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Scraps and |acts. ? Charlotte, N. C.t July 10: The board of directors of the Southern Soft Yarn Spinners' association met here today to discuss existing conditions. The situation was considered so complex and unsatisfactory in the soft yarn market that the board decided to call a meeting of the association for August 6, at Ashevllle to discuss remedial measures and take concerted action. The board gave out a statement after the meeting advising against selling yarns short, and filling orders for prompt delivery that do not show profit based on present prices. ? Atlanta, Ga., July 10: A peach is a- peach on Sunday and while you may pluck it on week days, you are a criminal If you pick it on the Sabbath. Governor Brown has so decided and has Dut the great seal of the state of Georgia upon his decision. From Norwood, Ga., came a hurried telegram today signed by M. Y. Scruggs and reciting how the rain had delayed the picking of Elberta peaches. If the growers were not permitted to gather the fruit on Sunday they would lose much fruit and money. Would the governor issue a proclamation permitting labor on the Sabbath for the sake of the Georgia peaches? The governor took the communication to Attorney General Hart. The attorney general gave it deep thought and then shook his head. So the governor replied. "While I sympathize with the peach growers, the executive has no authority to suspend criminal law. I cannot therefore issue the proclamation you desire." ? Washington, July 10: President Taft today gave an outline of the tentative plans for his trip through the west and south this fall. The president has abandoned all idea of visiting Alaska this year. He will first visit Seattle, whence he will swing down to the southwest. Going down through California, Arizona, and New Mexico, he will go on to El Paso, where he expects to meet President Diaz of Mexico. At New Orleans he will attend the meeting of the Deep Waterways congress. After attending this convention, Mr. T&rt wants to stop for a time in the Bayou Teche country of Louisiana, the land of Everglades and Arcadia. From there he will proceed to Jackson, Miss., thence to Montgomery, Birmingham and Macon. From Macon the president will go "home" to A.ugusta, to have a game or two on the links where he spent so much time last winter. Leaving Augusta the president goes to Savannah, and from there begins his northward flight to the White House, stopping at Wilmington, N. C. and Richmond, Va. ? Bristol, Va., July 9. The "drys" contemplate contesting yesterday's local option election, in which the town went "wet" by a small majority, after being without saloons for two years. No statement will be given out until after the official canvass of the vote. There will be no saloons in Bristol as a result of the election before the ^rst week in August. This rather unexpected situation caused chagrin amongst the liquor contingent, some of whom had planned to open saloons within the next few days. It results from the recent resignation of Judge Price, of the Corporation court today and as his successor, Judge Joseph L. Kelly, will not qualify until August 1, there Is no means before that date of securing . the necessary licenses. The Prohibition forces today began a segregation and regulation fight, and will try and prevent the opening of saloons on State street, one side of which lies within Tennessee, the state line being the middle of this point of thoroughfare. An excise commission will probably be appointed by Judge Kelly to handle all applications for licenses. ? New York, July 8: The board of a.: uermaii reteiveu luuciy me. aaoeooment rolls of real and personal property for the year, upon which the tax rate and the budget for 1910 will be based. The rise In the rate will be 9 points to 1.70 the unusual rise being due to a falling off In the Increase of assessed value. The normal increase Is about $600,000,000 a year; this year It is only $100,000,000. Some of the personal property assessments are: John D. Rockefeller, $2,600,000; William Rockefeller $300,000; H. H. Rogers, $300,000; Jacob H. SchllT. $200.000; Thomas P. Ryan, $100,000; H. McKay Twombly, $200,000; Alfred G. Vanderbllt, $260,000; Alice G. Vanderbllt, $430,000; Cornelius Vanderbllt, $250,000; Frederic W. Vanderbllt, $250,000; William K. Vanderbllt, $100,000; Andrew Carnegie, $5,000,000; Mrs. Russell Sage, $5,000,000; George J. Gould (non resident), $150,000; Elbridge T. Gerry, $160,000; Anson P. Stokes, $10,000; J. P. Morgan, $400,000. The total assessed valuation for the five boroughs is $7,250,500,559. of which $6,807,179,704 is in realty, and $443,320,885 is in personal property. The borough of Manhattan's total is $4,946,6?8,920, and that of the Bronx is $476,663,679. ? Is it a crime for a woman to be beautiful? That depends, according to a Georgia legislator, upon whether the beauty is natural or acquired. TKIo ~ 14 I. a. **i0 gauaiii ouuiiici ucr, a wrucr ixi "Success Magazine" declares, has no fault to find with women who are born beautiful, but he can not speak calmly of those who achieve beauty or whose beauty Is thrust upon them at the corner drug-store. The bill which the honorable member has introduced Into the legislature provides that if any woman shall knowingly and with malice aforethought betray or permit to be betrayed into matrimony any unsuspecting male Georgian, by means of scents, paints, powders, perfumes, cosmetics, waters, artificial teeth or hair, or any other aids to beauty of face or figure, the marriage may be declared null and void. It seems unlikely that a legislative body of chivalrous southern gentlemen will pass such an uncomplimentary act. This law would be a fatal admission that the much sonnetized and balladized beauty of the southern women is somewhat less than skin deep. But even if it should pass in Georgia, it is not likely to become a general movement. As a nation we shoyld not care to see our women labeled with guarantees under a pure food and drugs act. We who are so proud of our self-made men are not likely to discriminate unfairly against our self-made women. ? Washington, July 10: On account of the fact that Republican politicians consider Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia doubtful states, no Democrat will be appointed a census supervisor in any of them. This statement has been made by one in position to know what he is talking about. Director Durand, who succeeded Mr. North, has intimated that no appointments will be made for some time yet, which means that congress must adjourn first so that the appointments will be recess appointments, thus giving the appointee an advantage." Where there is no hope of substantial Republican gains Democratic congressmen may be permitted to select the man to be named by the president. Therefore, it is seen that the Republicans will make political capital out of the census appointments. Patronage will be used to aid the party. In this movement, which Is recognized here now. the hand of Postmaster General Hitchcock is seen. Durand and others are saying that it is up to the president. President McKlnley, when confronted with the same sort of