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Scraps and Jarts.
? Canea, Island of Crete, August 18:
The flagstaff of the Canea fort and
with It the Greek flag that has threatened
to bring about war between Turkey
and Greece, was brought down
this morning by a well directed shot
flred by one of the parties of blue
jackets landed early this morning
from the international squadron anchored
in Canea harbor. On receipt
of the warning from the representatives
of the powers, the government
took severe measures to prevent interference
by Cretans with the landing
party. At 2 o'clock this morning all
the houses dominating the fortress
were occupied by militia who were instructed
to consider that a temporary
state of siege was in existence. The
civil authorities found these measures
absolutely necessary to prevent armcivilians
from endeavoring to frus
trate the removing of the Greek flag
by the international forces. The
speedy withdrawal of the greater portion
of the landing party after the flag
was removed, has greatly helped to restore
calm and It is hoped no further
trouble will occur.
? Charlotte, N. C.. August 18: The
Mecklenburg Agricultural conference
has been organized here for the purpose
of holding annually, a conference
at which subjects of vital importance
to the farmers of the Piedmont section
of North and South Carolina will
be discussed by the highest authorities
on the given subjects in the country.
The first conference will be held
September 1, and the subjects to be
discussed then have been selected as
follows: "Soil Renovation and Restoration,
Including the growing of
Legumes and Cattle-Raising," "The
Rural Telephone," and "The Growing
"" ** ? " Qanotnr
or small ununi). iwuugu
Lee 8. Overman the services of Dr.
Seaman A. Knapp and Dr. W. J. Spillman,
of the United States department
of agriculture, have been secured as
speakers, and the programme Is not
yet complete. A first class brass band
will be secured to furnish music on
the occasion and everything will be
done for the comfort of the crowd.
The conference will be held in the auditorium
and between 2,600 and 3,500
farmers and business men are expect*
ed to attend.
? A bill has been introduced in the
Alabama legislature by Representative
Thompson, to prevent the sale of cocacola
or "any drink or syrup containing
caffeine." The bill makes violation
of its provisions a misdemeanor punishable
with a fine of from S100 to
3500 and chalngang sentence of six
months. The bill is as follows: A bill
to be entitled an act to prohibit the
sale, giving away or otherwise disposing
of coca-cola, or any substitute,
therefor, or the selling, giving away
or otherwise disposing of any drink
containing cafTeine. Seel 1. Be it enacted
by the legislature of Alabama,
That it is hereby unlawful for any
person to sell, offer for sale or to give
away or otherwise dispose of cocacola
in the shape of drinks or syrup
in Alabama; or to sell, offer for sale,
give away or otherwise dispose of a
substitute for coca-cola by any name
whatsoever, or to sell, give away or
offer for sale or otherwise dispose of
any drink or syrup containing caffeine.
Any person violating the provisions
of this act shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be punished by a fine of not less
than $100 nor more than $500 for
each offense, and may also be sentenced
to hard labor for six months.
? New York, Augupt J9: Thirtyeight
aeroplanes have been entered in
the aviation competitions which will
commence next Sunday at Rhelms,
and further Information received today
from abroad indicates that all
records for long distance flights will
fall. The names of the pilots for the
various aeroplanes, which will compete
for the prizes, have not yet been
announced. Besides the valuable cups
which have been offered for the
events, 200,000 francs have been put
up as prizes. Aviation week at Rhelms
will open next Sunday with the French
elimination races for the International
aviation cup, offered by James Gordon
Bennett, and the Aero club of France
will select three puois, mailing inchest
flights, to represent it in the big
race. The distance is twenty kilometers,
or twice around the aerodrome.
The final contest for the Bennett club
will take place on August 28. Besides
the elimination ract for the Bennett
cup on Sunday, there will be the opening
contests for the Prix de La Vitesse,
which is a distance of thirty kilometres,
and four prizes will be distributed
to the machines making the
best time around the course. Six
prizes will be awarded to six aeroplanes
traveling the longest distance
without re-charging. All through the
week contests for these various prizes
will be held and the flights will take
place between 10 o'clock in the morning
and 7 in the evening.
? It is announced that Lord Kitchener,
the conqueror of the Mahdi
and the commanding officer whose
iron hand quenched the last spark of
South African indeoendence. has been
recalled from India, where he has
held the position of commander-inchief
of the English forces for five
years, to become Inspector general of
the English troops in the Mediterranean.
In this capacity Lord Kitchener
will enjoy general supervision over
all the English troops in Egypt as
well as of the garrisons at Gibraltar,
Malta and elsewhere. The position is
considered, perhaps the most important
in the whole English army and
was recently held by the duke of Connaught,
the brother of the king. Upon
assuming his duties Lord Kitchener
will be promoted to the highest grade
In the English army, that of Field
Marshal. It is also stated that he is
the youngest English officer who ever
attained this rank. He is just fiftynine
years of age and is reported to |
have all the vigor of a man of forty.
It Is claimed by English writers that
Lord Kitchener is today the ablest
soldier now ready to take the field anywhere
In the world. Lord Roberts
and Lord Wol'sey, both of Great Britain,
are soldiers of merit, bi't both
are now verging on fourscore, and
neither will ever command another
army In the field. All the great men
of the Franco-Prussian war are dead.
Russia did not produce even one soldier
of unusual merit in her war with
Japan, unless it was Gen. Kodorodentko,
who fell inside the defenses at
Port Arthur. In Japan, Marshal Oyama,
Is now an old man. Some of the
other army commanders are still vigorous,
however. Gen. Nogo, we believe,
Is dead, but Gen. Kuroki and
Gen. Nodzu still command Japanese
troops in Korea. The history of the
Russia-Japanese war has not yet been
written full enough to allow the world
to judge just who were the generals
to whose skill the astonishing set of
victories was attributable. ?t Is certain,
however, that somebody on the
Japanese side performed military
feats on a larger scale and in a more
brilliant fashion than Lord Kitchener
has ever had an opportunity to show.
It takes a great war to produce a really
great soldier. The wars in which
| Lord Kitchener distinguished himself
were only skirmishes as compared to
the titanic struggles that resulted in
Lee and Von Moltke and Oyama.
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Entered at the Postofflce in YorkvllJe
as Mall Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVIULE. S. O.t
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20,1909.
It Is getting pretty dry In the lower
part of the state.
The most significant thing about
the dispensary elections last Tuesday
Is that they were participated In only
by registered voters.
