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Scraps and Jarts. I :===ziziizzz===r=r===rizz=: * ? On behalf of the Peary Arctic club r of New York, Commander Robert E. 8 Peary has made a proposition to the ^ National Geographic society looking to ' the sending of an expedition to discov- 1 er the south pole. The proposition In- volves an offer of the steamer Roosevelt for the Joint use of the two socleties, with the understanding that the National Geographic society will con- E tribute the first $50,000 necessary to flt out the expedition and the two so- cletles will each contribute half of the remaining expenses, estimated at $25,000 or S3G.900 more. The Roosevelt is valued at $150,000. The National Geographic society has not formally accepted the proposition; but the understanding is that It will do so as soon as It can hold the necessary business meeting, and the expedition will probably set off next fall. ? The number of those who are pledging themselves to abstain from meats in the large cities of our country, is rapidly growing. In some cities, in which eighty and ninety thousand persons had signed the pledge or were following its condi- * tions two weeks ago, the number had I almost doubled last week. The point * has been reached when the people c will no longer as a whole submit to the r enormous prices imposed by the trusts. "Revolutions have been started by less than the American people s are now suffering," says a Kansas t senator. "Meat foots up to a quarter t of the average. household expenses, t and it ought to be cheaper today, in- a stead of dearer than it was twenty-five c years ago. because of the greater economy in its preparation. When I was a boy twenty-five per cent of the s carcass went to waste. Now nothing ? goes to waste, not even the blood." t The markets are feeling to a great t degree this so-called "meat strike." i, In some cities almost no meat Is sold, t and the market, even in New York, t is declared to be dead. The prices on all kinds of meat are dropping rapidly. It was declared on Jan 26 in the t, New York market that by the end of g the week the, prices would be "lower y than they have been in many years." j, ? Washington, February 2: An v animated political debate enlivened s the session of the house today. p Charges of partisanship in taking cen- jsus enumerations were preferred, the \\ Democrats Insisting that a non-parti- {, san census is impossible, unless the enumerators are appointed from both political parties. After a long debate d lite cxu9uo ulll |/OOOVU| |/j> vttuttig ?.v* g an amendment to the present law so a there will be an enumerator of cattle 5 slaughtered and hides procured In ^ country slaughtering-houses, together g with provision for enumeration of in- n formation concerning corrugated 0 landa Reading a letter said to have a been written by Representative Crow c of Missouri, telling one of his constlt- u uents that if he should receive the ap- w polntment as census enumerator he k would have a certain relative appoint- t( ed, Mr. Robinson denounced the census bill. The letter is alleged to contain a statement that the work a f) census enumerator has to do will be n mm onv anthndaitlr Ranilhll(<fln would be glad to do and not conflict with his duty as an enumerator." It ^ is also stated that extra work will be b outlined at the time of appointment, ^ so he need not accept if he does not ' desire to do what is asked of him. In the senate, the urgent deficiency and army bills passed, carrying a com bin- T ed appropriation of 1102,000,000. The g postal savings bank bill was lengthily t] discussed. A bill exempting certlfl- ^ cates of indebtedness and requiring payment of the principal on the Pan- ? ama canal bonds, previously passed by the house, was acted upon favorably. ? Senator Clay, of Georgia, Is heartily In favor of legislation to do away ^ with gambling In foodstuffs and cot- c ton on the exchanges. Discussing the ^ question a few days ago he said: "The most Important legislation that con- ^ gress could possibly enact at this time would be to pass a law that will destroy for all time, gambling in foodstuffs, cotton and other products of agriculture. There is no reasonable Jr excuse for the price of cotton Jump- a ing up or down two cents in one day. A business In which 2500,000 may be ? won or lost In twenty minutes, almost any day In the year is a bad business. I believe public sentiment Is overwhelmingly In favor of the passage of such a law as will prohibit such business. It Is a difficult question to b handle In a legal and constitutional b way. But from the talks I have had with senators since my return, I am convinced there is strong sentiment ? in the senate in favor of putting an h end to this evil. The president has 31 declared in favor of such legislation, ^ and the recent disclosures as to the b conduct of the New York, cotton ex- b change have made the country realize ^ the necessity of immediate action. The " best opinion I have ever read on this w subject was delivered by Senator b George of Mississippi. He was a great n lawyer. His views appealed to me n then, and I still believe the way he A pointed out is the best way to solve b this question. In the Interest of the b young men of the country and to conserve business integrity, legislation to prevent exchange gambling has become a necessity." oi ? Nashville, Tennessee, February 1: tl The last deal in the legal game, the la stake of which is the liberty of Col. f( Duncan B. and Robin J. Cooper, began in the supreme court of Tennessee tl this morning. It was the calling of b the motion for a new trial, asked by H the Coopers who had been convicted tl of the murder of former United States ,r Senator Edward Carmack and each sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, d The killinr, which took place on one of the prominent streets of Nashville a a year ago last November, was the p culmination of as long and as bitter b a political feud as ever has marked n the annals of the state. Carmack, nbrilliant as editor and statesman, had ti been a protege of Colonel Cooper, d Wnt fVio mpn mmrrplpd. As editor of ti the Nashville Tennesseean, Carmack ncriticised Colonel Cooper and edlto- c< rially referred to him as a "little bald w headed angel." Cooper, according to 0i testimony at the trial, sent word to a< Carmack that if his (Cooper's) name m was mentioned again he would kill te Carmack. Carmack the next day b; used Cooper's name. The same day n, the men met. Cooper was accompanled by his son Robin. The latter C( shot and killed Carmack as the editor was drawing a revolver. The Cooper's pleaded self defense, but the state m proved that one of the bullets pierced m Carmack In the back of the neck, j'1 smashing the spinal cord and causing ]a instant death. The Jury, after a trial th lasting nearly three months, found sj the Coopers gultty of murder In the ^ second degree and assessed their pun- ?' ishment at imprisonment for twenty y< ears. The trial marked one of the lardest fought battles in the judicial ilstory of the state. A score of emltent counsel were arrayed on either ide and even now, for the argument >efore the supreme court, the deense has added Luke E. Wright to ts list of attorneys. $hc ^Jorkmllr (Snquircr. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.i FRIDAY, FERUARY 4, 1910. If the people of Rock Hill win the Ight for the sale of the High School iroperty to Winthrop college, we do lot think there should be any question if the fact that The Record deserves nuch of the credit The house on Tuesday passed a tate-wide prohibition bill 68 to 42 and he senate killed a similar measure 22 o 18. This is very commonly believed o have settled the prohibition question o far as the present session is conerned. We sincerely believe that something hould be done to correct the evils of he cotton excnange gamming, oui wiwi hat something is to be, we are not alogether clear. The exchanges have a egitimate office, and properly used hey are a good thing. It is only when hey are abused that they are harmful. It has been proposed in the senate o prohibit the killing of birds in louth Carolina during a period of three ears. We approve the measure as it i, rather than see it killed; but we rould like to amend It uy excepting parrows, which the agricultural oleartment has very properly characterted as rodents of the air. But really ; would be a good idea to stop the killig of birds. Tire house of representatives a few ays ago, passed a resolution inviting Senator Bailey of Texas to deliver an ddress before the general assembly; ut the senate would have nothing of tie kind. Several senators took strong round against the Texas statesman, laintalning that, because of his dubius connection with various trusts, nd especially the Waters-Pierce Oil ompany, he is not a proper man to ndertake to lead honest men in the ray they should go. It is pleasing to now that the senate has the manhood > do the right thing in this matter. Senator Williams of Lancaster, a ew days ago refused to allow unanlious consent to a Joint resolution to xtend an Invitation to Senator Tilllan to address the general assembly, [e explained his position as being ased on the fact that at Rock [ill some time ago, Senator Tilllan needlessly undertook to inult the senators by declaring that ley were in the pay of the railroads, he house extended an invitation to enator Tillman, but he declined it on le ground of the occasion of his presnce in the city?the habeas corpus roceedlngs, Involving the custody of is grandchildren. We are printing a communication in nother column, on the subject of cerlin proposed amendments to the York uunty road law. The correspondent ska us to print a certain alleged contact. We have no information on the ubject Mr. J. S. Brice, who was for lany years connected with the board f county commissioners, Just in the apacity of clerk and later in the caacity of attorney, says he knows nothlg of such a contract. If there is such contract and anybody will be kind nough to furnish us with a certified opy of it, we will take pleasure in omplying with the request of the corespondent for its publication. Senator Tillman seems to be very itter toward Mrs. B. R. Tillman, Jr., ecause of her "pride of birth." In fact lis seems to be the only objection that le senator has to the younger woman, he will not look up to the senator as er superior. Well now, It does not eem to us that this is exactly fair. Ve cannot say that we admire snob ishness, or vain pride in anybody; ut still In this great, big world, seems that if a man or wolan prefers to let some other man or roman entirely alone, they ought to ave a right to do it One man or womn can certainly not be made to love, aspect or esteem another by force, .nd If the senator Is right sure that is daughter-in-law is no better than e is, it ought not to worry him, if pleases her to think otherwise. Ax attorney who has been a member f the bar for many years, and who has ie reputation of much wisdom in the iw, has made a statement to this ef?ct to the editor of The Enquirer: "I do not believe the proposition lat several mortgages given on a crop revious to planting, will become of >lnt and equal effect as to priority her. the crop comes up. I think that le several mortgages will take effect i 1 the order of their execution, just the ime as if they were given on any othr chattel that may have been in un- i isputed existence at the time." Of course, we cannot pretend to be n authority in a science in which the rofessional doctors differ so widely; ut we want to print this and in conection with it, withdraw our state- 1 lent to the effect that the opposite of le opinion quoted above is correct. We < o not Know, we win say, nowever, lat the view quoted strikes us as lost reasonable. Unless the supreme j jurt can be quoted to the contrary, ' e fail to see why the matter of pri- 1 rity is not fully determined by the j ct of the mortgagor. But really, the latter does not appear to be very ma- ( irial, as ample protection is afforded y the clause that states whether or ] ot a prior mortgage has been given. ' i'e do not think that matter Is of con- J ;rn. ( ? ? 1 Mr. McMahan's Qualification Bill.? ] [r. McMahan's bill to prevent any ^ ian from voting in the primary elecon unless he is qualified to vote in le general election was reached at a te hour last night, after the close of < le prohibition fight. Mr. McMahan ! >oke in advocacy of the bill until ! le house adjourned, some of his i >lnts being: that the real election in 1 outh Carolina is the primary, and i >t the constitutional safeguards < thrown around suffrage and elections apply only to the general elections, while in other states they have been I made to include the primary elections, which are entirely subject to statutory control. No man, he says, can truly take the present oath required in voting in a primary, "that he will support the nominees," if he is not qualified to vote in the general election and therefore can not "support the nominees" by a vote, the evident meaning of the oath. Yet this anomaly, absurdity, perjury, is permitted, he says, and has become in the minds of some a sacred, inalienable right. The officers of the state may be thus dictated to by men helpless to elect them. The list of registered electors is the list of qualified jurors, and the neglect to qualify to vote is neglect also to be eligible to jury duty. Thus the state through the unrestricted primary may be governed by those who shirk the two chief duties of citizenship, and also shirk the duty to pay a poll tax, which goes to educate the children of the home school district. He declares it can not be said that white men will be disfranchised by enforcing now in the primary the constitutional requirements for suffrage. Any