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Scraps and Jacts. ? Mourmelon-Le-Grand, France, August 7: The world's record for prolonged flight In an aeroplane was broken today by Roger Sommer, a French aviator, who remained In the air two hours, twenty-seven minutes and fifteen seconds, breaking thereby the record made by Wilbur Wright at Le Mans, France, last December, when he stayed aloft two hours, twenty minutes and flfty-seven seconds. It was announced, however, that Sommer's time was not regarded as official. Sommer, who is a pupil of Henry Farman, has owned his aeroplane only since July 4. His first fliorHt M'QU nnHar frill r milo4 T-Ia cm 1. the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill was only a question of hours and its signature by the president making it the law of the land was, after its passage, only a question of minutes. With this information known in New York, a large number of importers and ship owners who were expecting the arrival of large cargoes of dutiable goods on incoming steamers, at once began a frantic fight against time. If they could hurry the steamers into port so that the captains of the vessels could reach the customs house before 4.30 p. m., and declare their manifests, it meant the saving of thousands of dollars in duties on the goods on which the tariff would be materially increased after the signing of the new law. The brokers and shipowners early in the day began sending wireless messages to the various ships to put on all possible speed and at all hazards reach the customs house before 4.30 p. m. The captains did the best they could and in a few instances won out by narrow margins, but nearly a score of the transatlantic vessels could not reach port quick enough, and as the result importers of goods on these ships will have to pay the government increased revenues that will total more than 3100,000. One vessel, the Pennsylvania, brought in a cargo of wines and liquors, and as under the new tariff law the duties on this class of goods are very materially increased, the importers will have to pay 320,000 more than would have aaoa V? r? rl V? ft irnooal rl noIrorl UCCU IUC V/OOC Itau 111C TVOOVJ uvvnvu on Thursday morning. The receipts of the New York customs house the first four days of last week amounted to more than $4,000,000. ? Monroe, N. C., Aug. 7: The jury returned a verdict of guilty at 6 o'clock this evening in the case of the State against T. C. Whedbee, charged with false pretense in obtaining a note from Maj. W. C. Heath for stock in the Seminole Security company. The judge sentenced Whedbee to two years in the state's prison. The defendant took an appeal to the supreme court. Thus ended one of the most important cases from a legal standpoint that has ever been tried in Union county. The trial of the case consumed three days. Major Heath claimed that Whedbee represented to him that $100,000 in securities had been deposited with Insurance Commissioner Young for the protection of the stockholders of the company. The defendant further represented to Mr. Heath that the company was being organized on a very economical basis; that Qen. Wiley Jones and Mr. W. A. Clark, of Columbia, the promoters of the enterprise, were working without salaries, paying only $25 office rent and buying stationery from hand to mouth. J. Bryan Grimes, secretary of state, was here to testify that no charter had been applied for in this fnr ha lnr*nmAratlftn nf thp Seminole Security company. Commissioner Young: was also here to testify whether or not any securities had been deposited with him. He testified that none had ever been deposited with him. Able counsel was employed on both sides. Solicitor L. D. Robinson was aided in the prosecution by Messrs. Adams, Jerome and Armfield, Redwlne & Sikes, Williams & Lemmon and J. J. Parker. The defendant was represented by Messrs. Frank I. Osborne and E. T. Cansler, of Charlotte; W. H. Venable, of Norfolk; Charles Whedbee and P. W. McMillan, of Hertford, and A. M. Stack, of the local bar. Mr. CanslePs exposition of the law on false pretense before the court was said to have been one of the finest legal arguments ever heard In Monroe. Judge Osborne was the star before the jury. His speech was eloquent, telling and convincing. ? One of the most brazen attempts at blackmail ever known In the United States has just been brought to a finish in Philadelphia. Several weeks ago James McCrea, president of the Pennsylvania railroad, began to receive letters from a man who signed himself Adam Smith, from a postoffice in Virginia. The letters breathed dire vengeance upon Mr. McCrea and the corporation of which he was the head, unless $45,000 were paid to xt'Htor nnHor tho safp guards to prevent his identity becoming known to the world. Smith threatened that he would blow up various properties belonging to the Pennsylvania system in Virginia, he would put dynamite in coal cars and fix it so it would blow up after the cars began to move, he would destroy bridges, depots, etc., and finally he would blow up the president of the company or some of the lesser officials of the railroad. The railroad people were not alarmed at first, taking the letters as a matter of course, as they are frequently receiving blackmailing letters to which no attention is paid. But Smith was persistent. He continued to send his threatening epistles. and gave minute directions as to how the negotiations were to be carried on. He instructed the railroad officials to insert a "personal" In a Richmond paper that would notify him that they were ready to accede to his demands. This he would answer and then further directions were to be given. He also stated that he was ually increased his distance until lie attained his record of today. Yesterday he won, on behalf of Farman's pupils, a prize of $200 for a flight in a closed kilometre. Sommer started at 3.14 o'clock this morning in the bright moonlight In the beginning he traveled slowly near the ground at elevations running from six to thirty yards. After the machine had become limbered up, the aviator increased his speed and the coming of daylight showed him travelling and manouvreing easily. When it became evident that he had beaten the duration record held by Wilbur Wright, the assembled crowd cheered wildly, and as Sommer came to the ground at forty-one minutes and fifteen seconds past five, he was given an ovation. He is using a bl-plane of the Voisin type. ? Beverly, Mass., August 8: Bev erly was hot today but President Taft spent a lazy Sunday and did not seem to mind the more than ninety in shade. He began the first Sabbath of his vacation by going to the Unitarian church. Near sunset the president took a long motor ride with Mrs. Taft. President Taft is going to dispose of the matter of census supervisors throughout the entire United States this week. Secretary N'agel and Director of the Census Durand are coming to Beverly the latter part of the week with the list of names. The president has fixed upon the policy he will follow with reference to census appointments from the south. In the states solidly Democratic the president will divide the appointments eauallv among Democrats and Republicans. He will Insist that all appointees not be active partisans, however, but capable men. From the so-called "solid south" the president has picked out