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Scraps and .farts.
? Buenos Ayres, Augrust 24: A
collision today between two excursion
steamers at the entrance of Montevideo
harbor resulted In the drowning:
of from 150 to 300 persons, mostly
women and children. The vessels
were the Argentina steamer Colombia,
carrying passengers from
Buenos Ayres to the festival at Montevideo
and a German steamer, also
engaged In local passenger service.
The latter went down so quickly that
all attempts at rescue were practically
hopeless. It Is said that the captain
of the German steamer and a
few of the passengers were saved.
The captain had to be restrained
from committing suicide.
? Charlotte Observer: What a huge
state Texas is and how rapidly it Is
increasing In wealth is shown by the
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property this year Is $126,000,000 greater
than it was last year, now amounting
to over $2,300,000,000. The actual
wealth and also the actual Increase in
the last year are far above these figures.
Already Texas has reached
fourth place among the states of the
Union in the matter of assessed valuation
of its property. Only three states
stand above it, and at the present rate
of its annual increase in wealth the
time will soon come when it will pass
those three and stand first in the list,
a mighty nation in itself, for, as says
the Houston Post, "the development of
of this period is but an earnest of the
greater development that must come
in the future" when all her fertile
acres have been brought under cultivation
and her cities are great industrial
centres, when the large area of
the state now totally without or poorly
supplied with railroad facilities, shall
be traversed by trunk lines and covered
with a network of feeders and
branch roads."
? Detroit, Michigan, August 25: At
the bar association Governor Willson
of Kentucky, in choosing as his text
the opinion of the United States supreme
court case of Crowley against
Christianson that "Liberty is not an
unrestricted license to act according
to one's own will" entered into an exposition
of the Kentucky character
and the causes which led to the recent
"night rider troubles in Kentucky
and Tennessee. The governor said:
"My promise to the people that they
would need no lawyers if they hurt
anyone in defense of their homes was
kept but there will be no pardons for
crimes of pillaging, plant scraping,
burning and organized murder. Now
the people are coming into their
own and I look for trials and convictions,
a rare thing up to this time.
The politician who is a partisan
with crime in a 'straight American
state' like Kentucky, will be rebuked
Instantly and woe will come to him.
I believe there can be no renewal of
the trouble. The night riders are
still unpunished, but no statute of
limitations protects them. The murderers
of Hiram Hodges are still at
large, but the people's law will punA*
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isn me criuimais n? um?.
? The programme of the regular session
of congress includes the fight over
the revision of the trust laws and the
hopes of the president to make the interstate
commerce commission a more
effective body. The anti-trust laws
are admittedly insufficient for the purpose
for which they were framed. The
United States supreme court has rendered
void the provision of the Hepbum
act which was intended to restrain
the railroads from seizing and
maintaining contro' of the coal trade.
The decision permits the railroads to
hold their power over independent
producers by the simple expedient of
forming subsidiary corporations. The
control must be crushed if independent
ownership of coal mines is to have a
fair show and consumers are to be
protected against price combinations.
The anti-trust laws, too, contain an
element of unfairness in that they hit
the good and the bad alike, many large
companies which do not operate in restraint
of trade suffering injury. Mr.
Taft wishes to alter the character of
the interstate commerce commission,
making it a Judicial institution that
can investigate complaints against the
carriers, prosecute offenders and enforce
its rulings. The fight will come
between the reactionaries, as represented
by the forces of Aldrleh and
nannon and the Drosrressives lead by
Dolllver, Cummins, Beveridge and
Mulvane. The insurgent groups will
in this be mere certain of the president's
support than they were during
the extra session.
? Rheims, France, August 26: Hubert
Latham the French aviator, today
took glorious revenge for the
hard luck which he experienced in
his recent attempts to cross the English
channel and his indefatigable,
but hitherto unsuccessful efforts
to accomplish some notable
achievement during the present
meeting, by establishing a new
world's record for distance, 164 kilometres,
50 metres, or 95.88 miles.
Latham covered 15 laps, or 150 kilometres,
in two hours, thirteen minutes
and nine seconds, and the full
distance in two hours, eighteen minutes
nine and three-fifths seconds
which also are world's records, the
flight being at the rate of about 58J
kilometres an hour, as compared
with 53J made by Wright at Lemans,
and a fraction under fifty made by
Paulhan yesterday. Except for the
one-lap speed records made by Bleriot
and Curtiss this week, and Paulhan's
time record in the air, Latham
now holds every record for distance
and speed. Like Paulhan he descended
only when the gasoline tank was
empty. Nothing could have exceeded
the beauty and impresslveness of
the prolonged flight. In grace of lines
onmnlono horn onmnflTAS
with Latham's monoplane. The slightly
tilted planes from the long skifflike
body gives it a resemblance,
when closed, to a winged canoe, while
sailing high up in the air it looks
from the distance like a mammoth
dragon fly. For an hour with fluttering
wings, like a living thing, it
fought its way against the storm of
rain and wind at an average height of
150 feet, mounting higher as the
wird rose, until during the worst of
the storm it was up 300 feet. The
contention of the advocates of the
biplane that the monoplane would be
unable to live in a strong breeze has
been amply refuted.
? Monroe, La., Aug. 24: Angered, it
is believed, because two of his friends
had recently been shot by police officers
in this city, William S. Wade, a
negro, today ran amuck on the principal
business street of Monroe with a
double-barrel shotgun, Shooting first at
every white man he saw and then firing
indiscriminately at every object
before him. The fire was returned and
the negro finally fell dead with a bullet
through his heart, but not before twenty-nine
men, three of them members of
his own race, had been wounded. Seriously
wounded: Hugh Bigger, police
officer, shot in abdomen and thigh,
may die; T. H. Grant, deputy sheriff,
shot in neck and breast, may die; Simon
Marks, merchant, Tuskegee, Ala.,
shot in breast and face, may die; Geo.
McOormack, manager Ouachita Lumber
company. West Monroe, arm shattered.
Slightly wounded: Dr. A. A.
Forsyth, mayor of Monroe; D. A.
Beard, banker; Ed. Strong, cashier
Southern Express company; Steve
Burke, telegraph operator; Joe Thompson,
dispatcher; A. A. Grenly, lumberman;
Manuel Abromowitz, clerk; Albert
Marx, merchant; C. E. Bynum,
stenographer; D. G. Trousdale, merchant;
J. W. Merriman, express agent;
Armand Baer, clerk; D. Ensell, traveling
salesman; E. P. Davles, clerk; Mr.
Braun, blacksmith; Roy Fisher, mes
senger Doy; pj. d. du?<iius, sieuiiiuutii
man; I. L. Haas, merchant: Herman
Abioues, merchant; R. R. Ross, clerk;
Fred McGrath, clerk: three negroes
shot In face and body. Wade's body
was publicly burned after It had been
cut down from a pole on which it hung
for half an hour or more after he was
killed. An investigation by the police
showed that when Wade purchased
the shotgun and a box of shells a few
minutes before he opened Are on the
first man that there was nothing unusual
in his manner or behavior. Other
negroes who were with him in the
morning say that he had not been
drinking nor did he show any evidence
of having taken cocaine. Wade came
to Monroe recently from Pine Bluff.