white man can qualify if he will. The promise made in 1896 not to disfranchise any white man was iuinuea, out ir men wiiiuuy aisirancnise themselves as voters of the state by neglect and by failure to pay the poll tax, It is their own fault and they should be excluded from the primary, unless we wish to put a premium upon bad citizenship. A8YLUM BILL INTRODUCED. Text of Measure to Provide For 8tate's Unfortunate. A bill has been Introduced in the house requiring the appointment of a commission to erect a hospital or hospitals and to make certain repairs to the present institution. The measure was introduced by the majority committee of the investigating committee. The following is the measure: A bill, requiring the appointment of a commission to erect a hospital or hospitals for the Insane, and to make certain repairs to the present hospital; to define its duties and fix Its compensation and manner of appointment. Sec. 1. That immediately upon the approval of this act, the governor shall appoint a commission consisting of five members to be known as the State Hospital Commission, and whose term of office shall be two years from the date of appointment, unless sooner removed by the governor. Sec. 2. Said commission shall im uieuiaieiy uigeuiise uy wits eieuuun ui a chairman and a secretary from their number. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the said commission to make such repairs and furnish such equipment to the present plant for the State Hospital for the Insane as the general assembly may direct; to secure options on suitable sites for two new hospitals for the Insane, one for the white and the other for the colored insane; to have made plans, specifications and estimates for said hospitals. Sec. 4. If moneys be provided by a special bond Issue for building the said hospitals, then the commission shall proceed to purchase sites and ere^t thereon hospitals for the white and colored Insane, respectively. Sec. 5. If moneys be not provided by a special bond issue, the said commission shall report to the next session of the general assembly the said options on sites and plans, specifications and estimates for the said two hospitals, together with such recommendations as in their judgment would assist the general assembly in determining ways and means for building the said hospitals. The compensation allowed is $5.00 per day, and actual expenses. The sum of $10,000 is appropriated for all expenses, including plans and estimates, if so much be necesary. HIGH COST OF LIVING. Congress Arranging to Investigate This Important Matter. President Taft and the leaders of the Republican party In the house are in favor of a thorough and exhaustive investigation of the present high cost of living, and it was determined Wednesday at a meeting of the ways and means committee that that body should assume the task of making a full Inquiry into the whole matter. Chairman Payne and Minority Leader Clark of Missouri, were designated to draft suitable resolutions relating to the scope of the inquiry and determining the details of the investigation. It is intended that force shall be given to the inquiry by making it as non-partisan as possible. When the matter was brought up in committee today, the various resolutions now before the rules committees providing for investigations of the cost of living were considered. It was suggested that the ways and means committee, because of the recent exhaustive tariff inquiries, was already in possession of a vast amount of information bearing upon the subject and that committee was consequently in a better position than any other body to undertake the work. After much discussion, it was finally determined to leave the drafting of the resolution in the hands of Messrs. Payne and Clark. Members of the committee were given to understand through Representative Longworth, it is said, that President Taft was desirous of having a thorough investigation of the subject. Chairman Payne, when asked today when the resolutions will be prepared replied: "I don't know." From other members it was learned that if the public authorizes the ways and means committee to go ahead with the investigation, various substitute committees will be named to go to different parts of the country to take testimony. , Representative Champ Clark said it was desirable that the facts regarding the reasons for the present high cost of living be fully determined as soon as possible. "Unless the matter is gone about in a systematic way," said Mr. Clark, "it would be an endless task to find out the bottom truth about it. The ( reasons that enter into the present high prices of necessities are so num erous and there are so manv ramiflca- ' tlons to the subject, that It is bound to be a big undertaking any way we go at it." ? Columbia State: Senator Stewart has Introduced in the senate and Mr. Glasscock will introduce in the house, an important concurrent resolution which, if adopted, may have a decided bearing upon the future of the Catawba Indians, whose reservation of 600 acres is fifteen miles below Port Mill, on the Catawba river. The resolution is in response to a petition 1 signed by fifty-one of the Indians, requesting that they be made citizens : of the state. "Our present condition," says the petition, "is deplorable, it being impossible for us to make a support on our present reservation. We ; believe if made citizens and additional ; lands furnished us by the state upon which we can settle, our condition will be greatly improved and we can take care of ourselves in the future." The concurrent resolution authorizes the governor to appoint three commissioners, neither of whom shall be a member of the general assembly, to investigate the condition of the Indians, with the view of purchasing addition- ( al lands contiguous to their reservation to assist them to become s"Jfsupporting and useful citizens, If the plan is considered feasible. Should such action be taken it will mean that the Catawba Indians will no longer be wards of the state, but will be thrown upon their own resources to ! earn a livelihood. It is estimated that It would require an appropriation of between $15,000 and $20,000 to purchase the lands which the Catawbas i think necessary to relieve their present condition. The state now appro priates annually to tnese inaians ?a,200, $3,000 of which is divided pro 1 rata among them, the remaining $200 being used for school purposes. , I ? Mr. A. E. Gonzales, president of the Columbia State company, has given $1,000 to the South Carolina Corn '' Breeders' association, to be used for nrlzes In stimulating the production of ^ better seed corn for the use of the members, and for the people of the ! state generally. ' LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8. J. R. Killian?Has a good brood mare, good worker and gentle, for sale cheap for co?h. J. L. Guy, Camden?Offers two tracts of land In Kershaw county for sale at 11,200 each. Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Tells why El wood wire fencing is superior to all others. It is made that way. see page four for details. First National Bank, Sharon?Publishes an official statement of condition at the close of business, January 31. It has resources totaling 387,040.88. J. Q. Wray?Insists that you visit his store and get his prices before you buy goods in his line. February special prices. First National Bank, Sharon?Tells you of the various ways in which a checking account will benefit you, and invitee you to call for fuller de tails. Herndon & Gordon?Print another chapter on candies and want you to know that they sell lots of good candles. York Supply Co.?Announces that their tailoring.man?"the man from Kahn's"?will be at their store on February 18th and 19th, wjth samples. J. L. Williams & Co.?Have three odd lots of shoes for men, women and children and offer you your choice at greatly reduced prices. First National Bank, Yorkvllle?Publishes an official statement of condition at the close of business, January 31. It has resources of 3302,384.54. Yorkvllle B. & M. Co.?Is receiving new goods in its dry goods and shoe departments and wants you to see them, and also tells about choice family and fancy groceries. Thomson Co.?Has decided to continue its fourth anniversary sale for one week in order to give everybody a chance at its bargain offerings, which are told about today. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.?On page four tells of a Georgia farmer who made forty-two bales of cotton with one mule. He used Va.?Car. fertilizers. Royal Baying Powder Co.?Royal baking powder is used the world over. See page four for adltional information. The house has killed Mr. McMahan's bill requiring registration as a prerequisite to voting In the primary. ?11 ? ? I ? (? ffAfHnilP I ne small grain to along nicely, and there Is promise that the farmers will not have to buy so much flour next summer. There is very little cotton selling. The demand from the .mills la light, and the holders of spots seem to be thoroughly well satisfied with the situation. Mr. D. J. Forbes of Clover, says that he has beeh noticing the matter all of his life, and he has never known a second day of February on which there was not some clouds at either morning, noon or night Prof. Ira W. Williams, superintendent of the Farmers' Co-operative Demonstration work In South Carolina, writes that he will be In Yorkvllle on February 19, for the purpose of giving Information as to the Boys' Corn contest in this county. A loose coin in a mall box is a small matter to the man who puts it there. It would not amount to much to any Individual to have to pick up a single loose coin, even with cold fingers. But think of the rural letter carrier who may have to stop and wrestle with any number of loose coins In a day, and calculate how you would like the work, especially, If you had something else to do as you went along. In ruling that carriers shall not be required to pick up such coins, the postofflce department has done exactly the right thing. WITHIN THE TOWN. , ? During his recent visit to Yorkvllle, Mr. W. H. Winslow, United States superintendent of road construction, took occasion to advise that the macadam work on Congress street could not be made permanent except by the admixture of a little pitch. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Mary McCullough of Wilkinsville, Is In Yorkvllle on a visit to her sister, Mrs. J. P. White. Mrs. T. P. Moor? and Miss Marie Moore of Yorkvllle, left this week to visit Mrs. H. W. Tate at Mint, Fla. Miss Bessie Pegram of Yorkvllle was called to Lancaster, this week on account of the illness of her aunt, Mrs. S. W. Inman. Mr. Z. T. Bailes of Fort Mill township, was In Yorkvllle Wednesday on business with the probate court, and was granted letters of administration on the estate of L. B. Glover, deceased. YORK GIRLS AT WINTHROP. Following is a complete list of the York county girls enrolled at Wlnthrop college as furnished by President Johnson to the general assembly: Bowling Green?Georgia Belle Dulin. _ , Fort Mill?Lucile Barber, May Coltharp, Annie Crook, Mildred Hall, Inez Smith, Lula Therrell. Lesslie?Lily J. Martin. Old Point?Juanita Neely, Leona Thomasson. Roddey's?Camie L. Roddey, Carrie Caldwell Roddey. Rock Hill?Bennle Lee AdamB, Carrie Anderson, Harriet Anderson, Mary Anderson, Mattie Lou Barnette, Annis Barron, Genevietve Beckham, Louise Black, Sarah Lee Black, Annie Brown, Annie Lynn Carothers, Lillian Caveney, Lillian Cook, Julia R. Cork, Martha Creighton, Anna Kate Fewell, Cecil Fewell, Eva Fewell, Isabelle Fewell, Louise Fewell, Catherine Frew, Evelyn Frew, Lucile Frew, Margaret Frew, Bessie Garrison, Carrie Garrison, Josie Ruth Greer, Josle Hall. Rebecca Hall, Nancy J. Heath, Mary Huey, Anne Claire Hutchinson, Emma F. London, Jessie Marshall, Annie Miller, Julia Plexlco, Essie May Poag, Susie Belle Rabb, Florence M. Reid, Margarot Robbins, Lillie Roddey, Maggie Lou Roddey, Margaret Ruff, Carrie Sadler, Tattle Sandifer, Fannie Lee Setzer, Sadelle Stewart, Rosa B. Strait, Virginia Taylor, Emma Thomson, Elizabeth Waters, Mary Kate Williams, Jessie Wingate, Maud F. Chaplin, Emily Elms. Yorkvllle?M. Elizabeth Finley, Anna R Lewis. Fredrica Lindsay, Helen Lowry, Dorothy Montgomery, Mamie E. Rose, Xellie Russell, Janle E. Wray. PUMPED BY A DETECTIVE. It has developed that A. M. Guerard. the blind man, who was committed to jail recently on the charge of uttering fraudulent checks, has quite a crooked career behind him, and that other people were after him even before the warrants were sworn out against him in Yorkville. A few evenings ago, a stranger giving his name as Williams, applied to Deputy Sheriff Quinn, represented that he used to know Guerard as a fellow# - - < 1 nnA momoer 01 a musiuui uisaiu^auuii, requested to be taken to the jail to see the blind prisoner. After Williams had been In Guerard's cell a little while, snatches of a statement like this were overheard: "No, sir, It will never do to have a man of your musical abilities lying up in jail like this. Why you ought to be ?arning thirty, forty and fifty dollars a week, and I am not going to have It. you Just tell me every one of your troubles?don't leave out one of them, and I will see that you are out of here ay 9 o'clock's tomorrow morning, even though your bond amounts to as mucl as 14,000." After a little, Guerard wai overheard recounting different real o supposed adventures connected wltl Atlanta, Greenville, St. Louis and oth er places, while the stranger with pa< and pencil took it all down in detail. When the stranger got all he wante< of the story, he bade Guerard good bye and assured him again that hi would be on hand next morning wltl a bond up to $4,000, if necessary. Who '"Williams," is or what his rea business was, the reporter