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Scraps and Jarts. ? Washington, June 4: The crop reporting board of the bureau of statistics estimates that the area planted in cotton this year, 1909, in the United States, including that already planted and that expected to be planted, is about 95.6 per cent of the area planted in cotton last year, equivalent to about 31,980,000 acres and compared with 33,375,000 acres indicated by the bureau of revised estimates of last year's plant, a decrease of 1,452,000 acres, or 4.4 per cent. The condition of the growing crop to May 25 was 81.1 per cent of the normal condition, compared with 79.7 per cent at the corresponding date in 1908 and 81.4 per cent, the average condition for the past ten years, on May 26. Immediately following the publication of the government report cotton broke seven to nine points, as w? dition figures were considered rather bearish. On the other hand, the decrease of 1,452,000 acres in the area was a bullish factor and furnished the basis for heavy buying by local traders. ? New York, June 5: Details of the contemplated establishment hi Mesopotamia of the largest Jewish colony the world ever has seen have been made * public in this city. Announcement was made of the combination in support of the project of international Jewish organizations, which never have acted together before. That the new movement has financial resources in excess of one hundred millions of dollars and that the country which it is proposed to turn into a Jewish colony will support a population of ten millions are indications of the extent of fntfrnri.se. Men in this city who are interested in the latest movement toward the establishment of a Jewish colony say the credit for having united the various forces in support of this elaborate plan should be given to Jacob H. SchlfT and I. Zangwill. The latter is president of the Jewish Territorial organization now in session In London and before which body he has laid an official proposal by the Turkish government looking to the turning over to the Jews of all of Mesopotamia. ? New York, June 6: John Norris, chairman of the committee on paper of the American Newspaper Publishers' association, forwarded today to Senator Root a letter setting forth new data on paper duty. The senator's attention is directed to a comparison of his newspaper and periodical constituency as compared with his paper mill constituency and the statement Is made that the newspapers of New Yorkj state pay seven times as much for la- j bor as all the news print paper mills. I Mr. Norris appeals for consideration for the newspapers as follows: "Papers are entitled to consideration from you even If you ignore the extraordinary function they perform In disseminating intelligence. ' in promoting knowledge and in facillating the work of government. Those citizens are the best citizens who are in complete touch with the work of administration; ana the furtherance of the newspapers' mission is worthy of your serious effort An increase in the consumption of paper is due to the increasing intelligence of the people." ? Having acted upon most of the vexed problems in the cotton schedule during the past week the senate expects to complete this schedule today or tomorrow. This will bring the senate face to face with the woolen schedule, which is practically a re-enactment of the Dlngley rates, but which, nevertheless, will be fought by progressive Republicans aided by the Democratic senators. As night sessions will be held throughout the week, Indications nolnt to a completion of the woolen schedule by Thursday or Friday. No programme has been outlined as to the schedules to be taken up following the woolen schedule, but it is probable that some work will be done upon the free list A meeting of the finance commitmittee has been called for 9.30 o'clock tomorrow, when the policy of the senate so far as the committee is concerned, will be outlined. A date will be fixed also for the reporting of amendments on a number of questions not yet acted upon in committee. On account of the progress made during the past week, senate leaders are predicting that the bill will be voted upon in the senate by June 19, and that congress will be ready to adjourn by July 4. If a quorum is obtained in the house on Monday the Puerto Rican bill will be taken up. ? Charlotte Chronicle: The action of the New York court in sending a reckless chauffeur, who ran over and killed a boy; to the penitentiary for a term of from seven to twenty years, ought to have a wholesome effect, especially since the judge, in sentencing the man, said that the next one arraigned in his court would be tried for his life. In sentencing the chauffeur, the judge told him that "if he had been a rich man or a dissolute man the verdict would have been murder. The legal proof of murder was overwhelming, but not even the most sympathetic juror could acquit you of manslaughter." The judge in his remarks to the convicted man spoke for the benefit of reckless automobile drivers in general. "When you took your seat in that car," he said to him,'"you were tree to drive carefully or recklessly. You chose to ko at a most reckless pace. And you knew that you bore a message of death for the unfortunates in your path. You knew that all the people had at least an equal right in our streets and roads. You cared more for your own pleas-! ure than the life of any other person. You had the power to choose, and you I elected to do that which destroyed an innocent life and brought the deepest sorrow to a happy home." The punishment of this man will no doubt be looked upon with approval by automobile owners all over the country. It is the reckless drivers that keep alive prejudice against the automobile and tne lasier mey are weeaea uui, mo sooner will this prejudice disappear. ? New Orleans, June 5: Gen. Clement A. Evans, commander-in-chief, U. C. V., today announced the appointment of Miss Elizabeth Donelson Lake of Memphis, Tenn., as chief maid of honor. Miss Caroline Dupree Steele of Kentucky, who was first named as chief maid of honor, will be unable to serve on account of the bereavement in her family. The following appointments by Gen. Evans were also announced: J. 1?. McCollum of Atlanta to be brigadier and assistant adjutant general; J. T. Brown, Winston-Salem, to be colonel and aide-de-camp; J. P. Currie, Fayetteville, N. C., to be colonel and aidede-camp; J. T. Moore, Moores, S. C., to be colonel and aide-de-camp; C. A. Reed, Anderson, S. C.. to be colonel and T ntov Papd St George, S. C.t to be colonel and aidede-camp; J. V. Harris, M. D., Key West, Fla., to be aide-de-camp. Gen. Kvans announced the following members of his staff to take charge of the reunion and all social features pertaining to headquarters: Col. Wlliam B. Ix'edy, Birmingham. Ala., chairman; Col. Philip H. Fall, Houston. Tex.; Col. J. W. Faxon, Chattanooga. Tenn.; Col. Henry Moorman, Hardinsburg, Ky? Col. J. A. Harrlel, New Orleans; Col. G. N. Saussi, Sylvester, Ga.; Col. James G. Crowe, Sheffield, Ala.; Col. John H. Bankhead, Fayette, Ala.; Col. Joseph Johnston, Birmingham, Ala.; Col. R. P. Lake, Memphis, Tenn.; Col. Henry