Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 08, 1910, Image 2
Scraps and .facts.
? Washington, February' 6: The
differences In the cost of living for
the traveling employes of the department
of agriculture In the different
sections of the country have been
shown in testimony just submitted to
the house committee on expenditures
in the department of agriculture by
Chief Disbursing Officer Zappone of
that department. In the south the expense
for lodging and meals, as shown
by sworn expense statements, averages
between $1 and $2.60 a day; In
the far west $2 and $2.50; In the central
west $3.50 and $4.50, and In the
east $4 to $6.
? On the basis of an equal dtstribuatlon
of the money in circulation in
the United States on February 1, every
person would have eighteen cents
less than he or she had a year ago.
The circulation per capita on the first
til n vear azo it was
$35. Both population and money In
circulation have increased during the
year. February 1, 1909, the circulation
aggregated $3,091,312,546; while
seven days ago it amounted to $3,125,586,720.
More than $300,000,000 of
the general stock of money in the
United States which amounts to $3,428,135,968,
is held in the treasury as
assets of the government.
?By his own stolid confession, Bingham
Bryan, a negro, is the man, who,
on December 9, killed three white women,
Mrs. Eliza Gribble, aged 70;
Mrs. Carrie Ohlander, her daughter,
and Mrs. Maggie Hunter, In their
home on Perry street, in the heart of
Savannah. The negro is a prisoner
in Chatham county jail. Savannah,
and has been in custody since he was
arrested December 14, for a minor
crime. The negro's story tallies to
minutest details with appearances
about the house of murders after the
dead women were found.- His story,
simple, but terrible, follows as he told
It. He declares his motive in entering
Mrs. Gribble's home was robbery only.
Bryan said last Friday: "I was working
around the Gribble house, cutting
wood. I picked up a hammer in the
little house in the yard and hid it in
the bosom of my shirt Then I went
in the back room and went to work
on a trunk. I was trying to prize the
trunk open, and it made some noise.
The old lady grabbed me from behind
and shook me pretty hard. I took the
hammer and gave her a lick on the
side of the head. The first lick did
not knock her down, and I gave her a
- fha SA/>nnd one
secona uck. lucu ?
come up, the younger one, and grabbed
me at the door in the back of
the hall, and I gave her a lick with
my flat. Then I hit her a lick with
the hammer on the side of the head,
but I did not kill her. I heard a
noise at the front door, like some one
wanting to come in. I tried to keep
her from coming in, but she pushed
the door open and come in. She
grabbed hold of me; I took her by
the throat and choked her with one
hand. Then I give her a lick with the
hammer, but did not kill her. She
was alive when I left."
? Not satisfied with defying and denouncing
United States Circuit Judge
Newman for refusing to make a government
gauger tell what he knows
about the operation of a distillery.
Judge A. W. Flte of Bade county, Ga.,
came out with a public card last Saturday.
He says: "I've done my duty.
Now let the rest of the judges do
theirs, or if they fail, let the governor
do his. A brewer is making lager beer
in open and notorious defiance of the
law, even in sight of the governor's
mansion in Atlanta. Now what is
going to be done?" Judge Fite, who
is a state judge, summoned Stegall, a
gauger, to testify as to operation of
the Cureton distillery. Stegall refused
because of the law forbidding any
government employe to tell anything
he may have learned while in an official
capacity. Judge Fite put Stegall
in 1a.il for contempt. Judge Newman
issued a writ of habeas corpus and released
the gauger, showing that Judge
Fite could get the information from
Washington by asking for it, or could
have asked Stegall what his official
position was. The answer, that he
was a government gauger, the Federal
judge held, was legal proof that a
distillery was in operation contrary
to state law. The contention between
the two Judges led Tom Watson, erstwhile
Populist candidate for president,
to urge "armed resistance by the state
to the interference of Federal Judges."
? Three meteorites which were
brought from the Arctic by Commander
Peary and presented to his wife,
have been sold by her for a sum said
to be nearly $50,000. The purchaser
was Mrs. Jesup, widow of Morris K.
Jesup, who assisted largely in financing
the Peary explorations. Mrs. Jesup
has given them to the American Museum
of Natural History. The meteorites
are the largest in the world
One of them weighs about 80,000
pounds, the others about 20,000
pounds each. For years Arctic explorers
noticing that the Eskimos used
metal-tipped implements and weapons,
asked where the metal came
from. Their only answer was "the
Iron mountain." After many trips
Peary found out the location of the
iron mountain, which proved to consist
of three meteors, 90 per cent of
pure iron. After great difficulty and
considerable danger they were taken
aboard ship and brought to New
York.
? The statement is made on apparently
good authority in Washington,
that the proposed increase in the rate
of second-class mail matter which has
frightened the publishers of magazines
and periodicals, will not be made
at this session of congress. The hearings
had before the house committee
on postofflces and postroads has resulted
in impressing the members of
the house that the sentiment of the
country is against the proposed increase.
When the suggestion was
made by the president in his annual
message to congress that something
ought to be done to reduce the growing
deficit in postal receipts, the committee
on postofflces and postroads
decided to take the subject up and
give the publishers an opportunity to
show cause why the increase should
not be made. The personal correspondence
of the members has convinced
them that means other than
increased second class postage must
be found to reduce the deficit. When
the hearings first opened the majority
members of the committee thought it
would be plain sailing, but when the
majority members of the committee
let Chairman Weeks understand that
they would not stand for an increase
in postage rates on magazines and
periodicals and that the Democrats as
? Kn-onir} flcHt it n rhnncp rame
a uuuj nv/uiu uqiiv ?? ? ?..0?.
o'er the scene and it has been practically
decided to abandon the fight.
