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Scraps and .facts. ? St. Paul, Minn., November 30: After fifteen days of negotiations between the Switchmen's Union of North America and the Joint committee of railroad managers, representing thirteen railroads of the northwest, a strike involving 2,300 switchmen was effective at 6 o'clock tonight. The strikers are employed by railroads running west and north of St. Paul from Lake Superior to the Pacific coast, and unless it Is speedily settled it will be a means of serious Interruption to traffic. To*night both sides to the dispute issued statements. The railway managers said: "The switchmen demand double r>nv fnr holidays. Sundays and over time. an advance of 60 cents per day of ten hours in wages and other things which if conceded would have entailed additional expense upon the railroads of about forty-five per cent. Managers oltered concessions which were refused." Speaking for the switchmen, President Hawley said: "We want an advance of six cents per hour in pay, elimination of overtime and Sunday's work as far as possible and request for double pay for overtime In the nature of penalty more than anything else. This strike will result in a tie-up of railroad traffic from now on, and not a switch engine will move In the territory between the head lakes and the Pacific coast." ? Birmingham, Ala., November 30: Later returns from tbe state indicate that yesterday's majority against the prohibition constitutional amendment will run above 25,000. It appears that a vote of not less than 125,000 was polled, the largest in the history of the state. As the sweeping nature of the defeat of the amendment is realized, there is a disposition in all circles to see the result of its probable effect on future legislation in the state. Industrial leaders and business men of Bir mlngham are almost unanimous in their belief that the result was a rebuke to recent drastic legislation and a declaration of the people of Alabama of their determination to return to conservatism. Leaders of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce believe the election will have the effect of bringing a great deal of eastern capital to Alabama, which has been timid for the past two or three years. Leaders of the amendment forces were overwhelmed by the news of the result, as they were absolutely confident of victory up to the last moment. Gov. Comer left for Mississippi last night on a fishing trip. "The election determined that the men of Alabama did not wish '* '-A- AV -1- ?nnllAA to write into liieir vvusiuuuun measures, nor surrender rights they have expressly reserved," raid United States Senator Johnson. "It does not mean the return of the saloonj, nor any backward step In public mc-als. It means that Alabama is conservative and not to be shaken off her feet by mere sentimental appeals." ? Charlotte Observer: There have come to our attention some Interesting figures?the quotations of cotton prices In New York from the year 1793 to 1907, both Inclusive. Down to the year 1821 only the highest prices for each year are given. From that year on both the highest and the lowest quotation for each year are quoted. It is a most interesting table of figures. ?- K., fihol. X 116 t'VlliyuailUil *5 mauv Kfj iiiv W??v?don Audit company of Atlanta, and that company vouches for the correctness of the figures. In 1793 cotton sold in New York at 32 cents a pound. From that time to the year 1842 the high price ranged downward between 32 cents and 10} cents. The lowest price for the period reached five cents in the year 1842. In 1845 the lowest price again touched 5 cents and the highest did not go above 6jj, the latter being the lowest high-price record since the year 1793. From that year to 1860 we find a gradual but fluctuating rise up to 1861 when the lowest price was 10 cents and the highest 22. Then the price of cotton on the New York market began to jump, reaching tne high mark in 1864. when the lowest price recorded was 68 cents and the liignest $1.89. From that time it began to drop, with fluctuating quotations, the lowest figures for the lowest price of the year being in 1899, when it reached 6 5-16. The table of figures showing the highest and lowest prices of cotton on the New York market each year for ( over one hundred years demonstrates the fact, that, with the exception of only a few years southern farmers have been able, with proper economy and , intelligent farming, to raise cotton at < a profit 1 ? Washington, November 30: In glowing terms, Secretary of Agricul- ' ture Wilson in his annual report pictures the results of the farmers' work i for the year ending June 30, last. Most prosperous of all years is the s place to which 1000 is entitled in agriculture, declares the secretary of agriculture in his thirteenth annual re- ' port, made public today. The value of ] farm products is so Incomprehensibly ; large tnat it has become merely a row ' of ligures. For this year it is $8,700, 000,000, a gain of $869,000,000 over 1908. 1 The value of the products has nearly ' doubled in ten years. The report says, 1 "11 years of agriculture, beginning with I a production of $4,417,000,000 and end- < ing with $8,760,000,000! A sum of $70,- 1 000,000,000 for the period! it has paid 1 Oft mortgages, it has established banks, : it has made better homes, it has. help- ' ed to make the farmer a citizen of the 1 world, and it has provided him with * means for improving his soil and 1 making it more productive." The most striking fact in the world's agriculture is the value of the corn crop for 1909, I which is about $1,720,000,000. it nearly i equals the value of the clothing and i personal adornments of 76.UOO.OOO peo- | pie, according to the census of 1000. i The gold and silver coin and bullion of I the United States are not of greater < value. It has grown up from tiie soil i and out of the air in 120 days?$15,- 1 000,000 a day for one crop, nearly I enough for two Dreadnoughts daily for i piace or war. This crop exceeds in i value the average of the crops of the : five preceding years by 36 per cent, i Cotton is now the second crop in < value, and this year's cotton crop is easily the most valuable one to the farmer that has been produced. With cotton lint selling at 13.7 cents on the farm November 1, and with cotton seed selling for about $25 per ton, the lint i and seed of this crop are w< rth about i $x:?0.000,000 to the farmer. No cotton crop since 1873 has been sold by farm- i ers for as high a price per pound as this one. Third in value Is wheat. worth about $725,000,000 at the farm, and this largely exceeds all previous i values. The November farm price was almost an even dollar a bushel: a price i which has not been equaled since 1881. This is the third wheat crop in point i of size, with 725.000,000 bushels. The hay crop is valued at $665,000,000; oats < at $400,000,000; potatoes at $212,000, 000; and tobacco at nearly $100,000,000. Beet and cane sugar and molasses and syrup, from farm and factory, will reach the total of about $95,000,000. The barley crop is worth $88,000,000, flaxseed $36,000,000, and 1,000,000,000 pounds of rice $25,000,000. She ^JorhinUc inquirer. Entered at the Poatotflce In Yorkvllle as Mall Matter of the Second Class YORKVILLE, S. C.? FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3. 