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Straps and |acts.
? Newark, N. J. January 29: Miss
Virginia Wardlaw, Mrs. Carolina B.
Martin and Mrs. Mary Snead, charged
with the murder of Mrs. Ocey
Snead, were arraigned in court today
and pleaded not guilty. Chief Justice
Gummere announced that he would
preside at the trial of the case which
he set for the first Monday In the April
term, and he asked that all the lawyers
who appear in the case be attired
in black while in court. This is a re
vival of an old custom in New jerseycourts
which long ago fell into disuse.
Ocey Snead was found dead In an unfurnished
house in East Orange. N.
J., which she and Miss Wardlaw had
occupied. Her life had been heavily
Insured. Mrs. Carolina B. Martin was
her mother and Mrs. Snead and Miss
Wardlaw were her aunts.
? "The cigarette is more harmful
than whisky and any young man of
this university who expects to make
the track or football team had better
cut them out now." said Joseph H.
Thompson, coach of the football and
track teams of the University of Pittsburg,
the other day in inaugurating a
crusade to stamp out the cigarette
among the student body. "No student
who has the welfare of the teams and
the university at heart will put temptation
in the way of others by indulging
in the tobacco habit," he continued.
This declaration was made before
the assembled students called to discuss
plans whereby the young men
could give greater support and en
couragement to the athletic teams of
the university. Chancellor S. B. McCormlck,
and the faculty were present
and Immediately rallied to Coach
Thompson's support "Cigjarette
smoking is one of the most dangerous
habits there is today," he said. "I
have not much to say against cigars,
for they are not as harmful as cigarettes.
But tobacco In any form is bad
for athletesi"
? New York, January 29: The latest
bulletin from the Columbia university
astronomers on the subject of
comet "A?1910" calls attention to
the splitting of its tail, which, was first
reported In dispatches from the west
yesterday. The announcement says:
"The splitting in the tails of comets
has been noticed before, but the causes
of the phenomenon are not definitely
known. It may be due to electrical
disturbances. The discovery of sodium
in the composition of a comet is
very unusual and the presence of sodium
may account for the unusual
brilliance of the present visitor. Usually
comets are composed of hydrocarbons.
What the present comet is,
what is its orbit and how great is its
velocity, can not yet be known. Its
visit was altogether unexpected. Professor
A. E. Douglas, observer at the
University of Arizona, reports that
Wednesday night the second tail was
noted branching off due south, with
Ko nthor nnintine straight upward.
Professor Douglas estimated the
length of the double tall at 26 degrees,
the longest since the comet of 1882.
? Cherry, 111., January 30: The little
mining town of Cherry Is steeling Itself
to undergo the ordeal of exhumation
that Is expected this week, following
the promised unsealing tomorrow
or Tuesday of the St. Paul mine in
which the bodies of more than 200 coal
miners have been entombed since November
13, when Are caused the death
of some 350 men. A snow storm is
blowing and the oxygen-helmetted men
have not arrived from the University
of Illinois, so the prospects tonight are
that the lid which has kept the mine
closed for two months will not be pried
off the shaft mouth before Tuesday.
As It is not certain that the fire In the
mine Is extinguished, nothing definite
toward the recovery of the bodies will
be planned until experts protected with
oxygen helmets have explored the
shaft. The condition of the bodies is
causing much concern, as are the engineering
problems attendant on uncapping
the mine. It has been suggested
that much gruesomeness could
be avoided by destroying the corpses in
the mine galleries with chemicals.
This proposal, unofficially made, has
met with bitter opposition from the
widows, mothers and children of the
dead miners. They plead to be allowed
to look once more on the form of a beloved
relative, to give that body a
Christian burial and to recover some
personal token. Tentative arrangements
are in progress for burials. Men
have been engaged to dig a row of
graves nearly a quarter of a mile long.
? An interesting South American
character, type of a civilization that
has largely disappeared, died at Lima,
Peru, on Monday of last week in the
person of Gen. Miguel Iglesias, says
the Buffalo Express. He lived on an
estate of 2,400 square miles, which
had been in his family since 1574, or
within 40 years of the date of the conquest
of Peru by Pizarro. There were
20,000 head of cattle on this estate
and a population of about 4,000 persons,
over whom Iglesias ruled, an absolute
lord. He made and enforced
their laws, provided for their education
and moral welfare, and never had a
rebellion. Drunkenness on any day
but Easter Sunday was punishable by
fine of 35. A wife-beater was punished
by a 32 fine. The fines collected
largely supported the schools. It was
the life of the feudal lords of Middle
Ages brought down into the twentieth
century. Gen. Iglesias took a
prominent part in the government of
the country, particularly at the time
of the war with Chili. He was secretary
of the treasury and of war when
hostilities began. He conducted the
defence of Lima in so determined a
manner as to win high commendation.
After the surrender he made his escape
and immediately began efforts
to secure peace at any price. It was
through him mainly that a treaty finally
was concluded with the victorious
Chilians. He was elected provisional
president of the country, but his
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rule woa uio^uivu wj \4v?*< ?
ceres, who headed the party which
wished to continue the war. A civil
conflict between Iglesias and Cacerea
resulted, in which Iglesias was defeated.
He retired for a time to Europe,
but later returned to his estate, which
he rarely left thereafter, even to attend
the sessions of the congress, of
which he was a member. He was 87
years old when he died.
? Louis R. Glavis concluded his direct
testimony before the BallingerPinchot
congressional investigation
committee last Saturday, and the understanding
was that his cross-examination
was to have been commenced
yesterday afternoon. Glavls's testimony
was interesting. It developed
the animus which has long existed between
the land office and forestry bureau
and resentment the land office
people felt when Glavis was called in
the "forestry" as they termed it. The
witness also declared Representative
McLaughlin of California, and Kinkaid
of Nebraska, were interested in
Alaskan claims, and that Ballinger
after being commissioner of the land
office acted as attorney for Kinkaid.
