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Scraps an,', .facts. ? Events have been moving: rapidly down In Nicaragua during the past ten days. In a battle at Rama on Wednesday of last week, the revolutionist forces under Estrada defeated Zelaya's forces. The killed on both sides numbered about 600 men. President Zelaya escaped the country and went to Mexico. The Nicaraguan assembly elected Senor Madriz as Zelaya's successor: but 4? <a iinHarntnod that safe on Mexicun soil Zelaya claims that he has not resigned and that he is still president. He arserts that American marines fought in the ranks of the Insurgents at the battle of Rama and that a number of them were killed. There has been some talk of peace, Estrada having made a proposition looking to that end; but the Indications are that the proposition will not be accepted. Madriz talks and acts as if he intends to fignt It out ? New York Sun, December 25: Prof. William H. Brewer of Yale, a member of the Explorers* club of New York, had this to say today about the action of that club In throwing out Dr. Cook: "I'm a member of the club and know everybody In the club, and I know perfectly well with whom that sort of thing originated. There are powerful interests at work against Dr. Cook. I myself have climbed many a mountain, and I know what the judgment of a number of men at the green table in the committee room amounts to in attempting to decide whether a man actually climbed a mountain or not." The professor later in the conversation, returning to the subject of the many and strong Interests which he believes are at work against Dr. Cook, said: "And do you believe that there is anything left undone by Interests friendly to Peary for professional or other reasons to prove Cook a liar if such a thing is possible? You know yourself what the navy sentiment Is. Then there Is a New York newspaper and various personal friends of Peary's, the reasons for supporting him being both financial and sentimental." ? When the steamer Fhyllis recently arrived at the Panama canal zone, her cargo Is said to have received even more respectful attention than that of the steamer that shortlv before arrived In Colon loaded to the rail with American congressmen. The Phyllis had aboard 1,032,000 pounds of dynamite. Each of the 20,040 cases of fifty pounds each was picked up from the hold by a man who pass ed It up on deck to anotner man. wno, In turn, passed It up to a third by whom it was set on a Ion? skid and allowed to slide toward the dock. So attempt was made at pitching the cases from one man to the other. Every wide-awake man was stationed ' at the end of the slide to prevent any case coming his way from rendering him and the water front unrecognizable as a result of a hard bump against the dock. A portion was placed on a lighter for shipment to Porto Bello. The remainder was loaded on a train of seventeen cars to be taken to various points along the line. Unlike the construction trains that run within sight of one another, the dynamite train entered no block on the railway that was not free of trains and while it was in a block no other train could enter. The itinerary was] so planned that the train of explosives entered the Culebra cut at noon, when the laborers were at dinner and the construction tracks negotiated with the greatest care. ?Life and property have paid a heavy toll to the terrific storm which swept over the ^orth Atlantic states Sunday j and Monday. The property loss has run high into the millions and the lives lost at different points as a result of the storm are well over fifty. A great tidal wave swept into Massachusetts bay Sunday morning early and flooded portions of the seacoast towns, in many instances catching people in their beds, ruining homes and making escape pos- | sible only by means of boats from second story windows. This was especially so at Chelsea and Everett, Mass., wnere a numoer ai uvea were iuav> w Boston. Atlantic avenue was flooded and cellars filled with water, the damage being estimated at more than a million dollars. The storm also prostrated electric light and power, telephone and telegraph service and paralyzed railroad traffic throughout the whole of New England. In New York city all kinds of street traffic was blocked, the city being covered with twelve inches of snow, the street clean-) lng department being unable to keep the thoroughfares free of ice and snow, although 10.000 shovelers and 6,000 carts were at work on the Job. Not less than half a dozen lives were lost, due to the cold and exposure. In Jersey City and Philadelphia it was tne ? ,.ne story?a complete tie-up of railroad and street car traffic. Transatlantic ships arriving at New York are two to three days late, owing to the rough weather and being burdened with tons of Ice on exposed parts of the vessels. ? The dehnltion of the word "whisky" by the highest legal authority was given last Monday when President Taft tendered the final decision on the subject in connection with the construction of the pure food law with reference to labeling. The president held that whisky made of neutral spirits is whisky when reduced to potable strength. The president covered other details in his decision and gave directions for the proper branding of various varieties of liquor, holding among other things that "Canadian CJub" whisky and whisky made from a mixture of "straight" whisky and "neutral spirits" may be called a blend. According to the instructions under this decision "straight whiskies" will hereafter be branded as such, but the brand may be accompanied by the legend '"aged in wood" and whisky made from rectified, distilled or neutral spirits will be branded so as to make known the principal ingredients. In addition if! they so desire. manufacturers of straight whisky may also use the word "bourbon" or "rye" as the fact may warrant. The definition of "blend" is not made broad enough to include neutral spirits made from molasses and reduced to potable strength. This article. the president says, cannot be labeled as whisky: It Is runt. Klaboratlng his conclusions the president s?yg; "After an examination of all the evi.dence it seems to me overwhelmingly established that for a hundred years the term "whisky" in the trade and among the customers has included all potable liquor distilled from grain; that the straight whisky, is, as compared with the whisky made by recti fleation or redistillation and flavoring and coloring matter, a subsequent improvement and that therefore it is a perversion of the pure food act to attempt now to limit the meaning of the term 'whisky' to that which, modern manufacture and ta3te haVe made the most desirable variety." ?bt ^orkvitlr (Enquirer. Kntertd at the Postotflce in Yorkville as -Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.i FRIDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1909. a dispatch from Washington, says that Mr. J. J. Hemphill will not be appointed as one of the commissioners for tne District of Columbia for the reason that