conditions, solved the problem by giving the Republicans and Democrats of the states in question an even show. Virginia had five of the ten enumerators, and North Carolina a similar division. Southern Democrats, especially congressmen frttm thci fnii ? ctutnu rv* unf innu/1 In * V* I a story, will make a protest at the White House. They will say that the census should be taken in a business-likeway: not by partisans but by capable men of both parties. ? Charlotte Chronicle: Opening an editorial under the heading: "Charles Dickens' Grand-daughters as Poor as 'Little Nell,'" The Baltimore Sun gives us this information: "In recognition of the literary eminence of their grandfather and in consideration of their straitened circumstances. the British Parliament has granted a pension of $2.50 a week to each of the four-grandchildren of Charles Dickens?Mary Angela Dickens and her three sisters." This news will be of pathetic interest to all who have read after Dickens?and no one who makes any claim to literary ac quirements has not read Charles c Dickens' books. The explanation of j the poverty of Dickens' grandchildren is to be found in the fact that by the 1 expiration of the copyrights, they get t no benefit from royalties. "An au- f thor," says The Sun, "leaves beyond ? his own lifetime little estate in his works. Perhaps not one In a hundred thousand of those who read his stories ever devoted a thought to his descen- 1 dants. If each publisher would con- s trihuto onp nennv of royalty for every I volume of Dickens he sells, it would c be enough to save his grandchildren ? from poverty and distress. And It would be a very small tribute to a man who has enriched the world with the most varied and interesting gallery of characters of any English writer since Shakespeare." But this Is a day of greed. J. Plerpont Morgan is said to have paid recently $100,000 for a de luxe edition of Dickens' works, and neither the purchaser, nor the publisher to whom the money went, had a thought for the povertystricken descendants of the great author whose work they were trafficking in. $hr ^loth'ille (fnquirrr. Entervd at the Postofflce In Yorkvllle as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, S. C.: TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1909. There is strong feeling In Bolivia against Argentina and Peru and a possibility of an outbreak of hostilities. At Labos, Bolivia, a few days ago, the mob attacked the Argentine and Peruvian legations, and made the officials run for their lives. We would be glad to print Senator Tillman's speech In behalf of his proposition to levy a 10 per cent duty on tea; but it Is rather too lengthy for us to handle. It is an interesting and Instructive speech, however, and people who write to Senator Tillman for copies of it will get something worth reading, notwithstanding the fact that the tea duty question has been settled. It is expected that the house will unanimously pass the senate's joint resolution submitting to the states an amendment to the constitution authorizing a levying of the income tax. s There la a common Impression that t the legislatures of the various states i will approve the resolution at once; t but that remains to be seen. In the j case of measures of this kind It fre- f quently happens that the politicians s talk liberally until they are confront- t ed with the real question, when they J promptly take to the woods. t ' c As we understand It, Mr. Taft was <3 elected on a platform and campaign v record that pledged him to revise the c tariff downward. The bill that has s just passed the senate, and which Is j now in conference, Is unquestionably <3 a revision upward. There Is really c more protection In It than there was a In the Dlngley law, and It Is almost t certain that there Is not nearly so 1 much revenue. Now the country Is t Interested to see what the president a will do. If he vetoes the bill It will v make a terrible howl; but a veto, It t seems to us, will be in strict accord t with the president's campaign pledges, t ' 1 c Harry K. Thaw, who killed Stanford c White, and who escaped the penalty of \ his crime in the form of a death sen- a tence by securing his commission to i Matteawan Insane asylum, is trying c another dodge In the hope of securing t liberty. It will be remembered that r Thaw has already failed on several t schemes to secure release from the 1 asylum. Among other things he went e into bankruptcy some time ago, and t now he Is applying for a discharge, g A creditor has raised the point that a he was insane at the time the original q application was filed and the petition t should not have been granted. This e creditor objects to the entire proceed- t Ing on the ground of insanity, and the v idea Is to try to make the United t States court declare that Thaw Is s sane, so he can take hold in a new t place, In his fight for freedom. d 1 r Judge Memminger's remarks to the j, grand jury yesterday on the subject o of the noticeable development of per- s jury on the witness stand are both ^ timely and appropriate. There is some gratification to be found in the fact that he has not been so Impressed with this alarming development in this part of the state as elsewhere. This means that false swearing has not grown so common here as to be a rule f rather than the exception; but still It c is a lamentable fact that deliberate 1) perjury is not unknown even in York a s county. Of course, every man who ^ has been in a position to know, is aware a that full many a lie has been dellber- t( ately told from the witness stand here, r and the record of Isolated cases ex- e tends so far back behind the memory b of the oldest Inhabitant as to leave * room for the inference that there have y been cases of this form of crime from v our earliest history. If such a thing t were permissible, we could mention, y from hearsay testimony, that seemed 0 satisfactory to us, specific notable in- t stances of false swearing that were e not only allowed to go unrebuked, but j: were allowed to prevail in the issues, t Since the development of the damage t suit industry In this section, dating I back to a few yearfc previous to the s Fishing creek wreck, false swearing e has become more common. Indeed, v there are some Instances where men have almost made a joke of it. We have heard people who ought to know s better, actually laughing at the way * Q some particular professional witness was able to outswear some other wit- \ ness, and we have seen more than one instance of situations like those refer- * red to by Judge Memminger, where the parties at interest were concerned, not so much by what the facts were, as by what it was necessary to prove. And as his honor took occasion to say, this is a most horrible state of affairs. Unless it is checked, the tendency is to make the administration of justice a most pitiable farce. While it is true, and n truth to be proud of. the average York jury can be depended upon to lay aside personal considerations and find verdicts in accordance with the merits of the cases they have in charge, even the wisest and most exalted juror is necessarily at a terrible disadvantage when confronted with the necessity of trying to