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Scraps and .facts. ? Asheville, N. C., Jan. 27: By the accidental discharge of a stick of dynamite in the county court house at Bryson City tonight Omar Conley was instantly killed, Barret Banks lost both eyes and was otherwise seriously injured, and Lee Francis, registrar of deeds of Swain county, was fatally injured. Conley and Banks were thawing dynamite on the radiater of the registrar's office in preparation for a fishing trip. One of the sticks of dy? mW foil to the around I and exploded with such force as to. shatter the doors and windows of the office and seriously damage the entire west end of the court house. Many valuable county records and legal papers were destroyed. Registrar Francis was working at his desk when the explosion occurred. Late advices tonight state that he and Banks have little chance for recovery. ? The beef trust Is getting Into close quarters. Figures show that in Chicago, last October, when the price of beef was $7.60, the supply of cattle was 68,861 head. In December, when the price was $9.60, the supply was 82,724 head. It is said in a special from Washington to the Baltimore Sun, the feeling there is that the beef trust, which has made enormous profits while controlling the constantly mounting prices of food, has overreached itself, and in many quarters it is said that one of the first steps of the government might he the placing of evidence before the United States court ordering to Jail those who were enjoined in 1902 by Judge Orosscup. Moreover, Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, the same who socked the fine of $29,240,000 on the Standard Oil, is presiding over the court in Chicago, before which the beef trust has been indicted. ? Washington, January 26: The Mann "white slave" bill was passed by the house today by a viva voce vote. Action on the measure followed a discussion of the provisions, during which Representatives Bartlett of Oeorgla and Kelfer of Ohio, opposed the sections which require keepers of houses of ill fame to report to the commissioner general of immigration the names of any girls within such houses who had arrived in the United States within three years. Protesting that such a provision was an infringement upon the rights of the states, they cited decisions to prove that it was in clear violation ot tne constitution, me oiu imposes a fine of not more than $5,000 and Imprisonment for not more than five years upon any person who knowingly aids in the transportation of any person by the purchase of a ticket to be used in Interstate or foreign commerce in going to any place for the purpose of prostitution. Other provisions of the measure are for the purpose of effectually preventing traffic in alien women for immoral purposes. ? The United States navy will cost the taxpayers this year the sum of $135,749,253. This sum includes the new ships now under construction, and the appropriation made by the budget which was recently adopted by congress. For next year the secretary of the navy calls for $126,929,636, or almost ten million dollars less than the amount to be used this year. This is in accordance with the policy of eeonomv which President Taft has adopted. Since 1883, the enormous sum of 31,577,877,333 has been invested by the government of the United States in battleships, cruisers, gunboats, torpedo boats, destroyers and other vessels of a fighting class, and in a naval establishment which is necessary to equip and maintain them. As a result the United States now stands third in strength among the naval powers of the world. During the years 1910 to 1913 the sum of 342,430,476 will be spent on the construction of new vessels, according to the estimates of the navy department About 330,732,563 of this amount will be spent for hulls, and the remainder for machinery and C^UI^UiCUU ? Butte, Montana, Jan. 27: Carrie Nation of Kansas, heavyweight champion hatchet wielder of the world, and Mrs. May Maloy, keeper of a dance hall, fought one round last night before a large crowd. A knockout was prevented by the spectators, who stopped the light $fter Mrs. Nation had landed a vigorous right to Mrs. Maloy's Jaw. The fight was declared a draw. A large crowd followed Mrs. Nation through the red light quarter last night The curious surged into Mrs. Maloy's dance hall and listened to scathing denunciation of a photographic oil painting that hung on the wall. Mrs. Nation finally made a gesticulation similar to the movement one might describe in throwing a tomahawk. Mrs. Maloy, fearing that Mrs. Nation was about to destroy the paint ing, screamed a tirade against the crusader and sailed into Mrs. Nation with both fists. Before Carrie could defend herself, May had torn off her bonnet and pulled her hair, keeping her attack well above the belt. Mrs. Nation after having been figuratively rushed to the ropes, ducked a vicious left, sent a left to ribs and then landed a vigorous right on May's jaw. Tben the crowd interfered. ? Washington, January 27: The postal savings bank bill, drafted by Sen ators Carter, jjomver ana uwen, a subcommittee on postoffices and post roads, was perfected today and by Mr. Carter was introduced in the senate. It was referred to the postotfice committee and it is expected that it will be reported back to the senate tomorrow. To prevent the concentration of postal deposits in the money centres of the east, a provision has been incorporated, allowing banks receiving the postal funds for safe keeping to give indemnity, which obviates the necessity of banks going to bond centres to purchase the securities required by the government. The bill provides that there shall be establish ed a system or postal savings depositories under the supervision and direction of a board of trustees, consisting of the secretary of the treasury, the postmaster general, and the attorney general, acting ex-officio. This board is authorized to make all regulations governing the receipts, transmission, custody, investments and repayments of moneys deposited with the postal savings banks. Deposits in postal savings banks will draw 2 per cent interest, according to the books of depositors in each vear. Xo one will be allowed to have a balance in excess of jr.00. ? London. January 27: The Liberals are meeting with better fortune in the closing stages of the elections. The position of the parties tonight is as follows: Unionists 258: Liberals 253; Laborites 40: Nationals 76. The prospect now is that the coalition majority will eventually approximate 120. Premier Asquith came to London today and conferred with the chancellor of the exchequer and the chief Liberal whip on the situation. Nothing is likely to be decided, however, until after Mr. Asquith's audience with the king next week, and the meeting of the cabinet council. The premier's first bus ineaa after this meeting1 will be the reshuffling of the ministers as a result of Herbert J. Gladstone's appointment as governor of the United South Africa and the desire of one or two of the older ministers to retire. The polling for Lancashire's 56 seats has now been completed. In 1906 the Liberals won 30: the Unionists 14; the Laborites 11, and the Nationalists one. This year the Liberals won 25; the Unionists 18; the Laborites 12, and the Nationals 1. Thus the coalition have lost only four seats in Lancashire which may be said to hold fast for free trade. William O'Brien, who will enter the new house with a little party of from eight to ten independent Nationalists, will, according to his new paper, Cork Accent, do his utmost to oppose the passage of the budget, denounce the Nationalist alliance with the Liberals and uphold Parnell's policy of complete independence of English parties. ?hf f orluriUr nq?im. entered at the Postofflce In Yorkvllle as Mall Matter of the Second Class. TORK VILLE, S. C.i FRIDAY, JANUARY 28. 