North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri as debatable states and will treat them on the same footing as nortnern states, giving all census jobs to Republicans. The states in which division between Democrats and Republicans will be made are: Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. As to Virginia, the president Is represented as believing that the bitterness of the recent primary fight between Harry St. George Tucker and Judge Mann for the Dmocratic gubernatorial nomination, will give the Republicans opportunity to make a showing at the polls in November. Several administration officers, and possibly some cabinet officers will make speeches during the Virginia campaign. ? "Time and tide wait for no man." This old proverb was strikingly Illustrated at New York last Thursday afternoon. Early In the day Thursday, It became evident to cloee observers in Washington that the nassaxe of a Royal Arch Mason and that the negotiations with him must be carried out by a member of that order. Finally the railroad people decided to open negotiations with the blackmaile and inserted the advertisement as d'rected. Then came a demand that transportation and <150 be sent to bte station agent at his town with the explanation to the agent that Smith was to go to Philadelphia to accent a ?.ob1tion in th=, legal department of the railroad, as he was a lawyer, this to show that McCrea was acting- in good faith. All these conditio*"- were compiled with and finally on Thursday "Mr. Smith" -howed up in Philadelphia and a representative of Mr. McCrea went to see him, and after he talked to his friend from Virginia long enough to be sure that Smith was who he represented himself to be, ~ nj(H? ratllAii In and ar rested the blackmailer. Smith did not appear to be disturbed in the least. He said that his true name wag Abram C. Eby, that he was a lawyer, referee In bankruptcy, and mayor of the town of Burkevllle, Va It was at first supposed that Eby was Insane, but this is not true. He seems to have been looking for easy money and studied the plans for months. He now in a Philadelphia prison on the charge of attempted blackmail and using the malls for fraudulent purposes, and is facing a term of at least twenty years in a Federal prison. He is being held under a $10,000 bond. ?hr ^orferillc (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.i TUESDAY, AUGUST 1?, 1909. On, fury! The brass band has Just passed the office window going: to the baseball park.?Anderson Daily Mail. Yes, and there is but one other two line editorial, paragraph in that issue of the paper. We predict that the south will have a hand in the framing of the next tariff bill, and if It does the bill will look more like a law that is Intended to bear upon all people alike. The Hon. C. C. Featherstone is making speeches over the state in behalf of state-wide prohibition. He declares - that the movement Involves questions of right and wrong rather than of politics and he believes that state-wide prohibition will win. A New Jersey man declares that ninety-nine per cent of the men he knows are honest. It Is up to him to show that he knows more than one hundred.?The State. ' The declaration seems to Indicate that this man himself Is the other one per cert. John G. Capers has tendered his resignation as commissioner of Internal revenue, to take effect September 1, and the treasury department has announced the appointment of Royall E. Cabell, the present postmaster ui Richmond, Va.. as his successor. As to what Mr. Capers will get next or whether he will get anything at all, has not been made public. Returns from the Virginia primary election last Friday show that William Hodges Mann has defeated Harry St. George Tucker for the gubernatorial nomination by more than 4,000 majority. The Issue was state-wide prohibition. Mann said he would approve a prohibition bill should the legislature pass one, and Tucker said he would veto such a bill. The Wrights are already being outstripped in aerial navigation: but they K a rnhhcwl r\t thp lftlirels they have >von as the first navigators of the air. Just as the big steamers that now cross the ocean in four days are the development of Fulton's original modest effort, the great mechanical birds which in a few years from now will be carrying passengers to all parts of the earth, will owe their then perfection to the persistent genius of the two Ohio brothers. The Columbia State, which has been doing splendid work in raising the money needed to clinch the state appropriation for a monument to the women of the Confederacy, is now short but $1,000. It has raised $10,000 and needs $11,000. The $1,000 should not be harder to raise than the $10,000, and we hope that the little home-stretch heat will be run in record brtaking time. The cause deserves it and the Columbia State certainly deserves no less. IT seems 10 nave oeen preuy wen established that there has been nothing criminal in connection with the alleged shortage of Calhoun Harris, the secretary of the Orr cotton mill at Anderson. There was $50,000 unaccounted for: but since the development of the alleged shortage, large sums of cash have been found hidden under boxes and in old books in the vault of the mill office. Anderson people generally seem to believe that the whole trouble is due to the deranged mental condition of Secretary Harris. Mr. Harris insists that he has stolen nothing. Aboi t the only place in Charleston where there is no liquor to be hud by the drink or otherwise, Is on the Isle of Palms. Before the issuance of the supreme court injunction against the proprietors of the Seaside hotel, liquor was to De nan at various places on ine island for the price. But now the island is dry, really and truly dry, and it is probably not so much on account of the injunction as because of the fact that Mr. P. H. Gadsden, the executive head of the Consolidated, is a man who stands for the observance of law. There are said to be plenty of would-be violators of the supreme court injunction; but they do not care to run the risk of getting crosswise with Mr. Gadsden. HicRK is what the Anderson Daily Mail has to say to the charge that it appropriated matter from the columns of the Farmers' Union Sun without proper credit: We remember having seen in some paper, perhaps the Farmers' Fnion Sun. a brief statement as to the farm demonstration work in this state. It was a statement of facts, pure and simple, and in no way editorial matter. We used part or perhaps all of the article, a* a basis for an editorial, after reciting the facts, we adding some words of commendation as to the work done in Anderson county arid expressing gratification that the work was to be extended into other counties of the state. The statement that the Daily -Mail has appropriated editorial matter from the Farmers' Union Sun or any other paper, is wholly withou foundation. We are surprised that t paper purporting to represent intelligent people should have made such i statement. What have you ever done abou forming the postal card habit? W< are very anxious to get Progressiv< Farmer readers Into it. Simply buy t Quarter's worth of postals, and the* always buy another quarter's wort! before the supply runs out. Ther with a postal card and a lead penci you can write for any bulletin or catalogue you wish, ask any advertiser foi prices or any further