find the truth in a maze of perjury. And as we see it. there is no greater or higher work for the grand jury or the good citizenship of this :ounty generally, than to try to see to t that every individual who commits jerjury In any kind of a case, Is made 0 suffer the penalty the law provides or the suppression of this most dangerous and horrible of all crimes. A bo it a year ago some of the Rock 3111 squib artists were Inclined to get 1 little jocose over the Chester news>apere' lenient way of dealing with :ertaln defalcations, etc., down here, md gave the Impression that If occailon ever arose the world should be lmmntlv and startlingly Informed of inything of the kind that happened I n Rock Hill. Now we awake to find hat there has been a matter of this :haracter on the boards at Rock Hill 'or several weeks that threatens to be >f considerable proportions when it is Inally threshed out, but which had mtil Saturday been religiously kept >ut of the public prints. It all dejends on whose ox it is that is gored. ?Chester Reporter. The Reporter is hardly to be blamed or the shot it has seen proper to take it the Rock Hill paper, which ever one t was; but we do not think it gets lulte to the meat of the matter In its Lppllcatlon of the old story of the gorsd ox. If the Chester papers were enient over any case or cases they nay have had, it was hardly altogethir because they were Chester cases. There was something else behind It Hore often than otherwise these cases some as a great surprise to tne com* nunlties interested. They are generally preceded by mere rumors that eannot be substantiated, for the reason hat the people who know will not talk inless compelled to, and the newspa>er has no way of compelling them. newspaper that makes a mistake in i matter of this kind is apt to find lt>e)f in a worse position than the man vho is accused. It is liable to be nulcted for heavy damages, and It -eally ought to be so mulcted. The tlleged Chester cases ana tne auegea lock Hill cases are not the only ones >f their kind. The plain, blunt truth is hat such cases are common. As a ule, however, what Is everybody's >uslness is nobody's business, and ilnce the people who are threatened vith loss by such defalcations are renerally willing: to let the matter Irop on their being saved whole, there ire not so many prosecutions as there vould otherwise be. We are not ex:using or accusing. We are merely itatlng what we believe to be an unortunate fact without any definite dea of an adequate remedy. It is very pleasant indeed, to read he predictions that practically all of he counties that now have dlspensales will vote them out next month. We sincerely hope to see such a result; >ut we are not looking for such a clean iweep that no county dispensaries will >e left for seed. The issues involved nclude some very peculiar conslderalons. In some of these counties the tolitical influences that stood for and attened off the old state dispensary ystem, are working against the couny dispensaries. Their principal obectlon to county dispensaries lies in he fact that they are in control of pposing political interests and they to not control themselves. The people vho honestly and earnestly desire the lurtailment of the liquor traffic are jao against the county dispensaries ust as they were against the state lispensary system. But these two ilasses, actuated by different motives Lrft not llkelv to work toeether after he dispensaries have been voted out Then, we fear, when the blind tigers >egin to work, the people who are now ictuated purely by political motives, vhether for or against, will be with he tigers, leaving the burden of enorcing the laws to the honest Prohidtionists alone. Anyhow, the voting iut of the dispensaries will eventually lo good, and we hope to see them all 'oted out However, we beg to again lend a note of warning to our people ip this way. Although the condition if our country and people is immeasirably better than when liquor was nore plentiful, it must not be forgoten that there is a strong class of polticians who still hanker after the restablishment of the liquor business, ?ecause they regard this business as a ;reat source of easy money, and there .re lots of people who want easier liluor merely for the gratification of heir own appetites. We have observd that when the sale of liquor has >een more or less unrestricted for a rhile, it is reasonably easy to arouse he people to put it down. In the ame manner, after a period of prohi?ltion, it seems that it is hardly more lifficult to turn them back to whisky, 'he responsibility for the situation ests more largely with those who apireciate and would avoid the dangers f unrestricted whisky, and these hould exercise eternal vigilance in orler that they may not be caught nap?ing. TARIFF BILL IN CONFERENCE. -louse and Senate Try to Get Together on the Revision. The tariff now has been shifted ruin uuwi nuuses ui uungicaa iu <x eonference committee. The house ast Friday adopted a rule whereby 11 of the eight hundred and fortyeven amendments of the senate were lisagreed to and the conference revested by the senate granted. Eigheen Republicans voted against the ule and one Democrat voted for it. When the house met at noon interst was at fever heat. The leaders on 10th sides had notified their respecive forces to be on hand. The debate, which at times waxed carm, disclosed the fact that there cere some Republicans, in addition o the so-called insurgents, who were et to be pacified before they would live their votes on the final passage if the bill. The Democrats accused he majority party of having violatd its ante-election pledges. A feaure of the discussion was an appeal >y Chairman Payne to his colleagues o send the conferees to the senate mhampered by instructions. He >romised to rigidly exact an explanaion of every amendment made by the enate, in order that the house conferees might report back a bill which could meet the approval of the maority ana of the country at large. His ippeal was granted. In the course of the debate Repreentative Mann, of Illinois, declared le would vote against the bill on the conference report if the senate pro'ision on wood pulp and print paper vas retained. Messrs. Randall, of Texas; Pou, of Corth Carolina, and Henry, of Texas, haracterized the measures as breakng the Republican pledges to the American people. In pleading for the opportunity to rote separately on the various amendnents, Mr. Bartlett, of Georgia, declared he was in favor of the amendnents providing for free cotton bagring and the drawback on cotton ties; >ut as to the corporation tax, he said t was "a subterfuge, a pretext, a :ham" placed in the Mil to defeat the ncome tax. Speaker Cannon announced the folowing as the house conferees: Payne, of New York; Dalzell, of Pennsylvania; McCall, of Massachuletts; Boutell. of Illinois; Calderhead. >f Kansas; Fordney, of Michigan, Rejublicans. Clark, of Missouri: Unlerwood, of Alabama; Griggs, of ieorgla. Democrats. Senators Aid rich, Cullom, Hale, Burrows and Penrose. Republicans; tnd Daniel, Money and Bailey. Dem?crats were appointed conferees on jehalf of the senate. LOCAL AF