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, Scraps and Jacts.
? An investigation is being carried
on by the Atlanta city council of
charges brought against the management
of the city stockade. The place
is said to be foully dirty and cruelties
are practiced upon the prisoners. Some
witnesses have testified that women
were hung by their arms from hooks
on the wall with their toes barely
touching the floor, until they became
uncfusclous. Information has developed
of numerous other atrocities, and
it looks as if there will be ? general
clean up before it is an over wiui.
? Washington, January 5: President
Taft sent to the senate nominations
of members of the new court of customs
appeals authorized under the
Payne tariff law. be presiding
judge?Alfred C. Coxe, now United
States clrcujt Judge for the second
circuit. To'be associate Judges?William
H. Hunt, now United States Judge
for the district of Montana. James F.
Smith, formerly governor general of
the Philippine Islands. O. M. Barber
of Vermont, lawyer. Marion, Devries,
now chairman of the board of general
appraisers at New York.
? Charlotte, N. C., January 4: Summonses
have been issued against the
Southern Express company, the Southern
Railway company, and J. Harry
Jones in a suit brought by W. L. Felder
cf St Matthews, S. C., for damages.
The suit is the optgrowth of the shooting
of Mr. Felder a few weeks ago
while he was walking in the passenger
yards of the Southern railroad here.
He was struck by a bullet from a pistol
fired by Mr. Jones, who was an express
messenger on duty at the time
In his car. Mr. Felder has recovered
sufficiently to go to his home. Jones
has been released on ball of $1,000.
The complaint has not been filed, and
amount of damages asked Is not known.
? The Federal government Is preparing
to go after the "riders" In the tobacco
districts of Kentucky and Tennessee,
by beginning proceedings
against the Burley Tobacco society.
Jt Is convinced that the society is a
combination and a conspiracy under
the terms of the Sherman anti-trust
law. The Burley society Is a strong
organization of farmers and It is believed
when taken the government's
action will create a sensation. It is
contended by members of the society
that they were forced to band together
to resist the operations of the American
Tobacco Co. They charge that
the so-called tobacco trust has driven
down prices on raw tobacco, while
making no reductions In the finished
product
? Charlotte, January 4: Determined
If possible to bring about Improved
conditions in the great Industry they
represent, the spinners of the south In
conference here today launched an enthusiastic
movement to scotch the
prices of yarns at cost, curtailing Immediately
In the event the cost prices
are not procurable, pending the return
of better times in the status of the industry
throughout the country. A
minimum schedule of prices was
adopted, together with this resolution:
"Resolved. That we recommend the
adoption of the following schedule of
prices and unless these prices can be
ecured, that we urge immediate curtailment.
The schedule Is as follows:
8-1, hard 24, soft 241; 8-2 and 3, hard
241; soft 25; 10-3 and 3, hard 25, and
25): 12-2 and 3. hard 251. soft 26: 14-3
and 3, 26 and 26); 16-2 and 3. 261. and
27; 20-2 and 3, 27) and 28; 24-2 and 3,
28) and 29; 26-2 and 3, 29 and 291;
30-2 and 3. 30 and 30); 36-2 and 3, 36
and 36; 40-2 and 3, hard 39; 50-2 and
3, 44 and 60-2 and 3, 50." The special
committee of ten, appointed at the
morning session to agree upon a plan
of action reported that the price
schedule reported was the most conservative
basis that the mill could
reach, as it was nothing: more than
cost for goods on the present market
of raw material. The resolution and
the accompanying schedule were
adopted unanimously by the spinners,
? The race question has been very
seriously aggravated in Cuba during
the past week. There are more negroes
In Cuba than there are whites,
and the white Cubans have long since
conceded practically complete equality
of the negroes. That was one of
the questions that seemed to have
been settled as the result of the recent
war for Cuban independence. The Cuban
legislature is more than half black,
and there are many Cuban negroes In
high position. But the Americans,
many of whom are from the south, do
not like It that way. They have not
been accustomed to associate with negroes
on a basis of equality and they
are not Inclined to try to learn how.
On January 1, two negro congressmen
asked to be served with drinks at the
bar of an American hotel. The clerk
declined to serve them. The negroes
Immediately raised a big row and
pretty soon there gathered a mob that
the police was able to restrain only
with great difficulty. The clerk was
arrested and haled into court, with a
great crowd of negroes, led by Senor
Del Gado, president of the senate, demanding
that the maximum fine of $1,000
be imposed. The court, however,
only Imposed a fine of $70, and this increased
the dissatisfaction with regard
to the matter. The agitation is growing
more aggravated and the government
newspaper is demanding that
Americans be taught that the rights of
negroes must be respected.
? Blueflelds, Nicaragua. December 30:
Provisional President Estrada today
issued a proclamation to the people of
Nicaragua outlining the platform on
which he Intends to govern the country.
It is his expressed purpose to do
away with a standing army and to
maintain a small police force to secure
individual good order. The proclamation
is begun with the declaration
that the triumph of the revolution
may be regarded as accomplished. "I
desire." Estrada says, "to turn swords
and rifles into ploughs and tools for
K /lulHi-Qtinn of mir fields. thf>
ploltation of our mines, the construction
of railroad. With the assistance
of the patriots of Nicaragua, peace at
home and abroad will be maintained
and we will be able to forego the armed
peace, confident that correct, just
and equitable demeanor will always
eliminate the dangers of war and disorder."
The provisional president
pledges his efforts to secure a lightening
of the burdens of the laboring
classes, a restoration of the properties
unlawfully confiscated by the former
government; the abolition of monopolies,
an untrammeled Judiciary and
substantial encouragement of public
education, agriculture and commerce.
Within the last three days the conviction
has become complete that further
support from the United States is not
to be expected. At a meeting Wednesday
night attended by Gen. Estrada.
Gen. Fornos Diaz. Chamorro and Secretary
of State Odolfo Diaz. It was de
termlned to send Gen. Fornos Diaz to
Madriz to negotiate for terms of peace.
Fornos Diaz Is leading a diplomatic forlorn
hope. News of his failure will be
followed by an aggressive campaign,
beginning at Greytown. Not much resistance
Is to be expected there, but It
is believed that large forces would
have to be met In the state of C'hantales
and again in front of Managua.
