Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 21, 1910, Image 2
Scraps and Jacts.
? Washington, January 19: In all
unusual, in fact, unprecedented manner
was the memory of Robert E. Lee
honored at the capltol today, despite
the opposition which developed In the
senate yesterday against any action
of the United States government looking
toward honoring the'distinguished
Confederate general- Members of
congress passing through Statuary
Hall saw the extraordinary addition
to the statues of a huge bouquet of
flowers adorning that of Qen. Lee.
These statesmen commented upon the
departure, dui tnose wno imu e*trotted
to hear criticism on the part of
senators who opposed in the upper
house the reception of the statue were
disappointed. Investigation revealed
that the bouquet bore a card reading:
"Mrs. George W. Boiling, R. E. Lee
Chapter. United Daughters of the
Confederacy, Falls Church, Va." Attaches
of the capitol declared that the
placing of the flowers on a statue in
the hall of Fame in honor of the birthday
of the man thus commemorated,
marked a precedent. Not a single
employee remembers a similar occurrence.
? Tampa, Fla., January IS: That he
had not worked in two years; that he
has made several trips to New Orleans,
Paterson. N. J., and even one to Italy,
and that he has always had money,
* -* * ? Kawa/I 4 n
bought property ana rum nui muuicu <u
four years, were strong chains In the
evidence welded against Castenge
Flcarrotta here today on trial for the
murder of G. Flcarrotta, alleged to
have been the victim of the same
Black Hand plot that cost other citizens
of Tampa their lives. A sensation
was sprung when Hugh McFarlane,
a leading financier of Tampa, testified
that Flcarrotta had come to him
and offered to kill any man he wanted
for 1200. McFarlane said that he led
the man on and practically made arrangements
with him to commit a
crime Just to see If he was in earnest.
Other witnesses testified to Flcarrotta's
connection with Dr. Grana, who fled
the country over a year ago, following
a series of attempted ambuscades,
in one of which he was shot. It was
also brought out that following the
murder of G. Flcarrotta. $200 wag found
in the defendant's house after he had
been unable to pay hl9 taxes a few
days previous. Flcarrotta was nervous
throughout the giving of evidence,
and there is strong belief that he will
tell of those higher up who are suspected.
? Striking a blow at the alleged manipulation
of slaughter house products
and the effect on the high cost of living,
the Crumpacker bill, providing for
enumerating at the coming census of
all cattle, calves, sheep, lambs, hogs,
goats and kids slaughtered, was ordered
favorably reported last Tuesday by
the house census committee. The bill
provides for a full census of hides to
show Increases In number and prices
and to determine whether the3e products
are under the control of a combination
to affect market prices. The
small country slaughtering houses as
well as the big packing houses would
be affected. The committee purposes
to press the proposed Inquiry. "In view
of the increased cost of living and the
high prices of hides," said Chairman
Crumpacker, "In reporting: the bill, It
is Important to know relatively the
number of animals slaughtered and the
hides produced In the large packing
establishments and the number of animals
slaughtered and hides produced
on the farm and In the small butchering
establishments. It Is also import
ant to know whether there Is a shortage
of food animals or whether the
price of the products may be affected
by the percentage that Is slaughtered
and controlled by the large establishments.
This census can be taken by
special agents at comparatively small
costs." Census Director Durand has
suggested that there should be speedy
action on the measure.
? Agreeing that there should be uniformity
In state laws affecting not only
commercial matters, but likewise those
that pertain to the well being of the
Individual, the Civic Federation at its
final session held in Washington, D. C,.
last Wednesday, adopted quite a number
of resolutions. Among them
were those recommending to the governors
the adoption of uniform laws
for the piotection of children employed
in Industries; favoring a uniform
Insurance code for adoption by the several
states; uniform legislation on the
subject of gathering and preservation
of vital statistics, indorsing the con
nervation of American forests and referring
the same to the committee on
uniform state laws. The conference
further adopted a resolution recommending
to the governors of the states,
and to the states thesmelves that the
workmen's compensation acts, fail to the
employer and employes, and just to the
state, be uniformly substituted for the
present system of employers' liability
for injuries received in and arising out
of the course of employment. A resolution
was passed recommending to the
respective states consideration of the
development of water powers and their
regulation on non-navigable streams,
with a view to bringing about uniform
co-opera lion Detween eacn state ana
the Federal government In the development
and control of water powers. The
conference authorized the appointment
of a committee of fifteen on reform
of legal procedure for the purpose of
co-operation with the committee of the
American Bar association to suggest
remedies and formulate proposed laws
to prevent unnecessary delay in litigation.
? At the aviation field at Los Angeles,
Cal., last Tuesday, Louis Paulhan, the
well known French aviator, made in a
Farman biplane, the most remarkable
flight that had gone upon the record
up *to that time. There was a great
crowd out, as usual, to witness the flying
of the various aviators; but a
strong wind sprang up just about
starting time and continued so steadily
at the rate of sixty miles an hour, that
it began to look as if all the contests
and trial flights of the day were off.
The crowd was very much disappointed
and after a while began hooting. While
the hooting was going on a biplane
arose from the far end of the field and
came down toward th<- crowd against
the fierce wind. There was a sudden
hush upon the appearance of the ilylng
machine, and when it got near the
crowd It made a dip as if to alight.
Then it swooped up and tile word went
out along the crowd that Paulhan was
off to try to break the world's record
for time and distance. The machine
arose steadily until It reached a height
of nearly 2.000 feet and then went off
In nearly a straight line down the field
and over a high wall of the mountains
until it was out of sight. He continued
until he got to Lucky Baldwin's ranch
23 miles away, and then turning came
back against the wind, making 4?
miles in 1 hour and 2 minutes and 47
seconds. Paulhan's wife followed as
well as she could in an automobile,
crying and praying and hoping to be on
hand in case of an accident needing
her assistance. When the daring aviator
alighted on the aviation field on
his return, the crowd thronged around
him and almost overwhelmed him in
efforts to take his hand, and his countrymen
kiS3ed him. It was given out
at once that the mgnt was ine most
remarkable that has yet been made,
and It 13 believed that he has won a
prize of $10,000 offered to the first man
who meets all the conditions that he
has compiled with.