Myers, Memphis, Tenn., and Co!. A. T. Holt, Macon, Ga. The addition of thirty-eight new camps to the United Confederate organization was announced today. ? Somerville, Mass., June 5: With a maniacal shriek, John Murphy turned from pig-sticking to man-killing in the North Fucking and Provision company's slaughter house today, and driving his fellow-workmen before him, slew, five of them and wounded four others. Two of the wounded were reported later as dying. According to some of the workmen, Murphy had been acting peculiarly for some days, but he returned from his dinner this afternoon apparently in normal condition. Shortly after 2 o'clock he suddenly uttered a blood-curdling scream and sprang at Dr. Hayes, waving his 15-inch razor-edge knife in his hand. He cut Dr. Hayes a deep gash on the neck, stabbed him over the heart and practically disemboweled him. The terrified workmen rushed for the door, but Murphy ran after them, slashing right and left. Every man whom he struck went down with a groan. The crowd plunged downstairs with Murphy after them, and at every landing he cut somebody. On the second floor one of the workmen, an Italian, seized a heavy bar of iron and felled Murphy, but he was quickly on his feet again and wounded another man. On the street floor he was given another heavy blow on the head and his knife was wrenched from his hand. Two police officers came In to assist the workmen and Murphy was given a fearful beat ?J /M'amnii'arofl onil fnk I HI1R ttHU lluaiijr vit.|?..Tv.vv. ~ en to the police station. Murphy Is 50* > years old, weighs 200 pounds, and was regarded as one of the strongest men In the plant. He Is married and lives In Somerville. It was reported tonight that there was \ ery little hope of Dr. Hayes surviving. ||orkiiUf ($nquim. entered at the Postofflce In Yorkvllle as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, S. C.i 1 TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1909. Wade Hampton Sellers, the Colum- f bla "blind tiger king," who killed Con- t stable Farmer, has been acquitted. Ac- ] cording to the ruling of the court, the warrant Farmer was trying to serve was technically Illegal and he was an unwitting trespasser. The presumption is that if the warrant had been all right, the killing would have been murder. Somebody is responsible for Farmer's death, and if Sellers is not the man, who is he? Can it be the magistrate who issued the papers? Comptroller General Jones is having rather uphill business in his efforts to enforce the Income tax law of the state. The law has never been j popular, and it is safe to say that from ( its original enactment, it is doubtful f as to whether as many as ten per cent r of the people who are liable under it, ( have made returns. Since, however, ^ the law is on the statute books, it t should be enforced, and the efforts of c the comptroller will be watched with ( interest; but nobody is going to look t for a great deal of noise until he gets s * - 1 1*fx closer down to actual returns man has yet gotten. \ I All over the south, with few excep- r tlons, the transportation rates on farm products originating In the south, are prohibitive. This is largely due to the fact that we have not been large ship- t pers of farm products. The charges r for handling milk and cream are a case in point. The dairy industry of the 8 south is growing, and nothing could be s done which it more needful, than to put s in operation an intelligent and reasonable schedule of rates for the shipment of all dairy products and-the return of ' the empty containers. We earnestly " hope that all classes of railroads in the south will give this matter serious and , early consideration. Our railroads can c easily afford to make a rate that will i mean no profit for a few months, or ^ even for a few years, in order to de velop what would become a highly and permanently profitable traffic if prop- a erly encouraged.?Progressive Farmer. I Same old question In another form, t As applying to dairy products, but few - _i? ? ? In fpnicr'ht a or our peopie arc uncicoicu m i*v.0?% a rates, there are not enough dairy pro- ? ducts to warrant investigation of ? freight rates and as there will never be any considerable Increase of these c products until the freight rates are <j better the case is rather discouraging. But it is not dairy products alone that a are affected. Freight rates?unfair t discriminative rates, operate to the f serious disadvantage of some towns as t against others even In the irtatter of i handling cotton. The people most in- a terested are not well enough informed t to know and enforce their rights, and | the railroads are left to regulate things as they will. We would not find fault \ with the railroads too much. If the t people do not look after their own in- \ terests, the railroads are not to be severely blamed for not giving the mat- t ter too close attention. t Rkferkino to a declaration In The r Enquirer that we could tell the State c of a time when it was rooting for the s gold standard In the face of a free coinage plank in the Democratic platform, that paper in its issue of this morning says: That would be exceedingly interest- * ing information, and we insist that The Enquirer call upon its excellent mem- c ory to tell the State when this paper c "was rooting for the gold standard in a the face of a free coinage plank in the Democratic platform." We beg leave to refer our contemp- ' orary to its issue of Saturday, March f 3, 1894, when it used this language: "The State stands for the Chicago ' platform of the Democratic party, no f matter who may oppose it. It showed r repeatedly last fall the free coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 was not demanded by that platform, which re- t quired sliver and gold dollars of 'equal intrinsic and exchangeable value.'" The Enquirer undertook to show that the Chicago platform did demand the free coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1, and succeeded so well that the State soon after practically conceded its contention; but went on to say: "But there Is nothing practical in j the present agitation for the free coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1. A f veto bars the way until 1897. If relief 1 Is wanted, and not mere fruitless agi- ^ tat ion. let us all work for the repeal of the prohibitive tax on state bank 1 notes." t This is the period and the circum- 1 stance we had in mind when we told ' the state of its once having rooted for I ilie goiu sianuaru. uur recuiiecuuu 10 i that the State did not at once fall Into i the free silver folly with some of the 1 balance of us, and the editorials of "last ' fall," to which It refers will show it i fighting against the then Democratic I platform. We have not those editorials i at hand. i , m I A FRIEND in Connecticut has sent us : a copy of the New York Tribune of I June 2, containing an editorial intend- i ed to show a changing sentiment in . the south on the tariff question and s quoting certain recent references of i The Enquirer to the attitude of Sen- i ator Tillman on the subject, as evi- ' uence or tne correctness or its con