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Scraps and Jarts. ? Atlanta, Ga., June 23: Charging that firemen are trying to Intimidate the arbitrators, Major Cummlngs, representing the Georgia railroad, objected strongly today to tho Introduction as testimony of public opinion of the strike. Major Brand of Lithonia, where some disorder took place, declared that the people along the road were now satisfied because they had been assured the arbitrators would decide In favor of the whites. He was confident if the commission decided In thej negroes' favor, the people would neverl ??" win "This In STTOSS I contempt of the commission," said Major Cummlngs, trembling with anger; "If such testimony Is submitted, we had as well close down our courts and let mob violence rule. The firemen In effect say 'we may be wrong, but even If we are, and you gentlemen decide against us, the people of Georgia will rise In mobs to overrule you.' I think this is libel on the good people of this state." The commission after an executive session, announced they would exclude all public sentiment testimony. This was a severe blow to the firemen, but they went on gamely, offering accumulative testimony as to the unfitness of negroes as firemen. ? The emperor of China, through the prince regent, has sent to Yuan Shlh Kal, viceroy of China, the ominous yellow cord of China, .which means the throne's order to that statesman for self-destruction. It Is stated that the doomed man Is allowed two months In which to arrange his affairs before he commits suicide. During this time, however, he will be closely watched, so that his escape will be impossible. But It .Is probable tb&t be would not escape if he could, as his pride would not permit it The world may therefore expect to hear of the noted Chinaman's death any time between now and September 1. The trouble between Tuan and the royal house has existed for some years. Once before he was threatened with an order to commit suicide, but two of the royal family interceded in his behalf. It is said that the present empress dowager and co-regent wish to have Tuan die. It is all very hideous, and it is still more uncanny because it confirms a seer'a prophecy when Tuan was a young man that he would be viceroy of China before he was 42. Tuan laughed then, but when he became viceroy he loaded the soothsayer with gifts and demanded another prophecy. He was told he would be killed before he was 52. As a fatalists, he will doubtless fulfil the grewsome prediction. ?New Tork, June 22: Baited, intimidated, threatened with prosecution, confused with rapid-fire questions, Chung Sin, former room mate of Leon Ling, told this afternoon of Elsie Slgel's murder. Under the terrific pressure of the "third degree" Sin admitted he saw the body in Leon's room, had even touched It while still warm, had smelled the drugs, and had watched Leon's preparations for placing the body in the trunk, where horribly decomposed, it was found Friday. If what he said is correct, he described almost everything concerning the murder except the actual committal of the crime. He denied implication and stoutly protested his ignorance of Leon's whereabouts. He is held under a $10,000 bond. From Sin's story it is apparent that Elsie Slgel was chloroformed, and then choked to death. He said that on the morning of June 10, he heard a strange noise In Leon's room adjoining his, and looking over the transom, saw the girl lying on the bed with a bloody towel over her mouth. As he passed through the room to go out to wash his hands, he felt the body and it was still warm. He returned to his room from a chop suey restaurant and Leon had covered the body up to the chin with a blanket and pulled the trunk to the middle of the floor. Sin said he went down stairs again, where he remained till Leon called him, and when he entered the room the body had been placed inside the trunk. At this point Sin denied having assisted in any way. He said he saw her no more. Answering a question. Sin said when he asked Leon how she died, he said "she had bitten her tongue and bled to death." Leon said he was going to send the trunk to Europe. Sin said he then left hurriedly. Sin is about 35 ' A ~ 4 WAQf ana was arresiea yesieruay ?wi Oalway, N. Y. Sin said the girl came to Leon's room the afternoon before of her own free will alone, indicating that she sought the Chinaman. ? New York, June 21: In the love letters of Elsie Slgel to two Chinamen Is found the motive for the gruesome murder of Gen. Franz Sigel's granddaughter. The night the body was discovered wedged Into the old trunk in the rooms of Leon Ling, In Eighth avenue, the police found a score or more of letters, which the girl had addressed to him. They were endearing in tone and indicated a friendship more than platonlc. In searching Chinatown, the detectives raided the private rooms of Chu Gain, owner of the famous Port Arthur Chinese restaurant, and there they found about 200 letters which had been addressed to him by Elsie Slgel. These letters were even more endearing in tone than those found in Leon Ling's room. In these she addressed him as "My own dearest beloved," and "my own dear Chu," "ever your loving Elsie," she frequently signed herself. The Chu Gain letters gave the first Information as to the motive for the murder. Miss Sigel told Chu Gain, in some of these letters, of her conduct with Leon Ling, told him not to be jealous, ana expiainea ner uujeti m maiuvaiuIng her friendship for Ling. The police will not give out the full contents of these letters. It Is now supposed that Leon Ling decided tragically to end the romance of the girl he loved and his rival. Her afTectlon for Chu Gain was known, as is shown by the letters received by Chu Gain, in which he and the girl are threatened with death unless their relations ceased. The murder was apparently the execution of that threat. The Chinatown mission, popularly known as the girl's recreation rooms, was closed last night for the first time since they were opened eight years ago. No explanation was given for this action, but it is supposed that the murder of Elsie Sigel was responsible. It was in these rooms that Miss Sigel first undertook missionary work in Chinatown, and it was here thai she was Ki.Aii-?Kt In nnntnft with m$?nv Of the residents of that section. The young girl missionaries of Chinatown, like Elsie Sigel, use these rooms in which to meet the unfortunate women of Chinatown and there talk religion with them. On stated occasions Chinamen were Invited to the rooms, and there they met the young girl missionaries. In that manner many Chinamen were Induced to attend Christian Sunday schools In different parts of the city and from these first meetings many romances have developed, the Chinamen marrying white women. The first of these weddings, which occurred eight years ago, created much comment, but j recently there have been so many such alliances that little attention is paid to them. $hc llflttoiUr (Snquim. ? j Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkville! as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVIIXE, 8. 