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Kntertd at the Poatofflce in Yorkvllle
as Mali Matter or tne secnna v.itw
YORKVILLE. S. C.i
FRIDAY. JANUARY 21. 1910.
The general assembly has not yet
gotten f-ilrly down to work, but will
be at It next week.
Clem son should be made a state institution,
directed by the state as well
as supported by the. state.
The situation pictured by Dr. Mell
in his report to the legislative committee,
shows that a change is absolutely
necessary.
Bit there Is one good thing about
this cotton speculation situation, and
that is that the holders of spots do not
always have to follow the future market
Hnwn
In these times of advancing prices,
newspaper subscriptions and advertisements
are among the cheapest commodities
there are. As a matter of
fact, in many cases, prices were already
too low.
There are still people In this country,
who want to take offense on being
presented with a bill for an amount
due. How could anybody be so unreasonable?
The man who objects to
being presented with a bill should never
ask for credit.
That Is quite a nice write up that
the Laurens Advertiser gives one of
the distinguished citizens of Laurens
on his arrival from Columbia, with a
sentence ui uirec jrcttis in me pmivcntlary
hanging over him. Wonder If It
Is really a fact that the courts were
all wrong about this thing, and the
man was convicted solely as the result
of public clamor. If It Is a fact that
this citizen is guilty as charged, there
Is no question of the fact that he got
about what was coming to him; but if
he is a victim of public clamor, is it
not about time that we begin to make
a really serious and searching examination
of ourselves?
The Gastonla Gazette has picked us
up on our confession that we did not
know where the "Bruton" district of
York county was. The reference was
to the lifting of the cattle quarantine
in that district, and from the fact that
South Carolina localities seemed to be
under consideration, we assumed that
the reference was to the "Bruton" district
of this state. The Gazette, however,
advises us that If we had used
our glasses, we could have seen that
Virginia was plainly stated. It is not
pleasant to be caught Just that way,
but since the government so seldom
makes errors in its publications, it is
Just as well for us to own up that we
were a little too fresh.
Tiimtr Is s nronosition to divide the
state hospital plant and establish two
or more divisions In different parts of
the state, outside of Columbia. The
asylum property In Columbia Is estimated
to be worth $500,000, and it Is
proposed to spend one million or more,
in enlarging and re-establishing the
proposed divided institution. We are
looking for tne sale of the present
property, at some price, and we are
looking for the expenditure or a million
dollars; but very few people outside
of the asylum are looking for any
removal from Columbia, because Columbia
won't give it up. The removal
idea is suggested principally for the
purpose of getting the balance of the
state thoroughly interested in the subject.
Editors and Opinions.
The question of how far the editorials
in a newspaper reflect the personal,
individual views of the editor, and how
far they are to be taken as an impartial
exposition of concrete facts and
principles, Is up for discussion, and although
the matter can never be definitely
settled, occasional consideration
of it is not unprofitable.
In this world of many men and many
minds, it would be the height of presumption,
cheek and gall, for any man
to try to hold out the idea that he
alone is infallible and that he alone is
capable of conceh ing correct views
upon any question, no matter what;
but the man who is unable to appreciate
that whether he is capable of
discovering it or not, there is a right
and wrong to everything, is little better
than a moral and intellectual imbecile.
There are editors, so-called editors,
who have no views except their desires,
and whose views are applied to every
question on the same principle that an
infant turns to its mother's breast, or
sucks a piece of candy. These editors
declare a certain way and argue a certain
way, because they want things
that way. And in all cases their views
are certainly the individual views of
the editors.
By way of illustration, we will remark
that while there are as many
kinds of lawyers as there are individuals
in the profession, they are divided
into two general classes. One class
can see but one side of any question,
the side it is on, and the other class
looks at both sides. One class looks
only to temporary victory in the particular
case upon which it may be engaged.
The other recognizes that in
all things right is the final arbitur.
and is always careiui aoout trampling
right under foot. Those who belong to
the first class, may win the plaudits of
a day or a week, those who belong to
the other class build for life and leave
good reputations behind them.
The newspaper editor who treats the
questions of the day on a basis of temporary
expediency may very well be
taken as expressing his Individual inclinations,
t and It Is only a matter of
time, and often a very short time at
that, until he is sized up at his full
value. The newspaper editor who undertakes
to view facts and conditions
on a basis of their real relation to
fundamental truth, may not always be
correct: but he will always command
the respect of those who admire frank
honesty, and who may be able to see
that he stands for that quality.
Editors who write merely for the
purpose of Impressing their individual
opinion, have very little business Inflicting
those opinions on the public.
Editors who write to teach and Impress
the truth with the hope of making
men better and wiser, very often
do a great deal of lasting good.
Whes cott-n is going up, up, up as
the result of operations of the manipuI
lators of the New York Exchange, we
of the south are jubilant and throwup
our hats and holler hurrah, and
when prices go down, down down, we
of the south begin to grit our teeth and
abuse the gamblers. Among the poker
players, the winner Is In high spirits
onH thp inspr is downcast?after the
game id over. Both sides are now
howling supply and demand. They
were making the same howl two
weeks ago. If the demand Is not as
great now as It was two Weeks ago,
why not? The supply is certainly no
greater. It Is our own Judgment that
cotton should be worth fifteen cents
under present conditions. The only
reason we shall attempt to give right
now, is that on the prevailing basis of
the price of supplies, cotton cannot be
raised at less than fifteen cents with
a reasonable profit to the producer. But
that does not govern. We have seen
cotton selling at 5 cents a pound under
r?r?nHIHnna when It would COSt no leSS
than seven or eight cents to produce It
The gamblers gave us the same old
talk about supply and demand, yet the
price of yam was high and the mills
were literally cotnlng money. The
mills still have a profit at fifteen cents,
that is the mills that are properly
managed, and yet the price of cotton
goes on down. Why? We are not
blaming the mills, we are merely inquiring
for the supply and demand basis
of present claims. It is the exchange
speculators who are giving the trouble.
There has been more profit and
loss among the gamblers of the New
York Exchange this year, and the
lambs they have been bleeding, than
there has been among all the farmers,
who produced the cotton. And why
Bhould these gamblers be permitted to
have such sport with a legitimate crop
like cotton?
MANN HIT8 BACK AT MELL.