Ark. He was accompanied by several
other negroes and they commenced to
make trouble for the local police soon
after they arrived. It was alleged that
they were members of a society in
Arkansas which had as its object revenge
for all injuries done the black'
race. As a result, these negroes clashed
with the police on many occasions
and twice recently they have exchanged
shots with officers. It was alleged
that Wade was heard to say that no
white man was going to shoot him.
No more attention was paid to him,
however, until he started on his wild
career today.
She IJorbviMc inquirer.
entered at the Postofflce In Yorkvllle
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE. S. C.t
FRIDAY, AUGUST 27,1909.
We are indebted to the Charlotte
Observer for the courteous loan of the
cuts used in the reproduction of its
article on King's Mountain battleground
on the first page of this issue.
SPARTANBt1 rg county has defeated
her proposed road bond issue by a
small majority. We hardly expected
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no question of the fact that Spartanburg
has given it a close shave.
Nothing daunted by two failures,
Walter Wellman, the Chicago newspaper
man, says he will make still another
effort to reach the North Pole
by means of an airship. He has already
given orders for the construction
of a new ship that is to be longer and
narrower than the old one, and which
is to have the benefit of improvements
that have been suggested by past experience.
There has been no satisfactory explanation
of Senator Tillman's activity
in making speeches over the state
during a period in which politics is so
generally quiet. We would not have
anybody think that we are especially
concerned about the matter; but at the
same time, the situation affords reasonable
ground for curiosity. Hazarding
a guess, we would say that the
senator has intimations of some kind
of a coalition or combination looking
to the taking awu> of his seat. We
have no information of such a coali- '
tion or combination; but it is not un- i
reasonable to assume that there are
politicians who would be glad to succeed
him, and that they are getting <
busy. As to how strong the senator is
in South Carolina, now, we do not ;
know; but we do not imagine that his ]
strength is nearly as great as it once
was. (
That incident over in Spartanburg
the other night involving the capture
of a policeman in the act of robbing a ;
cash drawer, and the subsequent re- |
lease of the policeman who was cap- J
tured, is the sensation of the week in
the state, and the circumstances are now
receiving more careful and thorough ;
consideration. There is a good deal
Involved in the matter, and it does not j
look as if it should be dropped all at |
once. Of course, there is nothing un- '
usual in the rubbing of cash drawers.
There is nothing unusual in the possession
by thieves of false keys to
stores; there is nothing absolutely new 1
in the foisting of such a theft as this
on a policeman: there is certainly i
nothing new in the action of the mayAf
t\f tlm Altv anH the man u'hn wnfl
the loser by the theft in allowing this j
man to escape. On the contrary, this ,
last feature of the affair has grown i
too common, and as we see It, it is the
ugliest thing connected with the whole
business. Just what might have been
the motives of Mayor Floyd and Mr.
Dupre in allowing Mulligan to go his
way without arrest, we do not know; |
but we feel sure that their motives
cannot be defended from any stand- 1
point that is consistent with their res- |
pective duties as an officer or a citizen.
This theft, if theft it was, was not a
crime alone against Mr. Dupre. It
was a crime against the people ofSpartanburg,
and the state of South (
Carolina, and it looks to us that when i
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was another offense against the people
of Spartanburg and the state of
South Carolina. Something has been 1
said about the unfortunate family of j
the policeman; but. we are unable to (
see the application. It is a common
thing for offenders against the laws
to have families; but surely we are
not to assume that they are to go unpunished
on that account. For any
humiliation that the family may have !
suffered this offender alone is responsible,
and the fact that he has been
allowed to escape, does not relieve that !
humiliation to the slightest extent. As <
we see it, the mayor of the city had no
right whatever to let this man go free. ;
On the contrary, in doing so he violated
his plain duty and his oath of office.
The whole incident points very
clearly to the conclusion that if we are
to have safety for life and property in
this country, we must enforce the laws, <
and if we do not look more carefully
after the manner in which those who
are vested with authority discharge i
their respective duties, our laws are in
danger of becoming null and void.
When that time comes thieves will
not have to wait until night to steal
from stores. They will do their work
open and above board, In broad daylight.
SAYS HE DID NOT SAY IT.
Senator Tillman Denies Having Used
Word Venal In Connection With
Senate.
Senator Tillman was here this afternoon
for a few hours on his way to
the Anderson convention of Red
Shirt survivors.
When seen at the station by representatives
of the newspapers he was
jolly and good-natured, and talked
freely, interlarding his answers to
questions with vigorous phrases, some
of which could be heard several blocks.
"What about that story that came
out from Washington recently that
you had gone west to gather evidence
for your dispensary friends?" venturoil
ono In n n^lUl
spectful tone of voice.
"That story was started right here ;
in Columbia," thundered the senator. <
taking a side glance at the crowd that ;
was gathering to overhear the inter- i
view. "What I want to know is what <
here put that story out." !
"O, you are enough of a newspaper
expert to know that story started out ,
of Washington," answered another reporter
coming to the rescue of the i
crushed one.
"I don't give a d : that story was <
inspired from Columbia."
In the clever little way he has of
turning such a trick, the senator i
changed the subject by asking another 1
question. i
"Will and should the legislature, at !
its next session, pass a statewide pro- i
hlbltlon act?" ventured a timid newspaper
man.
"How the h do I know what it
will do. I will say this much: If I
was a tnember, I would vote for statewide
prohibition act. It's time to
break up this county dispensary system.
True they are not stealing as
bad as they did under the old state
dispensary' system, but it is only a
question of time when they will be
stealing- as bad."
"What I want to know is: When
are they going to convict some of
those dispehsary grafters they have
been talking about so long. I'm getting
tired of all this talk. I want to
see the stripes on some of them." I
"Don't you think you could wait till I
next month for this?'' asked one of the
reporters.
That appeared to jar the celebrated
Jarer Just a bit and it was In a chastened
tone that he asked:
"Do you know enough to guess
whether there will be any results at
this trial?"
"Yes, enough to guess, yes," the senator
was informed.
"They've got the facts on several of
'em," came from another newspaper
man.
"All right, I hope they will soak It
to 'em," answered the senator.
"Senator," queried one of the newspaper
representatives suddenly, "what
Is going wrong In South Carolina Just
now that you are spending so much
of your time making speeches in the
state? What's the answer?"
"What I'm Interested in most right
now," answered the pitchfork man,
scratching his head thoughtfully, "is
the selection of a man to run Clemson
In Dr. Mell's place. It's a mighty difficult
Job to find the right sort of a
man, and this Is worrying me no little."
"Will they succeed In changing the
complexion of the board of trustees,
of which you are a life member?"
"Naw, don't you know they won't.
They can't If they had the numerical
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terms of the will. And there la no
reason why It should be done If It
could be done."
"One thing I am going to do when
I get up to Anderson Is to correct that
account of my Rlchburg speech. 1
never said the legislature was venal.
