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Scraps and |acts. ? Atlanta, Ga., January 1: "To wage an organized and determined fight" against the methods of dealing in cotton In vogue at the New York Cotton Exchange, President Charles S. Barrett of the National Farmers' Union has issued a call for a meeting of the officers and leading members of the Union to take place in Washington during the present month. In the call Mr. Barrett announces the determination of representatives of the Union to remain in | Washlngon until congress takes some definite action In the matter. ? Oklahoma City, December 31: Five men who Intended robbing three banks and the postoffice at Harrah, Okla., today, ran Into a posse headed by United States Marshal Jack Abernathy. As a result two of the bandits are dead and one Is wounded. Two suspects are being held In the Guthrie Jail. Frank Quiff# was shot down In the fight with the posse and Instantly killed. He lived at Chlson, Kan., and was the son of a wealthy citizen. Frank Carpenter, the robber wounded during the fight, died late today In Jail here. J. C. Dilbeck, the third robber, Is only slightly hurt. The robbery was well planned, but Carpenter told a number of people about the plot Postofflce inspectors learned of the affair and when the robbers reached the bank, Abernathy and the posse were there to receive them. The posse caught the men In the act of breaking Into a rear door of the bank. The robbers ran and the officers fired, wounding Carpenter and Dilbeck. Qulgg leveled his revolver, but before he fired was killed. Carpenter made a partial confession, saying Red Rogers and Pearl Wilson were the men who " -'?*Aa ?A AO M hoH escaped. m? as?utmic?, ><? robbed the Golden, Colo., postofflce recently. ? Blueflelds, January 1: The hope that war would be brought to an end through the recognition of the insurgents by the United States has been abandoned. Many believe that two more battles, one in the state of Chontales and the other near Managua, must be fought. There is a popular feeling of gratitude toward the United States because of the half-starved prisoners of war. There is some disappointment, however, that the United States has not formally recognized the Estrada government. The Impression was strong that Secretary Knox awaited only a decisive victory by Estrada before giving the moral support of the United States. Such a victory was won a week ago, but no encouraging ^ word was received from Washington. Preparations for the campaign in the west continue by the insurgents. The next ten days will be devoted to securBB^B ing more rifles with a view to equipBQH^^kping two thousand additional soldiers bring the provisional army strength six thousand. The insurgent genhave signed a solemn pact to BH|^H|^Knd as a unit with Estrada until the ^^BB^B vestige of Zelayaism is destroyed. peace commissioners sent by Mato negotiate with Estrada have not B^^^BI^ftved. BBHBrhe New York Central and afniiatB Broads of the system has inaugurated B^^fl^^^pcheme whereby it proposes to pay J^^^B^^Eisions to aged employes. The sysB B which has been under conslderaB Bn for quite a while, went into effect B Bst Saturday, January 1. A total of employes were put on the list BBH^Bhen the plan became operative. Under B^^BBlhe plans adopted employes on reaching 70 years are to be retired, and if they have been continuously in the service ten years immediately preceding their retirement, they will be entitled to pension. An employe who has been twenty years in continuous service and has become unfit for duty may be retired with a pension although he has not reached the age of 70. Officials say the pension system to be put Into effect will eventually benefit 10,000 of the line's employes and will make necessary the distribution by the New York Central of $500,000 annually. The Bcale of pensions is one per cent for each year of continuous service, based upon the average rate of pay received during the ten years preceding retlre? ment. The system is being considered by the special board consisting of eight of the officials of the New York Central lines, headed by J. Carstensen, A. H. Smith, C. D. Schaff and A. H. Harris, vice presidents. ? Washington, January 1: Prosperity has returned, according to the figures of the exports for the calendar year of 1909, Just published by the bureau of statistics of the department of commerce and labor. There is no doubt about the matter, the government of flclals point out, for while during the first ten months of 1908 this country called upon the world for diamonds valued only at $8,000,000 during tne corresponding period of this year those whose pocketbooks have bulged have clamored for these gems to the tune of more than $30,009,000. The diamond market, these same officials declare, Is the surest indication of ready money and plenty of it. During the calendar year the foreign commerce of the United States exceeded in value that of any earlier year with the single exception of 1907. The imports were larger than for any previous twelve months, but the exports will fall somewhat below those of 1906 and 1907. The only matter for serious reflection in the report is the statement that the exportation of foodstuffs, both raw and manufactured, has fallen lower than has been noted in a decade. This gives ise to some apprehension, especially when it is indicated by the statement that while other countries are selling to the United States, tnis country's trade with other nations has suffered, f ?Washington, January 1: Precisely at midnight an employe of the navy denartment pressed a button in the na- j val observatory. Instantly there leaped from It a spark that encircled the globe. It lost only a comparatively few seconds, which did not discommode those who heard the news that a new year had been born. New York got the word, both starting from Washington and a few seconds later after It had encircled the globe. There was little ceremony about the affair. A sleepy under-offlclal of the naval observatory pressed down on the key when midnight was announced and the year 1909 lay dying, while In shining harness the new 1910 stepped into notice. As a matter of fact, however, the greeting of the United States at the beginning of each year is more than a sentimental exchange of the compliments of the season with the rest of the world. While the spark that travels overland, under water and through the air to practically all the habitable parts of the earth conveys a sentiment of civilization, the government officials point out that It means n^uch more than this. It enables the out/ying settlements of the whereabouts. For the last ten days the telegraph companies and the wireless 3tattons have been preparing to asslstthe United States governments In flashing the New Year's spark around the globe. The men In charge of both the government and the privately controlled aerial telegraph lines adjusted their Instruments and made all preparations to catch the spark. Thus it was hurled over miles of icy waters Into