Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 28, 1910, Image 2
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
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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.