information yoi wish, and get information and help ir (a thousand ways that you would nol get if you had to write a laborious letter. Keep a quarter's worth of postali always on hand.?Progressive Farmer That is a good idea and there is n< telling how much benefit people ma) derive by following It out. We know of hundreds of Intelligent people whc never think of having a supply ol stamps ever to say nothing of postal cards, and who are constantly neglecting to write letters and messages that may have been of advantage to them. IV ery individual should keep writing materials and postage aboui him, and he will find that It will pay. 0\J5 important business lesson thai the New Englanders seem to have learned by rote and which our own people need to heed. Is that of doin? your trading with people who are most likely to trade with you. When the New Englander sends his money outside of his country, It is Invariably for something that is absolutely necessary and which cannot be had at home. So well established is this very correct economic principle among them, that they are generally willing to listen to reasonable explanations as to why the home article may cost a little more than the same article costs abroad, or why It is not quite so good at the same price, and it is not unusual for buyers to give home people the preference when they could apparently do better elsewhere. And the practice of this principle, no doubt, has contributed very greatly to the financial prosperity and strength of New England. Our own people *- -? -? 4UI. lino nave mucn to i?nn txiuu? huh uu?-. Educate, educate, educate! That is the way to attain comfort, happiness and prosperity. This country abounds in the richest of raw materials in forest, held and mine; but by far the richest raw material of which it can have any conception Is comprehended in the minds of our boys and girls. It is not fair to say that these minds left undeveloped will make criminals, for that is not true. The spirit of the Almighty God has been breathed into the souls of most of them, and that saves them for good forever. But God has never Intended that any of his creatures should reach spontaneous perfection. The very flowers of the held are not permitted to do anything of the kind. The birds of the air may, and so also may the beasts of the forests; but it is not difficult to show that even these have h?on imnrnvpii hv contact with man. Absolutely certain, however, Is It thai the human mind can never approach perfection except by means of education. No Individual can hope through his own experience or meditation tc cover any considerable portion of the range of human wisdom. Education puts all knowledge within reach ol those who seek to take it in, and opens up fields that have as yet remained untouched. Was your education neglected? Perhaps, yes. Alas, all of us have suffered In that direction. But you have learned enough to see the necessity of giving your children opportunities that were denied to you, have you not? If you are any part ol a man or woman we are sure you have. Educate, educate, educate! The most pronounced feeling thai The Enquirer has with regard to the tariff bill which went into effect last Friday morning at fifty-nine minute* of 1 o'clock. Is that the bill is now law and that the suspense is over. We have relt all along mat we neea noi look for any substantial benefli through any of the new adjustments and that we need have no fear of discrimination more Intolerable than thai to which we have long accustomed ourselves, for the reason that other sections of this country less patlenl than we are would not stand for It Just as might have been expected, because that Is the way it has always been heretofore, the tariff has beer made for the benefit of New England and the south has come In for a few slight concessions that have been mad* from reasons of policy rather than ol equity and justice. In this new law New England, which produces nothing in the way of raw materials, gets practically all raw materials free of duty with high protection on finished products, the south has to furnish hei raw materials in competition with thf balance of the world, as she has nc . rotection except on a few unimport | ant items that do not count for agreal | deal. The low grade cotton goods thai she makes In large quantities are dut> free, and the high grade goods thai New England makes are protected During the pendency of the bill then was a show of giving us free cottor bagging and free ties; but after oui representatives had given all that hac been expected of them because of this concession, the duty was restored, anc we will pay a tax of about $2,000,00( on account of these two articles. Bui after all, there is no need for the soutl to feel cut up about the situation. W< have learned during the past fortj years to adjust ourselves to the economic conditions that have grown oui of unfair tariff discrimination, and w< are getting some insight into the practical operation of the whole system The west and the northwest have beer hit nearly as hard this time as has th< south, and the thing cannot go on this way much longer. Now that the tariff has been settled, we think thai prosperity will come again and thing! will boom; but by the time it become! necessary to revise the law again there will have been re-adjustments and re-allgnments, and the south wll probably have a little more to say. "Keep Out of the Ruts." A gentleman of Guthrlesvllle, whc takes an intelligent interest in all tha goes on, ever alert to seize on such good ideas as may show up by th< wayside, has sent us a clipping fro it the News and Courier that we hac overlooked, and which contains a suggestion worth while. The clipping In question refers t< the work of Colonel Cosgrove, secretary of Charleston county's drainage and highway commission, on the Summerville and Charleston road, am quotes the colonel as requesting wagoners to "keep out of the ruts." "Dill roads." Mr. Cosgrove says, "are ui best but makeshifts for the moden highway, but they can be kept In gone , condition for a much longer time it 1 kept free from ruts. This can be done | If vehicles will use the entire surface t of the road. In some states a fine Is Imposed for violation of this rule, and It is becoming apparent that leglslat tlon must be had in this state along ? these lines if we are to have good [ highways." > Colonel Cosgrove's remarks seem to 1 cover the whole subject so completely } that further comment Is unnecessary; . but if we could, we would like to 1mr press this Idea on the people of York 1 county. t Take any of our public roads, es pecially those running through clay, and It will be noted that every vehicle follows every other vehicle until the ruts are cut as deep as the hubs to the wheels. Through force of habit, drivers of vehicles follow in the ruts | as naturally as they follow the roads, with the result that roads which might 1 otherwise have been kept in fairly good condition are made all but im1 passable. ' "Keep out of the ruts," is advice, 1 the soundness of which has the sanc tion of all time and experience in everything else; but It seems to have been forgotten and neglected In Its : original application, which has evl! dently been rediscovered by Colonel 1 Cosgrove. We are not inclined to recommend legislation on this subject, however ! appropriate such legislation might be; but we feel pretty sure that if the good farmers of York county will elect to change the old custom and insist that drivers of vehicles "keep out of the ruts," It will not be a great while before the surfaces of the roads will 1 begin to show up better than they do 1 now. I 1 MERE-MENTION. ! Frank Nicolai, assistant cashier of , the City National bank of Auburn, IncL, has returned tp that place after spending three days in the woods trying to make his courage stick up to the point of suicide^ because of embezzlement of the bank's funds. "I , have fought the fight," said he, "and have come back to face the charge." ' The government of Japan has decided to build the Antung-Muk, den railroad, despite the protests of China A new tube mitl has just been completed and opened for work at McKeeeport, Pa. The mill cost, : with its equipment, $12,000,080 and will require the services of 10,000 men to operate it to its full capacity. uwing to tne production or crude oil now being larger than the demand, it is probable that all kinds of refined petroleum products will be materially reduced in the near future. The quantity of crude oil now In storage in various parts of the United btates is estimated at 100,000,000 barrels A Washington dispatch says that the most Important measure to come before the next congress will be a postal savings bank bill, a pet scheme of the president's. It is understood that Speaker Cannon Is violently opposed to the measure and that the committee on postofflces and postroads is packed against the measure. An automoblllst has covered the distance between Savannah, Ga., and Jacksonville, Fla., 190 miles, in a running time of nine hours. His route was along the coast Following the receipt of a threatening letter by the police of Houston, Tex., in which it was demanded that the police change their method of handling negro criminals in that city, there have been more than twenty Incendiary Ores within the past week Although preparing for war with Greece over the island of Crete, Turkey is facing a serious Insurrection at home because of the military despotism of the Young Turk dictators One of the four surviving widows of Brigham Young, once head of the Mormon church, died at Salt Lake City, oaiuraay, agea 88 a story sent out from New York is to the effect that King Edward of England has recently cleaned up a profit of 11,000,000 1 by speculation in the stock of the United States Steel corporation. It is , said that he was given the tip by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan President Taft reached his summer home at . Beverly, Mass., early Saturday morn; lng and will remain there until he starts on his western and southern trip about the middle of September. Reports from. the west that 100,000 men are needed for the wheat harvest, is branded as a fake by hundreds of men who have returned to Chicago after a vain search for work in the western wheat fields By tVlA A# A rVOOAliAA 1A.?MAU I ?UA I me ni eta. U1 a. gaoumnj muuvu IU me , Patapsco river near Baltimore late Friday afternoon, four of the twenty passengers were drowned The : strike of 6,000 or more Japanese ; plantation laborers in Hawaii, which has been in progress for two months, ' has come to an end, the laborers losing their fight The Copper Rivt er and Northwestern RailrQad comI pany of Alaska, has filed a $50,000,000 mortgage to secure the issuing of a like amount of five per cent bonds on its property At a picnic of New Jersey farmers at Washington Park last Thursday, there were 30,000 persons in attendance The legislature of Connecticut has repealed i the "Blue Laws," which have been on the statute books since 1722, relating | to the breaking of the Sabbath Robert J. Maloney, formerly a lead? Intr lflWVPr rif Npw Orlppna haa hoon f sentenced to serve fourteen years In the Louisiana state prison on convlc' tion of forgeries amounting to more ' than $150,1)00 Dr. William H. Bricker, a prominent physician of Philadelphia, is in the hands of the police of that city on the charge of causing the death of a 19-year-old " girl in that city by an unlawful sur. gical operation. The charge was ) made upon information furnished by another physician A couple giving their names as Mr. and Mrs. Hent ry Abrams, and their address as t Nashville, Tenn., and reputed to be r very wealthy, are under ball bond at ' Atlantic City, N. J., on the charge of t shoplifting. Their friends claim that the charge is outrageous, that at the , worst the Abrams are kleptomaniacs. The total production of pig 1 iron in the United States for the r month of July was more than 2,100,l 000 tons Chang Yon, a China man, shot Frauleln Hlldegarde Horc5 man, a concert hall dancer, to death 1 at Frankfort, Germany, Saturday ) morning, because the girl had rejectt ed his love-making advances. He then committed suicide Bertha De1 Una, a Roanoke, Va., girl attempted i suicide Thursday night by shooting r herself In the head with a revolver. The bullet was stopped by the "rat" In her hair and only Inflicted a scalp t wound A genuine case of bu? bonlc plague has been discovered In Alameda county, Cal. The victim Is a 13-year-old boy Edwin Mat thews, a negro hotel porter at Galnsl ville, Ga., had his throat cut by Mrs. > Mamie Lawson early Friday morning, ' the negro having entered her room through a window A New York concern Is to Install a telephone syst tern, Including 2,500 phones, In Pe 3 King, (. nina, ior ine Rovernmem. me contract calls for $150,000... The * sudden prosperity displayed In the , United States is given in Berlin as a 5 reason for the advance in the price of . diamonds as much as $2 per carat. Thousands of dollars are being contributed by Greek citizens of the United States to be sent to their mother country for use in case of war between Greece and Turkey, which , now seems to be sure George . W. Rhudy, assistant postmaster at Pocahontas, Va., is under arrest on ' the charge of embezzling $700 from i the postoffice. i ? Columbia. August 7: The recent shortages in the accounts of public nfflololc on/1 whlrh h?V?* hppn , reported, have called to mind the amount of money, approximately ' $100,000, which the state has lost in i this manner during the past five . years. Thousands of dollars have . been reported short in the annual re1 port to the legislature by Comptroll er General Jones since 1903, and r about as much has never been reportl ed. because of the fact that settlements were made eliminating the ne1 cessity of the legislature being ln1 formed. X.OCA2* AFFAIRS, I NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8. 1 Loan and Savings and First National Banks?Make an annonucement regarding a change in their closing hours. Mary S. Stephenson, Admrx.?Calls on debtors to estate of J. B. Stephenson, deceased, to make settlt.ment, and requests creditors to present their claims. Philadelphia Life Insurance Co.? wants a rilRtrlrt aeent for York county. Must have good reputation. See fourth page. J. L. Williams & Co.?Are showing fifty dozen Chesterfield $1 shirts, latest styles, and want you to see them. Herndon & Gordon? Tell about a lot of fresh goods that they have for their customers this week. All kinds of iced drinks. Sam M. Grist?Has accepted the agency of the American Live Stock Insurance company and is prepared to insure live stock. York Supply Co.?Wants to sell you a mower and rake, also baling w'le. Shipments of shingles, lumber, etc., just received. York Drug Store?If you need them, is ready to supply you with a crutch or crutches. It can supply you with a variety of turnip seed. Yorkville Hardware Co?Makes u little speech on "knockers" and advises you to use the Keen Kuttcr variety of carpenter tools. Thomson Co.?