0.i FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1909. "i am so good a Democrat," said Senator Bailey the other day, "that 1 have even voted for myself." And also Senator Bailey has "blown his own horn." Wb are unable to see how the Income tax they propose to lay on corporations can operate so as not to build up government supervision of the business of such institutions. This development Is not altogether to be desired. i- tint nioaqnnt to nrlnt stories AX AO IlVfc r 1 like that of the murder of Elsie Slgel, by the Chinaman, Leon Ling; but it is necessary. There are those who would try to escape from truth, but to try to do this is very foolish. The sensible thing in the case of a startling horror of this nature is to try to consider all the facts as sanely as possible, and draw the best lessons that can be suggested. TnE Charlotte Chronicle of Monday, contains a comprehensive summary of the law that has Just been passed to govern the taking of the tenth census. The director of the census next year will receive a salary of $7,000 Instead of $7,600 as heretofore, and there have been more or less reduction in the salaries of all the officers at Washington. There will be as usual a supervisor in each congressional district, and he will receive for his work the lump sum of $1,600. Enumerators, except where the work is unusually hard, will receive from $1 to $2 a day each, with an additional bonus of from 1 to 3 cen(s for each inhabitant enumerated and from 15 to 20 cents for each farm establishment or productive industry reported. It will not pay to trifle with Uncle Sam in the pension business. If a supervisor or clerk, enumerator, interpreter, special agent or other employe, after having been given the Job and having subscribed to the oath, backs out, he can be fined $500. If he gives a newspaper reporter any of the information which he may have secured, he will have to raise a fine of $1,000 or go to jail two years. If he swears to a false report it Is a fine of $2,000 or five years in prison. Any person over 21 years of age who refuses to answer the questions of the enumerators, can be made to pay $100. Any hotel, boarding house or apartment house keepers who throw obstacles in the way of the census taker un dergoes liability to a fine of $500. The law comes down heavy on the officers of manufacturing plants, mines, or any establishment of productive Industry, who shall decline to answer all questions completely and directly. The penalty is a fine as high as $10,000, or imprisonment for one year, or both fine and imprisonment. That is an interesting story that Senator Tillman tells of the inception and development of Clemson college, and it gives us pleasure to reproduce it in full both as matters of present Interest and of history. Although there is much in Senator Tillman that we cannot commend or admire, there is no doubt of the fact that he deserves great credit for the work he has done m awakening the people of South Carolina to their political responsibilities and duties, and neither is there any ground to deny the fact that he has contributed almost Inestimable benefit to the educational advancement of the state. The establishment of Clemson was a great achievement, equaled only In importance to the establishment of Winthrop. We are not inclined to give the senator all the credit for either institution; but we do not hesitate to say that in our opinion, except for him, neither would be anything like what it Is today. That the purposes of the people who established Clemson, were of the highest, we woulu not try to deny. We do not wunt tc deny it. But still it is not to be con tended that all wisdom Degan ana enaed with these gentlemen, especially In the matter of the perpetual control of Clemson college through the trustees created under Clemson's will. The fear that negroes might some day get control of the state and admission to the college did not appear unwarranted at the time; but now such a contingency seems so remote as to be hardly worth considering. It Is quite certain that If by any means negroes should now get control of the state, they could change the situation at Clemson just as a great many white leaders are now thinking it should be changed, and so the argument along that line does not seem to be of much force. Since Clemson is supported by the state, there Is good reason for holding that It should be entirely controlled by the state. So it looks to us. Of course, there should be no change at all until after the state has made good to Mr. Clemson's lawful heirs the amount of his funds It has been using. and there should be no change either In the name of the college. In our judgment there is no real necessity for any change at all at this time; but that the status of Clemson will some day be changed so as to bring the college entirely within the control of the state, we have very little present doubt. State's Evidence. It Is common to hear people declare that they have a contempt for a man who will turn state's evidence, and we have heard such expressions more than once In connection with the investigations of the dispensary winding-up commission. Now, while we have no word of defense for the fellow who turns state's evidence, and no kind feeling for him either, so far as that is concerned, it seems to us that there is something I ( It- f' I jout of Joint-Mi rertafii incongruity-^-. ; about. too vigorous protestations of contempt for him. t. a Suppose the state's evidence In ^ question had not become such, would there have been any "respect" for him? Do those who profess a loathing for the "state's evidence," claim admiration for ' the crime of which he was accused? I And if his crime was to be condemned, does he become any more reprehensible when he confesses it?tell the truth 1 about It? Are his accomplices who were only under strong suspicion before, to become objects of sympathy, when he furnishes the testimony that 1 convicts them as criminals? We fail to see the logic of such an idea. Say two men are accomplices in a crime for Instance, and one confesses everything, It la very easy to gee how * the other fellow may feel angered. This writer once saw two negroes die on the gallows for the same crime,1 ' One of them, Colston, had turned state's evidence, and It was his evidence that convicted the other. Truth compels the statement that Colston , went to the gallowg like a craven, begging to be saved from his fate. About the only thing Feaater said on the gallows was that If the sheriff would turn him loose long enough to cut Colston's throat, he would be perfectly willing to go. Did that illustrate the quality ( of courage? It seemed to the writer that It was nothing but hatred and malice, qualities that are lower and more debasing even than had been evinced by Colston. But anyhow,; ] when it Is a fact that except for Col-' ston's evidence Feaster would have escaped punishment for a most cowardly assassination, where is there any < logical Justification for condemnation of Colston's action In turning state's evidence? There was nothing brave ] or manly or admirable about either of these negroes, and certainly nothing In Colston's act to excite admiration for Feaster. "But," those who object to state'q ? evidence go on to argue, "I would not believe a man who would turn state's { ?ion noOi " Thof In nil rtzht: C V lUCliWC vu vavut .? ?