agent for the Saunders company, had had a spat with Goodman concerning some proposition about which he did not know. Witness declared so far as he knew the Saunders company had never given or proffered a commission to Mr. Goodman for the sale of whisky. Witness denied that he knew anything of the Strauss, Pritz company, of Cincinnati. On taking the stand Mr. Holmes was asked if he had brought all letter files with him. He 1I-.1 41 * V, ^ K.lt Ko/1 replied IIIUI lit- uau IIUI, uui >iau brought all letters bearing on the transaction. Answering a question witness said it was possible that Nelson or Saunders might have had some correspondence with Goodman under "personal cover." Mr. Chambers was told by the commission to bring Mr. Nelson to Columbia and have him bring along his personal correspondence showing any correspondence he had had with Goodman. "And the committee wants it understood," said Mr. Patton. of the committee, "that its summonses are not jokes. We mean business." At this afternoon's session. Hon. C. K. Dunbar of Augusta, representing the Jack Cranston and H. & H. W. Catherwood company, asked postponement of consideration of these claims until Thursday, which was granted. Mr. Dunbar also made motion to reopen the cases of Ullman & Co., and Anchor Distilling company, which were passed upon last spring. This motion was taken under consideration until tomorrow. The Green River claims were taken up but consideration postponed until tomorrow. LOCAL AJFFAXRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. John A. and Ella Neely, Administrators?Request persons having claims against estate of H. A. D. Neely, deceased, to present them. Persons Indebted to the estate are requested to make payment at once. The City Market?Is supplying Its customers with the best of fresh meats, and Is also prepared to furnish raw or boiled ham In as small quantities as desired. York Supply Co.?Calls attention to several articles of spring goods, Including several kinds of cultivators. It can supply you with peas, cane and corn field bean seed. Yorkvllle Monument Works?Can supply you with all kinds of granite and marble work and wants you to visit its yard and see what It has or write for Information, prices, etc. Herndon & Gordon?Have only a limited supply of Reily hoes, and advise you to get your supply ear ly. Good values in glass pitchers and plain and fancy dishes. J. A. Tate, C. C. C. Pis.?Gives notice of sale of real estate at the suit of Samuel M. McNeel against W. B. Wylie, executor of estate of Wm. J. Stephenson, deceased, and others. First National Bank?Points out the advantages of doing your business through the bank. It is safe, it is sensible, it is sure. It wants you to visit it when in town. Bank of Hickory Grove?Calls attention to the fact that every man and woman needs money occasionally. It will be glad to help you to save against the time you will need It. D. T. Woods?Gives some pertinent Information about Penn Mutual policies, their cost, dividends and benefits to be derived. York county must have had pretty nearly a thousand people In Charlotte yesterday. Mr. H. E. Neil has filed his bond and received his commission as treasurer of York county. It is not the violators of the law who give most trouble, it Is those who Instigate them and those who back them. The illegal liquor business in Yorkvllle has been maintained principally by Instigation and backing. And very often the course of the instigation and backing would astound the Innocent public, if it only knew the facts. TLe fho onnnn/1 annual I 11 v pi VW0V\IIIII|? VI Wiv ovvviiu 'Kiiuuai convention of the York County Sunday School association to be held In Yorkville on June 9 and 10, will be well calculated to give a new impetus to the already creditable Sunday school work that Is being done In this county. Every individual to whom has been assigned the honor of reading a paper will do his or her best, and all the delegates will derive great benefit That the Yorkvllle people will make the delegates glad they came, goes without saying. Those who do business with the banks include almost all who amount to a srreat deal as business factors. There are still hundreds of people, of course, who keep their money In socks or under the hearthstone; but these are becoming fewer and fewer every year, and as they become fewer their own financial condition and the financial condition of the country Improves. A hundred dollars burled under a hearthstone does nobody any good. Deposited in a bank. It Is safer from loss, just as accessible to the owner, and In a position to continue Its usefulness. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? In the election last Wednesday, Mr. D. T. Woods was chosen as alderman for ward 4, and Mr. J. Mackorell as alderman for ward 6. Mr. Woods received eleven votes and Mr. Mackorell received one vote. Mr. J. C. Wilborn was also voted for In ward 4, receiving five votes. ? Prof. J. H. Wltherspoon has been re-elected superintendent of the Yorkvllle Graded schools. Mr. Jas. H. Glenn is to be principal. The other teachers will be Misses Sudle Allison, Rieves Lang of Camden; Gerald Lowry, Ella Neely, Margaret Hart, Bessie Poag. Miss Pauline Gwaltney will have charge of the music department. Mr. R. C. Love was re-elected principal and Miss Mary Williams was re-elected teacher of the second grade; but both declined. SCHOOL DEM 3NSTRATION WORK. Superintendent of Education McMackIn is very much Interested in the efforts of the agricultural department to interest the public schools In the Farmers' Co-operative Demonstration work. This branch of the work in this state is under the general supervision of former State Superintendent of Education Martin. Mr. C. J. Hughes, the county agent, took the matter up with Mr. McMackln some time back; but It was rather too late to commence operations for the school season now closing. "I think the Idea Is all right," said Mr. McMackln, discussing the subject a few days ago. "There Is a great deal of valuable Information about farming that can be Imparted to the school children with a little effort and If the teachers can only be Induced to take hold In the right way, this Information can be made very Interesting." The probability Is that later on, well directed efforts will be made to Interest as many of the schools of the coun- I ty In this work as possible. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Ernest Stroup spent several days at Davidson college this week. Mr. Glenn Allison is at home from Baltimore, where he Is attending a medical college. Mrs. R. S. Russell and daughter, Miss Georgia, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Louthian in Charlotte. Messrs. Aubrey Willis and Rob Smith, have returned from a visit to friends at Boiling Spring's High school. Miss Kate Hunter returned to Wlnthrop college Wednesday evening, after spending several days with the family of Mr. J. J. Hunter. Rev. I. G. Murray returned to Yorkville on Tuesday evening from Louisville, Ky., where he attended the Southern Baptist convention. \ it r XT n una. juim m. fliuvei ui uun, a-*. arrived in Yorkville Tuesday night on account of the illness of her granddaughter, little Lois Gillespie. Dr. T. B. Kell, who has been practicing in Yorkville for the past two years has returned to his old practice in Chester county. He and his family left last Tuesday. Dr. Kell had built up a good practice in this vicinity and had made many friends, who regret very much to see him leave. Mi-, and Mrs. Alfred Courtney Doyle of "The Highlands," Wulbrook, announce the engagement of their daughter, Agness Haig. to Dr. John Wilson McConnell of Davidson, N. C. The ceremony will take place in the early autumn. Miss Doyle is a member of a prominent Baltimore family. Dr. McConnell is a practicing physician at Davidson, and is a member of the Davidson College faculty. Walterboro Press and Standard, May 19: Rev. H. J. Cauthen, C. D. C. Adams and G. C. Brown met a party of gentlemen from Yorkvllle at White | Hall yesterday and will enjoy a camp- 1 fishing trip of several days In the wa- i ters near Maj. S. A. Marvin's, who will < be the host of the party. Among the i distinguished gentlemen from Yorkvllle are Messrs. M. B. Jennings, R. E. < Heath. R. C. Allein, J. B. Scott, Sheriff Brown and Dr. Dan Shleder. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Dobson have ar- 1 ranged to leave Yorkvllle about the 1 first of June to make their home with 1 their son, Mr. F. G. Dobson, In Atlanta. The change Is because of Mr. Dobson's | health, which has been rather poor of 1 late. Mr. Dobson Is the oldest business man of Yorkvllle. He was the first to begin selling goods at this place after the civil war, and has been actively engaged In business here ever since. Mr. ' and Mrs. Dobson have hundreds of friends throughout this section, who will regret very much to see them leave. . j Following are some of the people of Yorkvllle and Immediate vicinity who went to Charlotte on account of the 20th of May celebration: J. E. Johnson, H. C. Glenn, Ernest Stroup, M. C. Willis, Jr., J. A. Tate, John G. Barnwell, Sam Lowry, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Montgomery, R. E. Montgomery, Jr., Misses Dot Montgomery, Jessie