From a political standpoint, it has
been deemed unwise to push the matter,
as it has been made clear that to
increase the postage on the reading
matter of the people would be apt to
prove a boomerang in the coming
campaign, and the Democrats would
have an additional issue on which to
win votes. Representative Keliher of
Massachusetts, one of the leading mi
norlty members, said today that he c
never approved the suggestion that r
the postofflce deficit should be made
up by Increasing the taxes on magazines,
periodicals and newspapers, as &
the present rate for second-class matter
was equitable, and there was no j
good reason for any increase In
the rate. The sentiment of the people. 1
he said, was against it, and it would t
be worse than folly to fly In the face f
of public sentiment. There were many ..
ways, he thought, by which the deficit
could be reduced. His Information, '
was, that the committee would drop t
the subject and spend its time con- p
sideling other matters pending before
it 8
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<Thc ilorluiltr (Enquim. j
Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkvllle r
as Mall Matter of the Second Class.
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YORKVIIXE. 8. O.i
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8,1910. t
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After hesitating over the matter a n
good while, the senate finally agreed c
to invite Senator Bailey of Texas, to u
address the house on the income tax d
question. There were fourteen votes a
against the proposition, however. The n
opposition to Senator Bailey is based a
principally upon the dubiousness "
of his connection with the Waters-Pierce
Oil company. There are a
good many people who seepi to think
that the Texas senator is not all that d
he should be?that he has been guilty 6
of raising a big howl against trusts, d
and at the same time holding behind t'
his back, a hand outstretched for what- c
ever might be put in It. H
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John T. Duncan, has commenced the d
publication of a newspaper in Columbia
called the Reporter, the evident obJect
of which is to throw light on the
character and doings of certain prominent
Columbians. The first two issues
devote very considerable space to
Messrs. W. A. Clark, Wilie Jones and ^
W. H. Lyles, being especially hot after tl
Clark and Jones. In big type at the E
beginning of the first page of the cur- i(
rent issue, he calls upon Clark and ^
Jones to resign, the one as a member n
of the board of pardons and the other d
as chairman of the state Democratio S1
executive committee, because of their g
connection with the Seminole affair, o
According to Duncan, Clark and Jones a
t I 1 I- A
art me rtai puiitiyaio IU mc ocimuuic ^
affair, and Garllngton and Young are <j
only scapegoats. Much of the matter e
in the Reporter is actionable in the ^
courts; but Duncan, of course, can p
only be held criminally responsible as e
he has no property. Duncan, it will be ri
remembered, was disbarred not long p
ago for shyster practices. a
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Concealed Weapon*. u
The debate in the house of repre- e
senatives this week showed pretty ?
conclusively that our lawmakers are d
not honest with themselves on the con- o
cealed weapon question, and that they a
intend such laws as they put on the ?
statute books in relation to this mat- n
ter, to continue as they have always 1
been, mere faroes. ^
There were two bills under consid- j
eration. One of them was a really f(
meritorious measure, and the other
embodied all the elements of the same h
old farce that has been the law all the a
while. The meritorious measure was ri
kiiled, and the farce went to a third ?
reading. a
Mr. Richards of Kershaw, had a bill e
providing that any defendant found w
guilty of carrying a concealed pistol J},
about his person should be sent to the fl
state penitentiary without the priv- >
liege of paying a fine. The bill, how- ^
ever, recognized that a law-abiding c
citizen can be forced to carry a con- a
cealed weapon to protect his own life P
from thieves and ruffians, and provid- ?
ed that a showing of such a state of c
affairs would be sufficient Justification si
to warrant an acquittal of the charge e
of violation of the law. q
The bill that was passed is practi- d
cally the same as that now on t!he e
statute books, defining the offense of *
carrying a concealed pistol as a mere tl
misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of n
not exceeding one hundred dollars or b
imnrlonnmont nrvt oynoaH I n tr thlrtv
days. p
Under the law as it stands, no ruf- P
flan is to be deterred from putting a ^
pistol in his pocket and threatening q
a law-abiding citizen, and the law- h
abiding citizen, who may be forced to ?
arm himself to defend his life on the ^
strength of a more or less specific
threat, is liable to have to answer to e
the law for doing that for which he ?
could not find a reasonable way to ].,
avoid doing. p
As we understand the idea of Mr. J"
Richards, as set forth in the bill he a
tried to pass, he would presume every p
man who has a pistol in his pocket to a
be a ruffian with murder in his heart, n
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and therefore, a fit subject for the pen- ^
itentiary; but where a man with a ii
pistol can show beyond a reasonable *
doubt that he is carrying that pistol ^
only in the hope of being &ble to pro- c
tect himself against actually and spe- b
cifically threatened bodily harm, then, ^
such a defendant would be entitled to
all the benefits of the law of self-defense.
V
As we see it, the law as It stands ?
now, really amounts to nothing, except j
that it is probably recognized by the f<
class against which it is supposed to F
be directed more in its violation than ?
in its observance. y
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The Interest Rate. ^
The question of reducing the legal u
rate of interest in South Carolina to 6 S
per cent, is again being agitated in the ?
general assembly as it has been each
year for a number of years past; but d
the probability is that there will be ?
nothing done, which is really best. 8
The usury and interest laws of this e
state, we think are very good as they c
stand with the legal rate fixed at 7 a
per cent, and the right to charge not M
exceeding 8 per cent on contract, and y
we say this in the full conviction that
this is a matter that can very well be ^
left to the laws of supply and demand.
