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Scraps and |arts.
? Richmond, Va., has a unique candidate
for the Democratic nomination
for sheriff in W. Collier Gibson, a man
who lost both his legs in a railroad accident
ten years ago. He never lost
consciousness, and remained in a hospital
only three weeks, since which
time he has been actively engaged as
a bricklayer. He plies his trade regularly,
climbing as nimbly up and down
ladders and about scaffolds as any of
them. He travels about the city in a
tricycle. While attending meetings
where his competitors are billed to
speak, he rolls up to the door on his
machine, has the Janitor bear him to
the rostrum in his arms, and there de*
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He is fully able to take care of himself
In a debate. He has been elected
justice of the peace twice, leading the
ticket on both occasions. Gibson ia a
man of powerful physique. He can do
as much work as th? average bricklayer.
? Washington, June 19: There has
been received in the Library of Congress
and placed on exhibition in the
manuscripts division, the original engrossed
"permanent constitution of the
Confederate States of America." The
constitution was adopted March 11.
1861, by the Confederate congress at
Montgomery, Ala., and signed by delegates
from South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida Alabama Mississippi, Louisiana
and Texas. When the capital was
moved to Richmond it was carried to
that city, and upon the evacuation 01
Richmond, was sent with other papers
farther south, where it was rescued by
Mr. F. G. DeFontaine, at Chester, S.
C., from a band of looters. Mr. De'
Fontaine kept this and other documents
for some years and, in 1883, it
passed into the hands of Mrs. G. W.
J. DeRenne, whose son, Mr. W. J. DeRenne
of Savannah, Ga., now owns it,
and has recently deposited it, as a
loan, with the librarian of congress.
? Valdosta, Ga, June 19: News was
received here today of a disastrous
lightning prank played about midnight
last night on the Withlacoochee river
near Olympla. Eleven men, who had
been employed in bridge construction
there, took refuge during a rain and
wind storm in a signal tower. Lightning
struck the wires running from
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the tower house and struck the men,
who were huddled closely together.
Only two were uninjured. One of the
nine, a negro, was fatally hurt. The
nine who were Injured were all stunned,
all of them were badly burned and
blistered, some of them having places
on their skin torn as If It had been ripped
by a knife held beneath It A
watch chain worn by one of the men
was melted, but his watch was unhurt
The trousers on another were ripped
from waist band to hem. The tacks
in another's shoes were drawn and another's
shirt was torn to shreds. The
bolt shattered telegraph poles before
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Two of the men were so badly Injured
that surgeons were called to attend
them.
? Atlanta, Ga., June 18: In his message
to the legislature, Governor Smith
will recommend the submission to the
people of a constitutional amendment,
td exempt from taxation farm products
for a period of twelve months Immediately
folic wing their harvest. It Is
practically certain that legislation
along these lines will be introduced in
the legislature, and It Is believed may
be enacted. The governor will give as
his reason for the advocacy of such an
amendment the fact that cotton Is the
basis of the state's material prosperity.
He will take the position that anything
which the legislature may do to encourage
the producers to abandon the
old plan of marketing this product immediately
it has been harvested, and,
Instead, place it on the market gradually,
will help to maintain the price
of cotton, and thereby help the people
of the state, regardless of their immediate
interests. The fact that cotton
and other products of the farm are subject
to taxation is, it has been stated,
responsible in part for the fact that
the farmers sell their crops immediately
they have been harvested. At the
last session of the legislature Messrs.
Candler and Alexander of DeKalb
county, offered a constitutional amend
raent along the lines mentioned, but it
received no consideration, because it
was never reached on the calendar.
? The experiments which are being
made in the west of England by the
military authorities in firing with special
guns at balloons, says a London
letter, have shown that the moving
balloon can be destroyed with a reasonable
degree of certainty. Many
rounds of ammunition have been fired
from howitzers and field guns, and
some of the results of the high angle
fire and otherwise are little short of
marvelous. A battery in one of the
most successful tests brought a balloon
down in a few seconds. The guns
were placed about 1,200 yards away,
and a captive balloon, representing an
airship, was sent up about 800 feet A
strong wind was blowing, and the balloon
swayed round in circles, making
an accurate aim very difficult. The
battery could be seen to place three
shells well over the balloon. There
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gas bag burst Into flame, collapsed and
sank to the earth. The shrapnel, striking
downwards, had apparently torn
the tough silk to ribbons. These
tests with the new guns are most exhaustive
and are carried out with great
secrecy. No one Is allowed to approach
the scene of operations, which
is situated In a remote corner of Wiltshire.
The methods by which much
accuracy, hitherto impossible, have
been obtained, are, of course, only
known to the expert committees conducting
the trials, but so much has
been discovered that airship movement
will be a serious undertaking for anyone
facing the guns and methods now
in use by the artillery experts of the
army.
? Washington special of June 18, to
the Columbia Record: There seems to
be little chance now for the adoption
of Senator Tillman's proposed amendment
to the tariff bill fixing a tax of 10
cents a pound on tea. There was such
a tax in the Payne bill as It was reported
to the house but the old superstitious
cry of a tax on the breakfast
table decided the Republican leaders
to avoid popular clamor by sacrificing
the Ave or ten millions of revenue Involved
in the measure. As far as the
desirability of rousing that clamor
against a bill that in its regular protective
paragraphs will inevitably carry
enough cause of complaint, the leaders
of the senate, who are for practical
purposes identical with Senator Aidrich's
finance committee, have not
changed their attitude. Mr. Tillman
spoke once to Mr. Aldrich about his
amendment and was told that it could
not be accepted by the committee; that
means that unless some unexpected
change of heart touches the leaders the
amendment will be defeated. It Is not
yet known whether or not Mr. Tillman
will speak on his amendment, though,
when the time comes, he will probably
ridicule the Republicans and taunt
them for withholding a duty he has
himself described as a "burlesque on c
protection." As a protective measure e
the proposed tax is undoubtedly a bur- a
lesque with the favor it bestows on a c
few hundred pounds of South Carolina a
tea, though other protective paragraphs
In the pending bill could be pointed out t
that are much more indefensible?and t
Mr. Tillman will probably point out a v
few of them by way of illustration, e
But the real point about a tax on tea s
has been its revenue rafslng capacity." g
The president's special message makes
it certain that a tax of 2 per cent will i<
be levied on the net earnings of cor- a
poratlons and this levy Is expected to h
raise about J25.000.000. But even with s
that provision the bill bids fair to leave tl
an annual deficit of from J15.000.000
to J40.000.000. With the deficit staring tl
the country in the face it is hard to s
see why tea should not pay its part, ti
The breakfast tables that bear up tea n
cups are not ordinarily those of coffee t<
drinking laborers.
