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Scraps ami .facts. ? Washington, January 14: The express companies were arraigned for making enormous profits by Infringing on the government monopoly in the transportation of mall, In a long resolution Introduced (n the house today by Victor Murdock, of Kansas, In which he calls on the postmaster general for Information. The postofflce department Is criticised for surrendering the monopoly right. Mr. Murdock asserts that the erroneous construction of a single word In the statutes, based on an assumption In a footnote of the rules and regulations of the postofflce donnrtment not warranted by any thing In the law. Is responsible for the surrendering by the government of Its monopoly right. "For many years." says Mr. Murdock, "the postofflce department has been surrendering Its monopoly on the transportation of packet mall matter under authority of a regulation footnote apparently based on an unpublished letter to Postmaster General James from Attorney General MacVeagh, In 1881, declaring that 'packets' meant packages of letters." Nathan Williams, of Fayettevllle, Ark., Is given the credit by Mr. Murdock for calling his attention to the postofflce department's alleged erroneous construction of "letters" and "packets" as synonymous. The resolution states that last year the Wells-Fargo Express company distributed nearly $25,000,000 In dividends, while the postofflce department ran up a deficit of $17,000,000, and that the express companies are being enriched by the government's failure to exercise monopoly In transporting second, third and fourth-class mall matter, as provided by law, as well as first-class mail. ? Durham, N. C., special of January 13, to the Charlotte Observer: Clarence R. Fope, secretary-treasurer of the Foley & Williams Co., Chicago, and president o{ the big Independent sewing machine company of that place, tells the story of a horse racing against the passenger train on the Norfolk & Western railway Sunday night. The Chicagoan isn't a romancer and there are corroborating witnesses. The horse became frightened Sunday evening as the train left Roxboro and taking the track, hiked down in front of the engine, running a distance of 7 miles when It fell through a trestle. The train was brought to a standstill and efTort was made to release the animal?a big, black beast. One plan was to throw the horse sidewise below, while others thought there was a chance- that it had not been badly crippled. It was finally decided to shoot it and drag it off with the engine. The fireman used the gun and the engineer taking a chain around the horse's neck, pulled the animal backwards and dragged it off the bridge. When released, the horse Jumped up, made a dash and has not since been seen. The fireman had twice shot the animal and there was every reason to think Its legs had been broken before that was done. Now the people of Roxboro and vicinity are ** a *- - ? - ?1+ lon'f trying to nna trie nurse auu ? it... ? known whether It is dead or has wandered off. This story is told by several men on the train, by the train crew and the drummers, one of whom is E. B. Amole, a traveling salesman of Chicago. Dr. R. J. Teague of Durham was one of the passengers also. The story Is almost unbelievable, but is authenticated too well to warrant a denial. ? Washington, January 15: Paul Sauls, the seventeen year old boy who shot two men while standing guard for his father, as night watchman in the post office at Tallahassee. Florida, did not know that he would win national fame by the act. But, he has. One of the would-be robbers proved to be the notorious Tennessee Dutch, who escaped from the Greenville, South Carolina prison and made such a spectacular run through western North Carolina a year ago. The post office department here h.?\s issued a brief story of the life of the noted safe cracker and robber. With a feeling of joy it is announced: "One of the two burglars killed at Tallahassee, on the 8th, has been identified as Tennessee Dutch who has been leading onthoritioa a merrv chase IIIC pvaiai auwiv. v. ? for several years." Garber Moore, this being the real name of Tennessee Dutch, was born at Clarksville, Tennessee. His father was a Hungarian Jew. As a boy he attended the school of his native town, with R. P. Smith, the present postmaster of the place. His pet nick name then was "Gobble" or "Gobler." At an early age he became a tramp, running away from his home to follow the bent of his roaming mind, and soon developed into a professional beggar. Having led a roaming, struggling, indifferent sort of an existence for some time he took to safe cracking, becoming an expert at the business, and made himself felt in the underworld. The postal inspectors considered him one of the wiliest and most troublesome in the trade. The strongest of jails could not hold him. At the time of his tragic death, he was a fugitive from justice, having escaped from the Greenville, South Carolina prison, on April 5, last year. Being overtaken near Asheville, the following day, with his one-armed pal, George Barton, he again maae a uailng escape, and had been at large ever since. With Barton, a well-known safe-breaker, and others, Moore robbed the post office at Seneca, South Carolina. on the night of November 14. 1907, and that at Pelzer, twenty days later. The following February, on the 8th, he helped to do a job at Canton. Georgia. During the last year he operated at Maryville, Tennessee. Moore did not always have smooth sailing. Ups and downs marked his tempestuous career. Under the name of John Rutherfordton he was convicted of burglary, in Carroll county, Mississippi. and, in April 1904, sentenced to five years imprisonment on the Rankin Place farm, near Jackson, from which he escaped in September of the same ; year. Under the name of Joe Martin . he was received in April. 1906, at the ( Jim Smith farm Smithsonia camp in , Oglethorpe county. Georgia, from < Lawrenceville, to serve two sentences of nine months each, on the charges of malicious mischief and vagrancy, i He was also suspected of having par- ( ticipated in two safe openings at Carl. While confined in this jail he set fire i to the building in an effort to get away. He was discharged from there in Oc- < tober, 1907. At different places, on i various occasions, he was committed to Jail temporarily for all sorts of of- ) fences. "Tennessee Dutch," declares > the post office account, was shot by a ] young man, while he and one of his i pals were trying to rob the office at 1 Tallahassee, Florida. The boy was on i duty for his father, who is night j k watchman for the government build- j ing, when he heard a knock at the door. Before answering he took up a pistol. Some one shouted from the street that a mail bag had been picked up out?ide. The young man opened the door to receive it and found himself confronted with two men, covering him with revolvers, and commanding him to hold up his hands. When the robbers tried to bind the boy with a rope he managed to get his weapon in position and fire, the shot taking deadly effect. Lifting the gun to his shoulder he shot to death the remaining crook. Every ball counted as the hole?s in the bodies of the dead men indicated. One man had three holes in his head and the other one in the stomach. The associate of Moore in the Florida affair has not been identified. Tennessee Dutch was a desperate chap when cornered. He took any sort of chance to escape. The boy that killed him showed the right kind of courage. His name Is known around the world. <?l<c \(orkriltc (Enquirer. 