<?hc ^torluillr (fiuquirrv.
Enten-d at the P<t*i->ft1ce in Yorkvllle
Mall Matter of the Second Class
YORKVXLLE. S. C.t
FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1910.
The Southern Cotton Journal, which
was established about four years ago,
as the official organ of the Southern
Cotton association, with Harvle Jordan
as editor and general manager, has
suspended publication. Thomas E.
Watson nas become me owner 01 me
printing plant used in the publication
of the Cotton Journal. The Cotton
Journal belonged to a stock company
with about $100,000 capital; but the
stockholders have nothing left to
show for their money, except neatly
printed stock certificates.
As to whether W. T. Jones of Union
will get a new trial, of course, cannot
be safely predicted. There is little
reason to doubt that the court reached
a correct conclusion in the case, generally
speaking; but there are so many
technicalities and trivialities that can
be raised in a case of this kind that*
the final outcome is a matter of uncertainty.
There is a common belief
among the leading men of Union, best
acquainted with the case, that if
there is a new trial, it will result in
a conviction of murder without recommendation,
and a hanging.
B" 8UfBS8 people, farmers and others
who are usually active recognize
the first few weeks following the first
cf January, as one of the most trying
periods of the year. It is a kind
of "nothing doing" period, with plenty
to do. Most business people are at
work. If they want to be; but the
work is generally in the nature of
getting the odds and ends of the past
year In shape and shaping up things
for the year ahead. The farmers are
not doing a great deal, mainly because
of the weather, and because they find
It difficult to decide upon any profitable
way of employing their time. It is
really quite a trying period on almost
everybody; but the why of it, we are
unnhle to exnlain. As we see It. there
is no good reason why.
The factional strife between the
Republicans of congress is becoming
more acute, and it appears that there
is quite a large number of "insurgents,"
who decline to be reconciled.
The original difference grew out of
the tariff legislation. One faction held
that the party was pledged to revise
downward, but the majority insisted
that it was only pledged to revise.
Upon the passage of the bill, a good
many Insurgents sheathed their swords
and quit fighting; but others have
given earnest of their intention to keep
up the war to the bitter end, opposing
all of President Taft's policies, and
it is stated that the president has taken
advice to the effect that there must
not be allowed any further share of
the public patronage. The situation
has grown to be very Interesting.
James S. Farnum's plea of guilty
comes somewhat in the nature of a
surprise, especially as the public was
not expecting to hear any more of
the case until it should be called at
Chester in the spring. The facts, however,
seem to be that the whole matter
has been agreed upon between Attorney
Oeneral Lyon and counsel for
Farnum, and the case went into court
with snhspnupnt dpvelonments nre-ar
ranged. So far as thi3 particular case
is concerned, we consider the arrangement
satisfactory enough. Of course,
Farnum t3 guilty and should be punished.
If he had been sent to the penitentiary
for from three to five years,
we would not have considered that he
had been treated unjustly. But under
a system where no man could hope to
sell goods to the state without paying
bribe money, it does not seem to us
that the man who pays the bribe
money is nearly as flagrant an offender
as the man who take* that monev.
In this view of the matter, we could
never understand just why the case
against Farnum was brought before
the others. There is no doubt some
strategic reason for this course, but
what it is, we do not know. However,
so far as moral effect goe3, the
settlement of any of these cases on a
money basis is like child's play. The
harm that the state has sustained In
the saturnalia of corruption that existed
during the life of the dispensary can
never be fully repaired: but nothing is
so well calculated to help the situation
as long terms in the penitentiary for
all those state officials, who deliberately
betrayed and robbed the state.
With it all. however, Farnum's plea is
to be taken as an advantage for the
prosecution. It further establishes
the truth of Wylie's confession, and
strengthens the hands of the attorney
general in his effort to make other bribers
consider restitution.
Evidence of Progress.
Business conditions in this section
now. as compared with what they
once were, would be a better subject
for a book than for a brief editorial
comment: but still there is in the suggestion
that which seems worthy of
a brief consideration.
It is not necessary, perhaps, to go
back so far as that: but suppose we
settle on only thirty years ago, a date
before which many young men who
are now prospering in business were
born: but which is well remembered
by others who have not yet reached
their prime ami take a brief survey
>f conditions that existed then and
which exist now.
Thirty years ago there was no manufacturing
in York county, worth
speaking of. and but little of any other
kind of business except merchandising,
which was confined principally to
Yorkvlile. Rock Hill and Fort Mill,
with Yorkvlile easily in the lead as to
volume, and doing less than half of
what she is doing now.
Practically three-fourths of the
business of a year was done during
the month3 of September, October, November
and December, and with the
exception of a little business in the
spring, the balance of the year was
pretty nearly a blank. This is particularly
true of the dry goods trade.
The supply trade, which constituted
the bulk of the business, was brisk
from January until about May, and
then rested until the next fall when
collection time came and the surplus,
such as there happened to be went to
general trade.
The reason of all this was that the
country had no money worth considering.
The merchants had none, the
farmers had none, and the banks had I
none. The only money available, or
practically the only money available,
was such as could be borrowed from
New York. It came down in the
shape of stocks of goods bought on
credit. The merchants sold to the farmers
in the same manner, both dry
goods and groceries, and the farmers
after using these supplies to raise
their crops, principally cotton, paid
their debts as well as they could In
the fall and the money went back to
New York to be returned in the same
manner in xne spring.
And so Jt was year after year, until
It looked as if this old country
would continue In the same tread-mill
forever; but skip the Intervening time
and consider the situation now.
Most of the merchants are doing
business on their own capital, and they
are selling the bulk of their goods to
people who are able to pay as they go.
Trade is still better in the fall than
at any other time; but it continues
through every month of the year, including
what used to be the irrepressibly
dull summer.
The banks that were formerly located
in New York, are now located
all around us, ever ready to supply
any reasonable amount of money for
any legitimate business need, and
anxious to help develop the business
resources of the country as rapidly
as people of capacity and responsibility
are willing to try to push them.
