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Scraps and Jacts. ? New York, January 10: Undeapressure of enormous liquidation involving the sale of approximately 1,500,000 bales, the New York Cotton Exchange was hard hit by a bear raid today with losses as high as $4.80 a bale. William P. Brown and Frank B. Hayne, who are credited with being among the leaders in the bull campaign, which, of late, has taken profits estimated at $1,000,000, were on the floor of the exchange as active figures in one of the most exciting sessions in its history. May cotton, which recently has been as high as 16.19, dropped as low as 15.32;; March touched 15.06 as its lowest point, while July opened at 15.80, dropped to 15.32 and closed a point higher. May closed at 15.34 and March at 15.11. The bears fought bitterly and sold at an enormous scale, several brokers each selling 25,000 bales. The bull element, seeing the drift of things, took profits on a large line of nmhohl* with the idea of al lowing the shorts to sell themselves into a hole, and the slump of 81 to 82 points resulted. ? Washington, January 9: Former President Zelaya of Nicaragua, if his extradition from Mexico is asked for, will be treated as any other foreign citizen in the latter republic, existing treaties between Mexico and Nicaragua and the Mexican laws on the subject being taken into careful consideration. This was the declaration of Seiner De La Barra, ambassador from Mexico to the United States, who arrived here today on his return from his country. Absolutely no change in the friendly feeling which existed between Mexico and the United States previous to the flight of President Zelaya from Nicaragua has taken place, according to Senor De La Barra. The two countries are as one, he asserted, in their desire to bring about in the wisest possible manner a resumptlor of peaceful conditions in the Central American republic and a situation which will mean safety and security to American and Mexican interests and subjects in tnai country, i ne amu?osador will pay his respects to Secretary Knox and possibly arrange a date for a conference regarding the future Joint action of his country and the United States in dealing with the restoration of quiet and peace in Nicaragua. ? Although most of the big New York corporations are making arrangements to pay the new corporation tax imposed by the Federal government, says a dispatch, plans are under way for a strong legal fight to test the constitutionality of the law. Few, If any, of the companies will attempt to evade the tax, but their reports will be filed and their payments made under protest. Mortimore F. Elliott, general counsel for the Standard Oil company, in a statement given out last Friday said: "There is little doubt that a test will be made, probably by a combination of interests. Sp far as we are concerned, we have as made no definite decision. There Js stJU plenty of time." The head of a .firm of corporation attorneys whicn ihas been studying the law, said: "The government ha* been caught in a bad dilemma. The tax law as framed and ~~~~ passed is unjust and will pot work out. On the other hand, it is impossible to sustain the interpretation of the treasury department because it Is not the law. A serious drawback is that many cnmnanie* will find little difficulty in avoiding the law. They can eliminate the tax by seeing that at the close of tne year they have no excess of income. Profits may be accumulating in the form of increased capital, but these cannot be taxed under the law." ? Washington, January 8: The cotton crop of the year 1909 is going to be tbe smallest since 1899, according to a ;sta&?jjieni of W. D. Hunter of Dallas, Tex., expert of the department of agriculture "it is due," he said, in ad.dressing the bouse committee on agriculture, "to the veeyll in Louisiana and in portions of Arkansas and Mississippi, and to the extremely dry weather in Texas." The boll weevij he declared, would cause a remarkable i redistribution of the production of cot.ton, first in large areas. What were jayge centres of production formerly jvere going to fall down and more than .that there would be a redistribution on .toe small Plantations. In the large back-from-the-front areas," Mr. Hunter continued, "the prediction is going to fall off. According to all we know about fighting the boll weevil, cotton .can not be planted profitably in such situations as those back lands, with fMjur drainage. But the soil and other conditions in certain parts of almost .every plantation in the south w ill permit the planter jtp continue to raise cotton profitably, despite the boll weevil. Recent experiments \yfffy a newkind of poison?powdered a.rsepaff pf lonrt?scpm to indicate that even wherei |thp weevil id most numerou? a certain ,?degr/ee of control may be obtained.'' ? Tallahassee, Fla., January 8: In a .struggle early today with two safe blower?, Paul Sapbs, 17 years old, son of J. M. Sauls, the n.ighf watchman at the postofflce building, shpt n/id killed them both in the basement of the building. The boy was only slightly, wounded. The two cracksmen, both of whom were white, have not been idenJtlflpd. Young Sauls was on duty for Jbis /afher and was in the basement when he heard a knock at the door .and gojng by .a cot, took up u pistol before answering. When he reached the door some one op the outside shouted that a mail pouch had been peeked up in tne street and he opened the doorjn receive it. Instead, according to the Ja?j's story, he found IilmscJf looking into the barrels of two pistols and fh# .order came to "hands up." "My hands came up as they pounced upon me," he ittiid, "and a* they (ried to bind me with a rope, I managed get my pistol in a strained posjtio# 373d fired. The shot evidently took effect, for p/jjv one of the men clung to ;?e, I theup placed my pistol on my shoulder sind Ared to the rear several times, after iivh.ieh I was free from their grasp." That e.very shot from the boy's revolver hit its mark is shown by bullet holes In the dead men. One has holes in his forehead and ri$h$ Jemple, while the other was shot tbivough jthf stom?el> and face. It Is beljeyed that q tliird oartv was on the outsjde. for1 when itje robbers' clothing was seareft ed three Ajbtfltjc Coast Line mileage books were fourvql ji? {he pocket of one, . supposed to bt* th? leader of the gang. T^v?t? books were pufehM*e?l in the Broadway station. New York, J* ip no i y 3, being numbered consecutively 86190-V1-9J ,ai?d bear the names J. Martin, J. K. Walter? and J. M. Strong. A complete outfit for safe robbing, consisting of drills, nitro-glyee^lpe, fuses, caps, soap, wax and electric searchlights was found on the bodies of the men. One of the robbers who was kill ed has since been identified by Postofflce Inspector Fred Roge as "Tennessee Dutch," a notorious cracksman who recently made his escape from the Greenville, S. C? jail and who has been sought ail over the country. The other dead man was