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IT now looks as If the Republicans ?
are determined to reject Senator Tillman's
proposition to levy a 10 per cent ^
duty on tea; but this Is hardly to be
taken to mean that the Republicans
are any more Democratic than they n
were. ^
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Although It could be seen, heard, t)
smelled, felt and tasted for a Ion# time, ci
It looked as if there was but little hope a
of a full and complete expose of the 0
dispensary rottenness. And it is no A
wonder. Contemplation of the re- a
markable obstacles that have been A
overcome up to this time, only adds to ?
the wonder that after all so much has B
been accomplished. But daylight is B
ahead. C
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Tite case of Policeman Darby, tried q
at Batesburg on the charge of assault C
with intent to ravish, and acquitted, ?
seems to further argue that the action E
of the general assembly in rorDiaaing e
the publication of the names of fe- E
males Involved In such cases was a ?
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serious mistake. Policeman Darby q
was elthei guilty or not guilty. All G
the circumstances In the case showed Q
that he was not guilty and the verdict ^
of the Jury confirmed that assumption, k
If he was not guilty, then the prosecu- L
tlon, was a case of blackmail, and If ?
this Is true the prbsecutlng witness L
was guilty of as serious a crime al- .V
most, as his would have been had he
been guilty. Yet the name could not
be published ip a connection that o
would have given facts to which the P
public Is Justly and properly entitled ?
for Its own protection. As we see It, g
this new law Is of very little conse- S
quence to the newspapers, from the E
standpoint of depriving them of the ^
right to print saleable news. They are
able to give versions of such occurrences
that will be as satisfactory as
their readers might desire: but we are c
of opinion that the matter really is of
some Importance to the public.
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Times Changing.
Reasonable familiarity with the 5
market reports during: the past fifteen E
or twenty years is calculated to enable
the average observer to see that
there is a wonderful increase in the f,
average value of various kinds of farm F
crops. *
Taking cotton, the main reliance of 5
this section today, it would hardly be c
fair to say that a pound of this commodity
bears a fair relation to other ?
values, especially the various manu- ^
factured articles that we are unable U
to produce at home, but have to buy ?
abroad; but there is very little doubt w
about the fact that all manner of food- n
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siuns are aavtuiving m (jnto a?u i?t?o
is a very signlflcent hint *
Our people have been accustomed to p
buy a large proportion of their foodstuffs,
such as wheat, corn, meat, beef, &
etc., things that they can just as easily
produce at home. Under existing j,
conditions with our own main crop, A
cotton, at a standstill, and the other h
fellow's main crop, foodstuffs, going up, jj
we are at a considerable disadvantage; ji
but it is our own fault, and we have I
very little right to complain. |j
If our people will take a correct v
economic view of the situation, they w
will drop more and more into the plan 8
of buying nothing that they can raise, h
and they will soon realize that this will fs
not only protect them against paying n
high prices to the other fellow; but JJ
will reduce their cotton production and c
consequently raise the average price e
of that crop. v
Almost every individual business ?
man sees this situation in a general n
way; but somehow most of them seem b
to think that the practice, to be a sue- n
cess, needs to be generally adopted, and
they are waiting for others to commence
first.
TO TAX CORPORATIONS.
Looks as If This Expedient Has Been (
Practically Agreed Upon.
President Taft will personally super- ti
vise putting the finishing touches up- a
on the urouosed amendment to the n
tariff bill providing for the imposition J
of a 2 per cent tax upon the net earn- d
ings of corporations. This will be done
tonight at a conference at the White w
House, according to a Washington C
dispatch of last night. C
There will be present Attorney Gen- g
eral Wlckersham and Senator Root,
who are drafting the amendment; \
Secretary of State Knox and the Re- C
publican membership of the senate g
finance committee. K
It is expected the perfected amend- e
inent will be ready for introduction in it
the senate on Thursday. is
The attorney general and Mr. Root o
had a long session at the Capitol today
and reached an agreement on t<
practically every feature of the cor- h
poration tax plan. The portion which w
is giving them the greatest trouble re- p
lates to the government control of cor- H
poratlons necessary to carry the law
into successrui operation, mere has s
been no little opposition to subjecting fi
corporations to the amount of publicity
that will be required for the en- \\
forcement of the law and to prevent C
manipulations of stocks and bonds for
the purpose of evasion. v
Members of the finance committee, tl
as well as Mr. Root and Mr. Wickersham
agree with President Taft that F
such publicity must be given, and that w
without it the corporation tax would %
be a failure. This feature, it was said n
today, certainly will be Incorporated S
in the amendment. it
Among the details of the bill deter- s
mined are that the tax to be levied
will be at the rate of 2 per cent and C
that it will be collected from all cor- a
porations. All banks will come within N
the range of the tax. but deductions w
will be allowed national banks to the t;
amount of taxes paid upon their circulation.
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An important provision to be in- V
luded In the bill 1* a definition of net
arnings. This will follow as nearly
,s possible the definition of earnings
ontained in the Interstate commerce
ct relating to railroad corporations.
President Taft is decidedly optimisIc
over the outlook for the corporaion
tax. but a number of the senators
k-ho called at the White House declard
that the proposition would keep the
enate in session until long past Auust
1.
Senator El kins was one of the present's
callers and he declared that he
nd a number of other senators would
ave some remarks to make in the
enate when the new scheme of taxaion
is under consideration.
The West Virginia senator believes
hat all corporations would attempt in
ome manner to avoid payment of the
ax. Additional salaries and all maner
of expenditures would be resorted
o, he thinks.
President Taft, on the other hand,
oes not believe that a 2 per cent tax
n net earnings is heavy enough to
lake any of the large corporations reort
to evasive measures. As to bonds,
: is possible, the president feels, to
rovlde a limit for the issuance of such
ecurlties, based upon the capital
lock, that will prevent corporations
rom transferring all of their securiles
into bonds, the Interest on which
iwnvfl iu naid from crross earnings.
'here seems to be no way in which
he bondholder can be reached under
he new tax, except by double taxation
n the corporation itself, which is not
ontemplated. Some provisions may
e made as to the issuance of bonds in
he future to provide that the Interest
hall be paid only from net earnings.
There seems now to be little doubt
ut that the corporation tax as passed
rill exempt net earnings of $5,000 and
?sg so as to take any undue burdens
fT the smaller corporations. This is
he understanding at the White House
nd apparently is the plan of the sente
leaders.
OUTH CAROLINA'S COTTON CROP
letailed Report of Production By
Counties.
An Interesting and comprehensive
sport of cotton production in the
rntted States has Just been prepared
y the census bureau. It includes staIstlcs
of production In each of the
otton growing counties during 1907
nd 1908. The figures for South Carlina
are as follows:
1908. 1901.
bbevllle 34,672 41,812
iken 34,687 34,720
nderson 63,183 66,182
iamberg 21,897 16,662
arnwell 41,599 39,012
eaufort 6,916 7,670
lerkeley 18,176 17,668
alhoun 23,973 22,146
harleston 13,126 11,717
herokee 14,867 14,915
heater 26,903 27,351
hesterfleld 22.726 16,647
larendon 29,889 29,608
olleton 16,315 14,746
arlington 39.7Z4 ai.izs
orchester 11,768
idgelleld .. .. t. . 26,201
'airfield 28,662 ?8,457
lorence 30,885 28,041
eorgetown.. 3,713 2,348
reenville 40,323 40,670
reenwood 34,360 37,486
iampton 16,974 14,390
[orry. 8,372 6,613
[ershaw 21,341 18,084
ancaster 26,313 22,501
42,439 46,431
35,136 26,624
lexington 21,934 23,270
iarion 49,032
larlboro 58,598 53,366
fewberry 37,501 40,656
iconee 17,979 16,761
irangeburg 63,724
Ickens.. 19,410 18,957
:ichland 15,656 14,739
aluda 22,935 24,353
nnrfonKlircr f?9.70fi 60.961
yta,M iauuu* p? ?r
umter 35,186 28,811
fnion 19,688 19,528
Williamsburg 28,470 26,298
ork 43,132 43,538
THE KILLING OF FARMER.
lead Man's Daughter Lays Blame on
the Governor.