it has been shown that he has been paying poll tax in Chester, Mr. Hemphill is unfortunate. He has been living In Washington since his retirement from congress; but has been claiming Chester as his home. When he ran for the senate some years ago, his Washington residence was used against him and now that he desires a Washington appointment, his Chester residence is used against him. It would seem therefore that the public man with two homes js worse ofT than the man with no home at all. p.osriiAHTBH Oeneral Hitchcogjt fa minted q j cuavinir that he will authorize the establishment of no more rural free delivery routes until something hp* been done to reduce the present postal deficit of about $50,000,000. The postmaster general seems inclined to blame the deficit on rural delivery; but we have an idea that if he desires to economize in the right way, he would do better to cut off some of the unnecessary expenses in connection with railway transportation and surplus help, etc., in the large city offices. We believe that a really scientific Investigation of the whole postofflce department would show that the rural free delivery end of it is the most economical and the most profitable. \ ' 9 m t Sixce the last Issue of The Enquirer, the University of Copenhagen has announced that the data submitted by Dr. Cook Is Insufficient to prove his claim to having reached the pole and the Peary people were very Jubilant, until Admiral Schley, himself an Arctic explorer of note, and who has all along maintained that both Cook and Peary reached the pole, said it was nothing but fair that Peary's notes should also be submitted to the University of Copenhagen. This, of course, has raised a big rumpus among the Pearyltes, and they generally insist that there is no good reason why - the University of Copenhagen should be allowed to pass on Peary's claims. In the meantime, Dr. Copk has disappeared and his whereabouts are unknown. There is a statute which provides that a taxpayer has the rigHt on paying his taxes to say to What school in his district the same shall he applied, and a good many people, for tma r^son or another, seek to avail themselves of this privilege. The editor of The Enquirer ha# b*ttn .asked for information about the matter mo*e than once, and that Is the reason of this paragraph, and why we think It advisable that the statute referred to I# In reality W$#t Is known as a "Joker." A Joker Jn legislative practice Is a law that look# l|ke a big balloon; but which has no mora in it than a ballcon has within a very short time oftgr a big hole has been * 41 -4* I nolo r?r?r? tho rpfl 1 snoi uiruugu u, r purpose of this lav is supposed to be to allow people to *upp<ft some particular school as against seme efher school or to withhold their support from acy particular school that doe* not met* their approval. The Joker comes in like Under another section of the statute*, the trustees have a right and It Is thejlr /juty to apportion the funds of their reactive districts. In a case where A. B. an^l the largest taxpayers in a district, agrep? f$at their taxes shall go to a certain sctyjol, |/ie trustees, if they see proper, and ,fchey generally do see proper, can apportlap the balance of the fund* to the other schools. That is, where individual taxpayers undertake to build up ?h,e resources of on* school at jthe expen^* of another, the trustees can ipake goo^d to the other school from th* balance of the apportionment not otherwise spec!" - * i*uru? .>n ncany airecieu. incie m??tc ?where large taxpayers have undertaken to direct the use of their taxes end the result has been as described. People who understand the situation, no longer undertake to direct their taxes. The Afl/ypultural Outlook. As matters stand, we do not think that there Is a seasonable probability thst the world wtt? be able to make enough cottoj? next yea* Jo reduce the price b*Mv J2 cents?^o* f>n the ordinary basis of supply a.pd demand. The most serious danger f<j ftexj. year's prices, as we view the situa<p# from this point, is that because of fth,? attractiveness of present figures, unusually large number of people are likely to he popped to go into cotton raising on a speculative credit basis and on being squeezed ,sell next fall on a temporarily glu*tt*<! the bears will be able to ma-fee vuse $1 ffie opportunity to beat down Of course, wise people are tt'H I tn in?B ?wj-ht of the fact that at th# present time cotton is really very Jlttte higher in proportion to other commodities. such as corn, meat, etc., than when cotton was only 8 cents a pound, and they should govern themaelves accordingly. The thing to ?o next year is to go In for raising all possible supplies at home | and (Co<itAP as a surplus, Notwitnstandi/ug (the AUgh price, cottvv raising Is no more attractive from a busyness standpoint than it v?3 ??t rthist ^iipe last year. I Cook and Peary, As Its readers are very well aware,I The Enquirer has never allowed Itself to become excited over the Cook-Peary controversy, at least to the point of bewmlng partisan on one side or the other. a**d ft does not intend to do so. So far as The Enquirer is concerned, it has not be.e#n ItwJjned to question that cither Cook or Peaty reached the pole as claimed, and it does not question the fact yet. notwithstanding ail that has been said on the subject. If Cook was the first man to reach the pole, we hope that he will eventually get credit for his achievement. i and If he is an Impostor, we hope that > the fact Will be established. From the - testimony so far presented and from , the circumstances ofrthe case, we are satisfied that Peary reached the pole as he claims; but we are not satisfied that Cook did not reach it also. If the University of Copenhagen had .aid that Cook did not reach the pole, then we would have to give it up; but it must be remembered that the university merely said that Cook's records are not satisfactory, and it couid Just as easily say the same thing about the records of Peary if it should have the opportunity. That, however, would not mean that Peary has not been to the pole any more than it means that Cook has not been there. Of one thing we have very little doubt and that is, that there has been lots of misrepresentation with regard to the whole matter; that on the Peary side of the question there are a great many Influential people who would rei fuse to give Cook credit even if they had actually seen him at the pole. They seem to be operating altogether i on the theory that preponderance of i evidence establishes a fact, and they do not seem to think it makes any difi ference how the preponderance is procured. or the character of it We do i not remember that Dr. Cook or his friends have tried to discredit anybody, and that is in their favor. That it is possible that Cook 13 a i fraud, we do not deny; but we do not think that this fact has yet been shown In a disinterested manner by disinterested parties. However, as we have said before, we believe that the truth will eventually come out. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS, 1 ? Mr, James Conway Qarlingtop, a former Weil known South Carolina ?C3 r\n fto nKn rcr Hiorl newspayicj' uiau VWMMU?C suddenly a few days ago tn Cincinnati ? The Wylie Home, the dormitory for girls on the campus of Erskine college, was destroyed by fire last Monday i at 2 o'clock. There was nobody in the home at the time of the Are except Mrs. Belie Pressley, the matron, and one of 1 the girl students. ' The other students were home for the holidays. The loss is estimated at $10,000 and the insurance was $5,000. The Girl's Home was donated by the late Joseph Wylie of Chester. .? Lancaster, December 85: Jesse C. Sowell, of the grocery firm of Ferguson & Sowell, was shot and killed here this afternoon by a. c, Carnes, of the firm of Carnes Bros. The shooting occurred at Heath-Elliott Company's stables. Sowell was shot in the left side, between the fifth and sixth ribs, Just below the heart, and died within half an hour of internal hemorrhage, Carnes was arrested Just after the shooting and lodged in Jail. ? Greenville, December 89: Two bales of Indian cotton, the first ever brought to this section of the country, were received here today and sent to Pelzer mills at Pelzer, where they will be tested as a substitute for American cotton. This cotton from India costs AAnta nor nnnnH Tf It uuiy veitva |fv? ?. .v can be used successfully with the present equipment it will probably be used by all the mills of this section until the price of home grown cotton tails to normal. ? J. E. Llddell, a real estate promoter of .Oreenvllle, was murdered on tne night of December 24, while on his way to his home in the suburbs with Christmas presents for the members of his family. The man was evidently at' racked from ambush, and was beaten to death before he could recognize his assailant or appreciate the cause of his attack. Wesley Russell, a mill worker, had been attacked near the same place on the Tuesday previous. Suspicion fell on a bad character named Jesse Fuller and he had to be rushed to Columbia to avoid being lynched. Joe Barker, an alleged accomplice was taken to Laurens jail for the same purpose. ? Columbia State: Reports from 32 supervisors received at the office of Commissioner Watson show that during the past year there have been built the following mileages of roads in this state, in these counties: Macadam, 29 miles; gravel, 61 miles; sand-clay, 21 miles. The total road built in this tate 1^ as follows for the 32 counties: ? j.w. ifte vniioa* shall 91 miles: ?. ? 2,738 miles; gravel, 1,015 mile*.' ,\fc>b?yille now leads in miles Oulit, being as follows: Sand-clay, 200 miles; gravel, 45 miles; macadam, 20 miles. The aggregate figures for the whole state In 1904 were: Sand-clay, 1,575 miles; gravel, 179 miles; stone, 0 miles. So the increase has been yery gratifying for the good roads rnpyepiept beta? about double the 1904 tQte! for thye fiye yeafs. A booklet on sand-clay foada jyJlj be issued shortly by the dpp#rtflippt, afslste^ fry Supervisor Sam?e} Qwpps qf this county. Ths Rlchl#nd Sdn4-c>ay rpadg are talked about the country pyep. ? Columbia, December 30; Qpv. Ansel will again recommend to the general assembly that the salaries of the state officials and the members of the Judiciary be raised so as to meet the dej rhand.s ?* the present increased cost of 1 living'; T.hls recommendation has been ma'dJ' befotk by Gov. Ansel but the legislature airf'juo^ see fit to take action upon the question.. In a previous message he said: "The sa^rJes of the state officers and supreme' court' and cfrfruff judges should be' raised to at least >vhat they were a few years since. ]?'?opfs mor^e now to ljve than formerly, "apd $je officers should be pajd q. salary cpmnaepsurate with the wprk Jtfley pave ?o do and" fthe dignity of fhp position they P/opI.'' Conppa^e th,e salaries of jth? officers witn cnose pay* by oftyer sfafe$ of the soufh ty ifs 'officers of lfkp jgflk #n<J jtne difference \vil| be mkhifesf. ftie wfil pof affect me, or fh? of^er officers pow holding office, under their pre?eflt ferm, but I fee J fhftf if Js due fq fh#sg who come after us an4 I, fherefore recommend It" The Pf.her sta|? officials are of the same opinion as Gov. An3el and there are several after serving terms in office and feeling the responsibilities attached do not thjnk that the Job Is worth the quest, that 1* I financially. Just what action the legisI laAwre will take on the recommendation of Qoy. ^nsel is a question. ? Caiiuybl* ,State, Tuesday: J. Thomas FrarilcUii, a'^ymer resident of Colu/Tpbiu. is ,wanted hwjp to answer to a cijusmif of {\vife desfertjyn, and Sheriff W" flL (Oylemaj^ yesterday \seuU requests to' yiftveigtoi # jpumlper of cities, which w||J dovWefs ^asttlTjt Jn hjis spete^y arrest. a wWflWff fry Mpgis^trate'T. J. Roberts ytwfcertty *#4 avyvxfop 91^ hy Mrs. Mamie H. Frankfw 6"SW*e?s ,t*he .1 -.leu JnU.vlbjn I J' l?lJ wife IUUCUafU wiiii tiic- ucnci "i rr-g wry*' and infant child in Columbia, C?ept?rft*ber 13, 1909. Franklin is, or represented ftjjnself to be a traveling ropresentaAUi ftf the Christian Observer, a rpljglous publication issued by /Qyv of Louisville, Ky. If t? (Midf (Vf addition to the chatg* (*f > also confronted ttMW # has inatrM ?<***>? fcayiAg Afc wife in Coiuftft^. ^ ?s ^Ilege#' ?-iuft he came to CoJttfffbf# ?a^ ^:pU>mbe^' and succeeded in indnrfn^ ft** P'H# f9 If t him have certain m'Wry fi&f < had in bank here and since tfcuf fin^.' i has not returned. Shortly after ieaV-ing on this |rip, he is said to have married again and removed his rosi- 1 dence to another state. The second marriage not having occurred in South tii/olina, nothing has been done on the hfeanu- charge here and Franklin is Iw&pted .ty charge of desertion. But there Is some judication that he has I even a third wire.'.tutw that at least two I I'Jjity? in this st^te.' .Th^t .wJl' make out a r\f statutory bigarhy'Af i hc facts ca? ;be . s^bjishefl. It is1 also Wltf" lha? he has bee^i .a criminal before/ari(j'wlfl' l not be jin \t-he VM?? for the first tirhe,! 1 tiavfng styve.d ,tw9 (t^m^-sln ,tht> penl- i teMlMfy (for forgery. jbLnj-esentWg such a wet I Jtpow# publicaAUui fi .the Christian Otwejyty, W'tuqli has.Wt^i I many years a \vt*kry- ?9 jp'ut^erous 1 Christian homes, indiea^r^ fchii,! 'i\e \v;(s < MwiMi-h mid th** aeM'jj 0/ t?heB' warrant issued In Columbia, wftf'pe $ < surprise in many part* of (his sjta(V < and elsewhere, where he is supposedly well known. Sheriff Coleman yesterday i communicated with Converse & Co.. t telling of the charge against their i | representative. 1 LOCAL AFFAIRS. t . u. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Clover Cotton Oil & Gin Co.?Will gin on Thursdays and Fridays only, until further notice. C. E. Spencer?Has money to lend on improved farms, repayable in five annual installments. Enquirer Office?Offers reward for return of fur stole, lost Monday afternoon on streets of Yorkville. School Auditorium?Announces the production of "Alice In Wonderland," Tuesday evening, January 4. Great cast and chorus. Dan Burris, Sharon 2?Lost $100 in bills in Yorkville on December 23, and will annrprktp lnforamfion Ipnrilne to Its recoveryGlenn & Allison?Have a new lot of choice mules and horses Just In from St. Louis. Heavner & Beal, Llncolnton, N. C.? Will be at Clover on January 18, 19 and 20 with a choice lot of horses and mules and want you to see them at that time. Star Drug Store?Asks If you were prepared for the cold snap with a supply of cold and cough remedies, and recommends Steele's cold and grip cure tablets. D. E. Boney?Wishes you a prosperous year during 1910. R. A. Matthews, Clover?Offers his home at Clover for sale, and wants prospective buyers to see him before February 1st. York Supply Co.?Tells Its customers of its appreciation of their business during 1909 and wishes you pros-' perlty for 1910. Loan & Saving's Bank?Says "The confidence of Its customers Is one of the best assets a bank can pos sess." It wants your 1910 account. J. L. Williams & Co.?Thank their customers for the patronage .of 1909 and invite a continuance of such favors. Carroll Bros.?Invite special attention to Corno horse and mule feed and Corno hen food and want you to try it. First National Bank, Yorkville?Calls your attention to the fact that it is "uoing" things that count and invites you to start building a bank account and keep at it York Drug Store?Assures its customers that during the new year it will endeavor to improve its service whenever it can. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Is proud of the business done this year and promises to run a better hardware store during 1910 than ever before. Thomson Co.?Outlines a New Year's resolution, and says that you can keep It. The season's compliments. T. W. Speck, Jeweler?Says for you to see him for repairing of watches, clocks, Jewelry, and for a variety of articles you may wish to purchase. W. E. Ferguson.?Has done his best during 1909 to render satisfactory service to customers and promises good and prompt service in the future. J. Q. Wray?Lays down a number of things that he wants you to remember during 1910 and wishes you prosperity and happiness the coming year. Sam M. Grist?Expresses his appreciation of the business given him this year and hopes the New Year will be better than the old for everybody. Herndon & Gordon?Are grateful for the business given them during 1909 and solicit a part of your patronage during 1910. Yorkville Buggy Co.?Thanks you for the business of 1909 and asks for a continuance of your favors. Special prices on farm wagons. First National Bank, Sharon?Would have you to know the many advantages of doing your business through the bank. It wants your account. Remembsr that the clubmakef who has the most new rames paid for by Saturday evening, January 8, gets 85. The South Carolina legislature convenes January 11, and will spend a month manufacturing material for next summer's campaign. All subscriber* to The Enquirer will receive this issue and the next issue following this one; but after the nex? issue?that of January 4?all expired' subscriptions that have not been renewed for another year, will be stricken from the list. Subscribers who desire the paper; but whose names have not yet been returned, will please see a clubmaker without delay. In addition to the stove explosion in Yorkville, we note mention in the papers of similar explosions in Chester and Lancaster. In the Lancaster case, ihe cook was knocked down and badly burned by flying fragments. These explosions illustrate the need of great care with hot water heaters, especially in freezing weather. The trouble 1b due to the stoppage of the circulation of the water by the freezing of the pipes outside the house. CASE OF THE STATE VS. WINDLE. NotwlthsJ^iji^ing a recently publish-^ ed stfftempjffi Iff ttfe Fojrt Mill Times, giving out an fn/pfessfoff fo the contrary, the alleged appeal Jn the c^ise of the State vs. W." tt. Witjdle, convicted at the July tej-m 91 the court of general sessions of assault and battery of a high and aggravate^ nature, and sentenced to $500 or six months, has never been perfected. According to the Times, the case was to have b.een argued in the supreme, court last week;' ?ut as a matter of fact, It was not, and tffe /reason was that the case was never put on the docket, as it certainly would have been had there been any real intention to get a decls/o/i fronj the syp.reipe court on the e\cep1Jo#s f&fcfiff. Inquiry lasjt week of So/lector Hepry, whp represents Jhe Sjtaje, developed the l/i/ojnjation that fte was especially anxious to have jthis question of 9 inftare's rierht tn discharge a jury pass. ./ rcf ~ ? rrv*?r .? . . -- ... _ ed upon. He had no .dQupf of five Judge's rJght to discharge a ^W>y upder the circumstances under which the one in question uw? discharged; hut he wanted the aupfame poprt fo ?Ptehlis& the fact beyond the poasjhilffy of fufupe question and therefore he whs e.specjaj:ly indulgent in the matter of this appeal. Under the rules, there must be notice of an appeal within ten days after the rising of the court, and there are twenty days thereafter in which to serv^ printed case. Solicitor Henry wa^ve^ ,ttys and advised the other side fhtftt (they vyu^l have on up until ? ' ~ I I .J U? unM the Sixth uc oa.v. no brief was ever iciyeg up ? hinji, and the remittitur, of course, woiijrf at 0^190 be sent down. ENUMERATORS' TEST EASY. The "JSndufrer has received the following ffom Dr. ^Rohf L?. Douglas, suIiej'VjisOji' of .the 99^18118 top Flf^h con^e^SjiOjU^i .the requ'esij *)M i{ At* l9r ft? b^efiJl of thos^ I: Any tHTStW iff jon# h^gmenf, xwJk>| has received itfi ordfRBf/ C?hi mo^ school education, a tin retqjjly irSfi" lly pass the test to be given nop/lean'^ for census enumerators' places on Kpj. urday. February 5, the date finally #g{ by United States Census Director Du? rand, according to an announcement from the census bureau December 27, This will be a comforting assurance to t/;e . everal hundred thousand who are belleWy to be contemplating application rt the tv>..r"sIt was emphatically stated at the bureau that the tesf'wlll he jn eminently reasonable and practical-on*, siin'lar to that applied to applicants rtt the^velfti. e^irsrts. 