As we view the general situation, a
we are Inclined to the opinion, that
there are circumstances under which n
10 and 12 per cent are not too much e
for the use of money, and there are d
other cases where 3 and 4 per cent are ^
not too little. The higher rate is justl- t,
fiable under circumstances where both e
lender and borrower go in with their tl
eyes open in full appreciation of extraordinary
hazard in the transaction, ^
and the lower rate is justifiable under o
Ircumstances where the lender finds
10 particular demand for his money,
vhere the security Is absolutely good
ind payment at maturity Is certain.
But, of course, it would never do to
ncrease the contract rate to 10 or 12 '
>er cent, any more than It would do
o lower this rate to 3 or 4 per cent, "
or such a raising or lowering would
lave to apply to all alike, and would
nake many people who would be entiled
under all the laws of moral and
ihyslcal hazard to borrow at a reasonble
rate, pay the higher rate. On the
ither hand, to try to reduce the con- '
ract rate to 3, 4, 5 or even 6 per cent,
vould take much money out of the
>resent loan channels and force It Into
nanufacturlng and other employments. ,
Bven now, loans are made at 8 per
ent that would have been fully Justl- .
led at 6 per cent, and other loans are
nade at 8 per cent that would not
lave been justified at 10 or 12 per
ent; but this of course, proves noth- ,
nr PTPpnt the imnossibllltv of regulat
ng a question like this with absolute
reclslon. A contract rate of 12 per
ent or 4 per cent would not have
telped the matter a particle. ]
It Is a fact pretty generally undertood
that money can now be borrowd
at 6 per cent; but It does not fol- (
dw that just anybody can borrow at
hat rate, nor does it follow that anyiody
could do so if 6 per cent were
nade a legal contract rate. Under
ondltions as they exist, It seems to
s that there la nothing better to be ,
one than to leave the protection
gainst unreasonable usury where It
iow stands, and leave the question of
, lower Interest rate to be settled on j
ts merits by such elements of compeItlon
as may enter Into each partlcuir
case.
It la hardly to be claimed that a reaction
of the legal rate of Interest to
per cent, with the contract rate reuced
to 7 per cent, would put a stop ^
o the lending business, or materially j
urtail this business; but we do be- {
ieve that people who now find It difcult
to get accommodation at 8 per
ent, would find 7 per cent accommoatlon
still more difficult, and we do (
ot see where anybody would be bene- ,
.ted by the suggested change. ,
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MERE-MENTION. I
Miss Marie Lewsen of Portland, Me. i
dental student at the University of i
laryland, was snot to aeatn ai BtuImore,
on Thursday, by Elijah Baba
tadal, a Persian Mohammedan medial
student, who then committed suiide.
The tragedy was the result of
, love affair Several tinplate
tills at Sharon, Fa., have been closed
own on account of an epidemic of
mallpox among the negro operatives.
..... .As the result of lighting a cigartte,
the Panla coal mine in' the state
f Coahuila, Mexico, was destroyed by
gas explosion on Wednesday. Up to
'hursday night sixty-eight bodies had
een recovered, leaving thirty-one
ead men still in the mine. The proprty
loss is estimated at $500,000....
ttorney General Wickersham has anounced
that in the future it will be
olicy of the government to aid in the
nforcement of state prohibition laws
ather than in placing blocks in the
ray of such enforcement Wm.
luckman, a farmer, killed his wife
nd four children and committed suiide
at Parkers Prairie, Minn., Friday
rhile insane William Gohl is
nder arrest at Tacoma, Wash., chargd
with the murder of Charles Hartorg.
The police believe that Gohl is
^sponsible for more than forty murers
that have occurred in the vicinity i
f Tacoma during the past few years j
nd heretofore unsatisfactorily exlained
A huge meteor, esti- '
lated to weigh several tons, fell near 1
[eokuk, la., early.. Friday morning, j
'he country was shaken for miles as ]
f by an earthquake.... Emll Carl Von
filler, under arrest at Hoboken, N.
., charged with being a bigamist, con- i
ssses that he has nineteen wives in (
tie United States, scattered from .
laine to California. The police think
e even has more than nineteen
manf.nanlrnr Viqq honcht A ;
. ^/Illuagu iIJOai-p?VAW* <*uw wv.Q... ? .
anch of 1,125,000 acres in New Mex:o,
and will attempt to raise beef
attle in competition with farmers
nd ranchers. The land was purchasd
for $1,000,000 Fifteen men
ere entombed in a railway tunnel
ear Andalusia, Spain, Saturday, by
eason of a cave-in caused by heavy
oods in the mountains Mrs.
largaret O'Connor Lombard died in
.ugusta, Ga., Friday at the age of
03 years. She was a native of the
ounty of Cork, Ireland.... The antialoon
league of Chicago, has filed a
etition with the board of election
ommissioners, asking for an election
n the abolishment of saloons in that
ity. The petition contained 74,805
Ignatures, 14,000 more than is requird
to call the election... .D. B. Loewe,
hat manufacturer of Danbury,
!onn., was on Friday awarded a verict
of $225,000 damages in the Fedral
circuit court at New Haven, (
gainst the Union Hatmakers of Conecticut,
on account of a boycott by i
tie hat union workers Five
ten were scalded, three fatally, In a t
oiler explosion at Flint, Mich., Satrday.