1910. This Is going to be a good year for the profitable raising of corn and meat. Some of the wisest members 01 me general assembly said last year that all the hullabaloo about the repeal of the lien law was nothing but politics. There will be Just as many goods sold on time this year as usual, and there will be as much cotton raised under the advance system as there would have been. If the lien law had not been repealed. , The Civic League of Columbia has started a vigorous agitation against the proposition to erect a supreme court , building on the Capitol grounds, claiming that such a building will destroy the present Imposing beauty of the place. There are lots and lots of us who 1 would rather play;, but boys, there is nothing that we can do that pays bet- i ter than good, honest work. This goes ' further than anything else to keep people out of mischief and make them " " - * ' "oltio tr\ tholr reel mar tney me ui icai ? >.? ..?? fellow-men. With the price of meat and provl- i slons out of sight and the editor's hens i on a strike, now is the time to pay your subscription arrears and renew for another year, for the best paper in i York county. Hold on. Brother Grist; don't get excited!?Rock Hill Record. Not excited at all. On the contrary, much obliged to you; except that it (' was unnecessary to refer to arrearages. 1 The libel suit instituted by the Fed- j eral government against the New York j World at the instance of former Presi- i dent Roosevelt has fallen through. This suit was commenced because of charges that the World made reflecting on the president in connection with < the Panama matter. When the question came up before Judge Hough of the United States circuit court in New York the other day, he quashed the indictment on the ground that the Fed- ! eral statutes under which the proceed- ( ings were instituted were never intended to give the Federal government jurisdiction in such cases. We have a copy of the report of the legislative committee appointed to investigate the state hospital for the in- 1 sane and have given it a pretty thor- ' ough examination, with the result that ( we are impressed with its comprehen- ; siveness and its thoroughness. If there 1 has been a more conscientious and painstaking investigation of any South Carolina institution, we are not aware i of it. and we think that the conclusion reached by the committee that the ' state must begin at the very bottom and remodel the whole establishment ' is well warranted by the facts disclos- ] ed. As to whether the general assembly will be so impressed, however, is another question. 1 Jt"8T as was supposed, the repeal of the lien law was a farce, for the house has positively refused to further restrict or abridge the crop mortgage privilege. The matter came to a vote ; last Friday; The proposition was to prohibit the execution of a mortgage ' on a crop before it was planted. Those in favor of the prohibition argued that J otherwise the repeal of the lien law would amount to nothing, a fact that is obvious. But the friends of the chat tel mortgage were in the majority 6U to 47. The chattel mortgage gives fuller and better security than the lien, i and about the only disadvantage is the ' cost of recording when it amounts to ' more than one hundred dollars. The people of the country are rapidly being awakened to the fact that the public has been robbed of hundreds of millions worth of coal, iron and timber lands in the northwest and in Alaska, and that hundreds of schemes are on foot to steal still more public property. That is the real cause of the BallingerPinchot row. Ballinger is alleged to have been assisting individuals and corporations to get for nothing property that they should have paid for, and Pinchot is trying to put a stop to this kind of thing. John E. Bellaine, an immensely wealthy coal operator of Seat tie, Wash., after getting millions of dollars worth of property comparative- j ly free and finding himself in close competition with rivals who have a stronger pull with the powers than he, ( has just published information of a strong lobby to secure the passage of a bill to permit the sale of Alaska coal lands at $10 an acre, when as a matter of fact the lands are even now worth thousands of dollars per acre. He of- , fers to lease 5,000 acres of Alaska coal lands and pay 50 cents a ton royalty ! on every ton mined. He says he will put up a million dollar bond as a guarantee of good faith. Several of the papers are thoughtful enough to express sympathy for the Tillmans in the heavy misfortune that : IS now upon lilt-ill, uui cajuuiii iuol ] they have to print the details in connection with this public washing of soiled linen in self-defense. This is very nice, a fine and commendable sen- ( timent, and we would be very reluctant i indeed to declare that we are indifferent to the pain, sorrow and distress involved. We insist that we feel no such indifference. But why try to hide such things, and why try to ignore , them when they will not down. Gossip ' has been busy with these people for a long: time, and hints of the trouble have been circulated to every part of the state. Such things cannot be concealed even where more humble people are concerned, and It is well that It Is so. Otherwise, our social life would be still more of a sham than It Is. If there is anything wrong in this case, especially such wrong as Is alleged, why not out with It? Of course, it will not do the public any special good to get details; but in a case like this the guilty or innocent ones them selves cannot get justice except tnrougn publicity. And after it is all over the social life that is Involved in the affair will be cleaned at least that much by the removal of whatever canker there may be. If it is a fact' that the things complained of exist, that fact is regrettable to all who love what is right and just and fair; but the fact that it is regrettable does not help matters in the least. PARIS IN A PANIC. Capital of France Threatened With Destruction. Dispatches of the past few days from Paris indicate that that city is in the throes of one of the most distressing calamities of the century. The flooding of the Seine is an event of rare occurrance, having happened to a dangerous extent only twice in the past hundred years; but the present flood has broken all records. The great city is underdrained by the most extensive sewerage in the world, and the whole system is now flooded with water, with the result that buildings are being undermined and sidewalks are caving in to such