Trustee Deals In 8ome Pretty Warm
Talk.
Replying to the letter of Dr. Mell,
published on the first page of this issue
of The Enquirer, Dr. Coke D. Mann,
one of the trustees, is out in a warm
card which reads in part as follows:
"I had thought that the controversy
between Dr. Mell and myself had ended,
but I saw in the Charleston News and
Courier of the 17th instant that I was
mistaken. He has a number of charges
against me, all of which are absolutely
untrue. As his first charge he says:
While I was in controversy with the
last commandant in the matter of who
should discharge the duties of the president's
office, the Rev. C. D. Mann, a
member of the board of trustees, published
an article in the newspapers
condemning me in my efforts to control
the officers of the college, and yet
lie nuu nui avaucu muiocu ui mc uj/"
portunity to inform himself concerning
my side of the matter under consideration.'
"He says further down that 1 had
disqualified myself from sitting at a
subsequent meeting of the board of
trustees. He calls it a Jury. The public
knows what he means. Again he
says: 'He took part in the discussion,
which occurred in the board, and cast
his vote against me in the final action
of the trustees.' What disqualified me
with the doctor? Specify. Was it for
stating facts which I tried to get him
or some one else to come and deny? I
made the broad challenge that if any
man would deny it I would prove it,
and he did not see his way clear to dispute
it. Then why did he not come out
like a man and not wait like a dirty
cur until he had left the state? I call
the attention of the public to this fact.
Capt. Minus had already resigned as
commandant and Dr. Mell was trying
to put the whole blame on him, and I
knew it was untrue. Therefore I came
to his rescue and have nothing to regret
or take back."
' Let me say right here that Dr. Mell
has his first time ever to deny one of
Capt. Minus's charges before the board
of trustees. He gave us to understand
that he was supreme. Forgetting that
the other man was in authority in his
department and had rights to be observed
and respected, not by the students
in barracks, but by the president
of the college as well. Capt. Minus was
and is a gentleman of the highest type
notwithstanding what Dr. Mell may
write or say. My Interference in the
Mell-Minus controversy was not to interfere
with Dr. Mell's duties as president
of Clemson college, as he would
have the public believe, but to show
to the public that Dr. Mell was trying
to run the commandant, trustees and
everything in sight. When we had Dr.
Mell and Capt. Minus before us at an
informal meeting, when about one-half
of the board was present, Capt. Minus
making his charges and Dr. Mell hear
ing tnem, ana aner neanng Doin 01
these gentlem* n. we went over the
situation, and we agreed that a committee
should be appointed to go next
morning and see if Dr. Mell would let
the Minus department alone, and Dr,
Mell promised he would. Then the
committee went to Capt. Minus and he
promised the same thing. This promise
was not kept by Dr. Mell, and Capt.
Minus's resignation was tendered during
the session of the legislature in
1908.
"I am not at all surprised at Dr.
Mell's criticisms of me for I believe
had it not been for my article to the
press Dr. Mell would be at Clemson
college today. I knew a great deal
more about his side of the matter under
consideration than he thought I
did T had not heen nn fho hoard of
trustees two months before It was very
clear to my mind that he was too small
a man for the place and with the criticisms
and charges against him, they
were too much for the president of any
great institution to carry.
"Now, I hope this will be sufficient.
I have not tried to hurt Dr. Mell and
would not for anything in the world.
Now doctor, believe me. Stop Dr. Mell,
or I will take deliberate aim next time
and if I don't get you I will take the
consequences."
(Signed.) Coke D. Mann.
Five Cents a Cuss.?We understand
that an effort is being made at some of
the manufacturing plants about town
to organize "No Cursing" or Anti-Profanity
clubs. The plan suggested is,
for all the hands and management to
agree to pay a fine of five cents for every
oath or profane word spoken, the
money to be placed by the entire force
ana Kepi as a luno in ain any operative,
who might in any way become disabled
for work. To have to pay five cents
for every profane word used, will have
a tendency to stop so much cursing,
which is simply appalling at some
places where men are employed. The
habit is most sinful and worse than
useless and frequently boys who never
hear such language at the homes of
their parents get into the habit of cursing
by associating with thoughtless
men at the factories or manufacturing
plants about town. We trust this undertaking
will work a reform: managers
should encourage it and every
hand should join, for the fund accumulated
from the fines would be of much
service to the man who by accident or
sickness, is laid .off from work for a
few days or weeks.?Lenoir News.
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Klrkpatrlck-Belk Co.?Wants two boys
and two girls for cash boys, cashier
and bundle wrapper.
Jno. A. Carter, Lowryvll'le?Wants the
owner to come for a creepy cow he
has taken up.
T. W. Ross. Rock Hill?Has his well
boring outfit In Yorkville for a few
days. Write him about a bored well.
Mrs. O. E. Wllklns?Will pay reward
lor return wi ?uver oreum pin, iusi
Sunday morning.
D. E. Boney?Tells of the quick settlement
of a death claim by the Farmers'
Mutual Life Insurance company.
J. L. Williams & Co.?Quote prices
on a number of articles, some of
which may Interest you.
Hemdon & Gordon?Give a short essay
on biscuit and tell you what a
bad biscuit will do and how to make
them good.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill?
Calls your attention to a number of
things It can and will do for Its customers
and asks for your business.
Yorkvllle Monument Works?OfTers
special prices on monuments and
headstones In order to reduce its
stock on hands.
York Supply Co.?Has several wants,
Including peas and hay and a good
many different kinds of things for
sale. Including groceries, flour, farm
tools, etc.
First National Bank. Sharon?Points
out a number of reas6ns why you
should do business through the
bank and asks you to try a checking
account with It.
Thomson Co.?Now has the Ladies'
Home Journal style book with the
spring styles?20 cents a copy.
Home Journal patterns are best for
Deginnera.
J. C. Wllborn?Has three additional
tracts of land for sale, and wants you
see him for real estate.
J. Q. Wray?Is showing new spring
goods and quotes prices on some of
them. He wants you to come and
see the new spring styles.
The dispensary commissioners in the
counties that went dry last summer,
are still holding on to their Jobs, and
a bill has been introduced In the legislature
to relieve them of the trouble
of collecting further per dlems.