Baber, Frances Ott, Rosa Steele, H. E. Nell, J. F. Jackson, J. E. Sadler, R. E. Heath, J. A. Latta, Luther Baber, J. C. Lilly, R. G. Gordon. W. H. Herndon, Mrs. W. G. White, Misses Annie Stej vens, Nancy Witherspoon, Rita Wltherspoon, Daisy Gist, Mary Dobson, Louise Dobson, John Dobson, Campbell Barron, F. E. Smith, W. M. McConnell, W. I. Witherspoon, J. P. White, Dare White, M. A. McFarland, ? - * tiAirf Pnnnlnirhn m W. I'inCK AllUiuii;, iiu/> , ... El Ferguson, Aubrey Willis, B. F. Smith, John R. Hart, W. R. Carroll, Louis Roth, El W. Long, J. M. Brice, S. C. Wood, H. P. Stowe, I. W. Johnson, O. E. Grist, Carroll Grist, C. W. Carroll, J. H. Carroll, J. W McFarland, A. S. Barron, R. J. Mackorell, H. T. Williams, Hal Mackorell. THE SPECULATIVE MARKET. The developments in the speculative market yesterday as summarized in an ' Associated Press dispatch of last night were as follows: Today's cotton market was very nervous and irregular and after making new high records for the season, closed barely steady net 9 points higher to 4 points lower, the old crop being generally a little higher while the new crop snowed the losses. The market opened steady at an advance of 5 points to a decline of 2 points, near months being influenced ? ~>w?? thon Him and the fa Oy UCllCi vauivo ?? * .. vorable showing of the English spot market, while later positions felt the influence of further rains in the southwest and talk of better crop prospects in consequence. Trading was quite active and it looked as though some of the recent most prominent buyers were realizing. At any rate prices soon eased off with the old crop selling about 2 to 6 points net iower, while the late months showed a let loss of 8 to 9 points. The detailed Texas weather reports indicating that nothing like general rains bad occurred in the state and that too much rain in eastern and central sections of the belt was offsetting whatever Improvement might have occurred in the southwest, helped the market in the afternoon when early sellers began covering and there was a renewal of active support from western and Chicago interests. May contracts sold up to 11.50 and Julv to 11.26, or 12 to 14 points net higher, while later months sold a point or two over the high figures of the previous day, thus establishing new high records also. There was heavy realizing at the close under which prices eased off from the top. Southern spot markets officially reported early were generally unchanged. Receipts at the ports today 10,570 bales against 13,050 last week and 7,797 last year. For the week 85,000 bales against 99,008 last week, 53,288 last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans 1,661 bales against 4,102 last year. THE 20TH IN CHARLOTTE. Most of the Yorkville people who went over to Charlotte to participate in the 20th of May celebration, returned last night and this morning, and ...t.uA manv nf them are nretty well Wlllio ?? ? broken up by the strenuous discomforts occasioned by the overcrowding and the rain, all are agreed that the celebration was the biggest thing of the kind that has ever been witnessed In this part of the country. The features of the day were the presence of the president, a great triumphal procession In which the people generally, trades and Industries were represented, and a tremendous rain that came near washing everybody away, and seriously Interfered with the complete success of an altogether memorable occasion. There is no reasonably accurate way of estimating the number of people who were in the city. It is a fact that they had been coming in by the train load for two days previous, and every train that arrived yesterday morning wn* crowded to the platforms. Then thousands poured in by private conveyance. The visitors must have easily numbered 25,000 or 30,000, possibly a great many more; but because of the rain which commenced in the early morning and continued with but brief intermissions all day, all the crowd was never seen together at any one time. The president arrived from Washington at about 10 o'clock, and was escorted to the Hotel Selwyn by a committee of distinguished citizens, accompanied by strong guards of regular cavalry and Infantry. He held quite a reception at the hotel, shaking hands with hundreds of people, and during a lull in the downpour later on, was taken to the reviewing stand at about 10 o'clock to review the monster procession, and deliver his address. The parade was about four miles long. It was made up of infantry, cavalry carriages, lloats, automobiles, etc., and occupied more than an nour In passing the reviewing stand. President Taft's speech was entirely