During all of Its existence, we have
never yet seen any evidence that the
South Carolina dispensary had the
support of a majority of the people of
the state.
Secretary Wilson estimates the
value of the cops raised in the United
States last year at $7,778,000,000. This
Is an Increase over 1897 of 1920,000,000.
The value of the corn crop alone last
year was $1,615,000,000, "sufficient,"
Secretary Wilson says, "to dig the
Panama canal and buy fifty battleships."
Our esteemed friend, the Charlotte
Chronicle, remarks that the dedication
exercises at King's Mountain are to
have a "truly rustic setting." That is
quite true; but since old Ferguson insisted
on trying to make his last
stand in the woods, instead of putting
up at a nice hotel, such as he might
have found in Charlotte, we will have
to take things as we have found them
and make the most of them.
The fact that the Cretans offered
no resistance to the cut lng down of
the Greek flag seems to Indicate that
all they want Is protection from the
Turks. When the forces of the allied
powers, which had occupied Canae
since 1897, were withdrawn during the
latter part of last month, the Turks
resumed sway and that move aroused
the Cretans almost to desperation. So
long as the allies will continue to occupy
Canea there will be no trouble.
It looks now as If the general assembly
will, at Its next session, enact
a state-wide prohibition law. The
fact that so many counties have declared
for prohibition as agilnst the
dispensary, will no doubt have a
strong influence in causing the general
assembly to vote prohibition on
those counties which, by majority
votes have said that they did not
want it. We are afraid the politics, the
turmoil and the strife connected with
the whole subject are not yet over.
The American Prison association In
session at Seattle, Washington, has
agreed upon the following as a part of
the report of the committee on criminal
law reform:
"Nothing In the administration of
criminal law is so Impressive as swiftness
and certainty. Consequently,
nothing so describes it in the minds of
the public as lame and halting proce
dure in the trial courts and disagreement
of juries and delays and reversals,
for apparently technical reasons,
on appeal. Such things weaken public
confidence in the administration of
the law, discouraging sheriffs, police
and prosecuting officers and encourage
criminals and increase crime."
It is generally impossible for anybody
to do anything that somebody
else cannot kick about; but as we see
it. the trouble Involving President
Mell at Clemson college has been settled
in a way that ought to meet with
general approval. In tendering his
resignation. President Mell did the
right thing, and the trustees did the
right thing in accepting the same, as
well as in making the changes that
President Mell suggested in the bylaws
governing the college. But will
everybody now be satisfied? We
hardly think so. The resignation incident
seems to have developed that
after all President Mell is the very
best man for the place and many
thoughtful men will now insist that
just as he was right in tendering his
resignation, and Just as the trustees
were right In accepting the same, there
should be some public pressure
brought to bear to secure a reconsideration
of the whole business. President
Mell is the best head that Clemson
has had and it will be difficult to
find his superior for the place.
DREADFUL PELLAGRA.
Common Belief That It Originates
From Diseased Corn.
Some idea of the professional interest
that is being taken in the new disease,
pellagra, may be inferred from
the fact that at the meeting of the
county association at Abbeville on
Friday, physicians were present from
many of the nearby towns and counties.
There were eight physicians
present. That shows the professional
interest. There were fourteen patients
present. Thai shows the prevalence
of the disease to some extent.
The discussions were all on this one
subject; but they amounted to little
more than narrations of cases, for it
appears that the doctors are just as
much at sea now as they were when
the disease was first noticed, a hun
dred or more years ago, in the old
country.
The cause is attributed to the eating
of maize or Indian corn?supposed to
be in a damaged state. One physician.
Dr. R. B. Epting of Greenwood, at the
Abbeville meeting, stated that he had
made experiments in several cases that
he had treated that seemed to verify
this theory. When a patient would
show signs of improvement or convalescence,
he would give him corn bread
to eat, and the bad symptoms would
return invariably. This was not in one
or two cases, but in several.
The conviction is general among
the physicians the world over that the
disease comes from damaged corn.
Where damaged corn Is most common
the disease is most common also. For
instance. 111 rmumaniu mere are tu.vuu
cases; in Italy 30.000; in Spain 20,000
?confined almost entirely to the poorer
classes, who eat maize in a damaged
state. In fact, the more prosperous
classes do not eat corn ^read in
European countries; one can travel
through them all, stopping at hotels
and at the houses of the well-to-do,
and never see a particle of corn bread.
But the very poor eat It, because It Is
cheap. And they do not know how to
grow it or to care for It after it is
grown. They sow it thick in drills
and then cut it green and take little
Intelligent care of it. so that, it has
become soured and mouldy when they
eat It. Large quantities of corn go
to Europe from this country, and is
bought and eaten over there by the
poor on account of its being so much
cheaper than wheat.
A good deal of the corn that comes
to this eastern section of the United
States from the west Is not fit to eat.
Sometimes, as the farmers know, It
kills horses and mules. No doubt
much of the meal that comes from the
west Is made from that kind of corn.
Two things are impressed upon us
by the spread of this dreadful disease:
One is that we of the south should
raise our own corn for food.
The other Is, that our state law ror
the inspection of foodstuffs should be
rigidly enforced. A few years ago
the legislature passed a pure food
law. Introduced and carried through
by Dr. Wyche, of this county. Something
ought to be done to see that its
provisions are carried out.?Newberry
Observer.
. MERE-MENTION.
The pope of Rome took his first
automobile ride on Sunday last in a
car presented by American Catholics.
He Is said to have enjoyed the experience
It is reported in New York
that E. H. Harriman has an option on
the Vanderbilt holdings of the New
York Central railroad. If he takes
advantage of the option it will cost
him $75,000,000 Thos. A. Edison
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nas JUSl pericuicu a maviuuc ??.
breaking large boulders Into sizes
suitable for the ordinary rock crusher.
Secretary of the Treasury McVeagh
Is contemplating the redemption
of all paper money now In circulation
and issuing in its stead, money
with the same portrait on all bills of
the same denomination and of uniform
color, so as to make each denomination
distinctive. He is also considering
the idea of reducing the size
of the bills about one-fourth... .The
taxable property gain in Georgia for
the year 1909 over 1908, is in excess
of $18,000,000 Seven men and
three women were seriously hurt and
property to the value of $100,000 was
destroyed at Cleveland, O., Monday,
by an explosion of natural gas......