The sand for the sand and clay work
on the Rutherford road is being contributed
by farmers who, some time ago
made subscriptions of from )5 to $50
each in work. There are some, of
...Lm Ua..a .A* AM1?_
UUUI DC WUU liavc nut OUUOV.I1UCU .ailJ thing;
but generally the subscriptions
are liberal and the outlook is that there
will be a lot of good work done.
We take pleasure In warning our
subscribers that the new story, "The
Fourth Estate," which is commenced on
the drat page of today's issue of The
Enquirer is a story well worth while,
and every reader should commence with
the opening chapters. We are giving
a liberal Installment today and as
Tuesday's issue of The Enquirer is to
contain eight pages, the next Installment
will be still more generous. Begin
with the story at the beginning.
That is a meritorious fight in whish
certain good citizens of Rock Hill have
eniereu iui uie purpuoe ui Cleaning uui
the tigers, and Messrs. Dunlap & Dunlap,
the earnest and aggressive young
attorneys, who have given such valuable
assistance to the prosecution, have
shown up splendidly in it. But it is not
to be forgotten that reforms of this nature
cannot be completed with a single
flurry. The rooting out of tigers Is a
task worthy of any man's mettle and it .
is a long, tedious process.
The Charlotte Chronicle has reduced
its selling price to one cent a copy,
and states that it is putting in Improved
machinery to meet the demands of
the increased circulation. The Chronicle,
so far as our present recollection .
serves ub, is the pioneer among southern
papers in this penny experiment,
I* hon onnn nrnnor
to hold to the regulation price of Ave
cents on trains and at railway stations,
and $5 a year to outsiders, we are
dubious as to how the experiment will
work. The Chronicle, however, has always
been a good paper and it continues
to improve.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. H. C. Miller of Yorkville, went to
Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, on business.
M. B. Jennings, Esq., of Spartanburg,
Is spending several days in Yorkville
thit week.
Mrs. R. A. Chandler of Mayesville, is
visiting ner mother, Mrs. W. B. Steele
in Yorkville. J
Mrs. J. P. Hollis of Rock Hill, is
visiting her parents. Dr. and Mrs. M.
J. Walker in Yorkville.
1UIII9 lUIUlUC HllllCSlUCD, ClUtl LUIIIVU
her friends on Wednesday evening at
her home in Hickory Grove, compli- '
mentary to her guest, Miss Reola Quinn
of Yorkville.
Mr. H. T. Williams has moved his j
family from the Lowrance house on
East Jefferson street, to the Weber
house on Church street. Mrs. W. B. j
Steele has moved into the house va- |
cated by Mr. Williams. 1
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SERVICE BY MAIL.
Sheriff Brown's recently adopted idea '
of serving the petit jurors by mail is
working like a charm, and there seems '
to be no reason to anticipate any trouble.
1
Immediately on the drawing of the
jury last Tuesday morning, after all
the malls had left, the sheriff mailed i
subpoenas to all of the veniremen, ex- j
cept three, whose addresses he had not
been able to definitely ascertain up to ]
that time, and by Thursday morning
he had acceptances from twelve?one- i
third of the whole number. Up to '
this time, all but about half a dozen of
the jurors have been heard from, and '
by tonight, he expects to have the ve- |
nire complete, unless it shall happen (
that some of the Jurors drawn are dead \
or have moved out of the county. 1
There has been some discussion of '
the question as to whether this mail
plan is regular; but the supreme court
decisions on the subject are so clear, ?
as to leave no reasonable doubt in the
mind of the sheriff or any one else who '
has taken the trouble to look into the 1
question.
THE. FIVt UULLAK KKtlVIIUWl. ;
There has been very little doing in
competition for the five dollars offered
for the largest number of new subscribers
returned and paid for during J
the present week up to tomorrow night 1
at 6 o'clock. .At least, that Is true as {
far as we are able to judge by the re- J
turns up to this time.
While, of course, there will probably
be quite a number of new subscriptions
between now and March 15, it seems
that most of them are in. or the club- 1
makers are not giving much attention
to these weekly pickups during the (
month of January, of five dollars each, j
The first premium of five dollars was
won by Miss Addle Caveny of Rock J
Hill No. 1, and the second by Mr. A. ,
w. MCfanana 01 hurviiic i>u. o, uui
who Is to pet the premium this week, '
of eour.se, remains to be seen. In ease *
of a tie, which is possible, and which
has not heretofore been specifically t
provided for in this contest, another f
week will be allowed In which the tie J
will be worked off. j
This week's premium Is still anybody's
money, and a clubmaker who 1
has two or more new subscribers that
he can enter and pay for, will not be
safe In leaving them over until next
week a:j the chances of carrying off the
prize with a few names. Is as good now
as it will be then.
"GO INTO CONTRACTS."
"If I could only get to the farmers
of York county," said a well known
magistrate In The Enquirer office cn
Wednesday, "I would like to urge every
one of them to start out this year
with the Intention of having all contracts
they make with laborers or oth- (
er people, In writing, (
"While It Id a fact that the landlord
had a statutory lien for rent and supplies,
the statute does not attempt to
define the numerous little details that
may enter Into such a contract, and
It Is better to have all this specified in
writing.
"It is a good idea also to have paper
contracts as between employing farm- 1
ers and laborers. Such a contract
properly drawn with full specifications,
very often serves to settle disputes and
disagreements that might otherwise 1
prove more or less troublesome, and it i
is cheaper to have them than it is to
pay the costs of litigation that often
develops out of their absence.
"Of course, when It comes to paper
security for. supplies to be furnished
by the merchants, the farmer does not
have to worry about that. Wise man
as he is, the merchant does not neglect i
to look after matters of such great lm- (
portance."
LAWMAKER8 AT WINTHROP.
The members of the general assembly
were entertained at Wlnthrop col- ,
lege last Wednesday, the anniversary
of the birth of Robert E. Lee, and had
a great time of it The correspondent
of the Columbia State sent that paper
the following story of the day's programme:
Tne Deauty or iorm ana ietnuie wwi
abundant In 700 young: women who are
.gathered at Wlnthrop, and the beauty
of holiness was seen and felt in viewing
the work that is being accomplished
at this college in fitting young girls
for the struggle that must come to all
in life and sending them forth as
evangels of purity to carry light into ;
the black darkness of ignorance. There :
was not one of the 300 visitors who (
yesterday went to Winthrop who did
not come away a firmer believer in the
good being done by Wlnthrop Normal
and Industrial college, and with a
higher hope for the eventual victory
of education over the realm of ignorance.