Really, it does look as if the country
has been pretty prosperous during
the past thirty years; that it has
come up wonderfully from almost
nothing, and there is no limit to the
opportunities of the future.
All that is necessary is a continuance
of the methods that have proved
~o profitable in the past, and the ap
plication or energy ana intelligence
that are commensurate with the means
now at hind.
MERE-MENTION.
In New York on Sunday, there was
one murder, seven suicides and three
violent deaths The Philadelphia
mint last year coined 115,000,000 copper
cents, nearly $600,000 worth of 5-cent
pieces. There were also 1,400,000 gold
coins, valued at $9,310,000, and 21,800,000
silver coins, valued at $4,500,000.
The total coinage footed up 149,951,921
pieces, valued at $15.570,468,93 '.
Lynchlngs to the number of seventyeight
took place In the United States
during 1909, against 100 summary executions
In 1908. All but five of last
year's lynchlngs were In southern
states. A white man was lynched in
Virginia on Christmas day John
D. Rockefeller, Jr., Is the foreman of
the New York grand Jury for January,
that Is to give special attention to the
"white slave" traffic in that city
Representative tiuu or Tennessee, nas
Introduced a resolution In congress
calling for a thorough Investigation of
the increased cost of living in the
United States The thermometer
registered 38 degrees below zero at
Lake Placid, N. Y., Wednesday
Leon Delagrange, an aviator, was killed
at Bordeaux, France, Wednesday,
while making a flight in his flying
machine. At the time of the accident,
he was driving a Wright machine at
a speed of sixty-five miles an hour....
Ten persons were hurt, three seriously,
at Oakland, Ky., Wednesday, in a collision
of passenger trains on the Louisviile
and Nashville railroad Richard
Stanley, king of the gypsies, aged
77 years, died near Boston on Tuesday
Two brothers, aged 85 and
80 years, respectively, were burned to
death in their home at New Florence,
Pa., Wednesday John R. Walsh,
the convicted Chicago banker, has
spent $10,000,000 In his fight to keep
out of prison Census Director Durand
states that about 4,000 negroes
will be used in taking the census in
southern states Joseph Vastello, a
prisoner In the penitentiary at Moundsville,
W. Va., confessed Monday that
he was guilty of a murder committed
near Washington. Pa., In 1903, for
which another man was hanged and a
third was serving a 20-year sentence
In prison The Delaware Apple
company has been organized at Dover,
Del., with a capital stock of J500.000.
The company proposes to plant 2.500
acres In apple trees James N.
Huston, a former treasurer of the
United States, has been indicted by
the Federal grand jury at Washington,
D. C.. on charges of using the United
States malls to defraud Dr. Wm.
A. Monnlsh, formerly of Atlanta, Ga?
committed suicide In San Francisco,
Monday. Mrs. Rosa F. Monnlsh, wife
of the doctor, committed suicide in
Atlanta several months ago Two
murderers were electrocuted at Sing
Sing prison, N. Y., Monday Two
officers of the Russian army will make
an attempt to reach the south pole by
means of dirigible balloons A 5year-old
child at Kansas City, Mo.,
while playing with a loaded rifle Monday,
placed the muzzle in her mouth.
The trigger of the gun was pulled by
a 3-year-old sister and the other child
was instantly killed... .Clarence Carney
was shot to death at Dresden,
Tenn., Monday, in a pistol duel with
his mother-in-law, Mrs. Griffith, 65
years old. who fired five shots. Mrs.
Griffith was slightly wounded
Vernon Plessinger, 18 years old, confessed
at Greenville, O., Monday, that
he caused the wreck of a Big F.?ur
railroad train at Dawn, O., Saturday
night in the hope that a lot of people
would be killed and he would be able
to steal money enough to get to the
seacoast where he could join the navy.
? J. H. Bolin, R. B. Herbert and G.
P. Logan of Richland, have filed a
petition, calling for an investigation of
the solvency of the Gulf and Atlantic
Insurance Co.. of which Comptroller
General A. \V. Jones is president. The
petition sets forth that although incorporated
with an authorized capital
?tock of $100,000. of which $r>S.000 had
been subscribed, only $12,170 paid in
to the company, and that the company,
and present liabilities as surety and
guarantor amount to more than $1.000.000.
The papers show that the
receivers In charge of the assets of the
Seminole company, are bonded in this
Gulf and Atlantic for $50,000. '
LOCAL AFFAIRg.
NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8.
P. O. Box 647, Camden?Has 150 acres
good farming land, 9 miles from
Camden, for sale at a bargain, $1,700.
E. W. Long?Wants to find an amethyst
brooch lost on the streets of
Yorkville.
J. M. Brian Co.?Thanks you for past
favors and asks for a continuance
of your patronage. Good stock
fruits, candies, etc.
J. L. Williams & Co.?Are showing
good line of Men's hard finish
worsted suits at $12.60, $16 and
$18 each. Calico remnants, forty
yards, $1.
Loan & Savings Bank?Advises you to
nnlr kaait q hft i
L'ttliy y\J UI V/Iiwn, vvvn. MUM
ready to take advantage of good
business chances.
Carroll Furniture Co.?Wants to furnish
your home apd make picture
frames In all sizes, to order.
D. E. Boney?Asks you to call and
see him before Insuring your life,
buildings or live-stock.
York Drug Store?Has a full line of
toilet soap, talcum powder, etc.
Fels-Naptha for the laundry.
First National Bank, Sharon?Tells of
the various ways a bank can help
business and Individuals.
T. W. Woods & Sons?Call attention
to seeds for early planting. See
fourth page.
J. C. Wllborn?Offers several addition
tracts of York county real estate
for Investment
Yorkville B. & M. Co.?Announces an
auction sale for tomorrow, Saturday,
January 8.
In mentioning the death of Mr.