'Ontertd at the Postofflce In Yorkville is Mall Matter of the Second Class. Vi^H YORKVILLE. S. C-: TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1910. The Spartanburg Herald and the Columbia Record have recently installed the full service of the Associated Press. Now that the market manipulators have fleeced the lambs, it is probable that they will go in to put prices up again; but of course, nobody can tell. They may run the quotations down a ?ood deal lower'yet. Senator Christensen's bill providing for the appolntemnt of four state auditors to look after accounts of the various county offices throughout the state, is a good one, and if it passes it will save to the people of the state a great deal more than will be required to pay the annual expense of the proposed system. The man who uses superior education and intelligence to deceive men of inferior education and intelligence, is not quite as good as the overgrown bully who imposes upon weaker and more puny people. The man of superior information should use that information with conscientious regard for what is right as between man and man. The Anderson Daily Mall complains that when Virginia sends to South Carolina for editors, she only takes the best, and is wicked enough to say that -' * tV>n Vfoll tvnti 1/1 11 any IHUlt' air ntlllicu. lilt mm. ..wn.v. like to have the naming of them. We do not mistake the meaning of the Mail; but really and truly we have been fearing that the next call might be Editor Carpenter, and we do not want him to go. Tiie Greenwood Index, which has been studying the subject thoroughly with the help of the best legal talent available, has come to the conclusion that the repeal of the lien law amounts to nothing, because the crop mortgage in conjunction with the landlord's waiver for supplies and rent will answer every purpose. It says: The repeal of the lien law, with all the hullabaloo made by people of various opinions and by candidates, will not amount to a row of pins. The only thing about the repeal of the lien law that Is of any advantage is that it has opened the eyes of many landlords to rights that they did not dream even of having:. The law has been particularly protective of trie landlord's rights. He has a statutory lien for his rent and also one for any advances which he may make to his tenant. These come in ahead of a written lien which the merchant might have, yet there have been hundreds and hundreds of landlords who did not know this and who have given up in favor of the merchant's written lien, to their damage. Most of them know it now and more of them will know it when they are asked for a release. This is about the only thing that the reneal of the lien law has done. The merchant who cares to take the risk, can take the crop mortgage form and go right ahead, and this risk is no greater than it was under the lien law. Verily, the mountain has labored and brought forth a mouse. It was Mr. James A*. Hoyt. now of 'he Columbia Record, who first gave *he Seminole scheme away and saved hundreds of people who had not y< t been bitten; and the Spartanburg Journal and the Greenville News were the first papers to print the exposure. There was danger in the tiling ail around. Mr. Hoyt knew very well what he was going up against: that notwithstanding the integrity of his purpose to protect the unsuspecting, he was liable to be called upon to defend a damage suit and the Spartanburg and Greenville papers understood the same thing, yet they did not falter. The gen* ral public has but a faint idea of the responsibility that honest newspaper men have to carry in their efforts to save the public. Take this Seminole case, for instance. Here was a deliberate and deep laid plan on the part of Garlington and his associates to make a big killing at the expense of the people. There were hundreds of people throughout the state who saw through the whole thing, and who were laughing In their sleeves about it. It is a fact that some of the stronger newspapers knew a great deal more than they were willing to tell. While they had reason to believe that Seminole was not right, at the same time they were not sure that they could prove it. They understood how the officers and directors could raise the cry f libel, slander, etc.. and they knew ilso that people who were capable of * ' * ^-<-1 \ro a ? **! mr in IHMIlg Willi I. Hill lillfS iviu ????.- u.? >>>h ?" In, would not hesitate to sue, and might possibly be able to push the suit to uccess, regardless of the unrighteousness of his contention. They did not eare therefore, to incur tile risk. The chemers, too, were well aware of all this, and they took it into their calculations for the pushing of their schemes. What would have been the linal outcome had there been 110 exposure, we do not know; but the probability is that tiie number of people who would have been duped would (lave been very much larger. And after all. the newspapers could not have .eeii blamed very much, for while there s and should be applause for tile newspaper that will run the risk ?:f a libel ; aiit and of becoming the victim of a 1 perjured conspiracy in order to serve the public, the newspaper that declines the danger of such martyrdom is hardly to be blamed. We think that Messrs. Hoyt, Henry and Rrunson should be accorded all the credit to which they j are entitled. Tiik conviction of John T. Oarlington and James St< bo Young in connection with the Seminole frauds was right, and tiie sentence of one of them to three years and the other to one year in the penitentiary or on the chalngang. was also right. They ought not to have stolen that money: but having been fairly convicted, it is up to them to take their medicine, for the good of the state. However, it seems *m us that they were tried on the wrong charge. Breach of trust with fraudulent intent was bad enough; but the record shows that a still greater orfense lay behind that, and that the second offense could hardly have been committed ahead of the first?that the first led up to the second. The first and most aggravated offense was the hoodwinking and deception of the astute gentlemen of reputation and standing who became sponsors for subI sequent operations. The game from the beginning was to fleece the unsuspecting little fellows throughout the state on the strength of the irreproachI able records of the big fellows, using, of course, the connections the big fel. i?j ] IlltU SL'dlLCl tru tlliuu^liuui ?.upstate In searching out and landing their victims. Of course, the big men did not know that Garlington