Suave is the word that most fitting- ;
ly describes President Johnson of the j
college, and suavity describes the way
in which the legislature and those who j
accompanied it, were entertained at t
Winthrop yesterday from their arrival ,
at 11.30 o'clock until their departure ,
at 7 o'clock last evening. And this ,
suavity is the result of system, and
system stares one in the face and meets
one at every corner and accompanies |
one at every step at Wlnthrop.
The most of the members of the '
South Carolina legislature, with the '
wives and daughters of many of them,
Teached there this morning a little behind
schedule time on the invitation 1
extended them by President Johnson i
T na'o Hlrth/lav an miaata Of
IU OJ/CIIU UCC O wii w a
Winthrop college. They were met at
the train by the president and by a
dozen pretty marshals dressed In pure
white and wearing over their shoulders
"ashing of garnet and bearing shepherd's
crooks, bedecked with garnet
ribbons. Escorted to the college, the
visitors were seated according to
onnntlM In th# ehnnel. the Section for I
each delegation being marked by a
banner bearing the county's name emblazoned
thereon.
President Johnson read the programme
of the entertainment and at
his order the visitors were escorted
over the buildings and shown all the
departments of the college from the
kindergarten to the science hall. Each
victor was accorded a fair escort and
IrfTmany Instances he was so fortunate
as to have two and even three
guides.
From this general Inspection the visitors
were taken to the athletic Held
and there witnessed a thrilling game
of basket ball. It was most ladylike
and the only casualty was a small and
not unbecoming scratch upon one of
the fairest cheeks.
Dinner being announced the guests
were marched into the Immense new
dining hall, which has been completed
within the year, and they, with all the
college girls and faculty, making a
total of 1,041 persons, were seated to
an elegant dinner of turkey, Virginia
ham and their usual accompaniments.
There was no crowding, no delay, and
there was room for more people.
Tha Toasts.
President Johnson, acting as toastmaster,
when the feast had ended introduced
T. G. McLeod, lieutenant governor
of South Carolina, who responded
to the toast, "The State ui South
Carolina:"
"Here's to the land of the cotton and
the corn,
The dear old Southland, the land where
I was born;
And there's no place under God's blue
anme
That I would rather think of, and call'
'down home.'"
Robert Edward Lee with Lord Wolseley's
grand tribute to him wad the
second toast on the programme and (
was to have been responded to by W.
L. Manldin, president pro tern of the '
senate. In his absence Senator Car- r
lisle af Spartanburg paid a tribute to (
the memory of the Confederate leader
whose birthday anniversary was the '
occasion of the visit of the legislators. ?
"The General Assembly."
'Our country's welfare is our first con- 1
Lf I II,
A.nd who promotes that best?best
prove3 his duty."
Senator W. N. Graydon responded
to this.
The pleasure of responding to the
toast, "Winthrop College?The Teacher,
the Seed-Corn of Civilization," was
accorded to Representative J. G. Richards.
J. E. Swearingen, state superintendent
of education, responded to "The
State and Public Elducatlon."
"It was in making education common
to all that the destiny of the free
republics of America was practically
settled."
"Rural and Agricultural Education:"
'Farming is the greatest institution of
the south. The preservation and Improvement
of this greatest Industry
3epend upon the Improvement of the
rural schools." This was responded to
by O. B. Martin of the United States
department of agriculture.
The Mayor's Response.
John T. Roddey, the mayor of the
:ity, was gracious in his response to
'The citv of Rock Hill:"
"Justly famous for her hospitality, L
her enterprise and her loyalty to Win- I
throp collage." x
"The Press." j
'Then hail to the oress! chosen guar- (
dlan of freedom!
Strong sword-arm of Justice! bright
sunbeam of truth!" c
?Horace Greeley. c
In response to this toast Hartwell M. t
Ayer, member of the house of repre- r
*entatlves, touched a chord of sympathy
when "he paid a tribute to N. G. 1
jonzalos. formerly the editor of The c
st.ntp. referring to h.im and to the late ?
Senator Carmack of Tennessee as mar- j,
tyrs of the press.
"Woman."
'Age can not wither her. nor custom *
stale "
fler inflnfte variety." r
?Shakespeare. ^
Representative E. M. Rucker was
iloquent in his speech on this sentiment.
d
The glee club of the college accom- d
)anied b?y an orchestra, sang frequent- a
y and as the diners rose "America" .
vas sung.
A charming concert in the audito- ?
Mum followed the dinner and a recep- t
ion in the parlors and public halls t
nded the day of festivities.
As the visitors boarded tne train ior
heir retrrn trip to Columbia, college v
tongs and college yells, with their ai- ,,
ernatlng discord and melody, rang
hrotigh the grounds of Wlnthrop col- *
ege. t<
LOCAL LACONIC8. i
Will Vote on Bond*.
The city council of Rock Hill has
passed a resolution providing for the
submission to the qualified voters of
the city, the question of Issuing 1150,- 1
)00 of bonds for sewerage, water and
light purposes. The election Is to be
held on February 24.
Still Some Friction.
Rock Hill Record: It Is reported that
the Judiciary committee of the senate
railed to agree on Tuesday on a favorable
report on the Stewart-Hollls bill,
which has for its object putting the
election of a school board up to the
qualified voters of the Rock Hill school
district. The Judiciary committee was
to have held another meeting this
morning.
For Bettor Roods.
There was a mass meeting In Rock
Hill last Tuesday mcrnlng on the subject
of better roads. The meeting was
addressed by Mr. R. F. Toms, of the
Qood Roads department, and he was
followed by Mr. Thos. L. Johnston,
president of the Rock Hill Chamber of
Commerce, who advocated the levy of
an additional two mill tax In Catawba,
Fbenezer and Bethesda townships for
food roads purposes.
Death of Mrs. Jans Love.