partially identified by a weeping young woman* as a friend of hers who called himself Walter Rexter. The real name of "Tennessee Dutch," was Garber Moore. He was the son of Pacob Moore of Clarksville, Tenn., and said to have had a long criminal record. He escaped from the Jail at Greenville, S. C., April 3, 1909, by the use of dynamite, together with George Barton, alias "Chicago Army." Barton was captured at Craggy, N. C., after a desperate fight. Acting on information furnished by the young woman who identified the younger robber, the police expect to capture the third man, believed to have acted as a picket for the robbers when they attempted to enter the postoffihnilrHnc Saturday. <?!tc \lorkuiUc (Suqmwr. Cntertd at the Postofllce In Yorkvllle as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.? TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 191#. The price of hogs reached $9 a hundredweight on the Chicago market last Friday, the highest price since the war with the exception of $9.32 for a short period during 1882. It is pretty generally claimed that the high price is due to the scarcity of hogs rather than to speculative influences. Answering the argument that the ship subsidy provision should not be hitched on to the postal system, friends cf subsidy are claiming with logic that is hard to answer, tnai me rurui nee delivery system is maintained solely by subsidy; that the system does not maintain itself, and without subsidy it would have to be abandoned. O.ve of the great questions in which the people of this country should interest themselves is the extension of the market for American cotton goods. This is a matter with which the average producer does not ordinarily concern himself. He does not figure beyond the question of selling his product to the local buyer. But It has more than once been up to our people that the price of cotton has been held down by lack of demand for manufactured products, and it is a matter of plain, common sense that with a big demand for all the manufactured products that can be turned out, there can be no limit to the profitable production of raw material. a nniv has develoDed as to the dlstrl bution of the money, amounting to more than $250,000 received by the state from the dispensary winding-up commission for educational purposes. Comptroller Jo?eg commenced last week to apportion the jppney among the schools, first making up dfhcjencjes jn the weaker districts and the*i distributing the balance according to enrollment. Report has it that politician* objected to this arrangement and tjie understanding was that ateps would be taken t9 enjoin the comptroller general fr?>m moving further until after the genera) assembly should have an opportunity to further ??flsider the matter. The Charlotte Observer of last Sunday contains a notable contribution to the long list of funny tricks that are constantly being piayea d>- me nnoiype. Recently there was a statement in the Observe* fo J/)e effect "Rozell's bridge was swept away years ago during a torrential rain, and "01$ John Moore," writing from Fort Pierce, Fla., for fhe purpose of "keeping the reqpr$ straight," attempts to explain how (the bridge had been burned in 1865 by Gen. Basel Duke to keep General Stone* man from crossing the river. In some unaccountable way, however, a line I fronif "(Jeorgia Scenes," finds a place at the beginning of "Old John Moore's" communication, and njakes it start; "go and kick me right Jn njy s^rp belly." > ?/ :?? J A New Orleans dispatch of last Saturday, announced thut Frank F- Haync and W. P. Brown, who have for {h? past ten years been the biggest fae. tors, j/) cotton speculation, lett on that day for Nejy York for the purpose of still further pushing jbp bull movement, and that before leaving they /ntimated that they would put the price of c(otto$ to 20 cents a pound. As fo whethefi they will succeed In their announce^i purpose, or as to whether they rertM>' mean to try is not altogether to bis backed upon; but it is reasonably certain tjiaf as the result of the operations they are ?byu; to take there will be .-o'lie interesting Mutilations in cotton within thf pCxf few day*. ? It was announced frpip Richmond' yesterday, that Mr. J. C. Hemphill, tof< the past twenty years editor of thu Charleston News and Courier, is to tak* p/ljtorial control of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the leading paper in Richmond,' V'a. The jjfWs comes as a fsupprjse and lMso as somewlmf of a shock, ^specially to fhe editorial folks of South C'a?ol|?f9, Mr. Hemphill Hiisl long been regarded "#? '>/ 'he ablest' newspaper writers of the south, If the ablest; but nobody ha* ?>'<?' bee^l able to think of him except In COflflec.ti<*u \vifh the News and Courier, and the jde^i of glvj/ig him up to go so far away as Richmond, js not altogether pleasant. j/owyyer, there js lots of good work in this oxcelltuu ?er?" tleman, and the Rlchtti?rtrf ! made a good move in securing M* services. A* we understand the Ballinger- | P/neJvy fyif/oversy, the whole Issue hjbges op \vhetluy oft Mr. Ballinger showed (oo much /offrest In securing for hi* f trends any vHqm^ property that should havy bee.n con -1 served to the government. Mr. Piflchbjt' seems to have been working on the the<*> J.hat this was the case. We do not understa**! *hnt President Taft has -ider with Mr. Baiting^' in the matter. He caused the dismissal of M*. P/j^rhot because Mr. Pinchot committed insub-1 oioinntion in going to the public after he had beiwt expressly commanded not to do so. President Taft 13 really not mixed in the affair. He merely stands in the position of a disinterested executive, who desires to see the truth prevail. And it is to be hoped that the whole thing will be fought to a finish and that the naked truth will be shown up Just as it should be. It is worthy of note that while there is no appreciable weakening in the good roads sentiment that has been built up throughout the south within the past fifteen or twenty years, now that the period of real action is developing, people are giving the subject more careful and serious consideration. A few years ago, there seemed to be no other idea than that thorough macadamization of the roads was the one great end to be striven for; but that idea seems to be losing'ground. Although it is not to be denied that many of the roads have been greatly Improved with macadam, and it is probably true that there has been no occasion to regret any money that has been spent cn macadam work, it i3 also true that it is beginning to develop that macadam work is not as permanent as it was once generally be.ieved to be. Experience seems to have taught that macadam will not stand except where there has been proper grading and also that when macadam begins to cut into ruts, it is next to impossible to properly repair it. The .and and clay road has stood up nicely where it has been properly put down; but a good deal of money has been wasted on experimental work of