FAIRS, NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8. E. H. Rankin, Guardian?Gives notice of application for final discharge. John R. Hart, Mayor?Publishes an ordinance fixing the commutation tax for the town of Yorkvllle, who is liable, when it must be paid and the penalties that will attack for non-payment of same. "Q," Box 77?Wants a horse for his feed and care for ten days or two weeks. M. W. W. Society, McConnellsvllle? Invites the public to an entertainment nt the hieh school bulletin? Friday night, July 16, for benefit of Olivet church. Clem F. Gordon, Supervisor?Calls for the payment of the commutation tax to the county treasurer by all persons liable who live outside the incorporated cities and towns. H. G. Brown, S. Y. C.,?Will on salesday in August sell various pieces of York county property by virtue of tax executions for taxes, penalties, etc. L.. R. Williams, Probate Judge? Gives notice that Isaac Barron has applied for letters of administration on the estate of Robert Barron, deceased. Returnable July 28. J. M. Brian Co.?Wants you to try "ye old Tabard Inn" coffee. "Perfection Brand" molasses, and other good things it has. Herndon & Gordon?Wants green hides. Prices are good now. Yorkville Buggy Co.?Has a large number of second-hand buggies, taken in trade, that have been repaired and repainted, for sale. There are many bargains. York Furniture Co.?With a big stock of stoves and ranges advise you to buy now Instead of next fall and winter. It has a big stock at the right prices. Use a Perfection Oil Stove for summer cooking. J. C. Wilborn?Makes additional offerings of farm property, including the J. E. Lowrv nlantation. six miles of Yorkvllle. Mr. E. L. Barnes has been chosen by the city council of Rock Hill to succeed Mr. Chas. S. May, as clerk and treasurer. The pocket book lost in Yorkvllle on July 6, by. Miss Eunice Plaxlco, was found by Mr. R. E. McLure, and returned to The Enquirer office on last Friday. It was Mr. J. E. Burns instead of Mr. W. B. Burns, who was elected to go with Mr. J. Frank Ashe to represent York county at the state meeting of the Farmers' Union, to be held in Columbia on July 28. Mr. J. E. Burns of the Beeraheba neighborhood tells of a neighbor, who found his sweet potato patch so grassy that it could not be cleaned, and hit upon the expedient of moving the patch to another place, cleaned and prepared for them in advance. We are reproducing from the Rock Hill Herald of last Saturday the report of the supervisor's disbursements for the quarter ending June 30. This report tells where the public money goes and who gets it, and is, of course, of very considerable interest to all the taxpayers. Manager Babington of the Piedmont Telephone and Telegraph company, a mighty nice man himself, says that his company is going to be Just as good to the people of Yorkvllle and York county as it knows how to be. As a matter of fact the telephone has been behaving very nicely, and we can only hope that it will continue to be as good as it has been. Interacted through the wonderfully attractive advertisement of Childs, of norai fara, wew xora, last iaii ana winter, quite a number of people in and around Yorkvllle bought seeds of the wonderberry, described as a new creation of Wizard Burbank, that is something like the whortleberry in shape, size and color; but better than any other known berry for the reason that it began to produce early and continued until frost, producing delightful berries suitable for pies, or eating raw. These berries are now beginning to ripen, and while not a complete humbug are really more or less disappointing. They are not very sweet and not very acid; but are rather insipid to the taste; and while interesting as a curiosity, do not appear to have much practical value. People who have experimented with them this year will hardly do so again. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? There are now thirty-flve connections with the sewerage lines. ? There is Just about a court house full of people in attendance on court. There are not many people here who have no business here. ? At a meeting of the town council last week, an ordinance was adopted, giving the Piedmont Telephone and Telegraph company a franchise to locate its lines along the streets of Yorkvllle for a period of twenty years, and a resolution was adopted providing for the macadamizatlon of the road bed along Congress street from the Madison street crossing to the Liberty street crossing at the court house. The franchise to the telephone company is a considerable modification' of the one originally proposed, with ample provision for the satisfactory adjustment of any real grievance that may arise among the patrons, and is generally satisfactory to the committee of citi7Qnc nnnnintoH onmh t fm a A?n tn lnnlr after the matter. The macadam paving it Is understood, Is to be put down over the whole roadway from curbing to curbing and laid so as to do away with the present gutters. This will probably involve some more or less expert engineering; but that it can be done with very considerable advantage there is no doubt. The work under present consideration will cost about $2,500, and It is suggested that so soon as the council sees it way clear to do so, the macadam paving will be continued on down Congress street, from Liberty street to Jefferson street. SPECULATIVE MARKET. The developments in the speculative cotton market yesterday, are summarized in an Associated Press dispatch of last night as follows: A heavy, general buying movement in the cotton market today inspired by unfavorable weather reports from Texas sent prices to new high records for the season with all new crop deliveries selling at the highest they have reached for years at this period of the season so.near the new crop movement The market closed firm at a net advance of 25 to 31 points. The market opened firm at an advance of 6 to 13 points on over-Sunday buying orders and steady cables. At first there was some hesitation owing to a crop report by a leading New Orleans authority indicating a distinct improvement in the condition of the crop since the last report but after selling off to within 3 or 4 points of the closing figures of Saturday the market rallied sharply on the detailed weather reports from Texas. These showed a continuation of dry and very hot weather over the week-end and with the western belt forecast holding out no hope of immediate moisture, serious apprehensions as to the welfare of the Texas crop quite overbalanced the more encouraging general condition report mentioned above. Early sellers became buyers, and many of the people who had taken profits on long cotton toward the close of last week appeared to be re-entering the market on the lung side. At any rate trading became tremendously active. October con- l tracts sold up to 12.72 and December i at 12.76 or 29 to 31 points net higher , and very nearly half a cent a pound above the low prices of last Friday. The market closed within a point or | two of the top, In spite of heavy real- ( lzings and offerings were so well absorbed during the entire session as to suggest a remarkably strong bullish i average of opinion as to the ultimate course of prices. Southern spot markets