1909. Hox. Wm. J. Bryan has come out for prohibition, and it is understood to be his intention to force the issue to the front in the Democratic party. As to whether this will be a good political move, seems rather doubtful. Northern Democrats generally are opposed to prohibition, and southern Democrats seem to have the matter pretty well in hand. It is generally believed that President Taft is going to give the sugar trust a terrible lambasting in his an nual message to congress. More than 60 per cent of the stock In this trust is held by New England Republicans, and if the president does his full duty in the matter, the big dominating political party of which he is now the head, is going to suffer a pretty severe jar. ?ECKKTAnr ivnox ? leurr iu mc icpresentatlve of Nicaragua Is to be taken to mean, that this government will stand for no more unnecessary disturbance in the troublesome Central American republic that has so long been demonstrated by the unspeakable Zelaya. As to whether troops will be sent has not yet developed; but they will certainly go if necessary. It is hardly probable, however, that more than two or three regiments will be required, and they may be sent from the regular army, . The second edition of Clarence H. Poe's book, "A Southerner In Europe," has just been issued by the Mutual Publishing company, of Raleigh, N. C. There are books and books of travel in Europe. Some tell about things that interest the authors, and some contain entertainment and instruction for the general public. Mr. Poe undertook to investigate and tell about the things | that would prove of especial Interest and value to the southern farmer. Where the European ways are manifestly better and wiser than our ways, he has shown the difference In word paintings that are both entertaining and interesting. No southern written book of years past has compelled more genuine praise or met with more widespread approval. The price is only one dollar. The refusal of the people of Alabama to vote for a prohibition amendment to their constitution, seems to mean more than anything else, that the leaders did not know when to let well enough alone. Of course, if the people of Alabama had seen proper to vote for this amendment, we would not have objected. We would have considered it all right; but we do not believe it would have helped the cause of either prohibition or temperance. To make a state prohibition by legislative <0 ?n/iiur)l far O O thft IflW Cliavillicill 10 C""Uf)H, ow iut ? -' vtiv * is concerned. It is as strong legislation as Is necessary. There is reason to hope then that the law can be enforced: but constitutional prohibition is in danger of eventually degenerating into general license. Such things can be overdone. ' The Yorkvllle Enquirer was in error when it stated that the Record had no chance to bid on the publicalion of the county supervisor's report. ' We had the chance all right, but re- 1 fused to bid on it. for the reason that ' the price allowed by law is too ridi- 1 rulously small for the amount of ad- ' vertising snace the quarterly report takes up. The law allows but $60. At ' the Record's advertising rate, the bill , for the four insertions would amount ! to over $100. True, we did bid on it one year. But we will never do so ' again at the price offered. We see no reason why the county should not nay the regular advertising rates.? Rock Hill Record. The statement to which the Record , refers, was made on the authority of ( Mr. O. K. Williams, of the Record, in 1 a conversation before the Shandon ho- , tel in Yorkvllle last Monday night. < Mr. Williams stated that the Record " was not permitted to bid on a certain j piece of job printing that was given to ( another printer at a price in excess of l what the Record would have done the 1 ?ame thing for. and the editor of The | Enquirer asked Mr. Williams whether ; the Record had been invited to bid on ' the publication of the supervisor's re- ' port, and he said no. As to whether | there was any misunderstanding on I the part of Mr. Williams, is not ours j to say: out there was no misunaer- ( standing on the part of the editor ] if T'?e Enquirer. However, since the Record says this statement was an rror. we take pleasure in reproducing what it says. They art- worrying Dr. Cook almost to distraction. Peary's friends continue to denounce him as a liar and i charlatan, any many of the newspapers which at first championed his 1 cause are going back on him. He ' himself seems to be giving away un- ( tier the terrible strain, which is really > more than flesh and blood can stand. The Enquirer has never seen proper to J become a partisan as between these ; two claimants for the honor of having < discovered the north pole. Our position ' all nlonir has been that the truth will certainly be established; that if Cook ilid not get to the pole, the fact will be proved, and if he did pet there, the fact will be proved. It seems to us that the country can afford to wait. The University of Copenhagen is to be heard from yet, and there is to be a iiuarrel between that and the American tribunal, that has given its decision in favor of Peary, and which has denounced Cook without having access to his records. Cook may be a faker. for all we know; but there is no use ' t<> set excited yet. He must not be j condemned until be is convicted. While ? we would know nothing about his roc- ' nrds even if we should see them, it is j very well to remember that he report- | ed that the pole was in tlie water in- < stead of on the land. That is the one ' essential and all important thing, and , Peary confirmed him fully as to that. < It is quite possible that the investigation of hl3 records by the University of Copenhagen, will furnish as much proof of his success as has been furnished of the success of Peary. Anyhow, do not let us arrive at a verdict until we have heard all the evidence. MORE than to any other one consideration, England owes her greatness to obedience to law. There have been times when the great masses have arisen against the sovereign: but in each case it was because the sovereign was trampling the law under foot. And after each uprising the people have loyally accepted the new order that was established. It is quite possible that the principles that the masses are now contending for are right. There is no doubt of the fact that people to whom special privileges are accorded invariably come to abuse those privileges in the course of time. This is especially true in the case of hereditary privileges. That is a part of the fight in England now. The English nobility as a whole comprises, a great, useful and powerful class; but attached to it are