this kind. But it is not to be understood that the subject is to be dismissed because no satisfactory conclusion has been reached. Of all the important problems that confront the people of this country, the good roads problem .s one of the greatest. IX his annual message to the general assembly, read In the house and senate Immediately after the convening of those bodies, the governor briefly reviewed the administration of the- various departments of government and reiterated several of his previous recommendations. Referring to the necessity that the state is under of borrowing five hundred thousand dollars each year in anticipation of tax collections, the governor repeats his recommendation for the levy of an extra half mill tax to be continued until the sinking fund has been increased to the point where it can make such loans as will meet the requirements of the pension and other appropriations that necessitate borrowing. Referring to the question of property assessment, the governor recommends the abolition of the present state board of equalization and the creation of an inquisitorial board that will compel the assessment of property at its real value. The mes sage reviews the educational system at length and represents all the state institutions to be in good condition. The operation of the dispensary law that was passed at the last session of the general assembly Is reviewed, and the general assembly is advised that whisky has been voted out of all the counties, with the exception of six. The work of the winding-up commission is reviewed and the statement is that it has turned over to the state the sum of two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollar*. There is a recommendation for the errtftiop of a supreme court building not to ?ost over thirty thousand dollars, on the s&ite house grounds, the money to be borrowed I from the sinking fund commission and I repaid at the rate of $5,000 a year. The past recommendations of an increase in the salaries of state officers is repealed,. The proposed amendment to the constitutive Qf ?he United States to be known as "Article KVI/' providing that congress shall h^Ve tfogi power to levy an income tax is laid before the general assembly without' recommendation for ratification or rejection. Altogether the r^essage is strnigtotfQfwgfd #pd business-like aiid contains no ntfustfMi ?F eensationai features. Developments of the past few days in the Pinchot-Ballinger controversy have confirmed the anticipations of those who have been expecting the whole thing to Involve the Republican party in a big row, or rather to add fian,if fq a row that was already brewing. arid whJc^ seems destined to reach large proportions, "as understand it, this yow Jts origip fu yhi- e^f-. forts cf OJfford Piflobof, the chief top* ester, to prrvenf fey|a{# grabbers from getting hold of large bpdfes of coal lands in Alaska that, In thr option of Plnchot, should be preserved to the government. Mr. Ballinger had been identified with the matter before he jjyticajpe secretary of the interior, t Jrtr. ?r,..I,??,?. Kotnnr i? fV>o no nooltu lllil JUCilUIIV^y'jH ??? vttpMv.vj of legal ^viser apa ^tavpfat* of the Cunninghams, jthe people w^Io .yvere i/ifter the land# i# qyos^ioip. L. R. (Sla'vis.j one of Plnchot's tfufenfdifta^es, ,ha^ made a thorough Investigation Of thg pending claims, and reported adversely to Ballinger's clients. Afterward Ballingef f)ocpme secretary of the interior and saw .tOjit ihj,^ (tjie Cunninghams got a large purjt of whajt f&f} ft',Of? after. Glgvis /con^nued Jhi " fight and* Went ato the pufylje wjftf fife re&ulf tfia,t he'1 was] pu| ouf of Qtttvv, nfftf Jifsf week P^ncho^t had Senator fJolijve? to fe$?j iff tty; senate a letter in which he upheld Glavls, criticised Bullinger ?Rd fntjmuted that even the president had bepR | njisinfortned about the whole matter. Somj- ago the president Issued an order .that ^tfyo/yllnate officials must not report fo congress 01 public except thr?ugtl their ^upejiofs. JPuivhpt's letter to Senntof DvJljvey wqj? 'I# tys-. I obedience to this command, ftftd following the instructions of the president, Secretary Wilson, in whose dePi* rf Pinchot was, wrote him a letter' dfsitus^jn^ fffT from the service. Pinchot is a v'efy s'tiopg h.hi,, j~feiiectually. financially, politically, oth-(j env^'. y)jt.hough several times a mil--! liowa-iie, hv ijag fffes {riving his service! to tfio government fop J^.noo a| year, and the*? NY VU'^(,V y/ V't'fl fact that he Is vef> jwpujjjjlf Wjitn iihe people of the northwest, who Uftgejrstand how much he has done to check any the operations of the land gry.bb^-js }$ known as the Insurgent yletocju of tlie J he element t W't disagrees W|itb tod president, Aldrlch and ?'W ji^V tyiifif and' other questions, is yfj jf)conation to iret behind Pinchot, and oy +>i_-| day .succeeded in defeating a resoiutjop providing that the speaker of the house siidi^.i appoint the house members of a committee on investigation of the whole coal Uirv,! t;optVove>sj. n. panging the mutter *n Hjaf ph^ ?boi?e .f'epj esynjuttions on the committee sh,yult^l be o.lyc.t-j ed from the floor of the honge.. A$ matters look now, the whole contro. vcpsy is to be investigated on its merits. and it ni.y.i' result in an upheaval of more than ordlnuty . yjjmfkance. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. R. R. Allison, Tlrzah?Has a good milk cow with young calf, for sale. M. W. White, D. D. S.?Has moved his dental office to rooms over the Loan and Savings bank. I. B. Faires?Will be In Yorkvllle for a few days and will do surveying for parties desiring his services. Address him at clerk of court's office. J. W. Kirkpatrick and others?Give notice of opening of books of subscription to the capital stock of the Klrkpatrlck-Belk company. J. A. Tates C. C. C. Pis.?Gives notice to creditors of estate of E. E. [ Thompson, deceased, to file their * * *?- *-? I I Claims Wim null uciuic rem uaij 3rd. r. W. Johnson?Asks you to come to him for flour, meal, sugar, hams, cheese, baking powders, soap, tobacco, purlna feed, etc. lYork Supply Co.?Wants to reduce Its ' stock of winter shoes to make room for spring stock and offers bargains | In shoes. IW. E. Ferguson?Asks you to place I your orders for early cabbage (plants. He will make an order in a few days. Herndon & Gordon?Talk about fresh groceries, hardware, leather, etc., and say a few words to those who l haven't paid their accounts, i First National Bank, Yorkville?Talks ' to young men about spending and saving and gives some good advice about saving. It will help you. The small grain crop has had a pretUy severe test of It during the past ten days; but up to this time we have * heard no reports that seem to indicate I that it has sustained serious Injury. The five dollars offered for the (largest number of new subscribers returned and paid for between December 23, and January 8, went cheap enough ?only ten names. There is only one week of the contest for the second five dollars and the probability Is that it will be "easy money" for somebody. In renewing their subscription for 1910, Messrs. Porter Bros., of Hope, Ark., take occasion to mention that at the time of writing- the ground was covered with snow to a depth of ten inches, something that had not occurred before within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. The prospective improvement of the Parish hotel property, a reasonable certainty of the Immediate future, is a matter of no little significance to the town of Yorkvllle. It cannot be claimed that there is any pressing demand for store rooms at this particular time; k..?