ten- ' tion. While It Is not to be denied that < the Tribune is a great newspaper and 1 one of the highest American authorities on protection, we are inclined to ' think that it is a bit too enthusiastic ( and premature in its conclusions as to I southern sentiment. It was Gen. Hancock who characterized the tariff as a i local issue and although he was laugh- i ed out of his election for the presidency, because of his declaration, the i declaration was essentially correct. < The thinking people of the south are not so Utopian as to believe free trade i possibility under the economic conditions now existing throughout the world; but neither are they so simple is to be unable to understand the jrievous injustice of many of the burJens they are made to carry, because jf the protection system as it now ob:ains. Because it recognizes the impossibility of securing free trade, the muth works for the next best thing, lariff for revenue; but it cannot approve protection which, to it necessarily means oppression. By the same sign ihere is a more kindly feeling for Mr. raft than for other Republican presllents, not perhaps because he is really ess of a protectionist; but because he las preached revision downward, and :he southerners believe that an honest ind intelligent revision downward will, ;o whatever extent the revision may go, .hut-Hens. There are Igllldl 9UU1IKUI in the south those who believe that since the policy of the country Is promotion, and everything: the Republican party can protect will be protected inyway, It Is Just as well to offset It as .'ar as possible by Including all the southern Items that can be helped by "ellef from foreign competition. Men who hold to this view lay themselves )pen to severe political criticism, and some have gone down under It; but still the idea is not at all unsound. The strongest argument against it is 'principle;" but even this is more or ess specious, because a deep, broad kdew will show that no principle Is eallv violated?not even the principle )f sauce for the goose being also sauce .'or the gander. A fundamental principle in this country is majority rule, ind if a tariff for revenue man finds ilmself in the control of a protection rnajority, there seems to be little real ;ompromise in participating in whatsver benefits may arise from protection jntil such time as he can make an)ther fight for tariff for revenue. But ill this is only incidental to the main luestlon. The south is not for promotion, and it is not going to be promotion until it has a reasonably decent jropo'rtion of Interests that protection :an benefit. The First Sunday School. One Sunday morning a hundred rears ago, a workingman, carefully Iressed in his best suit, says an ex:hange, came out of his house on the naln street of the old English town of Gloucester and strolled leisurely down he hill. The "New Inn" was fronted hen, as it is today, by a square garden iverhung by the carved galleries of the avern. There was a moss clad well 1 n the center and about It were beds of iweet smelling pinks and columbines. But the calm of that Sunday morning vas destroyed by a crowd of street ? " nvpr the flower beds. njy o nuu iuu0*.v ???. ?? nuking the day hideous with their lolse and coarse talk. The printer?for printing was his vork on week days?stopped In the nldst of the crowd and looked steadily it the boys. Presently he said to hlmlelf: "At this rate those boys will toon go utterly to the bad. That must ?ot be. There are good possibilities n them. Here, boys," he called aloud, come with me!" He led them yelling and pushing lown the street into his quiet house, tlanning as he went how to keep them here. "I am going," he said presently, "to itart a school for you. Now and here, t shall be a free school; I will be the eacher." The boys received the news with ihouts. They were too ragged and frimy to go to church on Sundays. No i uh?r upppnt nlace was ooen to them. The next Sunday his house was irowded with the same class of chllIren. The idea of a free school on Sunday ippealed to every Christian as a most lopeful plan for the rescue of children rom wickedness. It spread through he town, through the shire, through England. It was adopted in France tnd Germany; it made its way to Ausralia and to the United States. Now, n every country in the world and In ;very sect there are these schools, In vhich, every Sunday morning, the Bide story is told, without money and vlthout price. In the staid old city of Gloucester hey still show you the New Inn and he garden where the boys played and * - i ?a.f*K Un non If arl ne OKI DIIIWII IlUUflC WIUI ICO pcunvu oof in which Robert Raikes, that long tgo morning, taught the first Sunday ichool. "Full and Free Discussion." The plea of the Columbia State for i full and free discussion of the tariff ind other issues in South Carolina Is >ne that fully commends Itself to the leslres of all sane and sensible people, ind it arouses In The Enquirer a wlstulness that is all the more aggravatng, because of a feeling of the almost lopelessness of realization. Full and free discussion of the tarff! Wouldn't it be great? Did the State weigh that expression before it nade use of it? We fear the expresilon was used rather hastily. The day vhen we had full and free political liscussion In South Carolina Is so far >ack in the past that it has been forgotten by all except those who keep on nore or less familiar terms with his;ory, and if that day Is to return in he future, there are no signs to indl;ate it now. Full and free discussion, the idea! Let some newspaper for Instance, suggest that It might be well to evy a duty on tea, and what do ,ve hear? A comprehensive and dispassionate argument to show that such i duty would be unexpedlent and untvise? Not much. The explosion would je more like this: "You are a traitor to the party. Get along with the Republicans, where you belong! Nigger! ligger! nigger! nought! oougnt: Jought!" Of course, the State understands all this. Only a few days ago t referred to South Carolina as a "oneparty state;" but we desire to call its Attention to the fact that the term is not a happy one. While it is true that there is but one party organization ind one party name, it is just as true that we as certainly have two parties, is has any other state in the Union. \nd such an anomalous condition Is Anything but desirable. It furnishes ill the evils of two parties without my of the benefits. It necessarily develops and fosters the free-lance spirit to which the State objects. How could it be otherwise when it is so easy for a politician or a newspaper i<? be first on one side and then on the >ther, and what political condition could be more fruitful of treachery, intrigue and conspiracy? What this state really and truly needs is two parties?two separate and distinct parties?each having a flag and flag bearers, and each standing for exactly what it is without equivocation or evasion. Such a condition would put political leaders on a higher order of integrity and Intelligence. Intrigue and conspiracy would soon have to be discarded. Candidates would have to be thoroughly competent to fill the positions for which