many worthless parasites, leeches on the body politic, and while the storm that is now on is probably not wholly justified, we have no doubt that It is justified in part. The great danger, however, is that the tremendous upheaval that is being inaugurated, may go to extremes, and in that event the masses will finally suffer more than the classes. But as we have already suggested, England can stand more radical changes and revolutions in the established order of things than any other country on earth without being utterly ruined, and It is because of natural, inherent and hereditary loyalty to law. Crisis In Great Britain. Great Britain has be. n thrown into a campaign of turmoil and strife, the like of which the country has not experienced in a great many years, and which threatens results that may easily be revolutionary in their effect. The issue is the rejection by the house of lords, of the budget or appropriation bill that was sent over from the house of commons, and the dispute between the two houses is to be settled at the ballot box by the country at large. Although the British people have proved through centuries of loyal submission to law, that they are competent to settle their difficulties in a more or less orderly manner, or at least without bloodshed, there are reasons to believe that the present situation will prove as severe a test as has ever confronted the country. The present crisis has grown out of the efforts of the commons to impose new taxes that seem to be more especially directed at accumulated wealth nnd landed property. The propositions came up in separate measures in the house of commons that were promptly voted down as soon as they came into the house of lords, and the commons, not to be thwarted in their purpose. Incorporated the objectionable measures in the budget, known in this country as the general appropriation or suply bill. The house of lords, after a debate of several days, on last Tuesday did what had been anticipated all the while ?killed the budget by a vote of 350 to 70, and the result was to bring about a condition under which no more taxes can be collected even for the support of the government, which condition must be corrected without delay, else there will be chaos. Upon tile killing of the supply bill, parliament was prorogued, the ministry resigned and the whole question will now go to the people. The house of lords, representing the titled and wealthy classes, considers the proposition of the commons as unjust and unfair, and the masses of the people are inclined to support the commons. The situation promises an unusually lively campaign that will put the intelligence and wealth down to brass tacks to carry its point, and the civilized world will watch with great interest not only the campaign but the final result. ? Columbia Record: Superintendent Griffith of the penitentiary is quoted us saying that he would like to be governor for just fifteen minutes In order that he might grant pardons to three prisoners in the penitentiary?Mrs. Kannie Carson, old man Bob Jones and Walter Allen. We would be glad to see Captain Griffith governor for two terms, because he would make as good x governor as he has made superintendent of the penitentiary?which is saying a good deal?but for the purposes of the discussion we would be glad to see him governor for just five minutes, provided he would pardon lust Walter Allen. As to the woman who participated in the brutal killing i?f her husband, who was brained to ieath as he slept?if we remember correctly; and as to Jones, who was made Tamous by Ebbie Watson's stories of the "Edgefield Exterminator," a man who killed an old man and his family ?we have our doubt about the propriety of granting pardons to these two prisoners, no matter their records in the prison. But as to Walter Allen, mere snouiu not oe a moment s Hesitation on the part of any governor. In the first place, Walter Allen is not a bad man, so far as his record shows, tnd the jury which convicted him went to the extreme in its verdict. He shot Jown the man who had insulted his ivife, and while the socalled "unwritten law" has been much abused, and while technically Allen may not have been justified in his actions, since under the law no words justify a blow, still he lid what every natural man, with red blood in his veins, would do. But there is an even better reason for pardoning Walter Allen. For several years he was a trusty at the penitentiary, and was in charge of the stables. He did his work well, and had the confidence of the penitentiary authorities. One day he was missing. 3oing to feed the stock, in the early morning, he easily s ipped out of the yard and was at liberty. It was not iiflicult to guess why and where he had ?one. It was known that a few days before he had received a letter telling iim that his young wife?almost a girl l\ IIVII lit" IVUK 1 11111 IStllieU W US II) HIK III consumption, and that she longed to <ee him. They were mountaineers, the Aliens, and after Walter's conviction the wife was forced to leave her healthy home and seek employment in i cotton mill in the lower portion of reenvme county. J ne worn or perhaps insufficient nourishment unlermined her strength, and Walter Mien knew that lie might never see iier alive again. Do you wonder that tie yielded to easy temptation? But in i few days after his escape. Captain Iriffith received a letter from Walter Mien's wife. She told him that she was greatly surprised and shocked to learn that Walter had escaped, and that though she wanted to see him so badly she would send him right back to the prison. That was the substance of tier letter: we do not remember its rermuKC, ""I nilvi' never irau anything finer in sentiment. None but a ifooil woman could have written it. And siie kept her promise. One night mt long afterwards, Walter Allen presented himself :it the penitentiary, [laving come back voluntarily and done. Whether he might or might not nave been caught is not the question. He did come back. Anv man who has [he longing for home that Walter Allen had and who has the strength to ?eme bark to prison as he came back, lia- in him, we assert, the making of a nan. He deserves a chance in the ivorld. If ever .a convict should be parloned, Walter Allen should. LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A. FTiodheim & Bro., Rock Hill?Invite attention to new coat suits, reliable furs, cloak bargains, blankets and comforts and ask you to visit them. "Z," Enquirer Office?Offers a furnishor iinfnrnlshprl hmiwp wpll Input ed, for rent. J. L. Stacy?Wants buyers for horses, mules and farm Implements for cash. Clover R. F. D. No. 3. John E. Carroll, Sec.?Requests members of Philanthropic lodge, No. 32, A. F. M? to attend next meeting. Election of officers and other business of importance. G. C. Leech, Hickory Grove?Warns all hunters against trespassing on his lands. L. R, Williams, Probate Judge?Gives notice that Mrs. Lula M. Lanier has applied for letters of administration on estate of Claud