- - , but suppose that same man had not { turned state's evidence, and was testlfying in behalf of himself and accom- { plices, under circumstances that seem- ( ed to show conclusive evidence of } guilt, would you have believed him on ^ oath? Not much. However, as a rule no one is ever t expected to believe the testimony of a , man who turns state's evidence. The fact that he admits having committed ^ crime is to be taken as evidence that , he cannot tell the truth except when , it is his interest to do so. But that j does not detract from his ability to { produce facts arid figures and relate ( circumstances that conclusively establish the things to which he would tes- . tify. According to our view of the matter, it is not incumbent upon anybody j to feel respect or admiration for the ^ people who may have turned state's evidence in this dispensary investlga- ( tion. Nobody ic called upon to believe j them in anything; except where they can demonstrate the truth; but still < we think there is cause for congratulatlon that so much of the truth has { now come out, even'If the truth had to ( be secured by inducing the accused to f peach on each other. THE HEATHEN CHINEE. , "In Ways That Are Dark and Tricks ^ That Are Vain, He I* Peculiar," ) The New York World has interview- . ed a number of leading New York ministers, including the Rev. D. Asa < Blackburn of the Church of the Stran- i gers. Dr. Blackburn is a former Co- . lumbian and brother to the Rev. Qeo. A. Blackburn, pastor of the Second 1 Presbyterian church of this city. The i World says: t "Any mission plan that calls for a , white girl for every Chinese is atrocious," said the Rev. D. Asa Black- ( burn of the Church of the Strangers. I "I have always been sternly opposed j to it. When Dr. Deems was alive this church, In common with many others, undertook work with the Chinese, but > In the fifteen years of my ministry we ? have had none of It. Members of my . church who developed interest in that * direction have had to offer their ser- 1 vices to outside missions. I think that t Interest has subsided among my par- ?; ishioners. . "Yet many good people believe in the sort of mission work of which the 1 tragic episode now in the public mind { is a natural result. It is quite use- t less to argue with such people that a Chinese is no more entitled to special 1 instruction than is an Italian or other 1 foreigner who comes here ignorant of ? English. We do not give a girl inst.ructor to every Italian who comes among us, and we ought not to hold 1 out that inducement to Chinese. All t the same, it is done and It will be t done. A way should be found to stop It. ' "If the World would employ Its 1 great facilities for gathering news to j obtaining a list of the mission girls ruined by Chinese whom they were teaching it would perform a service ( for which all the churches would be t supremely grateful. There have been j enough cases of that kind to fill an entire page in the paper. That list would 1 be read everywhere as an awful ob- 1 ject lesson in depravity. I believe its t publication would so shock the country as to correct the evil at which it would aim. Nothing short of some 1 such exposure will stop it. The peo- s pie need to be horrified. I shall be in f sympathy with any measure, however shocking, to save our young women ' from a continuance of this infamy, and t with what feeble force I have I will t speak for it."?Columbia Record. Cotton Stalk Paper Mill.?Georgia is to have a cotton stalk paper mill, the factory will be completed by Oc- < tober 1, just in time to use 1909 stalks. < Cotton stalks have always been a , worry to farmers, if grain is sowed on ?>? ? ~.i tk. ( me hUHiuu IUIIU^ 1115 tuiiuu, iiic feiuiw cannot be cut until the stalks are removed. There Is very little fertilizer in the stalks, therefore It Is of. little use to plow them under to be in the way and tear up the young crops when they are plowed. In order that the land may be put in first class shape it is necessary, first to remove the cotton stalks, in any event this must be done, now comes the paper mill and offers to buy the stalks at a good price. There is no foretelling what developments will be made with cotton and its by-products. For many years cotton seed were thrown away, literally ) thrown away, not even put back on the land for manure. After the Inven- : tion of the oil mill, people did not know ' what to do with the hulls. One man In Augusta, Ga., made a contract with t an oil mill to haul off all the hulls < made by the mill on condition that he < could have the hulls as long as he kept ( them from piling up at the mill. He carried out his part of the contract, , faithfully hauled hulls for four or five | years, and wnen nulls began tone vai- \ uable he sold his contract to the mill f for a handsome figure No, there Is no telling what develop- , ments await King Cotton. It does , look, however, that It has reached ul- , tinia thule when cotton stalks are , found to make a splendid quality of . paper. The paper made from stalks . is to be chiefly wrapping paper? \ Abbeville Press and Banner. , I ? C ? Hon. Richard I. Manning of Sum- ( ter, recently elected a life trustee of } Clemson college, has not yet signified 1 whether or not he will accept. It looks ' as if there is to be a fight on the 1 question of whether the perpetual ' control of Clemson college is to be left ' to the Clemson will, or transferred to the state, and it is understood that Mr. 1 Manning Is to be in the race for gov- ? ernor next summer. MWjAL AFFAIRS. --" neW advertisements. f>Oir. 8$>eek, The Jeweler?Is selling tnie Popular priced "Rochester" coffee percolator, which makes good coffee making easy. He will be pleased to show you this good percolator if you will call at his store, ^ret National Bank?Publishes an official statement showing Its condition at the close of business on June 23. It has resources of $248,988.26. iV. R. Carroll?Wants a buyer for the W. E. Hurt house on Lincoln street House Is new, painted, large lot, outhouses. Terms to suit the buyer. Will rent for $12.50 a monin. : <Mrst National Bank?Points out the fact that the mission of the modern bank Is to be a help to Its friends and customers. It wants you to be one of its customers In order that It can help you. r. L. Williams & Co.?Tell about a lot of seasonable goods which they are offering at most attractive prices. Silkette worth 40c, at 19c yard, lank of Hickory Grove?Says that a ''satisfied customer," one who has tried out Its savings department and found its advantages, is Its best advertisement. A dollar starts an account. fork Drug Store?Has a big line of the best soaps for all purposes. It can please you whether you want soap