did no learn. During his short stay In York ville he stopped at Mr. R. J. Caldwell' boarding' nouse, ana 11 is unaersiooi that he did not tell a great deal abou his business. It Is supposed, howevei that he Is a detective. It Is know) that several people who subscribed fo magazines through Guerard and failet to get them, wrote to the publishers and some people think that the mys terlous visitor was probably sent bj the publishers to look further Into thi case. As yet Guerard has had no hearing and although there is no certainty abou the matter, it now seems quite proba ble that none of the local cases agains him will be very vigorously pressed There seems to be a feeling that be cause of his affliction, and out of con' slderatlon of his relatives, it will b< just as well to let him go. But as t< this, there is but little that is definite. COMMON PLEA8 ROSTER. At a bar meeting held in the clerk'i office last Tuesday evening, Calendai 1 cases that will probably come uj during the approaching two weeks o: the court of common pleas, were arranged in accordance with the follow lng roster: Monday, February 7. 1. W. F. Jackson, Jr., vs. 8. Ry.C. D. et al. 31. W. C. Shell vs. D. M. Hall. Tuesday, February 8. 27. A. 8. Hand vs. Catawba Pow. Co 34 W. E. Ferguson vs. So. Ry. Co. 36. Mackorell Bros. vs. So. Ry. Co. Wednesday, February 9. 36. Mackorell Bros. vs. So. Ry. Co. > 37. J. M. Stroup vs. So. Ry. Co. Thursday, February 10.. 39. W. R. Carroll vs. J. P. Barnes. 40. Yorkvllle Mon. Work vs. So. Ry Co. Friday, February 11. 47. Jane Miller Lee vs. So. Ry. Co. Monday, February 14. 48. W. J. Werner vs. So. Ry.?C. D et al. 42. E. J. Downs vs. Tavora Cottor Mill. Tuesday, February 15. 26. Mackorell Bros. vs. W. U. Tel. Co 51. Mary F. Grist vs. Postal Tel. and C. Co. Wednesday, February 16. 43. Andrew Cook vs. Thos. H. Allen. ? 44. Jerry Walker vs. Thos. H. Allen. 62 Louis Roth vs. Jas. F. Jackson. Thursday, February 17. 64. Walter Galther vs. Southern Power Co. 65. J. N. Gaston vs. S. D. Warfleld et al. Friday, February 18. 58. Grace Burris vs. So. Ry. Co. 60. David Lee vs. W. L. Hill. AN INCORPORATED FARM. One of .the first experiments with an Incorporated farm is to be made In York county. This experiment Is to be made on the Williams old place, now owned by the heirs of the late Mr. Ware of King's Mountain, N. C., who some time ago purchased the property In partnership with Mr. W. G. Hughes. The Idea of the Wares is to 'put the property In such shape that the different owners will be free to do with their holdings as they like without interfering with the others. They believe also, that the corporation plan will Insure the most profitable development of the property. The following comments from the Farmers' Union Sun are interesting: The following clipping from the Manufacturers' Record, Baltimore, Md., shows a movement toward more system in farming: "S. C., Rock Hill ?Farm. ?Ware farm Incorporated with $30,000 capital stock by J. W. Ware, S. L. Patterson and Lk Li. Ware; will cultivate farm lands and operate cotton gin and grist mill." Now, let us suppose that co-operation could get off the paper sufficiently to become a reality and that a dozen or more good farms In a neighborhood could be put together into a Joint stock company, regularly Incorporated under the laws of the state, without each farmer losing his Individual title to his land. They could then be put under one business management and each farmer under such a plan would work his own farm under the direction of experts employed to superintend the different departments. The system of book-keeping and records would show all work done and a complete record of all expenses and sales would be kept. Each farmer could keep for his own use all the products of his farm that he wanted, these being priced to him according to the records at the exact cost of production, and all that he did not wish to keep could be turned over to the business head of the corporation to be sold. All buying and sell ing wouia De done Dy ine central ouslness head of the corporation and these commodities and products could be handled In large lots, thus reducing many expenses. Under such a system with proper expert supervision and management, each farmer would not lose his Individually and power of initiative, as his work would be done in consultation with experts. The possibilities under this system would be greatly Increased. Scientific and economic production would be much better secured. Waste could be more easily eliminated. The Individual farmer would get a better return for his outlay of time and money than under the present system. Of course the success of such a corporation as this would depend upon being managed by brains and Christian character. Such men can be found, however. LOCAL LACONIC8. Mrs. Dora M. Griar Dead. Fort Mill Times: Mrs. Dora McDowell Grler, wife of Mr. James M. Grler, died at her home In this city Saturday morning at 9 o'clock, after a serious illness of several weeks. The funeral services were conducted from the home Sunday morning by Rev. W. A. Hafner, of the Presbyterian church, and the remains were Interred in the churchyard of Steel Creek nhnrrh Sundav afternoon. Death of Mr?. R. A. Gilfillen. Mrs. Rachel C. Gllflllen, died at her home near Sharon last night of an acute attack of grip, aged 67 years. The deceased was the widow of the late Robert A. Gilfillen, who died In the spring of 1906. She leaves no children; but Is survived by one brother and one sister, Mr. Julius A. Hope of Lowryville, and Miss Mollle Hope of ?haron. The funeral services will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock, and the Interment will take place In the Sharon cemetery. Smallpox Again Her?. There Is a more or less talk of smallpox scattered around again throughout this section. The outbreak centered this year at the works of the Southern power company at Ninety-Nine Islands; but the understanding Is that the disease has about run Its course at that place. A case was reported at i White Hill, a negro settlement about b four miles east of Yorkvllle on Wedr nesday, the patient being a negro ti named Tlgler. Dr. J. I. Barron vac clnated the negro and those who were I In contact with him. Dr. M. J. Walker on Wednesday vaccinated twenty3 seven negroes on the chalngang. It - was a few weeks later than this when e smallpox broke out at the York Cotton (i mill last year. The Rook Hill High School Fight. Columbia special of Tuesday, to the * Charlotte Observer: The famous * Rock Hill school fight is to be aired 3 In the house. Representative Wilson, 3 son of Attorney W. B. Wilson, who t has led the bitter flght against Wlnthrop getting the high school prop? erty, will wage the battle In the house r against the Stewart bill, which has 3 passed the senate, to abolish the selfperpetuating local board at Rock Hill - and provide for the choice of the 7 board by election. The house delegae tlon had a meeting on the bill tonight. All .other members of the del;, egatlon agreed to report the bill fat vorably and support It. Mr. Wilson - failing to get the delegation to agree t to have the election a year hence In. stead of In April, announced his de. termination to try to kill the bill. He . favors the election of the board and 3 free tuition, but wants the supreme ) court to pass on the appeal from Judge Moore's decision directing the board to make a deed of the property to Winthrop. r MERE-MENTION. ? Two city blocks were destroyed by f Are in Baltimore on Tuesday. The loss runs well over a million dollars - and was the worst fire Baltimore has had since the destructive blaze of 1904..