intended to swindle anybody. It is quite possible that they were aware that he had no money, and that his corporation had none of any consequence: but then it was very easy to see that the contributions that would be made by their friends and admirers on the strength of their recommendations, and the recommendations of their numerous connections would supply all deficiencies along the line of capital. But perhaps after all, it is just as well that Garlington and his partner hear all the pun'shment, and that their punishment be recorded in part as having been administered for deceiving and hoodwinking these worthy gentlemen who were to have received such profitable returns for the use of their names, had *Ko KuKHlr* hoon an nromnturpiV bursted. NEGROES SPEARED A LION. Wonderful Exhibition Witnessed By Roosevelt In Africa. A long stream of porters, says a Nairobi, West African dispatch of Dec. 11, 1909, came winding across the veldt towards the station at Nairobi, looking foi all the world like a string of ants. The Stars and Stripes was held aloft by a giant native and the sound of horns made strange discords with the chanting of the weird and elusive Safir song. Shortly Col. Roosevelt arrived on the back of his favorite horse "Tranquillity." It was the end of his last trip in the British East African protectorate. This safairi, which was the fourth to be made of Nairobi, gave Col. Roosevelt and his party an opportunity to witness an exciting hunt at A. E. Hoy's farm at Sirgoi, in the Guasu Nguiso country. The spearing of a lion by a Nandi was a feature. Seventy of these spearmen had been asked to take part In the drive, and they assented readily, for when a warrior spears a lion he becomes a leader of the fighting section of the tribe and may wear a head dress formed of the lion's mane, and walk at the head of the file of Nandi warriors when on the march. In these hunts they display extraordinary courage. The band of seventy almost naked men, with their long sharp spears and attended by the chosen spectators, the latter being mounted, proceeded down a long: valley where the grass was thick and thorn trees lined its edges. Very soon a lion was observed not more than 400 yards in front. Immediately the warriors gave chase and In less than two miles they had rounded up the king of the wilderness. The horsemen then approached and it was seen that the lion at bay was a fully grown, black maned one. The spearmen began their task of surrounding the quarry. Every man went to his allotted position, and the circle slowly closed in on the snarling beast. The warriors drew to within some 20 yards of him and the horsemen closed up to see the kill, yet remained a sufficient distance not to interfere with the spearmen's movements. Three times the lion made a savage ebargo at the now stationary warriors, hut stopped short each time with mane bristling, roaring in impotent rage at his tormentors. Again the attacking nartv advanced to ^within 10 yards of their victim. One last desperate effort and he drove directly at the line, only to fall with 10 spears quivering in his body. Put In that brief moment he managed to drag down one of the natives. his claws sinking into the man's flesh. The death of the kins seemed to awaken all the fire In the warriors' hlood. They began to advance around the hodv. waving their blood-stained spears, some of which were bent by the force of the shock, holding their ?hields above their heads and shouting forth blood curdling yells in the excess of their savage over the victory. Tn the meantime the injured man was being given medical attention and he bore the pain of his wounds without a sign of concern. He who had first jabbed his spear through the lion mined in the dance at the start but soon retired at a distance, seated himself apparently indifferent to the antics of his fellows. He was now a leader of men and must therefore not show sign that he had done anything out of the ordinary. The luck of Kermit Roosevelt has been proverbial. While Col. Roose velt was hunting with Kord Delamere. Kermit wont off with R. B. Cole and his Wanderobo warriors. The Wanderobos are adepts at killing bongo whioh are very rare and only can be found in the forests. In a short space of time the younger Roosevelt had secured a larere and fine speeimen of the female bongo and one of the young immature bongo. This was a feat that a^y old hunter might .lustly be proud of. for no white man has ever before stalked and shot a bongo. There are only two eases on record of a white man shooting bongo with the aid of the natives and their dogs. So pleased was one of the residents here with the success of the youth that he presented Kermit with a fine specimen of the male bongo, and so the Smithsonian institution will have a complete family group, the only one in the world. ? New York, January 18: Five thousand laymen, representing practically all of the protestant churches in the city, voted unanimously at a mass meeting in the Hippodrome this afternoon to increase the foreign mission tii > ??11 \ * 111 ^7 r* <11 hit- | ii !i i v 11 ii i v i n r> nf (Jreater New York $125,000 during the coming twelve months. This slightly more than SO per cent increase over the sum given last year, which was $400,116. The amount to be do- : nated this year will approximate : $725,000. of which Brooklyn churches : have assumed responsibility for $225,- i 060. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Laymen's Missionary i movement and marked the close of the f5renter New York convention. Nine- 1 teen cities, including New York, in which conventions have already been i held, pledged an increase of $1,750,000 f.>r foreign mis-ions, during the com- < ing year. Two additional series of con volitions begin this week. One will in- i elude m >st of the larger cities in the j nth: the other a group of northern j cities. The campaign will close with a national missionary congress at Chi- ? cago on May 3 to 6. ? X.OCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Jno. F. Youngblood?Will pay a reward for recovery of a bunch ol keys lost last Thursday, probably about the postofflce. C. F. Gordon, Supervisor?Publishes his annual report as to the operations and expenses of the county chain pan g. C. W. Whltesldes, Sharon?Carries a pood stock of general merchandise and is constantly adding to It and Invites you to see him for the goods you need in his lines. Marie C. Glenn. Admrx.?Gives notice that on February 15, she will apoly to the probate court for final discharge as administratrix of the esstate of R. M. Carroll, deceased. A. D. Dorsett?OfTers York county grown cabbage plants at 20 cents per 100; $1.50 per 1,000. Phone NTo. 6. J. A. Tate, C. C. C. Pis.?Publishes notice of sale of certain real estate in the case of W. T. Moore against Esther Kerr and others, and In the ease of L. Belle Allison against R. Byers Allison and others. J. A. Harvey. Councilor?Calls a meeting of Filbert Council, Jr. O. U. A. M., next Friday, for Important business. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives nntire that Z. T. Belles has anplled to him for letters of administration on estate of L. Barnes Glover, deceased. J. A. C Rove. Clover No. 4?Has a quantity of flrst-class sorghum and peavlne hay for sale at reasonable price. York Drug Store?Tells you not to let a co'd or the grlnne get the start of you and says you can stop either with cold and grlpne tablets. Rawls Flumblng Co.?Wants two or three local plumbing jobs to keep Its men busv and guarantees highgrade. sanitary work. Ycrkvllle B. & M. Co.? Announces that It has moved Its drv goods department np-stalrs. over the grocerv. and Invites vou to come for all kinds of bargains In dry goods, clothing, shoes, etc. Thomson Co.?Is showing new line of white coat sweaters for ladles and misses, and tells about nettlcoats, underwear, val laces. Insertions, blankets and comforts. wfr?-t National Bank. Yorkvllle?Reminds vou that vou can onen a savings account with It with one dollar and onward and explains Its advantages to vop. T.. M. HrDt's Sons?Make a short talk on rebuilt tvnewrlters. wh'ch are sold at. a saving of *?5 to *50 to the buyer. Supervisor Gordon has purchased additional teams of mules for the chalngang. Onlu a niimhar of farmers have commenced work breaking out cotton rialks, and while the great majority are still proceeding In the old fashioned way, many others are getting great satisfaction out of the use of Improved cotton stalk choppers. The suggestion of Mr. D. H. Winslow. superintendent of road construction for the government, that there can he nothing permanent about a road, except the location and possibly the grading. Is worth pondering over. A great many of our people have allowed them?elves to drift Into the notion that macadamized roads should last forever, and when they realize their error, they are disappointed. Mr. Winslow frankly admits that any kind of material that Is practical for use in road construction Is bound to wear out. Of course, Mr. John W. McElhaney, the big. good natured magistrate of Fort Mill township, has as much right to express himself on the county division question as anybody else, and for that reason It gives us especial pleasure to reproduce what he has to say. But really there is no good end to be served by unnecessary agitation. So far as The Enquirer Is concerned, it Is very well satisfied with York county as it is. It did not like the Idea of Cherokee township going off and tried to persuade the good people of Cherokee not to go. They listened to other advisers, however, and went, and although our friends over there afterward saw the time when they wished they had listened to us, the only thing we have to say Is that we also wish Vney had listened. But that is all past, and we wish them well. The thing will be all right In time. We would regret to see Catawba and Fort Mill go orr into a new county; but if it were practicable to get a new county under constitutional ranction, and the people wanted it, we don't think we would try to offer any objection. We could certainly not apply the same objections as applied in the case of Cherokee township and we have no reason to believe that the same results would follow. The territory In question could support a new county very nicely with considerably less than 400 square miles of territory. But after all, why should anybody get excited over the matter one way or the other. No new county can be formed, even If all the people of all the territory Involved were unanimous for It. $5 FOR NEW NAMES. Mr. A. W. McFarland is the winner of the five dollars In cash offered for the largest number of new names returned and paid for during the week beginning January 8, and ending January 15. Mr. McFarland got the five dollars for only nine names returned and paid for during the period mentioned. During the same time eight other ciuomaKPrs reiuineu aim |iaiu iui umc now name each, and two others returned three new names each without payin.? for them, leaving the subscription price to be paid later. Names of this kind, of course, cannot afterward be counted in competition for the five dollar premiums. According to our offer of December 1, we pay $5 for the largest number of new names returned and paid for during the week beginning last Saturday and ending next Saturday, and also five dollars for the largest number of new names returned and paid for during the week beginning January 22 and ending January 29. From the looks of the clubs up to this time, somebody may have an easy snap of it this week as so far. not a single new name has been paid for. MANGANESE MINING. The mines of the Southern Manganese company, near the King's Mountain battleground, which are being financed by Gen. Julian S. Carr of Durham. last week shipped the first car load < f ore, according to a correspondent of the Charlotte Observer. The shipment was made to Pittsburg, Pa., and it is expected that other shipments will be made regularly hereafter. The operation of these mines began several weeks ago in charge of Mr. North Smith and instructions have been received to increase the force. Mfteen miners have been employed during the past few weeks and it is very likely that this number will be doubled. A shaft of 120 feet has been sunk and the vein has been followed up for about 100 feet. Mr. Smith has lust returned from Greensboro, where be went to meet General Carr and several others connected with the mines, md says that the management is well ( pleased with the work and the outlook for future business. The prospects for operating several other mines In this territory are good, i The Southern Manganese company r owns 1,500 acres of mineral land on King's creek where the present mines 1 are located. CENSUS ENUMERATORS. All applicants for positions as census enumerators will be required to undergo tests as to their efficiency, and Saturday, February 5, has been fixed as the date for the holding of the necessary examination. The postofflce department Is co operating with the census department with reference to the examination of applicants, and in all cases where there is no civil service board convenient, applicants will be examined by the nearest postmaster. Miss Maggie Moore, postmaster at Yorkville, will superintend the examination of all applicants who desire to undergo the necessary tests at this office, and we understand that the postmasters at Rock Hill, Fort Mill and Clover, will probably do the same for applicants who apply to them. Before an applicant will be permitted to submit to the test, however, he must have made application to Dr. R. L. Douglas at Rodman, and all applications must have been made before the close of the present month. GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY. The jury commissioners this morning drew the following petit Jurors to serve during the first week of the approaching term of the court of common pleas, to convene on Monday, February 7, his nonor, juuge uevoe, presiumg; J. M. Plexlco Broad River. Z. M. Niell King's Mountain. Peter Iherie Catawba. W. S. Percival Bethesda. W. W. Wallace York. Jno. C. Kirkpatrick.. .Bullock's