Olavis asserted that Balllnger suggested
to him not to pursue Investigation
against McLaughlin, saying there had
been "too much of that sort of thing
in the past." When, toward the close
of his testimony, Glavis was asked the
direct question if he thought Ballinger
and Commissioner of Land Office Dennett
were in league to go wrong in
Alaskan cases, he replied: "Well, I
thought the cases might be better protected
with them out of the way." 1
Glavis's attack seemed to center more
today upon Dennett. He said he became
convinced in the summer of
1909, that Dennett was crooked. The
prosecution," as the attorneys for Glavis
and Pinchot are termed. Is quoting
from the record indiscriminately
and referring to various telegrams
and letters offered by Secretary Ballinger
in his statement as a part of
the case against the secretary. Mr.
Brandeis, of counsel for Glavis, declared
that it Is all in the arrangement
of the telegrams and letters. He
says the way they are presented in <
the various reports Included in the
senate document it would be difficult
even for a "Philadelphia lawyer" to
get heads or tails of the subject. Interest
in the inquiry continues at a i
high point and even the increased
seating capacity in the hearing room
of the senate office building is daily
taxed by the spectators, including
many women.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1910. j
A large Chicago publishing house '
announces an increase of twenty per \
cent in the price of Bibles, and claims j
that the advance is due to the tariff on
leather and Imported papers.
The Abbeville, Press and Banner is
asking its readers this question: j
"Which is worth the most, ten bales ,
of 15 cents' cotton or 15 bales of 10 '
cents' cotton?" We beg leave to pass |
nt tha '
me question on 10 mc icau^io < ..v ,
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After all, the biggest robbery is the (
tariff robbery, and New England has j
the key to it. As to whether the bal- i
ance of the country can ever be made 1
to understand is a question; but if the ,
balance of the country ever does un- 1
derstand, then the matter will be set- '
tied. I
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York county should be represented
in the boys' corn contest, by all means.
The fathers of the York county farmer i
boys know how to grow corn, and the <
boys themselves can make the right ]
kind of a showing if given proper en- \
couragement. This is a good thing, ]
and it should not be allowed to go by j
default.
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That statute which allows a father J
to deed the custody of his children, re- ,
gardless of the wishes of their mother, (
strikes us as a sad commentary on i
South Carolina's twentieth century civilization.
It is hardly conceivable ,
that such a thing could have the sane- i
tion of any state constitution of thl8
day and time. The law, however, has
been on the statute books in some form \
since 1748. i
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At the instance of the State Farm- (
ers' Union, a bill has been introduced
in the general assembly requiring gin- 1
ners to number the bales of cotton ^
ginned from 1, consecutively on up,
and on the 15th of each month, to re- i
port to the commissioner of agricul- '
ture, commerce and industries, the ,
number of bales ginned during the pre- j
vious thirty days. The same bill also i
requires cotton dealers to report on 1
the 15th of each month, the number of ,
' * tho thl rtv Hi) va 1
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previous. 1
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The Columbia State of this morning
was dated, Wednesday, February 1
2, and we want to enter a protest ,
against that kind of fudging. The (
State does very well to give the
news up to the hour of going to press, '<
and nobody is expecting it to print the '
events of twenty-four hours In advance, j
Besides, most of us have as much as '
we can do to get through with our va- ^
rious tasks the little time that has already
been allotted. We hope the State
will be right again tomorrow, even if
it shall be under the necessity of get- 1
ting out another issue of the same date
as that of today.
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Capt. Joseph F. Shipp, the Chatta- ]
nooga sheriff, who was committed to i
jail in Washington last November for !
three months for contempt of the Unit- s
ed States supreme court, got home last i
Sunday. The alleged contempt consisted
in permitting the lynching of a ne- .
gro who had been convicted and sen- j
tenced for rape, and who had appealed i
to the United States supreme court. 1
Capt. Shipp and the deputies, wno (
were imprisoned with him, were met (
at the depot by a crowd of ten thousand
people, who formed a procession ]
behind brass bands playing Dixie, and .
escorted them to their homes amid en- :
thusiastic acclaim.
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a high license bill was introduced <
in the senate yesterday by Senator ]
Smith. The bill calls for a general }
election to be held on the first Tuesday ^
in November, on the question of per- ]
mitting the sale of liquor under consti- j
tutional restrictions. If a majority or
the voters vote for the sale of liquor,
then a license board, created in the bill,
is to have power to issue license under
certain restrictions for the sum of
$2,000 a year, to go one-third to the
state, one-third to the county and onethird
to the town. The bill makes liquor
selling without license, a felony
punishable by imprisonment for not
less than one year nor more than ten
years, with or without hard labor.
There is no general belief that such a
bill will stand a reasonable chance of
passing either house; but it is understood
that the license question will be
made an issue in the coming state campaign
with a strong candidate for governor
on that platform.
Tiieke is no longer any dispute of
the right of an individual to mortgage *
a crop before it is planted. Some law- J
yers held otherwise for a while, but i
they find that they cannot sustain such <
a contention, and it is doubtful as to
whether the general assembly could t
interfere with this right, even if it so t
desired. It is being held and correctly J.
too, that several mortgages given on g
a crop before it is up, will become joint 1
liens with no difference in priority, as
soon as the crop gets out of the
ground; but that seems to be of little
moment. It is the rule or custom of the
mortgagee to have every mortgagor to
specify in each mortgage whether or
not there are any previous mortgages,
and misrepresentation in this respect
is a criminal offense. This fact gives
as much protection and security in the
matter of priority as any one could expect.
As a matter of fact, a crop
mortgage is really a better security
than the advance lien ever was, and
it is better in every way.
THE TILLMAN CASE.
By Telegraph to The Enquirer.
Columbia, February 1.?It was generally
expected that the supreme
court would publish Its decision in -the
Tillman case this morning; but when
court convened, Chief Justice Jones,
announced that no decision had yet
been reached; but would be handed
down as soon as possible. In the
meantime, the children remain in the
custody of Senator and Mrs. Tillman.
COTTON AT 20 CENTS.
W. P. Brown, Noted Bull Leader Still
Talks High Prices.
There has probably been no more
conspicuous figure in the control of the
bull market during the cotton season
than Mr. W. P. Brown of New Orleans,
a southerner, who has for a long number
of years been a close student of
cotton and its relation to the wealth of
the world. The statement which he
makes that cotton will yet go to 20
cents may be considered lightly by those
who cannot figure that the Heecy staple
can reach such a maximum price,
but Mr. Brown in an Interview in the
Atlanta Constitution of Sunday, gives
a plausible account of his attitude
which is extremely interesting.