Alaska and the ' mushers" and miners of that far olT territory of the Unitvd States received their New Year's greeting from a nation grateful for the riches they have poured into the coffers of the treasury In the last few years. (The \|orhriUc (fnquim. Fntertd at the Postofflce In Yorkvllle as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. O.i TUESDAY. JANUARY 4, 1910. O.ve of the best and most sensible things to do at tile beginning of the year, Is to subscribe and pay for the Yorkville Enquirer, the best county paper in South Carolina. The Farmers' Union of Greenville county has adopted the following with reference to the movement looking to the substitution of cheap Indian cotton for the home product: "The southerner who attempts to lower the price of American cotton is as guilty of treason as if he should tire on the American flag." And all this recalls how John L. McLaurin was driven out of politics because he wanted to levy a protective duty on cotton Imported into the United States. The first award of the F. Hi McMaster medal, is to go to Mr. Mclver Williamson of Darlington, the corn man. It will be remembered that some time ago Mr. McMaster informed the authorities of the University of South Carolina that with their consent, he would, so long as he might continue able, furnish the university with a gold medal to be awarded annually, or as near annually as might be practicable, to an alumus of the university who might have rendered some distinguished service to mankind. The selection of Mr. Mclver Williamson as the first recipient of the medal is indeed appropriate. Referring to our recently expressed doubts as to the probable identity of Peter Ney with Marshal Ney, the Anderson Daily Mail has kindly given <io tho Jnnrco nt oonvictlon as fol lows: If The Enquirer will read a book on the Ney question written some years ago by Rev. James A. Weston of North Carolina, we believe It will be convinced that Peter Ney, the school teacher, was the great marshal of France. This book gives more evidence in support of this theory than we have ever seen to support the theory that Andrew Jackson was born in South Carolina. And yet all people who are both intelligent and truthful, admit that Andrew Jackson was born In South Carolina. The Charleston News and Courier never does anything by halves, and when it attempts a special edition, it generally produces something worth while and well out of the ordinary. Such an issue was the special jubilee edition issued last Saturday. There were fifty-two pages of it and it covered the growth and development of the city of Charleston up to date with a thoroughness that is remarkable. According to the facts and fieures presented. Charleston now has a population of 71,583 and her business last year aggregated more than ninety-four million dollars, mere nas Deen an increase of 29 per cent, in her shipping during the past year and an Increase of 25 per cent in her railroad tonnage. Special stories tell of the remarkable development of the city along various lines, and of the development of the state along particular lines. Altogether the edition is a marvel of excellence in newspaper making and is well calculated to be of immense benefit to the city of Charleston, as well as to the state of South Carolina. The Year 1910. The year 1909, with its Joys, sorrows and disappointments has gone the way of the years before and we are now standing on the threshold of 1910, tyith whatever promise it might contaiu. What 1909 was, most of us know. Some have made poor use of it, some have made good use of it and still others have made better use of it; but it is safe to say that very few have made the best use that they might have made. It is customary at the beginning of a new year to renew the good resolutions of a year ago, and before the new year is yet old, with most of us the good resolutions are forgotten until the beginning of the year following. This, of course, is not creditable to any of us; but at the same time there is little use to try to escape the truth. What 1910 contains for us, none of us know; but all realize, or should realize, that if they perform their duty to the best of their ability, they can very well afford to leave the consequences to take care of themselves. From a material standpoint, we believe that the beginning of 1910 finds this country in a much better condition than it has ever known before, and to continue the material progress and prosperity of the country at a still more satisfactory rate, each and every citizen has only to try to do a littie more and a little better this year than last year. But really, moralization over this t\f mnrp or Ipsq ilrmhtfnl profit, and it is better, perhaps, to wish each and every one a happy and prosperous New Year. Let us all see how much we can do to bring thi3 about. The Supply Business. The prospects of the supply business ?whether it will be as extensive and general this year as heretofore?is a matter of common inquiry, and much interest, and although many business men have their opinions on the subject. the situation is one that hardly admits of an absolutely clear view. It is probably a fact tnat collections this year have been closer than usual. The common custom among the supply ii^ehas been to arrange to carry to quite settle up their flens. The advance lien, of course, only held as security on the crops made during the year in which it was given; but there was found ways to consolidate the unpaid accounts of the expired year with the accounts to be made during the year following, and the practice was kept up with very little friction. But in anticipation of the fact that the advance lien could no longer be used after January 1, everybody did all they could to settle up as far as possible;, and with good prices for cotton and other products, this has been more practicable than heretofore. The balance sheet is probably cleaner than it has been for years. The law does not require a landlord to have a paper lien on the crop of a tenant, and heretofore only a small per cent of the landlords took such liens. This year, however, the taking of pa per liens is more general than heretofore. While, of course, there is a class of people who have heretofore been getting supplies on the security of advance liens, who will no longer be able to get credit, the common opinion among the supply people is that credit generally will be almost. If not quite as cheap as it has been and that the most popular security, where paper security is taken at all will be a mortgage on crop. This, of course, cannot be taken until the crop is up and growing; but beginning with wheat and oats and adding other crops as they begin to peep out of the ground, there will not be much embarrassment along this line. The credit business will continue to move along without any considerable Jar. MACADAM NOT DURABLE. Mecklenburg Begins to Question Economy of System. That the continued agitation known as the good roads movement will eventually introduce a composition that will supplant