Lanier, deceased. Miss Rosa Lindsay?Reminds you that now is the time to make appointments for holiday photograph work. York Supply Co.?Talks about seasonable goods, including all kinds of farm tools, groceries, flour, etc. D. E. Boney?Reminds you that the Christmas season is near, when there will be more or less danger to life and property. Insure now. J. L. Williams & Co.?Must raise 35,000 by January 1, and have cut prices on all goods to help the process. J. M. Brian Co.?Is showing a good variety of Christmas goods, including toys, candies, nuts, fruits, etc. Carroll Furniture Co.?Has a big line of reed rockers "at attractive prices, and also framed mirrors in all sizes. Carroll Bros.?Are offering their custnmora '"Rpfn dp war" N. O. molasses and a choice line of fancy groceries. Star Drug Store?Extends its customers and friends a cordial invitation to call and see Its big stock of Christmas goods of every description. Yorkvilie B. & M. Co.?On page three, tell about the extra good values it is offering in all classes of goods in its dry goods department for men, women and children. J. Q. Wray?Makes good cuts on men's suits to close out hi* winter stock; can supply the' family with shoes, and invites you to see the display of Christmas toys, etc. Yorkvilie Hardware Co.?Can furnish you with any grade or size of grates, wood and coal heaters. Remember Lynchburg turn plows. Thomson Co.?Has fifty SI .50 rug3 and offers them at 98 cts. each, and quotes prices on percales, outings, ginghams, hickory shirting, blankets, etc. Headquarters for men's furnishings. First National Bank, Yorkvilie?Puts good roads and a bank account in tho onmr> elns.4 ns helners of everv Individual. First National Bank, Sharon?Admonishes you to make your own opportunities by having: a bank account to help you along. R. R. Allison?Will sell a large gray hor?e before the court house next Monday. McCrlll Bros.?Call on parties owing them to make settlement by December 15. W. O. W. Committee?Gives Information In regard to annual camp banquet. to be given December 8th, at 7.30 n. m.. J. C. Wilborn?Has additional real estate offerings and reminds you of the auction sale of the Huey place next Monday. . While out hunting a day or two ago, Mr. Joseph Nichols of Yorkville, killed quite a large chicken hawk. In shape and general appearance, the huge bird resembled an eagle, though, of course, not nearly so large. Those people who have been intending to sow wheat and who have not yet done so, are reminded of the fact that the time in which the sowing can be done with a reasonable prospect of making a good crop is growing short<-?r* OAJ u-Viorn urhAflt hflfl VI . i IlCl e U1C vanco .... turned out a good yield from seed sown after Christmas; but this Is pushing the thing pretty close. LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS. If any of the children of the many families to which The Enquirer goes, desire to write letters to Santa Claus, we beg leave to extend the use of the columns of this paper during the next three Issues. The children are assured that Santa Claus Is a regular, constant and Interested reader of The Enquirer, and that he will certainly see their letters If *' ...*11 Canto Plana lllt'y Will UHCCl Llirui iu MUUM4 N/IMW, care of The Enquirer. To ensure publication, the letters must not Include more than one hundred words; they must be as plainly written as possible, and must have the correct name and address of the writers, so that Santa Claus will have no difficulty In locating his correspondents. COMMON PLEAS. The court of common pleas has been engaged all the week on the case of Dr. R. A. Bratton, executor, vs. the Catawba Power company, and the jury will nr?t yet the nanprs until this af ternoon. The case being one of unusual lm- < portance, especially in that other complaints of the same nature are pending, and there are still other cases that are likely to be brought now or hereafter, every point of law and fact has been sifted with great thoroughness. The plaintiff is being represented i ? - ? o T 1 T T_T uy r iniey 0? jnnuiiKs uuu u. xi. mat lull, and the defendant by Frank I. Osborne, W. li. Wilson, Sr., C. E. Spencer and Thos. F. McDow. The following extra veniremen were drawn from the five-mile box last < Tuesday to fill vacancies in the orig- ; inal venire. F. D. Davidson, W. E. Ferguson, Alonzo Rose, E. M. Dickson, ; S. P. Neil. W. L,. Wallace, T. J. Hopper. ABOUT PEOPLE. 1 Mrs. W. H. Fowler of Yorkville, is 1 attending the U. D. C. convention in 1 Newberry. Mrs. Anna and Miss Loula McGill of 1 Hickory Grove, spent Thursday with 1 friends in Yorkvilie. Mr. J. K. Scott of Yorkvilie No. 3, 1 is visiting the family of Mr. Leroy < Ferguson at Taylors. Miss Mildred Hobbs, who has been in the Johns Hopkins' hospital, Baltimore for the past several weeks, returned to her home in Yorkvilie this morning. Rock Hill Record: Mr. J. L,. Williamson, one of Bethesda township's most prosperous farmers, will move to Rock Hill and will occupy the Kerr cottage oh Academy street. Mr. Hiram Boukout, of the same neighborhood, will also come to the city to engage in business. He will open a grocery store and meat market in one of Mayor Roildey's new buildings on Railroad avenue, near the overhead bridge. Mr. Itookout will continue to run his farm, however. Lancaster special of December 1, to Charlotte Observer: A notable event of the past week in Lancaster was the elaborate and beautiful seven-course dinner given at the palatial home of Col. Leroy Springs. Capt. Samuel E. i w line ueuiK mi gemui nuNi anu r>en- i atcir Hubert L. Taylor, who lectured t in the opera house Friday night, being ( the guest of honor. The party includ- i ed Senator Taylor, Chief Justice Ira B. I Jones, Rev. Chalmers Fraser. Rev. M. ( M. Bradham, Mr. R. E. Wylie, Mr. C. t B. Skipper, Mr. J. H. Witherspoon, Mr. \ W. T. Williams. Mr. John Crawford, Mr. W. C. Thomson, Mr. A. H. i Greene, Mr. A. P. McLure, Mr. L. C. Lazenby and Mr. Paul Moore. They were seated around a table brilliant with cut glass and silver. The centerpiece was a backet of white carnations, and the silver candlesticks had delicate green shades, the color scheme of green and white being artistically carried out. The house was handsomely decorated with carnations and roses together with ferns and palms. Miss Addle Pinckney gracefully assisted Captain White in entertaining his guests and to her is due a large share of the pleasure which those present enjoyed. Being a woman of rare ability and striking personality, she was never more attractive than on this occasion. Senator Taylor In the opening of his lecture paid this compliment to Captain White: "Today I have been entertained like a lord by a prince? I shall never forget the hospitality of one of your most honored citizens, my olu friend, Captain White." WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Mr. J. 14. Brian Is erecting a handsome two story cottage on his lot on Lincoln s.reet. ? Mr. Truman Turner, charged with the killing of