The noted bull leader passed through
Atlanta Saturday morning on the
Southern's fast limited. No. 37, on his
way to his home in New Orleans after
a stay in New York and this is what
the Atlanta paper got from him:
" 'I am more bullish than ever. I
ion't believe this country has seen
(llgh prices for cotton yet. I wouldn't
be surprised to see it sell for 20 cents
a pound in the immediate future.'
"These were the short, snappy sentences
spoken by W. P. Brown, the
millionaire bull operator in the New
Fork and New Orleans cotton exchanges,
who spent twenty minutes in
Atlanta Saturday morning, enroute to
New Orleans from New York city.
"Mr. Brown, wearing a gray suit and
black derby hat, was among the first
to swing from the Southern vestibule
is that train rolled under the shed. He
3topped on the platform to speak to his
lifelong friend, Joe Billups, general
agent for the West Point route, who
came to the platform in a roller chair
to see Mr. Brown. Mr. Billups is recovering
from a broken leg.
"After he had expressed his delight
at seeing Mr. Billups again, and his regret
at the accident, he turned to the
mon tt-hn naH asked for an
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expression on cotton.
" 'I don't know anything I can say
that will be of interest. You know,
30 many newspaper men want to treat
cotton and its sale flippantly. I don't
care for that. Cotton is a serious propcsition,
and should be treated seriously.
I don't mind you boys saying "W.
P. Brown said," and then go on and
state facts. So here goes:
" 'Just say I am en route to New
Orleans to pay a brief visit there at
Mardi Gras time, and then I am going
back to New York city. I feel more
bullish than ever. This is based purely
upon a matter of supply and demand.
1 believe the crop is, as has been published,
10,300,000, and that consumption
is at the rate of 13,000,000 bales.
From this, it is easy to see that the
price will have to go up. I don't believe
we have begun to see high prices
for cotton yet. I expect to see it sell
higher, and in the immediate future,
and I would not be surprised to see it
sell for 20 cents a pound.
" 'The United States government recently
Issued a statement showing that
up to the first of December the consumption
by the American spinners
was greater than a year ago, which
was the heaviest known. All of this
groes to show the demand is greater
than the supply, and the price must go
up. We are going to have higher levels
soon.'
" 'How about the recent slump in
cotton?' he was asked.
" 'That was to' be expected,' he replied.
" 'Was it brought about by manipulation?'
he was asked.
" 'No. I wouldn't say that. You must
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remernuer i ctm a. uicmuci ?i
changes, and w^nt to be very careful
how I am quoted. I think the slump
teas caused by many persons being
long, and when they began to unload,
the price broke. But It Is going up
igain.'
"Just at this time Fuller E. Callaway
if LaGrangc, who had come down on
the train with Mr. Brown, returned
from the street level with the afterioon
markets, and reported the market
closed from 14 to 29 points off.
"At once, Mr. Brown was all attention.
'What caused that?'
" 'The fact was bad enough,' replied
Mr. Callaway: 'I didn't look at the
cause.'
"Mr. Brown took hold of the paper,
ind then said: 'No, we'll read them
ifter we get aboard.' He pulled out a
iplit-second watch, and said that it was
ibout leaving time. The party broke
jp, and in a minute he was en route to
New Orleans.'"
FLOOD STRICKEN PARIS.
Waters Receding But Situation Still
Grave.
Paris, Jan. 30.?While the most lmninent
peril is over, the fall of the
Seine since yesterday morning has
measured only 15J inches. At this
rate it would require a fortnight for
<-> roooh lt? normal level.
Fortunately, tidings from the flooded
sections above Paris give hope of a
nore rapid subsidence after tomorrow.
In the meantime the situation in
Paris and in many places throughout
:he country shows little improvement.
Indeed, the ravages of the flood wlthn
the city seemed actually to increase
:od:ty. The water was higher in some
>f the streets, while the situation at the
nundated towns between Paris and St.
jermain was disinctly graver.
A stream of water twelve feet deep
ivas rushing through Gennevilliers and
Solombes, making the work of rescue
ind succor more difficult even than
yesterday. Several of the houses collapsed
and many persons were taken
)ff the roofs of their homes, where
they had been clinging for days. HunIreds
are reported without food and
shelter, and all day an army of troops
ind civilians worked in the flooded territory,
bringing succor to the distressed,
and distributing provisions by boats
:o the thousands of victims surrounded
t>y water, who refused to quit their
bomes.
Within the city itself great throngs
>f sightseers in the bright sunshine,
besieged, the cordons of troops which
rringed the flooded districts.
On account of the danger of cave-ins
From the pressure of the boiling waters
beneath, hundreds of points were rig
arousiy guaraea. ruinpins engines,
belching forth smoke and .sparks, add- I
r>d to the thrill and gave an impression
that a universal conflagration was rag- '
ing.
Tonight the city was plunged in
Jarkness, relieved only by the camp
fires of the soldiers at the water's edge,
>r the flickering torch of some floating
sentinel.
The Champs Elysees, ordinarily a
pathway of brilliant light, tonight had
land lanterns strung along the curbs.
The usually gay boulevards were wrapped
in silence and darkness and the
-estaurants and cafes were reduced to
lim candles and Venetian lamps.
Most of the theaters were closed,
mt the Comedle Francalse, with botn
ts electricity and heat gone was open,
Tules Claretie, the manager, explainng
to the meager audience before the
urtain rose that he considered the
lational theater of France should not
lose its doors.
Although there is no intention on the
uirt of the government to declare marial
law, the completely submerged disricts,
such as Javel are in the hands
if the military, to prevent pillaging,
rin- soldiers have orders to give short
ihift of criminels caught in the act of
ooting.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Alexander Specialty Co.?Is prepared
to do horseshoeing, buggy and
wagon repairing and general repair
work. Shop in rear of Herndon
& Gordon's.
Bert T. Smith, 1st Lieut.?Urges all
members to attend drill of Co. "I."
at armory each Friday night, preparatory
to inspection.