macadam and serve more as a permanent improvement, is the opinion of County Chairman W. M. Long as well as a number of others who are interesting themselves in the matter. A long and vigorous search has been made for a rnmnnsltinn oontninine nunlltiftH of endurance rather than of beauty. Nothing is much more lovely than a stretch of macadam road and nothing is less expensive so far as all material that has come into practical use has developed, but the life of a macadam road does not Justify the expense necessary in its construction. Unless some system is adopted by which macadam road can become more of a permanent improvement and do away with continuous repair work, it is altogether probable that the county will abolish it in the early future. It has been found difficult to secure such grades as were necessary to keep the roads from washing away. Consistent engineering has established good roads on all the public highways of the county and hills have been reduced and low places built up, but the roads cannot be constructed level enough to keep them in repair. The cost of a mile of macadam road approximates $4,500. A road does not remain in good condition for more than two or three years and tnen aemanas an enureiy new top dressing. This brings on considerable more expense and it has proven that in the course of only a few years necessary repairs approach the original cost of the construction of a mile of road. This expenditure is too lavish In the estimation of a number of county officials to justify its continuance. Something must be done to bring about a cheeper road or a more expensive road that will last longer. Numerous materials are being placed upon Ihe market now that are de*manding experiments. The city tried what is known as tarvlra on the Pineville road to the boundaries of the city limits, but this has not proven altogether satisfactory. It was originally hoped that this composition would solve the problem. It is a mixture of sand and tar and, properly placed, it was believed generally that tarvlra would in the future replace the materials now being used in the county as well as the city. It was good enough, apparently, for city streets and In the county should result In a luxury. Such has not proven the case, but It is now generally hoped that In the evolutions that are taking place a material will be secured that will serve as an Improvement for all time. ?Charlotte Observer. Spirit of Christ Rules.?Men of prominence in national politics believe that the teachings of Jesus Christ are more dominant in public affairs today than when they entered active life, according to answers to questions read last Sunday before the Plymouth League, of the Oak Park Congregational church, Chicago. Two questions were sent to sixty leading men of the nation by Bruce Barton, president of the league, early in December. One related to the dominance of the spirit of Christianity. The other question was: "Is it an ad- | vantage or a disadvantage for a public man to be known as a professing Christian?" One of the first to answer was Vice President Sherman. "To your first in- J quiry," said he, "I beg to answer that it is my belief that with the progress of education and civilization through uui [im worm, uie spun. ui becomes more dominant, not only in business or in politics alone, but in the J smaller affairs of every day life. "In answering your second query, I hate to believe, and I do not believe, that it is advantageous to any man in any calling to be a professing Christian. I am firm in the conviction that the time will never come in this country when a man in high position will hesitate to spe^k frankly and freely to such questions as you propound." ."I believe it is a strong advantage for a public man today to be a professing Christian," wrote Gilford Pinchot, chief government forester. "It gives him confidence in himself and it gives others confidence in him." Others who answered the questions expressing belief in the growth of Christianity and its influence in public affairs were: Woodrow Wilson, presl dent of Princeton university; Dr. Lyman Abbott and Speaker Joseph G. Cannon. ? Charleston, January 1: With today the new Federal law went Into effect, which will add to the trials and losses of the blind tigers and other importers of contraband liquors, in making these shipments all the more liable to seizure through the branding or marking of packages, and the dispensary constables and police department will be able to make a still better record during the coming year in confiscations for the violation of the dispensary act. The law was passed at the last session of congress in accord with a strong demand from the prohibition states for protection and assistance in enforcing their own laws. No more "C. O. D." shipments can be made and the express company can no longer act as the agent of the buyer or seller in collecting the price, or In any other respect except the actual transportation and delivery of the goods. The packages must all be marked, showing the bona tide name of the consignee and must contain the name of the contents. Charleston will be hit in this latter pro vision of the statute more so than in the section forbidding the express company From serving as an agent, and the constables and police officers will be materially helped. It will not be long for the railroad and the steamship companies to store and conceal goods, or perhaps reload the goods and take them to another point out of the state, only to bring the stuff back later on for more advantageous delivery. The marking of the packages will enable the police and constables to step in and seize the stuff and lively times arc nowexpected with the Federal law going into effect. L LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERT18EMENT8. Merchant?Advertised for two flrstclass salesladies, who are not afraid of work. R. L. Clinton?Announces the opening of a writing school at the Graded school building. The school will last ten nights. C. F. Sherrer?Has become proprietor of the City Meat Market, and solicits a continuance of your patronage. H. E. Hood, Clerk?Gives notice of annual meeting of Hoodtown Camp W. O. W., January 8th. Finley & Miller, Attys. at Law?Publish their professional card. J. L. Stacy, Clover?Offers his services and will give prompt attention to calls for land surveying. Hart & Hart, Attys. at Law?Print their professional card. J. L. Stacy, Clover?Will pay a reward of $1 for recovery of a 33-foot tape chain, recently lost. J. L. Williams & Co.?Have picked up a lot of pants from a factory and are passing them along to their customers at attractive prices. Loan & Savings Bank?Publishes a statement showing its condition at the close of business, December 31. Deposits over 3300,000. First National Bank, Yorkville?Makes a short talk on banking, and the advantages received by those who do business with it. Star Drug Store?Has had a successful year and will try to serve its customers better in the future. Thanks for your favors. Thomson Co.?Is showing a new lot of 1910 .arrivals, including poplins, homespun, striped and white llneens, curtain swiss and scrim, galatea cloth, etc. F. S. Roystdr Ouano Co.?Wants to know if you are honest with your land when you use fertilizer that is not as good as it ought to be. See fourth page. Sam M. Grist?Invites prospective buyers of life insurance to compare the Mutual Benefit policies with those of other companies. Carroll Bros.?Tell tea drinkers of the good qualities of Perri-Walla tea at 50 cents a pound. York Supply Co.?Is ready for the 1910 business, and wants to sunnly you with groceries, supplies, building material, etc. York Drug Store?Asks the school teachers to remember it for examination supplies Friday, when they come for the special examination. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Has a big line of stoves and ranges and asks you to see It before making a purchase. W. E. Ferguson?Wants everybody who wants good groceries to give him a part of their trade during 1910. Varmers' Wholesale Grocery?Carries a big line of various kinds of feeds for horses, mules, hogs, cows and chickens and wants to make you prices. J. J. Keller & Co.?Call attention to the fact that they can supply all kinds of building supplies and will make close prices. Yorkvllle B. & M. Co.?Announces the continuance of its closing out sale for about fifteen days longer, at Its present stand. Clubmakers will remember that on next Saturday at 6 o'clock iJ. m., there will be an award of <5 to the club that contains the largest number of new, paid names. All subscribers to The Enquirer, should receive today's issue. Such subscriptions as expire before the next Issue and have not been returned, will be discontinued. ' Hart & Hart Is the name of a new law firm announced today, the senior member being Mr. G. W. S. Hart and the inlor member being Mr. Joseph E. Hart?father and son. Mr. G. W. S. Hart has been so long and favorably known to the York county public that It Is useless to make any mention of him. Although Mr. Joseph E. Hart is only Just entering public life, the public will be safe in taking him as a chip off the old block. Although every year for a number of years past has been witnessing moi# or less alarm as to the probable scarv citv of cotton seed for planting in the spring, it would appear that if there has ever been cause for such alarm it ought to be greater now than it has ever been. Cotton seed is bringing record breaking prices at this season, and there is no question of the fact that it takes an individual of pretty sound foresight to hold back seed for which he can get 50 cents a bushel. There are a great many farmers who the still holding on to their seed; but they are all laboring under strong temptation. AUCTION SALES. The auction sales from the court house steps by the clerk yesterday, were as follows: For partition in the case of Mary M. Perrin, surviving executrix, etc., vs. Emma D. McCaw, etc., the McCaw residence and lot in Yorkville, next to the court house. Bought by Harry I. Mceaw for $5,600. For partition in re L. Belle Allison vs. Byers Allison, three tracts of land, all bought by Th03 F. McDow attorney, tract No. 1, containing 644 acres for $10 an acre; tract No. 2, containing 394 acres for $5 an acre; tract No. 3, containing one and one-fourth acres, $6 an acre. For partition in the case of J. S. H. Faris against Dora C. Bayne and oth era, four tracts as follows: Tract No. 1, containing 95 acres, bought by Lyle and John Miller for $2,375; tract No. 2, containing 107J acres, bought by E. L. Barnett for $2,768.12; tract No. 3, containing 97J acres, bought by J. P. Holds, Esq., for $1,998.75; tract No. 4, containing 97 acres, bought by S. L. Milling for $2,131.50. JOHNSON HAS THE MONEY. President Johnson of Wlnthrop, has raised the money necessary for the erection of a model school for Wlnthrop. The Rock Hill correspondent of the Columbia State tells the story as follows: The people all over the state who are interested in Wlnthrop college can say, "Hurrah for President Johnson!" Tor he now has in his possession a certificate representing $100,000 with which tr\ htillH tho nrnnnap/1 now mnHol anhnnl fur Winthrop. It will be recalled that the legislature two years ago appropriated $20,000 for this purpose, expressly conditioned upon Dr. Johnson's raising an additional $25,000. At that time Dr. Johnson thought that a $45,000 building would be ample. But he soon drew away from these modest plans and made up his mind to give the state of South Carolina a $100,000 model school, the equal of any in the country in beauty of construction and thoroughly equiooed. With this purpose In view, he promptly raised the $25,000 required by the state legislature. This gave him 411 ftfifl Thon Ha u'pnt to "Maw Vorlr and had an interview with Mr. J. Plerpont Morgan and Andrew Carnegie, the multi-millionaires. Mr. Morgan gave $25,000 and Mr. Carnegie gave $15.000?both of these subscriptions were conditioned upon Dr. Johnson's raising the entire $100,000 by January 1, 1910. With these two subscriptions, Dr. Johnson then had in hand and promised $85,000. He felt that he was nearing the goal. So he put forth extraordinary efforts?and this meant much, for Dr. Tdhnunn (u fhn mtiut miOPPUdfnl "hoc. UV/lllliiWH VW. "?% gar" In this country. His next trip was to appear before the meeting of the Peabody board. That body gave him $5,000. This put the fund up to $90,000, Then came the real hard work, getting that other $10,000. Martin Moloney of Philadelphia, owner of the electric light plant here, gave him $1,000. G. L. Winthrop, a member of the Peabody board, made a personal contribution of $500. Col. Leroy Springs of Lancaster sent his check for $100. That made the amount $91,600, and in the last ten days the balance of $8,400 was promptly subscribed by friends of the institution in various parts of the state. ,4 So It Is now a fact that Winthrop college will be able to present to the state a model school valued at $100,000, for which the state appropriated only $20,000. It Is a great victory for President Johnson. The only thing needed now Is the site for the building. The question of selling this ground for $20,000 to Winthrop was thrown Into litigation by the "minority" trustees of the local school board. The case was tried In the York court a couple of weeks ago and a decision in the matter Is looked for shortly. If he can get tnls land, It Is the Intention of President Johnson to proceed at once with the construction of the proposed building. THE FIRST MONDAY. The most ifoticeable feature of salesday In Yorkvllle yesterday, was the size of the crowd,' which was unusually large. There were people In Yorkvllle from every part of the county, most of them on hand with some kind of business; Knt mi If a a nnmhor uHt'n n n nthor of traction than the knowledge that salesday In January always brings a crowd. Quite a number of people attended the auction sale before the court house steps, and after regular official sales were over, a majority of the crowd lingered around the miscellaneous sales following. All of the hitching lots were pretty well crowded all day with traders, and there was considerable business in the horse swapping line, more than there has been for several months. There were also sales of quite a number of head of fresh stock from Tennessee and the west The ouice of the county board of registration was open during the day as provided by law, and a number of registration certificates were issued. The auditor's office, which was opened for 1910 returns last Saturday, did quite q lot of business yesterday with taxpayers, who saw proper to get the matter of making: returns out of their hands at once and have done with it. The office force of The Enquirer was kept busy throughout the day taking lists from clubmakers, and renewing subscriptions of subscribers who had not yet turned in their names. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Mr. W. H. Herndon is now living In the Steele house on West Liberty street. ? Tne small boys went on their annual raid last Friday night, taking ofT gates, and doing other mischief. ? Mr. R. J. Mackorell has moved into the residence recently occupied by Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Jennings, and now owned by Mr. Mackorell. ? There was a lot of money turned loose in Yorkvllle and vicinity last Saturday, Incident to the making of annual settlements and these settlements are still in progress. ? There was a union service at Trinity church last Sunday night, the other congregations concentrating there by way of Rev. J. H. Thacker, who preach'ed the first two sermons of his new pastorate during the day. ? Evetfrbody 13 interested in the big spectacular presentation of "Alice in Wonderland" at the Graded school auditorium tonight, and the outlook is that there will be a crowded house. 'That the entertainment will be something worth while is certain. ? The law firm of Finley & Jennings has been succeeded by the new firm of Finley & Miller, as will be seen by the (professional card, published In another column. Marlon B. Jennings, Esq., ^formerly of this firm has moved to Spartanburg, where he will continue the practice of law. Mr. Hudson C. Miller, the Junior member of the new firm, has been located in Rock Hill for some time past, where he practiced in partnership wttn Mr. G. W. S. Hart of Yorkvllle. SELECTION OF ENUMERATORS. "The simple test which candidates for enumerators' places will undergo February 5, does not take away the supervisors' right under the census law to designate suitable persons for such position," said Supervisor of Census R, L. Douglass, at his home at Rodman, a few days ago. "It Is designed to aid the supervisors In the exercise of that discretion and to enable the census director Intelligently to use the power or approval of the supervisors' designations conferred upon him by law. "It is very well understood that President Taft, Secretary Nagel, and Census Director Durand all hold the supervisors responsible for the enumeration. There is no doubt, therefore, that our first and most important duty is the selection of honest, capable and active persons to make the count. "The census will be taken, not by the census bureau officers or the supervisors, but by the enumerators. They are the ones who come in contact with the people and get the facts. Unless every single enumerator does his whole and proper duty there can not be a correct census. There can not be anything of greater scientific value to this country than accurate statistics as the basis of a study of the existing conditions regarding our population, agriculture, manufactures, and mines and quarries. "All persons, unless specifically disqualified, are entitled to apply to take the test. Only those under 18 years of age and over 70, and those who have not become citizens of the United States, are barred. Otherwise, all persons, regardless of sex and political affiliations, are eligible. It is left to my Judgment whether it Is wise to appoint women in my district. They can do the work, I have no doubt, especially in certain parts of the district. There were a good many employed all over the country in the twelfth census. "The time for closing the consideration of applications is January 26. Those received after that date will have to be Ignored. Applications should be addressed in writing to me at this office and not to the census director. I will send inquirers the necessary form and instructions concerning it. Afterward I will send those on the list, prior to the test, a set of directions for filling out the test papers. This will enable everyone to come well prepared. Nothing could be fairer or better calculated to Insure a satisfactory applicant passing the test. "The test itself need not deter anyone. Any person with common sense and a common school education can pass it. All it consists of Is giving the candidates sample population and agricultural schedules, upon which are to be written In the proper columns the required details, which are found in printed descriptions. In narrative form, of typical families and farms supposed to be In a district. There will be some Instances requiring the exercise of judgment to decide whether a given entry should be made under one col. umn heading or another. You can see how simple and elementary it Js. "The test will be held all over the country and In every supervisor's district February 5. There will be several places In each district for taking it. One place would be Insufficient, It would not hold all the candidates. As supervisor, i siuwi uuvr iuc uu^itu,, v,f all, and the test examination at each, no matter under what official agency It Is held, will be that sole and Nlmple one prescribed by the census director, "I am given until February 22 to rate the papers In a very simple way, and to gain an Idea of the qualifications of those rated as having passed, Next I will forward the paners of the successful candidates, with my recommendations or designations, to the census director. He will, If satisfied that suitable persons have been selected, give his consent to their appointment, and they will be commissioned. The middle or latter part cf March should see everything settled, and the selected and commissioned enumerators will be sent more circulars and books of Instructions relative to the interpretation or meaning of the questions on the two schedules. "April 15 the census army; will move forward In the enumeration. "Ceitainly the Federal census taking is as necessary and as honorable as Jur> duty, and as all good and useful citizens do not hesitate to respond to the call for such duty, I therefore ask the same high-grade citizenship to come forward and help me have the census taken accurately and expeditiously. "As President Taft has said, the pay Is not large but the work Is worth doing well, and some day we shall all feel proud In'the consciousness that we had a part, however humble, in taking this uenaus. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Claude Walker of Tampa, Fla., visited friends in Yorkvllle last week. Misses Mamie and Nannie Smith of Hickory Grove, are visiting friends In Rock Hill. Rev. James H. Thacker, the Methodist minister, and family have arrived In Yorkvllle. Mrs. Paul T. McNeel and baby, of Spartanburg, spent the holidays with relatives in Yorkvllle. Mr. J. W. Williams of Birmingham, Ala., Is visiting the family of Mr. T. D. Turner In Yorkvllle. Mr. E. S. Watson of Yorkvllle No. 7, left yesterday for Rutherfordton, N. C., to matriculate at Westminster school. Rev. E. E. Gillespie, who developed diphtheria last week, is getting along nicely, and hopes to be out In a few days. Misses WHUe and Anna McLaughlin of Charlotte, N. C., spent several days last week with ..Iss Anna C. Schorb In Yorkvllle. Miss Carrie McCuen, who spent tne holidays at her home in Pendleton, has returned to her position In the postoffice at Yorkvllle. Miss Mabel R. Ashe of Yorkvllle, left this morning for Brevard, N. C., where she will spend several months with her sister. Mrs. S. N. McFie. Miss Mamie Schafer, who has been conducting a millinery store In Yorkvllle for the past season, left last week for her home in Maryland. Mr. John W. Beamguard and family of Greggs, Ga., have been spenuiug ten days visiting relatives and friends in the Clover neighborhood. He left last Sunday on his return home. Mr. Beamguard is engaged in the turpentine business. Columbia State: In a recent bulletin of orders issued from the secretary of the navy's office in Washington is one that is of interest to many South Carolinians. Lieut Commander George W. Williams, a native of Yorkville, and son of the late W. B. Williams, for twenty years auditor of York county, has been transferred from the executive officer of the Montana to the command of the Atlantic torpedo fleet now stationed in Cnarleston harbor. Lieut Williams will take charge of his new command this week. He has been entrusted in his career to many responsible commands, among them being to command the flotilla fleet in the Philippines, commanding the Bainbridge across the Atlantic, and to be the commanding officer on the Montana when it acted as the convoy to the North Carolina in transporting Taft to Panama while he was president-elect. At the age of 14 he won the Annapolis scholarship and graduated at that instltitu tlon with honors, after which he has rapidly risen in the naval world, and although he is but 38 years old, he is now a lieutenant commander, orte of the most important positions in the navy. The command that he has now been assigned to is a very responsible and coveted one and his appointment to it shows the esteem he is held in by the authorities in Washington. LOCAL LACONICS. Tax Collections. During last Friday, Treasurer Neil collected taxes amounting to $37,000, and the aggregate collections up to the addition of the 1 per cent penalty, amounted to $115,000. Condition of Mr. Osborne, The recently published statement to the efTect that Mr. Wade Osborne of [ Chester county is dead, was an error. Mr. Osborne was stricken with paralysis shortly before Christmas, and the report went out that he was dead. Mr. Osborne is still living; but his condition shows no sign3 of improvements. Death of Mr. John T. Chambers. Mr. John T. Chambers, a former citizen of the Fodder neighborhood of York county, but for some years past a resident of Chester county, died In the Chester hospital last Saturday of appendicitis, aged 50 years. The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Chambers of the Fodder section, and was a member of Allison Creek church. He leaves a widow and four children, one son and three daughters. His surviving brothers are John S.. Edward B., Walter D., and W. H. Chambers and his surviving sisters are Mrs. James W. Smith, Mrs. J. M. Hughes and Mrs. W. W. Alexander, all of the neighborhood in which they were reared. The deceased was a good citizen, well thought of by all who knew him. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. D. Q. Phillips in the Associate Reformed church, and the interment was by the Woodmen of the World, of which Mr. Chambers was a member. Captured Ner^o Burglar, King's Mountain special of January 1, to the Charlotte Observer: What has been termed "unmitigated nerve" was displayed by Mr, K. N, Hambright last night in the capture of a big burr ly black negro, who had broken into his house. Mr. Hambright, who liven several miles south of town, was awakened about 10 o'clock by a noise in his dining room and slipping out of bed he took position behind the hall curtains and awaited the intruder's exit. The negro appeared in the hall and Mr. Hambright grabbed him, and as Mr, Hambright termed it, "the fun began," ! The negro proved to be a good man and soon dragged Mr. Hambright out i of the house into the yard where he ' escaped. Mr. Hambright, who was barefooted and In his night clothes, gave chase and captured his man a second time about one hundred yards , from the dwelling, sending hjm to the < ground. He sat upon nJm until bia ' hrnther. Mr. V L Hambrieht. who had ! been awakened, arrived. The negro was bound and driven to town where, after a hearing before H. P. Allison, Esq., he was sent to board with Sheriff Wilkin* at Shelby, A big six-inch bar* rel revolver was taken front the negro in the scuffle and js now In the hands of officers. Case of K, T, Franklin. Fayetteville, N. C., January 1: A case of bigamy and fraud revealing aatonr ishing cupidity on the part of the al? leged bigamist, K, T. Franklin, has just come to light In this oity. Mr. and Mrs. K. T, Franklin came here six weeks ago and obtained board In a p vate home. Franklin represented t Christian Observer of Louisville, K ' and posed as a pious man. His w 1 was formerly Miss Steele, a promlm : young woman of Rock Hill, S. C. T1 had been married at Charlotte in Si ' tember and seemed to be perfectly hi ' py until yesterday when warned b, 1 series of telegrams that began to ari B from her sister Informing her t * Franklin had another wife living in " lumbla, S. C. Mrs. Franklin acci#d her husband of being a fraud an a bigamist. With both arms raised ie vehemently swore that these th were false. A letter then arrived n" tainlng newspaper clippings detaili a former marriage of Franklin and n_ vpvlnir tnfnrmnt.lnn thnf ho ha/> n?18 year-old daughter living In Charl?on? S. C., and that he had twice bei ln the penitentiary. Franklin the?