an extent that whole streets are roped off by way of precaution. On Wednesday, the property loss was estimated as having run over $200,000,000, and it was increasing at the rate of millions every hour. Thousands of lives are reported to have been lost, and because such a large proportion of the city is under water, there is little reason to hope that the flood will not be followed by pestilence that will be terrible beyond conception. The floods seem to be general throughout the greater part of France, and the whole country is involved In the common daneer. Paris, Jan. 26.?The snow has ceased and the weather is moderating, but the Seine is still rising, and Paris, like a doomed city, is holding Its breath in terror. Half the city is in darkness. In the gloom galloping orderlies are bearing instructions which can no longer be sent by telephone. The army of police, firemen and soldiers give the appearance of a city fighting for its life. Every minute brings graver dangers. New areas are being inundated, quays are collapsing, yawning chasms appear in the streets. The water of the Seine has invaded the entire labyrinth of underground Paris. It threatens ruin and destruction everywhere. What new disaster will come to the water-logged city before the Seine begins to fall no one can predict. Already the damage is officially estimated at (200,000,000, and every hour adds millions more. The catastrophe promises to exceed the limits of a national disaster and become international. The death roll also is growing at a frightful rate, and when the epidemic, which now appears inevitable, breaks out, it will run into thousands. Already scarlet fever has appeared among the refugees at Ivy. Among the superstitious there is talk of the destruction of Paris as a result of the appearance of Halley's comet. The authorities are bending their energies to the rescue of the imprisoned and the succor of the homeless. The Dublic subscriptions opened by the newspapers have reached nearly $100,000, while the Red Cross and other relief societies have gone nobly to work. The extent of the floods In Paris may be judged by the fact that about half the length of the quays within the city are under water which Is pouring Into the streets, and thousands of laborers and soldiers are working like madmen to build cement walls to hold back the current. The foreign office and the Hotel Palais D'Orsay have been abandoned as the cellars are full of water. The Continental hotel and many residences in the aristocratic quarter are rapidly being evacuated. There Is ten feet of water In the subway station In front of the Gare St. Lazare, and the sinking of the square threatens to carry down the adjacent buildings. As the result of a conference parlia ment will be asuea 10 auinunze an c*tension of time for commercial paper because of the general disorganization of business. Besides the failure of the gas and electric lighting plants, Paris is confronted with an oil famine. Scores of oil barges from Rouen are tied up in the Seine and the great depots of distribution in the outskirts of Paris are Hooded. The oil refineries at Rouen are endangered. The situation in the provinces is no better than in the city, as they are supplied with oil from Paris. An official bulletin tonight stated that the water at Pont Royal will reach the 30-foot mark tomorrow morning, The prospect for the Immediate future is grave as it is estimated that the Seine tonight and tomorrow will rise from two to three feet. Moreover it is feared that the high tide which is setting in, beginning tonight, will aggravate the situation, pouring in an additional vninmo nf water and adding strong: pressure to that which Is already Invading: the city underground. Reports received here from Rouen say that the quays and fields for many miles are under water. Half the town of Plaisance In the department of Gers Is submerged and hundreds of refugees are making their way to Paris. Extensive floods have occurred In GIronde, where the rivers continue to rise at an alarming rate. Crime Is Crime.?While optimistic over the immediate future of this country. Dr. Andrew D. White, ex-presldent of Cornell university and ex-ambassador to Germany and Russia, sees grave danger in the growth of crime, especially murder. In a lecture at Ithaca, N. Y., last Tuesday, he said the number of criminal homicides in the United States in proportion to the population was forty-three times greater than In Canada and seven times greater than in Belgium, which he considered the worst country in Europe in that regard. He spoke of the banditti of Italy and of the steps which England took to obtain justice for the murder of a citizen by the bandits. "The hanging of eighteen of the bandits stopped the crime forever," he said. Dr. White had little sympathy for what he called the pseudo scientific theory that crime is a disease. "The truth of the matter Is that crime is crime and disease is disease," he said. He described the difference between the administration of criminal justice of Great Britain and the United States. "In a short time a jury there can be gotten together," he said. "There is no bother about finding twelve men that are sufficiently idiotic to satisfy both lawyers. The result of this is that Great Britain, a country vastly more beautiful than this, has ten or eleven murders to our 129." ? There were joint sessions of the house and senate last Tuesday for the purpose of holding elections which resulted in the re-election of the following without opposition: D. E. Hydrick, associate justice of the supreme court; n.ihort alririoh liuleo of the second circuit: Chas. O. Dantzler, judge of the first circuit; John S. Wilson, judge of the third circuit: Geo. W. Gage, judge of the sixth circuit, J. C. Klugh, judge of the eighth circuit; F. H. McMaster, Insurance commissioner; J. D. Deas of Kershaw, and W. H. Glenn of Anderson, penitentiary directors; I. M. Mauldin of Pickens. W. D. Evans of Cheraw and R. H. Rawl of Lexington, trustees of Clemson college: D. W. McLaurin of Dillon, and R. R. Tillman of Trenton, trustees of Winthrop; R. P. Hamer, Jr., of Marlon and C. E. Spencer of Yorkville, trustees of the South Carolina university; J. W. Floyd of Kershaw, and G. R. White of Chester, trustees of the state colored college; Lavinia IL Labarde, state librarian. ? The house has made a special order if the state-wide prohibition bill for Tuesday. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. G. W. Goforth?Will appreciate information as to whereabouts of an estray shoat, black, with white feet and nose. Victor Cotton Oil Co.?Will run its ginnery on Thursdays only until further notice, nr M .T Walker?Has lost a storm apron and will appreciate Its return. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Announces Its opening day for Friday, February 4th and will give you a most cordial welcome. Watch next paper for specials. J. C. Wilborn?Offers 63J acres, A. A. Laughridge place, for sale, <1,200. Thomson Co.?Calls your attention to the big fourth anniversary sale which is now in progress. Special bargains in all departments. Mary C. Stephenson?Publishes a certificate acknowledging the payment of an insurance policy on the life of her husband, by the Manhattan Life Insurance company. H. C. Reynolds, Rock Hill, .No. 4.?Is at the J. M. Seagle plantation and has a good stock of general merchandise, groceries, hardware, etc. R. E. Montgomery, Prop.?"We Fix It" shop wants your work if It Is wood. Iron or steel. Horseshoeing a specialty. L. Belle & R. T. Allison, Admrs.?Give notice of the sale of the personal property of estate of R. M. Allison, deceased, on February 5th. Carroll Furniture Co.?Is showing a 1910 line of furniture styles and Invites you to see it while it is new. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Has a complete line of farm tools, including Lynchburg plows, plow stocks, points, Dixie plows, plow shapes, etc. J. M. Brian & Co.?Tells you about a lot of new goods recently received, Including mackerel, Forto Rico molasses, Perfection syrup, etc. Old George, the Butcher?Offers a 25 cents package of stock food free with every dollar purchase and makes a few other pertinent remarks. J. L. Williams & Co.?Are showing the new spring styles In "Nufangl" trousers. Spring styles are in greys. York Supply Co.?Says that in order to do good farming and make it pay, It Is necessary to have good farm implements and tells you about what it has. Yorkville Buggy Co.?Talks about agricultural Implements including turn plows, harrows, planters, etc., and also about harness, buggies and wagons. Rawls Plumbing Co.?Wants two or three more plumbing Jobs at once. Has just finished what was on hand and promises satisfactory worfc. Yorkville Monument Works?Invites you to come to Its yard and see a YionHonmo mnnnmonf ImnnrtAil HI. rect from Italy. First National Bank, Sharon?Points out the desirability of the bank as an aid in saving: a part of your income. See fourth page. The two per cent penalty attaches next Monday to all state and county taxes not paid on or before that date. * Representative Hollia has Introduced a bill to make the mutilation of any monument or any fence enclosing a monument, a misdemeanor. The water, which has been quite low in both Broad and Catawba rivers, so low in fact as to create uneasiness, is now at a full flow again. R. E. Dagnall of Hickory Grove, reports that he has a cow four years old that is the mother of five living calves, four of them twins born on two separate occasions twelve months apart Since the eky has been clear enough to admit of it being seen, the comet has been plainly visible in the western sky during the past few evenings for some fifteen minutes after sundown. The general assembly has been pu*iH ting in the most of this week seeing things and having a good time. The members spent Wednesday in Charleston, and went from there to Clemson college, and this afternoon they are being entertained by the city of Anderson. It is next week that the two houses expect to commence getting down to whatever hard work that is to be done during the present session. Mr. C. J. Hughes, who went over to Rock Hill the other day for the purpose of trying to stir up interest in the Boys' Corn Prize enterprise, came back very much encouraged. He says that a number of Rock Hill people offered substantial assistance, and he thinks that quite a lively contest will be developed among the school boys. There has been more or less interest manifested in different other sections of the county. ABOUT PEOPLE. Dr. and Mrs. T. B. Kell, and daughter, Ella, of Fort Lawn, and Mrs. Albert E. Hill of Spartanburg, are in Yorkville on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. T. Schorb. Mr. W. M. Crook, formerly of the Gold Hill section of Fort Mill township, but for some years past engaged in engineering work in Georgia, Alabama and Florida, is at home on a visit to the family of his father, Mr. C. T. Crook. Mr. W. E. Good of Bullock's Creek township, returned recently from a three weeks trip to Texas, where he went to visit John, Edward and Thomas Latham, the former of whom left Bullock's Creek township about twenty-five years ago, the latter following subsequently. He was accompanied during the greater part of the trip out by Mr. Cleveland Robbins, who went on a visit to an uncle in Texas. Mr. Good says he had a delightful trip of it, and was pleased to find his relatives comfortably fixed and admitting that our county Is the best, notwithstanding they are still unwilling to come back. Mr. Good did not see any of the boll weevil, but heard quite a bit about it, and found that the Texas cotton crop had been generally bad because of unfavorable weather. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? It Is being noticed with a good deal /Hsonnnintmont that the surface of the Congress street macadam Is pulling up badly. ? There Is a good deal of room for building and loan activity In Yorkville and vicinity. ? "You'll have to publish the balance of that shirt-tall story," said Magistrate de Loach to the reporter on Wednesday, "because It is necessary to vindicate my hospitality. I told those fellows that although I would not marry anybody at that hour in the rain, etc., they would be perfectly welcome to come in and wait until morning. I want to be put right about this thing." he went on, "else I will sue you in my own court, and If you do not call for a jury, I will convict you certain.'' ? There has not yet been a hearing in the case of A. M. Ouerard, in jail awaiting proceedings on the charge of writing fradulent checks. Magistrate de Loach said yesterday that Guetard had not yet gotten counsel, and as different views had been expressed about the exact meaning of the statute, he thought he would wait until he could hear from Solicitor Henry. Discussing the statute in an off hand way, one attorney has expressed the view that there can be no prosecution until thirty days after the arrest of the alleged offender. A common lay construction of the law is that the giver of a worthless check has thirty days from the day the check is turned down at the bank in which to make good. If he makes good within thirty days, and pays such costs as may have occurred, he may go free, and if he fails to make good within the thirty days he must take the consequences. Some are inclined to question as to whether a larceny has really been committed until thirty days after the turning down of the alleged worthless check and others hold that the case is open for proceedings as Boon as the check is turned down. It is a fact that the law is not as specific in its terms as it might be; and the magistrate can hardly do better than be guided by the opinion of the solicitor. LOCAL LACONIC3. Moore Followe Memminger. Hon. Ernest Moore, who presided at the recent term of the court of common pleas, has handed down his opinion in the celebrated Rock Hill High school controversy, ordering the Rock Hill school board to, within thirty days, make out a deed to Winthrop college for a consideration of $20,000. Judge Moore has followed the view that was so emphatically pronounced by Judge Memmlnger last summer, and unless the minority continues to play for delay by appealing to the supreme court, this remarkable case may be regarded as settled. As to Loose Coin. The fourth assistant postmaster general has decided to put a stop to the practice of