'If v\Mll cohsist t>f'filling o?'a sample ^uh'-cfuJe oJ ftbpillafidn from a' lesciTpliun, jp i^iiajtlyfi fm-mv of typl'-j cal fanftiljes: ^i!nd. ly 'the ch^e of'en^i-j rpera|(7> wfytW'v\yty'lt frJtl1 be '1n 'th'e| rural fljsfrlefs, |h<ey wiy -jbe cfcljetf'uf>qjp n fill out an additional sample scsjedu/e )f agriculture, froi? jnfofn)?tloR <ui-r- j ilshrd by thi* cctinun burets, j All persons, whether women or men, who may desire to become census enumerators must be citizens of the Unit- . ed States; residents of the supervisor's 1 district for which they wish to be appointed; must be not less than 18 nor v more than 70 years of age; must be physically able to do the work, must be trustworthy, honest and of good ' habits; must have at least an ordinary t ducat ion and must be able to write f plainly and with reasonable rapidity. Those who can comply with these J requirements are invited to put in their applications, as there will be at least p 68,000 enumerators' places to be filled t by the middle of March in preparation for the enumeration beginning April 15. Application forms, with full instruc- v lions lor lining in, ana cumpieie imor- ^ ination concerning the test and the method of appointment, can be secured by writing to the supervisor of census h for the supervisor's district in which the applicant lives. All applications, properly filled in must be filed with the . - . ai I or tl supervisors not mier umn January to, as any received after that date cannot 1 be considered. ii THESE ARE MAKING CLUBS. L Following are the names and addresses of clubmakers who are solic- li itlng and receiving subscriptions for t The Enquirer for 1910. The names of other clubmakers will be entered as re- 3 ports are received: a Miss Annie Brandon ....No. 2, Clover. K. L. Blggers No. 1, King's Creek. , K. B. Black Lockhart. J. H. Bigham Sharon. c Miss Maggie Barnette Yorkvllle. vV. H. Bird Grover, N. C. p J. M. Craig No. 8, Yorkville. Mason Clark No. 1, Yorkvllle. W. J. Caveny Rock Hill. Mrs. Fred G. Cook ....No. 2, Yorkviile. |, W. H. Crook Fort Mill. r Ralph Castles Hickory Grove. Miss mame oeiie v.aiiipuen, No. 2, Yorkville. g Miss Addle Caveny..No. 1, Rock Hill. ? John Dickson King's Creek. Mrs. M. C. Dunlap..No. 5, Rock Hill. L. a. Ferguson Yorkville. w E. B. Faulkner No. 4, Clover. ? Mrs. J. E. Fewell No. 7, Yorkville. N. S. Ford No. 4, Clover. W. M. Faulkner No. 1, King's Creek. S Lewis Good No. 1, Yorkville. v J. D. Good Sharon. * Carrie Hill No. 1, Sharon. T. J. Hopper No. 6, Yorkville. ? W. F. Jackson, Jr., ....No. 7, Yorkville. \ Miss Mary Jackson Newport William Jones Yorkville. G. W. Knox Clover. fc W. S. Lesslie Lesslle. a H. J. Love No. 1, Filbert W. Luther Latham No. 1, Sharon. B. R. Love, No. 4, Clover. J Harry Miller No. 6, Yorkville. B A. W. McFarland ....No. 3, Yorkville. J. Webb Moore ......No. 3, Yorkville. j, tfw t r> mcvni^ht Sharon. J. L. McMackln No. 1, Clover. 11 Palmer M. Moore Guthriesville. ? Miss Sallle McConnell. .McConnellsville. Mrs. J. B. Mickle No. 2, Sharon. r R. E. McClure No. 5, Yorkvllle. Mrs. V. J. Mcllwain. .No. 1, Rock Hill. 8 McCain Nichols ..Yorkvllle. v W. A. Nichols No. 2, Smyrna. Mrs. Belle Plexico No. 1, Sharon. T. B. Qulnn Clover. Zl Mrs. J. W. Qulnn No. 4, Clover, o Mrs. J. N. Russell ......No. 1, Sharon, v John Albert Riddle ....No. 6. Yorkvllle. Clyde Ratchford Bullock's Creek. Miss Clara Smythe Fort Mill. " John M. Sandifer No. 3, Yorkvllle. b J. P. Sifltord Clover. y W. T. Smarr Bullock's Creek. Miss Ollle V. Smoak Filbert. J. F. A. Smith No. 1. Yorkvllle. h G. L. Suggs, No. 8, Yorkvllle. h J. R. Shilllnglaw ....No. 7, Yorkvllle. y Lester Watson .'.No. 1, Hickory Grove. R. W. Whitesides No. 2, Smyrna. Jeff D. Whitesides s] No. 2, Hickory Grove. Dl Mi3s Lizzie Wood No. 3, Clover. B. W. White Sharon. 11 J. A. Whitesides Rock Hill. J. C. Wood .? No. 1, Filbert, h Miss Eunice Youngblood ,,, No. 6. Yorkvllle. 1C _ N WITHIN THE TOWN. y I" ? Stock taking has been on since q Christmas and there has beeh very lit- ft tie other work dqlng. ? Two hogs were frozen to death In C Liberia, the negro section of Yorkvllle, F last Wednesday night. li ? Messrs. James L. Moss and J. F. McElwee were Installed last Sunday as ^ deacons of the Yorkvllle Associate Re- 01 formed church. Y ? The ladies of the Episcopal church, assisted by friends in the community, ^ gave the children of the Church Home SI orphanage a Christmas tree on the ^ night of December 24. All the children L were out, and all received presents. t ? The local merchants who prepared g themselves with large stocks of holiday Jr goods, say that the Christmas trade y has been better and more satisfactory r< this year than for several years past. The trade commenced earlier, involv- ^ ed a better quality of goods and lasted a] longer. a ? There Is to be quite an elaborate m entertainment in the Graded acnooi auditorium, a great spectacular produc- A tlon' entitled' "Alice in Wonderland." r It Is probable tnat there will be one r hundred an<J fi^y performers', probably g more, and all are to 'fee' b'^a'utjfufty and tl appropriately costume^.' it wjil "*be y .. m I : . t . I I > worth while. ? Miss Nellie Bliss Schorb was mar- B ried yesterday afternoon to Mr. Albert it Eugene kill. The ceremony took place fr at the residence Ojf the bride's parents, ol Mr. and Mrs. Geo! Schorb, and was ai performed by key. E. E. Gillespie. A te number of friends of .thq yoyng people cc were present aptjl theye were'^umerous w handsome presents. c? ? Chyistnpas tday was unusu^ly qu^et w | in Y/jrkville, a$d although the night a before Chylstrpas ^.nd the Christmas 01 I ni^hkt cyow<J w^s /iyejy enough; it di<^ hi not indulge fif (he }vjId disorder tha? Sf has ipacje pyevjous occasions so dis- sl graceful. "fhe peqpje of the towp arq c< to fee cop^rqtufated op the goo<j ber to havipr that pyevafled. di ? The ppl(| snap pf the past few ?Jays e.' waa one of the most severe that has ^ -rrr n tlJi III V ? V * . ? w beep experfepcejj ip Yoykyljle {of syv: tral yeap. Tpe rpgrc'ppy wepj c|o\vn ffl 17 degrees W^P?8|ify pjK^f apcj w^: c ter pipes suffered seypyely." Ip ope rpgr idenee on King's Mountain sfrepf, fh? ^ hot water fixtures of n kitchen rapfe , blew up with a tremendous explosion 'tj and completely wrecked the range, " leaving hardly a piece of It as big as a man's hand. The cook had Just gotten out of the kitchen, and escaped unInjured. ? The regular annual election of offl cer* to sef-ye' the Yorkville Baptist church took plaoe on lpst Sunday morning Immediately after the clpse of the regular service, and resulted as follows: r*. Church clerk, Sam M. Grist; treasurer, w C. J. HugheS; iilherlnterident of Sunday schobf, Qen. W.' brotln;1 a'ssfstdht superintendent 6/ 'fiujrt&ay schriol, Wm'. ar T. Moore; secretary1 of ^Sunijay' kchobl,, u0 J. C. Iiurge; " asslstunf secretary o^ te,' Sunday scjljioyl, "M. Grist": rfnance cl) oOftfiplftey, ?. j. ^.ug-he^s, M. Grist, D< Wm- T; MftOf-e. fjptf. $r\ fcffvyVjij.'' ' j ? Mr, J, i*i pppffefojr yf th$ shandop, t?elfbfHte(j Chyl'sfrfli^ jy|Jh >j ye dinner thut wan spread on a tnpsf sp^p: d,< tuous and elaborate scale. All the j-e<f t ular boarders were present In spite of 'et the numerous Invitations they had from wt outside friends and the balance of the ?r company was made up of relatives and De friends of Mr. and Mrs. Sadler, includ1 rig the following from Rock Hill: Mrs. cit Elizabeth' liotle 'and daughters, Misses his Mary ahVl^HeT^Mr^WidMis. W. N. bu Asii.e. anji hirst. y. jx)vfe. MY. and Su m^w,v n'^ M,rs- T Feweff iu^d fao/W^. J Pr/ ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Charlie Betts of.Ersklne, la via-' ting his parents on Yorkvllle No. 3. "Miss Bessie Pegram of Yorkvllle, is isitlng Mls3 Louise Guy in Lowryvllle. Mr. Jas. F. Glenn of Sumter, was In rorkville for the Christmas holidays. Miss Pearl Wallace has returned rom a visit to friends In Dandridge, 'enn. The many friends of Rev. E. E. Gilesple will be sorry to hear he has diphheria. Mr. Howard Beard of Columbia, is isitlng his sister, Mrs. P. N. Moore in rorkville. Cadet Robert Lindsay of the Citadel, 3 spending the holidays at his home In rorkville. Miss Annie Wltherapoon of Columbia, s visiting relatives and friends in rorkville. Miss Hazzle Betts of Yorkville No. 3, s visiting: friends in Rock Hill and sessile Station. Miss Rita S. Beard of Columbia Colege, is at her home in Yorkville for he holidays. * Mr. S. W. Inman, Jr., of Lancaster, pent several days last week with reltives in Yorkville. Mr. Ben Comer of LaGrange, Ga., i visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. 