Macon Broome, son of State Senator
Broome 01 yuincy, r ia., is unuer arrest
in New York, on charges of forgery
committed in Atlanta, Ga
Yale university is preparing to build
a great stadium at New Haven, Conn.,
it is to cost $600,000 and will be used
for all kinds of games. It will seat
60,000 people....At the twenty-third
annual convention of the National
Fraternal congress, in session in Boston
this week, the president announced
that the fraternal insurance in
force in the United States today totals
$8,000,000,000 Emily Jones, a
New York cook, is suing her former
employer, a glove manufacturer, for
$100,000 damages, in that he was the
cause of her losing her eyesight, and
thereby lessening her chances of matrimony
E. H. Rice and his sister-in-law,
Mrs. A. Smith, fought a
pistol duel on the streets of Orange,
Tex., Monday. Rice is in a hospital
with' three bullet wounds in his body.
Mrs. Smith is in jail. The duel was
the result of domestic troubles
August Sporen, 18 years old, was
drowned in the Niagara Falls whirl
pool on Monday. With a party of
friends he was bathing above the
rapids and got too far out to get back.
....... .The comptroller of the currency
at Washington has sent out orders
to bank examiners to make lists of
the stockholders In all national banks.
The information is wanted for the
use of the monetary commission appointed
by congress At many
places throughout the middle west,
Monday was the hottest day in years.
Numerous towns and cities report a
temperature of 100 and over At
Pittsburg, Pa., on Monday, a marriage
license was Issued to Mrs. Evelina
Hall, aged 81, to Robert B. Wright,
aged 51 years. Mrs. Hall's son, aged
62, made affidavit that his mother was
of "legal age." Philadelphia surgeons
on Monday performed an operation
on a man who complained of
"mysterious pains that kept him from
sleeping," and removed three small
frnm frnm hia atnmnoh Two in
dictments have been returned by the
grand jury of New York against Donald
L. Persoh, the young note broker,
who 13 charged with disposing of collateral
which did not belong to him.
He is held under $50,000 bond
At Camp Perry, O., on Monday, J. H.
Hingle, of the United States marine
corps, broke the world's record with
a rifle at 800, 900 and 1,000 yards,
making seven shots at each distance
and scoring 105 points, which was all
that could be scored. The best previous
record was 104 polnta.? . .. .Two
Chicago school boys on Tuesday completed
a trip around the world In forty-one
days. This Is the best roundthe-world
record to date By
concessions being made by both sides
the strike of hat makers in New York
and New England has been brought
to an end after seven months. About
20,000 hat makers will be given work.
The New York police have secured
clues which lead them to believe
that the death of Bow Kum, the
Chinese woman whose dead body was
found Sunday, is due to a secret war
between the Chinese tongs of that city.
Madar Dhingo, an East Indian
student, who on July 1, assassinated
Sir Curzon Wyllie and Dr. Lallaca,
during a public reception in London,
was hanged Tuesday for the crime...
Glasgow, Scotland, was visited by a
$1,250,000 fire on Tuesday. Much of
V* Hi i at naoa nnrtlnn r\f t H a r*{ txr tvaa
destroyed Will C. Bruce was arrested
at Montgomery, Ala., Saturday
night on a charge of being drunk. He
afterwards confessed to the police that
he was wanted in Nashville, Tenn.,
for a murder committed in 1898 and
admitted his guilt The legislature
of Alabama has formally given
its approval to the proposed amendment
of the constitution of the United
States providing for income taxation.
ravira loctci, a young woman, ii
years of age, probably fatally shot D.
R. "Watson, cashier of the Georgia railroad
freight office at Augusta, Ga..
Wednesday afternoon. The woman said
that she loved Watson and that he
had thrown her over, as she believed,
for another woman. She was placed
in jail The first bale of 1909
cotton sold at Montgomery, Ala.,
Wednesday, brought 30 cents a pound
to Its owner Major J. F. Manson
president of the Central of Georgia
railroad Is being sued for divorce
by his wife, who charges cruelty, infidelity,
etc Mrs. Augusta Crlsanti,
an Italian woman of New York,
stabbed her husband to death Wednesday,
after he had picked her up in
an attempt to throw her from a
fourth story window. Jealousy was
the cause of the tragedy....A Georgia
insurance company has applied
for a charter in that state, and announces
that it will only insure total
abstainers The postoffice department
will issue 2,000,000 2-cent
etnmnQ In pnmmpmfirntlnn nf thp
Hudson-Fulton celebration which Is to
be held in New York September 25 to
October 5... The railroads entering
Chicago have announced plans for
the erection of a new union station In
that city to cost $25.000,000 The
coal production of the United States
for the year 1908 was 415,842,698
short tons, having a value of $532,314,117.
The 1907 production was
480,363,424 short tons having a value
of $614,798,898 American financiers
are to receive an allotment of
one-fourth of the $30,000,000 railway
bonds to be issued by the Chinese government
in behalf of the HankowSze-Chuen
railway. The other threefourths
going to British, German and
French bankers. This is the first time
that American financiers have participated
in a Chinese government loan.
me Desi woven wire xencing on me
market.
Q. W. Sherer?Is ready to furnish you
with the best beef, vegetables and
produce. He wants your trade.
Thomson Co.?Calls the especial attention
of men to the good qualities
of Crossett shoes. 'They make
life's walk easy."
Farmers who have not already done
so, should now begin to examine their
corn with a view to seed selection and
while they are about it, they should
take out of their fields all the stalks
that show signs of disease.
The crops along the Howell's Ferry
road, between Yorkvllle and the fourmile
post, are hardly up to those on
the Rutherford road to the six-mile
post. Kotn roaas are ratner oenina
what is to be seen on the King's
Mountain road. The prospects, however,
are generally up to a pretty satisfactory
standard.
The' conspicuous body so readily
noticeable in the east between 9 and
10 o'clock at night is the planet Mars.
Not only is it now the most luminous
object in the heavens but its color is
peculiar, in that it is of a distinctly
ruddy hue. Venus is the mistress of
the western sky, rising early in the
twilight. Mars will continue to be
conspicuous for several months, its
greatest brilliancy being reached in
September. It has been moving apparently
eastward in the heavens since
the first of the month but in a few
days, astronomers say, that it will take
a course westward by south and continue
in that apparent direction until
about the end of October when it will
resume its eastward direction. This
seeming change in course gives these
heavenly bodies so acting the name of
planets, meaning to wander. A glance
into the eastern sky any night will
repay anyone, for, on account of the
absence of the moon, the milky way
and the various constellations, aside
from the planets are visible in all
their glory.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? W. W. Miller of Rock Hill, is doing
the engineering work on Congress
street, and it is his purpose to make
as thorough a job of it as possible.