leaving loose coins in mall boxes to pay for stamps, and to that end has issued the following order: "In view of the extent to which the practice of placing loose coins in boxes by rural patrons has grown and the delay in the delivery and collection of mail and the hardship Imposed on rural carriers incident thereto, you are informed that commencing February 15 rural letter carriers will not be required to collect loose coins from rural boxes. Patrons should enclose coiiis in envelope or wrap in paper, or deposit in coin receptacle, so they can be easily taken from boxes. Carriers will be required to lift such coins and when accompanied by mail for dispatch attach the required stamp." To Amend the Road Law. The York delegation in the house is preparing a bill to amend the road law in several important particulars. A proposed bill was introduced last week, but was withdrawn for further revision. In the bill referred to, it is proposed to limit the pay of the county commissioners to $3 a day for twenty-five days per annum. It is proposed to amend section 3, so as to make the commutation tax payable on or before the first day of July. It is also proposed to give township commissioners jurisdiction over bridges less than fifteen feet in length, instead of limiting jurisdiction to bridges costing not over $20. It is proposed to amend section 12, requlr tng the use or me cnaingang un iwu main highways, one running north and south and the other east and west, after which a road is to be constructed from Fort Mill township through Rock Hill to McConnelsville. Death of L. D. Johnston. Rock Hill special of January 27 to the Charlotte Observer: Mr. L. D. Johnston, the venerable father of Mr. E. B. Johnston of this city, died Tuesday morning at his home in Mount Holly, N. C? after an illness of four months. Mr. Johnston was well known here, having been a native of York county and serving in the Confederate army from this county. At the time of his death he was 73 years of age and leaves a widow and eight children. He was a member of Long Creek Baptist church in Mecklenburg county, N. C., and his remains were Interred in Flint Hill cemetery yesterday. The deceased was thrice married, his first wife being Miss Lucretla Kimbrell of Fort Mill; his second Miss Martha Kimbrell, also of Fort Mill, and his third, who survives him, Miss Laura Thrower of Plneville. Beside Mr. E. B. Johnston of this city, the other surviving children of the deceased are: Mrs. A. F. Tandle of Plneville, N. C., S. H. Johnston of Charlotte, Baxter Johnston and Mrs. Nannie Butler of Palestine, Tex., Tom Johnston of California and Misses Lucretia and Ollie Johnston of Mount Holly, N. C. Roddey Estate Property. Rock Hill special of January 25 to the Charlotte Observer: A sale, possibly unprecedented in the history of South Carolina occurred here today, when the large real estate holdings of the late Captain W. L. Roddey were sold at public auction by the A s. _ _ P_ Cmrlncra irusiee, me rusi nu? u. ua>tugi> bank of this city, the sale being cried by Mr. J. F. Wingate. The sale proved one thing, and that Is that Rock Hill real estate Is considered a most valuable asset, as prices ruled high and strong. What was sold this morning did not constitute all the real estate that Captain Roddey had accumulated during his lifetime, as he had sold quite a number of valuable plantations before his death, having owned numbers In both York and Chester counties. The property that was sold was as follows and brought the following prices: Block containing the Carolina hotel, Roddey Mercantile Company's store, Rock Hill Hardware Company's store, was bought by Mrs. W. L. Roddey, for $70,000; Brick store occupied by the J. L. Phillips Drug Company, sold for $14,000 and was bought by Mrs. Roddey, a lot on East Main street was bid in by her at $17,000; the Record building, Mobley's stables and lots adjoining were bought by Mrs. O. S. Poe for $17,000; the John T. Roddey home on Oakland avenue was bought by the Rock Hill Security & Investment Co. for $8,000; Rock Hill Steam Laundry and adjoining lot by Rock Hill Security & Investment Co. for $9,000; houses and lots# on Saluda street brought $6,450, one being bought by Mrs. Nettie Miller and the other by Mrs. O. S. Poe. City lots were sold amounting to $15,621; farms amounting to 1,767 acres, which brought about $57,000, were sold. The total realized was something over $240,000. Dr. James Boyce Dead. Rev. Dr. James Boyce, president of Due West female college, and one of the best known and Influential minis* ters in the Associate Reformed churcn, died at his home in Due West yesterday of appoplexy, after an illness of ten days. Dr. Boyce was stricken Monday night, January 17, and although desperately ill, he seemed to Improve and the family began to hope for his recovery. He begun to grow worse again, however, and the end came as stated. James Boyce was born in Gaston county, N. C., January 25, 1860. His father was Rev. E. E. Boyce and his mother Miss Rachel E. McElwee. He had good educational opportunities In his youth. When 13 years of age he spent some time at Elk Shoals academy. The Influence of the teacher, especially Rev. W. B. Pressly, the principal, was very great, and was a blessing and great factor In the formation of his character. He graduated from Ersklne college in 1878. During the three years spent in college he lived with his uncle, Dr. James Boyce, and enjoyed the best of opportunities for the development of character. He Joined the church, under the pastorate of his father, at Bethany, York county. He was received as a student of theology, September 26, 1879, by the First presbytery at a called meeting at Union. He received his theological training at Ersklne Theological seminary, Due West. He was licensed by the First presbytery at Shlloh, Lancaster county, September 7, 1881, Dr. Lathan officiating. He was ordained by the Kentucky presbytery at Hlnkston, December 16, 1882. For one year after licensure he assisted his father, who at that time had charge of Plsgah, Beth any, ning s jnounutm anu uuiei wugregatlons. The synod of 1882 appointed him to work in Louisville, Ky. He was twice Invited to return to Bethany. He was called as the pastor of the Seventh Chestnut Street church, Louisville Ky., In 1884, and was installed October 3. The church prospered under his ministry. He demltted this charge in October, 1896, to accept a call to Huntersville, N. C. He was installed there February 1, 1897. He demitted this charge April 1, 1899, to accept the presidency of the Due West Female college. October 17, 1883, at Headquarters, Nicholas county, Ky., he was married to Miss Jennie Isabelle Thompson. Rev. James Boyce had been stated clerk of synod since 1890 ami assistant clerk of the First presbytery since 1879. Last June Muskingum college conferred the degree of doctor of divinity upon him, an honor well bestowed. Surviving Dr. Boyce are a widow, four daughters, three sisters and two brothers. These are Mrs. J. P. Pressly of Morehead, Ga.; Misses Rachel and Mary, Due West; Bessie, Linwood; Mesdames R. C. Burno, Greensboro, N. C.; Will Kennedy, Gastonla, N. C.; W. F. Wideman, Long Cane, S. C., and two brothers, W. W. and