The men were repairing a
oiler, that had exploded the Monday
revious, when the second boiler ex- 1
loded, flooding the boiler In which j
tiey were working, with steam
l bill providing for an election on the
uestion of state-wide prohibition, '
as been introduced in the Virginia 1
egislature Three unidentified
andits held up the passengers on a
lissouri Pacific train at Pittsburg, 1
[an., Saturday night and made their 1
scape with a good haul of watches,
jwelry and money One man was
illed and four persons were seriousf
hurt by a rear-end collision between '
assenger trains un tnc ivtui vwwi
ailway at Jacksonville, Fla., Saturay
Eleven men were killed In
coal mine explosion near Indiana,
'a.. Saturday Chas. H. Davldge,
retired banker of Washington, comiltted
suicide Saturday... .There are
Ighty-flve known cases of smallpox In
he city of Atlanta, Ga., and everybody
n the city Is to be vaccinated... .Bert
tedford, assistant secretary of the
tailroad Y. M. C. A., at Knoxvllle,
'enn., was shot to death in the assolation's
rooms Saturday afternoon,
y John W. Cash, a Southern railway
agman. Cash was drunk at the time.
Influence of the Planets on the
Veather.?"Jupiter is the great storm
nd tornado producer of the solar sysem,
and the combined influence of
upiter and Saturn are responsible
or great disasters, such as the San
'rancisco earthquake, the Mount Felee
ruptlon and the present great floods
i France, which were predicted some
ears ago," is the stated belief of Rev.
rl R. Hicks, the astronomer, in a lecure
on the solar system, and the efBct
of the planets on terrestrial
feather conditions before the St. Louis
oclety of Accountants and Bookeepers
in the Odeon building, on
irand avenue, the other night.
"Have any of you an Idea of the
iameter of the sun, which Is thecener
of the solar system?" said Mr
licks. "The diameter of the sun is
66,400 miles. You could place the
arlh inside the sun, let the moon cirle
around it in its accustomed orbit
nd then there would be an outer-rim c
f mnro than 400 000 miles. The next
,'heel In the great weather mill Is c
iercury, which circles around the sun 1
l eighty-eight days. This cuts peri- j
dically the sun's equator, causing a
rhat is known as mercurial weather.
"Next comes Venus, which circles
round the sun in 224 days, and this, i
rossing the sun's equator, causes tne t
ghtning and thunder storms. The (
ext wheel of the solar system Is tne
arth, which circles around in 305 I
ays, our year. Then comes Mars, f
rhich requires 600 days to go around .
he sun; then Jupiter, which rsqulivs .
tvelve of our years. Uranus it take? 1
Ighty-four of our years to go around 1
he sun, and Neptune, the most dis- j
int planet, goes around the sun oi.ce
very 164 years. All of these have a
irect bearing on weather conditions *
n the earth." f
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Henry WattB, Clover 4.?Has a Poland-China
breed boar.
C. W. Wallace, Filbert No. 1.?Wants
the owner to call for three helferi
that he haa taken up.
Winnie Gill?Warns all persons
against hiring or harboring her son,
Will Robinson, a minor.
Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Reminds carpenters
of the excellent qualities ol
Keen Kutter tools, of which It carries
a complete asortment for carpenters,
also pocket knives, razors,
etc.
First National Bank, Sharon?Prints a
picture of its bank building, and a
list of Its conservative, yet progressive
directors, who are making the
bank of success.
J. L. Williams & Co.?Offer a special
lot of embroideries?14 to 17 inches
wide?25c value, at 10 cents a yard,
First National Bank, Yorkvllle?Calls
attention to the methods it uses to
protect your money against loss by
fire or burglary. It wants you to
come and grow with it.
Thomson Co.?Again calls attention to
the large variety of dry goods, notions,
clothing, shoes, etc., that it
is offering during the fourth anniversary
sale that closes Saturday
night. New line of corsets.
Flerndon & Gordon?Have seed Irish
potatoes and advise you to plant a
good supply. Get choice northern
grown seed from them.
?ity Meat Market?Has Irish potatoes
and cabbage, choice beef, pork and
sausage.
Loan & Savings Bank?Enjoys the
confidence of its depositors and
wants your business and promises
to treat you right and give you
good service,
fork Supply Co.?Tells you that their
tailoring man will be with them on
February 18 and 19, with spring
samples. Paint your chicken houses
with pine-o-lene.
ECirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Talk about a
variety of seasonable goods, including
new spring skirts for ladies,
bargains in ginghams, calicoes,
sheetings, men's pants' hosiery, etc.
The January business drag has been
jlower and longer than usual this
pear; but now things seem to be get:ing
fairly under way, and are moving
LlUflg III VCI7 DOllOiatlUI J ouu^v.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The test examination of applicants
for position as census enumerators,
svas held in the court house last Saturday
as per announcement and was
argely attended. Although the examnation
was not especially difficult,
jeveral of the applicants changed their
minds about trying to pass it and
Iropped out
? Prof. D. N. Barrow of Clemson colege,
expects to arrive in Yorkville to norrow
afternoon from Chester, and
will, if he can get an audience, make a
:alk on "Fertilizers and their Application."
Prof. Barrow was at Hickory
3rove this morning.' His programme
ivas to go from there to Chester and
from Chester to Yorkville, arriving here
it about 2 o'clock.