appropriate to the occasion. He made it clear that he did not question the authenticity of the Mecklenburg declaration, and he discussed at length the principles that prompted that famous document. The most significant utterance the president made in a political way Is embodied in the following: ' The Federal judiciary to my mind," said the president, "is the strongest bulwark we have In all this country to protect our institutions of civil liberty. And there Is 110 greater duty resting upon the chief executive of this nation than that of the nnnnintment of a man to that position who will strengthen it to ; all the people at large. The Federal judiciary should be as much appreciated In the south as In the north and If I have an opportunity to make any further appointments In the south it will continue to be my duty to make such appointments as will appeal to all the people, whether they are Republicans or Democrats, and I ask all citizens, wheher they be Republicans or Democrats, to accept the appointments | made as men, if they are mpn, who will carry on their high duties with an eye , to the administration of justice, to accept them and congratulate the people ] on the appointment and not make use . of them for any political or partisan , argument or partisan appeal." While the parade to the grand stand was begun during a cessation of the rain, there was another heavy down- s pour before it was over and people had to break for cover. At times.it looked as if there would be a stampede and crush accompanied by injury to llmba and probably by lost of life; but fortunately there were no serious accidents. The president was driven from the reviewing stand by the downpour, In the parade there were several floats containing 'possums, one a whole limb full of them with hounds barking furiously from the ground, and at these the president was very much amused. The president left Charlotte last nlghl at about 10 o'clock on his return tc Washington, and seemed to be as delighted with the day as were the people who assembled to do him honor. GREAT STORM OF "59. cv>iir>Ti,ir> t tho siiccestlon contained in the communication from Chester published in another column, an examination has been made of the flies ol The Enquirer of May, 1859, for the record of the great storm referred to. Th? storm, it appears, occurred on May 15 and in the flrst issue of The Enquire] thereafter, that of May 19, there is s pretty full account; but the Issue ol May 26, contains more accurate details The story published May 26, is as follows: Since the last issue we have received full accounts of the terrific storn which recently passed over the westerz and southwestern portion of our dis trict. In every instance they connrir our previous statement, and in man) instances the idea we have given comei short of the reality. We take the following paragraph from a letter dated at Bullock's Creek, May 20th. The readei will remember that the storm occurred on the 16th: "I see that you have given a tolerably correct description of the storn that laid waste our section of the country last Sunday night. Tou are incorrect, however, in stating that it extended to the west of Bullock's Creel church. This locality is on the westerr border of the track, and the sufferer: are those living east of the church The old lady who was killed was Mrs Nelly Alberson, and Mrs. Sarah Henderson, the younger Mrs. Albereon'! mother, had her leg and skull broken The attending pnysician, ur. r eemsier reports that she cannot recover fron her Injuries. Since the storm, It hai been raining every day, and farmer! cannot do anything toward replanting There is yet plenty of ice in places, fron one to two feet deep." Another correspondent from th< same section, where the tempest seemed to have raged most severely, writei thus under date of May 16: "Yesterday evening, about 9 o'clock we saw a black and threatening clouc rise in the direction of King's Mountain. It came rapidly in a southerly direction; but after a time changed lti course toward the southeast, the wind rain, hail, thunder and lightning combining to make the most terrific spectacle I have ever seen. A neighbor describes the roar to be nearer than any thing: else like 'a thousand wagrons ant teams running away in a crowd.' Tin lightning was constant, and the whol< heavens appeared to be an intensel] burning sheet of flame. "When the cloud came overhead, i appeared-to be about a mile and a hal; in width, though the storm spread mori moderately to a width of from three t< four miles. So rapid was it that in hal: an hour from the time the cloud appeared the destruction was