Charlotte Observer: A marriage
that will be of interest to their many
friends in this city and elsewhere occurred
last night at the home of the
bride's sister, Mrs. George Hamilton,
when Miss Bernlce Duncan beoame
the bride of Mr. Ira Parks Ranson.
? The J. I. Case road engine was
taken to the northern outskirts of
Yorkvllle yesterday to do some demonstration
work on the King's Mountain
road. An Oliver plow hitched to
the machine, tore up the road, a scraper
put it in shape and the heavy road
roller packed it down nicely. The
demonstration was quite satisfactory.
BIG FARMERS' INSTITUTE.
There la to be a Farmers' Institute
In the court house at Yorkville on
September 6, 7 and 8, that will be
worth the while of all farmers of the
county who will be able to make It
convenient to attend.
The Institute Is to be given under
the auspices of the bureau of Plant
Industry, of the national department
of agriculture, and Mr. C. J. Hughes,
agent for the Farmers' Cooperative
Demonstration work in York county,
has been advised of the programme so
far as it has been arranged.
Among the speakers who are booked
for the occasion are:
Mr. C. H. Kyle, of the bureau of
Plant Industry, who will speak on
Corn Breeding and the Selection of
Seed Corn.
Mr. E. B. Boykln, of the bureau of
Plant Industry, in charge of the work
at Lamar, Darlington county, who
will speak on Cotton Breeding and the
a* Caa/I paf?nn
OCiCUllun wi tjcru wiiwii.
Mr. O. B. Martin, former superintendent
of education, who will speak
on the School Boys' Corn Club Work.
Mr. A. G. Smith, of the bureau of
Plant Industry, division of Farm
Management, will speak on Leguminous
Crops.
Mr. R. R. Welch of the Dairy Division
of the bureau of Plant Industry,
will speak on Live Stock and
Dairying.
The Hon. A. F. Lever, member of
congress from the Seventh district, Is
to be invited to speak on the 7th instant,
and Hon. E. J. Watson, commissioner
of agriculture and labor. Is
to be invited to speak on the 6th or
8th.
All of the gentlemen named are
men of unusual ability, and experts
in their respective lines, and their addresses
will be full of valuable instruction,
well worth the while of those
who give their attendance and pay
careful attention.
SPECULATIVE MARKET.
Following are the developments In
the speculative market yesterday as
summarized In a New York dispatch
of last night:
Continued dry, hot weather in the
south and bullish private cron ac
counts did not stimulate demand sufficiently
to maintain an early advance
in today's cotton market, and the
close was steady, net 4 points lower to
2 points higher, generally a point or
two higher on the active months. The
opening was steady at an advance of
3 to 5 points and the market soon
sold 9 to 10 points net higher on covering
and bull support inspired by
steady cables and a renewal of very
bullish reports from the southwest.
Realizing was heavy at the advance
and while there was no change in the
character of the crop news, or in
weather conditions beyond indications
for somewhat lower temperatures in
the southwest, the market gradually
eased off and was unsettled In the later
trading when there was a renewal
of local bear pressure. The close was
within 2 or 3 points of the lowest.
The action of the market seemed to
be discouraging to recent small buyers
who were liquidating on fears
that failure to maintain advances
with the encouragement of sensationally
bullish crop accounts and in the
absence of spot pressure, argued the
possibility of a sharp break shoulu
the weather turn better, or when the
new crop began to move in volume.
The character of the present crop
news is preparing the trade to see a
very bullish September condition report
early next month and local authorities
claim that the maximum
temperature reported in central and
western sections of the belt are averaging
higher than ever before in their
experience. Southern spot markets
officially reported early were unchanged
to i cent higher.
Receipts at the ports today 3,846
against 1,828 bales last week and 7,292
bales last year. For the week
16,000 bales against 11,058 bales last
weeK ana ?3,9uy Daies ia?i year. iuday's
receipts at New Orleans 10
bales against 464 last year. At Houston
1,833 bales against 6,733 last
year.
FOR KING'S MOUNTAIN.
Up to this date the following subscriptions
have been reported to Mrs.
O. H. O'Leary, treasurer, In response
to the request of the King's Mountain
Chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, for funds to be
used for entertainment and other
necessary purposes, on the occasion of
the dedication of the battle monument
on October 7. The committee desires
as much money as it can get up to
several thousand dollars, with the understanding
that any surplus over
and above what may be necessary for
dedication occasion, will be used for
the erection of a pavilion for the accommodation
and comfort of future
visitors to the battlefield.
K. M. Chapter D. A. R. $ 60 00
8. M. McNeei 10 00
G. H. O'Leary 10 00 i
Miss L. D. WItherspoon 10 00
Yorkville Enquirer 6 00
Harry McCaw 5 00
W. I. Wltherspoon 5 00
Miss M. M. Moore 6 00
Miss Annis O'Leary 6 00
Thos. F. McDow 2 50
J. A. Tate 2 50
Dr. J. H. Saye 2 50
J. C. Plonk, Cherokee Flails 5 00
Mrs. S. M. McNeel 5 00
J. C. Evlna, Spartanburg 3 00
N. B. Bratton, Outhriesvllle... 3 00
Mason Bratton, Outhriesvllle.. 2 00
Robt. Wltherspoon, Outhriesvllle 1 00
Cash 1 00
J. L. Ralney, Sharon 1 00
Mrs. G. H. O'Leary 6 00
Cash 1 00
Clarence Bratton, Palestine,
Texas 10 00
Mrs. O. El Wilkins 2 00
Mrs. R. C. Allein 1 00
J. A. Latta 5 00
Dr. R. A. Bratton 5 00
Mrs. Hattie White and sons,
Rock Hill 7 00
Miss Mary. White, Rock Hill.. 5 00
J. Edgar Poag, Rock Hill .... 5 00
E. W. Pursley, King's Creek.. 1 00
R. W. Whitesides, Smyrna.... 1 00
Miss Mamie Hughes, Union... 2 50
Window sale (D. A. R) 47 00
G. D. White, Charlotte 10 00
R. M. Bratton, Outhriesvllle... 5 00
Dr. W. M. Love, McConnells... 2 50
Mrs. W. B. Moore 5 00
Williamson Bros., Outhriesvllle 2 00
A. M. Haddon, Sharon 1 00
Mrs. R. Brandt, Athens, Ga.... 1 00
Total to date $267 50
All .subscriptions should be sent to
Mrs. O. H. O'Leary, Yorkvllle, S. C.