- i? i, o font (hut evarv available store room 13 now occupied, and at least two or three more would have been rented this year had they been available. But that Is not altogether the point. There must be rooms before one need reasonably look for anybody to occupy them, and the building of these rooms will mean that eventually, probably by the time they are completed. there will be somebody to occupy them. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The lot known as the Parish hotel lot has changed hands, and Mr, B. M. AIcNeel has become the owner for the sum of $7,500. The deal was completed a few days ago, and assuming as a matter of course that Mr. McNeel's purpose was development rather than waiting for "enhancement," he was asked about the matter yesterday. "Yes, It Is my purpose to build," said Mr. McNeel In reply to a question, "and as soon as possible. My present Idea la t ,?iii nut tin flvt store rooms. I' may change my mind about this; but I will certainly build not less than four and the lot will be improved without unnecessary delay." NOT ENOUGH PAY. There are quite a number of schools throughout the county that are unable to find satisfactory teachers and there was a noticeable diminution of the number of candidates for certificates, who presented themselves at the recent special examination. , Those best acquainted with the situation say Jhat the scarify'of tc^Ch.ers is due more thaiji anything else to the fact that the pay is nqt sufficient tho avpraep teacher, un r'v " rr yr ? -.'it- . less the terms are loq^ep than they I ^epepafly #pe. Rather fh#q fake #. schOQi fop fiye op s|x rqoqths af $25 op $30 ? month, njQsf pgai# jvfcp jyouj^ otherwise take positions as fetchers are Inclined to look fop steady pfflploy.ment that will occupy their time dufinf the whole year, even at a less monthly salary. The situation Is really a serious one, and the obvious problem needs to be kept In the minds of the people untilit is solved. ? t ..i. T.Hf Nivy flAyE CQtfTlST. Mfss 4<W/e Cay^ijiy of RyckTim po. 1? m Wefhasda fw'tfafyp, fs fhy'wjijjnef of the five dollar for the far^esf fiiynr ber of new names re|upr)e(f add PAfd fpp between December 23, and Januapy ti, at 6 o'clock p. m. Miss Caveny takes the prertilum of $5 with ten new names. The second largest number of names returned "In .the won test, was 5 by each of tw^ ^l^mSkers? tit. If. ^ Blggers and MJas CftM* tL^. The total number of i)ew paipes Returned since the opening of this y<Ws club campaign on November 15 last, is ( 281, a rather larger number of new i nar^e* than has been returned in a like period for qu/iv & number of years. There jis '.to,b?*: dnothwr ?t>v^Rd of 55 for th'e |Iarges^ number of" n?K\" nume^, re^ur^e^ pal^ for between lasit Safurd^y f\v'e^lhg gl 6 u'^Jo^k an<^ nex(t Safurdgy yvenjng af ? ^$0^.' And also there y-ifl b4-' #wajg8 of i for the largest flUiflbgf of >wi$e? fe.turned and paid for during each of tba , next two weeks, the week ending Ht ? i o'clock p. m., January 22, and the week ending at 6 o'clock p. m., January 29. ' Asib^ h.?cn explained, changes of | subsc^pti/on tyojQJ}V nif*mher of a I family to #?offtep. \\|U #of reeog^ ] nized as a new ntlttJ*- * j The sole purpose of this cof)Os( (3 I to secure the Introduction of The En- ' qnir?r into families that are not now ta'kOig it, (toy 1- "tiestlons arising as to the 1 eligibility name 1 to be considered ln!th? vnnttiff dprided thpon this basis. ' I h , j . , i < fewT'fWBhp- '! Mf, G. f. flashes of filbert fio. i,| 1 has moved hi* hlfttUy ^ojfky^te. | I ivn a. lii/uci i oiu/uiv u? r<v visiting the family of Mr. W. L. Baber. }Tr. J. M. Hughes of Yorkvllle No. ;',*has move* family to Yorkvllle. M \\ \V. %L'.' BRbf-r has from thp Attyckes' house .to the houxr ftu Maiu ''' i jff.sa ?Wyt WiMfce*. iff yorkvllle.I has taken fharge ftf tlje scho^J a? King's Creek. Miss Clara B. Alexander has tagen a position as assistant teacher of the East*l??'v school. \^f.s'.Ck^,Y. ? ^ilkc'son of HlQkory fli'ivp fjo. J. |s serMy.YS ^ 11. urifj does not seem to improve. n ? i Mr. Robert McClaln has moved from the May house on west Jeffer son street to the McPheeters house on Railroad street. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Devinney of Rock Hill spent several days last week with relatives near Yorkvllle. Mrs. Annie Sanders of Yorkville No. 4, is visiting Mr3. R. L. Smalley at Grand Junction, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Spencer and son, Master Donnomn, left yesterday on a trip to Florida and Cuba. Mrs. D. E. Finley and sons, Masters Gist, Robert, States and John left Friday for a visit to Washington. Miss Tlllls Lee Baber returned to her home at Shelby N. C., yesterday i after a visit of several days to Miss Jessie Baber In Yorkvllle. Mrs. J. M. Miller of Yorkvllle No. 6, who has been qultte 111 for some time past, was taken to one of the Charlotte hospitals la3t Sunday for special treatment. Magistrate R. L. deLoach of Yorkvllle, is able to be out again after having been laid up a week with two broken ribs, sustained as the result of a fall. Mr. W. J. Devlnney of St. Louis, Mo., and Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Devlnney of Avery, Tex., who have been spending some time with relatives near Yorkvllle, left yesterday morning for their homes. Mr. R. J. Caldwell has moved from his home on King's Mountain street to the Adlckes house on East Llberay street. Mr. H. E. Ferguson moved fr^.u Miss Annie McPheeter's house to the one vacated by Mr. Caldwell. CENSU8 ENUMERATORS. A call for more applicants for places as census enumerators has been Issued by supervisor of census, Dr. R. L. Douglas of Rodman. He urges all persons in his district desiring to serve to obtain their application forms at once and to file them with him before January 25, when he must stop considering new applicants in order to prepare for the "test" of the previous applicants on February 5. After this he wjll examine and rate the papers until about February 22, when he will forward his li3t of designations as enumerators, with their "test" papers, to Census Director Durand, who will carefully go over and rerate the papers of the sue cessful candidates before giving his consent to tbe issue of commissions to them by the supervisor. By the middle or latter part of March al) the pnurperators will