they ofTer, and they would have to stand for law and order, decency and right, else they would be exposed and relegated within a brief fraction of the time that is required now. But how Is the system and order of two parties to be erected out of the existing chaos? We confess our inability to see a clear solution of the problem. It is easy enough to say that this man or that man is not a Democrat, and should be kicked out of the party; but this man and that man oion Hnvd aompthinsr to sav of the Dro cedure. While it is a fact that Democracy is a concrete principle that means something, and while it is a fact all the white men of this state who vote and act with the Democratic pafty are not Democrats, it is also a fact as matters now stand the name is the ' most tangible asset of the party, and how to separate those who are not Democrats from the name or how to separate the name from those who are not Democrats, is a problem worthy of the efTorts of some greater leader than has yet appeared. Full and free discussion, as the State intimates, would accomplish wonders; but there is the rub. If we could only have full, free and frank discus?inn with toleration and forbearance, there would not be a gTeat deal of need for any party at all. "IN THE SEARCH FOR LIGHT." Columbia State Merely Desirous of Free Discussion. Whether or not an innocent-minded paragraph In The Yorkvllle Enquirer furnished the State a wished-for peg on which to hang a Democratic argument, the general result to date is satisfactory. The Enquirer's reply, which is published in another column, goes far to remove an impression regarding its views on protection which would have been warranted on the part of the readers of its first hastily written comment. Our contemporary must not imagine < we wish "a controversy." We believe discussion, debate, will turn on the u?s that it is most important to J,6"k? wrnmmmm ? ? -- ? now turn it on; to now get the people to think about, talk about, and understand the tariff. Public discussion is , the only medium by which that result may be attained. No, we did not regard The Enquirer's < reference to Tillman's tendency toward i protection as a "remarkable attitude" for that paper; it was its apparent re- | gard of the Republican principle of protection as "practical," and the Democratic principle of tariff for rev- ( enue only as "sentimental," that elicited the State's surprised comment We concede that the commodity of i tea is attractive for revenue taxation. 5 A tax of 3 cents a pound would be a 20 per centum tax, and would raise but little less than $3,000,000 in revenue. 1 Likewise a 23 per centum tax on coffee ~1 ? ?ramiM nrn auuui it CCllkO u |A/UI1VI WW , ! duce 520,000,000 In revenue. Now, The Enquirer finds it difficult to determine just where a tariff ceases to be for , revenue and becomes one for protection. 1 And unless we know something of the motives behind the tax it may be difficult, in some instances, to mark the line. But in almost all cases reason will help in the determination. If our ( state and county taxes are 12 mills we know they are for revenue; if they are 50 mills we know they are for confiscation. And knowing that the same people who proposed a 20 cents tax? 140 per centum?on tea cut down their demand to ten cents a pound, or 70 per centum, expressed the wish for a tax 1 that would enable American tea-grow- , ers to get a monopoly of the American trade, we know their purpose is protection; we know their hope Is not to allow the grower of only 12,000 or 15,000 pounds of American tea 10 cents a pound, but to ultimately eliminate the foreign product and force the Amer- ! lean consumer to take American tea, at the foreign price plus the tariff. And , when their purpose Is fully achieved, no revenue will be derived by the government, all the tax will go into the 1 pockets of the tea-growers. < We hope The Enquirer and others taking honest interest in this subject will consider that the Steel whale was 1 once a little minnow, just as weak and pity-attracting as tills tea inrant. Ana the same arguments were advanced for its nourishment at public expense. It now costs the consumers of America many times as much as the interest on the national debt. Consumers will wisely regard every "protected" industry as a Trojan horse.?Columbia State. C. & N.-W'S. OUTING. i Annual Picnic a Most Pleasant Affair? Some Good Speeches. The annual picnic of the C. & N.-W. Rwy. employees, which is so generously and thoughtfully provided each year by the officials of the railroad, was had at Clover Saturday, and was highly enJoyed by the 150 or more who attend eu ironi nere. uacn cmpiu^cc, in oudition to being allowed to take the members of his family, Is given the ' privilege of asking one friend, so that the merry crowd of picnickers included not only those who are directly connected with the shops and offices, but 1 friends and townspeople at large. Two special coaches were hooked on to No. 10 Saturday morning, which steamed out at the usual time and made the trip to Clover on the usual schedule. Gathered at the station in Clover were a large number of the cit- , ucens of that hospitable town, who escorted the visitors to the town hall, where the exercises that had been arranged for the occasion were duly car neu out. ine opeuaeio wud an *?? trim, and the large audience heartily enjoyed the talks. The programme was as follows: Address of Welcome?Hon. J. E. Beamguard. Response?Hon. David Hamilton. The Press?W. F. Claldwell. Something to Eat and How to Eat It?I. McD. Hood. That solemn and pathetic Melodrama, "Who Frowed dat Tomottos,"?S. D. Scarborough. "Ties that Bind Employer and Employee and the Practice of Charity Among Railroad Men,"?Joseph H. James. Miss Rosebud Dillingham was the musician, and delighted the audience with several fine selections. Dancing followed the speaking and was kept up until dinner. The picnic party were joined by the Clover people with large and bursting'baskets, and the crowd ....II* .... Inln Jlnnar norllM whlph wherever a cool and comfortable spot could be found. The baseball game arranged between Chester and Clover had to be called off on account of a heavy rain that deluged the grounds and made playing impossible. At 5.19 No. 9 steamed Into town, the special coaches were hooked on. and the home trip commenced. The journey home was made without Incident, and the tired pleasure seekers debarked, voting the roads and the management their thanks for an exceedingly pleasant little outing.?Chester Reporter. ? The postofflce department has announced the following changes In the salaries of the South Carolina post masters. Those jncreasea are. ahukison, from $2,600 to $2,700; Peaufort, from $1,600 to $1,700; Cheraw, from $1.700 to $1,800; Clio, from $1,200 to $1,300; Lake City, from $1,200 to $1,300; Lancaster, from $1,700 to $1,800; Laurens, from $2,100, to $2,200; Leesvllle, from $1,200 to $1,300; Lexington, from $1,200 to $1,300; Manning, from $1,500 to $1,600; Mullins, $1,500 to $1,600; Pickens, from $1,200 to $1,300; Prosperity, from $1,100 to $1,200; St. Matthews, from $1,300 to $1,400; Spartanburg, from $2,900 to $3,000; Sumter, from $2,600 to $2,700; Westminster, from $1,400 to $1,500; Winnsboro, from $1,600 to $1,7'?0. Those decreased are: Blacksburg, from $1,200 to $1,100; Blackvllle, from $1,500 to $1,400; Dillon, from $1,800 to $1,700; Georgetown, from $2,300 to $2,200; Ninety-Six, from $1,200 to $1,100; I'elzer, from $1,600 to $1,500; Seneca, from $1,700 to $1,600; Union, from $2,100 to $2,000. LOCAL AFFAIRS. ?t. - th NEW A0VERTI8EMENT8. as First National Bank?Quotes what a c" rich man says about the French people as a nation. Their chief ch characteristic is "thrift." Thrift will help you. It wants to help you to be thrifty. 