WORKING THE ROAD.
Although The ETnquirer has not had
an opportunity to make a personal Inspection
of the whole county, from
what this writer has seen and heard
during the past few days, there Is no
doubt of the fact that quite a lot of
road work has been done in all of the
different townships and much of it has
been very good, especially in comparison
with what the people have been ac
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8.
A. W. Smith, Administrator?Gives
notice that on September 20 he
will apply to the probate court for
final discharge as administrator of
the estate of J. N. Smith, deceased.
D. L. Shieder and M. B. Jennings,
Corporators?Give notice of the
opening of books of subscription to
the capital stock of the Shieder
Drug company at Finley & Jennings'
office on August 21.
Yorkville Hardware Co.?Has a full
line of builders' hardware and says
it will make you money-saving
prices uii v\ 11 txl yuu iimy nccu. 11
| wants to supply your hardware
wants.
First National Bank?Tells what
small savings will do toward building
up a competence. Start a savings
account with a dollar and add
to it regularly.
D. E. Boney, Manager?Calls your
attention to the promptness with
which the Farmers' Mutual Life
Insurance company pays its death
claims. Four local claims have
been paid within the past few
months.
Herndon & Gordon?Remind you of
the wide variety of goods they carry
in stock, including, groceries,
confectionery, hardware, etc. A
word to those who owe them.
Yorkville B. & M. Co.?Talks about
groceries and says it is headquarters
for flour, meal, lard, etc., new
and second-hand bagging and ties;
customed to.
During Thursday afternoon the
writer took a drive out the Howell's
Ferry road for a distance of about
four miles and thence back across to
the Rutherford road, and out to a
point about six miles from the court
house. Both roads show evidence of
quite a lot of good work which, though
not up to the. standard the county
must eventually set, is so much better
than has been seen on either of
them heretofore, and so generally
creditable, considering the amount of ,
labor and money available for each,
as to be really encouraging.
The work on the Howell's Ferry .
road, in Supervisor Black's township,
has been under the direction of W. T.
McClain, overseer. The Howell's Fer- .
ry road from Torkville to Hickory
Grove, is notoriously one of the hilllest
and roughest roads in the county. s
It is generally bad even in good weath- ,
er, ana to maito a imsi^uiMi? uuituci
road of it, would cost quite a lot of
money. This road, however, has been
very much improved. It has been remarkably
well ditched, and the dirt
has been pretty well thrown to the
centre. It could have been still further
improved by road scrapers and
rollers; but these were not available.
Altogether the road is better than it
has been for years.
The Rutherford road, although not
naturally as bad as the Howell's Ferry
road, has been in a very sorry condition
during a good many years past,
constantly growing worse instead of
hooor At last winter, it was
difficult to travel this road with an !
empty wagon; It was tedious and trying
even on horseback. Now the road ,
is ditched and thrown up in the middle
from the corporate limits of Yorkville
to the northeast corner of the township,
where it runs over into King's ^
Mountain township.
When it is stated that there has (
been a lot of work done on the two
roads mentioned above, it is meant (
that there has been a lot of work only
by comparison. The writer has not '
had an opportunity to get figures; but
Judges that the actual cost of the labor
has been small. There has been '
nothing to make much cost. The most
striking features of the work are the
good judgment and thoroughness that
are evident along the entire route. '
Reports from Bethesda township
and from Catawba and Ebenezer are 1
that the supervisors in those town- f
ships have all been doing excellent ,
work, and although the writer does I
not speak from actual inspection, '
from what he has seen he is satisfied
that there has been tremendous im- j
Drovement in these as well as In the <
other townships, Bethel, Fort Mill,
Broad River, King's Mountain and
Bullock's Creek.
Mr. J. Meek Pursley, supervisor of
King's Mountain township, was In
Yorkviile yesterday, and stated that
Overseer J. C. Pursley had gone on
with the Battleground road from the
King's Mountain road to the Goforth
place, within about a mile of the battleground.
There was only about $60
available for a stretch of some five
miles of pretty bad road, and although
the prospect was Improved very materially,
It was not as good as he would
like to have It. He thinks that If he
could have about $100 more to spend
on the worst part of this road he could
put It In very creditable shape.
Mr. W. B. Keller, the overseer who
wnrlroH (ho Rutherford road. Is now'
engaged on the King's Mountain road .
from the York township line to the :
King's Mountain township line. He 1
said a few days ago that It was his 1
purpose to try to construct about a ,
quarter of a mile of sand and clay *
road across the swampy place in the
road Just out of Yorkvllle. c
BIG TIME AT CLOVER.
Everybody who went to Clover on
Wednesday to attend the picnic announced
to be given under the auspices
of the Heptasophs, went with the
expectation of having a good time and
so far as the record goes none were
disappointed, and If there were any
It certainly was not the fault of the
committee In charge or of the people
of Clover generally. So far as the
weather was concerned It was all that
could have been desired?a typical
August day, clear and warm, yes hot,
but the crowd did not seem to mind
that.
It Is estimated that the crowd numbered
from 1,200 to 1,600, and they
came from all the surrounding country
and from various points up and
down the railroad, and commenced to
gather early in the day.
A# KooaKoll woo tVio laoHlnff
Ui. CUUIDC L/aocwuii ti?o vi?v
attraction. There were two games,
one In the forenoon and the other in
the afternoon. The morning game
was between a picked team representing
the Clover Cotton Mill and the
Begonia teams and although it was a
seven inning affair was greatly enjoy- ;
ed by the large crowd that witnessed
It. It was apparent almost from the
start that the mill team was outclass- :
ed by the visitors, but notwithstanding
this fact they made a plucky
tight and as a result the score at the
wind-up stood 5 to 4 in favor of the
visitors. The game was called at the
end of the seventh inning because of
the fact that the hour had arrived
for the delivery of speeches by several
invited speakers. The crowd repaired
to the grounds in the rear of
the Presbyterian church where
speeches were made by Congressman
D. E. Finley, Hon. T. B. Butler and
aniinifnr T V Honrv all avowed can
dldates for the position of representative
in congress from this district
at the election to take place in August,
1910, and Mr. J. B. Sloan, district
organizer for the Heptasophs.