Mrs. Jane Love, widow of the late
Dr. Robert Love, died at the residence
of her son, Mr. Sam. H. Love of McCbnnell8ville,
last Wednesday, aged
about 78 vears. She had been in very
good health until shortly before Christmas,
when she had a severe fall and
sustained Injuries that were followed
by complications that finally compassed
the end. Mrs. Love's maiden name was
Hemphill. She was regarded by all
who knew her during her long life as a
very superior women, and she was held
In high esteem. Her surviving children
are Mr. S. H. Love, Dr. W. M. Love,
Mrs. J. B. Bratton, Mrs. Prank Williams
and Miss Ella Love. The funeral
took place at Bethesda yesterday.
Death of L. B. Glover.
Fort Mill Times: Another good citizen
of Fort Mill passed to his reward
last Thursday night, when the spark
of life which had feebly burned In the
breast of Mr. L. B. Glover for several
weeks went out. Mr. Glover was a resident
of the Flint Hill section of the
township. He was 64 years old and
had for the more than three score
/ears of his life continuously resided
In the home In which he died. He was
a member of Flint Hill Baptist church
and was a regular attendant upon the
services of his church until declining
health 'forced him to remain at home.
The funeral services were held In Flint
Hill church Friday afternoon and the
Interment was In the churchyard, Rev.
Mr. Hair being the minister In charge.
The Christian Messenger.
The first Issue of The Christian Messenger
made Its appearance last Wednesday.
It had been ready for the
press since the latter part of December
and was to have come out on Jannot-u
i. hnf was Heleved because of the
Illness of Rev. E. E. Oillespie, the editor.
He thought it better not to let the
paper be published until he was up
and ready to attend to its circulation.
The Messenger is a neat, four page
sheet, with three wide columns on each
>f the first two pages, and four standard
width columns on the last two
pages. The wide columns are devoted
principally to editorial matter, and the
standard width columns to church
lews and advertisements. The first
sdltlon consists of five hundred copies,
and most of these were mailed out during
yesterday.
Now to Gst Roads.
"If there was Just a little more public
sDirit than there is," said Mr. W.
B. Keller In Tne Enquirer office on
Wednesday, "we could have good roads
>ver the most of York county In a little
or no time, I don't mean to say
:hat there is no public spirit, for I know
that there is lots of it; but It is not
ilrected as it should be. There is need
tor it to be directed and lead. If every
lelghborhood would Just turn out its
teams at this season and haul clay to
the sand roads and sand to the clay
roads, the trick would be done In a little
while, because the wet weather and
the travel would fix the rest. I want
:o say that there are several people in
ny neighborhood who have been doing
julte a lot of voluntary work on the
roads from time to time, and that is
vhy the King's mountain road is one
)f the best dirt roads in the county."
MERE-MENTION.
One of the latest reports about Dr. '
rook, is to the effect that he is suf- 1
'erlng from melancholia in a hospital 1
lear Heidleberg, Germany Govern- '
>r Hughes of New York, announces 1
hat he will retire from politics on the I
expiration of his present term of office. 1
A great ice gorge that had stood
n the Ohio river above Louisville for 1
;wo weeks, threatening destruction to
he city and villages below, broke last '
Tuesday without serious damage
The British elections are still in prog- 1
ess and although there have been
,*reat gains on the side of the, Union- '
_tf, the Liberals will retain a good
najorlty In parliament A new graft
n the shape of the undervaluation of <
orelgn automobiles Imported In this
:ountry, has been discovered in the I
>few York customs house John R. 1
A'alsh, the convicted bank wrecker of
Chicago, has lost out in his appeal to
he United States supreme court, and
nust go to the Federal prison at Fort
>>avenworth, Kan., for five years. The
:onvicted banker is 72 years old
3aul Endemann, a former teller of the
feffer3on bank, of New York, was senenced
Monday to a term of not less
han four years in Sing Sing prison for
mbezzling $50,000 One hundred
:cal trains were sent out of Chicago on
donday over the Chicago and Northwestern
railway, to relieve a coal famne
in towns and cities to the north of
Chicago....A big counterfeiting plant
vas discovered in the villa of the Duke
if Bonaventa at Guadlx, Spain, a few
lays ago and further investigation by
he police seems to implicate a large
lumber of the titled folks of the counrv.
Millions of dollars of the spurious
oin id said to have been circulated....
tenor Joaquinn Nabuco, Brazilian amlaasador
to the United States, died in
Vashlngton on Monday Five men
vert* shot to death in a neighborhood
eud in St. Landry parish, La., Monday
light. The killing took place during a
lance at the home of Ernest Solleau.
...James Owens, a religious fanatic,
hot his wife and sister-in-law to
leath, fatally wounded a third person
- J o fWforrl \fiss4..
n(l L'UMIIIIIu SUIUUI CIi VA.?. ,
,Ionday James Klas, under arrest j
t Pensacola, Fla., Is believed to be the c
hlrd yeggman, who was In the party J
hat tried to get Into the postofflce at c
'allahassee two weeks ago. Klas' grip n
ran found to contain a full safeblow- h
t's outfit... .The attorney general of ^
Jlrsourl has started an Investigation p
i) lind out the why of high priced meat f
n that state. The cattle growers and
feeders say that they are getting the
same price for grain fed cattle now tha,t
they did for grass fed cattle last fall.
Mr. Roosevelt's collection of African
specimens for the Smithsonian Institution
at Washington, now numbers
8,463 Gulsseppe Muaollno, the most
noted of Italian brigands, with a record
of thirty known murders to his credit,
and sentenced in 1901 to life Imprisonment
at the age of 27, Is now a hopeless
maniac and has been moved from
an underground dungeon to a hospital
for criminal insane... .The suicide at
Philadelphia on Sunday of J. Herbert
Stephenson, made the tenth death of
norsnng Slr?ptlv mnnepfpri with the
grafting In connection with the new
state capltol of Pennsylvania The
great Shoshone dam, eight miles from
Cody, Wyo., was completed Monday.
The dam Is 328.4 feet high from base
to parapet, the highest In the world.
It will have a capacity of 148,688,512,000
gallons and will supply water to
irrigate 100,000 acres of land In the
Shcshone river valley Three women
lost their lives and six were seriously
injured In an apartment house
Are in Philadelphia on Monday
Thirteen hundred anthracite coal miners
are on a strike at Wllkesbarre, Pa.