I never used the word venal and I
named no names. I was explaining
how the house, having passed the bill
to regulate the use of the mileage
books and how, when it got to the senate,
the bill was killed. Why did the
senate kill it? I can only guess. 1
know there are able lawyers both in
the senate and outside of it taking
care of the railroads and their influence
was great enough to kill this bill.
I am not dodging anything. I say now
that the senate is controlled by these
corporation lawyers. If you want to
know 'who's who' in the senate, d
you, tabulate that mileage proposition
vote, and publish the names."?Columbia
Record, Tuesday.
80UTH CAROLINA NEW8.
? Anderson, August 14; The State
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was formally organized here today by
the election of the following: officers:
Commander, Col. J. C. Stribllng of
Pendleton; first vice commander, D.
H. Traxler of Florence; second vice
commander, C. D. Smith of Greenville;
treasurer, James M. Payne of
Anderson; secretary and historian,
Edward Trescott of Pendleton. The
purposes of the association as set
forth In the constitution and by-laws
drawn up by Hon. W. L. Mauldin of
Greenville, and adopted today, are to
perpetuate the deeds of the men of
1876; to teach the coming generations
the Importance of the part they had
in the state's history and to record
the deeds of the men of the time. The
meeting today opened with prayer bj
Rev. R. R. Dagnall, who was followed
by Mayor J. L. Sherard, who delivered
the address of welcome, throwing wide
the doors of the city to the visitors.
Response was made by Col. John G.
Mobley of Wlnnsboro, who closed by
Inviting the Red Shirt Men to Columbia
to attend the State Fair in November,
which invitation was accepted.
Tonight Judge Robert Aldrlch of Barnwell,
spoke at the court house. Tomorrow
will be the big day of the reunion,
featured by the great parade to
be pulled off at 10 o'clock, when it is
expected that there will be several
thousand In line. Senator B. R. Tillman
and former Governor John C.
Sheppard are here and will speak tomorrow
morning as soon as the parade
has reached the park. Dinner will be
served immediately afterwards. There
are a number of companies camped
about the city and so far about 500
delegates are here.
? Spartanburg special of August 24,
to the Greenville News: There was a
tremendous sensation mis inurmug
when It became known that Private
Rice Nolan of the police department,
who was secreted in Warren Dupre'3
book store to catch a burglar who
had been systematically robbing the
the store, caught F. R. Mulligan, a
brother police officer in an attempt to
set at the cash drawer. Mulligan e
tered the front door with a key and as
he started to the cash drawer, Officer
Nolan arose from his hiding place.
He made a noise and Mulligan beat a
hasty retreat. The officer gave pursuit
and opened fire,, shooting three
times. Mulligan was chased in a dark
alley way, where he was captured. He
broke down completely. He was carried
back to the store, and Mayor
Floyd and Mr. Dupre were sent for.
Some sort of a compromise was reached,
for it is understood that Mulligan
has left the city. This is the first time
In the history of Spartanburg that
onr?V? o ao oa Vioo in onv rlo_
partment. There is considerable criticism
of the officials on the part of
the citizens that the case was dropped.
How did Mulligan obtain a key to the
Dupre book store? This is a question
that is being asked by many people.
Some of the police officers say that it
is not a difficult matter to get a key to
the store with the old time locks that
have flat keys. A bunch of flat keys
and good flies will do the work in fitting
almost any of the old time locks.
There is some talk going the rounds
that others are implicated in the affairs
of last night and for this reason
that an effort is being made to hush
up the matter. This however, is only
talk and is given for what it is worth.
One fact is certain and that is every
possible effort has been made by the
city officials, the police and other interested
to keep the matter under
cover.
Time to Enforce the Law.?If a
county treasurer can swipe eight or
ten thousand dollars of public funds
and then get a clean bill of health upon
payment of five thousand dollars, a
premium is being paid for dishonesty.
Why not make the bondsmen of the
defaulting official pay in full and send
the embezzler to the chaingang for
steals the funds of which he is the
custodian is a worse rascal and deserving
of greater punishment than
the house-breaker who robs a store
or bank. If the legislature approves
the compromise in the Edgefield county
case it may as well pass a law permitting
all thieves to go free upon repayment
of seventy-five per cent of
the amount stolen. There have been
entirely too many embezzlements,
shortages or mistakes in bookkeeping,
call them what you will, in South Carolina,
within the last few years, and
the only way to put a stop to it is to
prosecute a few of the embezzlers to
the limit of the law and put them in
stripes. There would be a marked and
Immediate Improvement in bookkeeping,
whereby the state and counties
would save some thousands of dollars
every year.?Charlotte Observer.
? New Orleans, August 25: Steamship
passengers arriving from Colombia
report the attempted assassinntlnn
ntirl vAriniK wminrllnsr hv two
Colombians of Win. B. McMasters of
New York, United States vice consul
at Cartagena. The attack was the
outgrowth of the anti-American feeling
there. McMasters was at his
home in Cartagena on the evening of '
July 24th when I-ara Cendoba. editor
of an anti-American newspaper in
Cartagena, accompanied by a friend, i
broke in on him. The two were armed
with knives and revolvers. McMasters
put up a brave defense, but
was badly wounded in a dozen places
and left for dead. A bullet grazed
his forehead and he was stabbed in
the head and abdomen. It is understood
that the United States legation
it Bogota has demanded satisfaction. I
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
City Meat Market?Has moved Its
place of business across the street
and Is still using Its best efforts to
supply Its customers with the best
of meats.
Loan and Savings Bank?Gives particular
attention to the business of
farmers and points out the conveniences
of a checking account to the
man who lives out of town.
York Supply Co.?Sells Cottolene?nature's
gift from the Sunny South.
Shortens your food and lengthens
your life. Shingles and Iron roofing,
mowers and rakes.
J. B. Robinson and Others?Warn all
persons against in anyway trespassing
on their lands In Bethel and
King's Mountain townships, under
penalty of the law.
W. H. Herndon?Wants to buy hides.
Prices fair.
/~v>r. n Wnmtfiiro PYt?In showlne a
nice line of reed rockers In various
sizes; trunks, valises, suit cases;
first-class furniture.
Carroll Bros.?Call your attention to
the fact that they have a fresh car
of Zenith flour and tell you about
the goodness of Zenith flour. Cotton
baskets.
First National Bank?Reproduces what
Bernard Shaw has to say about the
habit of saving money, and asks
what you think about it.
J. L. Williams & Co.?Are showing a
nice line of dress goods for school J
girls. Mrs. Jane Hopkins' suits for
boys?$2 to $7.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill?Will
give customers who call for them one
of the new Lincoln pennies as long
as its supply lasts. Call today.
R. B. Davidson Co.?Wants you to
remember that it sells pianos and
wants you to hear them and get .
prices. September phonograph
records. 1
Sam M. Grist?Tells you that he
wants your business and that he
writes insurance of all kinds at
proper rates. i
Louis Roth?Says that It is no enu- i
meratlng what he has, but reminds
you that if it is in the grocery line
he has it.
A. H. McLean & Co., Charleston? j
Quotes the price of United Wireless
TeieirraDh company's stock at $35 i
a share, and advises you to buy at
this price. i
The cotton bolls are beginning to
crack.