--..A report from New Or leans is to the effect that a number of cotton mills of England are making arrangements to move their plants to Mississippi, on account of the results ' of the recent English elections The number of destitute and homeless in Paris, as the result of the flood In the river Seine, is more than 200,000. A Are in a packing house at Milwaukee, Wis., Tuesday, did damage to the amount of $1,000,000 The friends of Charles W. Morse, the convicted banker, now In the Federal prison in Atlanta, Ga., are preparing to make a great effort to secure Morse's pardon by the president A monster petition asking for a pardon, i is being prepared Quite a number of the famous Apaches of Paris, have been put to death during the | past few days by Paris mobs. Some have been hanged, others shot and still others drowned in the Seine.... 1 Six persons were hurt, two fatally, in an automobile accident at Houma, La., Monday night....Wm. Jennings Bryan Is making a tour of South American ' countries, accompanied by Mrs. BryI an. The municipality of Lima, Peru, presented Mr. Bryan with a diamond studded gold medal Owing to the slackness of demand, lumberyards in the vicinity of Bristol, Tenn., have accumulated stocks of lumher totaling 55,000,000 feet A stranger, supi posed to be Insane, rode Into a mill i settlement near Oakvllle, Miss., Sun day night and shooting Into windows, , fatally wounded seven persons i Abram J. Wolf of Bienville, La., has , filed suits at New Orleans against seventeen insurance companies, askings , total of $261,503.20 damages for slan der Count Tschuky, a blood reli atlve of the qzar, his wife and five ' children, were murdered Tuesday at ; Czaritxyn, Russia, by a son of the count by a former wife. The murderi er escaped The bodies of twenty-six fishermen were washed ashore at Vigo, Spain, Tuesday, victims of the coastwise storm of the week before Michael Alulsl and Angelo ' Rinando, Italian sailors, landed from their ship near Scranton, Miss., Monday night to fight a duel with guns. The latter was victorious, killing his opponent with a shot through the heart. The murderer was later arrest1 ed by the state authorities. The fight was about a woman The postofflce appropriation bill, as prepared by the sub-committee of the house on postefHces and postroads, totals $243,000,000, an Increase over last year of (8,000,000 One man and two women were killed and a second man was fatally hurt at Denver, Col., Monday night, by an automobile running Into a street car Former President Zelaya of Nicaragua, has gone to Europe and will probably stay away from Nicaragua In the future... .The three masted schooner Frances was wrecked off Cape Hatteras on Monday, and her crew of ten perished.... By a coal mine explosion at Primero, Col., Monday, 160 miners were entombed. Early Tuesday morning seventy-nine dead miners were found at the foot of the air shaft Thirtyfive men were killed in the Browder coal mine at Browder, Ky., Tuesday, by an explosion of gas. Thirty-three bodies had been recovered up to Wednesday afternoon Sixty of the railroads of the country have flatly refused the demand of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen for a 26 per cent Increase in wages. The railroads offer to arbitrate the demands of the firemen..-... .A Washington dispatch of Wednesday is to the effect that the Humphrey, or administration ship subsidy bill, is sure to be passed by congress as reported by the com mittee on merchant marine The government la preparing to print its own postal cards, instead of having the work done by contract, as heretofore. The card printing department will print 3,000,000 cards each day.... The thirty-seventh ballot of the Mississippi legislature to elect a United States senator, gave ex-Governor Vardaman sixty-nine votes. Necessary to a choice, 86 Rodman Wannamaker, a Philadelphia capitalist, has offered to pay for all the free bread that can be distributed in Paris during the next thirty days by the relief committees. No Great Dividing Issue Now.?Otto T. Bannard, the defeated Republican candidate for the New York mayoralty in the last election, and now mentioned prominently as a candidate for governor to succeed Charles E. Hughes, has just presented a report on party conditions to the Republican county com- I mittee of New York. As head of a special committee of i seven, which has been considering the situation, he says in part: "Jrariy conditions are peculiar throughout the country. In the west it is a question whether the party in many states is with the state idol, quite regardless of his politics. A condition of personal leadership has developed regardless of party lines. "There are no great issues dividing the parties. With a big issue?like slavery, tariff or sound money?men will stand together on party lines, but with no burning issue these lines are down and we must face new conditions. "The great issue today is the cost of living, but that cannot be made a party issue. We have simply descended to personal prejudices and favoritism. The parties are almost blended on issues." SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The compulsory education bill was killed In the house yesterday, by a vote of 78 to 20. ? The South Carolina Corn Breeders' association was organized In Columbia last Tuesday. There are thirty charter members. The membership is composed of men actually engaged in the production of corn, and it is the purpose to develop seed that are suited for this climate. The corn exposition to be held in Columbia this fall was launched, and everything points to its success. The sum of 910,000 in prizes will be offered. Everv section of the state was renre sented at the meeting and there was a lively Interest A committee was appointed to draw up a set of by-laws and a constitution. It was decided to memorialize the legislature to pass a bill calling for the Inspection of all seed sold In this state. This will be a contingent measure with the commercial food stuffs and oil Inspection, and will be Introduced In the house by Representative Daniel. "The organization of the Com Breeders' association," said one of the government experts In attendance, "is one