Creek. J. W. Lesslie Catawba. G. J. A. Clinton King's Mountain. Jeff D. Whltesides Broad River. J. C. Dickson Yorlc. J. H. Westbrook Catawba, J. A. McFadden Ebenezer. Saxby Chaplin Catawba. J. F. Pursley King's Mountain. B. F. Scoggrins Broad River. D. N. Gaston Fort Mill. R. E. Love King's Mountain. W. L. Pursley King's Mountain. J. R. Spears Ebenezer. J. E. Brandon Bethesda. W. Hi Stowe Bethel. W. M. Adklns Fort Mill. S. W. Patrick Bethel, R. B. Youngblood .., York. W. D. Clinton King's Mountain. J. D. Smith Bullock's Creek. A. C. Sutton Fort Mill. W. H. Chambers Bethel. S. L. Meacham Fort Mill. J. E. Patterson Fort Mill. J. T. Neely York. J. S. Miller Ebenezer. J. D. Duff King's Mountain. W. C. Armstrong Fort Mill. J. L. Carroll King's Mountain. W. D. Klmbrell Fort Mill. ABOUT PEOPLE Mr. R. T. Allison of Yorkvllle, left last Saturday for the western mule markets. Miss Reola Qulnn of Yorkvllle, is visiting Miss Minnie Belle Whltesides at Hickory Grove. \floo Moyplp Smith of Hlrkorv Grove, is visiting Mrs. Boyce Whisonant at Wilkinsvilie. Mrs. E. M. Ford of Gaston county, N. C.. is visiting Mrs. J. L. Mo3S on Yorkville R. F. D. No. 3. Miss Mary Scott of Yorkville R. F. D. No. 3, is visiting her sister, Mrs. L. Hi. Ferguson at Taylors. Mr. L. R. Williams and daughter, Miss Mary, left yesterday for Coleman, Fla., on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Houston. Mrs. A. R. Rhlnehart of Gaffney, has been spending a few days with relatives and friends In Yorkville and vicinity. Rev. J. P. Knox was on last Sunday Installed as pastor of the Centennial Associate Reformed church of Columbia. Mr. Knox was formerly pastor of Hickory Grove and Smyrna A. R. P. churches in York county, and has been In Columbia for about ten years, during which time ho helped build up the Centennial church from a mission station to a strong organization of 200 or more members. The installation service was conducted by Revs. Oliver Johneon of Winnsboro, and D. G. P'hilllp.s of Chester. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Yorkville is now possessed of-most of the comforts of a large sized city. ? The lost pin advertised in the last Issue of The Enquirer, was promptly returned to this office by Dr. M. W. White. ? Quite a number of people have been trying to persuade Mr. Sam M. McNeel to provide the town with an opera house as a part of the upper stories of his proposed block of new buildings, and the word has gone out that he intends to do so; but he has not so announced yet. ? The visit of Mr. D. Hi WInslow, U. S. superintendent of road construction to this county, is the result of an earn- ' est request that was sent in by Mayor Hart some time ago. Mayor Hart wanted the superintendent to give instructions with reference to the pro- 1 posed construction of sand and clay roadways along some of the streets of Yorkvllle. The road department, how- < ever, advised that it confines its assistance to the construction of country ' roads exclusively and then Mayor Hart ] asked for a little personal supervision ' of proposed work on roads leading nut 1 i'1 cue lun it. ? Congress street, from Liberty to 1 Madison, has become a groat white way at night. The change has been brought about by the installation of a system of Tungsten lights, upon which Messrs. Barnwell and Berry have been working for some weeks. The electricity was turned on for the first time last Saturday night, and the result was highly pleasing to everybody. The street gave the suggestion of the arrival of a carnival. It was almost as light as day from one end to the other, and the very lights in the store seemed to be dimmed by the general blaze. The present plan is to burn the new lights until about 11 o'clock. HOW TO MAKE ROADS. | Mr. D. H. Wlnslow, one of the United ' States superintendents of road con- ] struction, and an expert of very con siderable reputation, has been making his headquarters in Yorkvllle since last * Friday, instructing the chaingang. lo- j cated two miles west of town, in the e theory and practice of building roads * in accordance with the most approved j methods, and left yesterday evening a for Columbia to address the eleventh e \ annual convention of the South Caro- ~ lina Good Roads association, which convened in the hall of tlie house of ii representatives today. During his ^ stay here, Mr. Winslow was kind " enough to call at The Enquirer ofllce t and give his very Interesting Impres- y slons of what he had found in this part of the country as well as a few valua- j ble pointers as to what can eventually 1< ! be accomplished, if the powerful good roads sentiment, now prevailing, is properly directed and utilized. "I find that your chaingang is well j organized and in very effective shape," said Mr. Wlnslow. "The stockade is ' one of the best I have seen anywhere, equal, I think, to the recognized model . up in Virginia that Is maintained in 1 part by state aid, and the work it is doing too, is very creditable. They , have been doing some things that are ] not in accordance with what is considered the best practice, and I have made 1 such suggestions as seemed best cal-1 culated to meet the situation." During last Friday, Mr. Winslow superlntended the construction of a "split log drag," and spent the balance of the day and a part of Saturday In giving instructions as to how this contrivance should be used. I "The split log drag," he said, "Is < the best Implement that has ever been invented to keep earthen highways in , good shape, and It should be used i throughout the whole country- Some 1 of the states. In fact, have made it a ] subject of legislation, and the better It < Is understood, the more It Is used. "The object of the split log drag," J Mr. Winslow went on, "is not solely to round up a road as so many people i seem to think; but rather to make It < shed the water. The Inventor got his ! idea from a hog wallow. Having no- ] tlced that a hog wallow holds water < longer than any ordinary mud puddle, 1 he began to study out the reason, and . at last from watching the pigs as they \ wallowed and twisted about over the 1 bottom, decided that the wallowing and twisting had a peculiar troweling effect on the mud that closed the inter- < stlce3 against the drainage of the water. Then the Idea occurred to him , that if he could produce this same < troweling effect on the surface of a I road, he might make it shed wa- 1 ter also. He finally hit upon the split | log contrivance and dragging It over j the road after rains found that the ' process not only helped to shape roads up, but that they kept In shape." ? During the conversation It was sug- .