-Calls attention to a big line of suit cases und hand bags, and has one steamor trunk which is offered at 110. Foster-Mllburn Co?Prints a testimonial from a Gastonia man in regard to the benefits derived from Doan's pills. See fourth page Louis Roth?Can supply you with old crop seed potatoes for fall planting. J. C. Wilborn?Has additional offerings of town and country property for your consideration. York Furniture Co.?Is showing new lines of art squares, rugs and mattings and want you to see them. The cotton crop has been showing xiirnA of improvement within the last week or two, but there has hardly been more Improvement than was naturally to be expected. It was Mr. W. J. Caveny to whom ur Rock Hill correspondent intended to refer last Friday as having returned from a trip to Georgia and Alabama. The printers got It W. J. Cherry. The mistake was ours. What about soma fireworks at King's Mountain the night before the dedication? They probably would not be out of place. If the committees are provided with the necessary means, we have no doubt that this suggestion will receive consideration. Thar* should be some kind of a local celebration of Labor Day on September 6. Labor Day has not yet received the recognition to which it is entitled, especially in these parts, and it is time that we were beginning to pay more attention to it. After all Labor Day deserves to rank with our most notable holidays. Congressman Finley went to the White House a few days ago to invite President Taft to stop over for a short time in Rock Hill during his proposed thrnneh South Carolina next fall. The president was unable to see Just how he could arrange the matter; but said he would give it further consideration. Roseman Hardy, colored, who lives on Mr. J. W. Y. Dickson's place, near Yorkville, brought to The Enquirer office last Saturday, a newly hatched chicken that had four legs, four wings, twenty toes and only one head. It was dead. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? There is a gradual increase In the freight receipts at the local depots. The receipts are considerably larger than they were at the same dates a year ago. ? Passenger travel over the Marion and Klngville branch of the Southern railway is heavier now than it has ever been before. ? It is Messrs. Dickson Bros., instead of Mr. Wm. Dickson, who have purchased the general merchandise business of Mr. W. W. Jenkins. The new firm consists of Messrs. Jos. G., James H. and Wm. S. Dickson. They are settled down at the Jenkins old - - - - - M -11 stand and will try to taice care or an the business that comes their way. TAKING 8HAPE. Judge Samuel W. McCall of Boston, for many years a member of congress from the Eighth Massachusetts district, has accepted an Invitation from the King's Mountain Chapter, D. A. R., to deliver the principal oration on the occasion of the King's Mountain Battle monument dedication on October 7, next. Judge McCall .Is one of the leading statesmen of Massachusetts, an historian of note, and In every respect a man well qualified to do Justice to the occasion. Miss Lesslle D. Wltherspoon, president of the King's Mountain Centennial association, has a letter also from Governor Malcolm R. Patterson of Tennessee, accepting the Invitation of the association and of the chapter to be present and deliver an address. There is reason to believe that the Tennesseeans, the North Carolinians, the Virginians and the Georgians, especially, are going to take marked interest in the occasion, and there are growing indications of stlli more widespread attention. MONUMENT ASSOCIATION Pursuant to a call published In the papers and notices sent through th? malls about forty people. Including members of the D. A. R. and representatives from different parts of the county, gathered In the court house at Yorkville this morning for the purpose of beginning organization work looking to a creditable and appropriate j?th/i vine's Mountain UCUiuaLiuu vi iiiv w ?? ? Battle monument on October 7, next. On motion Hon. J. S. Brice took the chair, and at his request Col. A. Coward explained the object of the meeting In a brief but intensely Interesting and stirring speech, In which he emphasized the glory and Importance of this batt'e, and reviewed the three previous memorial occasions there of which he had more or less Intimate knowledge. A committee consisting of Col. A. Coward. G. H. O'Leary, Geo. W. S. Hart and W. D. Grist was appointed to suggest a plan of organization and name the personnel of the same; but after consideration the committee decided that it would be best not to undertake such an Important work in such a hurried manner, and requested the meeting to allow it to proceed more at leisure and report later to the various committeemen selected and through the pubic press. This request was granted, and it was further ordered that the membership cf the committee be increased to five by the addition of Hon. J. S. Brice; that -1 * Ko nnnufUnfoH phnlr. V_/OI. A. V^unaiu WC vuiiniuuicu V?IM* man and that the chairman and two members should be sufficient for a quorum. It was further resolved that the committee be instructed to seek the co-operation of the patriotic people of adjoining counties of South Carolina, the states that were represented in the battle and of all American citizens to make the dedication ceremo niea worthy of the occasion. On motion it was resolved that the organization instituted and authorized at the meeting be known as the King's Mountain Monument association. There being no further business the meeting adjourned, with the understanding that the committee would get down to work at once and report as soon as possible. ADPr.lll 4TIVF MARKET. The developments In the speculati.ve market yesterday were summarized In an Associated Press dispatch of last night from New York as follows: Rains in the southwest gave the bears additional courage in the cotton market today and prices were depressed to the lowest point they have reached since the publication of the August bureau, with January 11.79, or 91 points below the high level of last Monday. The market closed steady at a net decline of 15 to 19 points. The opening was easy at a decline of 13 to 19 points In response to the weak cables and the reports of rain In Texas over Sunday. The Initial decline caught some large stop loss orders but the bear leaders appeared to be taking profits on part of that line, and fluctuations during the early session were irregular. The official details of Texas weather confirming the earlier reports of rain from previous sources, and the western belt forecast for partly cloudy to unsettled weather, encouraged bear pressure later, however, and at the low point, the market showed a net loss of 20 to 24 points. Covering caused a rally of 4 to 6 points toward the close, but the undertone continued very serious and unsettled. Local authorities did not consider that the I rii.lnn renorted so far In Texas would ba of any actual benefit to