Prof. Walter Q. Penhollow was
convicted at Mount Holly, N. J., Monday.
on the charge of assaulting a girl
pupil The strike of girl shirtwaist
makers of Philadelphia and New
York, which has been in progress for
several weeks, la apparently as far
from settlement as was the case at the
start, and the strike is spreading to
other cities For the third time the
house has passed a bill admitting Arizona
and New Mexico to separate
statehood The National Shoe
Wholesaler's association has announced
that there will be a stiff advance in the
price of shoes, giving the advance in
the price of leather as the reason....
A Savannah dispatch says that many
cotton mills are buying futures with a
view to getting cheap cotton, futures
a)v* being lower than spots.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? r*r Inmm Rnvi>i> nrealdent of Due
West Female college, was stricken
with apoplexy last Monday night and
was unconscious until Tuesday morning.
? The house yesterday killed a bill
Introduced by Mr. McMahan to provide
that the privilege tax be paid into the
state treasury to relnburse the state for
the expenses of inspections, etc., instead
of allowing: it to go to Clemson
college.
? The state-wide prohibition bill was
Introduced in both houses of the general
assembly yesterday, in the house
by Senator Carlisle and In the senate
by Representative Richards. It is quite
a lengthy bill, and is practically the
same as the one Introduced last year.
? The house of representatives devoted
some time yesterday to the discussion
of a bill to amend the law relating
to liens, so as to provide that a
chattel mortgage on a crop shall not
be valid unless the crop is up and
growing at the tiraj the mortgage is
executed.
?:Aiken, January 18: Judge James
Aldrich is lying seriously ill at his
home In this city. His condition now
Is considered very serious. Judge Aidrich
served on the bench In the Second
circuit for sixteen years. He resigned
two yeafs i ago - on account of
ill health. He hoped that relief from
the arduous duties as judge would enable
him to regain his health, but it
has been gradually declining ever since.
? Columbia, January 20: Honor was
done to the memory of Judge Joshua H.
Hudson In the chamber of the supreme
court today when a number of
lawyers, friends and relatives of the
great Jurist, gathered to eulogize his
name and work. The exercises were
simple in their nature and the words
spoken In praise of the. great South
Carolinian were touching and sincere.
There were addresses by Knox Livingston
of Bennettsvllle, A. O. Brice and
J. K. Henry of Chester, and Chief Justice
Jones. Resolutions of love and
respect were filed with the court by
Mr. Livingston and were ordered placed
on roonnia hv C'.hipf Justice Jones.
? Camden special of January 18, to
the News and Courier: This evening
about 4.30, several of the prisoners In
Jail overpowered the jailer, John Boone,
and made their escape. Five of the
thirteen prisoners escaped. They were
Ellerbe Thomas, with a number of
aliases, charged with fraud in taking
orders for a Chicago house which he
claimed to represent: Milton Banks,
convicted of larceny and awaiting the
action of the supreme court in an appeal;
Sam Green, housebreaking, and
another negro named Truesdel, charged
with housebreaking. Truesdel was re
captured an hour later by Mr. John L.
Team. Fields and Banks are white.
Jailer Boone was pretty badly used up.
He la an old Confederate veteran and
Btood to his post of duty faithfully. A
blanket was thrown over him and after
beating him the keys were taken
from him.
? Chester special of January 18, to
:he Columbia State: David Abell and
Biddle Gist, two negro convicts serving
sentences on the county chalngang,
,vere instantly killed this afternoon,
tear the camp, on the York road by
the discharging of a stick of dynamite,
rhe dynamite was being thawed out
preparatory to blasting when It took
fire. Abell attemDted to extinguish the [
alaze by beating the stuff on the ground
ind this caused a general explosion of
dynamite. Abell was torn into 1,000
ragments, his head and other parts of
lis body being thrown to a distapce of
L25 feet in one direction and other
>arts being hurled equally far in other
llrectlons. Gist, while not torn up so
ladly, was instantly killed. Guard Ed
Schult was knocked down, but not selously
hurt, although one eye Is inured.
Two sons of W. O. Guy, a former
treasurer of the county, were visiting
the camp and were within ten
teet of the spot, where the explosion
occurred, but beyond being knocked
lown, they were not injured. Eli Gill,
i convict, was also hurt, but not pain'ully.
The convicts had been instruct
;d what to do in case any dynamite
;ver caught fire.
? Due West, January 19: Rev. 0. Y.
Jonner, paster of A. R. P. church here,
lied tonight at 7.30. No greater shock
jas ever been visited upon Due West.
Mr. Bonner had been sick only a fewlays.
He had a chill Friday night and
ileurisy resulted, finally developing ino
pneumonia, which caused his death I
onight. Mr. Bonner was out on the <
treet last Friday, being present that <
light at a social gathering at J. C.
rribble's. Mr. Bonner was born No- f
ember 15, 1843, and graduated from 1
Jrskine college and Ersklne Theologi- :
al seminary, later he graduated from
Tniun seminary. New York. He was i
nstalled as pastor of the Due West 1
hurch in June, 1891, and has done (
ilneteen years of pastoral work. He
ias exerted potent influence in the col- t
pge town. He was a warm advocate c
f missions and was one of the best e
iosted men in the A. R. P. church on s
orelgm missions. He was a member of ]
the board cf foreign missions, trustee
of Erskine college, chairman of the
board of Due West Female college, and
one of the editors of the Associate Re- ^
formed Presbyterian. He exerted ^
rtrong Influence in all church activities.
In 1892, Mr. Bonner was married to
Miss Belle H. Neele, daughter of Dr.
J. H. Neele of Troy, and to them two
children were born. On June 30, 1903,
he married Miss Jennie Edwards,
daughter of Dr. T. H. Edwards of Due
West. At his bedside were his wife,
two children and two sisters.
? Columbia, January 17: That the
Atlantic Coast Line railway is operating
in this state in violation of a section
of the constitution will be a statement
made by Attorney General Lyon
in his annual report to the legislature.
The legislature is asked to take some
action with regard to this state of affairs.
In the annual report of the attorney
general it will be stated that "in
the case of the Seaboard Air Line railway,
against the railroad commissioners
of South Carolina and others, the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad company,
wad made a party defendant, in an- swerlng
the complaint, it denies that
it is incorporated in any other state
than the state of Virginia. This is, in
effect, an allegation of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad company, that it
is chartered under the laws of Virginia.