< gested to Mr. Winslow that some peo- j pie are inclined to become discouraged , over the macadam question. The mat- i ter was put up to the expert like this: ' "Some ten years ago several miles of the Charlotte road out of Yorkville were macadamized at an expense of about $3,000 a mile. In the course of time, the road was badly cut Into ruts and recent attempts to repair it have been more or less unsatisfactory. The people thought when they were building the road that they were building for all time, and realization that this Is not correct, discourages them." "Well," replied Mr. Wlnslow, "It seems to me that if you people have been enjoying a good macadam road for ten years at a cost of only three hundred dollars a mile a year, you should be congratulating yourself Instead of complaining, as you have certainly gotten the worth of your money." Mr. Wlnslow spoke In a very complimentary manner of about half a mile of sand and clay road built by Township Supervisor Black and Overseer Keller, on the King's Mountain road t tnst without the limits of Yorkville. 1 He said that the work had been done with excellent judgment, and could make no unfavorable criticism. Referring to the sand and clay Idea, he said that there Is no question of the fact that It is a good one. The most important consideration is to get the sand and clay mixed as thoroughly as possible In the right proportions. The first rain always makes a loblolly of slush, and after this has passed through { what is known as the "cussing period," f It hardens and makes a most capital ' road that can be kept in shape indefl- ( nitely by occasional application of the ^ split log drag." 1 Mr. Winslow superintended the con- | Jtruction of a section of 500 feet of | -and and clay road on the work where j the chaingang is now operating and J showed the superintendent how the ( spilt log drag is operated. e Mr. Winslow had an urgent invlta- 1 tion to address a mass meeting called J to be held in Rock Hill today on the road question, and he very much de- 1 sired to accept it: but was unable to 1 do ro on account of his previous en- j gagement to address the eleventh an- ( nual convention of the South Carolina c Good Road3 association in Columbia. [ LOCAL LACONICS. c The Most Successful Mill. News and Courier: In the cotton ? mill statistics, published in The News c and Courier's jubilee edition, mention s was accidentally omitted of the Clover * Cotton Manufacturing company, of Clover, a thriving town in York coun- 1 ty. This mill has a capital of $200,- ? 000, operates 21,000 spindles and em- j, ploys 285 operatives. This mill pro- o duces fine yarns from Egyptian and 8 Peeler cott n exclusively. The success j of the mill has been phenomenal. v Many thousands of dollars have been J put into improvements and large div- * Idends have been paid. None of the 0 stock is for sale. t Death of Mrs. Minnie Howe. a Mrs. Minnie Howe, wife of Mr. Jos- o Bph A. Howe, died at her home in Rock f' Hiil last Saturday night, the 15th in- ? stant, of heart trouble, after a long a period of bad health. The funeral ser- . vice was conducted by Rev. C. P. Car- a Ut of Rock Hill, and the interment ^ took place in Rose Hill cemetery, York- n I'llle, on yesterday. The deceased is f< survived by her husband, one son, s Master Wistar, her mother, Mrs. Julia . Hopper of Gastonia, N. C., and four ^ brothers and one sister as follows: P. D. Hopper of Clover: Uriel and Bratton Hopper of Rock Hill; Jas. Hopper and Mrs. Lorena Harkett of Gastonia, N. C. lA/nrrv For lanorant Colored Foil ti Some of the more Ignorant among '5 :ht local colored people are worrying a ibout the probability of their being " :aken back 10 Africa. A story has gotten out am< ng them to the effect that c Mr. Roosevelt has arranged to settle n hem on forty acres with a mule and n i month's rations and all who refuse to P jo will be hanged. The story has. no T loubt, grown out of the recent publicaion to the effect that Mr. Roosevelt's 'r eal purpose In going to Africa was to nake arrangements for the transfer of a' he American negroes to that country. c< Some of the local negroes are really vorried over the matter. ^ si Homicide N?ar Rock Hill. ei Coroner Louthian went to the plan- ol ation of Mr. Horace Brown, Friday, C ind held an Inquest over the body of st TJ ** rv Lr a mlnrAfl who WAS shot Of md killed on Thursday by another no- ej rro named Bob King. Brooks went to r< he field to take dinner to his father, ci Cing saw him and said: "Yonder Is ti l rabbit I'm going to kill." The oth- se x hands thought It was really a rab- Hi lit and paid no attention when he re- B urned from a nearby cabin with a Ir :un. Coming near he fired the load bi nto Brooks. Medical aid was brought, I> mt the man died in a short time. The tt nen had words at some party recent- h< y, but nothing serious was expected hi o result. la Vants County Seat at Fort Mill. Mr. John W. McElhaney, of Fort SO fill, writes to The Enquirer as fol- g< jws: "I see in your paper that Ed- sa [tor Bradford claims that Fort Mill township Is about solid for a new county, with Rock Hill as the county seat. I think that he Is a little off, for If there is to be a new county Fort Mill Is for the county seat herself. Take Rock Hill and a part of Lancaster In Fort Mill county. It Is a good thing that our present constitution fixes the limit, as with things as they now stand, with Rock Hill with three representatives and a senator there would be something doing. I am for old Yorkvllle unless they make Fort Mill a county seat, which would kill Rock Hill." Gettvs-Leaslie. Rock Hill Herald: A marriage of much Interest occurred at Lesslie on Wednesdny, Jan. 5th, when Ml?s Nina (lettys, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Oettys, became the bride of Mr. Dickson Lesslle, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Lesslle. The ceremony was performed at the bride's home fey Rev. W. H. Stevenson. The parlor where the ceremony occurred was tastefully Secorated in Ivy and ferns. The room was darkened and the soft glow of candles made a most beautiful scene upon the surroundings. There were no attendants and the marriage was witnessed by only a few friends and relatives. The bride and groom entered the parlor together to the soft strains of the wedding march played by Miss Anna Wylle Roddey. The bride was beautiful in her bridal array of white satin, trimmed in real Irish lace. She carried a bouquet of white carnations. The bride Is a 'harming young lady and her friends ire numbered by the score. The groom Is a clever young business man of Lesslle and holds the responsible position of postmaster of Lesslle. He is also In the employment of his father. Mr. D. P. Lesslle, who owns large mercantile and farming interests In the county. Mr. and Mrs. Lesslle will reside at Lesslle. After the Rock Hill Tigers. Rock Hill Record, January 17: Several weeks ago two quiet, cleanooklng men came Into Rock Hill, ostensibly on a hunt for work. As a natter of fact, they did get work In hip ui me muai uuiiuu linns. wnue :hey did their work well, they really were not mill hands, but were two leteotives assigned to Rock Hill by :he Hubbard Detective apency of Meridian, Miss., and were sent here it the request of two well known lo:al pastors, who had made up their minds to have a round-up of the 'blind tigers" If such a thing was posdble. It has long been a notorious 'act that liquor is being Illegally sold in Rock Hill; but the "blind tigers" were generally supposed to be confined to