have beep commissioned and in receipt of detailed instructions concerning their work. To quiet any qualms relative to the "test" of the qualifications of appl>cants, to be made February 5, the supervisor has obtained some information from tne census director concerning the "test" of Twelfth census enumerators. It has been officially stated that thg 1910 "test" Will be very similar to the one in the preceding census and wilj consist in requiring applicants to fllj sample schedules from printed narratives concerning census facts, Ag the rural enumerators are to carry both the population and agricultural schedule, they will be "tested" with samples of both, but the city enumerators, who rarrv th? noDulatlon schedule alone, will only be required to prove their ability by tilling a sample of that schedule. The "test" population schedule narrative In 1900 was, In part, as fojjotfs; "The enumerator of the forty-fifth enumeration district of the ninth supervisor's district of the state of Pennsylvania, in the village of Port Royal, Londonderry township, Schuylkill county, begins his enumeration June 1, 1900, at NO. 201 Burton street. ' This house is occupied by a single family, consisting of Patrick O'Leary, his wife, Margaret, and his son, James. "Patrick came to this country from Ireland (where he was born of Irish parents) in May of 1870, when he was Just 22 years old. Three years after his arrival he was married to an Irish girl who had come over from his native village a year before. As soon as possible he became naturalized. He can read and write and speak English, and owns a good house, free of incumbrance, which he has bought from his earnings as a teamster, in which occupation he has had steady work during the past year. "Margaret, hjs wjfe, is also of Irish parentage, an1*? was born'in'January, - - lw ?-?Li?. ..la. ?L1 , I, antl lS"nearry iour yeara youu^ci ma., h'^t* tfb&brinla. SHe haS had "two ehifi dren, only one bf -whoih is c65?e can read and sfreak English, 'but hfrs to make her 'mark' for1 hersignattir#. "Jame3 born in Harrlsburg;lFeb-' ruap',' ^ ^0<? common school education, ^,'chks at ^iny soVt eft day fa&or," pnd 'secured * Dinj^ months' steady wofk'dujt-J#g tnjfpa^t year. He is ripf nfarplea. ' ' '' ' ' * "Ir the nexf' ftQu^e. 203 Burtop street, the efl'yiRefat?f found gq English pm; an by the nan^e of kf's. ^an^'P?.'rk(erV a >vic}ow, oppupyfag g rented hguge >y}ffl her single a$ughtep. Virglnlg, aftd hep married daughter, pJpille &, am} husband of tne latter, Alfcprf jpRRsoh. "Mrs. Parker cam* tu this pounfy 3} years ago, has a good edueatjon, Js & dressmaker by trade, and has oopstant employment. She was 60 years old last April, and is of Scottish birth on her mother's side. She has had four chil- ) dreA, three of whom are living and one , of frhbn*tia3 cMed... ? " ' >-1 -? TTI ll.W Mi.or.toirn ' "VTiyjniR 13' Ui XJliftll.-tn j has thrbugff this Jofcal schools and ha# been 'a ijf&fesWArfifth for '- eight month# of the pusi'yekf\ she1 Was borA In Phjja^ejpfj^ fa Wf\?. " Hh# yraP ?'? hts? uary, and ha# hut peeefttly njaf>leg. She was bom In Bajtfnjope, fe#<ty writes and speak* English. "Albert Johnson, the husband of Nel* lie. was born in New York city, of Welsh parents, November, 1866. He la in the grocery business and keeps his d\vh'books, and accounts." 1]? sedbfarrvAimarati vejy simple, according 19 {htFyiiiitfyi3t>r, Ui draw out of the above ataf*nj?#tr {in;'required details for the population sebedu)* A#}} to enter them under the proper column division relating to location, name, re* latlonshlp, personal descriptions, nativity, citizenship, occupation, education. etc. ' JKjbotU all such a "test" can do is to A. evidence the legibility of au applicant's' ; ?' ' ? - - . Mshm. 1 hanawritjng anp ms ^ujiuj iv . mine where "to write In the' saffiple sbhednje'tjie facts rlearlf stated In tiift nhrrg^P {": ^ 1 1 ' * Th/e agrfcutyujty schedule narrative fop J 90!) >yas very ^lLi^ad-. 'ytfjpfy paS the fapps seated pejafe ?9 TgfTtfff ftnfl farming operations. Before the "test" ftehFupfy ft, supervisor will send each applicant 8 list of Instructions concerning filling in the "test" schedules, which will still j further simplify the subject and Insure j the passing of the test by those who i possess only an ordinary common t icGuT/) cdnPatlon and practlcal common t ten*? a "r? :n" ' <? s =ra? 1 LOCAL LACONICS. Petition Dismissed. } Jjii supreme court has dismissed the t imtllfo/J ir. the case of 1 Siisrin A' Hteelc V#,'All*# e is the flock Hlircase'fnvolvlhg the tt- r tie td a lot of land." " ' ' ?i Mew County Agitation. r l'4iA;el "ilhi/forh prints a state- i ipeflt, to thprp?)e^| tiutfetidn, r )f a new c<>Uhty witH ffhC* Hj|\ t aaat In llplni? MfcrllHlHll IN I ll? I, lortheastern pnrt of Chester, the pro- d jogofl new county to be formed out of ^ ians rt 101H, Chester and Lancaster. } 'I* f "< r ' irS:"t 'They are Qoing "After l,lL"' P "Thpjfi,r^s a 's\rohglr inquiry for lm- * noye>J ygiYyu^u^il 'Implements' than 1 t i^yg kffpLyu sjflce the fs.ujj'i yr'j-e- e U ypfkylHy ilejfljT a Ye\w' ffaxg ? igo. "It looks to ?n*," coijtfoueti, f| 'notwithstanding the alleged demof.aJ|r 0 :ation cf business because of the re- h )egl of the lien law, the disposition is " o go right on after |t, the same as s jeretofore, and I am looking for more f< agricultural activity In York county this year, than has ever been seen before," The New County Idea. Rock Hill Record: There Is considerable talk about forming a new county out of portions of York, Chester and Lancaster, with Rock Hill as the county seat There Is every reason In favor of the plan. Catawba township pays the bulk of the taxes In this county and Rock Hill is unquestionably entitled to be a county seat. The division could be made equitably without harming either of the counties In question. A glance at the map will show the peculiar geographical # luriiitmuii ul i ui iv. uci iiic u< t iuniQ line In York be the C. & N. W. railroad. Then let us go up In the Panhandle section of York and all along that line take a slice out of Lancaster county. This would give us a goodsized new county?In fact, with Rock Hill It would be the richest county of those named. Rock Hill's School Row. Rock Hill special of January 7, to the News and Courier: A meeting of the citizens of Rock Hill school district was held yesterday at noon to determine upon a levy for the support of the schools for the coming year. It was an exceedingly lively gathering, although called for such an apparently Innocent purpose. W. J. Cherry, E3q? was called to the chair and Mr. U. C, Partlow made secretary. Captain A. E. Smith, treasurer of the district, read his report He could not be exact, but the estimated deficit, which would exist at the end of the present term would be very closely In the neighborhood of $2,553.09. Mr. W. B. Wilson, Jr., moved that the levy be made three and onehalf mills. Mr. J. B. Johnson moved to amend to make it four mills. Mr. J. B. Crelghton