Chambers of Chester In the last Issue
of The Enquirer, his name was Inadvertently
written John Instead of
James P., as It should have been. The
deceased had been living In Chester
for more than twelve years, and was
49 years of age.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. W. J. Devlnney of St. Louis, Is
visiting his brother, Mr. R. L. Devlnney
on Yorkville No. 4,
Mr. William Gault of Orangeburg,
ana Mrs. w. xi. uumanue ui v/ncaici,
are visiting In Yorkvllle, the guest of
Mr. C. J. Hughes,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Johnston of
Rock Hill, have issued Invitations to
the marriage of their daughter, Miss
Margaret Dontiell, to Mr. Arthur
Fletcher Ruff. The ceremony is to take
place at the residence of the bride's
parents on Wednesday. January 19, at
11 U UlUUlk,
OLrt SPECIAL PREMIUM8.
The first of our speolal premiums
for the largest number of new subscribers
returned and paid for between
December and January 8, at 6 p. m.,
will be due tomorrow.
The offer was to give five dollars
cash to the clubmaker returning and
paying for the largest number of new
subscribers within the dates mentioned.
There will be another five dollar premium
to the clubmaker who returns
and pays for the largest number of
new subscribers between tomorrow
evening at 6 o'clock and the evening
of January 15 at 6 o'clock.
EXAMINATION OF TEACHER8.
A special examination of applicants
to teach In the public schools Is being
conducted in the court house today by
the county board of education, consisting
of Supt. McMackin and Profs.
Thomson and Castles. The list of applicants
Is as follows:
Whites.?Miss Bess Adams, Clover;
W. E. Adams, Clover; Miss Mary
Brian, Yorkvllle; Miss Mattie Caldwell,
Clover; Foy Dickson, No. 1, Yorkvllle;*.
Miss Elizabeth Hunter, Yorkvllle; Miss
Wllmoth Jackson, No. 1, Edgefield;
Miss Lora McMackin, Yorkvllle; Fred
McGill, Hickory Grove. G. D. McGlll,
No. 2, Hickory Grove: Miss Elliott
Quinn, No. 2, Clover; Miss Kate Ratchford,
No. 3, Yorkvllle; Eugene Whlsonant.
Hickory Grove; Miss Willie Llneberger,
No. 1, Yorkvllle; W. H. Howell,
No. 1, Yorkvllle; E. Llta Thompson,
No. 1, Clover; Miss Grace Ranson, Clover;
Miss Pearl Gall, Clover; D. C,
Wallace. No. 1, Clover,
Negroes.?R. G. Lawrence, No. 1,
Yorkvllle; Pearl Lawrence, No. 1, Yorkvllle;
Delia Hemphill, Yorkvllle; Daisy
M. Murray, Yorkvllle; J. M. Van Buren,
Hickory Grove; S. A. Giles, No. 1, McConnellsvllle;
Bessie C. Love, No. 1,
Sharon: Syphla E. Wheeler,* Yorkvllle;
Lizzie Hood, Rock Hill; Ella Stockton,
Rock Hill; Minnie Neely. No. 1, Hickory
Grove; Jannte Chisholm, Lesslie;
HloftF fViljKrtlm XT/% 1 Ulolrnrtf Hrnvft'
T. M. Murray, Yorkvllle; Lillian Murray,
Yorkvllle; G. W. Byers, Yorkville;
H. L. Armstrong, Clover; Bunla Harrison,
Yorkvllle; Robert Harrison,
Yorkvllle: Lllla Harrison. Yorkvllle;
Albertlne Harrison, Yorkvllle.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND,
The presentation of Alice In Wonderland
In the graded school auditorium
last Tuesday night, was an event
of unusual local Interest, and promised
to be the most successful essay at
amateur theatricals that has been
achieved in Yorkvllle In years. The
tremendous cast of more than a hundred
characters was selected entirely
from local talent, and was organized,
costumed and trained with the assistance
of professionals, who understood
their business. Misses Lllla Herndon
and Pauline Gwaltney of Yorkvllle,
had charge of the excellent musical
programme, and acquitted themselves
in a manner that was most creditable.
All the actors performed their respecHva
nurtu in a monnpr thnt war pn
drely satisfactory, and the big audience,
which filled every available seat,
enjoyed every minute of the more than
two hours required for the presentation
of the play, and everybody went
home delighted with the evening and
feeling that both time and money had
been well spent.
"Alice in Wonderland" as presented
last Tuesday night, was an adaptation
from Lewis Carroll's famous child
classic, and abounds in wonderful,
amazing and absurd scenes and situations.
All the actors were in costume,
some furnished by the professionals,
and others furnished by themselves,
and all, from the older boys and girls,
down to the little chaps, entered into
tne dreamy spirit of the whole extravaganza,
with a thoroughness that
was pleasing and interesting. The
cast was as follows:
Alice?Frances Allein.
King, ruler of Wonderland?Robert
Allein.
Mad Hatter, March Hare, Dormouse
?Three Mad Friends?Bert Smith,
Willie Rawls, Ganson Williams.
White Rabbit?McCain Nichols.
Cheshire Cat, regular Spit-fire?Walter
Carroll.
Caterpillar, an adviser?William
Marshall.
Mouse?Ganson Williams.
Wolf, Owl, Kagle, Fox, Rooster?
Members or caucus?rumen Aiiein, j
Edward Hall, Hervey Hall, Charley
Carroll, Ottman Rose.
Fish Footman, Frog Footman, Executioner
? Important Ofishals ?John
Thomasson. Pinckney Smith, Cottrell
Thomasson.
Knave of Hearts, who Stole Tarts?
Edward Hall.
Three Kings?Forrest Smith, John
Logan, George Grist.
Three Knaves?Percy Berry, Wm, (
Allison. Wm. Davidson.
Two of Spades?Brown Connolly.
Five of Spades?O'Dell Gregory.
Seven of Spades?Edward Connolly. |
Queen of Hearts?Miss Margaret ,
Sandifer.
Duchess, always moralizing?Miss '
Reola Qulnn. I
Cook?Miss Marllla Ewart. <
Three Queens?Miss Hattie Hunter,
Miss Mozelle Inman, Miss Bessie Sanders.
Three Jurors?Hervey Hall, Ed- 1
ward Spencer, Joseph Nichols.- I
Columbia?Miss Lllla Herndon. (
Rough Rider?Meek Dickson.
Uncle Sam?Roy Phillips.