The following card from Isabelle
fertrude Fanner, daughter of the Colmbla
officer, who was killed by Wade
lampton Sellers, is from the Columia
Record of last Saturday:
,'dltor The Record:
I have seen several clippings In your
ood paper on the Sellers' murder case,
ome ask the question, who is to blame
i>r the murder of my father, Jas. P.
"armer, and who is to blame for the
erdict of that Jury? In my candid
pinion Governor Ansel Is most to
lame. I do know that he Insisted
ontinually that father catch "that
sllow Sellers." He wanted him put
ut of the blind tiger business. He
,'as simply doing the governor's biding
and then when father was brually
murdered, as he was, what did
ur governor do? He never turned a
and or said or did anything, all of
rhich makes me say "our governor 1b
esponsible."
If he had done anything in the
mrld to help the state get justice,
rould it not have looked more like he
eally was a governor?
Now as to the trial and acquittal, I
sk who is to blame and also give my
erslon of it. It is the way some of
hose lawyers have of selecting the
tiry. It Is familiar to all from the
.shford give-away case which shows
ow things can be manipulated.
I think the solicitor did all he could,
ut what could he do with such a
iiry? Now since my father's murder
have learned something of how the
iiry is drawn and there are some of
hose lawyers about the court house
,'ho can get just such a Jury as they
rant. And then again I ask, why
hould Governor Ansel furnish my faher
with papers that were technically
legal? Then after the murder of my
ither, my stepmother went to Goveror
Ansel and asked him if he could
ot give his valuable assistance, and
is reply was: "He would see what
ould be done," and that was the last
ver heard from our governor. I am
ery glad to see some of the papers
re looking at the matter In a right
ray. I realize all that could be said
r done could do my father no good,
ut I write this hoping it will be the
leans of justice to some one else.
Isabelle Gertrude Farmer.
CLOVER CULLINGS.
1r. Page Back From Convention?
Baseball?Personal Mention?Children's
Day Exercises?Other Notes.
lorrewxsn'lence of the Yorkrille Enauirer.
Clover, June 21.?Jas. A. Page, reiirned
home Saturday afternoon from
ttending the Bankers' association
meeting at Wilmington last week. Mr.
as. C. Hardin looked after the bank
uring the absence of Mr. Page.
Quite an interesting game of ball
,'as played Saturday afternoon on the
'lover diamond, between Begonia and
Hover. Score?7 to 8 In favor of Beon
la.
Miss Lula Carpenter of King's
f Anntntn M Mlocna nrtr o n/1
"arrle Cartwright of Yorkville, are the
uests of Miss Emily Wright. Miss
[atie Carpenter of Stanley Creek, Is
xpected on this evening's train to vis:
Miss Emily Wright, and Miss Wright
5 giving a party this evening in honr
of her visiting friends.
Messrs. J. Meek Smith, Ross Clinjn,
H. L. Wright and Dr. R. L. Wylie,
>ft at noon today for Charlotte to
,'ltness a game of baseball at that
lace this afternoon. They went in
Ir. Smith's automobile.
Mr. George Sparrow returned home
Saturday from a two weeks' visit to
riends in Texas.
Miss Annie Clinton spent last week
ith relatives at Crowder's Creek, N.
Mra VV T. Prssalv r>f Tlnn Wwst
(Kiting her son. Dr. E. W. Pressly of
Ills place.
The Children's Day exercises of the
taptist church were gone through
ith yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
u|Moqs 'pa.iopuo.i ||a.\\ oje.u sued ||\r
luch careful training on the part of
uperintendent T. G. Matthews. The
lusic rendered on this occasion was
Imply fine.
The Daughters of I,lberty and Jr.
>. II. A. M. served Ice cream and cake
t ttie home of Mis. Nettle Dong in
rew Brooklyn Saturday night, and all
ho attended were pleasantly enterilned.
Mrs. Geo. W. Wilson of Baltimore,
Id., is visiting her sister, Mrs. T. B.
Williams of this place.
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
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NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8.
Hugh B. Gordon, No. 6, Yorkvllle?
Has a good, young milch cow with
young calf for sale.
Jno. R. Hart, Mayor?Gives notice of
an election to be held July 6th, to ,
elect three trustees for the Yorkvllle
school district, to fill regular and
unexpired terms. j
J. J. Henry and Jno. W. Pursley, Trustees?Gives
notice of an election to
be held at McGlll Bros.' store, July \
7, on the question of special 8 mill
tax for school district No. 2. j
Louis Roth?Recommends Wesson's ,
oil for cooking purposes. It sells at (
15 cents a pound, and Is more eco- (
nomical than lard. He has nitrate t
for farmers who need it.
J. C. Wllborn?Offers the W. B. Keller (
farm for sale. It Is a beautiful ,
home and a splendid farm. (
First National Bank?Says that here j
In York county there are people ,
with money In their pockets and In ,
their homes that would be safer In ,
the bank. It will pay you interest
on your deposits. I
Thnmoon Po?Ts showing a big line ,
of wash suits for boys In madras,
lineen, etc., also linonette skirts for
ladles, shirt waists, gauze vests, etc.
Loan and Savings Bank?Publishes a
statement showing Its condition at
the close of business on June 19th.
It has deposits of $265,144.79, and
resources of (344,440.06. Your business
is solicited.
York Furniture Co.?Invites your attention
to a big line of hammocks
. In a variety of qualities at lowest
prices. It alms to satisfy its customers
with quality and prices.
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Glenn & Aiiison?nnjr mcj mo ?oi?>
quarters for McCormlck mowers and \
rakes, gasoline and steam engines, ]
saw mills, cotton gins, buggies, wag- (
ons, harness, etc. ' j
York Supply Co.?Advises you to sow (
peas, as they will not only make an abundance
of hay, but at the same
time will enrich the soil as nothing
else will do. It has seed peas. Also
mowers, fruit Jars, rubbers, etc.
Farmers' Wholesale Grocery?Has a
big supply of fruit Jars, rubbers and
tops, tobaccos, oatmeal in cans, Purina
feed for stock and chickens. I
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The farmers are now down to hard
work trying to make up for the una- <
voidable delay caused by the rains. <
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C-Tops are generally auiau anu
and the outlook is not good for as ear- I
iy laying by as usual. '
The Charleston Post of Saturday
prints a special from a Columbia cor- >
respondent describing the Messrs. 1
Grist, of The Yorkville Enquirer, as
being "interested" in the gold situation !