complete and we could only hear the roaring o: the elements far ahead as their fur] passed away. "In an instant almost, the- branchei were swollen into creeks and rivers. A solid sheet of water and hail covered uplands and lowlands, and added iti inestimable force to the power of th< other elements. The land is washe( into gullies: the fences were all floated for hundreds of yards; the timber li strewn over the fields and forests literally stripped of foliage more complete ly than ever by the frosts of winter for the evergreens are as bare as ih( more tender trees. The pine forest! present the appearance of a new ground after the timber has been dead lonj enough for the leaves to drop ard th< birds to pick away the bark: ar.d th< undergrowth is as bare of leaf anci barl as a willow basket "In the bottoms great rafts hav< lodged which in depth and size are t< be compared to crystal mansions, an< in the gullies and elsewhere there re main great mountains of hailstones measuring ten feet in depth! Of course the growing wheat Is literally beatei and ground to atoms; large plots growing beautifully, almost in an in stant nresent the appearance of a stub ble field that has been severely pasture* for a month after harvest. You cai sec but little signs of the straw. It L cut up and mixed with the soil. Con and cotton too, is ruined. Passing to day, you could scarcely tell what ii planted In any field. The plants wen all cut down by the hail, and thei washed away. "The section I have passed over to day has thousands of wagon loads o hall, scattered In every direction; an< tne appearance presented is nae ma of dead winter, when the ground li covered with sieet drifted In heaps 2i to 3 feet deep. I did not measure It but riding a horse 16 hands high, I eas lly lifted up a handful of hailstone! without dismounting. They were no larger than a partridge egg, but mus have decreased In size since falling. "Many other houses were blowi down; but no other life was lost. A one point a corn crib was blown away the corn strewn along In a contlnuoui heap for more than a hundred yards ard a wagon In a shed attached to th< crib unloaded and driven fifty yard/ against another outhouse, and torn Into a hundred fragments. A rock mor< than three feet square, was carrlei across a hollow, a distance of twentj yards. A wash pot was taken from i spring, and fragments of It found In i field three or four hundred yards distant. "But It Is impossible to give an accurate Idea of the terrible calamity Those only know Its awful violence who were overwhlemed In the ruin 1 ho j mn rlo T /1a nnf rirnton/1 f a toll vai all I have learned today: bul I hone yoi can not In shane what T have hastlli written so as to make It serviceable.' TESTS FOR THE TEACHERS. It will be of Interest to a great man} people other than applicants to teach to know what is required of those wh< submit themselves for the regular examinations, and with the exception 01 the questions In algebra, which hav< to be omitted because the linotype ii unable to reproduce certain algebraU signs, the questions used last Fridaj are given below: Requirements for First and Seconc Grade Certificates. ou per ceiu average wiui not less mar 50 per cent on any one branch will entitle the applicant to a first grade certificate. 70 per cent average with not less thar 45 per cent on any one branch will entitle the applicant to a second gradt certificate. 60 per cent average with not less thar 40 per cent on any one branch will entitle the applicant to a third grade certificate. The questions are given below undei the different heads: English. 1. Write a complex sentence and point out the subject and predicate ol each clause. 2. Point out and classify the clauses and phrases In the following sentence: I don't know what happened, for 1 wasn't there to see. 3. Write the plurals of box, ox, child, u-nmnn ulrir nliimnov f hiuf 4. Use the past tense of the following verbs in sentences: sit, set, lie, lay, take, throw. G. Define transitive and Intransitive verbs, and give Illustrations. 6. Choose the proper word, and give the reason for your choice: The prize will go to (whoever or whomever) the committee (select or selects). 7. White a paragraph of fifty or one hundred words on some piece of llterlture you have recently read. (This composition will be graded on spelling, punctuation and corrections.) United States History. 1. How many years have elapsed dnce the discovery of America? 2. What five European nations established colonies within the present bounds of the United States? 3. Give the exact date of the signing 1 of the declaration of independence. 