Volunteer?Walter Barron. i
Fairv Queen?Mary Herndon. I
Mother Goose?Mary Willis.
Mother Hubbard?Sarah Logan.
Booeer?Irnfa Williams.
Fairies. Elves, Sailors, Little Japs, ;
Mother Goose Children, Dolls, March
Girls, Cherry Girls, Hello Girls, Caster 1
Girls and Boys, etc.
Hello Girls?Alee Starr, Annie Ste- j
yens, Olive Smith, Mary Drakieford,
Mary O'Farrell, Eliza Thomasson.
Cherry Girls?Mary Inman, Maud 1
Stroup. Lula Logan, Carrie Fludd, i
Loula Allein. Mary Connolly.
Ten Indians?Andral Sherer. Earl
Willis, William Allison, Jack Faulcnner.
Roy Wallace. Thomas Woods,
Henry Herndon.
The ooenlng act showed a landscape.
with Alice lying In the foreground,
and the fairies, their queen
and the elves singing her to sleep,
and In the first scene she begins to
try to find the white rabbit. The
mouse tells his story and Introduces
hl3 friends, the wolf, eagle, owl, fox
and rooster. They decide to have a 1
race and present Alice with a
thimble, after which the hah 1
declines an invitation from the queen '
to play croquet. ;
Scene 2, is in the woods with the
jolly sailors, the elves, mother goose
and her children, little Jap girls,
and four little dolls, all of whom Join
In the chorus, "I am nothing but a big
wax doll.** Then all take part in the
"Farles Flower March," the "March of
the Nation," the flag spectacle, etc. In
this scene, Miss Lilla Hemdon sang "Columbia,"
little Roy Phillips, as "Uncle
Sam." sang "Uncle Sam Yankee Doodle,"
and Meek Dickson, as a "Rough
Rider," sang "Heroes of the U. S. A."
The grand finale was led by Walter
Barron, as a Confederate soldier, and
Miss Hemdon singing, "I'm Going to
be a Soldier Man."
The second act opens with the duchess
getlng ready to play croquet with
the queen. Alice wants to know what
they are doing and persuades the
duchess to let her hold the big baby.
The cook comes along and tells Alice
that she is mad, that everybody in
Wonderland is mad, and then follows
tne maa tea party at wmcn me intuitu
hare, the dormouse and the mad hatter
are hosts. The hit of the evening oc- i
curred in scene 2, when the "Hello
Girls," clad in white skirts, black derby
hats, and wearing huge red rose buttonaries,
sang "Hello Mr. Moon." The
" Cherry Girls," with hair dressed in
Japanese style and wearing Japanese
klmonas, were also much enJoyed.
Scene three opened with three
kings, Robert Alleln, John R. Logan,
Geo. R. Grist, with their queens,
Misses Maggie Sandlfer, Mozelle Inman
and Hattie Hunter in the garden
playing croquet, and there was a lot
of absurd doing* in painting white
flowers red, etc., and the beheading of
the spades because of improper carry
ing OUt or oraers. in scene iuur me
girls wore tacky dresses and the
boys Indian suits, and together they
executed an Indian dance and waltzed
In chorus. The skit set the house In
an uproar of applause. ,
In the last scene, the Knave of
Hearts is tried for his life, and all the
kings and queens attend with their
retainers. The cook, Alice, the March
hare, the hatter, the white rabbit and
the dormouse testify and In an incrlmitiatlng
letter ensures a conviction. The
queen insists that the sentence should
come before the verdict, and when
Alice laughs, the queen orders her to
be beheaded. She however, replies:
"Who cares for you; you are nothing
but a pack of cards," after which the
whole court Joins In the medley, with
gestures running through the song.
There was not a hitch to mar any
part of the entertainment, and the
audience was united In the opinion
that altogether It was one of the most
enjoyable entertainments that has oc
curred In the town for a gooa many
years. *
" T
THE MULE BUSINESS. t
Although a number of mules have *
been sold on this market this year, it
Is a fact that the business Is less brisk
than it has been for several years c
past, and the reason is not difficult c
to discover. Discussing the situation '
a few days ago, a leading local deal- c
er said:
- t
"Business has been rather dull so *
far, and I attribute It more than any- 0
tihing else to high prices and unset- r
tied conditions. One cause, probably,
Is as patent as the other; but If c
there Is any difference, It Is In favor e
of the unsettled conditions. li
"There are a good many people 1
who want mules," the dealer contlnu- J
ed; "bi*t many of them are at sea as ft
to what they are going to do. In the v
case of farmers with surplus land to ?
be worked and capital with which to J
work it, there Is some hesitation over j,
iHon nf fnveatlne at nresent Drices. t
They know that if they could depend n
upon the price of cotton staying up, jj
they would be all right; but they know a
also that 10 cents cotton will not pay
for mules bought on the presept
standard of prices. j
"So far as the small farmer is con- t
cerned," the dealer went on, "he is in
a rather more uncertain predicament u
than is the man who Is better able to *
take care of himself. He is more concerned
about the question as to who i
Is going to stake him with supplies.
Some have made their arrangements
all right; but others are still at sea e
about the matter, and they are not r
thinking about mules." ^
The price of mules has been a little A
higher than It Is now. The record sale a
oj fhla iflptlnn 1? eoneprned was ^
"" "" """ p
$1,000 for a pair of 1,300 pound mules p
a few years ago. A local firm recent- 1
ly sold a pair of young 1,300 pound
mules for $750, and there is about these
last named figures something that is *
very well calculated to Interest most n
people. Ii
But no one need take up the idea J'
from present conditions that there 1
will be nothing doing in the mule bus- f;
iness this season. It is quite possible *
that mere will be sold fewer mules this ('
year than there was last year: but
still there will be some good business, a
, a
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LOCAL LACONICS. v
Whisky, Gambling, Etc. ^
Constable J. L. Sanders has submitted
to the county board of coinmls- ^
sloners a report of the results of his |(
work during the past year. The re- a
port includes all the cases he has been *
instrumental in working up against [j'
liquor sellers, gamblers, etc., giving &
dates, names, fines, imprisonments, etc.