81 Thomson Co.?Reminds you of its big tw seven day sale which continues all f0 this week. Special bargains In .. muslin underwear, calicoes, lawns, Oxfords, clothing, towels, etc. P11 Yorkville Hardware Co.?Tells you to co buy that ice cream freezer that you ne halve promised your wife today. It . has all sizes from 1 to 8 quarts. Refrigerators and Ice boxes. th York Furniture Co.?Tells you not an to worry; let It furnish your house )a] from parlor to kitchen and you can pay later on. See It for furniture, se sewing machines, go-carts, porch chairs, hammocks, bicycles, etc. Fo8ter-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.? Give directions as to the only way to correct the Ills of your kidneys, th ttoa Doan'a Dills. See fourth page in for particulars. y( Star Drug Store?Wants you to phone No. 36 for all kinds of toilet articles, Including soaps, talcum pow- '?' ders, extracts, brushes, etc. J. C. Wilborn?Invites especial atten- !?' tlon to the bargain he Is offering In LnJ the Meek Whltesldes plantation. * He will name a low price If you are Interested. . Herndon & Gordon?Have a limited supply of Scotch-Irish seed potatoes for second crop planting. Farmers' Wholesale Grocery?Has . taken over the laundry business of Mr. T. M. Dobson and solicits your w| patronage. Good work and prompt service Is promised. th Orders against York county are per- sc fectly good, if properly endorsed. ^ Treasurer Nell is taking them in at <ja sight with one hundred cents on the lo< dollar. ,n Mr. C". G. Faris of Fort Mill, was among the teachers who were awarded ce certificates to teach In the public At schools as the result of the recent ex- i111 in amination. His name was incorrectly W) published as "C. G. Falls." The error ab was made In this office. ?e da Yesterday was an unusually dull ^ salesday. There were a few visitors in town from the country, who were not ua obliged to come, but not many. The ^ rains of last week have made It neces- fle Bary for the farmers to get busy, and in; they are busy. Sr Mr. J. R. Killian of Yorkvllle, left j,"1 Sunday morning to attend the Imperial ch Council of Ancient Arabic Order Nobles ?f of Mystic Shrine to be held In Scot- ^ tish Rite Cathedral, Louisville, Ky., ye on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and 00' Thursday, June 7, 8, 9 and 10. Great preparations are in order, as they are |a, expecting over 10,000 Masons from all parts of the United States. The proarramme indicates a royal good time for all members. yc Mr. Harry E. Neil, treasurer of York county, vice H. A. D. Neely, deceased, took charge last Friday and the affairs of the treasurer's office are again running smoothly. The transfer came Just a little in advance of the annual bu settlement, and the balancing of the books incident to the change will be bn made to serve in lieu of the settlement that would have to come later. The affairs of the office are in ideal shape, ye the accounts of the former treasurer ? vll being, as everybody expected, absolutely straight. It can hardly be said that the engineers and workmen engaged upon the erection of the King's Mountain battlerei ground monument have had a very pleasant time of it. The site of the ' monument is in a rather out of the way place, and while there have been visl tors from the Immediate neighborhood r> and from nearby towns to help make things pleasant for a little while, ordinarlly the work has been quite monotonous. One of the engineers declared that although he had been engaged on government work for quite a while, ? this was about the toughest job he had ever struck. *' A gentleman of prominence and affairs, accustomed to take a broad view g/1 of things and speak Intelligently, remarked in the presence of the writer no yesterday, that the heavy rains of last ^ week damaged York county to the extent of not less than half a million dol- a lars. There are a great many people to whom such a statement will appear absurd, and there are others who can ,e see more or less reason In it. The estimate of damage, of course, includes, ro wAshed ftwftv or drowned out, ro soil erosion, etc., and things generally that could not be helped. As to wheth- tei er the loss actually amounts to as much lo as half a million dollars, of course, we are unable to say; but that it is fp, very great there is no room for reasonable doubt. For th? benefit of those who have not thought of It that way, we will sug- m< gest that the whole tariff question Is pretty thoroughly Involved in the prln- Ml clple of home trade, patronizing home frl - - ty Industries, except tor me iuci mm American protection promotes discrim- ? ination in favor of one section of the country as against another, and in fa- ? vor of one class of people against another, we would be unequivocally for ' protection. In a very general way this principle also applies to the doctrine ^ of giving home industries and enterprises the preference over foreign In- _ dustrles and enterprises. But there enters into this last proposition the other more important principle of selfpreservation. There are hundreds of people all around us?our own people? who never give a thought to the lmportance of spending their money at home wherever possible, even though one may be able to buy to a little bet- g ter advantage abroad. Suppose for Instance it is a suit of clothes you want, why not buy It from the home merchant rather than go elsewhere? Pos17 slbly you may have to pay a little more sometimes, but you will get it back '*a when the merchant spends his money. Or again, suppose you want a little printing done, the cost of which is largely a matter of labor. Why not ~j patronize your home printer rather than go to Baltimore, St. Louis, or even ^ Charleston. If the home printer ^ charges you a little more, which Is very CQ seldom the case, you will always get it back when he spends his money. But you will certainly never see any Indirect benefit from the money you send to the fellow In St. Louis or Baltimore. The policy of patronizing pf home industries, of helping the people se who are most likely to help you, or at least giving them the preference, Is j one of the soundest and most Import- 8U ant In the whole field of economics. ve But people have still a lot to learn in jp this direction, and It will pay them to Uf] do mucn ininxing awim u as wiey k" nlong. na ' Y? WITHIN THE TOWN. th ? Delegates to the Interdenomlnatlonal Sunday School Convention of re< York county will be guests of the town of Yorkvllle tomorrow and next day. *P and here Is a guarantee that they