official y reported early were unchanged to 1-4 higher. In addition to the outlook for continued dry weather in tne western Den, loctu auvwan uc forecasted for parts of the eastern belt, where rains are not considered desirable. Receipts at the ports today 2,419 bales against 2,217 last week and 6,055 last year. For the week 20,000 against 18,897 last week and 25,504 last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans 630 against 715 last year. REV. J. L. WIL80N Dead. Rev. John Lowrie Wilson, died at his home in Abbeville last Friday night, after an illness of only a few days. Information of his death was sent out in the following dispatch from Abbeville. "For the last few months his health has been better than usual, and he preached as usual in his church last Sabbath morning, but in the afternoon he became unwell, and was not able to fill his pulpit in the evening. He rapidly grew worse, and it soon became apparent that the end was near. Rev. J. Lowrie Wilson, D. D., was born on the banks of the Ganges, in India, in the year 1838, his father being a minister of the Presbyterian church and a missionary to maia. ne received his education In Tennessee, having returned to the United States from India as a very young man. He entered the service of the Confederate states at the beginning of the late civil war in a Tennessee regiment, and was a gallant officer of his company. He was wounded four times In the course'of the war, finally losing his leg In the battle of Drury's Bluff. In Virginia. He was one of the Confederates who never surrendered, and as long as he lived he remained an unreconstructed Confederate. After the war he entered the Presbyterian seminary at Columbia, S. C. His first call was to the Bethesda Presbyterian church, In York county, 8. C. From this pastorate he came to Abbeville, where he remained till his death, a period of about twenty-three years. He was possibly the oldest minister In this presbytery, being in his 71st year when he died. In the death of Dr. Wilson the whole community, Irrespective of denomination, has suffered a loss. He has been one of the landmarks for years, being a most exemplary citizens, as well as a beloved minister of the gospel. Dr. Wilson remained a bachelor as long as he lived, and Is survived by two brothers, both like himself, ministers of the Presbyterian church. Rev. Luther Wilson, who is preaching In Georgia, and Rev. Joseph Wilson." The funeral took place in Abbeville on Sunday, the interment being in Long Cane cemetery. Rev. Dr. T. H. Law, conducted the services. Rev. Dr. Wilson's last visit to York county, was on May 10, when on the Invitation of the Winnie Davis chapter U. D. C., of Yorkvllle, he delivered the Memorial day address. That address will long be remembered by those who were present as one of the most Interesting and Impressive that they have ever heard. Notwithstanding the fact that he has been away from York county many years, there are hundreds of people who still have the tenderest personal recollections of him, and thousands of others who have heard from their parents and other elders, what a saintly Christian man he was. He Is mourned In York as in Abbeville. > ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Mary Brooks Inman is visiting relatives In McConnellsville. % Master Jack Faulconer Is visiting his father at Haw River, N. C. Mrs. J. M. Starr of Yorkvllle is spending some time at Montreat, N. C. miss Aiee Starr nas reiumeu huhio from a visit to friends In Rock Hill. Mrs. Ann Starr of Rock Hill, is In Yorkvllle on a visit to Miss Agne* Moore. . Mr. Paul T. McNeel and Dr. John B. Bowen of Spartanburg, spent Sunday In Yorkvllle. J. S. Brlce, Esq., has returned from a ten days' stay at Blowing Rock, N. C. Miss Reba Cain of Yorkvllle Is the guest of her brother In QalTney, this week. Miss Mamie Turner of Yorkvllle, Is the guest of Miss Daisy Dameron In Charlotte. Miss Mamie Squier of Columbia, is visiting in Yorkvllle, the guest of Mrs. E. B. Beard. Misses Nellie Hart and Louise Barron have returned from a visit to friends in Guthrlesville. Mr. S. V. Meek and daughter, Miss Mabel of Warren, Ark., are guests of Mrs. W. B. Wylie in Yorkvllle. Messrs. Joe Reinhart of Lincolnton, and Rob Lee Reinhart of Forest City, N. C., are visiting Mr. J. "W. McFarland. Mr. and Mrs. Starr M. Mason of Charleston, are in Yorkvllle on a visit to Misses Agnes Moore and Bessie Mason. Mrs. Ralph Cotham and son, Ralph, of Montlcello, Ark., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Jones on Wright avenue. Dr. Miles J. Walker leaves this evening for Antietam, Md., to attend the military, medical and surgical lectures there during the next two weeks. Mr. James Marshall of Anderson, who has been visiting Mrs. W. F. Marshall returned home yesterday. He was accompanied by his daughter Miss Lalla. Mr. H. M. Abernathy, the well known expert card room boss, has returned to his old place at the York cotton mills. Mr. Abernathy has the reputation of being one of the best men In his particular line to be found in either North or South Carolina. It is claimed that he can get as much product as anybody, if not Just a little more, and his product is always up to standard. His l many friends both in and out of the mill settlement are glad to know of his return to Yorkvllle. Rock Hill Record: While returning to the city from Tlrzah on Sunday afternoon, Rev. A. S. Rogers got in a runaway mix-up which, however had no serious consequences. Mr. ; Rogers was leisurely driving along i in his buggy and behind him were ( driving Mr. Frank Adams and his two daughters. Mr. Adams' horse became frightened at Dr. Miller's 1 auto, plunged forward and dashed ] into the buggy ahead. Mr. Rogers ivm thrnwn nut nver the dashboard and was considerably shaken up and 1 bruised. The buggy limped Into I town with a broken axle and wheel ( and had to go to the shop for repairs. The many friends of Mr. Rogers are rejoicing at his narrow es- ( cape. I GENERAL SESSIONS. I The summer term of the court of general sessions for York county, his < honor, Judge R. \V. Memmlnger of Charleston presiding. Solicitor J. K. Henry representing the State, and U T U/l/fn... tnl,l?,r + VlA I oienusiapuci ii. a. iuvv/an icai\iii6 hiv testimony. i Upon the call of the clerk, the full i panel of grand jurors answered as fol- < lows: J. S. Sandlfer, foreman; J. A. I Barber. W. E. Feemster, J. J. Jones, ? A. A. Mitchell. J. H. Sutton, S. M. I Shlllinglaw, E. P. Price, J. M. Ferguson, I). F. Jackson, J. W? Feemster, 0. I S. Poe, E. N. Stephenson, S. H. Epps, W. L. Hlnson, J. W. Patrick, D. A. l Whisonant, T. W. Speck. Of the venire of thlrty-slx petit Ju- f rors drawn, all were reported found 9 except F. W. Draffln and T. W. Mc- ^ Keown, and the remaining thirty-four answered as follows: t Lee Armstrong, J. F. Lindsay, J. { Frank Ashe, J. L. Williamson, W. H. Williams. John C. Robinson, S. L. v Pursley, D. E. Durant, J. K. Hope, L t S. Kldd, J. H. Davidson, D. C. Ferguson, Q. A. WllkerBon, W. N. Jackson, t W. A. Blanks, J. H. Crenshaw, F. M. Earle, J. M. Love, D. L. Gallman, E, V. Templeton, W. G. Plexico, J. E. Gettys, J. T. Ramsey, M. E. Plexico, e J. T. Crawford, W. S. Hogue, R. A. c