J. O. Moore, McConnellsville?Will
pay reward for information leading
to recovery of "Pup," a female
shepherd dog.
F. M. Grant?Is located in rear of
Carroll Bros.' store and is prepared
to do all kinds of olacksmith
work; shoeing, 60c all round.
Will Hemphill, Yorkville No. 5?la
looking for an estray shoat and will
appreciate your help in Its recovery.
Shannon & HoDe?On salesdav in Feb
ruary, will sell a lot of mules and
horses at auction in Yorkvllle. Terms
cash.
L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives
notice that W. B. Good has applied
to him for letters of administration
on the estate of J. D. Hamilton, deceased.
T. M. & H. E. Ferguson?Will pay 2
cents a pound for veal calves delivered
next Saturday. Other grades
of cattle wanted.
First National Bank, Sharon?Wants
you to let it be your partner in business,
always ready to assist you
when you need it See page six.
Thomson Co.?Invites your attention
to a large variety of special prices
that are offered during its fourth anniversary
sale. Bargains in every
department.
Sam M. Grist?Gives some advance information
on the 1&09 report as to
the condition of the Mutual Benefit
Life Insurance company, that is of
interest to policyholders.
Klrkpatrick-Belk Co.?On page four,
tells about its grand opening, which
takes place on Friday, February 4th,
and quotes quite a lot of interesting
prices.
York Supply Co.?Says it can furnish
you with all kinds of builders' supplies
and hardware; Purina for
horses, mules and poultry; cut prices
on flour.
J. C. Wilborn?Has fine farms in Bethel
and York townships, which he offers
for sale today.
J. L. Williams & Co.?Quote special
prices on a variety of seasonable
goods In their lines.
Herndon & Gordon?Talk about candles
and remind older folks of how
It used to be when they were younger.
Tomorrow is ground hog day. The
ground hog Is due to come out of his
hole at about 12 o'clock. If he finds
the day so cloudy that he cannot see
his shadow, he will consider that the
backbone of winter Is broken and he
will venture out. If, however, he is
able to see his shadow he will at once
go back into his hole and not attempt
to come out again for forty days, because
he will know that he can do no
good.
The new comet that recently made
Its unheralded appearance In the western
horizon, has been a subject of a
great deal of Interest to people throughout
this vicinity, on those evenings
that the condition of the sky would admit
of its being seen. It was visible
from Yorkvllle on Thursday night,
again on Saturday night and last night
The Interesting visitor Is not to be seen
until about five minutes after sundown,
when It appears Just over the spot
where the sun sinks from view. As the
light of the sun fades more and more,
the comet gradually comes Into sight,
so faint as to be hardly distinguishable
at first, and then becomes bright
er and brighter, as It sinks lower arfid
lower beyond the horizon. The astrofe
omers do not seem to know much abofl
the new visitor, and have not givat
any definite information as to how long
it will be visible.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mrs. W. L. Jackson of Rock Hill,
visited friends near Yorkville last week.
Mr. John W. Miller left Saturday for
a short visit to Washington and Baltimore.
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Raines of Columbia,
spent last week with Mr. J. C.
Dickson and family.
Miss Grace Dickson of Yorkville No.
1, is visiting her sister, Mrs. M. A.
Raines in Columbia.
Mrs. John M. Mclver of Gulf, N. Q,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. E. E.
Gillespie in Yorkville.
Misses Annie and Janie Dickson of
Clover, spent Saturday and Sunday
with Miss Annie Lou Dickson of Yorkville
No. 1.
Mrs. Julia S. Heard and little daughter
Hester, of Asheville, N. C., are
spending sometime with Mrs. A. M.
Guerard in Yorkville.
Mrs. I. H. Norris and children, Mr.
Willie and Miss Eloise, of Yorkville,
spent several days last week with Mr.
Norris in Winnsboro.
Mr. S. B. Lathan of Chester, was
stricken with appendicitis last Thursday,
and underwent an operation. Later
information is that he is getting
along as nicely as could be expected.
Mr. Lathan has many friends and acquaintances
throughout York county,
who hope for his speedy recovery. He
is a brother of the late Dr. Robert Lathan.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Mr. Louis Roth has sold his handsome
thoroughbred racer to Mr. Henry
James, the well known horse trader.
? A test examination of applicants
for positions as census enumerators
will be held in the court house at
Yorkville on next Saturday. In all
there are about forty to take the test
at Yorkville. The white candidates
will have the court room from 9 a. m.,
until they have finished, and the colored
applicants, of whom there are
about half a dozen will go in at 4 p. m.
? Miss Arnold of Elkins, W. Va., a
visitor of the Southern Presbyterian
mission field, spent several days in
Yorkville this week, the guest of Miss
Lesslie Witherspoon. On Sunday afternoon
she made an Interesting address
to the children in the First Presbyterian
church, and on Monday addressed
the Ladies' Missionary society
at Miss Witherspoon's.
? Mr. O. D. Anderson, who has had
charge of the Southern railroad agency
at this place during the past two years,
has been transferred to Camden, and
moved his family to that place yesterday.
He has been succeeded here by
Mr. P. M. Patrick of Denmark. Mr.
Anderson has made a record as a thoroughly
efficient man in a position that
had long been regarded as a difficult
one to fill, and he leaves many friends
in Yorkville who very much regret to
give him up.
? About twenty people gathered in
the court house last Friday night to
hear Mr. A. L. Gaston of Chester, on
the advantages of building and loan
associations as conservers of economic
resources, builders of homes, and accumulators
of wealth. Mr. Gaston has a
successful record as a manager of
building and loan operations, and it
was because he In an expert along this
line that it was thought to be a good
idea to have him make a talk. It was
desired to have the people present so
the thing could be explained to
all at once. The principal points
emphasized were, that the main
purpose of a building and loan
association is to build homes, to enable
people to build who could not build
otherwise, and to furnish a good opportunity
for those who desire to accumulate
from small savings. Mr. Gaston
talked the matter over fairly,
squarely and Impartially, and in a
thorough going, business like manner.