? Although the salesday crowd yes:erday
was one of the largest that has
seen known for years, it was one of
:he best behaved. There was but Utile
evidence of liquor. There was some
uere, of course. Chief Love said he
?aw three or four people who were
'feeling their liquor;" but there was
10 disorder, and not a single arrest
ivas made.
SALESDAY.
Yesterday being salesday for February,
as well as the first day of the
February term of the court, and the
practical opening of the spring busiiess,
the attendance of visitors from
ill parts of the county was unusually
arge.
There was quite a large number of
miles and horses in town for sale and
exchange, and many of the people were
nterested principally in this business.
mere is no way 01 kciuhk ai u. i?ilonably
correct estimate of the volume
>f trade in horseflesh, but It was considerable.
There were two land sales by the
:lerk, as follows: One hundred acres In
Bullock's Creek township, In the case
if W. T. Moore, vs. Esther Kerr, Ves;ula
Maloney and others; bought by
Tohn R. Hart for $750. Fifty acres In
he case of L. Belle Allison vs. R. Byers
Ulison, et al.; bought by Thos. F. McDow,
attorney for $50.
Quite a number of people came to
:own, especially to make the round of
;he dry goods' stores and trade was
/ery satisfactory.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. John E. Caroll has been confined
:o his bed for some days past with
Trip.
Miss Mamie Clark of Rock Hill is
he guest of Miss Mamie Turner, in
forkville.
Mrs. J. R. Porter of Yorkville, has
>een quite sick for some days past,
>ut is better.
Masters Oscar and Blake Plexlco,
ions of Mr. J. M. Plexlco of Yorkville,
lave pneumonia.
Mrs. J. T. Dendy and little daughter
Elizabeth, are visiting Miss Sadie Dunap,
in Yorkville.
Miss Ethel Turner of Yorkville is
isiting Misses Beulah and Georgia
Richards in Charlotte.
Miss Anna Belle Gladney of Colum)ia,
is visiting friends in Yorkville, the
ruest of Mrs. J. H. Carroll.
Mr. J. M. Stroup has been confined
o his home In YorKvuie, ior some
lays, with an attak of grip.
Mrs. J. J. Dunlap of Rock Hill, R.
F\ D. No. 1, Is visiting her sister, Mrs.
r. M. Hubbard In Huntersville, N. C.
Mrs. A. J. Dunlap of Yorkvllle R.
F\ D. No. 3, is visiting her daughter,
lira. J. M. Hubbard In Huntersville,
C.
Mr. I. W. Johnson of Yorkvllle, Is
ittending a meeting of the Grand
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, In
Jreenvllle, this week.
Miss Minnie Whitesides has return;d
to her home in Hickory Grove, afer
spending several days with Miss
*eola Quinn in Yorkvllle.
Mr. Harry Moore, who has been atending
Westminster school at Ruthsrfordton,
N. C., returned to his home
>n Yorkvllle R. F. D. No. 3, last week
>n account of his eyes.
Mrs. G. W. Ferguson and little
laughter of Chester, spent Sunday
vlth Mrs. J. M. Ferguson In Yorkvllle.
Miss Sadie Grier of Charlotte, spent
Sunday with Mrs. E. E. Gillespie, in
iforkville.
W. W. Lewis, Esq., of Yorkvllle, was
sailed to Charlotte, last week on ac:ount
of the Illness of Mr. John M.
ftawllnson, who was threatened with
meumonla. Mr. Rawllnson is getting
UUU? |1U >V
In an article In the Columbia State
mder the caption, "The Men who Make
he Congressmen," Zach McGhee, ha^
something to say about the different
>rivate secretaries of the congressmen
rom South Carolina. Mr, Flnley's
irivate secretary Is refered to as folows:
"Mr. Finley's secretary is Sam
rohnson, Jr., of York. Mr. Johnson
las held this position for a little over
i year now, since January 1, 1909, and
vhile he sometimes conducts some afairs
of the congressman from York
! vllle, he Is usually here during the session
of congress. He is a steady and
capable young man, who attends to his
. own and his chiefs business with
system and dispatch."
COURT OF COMMON PLEA3.
The spring term of the court of common
pleas for York county convened
In Yorkvllle yesterday at 10.30 o'clock,
Hon. J. W. Devore of Edgefield, presiding,
and lost no time in getting
down to business by organizing the
juries and sounding the calendar.
All of the first week Jurors answered
to their names upon the call of the
clerk, and upon proper showings to the
court, the following were excused from
i further attendance: a. r. scoggins, js.
1 W. Patrick, S. L. Meacham, J. H. Mll\
ler, J. D. Duff, Peter Ihrle, Saxby
i Chaplin.
The call of Calendar 1, resulted in
the marking off of the following cases
, as Indicated:
Jackson vs. Southern Railway Co.
; Settled and ended.
Wallace vs. Catawba Power company.
Struck off with leave to restore.
W. W. Forbes vs. the Catawba Power
company. Ended.
Shieder vs. Southern Railway Co.
Ended.
Slstar vs. the Seaboard Air Line
i Railway Co. Ended.
Fewell vs. the Southern Railway Co.
Settled and ended,
i McCoskey Register Co., vs. V. B.
McFadden. Ended,
i Smith Fewell Co., vs. the Southern
Railway Co. Settled and ended.
McGlbbon vs. the Southern Railway
Co. Settled and ended.
Cox vs. Parish. Settled and ended.
Lockmore Cotton Mill vs. J. E. Lowi
ry. Ended.