Mlnter, T. A. McFarland, Henry Mas- ^ sey, b. ti. luassey, w. a1. uenyn, rv. J. Mackorell, L. M. Howe, J. B. Hogue. After the organization of the juried, Judge Memminger made a few timely and Interesting remarks to . the grand Jury. He referred pleasantly to the fact that this was his second visit to this county, the first having been three years ago and that time like this, to preside over a tummer term. It was the rule at the summer term not to do any more work than was absolutely necessary. The usual custom was to dispose of the cases of prisoners in Jail and of such cases as seem to require attention. He took occasion to remind the grand jurors again that unanimity is not necessary for the finding of a bill. If as many as twelve agree, then it should be a true bill; otherwise it should be "no bill." Among the bills sent up by the solicitor was one charging assault with intent to ravish, the alleged victim being a little negro girl. With regard to such cases, his honor instructed that It was Important that the grand jury be exceedingly careful. It had been his experience that such cases were frequently brought into court without sufficient justification; that frequently there was no merit in them; that the underlying motive was spite, malice or revenge, and when such was the case the grand Jury would do well to throw them out. One of the best tests of the merits of such cases is immediate outcry. Where the alleged case has been kept hidden for a period and then reported, there is reason to infer other than proper motives. His honor, also cautioned the grand Jury against too quick readiness in finding true bills in cases of assault and battery with intent to kill, high and aggravated nature, etc. Many of these cases are such as could be more properly disposed of by magistrates. There are others in which it is almost Impossible to decide where the greater blame lies, whether with the prosecutor or prosecuted, and where it is evident that the petit jury could not approximate justice in the matter. Such cases may very properly be thrown out. The most striking feature of Judge Memminger's pointed remarks was his reference to a noticeable development of false swearing, perjury in South Carolina. He was not willing to say that he had noted such a tendency very c strongly in this section; but he had a Kaa? (mnMjaA/1 nrUK If a1 onmhnm fn T UCCI1 iiii|/icoovu niui aw ciovnuvi? iv a. such an extent that he considers the 8 situation alarming. It was noticeable 1 In both the criminal and civil courts < to such an extent that It Is beginning to look as If opposing parties always j; have friends who stand ready on the ri spur of the moment. This practice t had become so common In some lo- ? calltie8 as to threaten that the admin- j Istratlon of justice In the courts might r become a farce and the only way to J avert the tendency is by means of In- j dictments and prosecutions of perjury. ^ The matter should have the careful s attention of grand juries everywhere. ? It Is not worth while to look for much t help from magistrates. For one thing I the proper preparation of the papers 8 necessary to bring (such a case Is too * much for the average magistrate and j there are other complications that I operate against effective prosecutions ? from this source. It would be well for the grand jury as a body to keep the ' subject constantly In mind while the j sessions court Is In progress, and upon t getting Information of cases of perjury f to immediately call them to the atten- ^ tlon of the solicitor, who will draw the g necessary indictments. His honor ? went on to advise that the grand Jury r appoint a special committee to have j, charge of the perjury matter to look c after such cases as might develop, s while the grand jury Is not in session. e This committee might make it Its bus- * lness to give especial attention to false r sweating and bring all cases of which * it may get knowledge to prosecution. ? The tendency is one that should be j checked and there is no better way to i check It. I The first case entered Into was that t of the State vs. Hunter Crawford, v charged with assault and battery with r Intent to kill, and carrying conceal- J, ed weapons. Crawford Is the negro, who Is accused of having shot at Dr. 1 John I. Barron of Yorkvllle, on the Rock Hill road about two and a half ft miles east of town one night recently, r The incident was reported at the time. * While driving along on his way to vis- t it a patient, Dr. Barron was fired on r twice from the roadside. He thought i he could identify his assailant as a ^ negro, and so reported to the sheriff. d Sheriff Brown, Deputy Qulnn and Con- v stable Sanders took the case up, and * finally ran the offense down to Hun- a ter Crawford. The circumstances f went to show that Crawford was Jeal- * ous of a rival for the favors of a ne- * gro woman, and mistook Dr. Barron's s buggy for that of the negro he wanted c to kill. Dr. Barron had passed the t: negro's buggy on the road. Otherwise h the negro would have been fired on tl instead. A prisoner in jail testified w that when Crawford was committed, J he admitted that he had done the v shooting; but thought he was shooting o at the negro man. There were other ^ corroborative circumstances. The Jury found Crawford guilty In both counts; v but up to this morning no sentence 8 had been passed. Lewis Perry, colored, indicted for a assault and battery with Intent to kill p In two cases, plead guilty in both ? cases, and was sentenced to eighteen ^ months in the penitentiary In each tl case. w Curtis Belk and Sam Barron, were Jj tried on the charge of car breaking and found guilty as charged. ci Frank Moore, colored, plead guilty ? ?f attempted burglary. " The first case taken up this morning d was that of the State vs. E. M. and a VV. Y. Russell and Meek Robinson, jj charged with assault and battery with e Intent to kill. This case grew out of tl i row at TIrzah last August, and in- 11 eludes four Indictments, all being tried Logtuuei. A lie ctuie nttu nut ueeii ^UII- n ?luded when The Enquirer went to w press. The grand Jury is still busy and will ^ liardly be discharged before tomorrow, p In mind when he made them do It They will ride out of Torkvllle, anyway, in grand style on the 22nd, and they will probably be in good condition for the camp when they reach this place, for the roads are in good . condition it Is thought between here ' and Yorkville, and the officers will easily find comfortable quarters at night THIRTEEN CENT8' COTTON. ^ Hew the Rise In the Market Affeeta Things in Charlotte. Thirteen cents for middling cotton was offered on the local platform yesterday, the first time in two years, and there were no takers, save for a four anottAslnO' Koine VtAM On/) tVlAPA LOCAL LACONIC8. Jntil January 1, 1910. We will send The Yorkvllle Enquirer rom this date till January 1, 1910 for 4 cents. .owryville va. Yorkvilla The Yorkvllle baseball team played he Lowryville team at Lowryvllle last iYiday. The score was 5 to 4 In favor f Lowryvllle In the tenth Inning. It ?aa quite an exciting and closely conested game, and the Lowrjwlile peoile were in great glee on account of he victory. lock Hill High School Matter. Mr. J. L. Glenn of Cheater, the refTee who took the testimony In tho ase cf the complaint of the minority if the trustees of the Rock Hill school llstrlc in the high school matter, ha* lied conclusions that are understood o be favorable to the majority of toe loard, and -the attorneys for the deendants It is stated, will ask judge demmlnger this week to increase the >onds of the plaintiffs from $600 to ;5,000. Surglary in Fort Mill. Fort Mill special of July 10, to the Columbia State: The department itore of L. J. Masscy in this place was >roken into by burg are last night and ibout $100 worth of watches and Jewdry has so far been missed. Entrance o the building was effected through ?ne of the front windows, a large plate rlass having been broken lor the pur>ose. The poll m a.