He showed how by means of monthly
payments of a dollar a share the resources
of organizations of this- kind
could be made to grow from month to
month; how the man who does not have
| occasion to borrow has a constantly In- |
creasing fund growing to his credit;
how the man who Is never able to accumulate
a lump sum sufficient to become
a real estate owner, Is enabled
to borrow and pay back In small payments
and get a home that he could
not have otherwise gotten. He analyzed
the proposition of the stockholder
borrowing from a building and loan and
paying back In Installments, and showed
how it is possible for such a stockholder
to get the full benefit of the
nominal rate of Interest on debts paid
by small Installments. Messrs. O. E.
Wllkins, J. C. Wilborn and others, have
taken up the matter of organizing a
building and loan with 250 shares and
will push the proposition for all it Is
worth.
NEW SUBSCRIBER PREMIUM.
Although the five dollars that was
offered for the largest number of new
subscribers returned and paid for during
the week ending January 22, literally
went a begging, that was not the
case with the five dollars offered for
the largest number of new names returned
and paid for last week.
Among the clubmakers who returned
and paid for new names last *cek,
were Miss Clara Alexander, No. 4,
Yorkville; Mrs. John Brandon, Clover;
N. S. Ford, Clover; H. J. Love, Filbert
No. 1; J. Webb Moore, Yorkville No. 3;
A. W. McFarland, Yorkville No. 3; Miss
Mary Jackson. Newport; Miss Mamie
Massey, Fort Mill; W. T. Smarr, Bullock's
Creek; Lester Watson, No. 1,
Hickory Grove; B. W. White, Sharon;
Capt. Samuel E White, Lancaster.
The five dollar premium goes to Mr.
A. W. McFarland of No. 3, Yorkville,
who returned and paid for five new
names. '
To keep up interest in the matter,
we have decided to offer one more premium
for new subscribers, on the same
terms as heretofore, except this time we
will make the premium ten dollars
and extend the competition period to
the evening of February 28, at 6 o'clock.
The proposition is simply this. To
the clubmaker who returns and pays
for the largest number of new subscribers
during the month of February,
we will give our check for ten dollars,
and all names returned in the contest,
whether they participate in this ten
dollar premium or not, will count on
clubs just the same as if this special
premium had not been offered.
HOMICIDE IN COLUMBIA.
Aaron Howell, formerly of the Bethany
section of York county; but for
several years past, a bookkeeper for
the Granby Mercantile company, shot
and killed one of the operatives named
C. C. Armstrong last-Saturday afternoon
at about 2 o'clock.
At the inquest Sunday, Officer Knox
to whom Howell surrendered after the
killing, testified that as soon as he gave
himself up, Howell said that Armstrong
had seized hold of him and he
shot to make him turn loose and get
back. Two eye-witnesses, J. M. Brown
and W. P. Parish, who were with the
deceased, testified that Howell fired be.
fore Armstrong: took hold of him.
Their testimony agreed. in practically
everything except as to the relative positions
of the two men at the time of
the firing.
The testimony was that Howell fired
four shots wjth a 32-calibre revolver;
but only one ball inflicted injury. This
bullet entered between the second and
third ribs, and was found in the cavity
of the right lung. Three other bullets
were found in the dead man's overcoat.
The shooting grew out of a dispute
over an old account, and a part of Armstrong's
story is told in the Columbia
State of Monday as follows:
"Armstrong visited Magistrate Jas.
H. Fowles, Jr., yesterday, stating that
he had worked for the Granby mill
about nine years ago, returning some
two weeks ago to re-enter the employ
of this company. He went on to say
that he was preparing to leave Columbia
and enter laboratory work and
when he went to draw his pay an account
was presented said to have been
Incurred when he was in the' employ of
the company nine years ago. This was
a bill for a suit of clothes that he had
apparently bought from a store in Columbia,
the Granby Mercantile company
guaranteeing payment. Armstrong
said that he ha<j not purchased any
such suit and had so Informed tne company,
and he was then told that the
matter could not be looked into at once,
as Maj. W. Arthur Metts, who was
manager of the Olympia mills store
nine years ago, is now absent from the
city and would not return before February
15. Armstrong told the magistrate
that he could not wait that long
and desired to bring suit for his money,
amounting to about $19. Mr. Fowles
told him that he would have to deposit
$1.15 to cover the costs of the action
and Armstrong left the magistrate's
office and was killed shortly afterwards."
Armstrong was originally from Piedmont.
He worked in cotton mills part
of the time, practiced painless dentistry
a part of the time. He was not licensed
as a dentist, however, and because of
that fact was tried for his life in Newberry
in 1907. He used cocaine in extracting
11 teeth for Mrs. Corry Berry,
and she died shortly afterward of heart
failure. . At the trial, however, there
was testimony to the effect that Armstrong
had not administered enough
cocaine to produce death ? .d he was
acquitted.
Howell was born and raised in the
Bethany neighborhood, and has a number
of relatives and friends in this
county. His reputation is that of a 1
straight-forward, law-abiding citizen, 1
who would not take an unfair advant- '
age, and his friends and acquaintances
generally seem to be of the opinion that
he did not shoot without good reason.
,
LOCAL LACONICS. <
Tax Collections to uate. ,
The tax collections up to last night,
amounted to J144.000. The 2 per cent
penalty attached this morning.
Aged 108.
Blacksburg special of January 30, to
the Columbia State: There died recently
near here, Miss Peggy Clark,
who, had she lived until the 21st of
February next, would have been 108
years old. In the old family Bible,
which belongs to one of her kinsmen,
is the record of her birth, February 21,
1802. She always lived the simple
country, out-door and open-house life,
and in later years indulged In the luxury
of smoking her pipe. Although her
home was within 200 yards of the
Southern railroad line from Atlanta to
Washington, and every day for a third
of a century she heard Its ponderous c
freight trains and magnificent vesti- s
buled coaches roll by, she never herself
enjoyed a ride over It She was never
sick enough to require the services of
a physician and died rather suddenly.
Miss Clark lived with her cousin, Mrs.
White, who Is nearing her 90th year
and who has, for the past 15 or 20
years, been drawing a pension from
the United States government on account
of her husband having served In
the Mexican war.
For Hunting Without License.