moved that a committee of five?which he named?be appointed to take up the matter with the treasurer, go over the entire matter carefully, ascertain the real condition of the school finances and report to an adjourned meeting two weeks later, when such action as might be called for would be taken. Then the fun began. Mr. W. B. Wilson, Jr., n>oved to table the creigmon moiioq. uie ayvs ana uues were taken and sounded pretty lpud on both sides. Mr. Wilson called for a division and It resulted, by a very close count, in victory for the Crejghton motion. By copseflt (his ntotjon was changed to read that the comri)|ttep should be chosen by (he cha}r, tak|ng two each front the opposing factions, and the fifth member at the w|ll of the chair, and that the meeting should be held three weeks from the day. An* other victory for those supporting the Crelghtop motipn was when the chairman ruled (hat the school board of thp district should pass upon the qualifications of those voting at the coming meetjng. It is bel|eve() that had such provisions been carried out yesterday, the yicfory qij fhe Crelghton motipn would j}ayp beef) veFy greater. Those unfan)ill$r with (he situation may wonder that (he citizens of a progressive city l|ke thjs should show any desjre (o postpone (he yot|ng of ft levy suffl?|efit |Q UPho|4 the cJt.y schools. As ft tnattep of fftcf, there |s no such Inclination on the papt of those who opposed the |eyy. HOF fs tfce flgh$ In any way a reflection upon the abjl|ty or accuracy of the treasurer. I('s ply the same old fight against the minority members of the sflhqoi board, who refused to cell the High 6ohoo| property to WJnthrop college, Tjte mtt' Jorlty of the meeting wanted the wholp situation shown up and the ,respons|biiity placed where it belongs. Had the "elephant" been sold, as Is desired by 90 per cent of the qualified voters of the district, there would have been a good sized surplus instead of a deficit. The district still owes a large amount on the aforesaid property, and It is partly the paying off of Interest on this, which amounts to a hundred dollars per month, which causes the deficit. One of the most serious phases of this condition is that the Central school building is insufficiently heated, and' almddt 'every day numbers of the 1 children^4Vevtd .b? excused afld allowed to go to thefP horhes to fcet dom- 1 fortably w'arrft. The oltizehs arfe wait- 1 ing Jn hope-that tlite nea!r-by session of ' the legislature Mil-gjve" them relief ih ; changing'thfe'law1 goverAihg1 the eleb-1 { tion of the sejibbl boar1*}", 'bo thatethis . board Vjll be elected by thfe people. It i3 riow a sehf-pfrnetuatirf? boaftj. Tfi4 ] dedih of ?>n^ rtrdmber l&si ^etfr threw < this board %to a 'ileadJocK, whichf 'dan- 1 not be broken. a*nd no'fchisiness can he J transacted bjP ft as fj. pow ^andS. 11 RgPOST 9F ggN^Uf ' Ne*r|y ThF?t Million (_e*f T^afl WMt Year, The report of th? census bype^u ssued yesterday shows that 9,646,295 bales of cotton, counting round bales is half bales, were grinned from the ( growth of 1909 to January 1, 1910, j as compared , with 12,465,298 bales t 5or the crop oft 1908; , 9,951,505 for j th?e crop of.>1907, and 11,731,039 fqr < Ct'cfp of 1903.. a tl i ., i :) o . !yhb?prophrtj?m for the last three . nd 90;4 ?PF PHmbpj of t -ound bftle? inclHdad fljls yegr Is fj4,: . 147 compared with 830,578 Iftsi yedp j tnd 178.684 for thp te&soft of ISO'r ( )8. Sea Island this year aggregated . 59,499, last year 86,528 and 73,435 ( 'or 1907-08. - - - J ?.Tbe number of bales of cotton, :ouhtlng sound as half bales and ex- , ffpfsrii tor the or op of 1909 s o January i, by 'states and compar- t -d with the report of 1909 follow*; 1910 1909 ? Arkansas 667,732 910,432 ? \Iabama 1,017,826 1,103,338 Florida 60,136 66,855 s Jeorgla ..1,812,994 1,930,783 v Louisiana .,. 251,844 453,210 < MortH Carolina 606,196 647.506 v DktahofW ;>n .*?.?. 626,6#fi 515,010 r Sooth O&roljna .. . .*,4)99,71 8 1.17S,22C -. rermes.^e .'?26,791 MU7,01p . re^Ss 7^...?,326v6|$ 3,486,00? v MI "ottor waits 54,530 167,77j 5raVl?i? ' 'IWllf J2.f65.298 t W0r on in* ?e<| ^Piatr?tr?F seyepui rears, snyn th? Washington tjoppesr r nindent of the News and Courier, an t n.ect known as the red spider haa f >een doing considerable damage to coton in South Carolina; especially in the c lections around Ratosburg and Lees- I file. The insect is very destructive, h iioi. where it has taken firm hold the v irup '|.4'"ysyi^jv jiJn.ost a- total failure, a "armers around Mv?, had his matter under consideration f Representative Lever during the past s 'ear, with the result that through his o tfQlJjj th., department of agriculture II 'Me torfoTfl* iHtefMijM 1.. the situation " M ' '* " 1 J?l,k! .fill ri mu l)?-i ;u|'f|fu>i{|^u pT-TT^-rr^r ~ legin/iln? wofk-tt RaiestjuF^ un Kebp e uary 1. In order to avoid n duplication a n iwotk upon the part of the depart- ? nent rind the state experiment station, G ?rot CiVo tad i ?ftClemsoh .college, :has J teen called "In eotifer*ncg, ni)d ,a. plan v f b-b-pypfitlQq "and the S epartmrftf PH3 ajjTCerd up?ff Ir. Thomas, ttns|stani t?f FW fc>?HfaP'i c i ho has already dour Home work in ( he red spider situation, and who is a w raduate of Clemson, and a native of ti* k?4Wte wdl be in pharge of the work, r nd :botft . the :??Ai>?.n.ii}eiii .^tution and pi he" department will! eotttentiaue heij' b ffoftS t? 'rweeti thd:'destrurtive 'railages *p r 'thi'stjhn^et.1 lSo far hon remedy has e eep 7ovn>J -tfor:ii', LHJidugh "different o' laus'taayi; been frjdi/ ' tiL hoph d f Mr. fa'yef. wbq { ? jnsuunjefjtal fn n nviau tjje jtppa'hifenjept fop confjrious work made, that Tfleffjoel, ? Ither rf complete eradication or of retricting the spread of the pest may be mnd. ft THE NEW WHISKY LAW. Not Exactly Intended to Operate Ae An Educational Qualification. In some strange, mysterious way, says the Greenville News, the idea has got abroad through the rural districts tnat Uncle Sam's new law regulating the interstate shipment of whisky provides that every letter ordering whisky must be in the consignee's own handwriting. this means little to the average person but has caused consternation among the Illiterates, of whom there are not a few in this enlightened country. They seem to believe that the government has manufactured the maxim "Who cannot write, neither shall he drink" and expects them to live up to it When the various counties In this state recently voted out whisky there remained the consolation that the state could not prevent persons ordering their whisky from other states, as some had done previously. But when the report comes that even this fountain has been cut off from its source of supply those who cannot come up to tne requirements are naturally highly indignant. To them it appears to be a conspiracy to take away, for no apparent reason, a large part of the pleasure of their lives. From many parts of the country come stories of the population of the rural districts gathering to take a brief