Whlteman Hardy, recently, was released from Jail this morning on a bond of $2,000. ? There are lots of pretty Christmas things appearing in the show windows, and people who want the choice of them should get what they want ight now. ? Mr. A. M. Guerard is canvassing for subscriptions to the capital stock of a company, having for its purpose the establishment of a laundry and ice plant in Yorkville. The town being without either an ice plant or a laundry, a great many people are of the opinion that it would be a good idea to arrange to keep at home the money that is now going abroad for ice and laundry work, and at the same time effect a substantial saving represented by the sum now paid put for freight and express.. The proposed company is to have a capital stock of $5,000, and it i3 proposed to begin operations when 20 per cent of the amount is paid in. The subscription paper is only being put in circulation and several subscriptions have already been put down. The par value of the shares is $50. SERVICE BY MAIL. Mr <"} Rrown. sheriff of York county, Is about to introduce a little innovation so far as this county is concerned, that will mean the doing away with a lot of unnecessary trouble and expense, without the slightest detraction from the value of the practical result to be accomplished. Hereafter, he will serve grand and petit jurors by mail, instead of having them served in person. Prom time out of mind, it has been the custom of the sheriff, within a short time after the drawing of the venire of Jurors, to go himself and send deputies over the county and serve each one with a subpoena, after which there would be a return to the clerk showing who was served ana Dy wnom. mis win ue in a large measure discontinued for the reason that there Is absolutely no use of It The plan to be pursued hereafter, Is to enclose In an envelope to each Juror a subpoena with a self addressed return postal card, and a letter of Instructions. The letter will tell the Juror to acknowledge the service on the postal card and drop It In the mall and on receipt of the return card, the sheriff will mark the Juror as having been served. With the postal facilities now existing, there will be no trouble about serving an entire venire In this way; but in case of tardiness In receiving an answer, the sheriff will promptly send a deputy to see whether or not the juror addressed Is to be found. The system described is not altocpthor new Tt Is helne nracticed in many counties of the state, and there is no question as to its complete legality. A high official called Sheriff Brown's attention to this much easier and more convenient way recently, and the sheriff, of course, Is not going to be slow to act upon it, as it will save a lot of unnecessary trouble. DOWN TO BUSINESS. There will be all kinds of changes in the business world on or about January 1, as there always is, and, of course the neighbors and friends of most of the people making these changes are interested; but after all the most important thing for each individual is to be decided upon what his own work is to be and to get down lO 11. That there is to be an important change in the heretofore prevailing methods of doing what is known as the "supply business" is generally recognized. This comes about by a change In the law?the lien law?upon which the supply business has been based for so many years. Just what methods are going to take the place of those that have been pursued for so long, cannot be clearly foreseen; but one thiner that is reasonably certain is that most of the people who have been sowing and planting and hoeing and plowing will continue to do so, and there will be found some way to supply them in the future as in the past, and within a year or two things will be going on very much as before. In the meantime, it is up to the people who have not yet decided what they are going to do next year to g- down Lo their best Judgment and decide the matter as soon as possible. Of one thing there is no doubt, and that is that everybody should arrange to get busy, and stay busy, as that situation is riot only better for individual citizens; but it is better for the country as a whole. SPECIAL PREMIUMS. In order to add to the interest of the :ontest among our clubmakers, we tiave decided to offer some special premiums to clubmakers during January, in addition to our regularly pubished oilers, and to be entirely independent of the regular contest. We hereby offer Jive dollars in cash ;o tile ciuomaKer or ciUDmaaers learning and paying for the largest club >f new subscribers during each of the Jour weeks of January. The contest will be open to all who ;are to enter it, including those who ire now making clubs, and those who nay undertake clubs for this special ;ontest, and the names returned in :his special contest will count on the egular clubs exactly the same as if his contest had not Intervened. Here is the proposition: A record will be kept of every new lame entered between this date and he second Saturday in January, and in Saturday, January 8, the clubmakir who has to his credit the largest lumber of new names returned and mid for between this date, Friday, De .vinoer 3, ami me uaie menuuneu, oaiirday, January 8, at 6 o' lock p. m., vill receive $5. Beginning the next Monday mornng, January 10, the contest will be on for another week, and the clubmaker returning and paying for the largest number of new names by 6 o'clock p. m., January 15, will receive $5. The same o(Ter holds good for the two weeks following, and the sum of J5 will be awarded for the largest clubs of new subscribers returned and paid for during each of the weeks preceding. Twenty dollars to be awarded In all ?$5 on each Saturday for the largest club of new subscribers returned and paid for during the contest preceding. By a new subscriber is meant a subscriber who Is not now taking The Enquirer, and who has not been taking It since July 1, 1909. Changes In the name of persons to whom the paper la now going will not be permitted to count in the contest. The offer is intended to apply solely to names which will constitute additions to our present circulation. All names returned In this special content will be entered upon the clubs of the respective contestants, and counted in the regular competition, the same as if this special contest had not been held. LOCAL LACONICS. In the Supreme Court. Columbia. December 3: W. W. Auten, respondent, vs. Catawba Power company, appellant. Rehearing: granted provided terms of order not compiled with. Per curiam. Jackson vs. Southern Railway. The supreme court has reversed the court below In the case of W. F. Jackson, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant vs. the Southern Railway, Defendant-Respondent. This case has been to the supreme court three times, and must again go to a-jury. It Is possible that It will come up at the present term of the court of common pleas. Corn Shucking at Campbell's. There was an old fashioned corn I ohiiolrino' a t tho hnmp nf HfpflsiM. R T, and A. L. Campbell on YorkvlUe No. 6, a few nights ago, and a big crowd of neighbors and friends had a delightful time of It, more especially at the bountiful supper prepared by Aunt Beckie Armstrong, colored, an old time artist in the line- of cooking good plantation dinners. Almost a Hundred. Mrs. Catharine Forbls, widow of the late J. Harvey Forbls, died at the home of her son, Mr. Daniel J. Forbls, neat Clover on November 30. aged 92 years. 