In western York and "taking the lead" I
in Its development. As a matter of 1
fact, the Messrs. Grist are not "Interested,"
except In so far as they are In- >
terested in all the legitimate activities '
of the people of this section. The re- ]
cent article In The Enquirer merely
described conditions as they have been 1
for a long time and as they are now; <
but it was not intended to encourage <
or discourage would-be investors.
Gold mining is a great and important <
industry. It offers success and failure
in abundance, with a large proportion <
of failure. This 1b true of gold mining
everywhere, whether In the Klon- 1
dike, at Nome, along Cripple Creek or 3
in York county. York county, In the <
belief of The Enquirer, offers Just as
good opportunity to make or lose <
money in gold mining as can be found '
elsewhere; but the Messrs. Grist, of <
The Enquirer, are not taking any lead
in this kind of business.
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PETIT JURORS. <
The following venire of petit Jurors 1
was drawn this morning to serve during
the first week of the approaching 1
term of the court of general sessions, 1
to convent in Yorkvllle on Mondavi 1
July 12, his honor, Judge K. w. M.emmlnger
presiding:
Lee Armstrong Fort Mill.
J. F. Lindsay Bethesda. 'I
J. Frank Ashe Bethesda. i
J. L. Williamson Bethesda.
W. H. Williams Catawba.
John C. Robinson York.
S. L. Pursley King's Mountain.
D. E. Durant Bethesda. (
J. K. Hope Ebeneser.
I. S. Kidd Bethesda
E. M. Howe York.
J. H. Davidson Bethesda. <
D. C. Ferguson Fort Mill.
Q. A. Wllkerson York.
F. W. Draffln Catawba.
W. N. Jackson King's Mountain.
W. A. Blanks Catawba. (
J. H. Crenshaw Catawba
F. M. Earle Catawba
J. M. Love Bethesda 1
T. W. McKeown Broad River.
D. L. Gallman Catawba.
E. V. Templeton York.
W. G. Plexco Bullock's Creek.
J. EX Gettys York. (
J. T. Ramsey Broad River.
M. E. Plexlco York.
T t rvnwfnrd Bethesda.
W. S. Hogue'. Bethel.
J. R Hogue King's Mountain, i
R. A. Mlnter Catawba. ,
T. A. McFarland Bethel.
Henry Massey Catawba. 1
B. H. Massey Catawba. 1
W. M. Gettys York. ,
R. J. Mackorell York.
EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN.
Superintendent of Education Mc- |
Mackin has received from the state
superintendent a tentative schedule
that has been arranged for the series
of mass meetings to be held this sura- ,
mer under the direction of the education
campaign committee. The selec- ,
tlon of the place in each county has ]
been left to the county superintendent.
In a large number of counties, rural (
communities have been selected, and |
this, It Is hoped, will serve to interest
the country folk In the purpose and
plans of the campaign.
Many of the most distinguished educators,
jurists, divines, editors and
lawmakers of South Carolina have |
been Invited to Join In the discussion
and have gladly consented to assist In
bringing better educational facilities 1
to every county. The campaign opens
simultaneously In Spartanburg and
Darlington. It Is in no sense political, 1
but represents the needs and Interests 1
of the children. Any locality desiring 1
better schools might find it advan- 1
tageous to call on the county superin- 1
tendent and ask him to communicate
with the secretary as to the place of
holding the meeting In any county.
The schedule of educational mass '
meetings for August is:
Monday, 2d, Spartanburg, Darling- 1
ton; Tuesday, 3d, Laurens, Chester- i
field; Wednesday, 4th, Greenville, |
Marlboro; Thursday, 5th, Pickens, Marion;
Friday, 6th, Oconee, Clarendon;
Saturday, 7th, Anderson, Horry; Mon- '
day, 9th, Chester, Edgefield; Tuesday, 1
10th, Lancaster, Saluda; Wednesday, (
11th, York, Greenwood; Thursday,
12th, Cherokee, Newberry, Union; I
Monday, 23d, Abbeville, Florence;
Tuesday, 24th, Aiken, Lee; Wednes- j
day, 25th, Barnwell, Sumter; Thursday,
26th, Hampton, Kershaw; Friday, *
Jdn, tseaurori, rucoiunu; dhiu rutty,
28th, Colleton. Fairfield; Monday, 30th,
Lexington, Williamsburg; Tuesday,
3tst. Orangeburg, Georgetown; Wednesday,
September 1st, Bamberg,
Berkeley; Thursday, 2d, Dorchester,
Charleston, Calhoun.
Superintendent McMackin has not
yet definitely decided where the York
county meeting will be held.
THE SPECULATIVE MARKET.
Following is the course of the speculative
market yesterday as summarized
by a dispatch of last night from
New York:
The cotton market was only moderately
active today, but prices ruled
generally firmer on the wet weather
reported in the eastern and central
belts over Sunday and the close was |
steady at a net advance of 6 to 12
points.
The market opened steady at an advance
of 4 to 10 points with the active
positions selling 9 to 13 points net
higher during the first few minutes
an covering by local professionals who
had taken the short side for a turn toward
the end of last week and some
fresh buying encouraged by the steady
cables and the wet weather reports.
As soon as the demand from shorts
had been supplied, however, it was
seen that bull support was not aggressive
and that commission houses
were selling out long contracts above
10.95 for the new crop months. These
offerings checked the upward movement
In spite of many private reports
of unfavorable crop conditions?particularly
from the Mississippi valley?
and during the middle session the
market sold off 5 to 6 points from the
top under realizing. Offerings were
withdrawn at the decline, while bull
support was renewed and during the
late trading the market rallied to
-kaof nrlona t\f thp dflV With
1UUUI tlic utoi |/I ivvo w* ~0
the close only a point or so off from
the top.
Some few reports are coming In
from Eastern and Central sections Indicating
that unfavorable crop acjounts
are much exaggerated, but an
Impression has certainly been created
In local circles that excessive moisture
has prevented necessary farm
work and that the outlook Is not
promising. Meanwhile domestic trade
accounts continue to Improve and private
cables received today said that
there was a better feeling in Liverpool
is a result of diminishing stocks at
Manchester.
Southern spot markets officially reported
were unchanged to 1-8 cent
higher.
Receipts at the ports today 8,639
bales against 9,128 last week and 8,431
last year. For the week 35,000 bales
against 33,540 last week and 43,423
last year. Today's receipts at New
Orleans 2,147 bales against 3,263 last
pear.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
vrj .Tames T Vance of Newark. N.
I., Is visiting relatives In Yorltvllle.
Mr. H. E. Gladden of Richmond, Va.,
Is In Yorkvllle on a visit to relatives
and friends.
Mrs. T. B. Kell and daughter, Ella,
3f Fort Lawn, are visiting the family
3f Mr. Geo. T, Schorb.
Mr. Bedford Moore, who has been
teaching In Georgetown, has returned
to Yorkvllle for the summer.
Mr. J. D. Kelley of Anderson, who
lias been spending sometime in Yorkvllle,
returned home this morning.
Misses Clara Barr of Greenville and
Simla Henderson. Charleston, are the
guests of Miss Gerald Lowry in Yorkvllle.