of the most Important steps forward in agriculture ths^t has ever been taken In South Carolina and great good will come of it." ? The State, Wednesday: For the growth and development of staple cottons in South Carolina, Lewis W. Parker has in behalf of the mill which he represents; which uses staple cotton, made a donation of $1,000 to the farm demonstration work of the United States department of agriculture. At a recent meeting of the South Carolina Manufacturers' association the sum of $1,000 was given for the same purpose. The Federal government spends! over $18,000 annually on the farm demonstration work In this state and these donations will bring the amount to be used this year to $20,000. There are over thirty agents of the farm demonstration department at work In the state at the present time. The gift from.Mr. Parker and the Manufacturers' association means much not only to the textile industries but the farmers. The mills of South Carolina use a staple of cotton that is grown In other states of the south. Almost every bale of cotton produced In this state has to be shipped away. It 1s the purpose of the manufacturers to encourage the growth and development of cottons of longer staple, so that the crop In this state will be used by the mills and thus save large amounts in freight charges ? Columbia special of February 3 to the Charlotte Observer: It begins to look as If the mileage book regulations will get knocked out at the hands of the present legislature, though the final battle is not to be fought till tomorrow. The house has already Indicated its favor of such a legislation and the Qr&ydon bill along - this line was passed to third reading In the senate today, though It was much riddled with amendments and may be so much further emasculated .tomorrow that It won't hold water. The opponents of the bill got the section reducing the rate stricken out and Senator Rogers got in an amendment making a coupon on' which a trunk has been checked good only on the line on which the trunk was checked, but Senator Clifton failed to get his amendment through allowing the roads to make, contracts for the sale of mileage books with the regulations, which would have had the effect of putting the bill to sleep. The senate discussed the Graydon bill amending the child deed law uuder which Stnator Tillman hAs his grandchildren, but arrived at no decision, the debate being adjourned till tomorrow. The bill has gotten a favorable report at the hands of the senate Judiciary committee, and the bill In the house by Mr. Gasque will get a favorable report. The house committee Is putting off reporting the bill In the hope that the supreme court will render Its decision in a day or so, but the court appears to be tied, which will necessitate a calling of an en banc meeting of the circuit and supreme judges to pass upon the matter. Compulsory education got a serious blow In the house today, the education committee bill being killed by a vote of 78 to 20, the heaviest yet recorded against such a measure. The friends of the bill said the backsliding was due to the near approach of the state commission. NEW WAY OF GRADING COTTON. Novel Exhibit In Front of 8peaker Cannon's Desk. Just In front of Speaker Cannon's desk In the house of representatives, says a Washington dispatch, is an object lesson exhibit that Is not only of interest, but also of extreme value to many lines of industry throughout the country. This exhibit shows how the work of establishing standard grades of cotton authorized by the Burleson amendment to the act of 1908 has been completed. By the term of this act the secretary of agriculture was directed \ to fix standards for the nine grades of nrtlfAn oa fnllnura* \f IH rlH n c fair otHnf good middling, good middling, strict middling, middling, strict low middling, low middling, strict good ordl- ' nary, and good ordinary. After care- ) ful study on the subject, the secretary decided to call to his assistance a committee of gentlemen representing all the elements of the cotton trade, the growers, the ginners, the commission merchants, and the spinners, and this committee as finally constituted was composed as follows: Joseph A. Airey, New Orleans; James Akers, Atlanta, Ga.; F. W. Crump, Memphis, Tenn.; C. P. Baker, Boston; Lewis W. Parker, South Carolina; John Martin, Paris, Tex.; Nathaniel Thayer, Boston; George W. Neville, New York; Charles A. Vedder, Galveston, and Dr. M. A. Cobb and R. L. Bennett, of the department of agriculture. The committee was assisted by the following expert cotton classifiers: W. P. Barbot, New York; Jules Mazerat, New Orleans; J. R. Taylor of Dallas, Tex. As the result of their deliberations, a number of sets of samples were made up and these are now on exhibition before congress. The small box Just in front of the speaker's table illustrates the size of the commercial samples which have heretofore been and are at the present time being used in the cotton business. The samples In the large boxes are those that have been prepared by the department and ( by the committee of experts. In the full set there is one box showing a 1 sample for each of the nine grades pro- i vided in the law. The samples which < appear in the boxes on the table repre- t sent the highest grade, the lowest s ?rade, and the middling cotton. There ^ ire photographs of the packages on the j lids of the boxes. These photographs c are made so that in case the cotton p should discolor or there should be trash r iccldently thrown over It in the course r af use, the change would be detected by s :omparlson with the photograph. The c law provides that these sets of samples s rnay be supplied by the department at c actual cost to any one who desires to I purchase them. Secretary Wilson r Ihinks that the demands upon him at p :he present time Indicate not less than r 1,000 sets will be called for during the \ rear, and It Is to enable him to procure t :hese sets that the committee on agri- t mlture in the house asked for an in- a :rease of $25,000 in ihe appropriation, a The law provides that those purchasing the samples shall pay the actual cost. As nearly as the experts In the department can figure, out a set costs $35. It Is believed that If 1,000 sets are made up the cost will be reduced to $25 a set The expectation Is that these sets of samples will be purchased and used chiefly by commission merchants and the exchanges, and by agricultural colleges, farmer's associations, and other organizations, so that the individual farmer will not find It necessary to buy them; but will be enabled to use them as he uses the scales now to weigh his cotton after It has been classed. There Is little doubt that because of the ease In classing cotton this way, this method will be adopted shortly not only in the United States, but In foreign countries also. There Is no obligation, however, on the part of any one to use the sample