7. Comer In Yorkville. Mrs. J. C. Wilborn and daughter, Miss Elizabeth. 3pent Christmas with Mrs. I. M. Jones In Chester. Mr. Edward Hall of Davidiion colige Is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Eugenia )rakeford In Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Smalley of ialisbury, Tenn., are visiting friends nd relatives near Yorkville. Mr. W. C. Erwln of Rlon, formerly dth the Y. B. & M. Co., spent Chrlstias with Yorkville friends. Messrs. L. W. and W. W. Jenkins of partanburg, are spending the holidays vlth their parents in Yorkville. Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Sharps of leath's Springs, were with Dr. and Irs. M. J. Walker for the holidays. Messrs. Howard White and Bennie larron of the College of Charleston, re spending the holidays In Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. John O. Barnwell pent Christmas at Boyklns. Mrs. larnwell will return home next week. Mrs. S. N. McConnell and daughter, IIss Kate, of Chester, visited relaIves and friends in Yorkvllle this eek. Mrs. L. B. Andrews and Mrs. Lizzie lovington of Monroe, N. C., are the uests of Mrs. Ernest Heath In Yorkllle. Misses Madelyn Thomson and Haeline Love of Qastonia, are the guests f Miss Mary Fant Herndon in Yorkllle. Dr. A. M. Barnett attended the meet1 g of the Ancient Arabic Order Noles of the Mystic Shrine in Charlotte esterday. Mrs. John A. Fant and daughters, Ilsses Lilly and Ora, spent part of the olidays with Mrs. R. J. Herndon in orkvllle. Mr. S. Earle Grist, of Bennettsvllle, pent several of the holidays with his arents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam M. Grist, i Yorkvllle. Mr. H. guay Mctsiwee or cirnurigam. Ala., haa been spending the hollays In Yorkvllle with his brother, [r. J. Frank McBlwee. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Jennings and oungest daughters. Misses Melle and amilla Beard, left yesterday for their iture home In Spartanburg. Mr. D. Edward Flnley of the South arollna university and Miss Frances inley of the College for Women, Coimbia, were at home for Christmas. Mr. W. O. White and Miss Rose Sanifer of Ersklne, and Miss Reba Cain f Due West Female college, are spendlg the holidays at their homes In orkvllle. Messrs. Ernest Lowry of Monroe, N. ., and F. Avery Lowry of Columbia, jent Christmas In Yorkvllle with ?eir parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Ernest owry. Mr. F. M. Harrison of Pauline, partanburg county, spent Wednesday ) Yorkville on a visit to Messrs. S. M., 7. D., O. E. and A. M. Grist and other ilatives. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dendy, and Miss thel Latimer of Douglassvllle, Ga., nd Miss Ellse Latimer of Atlanta, re visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Latller in Yorkville. Misses Mary and Carrie Cartwright, nna Lewis, Elizabeth Finley, Nellie ussell, Fredricka Lindsay, Helen Lowy, Janie Wray, Nannie Brian, Anna chorb and Dot Montgomery of Wlnirop are spending their holidays in brkviltd." 6ladksburg, December 28: Mr. John Oliver Whiisonarit 6t Oklahoma, is vising his fa'ther, who lives a few miles orfi herd. 1 Mr. Whjsonarit" is 52 years ( Id, arid' was Separated''fi'bW hifc father I the'a^e of two1 years,'arid a'yeat^afirward the father heard ifrom what he i jnsidered reliable autHotfty' th&'t'h& Ife' and chllif were dead.' 'This all oci^etl 'ifi AfkffflBga- The father afterajr<^s wejnf'io ihe ^rrny a'n<f served as Confederate soldier for the four years , f the war/ A* the 'close of the war 1 r v v or .if v:t . o in. e settled in York county, married a ? i ? riw/j .i cl li J (cond w^fe, and has l|yed happily ever ; up/ Some three years aio he re- 1 rr~?~' . rrn? ;: . e 71 ar u . .1 1 . jived g }etfef from ? man who provet^ j > be tys sop, wfjom he ^ho'ught was j ?afi. TThe s^ji p' yfal^lng jils ' fath- i \ who fn ff.ij old 'man, anc| one of ] ip ji#ppjes|t nf*ft ifl 'tlje s^ate. ' j t9?At ra'g?: efewba Riy#r frozen Mr. G. Sugg.s, wpo ljves close ?0 < 'flgpt's Feyp', 'felephoflecj this "join- < if tflgf Ca(#wbg rjv^r jv^fpdzen $q: \ pely scrpsf ftp sa|d fjjaf fhe iflej:- j 117 registered 13 dftf^es puj-dde afld 1 little freezing |ns|de fhp hQpsg. f ix Collections. i County Treasurer Nell has been tre- ( endously busy during the past week, 1 id has collected thousands of dollars J iring the past ten days. The aggre- j ite Is about up to the usual figures. < ip office has been crowded today. 1 )t His Dog. } Mr. Jorfn?Anderson has recovered the s irdon setter thkt Hot -away from him r d fdr'"which*1 he1 advertised 'so strdn?- r i6s\y! fid pu^'tweive rrewsprtpers af- e r tViat c/rjg. ahcf the Rd'ck Hill Record ' " I :a^h of ^ev. A- 3j?uah. 4. fig\.3A! $.tou$TT trie venerable ^ 'pt/sf ^nlsler' w^io was for mariy # "f" I ?n fUH IlUHitr tt? r#ur^uc, *uw> in iW &ih yeaF ?rhi? afe- fl,e f ivrs H W'|d#w, H9 chi|df.er}. He h is burled In Lwurelwood oeweteiy, fi >ck Hill. [] :ath of Mr. W. M. Bigger. d Mr. Wm. M. Bigger, a well known 81 Izen of the Clay Hill section, died at |j i home on Christma3 day and was s rled In Bethel cemetery on last fi inday. Mr. Blggers was chosen for IgtStrute Hi Bethel township In the y Intakes ojf hud to resign st not long ago on account of bad health. He was about 50 years of age and leaves a widow and several children. Murder at a Dance. Rock Hill special of December 26: Saturday night while a dance was going on at a hall in this place among the negroes, John Dunn shot and killed another negro named John Dixon. It seems that Dixon had refused to allow his daughter to dance with Dunn and ?' ? " ax mid was me cause ui uie simuuug. Dunn made hid escape and has not been located as yet. Found Dead In Bed. Mrs. Kimball, wife of the J. G. E. Kimball, who killed a man near Pinevllle about,two years ago and was tried and acquitted of murder In the Mecklenburg court, was found dead in bed at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Giles. In Rock Hill last Tuesday morning. Her husband had run ofT with another woman a few weeks previous and. has not since been heard of. Rook Hill Masons. Rock Hill special of December 22, to News and Courier: Bratton Chapter, No. 32, R. A. M., held its annual election Tuesday evening and the follow ing officers were chosen and Installed: H. P., M. H. Sandlfer; K., J. F. Reid; S., A. E. Smith; C. of H., W. A. Preasly; P. S., the Rev. H. R. Mills; R. A. C., J. L. White; M. of V., E. S. Wallace, R. E. Browne, A. D. Holler; sentinel, J, W. Weaterlund. Hunting Accident While hunting near Rock Hill on last Tuesday, Mr. Thorn well H. Parker, a young man of Dalzell, Sumter county, was shot by his brother-inlaw, Mr. J. N. Simon. The two men were only about 40 feet away, when a part of the charge from Mr. Simon's gun took effect in Mr. Parker's head. At first it was thought that Mr. Parker had been killed; but on being taken to the hospital, it developed that the condition of the wounded man was not so serious as had been feared. Mr. 8. 