the crop, unless followed by further showers and of lower temperatures, but the rains discouraged recent buyers. According to private cables the Liverpool market was Influenced by the rain reports and favorable crop accounts from other sections of the belt but was sustained at the decline by continental buyers. Receipts at the ports today 1,200 against 1,699 last week and 3,963 last year, For the week 12,000 against 9,058 last week and 24,038 last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans 14 bales against 991 last year, and at Houston 283 bales against 2,402 last year. PRE8. PERRITT TO FARMERS. In assuming his duties as president of the State Farmers' Union, to which office he was elected at the recent state convention, Mr. A. J. A. Perrltt of Darlington, gave out the following: "In assuming the duties of presi (lent or tne farmers orgumzauun ui South Carolina, I feel profoundly the great responsibility and opportunities that lie out before me. I now become the public servant of an organized body of men looking to the full -development and betterment of every enterprise and interest that is in accord with the principles of equity and justice. To this end, I invoke the hearty co-operation of every man in South Carolina, but more especially do I plead for the assistance of every man of that distinguished and representative body of planters, who, in convention, assembled, did, on July 30th, thrust this responsibility upon me. I fully appreciate the honor, duties and difficulties that must attend the efforts of any one In educating and organizing the planters of South Carolina, so that they may know best how to advance and protect their interests. I plead for sympathy and co-operation from men in other walks of life, because agricultural prosperity means progress and vitality to every other line of business. "The machinery to fertilize, cultivate and market our products is too complex and expensive, and to insure success to our various enterprises, must be simplified and reduced to a minimum of expense. "Let our organization press home material into the field, study the principles set forth In the preamble of our constitution, relying upon personal effort, regardless of ridicule, harsh criticism or the lack of confidence reposed in our ability and intelligence hv nthopa and the time is at hand i when our planters will be that happy contented people, will be that exponent of power and prosperity which have always and will ever give life, energy and purpose to the callings and professions of all men. "We know that it is impossible to enlist the support and allegiance of all the planters, for this cannot be accomplished with any class or profession of men; but by carefully studying our needs and weak points we will soon exercise a power that will stop the leaks that have so long drained us of our just earnings, amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars. This saved to the planters will bring a degree of contentment and prosperity that the south has not enjoyed for over half a century. "I desire to be in close touch with every local organization in the state. Hence I welcome suggestions and inquiries from every part of the state. Of course there are many questions I cannot answer?there are many of our plans that no sane business man would dare divulge. There are many of our difficulties that we have yet to plan for that we may overcome them, and, by co-operation and continually and persistently acquiring concrete knowledge of our interests, we can forge to the front and occupy that rank In our religious, social, intellectual and financial spheres that will command that respect and esteem which was accorded our fathers In ante-bellum days. "Let every county president, as well as others, aid me to get In touch with willing, able and influential workers In their respective counties. The only way through which I hope to shake off the shackles of ignorance, doubt, suspicion and fear is by concert of action by every South Carolinian who desires permanent prosperity." BASEBALL NOTES. The financial end of the games on Friday and Saturday afternoon showed up decidedly better than the game on Thursday. If the Yorkvllle ball club would do more team work, the results would probably be better. The same players do not play enough together to do their best work. Anyway, if Forest City did defoYorkvllle in three straights, it must be admitted that the games were in teresting, and furnished some gooa sport to Yorkville lovers of the game. The Forest City players said that there were more ladles out to see the ball games here than at any place they had yet visited. The presence of ladies certainly adds interest and pleasure to the sport. The second of the three games between Forest City and Yorkville baseball teams was pulled off Friday afternoon, with a good crowd in attendance and light showers interfering to some extent with the game. The | game was not especially interesting, as the visitors had it well in hand from the beginning, owing to the weakness of the locals in the pitchers' [ box. The pitching for the home team | was divided out, three slingers taking | turns on the job, none of whom made any special claims to being able to hold the visitors down to the point where it could be considered a pitcher's battle. However, with this disadvantage to contend with, the locals did the best they could. The final score was 15 to 8 in favor of the visitors. The game on Saturday was more like the real article and proved to be a very interesting contest, both to spectators ana me visiting 0^51^gatlon. With the visitors at the bat In the first half of the first Inning:, they seemed to have things going: their way, and before the home team found themselves, the Tarheels had circumnavigated the race course to the tune of eight runs, but they were finally sent to the pasture to browse In the long grass and then the real game began. It looked as though the locals could hardly overcome the big lead but they went at it with the determination to make those eight runs look like defeat, and they very nearly accomplished the trick. With good work with the stick, snappy base running and fast fielding, the locals ran up their score to seven, giving the game to the Tarheels by only a single run. The turn for the better on the part of Yorkville was largely due to the faultless box work of Anderson, whose fine pitching caused a large number of the visitors to fan the atmosphere without bruising the ball; the catching of Betts, and the batting of Stevenson. When Stevenson would come to bat, the Forest City twlrler knew that the batter would hit the ball In the solar plexus in such a way that It meant a score If there were any runners on the bases, and he used every trick possible to prevent his hitting, except rolling it on the ground. Had the game continued an inning longer, it Is probable that the locals would have won the final heat of the series. The Yorkvllle team went to GafTney yesterday morning for a series of three games. The first game resulted in defeat for Yorkvllle by the score of 9 to 5. Grady Faris, second baseman for Yorkvllle, knocked a home run. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Mary Frew of Rock Hill, is visiting friends In Yorkvllle. Miss Gerald Lowry of Yorkvllle is visiting friends In Rock Hill. Miss Cora Kuykendal of Rock Hill, is visiting friends In Yorkvllle. Mr. Wallace Marshall of Yorkvllle, is visiting relatives In Winnsboro. Miss Annie Pegram of Yorkvllle, is visiting friends in Rock Hill this week. Miss Margaret Marshall left this morning to spend some time at Edgemont, N. C. Miss Saye Stevenson of Beersheba, is visiting Miss Maud Smith in Hickory Grove. Miss Belle Smith of Hickory Grove, spent last week with Miss Janie Craig in Lancaster. Miss Julia Smith returned home Friday after a visit of several weeks to relaUves Jn Union. _ Mr. K. sianey Mcconneii or xne Enquirer's staff, 1b away on & vacation for ten days or two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Willis and Mrs. Marcella Willis of Yorkvllle left this evening for Glenn's Springs. Mrs. L. H. Ferguson and little son, William Scott, of Taylors, are visiting the family of Mr. J. B. Scott Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rhyne of Shelby, N. C., are in Torkvllle on a visit to Mr. J. R. Kllllan's family. Miss Sudie Neely of Old Point, is the guest of Misses Daisy and Lottie Bell Simril, on Yorkvllle No. 7. Miss Anna Roddey Miller of Rock Hill, is visiting Misses Elizabeth Finley and Ola Allison In Yorkvllle. Congressman Flnley returned home from Washington last Sunday morning and will be at home until December. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hart and children of Columbia, are visiting the family of Mr. G. W. S. Hart In Yorkvllle. Miss Kitty Blair and nieces, Misses Margaret and Norma Strauss Grist are visiting the family of Mr. J. C. Blair at Blairsvllle. Misses Mary Marshall and Mary Love of Rock Hill, were the guests over Sunday of Mrs. J. Edw. Sadler at the Shandon. Misses Eliza and Mattie May Neville of Clinton, who have been visiting friends in Yorkvllle. left Saturday night for Rock Hill. Mrs. Jas. L. Moss and children, Miss Lucetta and Master Joseph, are visiting the family of Mr. E. M. Ford and other relatives in Qaston county, N. C. Mrs. H. J. Mills of Clover, was b'tten by a spider on Sunday. Her condition has been quite serious, but there is a decided Improvement this morning. Mr. C. B. Belts went over to Rock Hill on Sunday to see his brother, Mr. Lesslle Betts, who was slightly injured on a freight train at 8haron on Saturday. Mrs. R. J. Herndon and children. Miss Mary Fant and Master Joe, and Miss Mary Starr of Yorkvllle, left yesterday afternoon to visit Mrs. J. E. Elam, in Baskervllle, Va, Miss Ella Hall, who has been the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Eugenia Drakeford for the past two weeks, left Saturday for New York enroute to ner home at Villa Americana, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Spann of Sumter, are visiting Mr. Sp&nn's grand' ? TTT n moiner, Mrs. w. o. oiccic, m iviaville. Mr. Spann is to take the prlnclpalship of the Clover High school next session,' commencing work on August 31. He is exceptionally well equipped for the work in every particular that goes to make up a first-class teacher, and the Clover people are to be congratulated on having secured his services. Although he was in the town during but a few years of his early youth, Mr. John W. Hill of Waterbury, Conn., has very vivid recollections of Torkvllle. "One night, about the year 1842," he told the writer in Waterbury the other day, "I went to the Presbyterian church all by myself, and falling asleep during the service, was locked up in the building. It was after 12 o'clock when I awoke, and some little time before I was able to locate my whereabouts. Then I remember I was very much frightened; but finally I managed to climb out of a window and hustle for home. My father and mother had alarmed the village and everybody had been searching for me for hours. My dear old mother was overjoyed at my appearance; but it was not long until I was getting a scolding for all the uneasiness I had caused. It was all right, of course, after I had explained." The building in which Mr. Hill had his adventure was the one now occuoled as a residence by Mr. H. A. D. Neely*s family. Mr. Hill also has In the centre of his forehead quite a noticeable scar that he took away from nere. tie goc u as the result of a stubbed toe and fall while running' a foot race with a little negro slave boy. LOCAL LAC0NIC8. Until January 1, 1910. We will send The Yorkvllle Enquirer from this date till January 1, 1910 for 78 cents. Winners of Winthrop Scholarships. Superintendent of Education McMackln has information from the Winthrop authorities that Miss May Coltharp of Fort Mill township, and Miss Julia Plexico of Sharon, have won the two beneficiary scholarships to which York county is entitled at Winthrop. York County Leading. South Carolina Sunday-School Promoter for August: The Yorkvllle convention was one of the best we have ever attended; and, to add to its effectiveness, The Yorkvllle Enquirer devoted about twenty columns in rv tLo oAnimntlnn tVina civ Wilting up 111C VUIIWIIMVas, V.W 0. . ing the speeches of the convention in printed form to its thousands of readers. From about $117 In 1908 their contributions for the county and state work Jumped to $277, and they are meeting the installments on their pledge to the state work as they fall due. The county officers are busy people, but they take a little time every day for the Sunday-school association work, and that same system carried through all their work accounts for their splendid success. Negro Homicide In Bethel. Burris Garrison shot and killed George. ailas Zlnk Mason, at a negro church at Nannie's mountain last Sunday afternoon. Both are negroes. Coroner Louthian held an Inquest with E. VV. Joy as foreman of the Jury; but was unable to develop a great many particulars about the killing beyond the fact that during the progress of a general row, Mason struck Garrison with a rock and Garrison shot him in the stomach with a pistol. Mason lived about two hours after the shooting. Garrison undertook to run away: but was overtaken by a phone message, and arrested by Magistrate T. J. Glenn near Tirzah. Supervisor of Census. An Associated Press dispatch from Beverly, Mass., says that appointments of supervisors of census will be announced this week: but SDecial cor respondents say there will "be no announcements until September. Among the leading applicants for the position of supervisor of census in the Fifth congressional district are I. H. Norris of Yorkville, Republican; John Porter Hollis of Rock Hill, and Dr. R. L. Douglas of Rodman, Democrats. Each of these applicants have strong backing; but as to who will succeed in making a landing remains to be seen. The Enquirer Is informed that there are quite a number of other applicants for the position In the district, mostly Democrats: but has no list of the names. ROCK HILL HAPPENINQ8. Sudden Death?Handsome New Bank Building?Tha Polioe DepartmentTexas Crops Personal and Other ^ Notes. iXjircHDMytaxa of tl? Yorkrill* Knoulra*. Rock Hill, August 10.?Tour correspondent has Just learned of the rather sudden death last Wednesday of the 16-year-old son of Mr. L. A. Bart, a farmer residing in the Smith's Turn- # out community. It is thought that his death waa due to some stomach trouble. Ground was broken Monday afternoon for the foundation of the fourstory bank and office building for the People's National Bank and Trust cor lpany on Main street The building will have a pressed brick and stone front with terra cotta floors and steel frame, and will be quite a credit to the city and the Institution erect ing it A called meeting1 of the city council was held Saturday morning for the purpose of acting on the resignation of Mr. Frank Allen of the police force. Council accepted the resignation and # Mr. Tom Jenkins, who has been in the employ of the Victoria mill, was appointed to fill the vacancy on the force until September 1st, at which time the regular election will be held. It Is understood that there will be Quite a number of applicants for the plaoe. 