As a result of Mr. Sanders's work, ^
there has been nald to the county
and municinalities of the county, fines
to the amount of $2,895, and chaingang
labor to an aggregate of thirteen h
months. it
County Commissioners.
The regular monthly meeting of the
county board of commissioners was
held on last Wednesday; but according
to minutes furnished by the
clerk of the board, there was little business
of special Importance outside of
a discussion of the road law, and the
letting of the contract for medical attention
to the paupers In the county
home. The contract was let to Dr.
Miles Walker of Yorkvllle.
Mr. John D. Hamilton.
Mr. John D. Hamilton, a well known
and highly esteemed citizen of Sharon,
died at the residence of Mr. J. D.
of w III, ui uiai piait, y cmc? ua^ anci*
noon of stomach trouble. The deceased
was born In Bullock's Creek
township 67 years ago, was a Confederate
soldier, and at one time represented
York county In the house of
representatives. For a number of
years before and, after the civil war,
tie was a farmer; but after the coming
of the railroad to Sharon, he began
merchandising there and continued for
i number of years. The funeral will
take place this afternoon.
Charged With Distilling.
There are five white men In Jail
charged with distilling, all the result
cf work done by Constable Sanders
lust before and during the holidays,
rhey are A. A. Lochrldge, Pink Dover,
3eorge Clonlnger, Luke Cloninger, Mike
Brown. All five were arrested in the
northwestern part of King's Mountain
township within a short distance of
the North Carolina line. Constable
Sanders had been after Lochrldge for
3ulte a while. It has been a matter
Ji common notoriety ior several years
past that he was the boldest and most
persistent distiller In York county,
tnd he has given the officers no little
:rouble. He served a term on the
North Carolina chaingang last year,
ind it Is alleged that he resumed operations
in his old haunts soon after he
jot his liberty. It is the opinion of
those best in a position to know that
f he is convicted of the charges now
pending against him, the liquor busliess
will be pretty well broken up In
King's Mountain township.
FARNUM PLEADS GUILTY.
Conspiracy Cases Are Compromised
for $5,000.
Columbia Record, Wednesday.
James S. Farnum, agent in this state
'or the Anheuser-Busch Brewing company
and other liquor houses which
lid business with the late state dispensary,
today pleaded guilty to a
;harge of conspiracy to defraud the
state and paid a fine of $5,000.
The end of this case was a great
lurprise and came without previous
ntimation. This morning Attorney
General Lyon appeared In the Richand
county court of general sessions
vith Solicitor Cobb, and presented a
lew indictment against Farnum,
:harglng him with conspiracy with
foseph B. Wylie, formerly member of
he state dispensary board, to defraud
he state.
The grand Jury at once retired and
tVylle was examined as a witness. In
t short while the grand jury returned
vith a true bill. Farnum and his at.orneys
then came Into court and othtr
proceedings were interrupted while
he attorney general announced that
rarnum desired to plead guilty and he
vould accept the plea. Farnum stcod
ip and Judge Prince asked for the
vrltten plea, which Farnum signed.
fudge Prince at once Imposed sentence,
laying that In view of the plea he
vould be lenient but not as lenient as
'arnum might wish. The Judge said
>e knew Farnum's humiliation was
junishment, but that he deserved furher
punishment, though his moral
ruilt was not as great as that of the
ifflcers of the state who had partici>ated
in the conspiracy ajid accepted
>ribes. He would therefore impose a
lentence of 15,000 fine or one year's
mprisonment on the chalngang or in
he penitentiary. Farnum's attorney
jroduced a certificate of deposit for
15,000, which was accepted as paynent,
and then the judge amended
he sentence, so as to eliminate the alernative
of imprisonment.
Other Cases Dropped.
Attorney General Lyon will, in view
>f Farnum's plea, nol pros the other
:ases asrainst Farnum. five in all. two
or bribery of state dispensary offl. lals
and three for conspiracy, all bastd
on similar testimony. At the last
erm of court Farnum was acquitted
in a charge of conspiracy based on
(radically the same set of facts.
A Complete Surprise.
The sensational compromise of the
ases against Farnum was entirely unxpected
until the very moment when
le and his attorneys, B. A. Hagood and
?. M. Mordecai of Charleston, and
Mstrlct Attorney Ernest F. Cockran
f Anderson, appeared In court with
ilm, and took seats within the bar,
. V? 11 <-v A r<Annt<nl T vnn a of nnor
? 41I1C /IIIUIUC/ UCUCtai 4 OU, W iivut
he solicitor, awaiting an opportunity to
ireak in upon the trial of the Medlin
nurder case. Mr. Farnum was lookng
the picture of health. If the trial
hrough which he passed last summer
autely, not going on the stand, and the
ases still left against him, worried him
t all they have not caused him to lose
n ounce of flesh, apparently.
Feels Humiliation.
When congratulated by a friend toay
on having an end of the prosecuion
against him, he said:
"Well, I don't know whether the sitatlon
calls for congratulations or not.
ill? Airon mi'4+Vi
uun i nivir iu picau guiuj, c *cu mv?t
he privilege of paying a fine. A feldw
does not like to have a thing like
hat chalked up against him.
Signing the Plea.
When the Medlln trial was suspendd
for the purpose of receiving Fartum's
plea, Farnum walked quietly
ver to the railing behind which Clerk
Valker stood, and at the direction of
ittorney Hagood signed a statement,
ttached to the indictment, to the elect
that "James S. Farnum appears In
erson and pleads guilty to the within
ridlctment, this 5th day of January,
910."
Passing Sentence.
Addressing Farnum, Judge Prince
aid that while he knew the humlllalon
he had undergone was punishment
for him, he stlfi should be punshed
and punished severely, but he
rould take into consideration his plea
11 this case.
Judge Prince referred to Farnum's
allure to testify at the former trial, i
- - *? ? * 1 * WI-. -?11 I rl I no hla I
ayintf UUU Ilia nucitcc uiuttaicu * ??o
etermination not to commit perjury.