Mr. George Hart of Greenville, spent
leveral days In Yorkvllle this week
svlth the family of Mr. Geo. W. S.
Hart.
At the recent commencement of Ersklne
college, the alumni elected Dr. W.
3. White of Yorkvllle, a trustee of that
Institution.
Mrs. Walter L. Jackson and chllJren
of Gastonla, are spending a few
Says with the family of Mr. R. C.
Jackson at Tirzah.
Misses Marilla and Sophia Ewart,
svho have been visiting Miss Ruth
Knight In Gastonla, have returned to
their home in Yorkvllle.
Mr. ana Mrs. j. u w uuum unu
laughter Elizabeth, are attending the
state reunion In Cheater, and are the
guests of Mrs. S. M. Jones.
Mrs. Martha Turner of Hot Springs,
N. C.t Is visiting her brother, Mr. M.
L. Thomasson, near Yorkvllle. She Is
accompanied by her grandson, Mr.
Otis McFalls, also of Hot Springs.
Miss Eugenia Chllds, one of the
bridesmaids at the Ashe-Macfle wedllng
last week, who has been the guest
of Mrs. Geo. W. S. Hart, returns to
her home In Columbia this evening.
Mr. L. W. Louthlan has Information
that his son, Mr. A. H. Louthlan, who
Is a linotype operator on the Charlotte
Observer, has been stricken with ty
phold fever. This is Mr. A. H. Louthian's
third attack by this malady.
Mr. Joe Thomas, who has been attending
a medical college in Louisville,
Ky., stopped over in Yorkvllle
last week on the way to his home In
Clover, and spent several days with
the family of Mr. J. W. Dobson.
Mr. S. Edw. Lowry, carrier on Yorkvllle
R. F. D. No. 3, who has been
confined to his bed for the past three
weeks, has been removed to the home
of his sister, Mrs. Robt. W. Love, on
R. F. D. No. 3. Mr. Lowr/s condition
while serious, Is not hopeless.
Chester Lantern: "Dr. D. L. Shleder
of Yorkvllle, has closed a five year contract
for the building on the corner of
Main and Wylle streets now occupied
by the postofflce and will open a drug
store. It is understood that a modern
drug store and soda fount will be installed
and that the place will be open
for business shortly after the first of
next month. The contract .ias already
been signed and as soon af the postofflce
is moved into their r.sw building
across the street. Dr. 11 ileder will
open for business. Mr. Nhleder was
In the city the other day making arrangements
for the rental of this building
and perfecting the details." Upon
being asked about the foregoing, by a
representative of The Enquirer, Dr.
Shleder said that he has no present intention
of leaving Yorkvllle; but whether
or not he shall eventually go to
Chester to give his attention to the
business he proposes to establish there,
will depend upon developments.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Dr. S. H. Griffith, the eye, ear and
nose specialist, was quite busy during
his two days' stay at the Shandon ho-<
tel last week. He said he would be
back in Yorkvllle again in about two
weeks.
? At a meeting of the Associate Reformed
Preshvterlnn con?recation last
Sunday morning, a resolution was
idopted providing that another congregational
meeting be held on that
[lay two weeks for the purpose of calling
a pastor.
? Several prospective contestants for
the prizes and honors to be awarded at
the tournament to be held In connection
with the Fourth of July celebration
on the fifth, are practicing afternoons
on the tournament grounds at
the graded school.
? There Is to be a slight change of
schedule on the Carolina and Northwestern
railroad, effective next Sunlay.
By the change, the northbound
passenger train No. 10, Is to arrive at
Vorkville at 8.42 a. in., Instead of 8.52
i. m. as now, and the southbound mix?d
train No. 61, is to arrive at Yorkk'ille
at 10.50 a. m.. Instead of 11 a.
in., as now. The schedules of Nos. 9
ind 60 remain unchanged.
? Under the law as It now stands,
the Yorkviile school district has authority
to levy only a two mill tax for
lommon school purposes. This is the
result of an error made In amending
the law, at the 1908 session of the gen;ral
assembly. On the assumption,
lowever, that the reduction of the levy
vas unintentional, the voters will be
isked to authorize the 3 mill levy as
lsual. Some of the lawyers say it will
je all right. The one mill high school
tax voted last year remains until voted
>IY. Although the present financial
'ondltion of the school district is now
nuch better than at the close of the
ast school year, the district really
needs the full four mils to keep the
school up to Its present standard of
efficiency.
? Mr. J. B. Stephenson, former superintendent
of the county home, died
at the lumber yard of J. J. Keller &
Co., In Yorkvllle last Friday afternoon
at about 3 o'clock. He went there In
a buggy, accompanied by a wagon and
team In charge of a negro brought for
the purpose of hauling benches for the
chapel Just being finished on the county
home property. After a few words
with Mr. G. W. Kunz, concerning the
loading of the benches, Mr. Stephenson
sat down on the sill of a lumber shed,
and within a few minutes afterward,
gasped and fell over without further
warning. Mr. G. F. Grant, Mr. Kunz,
Mn T/ii,on Mr TVihsnn and Others i
came to his assistance at once and |
telephoned for a doctor, but Mr. ,
Stephenson was dead in a few minutes.
Mr. Stephenson's death, although sudden,
was not unexpected. He had been
under the treatment of the various
physicians. at the county home for
more than a year, and all understood
that both his heart and kidneys were
in a desperate condition, and because
of this knowledge no inquest was held
over the remains. The deceased was
about 60 years of age. He leaves a
widow and three children, two sons and
one daughter, all grown. The body
was taken to Sharon for Interment.
? The everyday life at the Episcopal
Church Home Orphanage, continues to
run with the smoothness and precision
that has marked the conduct of the institution
since its removal to Yorkville.
Including the management. Deaconess
Gadsden and her assistants, there are
now sixty people In the home. The orphans
are divided Into three "families,"
under the cottage system. The larger
children occupy the main building of
the barracks and the smaller children
the wings. Each family Is under the
supervision of a "mother,"* and each
does its own work, even the small boys
and little girls being able to wait on
and do for themselves to an extent that
is surprising. Fine discipline obtains
throughout the Institution, all of the
children recognizing the authority of
their" respective mothers with admirable
obedience. Even the smallest understand
that they must have permission
for an Interchange of visits, and 1
o? cM?nornllv careful to ask for SUCh
permission before venturing from the ]
premises of one cottage to another. '
Generally, the children are happy and 3
contented with their lot, as seems quite <
natural under the circumstances. Al- '
though since the arrival of the orphans 1
In Yorkville, the management has been i
putting forth energetic efforts in get
ting the different households provided i
with the necessary conveniences of I
system and order, and wonders seems 1
to have been wrought in a very short <
time, there is still a great deal to be I
done before the buildings and grounds <
will begin to show the full development 1
of plans now in mind. The home is .
open to general visitors on Saturday i
afternoons after 5.30, and besides older <
persons who call to show their interest i
in their work, quite a number of town ]
children have acquired the habit of go- 1
ins ud to join the orphanage children
in their various afternoon amusements. '
? Trinity Methodist church was fill- 1
ed to Its capacity this morning at 8.30 1
o'clock to witness the beautiful ceremony
that was to unite In marriage 1
the Hon. John Porter Hollls of Rock 1
Hill and Miss Mary Walker of York- 1
vllle. The first pretty preliminary was |
the rendition of a sweet vocal solo by
Miss Lllla Herndon, and at Its conclu- !
sion Miss Elizabeth Hunter commenc
ed the wedding march, to the delight- !
ful strains of which the wedding par- ]
ty came into the church. First came ]
the specially honored maiden friends
of the bride, followed by the ushers, ;
and then the bride, with her sister, .