The congressional candidates did
not have a great deal to say about
matters political, but addressed themselves
to the subject of fraternity, all,
of course, heartily approving of the
aims and objects of the Heptasophs,
and all other similar orders. Aftef
the speaking was over, dinner was
spread out and there was an abundance
for all, and to spare.
In the afternoon the second ball
game was called at about 3 o'clock.
The contest was between Lowryville
and Clover and although there were
a number of errors, especially on the
part of the visitors, the game was a
good one. At the close of the ninth 1
inning the score stood 7 to 4 in favor
of Clover. While it is generally con- 1
ceded that in no town anywhere is
there a larger population of baseball
enthusiasts than In Clover, It is safe
to say that no where do the ladles, '
old, young and little girls, display as
much interest and become as enthu- 1
siastic as ao tnose ai ciover, anu
their enthusiasm on Wednesday was
fully up to their average.
Taken all in all, the day was a
complete success and, there was not a
single Incident throughout to, in any
way, mar the pleasure of the occasion.
The Torkvllle Cornet Band was
on hand and dispensed high class
music at intervals throughout the
day.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Elizabeth Grist is vlstlng the
family of Mr. W. S. Leeslie at Lesslte. |
M. B. Jennings, Esq., went to Gaffney
yesterday on professional business.
Mr. F. E. Smith left Tuesday night i
for a trip to Washington, and Niagara '
Falls, N. Y. ]
Miss Sallie McDonald left on Thurs- .
day morning to spend some time in
Marion. N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Youngblood j
are at home again after a ten days'
stay at Banner Elk, N. C.
Mrs. R. W. McCreary and two
daughters of Aiken, are guests of the
family of Mr. D. E. Boney.
Miss Ethel and Mr. T. D. Turner
are visiting the family of Mr. W. J.
Whltener in Llnwood, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hart left
Tuesday for Brevard, N. C., where
they will spend some time. ,
Misses Bessie and Maggie Sandifer ]
returned home last night after a visit
to friends at Shelby, N. C. I
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Mackorell left
Wednesday on a visit to Washington,
New York and Niagara Falls.
Miss Moselle Inman, of The Enqulr- j
er staff, went over to Lancaster last i
Saturday on a visit to friends.
Mr and Mrs. W. W. Lewis and chll
dren returned to Torkville on Tuesday I
after a visit of some weeks at Culpep- J
er, Va. ?
Mrs. W. S. Neil and children have
returned to their home in Yorkville, ]
after a month's stay at Edgemont,
N. C.
Mrs. N. J. N. Bowen returned home 1
on Tuesday afternoon, after a week's <
stay with friends in Chester and Rock J
Hill.
Miss Julia Simril of Rock Hill spent
Wednesday and Thursday with Miss
Lottie Belle Simril on R. P. D. No. 7,
Yorkville. (
Miss Nannie Youngblood of Atlan- ,
la, Ga? is in Yorkville on a visit to ]
1 1 ??? ?? Tnn W and 1
ner uruuici o, iucooio. wuv. *. ??
Chess Youngblood.
Miss Llna Allison of King's Mountain
has been visiting relatives at and
near Tirzah for the last ten days, and
Is now at Yorkville.
Mr. John W. Miller returned home
yesterday after a week's visit to
Messrs. Joe and Ottman Rose at Leesvllle
and to August, Ga.
Mr. R. R. Allison Jr., left last Monday
for Nashville, Tenn., where he
will take a course in telegraphy and
railroad book keeping.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Dobson arrived
in Yorkville last week and will remain
here until- September 1st, when
they will go to their home In Atlanta
3a.
Mrs. J. M. Ferguson left Monday
for a visit to friends at Mlddleton,
Md., and a business trip to Baltimore.
3he will be away until about September
1st. fl
w? n T novinnov nt tho T~)plnhos a
JXH9. rv. XJ. ?v ?
neighborhood, left Wednesday for
fVsheville on a visit to her daughter, d
Miss Mamie, who has been there for t
jome time on amount of her health.
Mr. W. Framt Smith of Fresno, Cal.,
vho has been spending the past five
veeks with relatives and friends in
fork county, left for his home Tuesiay
afternoon, intending to stop in
Mississippi for a few days. He Is ac:ompanled
by his niece, Miss Arlie
Srayson.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Herndon and
children have been spending a week
rfsiting relatives and friends in the
trover and King's Mountain nelghborloods.
They expect to return to York/llle
tomorrow.
Mr. J. B. Pegram returned to hla
lome in Yorkville on Wednesday afernoon
after spending about two f
veeks In the hospital at Rock Hill, f
vhere he underwent a successful sur- .
fical operation. ^
Mr. S. C. Wood of the Thomson a
'ompany, left Wednesday for New q
York and other northern market* to
purchase fall and winter dry goods.
He was accompanied from Oastonia
by Mr. Jas. F. Thomson.
Mr. A. C. Izard, of Rock Hill, chairman
of the King's Mountain Monument
association committee on transportation,
was In Yorkvllle yesterday
to consult with resident members of
the committee and to get such information
as he could, looking to the
best means of getting the people to and
from the battleground on the occasion
of the unveiling October 7.
Mr. W. P. Smith and family of Clover
returned home on Tuesday afternoon,
after an absence of more than a
month spent In visiting relatives in
Mississippi and Oklahoma. Mr. Smith
axpresses himself as being much
pleased with the baby state and its
marvelous resources, but is not prepared
to say that it averages up to
the Piedmont section of South Carolina
an A aonoplflllv In that nnrtlnn nf
which Clover la the centre.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Until January 1, 1910.
We will send The Torkvllle Enquirer
from this date till January 1, 1910 for
72 cents.
Fir* Near Yorkville.
The four-room house of Mr. J. W.
Sherrer, four miles southwest of forkvllle,
was destroyed by Are yesterday
afternoon at about 5 o'clock. The fire
is supposed to have originated from a
defective flue, and the destruction was
complete. The loss Is about $600.
Judge Memminger Increases Bond.
Rock Hill, August 18: Judge Memminger
today at Charleston handed
down a decision Increasing the bond
of the minority school trustees from
$500 to $3,000. The same Is to be perfected
In ten days or the injunction
against Winthrop is to be diejolved.