will ler be made to feel at home. vll ? Chairman Montgomery, of the board pa of health. Is In earnest about trying to wl clean up the town from a sanitary Sa mdpolnt, and it la to be hoped that e citizens will give him all possible ^ distance, as the matter is of very bo< nslderable Importance. Ing - There were services In all the wh urches last Sunday for the first Sun- mu .y in quite a while. Rev. J. Walter nei mpson of Concord, N. C., preached wa o able sermons In the Associate Re- tha rmed church. Rev. E. E. Gillespie of be e Presbyterian church, filled his own gai ilplt as usual. Rev. D. H. Comann, 1 nducted services for Rev. O. M. Ab- ha1 y in the Methodist church, and Revs, for G. Murray and T. T. Walsh filled she elr respective pulpits in the Baptist the id Episcopal churches. There were du< rge congregations out at all of the cat rvlces. see ' or THE SPECULATIVE MARKET. boj Following are the development* In klr e speculative market as summarized rul a dispatch of last night from New is >rk: er The cotton market steadied after a is iv opening with trading generally or i let, and the close steady net one point . wer to two points higher. The open- J g was barely steady at a decline of for to 12 points In response to lower Llv- an, pool cables and reports of good jather over Sunday, no further rain Ing shown In the belt, while temper- ?* ures seem, to have been about sea- vei nable. thf The Initial decline uncovered some ... ap loss orders but while there was no D" gresslve buying the bulls seemed cai llling to absorb offerings around the cie rly figures, and selling pressure dlInished rather than increased during e morning. This suggested that the we attering long Interest had already me en pretty . well liquidated, and the bll arket rallied during the middle of the . .y on support from Wall street and ? sal bulls In the absence of short sell- tea ? m? It- luu amriorotnraa In f Hp am J. HIl\ U1 111011 ICIII^CI ULU1 vu ..? ou, uthwest, and the possibility of an- h her period of unsettled weather in the ntral belt, views as to which were in- drl lenced by the forecast for showers res id thunderstorms in Arkansas and for ? creasing cloudiness in Louisiana, , ire bullish factors, but after selling iout 2 to 3 points net higher the mar- It 1 t reacted partially under realizing, as luthern spot markets officially re- wa Tted were generally unchanged. Bullish reviews of the dry goods sit- r0J tlon and claims that southern mills noi ire not sufficiently supplied with raw cu, tton to last them until next season . , emed to encourage some little buyg as soon as it was found that no aw eat amount of long cotton was com- th< ar on the market but generally eaking bull speculation was held In "" eck by the more favorable average to* the weather. tlo Receipts at the ports today 9,719 bales ar( ainst 9,816 last week and 12,341 last . ar. For the week, estimated at 55,0 bales against 59,361 last week and aul ,544 last year. Today's receipts at 1 iw Orleans 3,435 bales against 3,127 th< 3t year. ^ rlt ABOUT PEOPLE. Je< foi Ch.pt. E. P. Moore of Chester, spent sterday In Yorkvllle. Qf Mr. P. Avery Lowry of Columbia, ent Sunday In Yoricviiie. jut MIsr Janle Green of Lancaater is the jn iest of Mrs. R. B. Davidson. jg Miss Hattie Crenshaw of Spartan- wb irg, Is visiting relatives In Yorkvilie. an( Miss Emma Kennedy has returned be me from Hardeeville for the summer onths. Mr. George Sparrow of Clover, left i sterday to visit relatives at Stephen- Qf lie, Tex. ful Miss Frances Flnley of the College jn r Women, Columbia, is at home for jpg e summer. fro Mr. John F. Gordon has tendered his ] nlgnatlon aa superintendent of the th? unty chalngang. tlo; WorU UVo nnaa onrt Annlft miooco mat iof ** ?***ww ?? - ? ? >gram, are visiting relatives In Low- it i ville this week. Ing Misses Julia and Lotta. Mlddleton of to lanta, Ga., are the guests of Mrs. J. an, Alston In Yorkvllle. as Dr. DeFoix Wilson of Spartanburg, ag ent Sunday In Yorkvllle, the guest j Mrs. W. B. Wilson. Is, Miss Annie Long of Forest City, N. thl , Is the guest of her brother, Mr. E. pal . Long In Yorkvllle. ter Mr. Webb Heath of Charlotte, arrlv- wh In Yorkvllle last Saturday, and is th< iw with the Y. B. & M. Co. Bu Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Hunter and us ild, of Lincolnton, are visiting the thl mily of Mr. J. J. Hunter. gei Mr. M. L. Ford and son, Clyde, of it over, left yesterday on a visit to km latives at Muldrow, Okla. 1 Mr. Ed Lowry, carrier on Yorkville Yo ute No. 3, has been confined to his inf om for some days with illness. cei Miss Nell Schorb, who has been on itching in Spartanburg, has returned the Yorkville to spend the summer. am Messrs. Julius Deas and J. B. Ad- get ns of Clover, are attending the Con- we derate reunion at Memphis, Tenn. ski Mrs. M. W. White and children, left fin day for a two weeks' visit to her api Jther at Riverside, Lancaster county, uni - ? J -1 lfiaa n... Airs. J. f. vvnue anu uaugiuci, mm ;.ui Iriam, are visiting relatives and fro ends at Wilklnsvllle, Cherokee coun- roc the Mr. B. R. T. Bowen, carrier on York- coi lie R. F. D. route No. 7, Is able to a c out again after a severe attack of to ness. we Mr. W. G. White of Erskine college, I s returned to spend the summer with but s parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. G. White ha' Yorkvllle. lna Mr. Paul G. McCorkle and son, Mas- al)l r Billy, of Chester, spent Sunday and we 3nday In Yorkvllle, the guest of Mr. ha' R. McCorkle. ,s 1 ui- ons \Tra h p piprne nnd Miss sec hel Pierce of Clover, left last Friday Mr a vlBlt to relatives and friends In ?'d ttle Rock, Ark. V'H Mr. John R. Dickson, who has been Instructor at a military school at knc aunton, Va., the past session, has re- tha rned to Yorkvllle for the summer. Mr. Jas. B. Kennedy of Aurora, N. I , arrived in Yorkvllle on Saturday, ?f id will spend the summer with his In rents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Kennedy. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Steele and chil- or en of Anderson, came over last week aPI a visit to Mrs. W. B. Steele on East w" * * ? ? ??- i- ?'