Miss Olive Walker, acting as mald-of- :
honor. The groom, and his best man, 1
Mr. Oliver P. Chitwood of Virginia, j
met the bride and mald-of-honor at |
the altar, and the ribbon girls, Misses .
Julia Smith of Yorkvllle and Agnes .
Wotlrar r\t Ooffnav tnnlr thftlr nrODGF
stations In the aisle, and the wedding
ceremony was read by Rev. R. E.
Sharpe of Heath Springs. Among the
friends of the bride within the ribbons
were Misses Winnie Crawford, Bessie
Peg^am, Josle Carroll, Leon White,
Anna McCaw, Gerald and Helen Lowry,
Kate and Hattle Hunter, Clara
Barr, Susie Henderson, Nellie Schorb,
Madge Johnson and Emlle Nesblt. The
ushers were Messrs. Joe Hart, Glenn
Allison, Philip Hunter and D. Wyatt
Neville. After the ceremony, Mr. and
Mrs. Hollis were accompanied by their
friends to the C. & N.-W. depot, across
the street, and upon the arrival of the
train a few minutes later, the happy
couple started on a bridal tour to
Washington, New York and other
northern cities. The bride is a daughter
of Dr. Miles J. Walker, one of the
best known and most prominent physicians
of York county, and the groom
Is a popular and highly esteemed lawyer
of Rock Hill, recently elected by
the voters of York county to represent
them In the legislature. Both of the
young people stand high in the estima
lion OI ail WHO M1UW inc.I. v.. n.,...,T .
them, and in beginning: their happy ,
married life, they have all the advantage
that can come from universal !
good wishes of their friends and ac- ,
qualntances.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Until January 1, 1910.
We will send The Yorkvllle Enquirer ,
from this date till January 1, 1910 for ]
SI.08. ,
Chapel at County Home.
A neat little chapel has Just been <
completed at the county home for the
use of the inmates In listening to rell- !
gfous services.
Intent to Kill. i
Louis Perry, colored, was committed <
to Jail yesterday from Fort Mill on the I
charge of assault and battery with In- 1
tent to kill. In a row in Fort Mill last I
Saturday, he shot two other negroes, I
one in the shoulder and the other near '
the heart. The condition of one of the l
negroes is quite serious.
Moved By the Floods.
There has been considerable de- I
structlon to bridges throughout the <
northern and western section of the i
county as the result of the recent down ]
pours. The Tate bridge over Allison |
Creek, on the Charlotte roaa, was
moved from Its position last week; but i
was repaired sufficiently to admit of I
Its use. It Is not considered altogether
safe, however.
The Dam at Ninety-Nine.
Gaffney special of June 18, to News <
:ind Courier; Mayor Ross, who visited I
the works at the Ninety-Nine Islands i
yesterday, says "that mot e than a mil- J
lion pounds of steel will be used In the t
construction of the power house which t
will be built there, and that the con- 1
j truction work which is being done <
there is first-class in every respect." 1
He said further that the base of the t
dam would be more than a hundred t
feet in thickness, and that at the pres- 1
ent rate of construction, 1,000 yards
t?nr Hjiv the work will be finished t
within the next few months.
Whiting-Harris.
Fort Mill special of June 21, to the
Charlotte Observer: Cards have been
issued for the marriage of Mr. Drury
Lacy Whiting of McColl, to Miss Lillian
Wren Harris of Fort Mill, on the
22d Instant. The cards are issued by
Mr. and Mrs. William Frank Harris,
the bride's uncle and aunt, at whose
home the marriage will be solemnized.
A reception will be given to the bridal
party this evening at Mr. Harris' residence.
The couple will go on a visit f
to relatives of the groom at Hamlet, t
N. C. The groom Is a popular railroad
inan. The bride is an accomplished ,
and popular young woman who has *
been teaching for several years. Her
many friends here will follow her with '
their best wishes.
Mr. Jones Sells at 11 Cents. I
Chester Reporter: One of the biggest ?
. ales of cotton ever made In this part J
of the state was pulled off last week *
when Mr. S. M. Jones of this city, sold '
to Geo. McFadden Bros., the big lin- "
porters, through their representative, J
Mr. J. G. Barron, 372 bales of cotton 1
at 11 cents, the price for the lot being ?
>18,500. This cotton was grown on 1
Mr. Jones' big Tlrzah place In York ?
county, which he recently sold to Mr. "
K. A. Willis of Lynchburg, Va. Mr. c
Jones has in storage at Rock Hill 179
more bales, which he will sell at some g
future time, and which he raised on r
the plantation that he recently sold to p
Mr. W. G. Hughes. Mr. Jones has f
been one of the most successful farm- h
ers In all the state, but has decided to v
draw in his business, hence the sale of 1
these magnificent wealth-producing a
plantations. t
MERE-MENTION.
President Taft will leave Washlng:on
on July 16, for his summer home
it Beverly Cove, Mass N. C. Aliton,
an absconding bank cashier of
3tevenson, Ala, has been arrested at
Seattle, Wash E. H. Harriman,
he railroad magnate, who purchased
:he Central of Georgia railway in .1907,
las turned the property over to the IIinols
Central John J. Muller, who
ihot his sweetheart to death near Bal:lmore
in March last, confessed his
:rlme Thursday and was sentenced to
Ife Imprisonment Muller claims that
Jie spirit of the girl appeared in a
iream and drove him to a confession.
An automobile driver at Crown
Point, Ind., Friday drove a 30-horse
?ower machine a distance of 236 miles
n 4 hours, 31 minutes and 21 seconds.
....Tom Boutwell is held at Bogalusa,
La., charged with the murder of Ben
Sowell, who it is said, Is Boutwell's
eighth victim Former Secretary
>f the Navy Herbert Congressman
Hardwick of Georgia, and David C.
Barrow of the University of Georgia,
rnve been selected as a board of arbl:ratlon
to settle the differences beween
the Georgia railroad and the
itriking firemen In a pitched battle
between train robbers and constaJles
at Braggs, Okla., Friday, one officer
was killed and one of the robbers
vas fatally shot Clyde Carter, a
sawyer, and A. J. Jonas, superintendent
>f a manufacturing company's mills at
Mortars PIb_ Mnml In a nlstol duel
Thursday. Carter was fatally shot and
lonas was dangerously wounded
Dne person was killed and three Injured
by the wreck of a Chicago and
Northwestern train near Fond duLac,
wis., early Friday morning Senator
Clay of Qeorgia, has offered an
amendment to the tarift bill by which
lie seeks to place an annual tax of $500
>n all brokerage concerns dealing in
fraln. provisions, cotton, etc According
to figures Issued by the bureau
)f statistics the United States exported
(200,000,000 less merchandise during
the fiscal year which ends June 30,
than for the fiscal year ending last
June. The total value of cotton exported
for the eleven months ending
May 31, amounted to $4,302,025,707....