Stephenson vs. Manhattan Life Insurance
Co. Settled and ended..
The only Jury case tried during yes
terday, was that of Louis Roth vs. J. F.
Jackson, a suit on a note. The Jury
found for the defendant.
The court Is now engaged on the
i case of W. E. Ferguson vs. the Southern
railway. This ig a 6ult for the recovery
of the value of certain goods,
sugar, rice, etc., destroyed In transit at
Klngvllle, during the great flood of
September, 1908. The goods were In a
i car on a sidetrack at Klngvllle, and
the water from the river flooded the car.
The plaintiff claims negligence, and the
i defendant alleges that the destruction
was due to an act of God. There
are two other cases against the railroad,
based on the same state of facts,
and It is expected that the trial will
consume all of today and tomorrow.
THE CHRISTIAN MESSENGER.
The February number of the Christian
Messenger, the new religious
monthly that made its initial appearance
in January, under the auspices
of the Presbyterian Ministerial Union
of York county, Is now in press, and
will go to the malls within the next
few days, very materially increased In
size, and in a much heavier edition.
The Messenger was launched under
difficulties. Rev. E. E. Gillespie, the
managing editor knew what he wanted
and what he would have to do to get
it: but even that was not nearly all
the battle, because the doing of the
nany things necessary to be done was
in itself no small task.
For one thing, It was absolutely essential
that there be a subscription list
It used to be that this would have
been a comparatively unimportant
matter Tn thp old da.va. the Dostofflce
department made no trouble about
carrying papers at second-class postage
rates to whomsoever they might
be addressed, regardless of whether the
'addressees were subscribers or not; but ,
of late there has been a tightening up i
along these lines, and now the department
demands that the secondclass
rates be confined strictly to people
who are entitled to them. That
means bona fide periodicals and bona
fide subscribers to the same.
It would have been practicable for
Mr. Gillespie and his colleagues to get <
up a subscription list In advance of <
the appearance of the Messenger; 1
but they did not see proper to do this. J
Instead, they preferred to send out the
first number in order that people could
see it, and know what they were buy- 1
ing, and start the venture squarely on \
its merits without a reasonable possibility
of a misunderstanding.
Of the first edition, 500 copies were |
printed, and nearly all of these were j
sent out under regular third-class
postage?one cent a copy. The paper
seems to have been an immediate sue- <
cess. Scores and scores of people <
came down with the subscription price 1
at once, and as the result the Februa- ,
ry issue is to aggregate not less than j
one thousand copies, probably more. '
But, as usual, of course, there are !
a good many procrastlnators. By pro- j
crastln&tors is to be understood peo- (
pie who received copies of the first i
edition, who were pleased with it, and 1
who intend to send in the subscrip- j
tlon price; but who put the matter off <
until next week or next month without
realizing that the delay compels the
publishers to pay full postage on each
Issue,, at the rate of 12 cents a year, or
nearly half the total price of subscription.
These people should send
in their subscriptions to Rev. E. E.
Gillespie at once.
The January number of the Christian
Messenger was made up as a
four-column folio and was quite small.
The February number will be just half
the size of this issue of The Enquirer,
and will carry a considerable quantity
of excellent reading matter, making a
most creditable showing all round, especially
considering the low price at
which the paper is sold.
?
AMENDED ROAD LAW.
According to the bill agreed upon by
the York delegation in the general assembly,
the York county road law is
to be amended in several important
particulars, and the amended sections,
when the amendments become law,
will read as follows:
Section 1. That the county board of
commissioners, as constituted by law,
shall remain as they now are, execute
the same official bond, receive the same
salaries now provided for, discharge
the same duties, and have the same
powers, except as hereinafter provided
for, for the county of York: Provided,
That the county commissioners shall
receive the sum of three dollars per
day for not exceeding twenty-five days
per annum.
Section 3. All male citizens in the
county between the ages of 21 and 55
years, except in the incorporated cities
and towns, and except persons who are
deaf, dumb, blind, or wholly disabled,
shall be required annually to perform
five days' labor, of ten hours per day,
on the public roads of the township in
which they reside, under the supervision
and direction of the township
supervisor, or of any road overseer
duly appointed and commissioned by
him: Provided, however, That in lieu
of performing the labor as herein
named a commutation or road tax of
three dollars may be paid to the county
treasurer by the persons so liable
on or before the first day of July of
each and every year: Provided, fur
ther, That any person liable for road a
duty, and not having paid his commui- e
tatlon tax in lieu thereof by said date, o
who shall fail to perform all work so a
required of him after being "warned c
out," either by personal notice or 1;
written notice left at his residence, v
from the township supervisor, shall be li
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, C
upon conviction, shall be punished by
a fine of not exceeding $100 or by Imprisonment
for not over thirty days.
Section 4. It shall be the duty of
the township supervisor annually, before
the 15th day of March, to ascertain
the names of all persons living In
his township liable for road duty, and
file with the county supervisor an alphabetical
list of the same. The county
supervisor shall forthwith file said
list with the county auditor, who shall
file same, after making any corrections
or additions from Information In
his office, with the county treasurer.