4. Name the Confederate states. 5. What is the difference between a tariff for revenue and a tariff for pro1 tection? 6. Compare Tecumseh and Osceola. | 7. Give the date and result of each , of the following battles: New Orleans, Manila, Chickamauga, Saratoga. 8. Name four American inventors i and discuss the effect of the greatest invention made by each. Pedagogy. , 1. What elements of personality should a teacher endeavor to culti| vate? 2" Describe the oDenln* day of a well ordered country school. 3. What Is meant by the honor system In school government? To what I extent Is it possible In the elementary school? ' 4. Name the school virtues which ' you would definitely aim to develop. I 6. Name the Incentives to good , school work which you have found effective. 5 6. Describe a correct method of , questioning for recitation In the upper f grades. 7. Describe the Interior and equipment of the school room In which you ' should like to teach. Geography. 1. Name the largest body ot rresn water In the world, (b) Where does . the Colorado river rise, and where j empty? (c) What Is a "delta" and tell . where found In the United States. 2. (a) What state of the United k States ranks first In the production of C cotton, and which second? (b) What j state of the southern states has the . largest coal and Iron Industries? (c) t Name the states of the United States r partly bounded by Lake Erie. i 8. (a) What seaport on the Pacific ocean is directly connected by rail with Moscow, in Russia? (b) What | large Island lies near the northern coast of Europe, and to what country of Europe does it belong? (c) Name | the two largest islands of the Philip pine 5IUU|;. 4. (a) What cape on extreme west coast of Africa? (b) Name the two largest lakes of Africa, (c) Give location of Mozambique channel. 5. (a) Name the four largest islands of the West Indies, (b) What state of the United States is nearest to the West Indies, and about how far it is from the nearest point of the state to the nearest of this group? (c) What capital city of South America has the largest altitude, and of what country Is that city the capital? Civics and Current Events. 1. Write within fifty words a sketch of the president of the United States. 2. How many justices compose the supreme court of South Carolina? By whom, and for how long a term, are they elected? 3. Define a tax. Enumerate as many kinds of taxes as you can think of. 4. Give the official title of each of the nine members of the president's . cabinet 5. How many members compose the . general assembly of South Carolina? 6 What are the duties of the counI ty supervisor? i 7. Who is solicitor of your circuit 5 8. Tell what you know of recent f happenings at Messina. Physiology. ? 1. (a) Where is the longest bone in r the body? Give its name, (b) How 3 may the skeleton be deformed by imJ proper clothing, or be otherwise Injured " by careless habits? 2. (a) What is the tendon of Achilles? (b) Why should we take exercise? ' 3. Describe the blood as seen under T a microscope. 4. (a) Name the cavities of the heart. 3 vb) Describe and give reason for the J lesser circulation. 1 5. (a) The pancreatic juice plays 3 what part in the digestive process? 3 (b) Mention some of the causes of 1 headache. 1 6. (a) Why do we breathe? (b) 3 Name some evil effects of poor ventiia" tlon. Arithmetic. ' (Solve eight) , 1. Divide 7.601826 by 347.612, multiply quotient by .06, to the product add r 3.46, and from sum subtract 2.115. 3 2. Simplify (3 1-5 plus 4 1-3 minus ? 5 1-4 multiplied by 617) divided by t 3 1-2. 3. Find the weight In tons of the a, water In a dock 24 feet deep and cov5 erlng 1-10 of an acre, given that a cu* blc foot of water weighs 62 1-2 pounds. 4. Find the simple Interest on $2,i 000 tor 2 years, 9 months, 18 days at , 7 per cent 6. How many men are required to i cultivate a field of 7- 7-8 acres In 5 1-2 days of 10 hours each? Given that . each man completes 77 square yards j In 9 hours. , 6. On a map made on a scale of 6 3 inches to a mile, a rectangular field is ,, represented by a space of one inch . long and 1-4 inch broad. How many 9 acres are there in the field? B 7. At what rate P?r cent win $2,260 t amount to $2,565 in 4 years at simple Interest? 