for the toilet or laundry. L.oan and Savings Bank?Offers Its customers every Inducement consistent with sound banking. It will appreciate your business whether large or small. Carroll Furniture Co.?Wants you to call and see and hear the Columbia talking machine. Complete line of reoords. It also wants you to see It for bicycles if you contemplate buying a wheel. Serndon & Gordon?Talk about soap of all kinds; also chewing and smoking tobaccos, groceries, confectionery, hardware, lamps, lanterns, brooms, etc. -has. M. Stleff, Charlotte?Assured you that he would not sell you an Inferior piano for any consideration. See fourth page. -avadura Chemical Co.?Calls attention to advantages of using lavadura when you are washing woolen goods. See fourth page. At the recent session of the general issembly a new voting precinct was sreated for this county, to be known is Aragon Cotton Mills. The price of cotton is advancing ilowly and the price of yam is also idvarrclng, 'but a little slower. Mills hat were able to lay in good stocks it thp lowest prices of the season l'ave a fair profit In coarse yams at jresent figures; but where the mills rnve to take orders and go on the narket for their cotton, they are flndng it difficult to break even. \Afhile in Yorkvillo the other day, Dr. J. H. Saye of Sharon, advised the eporter that he was getting along licely with the bank and expected to lave It ready for the fall business; >ut he was not so sure about the coton seed oil mill. In fact, he was not lisposed to encourage the Idea that :he oil mill would be gotten under way his year at all. Superintendent of Education Mcviackln, has decided that Yorkville Is he best place for the educational ally to be held In York coun;y on Wednesday, August 11. As Mr. VIcMackin sees it, Yorkville is of more jonvenlent access to the county generally. He Is not Inclined to favor the ilcnlc Idea for the reason that while i picnic might bring out a larger :rowd, there would not be as great at:entlon to the addresses to be delivsred. Mr. C. J. Hughes, agent for the Earners' Co-operative Demonstration work In this county, says that notwithstanding the unfavorable weather,' tearly all of the farmers who under-* :ook to be co-operators or demonstra :ors, are stiCKing squareiy 10 governnent instructions and their crops are jenerally satisfactory. Because too nuch rain and the grass getting a; rood start in consequence, some of he demonstrators and co-operators lave been compelled to plow a little leeper in cultivation than the agriculural department has recommended; >ut that has been unavoidable. The elements of success in gold nining are just about the same as in iny other business?capital, labor, exjerience, and persistence. The average ndlvidua! looks upon gold mining as :he king of get-rlch-quick schemes. That Is natural. The reason, probably, s that gold is actual money, and there s nothing to do with the finished proluct of the mine but to convert it into tuch commodity or commodities as nay be desired. Thi3 is all very true; >ut the fact that there is such a vast imount of work to do before the acual gold can be available, makes the )roposition rather more complicated han appears to all except the lnltiaed. The fortunes that have from time o time been picked up on the surface, >ear a relation of about one-hundredth jart of one per cent in value, to the nllllons and billions of dollars' worth >f gold that has been taken out of he rocks and placers; but we have leard a hundred times more about hese plcked-up fortunes than we have teard about all the rest. That is why fold mining appears to be so easy, or it least one reason why. But it is a natter of fact, capable of easy demonitration, that taking the world over 'rom the earliest days In which gold jegan to appeal to the desires of man Jown to the present, that It has cost in expenditure from $3 to $4 of good, lard earned money for every dollar of fold that has ever been taken out of :he earth. This is not intended to dls:ourage gold seeking. We could not ilscourage It If we would, and we vould not discourage it if we could. 3old seeking will go on and on in he future Just as it has gone on In he past, with about the same general esults. This will be true of the world it large, and it will be true of this Imnedlate section. And as we have renarked before, there is just as good a chance for a big, rich strike in the lorthwestern section of this county as here is anwyhere else in the world. THE SPECULATIVE MARKET. Following are the developments In he speculative market yesterday as uimmarized In a dispatch of last night from New York: The cotton market showed a reac.ionary tendency following the recent *harp advance and closed barely steady it a net decline of 9 to 13 points unler realizing. The opening was steady at a decline if 3 to 8 points in response to disappointing cables, less favorable foreign :rade advices, and better weather reliorts. There was a good deal of buyng on a scale down, but offerings ivere very heavy and the decline was lot checked until the active months cold about 7 to 10 points net lower. A rally to about the closing prices of the [irevious day during the middle session js a result of covering by recent sellers for a turn and local bull support, ivas followed by renewed weakness luring the afternoon under heavy Chicago offering, moderate Southern celling accompanying the better veather reports and local liquidation for over the week-end. The lowest (joint was reached late In the day and he close was at practically the bot:om. Some of the private Liverpool cades indicated that the easier tendency >f the Liverpool market had been due n realizing on the appearance of bet B ter weather In the south. Such southern crop advices as reached the trade were bullish, but there was much less of this sort of news circulating: than y recently pnd this fact probably t prompted more or leas natural profit- n taking: in view of the recent sharp advance, the approaching week-end and 0 the fact that next week private and t official condition figures will be published preceding a three-day adjournment. r Receipts at the ports today were ? 4,271 bales, against 7,099 last week, , and 5,975 last year. For the week, 30,000 bales, against 33,540 last week * and 43,423 last year. Today's receipts e at New Orleans, 1,039 bales, against t 689 last year and at Houston, 884 g bales, against 1,303 last year. FIR8T COTTON BLOOM. 