Dr. Len Adams and Mr. Henry
Cleveland of Gastonia, were tried before
Magistrate Qulnn and a jury at
Clover one day last week, on the charge
of hunting In South Carolina without
a license. Under the law, non-residents
have to pay a license to hunt In South
Carolina. Mr. Cleveland managed to
prove South Carolina residence and got
off. Dr. Adams was required to pay a
fine of twenty dollars. Mr. Cleveland
admitted that he voted in the recent
court house election in Gastonla; but
he was also able to show that he had
paid his poll tax in Spartanburg.
Charged With Breach of Trust
Mr. W. A. Carroll, carrier on Filbert
R. F. D. route No. 1, was arrested on
a warrant charging him with breach of
trust with frauti dent intent and bound
over in the sum of $300, to appear at
the approaching term of the court of
general sessions. The warrant was is
sued by Magistrate R. L. de Loach on
affidavits sworn out by members of the
Filbert Lodge Jr. O. U. A. M., the
charge being that the defendant, as
clerk of said lodge, appropriated to his
own use funds of the lodge to the
amount of $104. It is alleged that instead
of forwarding the money to the
supreme council as it was his business
and duty to do, Carroll used the money
for his own purposes, with the result
that the lodge was suspended for quite
a while before any of the members, other
than Carroll, had cognizance of the
fact Carroll, it is understood, does not
deny having made use of the lodge's
money; but claims that it was without
fraudulent Intent; that it was his purpose
to make good, and that he now
stands ready to make good. Aitnougn
his bond was given for his appearance
at the approaching term of the court of
general sessions, the defendant reserved
the right to demand a preliminary
hearing If he should see proper to do
so.
Rock Hill 8chool Tax Question.
Rock Hill special of January 28, to
the News and Courier: The meeting
of citizens for the purpose of considering
a tax levy for school purposes,
which was adjourned after a stormy
session three weeks ago, reconvened
yesterday at noon. W. J. Cherry was
the chairman and U. C. Partlow secretary.
The report of the committee appointed
to go over the treasurer's books
with him and report the exact state of
the district showed that, as stated by
Treasurer Smith in his former report,
there would be a deficit of $2,500 at
the end of the school term, and that It
would require a levy of 3i mills to secure
free tuition. After considerable
talk and speechmaking had been indulged
In, J. B. Johnson's motion that:
"In addition to the constitutional tax
of 3 mills, an additional 3i millrf tax
shall be levied on the taxable property
of the district for educational Interest
under direction of the board of trustees
for 1910," after an amendment by
Dr. J. B. Miller, making the levy 4
mills, was adopted. The motion made
by W. M. Dunlap, Esq., "that the board
of trustees of the Rock Hill school district
shall provide free tuition in all
the mill schools and In all the schools
of the district, and that they provide
proper school equipment for that purpose,
the provision for free tuition to
begin at the opening of the schools in
September, 1910," was carried.
MERE-MENTION.
An American shoe factory has been
commissioned to make shoes for the
heir apparent to the throne of Holland.
The linings of the shoes will be of material
valued at $100 a yard United
States Senator Culberson of Texas,
is reported as being critically ill at Atlantic
City, N. J J. P. Morgan is
said to be behind a merger of the big
copper interests of the United States
and Canada. The amount involved is
put at $500,000,000 A New York
woman last week put through a million
dollar real estate deal by which she
reaped a commission of $10,000
United States shipbuilders will receive
contracts for the construction of two
first-class battleships for the Argentine
government John B. Lombard,
treasurer of Framingham, Mass., is on
trial at Cambridge, on the charge of
forging town notes during the past
five years to the amount of $1,185,000
with $320,000 of the notes still outstanding
The retail prices of
eggs, butter and other produce have
been sharply affected In many of the
northern cities by the movement
against high prices. In Philadelphia
prices have been reduced z to o cents
a dozen on eggs, and 2 to 5 cents a
pound on butter During the first
six months of the fiscal year 1910, there
were 422,982 immigrants, landed at
United States ports..Joseph Picone,
the first person to be convicted of
"white slavery" In New York, has
been sentenced to state prison for a
term of not less than four years. Picone
is 19 years of age Mrs. Walter
Porter of Belvldere, 111., recently
sold a prize winning turkey for $500.
The bird has won first prizes at the
leading shows and weighs 52 pounds.
One prisoner was killed and two
were shot by guards at the naval prison
at Portsmouth, N. Hi., Friday, while
trying to escape Raefalle Pisano,
leader of the Black Hand society in
Brooklyn, N. Y., was sentenced Friday
to serve twenty-five years in Sing Sing
prison. His crime was attempted murder
Lyman W. Rogers, treasurer
of the National Maternity hospital of
Chicago, is authority for the statement
that 3,000 Chicago husbands are fondling
babies that are not their own, but
babies adopted by their wives and the
"fathers" are none the wiser Albert
T. Patrick, the famous lawyerconvict,
under sentence of life imprisonment
In Sing Sing for murder, has
seen disbarred as a practicing lawyer
by the appellate division of the New
York supreme court Eleven city
jfflcials and contractors of Chicago,
have been indicted by the Cook county
?rand Jury, charging them with con;piracy
to defraud the city out of >254,100
The United States Motor company
has been incorporated under the
aws of New Jersey with a capita]
itock of >16,000,000. The company pro>oses
to build Hying machines... .The
Kentucky court of appeals has refused
;o grant a new trial to Beach Hargls,
nf hia father and he must
lerve his sentence of life imprisonment.
...Warrants were sworn out in Louisville,
Ky., Thursday, for the arrest of
nree life Insurance solicitors, on
harges of conspiracy to defraud inurance
companies by insuring dying
persons by the connivance of physicians.