the lower class of negroes, rhe local policemen have been very mccessful In capturing the negro vloators of the dispensary law. These two Mississippi detectives, however, jecame convinced that white men In i large number were selling whisky, tnd they laid their traps so well that he following white men were arrestid and tried before Recorder Craig Saturday morning: C. A. Pincher, Ined $100 or thirty days; O. L. Potts, wo charges, fined $100 or thirty days >n each charge; Jim Hammond, four iharges. As he plead guilty he was Ined only $50 or thirty days on each iharge; A. J. Ballard, first offense, Ined $50 or thirty days. A similar :harge was held against C. B. Black, jut he did not appear and he for'elted a $100 bond. All of the above nen are white. Then there were two negroes caught in the dragnet, who vere fined $100, paid the money and walked out. The result of this raid was to Increase the cash In the city xeasury to the extent of $785, prodded the prisoners did not take the oad sentence. This morning Recorder Craig held another session with he "blind tigers" before an appredatlve audlenca C. A. Flncher, who vas convicted on Saturday, was up igaln this morning on another charge, le was convicted and fined $100 or :htrty days. Will Everly, a negro, 'orfelted a $50 bond. O. L. Potts, vho plead guilty to four additional iharges this morning, was given $25 >r thirty days on each charge this iftemoon. Ell Mothershed, who was irrested today at noon, asked to be riven until 4 o'clock to secure a awyer. MERE-MENTION. Patrolman Donahue was assaulted ind killed In the Chinatown section >f Boston, Thursday afternoon..--., rwenty-elght lives were lost In Coos )ay, Oregon, when the Southern Padflc's steamship Czarina, was wrecked rhursday last Dr. Frederick Fleldng of San Antonio, Tex., says he has jerfected plans with Commander 3eary to make a trip to the north pole n a monster dlrrigible balloon, and ex4 ZN 1NSV AUIA ~ 1- ? 4U. i.l. I. jcuia lu uc duic iu iimite lite trip 1x1 wo days from the starting point. The >ailoon will be equipped with engines >f 200 horsepower... .C. W. and Joseph Edge, cousins, of Austell, Ga., are n jail at Marietta, on the charge of laving set Are to their store for the mrpose of securing the flre insurance. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch on rhursday published a confession of *ay Lamphere, who died a few days jreviously in the Indiana state prison. Lamphere confessed that Mrs. Belle lunness, the proprietor of the "murler farm" near Laporte, Ind., had nurdered three persons, whose bodies le assisted in burying, and that Mrs. Junness and her three children were ihloroformed by him and burned up n the fire which destroyed the Gunless farm house... .Governor Pothier if Rhode Island, has notified Governor Kitchin of North Carolina, that his tate will sue North Carolina for the ace value and coupons of North Carolina bonds issued in 1868 and 1869 ind repudiated by the latter state.... 'he Federal grand jury Investigating he American Sugar company's cusoms frauds at New York, on Friday landed down indictments against six if the "men higher up." One of the ix is Charles R. Heike, secretary and reasurer of the sugar company Frederick Cohen, the Philadelphia waiter who disappeared with Miss De anon and who was later arrested rith the girl in Chicago, is in Fhilalelphia and will be tried on a charge f abduction. Cohen's wife threatens hat if the case against her husband s pushed, she will push her suit gainst the girl's grandfather for $50,00 damages, for alienation of the afections of her husband by the De Jann girl Fire destroyed seventeen uildings entailing a loss of $100,000 t Elk Park, N. C., Thursday evening. The police of Kansas City, Mo., 1 re working on what they believe is a 1 -ell planned plot to wipe the heirs of 1 he Swope millions out of existence, in rder that the plotters might secure the 1 artune. During the past four months -1 ro havo hoan ton riontVia u'ltViln tHo wope family, some of the victims be- ' is members of the family and others elnff employes. .. .Five business men f Pittsburg, Pa., including bankers, ontractors and councilmen, were arested on last Friday, on charges of raud and grafting The Internaonal Harvester company has recently divided common stock dividends mounting to $20,000,000 to its shareolders. This dividend represents the arnings of the past few years harles H. Grasty, formerly business lanager for the Munsey chain of ewspapers, last week became sole roprietor of the Baltimore Sun he National Association of Shoe lanufacturers has taken the prellmmry steps to increase the price of all rades of shoes. The Increase will be hnnt 12 tier rpnt Th? InrrAnsAd ist of shoe materials Is given as the s luse Nine lives were lost In ew York city Friday night, the relit of the terrific blizzard which covred the city with snow to the depth f fourteen inches Mrs. Sadie lemens died at the Illinois state inino asylum Friday, of pellagra. Two ther patients are victims of the disuse Michael M. Forrest was ar- f >sted in New York Saturday, on the I targe of stealing $160,000 in connec- s en with real estate deals in New Jer- f k\r Fiirrrmf tiou Knnn s1?w1 cr\r\ cr thrt rut. J. ? UilVOl uuo UKtll ?"Uhl"h V..V, ce for five years Farmers of r erks county. Pa., are selling their f Ish potato crops at 50 and 60 cents a r iishel William Bennett, a New I ondon, Conn., man. on Sunday placed s iree sticks of dynamite In his shirt e >som and lighted the fuse, blowing r s body to atoms Since the proc- 1 mation of the Turkish constitution V icre has been a great influx of Jews I to Palestine. There are more than C .000 In Jerusalem The Brazilian a vornment has established a postal t ivings bank. t SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ?The unveiling of the Calhoun statue In the Statuary Hall of the Capitol at Washington, which was to have taken place on January 19, has been postponed until March 12. ? From what Is being said by members of the legislature, the probability Is that Clemson college Is to be Invested?or at least that there will be an Investigation of the trustees. Dr. Mell, the retiring president, 13 said to be be iiinu me inuvfiueiii,* ana a number of members are Interested. The trustees ray they court Investigation. ? In the case of John Y. Qarllngton. president, and James Stobo Young, secretary and treasurer cf the defunct Seminole Insurance company, tried in Richland county last week on five counts of an Indictment alleging conspiracy and fraud in connection with the manipulation of $55,000 of the assets of the company, on Friday night brought in a verdict of guilty on the fourth count, charging breach of trust vr with fraudulent Intent, and on Saturday afternoon, Judge Prince sentenced Garlington to three years and Young to one year on the cnaingang. There was the usual motion for a new trial, which was promptly overruled, and the two men were permitted to give bond w in the sum of five thousand dollars, each pending an appeal to the supreme court. In passing sentence, Judge Prince said that it was