"In this instance," said the judge,
you have come up like a man and
dmitted your guilt. These matters
ppeal to the court; and besides you
re not a state officer; you are a priate
citizen and did not have the reponsibility
that rested on these genlemen
who had to discharge duties
evolving upon them by law in the
onduct of the state dispensary,
'hese things all appeal to me to be
rnient and I am going to be reasonbly
lenient, but not so lenient as
our counsel would like me to be; I
an not see it lust as they would see
, possibly, but I am going to take in
onsideration your plea. The sentence
* that you be lined $5,000 or be conned
at hard labor on the public works
f Richland county or in the state
enitentiary for a period of one year."
Sentence Amended.
When the Judge had finished. Mr. i
Ingot d said that the defendant would 1
nmediately pay his fine. I
"In that case," said Judge Prince, "I
will amend the sentence before it is
entered."
Mr. Hagood then turned over a certificate
of deposit from the People's
National bank of Charleston for S5.000.
It was dated yesterday.
Other Cases Dropped.
The next step was to submit an order,
which had already been typewritten,
discharging Farnum and his
sureties from further liability in the
remaining three cases against Farnum.
This order sets forth that these
cases are nol prossed by consent of
the attorney general.
SPECULATION IN FUTURES.
Probable That Congress Will Qivs
the Subject Attention.
Representative Scott of Kansas,
ciiuirmun ox xne nou?e comnuxxee on
agriculture, says according to a Washington
dispatch, that the sentiment in
favor of legislation to prevent the dealing
in futures in farm products is
growing stronger every day, and he
feels quite confident that the house
will give serious consideration to the
bill which his committee will report
shortly to deny the malls to exchanges
and brokers and others who make a
business of gambling in futures in
farm products.
President Taft has taken this subject
up, and members who are close
tjo htm say that he regards gambling
in farm products as an evil that calls
for legislative action. The misery and
suffering from this vicious form of
gambling is worse, if anything, than
betting on the races. If the veil could
be lifted it would reveal many congressmen
among the victims of the
bucket shops- where most of the busl-.
ness of speculating in futures is conducted.
Inquiry among the members shows
that the evil of gambling in wheat,
corn, cotton, oats, etc., has grown to
such proportion that many states
have taken notice of it, and the claim
is made that the price of foodstuffs is
affected by the gamblers in futures. In
this connection the statement is made
that the government is largely responsible
for the growth in this species
of speculation in the necessaries of life,
and that the fluctuation in the price
of corn, wheat and cotton Is due, in a
measure to the monthly crop report issued
by the agricultural department.
There is some truth in this, for no
government report la watched with
more interest nor more eagerly sought
than that of the crop report. An advance
copy of the crop report, that is
a copy obtained three hours ahead of
its issuance to the press, is worth
thousands of dollars.
The value attached to the report is
due solely to the effect it has on the
market And the market varies according
to the condition of the crops
as shown by the figures of the report
which only proves that 9-10ths of the
business done on the exchanges is
gambling, pure and simple.
It was said today that it Is not improbable
that congress will order the
discontinuance of the monthly crop report
because of its influence on prices
of farm products as manipulated by the
gamblers. Members of the house agriculture
committee say there is ho
question but that if the crop report lq
stopped, that is if the Information is
not furnished the exchanges, it will
have the effect of checking the business
of dealing in futures. That the
figures of the crop report have a money
value and also an effect on the market,
It may be interesting to recall that It
has been but -a few years ago that the
Cotton Growers' association lodged a
complaint with Secretary Wilson, of
the agricultural department, to the effect
that some official was making use
of the Information gathered by the
agents of the department to the detriment
of the cotton growers. The result
of the complaint was an Investigation
which resulted In the dismissal
of the statistician and assistant and
the indictment of the latter on a
charge of conspiracy. The official, Mr.
Ed Holmes, and two brokers, wer*.
tried, but the jury disagreed and the
Indictment is still pending. It is admitted
by the best lawyers In congress
that the indictment found was worthless
for the reason that the law did
not cover the case.
Since this case was tried, congress
has passed a law that makes it an
offense to divulge this character of Information.
The subject of futures
premises to hold the attention of congress
for a week before the session
adjourns. A special message from the
president urging legislation on tnis
matter Is not at all Improbable.
NEGROES AND THE CENSU8.
Census Director Durand Issue* Important
Letter.
United States Census Director Durand
has Issued a letter of Instructions
to supervisors of census throughout
the country, approved by Secretary
Nagel, of the department of commerce
and labor, defining the conditions
relative to the employment of
negroes as enumerators. They are directed
to select negroes, so far as
competent ones are available, to count
the negroes in those enumeration districts
in which two-fifths or more of
the population consists of negroes. He
does not consider It desirable tnat in
the south negroes shall enumerate
white families and he informs the
supervisors that it will be necessary
in many enumeration districts to appoint
both a white and a negro enumerator.
The director's letter to the
supervisors is as follows:
"Sir: It is exceedingly important <
to the interests of the people of the
United States and particularly to the
people of the southern states that the
coining census should give complete
and accurate information with regard ]
to the negro race. It is probable that
r> census will show approximately 1
10,000,000 of that race in the United
States. In large districts in the south
/?A?ia4UiifA mnrn than half fha
ucgi vrs wiioiuuic ii*v? v ? ?**? ?..w
population; In fact, In many of the 1
enumeration district.* established by 1
the census bureau, they will constitute
from 75 to nearly 100 per cent of the J
population.
"Negroes can doubtless obtain the
information required by the census
from members of their own race more
accurately than white enumerators. ]
In various of the southern cities the '
boards of education regularly employ ?
census enumerators to take the school
census of the negro population. This
is true, for example, in Montgomery,
Ala., and in Savannah, Ga., This prac- :
tice shows that the white men of the
south themselves recognize the desirability
of employing negroes to do the
work of this character among their 3
own race.
"You are therefore, thereby directed
to select negroes as enumerators
of the negro population, so far as
competent negroes offer themselves fc
to the position, in those enumeration 0
districts In which a large proportion of
the population, say two-flfths or
more, consist of negroes.