8. If the wholesale dealer makes a f profit of 26 per cent and the retail j dealer a profit of 40 per cent what is t the cost of an article which sold at re3 tall for $18? i 9. What fraction of 39 gallons is 3 bushels and 3 pints? If a gallon conl tains 231 cubic Inches and a bushel s contains 2150.4 cubic Inches, answer t as a common fraction In Its lowest t terms. LOCAL LACONICS. | Until January 1, 1910. . We will send The YorKvine inquirer 3 from this date till January 1, 1910 for : $1.26. * Serious Road Accident. Mr. S. M. McNeel had one of the ? bones of his left foot broken, and Mr. 5 Thos. P. McDow sustained a painful ? wrench of the back as the result of the t overturning of a hack on the Chester - road a short distance south of McConnellsvllle last Tuesday night. Mr. M. L. Carroll and little son, Alfred, who , were also of the party, escaped unhurt. ^ MnMool Po rrr*11 anri \f j had been In attendance on the Layr men's Missionary Movement conven* tlon In Clinton and were on their way back to Yorkvllle, coming from Chester In a two-horse rig driven by a negro. r In some way, possibly on account of , the driver being asleep, the team went ) Into a deep ditch, and all of the occu pants of the vehicle were thrown out, f with the results stated. The horses J ran away. Mr. McNeel was subsei quently taken to the residence of Dr. : W. M. Love, who gave his Injury such r attention as It seemed to require, and afterward the party came on to York' ville In two buggies, reaching here at about 3 o'clock Wednesday morning. > Mr. McNeel will probably be laid up for some weeks. Fired at From Roadside. ' Dr. John I. Barron had the unpleas? ant experience last Tuesday night of being flred at twice from the roadside. 1 His assailant was an unknown negro. [ It was at about 10 o'clock. The doctor was on his way to visit a patient on ' the C. C. Hughes' plantation, about five miles south of Yorkvllle. When he was within a short distance of the [ county home, he was startled by a shot. From the light made by the flash of the i pistol, he made out his assailant as an j unknown negro. "Look out there what you are doing," said the doctor, and the , answer was another shot. Unarmed and at a loss to understand It, Dr. Barron urged his horse up and got oiifuv frnm tho upann a a unnn an nrtanl- ' i ble. At the nearest telephone, he communicated with Deputy Sheriff Quinn, ( who went out and made a search of the neighborhood; but without getting any information. Dr. Barron rent on with his professional visit. He is under the impression that the shots were intended for a negro man who had passed in j a buggy a few minutes before; but this ] is only supposition. Deputy Quinn and 1 Constable Sanders have been working ( on the case since Its occurrence. i MERE-MENTION. George Meredith, the celebrated English novelist, died in London on Monday morning In the 81st year of hla age, after an illness lasting but a few days... .. .New York butchers and steamship officials are working on a plan to import chilled meats from Argentina and sell it in New York at a less price than can be done with meats j purchased from the Chicago packers, notwithstanding the import duty of 2 cents a pound The Zeppelin Airship company proposes to operate airships carrying a crew of six and twenty passengers at Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, the coming summer. Seven hour trips are to be made Rudolph Spreckles, the San Francisco banker, who contributed $100,000 to the fund to uproot municipal graft in that city, was called as a witness for the first time Monday in the trial of Patrick Calhoun, telling: how Calhoun had tried to overcome his opposition to change* ?1 In the street car service... .Mrs. Elisabeth Wonderly of Philadelphia, celebrated her 106th birthday on Monday. Frank Work, a wealthy New Yorker, wants to levy an enormous tax on imported bridegrooms and encourage native wedlock by reward. "If I had my way about it," be said, "I would make International marriages a hanging offense." Leo F. McCullough, former president of the Boston common council, and his attorney. Jas. T. Cassidy, were convicted Monday on charges of conspiracy and fraud. They got away with $2,000 appropriated for the purchase of law books The general assembly of the Northern Presbyterian church, convened in Denver, Col., Wednesday President Taft will open the Yukon-Alaska exposition at Seattle, Wash., on June 1st, with a gold telegraph key, to be placed In the White House at Washington, D. C Dr. Wm. Wightman of the United States marine hospital service, died at Guayaquil, Ecuador, Monday, after five days' illness of yellow fever Louise Arbogast, 19 years old, is in Jail at St. Paul, Minn., charged with the murder of her father, a wealthy butcher. It is believed the girl 1b Insane.... Thos. L. Hlsgen of Massachusetts, candidate of the Independent party for president last November, has announced in effect that he will be a Democrat In the future....The firm of Tracy & Co., brokers of New York, failed Monday with