The township supervisor may let contracts
for the working of all sections
of roads and the construction and repair
of all bridges in his township not
over fifteen feet in length, and shall
pay from his township fund all damages
recovered from defects in said
bridges, and shall co-operate with tne
county supervisor in letting all contracts
for the working of all sections
of roads in his township costing not
over twenty dollars. He shall see that
the law in reference to keeping the
streams free from rafts is complied
with in his township. He may appoint
not over four road overseers in
his township, at not exceeding {2 per
day for each day actually worked, to
superintend and have worked those
sections of roads which he nas not
worked himself, or which have not been
let to a contractor to be worked. He
may, after the first day of July of
each year, assign any pereon' liable to
road duty, who has not paid his commutation
tax in lieu thereof, to the
control of any of said road, overseers
to work upon any section of roads in
the township which he may direct
He may also hire hands, at not exceeding
>1 per day, to work on said
sections of roads, either under his direction
or under the direction of his
overseer. The township supervisor
shall, when so requested, give his receipt
to all those persons who may
have worked out their full road duty,
and it shall be v-Md 1- he county for
that year.
Sec. 5. Each township supervisor,
Jointly with the county supervisor,' shall
expend the township road fund, belonging
to his township, hereinafter provided,
for the improvement and maintenance
of the public roads in his
township, for the construction of such
bridges as are not over fifteen feet in
length. He shall personally inspect all
work done on the public roads of his
iAnfnak < rv Kir nAntwnf Al* AftiaPtvldP
luwuoiup, V y wuwa^.v ut vui??niBv,
and shall vouch for and approve every
claim against his township road and
bridge fund, and where the amount
exceeds twenty dollars he shall submit
the same to the county supervisor
for his approval. No township supervisor,
with or without the approval
of the county supervisor, shall expend
annually more than the amount of
funds belonging to his township road
and bridge fund, and no township supervisor
shall present any claim, directly
or indirectly, for any materials,
hands or teams furnished by himself.
Provided, however, That the
contracts for the construction and repair
of all bridges in the county over
fifteen feet In length shall be awarded
as now prescribed by law, and that all
such bridges shall be paid for out of
the county bridge fund.
Section 12. The county chalngang
shall be used in grading and repairing
the main highways through the county,
running as near east and west and
north and south as practicable, having
In view the roads to be worked the
greatest good to the greatest number
of the people. When completed the
chalngang shall be used In grading and
building a main road, running through
the city of Rock Hill, from Fort Mill
township to McConnellsvllla, as near as
practical at right angles to the main
road running east and west through
the country. No macadam work shall
be done by the chalngang when a sand
and clay or gravel road is practicable,
and sand, gravel or clay may be put
down by the chalngang provided the
same be furnished by the township
supervisors, or otherwise, through the
townships where the road may pass.
Section 17. The county supervisor
shall keep his office open at least one
day In each week. He shall keep on
file all of his reports, and the reports
of the township supervisors, in a systematic
order, for the Inspection of the
grand Jury and the public. He shall
call a meeting of the township supervisors
the 1st Monday of April, 1909,
and the Wednesday after the 1st Mondav
of .Tanuarv each year thereafter,
to be held In his office, for conference.
Interchanges of views for working the
roads, and making suggestions for the
Improvement of the system.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Death of Mr. Wm. L. Culp.
Chester Reporter: Mr. William L.
Culp died Friday evening at the home
af his father-in-law, Mr. R. T. Cloud,
Sr., near the crossing, aged thirtythree
years, following several months'
Illness from tuberculosis. The funeral
services were held at the home,
Saturday at 2.30 p. m., by Rev. J. S.
Snyder, pastor of the Baptist church,
and the body Interred In Evergreen
cemetery. Mr. Culp was reared near
Fort Mill, but had made his home In
this city for several years. His wife
died several months ago, leaving four
children, the youngest of which, an
Infant, died shortly afterward.
Would Tax the Exchangee.?A Federal
tax on the transactions carried
an by the exchangee of the country Is
regarded by Herbert Knox Smith,
commissioner of corporations, as offering
In some measure a "constitutional
and available means of regulation"
of these bodies. But In a report
submitted to President Taft last
Fridav. Mr. Smith acknowledged that
tie is somewhat at a loss to determine
sxactly how "to eliminate the evil
ind retain the good" of the future
:ransactions of the exchanges.
Information requested by the presdent
as to transactions on produce
;xchanges and as to certain future
contracts In farm products led to Mr.
Smith's report on the subject. Taking
up the various classes of transactions
n farm commodities, the commissioner
holds that "spot" and "intended
lellvery" future transactions are proper;
that "bucket shop" transactions
ire "unquestionably evil and indefen?lble,"
and that "hedging" transac:lons
are necessary and proper, being
eally not speculation, but an "avoidince
of speculation."
But as to speculation "where neither
party intends to deliver or receive,
jut where the contract Is made on a
egular exchange, the rules of which
na)(e delivery and receipts obligatory,
f demanded," Mr. Smith asserts that
;his class of future transactions "presents
a difficult problem. Its existence
irobably involves the existence of the
ruture exchanges themselves."
The trouble with exchange specuation,
says Mr. Smith, is not with the
heory but with the actual practice.
The commissioner bases his comnents
In regard to speculation chiefly
>n recent investigation of the cotton
ixchanges. The theoretic benefits of
sxchange transactions, he says, are
>ften nullified by improper conditions
>n the exchanges themselves and cites
he New York cotton exchange, the
>asic defect of which he says is its so:alled
"fixed difference" system. The
alse quotations produced under this
lystem, he says, frequently decrease
irices of cotton received by the farmsr.