.....J der Deny street, ivir. oieeie reiumcu ?.v lderson Sunday. Thi Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Blair and Messrs. so . W. and Luther Blair of the Blalra- car lie neighborhood, are attending the bu( mmencement exercises of Clemson C liege this week. mo Mr. John R. Ashe of New York, ar- llk< fed in Yorkvllle Saturday to spend 1 e summer with his mother, Mrs. S. C. the ihe. He was accompanied by Master sal rry Ashe, who has been spending sel; veral weeks in New York. knt Mr. Miller Drakeford of Yorkvllle, fac * A- , ? - ma 8 inamcuiuieu UM u. stuuciu III me ? mmer school department of the Uni- anc rslty of North Carolina at Chapel trei II and will enter as a student at the can ilverslty at Its next session. Mr. W. E. Dendy of Douglasville, i? has been spending a few days In yn1 rkvllle, having come on account of ^ e illness of Mr. W. C. Latimer, who jrQ| stained a slight stroke of paralysis gj j ?ently: but who is now much better. Mrs. \V. B. McCaw, who has been ^or ending several weeks in New Or- Ii ins returned to her home in York- dey le Sunday night. She was accom- In nied by her daughter, Miss Belle, had 10 has been in the Convent of the was cred Heart in New Orleans. hov THE AUTOMOBILE. Ai Ve are not going: to try to tell anyly that it is pleasant to meet a puff- vs shooting automobile on the road ar lie driving a team of horses and so lea that are unaccustomed to this in, v claimant to rights on the high- de ys; but still we don't mind saying th it there is a common disposition to of Just a little too Illiberal with re- th d to the matter. en Phere are automobile owners who In /e but little regard for the rights or Ai the comfort of other people. They >w a disposition to bowl along as if w! >y owned the earth, and they conet themselves in a way that Indl- Tl es that they would greatly enjoy th Ing teams run away, smash buggies or wagons and throw drivers over- Wi ird to broken legs or arms; but these to id of people are the exception to the w e. The average automobile owner ca Inclined to be as considerate of oth- re people's right as of his own, and he to not to be taken as either a nuisance 01 a menace. M The principal regulation of the road ct the government of the automobllists e iJ the protection of the driver of a ai iry team, provides that If the driver m the team throws up his arm, the dri- Vl : of the automobile must stop. After n it It is Incumbent upon the automo- ^ 1st to do everything he reasonably I to assist the passage of the vehl- ^ s, with the least Inconvenience to c) driver of the team. But it Is very la II for the driver of the team to reimber that If he wants the automo- t -A UA muat 181 IU Siup Ul uc UlUiiuuOf nc luusb ^ re the signal. If the driver of the & im leaves the road without giving ( :h a signal, then it is presumed that t is looking out for himself, and the w ver of the automobile Is no longer c( iponslble. ^ rhe situation is one that will give o] ire or less trouble for a while, but will soon regulate itself. As far back . 66 or 70 years ago. a buggy a] s almost as scary a thing along the gJ id as an automobile is now. It was ^ t a great while until horses got ac- fi itomed to buggies. All people who ^ ve been noticing developments are j, ?p? itint whnn automobiles first made sir appearance In the towns, all the W rses were afraid of them. Now the ^ vn horse that Is afraid is the excepn, and most of the country horses s also being educated up to the point ,r iere they are no longer annoyed by 'r tomoblles. ffe are not Insensible of the fact that q ) automobile Is still a source of Ir- in atlon to drivers of teams, and we ? sognlze that this condition will obtain some time. It is quite likely that hi > automobile will still be the occasion ol - v runaway accidents, maybe loss or ? ; and certainly lawsuits; but it Is a) it as well to look upon the* situation ci a sane, philosophical manner. It ^ a condition that has to be adjusted, cJ ich can only be adjusted by time c< I experience, and the best thing Is to di broad and reasonable. A CURE FOR CANCER. ff We have noticed going the rounds n< the papers, the story of a wondercure of a cancer wrought by a man k Union, who makes no claims to med- pi .1 knowledge; but who got his secret tc >m a former friend, now dead. rhe statement In the papers is that gi ? cure Is a purely vegetable pre para- J" n and that its operation Is simply rfect, taking out the cancer to which 45 a applied by the roots, and eradlcat- di ; It completely. The story we refer j|j hag appeared in a number of papers, ^ i is evidently being printed solely b< a matter of news, with no concern th to the advertising value attached. rust what the Union man's secret d< we do not know. The statement is st it he is going to get his information tented and then he will go more ex- ^ islvely into the cancer business, to in itch, so far as we are able to see, le >re can be no reasonable objection. t the circumstance has suggested to w that we have some Information along H s line that Is not shared in by the ^ leral public, and It occurs to us that q will not be amiss to publish what we bl ow. hi The late Mrs. R. L. Ferguson of rkvllle, had a cancer cure that was ty allible in Its operation on skin can- Si a of a certain kind. We are not up ? the cancer question; but we know ^ it there are various kinds of cancers, K d without referring to the books to th : technical accuracy, we will say that er know one kind Is known as the n cancer. It makes Its appearance it as a warty pimple of unalarmlng ~ pearance and then grows and grows, ? til Anally it takes In all the sound y? face adjoining, drawing Its support hi m the body through tentacle-like ?ts that lead In all directions from a > main protuberance, except, of bi irse, outward. It was this kind of th ancer that Mrs. Ferguson knew how ^ cure, and It was through her that learned what we know about It. so woo o uaru a<mn)A nr? A fa ICr ICllicu/ nao a v*- j , tu t at the same time one which must ta ye been discovered by accident orig- JJJ lly and which once lost would prob- pt y never be re-discovered. Although of do not know it to be a fact, we P? DC ye an idea that it is the same that ^ being used by the man in Union, the hi ret of which he got somewhere, to s. Ferguson got the secret from an lady, who formerly lived in York- tj e, Mrs. Cline, long since dead; but su ere Mrs. Cline got it, we do not ur )w, except the understanding was it she could trace it back a hundred g( irs or more. ca fere is the secret. Extract the Juice ?e ordinary sour grass, put this juice a pewter plate and set in the sun, wl ere it will be converted into a paste ty salve. It Is now ready for use. Just jly it to the cancer. The patient or 1 wince and groan as he would un- at a red hot Iron, at first for a time. Ini hfl e effects of later applications Is not severe. After two or three days the au icer may be pulled out by the roots; he ; it will drop out Itself if left alone. )ne of these skin cancers thus re- jj0 ved, looks more than anything else, th ? a cedar ball after a rain. ho "hose who have tried it, say that ~ sour grass will not form a paste or ve in any other than a pewter ves- Ai ; but that, of course, we do not th >w. There Is no question of the t, however, that sour grass salve, he de In a pewter vessel, will safely kill bo I remove a skin cancer, provided, the ltment Is commenced before the hp icer has made too much headway. hli th, LOCAL LACONIC8. n" til January 1, 1910. ^ Ve will send The Yorkvllle Enquirer pj m this date till January 1, 1910 for wt 6. mi lni idition ?f Capt. Roddey. hli tiformatlon from Capt. W. L. Rod; who Is desperately III at his home an Rock Hill, Is to the effect that he bl< I a very bad time last night; but j easier this morning. The family, ho yever, Is without hope. git jction 8aU>. At the suit of S. M. McNeel, plaintiff. . W. Brown Wylle, executor, defendit, the clerk of the court yesterday Id In two tracts, certain lands belonged to the estate of W. J. Stephenson, ceased. One tract brought $2,200 and e other $500. Both tracts were bid f by C. El Spencer, attorney. Tracts at had been sold off by W. J. Stephison In his lifetime, were not