liabilities of over a million dollars. The firm had branch houses in several western states Fire destroyed property to the value or $1,000,000 at Akron, O., Tuesday Captain Peter C. Halns, Jr., convicted of the murder of Wiii, Annls, has commenced serving his sentence at Sing Sing. His case will be appealed to the higher courts Seven Mexicans were killed near Uvalde, Texas, Monday by hailstones General Stoessel and Admiral Nebogatoflf have been released from prison in Russia by orders of the ctar A 2-year-old daughter of Chas. Boyd of Elberton, Oft., wan kldnanned from the lawn of her father's home last Friday and Boyd has received letters stating that the child will never be returned. A negro woman Is suspected of the crime An epidemic of typhoid fever has broken out in the city of Philadelphia, 113 cases being reported during the past week Thirty women immigrants from England, converts to Mormonism, arrived at Montreal on Tuesday enroute to Utah A Mr. Green has been granted a divorce in London. Mr. Green alleged that Chief White Cloud, a famous American Indian, had alienated the affections of his wife.... Less than $326,000 is available to settle the claims for $1,726,000 damages growing out of the wrecking of the steamship Republic by the Florida. This was the collision in which wireless telegraphy played such a prominent part some months ago Sicilian business men are alleged to be facing ruin as the result of the presence of the vast amounts of relief supplies sent / If A?a(nA #?Atw A morion anil nthpr IU iUCOOllld iiUlll AU1V1IVO ?I1U VMS?? countries on account of the December earthquake. It la probable & part of the relief supplies will be diverted to Turkey... .Frank Lester, a New York iron worker, has been given a verdict for $650 for the loss of one of his little toes, by the New York supreme court Lester's toe was mashed off while working for a building contractor A monster pilgrimage of Irish-Americans to visit Ireland during next year is being worked up by the leading business men of Ireland. It is hoped that many of the pilgrims will remain in the old country... .Henry H. Rogers, vice president of the Standard Oil company, and one of the leading financiers of the country, died at his home in New York on Wednesday from a stroke of apo plexy. He was about 69 years oia. lie began his business career In a grocery store as a clerk at $3 a week Marion D. Fortner of Oxford, Miss., is under arrest in Paris, France, on a charge of obtaining 311,000 from a St. Louis trust company by forgery Samuel W. Wellington, 73 years old, a millionaire, is under arrest in New Tork on a charge of bigamy. He was on his honeymoon trip with his new wife, 20 years old, when wife No. 1 appeared and had Wellington arrested. ....Miss Emma Trotter, a missionary of the Florence Crlttenton Rescue circle, was kidnapped and badly abused by three ruffians at Asbury Park, N. J., Monday, in an effort to make her reveal the whereabouts or a young1 gin whom she had Induced to leave a house of ill fame The plant of the Memphis (Tenn.) Cotton Seed Oil company, was destroyed by Are Wednesday. The loss was $200,000 Miss Mary Sadler of Cedar Rapids, la., In Ill-health for years, saturated her clothing with kerosene, applied a match and burned to death Wednesday German, French and English bankers will float a Chinese bond issue of $27,500,000 for railroad construction in China Mrs. Gertrude Schouten, died at Matteawan, N. Y., Tuesday, aged 108 years. An Enormous Spider.?A. W. Pickens of Garvin township brought to this office Saturday an enormous spider r which he called a Carolina tarantula. He saia ne naa reaa 01 muse uunga, but It was the first one he had ever seen. It was captured by some boys on his plantation. The spider was an inch and a half long and a half-inch broad before having been killed and drawn to its smallest compass. Before being killed it was much larger. The animal was equipped with ten legs, four at the prow and six at the stern, and a particularly wicked looking mouth. The bite of this spider, Mr. Pickens says, is as deadly as that of a rattlesnake. Some boys on Mr. Pickens' plantation found a peculiar looking hole in the ground and decided to investigate. After digging for a while they came upon an odd looking nest. Prizing it spen they found the spider inside. The nest was provided with a trap-door, tvhich the spider could close after him?elf as he went into the nest, and would >e safe from intruders. Mr. Pickens Drought the nest to the city with him. [t was a very ingeniously contrived af'air, and was of almost as much Interest as the spider Itself.?Anderson Oally Mall.