8, Smith Dead. Mr. Samuel S, Smith, formerly of Bethel township and well known throughout York county; but for soma time past a resident of Oastonla, N. C? died at his home in that place last .Wednesday of paralysis. He was first stricken last April, and although he experienced a partial recovery, was confine pretty closely to his home during most or rne rime since. ?r, omjin served through the civil war as a member of company H. 18th South Carolina volunteers, and was 64 years of age, He leaves a widow, one brother and three sisters. The brother Is Mr. W. L, Smith of Belmont, N. C? and the sisters are Mrs. I. D. Boyd of Indian Trail, N. C., Mrs, Mattie Smith of Steel Creek, N. C., and Mrs, T. L. Clinton of Gastonia. Mr. Wade Oeborno Dead, Chester, December 22; Wade Qeborne, aged 76, one of Chester county's best known men and most prominent farmers, died rather suddenly at 10 o'clock this morning at his home on Broad river. Mr. Osborne had a slight stroke of paralysis Monday, but that was the only premonition of death, the summons this morning being entirely unexpected. Mr. Osborne, though a native of Massachusetts, was living in this county at the breaking out of the war and patriotically cast in his lot with the section of his adoption, serving with valor and fidelity throughout the entire struggle as first lieutenant of company B, Fourth South Carolina cavalry. He married Miss Fanny Crosby of this county, and she survives him, with the following children; Mrs. J. Foeter Carter of Lowryvllle, Mr. Francis Osborne of Washington, Miss Mary Osborne of Bwainsboro, Ga;, and Mrs. James B. Dickson of Lockbart. MERE-MENTION. The United States Steel company Is preparing to spend $11,000,000 In lncreasing Its plants In the vicinity of Birmingham, Ala.' United States Senator A. J. McLaurJn ot Mississippi, died suddenly on December $lst ot heart disease and will probably be succeeded by Jas. K. Vardaman, exgovernor. W. H. Tripp, a livery- i man, was shot to death by a police- ! man at Cordele, Ga., on December I 2*. Tripp had been arrested by the policeman tor disorderly conduct and later went gunning for the officer,.,, The battleship Utah, the biggest of < Uncle Sam's men-of-war, was launch- 5 ed at Camden, N. J., on December 33. Her main armament will include ten 12-lnch guns. The Utah's displacement will be 21,825 tons.-... .The ' wealth of Mrs. E. H. Harriman is now estimated at $220,000,000, which makes her the richest woman in the world The National Civic Federation will be held in New Tork on January 17 to 19. Its object is uni- 1 form state laws. President Taft will make the opening address The I Norfolk and Southern railway has 1 completed a trestle Ave miles long ' across Albemarle sound, N. C., at a cost of $1,000,000 Sheriff Beard < seized 750 gallons of whisky at Co- 1 lumbus, Ga., December 21, in a raid ( on a grocery store A father, mnfViai. ond thrcA AhllHrpn wArfi burn- 1 ed to death at Tonkers, N. Y., December 41 The funeral ceremonies'oVei' the body of Leopold II, king oiT the Belgians, ' at Brussels, Decern* bier' 22, Hvel-'e 'marked with violent disorders. .'The United 'States' Steel corporation distributed ' a ' bonus of rribre 't)i?ri $2,000,000 among 'Its employes Just before the Christmas holidays...Tests oil1 a'14-fnch frun, thfe largest yeVmad-e, at tndjari1 Hed.d( Md., dre reported'as JSdln? brghlysatisfactory. Tffe |s |3) fdet 'In length. 1.. .Tlbiotfcy P. Sullivan, popii1 laMjr'known1 as '"jllttle Tint," and the rammanV leader of New York's "Bast Side,'.' died lh fhtft city on PecemBei' 1 2?. "EJttle 5,lm*lma<|e a' specialty of helping !tpe Vet-y Jjoor ahd friendlesi irhorig" the Ejadt STde>' froor1.1. .Col* hndl' Karboff. chief 'of the Secret pb^ lice 6f St. Petersburg, Russia, Was old'wri to atomd Vy a bomb:dn Decernt>fer ?2,'aftdr'belhg1 enticed "to" a'W- ? mAp- street 6f thA iabltAl... JPrdmfer c ri ,!of "Kotea,' wab'assksslnated oh^tbe khtets of Seoul; Decern bit 22. by Vie 5ftaim 1 Yo'rigf a ChiMstldn, whA for wihid'years'was a resident1 of the! United1 'Stateb;,>V..\i?,Cha8.-' fe.' Warnrier, ;mbe&llng treasufeF of the Bit* JjVnir t ^jlor&d'At CtyrlclhVjhtl, 6., pleaded gulWy ~ 66cppibpf 7,X &M Sentenced to ilx yfeara-' ftnprt^nment 'at1 hard1 l4Wafrfpe^ got 'fyw&y' ^IR )PP ^nd WJ^S bApftysd t>y 4 wqmah". a c instruction during Rs n$cp.i ye^r? J ;910 to 1913. Jean Clemens 'oungest daughter of Samuel Clem ns (Mark Twain) an invalid, died at ier father's home at Stormfield, ?onn? in a bath tub December 24, as i he result of an attack of epilepsy.... ? treasury department secret agents lave reported a new counterfeit of $5 tilver certificates. The counterfeit iote is of the 1899 series, with the heck letter D Five work- nen were killed and seventeen lnjur'd:by, r,the explosion of a locomotive toller in the shopb of the C.; R. I. and \ railroad at Shawhee, Okla., De1 , em.bef 24. . ;V..F'lre did dAmage>to He Extent of fj>0,OO<) at,r crystal * jJiVei1, 'Fli., December 24 Thi _ outh-westfern portion of Europe wis A>ept' py destructive Stormfc oh Bebfn'her v 24'.'sl ElCVen " befBonS wAre rbwh'ed - >n 'SpAlii1... .' .''JIh sa ^Sillt 3, feajrtet'1 the1'Reading1 railway at' f Ifetbwh,1 pa.,ri in Whith tHe fflafhtlfT bv akbd damdces'}n Aurh'Of IfOO.OO? ** i>F*tt}e '$i|lfp? <ft Hljg wife by orte bf C a trains running |ntq His'adiQfnSb|I^. _ he Jury returned a verdict for ihe ~ efendant railroad Department tores throughout the country report he largest volume of Christmas trade tl hat they have had in years The tl " a a# votv Vnrlr Htv tc aivaiiun n i in j vi. a^wtt * w? t ? urnlshed 25,000 poor people with ai lelr Christmas Day dinners.... .At s< fewark, N. J., December 24, Mrs. tl lary J. Wllhelm was sentenced to ;rve twenty years In prison for the sw \ . > % murder of her husband in February last Eight persons were burned to death at Hillsville, Pa., December 24, as the result of an oil lamp explosion A New York dispatch 6ays that 125,000 employes of railways east of the Mississippi will tomorrow lay formal demands before the railroads for increases of wages ranging from 12 to 53 per oent The demands 'of the men, if granted, would increase the operating expenses of the Erie railroad about $10,000,000 per year,* and others in proportion The public benefactions during the year 1909 total $141,250,000. The three largest givers were John 