S. N. Boyce, Gastonia, N. C. BALLINGER-PINCHOTT ROW. Investigation Commenced and the Charges Specified. The direct manner In which the Ballinger-Plnchot congressional committee of Inquiry proposes to deal with the work it has undertaken was [ evidenced Wednesday In the summoning of Louis R. Glavls as the first witness to give testimony. Mr. Glavls is the dismissed field [ agent who preferred charges against Secretary of the Interior Balllnger in connection with the Cunningham coal claims in Alaska. He sent the charges [ direct to President Taft and the latter after considering them, wrote a long letter to Mr. Balllnger declaring I that he had been unjustly attacked and that Mr. Glavls should be Immediately separated from the service. Since his dismissal Mr. Glavis has carried on an unrelenting campaign Ooorotqrv Roiiinepr bv means of interviews and signed articles In various publications. It was in connection with the preparation of the Glavis charge against Secretary Ballinger that Gifford Plnchot was drawn directly into the controversy. Mr. Plnchot directed Associate Forester Price and Assistant Law Officer Shaw, of this bureau to assist Mr. Glavls In framing up the charges. These facts, proclaimed by Mr. Plnchot in a letter with the letter Itself, led to the dismissal of Finchot, Price and Shaw from the forestry service. Mr. Glavls being the man around whom the greater part of the tempest has turned, his appearance on the witness stand naturally tends to center Interest In the inquiry from the very start and although the proceedings were not scheduled to start until 2.30 p. m., a demand for seats In the big room In the senate office building wheTe the sessions are to be held, set in early; in the forenoon. As one of the preliminaries incident to the opening of the Investigation it was arranged that subsequent meetings should be held on Friday and Saturday. In his enthusiasm over the actual beginning of the inquiry and as a result of his tendency to argue his view of the testimony to be adduced, counsel for Glavls, Louis D. Bradeis, of Boston, had some difficulty in reducing his statement to a brief recital of charges, but finally summed up his case as follows: "That prior to entering the government service R. A. Balllnger acted as attorney in drawing up an agreement In escrow and deeds in the Wilson Coal Company cases, in Lewis county, Washington, these cases being alleged frauds against land laws. Ballinger's name has not appeared in the court records of the case. That Balllnger. as commissioner of land office in 1907 did not show due dilligence in investigating alleged frauds in connection with the Cunningham coal land claims in Alaska; that he knew the circumstances surrounding these claims and in spite of this offered to employ the claimants after leaving the land office and before becoming secretary of the interior; that he ordered these claims to be "clear listed" for patent without due investigation and that they would have been patented if Glavls and others had not intervened." "It is not one act, but a series of acts and circumstances," declared Brandeis, adding that it was for the committee to determine whether or not the lands were "In safe hands." Two Districts Proposed.?The old fight to divide the state of South Carolina into two judicial districts and to provide for the appointment of a district judge has been revived in Washington by the introduction of such a bill in the house by Representative. Johnson of Spartanburg, and already there are rumors that several attorneys in different parts of the state will get on the good side of Mr. Taft. If this bill passes, and It will unless the old fight of four or five years ago is resumed, when Chester, Spartanburg. Greenwood and other towns in upper South Carolina fought the measure to its death, it will place in the western district the countleB of Oconee, Pickens, Anderson, Greenville, Spartanburg, Laurens, Abbeville. Greenwood, Edgefield, Saluda, Newberry, Union, -Cherokee, York, Chester, Lancaster and Fairfield. The eastern district will comprise the other counties of the state. In addition to the appointment of another Judge, the president would also have to appoint a district attorney and a marshal in the event of the measure becoming law. By the framing of this bill the present district Judge and marshal for South Carolina would have jurisdiction in the "eastern" district snly, so that a new man for judge would have to be chosen from the upcountry. The Supply of Cotton.?According to the census report, issued Wednesday, the total supply of cotton for the four months period ending December 31, was 10,791,454 running bales. This Is made up as follows: 1,483,586 held September 1, 1909: ginned during the period 9,259,085 ' bales, net Imports 48,784. In the distribution of cotton It was 1 reported that during the four months i period 1,747,244 bales toere consumed, i 3,774,714 were exported, 1,597.187 i were held in the mills, 2,548,702 were ] held In independent warehouses, j while other stocks amount to 1,123,- \ 607. , * SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? The senate on yesterday killed the bill of the Audubon society requiring that hunters be licensed. ? Chester, January 24: What bids fair to make a serious breach in county politics and furnish some exciting: issues for the approaching primary has been occasioned by the refusal of Supervisor Shannon and the county commissioners to pay three bills submitted to them for payment by Sheriff Colvin. The first is for a cooking range that the sheriff bought for the Jail. The boaVd alInrvna t Vt n f 1 hn aViorl ft la In his own cooking apparatus, and that the 30 cents per diem that he gets for feeding each prisoner covers the stave proposition. The other two bills about which there is so much contention are the physician's fee and undertaker's bill for coffin in connection with the hanging of Lawson Addison last April. Sheriff Colvln purchased a cheap coffin for Addison from Childs & Barron, and turned over the remains to the dead negro's relatives, whereas the county board says that the proper procedure would have been to turn the body over to the supervisor and allow him to have the body interred in a cheap coffin made at the poor farm. As to the physician's bill for pronouncing the negro dead, the board contends that this Item is a part of the operation of hanging, and is such is to be paid for out of the $20 fee received by the sheriff for each and every hanging. Backing the board in its claims and contentions is Mr. R. L. Douglas, clerk of the board and also one of the firm of Douglas & Wise, county attorneys, while Mr. Colvin has the advice of Henry & McClure. The matters in dispute betwPAn fhp nharlff nnd hnarri hova been quietly pending for several weeks; but were brought to the public attention a few days since by a news Item in the Chester Reporter In which the board was ridiculed for alleged mistreatment of the sheriff. This was followed by a reply from the board and Thursday's paper contained an article from Sheriff Colvin, In which he went for the board with gloves off for assailing his character. The matter is still raging, and will probably be much in evidence in the