course in the mysteries of chlrography, just enough to enable them to write an order for whisky. Some, especially those lacking in a sympathetic heart, believe it is the duty of welfare workers to encourage this belief, believing that it will go a long way toward obliterating illiteracy, now so prevalent among the south' ern people. The belief that whisky must be or* dered In one's own handwriting is erroneous. It is perhaps due to a misconstruction of the section that provides that no whisky shall be delivered to any person other than the bona fide consignee, except on an order in his own handwriting. The new law was passed at the instance of prohibitionists and its purpose is to limit as far as possible the shipment of whisky into prohibition territory. It forbids "C. O. D." shipments, ordering under fictitious names, sending whisky in plain packages, etc. The text of the new law follows: Sec. 238. Any officer, agent, or employee of any railroad company, express company, or other common carrier, who shall kvowingly deliver or cause to be delivered to any person other than the person to whom it has been consigned, unless upon the written order In each instance of the bona fide consignee, or tp apy fictitious person, or to any person underNa fictitious name, any spirituous, vinous, malted fermented, a *< a* nr intAvinotlnff IIai\ Ar ' flnv VI UVilCI III Ify A1VO hHIQ IlVJUUf V& lUy kind wfticfy has been shipped from one state, territory, or district of the United States, or place non-cont|gf uous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, into any other styte, territory, or district qf the United States, or piece noncontiguous t<> otyt subject to the jurisdiction thereof, of from any foreign cquntry into any state, territory, or district qf thf United States or place nqncontiguous to but subject tq the jurisdiction thereof, snail he fined nqt? moye thap flYe thousand dqllars, or imprisoned not more than two years, or bqth. "Spc. 2?9. Any railroad company, express cqmpany, qr other compidn carripr, or any other person who, in connection jvith the' transpqrtatiqn of any splritupus, vinous, maitqdr, fermented, or ptber Intoxicating liqqfy of any kind from qne state, territory, qr a|stfict of the United States, or { lace noncontiguous to' but subject to he jurisdiction therepf, into any qther state, territory, or district of the United States qr place nqncontlgifpus tP bqt subject to the Jqrlsdictiqn thereof, or from any forelgp country into any state, territory, or disfrfct pf the Unitpd States. Or place noncontiguous to bqt sqbject to the jurisdiction thereof, shalf co|lecf the purchase ppfce qr any pgrt tfyepeqf befope, qn, of after deilvpry from the consignee, or ffom any ojher person, ?r sng.ll in gny manner ac^ as t^e agent of the buyer or se)lfr of any such liquor, for the pqrposg qf buying or selling or completing thp sale thereof, saving only in the actual transportation and delivery of the same, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars. "Sec. 240. Whoever shall knowingly ship or cause to be shipped from one state, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction therewf, or from any foreign country Into any state, territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but to the jurisdiction thereof, any package of or package containing any spirituous, vinous, malted, fermented, or other intoxicating liquor of any kind, unless subh package be so ylabeled on the outbide i clover as to plainly show the natne -of the 'consignee, the nature of' its contents, and the quantity contained therein, Bhatl< bee fined not hlore titan1 five thousand'dollars; and such' H^uor snau 'pe rorieuea to tne [JhJted1 Stated, ahd may ber seized ahd ronijemnfetf by 1 ljkfe Vprorcdedlnka1 ai thb&e1 J>roVideN3 b^ law"'Jor thfe aeli-4 urt ''and forfeiture bf property ifrf* bbfted' Jntd t^fe1 tJnfted''Stated don1 " * 1 " 6IW?y?~ ?PP^**9?Tf9W rh98? Fop |nijmfrytorf F^sjvgcj B* th? Pjstrjct S^pfryisgr, Census Supervisor 5th district, South Carolina, Dr. R. L. Douglas, whoa* ofice is at Rodman, S. C., has received !rom the census bureau a supply of >lank applications for persons apply ng for poplUons as census enumerators. , These," wjlj be foptyardpd to tys iait-.of "applicants a^. sogn a^. possible. , The applications,- properly Oiled tout, nusl be Tdtutned1 to ttie SUperlrtsornot atbi1 thalrr JafldarV' 3"f,^ the census dU <*Mf W A t'x^ded' Vhe Jirti^ fbr igtp tfrsf sgt fpr cjgsfnK thg cqqsfdepaIqn qt sppl|cafJop$. "test'* ^{lj )ccur February 5, as previously unr lounced. The instructions printed on the ap- I dication form state that a definite an- i iwer is required to each of the quesions, which are:, "Are yoq a citizen 'qt tl\e United States? If naturalized citizen, when ind where were you naturalised? , "Of what State or Territory are you j i legal resident: now long nave you >epn a. legal resident ^hereof?,pf t^hat rpunty ajjd p'f,what town or pjty a,nd i vard >aro you ft resident? -nHoiv, Uuog , lave you been a resident thereof? i * i VWhat Is your sex and; color? >; What 1 vaai'oar age< atrlast blrthdayi? Where I Yereryou ^ora? vt rfi'.iy" .* i c i 'fWhat |srV3ur education? (Give he j^ncipal Tacts.)" :l r ' " ' ''3 .' 'what fs'yoflr Bresejjf occupation? 1 "mmyour professional Of b'tjsl- ] less pxppple'nce? (Giye thi prfnclpaj , acts, and, If gt present ap Qfficehpldef, iame the office you hold.) 1 "Have you ever been employed on i ensus work, either national or state? f so, in what capacity and for how . ong a period? If an enumerator, for rhat territory or district? (Describe > s accurately as possible.) i "Are you pnysicauy uapauie ui a ( ylj djgcljarge of the duties of a cenus HyygVou anv defect ' f either sight, hearing? speech, of c Imb? If so,'state nature of defect. j , "Do you speak English ? Do you ungfstg^d, and fepeak'any language othr, tjftn. JnglitfH? If |p, lanp- ? gp? ...(Spacify, l^n/sruftges qj)0}te.n,, as " iohemlan,- Chinese, Danish* branch, d ierman,' Greek, Hungarian, Italian, apanese, Lithuanian, Magyar, Nor- 3 rsegian, Polish, Portuguese,', Russian, e lftt'ic, Spanish, Yiddish,'etc.) : i ; 3 ' ''Are fan ^ member of a political e pmmlttefc of tfmr,"'H?ttsr? - " yes) "or (Nq,) ' t)?t do npt iRdicat^ v uai |mi 7.; _ "In view of the fact that you may be r equired to take a teat before a post1 aster, state what, post-offipe . would a q,inost convenient to yqu for this pj#r<- I ose.. '-(Thl? rtv?ti is^f a, practical c haracfer,'* consisting chiefly or< wholly r, f the filling out'of a Sam pie'schedule f ildpulatlOn from'information-fun* lsh#l jte&tftiintf tVplcaJ families, art<J-, e 1 thp case i)t pnuuipra^org wbosp work r }If bp In rupa.1 p[lstj:lctg. thp flljlng put ^ l u ?arril>|e schedqje gt gg'rlcplturp ) "Are the answers to each of the >regoing questions true to the best 1 of your knowledge and belief? Are they In your own handwriting?" Indorsements of each applicant must be secured from two representative citizens of the community In