There is going to be some pretty
strenuous collecting this fall.
The regular monthly meeting of the
York County Farmers' Union is to be i
held in Yorkville on the first Monday
in September at 11 o'clock a, m.
There is need for more and heavier
subscriptions for the King's Mountain
monument dedication ceremonies. The
money in sight is not nearly sufficient
for the purpose.
No man or woman who gives value ,
received for all he or she gets can be
a charge on the community. No 3uch J
man or woman is a charge on the community.
But there are a great many
people who fail to give value received (
for any part of what they get. (
Congressman E. Y. Webb of North
Carolina, was to have been in York- i
ville yesterday to attend the meeting j
of the .'xecutive committee of the i
King's Mountain Monument associa- ]
tion, but was unable to get away from ;
home because of certain legal business
that demanded his personal attention.
A township supervisor desires The <
Enquirer to make complaint against <
the indifference with which so many '
people drive Into the ditches along the
read. He says that this Is a very ag- (
gravatlng cause of tilling up ditches, 1
which can be very easily avoided by
a little care on the part of those using '
the roads. <
The Farmer*' Institute at Yorkvllle '
on September 6, 7 and 8, Is to be held j
under the auspices of the bureau of
plant industry, department of i,gri:ulture,
and it is to be something worth
while. No York county farmer who
can possibly arrange to be present, can J
afford to be absent except at consid- ,
erable loss to himself.
Mr. John T. Latham, who lives a
few miles south of Yorkville, has one .
of the oldest Bibles to be found in this
section. He bought It at the sale of
the personal effects of the late Thos. <
Hartness recently. It was printed in 1
Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1793, and the <
nanle of the first owner, Elizabeth Pa- <
trick, whose people came to York I
county from Ireland, was written In 1
it In 1794. I
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Mr. J. W. McFlarland, who is su- (
perintendlng the work of putting a |
coating of modern macadam on Nortn
Congress street, is a grandson of Mr. ^
A. J. Devinney, who laid the street ,
originally in the early fifties. In those (
days but little was known of maca- ,
dam work. The best thing they knew .
was to level up the roadbed, lay it
with^heavy stones, and cover them up ,
with dirt. It was in this way that the ,
street was laid. That the work is be- ,
ing overhauled more than fifty years ,
afterward by a grandson of the man j
who did it originally. Is a somewhat .
remarkable coincidence. j
? There is a controversy on that In- 1
volves the ownership of the ball ground i
at the graded school. The Information
Is that the ball ground
originally belonged to the school
district. About three years or
more ago, the trustees agreed to
sell a part of the property to Messrs.
Glenn & Allison, and to open a street
through it. The consideration agreed
upon was the sum of $50. Subsequent
to the agreement, it developed that the
strip of land Involved was necessary
for a baseball diamond and playground
generally. The original transaction
was never completed by the transfer
of papers or the payment of money.
Messrs. Glenn & Allison insist that the
contract entered into was binding upon
the school district as well as themselves.
Several of the trustees are
now inclined to repudiate the alleged
sale on several grounds, among others
that the board was without power
to make such a transfer.
THE COTTON CROP.
Up to ten days ago it looked as if
York county was to have a bumper
cotton crop this year. In almost every
part of the county, and more or
especially on red lands, there was a
irnnrl wwtl with lots nf snuares and
bolls. and the prospect looked encouraging,
but recently there has been a
change.
Within the past few days reports
have been coming In from all quarters
to the effect that there has been such
a wholesale shedding of squares and
bolls and withering of leaves, that the
crop already appears to be off 15 or 20
per cent, or maybe more, from what
It was.
Of course, there is more or less shedding
every year; but this year seems
to be worse than usual. Different
farmers give different reasons for the
discouraging and costly change In the
situation; but the concensus of opinion
seems to attribute the trouble to
the sudden drouth following the long
period of wet weather. One puts it
like this:
"Because of the surplus of moisture
during the whole early part
of the season, there was an abnormally
rapid growth of the plants without any
necessity for the roots to strike downward.
The weed not only grew rapidly,
but put on lots of fruit. When the
drouth came it found all the roots near
me top or tne grouno ana in no con
dition to reach after the moisture
necessary to carry the plants through
the hot winds of the day and the cool
nights. The result has been the shedding
of fruit and the blasting of
leaves."
While the early corn seems to have
held Its own very nicely, and is now
practically safe, much <>f the late corn
is showing twisted leaves and other
signs of suffering.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mrs. R. A. Rouse of Cheraw Is the
guest of Miss Mamie Turner in Yorkcine.
Miss Sarah Meek Starr of Yorkvllle
Is visiting Miss Sadie Thomson In
Oastonia.
Mr. Tester Dameron of Chester is
visiting In Yorkvllle. the guest of the
family of Mr. T. D. Turner.
Rev. W. M. Plaxco of Bartow, Fla.,
is visiting the family of Mr. J. E. B.
Whitesides at Hickory (trove.
Misses Alma and Margarettee
Peemster of Yorkvllle No. 4, are visiting
friends and relatives in Chester.
Mr. Harvey Williamson is confined
to his bed at his home at Guthrlesville,
with an attack of pneumonia.
Mrs. W. W. Miller and children of
Rock Hill, are In Yorkvllle on a visit
to the family of Mr. L. R. Williams.
Mr. W. H. Andrews of New York,
spent several days this week with his
sister, Mrs. R. E. Heath, in Yorkvllle.
Mrs. John F. Blodget and daughter,
left for their home in Atlanta, Ga., this
morning, after a visit of several weeks
to the family of Dr. Jas. B. Allison.
Mrs. Thos. Norton of Rasaca, Ga.,
and daughter. Mrs. Gus Austin and
her two children, of Selma, Ala., are
visiting Mrs. A. C. Dorsett and other
relatives at Clover.
Mrs. S. A. Lackle and daughter, M!ss
Effie and Mr. George Floyd of Fallston,
N. C., have been visiting the family
of Mr. J. R. Stephenson and other relatives
and friends on Yorkvllle No. 1.
Correspondence: A few days ago
there was a very enjoyable gathering
at the residence of Mr. R. H. Mitchell
of King's Creek, the occasion being
the celebration of Mr. Mitchell's 63d
Dirinuuy. oume 01 *iy ui oc*cuij
neighbors and friends of the family
were there to express by their presence,
as well as by their words their
respect for such a man and to wish
for him many more years of usefulness
and happiness. An abundant dinner
was spread on Improvised tables
In the yard, and Its excellency was attested
by the evident enjoyment of
all who were around the table. Vocal
and Instrumental music added to the
enjoyment of the occasion, and If anything
more could add to the pleasure,
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell found that day,
It was In the fact that all their children
were with them once again.
BASEBALL NOTE8.
The baseball season, so far as Mr.
J. H. Withirspoon as manager is concerned,
cams to a close yesterday afternoon
with the game between Clover
and Yoikvllle, on the local diamond,
and was witnessed by what
was perhaps the largest crowd of the
season. The game was scheduled to
start at 4.45 but owing to delay In arrival
of Ralph Stevenson, the star
batter and second baseman of the
Clover team, who is teaching school
at Smyrna, the game was not called
until after five o'clock, and then without
Mr. Stevenson, he coming In later.