boxes unless it is desired to do so. , NOTES FROM HICKORY QROVE. Death of Mra. D. P. Lsttimor*?Mr. and Mra. Morgan Loach In Arizona? Rav. G. L. Kerr Inatallad. Corrcipondenca Tb? YorkvllU Enquirer Hickory Grove, Feb. 4.?Mra. Julia Lattlmore, wife of Mr. D. P. Lattlmore, ' died at their home, the old Wilkerson place, a short distance from here last Friday morning, about 9 o'clock, after a lingering illness of nearly two years with tuberculosis. Mrs. Lattlmore, nee Price, was born In Rutherford county, N. C., about 40 years ago. 8he leaves to mourn her sad demise, her husband and seven boys, the youngest not quite two years of age. Also two brother* In North Carolina and one sister, Mrs. Stroup of Cherokee county. At Mrs. \ Lattimore's request, the funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. H. Thacker of Yorkvllle, at ML Vernon church, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Hickory Grove cemetery. Mrs. Lattlmore was a consistent member of ML Vernon Methodist church, and was a most exemplary Christian lady. Mr. and Mrs. J. Morgan Leech, left last Tuesday afternoon for Globe, Aria, where they expect to make their home for the present. A letter received yesterday, states that they arrived there Sunday evening about (.SO o'clock. Mr. D. Jeff Smith, returned last Saturday from a visit to the family of his sister, Mra E. Warth at Manatee, Fla. Mr. Smith reports a very pleasant trip. He brought bade some specimens of fine grape fruit, from the truck farm of Mr. Warth, who Is raising tangerines also. The foundation for a nice, modern eight-room residence Is being built on the lot recently purchased by Mr. Mason McGill, opposite the old Presbyterain church, now ocupled as a dwelling by the family of Mr. Sam Kell. The family expect to move here as soon a* the house Is completed. Mrs. Rice Whiteside, who has beta g In bad health for some time, is doing fairly well now. Mrs. W. 8. Wiyterson, who has been very sick for the past two months, is lying in rather a critical condition, and but little hopes of Improvement are entertained. Mr. Jnq. D. Kell has been quite sick for several days at the home of his son, Mr. Sam Kell. Mr. R. D. Smith has resumed work at the Westmoreland mine. New machinery has been added, and he expects to push the work rapidly. Mr. R. W. Westmoreland has moved to his new horns in the northern part fj|| of town. He has remodeled the house, *3jL and made quite.a nice cottage of 1L Rev. G. L. Kerr was Installed as pastor of the A. R. P. church yesterday. Rev. R. M. Stevenson of Clover, acted as moderator. Rev. J. L. Oates of Yorkvllle, delivered the charge to the ' J| pastor, and Rev. EL B. Hunter of Shar- I* on, the charge to the congregation. Despite the inclement weather, a fair congregation was presenL the Smyrna congregation being well represented. THE CROSS COUNTY ROADS. Editor Yorkville Enquirer: I have Just been ruminating over your statement of the pending changes in the road law, and while I would not . be understood*a? being excited, I'M. fee!<335 better, after I know it is known that everybody is not blind. Just because they appear to be. Of course, it is as good luck as any to build one road north and south and another east and west; but if they are going to do this, I hope they will really do it, and not make of the proposition merely a pretext to work around Rock Hill. Where is the work to start? Over on the Rock Hill side? The chalngang has already put a lot more time over there than it was warranted in doing, on the strength of an alleged contract to pay back alleged work that Rock Hill convicts have given the county. By the way. what was that contract, anyway? Has anybody ever seen it? Is it in writing? Who is responsible for it, T. W. Boyd, J. F. Gordon or who? It would be interesting to the people to know. Can't you publish it. if it exist? I am a little doubtful about the matter, because, it seems to me that the chalngang has not only worked around Rock Hill more and longer than in any other locality, but there has been that old talk about paying an alleged debt every time It has been over there. It seems to me that debt has been paid often enough. Now, if they are going to build an east and west road, let 'em build it. It looks like it would be fairer to start in the west; but if they do start in the east, I hope they won't change the law again as soon as Rock Hill's part is completed. Some of us are already beginning to feel like we are being gulled. So far as I am concerned, I would Just as lief see all the representatives from one locality as not, provided they are men of fairness and ability: but I really think they ought to try to represent the whole couhty, rather than a single neighborhood. Question Point Clover, February 2. South Carolina 8wamp Lands.?Senator Smith, of South Carolina, has been consulting President Taft about the bill he intends to push, providing ror a national commission to mivin over-flowed and wet lands In the south and elsewhere. Mr. Smith wants this bill referred to the senate committee on agriculture, because the purpose Is to Increase the agricultural lands all over the country. "This proposition is of much more yalue to the country," said Senator Smith, "than the immense expenditure to reclaim the arid lands of the west. Drainage of the richest lands may be done at far less cost per acre than In the arid regions and for agricultural purposes they will be Infinitely more useful to the country. The bill provides for redeeming not only public lands, but privately owned lands under conditions of benefit to the government" The South Carolina senator also talked with the president about havng the battleship South Carolina sent to Charleston to receive a silver serirlce contributed by cltlsens of that itate. The president said that he would be glad to have the battleship >rdered to South Carolina waters so ioon as it could be done. Senator Smith went to the navy department to consult officials there about the gong of the vessel. South Holds the Key,?According to jovernor Patterson of Tennessee, who vas in New Tork during the past veek, the south holds the key to low r food prices. "We are not feeling he pinch nearly as much in the louth," he said "as you are up here. fKo nrlnnlml Mlinn fflT this is the )lentlfulness and productiveness of >ur land. There Is no congestion of >opulatlon in the south. . . . If a nethod could be devised whereby nilllons of the poor in the crowded ectlons of the east could be scattered iver the agricultural lands of the outh the problem of the excessive ost of living would soon be solved. hope soon to see an organized movenent, led by able men, to scatter the leople back to the soil. Our vast donaln Is yet undeveloped. There Is Fhere the fortunes of the future are o be made. Any man who comes o the south willing to do the work of . man will find profitable employment ,nd an open road to independence."