This Is a great victory for the majority
trustees.
"Presbyterians at King's Mountain."
Presbyterian Standard: It Is well
enough to Temina tne cnuarcn ana
child-like in view of the ambitious and
patriotic exercises to be provided for
in an elaborate programme at the unveiling
of the monument in October,
reared to perpetuate the glory of the
battle of King's Mountain, what Bancroft
says in his history of the result
of the historic struggle: "The aspect
of the war was changed and Cornwallis
left no choice but to retreat" And
not only that, but coupled with it this:
All six of the colonels in command
were Presbyterian elders, and their
troops were mustered into service
from Presbyterian settlements.
Floated Twenty Miles.
Coroner Louthlan was summoned to
Pinckney Ferry last Tuesday morning,
to hold an Inquest over the dead body
of a negro man who had been found
In the river at that place the 6*y before.
Investigation developed that the
body was that of Robert loung, who
had been drowned at Ninety-Nine Island
on the Friday previous. Young
and another negro were trying to cross
the river in a leaky boat which sank
on the way over, and Young being
uilttuie III o n 1111, nciii w um
The other negro escaped. The dead
man wu identified by people who
came down from the construction work
at the island, and by a watch, papers
and other articles in his pockets. The
body was badly decomposed when
found; but it was taken off the hands
of the coroner by friends of the dead
man. After learning the facts in the
case the coroner decided that an inquest
was unnecessary.
ALL DRY BUT 8IX.
Dispensary Election Came Close to
8tate>Wide Prohibition.
Only six of the twenty-one counties
that voted on the dispensary question
lAst Tuesday decided to remain wet
=md they are Richland, Charleston,
Georgetown, Florence, Beaufort and
Aiken.
The election passed off quietly and
without especial Incident except In
two or three of the counties, notably
Richland, Aiken and Florence, where
there are charges of Irregularities In
the voting and threats of contests.
In Charleston the vote was 1,868 for
the retention of the dispensary and
141 against. This is complete with the
exception of one box.
Aiken gave 1,808 for the dispensary
ind 1,148 for prohibition, failing to go
iry by a vote of 160.
Beaufort was very close; 277 for the
llspensary .md 239 for prohibition.
Bamberg gave only 162 votes for the
llspensary and 663 against It
The Dorchester vote was light but
prohibition won overwhelmingly.
Pretty nearly complete returns from
Lexington show 702 votes for the dispensary
and 1,164 against it
Georgetown is pretty close; but the
llspensary wins on the face of the returns.
Complete returns in Florence coun004
ifaIao AIsnanofl i*v
.y DUUVV OO0 ?WOO iVt l*?C v>ioyv?w. ^
ind 839 against it.
Lee county gave prohibition 586
/otes and dispensary 304.
The vote in Sumter was quite small,
>ut prohibition won, 658 to 382, a malority
of 176.
Kershaw county's vote was 674 to
140.
Fairfield, Hampton, Colleton, Barnwell,
Lee, Lexington, Orangeburg and
Williamsburg, all went dry by safe
najlorities.
Reports have gone out that the proilbitionists
will certainly contest the
jountles of Richland, Florence and
\iken; but there are no contests antounced
by the dispensary people.
NEWS ABOUT 8HAR0N.
?orre*pondence The Yorkvllle Knquirer
Sharon, August 20.?Mrs. C. L. Kenledy
entertained Tuesday evening in
lonor of her guests, the Misses Ratchlord.
The principal feature of the
evening, woa pivgicooivc
Ion," and the most talkative young
ady was to receive a prize. The con:est
resulted in a tie between Miss
Mary Ratchford and Miss Lathan, so
>ach was awarded a handsome box of
:andy. The prizes were delivered by
Mr. John McMurray. The guests
hen repaired to the dining room,
where delicious refreshments were
lervcd. The young people dispersed in
llgh spirits, voting Mrs. Kennedy a
:harmlng hostess.
On Wednesday evening Mr. and Mrs.
3. M. Graves entertained, compllnentary
to their guests, Misses Sherff
and Young of Chester.
Miss Flora Hambright of Grover, is
-isiting the Misses Cain.
Dr. C. O. Burruss left yesterday for
lis former home at Fredericksburg.
7a. He will also visit friends in
Washington and Baltimore.
Mrs. A. M. Erwin and son, Langdon,
if Antreville, Abbeville county, are
Hottlnff Mr and Mrs. A. M. Erwin. Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Brandt and
on left this morning for their home
.t Athens, Ga.
The picnic at Blalrsv'lle on Thurslay
was quite a success. The Sharon
and furnished music for the occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. Sims Pratt, one of our
lewly married couples, have begun
tousekeeplng.
On Wednesday evening, Mr. Will
Mexico and Miss Nannie Helton atended
the revival services at Shlloh.
?hey had decided on the 7th of Sepember
as the day of their marriage.
>ut on this special occasion, when the
reacher was at hand and other clr:umstances
favorable, they decided
lot to wait.
Prof. A. M. Erwin and little daugher,
Sallle Scott, will leave tomorrow
or Charlotte county, Va.. where they
fin visit relatives.
? Mayor Ehett of Charleston, is
luoted as saying that he intends to
nforce the dispensary law as rigidly
s possible, especially now that the
ispensary has been endorsed by such
n overwhelming majority of the
ualitled voters. i
80UTH CAROLINA NIWS.
? *_nesier tie porter: nr. ??.
Fooshe, editor of the Wlnnsboro News
and Herald, was in the city a. few
hours this morning on his way home M
from a visit to relatives near Green- ^
wood. Mr. Fooshe, who is intensely
Interested in the subject of good roads,
thinks that Fairfield county is on the
right track in undertaking the construction
of sand-clay roads. The
sand-clay road as Mr. Fooshe says, ^
costs comparatively little compared 9
with the macadam road, appears to
wear better, and when repairs are ne- #
cessary, can be mended with much
less trouble and expense. Mr. Winslow,
a government expert, whose ser
I vices are obtained at no cost at all to
the county, Is now at work near
Wlnnsboro demonstrating to the county
authorities how this road should be
constructed at the least expense and
along lines to give the most satisfactory
results.
? Greenville, August 18: Sheriff L.