The Interest was intense at the
Btart and the rooters for both sides
were on the Job in great shape. Up
to the sixth inning the score stood 4
to 3 in favor of Clover and then it
was that Clover increased her lead to
8. and from that time on the game
was listless. The final score was 12
to 4 In favor of Clover. Batteries:
Clover, Armstead and Marshall Neil,
Yorkville, Anderson, Slaughter and
Betts.
Umpire, W. S. Nell.
During the game Paul Neely
Moore was struck on the side of the
face by a ball thrown by Betts and
painfully hurt.
It Is estimated that from one-half
to one-third of the crowd present was
from Clover and vicinity, and Included
many ladies.
Many of the local baseball fans
were sadly disappointed over the outcome
of the game yesterday with
Clover. They cherished fond hopes
that the time had at last arrived, as
several other towns in this section
have done from time to time, when
the Cloverites would be vanquished,
but their experience was only what
has been that of others during the
past 25 or 30 years. It is said that
Yorkville has never defeated Clover
except on one occasion, and that was
along about 1887 or '88. We are not
prepared to confirm or deny the statement,
but can say that we have no
distinct recollection of any victory
that Yorkville has ever won over Clover.
It Is possible for Yorkville to
win not only over Clover but over
other towns occasionally, but to do so
she must have a team composed almost
exclusively of home talent, as
Clover has always had, that is under
sood management and that will utilize
all the spare time possible in practising.
A team to be a winner these
days must be composed of men who
are willing to work at other times
than when a match game is to be
pulled off, and work together.
Tb CLEAN THE BATTLEGROUND.
The committee charged with the
iuty of preparing the King's Mountain
battleground for the reception of the
crowds that are expected there on the
3ccasion of the dedication of the Battle
monument on October 7 next, will
let the contract for clearing the top of
the mountain of trees and undergrowth
to the lowest responsible bidder. The
form of contract with which the committee
proposes to enter with the party
or parties, who are to do the work
Is as follows:
This contract made and entered Into
this day of A. D. 1909, by
ind between Col. A. Coward, Chairman
3f the King's Mountain Monument association,
party of the first part and
of the second part, witnesseth:
That for and In consideration of the
sum of dollars, to be paid by the
treasurer of the King's Mountain Monument
association to the party of the
second part upon the completion of
the work as hereinafter specified, the
party of the second part does hereby
contract and agree to remove all trees,
brush, stumps and loose rock from the
top of the battleground on King's
Mountain In York county, South Carolina.
within the prescribed limits of
the sketch hereto attached and made
i part of this contract and according
to the following specifications, to wit:
1. A space fifty (50) feet wide on
>ach side of the straight line connecting
the two monuments and extendng
one hundred (100) feet beyond each
monument.
2. The large pine trees on the crest
ind sides of the ridge to be cut down
it the surface and removed from the
premises and the same to be cut in
suitable sawing timber lengths.
3. AH other trees and brush to be cut
it the surface and removed and piled
lutslde the prescribed limits and all
oose rock and other debris also to be
removed from the prescribed limits,
ind, to be placed in such manner as
lot to interfere in any way with the
Ingress and egress to said prescribed
imlts.
All this work shall be completed on
ir before the 20th day of September
A TA 1909
It is distinctly understood and agreed
:hat the lumber and wood cut and removed
from said prescribed limits
shall be the property of the King's
Mountain Monument association, uness
the same shall be sold to the party
of the second part at an agreed
irice, as a part of the consideration of
the performance of the work herein
specified.
The party of the first part shall have
he right to Inspect said work and deermine
whether or not it has been
performed and completed according to
his contract and specifications before
saying for same.
WORKING FOR THE DEDICATION.
A meeting of the executive commlt;ee
of the King's Mountain Monument
issociation was held in the court house
it Yorkville yesterday, pursuant to a j
;all of the chairman, for the purpose
)f further considering arrangements
hat are necessary to the successful
ind creditable carrying out of the exercises
in connection with the dedicaion
of the King's Mountain Battle
nonument on October 7, next. <
The following members of the execltlve
committee were present: Col. A.
toward, G. H. O'Leary, Thos. L. John- <
iton, G. W. S. Hart, J. S. Brlce, D. E. i
^"Inley, W. D. Grist. There were also i
jresent Messrs. S. M. McNeel of the i
Inance committee, R. N. Plaxco of the i
ommittee on transportation and i
011(18, UU. V>, VV . IJCWIS, IV1CSUUIIICO
3. H. O'Leary, S. M. McNeel, D. E.
"inley, and Miss L. D. Witherspoon
if the King's Mountain Chapter D. A.
In calling the meeting to order. Col.
Howard reported that sub-committees
lad recently made two trips to the
lattleground. and found that while the
nonument is not yet ready for the
ledication ceremonies, in that the fence
hat is to enclose the base has not yet
>een completed, the committee has asiurance
from Mr. Dogen, the contracor.
and Capt. Adams, in charge for
he government, that everything will
>e In readiness by September 15. He
eported that the greater portion of
lie mad is in good condition; but sev
ral miles of it, and especially that
rtlon leading to, across, and just be'ond
the Oates's bottoms, is still diffllult
and more or less dangerous. The
oad leading from the battleground,
iut toward Grover, he said, is also in
ad condition. ' >
I
On motion, it was decided to appoint
a committee on military with
Col. W. W. Lewis as chairman. General
Boyd, MaJ. W. B. Moore and Col.
J. H. Lindsay were added as the other
membei s.
Congressman Finley reported a conversation
that he had not long ago
with the secretary of war, in which he
gathered the impression that the secretary
is favorable to the sending, for
the dedication exercises, a detachment
of regular troops from Fort McPherson
or Sullivan's Island, and if this is
done, Mr. Finley said, it would be
without expense to the association
committee.
Col. Lewis stated that he thought he
would be able to secure the attendance
I of nine or ten companies of the National
Guard from different surrounding
towns, together with the regimen
tai Dana rrom sparianourg. ne otuu
further that if he should be successful
In this, he thought It could be managed
so the state would pay the e:cpenses
of subsistence, etc., and that
the different towns in which the respective
companies have their headquarters
will probably be willing to
pay transportation expenses. He suggested
also that It might be arranged
to work out the plan under which the
original battle was fought and reproduce
it for the interest and Instruction
of the people gathered for the occasion.
There was a report from Col. Coward
and Mr. G. H. O'Leary as to the
condition of the grounds, and this report,
showing the necessity for quite
a good deal of clearing up work before
the place would be fit for such a large
gathering as is expected. Col. Coward,
Mr. O'Leary and Mr. J. L. McGlll were
appointed a comittee to take charge of
the whole matter and let contracts for
such work as might seem necessary,
in the discretion of the committee.
The same committee was authorized
and Instructed to proceed with the
erection of a stand for the speakers on
the occasion and sufficiently large to
accommodate a hundred or more people,
who are expected to be present on
special invitation.
The ladies present reported the receipt
of a letter from Judge Samuel A.