This being the case, it is doing business *
in South Carolina in violation of section
9, article 8, of the constitution of
thlB state, which expressly forbids a
foreign corporation from owning or
operating lines of railway in this state.*
In the case of the Carolina, Clinchfleld
and Ohio railway against McCown, as
secretary of state, the supreme court
has Interpreted this provision of the
constitution and it is my opinion that
the Atlantic Cbast Line Railroad company
is violating this section of the
constitution, as construed by the supreme
court. I deem that it Is my duty
to call this matter to the attenion of
your honorable body, in order that you ^
may take such action In regard thereto ^
as you may deem proper."
? Laurens Advertiser: Yesterday afternoon
Messrs. Chas. H. Htghley and
8. M. Wilson of the Chas. Hi Hlghley
Audit company of Augusta, Qa., were
visitors in Laurens, their appearance
in the city being of move than ordinary
interest on account of the fact that
these two exDerts examined the books
and accounts of John T. Garllngtop
and J. Stobo Young, and testified in the
recent trial at Columbia, In which
Messrs. Garllngton and Young were a
convicted. Messrs. Hlghley and Wilson
were guests at the Masonic banquet
last night In the course of a conversation
with the Advertiser reporter,
Mr. Hlghley said that he had heard
the report that Garllngton and Young
had lost the esteem of all their home
people and that they could not come *
back to their old home here. "But"
said he, "I am convinced otherwise;
since I have been here I have noticed
the many prominent men who have
cordially greeted Mr. Garllngton and
have heard the many expressions of esteem
and confidence on every hand. I
am impressed with what I have seen;
my high regard for Mr. Garllngton has
been confirmed. According to my audit
and in my opinion as .an expert the
Seminole Securities company still owes /w
/"? w 1 SAi AAA I. ..A T W
nr. uarunKvon ui diwr, buu a
am convinced that there was no rata*
appropriation of funds." fir. Hlghley
stated that he had come to Laurens '
for no other purpose than to And out
for himself Just how the people here
regarded Garlington and how they i'
would receive him after his conviction *
In Columbia. During the afternoon,
both Highley and Wilson were accorded
Invitations to the Masonic banquet
at the armory last night Mr. Garlington,
who Is a member of the local chapter
also attended the banquet.
_
H08PITAL A DI8GRACE.
The Asylum Commission 8ubmits Its
Findings. |
The reports of the commission appointed
to investigate the affairs at the
State Hospital for the Insane . were
made public yesterday. The majority
report, signed by Senators Chrlstensen
and Bates and Representatives Dick
and Harrison, Is a stinging arraignment
of the board of regents foe. neglect
of their duties, particularly those
laid on them by their own rules and. ? *
regulations, which require that they
shall report the conditions at the ho*-pital
each month. The report is most
temperate, attaching blame to no one
presenting the facts as they were
found, the laws of the state and the
Institution and the neglect of both, but
worse than all, through the testimony
submitted Showing the very grossest
violations of the ordinary rules of sanitation
and even decency, such as the
bathing of fifteen patients of one ward
in the same water in a bath tub, and
some of those probably afflicted with ,
tuberculosis or other diseases. The
location of the foulest water closets,
centers of wide soil pollution, within %
few steps of what Is practically an outdoor
kitchen, the absence of screens >*
and many other gross violations of the
commonest laws of health.
The committee seems to have spjit
hopelessly on the scope that the investigation
should take. The majority report
is from those who consider It
their duty to examine any and all conditions
around the^ hospital, the minor
ity, signed by senator Jtiarain ana
Representatives C&ry and Sawyer, contending
for confining the investl^tion , - '
within certain charges brought before V
the commission. This latter construction
is the one contended for by the
friends of the superintendent and regents,
who, sure of the fact that these
gentlemen did not sec that they were
neglecting their duty, would have spared
them the unpleasantness of the ^
cruel exposures made by the investigation.
No one would charge Dr. Babcock,
one of the most eminent scientists
in the country, with intentional
neglect of so great a charge, but the
pvMence submitted and the array of
photograph* of the Institution made
under the direction of the committee
are most damning.
Appeal to the Producers.?Apropos
of the so-called raid in the New York
cotton market. President W. B. Thompson,
of the New York Cotton Exchange,
has issued a signed statement in
which he says:
"If there was ever a time when the
cotton producer and the holder of spot *
cotton should make a stand, that time
is the present. We have recently passed
through one of the most trying and
unwarranted declines in the history of
the cotton trade. Spot cotton Is intrinsically
worth little if any less than
it was two weeks ago, yet in the meantime,
through the manipulation of a
few bear operators in the New York
market, the entire cotton trade has been
ror tne lime ueiu^s ueixiuiau&cu. ^
"Let it be understood that the slump
in the contract market has not affected
the intrinsic value of cotton. The law,
of supply and demand determines this
value. The New York raid is not a
legitimate incident of the cotton trade
either in spots or futures. It represents
the efforts of a few men with ^
much money to gain their purpose by
a guerrilla attack. It is as if a man or
set of men, for the sake of gratifying
a personal grudge and of reaping a
personal profit should endeavor to
stampede the occupants of a crowded
building by the cry of 'fire.'
"The issue is a large one. It comprehends
more than the interests of the
bear or bull operators in cotton. It
raises the question as to whether a few
manipulators shall demoralize a great
trade system and go unpunished therefor.
It affects the best interests of not
only the spot market, but the future
market as well. The most powerful
agent of retribution is within the con- g
trol of the farmer and spot holder, if T
they will use it."
SMYRNA NOTES.
:orr*gpoDden'M The Yorkvllle Enquirer
Smyrna, January 20.?Mr. R. T. Castles,
our efficient mal! carrier, has mov;d
Into his nice new eight-room resiJence.
It Is encouraging to see more wheat ^
tnd oats sowed this winter than has
aeen seen in this cohnmunity for many
rears.
There has been very little winter
jlowlng done up to this time, but the
armers are taking advantage of every
jpportunity.
The Farmers' Union has about twen- k|
y members, and is considering the idea
vf instituting a corn contest. There is
i feeling among the members that
tomethlng must be done to stir up
proper Interest In the organization.