Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, June 08, 1909, Image 2
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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.