*e<l and boarding a northbound trals11*8 not been heard of since. He is #ou* 45 years old and good looking. Pnce the sensational denouncement ai hl8 flight last night his wife has beerJros" trated. She left here this aftern#1 'or her home at Rock Hill. A few d# after their marriage Franklin boPwe<J $3,000 from his wife on the pre#*1 ot investing it in a Kentucky towi She has never been able to secure f1 accounting for the money. MERE-MENTION. I Spencer Trask, a leading Waj street banker, and two Pullman caif>orters were instantly killed at Corninf N. Y., Friday morning by a freight t?n ninning into the rear of the *?enger train Henry Farman, thlFreach aviator, on Friday, flew his machine from Chartres to Orleans, IMnce, a distance of forty-two mlle3,n A'ty minutes A Rock Island fain'was wrecked near Trenton, Moi Friday. All the cars and the locomov? were overturned. Twenty personAvere reported killed Earl D. \Vpon, the naval academy cadet, who hal his neck broken in a football game October 16 last, is reported to be.?iproving. ....William Travers Jerome for eight years district attorney ofpew York city, retired from office on #*n. 1. During his incumbency JeroflB handled many of the moA nota# cases of New York's criminal histjp' and was successful In prosecutingjafters and flrflmhllnfl' rlpn nmnhotan AiiHpI Lee, a granddaughter oflneral Robert R Lee, was marrledjf London on Thursday to Frederick Wliam Lloyd. ./....The new Manhattaf bridge, connecting New York and rooklyn, was thrown open to vehicle fefflc on Friday. This Is the fourthfridge across the east river MP Roberta B. de Janon, the granddauffter of Robert Bulst, the millionaire seaman of Philadelphia, on Wednesdai eloped with Ferdinand Cohen, a hotl waiter, who Is said to have three jves. Miss de Janon was the sole hel of Mr. Bulst, who is said to be with 910,000,000. Mr. Bulst says she shfl get nothing. The Investigation that the city council of Atlanta, GaJls making into conditions of the city sjckade Is showing up conditions of ith and cruelty that are hardly belleible In a civil- ' Ized community. Sferal criminal 1 prosecutions will resu Chas. W. Morse, the convlcte?>anker of New York, left that city Snday for Atlanta, 1 Ga., where he will spei the next fifteen ' years of his life in tl Federal prison. 1 Morse was convictedof violating the ' national banking law William J. 1 Gaynor was lnaugurfd mayor of New J York city on New Y^s Day Flf- j ty distilleries were f sed in the state of Tennessee, Satufey night, by the ' operation of the stai prohibition laws. It Is estimated that le distilleries have liquor enough on hai to continue shipping out of the Btatjfor five years James W. Field, aflttsburg, Pa., Iron master, deceased, ( his will recently probated, disposed I an estate of 915,000,000, but not ajollar of it goes to charity A whlngton dispatch 3tates that Arlzotf and New Mexico will probably be sade states by this session of congrfi. President Taft Is urging the ~pa*?ge ox ide fe&ienooa umo uillllliua., HOB IHIDCU 118 I near-bee/ tax to (5,000 a year and < thereby put sevc near-beer saloon* l out of business President Taft i has set (100,000,0 as the amount to < be lopped off of jvernment expendl- j tures during the ixt fiscal year i Secret service m of London are In- \ vestigatlng the o 'rations of an inter- ( national marrlag bureau of that city. j The business of he agency was the t promotion of mai ages between broken i down noblemen \ to long titles and fhe 1 daughters of w< Ithy Americans and 1 Englishmen. B1 kmatllng was a big i side i3sue to the ame During the i year 1909, 2,303 )0 barrels of cotton l seed oil were s d on the New York j Produce Exchar .During the first < six months of I i current fiscal year, ' United States q itoms Increased (30,- i 743,720 and intpal revenue (8,412,000, < as compared *th the same period of 1 last year firing the big coastwise < storm of last reek, there were sixty i lives and twele boats lost In New- 1 foundland walls The counting of t the coin and bcuritles (n the United i States treasuf, made necessary by a , change of trlsurers, has been completed and nterday Treasurer McClung gave I-Treasurer Treat a receipt for (li59,001,756.37 2-3. Not a : cent was fc*id to be missing. The count includd 156,521,317 silver dollars. The Nlwi Jersey and New York Telephone cowany has been incorpor- < ated under theliws of New Jersey with | a capital stocljof (50,000,000 Offl- ? ?ers of the Anjrlcan Federation of La railroad statin at Montreal. Canada, 5 was blown u Saturday by the explosion of escapig gas under the station. Twenty or rr re persons were Injured, the most of them having their legs broken....total recorded tonnage of bituminou coal produced In the United State during 1909 was slightly more thar 360,000,000 tons The total numbe of bushels of the sin leading ceret 3, com. wheat, oats, barley. rye and JUckwheat In the United States for th year 1909. according to Bradstreet's Statistical review, was 4,736,879,000 bfehels, valued at $2,921,OOOjOOO. TheSotal value of agricultur- F al products v^g $8,760,000,000, of which v hay was vdued at $689,345,000 and j, cotton at $6tJ,000,000. F f MM \ ? Washlngtjn, December 31: Al- & though a lithe late, the supreme court \ af the UnftedBtates has made a Christ- IV mas presentfto the Tennesseans con- T lined in the Uii of the District of Co- & lumbla on t|e charge of contempt of ^ that court, k a consultation today the J court defcidei that the men were enti- C tied to five n month commutation & allowed for good behavior under the J code of the district. Thl? will result J In reducing the terms of the two V months* pr|iners to the extent of ten J lays and wji insure their freedom next G Tuesday, th? 4th proximo. The three J months men Vill each receive a reduc- L tlon of flfteeii days, terminating their H sentences on i?t nt February. The J Tien who wflj be liberated on Tuesday ire JeremJaKioibson, the deputy sher- IV fT, and Henri Padgett, Richard Mayso, B Sheriff Snia) Luther Williams and J Vlck Nolan, the ninety days men, will J ae required fo continue in the prison \ intil the iat'of February. ' 4 Tr { > 80UTH CAROLINA NEWS. # ? A great deal of Interest has been ^ manifested, editorially and otherwise, i throughout the south, In the coming tour of Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, of the department of agriculture in January, and many Inquiries have been received by him asking what topics he will discuss on this Journey. Dr. Knapp has very kindly consented to furnish the press, and through the press the farmers, with the subject of his addresses. At Greenville, where he will speak on January 12, at 12 o'clock m., his topic win be "The Making of a Great Common People in the Rural Districts." His object In this address Is to Impress upon the farmers of South Carolina some definite line of work, which, if consistently followed, will make South Carolina, with all Its natural resources, a great state in which the rural masses ^ will be prosperous. The same general method will be pursued In the aduresses in the several states, outlining in each < such policies as are most Important and K applicable to the rural population. ( ? Columbia, January S: F. Doug- * las Walker, one of the most widely known soldiers at the Confederate home was Saturday suspended from the home for sixty days. Mr. Walker has no living relatives and the Confederate home was his only home, so ^ he applied for admittance at the S county almshouse and was given a bed there. Mr. Walker says that because he said "damn" at breakfast he was notified by the commandant that he j would be given a furlough of 0 days. 4 Mr. Walker's account of the trouble