McCall who, it was understood was to
deliver the leading address of the occasion,
announcing his inability to do
so, because of an unforeseen engagement
to go to Europe. Because of the
short time available in which to arrange
for another speaker, this development
was rather embarrassing; but
after due consideration, Messrs. D. E.
Finley, E. Y. Webb, G. W. S. Hart and
W. W. Lewis were appointed a committee
to advise and co-operate with
the ladies in securing another orator.
On motion, Mrs. G. H. O'Leary, who
has been acting as treasurer of the
funds that are now being raised by
private subscription for the purposes
of the dedication, was elected treasurer
of the King's Mountain Monuument
association and requested to act
in that capacity.
On motion, the following gentlemen
were elected to membership on the
different committees:
Finance?C. F. Hambright, Qrover;
A. W. Mauney, King's Mountain; Dr.
"Wm. Anderson, Blacksburg.
Roads and- Transportation?D. J.
Keeter, Grover.
Col. Coward stated as a matter of
Information that he had made Beveral
efforts to locate the corners of the
King's Mountain Memorial association
tract of 39J acres; but had been unable
to do so, all marks appearing to
have been obliterated.
On motion of G. W. 8. Hart, it was
resolved that the executive committee
meet hereafter at 11 o'clock a. m.,
on Monday of each week for the purpose
of receiving reports of progress
and hurrying the work along.
Col. Coward took occasion to remark
that the total subscriptions up
to date amount to only (275, and as
there will be needed fully $1,600 or
$2,000 for the absolutely necessary
purposes in view, there must be some
energetic effort looking to the raising
of the money.
Mr. Thos. L. Johnston, chairman of
the committee on finance, said that his
committee has done nothing up to the
present time; but there would be a
meeting and its members would begin
a canv jslng campaign, in person and
through sub-committees at once.
There being no further business, the
meeting adjourned to reassemble next
Monday morning at 11 o'clock.
LOCAL LACONIC8.
Until January 1, 1910.
We will send The Yorkville Enquirer
from this date till January 1, 1910 for
68 cents.
Betheada Township Fund.
As the result of a typographical error.
the Betheada township road fund
was made to appear as being $100 In
excess of what the real figures warrant
The correct amount Is $2,359.80.
Death of Miss Ora Love.
Cheater Lantern: Miss Ora Love,
daughter of Mr. Pierce Love of McConnellsvllle,
died In Charleston on
Thursday of last week, where she had
been visiting. The body was brought
to this city on Friday morning and
taken to McConnellsvllle for interment
that afternoon.
Death of T. R. English, Jr.
New has been received at Yorkville
of the sudden death of Thomas R.
English, Jr., which occurred at Lenoir,
N. C., yesterday morning as the result
of a hemorrhage. The body was at
once taken to Richmond, Va., for Interment
at that place. The deceased
was a son of Rev. Thos. R. English,
D. D., and was a native of Yorkville,
where he Is well known by a large
number of people.
Bailes Comes Back.
Fort Mill special to Rock Hill Record:
W. O. Bailes, the well-known
ex-marrlage artist who has been
away from here with an indictment
for bigamy and adultery hanging
against him, has returned and decided
to face the charges. He appeared
before Magistrate McElhaney with
his friend, W. T. Daniall, and gave
bond for his appearance at court in
the sum of $3,000. Mr. Balles has recently
been very 111 with malarial fever
In New York, It Is said.
Cotton Shedding Badly.
Mr. Will Steele of Bullock's Creek
are counting on an extra large yield of
township, writes that the people who
cotton, because there Is so much weed,
are going to find themselves disappointed.
He Is quite sure that this Is
the situation throughout his neighborhood
In the lower part of the township.
He says that not long ago he
tied strings near a number of cotton
blooms, ten In all, and on making an
examination after the coming of the
cool nights of last week, he found but
nf tho ton hnlls rumnlninor. His
cotton generally has been shedding
badly and all of his neighbors are making
the same complaint.
Death of Mrs. M. A. Gwinn.
Chester Reporter, August 26: Mrs.
Cynthia M. Gwinn, wife of Mr. M. A.
Gwinn, passed away at her home on
Plnckney street yesterday afternoon
at five o'clock, pellagra the recently
discovered disease which is sweeping
over the south with such fearful effects,
being the cause of death. The
body was taken to New Bethel church
this morning for interment, the funeral
exercises being conducted at the
church by Rev. J. H. Pearcy, of Lowryvllle.
Mrs. Gwinn was about thirty-eight
years of age. She was the
daughter of the late Monroe Mlnter,
and in addition to her husband and
three children, Abel, Mary and Lucile
Gwlnn, leaves the following brothers
and sisters: Messrs. W. C., George B.
and Thomas Mlnter, the latter of
Mississippi, and two sisters, Miss Janle
Mlnter of Chester, and Mrs. Joe
Patrick of Texas. Mrs. Gwinn had
been in falling health for several
months, but It was not until two
months ago that a physician was called
In and her malady diagnosed as
pellagra. Her sufferings throughout
her illness were most agonizing as Is
always the case with pellagra, but
the bore the ordeal with the Christian
fortitude that characterizes the
trim ehlld of God and died triumph
intly.
Case of Denny Hurley.
Charlotte Observer, Wednesday: Mr.
Denny A. Hurley, through his counsel, i
Mr. Russell G. Lucas, of the firm of
Dsborne, Lucas & Cocke, entered a
plea of guilty yesterday in the superior t
inurt to the charge of having assaulted
his wife, Mrs. Katherlne Jordan 1
Hurley, In their apartments In the
Huford hotel on the morning of May |
10 last, with a deadly weapon, to wit, i
a pistol. Mr. Lucas addressed the
court in behalf of his client, pleading
mercy, and stating in extenuation of
the offense that Mr. Hurley was intoxicated
at the time and not himself and
had no Intention of hitting his wife,
but rather to frighten her. As to the
second Indictment, that of unlawful
and wilful injury to property, he declared
that the scars of the bullets
were inconsequential and that the defacement
slight. Judge Webb, after
listening to the plea of defendant's
counsel, and hearing a few witnesses
as to the facts of the case fined Mr.
Hurley $200 and the costs. As to the
other features of the case, it was announced
that an amicable settlement
had been reached out of court as to the
property interests of Mr. and Mrs.
Hurley and that Mrs. Hurley had relinquished
all claims to the estate of
her husband in consideration of $3,000.
This for the present and dmbtless
for all time to come closes a chapter
of domestic infelicity which has
brought nothing but mortification to
Mr. and Mrs. Hurley's many Charlotte
friends. Mrs. Hurley was well known
In society circles and Immensely popular.
She will doubtless continue to
make New York her home.
ROCK HILL HAPPENING8.
Death Roll of the Week?Pionic at
Leastie?Personal and Other Notes.
Corropondence The Yorkvllle Enquirer
Rock Hill, August 27.?The remains
of Mr. A. P. Draffln, who died in Columbia
early Wednesday morning at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. L.
Murphey, were brought to Rock Hill
on No. 36 Thursday morning and taken
to Neely's Creek church for burial.