1 The first cotton bloom of the season was received on last Wednesday, having been sent by Mr. C. S. Gordon of Bethesda. It Is later by two weeks E than the first bloom of last year which c was sent by Mr. A. F. Plexico of Sharon, on June 13. Since Wednesday, we have received r several other blooms, one plucked by w a. H. Mitchell of Hickory ' Grove No. 1, on yesterday, and another plucked from the field of Mr. F. M. Lynn near Sharon on the same day. Mr. John W. Mull, who lives on Mr. J. Q. Wray's place, two miles southwest of Yorkvllle, brought In a white bloom this morning. THE CHE8TER RE-UNION. The annual reunion of the South Carolina Confederate veterans In Chester Wednesday and yesterday was largely attended, and the occasion was thoroughly enjoyed by the veterans as well as by the general visitors. There were quite a number of veterans In attendance from various parts of York county, including Yorkvllle, and they were all delighted. The general report Is that the Chester people left nothing undone that could contribute to the pleasure and comfort of their guests, who were quartered In private homes and at the hotels ^ 'thou t expense to any of them for anything. The feature of yesterday afternoon was a monster parade of nearly two miles In length reviewed by Governor Ansel. The electrical display of Wednesday night and last night was something grand. The next annual reunion of the veterans Is to be held in Spartanburg. ' . ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Paul O. Grist of Lenoir, N. C., Is ( visiting relatives In Yorkvllle. Mr. Paul Neely Moore of Columbia, 3 was In Yorkvllle on Wednesday. Mrs. R. E. Heath and children of ' Yorkvllle are visiting relatives In Mon- j roe. N. C. Mr. Wm. H. McCorkle has been con- f fined to his home this week on account of illness. } Miss Helen Reed of Richburg la the r guest of Miss Mary Joe Drakeford in ' Yorkville. t Miss Mary Scott of Yorkville R. F. | D. No. 3, is visiting Mrs. Leroy Fer- ^ guson at Taylors. , Mrs. W. W. Dixon and children of ( Winn8boro, are visiting her father, ( Mr. Joseph Wallace in Yorkville. , Mr. Ben Comer of LaGrange, Ga., is ( spending this week in Yorkville with , his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Corner. Mr. J. C. Steele of Waxhaw, N. C., ] spent several days this week In York- { vllle, with his brother Dr. S. L. Steele. ( Dr. Moffatt Kennedy of Newberry, t who has been spending several days . In Yorkville, has returned to his home. t Miss Janle Atkinson, who has been working in Mrs. Dobson's millinery t store, has returned to her home in I Lowryville. Mrs. M. W. White and children, re- i turned today from a three weeks' vis- ( It to her mother at Riverside, Lancas- 1 tor county. ( Mr. Cal G. Parish of Gaffney, was i in Yorkville for a few hours yester- I day. He expects to leave Saturday for | Seattle, Wash., and will probably lo- j cate on the Pacific coast < The condition of Mr. S. Edw. Lowry, * carrier of R. F. D. No. 3, is not lm- j proving very rapidly, but with careful ( nursing his friends are hoping that he ? will soon be up. 3 1 CELEBRATION ON THE FOURTH. , The central committee of Woodmen of the World has been giving its best 1 efforts to getting things In shape for (' the proposed big celebration on Mon- i day, July 5, and at this time every- 1 thing augurs well for a great time In * Yorkville on that occasion. ( The contral committee consists of Messrs. J. Q. Wray, chairman, J. C. Wilborn, D. T. Woods and R. T. Allison, and is practically the same com- , mlttee that made such a success of the | virgin effort in the same direction two ^ years ago. The main feature of the coming celebration Is to be the big trades' parade. Quite a number of Woodmen camps throughout the county have signified their Intention to participate, all that have so far been heard from in fact, and the local business people generally will be represented. The committee Is especially anxious that everybody will be on hand promptly, so that the parade will be able to start without delay. } But the parade Is to be by no means ^ the only attraction of the day. There Is to be a tournament, cracker and banana races, a greasy pig race, and 1 at the wlndup, a big dance. A number of young men are now practicing for ( the tournament, and the understanding Is that the knights participating In the tournament are also to catch the greasy pig, a substantial prize going to the man who succeeds In laying hands on ' the elusive creature. ( The cracker race Is something unique. The run Is to be over a course of two hundred yards. A hundred yards from the starting point there Is to be a stool with ten crackers on It for each starter. The runners are to get to the stools, sit down and remain until after they have eaten the crackers, and start again. The man who makes the two hundred yards first, having eaten ' his ten crackers on the way, wins the j prize. r "Every reasonable care Is to be taken for the comfort and convenience of the visitors," said Mr. Wray yester- t day. "We are going to have barrels t of Ice water along the streets for one v thing, and for another thing we are t going to have It arranged so that ev- v erybody can be taken care of Indoors, t If necessary. A great many people j' have signified their Intention to throw j, open their homes, and I am quite sure li thut everybody who comes will have 1 reason to feel that the day has been J, worth their while." While the foregoing Is a general v outline of what Is in view, as the time jj for the celebration grows closer the ^ committee Is becoming more and more d active and alert, and there is every as- I surance that the attractions of the day will be pitched on a much bigger scale f. than has been usual. f WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Mr. J. W. Moore was In Yorkvllle esterday with his first early tomaoes. He said he had been having tonatoes for about two weeks; but on ccount of the wet weather they have teen rotting badly. ? Mayor Hart went to Columbia last light to consult the governor about lecurtng assistance from the state In efraylng the expenses of the recent imallpox epidemic In YorkvlUe. The epidemic cost the town In money more hnn fKfin nnit It nPAmn fair that the itate should pay a part of this sum rom the 18,000 appropriation available 'or the purpose. ? Thp Enquirer does not approve of , he action of the board of trustees of he YorkVille Graded School district In isking the voters to vote for the levy >f a three mill tax, when the law alow* only two mills. We reeognlze hat there Is need for three mill* and nore, and we are quite sure that the :hange In the law whereby the school llstrlct Is now allowed to vote only wo mills is the result of a technical irror. We recognize also that this er or was unfortunate; but. still there ias been a session of the general aaiembly since the error was originally nade and there Is no good reason why t ha* not been corrected. First-class ichool facilities are of very great im)ortance to every community; but one hlng that Is of even more importance :han first-class school facilities is itrlct observance of the written law. rhe reason of this is obvious. With :he written law for a guide, the citizen s Informed of his rights, duties and esponsibllltles, while departure from he law, leads to confusion and doubt. Under the circumstances, we think the ichool district should have been asked :o vote on only two mills instead of :hree. We think the recommendation ihould be changed so as to comply vith the law. However, we desire to >e considered merely as informing the /oters rather than advising them. If inder the circumstances, they desire :o vote for the levy of three mills, vhlch is asked for and