Included the sale. ?he- Love. The sweet and beautiful ceremony hlch united the lives of Miss Edna ave and Mr. W. N. Ashe, occurred on hursday afternoon at the home of ie bride's mother, Mrs. Elizabeth L?ove, i White street. The whole lower floor as daintily and tastefully decorated r the occasion. White and green ere the colors and these were artlstlilly blended in the decorations and freshments. The ceremony was perrmed by Rev. Alexander Martin. The it-of-town guests were: Mrs. Martin bore, sister of the groom, and two illdren, of Oreers; Mr. and Mrs. J. . Sadler of Yorlcvllle; Mrs. Jane Love id Miss Ella Love of McOonnellsvllle; isses Mary and Mabel Ashe of Yorklie; Miss Clara Crawford of Belmont, . C.?Rock Hill Record. Wat a Wonderful Record. Columbia Record: The comptroller jneral's office baa just completed the lecking up of the accounts of the te County Treasurer H. A. D. Neely ! York, who held that position for venty-elght consecutive years. He id on hand at the time of his death balance of $40,073, which was on de>slt In the various banks of the counAs was always the case his books ere In splendid condition and the raiptroller general's office had no dif2ulty in checking him up. He was of the few treasurers of the state ho got his monthly report in prompt each month. In brief he was just x)ut the best county treasurer this ate has ever had at any point. In is twenty-eight years' work he handled inds amounting to over three and a ilf million dollars, an average of about 130,000 a year, for which work he as paid $900 a year, fork of Ten Years. The Columbia State of yesterday has >? Mlnwlmr that will be read with itereat and pleasure by the many lends of Rev. J. P. Knox, who for a timber of years previous to his going t Columbia, was pastor of Hickory rove and Smyrna A. R. P. churches t Tork county: "There was a large mgregation at the Centennial Asaoate Reformed Presbyterian church asterday, that being an unusually ippy occasion, the tenth anniversary t the pastorate of Rev. John P. Knox. . [r. Knox is very much beloved by his mgregation and he is highly esteemed id greatly admired by the com munimts of other denominations. When e came here ten years ago there were llrty-eight communicants and no lurch building. There are now 170 jmmunlcants and. thirty-eight have led or moved away, showing that he iB received 170 into the membership, r. Knox organised the congregation id led the work of erecting the beauful church building on Laurel street, ?ar Marlon. The congregation is out ! debt and is growing, last year havig been the best In its history. Mr. nnr vaatArrinv told of what a great leasure It had been to him to preach i a good, kind and united people, tor ;ace has ever been one of the char:terl8tlcs of these people?and be ives all the glory to God. In ten ?re Mr. Knox has preached 900 serons, performed fifty marriages, con- ( icted one funeral, raised 112,600, held >0 prayermeetings, baptised fifty chil en, received 170 members. This deimlnatlon, known as the "Secedem," a branch of the greater Presbytean denomination, the only difference ;lng in certain forms of worship, and le A. R. P. church has the distinction ' giving more money per capita to ie cause of education than any other ^nomination in the south. Mr. Knox ands high in his denomination. He tended the once famous Huntersville gh school, and graduated from Era ne. He spent two years in tne semary at Due West and one year at Algheny, Pa. He has been preaching nee 1890, his first churches having sen in Virginia. For eight years he as pastor ot the large congregation at ickory Grove, near Yorkville. It was rgely through his efforts that a church phanage was established at Hickory rove. In 1899 he was sent to Cbluma, this being then a mission, but it ib since become a flourishing con-egaMon. Mr. Knox has been greatly essed in his work and greatly helped / his wife, a sister of Messrs. J. teele Brice of York and Ashbel G. rice of Chester. Her grandfather teele was a preacher, three of his ins were preachers, his daughter, Mrs. nox's mother, married a preacher and < iree of her daughters married preach80UTH CAROLINA NEWS. -Columbia, June 6: Three miles ( om Williston late last night Cleve- I nd Fanning, a young white man, 20 1 sars old, was waylaid and shot from s buggy and instantly killed. Dogs ailed the murderer to the Edisto rlv, where the assassin disappeared in boat. Suspicion indicates Pfenning's other-in-law, Addle Boylston. It is ought the murderer will be captured. -Columbia, June 6: Comptroller meral Jones today addressed a very larp letter to the Marlon and Andern county auditors for their alleged ilure to properly enforce the income x law. In his letter to the Anderson I an he intimates he will have him reoved if he doesn't do better. He ?* ? ??4 *Kaiih fka# In no no Jims OUl HI UUUI Ul iiiriu inoi in refusal to make a return on the irt of any man whose gross income Is ilieved to be above $2,600 the auditor's ity is to summon the party and make m make a statement under oath as what his income is, and if necessary ke testimony from others who are In >3ltion to know the man's Income, lis is In accordance with Gov. Ansel's ggestlon that tax returns be made ider the inquisitorial plan. -Anderson, June 7: Because of lack discipline among the inmates of the ddiers' Home at Columbia and beuse the Inmates are allowed to curse, II smutty jokes, keep themselves in- i cent, and because their table manom hnrrlKI* Ur R.ll?v Rowland. ho went to the home from this coun, hag returned and says he will neventer the home again unless great anges take place. Mr. Rowland is ie of the few survivors of the Crater J Petersburg and there is no man livg more honorable and truthful. He is high Ideals and his friends here are stressed to learn that conditions are ch that he cannot remain at the ime, where he has been looking forird to spending his declining years, r. Rowland says he stayed at the ime as long as he could bear it and en left. His friends will provide a < ime here for him. *1 -Union, June 4: Dave Rice, a large id powerful negro, was arrested late sterday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff thur Long, on a warrant charging e negro with larceny of a cow. The rest was made in the residential sec- ? in of this city, and as it was raining 1 avlly no. one else was on the neighring streets at the time. Ordering e negro to preceed him. Long, with 3 pistol in his right coat pocket, and 3 hand on Its handle, started to march 3 prisoner to Jail. In a few moments e negro turned, addressed the officer d at the same moment, with llghtng speed, seized Mr. Long's hand at held the pistol. There was a fierce -uggle for a few moments for the ssesslon of the weapon. The negro is of twice the size of the officer and jch stronger. He succeeded In fore- f ? the latter to the ground, choked m Into unconsciousness, and taking 3 pistol, made his escape. Later, afr Mr. Long regained consciousness d made his report, other officers with jodhounds started In pursuit of Rice d hunted him late Into the night. ft le rain effectually prevented tracking, wever, and so far no trace of the fu:lve has been discovered.