The deceased was 69 years of age and
was for many years a resident of the
Neely's Creek section, and was well
known here. He went to Texas six or
seven years ago, ana since returning t
to this state about eighteen months
ago, had made his home with his
daughter in Columbia. Besides Mrs.
Murphey, he leaves one other daughter,
Mrs. Nettie Fudge of Catawba
Junction, and Ave sons, Messrs. J. P.,
C. B. and EX C. Draffln of Columbia,
H. W. Draffln of Weldon, N. C.. and
S. W. Draffln of the Neely*s Creek
community.
News of the tragic death of Capt.
J. C. Bridges in Lancaster last Monday
night, was received here with
much regret. The deceased was well
known in this city, having boarded
for a while at the home of Mr. H. C.
Collins on West Main street He had
a number of frlendB here outside of
his large circle of brother trainmen,
with whom he was very popular. The
remains were brought to this city
about 10 o'clock Monday night, and
prepared for burial by Held and Son,
undertakers.
Miss Cora Miller, 20 years of age,
died in the Manchester mill village
Thursday morning of tuberculosis.
The funeral and Interment will take
place today at Adnah church.
There was a big picnic at Lesslle on
Wednesday of this week, and one of
the leading attractions was a game of
ball between the Ogden and Lesslle
teams, which resulted in a victory for
the home team, the score being 18 to (
10. This is the first game the Ogden
boys have lost this season.
Henry Gllmore, colored, escaped from
the county chaingang on Tuesday of
this week. Supervisor Gordon has offered
a reward of $25 for the negro.
The farmers report that the cool
weather that has prevailed at nights
during the past week is causing cotton
to "throw off" large quantities of
forms and young bolls.
Hon. J. Porter Hollls will deliver a
lecture at the Sunday school picnic
to be given at Antioch Saturday, and
Rev. Hi R. Mills, pastor of St John's
M. E. church of this city, will lecture
on "Methodism" at ihe same church
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Mr. Turner McCarley, who moved
from the Smith's Turnout section of
this county, to Board man, Fla., about
twenty years ago, has returned on a
visit to relatives and friends. He
spent Wednesday in Rock Hill, the
guest of Mr. R. D. Seaiy. Mr. McCarley
is engaged in truck farming in
Florida and he reports that it is a fine
money crop.
There was no improvement yesterday
in the condition of Mr. Harvey
Williamson of Guthriesvillb, who has
been very ill the past week with pneu mamIa
II/* *1 A??Al/\nA/1 Kraln fnvnr a
iiiuiua. nc uo?OIUJ/CU WHMU A??V* ? g
few days ago, and Is now desperately n
ill. e
Miss Emma Glasscock of Atlanta, q
Ga., Is the guest of the Misses McFad- 0
den in this city. 0
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SHARON N0TE8. *
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Improvement In the Road^?Baseball q
?Delightful Porch Party?Personal ti
Mention.
Correspondence The Torkrllle Enquirer j
Sharon, August 27.?The recent work c
on the public highways in this section o
has greatly improved them; but we a
cannot look for any permanent good 1
until the roads are sufficiently worked *
and properly graded. Roads are not f
built in a day. 1
Misses Margaret Brownlee and Car- ii
rle Love, principal and assistant res- tl
pectively of the Ogden school, near 1
Rock - Hill, were in town this week, c
Miss Brownlee left Tuesday for her h
home in Abbeville county. Miss Love ?
will remain at home till the opening tl
of the fall term of her school. t'
Prof. E. W. Kennedy, who has been 1<
teaching in Florida for the past two n
years, is at home for a rest tl
Messrs. John Williams, Morrow ?
Starnes and J. P. McMurray of Rock 1
Bill, were in the village this week. f<
Mrs. W. W. Blair gave a "porch par- t<
ty" at her home near Bullock's Creek "
v Avenlnor. comnlimentarv S<
to the visiting young ladles. One in- a
terestlng feature of the evening, was ti
a "penny contest." in which each guest G
was given a cent and required to give E
minute thoughts for a penny. The o
contest was won by Miss Mary Ratch- o
ford, who proved her familiarity with e:
cents; she was presented a nice box w
of candy. Mrs. Blair knows how to E
give young folks a good time. n
Miss Susie McMurray left Tuesday T
for Darlington, where she will visit e;
Miss Sampson. From there, she will nr
go to Fairmont, N. C., where she will a
resume her duties as music teacher, a
The Sharon team crossed bats on
the local diamond with Lockhart Wednesday.
The game was fast and snap- ^
py. Lockhart featured twice by dou- 4
ble plays. The local team played good, n
steady ball, with only two errors. The
score resulted in 4 to 3 in favor of
Sharon. Batteries?Sharon, Plexico C)
and Robinson; Lockhart, Thompson
and Lackey. 8(
The Juniors played Bullock's Creek hl
yesterday to the tune of 10 to 4 in ta
iiivur ui me iuuiio.
Mrs. Q. O. Anderson of Blacksburg, p,
Is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. M. Sims. a
Prof. A. M. Erwln and daughter, returned
yesterday from Virginia. c|
We regret to chronicle the Illness m
of Mrs. S. A. Hope. 8C
Mr. M. W. Smith, closed his school m
at Crosby's Tuesday. ^
' * * tc
? News and Courier: The supreme tc
court of Washington has decided that ti
the anti-cigarette law Is unconstltu- ^
tional. This will not be a surprise to
those who have followed cigarette legislation
in that state from its genesis
to its finality. The law was entirely
too drastic. It is recognized that a
legislature is competent to forbid the
sale in the state of any products which n
will Interfere with the health of the
people of that otate, but the legislature
exceeds the limits of Its authority when
It endeavors to regulate the personal
habits of the individual citizen. It Is
fViof If la (icnlnat tho low tn af.
tempt suicide, which is a form of at
murder, but it has never been estabiished
that the smoking of cigarettes
is a kind of suicide. Perhaps the little
paper rolls will kill if used to excess,
but the same may be said of
blackberries or pie. It is not the duty T]
of a legislature to decide that the mere
smoking of one cigarette is a vicious
and criminal thing. So far, then, as
the law prevents the sale of cigarettes,
or the material for making them,
in the state It is good law, but It ceases
to be any law at all when it forbids
citizens to srpoke cigarettes which
they have obtained elsewhere. What- H
- a.-. .- i n i-i U. Q f
ever immediately oenenciai results ?
may come from sumptuary legislation as
they are more than balanced by the di
opportunity which Is afforded for an
undue Interference with the rights of A!
the individual, and interference against
which he Is protected by the principles
of our government and the gen- 10
ius of our Institutions. 8.!
MERE-MENTION.
President Taft has issued an order
vhlch will reduce the strength of the
egular army about eight per cent. ?
Ibout 8,000 men will be discharged be- j
ween now and July 1st of next year. w
["his Is in accord with Mr. Taft's polcy
for an economical administration.