*e making an effort o locate the t jrglarH, but so far no angible clues have teen discover**. May's Shortage Grows. Columbia special of July 12, to the Charlotte Obfl'?rver: A special from lock Hill says the audit people re>ort that City Treasurer C. S. May's ihortage will be double or treble the imount he acknowledged; that he falilfled In his own previous report of the ludit company; that before confessing le destroyed the stubs of the city heck book, burned the paid checks eturned from the bank, tore leaves rom the ca9h book and destroyed ali vouchers except for last June. The ouncll adopted a resolution instructng the police to arrest May If he atempts to leave town. He has not teen arrested pending a final report ?f the audit company. All the shortige has been within the past two years ind a half. Before that he was audi6d by a local committee, baptist Day at Rock Hill. Rock Hill Record: Next Sunday will >e a great day for the Baptists of this lommunity. On that day their three tew churchee will be dedicated. They ire the Park Church, the West ELd ind the North Side. These churches lave all been completed within the last ighteen months, and each now has an Lverage attendance of one bundr?*d at he weekly services. On next Sunday here will be services at all of the Bap1st churches of the city, and some of he most eminent of the Baptis* diines will bo here to conduct mem. )r. Cody of Greenville, president of he state mission board, will conduct he services at the First Baptist church n the morning and at one of the hat els in the evening. Others of the peakers who will be here are: Dr. lailey of Greenville, Dr. A. S. J. Thomls, editor of the Baptist Courier, and lev. L G. Murray of Yorkviile. lue of Mistaken Identity. Union special of July 9, to the News .nd Courier: Dr. J. Miller Moore, fornerly a surgeon in the United States lavy, and a native of Rock Hill, left his city, where he han made hie home ecently, a few dayt ago for Washlngon, D. C., whence he goes to Europe, t will be recalled thai a year ago the tanera contained stories ccncerninc Dr. Moore's retention in an insane asyum in Paris, France. lie was confined n this asylum for several months, lespite constant efforts on his part to ecure his discharge, and only recovred his liberty after friends went from his country to his aid. Even then he Paris authorities refused to release ilm until he was safe aboard a vesel bound for America. It is stated hat the French authorities claim it vas a case of mistaken identity, and Dr. Moore, it is said, will, on reaching '"Vance. institute suit against the city if Paris for fifty thousand dollars' lamages. Has No Grass. Mr. B. F. Merritt, who lives on Rock lill R. F. D. No. 1, a few miles from he town, and who is one of the best armers in the county, was in York'ille yesterday, and when a represenative of The Enquirer asked him the tereotyped question about the grass, vas surprised to learn that Mr. Meritt had not been troubled. "Well, it s like this," said Mr. Merritt, by way if explanation: "If you work your otton and corn crops clean every lummer, you are not likely to be bothtred with the grass so much the next rear. If you allow the grass to go to eed, then, of course, you may look for nore than you would have had othervise. I always try to work my corn rnd cotton clean, and therefore have rery little trouble. On stubble land, lowever, I can see the grass coming ip new and fresh almost after every lasslng cloud." Of course, Mr. Merltt did not assume to be telling anyhlng that is new; but the reporter vas Impressed with the idea that the ule he follows is one that would make t better generally, if Its practice were nore universal. "o Ride to Greenville. Greenville News: One of the most tovel features of encampments which tave ever been made use of in this art of the country is to come during he encampment of the First regiment yhich will assemble in Greenville on he 27th of July. This feature is a ide through the country by all the nounted officers of the regiment .'hese officers will gather at Yorkville, rhich is the point from which they will tart in their ride through to Greenllle. The distance they will have to raverse is about 100 miles, and the lumber of men in the company is bout twenty. Of these, two are to go rom Greenville to Yorkville, to meet he others at that place. These two re Maj. E. M. Blythe and Mr. W. A. ieybt, the battalion quartermaster ergeant. These gentlemen have reeived their orders within the last fory-eight hours. They are to arrange ,ith the railroad agents to ship their orses through to Yorkville, where hey will Join the other officers and the ,'hole company of officers will leave 'orkville on the 22nd of this month, llowing plenty of time to reach Greenille in time for the encampment In rder to leave at this time, the officers ave orders to be in Yorkville not later han the 21st. The officers have orers also to take with them to Yorkille a campaign hat, drab flannel hlrt. khaki blouse, two pairs khaki reeches, extra suit underwear, gauntits, blanket, poncho, horse equipment, rms, field glasses, watcn and comass. This is an entirely new feature f the encampment, and will no doubt reatly increase the Interest in this uting of the soldier boys, and also he interest of the town people. On rhat day these officers will arrive in he city from their long jaunt through le country, is not known, since this i the first trip of the kind, and one an never tell how a thing will work ut the first time it is tried. A jourey of a hundred miles through the ountry is a strange thing in these 1 ays of the railroad, the electric car, ' nd the automobile, but Uncle Sam is presumed, knows what he is do- 1 tg, and is looking out for the inter- 1 sts of his soldier sons. To the gen- 1 emen who are going to participate 1 i this trip, it will probably be very i luch of a pleasure, though they ex- 1 pot anme hnrdshlns There WOUld ' urdly be one of them though, who ould refuse to go, if he had perfect berty to do so. There is something iscinating in things of this sort for ten of the military temperament, and erhaps this was what Uncle Sam had The records on file show that the last time 13 cents was offered for cotton was September 10. 