needed, The Enquirer has no objection. If the three nill levy is voted down, then there will >e nothing to prevent the holding of mother election on the question, of the :wo mill levy for which there is full luthorlty under the law. APPOINTMENT OF TRU8TEE8. ..There, will be no . reorganisation of :he boards, of trustees of the various lubllc school districts of the state this /ear, as is contemplated in the law. rhe reason is because of confusion and sontradictlons that have been caused jy amendments, and the situation will mve to stand as It Is until it can be itraightened out in regular manner. The Tork county board of education vas to have held a meeting on the first l ueaaay in Juiy iur me purpusc ui -eorganlzing the various school dlsrlcts, by reappointing such of the >oard8 of trustees as It was desirable :o reappoint, appointing: new trustees, vhere It may be desirable to make :hanges, and filling such vacancies as t Is necessary to fill; but It now develops that the board will have to conIne Itself altogether to the matter of llling vacancies. County Superintendent of Education VfcMackln has received from State Superintendent Swearlngen, a letter ?ncloslng a ruling from the attorney reneral on the subject. The attorney reneral's letter to the state' superlnendent Is as follows: "Tour letter asking If school trustees ire to be appointed In July of the present year has been received. Sec:lon 1210 of the Code of Laws, Volume I, as amended by the act of the leglsature, approved February 17, 1906, lirects "Each County Board of Educaion on the First Tuesday of July 1906, ind on the first Tuesday In July In ev;ry two years thereafter, shall appoint 'or each school district In their county :hree school trustees from the qualified , (lectors and tax payers, residing wlthn the district, who shall hold their ofIces for two years, and until their successors are appointed and quailled, unless sooner j i>v?.w by the :ounty board of education." Accordng to the provisions of this section )f the code, school trustees shall be ippointed on the first Tuesday In July, 1910. Referring to the foregoing In his let:er to the county superintendents, Su\An(nton/1onf Citron r<n(/nn an V J "Section 1210 of the Code amended n 1903, 1904 and 1906, and the contradictions In the several amendments ;ouId not be harmonized without this ullng. In consequence of this opinion, here will be no appointment of school :ru8tees this year except In case of vacancies by resignation, death and >ther cause." TRIED TO BREAK JAIL. The accidental awakening of Deputy Sheriff Qulnn and his prompt and deermlned action In the premises, presented a general jail delivery last Tuesday night. SherlfT Brown was away on business md Deputy Qulnn was alone at the ail. That Is usually the case when (omething of this kind happens. If >ne or the other of the officers Is iway, the prisoners seem to get wind >f the fact somehow. i It was shortly after 12 o'clock Tueslay night. Deputy Qulnn sleeps on he second floor of the Jail building, ust under the Jail proper. He found llmself suddenly awakened without mowing why; but presently heard a | lolse overhead like the gnawing of i ats. There are no rats In the Jail?not n the upper part of It, and Deputy ] julnn, is aware of the fact, so picking < ip his gun, he quietly climbed the italrs and listened at the outer door | >f the entrance. In a few moments he i vas able to certainly make out that ] here was someboay in tne room on , he other aide, where nobody had a ight to be, picking their way through he brick wall. Being alone, his first bought was to quietly wait till the lole was completed and then capture he diggers as they came through; but >n further consideration he decided ipon another plan of action. Entrance to the ante-room of the irlson proper Is effected through heavy louble doors, the outer fastened by a ock and the inner by a bolt. The loise was just to the left of these loors, over next to the room. Deputy julnn quietly unlocked the outer door nd then quickly throwing the bolt of he other door, stepped in and covered wo negroes?all that were In sight? kith his revolver. The negroes were digging away at he brick wall, over next to the street rhere It had been cut away to admit he hot water pipes. They had already emoved several bricks, and were naking good progress. They would lave been through the wall within lalf an hour at the most. But when deputy Qulnn appeared they were uterly dumfounded and began begging ilm not to shoot. "Get back Into your cells, the same ray you got out, and do It quick," orered Deputy Qulnn. The two negroes >st no time in bolting through the lebtor's room Into the narrow corrior that runs almost entirely around he cells, and after the noise of scurying feet had subsided and everything ecame quiet again, the deputy orderd everybody on the Inside to come nrwaru to tne iron grating mat sep-11 arates the room In which he was standing: from the Inner corridor. The order was obeyed quickly, and when Deputy Qulnn counted eight negroes, he knew that he had them all. Upon a thorough Investigation, which Included an examination of the now repentant prisoners. Deputy Qulnn learned that with a lock bolt wrenched from the lattice work at the main corridor entrance, the negroes had prized the grating off of one of the rear cells, and gotten Into the front rooms .through the hole that had been covered by the grating. When the deputy arrived on the scene two of the negroes, Peter Crawford and Frank Moore were using this lock bolt as a crowbar and four other negroes were watching the progress of the work from the adjoining room. All had prepared for the road by doing their belongings up In familiar little parcele "-J ,"l"? oVinna tnirpfhpr an thpv could be carried across the shoulders Two negroes, Will Adams and Jot Benton claimed to have had no pari In the attempted delivery, and Deputy Qulnn was unable to get any Information that seemed to implicate them. - Deputy Qutnn has no doubt that except for his opportune appearance, the negroes would have easily made theh escape. ROCK HILL 8CHOOL CASE. The following Is from the Rock Hill Record of Tuesday: Mr. J. L. Glenn of the Chester bar who was appointed by the circuit court to take testimony and report hit conclusions on certain questions of fact In the Injunction case brought bj certain minority trustees of the Rock Hill local school district against th< majority of that board to upset th< sale of the Rock Hill High schoo property to Winthrop college, has now gathered all the testimony and arguments of attorneys In the case and will get out his report in a few days In time for a hearing of the case before the circuit court at Yorkvllle nexl month. Mr. Glenn's report Is anticipated with much interest not only In Roc) Hill, on account of the more or lesi bitter factional fight that has beer waged there over the afTalr, but als< throughout the state by . reason ol Wlnthrop's great Interest In the case When the fight got started well. Senator Tillman took a hand, writing t< a local member of the Winthrop board that