2 months and 10 days. She was a Miss Thornburg, born In Gaston county, N. C., and Is survived by a brother, Moses Thornburg, and a sister, Miss Susan Thornburg, both of Gaston county, N. C., and the following children: D. Watson Forbls, New York: H. Frank Forbls, Gaston county, N. C.; Daniel J. Forbls, Clover; Mrs. Catharine Ferguson, Clover; Miss Elizabeth Fbrbls, Atlanta. Ga. She was a member of the Crowder's Creek A. R. P. church and was burled there on Wednesday, the funeral services being conducted by Rev. R. M. Stevenson and Rev. Mr. Mills. News From the Chaingang. Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday: me county chaingang, which has been engaged In doing permanent work on the old Saluda road for the past Ave months, pulled up stakes today and the whole camp will be moved to York township. The work done on the Saluda road la entirely satisfactory to the citizens of Catawba and a visit to this now beautiful boulevard will convince anyone that the coanty Is building the right kind of roads. The road bed now has a width of about forty feet with twelve feet of macadam in the center. On either side are found deep ditches sufficient to carry large quantities of water to nearby streams. The macadam reaches a distance of nV\Aiit fr\ iik rw 11 An t amnln/lap n# ttuuui iuui iiiucoi i lie icmaiiiuct vi the road id of sand and clay. It Is said the latter makes a more serviceable road for both winter and summer. Another feature of work done by the county which deserves special mention is the manner in which this road has been graded. Where the road leads out to Mt. Holly the road was changed in order that the road would not be so hilly and the change appears to an outsider a good one. The gang succeeded in working this road to Mr. J. S. Stults' residence. That part of the road being worked by the city is nearing completion and the work is a distinct credit to the city. Steele, et al., vs. Smith. The supreme court has affirmed ihe court below in the case of Susan A. Steele and others, vs. Alice and Susan R. Smith. The case involves the partition of 340 acres of land in the suburbs of Rock Hill. One half of this land was deeded by John Steele in trust to Joseph A. Steele for the benefit of his grandson, John G. Steele, with the understanding that although John G. Steele should not have the right to sell the land during his life time, he would have the right to will it, and failing to make a will, the land should pass to his legal heirs. After the death of John Steele and Joseph A. Steele, John G. Steele undertook to sell to James Pagan for Robert Patterson, and in the course of time possession went to others. John G. Steele died in 1905, without making a will, and his heirs at law, the plaintiffs in this case, began the proceedings to establish their claim on the ground that John G. Steele's undertaking was null and void for the reason that he had no fee title in the land he had attempted to convey. The case was ' heard by Judge Gage, who decided for the plaintiffs, giving the defendants, however, the benefit of $1,000 worth of I improvements on the particular piece j of land involved in this suit. There are still other lots of land involved in ' the same conditions. Spencers & nunla]) and Wilson & Wilson, represent the defendants-appellants and Finley & Jennings the plaintiffs-respondents. ? Beaufort, N. C., November 30: Cape Hatteras, known as "the graveyard of American shipping," today claimed another victim in the German steamer Brewster, thus adding one more to its long list of lost sea-going craft. The Brewster, while enroute to New York from Kingston, Jamaica, laden with a cargo of bananas and cocoanuts, stranded last Sunday night on the inner Diamond shoals. The vessel withstood the battering of mountainous seas, caused by northeast gales, up until noon today, when her hold filled with water through holes punctured in the bottom by the severe pounding' sne received, and she sank. Although efforts were made by wrecking tugs and other vessels to render assistance to the Brewster, she finally was given up as a hopeless wreck. The Brewster's crew, rescued yesterday by life savers, are still at Hatteras. Her cargo of bananas and cocoanuts Is also a total loss, as salvage ships could not approach near enough to lighter the \ fruit. i ZELAYA HATES AMERICANS. t t t Nicaraguan Dictator Neglects No t Chance to Show His Contempt. If there la one thing on earth that President Zelaya of Nicaragua despises it is an American. He makes no secret of it, either. He neglects iiu upyuriuiuijr ui impressing upuu them that they are not wanted. His 1 motto Is: "Latin-America for Latin- ^ Americans," and when anybody sug- 1 gests the benefits to be derived from J closer intercourse with the United j States, he points sarcastically to ' Panama, Forto Rico and Cuba. Zelaya belongs to the real arlsto- s cracy of Central America. He Is a f man of about sixty, of pure Castil- 1 lian blood, a Spaniard through and r through. A good friend, but a re- 8 lentless foe, with a warm heart and s a quick temper, once aroused, makes him a devil Incarnate. He was given the finest education Nicaragua could afford, and then, at 14, was sent to Europe. He studied at La Sorbonne, in Paris, and visited other European universities. At 25 he returned to his native land, a man of great attainments, knowledge, and energy. He knew no restraint and gave his passions full play. In colder climes he would have been considered a debauchee, but Latin-American morals cannot be measured or recognized as a leader by pleasure^lovlng "sports" and "high-rollers" of Managua. In his own way Zelaya is a patriot. He loves his country and Its customs and traditions, and he really considers that the introduction of American methods . of government a'nnlH Ka onmntViinv In tVi n nnfiiM /?