Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 11, 1910, Image 2
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."
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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