which the applicant resides. They must be at least 21 years of age and acquainted with the applicant not less than one year. Indorsements will not be accepted from any person who is In any way related to an applicant. The Indorsement certifies that the applicant "is a thoroughly trustworthy and honest person, of good habits, and, In my opinion, is fully capable of discharging the duties of a census enumerator, if appointed." BARRETT TO THE FARMER8. President of tho Union Gives 8ensible Advice. President C. S. Barrett of the National Farmers' Union haa issued the following address to the members of ^ the organization: To the Officers and Members of the Farmers' Union: Members of the Fanners' Union everywhere, in the south particularly, have just concluded one of the most prosperous and progressive years in j the history of the organization. Interest in recruiting members, interest in the active problems of the order, is at all points'vigilant, and aggressive. The organized farmer is alive to his own rights and the way to obtain them, as he has not been within my recollection. In the south particularly, the lesson m of the year Just passed should point a S-I 1 -I *K(a 1 puweriui siiu Bigiuiivsui iwvu tvi year and the years to come. Cotton has sold, uniformly, at a profitable figure, mainly because there was nrt too much of It The crop was well within the demands of world-wide con* sumption, and as a result but little was sold at a loss, as has been the case in years gone by. We can Insure the same measure of prosperity for the new year. We even Increase that prosperity. If w# diversify Intelligently and kqep the cotton acreage within reasonable bounds. It would be wretched business policy for ourselves and the south, to be lured by the attractive prices of the fall and winter into planting a huge acreage for the coming season. % I know of no better way to undo ^ our own prosperity and to play into the hands of the cotton gamblers. These latter gentlemen have been unable to hammer the price of cotton this season because every Intelligent man knows for himself that the crop < was not of abnormal proportions. J To trade on the prosperity of last season and tempt Providence with a record-breaking crop, would be to court sure and heavy loss for ourselves and sacrifice much qf thq gain raonrdari r?r?ntlv. I therefore urge upon you tp raise at home your food supplies, the supplies for your family, for your l}qlp, and for your stock. There is not one state In the south but can adopt this policy, freeing if- self of the hay and wheat and cprn * domination of the other sections, ang also avoiding the laying of a mortgage on cotton tq pay other peqp|e fop the products we should raise fog ourselves. We have had before us the leasqn < of hard years and tremendous crops, j and profited by them. We have now (before us the lesson of a prosper*" year. Let us see if we cqanqt ? profit by Its teachings. I look for 1919 to be the mqst won* dqrful year in the history pf south* em farming. That prophecy will be fulfilled If the organised farmers of the south practice diversification re? llgiously, at the same time avoiding, as they would the plague and death Itself, the foolish tetnpta^iqn to plfht heavily for cotton. Let us more than duplicate ltli). _ We can accomplish that if ige qb serve scrupulously the programme } have outlined. Ch*a s- Barrett. Union City, Qq. -1 IJtJ MER?*M?N?I9N: . V V* A T. P. FUllly, ? ?pec|al |nve?|i^a|qf a of the Intepstftte conferee cgmiqlS; sion is updep apres| Ip ffew Yopk op the charge of stealing qfflcfcl from thp desk of Di^frfcf A|toppey Wise op July {. The stq|eq lexers, were from Attorney oeperei Wickersham, and related to the Investigation of the American Sugar company, and , were later published In a magazine.... M Mrs. Sophie Lulel and four children were found frozen to death in their beds In New Orleans, Saturday morning Lightning struck a powder magazine a Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Saturday and destroyed much property and many lives A New ' Tork insurance expert is authority for the statement that the houses burned In the United States In 1907 would line a street on both sides, reaching from ' , New York to Chicago The South Cleveland Banking company, Cleveland, 0? with deposits'of $1,600,000, has ninoaH its rfiviM mis mhdf an aeslsrn? menti.... .^woytSilng trhfte rhen arrested In .Baltimore, Thtfrsdajf; charged #lth betn? agents 'forsf1t)ie ' "white ajave" trade:... .-.Mlalof B. 'if . Hardxj/"Wii e*-Q(Jnfe<Jerat^'Wl<}i&r of New 6Hea'ns, [a tb'^e the ^rator on1 pie * ocjpgafqifbjf tye cer?b^^io?fl pf' jigg?- . rlal PW at 8*^*0 uB!veP?'ty & ?a? nextr.,.:.MF8. Ftowt A4ams founder Qt the Payghters Of the R^v?* . iutlon, died in New York, Thursday..., Hubert Latham, a French aviator, attained an altitude of 3,400 feet in a flying machine at Mourmelon, France, Friday, breaking all records for height. J Fire destroyed, twenty-one bust ness houses at-'Bramwett, *W. Va.,bFrlday, entailing a fods bf ?|SloO,000. ' E+di1? business MtabJlsjirhenl In "the Jdwit Vki de*tpye$... .fi. 1 mafiafet 4 put,l||hlHg coRceffl a{ ^ashvjlje, TfPB-i ?B Fflfoy, fhoj Hfl 5-yrar'Oid ehUd tQ death and earomH* ted suicide, while temporarily insane. The price of strictly fresh eggs reached 70 cents a dozen in New York, Friday, an<1 were bard to obtain even at that price..,,.,Henry C< Minor, n baggageman, was killed, a?nd Morgan 3 Emmett, ticket seller, was fatally ,ahqt it Ypsilanti, Micb-, while the .two were trying-to arrest?><wo :.m#r?>whotn -they suspected of robbing d Jewelry I Aorfc the night! before. >The nohbera were* lae tfr arrested land ownedrup t? being the * men* V'arffeJl;! .?.J. <3? liil&V ll\ been empfoydd rfy tht king o^ Sf^nj |o go' tg irl^t poynfpr tfl teach ?h? natives '^epica# njetfoofls of ifriouittireMFS, Edward H. Hap* riiTiHn nns given i" tuv siave eivn Fork for park purposes, 10,000 acres of and on the west bank of the Hudson ^ lver, and $1,000,000.... William James Sidis, a 13-year-old boy, a newly enter;d student at Harvard university, has ;he educational world talking because if j| rHQFVfil'iH? lectfir<> *\? recently dejv , lvered before the university faculty ind a number of specially Invltei) nathematleians on the subject, Qf PouFltl plrHehslppaf ; Hodles,'* p|<U? peak* ?ll Otf the nwJeiTUanguagen and leveral df ^he'dead t>nesf..'. A ;Forvyl light fishermen toet' thetr lives lhb'ttte itorms that visited the vieinlty of-Ndtfft jcoYljj rttiMWil sdverfc) Idkiin. of'[ait reek'.. . 4KuV pfdB}d?pf A nd general mana^F of the gqujtiern ^ ailvvny, has resigned his position to ccept the vice presidency of a railroad n the middle west! He wilt bet suoJ eeded by Mr. E:-H. Ooftpman.'.'t.i ? 'liree' persons yt!He?kip$d.to trcolllflon * n the. Lstkoi Shore liiliGal^ a^^Drtfin ast," Ph:,' PiidaiK A'pussengfer-* tfafn an ipfo'ft :*$|h ' -Th!4 <x|y Hf Ijjaijw F|ifkls8|ejftr \ pajqte^ .as tukwp front a ti|nn?l updef'g. Ke^ rork street. Friday. The victim had