# nwuiu wc o"?utniiii6 <1* tllC naiUi C VI a defilement. He knows that his fellow-countrymen are not capable of self-government and that they probably never will be unless God makes them all over again. In this he has the support of all the best and most conservative men In his country. It is the same all through Central America; the people cannot govern themselves, they must be ruled; but they want to be ruled by men of thedr own race and religion, and not by unsympathetic strangers. This is the secret of Zelaya's power, just as it was Castro's, and is still of the wonderful influence of the perpetual president of Mexico, Porflrio Diaz. If Zelaya raises the cry of "Yankee absorption," thousands of Latin-Americans from Pearu to Mexico will flock to his standard. He is a man of endless resources, and will fight to a finish.?New York Herald. t A , ( UNCLE 8AM 8PEAK8 OUT. Washington Government* Sits Down on Zelays. Washington, Dec. 1.?Secretary of State Knox late today returned the passports of Felipe Rodriguez, charge d'affaires of the Nlcaraguan legation, with a letter scathingly denouncing the Zelayan administration of the government of Nicaragua. The letter is 'definitely declared to represent the views of President Taft, and is about as plain spoken as anything emanating from the state department in years. t The extraordinary feature of the let- . ter is that it seems to evince an intention on the part of the United States < to hold President Zelaya personally " responsible for the alleged torture and execution of the Americans, Cannon and Groce, and exhibits the unique sit- ' uation of one government holding the ' chief executive of another practically t as a common malefactor. Zelaya is branded as a violator of solemn inter- 1 national conventions, a disturber of the t national and international peace, and ( a tyrant administration which has been . a blot upon the name of good government. ' Secretary Knox virtually announces 1 the recognition of the Nlcaraguan rev- t olutionlsts, declares it to be the conviction of the United States that the 1 revolution represents the sentiments . of a majority of the Nlcaraguan s people, and that there 1b evidently no responsible government with which the United States can deal. He therefore announces that all parties will be held accountable for their actions as affecting the interests of Americans and the peace of Central America. He further informs Senor Rodriguez that while he has lost his diplomatic quality, he may still serve as an "unofficial" channel of communication with the faction which he is regarded as representing. This brings the crisis as near to the status of war as it could be brought by executive action without a definite declaration by both houses of congress, which will convene next Monday. Mr. Knox's letter, in all but so many words, makes it plain that the action represents the wish and attitude of qll of the Central American states with the single exception of Honduras, which Is regarded here as entirely dominated by Zelaya. Mexico has all along shown its sympathy with the United States in this matter. Just what status the consular representatives of the United States in Nicaragua now enjoy, is not definitely *~ I 1 T In arruwitoH hnw- ' CApiauicu luiugiiw. *>. *0 v?pvv%v?, ..v? ever, that Vice Consul CSaldera, who j, has been occupying the legation in Managua, together with the other 1 consuls in that country, will be given v their passports tomorrow. This is the | usual methods of procedure in case of such action between governments. , 0 , h SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. 11 ? Columbia, Dec. 2: It is very 0 probable that trains will be operated * over the Carolina, Clinchfleld and * Ohio railroad into Spartanburg on 11 Sunday. John B. Cleveland, Ralph ? K. Carson and J. Norment Powell, i} stockholders and directors of the * South and Western road, today filed ? a petition with the secretary of state JJ to change the name of the road to the ^ Carolina, Clinchfleld and Ohio Rail- * way of South Carolina. The secretary ? atata ooM thnf ho si)W nothing to prevent the amendment and that It I would be granted as soon as the no- * tlce was published as required by law, and the proper showing made in accordance with the notice. The long charter fight is thus ended. The k South and Western road has already tl been Inspected and accepted by the a railroad commission and it Is under- tl stood that the commission will con- e sider tariffs, when presented by this e road, on the C. C. & O. of South a Carolina. Some sort of arrangement ei will very probably be made between cl the C. C. & O. of South Carolina and h the C. C. & O. of Virginia thus form- w Ing a continuous line. g ? Columbia, Dec. 2: Chairman Y Murray of the dispensary commission today supervised tne paying out 01 me last of the liquor claims allowed by the commission's recent judgments. * The amount paid out today was $147,- " 874.47, the largest amounts being s< $65,000 to Clark Bros., $45,000 to Kleischmann and $18,000 to the Schlitz beer people. The only claim allowed remaining unpaid is that to e< the Big Springs Distilling company, a' which is suspended pending appeal. 11 This was the only concern allowed C1 anything which has appealed. The w commission has left about $460,000, a< * ? ? -.1 ..i AAA a' wnicn inciuues uuuui #uv,wv v,vnscience money," half of which goes to J-* the lawyers. Chairman Murray said j! today that after all attorneys' fees are t paid and all other expenses met the p; :ommission would turn in to the a' state about J320.000. Most of the Irms paid off today were represented T by ex-Speaker of the Kentucky e' House of Representatives A. J. Car- P] coll. whose fees will be larsre and ?' juicy. Mr. Carroll gave the commlssion much valuable assistance In the .vay of evidence. . J* ? Charleston special of December 1, sc :o Columbia State: Tom Belger and Lewis Stender, young lads, had an ex- q :itlng experience this morning with a )ig porpoise, and the fortunate reservng of a couple of shells for the gun vhich one of the boys carried, prevent- ol >d the overturning of the boat and per- th laps the death or injury of the boys. St t is but fair to the porpoise to say se hat the boys provoked the attack, ir 3elger and Stender had been hunting if narsh hens in a small batteau and hs vere returning to the city. In the er niddle of the river a six and a half foot in jorpoise showed himsilf some distance ti< ihead of the boat. The fish have a yt rery peaceful reputation, but, as is the sh ase with manv a man. the fighting m iropenslties can be finally aroused and cc his Is what happened when one of the w< >oys took a shot at the porpoise. tli Stung by the shot, the fish raised his dl lead just high enough to get his bear- n< ngs and then he made for the boys In ce he boat. The flsh gave several hard, slaps at the boat with hia fins and did ill but actually get into the boat after he boys. The young men daw their dfl predicament and they knew now that t wad a fight to the finish. Fortunatey, there was one shell left and it was leceasary to put the shot in the right place. This was done Just under the -ight fin In one of the slaps that the pornolae made and then the flsh lay ^ [ulet The boys wanted to exhibit their prize, and, lassoing the fish, they made he rope fast astern and then pulled hr PrecrnnU's ahlnvaij. where the hlor ish was run ashore. The porpoise was lot yet dead when landed and another ihell put the finishing touches on the >orpolse. The fish proved a large and >owerful monster and he might have nade serious ending for tVe youthful iportsmen but for the steadiness of the ihot during the attack. ? Columbia State: In his annual re>ort to the legislature, Comptroller General