coming primary, as Sheriff Colvin has hosts of friends, while the same is true of Supervisor Shannon, and Commissioners Grant and McGarity. ? Charlotte Chronicle: The largest steam plant In the southern states Is to be erected by the Southern Fower company of this city, at Greenville, S. C., for the purpose of generating electric power with which to supplement the power secured from its various hydro-electric developments during low water in the Catawba uvci uiiu lur use in emergencies. A tremendous amount of power has been sold by the company In Greenville and immediately around that city and this determined the location of the plant. A site for the proposed plant containing twenty acres, has already been purchased and work will begin on the power-house at once. The boilers, electrical machinery and other equipment has been ordered during the past few days. Work on the plant will be pushed as rapidly as possible so as to have it ready for operation before the period of low water in the river next fall. The total cost of the new plant, which will be by far the largest of its kind In the south, and probably one of the half-dozen largest in America, will be not less than $300,000. ? On hearing the petition of Mrs. B. R. Tillman, Jr., in the proceedings instituted by her to secure possession of her children, the supreme court last Monday issued a rule against Senator and Mrs. B. R. Tillman to appear next Monday to show cause why the petition should not be granted. When the case came up, the chief Justice called the attention of the plaintiffs attorneys to the fact that the court had recently adopted a rule requiring that habeas corpus proceedings must be initiated In + Ann *? Viattlniv /?*!? ? viivuifc vvuii, uaviug jut IOUIVUUU over the petitioner. Counsel, however, protested that the rule was new and had not previously come to its attention. It had developed also that Hon. J. W. Devore, judge of the circuit In which the plaintiff lives, had disqualified himself by giving a strong affidavit as to the good character and reputation of the plaintiff. For these and other reasons, the supreme court went on with the hearing of the petition. The affidavit on which Mrs. Tillman bases her petition Is in part as follows: "That deponent and her husband livea happily together until deponent's husband became addicted to the habit of drink, which habit gradually grew upon him until it bereft him of his better qualities and caused him to be cruel to deponent and her infant daughters, supplanting his otherwise considerate and devoted attentions into cruel neglect, fault-finding and abuse. That at the earnest solicitation of deponent her husband on three different occasions took the Keeley cure for said l^blt, but each and every time commenced drinking again to greater excess than formerly. That on several occasions deponent seeing her husband go from bad to worse appealed to respondents, his parents, to use their influence to aid deponent to reform her husband, but Instead of aiding deponent, refused to believe that their son drank, and refused tr> do anvfhinc tn assist denonent to reform her husband. That notwithstanding the said condition of deponent's husband, which had grown to such excess that he frequently had delirium tremens, and notwithstanding the many indignities imposed upon deponent by her husband as a result of said condition, of too delicate a nature and too numerous to set forth here, deponent for the sake of her two infant daughters, and with the hope that her husband in time would reform, as he promised time and again to do, though said promises had been broken as soon as made, yet deponent continued hoping for the best, remained with her husband, fearing if she left him that he would take from her her infant children, as he had often threatened to do, and which deponent had been informed he had a right to do. And it was not until deponent's husband, under the influence of excessive drink made a most outrageous, false and degrading attack upon deponent's character, that deponent so outraged and insulted, flew through the night time with her children from deponent's home at 'Edgewood,' to her sister's home in Edgefield for protection where she remained for several months. That it is humiliating to deponent to be forced to make such disclosures, and that she does so solely for the purpose of bringing to the attention of the court that deponent has been forced to undergo to retain possession of her two children, and after undergoing all of which, Anally to have them forcibly and in a cruel and inhumane way hereafter set forth tak en from her and delivered into the possession of the respondents. That during said separation, deponent's husband made repeated and urgent requests and supplication to deponent to forgive his past conduct, admitting the falsity of the outrageous charges against the deponent's character and apologizln' for the same and beseeching deponent to return to him, deponent believing it to be for the best interest of her two infant children for she and her husband to put aside all personal considerations and live together, making their best interests paramount to deponent's wounded pride, humiliated and outraged feelings, and upon the specific agreement and condition that deponent's husband was to refrain from drink, and other conditions and agreements not necessary to mention here, deponent disregarded the advice and pleas of relatives and friends not to do so, and at the sacrifice of being alien*ated and separated from them, thinking only of her two Infant daughters and their best interests, and believing that her husband then realized his error of the past and would fulfill his promises for the future, went back to her i husband, B. R. Tillman, Jr., on the 26th day of February, 1909. That during this separation of deponent and her husband, for the reasons aforesaid, deponent and her husband entered into a written agreement in regard to the cusr tody of their two infant daughters, dated the 5th day of December, 1908, , the original of which agreement is heretofore attached and marked exhibit "A" and is a part of this affidavit. That after deponent and her husband t had made up their differences they | lived peaceably and in fair accord until deponent's illness in Washington on the 19th day of November, 1909, as i more fully appears by affidavit of Mrs. Mary T. Brady, marked exhibit "B" and hereto attached and made a part of this affidavit. That within eight days I ifter said misfortune, and while depo- 1 nent was convalescent therefrom, having sat up for the first time thereafter, deponent's husband requested depo- 4 nent to dress said children, that he wished to take them to see his mother, one of the respondents herein, whom he told deponent was temporarily In the city of Washington on business relative to making arrangements for herself and Senator Tillman during the approaching term of congress. That deponent, not suspectlr., her husband's real purpose, deponent with the assistance of an Incompetent servant, her cook and against the strong nrntaat of mi id infants, dreaned the children and induced them to go with their father to see their grandmother, this being early tn the morning just after