"On the other hand, I do not con- p
alder it aesiraoie inai in me suum negroes
appointed as enumerators
should be authorized to enumerate
white families. It is certain that in
many, if not most parts of the south,
negro enumerators would not be able li
to obtain as accurate statistics regard- s
Ing the white population as white enu- 1
merators could. It will, therefore, be
necessary In many enumeration dlstrlcts
to appoint both a white enu- >
merator and a colored enumerator In J
order that the entire population may
be properly enumerated.
"It is understood, of course, that
all applicants for the position of enumerator,
whether white or colored,
should be subjected to such tests regarding
their efficiency as may be
prescribed, in order that only competent
persons may be employed."
? Columbia Record. Wednesday: In
the court of general sessions this
morning, a new indictment was hand*
ed out against John T. Oarllngton and
James Stobo Young charging conspiracy
and breach of trust with fraudulent
intent In connection with the
management of the Seminole Securl
ties company. The indictment covers
practically the same points as previous
indictments on which true bills *
have already been returned, but in addition
it Is alleged that Oarllngton as *
president and Young as secretary of <
the Seminole company aporopriated to
their own use $55,696 In money of
the property of the Seminole company.
The first counts of the Indictment
cover the previous charge that Qarllnsrton
and Young issued to Garlington
75,000 shares in stock, of the par
value of $1.00 and the market value
of $1.50 a share, "pretendedly for 75,- ^
000 shares of stock In the Carolina jr
Agency company, but no market or w
actual value and which said stock said
Oarllngton had no power to sell, die- 4
pose of, transfer or assign." It is alleged
that this transaction was in pur- 1
suance of a conspiracy to "cheat and
defraud," and that it also constituted
a Dreacn or trust. The fourth count
In the indictment charges that Garllngton
as president and Young as secretary
and treasurer were entrusted
with 156,696, "to hold and keep for
said Seminole Securities company,"
and in breach and in violation of their
trust, without paying for said stock
and without giving any consideration %
whatever, did feloniously take and ap- %
proprlate for Garlington's own use 37.064
shares of stock in the Seminole
company. ?
The Torrent byetsm,?The South t
Carolina legislature will be urged to
pass a law providing the Torrent sys- I
tern of registering titles in that state.
The system in vogue there is as loose
and unsatisfactory as it Is In North
Carolina and as an instance of how It
operates, the Spartanburg Journal says
that a few days ago It was desired
Dy an attorney of that city to trace the
title of a lot on North Church street 4
There was one link gone in the chain
and he had little hope of finding
it Suppose that John Smith had taken
out a arrant for one thousand acres *
of land in 1770. In the first place the - J
errant may be recorded in Raleigh for
this part of the country, and was once >
hitched on to Tryon county, N. C.
That tract afterward may have been
divided and sold to several purchasers,
and there may have been a dosen
transfers since the original grant
It may be easy to understand how difficult
it would be to trace 50 acres of
that original tract or even a city lot
60 by 200 feet back to the grant. It
is explained by the Journal, as it has
been explained by all the papers that *
have advocated the Torrens system,
that it proposes to do away with all
such expense and red tape. The gen- ^
eral provision of the law is that the
owner of a tract of land makes appli- A
cation to the special officers for register. n
His land is advertised for a certain
time. If there are no claims against
it and there is no objection made by
any one, then his title is recorded on
a special book. After that examination
of titles need not go beyond that
It will require no conveyancer to make
the examination. The only expenses
will be a small fee and the cost of ad- 41
vertlslng. The adoption of the Tor- 0
rens system ought to be made one of
the qualifications for legislative candidacy.?Charlotte
Chronicle.
rf
? Washington, January 6: Soldiers
tending a bar In the uniform of the
United States army and playing monte
and poker for heavy stakes, was described
before a military court of inquiry
investigating the Brownsville J
raid, as the state of affairs just pre- I
ceedlng that event Former Private m
John Hollomdn, the banker, specula- M
tor, money lender, saloonlst and rec- M
ognlzed powerful man among the ,
Brownsville colored troops, said he V
opened a saloon Just outside the fort B
when the people of Brownsville refus- M
ed to let colored soldiers "drink like 9
white folks." He denied he organised 1
the party of soldiers which shot up the m
town. He and other* attended the bar
In uniform when off duty. Poker and Tl
dice games were operated In the same *
building. Holloman charged his fellow
soldiers twenty-flve per cent Interest
per month. 75 per cent of the battalion,
including many non-commissioned officers,
were his debtors.
Report of the Ginners.?The regular
monthly report of the National Glnners'
association. Issued night before
last, shows that up to January 1, ^
(here have been 9,621,000 bales of cot- A)
ton ginned this season, nearly 3,000,- ~
000 bales less than ginned last year at
the same time. The association. In its
report, estimates that there are still |
159,000 bales to be ginned this season.
L. =? 4
AT THE CHURCHES.
BAPTIST
Rev. I. G. Murray, Pastor.
Sunday Services?Sunday school at
10 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock.
No evening service.
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
4
Rev. T. Tracy Walsh, Rector.
Sunday Services?Sunday school
it 9.45 a. m. Evening service at 7.30 V
j'clock. ^
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. *
Rev. E. E. Gillespie, Pastor. A
Sunday Services.?Sunday school at
10 a. m.
TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
Rev. J. H. Thacker, Paator.
Sunday Services.?Morning service
it 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 3.30
m. Evening service at 7 o'clock.
ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBY- 1|
TERIAN. ~
Rev. J. L. Oates, Pastor.
Sunday Services?Sunday school at
10 a. m. Morning service at 11 o clock.
Evening service at 6.30 o'clock. ^
Special JJotrres
York Cotton Mill.
Rev. I. G. Murray, will pleach at the
fork Cotton Mill, Sunday afternoon at
1.30.
Preaching at Habron.
Rev. J. L. Oates will Dreach at He- ft
ircn on Sabbath afternoon at 3.30 ??
rclock.
Preaching at Woodlawn.
On Sunday morning at 11 o'clock by *
lev. W. B. Arrowood. i
H. W. Shannon. . V
Oyatera at Woodlawn.
The Ladles A11 Society of Woodiwn
church, will serve oyaterj a* the
chool house on Friday evening, the
4th, from 6 to 10 o'clock. 2t