4 There have been rumors afloat to the 1 effect that there would be a "shakeup" in the head of the police department when the election comes off, but they have all been without foundation and probably originated from the fact that Chief Partlow put council on notice the first of last month that he would not be an applicant for re-election at the present salary, 176 per month, and keep a horse and buggy, as he is now required to do. Council has adjusted this matter with Mr. Partlow, however, and It Is understood that he will stand for re-election In September. A very Interesting fact about the police department of Rock Hill is that it has been self-supporting for a number of years. A statement of cash receipts and disbursements of the city from December, 9, 1907, to December 31, 1908, twelve months and twentyone days, prepared by the American Audit company, shows that during the period covered, the fines from the police docket amounted to $4,401.85, and that the disbursements In this department. Including salaries, uniforms, horse-keep, dieting prisoners, janitor, Incidentals, and in fact every expense connected with the department, was $8,470.82, which gave the city a surplus of $731.0$, after paying all expenses of this department The rec- m ords show that the police department ^ has not cost the city anything for several yars. Quite a number of Rock Hill people attended the exercises In connection with the laying of the corner-stone of the new Baptist church at Harmony last Friday. The building will be completed before the end of the year If the oresent plans carry, and it will be one of the most commodious and imposing 4 country churches In the state. It Is -A expected that the cost of the building will run close to $10,000. Mr. W. A. Sharps, who was called to Pottsboro, Tex, about six weeks ago on account of the death of his father, r>anfaIn T C Rhunfl farmer TMl. dent of that city, returned Friday night Mr. Sharpe verifies all reports tliat have reached here in regard to the poor condition of the cotton crop in Texas. There had been some partial showers, but nothing like a general rain. In that state when Mr. Sharpe left for home last week. The last good rain fell some time in April and crops a e burning badly. The drought and h< winds are causing the cotton to ocen before the bolls mature and tl ere is no probability of a full crop b lng made. Mr. Sharpe also traveled over a portion of Oklahoma and far id conditions about the same In d that territory, with the exception of the small grain crop, which he was told very good. At. M. H. Reid, who went from Mecklenburg county, N. C., to Sacramento, Cal., about sixteen years ago, h.iS returned on a visit and is now.In N* this city, the guest of his cousin, Mr. * G. H. Freeman. Mr. Reid came by way of Smithvllle, In middle Texas, ar.d New Orleans, stopping over at ti e former place a few days with relatives. He too, gives a very discouraging report of crop conditions in Texas and the entire section of the cotton belt through which he passed. ? 4rs. V. B. McFadden, who suffered ' a paralytic stroke last fall, while having partially recovered, is not able to walk any yet without assistance and her physicians do not hold out much hope for a complete recoveryMr. E. B. Johnston, superintendent of the local office of the Life Insurance Company of Virginia, was called to Mt. Holly, N. C., Sunday, on account of the critical Illness of his father at that place. Mr. V. B. McFadden is visiting his sister, Mrs. E. P. Dillingham, In Atlanta, Oa. Mr. James, Newson and family and Mr. Qrover 'Newson of Tampa, Fla., arrived last week to spend a week or two at the home of their father, Mr. Wm. Newson, out on R. F. D. No. 6. Mr. J. B. Minter of Charlotte, spent Sunday with his brother, Mr. R. A. Minter, near this city, and is now visiting relatives In the Yorkville community. President D. B. Johnson and Hon. Jno. Porter Hollis go to Gaffney today to speak at the educational rally at Limestone college. 80UTH CAROLINA NEWS. j ? Mr. A. C. Floe of Lancaster county, was killed yesterday as the result of being thrown from a mule that was frightened by a bicycle. ? Columbia, August 7: Governor A nool Vino haan oolrO/l tn OShdmnonV /IIIIK7I <iao Uvvll fcV ?VVW?1? ?/ | President Taft on his trip down the " Mississippi river from St. Louis to New Orleans and will very probably accept. The invitation is extended to all senators, representatives and governors. ? President Taft left for his summer 1 home at Beverly, Mass., without giving out any intimation as to what he would do about the Florence postofflce matter. The probability is that things will remain as they are until next winter. In the meantime Joshua Wilson, the negro, continues to hold the fort ? A correspondent at Blacksburg has sent out a boll weevil alarm from that place. Last week a farmer took some black bugs to town in a bottle and said there was about a quarter of an acre of his crop infested. The bolls drop off the cotton stalk soon after it is attacked. ? Charleston Sunday News: The first bale of new cotton raised in South Carolina this year is on its way f to Charleston by express, consigned to F. W. Wagener & Co. It comes from Molair & Porter, of Barnwell. The cotton was grown by R. H. Luts. and the bale weighs 456 pounds. It is expected to reach Charleston Monday morning. Molair & Porter f snippea cne nrst Daie or new oouin Carolina cotton last year, F. W. Wagener & Co. having received It on August 10. ? Columbia special of August 7 to News and Courier: President Thomas F. Parker, of the Monaghan Mills at Greenville, Is prosecuting an Investigation Into the hook worm disease among his several hundred employees through a bright and capable young physlclun, the results of which will doubtless be of great Interest to mill managers and other employees of labor that come largely from the small farms in this and other southern states. A newspaper representative while In Greenville a few days ago, had a talk with a young physlclun, who modestly Insisted that his name be not used as he had not had enough experience to warrant his being set up as an expert, and was shown a number of patients being treated for the disease. The most striking and interesting, as well as encouraging feature of the work going on at Greenville, as It occurred to the Interviewer, was the rapid response of the patient to treatment and the assurance from the medical man that the worst cases could be A entirely freed from the disease within a few weeks. Another striking but discouraging feature was the apparent difficulty the Investigation and work meets from the mill operatives generally. So many of them resent being examined for the dls- ^ ease, and others don't like to be treated after it is discovered that