unless the fight on Presides Johnson and the college In Rock HU ceased, he would get his friends together In the legislature and take th< college away from Rock Hill and hav< the college plant there used for & negro asylum. It Is likely that some notice of the controversy will be takei by the next legislature, In which caw a very Interesting debate will ensue. Having the sale tied up In the courti has delayed a 1100,000 model schoo project, which Winthrop is all read] to put through, the money being ii hand and the plans being all carefullj worked out. This school will glvt *A ha ohlMnon A# PaaI ii ce iuiuuii fcu kiiu vu?i\*ivh w. Hill, whereas it is contended that the Rock Hill board, never having: paid th? $12,600 it got the property for, is losing: $100 a month by the delay, running: the high school having: proven ( failure after many tortuous years 01 trial, and the district as a whole It some $20,000 to the bad. Friends ol Wlnthrop in Rock Hill contend that the contest to prevent the <*&le t< Wlnthrop by no means represents th< sentiment of any large number of Roc) Hill people, but is the outcome of f more or less personal fight on President Johnson on the part of members of th< district board, and because the same local trustees have the college completely surrounded by tl\eir own property. In this connection they point tc the fact that two splendid sites hav< been offered the district trustees for e high school absolutely free of cost. The enjoined sale to Wlnthrop wai for $20,000, but the minority is contending that the property, which wat offered a few years ago at $12,500, U now worth $40,000, and that the deed carried with it the understanding thai the property was never to be used except strictly for district school purposes. LOCAL LAC0NIC3. Until January 1, 1910. We will send The'Torkville Enquirei from this date till January 1, 1910 foi $1.06. Should be Tested. Sheriff Brown is very doubtful ai to whether the present walls of the county Jail are strong enough to hold up the weight of new steel cells and the concrete floor that are to be in the third story. The Jail Is not nearly ai good a building as It appears to be from the outside, and there should be a careful examination before the work is commenced.* Whiting-Harris. Fort Mill special of June 2$, to the Charlotte Observer: The marriage ol Mr. Drury Lacy Whiting of McColl to Miss Lillian Wren Harris of Fori Mill, as previously announced in these columns, was solemnised last night ai 8 o'clock at the home of the bride'e uncle, Mr. W. Frank Harris. The home was beautifully decorated for the occasion. The bride's attendants were r?no Qnlllmnn .Tmh1? Rurhanan Helen Heath, Allien Harris and Heler Harris. Mrs. Ramsay of Hickory, wai dame of honor and Miss Mary Harrii was maid of honor. Mr. W. E. DavU of Hamlet, N. C., was the groom's best man. Rev. W. A. Hafner performed the ceremony in a very impressive manner. Refreshments, consisting ol Ices, were served. The bridal part> left on the 11.30 train for Hamlet where they will visit relatives of the bride, after which they will go to McColl, where they will make their home Mr. A. A. Barron Dead. Mr. Alexander A. Barron, a prominent and well known citizen of Rock Hill, died at his home in Ebenezer last Tuesday night, after a critical Illness of two weeks. His death was due to an affection of the heart. Mr. Barron was'a native of the Clay Hill section of York county, where he was born on May 26, 1851. His father was Jamec Leroy Barron and his mother was Amanda (Barnett) Barron. He resided at the old home up to a few years ago when he moved to Ebenezer. Mr. Barron's life reputation was that of a straightforward, upright citizen. He had been connected with the Associate Reformed church since he was quite a young man, and for a number of years previous to his death had filled the office of ruling elder. He is survived by Mrs. Barron and the following children: W. L. Barron, R. E. Barron, Dr. Archibald Barron, John Barron, Earl Barron, Mrs. E. B. Hunter, Misses Lottie and Annice Barron. Beside these he leaves the following brothers: William Barron of Belmont, J. B. Barron of Tlrzah, John R. Barron of Rock Hill, Walter Barron of Shelby, N. C., Paul Barron of St. Matthews; also one sister, Mrs. T. N. Nichols of Ebenezer. The funeral took place in the Associate Reformed church of Rock Hill on Wednesday. Need of Merchant Marino.?Mr. LewIs Nixon, the well known American *hip builder, is indefatigable in his efforts to educate the country to the need it a merchant marine. Mr. Nixon nevir loses an opportunity to show up the nation's folly In not building an oceangoing service. In a recent address Mr. Nixon said, among other things: "Our great country fronts on the ncean, and our navy must be kept up and made worthy of the country. It nas Samuel J. Tllden who made the upbuilding qf the navy the object of ;wo great parties, regardless of politics. When he wrote his famous letter to Samuel J. Randall urging him to ivork for the navy, we could not make jven a decent forging or propeller :rank. Today we are second to no jountry in the world. We can make jverything, the finest ships, the finest guns, and turn out the finest men to mndle them. In the beginning Europe scoffed and said that we couldn't build ships, and if we did they couldn't stand jp. Now that we have a great navy, et us give all the money that Is needed for It. We pay $300,000,000 a year to 'oreign ships for carrying our mer:handlse, products and passengers. It loes not seem possible that we have so Ittle patriotism that we do not build ip a merchant marine to develop our :ommerce and support our navy. We leed the support of men who prefer heir country and its prosperity to uu ope. We need statesmen. Let all of is, patriots and Americans, resolve nirselves Into an Old Guard and build lp a merchant marine as we have our lavy." MERE-MENTION. The United States grand Jury at New York has begun an investigation of the affairs of the sugar trust The department of Justice has been pushed on to make the investigation as strenuous as possible by charges that the sugar trust was bigger than the government's legal department Thos. Jordan, a cattleman, was acquitted at Bartlesville, Okla., Monday, of a charge of robbing a bank. Jordan presented his check at the bank, where he had money on deposit The cashier refused to honor his check and Jordan pulled a gun, forcing the cashier to pay. Bob Leung, a wealthy Chinaman of El Paso, Tex., was convicted in Chicago on Monday, op charges of smuggling ueiesiuus tu:ru?? mo ' lean border Richard P. Price, a I disbarred lawyer of New York, Is ?i; lng Rev. Ambrose P. Dunnlgan, a Catholic priest, for $100,000 damages, because the priest had Informed Price's wife of his previous prison record, he having served two terms in I prison for larceny The steamship Mauretanla, on her last east bound trip, succeeded In lowering the time between New York and London to Ave days and eight hours. This la the best I time ever made The steamship Victoria arrived at Seattle, Wash., Monday, with $600,000 