Is that t Mrs. W. D. Starting, wife of the conimandant, asked one of the men at breakfast If he had heard the whistles blow for the new year the night before. The man addressed was deaf and the question was repeated, whereupon Mr. Walker said, "Mrs. Starling he is so damn deaf that he can't hear any whlstlea" After the meal was concluded Mr. Walker says that k Capti Starling said to him: "Walker M I have a New Tear's present for you. * Tou are suspended for <0 days for Jl swearing In the presence of my wife." ? Union, -January 1: Will W. T. Jones, who last February was convicted of murdering his wife on the night of July 5, 1908, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary, 4 be granted a new trial by the supreme court at Its sitting next week? The now famous case will be the first held on Monday morning, when the supreme court meets after the Christmas recess; and already the printed arguments of both counsel for the state and defendant have been filed. While the case will be the first to receive the attention of the supreme court it is hardly probable, indeed, it will be very unusual if the court should then announce its ^ decision as to whether or not a new -m, trial will be granted or refused. Under a the ordinary procedure an opinion will ? hardly be handed down before 80 to 60 days and maybe not until April or May. Mr. Jones, who for several months the first of the year was serl- J ously sick, is now in the best of health, y and this notwithstanding his long confinement since July 9, 1908, and the fact that he' previously led an active outdoor life. During all this time he has continued to manage his extensive farming operations; but, because of the short crops, it is said that few, if any, af his 40 or 50 tenants were able to pay aut, so that it is a very unprofitable jrear for him in that respect. There has been a story in circulation for sometime that he made 830,000 on cotton some months or more ago; but this has not been verified. U\JI nave laaut a Call Oil 119 i,D*U,UUU I * members to ?v*rHhp tn n fnnH with I i which to waJ a fight on the United j States Steel c -poration The customs tobacco arehouse at Alexandria, Egypt, togeth with its contents, were damaged by re on Saturday to the extent of <1,5 1,000 A movement , is under way o erect a 580-foot peace monument on Itaten Island, New York harbor. The roposed monument is to t be surmount* by a bronze figure of an Indian, ]) feet high, is to cost {650,000 and tp top of it will be 960 feet above se level Snow fell at Fresno, Gal., Saturday, for the first time in slxteii years William Dobson. cashier cfan express company, has confessed to he Ontario, Canada, police, that he wg a party to a $14,000 express office h d-up by two bandits at Niagara Falls Ont., In November last. Dobson's arre; followed his purchases of costly furs'or his sweetheart Thos. Waggo>r of Fort Worth, Tex., gave to eaoh f his three children as Christmas gij^ 100,000-acres of land, 30,000 head o cattle and 1,000 horses, valued at $2,(0,000 President Taft during the Nw Year's Day reception at the Wnlte louse, shook hands with 5.575 Dersnnal Th? rvlatfnrm of a * The Coat of Living*?'"We have dls- / fT covered that the farmer i? not retting l exorbitant prices oat of beef he I 1? aises," said Secretary of Agriculture I <* Wilson in dlscossing the high prices I ? >f food supplies last Monday. "I have 1 ^ no doubt," he continued, "that the 1 J lame conditions will be found to pre- \ rail In most' other lines of farm prolucts. The department of agriculture las agents in every state and every :ounty of the country. They h*ve seen ordered to report especially'on :he cost of production and the returns in sales of all sorts of food products. Kb fast as we receive these figures we will compare them with the prices of the same products being brought in the titles where consumed. We will then Ol live the facts to the public. We In- . JV :end to bring out the truth lrrespec- jp live of whom It hurts or whom It benefits. I am convinced the public s compelled to pay a great deal more ? 'or nearly everything It eats than It ^ ihould and I believe the figures will sear me out. There Is ample excuse for some of the Increase in the cost >f living over what It was years ago. The farm area is not keeping pace vith. the demands for food stuff. The ;itles seem to have more attractions 'or laboring men than do the rural :ommun!ties. The vast horde of lranlgratlon, as well as the ever Increasng native population, must be fed and he farm is expected to furnish the" V. A oodJ$pecial $otir<s These Are Making Cluba Following are the names andad- , g Iressea of clubmakers who are afc?ting and receiving subscriptions for The Enquirer for 1910. The names of )ther clubmakers will be entered as reports are received: Vliss Clara B. Alexander No. 4, Yorkville. vilss Annie Brandon ....No. 2, Clover. it. L. Blggers No. 1, King's Creek. _ t. B. Black Lockhart a. g r. H. Blgham Sharon. V _ J| Miss Maggie Barnette Yorkville. iV. H. Bird Qrover, N. C. r. M. Craig No. 8, Yorkville. Mason Clark No. 1, Yorkville. 9 W. J. Caveny Rock Hill. A Mrs. Fred G. Cook ....No. 2, Yorkville. 4 N. H. Crook Fort Mill. *alph Castles Hickory Grove. Miss Mattie Belle Campbell No. 2, Yorkville. Miss Addle Caveny..No. 1, Rock Hill. fohn Dickson King's Creek. Mrs. M. C. Dunlap..No. 5, Rock Hill. 5. S. Farls Rock Hill. j. G. Ferguson Yorkville. 3. B. Faulkner No. 4, Clover. Mrs. J. E. Fewell No. 7, Yorkville. * V. S. Ford ....... No. 4, Clover. V. M. Faulkner ."...No. 1, King's Creek. * ^ewls Good No. 1, Yorkville. ^ . D. Good Sharon, % :arrle Hill No. 1. Sharon. \ J. Hopper No. 6, Yorkvllle. V. F. Jackson, Jr No. 7, Yorkvllle, y llss Mary Jackson Newport 4 Vllllam Jones .Yorkvllle, 1. W. Knox Clover. V. S. Lesslle Lesslle, I. J. Love No. I, Filbert, C- A Irs. Ollle V. Lynn Filbert, J V. Luther Latham No, 1, Sharon, . S. Land No, 1, Yorkvllle, V J. R. Love, No. 4, Clover, ^ larry Miller No, 6, Yorkvllle, l. W. McFarland ....No, 3, Yorkvllle, .. B. McGUl Clover, ** . Webb Moore No, 3, Yorkvllle, Irs. T. C. McKnlght Sharon, . L. McMackln No. 1, Clover, ^ 'aimer M. Moore Quthrtesvllle, J [iss Sallle McCoqnell. .McConnellsvllle, 9 Irs. J. B. Mlckle No. J, Sharon, d I. E. McClure No, 5, Yorkvllle, " Irs. V. J. Moll wain. .No, 1, Rock Hill, IcCa!.i NJchols ..Yorkvllle, V. A. Nichols No, 2, Smyrna, trs. Belle Plexloo ... No. 1. Sharon B. Quinn Clover, Irs. J. W. Qu|nn No. 4. Clover, Irs. J. N. Russell No, 1, Sharon, ohn Albert Riddle ....No, 6, Yorkville, Hyde Ratchford Bullock's Creek, liss Clara Smythe ,,.Fort Mill, ohn M. Saqdtfer ....No, 3, Yorkville, . P. Slfford Clover. ^ V. T. Smarr Bullock's Creek, ? . F. A. Smith No. 1, Yorkville, * r. L. Suggs No, 8, Yorkville, . R. Shilllnglaw , ...No. 7, Yorkville, M ?.ester Watson..No. I, Hickory Grove, ~ t. W. Whjteaides No, 2, Smyrna, A e(T D. Whitesldes No, 2, Hickory Grove, liss Lizzie Wood No. 3, Cloveis :. W. White Sharon, . A. Whitesldes Rook Hill, . C. Wood No. 1, Filbert. !lss Eunice Youngblood No. 6, Yorkville.