8. Kennedy, $26,550,000; John D. .Rockefeller, $12,852,000, and Andrew* Carnegie, 96,059,511. over one-tnira oc tne year's total Is for educational purposes. The total reported benefaction in the United States for seventeen years amounts to $1,000,110,000 Eight men were killed and 400 others had narrow escapes by an explosion of gas in mine "A" at Herrin, 111., December 23\ Miners carrying open lamps is believed to have caused the explosion A life saving crew rescued twenty-two persons from the stranded steamer Thurman at Toms River. N. J.. Sundav last The postal receipts for the year 1909 to- fk taled $203,662,383, and the deficit for ~ 1909 is $17,479,770. The postal eer- ? JM vice gives employment to $26,000 peoKle Admiral Dewey 'celebrated Is 7 |d birthday at hlB home In Washington, December 26th.. ... .Dr. Wu Ting-fang, retiring Chinese ambassador to the United States, made an address at a Chinese Presbyterian mission in New York last Sunday, and said to his Chinese audience: "chriftianity teaches you to be good citlsens. to be moral men, and to love God and your neighbors. If you obserye the tenets of Christianity you will become good citizens and you will be welcom? ed wherever you go. When a reverences Ood and loves his neighbor he cannot but be a good citizen.".,... Frederick Remington, the celebrate*} painter, sculptor and writer of life on the western frontier, died at his home at Rldgefleld, Conn., December f|. The Yomuirl Shinbun, a leading journal of Pekln, has served notice upon the world that Marquis Kgtsura, successor to the late Prince Ito, will begr watching, as the affairs of Japan nave been transferred from the ''peace" party to the "military" parity, Wm. R. Hearst of New York. Is at the head of a movement to or- ?ganlze a New People's Party, and it is said to be Mr. Hearst's purpose to nominate Theodore Roosevelt for the presidency In 1*12..'... .Dr. Lewis u Krautter, Jr., assistant professor of ? botany in the University of Pepnsyl- m vanla and J. W. MacFarlape, son of 1 the professor of botany in thy same institution, were frozen to death on the coast of New Jersey on Sunday night The affidavit* of Captain Loose in regard to Dr. Cook's claim of the discovery of the north pole, have beep submitted to the Copenhagen commission..... .Nearly 1,000,* /~d 1 000 new farms have been created In the United States during the past ten years. The value of the farms and farm buildings of the country is est!-/ mated at $14,000,000,000 The fa* H moua Madison Square Garden of New York has been sold for $3,000,000 and will be demolished and the site will VJ ne occupieu uy tin uuico uuuuiiig. . , , The body of a middle-aged man wag ^ found in a sealed box car at New York "? 1 on Tuesday, hanging to a rafter. The car had just come through from Chi- > ' cago, and it is supposed the man hang- ' ed himself in the latter city The Ohio river is blocked with floating ice and dozens of bridges spanning the ? U stream are in danger of demolition. All river tralBc has been stopped.... Colonel James Gordon of Okalona, has been named by Governor Noel of Mississippi, to succeed the late A. J. MeLaurln in the United States senate, Following the assassination of President Lincoln, a reward of $10,000 was offered for the arrest of Colonel Gordon, dead or alive, on the theory that . J he was in the conspiracy with John M Wilkes Booth. CLOVER CULLING* ~M Corre*poo4?Do* Tb? TorkrllU Enqulr* ' , Clover, December 31,?The holiday season here baa been typical of those, j 6f Several years past, the days passing without any special incidents. The merchants report that Christmas trade was good, better perhaps, than for several seasons past Santa Claus did \ his full part and without exception, so I far as this correspondent knows, all that was expected of h|m- The annua] banquet given under the auspices of Alpine Lodge No. 208, A. F. M.. took place in the opera house on last wedr nesday afternoon. It was largely afr tended by the members, their wives and daughters and lnvjted guests. The af? r fair was eminently successful /unid wag } greatly enjoyed by all who attended: The Clover Cotton 0|1 mill has beep f In operation several weeks and the machinery Is now running as smoothly and satisfaetortly as eouJd be reason: ably expeoteti of a plant where everyr thing was brand new, Up to tPl? time It has ginned about 1,600 bales of oot' ton. and It Is said that there are it!U. ijuiie a uuiuuci iv am. The Clover schools, which closed for the holidays, will resume work on.next m Tuesday. * So far as known there will be ao - business changes here with the opening of the new year. jA All the young men and ladies of thlf place, who are either attending college m ar teaching school away from home, r, ipent the holidays with the home folks. Dr. E. W. Pressly left for Pue West an Wednesday morning, having been Jk summoned to the bedside of his mothsr, who is seriously sick. " About 2,000 bales of cotton have so Tar been bought and shipped by the local buyers this season. Clover has been In position to pay as much for cotton, and often more, than any of the surrounding markets during the last two seasons and as a result is by jetting her share pf the cotton. The Clover Cotton mill was closed lown on last Friday and Saturday and ~ resumed operations on Monday. - i I r _ # it aua iiiiIIgft i -T-- ^ at rrrt uriuntncu. t ' SJfePTlfe^CH?S Rev. I. 6) IfUfTiy, Pastor. Sunday Servicd^SbhdiV iscbool at 10 a. m. Morning service at 11 [o'clock. Mo evening service. * u . . c. ? CHURCH OF THE" GOOD 8HEP:rr ' <ni;| Rev. T. Trtiijr'fyklah, Rector. Sunday Servlcee^-Sundtty ' School it 9. 45 > a. m.' Morning 'Service at) 11 'clock. No evening service/ ' ' i 11 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. Revi "Is. E. dlllispfe, ^aitrir. Sunday ^rVlcey.'-^dhdAy,'*Adiiool at ^ 0 a. m. "duT 1? I .?? % i a m. Mag* BWT METffcrpfJCF e'fJJOfAt "Rev. fj. TfraCKer, ^aspor. wp. Sunday Sei^lcea.?Jionijng ^ep'ice TA t ll1 o*<;lo<fK. 5un^ay Mool atr?-S)? i. m. ftyloq set^tfeVt f$#$ \J^| LSSflCfATp R$FflRM?p ?RESgJ: Rev. J. L. Oates, Pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday school at 0 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock, fo evening service. ? Serial gotiqes. jdfc Dr. Jno. W. McConnell t )f Davidson College will be in Dr. Mc)owell's office on Monday, January 3rd JD 3.meat any patientsiin tii? llae. iPrao Icei limited to i disease.-* 10C Eye. Bar-, rose and Throat'.. . I . ?? r. k4^l Eye Specialist Coming. On FndfayJahfaagiatur<la/ 5becember 1st andiJanuary 1st,t Dr. OrifMh, Eya; &r, Ndse?iandi TIkrOat'SpMlalist will e' in- Yorkellie to treat >? diseases bf iese special iorgahs fcndtto fit jjlassaif 'onsult <hiiti atOhe Shdntton Hotel ?n le above (Ja{fb I I a II t I li fi>rr- jI take this method of Informing the \uL ie people of the country surrounding, lat I have located at McCbnnellsvllle >r the purpose of practicing medicine, id respectfully beg leave to offer my irvicea to any or all who may require ie same. VlM Neale S. Stirewelt, M. D. 101 f.t 4t ^ " * > >