The investigation was started
by the death of a $10-a-week teamster,
who had 116,000 insurance. It is expected
that the Investigation of such
cases will be carried on all over the
United States The Philadelphia
and Reading railroad has announced
an increase of 13 per cent in the scale
of pay of its 1,200 engineers The
Coatee's thread mills, five in numbert
began operations again yesterday, after
being closed for a week on account
of a strike of back boys and twister
girls Eight persons were killed
and twenty Injured in a railroad wreck
in the outskirts of London, England,
Saturday W. S. . Hays, former
manager 01 ine ouue umun uanii ux 1
San Francisco, haa been arrested at ,
Memphis, Tenn., and will be taken
back to California for trial on charges '
of embezzlement Fourteen Sicilians, '
on trial at Toledo, O., on charges of ,
Black Hand conspiracy, were convict- i
ed Saturday and given prison sentences 1
varying from two to sixteen years,... J
Bishop Cyrus D. Fobs, retired, of the
Methodist Episcopal church, died at
his home in Philadelphia, Saturday,
aged 76 years...... .McAdoo, a small 1
mining town of Pennsylvania, has thirty-nine
saloons, or one for every sev- ,
enteen voters Four men were kill- '
ed Thursday evening near Cllnchport, '
Va., by a train wreck on the Carolina, .
Cllnchfleld and Ohio railroad. The
cause of the wreck was a landslide |
which blocked the track....By an accidental
explosion of dynamite at Silver
City, N. C., Friday, the $100,000
Swain county court house was wrecked,
one man was instantly killed and
several others more or less hurt, two
probably fatally The case of
Colonel Duncan B. Cooper and his
son, Robert J. Cooper, convicted of
murdering Senator Carmack at Nashville,
was to be argued before the
Tennessee supreme cuui i u? apycai
today A Pennsylvania railroad
train killed three persons at two different
places, a few miles apart near
Mansfield, O., Sunday. A woman
was killed on 'a crossing and a few
miles away the train ran down an
automobile, killing two othera
During the year 1909 only nineteen
registered ships were reported as
missing by the maritime reporting
agencies.
80UTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Major Marion Moise. a leading lawyer
and financier of Sumter, killed
himself In his office in that city last
Sunday afternoon, shooting himself In
the head with a Colt's revolver.
? Decided sentiment, says a Columbia
dispatch, Is manifesting itself
against Senator Tillman In his contest
for his grandchildren. If the supreme
court decides against the mother and
makes a literal construction of the act,
a poll of the legislature shows that the
act will be repealed and a new law enacted.
? Chester, January 31: Yesterday afternoon
when Henry Howard, driving
a team of two mules and a horse from
Barium Springs, N. C., to Columbia,
attempted to pass Fishing creek at a
ford near Mills mill, this county, driver,
wagon and team were swept down by
the raging waters. The mules were
drowned; the wagon was recovered
and the driver narrowly escaped.
? A white man named A. J. Coyle, has
brought suit for 35,000 damages against
the 8herllT of Greenwood county for an
unlawful arrest and detention in JalL
While the office of the nearest magistrate
was vacant by death, Coyle put
out a negro's eye In a gambling row,
and for this was arrested. The sheriff
had no warrant and the damage suit is
based on this fact.
? Representative Coke D. Mann, although
himself a Clemson trustee, says ,
the Browning bill Introduced In the ,
house to have an investigation 01 tne
affairs of Clemson should pass. He ,
says he is not guilty of any nepotism
himself, but there Is plenty of It there.
Mr. Mann says Senator Tillman has
been threatening for some time to expose
this nepotism, but was content
to remain silent as long as the other
trustees did his bidding. He says Senator
Tillman has been having a lot of
fun out of the matter and has been
having things much his own way.
? Greenville, January 31: An amusing
incident occurred in the operating
room at a local hospital the other
night when Tom Poole, who had
in a row in the suburbs been slashed
three times across the abdomen with
a carving knife, was under the hands
of two physicians. In the'mixup in
which Foole had been involved, the
other party to the controversy having
been found dead in a nearby ditch,
a bullet had lodged somewhere in
Poole's chest The physicians found
it necessary to remove a certain portion
of the skin. On this part of
Poole's body there had been drawn
by an old sea dog many years ago, a
miniature American flag, in all its
brilliant colors, the work having been
done aboard a man-of-war when
Poole was enlisted in the navy. Poole
refused to take an anesthetic and ap- ,
peared much interested in the operations.
Presently one of the physicians
ran a little knife through Old
Glory, marring the picture forever.
Poole made a "pass" at him, but the
doctor warded off the blow. In his
convalescence Poole swears he will
seek damages in the courts, even if
he finds it necessary to take his case
to congress, and haul up the doctor ,
for desecrating the American flag.
? Columbia, January 31: The distinguishing
feature of the habeas
corpus contest before the supreme
court today between Senator and
Mrs. Tillman and their daughter-inlaw
for possession of the senator's
two little grand-daughters, was that
the Tlllmans did not attack the character
of the younger Mrs. Tillman
I other than to charge that she is lr- <
ritable, and on many occasions not
specified, she did not show a proper
?J wnlntlnnn a#
reKU.ru iur lue Kieieu iciauuue vk
marriage. All the morning was consumed
in reading affidavits and the arguments
will last well Into afternoon.
There is no indication yet that .
the case will go to a reference. So j
crowded was the court room with '
prominent spectators, half of them ,
women, that the court Anally locked (
the doors. The only affidavits of im- (
portance from the Tillman side was <
a lengthy one from B. R. Tillman, (
Jr., and a thirteen page one from .
Senator Tillman. Young Tillman ac- .
knowledged that he had drank to j
excess and had on one occasion as- ,
sailed the character of his wife, but (
afterward apologized for this. He ,
denied all the other charges brought '
against him by his wife. Senator ,
Tillman's affidavit set forth that the
younger Mrs. Tillman had taught her
children to hate him and his wife, '
but in reply to the charge that the I
senator and his wife had not tried
to help their daughter-in-law reform
young Tillman, he quoted letters he ,
had written her and him showing the ,
contrary. He set forth that he never .
had any intention of attacking the
character of his daughter-in-law but ,
in reply to the affidavits proving her .
character, he quoted scripture about
"the wicked fleeing when no man pursueth."
The younger Mrs. Till- ,
man's attorney replied with copies
of letters young Tillman wrote his
wife from Edgefield last fall, showing
that while making preparations
to desert her and take her children
he was writing her most endearing
love letters. A sensational incident .
brought out in this was the letters
written young Mrs. Tillman by the
senator outrageously attacking her
character and that of her female rel- i
atlves now dead, had disappeared I
from her private desk at Edgewood t
following her husband's visit there s
and while she was in Washington, t
The contents of these letters was t
proved by a number of affidavits, one c
f OoAr rrrw Unnoh r\f SnfiP. t
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tanburg, the senator's niece, saying t
that after these letters she did not a
blame young Mrs. Tillman from re- c
fusing to have anything more to do f
with ihe senator or members of his i
family. The return in the case was p
a brief mostly standing upon the old e
statute under which the deed to the o
children was made, giving the hus- t
band this sole right regardless of the
fitness or unfitness of the wife.