in gold from , Nome, Alaska Government approI prlatlons for the fiscal year 1898, were i $486,002,044.72 and for the fiscal year ' 1910 the appropriations are $1,044,401,r 867.12, a gain In twelve years of 140 c per cent The state of Georgia Is ) suing the Western and Atlantic rail) road for $100,000 of back taxes 1 Melor Osman shot Mike Demick to r death, seriously wounded Demick*s wife and committed suicide at SteuI benville, O., Monday. They quarreled about a cat Walter Wellman, the Chicago newspaper man, Is preparing i for another trial at finding the North Pole by means of dirigible balloons. I He expects to start about August 1st [ Brazilian coffee growers are ali le?red to be rushing large quantities i of coffee to America on the theory that the present session of congress is almost certain to put a tax on coffee and they want to get as much ooffee as possible landed before the tax becomes effective George Burge was convicted In Atlanta, GkL, Tuesday, of the murder of his wife and sentenced to be hanged on July 22. Burge climbed In a window at 1 o'clock at night and stabbed his wife to death. They had not lived together for some time. Mrs. Minnie Tracy has confessed to the police of York, Pa., that she administered poison to her husband, who died a week ago under suspicious circumstances. Mrs. Tracy wanted her husband out of the way, so she could marry her brother-in-law, a widower Dr. A. Y. Drake, a physician, was convicted in the police court of Atlanta, Oa., Monday, of selling cocaine to negroes. Drake is a victim of the "coke" habit and made a pitiful appeal to the police Judge for a "dose" of the drug Mrs. Chas. H. Smith, widow of the famous Georgia humorist, "Bill Arp," died at her home at Cartersvllle, Oa., Tuesday.... Yeggmen blew open a safe in a bank at Locke, N. Y., early Tuesday morning, and then had a pitched battle with citizens who were awakened by the explosion. They escaped with IS,500....Two bandits entered the office of the United States Express company at Green Bay, Wis., Monday night, and beld-up the cleric, getting away with 16,000 George Howell, a white farmer, was shot to death, and his wife was mortally wounded by a negro named, Robert Jenkins, in Emanuel county, Ga., Tuesday, while Howell was at work in the field Chas. R. Richardson was sentenced Wednesday at Pittsburg, Pa., to pay a fine of 1500 and serve fifteen months In the state prison on charges of bribery in connection with the city council Sanford Robinson, a lawyer, I is on trial in the United States circuit t court at New York on charges of at tempting to retard justice, in that he secreted a witness who had been subpoenaed by the court....J. A. Patten, the Chicago "wheat king," has Just . ??> o Atxt* I In aaHah hw whffih he added $500,000 to his bank account on October contracts .A warrant t was Issued Wednesday for the arrest . of Cameron Currle, a millonalre broker of Detroit, Mich., charging him with conspiracy to defraud. Currle failed a year ago with liabilities of $$,l 000,000 The legislature of Geor) gla convened In annual session at AtI lanta on Wednesday A fishing I crew of four members hooked a lump , of what they believe is ambergris, i weighing 150 pounds, off Atlantic City, , N. J., Tuesday. If the lump Is araber, gris, it Is worth $200 a pound or $30,; 000 Jim Floyd, self-styled "Monarch of Turkey Heaven Mountains," a notorious moonshiner of Alabama, has been sentenced to the Federal prison i at Atlanta, Ga., for a term of nine and C a half years W. J. PUkJngto-i, , editor of the Iowa Trade Journal, has t taken charge of every business house t of Dexter, la., a town of $00 persons, t for seven months for the purpose of i proving that city methods would ben) eflt the dealers In small stowns . The wife of the Rev. R. C. Beaman, i pastor of Centenary Methodist church , of Durham, N. C? has disappeared and i Mr. Beaman believes she has eloped i with another man Nine tourists, i presumably Americans, and two boati men, were drowned In Killarney lake, t Ireland. Wednesday, by the capsizing I of the boat Minister Wu Ting > Fang, China's representative at Wash! ington, has issued an appeal to his r countrymen in America to give all pos, sible aid in the capture of Leon Ling, > the Chinaman wanted In New Tork , for the murder of the Sigel girl. ? Fort Worth, Texas, June 22: In . true frontier style, a highwayman, de; scribed as gentle in appearance, today : robbed the branch banking house of the Waggoner Bank and Trust company in the heart of this city of $8,100 In currency and escaped. The robbery was the most daring attempted in Texas In years. Cashier Walter E. King was alone in the bank after closing time, balancing the business of the day, when a man walked in. As the mart annrnanhaH fhp wlnHnW fit thp cashier's desk. King looked Into the , barrel of a revolver. "Make a move t or a noise of any kind and I'll kill i you," was the greeting Mr. King re, celved. The cashier obeyed the order, i Seizing the roll of bills the man backi ed out of the door, covering King with the revolver. King ran to a telephone as he saw the man walking down the street and mingling with the crowds with an air of unconcern. The police reached the scene five minutes later, but the robber had disappeared. At the time of the robbery several hundred persons were near the building and many noted the arrival at the bank and the departure of the man. but his manner was so bland that he did not arouse suspicion. Several persons declare that he climbed into a waiting automobile after walking several blocks. But the police place little credence In this assertion and it is believe he itf still in Fort Worth. Searching parties are out In force tonight. An Interurban car which left Fort Worth shortly after the robbery for Dallas was overtaken by officers In an automobile, but this obvious means of escape had not been utilized. The loss to the waggoner Dans is covered by insurance. The bank, however, offered a reward of $1,000. ? Wehrum. Pa., June 23: As a result of an explosion of gas In mine No. 4, of the Lackawanna Coal and Coke company today, seventeen miners were killed and sixteen injured. With one exception the killed were foreigners and with few exceptions the Injured are Americans. AH the wounded will probably recover. Superintendent Johnson said tonight that while the mine had always been regarded nongaseous, the explosion was due to the Ignition of a pocket of gas by the open lamp of a miner. Grouped about the slope to the entrance to the mine just before the explosion were many Italians. When the terrific upheaval of rocks and deadly gas spouted skyward, three Italians terribly burned and maimed, rushed about the settlement crying for aid. Their cries, with the sound 01 nissmg mine gas, urougni the entire town to the scene. When the call was made for volunteers to enter the mine, several women offered to go but were kept back. Of the eight of the first relief party who entered fpur returned conscious, the others were pulled out with ropes. Oxygen aided the searchers In recovering the bodies.