breakfast on November 27, 1909. That about 3 o'clock p. m., of that day deponent's husband returned without the children, and for some time did not tell deponent where they were, other than that they were spending the day with their grandmother, Anally he told deponent that he had given them to his mother, one of the respondents herein, and that she had already left with them for South Carolina; whereupon deponent informed her husband that if he had no more respect for her feelings and rights as the mother of said children, and his wife, than to treat her 4 thus, the deponent, would not stand for such treatment longer; whereupon deponent's husband packed his valise, ordered a *cab and told deponent that he was going to leave her and that he intended this as an end of matters between them, that she go wheresoever she pleased, and that he was going to leave for South & Carolina. That after her husband departed, thus deserted, and bereft of her Infant girl babies, and too weak as a result of her illness to follow them, deponent went to the home of her friend, Mrs. Brady, near where deponent then lived. That i upon the evening of the same day deponent's husband sent her a [key. with a message that it was the I key to her flats in Washington, (which afterward proved to be the key to his office), and a check for $500. part of deponent's rents from her Edgewood property In Edgefield, S. C., collected by him, with a message that he would send the balance of said rents after deducting his expenses to South Carolina and back to collect the same, and after the expenses of that flat which deponent : Aw and her husband had been occupying together In Washington. That said children were taken from deponent. without any warning from her husband of his Intention to do so, and In the cruel and deceptive way as above set forth and without i any cause or Justification whatsoever. Tnat deponent is miormea ana relieved that her. husband did not go to South Carolina at the time he told deponent he Intended going, but raB Instead stayed in Washington until the following Tuesday. November SO. 1909, during which time he sent denonent several messages and notes, to the effect that he was waiting for . deponent at their flats to return to him. That deponent sent word in reply that she would not return unless % he brought her children back to her; this he refused to do. and as deponent is informed and believes, returned to South Carolina on November SO, 1909. That on the 4th day or DecernDer, 1909. doponent received a letter dated December Srd, 1909, from J. W. g Thurmond, Esq., as attorney for re sDondenta, Informing deponent that her husband, B* R. Tillman, Jr..-had conveyed the custody, care and tuition of deponent's two Infant daughters, Douschka Pickens Tillman and Sarah Stark Tillman, to the respondents herein, which letter Is hereto at. tached and marked eshlblt "C" and made a part of this affidavit. That deponent Immediately advised with counsel to recover possession of her children, and as soon as she was able to do so came back to South Carolina and employed counsel to bring these proceedings." MERE-MENTION. The price of Elgin butter, the butter that governs the price In the United States, has dropped six cents a pound in a week, as the result of * the war on the high prices for food- 7 1IVCB WOIO IUK m+ Mobile, Ala., Tuesday morning by a collision of a freight train with a light engine Two men were killed and several were injured at St Johnsvllle, N. Tuesday, when the 'Twentieth Century Limited" of the New York Central railroad, jumped the track Geo. Burge, white, who was to have been hanged in Atlanta, Oa., last Friday, for. the mur- m der of his wife, has been respited for two weeks. Judson Br It tain, a son of the dead woman by a former hu* ' band, is under arrest at Birmingham* Ala., and is alleged to have confessed to the crime. Mrs. Hettie Green, the wealthy woman of New York, ha* W joined the antl-pieat brigade and declares that "meat cost too much for people to eat it" Three per^ sons were killed and three Injured of Ifonaoa Pftv Un MnnSav of tar. noon when an automobile plunged over a 40-foot embankment.... Rer. George Waverly Briggs, a Methodist clergyman, was arrested at Cincinnati, O., Monday, for the theft of a box of steel pens from a drug store. He is a victim of the drug habit ft The banking commissioner of Wisconsin, is asking the legislature of that state to pass a law forbidding the combination of the state banks. Two well dressed women were arraigned in a police court in New York on Monday, charged with steal- 4 ing $28,000 from a man's pocketbook ? on the street The women were placed under bonds of $30,000 each. .... The question of the constitutionality of the recently enacted corporation tax law, is now before the United States supreme court for settlement ....Thirty-one dead, two missing and forty-six Injured is the total casualties of the Canadian 'Pacific wreck in the Spanish river in Ontario, Canada, last Saturday Germany and jg Prussia are preparing to float a Joint ~fti bond issue for $120,000,000 John B. Ballaine, of Seattle, Wash., has made a formal proposal to the United States senate committee on territories to pay a royalty of fifty cents a ton on coal mined on 5,000 ? acres of land in Alaska, and figures that he would have to pay the government at least $50,000,000 for the coal mined. The DroDnaltlon is heln* favorably considered by the committee A story from Dal hart, Tex., Is to the effect that a bolt of lightning recently uncovered a petroleum spring on the lands of a widow near that place and the spring is now flowing 200 barrels of oil a day. ^ About 350 employes of the Atlantic Cotton Mills, Lawrence, Masa, are on a strike for an Increase of ten per cent In wages.... Oeorge Ves was electrocuted at the state prison at Trenton. N. J., Tuesday, for the murder of his wife...... .James B. >'ken of Fort Worth, Tex., recently tr led ? 100,000 acres of Texas land for 100,000 gallons of whisky Representative Clark of Florida, has Intro/iiiaa/1 a ..uia ...waij.. viii i uulcu a snip suuoiuy Ulll in CUIIgreM. A company at Woonsocket, R. I., Is building large numbers of what is believed by it to be a successful cotton picker. AT THE CHURCHES. J^| BAPTIST. Rev. I. O. Murray, Pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday school at 10 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock. Evening service at 7 o'clock. ^ CHURCH OF the; OOOD shepherd. Rev. T. Tracy Walsh, Rector. Sunday Services?Sunday school at 9.45. No other servjoe. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. Rev. E. E. Gillespie, Pastor. Sunday Services.?Sunday school at 10 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock, 4k Fvenlncr service at 7 n'elnel* m rRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL. Rev. J. H. Thacker, Pastor. Sunday Services.?Morning service at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 3.30 p. m. Evening service at 7 o'clock. ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. Rev. J. L. Oates, Pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday school at 10 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock. Evening service at 6.30 o'clock.