19Q7. On the corresponding date last year, cotton brought Hi cents. The future market Jumped about 30 points yesterday, October closed Saturday afternon at 13.41. The flnal quotation yesterday was 13.71. This Is but 29 points of 14 cents, Mr. J Theodore H. Price's prediction. There are but few who do not believe that it will be realised. New York spots yesterday were quoted at 13.10. The effect of the high price of spot cotton and the low price of yarns upon the mills and manufacturing establishments generally is being much discussed. There was a meeting in Charlotte Friday of the executive committee of the Soft Yarn Spinners' association for the purpose of considering the situation. A general meeting of the association was called for August 6, In Ashevllle. It is the consensus of opinion that many of the mills will close down for repairs to machinery, holidays to operatives, etc., during the months of July and August in order that the production may be curtailed as much as possible. It Is generally understood that this will be the system employed in order that the help may De Kepi mutci so mai wnen newer times come, say along in September and October, after the new crop is moving, the tariff question settled), etc., all will be smooth sailing. Effort will be exerted to hold the prices where they now are so that no extra handicap may be encountered when things begin to Improve. There are many who believe that the present price of spot cotton is a blowing In i disguise for it will force all the mills to curtail whether they want to or not and- while this period of short supply is pending the surplus stocks can be gotten rid of. One of the beat known mill men of this city remarked to a friend a few i days ago that he was going to visit 1 one of his plants in a nearby town and that he intended closing it down for a time. "What is going to be your excuse for shutting down the mill? Low price of yarns or high price of cotton or what?" "Repairs to machinery," was the curt reply. "If I can't find anything wrong, I am going down Into my boiler room with a sledge hammer and knock a hole in one of my engines." This is the general attitude. It is believed that If the mills can manage to pull through the present distressingly dull season that the fall ^111 bring better times. The panic, the tariff, the low price of yarns and the condition of stagnation obtaining in the markets, combined with a possible overproduction and other contributing causes, it is believed to have made it impossible for the general .situation to improve. However, sufficient time has now elapsed and better times cannot but be near at hand.< The * end of the tariff is In sight, the panic has about passed and there you are. Olad tidings of great joy are expected early in the fall when times improve.?Charlotte Observer, Friday. 80UTH CAROL-NA NEWS. ? The board of tiustees of Clemaon college have not yet taken action on the resignation of President lfell. The resignation remainj in their hands and will be effective September 1, an- ^ less it Is accepted in the meantime. President Mell gives no reason for his resignation. ? On the recommendation of the 1 > pardon board, the governor on Friday, granted a free pardon to Daniel Zimmerman, vestryman In a Columbia Episcopal charch and prominent' so- ? daily, serving three years for embezzling state bonds. Great Influence was brought to hear for the pardon. ? Anderson, July 10: Senator Tillman has entirely recovered from the j effects of his illness of a year ago, E and he says that he now feels just about as young as he ever did. He asscrlbes it all to the effects of physical culture, of which he has been a devotee for months psst At Clemson college this week he gave some of his ? friends an exhibition performance. He carried them Into his room one night and stripped down to his undershirt and began. He went through all the contortions amd convolutions prescribed in the most advanced lessons of the course, bringing every muscle In his body into play. It was very interesting. The success of the treatment Is very evident. Senator Tillman is in perfect condition. FIs body Is lithe and Arm and In his w&ik he Is as lithe . and agile as he ever was. After he 4 had finished his exercises last night he remarked, "If we had a horizontal bar I would 'skin the cat' for you a few times, just to show you hsw easy It Is." He then offered to wrestle with any member of the board of trustees, j but got no takers. Physical culture 1 is the greatest thing in the world for a man of sedentary habits," said -the senator, "and especially for a man getting well along In life. If I had not taken it I would have been dead by now. aenaior n .iman win leave lm- ~m mediately after th? adjournment of " congress for a lecture tour through Ohio. He will be gone for a few weeks, but will spend most of the summer at his home at Trenton. Some of his Anderson friends will try to get him to come here and make a speech some time during the summer, ' and he said this mo; ning that he would try and comply with their request. Senator Tillman passed through the city this morning on his way to his home at Trenton. ? Columbia, July 9: By reason of a peculiar combination of conditions, the indications are that when prohibition comes in the county elections provided for by the act of the last legislature?and It will not surprise aqy great number of people to see every remaining "wet" county in the state vote Itself "dry"?the state will go dry with a better promise of the law being enforced than has been the case with any other state in the Union. From the present outlook, South I Carolina is going to give another demonstration of how ahe can be peculiar. The local option people and many of the old state dispensary people are going to retaliate on the blind tigers - for lining up with the Prohibitionists by seeing that every com- ^ munity gets all the prohibition it has s voted for. The blind tiger element. \ neither here nor in Charleston, has taken much trouble to conceal the fact that it will vote for prohibition generally over the state. Of course, the Prohibitionists will be only too glad to get the support of the local optlonist8, and won't ask any questions about the motives, and the mayors of towns whose revenue will he i affected by the loss of the dispensary business, will Join the Jolly crew which will demand that the police enforce the law. Most anybody who has had any practical observation of city or town police forces knows that there Is not a town in the state where A the police are not strong enough to stamp out every tiger for keeps If Intelligent public sentiment demands this. It seems now practically a foregone conclusion that the next legislature will pass a state-wide prohibition bill even if every county goes dry. so as to prevent their so easily voting wet again, and it seems equally likely that the law as to tigers will be so changed as to do away with the trial of them by Juries and handle them entirely by injunction. Senator Weston, of Richland, will urge the pas- _ sage of such a law. He is a local op- ' I tlonlst, and has warned the local tiger element that he will advocate such a law If the tigers persisted In supporting the local prohibitionists. A bill to this effect lacked but one vote of getting through, and with additional h counties going dry will likely have 1 smooth sailing next spring.