not in his discretion to Impose a fine as alternative to imprisonment. It is stated that both men held up gay and cheerful fronts throughout the trial, showing no evidence of fear of their conviction; and Garlington tried to smile at the verdict, but the smile would not go. Young flushed visibly. As to whether the men will get a new trial, remains to be seen. ? Columbia Record: Senator Chris- jL tensen will introduce in the senate this week a bill which provides for the appointment of four auditors to examine the county offices of all the counties of the state and to make report to the governor, the comptroller general and to the grand juries of the several counties. The bill makes provision for the division of the state into four districts, and for the appointment by the governor of an auditor for each. The auditors are to receive a salary of $2,400 per year each, and each auditor is to appoint an assistant at an an- A nual salary of $1,800. The bill requires that each auditor shall spend a year in one of the districts which would be created bv the bill, and that he then be assigned to another district ?rotating in the same manner as circuit judges. Their term of office is made four years. The bill gives the w auditors the power and authority, and It is made their duty to eo&mlne all 'the county offices, including those of magistrates and dispensaries, so that the practical effects of the bill would be to dispense with a state dispensary auditor. The auditors are required to report to the governor and to the comptroller general, and to the grand juries of the several counties, their findings, not only as to the accounts, but as to the methods of handling the ,V records. They are given authority to ^ examine the bank accounts of the county treasurers, and a penalty is provided in case of the refusal of any bank official to give the required information. In speaking of his bill last Saturday morning, Senator Christensen said that it was drawn after consultation with a number of the county auditors and others who have had considerable experience in the auditing of. county affairs, including several attorneys who have had experience both in the prosecution and in the defense of county officials charged with mis management. "It was drawn," said Senator Chrlstensen, "to be presented at the last session, but as a number of matters suggested in connection with it needed further consideration, It was left over until this time in order that it might be more thoroughly digested." ? Columbia special of January 16 to * The Greenville News: For four days the legislature has been in session and a number of important measures have been attended to. Many of the bills have been passed to third reading. The bills introduced so far have been . most sensible and it seems as if the k present session is going to be one of results. One week has passed and a statewide prohibition bill has not been introduced. Who would have believed such a statement if it had been made a week ago? That a state-wide bill will be introduced is certain but its passage is most doubtful. The Prohibitionists are conferring and getting their ammunition ready for the fray. There was a caucus of the Prohibitionists the other night The meeting was Jb full of sentiment, oratory and applause. For the Prohibitionists are a most enthusiastic lot. It was rumored that it was decided at this meeting to introduce a state-wide measure. However, only a Prohibitionist can confirm this statement as no other party was & allowed in the senate chamber, unless he felt himself an intruder for as the layman or the Democrat who started through the door, the doorkeeper of the senate would say: "Are you a Prohibitionists?" This stalled all of the insurgents, Democrats and others who were attracted by the noise?the great noise at the caucua In fact the caucus almost broke up a meeting of the asylum Investigating committee which was deliberating In a nearby commit- % tee room. It is confidently expected that a state-wide measure will be introduced during the present week. uov. Ansei neia up nis hands and declared the subject too big for him when asked If a dry measure would be passed. On Tuesday there will be the elec- tlons at a joint session of the house and the senate and until that time is over several will feel shaky, for who can tell what a legislature will do and especially so in South Carolina. A supreme court Justice will have to be elected, and also several circuit judges. The state librarian will be elected and the insurance commissioner. Miss La Borde has filled the position as state librarian for several years and has done fine work. There is no doubt that Mr. McMaster will be ^ elected insurance commissioner as his place would be hard to fill. It is a new department and he has made it what it is. ? Columbia special of Monday to j? the Charlotte Observer: The gathering in the legislature of a number of men from every county who are all more or less Interested and experienced in politics is always naturally the time for giving more or less defl niteness to state politics as to entries for office, and this session preceding a general state primary there Is more political talk than usual. But the session Is only a week old now ^ and much more Interesting develop- ^ ments are expected a little later on. rhe most important fact, or probability so strong that It practically amounts to a fact. Is that Attorney Seneral Lyon will not be in the race for governor. This will cause keen ilisappointment among thousands of ^ loyal friends and admirers who think lie should be rewarded with the office of governor for the long and arduous work he has done in pursuit af the dispensary grafters. And without meaning any disrespect toward Mr. Lvon and his friends it might be remarked that his absence from the gubernatorial race will also be a keen iisappointment to those who are after ..... tils political scalp, for the whetting jfc if knives for him has been going on tor many months among those who lave been pinched by his dispensary vork or who are opposed to him for >ther reasons. Mr. Lyon has made no statement as to his intentions, but :he general understanding among hose who seem to be satisfied that hey have the matter sized up correctly is that Mr. Lyon does not retard his dispensary prosecutions suficiently complete to warrant his givnc so much time to the camnnlo^i his summer. He will probably run or re-election to his present position. t has been suggested that he be relerved to run against United States Senator Tillman, and re-election as ittorney general would put him In a ^ >ositlon to enter this race, but his JP rlends say he has no Intention of naking the race against Tillman. Cx-Speaker of the House of Repreentatlves M. L. Smith has been spokn of as a likely candidate this sumner for attorney general, but It Is Ikely that he will come back to the ^ muse instead and run for senator. ~ le will be opposed by Mr. D. D. Mc'oll of Marlboro. Both are efficient nd popular and the race will likely ie a close one whether only these wo enter or not.