"Back to tho 8oil."?"Back to the
joil." This Is the solution of the prob- ^
ems of the higher cost of living, accreting
to James J. Hill, philosopher
md master railroad builder. "The
problem Is not local; it is international,"
said Mr. Hill, who was back in
New York last Saturday after his visit
to Washington and the White House
early in the week.
"Obviously, the world has reached
in economic crisis. We are not producing
foodstuffs enough. We must
enlarge the farming area of the earth;
we must apply scientific principles; we
must adapt ourselves to condltlona
"Agriculturally speaking, the world
Is not. over-populated. The problem
Is to relieve the congestion in the cities
and scatter the unproductive population
to the farms. Then when we get
them there we piust teach them new
methods of farming. Our present
mothnHo orn or* Iaaaa nllnaK/\^
wuu ?*t v IW0V UitU Qli ponvu kliai
we do not get half the good out of our
tillable land.
"There isn't quick relief to the present
crisis. The necessaries of life will
not be cheapened to the consumer until
we add a million or so persons to
our agricultural population. Until the
movement from the city back to the
country starts. President Taft and
congress can do little to lower the cost a
of living." m
To Investigate Tax Department?M.
L. Smith has presented a resolution
providing for a commission to investigate
the tax department.
Section 1. That a commission, consisting
of the chairman of the finance
committee of the senate, the chairman fa
of the ways and means committee, of
the house, the comptroller general,
and three other nersons to be appointed
by the governor, is hereby
created, whose duty it shall be to
thoroughly investigate the tax department
of this state and report to the
next meeting of the general assembly
the result of. their investigation, and
make such recommendation looking
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ment as shall be considered advisable.
Section 2. That the members of
said commission, other than the comptroller
general, shall each receive the
sum of $4 per day and necessary
traveling expenses for each day's attendance
upon the sessions of said commission,
payable on the warrant of
the chairman of the commission, and
the sum of 11,000 is hereby approprl- w
ated to meet such per diem and ex- - -JJ
penses.
The resolution has a favorable report
from the ways and means committee.
No More Boll Weevil Money?An 4
unsuccessful effort was made by southern
congressmen in the house yesterday
to have the appropriation for the B
study and demonstration of the best
methods of meeting the ravages of the
boll weevil, the foe of cotton, increased
from $216,000 to $600,000. The proposition
was defeated by a vote of $8 to
116.
"We poor people want our butter colored
yellow. It looks better and is bet- .
ter. We want our colored butter free ^
of taxation," declared Representative
Clayton (Ala.) in the course of a speech
advocating the increase.
Speaking of the hibernating qualities
of the boll weevil Mr. Clayton convulsed
the house by declaring that if
the weevil should reach Kansas it
would hibernate in whiskers. The boll V
weevil gets in a lazy condition, "like
some of you gentlemen, who go to banquets,"
said Mr. Clayton.
"You Yankees want cheap cotton,"
he added amid laughter, "but if you let
the boll weevil eat up our cotton you
will have to pay 40 cents a pound for .
it."
Another effort to increase the appropriation,
this time to $300,000, was
defeated by a vote of 96 to 108.
Does Not Look Fair?These are the
sections of the statutes on which Senator
Tillman Is relying to retain custo- *
dy of the children deeded to him by his
son, B. R. Tillman, Jr.:
"Section 2689. The father of any
child or children, under the age of 21
years and not married, whether born
before or after the death of such fattier,
or the mother of any such child or M
children, the father being dead, whether
such father or mother be under the
age of 21 years, or of full age, may, by
his or her deed, executed and recorded
according to law, or by his or her
last will and testament, made and probated
according to law, dispose of the
custody and tuition of such child or
children for and during such time as
he, she, or they, respectively, remain
under the age of 21 years, to any person
or persons, in possession or re- A
mainder. *
"Section 2690. Such disposition of
the custody of such child or children
shall be good and effectual against all
and every person or persons claiming
the custody of such child or children,
as guardian in socage or otherwise. ^
Fined Five Hundred Dollars,?in the
Charlotte, N. C., police court last Saturday,
J. Harry Jonjs, an express messenger,
, was fined 1500 for shooting
William L. Felder, a merchant of St
Matthews, S. C., in Charlotte on December
14 last Mr. Felder waa shot
as he was walking past an express car.
At the hearing Saturday, the express
messenger admitted doing the shoot- s
lng; but offered no explanation, ex- '
cept that he was drunk. The line was
paid. ,
AT THE CHURCHE8.
BAPTIST. |
Prayer meeting Wednesday afternoon
at 3.30 o'clock.
METHODIST.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 7.30 o'clock.
PRESBYTERIAN.
There will be prayer meeting on
Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. ^
ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday afternoon
at 3.30 o'clock.
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Prof. Barrow's Appointments In th?
Fifth District.
The following schedule of Farmers'
Institutes has been arranged for the ^
Fifth district Prof. D. N. Barrow of
ZJlemson college will meet the farmers
ind all others who are interested in the
term extension work as indicated in
:he following list. County secretaries
ind county residents are requested to
nake all necessary arrangements for
:hese meetings:
Monday, Feb. 7?Gaftney,
Tuesday, Feb. 8?Chester.
Wednesday, Feb. 9?Yorkville,
Thursday, Feb. 10?Lancaster
Friday, Feb. 11?Camden.
Saturday, Feb. 12?Chesterfield.
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mndred dollars. Where it is less than
1 hundred dollars the indexing fee is
?nly fifteen cents. To save recording 4
eee on mArtj'siE'es of more than llilO
t is practicable to draw two or more
tapers for less than a hundred dollars
ach and have them indexed. Sample
if this crop mortgage will be mailed
o any address on receipt of 5 cents.
L. M. Grist's Sons,
Yorkville, S. C.