During the month of August.
wenty-two tourists have lost their
Ives in the Alps mountains. The July
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Ice of Sunbury, Pa., have arrested a ft
Chinaman and are very positive that
he prisoner is Leon Ling, the murlerer
of Elsie Slgel, the New York
nlsslonary worker, who was murdered
In that city several weeks ago
District Attorney Jerome of New York,
las announced that he will be a canUdate
for re-election as an Independent
In a feud light near Santa
%osa, Mexico on Sunday, six men were
(tiled and ten were wounded... .The
!orest fires In the state of Washington
ire yet beyond control and more than
1,500,000 feet of timber have been deitroyed
The Spanish government
ias closed ninety-four day schools in
he province of Barcelona, on the t
ground that they are seditiously In:llned
In their course of Instruction....
Two thieves held up an electric car near
Lake Compounce, Conn., Sunday night
ind robbed the conductor of $42
Two women were killed and five others
were more or less injured at Kanlakee,
111., Monday, when a Big Four . j
ocomotlve ran down their automobile ' ^
>n a grade crossing More than
1,000 families were rendered homeless
3unday and Monday, by a fire which
practically destroyed the city of Kremmtchug,
Russia The property of
he Waters-Pierce Oil company In
Texas, will be sold by order of the
pourts, to meet the fine of $2,000,000
issessed against the company for vlo- 1
atlon of the anti- trust laws Five
persons were killed and twelve Injured
by the explosion of the city gas plant
it Geneva, Swltserland, on Monday.
During the two weeks ending last
Saturday, there were 110 deaths from
subonlc plague at Amoy, China and
:hlrty-three deaths from cholera durng
the same period... .The Lord's Day
Alliance of Atlantic City, N. J., have
>een making a determined fight the
past few months on the barrooms and
rambling dens of that resort. The
proprietors of these places have openy
defied the association, being backed
jy the mayor and city officials. The
itate government has now decided to
ake a hand and prosecutions and !m- Q|
peachment of city officials are promsed
as a result. There are said
:o be more than 100 cases of pellagra
n Clark county. Ala Society wonen
at Lenox, Mass., on Tuesday, atended
a reception tendered to a poor
ittle monkey, which belongs to a New %
ivik nuuuu, x uc liiunxey IS vaiuea K '
15,000 and sleeps In a fold cage valued
it 15,000 Champ Clark in an adlress
at Omaha, Neb., said, "It doesn't
ake as much sense to be a president
is it does to be a congressman or senitor
these days." Governor John
t, Johnson of Minnesota, will on Sepember
<?t, undergo his fourth operaion
for appendicitis The special
lession of the Alabama legislature, adourned
Tuesday night The batleshlp
South Carolina on her official
itanaardlzation trip on Tuesday, exseeded
the required speed by almost
hree-quarters of a knot per hour...
Jnlon county, Ind., was added to the a
'dry" column on Tuesday, and as a ]
esult a large number of saloons will "
dose their doors Steve Brown,
i -li gro, was shot to death at Bronion,
Fla., Tuesday, by Bart Falrcloth.
lecause the' negro had attempted
i criminal, assault on the person of
lira. Becky 8nowden. The woman's
creams brought Falrcloth to her aid
ind he shot the negro with a pistol as
ie was trying to make his escape....
ipain now has 35,000 troops in Morocco
and an additional 16,000 tivops
ire awaiting transportation to help
arry on the war against the Moors.
The Arabians In the southwesern
part of Arabia have begun a V
loly war against the Turkish governnent,
and are Indulging In massacres
ind pillaging Hobson City, Ala.,
he only exclusively negro adminlsered
city in the United States has
teen killed by a law passed at the rennf
anoofnn a# fha Ala ho m a Uerfala. j*
ure. It was found that the governnent
of the city had been unwlae and
he charter was, therefore withdrawn.
...The town of San Lorenso, Italy,
ras almost totally destroyed by
arthquake on Wednesday. A large
lumber of persons were injured,
11 any of them fatally. The earthuake
zone extended over a territory
f about twenty miles A band
<t masked riders In the full regalia
f the old Ku Klux Klan, rode Into
)alton, Ga., Tuesday, and giving the
ditor of The Newc a communication
rlth a request for Its publication, \
uletly rode away. The communicaIon
was a warning for gamblers, va- *
rants, blind tigers, loafers, and keeprs
of houses of ill-tame that it was
Ime for them to move to some other
limate.. .. Mrs. Stephen Hart, wife
f the superintendent of a coal mine
,t Carlisle, Ind., was fatally shot
'uesday, while a mob of strikers
fere trying to capture her husband
or the purpose of lynching him....
'he United States government is to
investigate charges of peonage against
he Pressed Steel Car company at
fcKees Rocks, Pa., where It is
harged strike breakers are being.
leld In peonage Postmaster Genral
Hitchcock has announced that
here will shortly be an Increase of *
wo cents In the fee for registering
mere and packages... .fifteen miera
were killed and thirty injured by
he falling of an elevator cage In the
a Paz mine at Matea&auia, Mexico,
'uesdiy evening. The cage fell 1,500
aet The United States navy A
aam has won the national rifle team
latch at Camp Perry, O.. by the
core of 3,801 points, 584 points
head of the winners of last year's
rophy. The Massachusetts National
fuard team won second place
larney Oldfleld, a professional racer,
n Wednesday broke the world's rec- s
rd for a mile In an automobile, covrlng
the distance In 1 minute, 14 8-6
aconds, on a half mile track
Idw. H. Harrlm&n, the railroad magate,
returned home from Europe on
uesday, where he went for the ben- M
flt of his health. He Is a very sick
lan and Is now at his summer home
a a ? J ? XT T Aoflnsp In r%n In
L Arucili n. ww.1?.v..
n effort to regain his strength.
? President Taft, says & Washing >n
dispatch, is leaving nothing unone
to make it clear that he does
ot Intend that the census work and
olltlcs shall be mixed. Acting Sec;tary
McHarg of the department of
smmerce and labor received a letter
om the secretary to the president
ating that census supervisors who
old political positions, such as secretryshlps
or chairmanships of county
lmmltteea. must either rive ud their
olltical or government position. In
number of states, and this Is par- 4.
cularly true of the south, Republiin
politicians have been recomiended
for appointments as supervise
of the census. Complaint was
lade that as supervisors they would
ive authority to appoint enumerate
and it would be possible for them 4
> build up powerful political poslons.
AT THE CHURCHE8.'
BAPTIST
Rev. I. O. Murray, Pastor.
Sunday Services?Sunday school at
I a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock,
o evening service. ^
/iitTtnnri rtw (PHP (Vlfin CXJPD.
nuntn wr HERD.
Rev. T. Tracy Walsh, Rector.
Sunday Services?Sunday school
: 9.45 a. m. No other service.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN.
Rev. E. E. Gillespie, Pastor.
Sunday Services.?Sunday school at
a. m.
RINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
Rev. O. M. Abney. Pastor.
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
There will oe a series of services In
rlnlty Methodist church, commencing
inday morning and continuing
rough the week. The pastor will be
listed by Rev. H. R. Mills of. Rock
111. Two services daily, at 4 p. m.. ?
id 8 p. m. All singers are urged to
sist the choir. The public Is corally
invited to attend.
3SOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN.
Sunday Services?Sunday school at
o'clock. Preaching at 11 a. m., and
10 p. m., by Rev. R. R. Caldwell.