Chas. W. Morse, the convicted banker,
tias been released from prison in New
York on $126,000 ball, pending an appeal
to the Federal court of appeals....
Two additional tunnels under the
Hudson river connecting Jersey City
and New York city, will be opened for
traffic on July 15. The four tunnels
have been constructed in five years at
a cost of $50,000,000... .The New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad Is
making arrangements to handle all of
Its trains between New York and Bos"?' *?
AlanMrt nnurar Tha
of Philadelphia arrested a street beggar
Thursday, and on searching his
clothes, found bank books showing deposits
of $14,149 in his rags. Rear
Admiral Schroeder of the United States
navy has recommended the prohibition
of the sale of cigarettes on naval vessels
The queen of Italy last week
put a ban on the large hats Imported
by the women of fashion from Paris.
During the annual celebration of
the battle of Bunker Hill at Charlestown,
Mass., Thursday, sixty-flve persons
were more or less injured by flreworks,
pistols, etc George Schaeffer
was convicted of murder in the first
degree at Allentown, Pa., Friday, for
the kiling of a jewelry peddler last
summer. Schaeffer killed his victim
with & hatchet, cut the body to pieces
and concerted the parts Into a floor...
More than 200 physicians and surgeons
of the United Staotes will attend the
International Medical congress, which
meets at Budapest, Hungary, in July...
The cornerstone of a $400,000 T. M. C.
A. building, was laid at Mexico City on
Thursday Albert B. Munroe and
his bride of a week, were found dead
In their home at Wllltamsport, Pa., Fri
day. It is believed that they were victims
of poisoned candy There
was a light fall of snow at MaJone, N.
Y., Friday morning More than
120,000 persons witnessed the presentation
of medals to the Wright Brothers
at Dayton, O., Friday Dan
Tso Ac, a 17-year-old Navajo Indian,
pleaded guilty at Salt Lake City, Utah,
Friday, to murdering four persons, relatives,
In a (It of anger. He was sentenced
to prison for ten years....New
Fork police are looking for Leong Ling,
a Chinaman with half a dozen aliases,
an suspicion that he is guilty of the
murder of Miss Blsie Sigel, whose body
was found in a room occupied by the
missing Chinaman, on Friday. Miss
Sigel Is a granddaughter of General
c?l?^vl ?' TTnlon offlnor In thfi
Olgci, a |/iui(usreiiv ciiivi? vuiw*
civil war. ...Five men and sixty-eight
horses were burned to death In a livery
stable Are at Duluth, Minn., Saturday
afternoon... .Edward Payson Weston,
the transcontinental pedestrian, reached
Uintah, Utah, Saturday afternoon.
There were thirty-four new cases
of cholera reported at St Petersburg
on Friday and fifty-three on Saturday.
Ten deaths occurred during the twenty-four
hours ending Saturday at
noon... .James Sharp, a religious fanatic
who styled himself "Adam God,"
has been sentenced to prison for a
term of twenty-five years by a Judge
at Kansas City, Mo., for a murder committed
while in a religious frenzy
The government of Norway is preparing
to subsidize a mall steamship line
direct from New York to Bergen, Norway
Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of Labor,
Is touring Europe, studying labor conditions....
A Black Hand agent entered
an Italian's place of business at Gary,
On tirvlnir omri fhft nrivnHfl
tor a blackmailing' letter in which $600
was demanded. Before the agent could
get away he was shot Ave times and
probably fatally Injured Washington
friends of Commander Robert
Peary are saying that they believe the
explorer has at last reached his goal,
the North Pole. However, they do not
expect to hear from Peary before August
or September The famous
bribery case against Patrick Calhoun,
tried on charges of bribery, ended at
San Francisco, on Sunday at noon
with the Jury failing to agree. The
trial lasted five months and one week.
....An English nobleman has placed
m order for a quarter of an ounce of
radium at a cost of $150,000, to be used
In experimenting with It for a cancer
:ure. The cost per pound, at this rate.
would fie ?8,iZ3,uuu me wngm
Brothers will begin. an official series of
flights with their flying machine at
Washington this week. The government
is to buy one or more machines
If certain tests are met.
80UTH CAROLINA NEW8.
? The winding-up commission a few
lays ago withdrew about $125,000 of
:he dispensary funds from the Palmetto
National Bank and the National
Loan and Exchange bank of Columbia
uid the Bank of Aiken, and deposited
:he same In Rock Hill, Chester and
Wlnnsboro. This action was taken beaiuse
In the opinion of the officials, the
janks from which the money was
withdrawn have not been as loyal to
he commission as they might have
ippn
? Columbia State, Monday: In reply
:o a telegram from Gov. Ansel the war
lepartment has notified the militia auhoritles
that Capt. Thos. Q. Donaldson,
rr? will be detailed as instructor of the
National Guard of this state at the en:ampment
at Greenville, beginning
luly 5. Capt. Donaldson is well known
hroughout the state, being a son of T.
J. Donaldson of Greenville, and former
:ommandant at Clemson college. The
"equeet of Gov. Ansel was for the atendance
of Capt. Donaldson at the encampment
in Columbia, but from the
elegram received from the war de>artment
it is probable that some one
>lse will be detailed for the instrucion
work here.
? Anderson special or June zo, to tne
'Jews and Courier: James H. Cobb,
luperintendent of the Belton Cotton
nllls, Is dead; the Rev. D. D. Rlchardlon,
pastor of the Second Baptist
hurch of Belton and the Gluck Mills
Japtlst church of this city, Is In a
rltlcal condition in a hosptal here;
lis wife is slightly Injured, and the
lev. E. A. McDowell of Ninety-Six,
leld agent of the Baptist Courier, Is
erlously hurt, as the result of a colIslon
between an inter-urban car of
he Anderson Traction company and
n automobile, which occurred at
Jreazeale's Crossing, nine miles east
f Anderson, shortly before noon tolav.
The dead and injured were oc
upants of the automobile.
? Comptroller General Jones today
:ave out a summary of the assessnents
upon cotton mills and water
lowers, cotton seed oil mills and
ertlllzers plants made by the state
ioard of equalization at the meeting
k'hich closed last Friday afternoon,
"lie totals in the several classes are
s follows: Total actual value of cot011
mill properties as determined by
the board $51,616,479; 60 per cent of
actual value taken for taxation, $30,696,288.
Total value of cotton seed oil
mills, as determined by the board, $$,999,668;
60 per cent of actual value
taken for taxation, $1,799,740. Total
value of fertilizer plants, as determined
by the board, $3,196,178; 60 per cent of
actual value taken for taxation. $1,917,707.
? Columbia State, Monday: Local Insurance
agents are preparing for the
11th annual convention of the South
Carolina Fire Insurance Agents' association
which convenes here Thursday.