W. Tucker and his deputies went out
last night to hunt for a moonshine
still near Shelmerdlne, about which
he had received Information. Th6 of- m
fleers found the still about sixteen m
miles from Greenville and two white
men named John Brlnson and Frank
Sutton, who were running it with a
negro who was employed by them.
Sutton and the negro were arrested,
hilt Prinflnn aOTvtaA nHth a ahntinim >
defied the officers. One of the depu- ^
ties shot him In self-defense as he was
in the act of firing, the shot proving
fatal. Brlnson was an . old offender
and had the reputation of being a
desperate character. He had figured
in both state and Federal courts for
violations and once escaped prison
while serving a sentence. Sutton and
the negro were brought here and placed
In Jail this afternoon. Several kegs
of brandy and whisky were destroyed
and the still demolished.
? Columbia, August 19: Gov. Ansel
was very much Interested In the result
of the dispensary elections as reported
in the State yesterday morning.
The result was no surprise to his excellency
and being a personal prohibitionist
he watches with pleasure the
gradual spread of the dry wave in the
south. His position as to the liquor
question was outlined In his Igst message
to the general assembly which
was csj led out with the consent of
the loct u option members of the house
and senate, with some changes. Gov.
Ansel fovored a law making the entire k.
state dry, there being at that time II
counties "wet." He then thought that
a vote should be taken in the counties
o tfantckA anH fnrtKar enocrnath^ fkaf
should these counties go "wet" that
liquors of every kind be sold in original
packages. This last suggestion
was not considered. The message on w
this subject read as follows: "In my
last annual message I recommended
that the Carey-Cothran act be amended
by providing that 'not more than
one county dispensary he allowed in
any county where liquor is allowed to
be sold except in those counties where
there are cities with a population exceeding
26,000.'# This suggestion was
not enacted into law, and I now renew r
the recommendation and recommend
that the said act be further amended
by making all the oountlee dry, that is,
not allowing liquor w be sold In any of
the counties of the state, with the
right to any of the counties now having
dispensaries to vote upon the ques- so
tlon as to whether liquors shall be m
sold In said counties according to the
rules and regulations as provided in
the Carey-Cothran act, said election to
be ordered upon a petition being filed
with the county supervisor of such
county, signed by a least one-third of
the qualified electors of such county.
This is In the furtherance of temperance
and for the best interest of our
people. I also recommend that the
act be further amended by not allowing
any county in which liquor is allowed
to be sold to have a bottling
plant or mixing or blending plant, and
that all liquors of every kind shall be w
purchased in bottle* or in jugs, and
sold in the original package*."
? Lauren* special of August 19 to
Columbia State: Whan seen this
morning regarding the Uquor election
in the state, Hon. C. C. Featherstone, vf
who will be a candidate next year on r
the state-wide prohibition platform,
in expressing his gratification at th* ft?
results, said that while there should
be great, rejoicing among the prohibitionists,
they should not forget that
but a small part of the fight has been
won. "We hare the form now," said
he, "what we want is the substance. I
want to urge our friends in the dr7
counties to organise for the enforcement
of the law. In my judgment
there is where we must now concentrate
our energies. The substance,
not the form, is what we want In
our rejoicing over our recent victories
we are liable to forget that in reality W
only a small part of the fight has been
won. We must see to it that the law
is enforced and to do this we must
continue to build up an anti-whisky
sentiment In addition to this X would
suggest the organisation of law and
order leagues; under the auspioes of
these leagues, appoint committees In
each section of the eountles, charged
with the duty of assisting the officers
in the enforcement of law. I want to
emphasise the fact that we can not
wholly rely upon the regularly constituted
authorities for the enforcement
and in some Instances they are
not In sympathy with us; and even If
they were they alone can not succeed.
In my Judgment the great fault in ref- 4
erence to the enforcement of law Is in
our Individual failure to give active
assistance to the officers of the law.
What the next general assembly will
do I can not say, but I believe It will
pass a state-wide prohibition law. It
will not do to let the few remaining 4
wet counties destroy the effect, to a
large extent, of prohibition in the surrounding
dry countlea Take Rich- '
land for instance: She Is completely
surrounded by dry territory; Is it wise
to allow her to sell to the counties
that have said they do not want it
sold to their people? And the same
argument applies to the other dispensary
counties. The logic of the situation
is that in self-defense we will
have to force the dispensary counties
to yield to a policy which is desired by ~
so great a majority ox tne peopic. "
Thirty-six counties are opposed to
sale; is it right that they should yield
to the remaining six? When the general
assembly passes a state-wide bill,
however, it should go slow, act with
caution and give us such a law as will
enable us to secure its enforcement,
especially In those sections where local
settlement is against it. Under a
state-wide law we can not rely upon
the local authorities in all sections to
enforce the law. Again I say/' continued
Mr. Featherstone, "we must
concentrate our energies toward the
enforcement of the law; that is where
the battle of the future must be
fought. To carry on this fight successfully
we must organise and keep
organised. We now have the form, %
let us have the substance."
ur, M?iri nntgnniBn.?nc mc
very sorry to see tnat President Meil
will not remain at Clemson lonfer
than January 1. This Insistence on A
his part, after It was understood that
if certain reforms were Instituted in
the management of the Institution,
particularly interference by members
of the board and lack of deflnlteness
In the authority of various departments
he would remain, argues that
the board was not willing to make
those changes, and Increases our curiosity
to know whose Interference and
arbitrary methods have destroyed the ?
Jl?mnm* nuh,1
UlBCipilllC U1 tlWI. 4UWHV lAOTJlUA IllOMWUtlon.
We expect to hear more of it
when some of the members of the
board get a little bit madder about it.
It seems to us that the seat of the
trouble must be so high up that the
reform members of the board are
afraid to climb high enough to cut off
the affected limbs.?Florence Times.
Abuse of the Credit 8ystem.?A NewJersey
man writing one of the New
York papers, advocates a return to the
old plan of imprisonment for debt Of
course, nobody will take his recommonHntlon
oopIaiioIv TmnHflnnmonf
for debt belonged to a less civilised
age than this. And yet the license to
get In debt Is woefully abused. Many
people make bills that they never in- ?
tend to pay, taking care that they are
not large enough to Justify an action
at law. Others are reckless to a degree
In incurring obligations with never
a thought for the welfare of the individual
or firm extending credit. Imprisonment
for debt will never be re- ^
vived, but there ought to be some way
to correct the growing abuse of the
credit system.?Greensboro Telegram.