Jones will call attention to lome necessary tax reforms. This will >e especially timely, as the year 1910 s the time for reassessment of real ee- ^ ate for taxation in this state and It ias been suggested that there might >e some improvement In the laws. It v s not known whether the legislature vill take a hand In this matter during J ;he approaching session as the tax imposition was not considered at the ast session and that was the first of *5 he present two years' term. Mr. Jones s of the opinion that the bulk of the and In this state is not owned by farners, that Is those who actually superntend the farm work. He calls those nen farmers who live on the farms tnd make the cultivation of crops their 'egular business and not those men vho live in towns and plant crops from rear to year through overseers or 'enters. Some time ago the press of :he state carried the following slgnlicant paragraph: "Mr. Jones came icross some striking inequalities in tax Lssessments in Williamsburg county, lands being sold at from $400 to $800 m acre are down on the tax books at 'rom $6 to $10 an acre and other land orther from town, assessed at $2 an tcre, has a ready market value at $50 in acre. Mr. Jones says the township tnd county equalization boards, which Ixed these values, have got into the rnblt of gauging assessments by the (.mounts of taxes they think the property holder should pay. In this way :he large property holders pay little axes proportionately." As to the inequalities, Mr. Jones states that this s true of most of the counties in South Carolina. Referring to the farmers he lays he doesn't see why they should tick when the greater portion of the and. In his opinion, is not owneu oy :he farmers, but by men in other lines ? )f work. He differentiates between the ?? . H 'armer and the planter. It Is pointed >ut in some of the county papers from ' :lme to time that these inequalities do ?xist. It is contended that the inequal- \ ty should be remedied by either the axpayer himself or by the board of . t issessors. To evenly proportion the V Axes appears to be quite a problem md will be discussed at length at the :omlng session of the general assemily. J MERE-MENTION. , <f Wm. C. Lllley, a former treasurer of w i Presbyterian church at Pittsburg, Pa., is short $21,034 In his account with :he church. Lllley is missing New fork city Is to have a municipal bulldng that will be twenty-five stories ligh, and to cost $7,500,000 Of the IA AAA otHLrlncr <Hr1 ahlrtvfilflt m&JrAm >f New York, 16,000 have returned to vork. after gaining all for which thejr isked. ...Ex-Governor Glenn of North Carolina, says that Governor Judson rlarmon of Ohio, will bo the next Demicratlc nominee for the presidency.... rhe naval campaign of France Includes vJP he building of six battleships of the Dreadnought class, to cost 914,800,000. A Paris pawn brokerage Arm is idverti8ing the crown jewels of the exlultan of Morocco, Abdul Axis, for sale. uk rhe jewels were pawned for $240,000 * ind weigh 450 pounds Several of he . cabinet ministers of Japan are ac:used of accepting graft from the Dal Nippon Sugar company to the amount if $3,000,000 The London copper nine, near Ducktown, Tenn., caved in ^ ruesday morning, (lb the result of a Ire, entombing eight men Six nen, ail enargea wun emoezzjemems rom national banks, plead guilty at ndlanapolls, Ind., Tuesday....A terri- J tie blizzard swept over Oklahoma, * Cansas, Texas and New Mexico on ' tlonday night and Tuesday; killing lundreds of head of cattle and comiletely blocking all railroad traffic.... n a dispute over the religion of Mr. raft between negroes at Pleasant Hill, J a., Tuesday, one negro was shot tp leath....In the wreck of an Atlantic ?oast Line train near Petersburg, VA, Tuesday afternoon, the engineer was dlled and the fireman was seriously njured A Morley, N. Y., farmer yent to his chicken yard Sunday mornng to feed his hens. The hens were ill gone, but on the floor of the henlouse he found a pocketbook containng $150, and a card bearing the name t a well known citizen of the vicinity. George Burge, who stabbed his xf i rlfa /? /lanfh nrhlln sha alant 1*1 hai* lome in Atlanta, Ga, several months go, wad sentenced Tuesday to be anged on Friday, December 30th 'he keel plates of the cruiser-battlehip Lion, for the British navy, were Ud at Devonport on Monday. The .?^ essel is to have 70,000 horsepower and ' W, rill be 700 feet long and have a speed f 27 knots an hour George Benon, 19 years old, who last week atempted to rob a bank at Macomanle, Vis., was on Tuesday sentenced to erve fourteen years in prison. 9 Cotton Crop Estimates^?Cotton maret opinion, now that weather condilons are practically out of the running s a factor in determining the size of lie crop, has entered upon the crop stlmating stage. The government's stimate of December 10 will soon give new bas s for forecast Meanwhile stimates from various individuals, exhanges and other authorities are eard, with that measure of confidence hich is characteristic of guessing, ood, bad or indifferent. On the New a?1? f tWn a vara va a# UI XV V/UUUU UAVIiaiI5U IUV VIUQU V4 51 estimates of members resulted in figure of 11,231,000 bales ranging om a minimum of 10,150,000 bales to maximum of 12,500,000 bales. These gures may be taken as fairly repre- ^ jntative of the range of market opln>n as to the size of the season's crop. A fair criticism of the current esmating viewpoint is that it is Inclln1 to overwork the fact of large acre- _^l ?e and to overemphasize crop condion returns. The planted area of t>.e rop of 1909 w& 31,918,000 acres. It ould require a yield of 176 pounds an ere to meet the cotton exchange verugc, vvmuii is o p/uuuo wiiv* tuou iat of 1907-08 whose crop was 11,52,000 bales. It Is true that the Septmber condition of cotton of 58.5 comared unfavorably with the ten-year yerage of 67. But this was partly off?t by the better outturn of ginning in ? exas and the improved yield of the itire Atlantic coast states under ideal icking weather conditions. The days a 10,000,000-bale yield belong to jars Willi an acreage ranging irum 1,000,000 to 28,000,000. The probablly, therefore, is that the final yield of le current season may reach a total % >mewhat above rather than below the ew York average estimate.?Charlotte bserver. Standard Oil Decision.?The decision ' the United States circuit court of le eighth Federal circuit that the andard Oil company of New Jery Is a combination In restraint of adc, and must be dissolved, will, sustained by the supreme court, ive a far-reaching effect on the opatlng' methods employed by great J dustrial and commercial comblna.ins. When told of the decision >sterday Attorney General WickerLam said that it was "one of the I r\/\w* nnf rnnHopoH fn tKis uol iiii|'ui lam ctci i viiuvi vu iii fcinv iuntry. Certainly, if the frameork of corporations within corpora- . jpP sns, all responsive to one central rectlon, yet each by virtue of Its )minal individuality relieving that ntral authority of direct and con