The convention will be called to order
In the city council chamber by President
Jas. Cofield of Spartanburg at 11
a. m. Interesting addresses will be
made by several members of the association
and by Commissioner McMaster.
The officers of the association
are: Jas. Cofield, president, Spartanburg;
Q. Frank Johnson, vice president,
Anderson; Sam M. Grist, secretary
and treasurer, Yorkville. Executive
committee: Jas. Cofield, Spartan
burg; Q. Frank jonnson, Aiiuemun,
E. Haynsworth, Sumter; J. H. Loryea,
St. Matthews, Sam M. Grist, Torkvllle;
John B. Reeves, Charleston; A. M.
Law, Spartanburg; C. L. Schofleld,
Marion; E. H. Hardin, Chester.
? Georgetown, Juno 19: At 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon word was hurriedly
brought to Sheriff Scurry that a
criminal assault had just been committed
upon the person of a young
wolnan school teacher by an unknown
negro at Crab Hall, a place situated
Immediately across Wlnyah Bay from
Georgetown, on Waccamaw Neck. The
young lady boards at the home of Mr.
Huck Cains, and while out driving with '
one of the Cains' children a little girl,
she was dragged from the buggy and
carried Into the woods by her assailant,
who ordered the child to flee at the
peril of her life. The child's father returned
with her to the spot to find the
young lady in a terrible plight and
bloody from the fearful struggle which
she had bravely waged. The man had
fled. The sheriff afterward advised
Governor Ansel of the capture of a suspect
and the governor advised the
sheriff that the man must be protected.
? Columbia State, Sunday: OoL Thoe.
B. Felder was tired out yesterday. He
just "couldn't work to do no good," as
the negroes say In the low country. It
happened after the testimony of Mr.
Ernest L. Gal Hard, the clerk at the Columbia
hotel. When Mr. Felder and
Gen. Clifford L. Ander m came down
yesterday morning they were full of
life and hope. The world was beautiful.
There was a prospect of a recess
and some of the members of the dispensary
commission, some of the members
of the Felder firm, and some of
those against whom warrants had been
sworn out were talking of tripe abroad.
Trips abroad are very popular Just
now and one can travel at a very slight
expense, say $10,000. Even Mr. Lanahnn
feels that the trlD would not wor
ry the cash drawer. Anyhow the hot
weather Is having Its effect on ocean
travel, but with prospects of summer
breezes where the ocean laps the sand
, bank there was a rude awakening. Mr.
Galllardfl, was called up to be questioned
further about the accounts on the
books of the Columbia hoteL There
were several books produced by Mr.
Gail lard, but the ledger showing the accounts
of MaJ. Black, then C&pt Black
was missing. The book could not be
found. True, Mr. Lyon bad copies of
the statements showing that Capt
Black, now MaJ. Black, had paid the
bills of certain members of the general
assembly, but the ledgers were not
there. However, that Is a small matter.
"Just to think," said Mr. Felder, "in
every case we either lose a book or
there is a disastrous Are. I suggest
that the commission get busy on these
books that disappear." The commission
will take action later. It will be
recalled that Maj. Black, at the time
Capt Black, paid the bills of some
members of the general asembly. This
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have been useful as corroborative evidence.
? Columbia special of June 19, to the
News and Courier: The dispensary
winding-up commission after a short
session this morning went into executive
session after which an adjournment
was taken, subject to a call by
the chairman of the commission and
Attorney General Lyon. This ooll may
be some time in August or the first
part of September. Attorney Carroll,
for the Fleischmann batch of'claims,
frankly admitted to the oommlasion
that the salesmen representing that
house paid "graft" to the dispensary
directors according to the now famous
alleged Goodman scale of prices. He
said he knew the witness who would
testify to the same. Mr. Galllard, clerk
of the Columbia hotel, appeared before
the commission this morning and stated
that he wa? unable to find & certain
book of the hotel, which the attorneys
for the commission think will shed
some light on the matter of MaJ. Black
paying the board of two members of
the legislature while they were attending
the session at which session MaJ.
Black was elected as a member of the
dispensary board. Col. Felder for the
state requested the commission to put
a little ginger behind Mr. Wheeler the
owner of the hotel and Mr. Oalllard the
clerk and force them to produce the
much desired book. Certain other
books brought by Mr. GaJll&rd yesterday
afternoon were retained by the
commission. The business transacted
today was broad and sweeping In Its
nature. But none of the claims called
un were settled. Attorney Carroll for
the Schlltx Brewing company appeared
before the commission and stated that
he was ready to admit the overcharges
by his company and that there was a
matter of freight on the goods which
he wished the commission to pay. It
was brought out that the Schlltx company
had paid the freight on goods to
South Carolina, while they had not to
other states. The claim of this company
is for approximately $18,090. The
commission took the matter under
consideration. Mr. C. B. Dunbar of
Augusta, representing the claim of the
Big Springs Distilling company submitted
to the commission a statement
concerning the business done with the
dispensary by his company. This claim *
of the Big Springs company is for $25.000.
and at a previous hearing of this
claim by the commission it was found
that the company really owed the state.
Mr. Dunbar stated that he was ready
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pany and to deduct the commissions
and salary of Mr. Solomons, the former
liquor agent of the company, who came
very near being arrested several times
while he was on the stand on the
charge of perjury. The Flelschmann
batch of claims was called up and discussed
for some time. They are for approximately
166,000. The claims were
carried over for further consideration
by the commission. It was suggested
by the members of the commission and
Col. Felder that during the period of
adjournment that the members of the
board acquaint themselves thoroughly
with all of the evidence given at this
sitting and at all previous hearings.
?News and Courier: Not In the court
annals of this state, perhaps, has a
more Interesting case been tried than
that of John Q. Darby, chief of police
for the town of Batesburg, which was
begun In the sessions court at Lexington
last Wednesday, and concluded on
Frldav with a verdict of not guilty.
Mr. Darby was charged with having
committed an assault with intent to
ravish upon a white, widow lady, a
boarding house keeper and dressmaker,
in the town of Batesburg on the
night of February 7, this year. More
than one hundred witnesses were summoned
in the case, and besides these
witnesses many people from Batesburg
were in attendance, including a number
of ladles, and three ministers of /?*
the gospel. A conspicuous figure in
the court room was Mr. John O. Darby
of Chester, the aged father of the
defendant, whose head is slivering
with the age of years. He was for
several terms supervisor of Chester
county. The wife and mother of the
defendant were also present. Mr. A.
G. Brice another prominent gentleman
from Chester was in attendance. The
prosecutrix was the first witness put
up Wednesday. Her story of the alleged
assault was in substance as follows:
On the evening of February 7,
in comDanv with her son. RalDh
Clarke, she walked down Railroad
street from her residence toward the
power house; that when she came to a
certain point she noticed the form of
a man hiding In the shadow of a large
oak; when she arrived within a few |
feet of the man, she asked who it was
and he replied that it was "Policeman
Darby," and almost at the same moment
he grabbed her around the waist
and neck, exclaiming "I have got you
at last." She claimed that she was
dragged for fifteen or twenty steps,
and that the defendant did not turn
her loose until the arrival of her son,