Money In Her Stockings.?With her
dockings lined with Ave and ten-dolar
bills and her bustle bulging with
greenbacks and silver coin, a white
voman giving her name as Bessie Willon
of Chester, S. C., was taken from
he A. T. and O. passenger train which
rets in here at 12.30 and taken to the
jollce station, says a Charlotte dlsjatch
of Sunday. Patrolmen Henderton
and Malcolm met the train and
ook the woman In charge.
At the police station a careful search
jrought to light $442.57. The money
vas in one, five and ten-dollar bills,
ind also In coin, the latter ranging In
lenomlnatlon from pennies to 50 cent
jieces.
The arrest was made on information
urnished the chief of police by Capt.
Thomas W. Rowland, conductor on the
rain from which the passenger was
aken.
The woman is a recognized beggar
;nd has made her appearance in sevral
towns, having visited this city
ince before, where she was arrested
:nd forced to leave the town. No
hargrs have been preferred against
ler this time, but the chief of police
rill place her on the train and start
ler on her way to her alleged South
Carolina home.
80UTH CAROLINA NEW8.
? Mr. Frank P. Cooper, formerly ii
, the newspaper business, and at differ
ent times circulation manager for th<
Columbia State and News and Courier
died at his home at Wiliiamston las
Sunday morning, aged 50 years. Hi
had been in bad health for quite i
while.
? Attorney General Lyon has am
nounced that he will be a candidal
for re-election, his desire being t<
complete the work he has commenced
? Mrs. Molly J. Sloan, aged 59 yeari
of age, burned herself up in her homi
at Pacolet Saturday, with suicidal In
tent, there seems to be no doubt Sh<
had been In bad health for some time
? Columbia, Feb. 7: C. J. Hebert
president of the Southern Agenc:
company, Is now under Indlctmen
in South Carolina in connection wltl
the Seminole Securities deal, for frau<
in which John T. Garlington and J
Stobo Young were convicted las
month. Governor Ansel of Soutl
Carolina issued requisition papers foi
Hebert, but Governor Patterson o:
Tennessee refused to honor the re
quialtlon, though giving no deflnlt
reason for his refusal. The indict
ment charges Hebert, together wltl
officers of the Southern Life Insur
ance company of Fayetteville, N. C.
and the Seminole Securities companj
with "conspiracy and obtaining mon
ey and other property by false pre<
tense and representations." It wai
Hebert who engineered the deal bj
which the Seminole Securities com
pany purchased the stock of th<
Southern Life, and it was alleged tha
Hebert's consideration was exorbt
? The house on last Friday passe<
to a third reading, a bill to preven
any deduction from the weight of cot
ton on account of bagging and ties
The bill is not yet a law and wll
probably be severely fought at It
third reading. Its text is as follows
"That from and after the approval o
this act it shall be unlawful for any
person, firm or corporation engaged
In the business of buying cotton li
this state as principal or agent, to de
duct any sum for bagging or ties fron
the weight of any bale of cotton, whei
the same Is properly packed an<
wrapped In not more than nine yard:
of bagging and six ties, of the kin<
that is now used in the custom o
trade. For each and every vlolatloi
of this act, the offender shall be gull
ty of a misdemeanor and shall b<
fined in the sum of not less than $1
nor more than $26 or imprisoned fo:
not less than ten days nor more thai
30 days: Provided, This act shall no
apply to what is known in the tra&
as round bales, and bales of cottoi
which weigh less than 300 pounds."
? Sumter, February 6: The tree cut'
ting matter has come up again and hai
been suspended again. Friday the worl
of cutting was begun on the block o
Main street, between Dugan and Bart
lette. That afternoon a meeting wai
held attended by several ladles of th<
Civic league, Stubbs and Chandler o
the tree and park commission and sev
al men Interested, though not officially
connected with the matter. After dlS'
cussing the matter frankly and In goo<
humor, a committee was appointed t<
meet with the commission Saturday
morning1 and to examine the trees
This was done and the work orderec
suspended till the commission can mee
again and decide on Its course. It If
probable that the decision will be t<
remove those trees that are In a bat
state, and to Dave around the health^
trees. The trees were to be cut t<
make way for the paving. At th<
meeting Frldav night, Postmastei
Phore stated that the postal authorities
claimed lurlsdlctlon over the two hand<
some oaks In front of the new postof.
flee site and would leave them stand'
Ing and would nave around them. Thai
being the case Mr. Stubbs of the commission.
stated that It was nrobabh
that others could be left on the samt
side of the street so that the blocJ
would be uniform In appearance.
? After refusing to pass a very merlterlous
bill ofTered by Representatlv<
Richards to make the carrying of ?
concealed . weapon a penitentiary offense.
evceDt where the defends nf
was able to prove Justification on th<
ground of danger to his life, the hous<
oassed to a third reading a bill ol
Senator Kelly's as follows: "Thai
from and after the first day of July
1910, It shall be unlawful for any on?
to carrv about their person, whethei
concealed or not, any pistol less thar
20 Inches long and three pounds ir
weight, and It shall be unlawful foi
any person, firm or corporation tc
manufacture, sell, or offer for sale
lease, rent, barter, exchange, or transport
for sale Into this state, am
pistol of less length and weight. Anj
vj^iptton of this section shall be punished
by a fine of not more than $100
or Imprisonment for not more than 3C
days: and In case of a sale by a person.
firm, or corporation, the sum ol
$100 shall be forfeited to and forth?
use of the school fund of the counts
wherein the violation takes place, tc
he recovered as other fines and forfeitures:
Provided. This act shall not
apply to peace officers In the actual
discharge of their duties, or to carrying
or keeping of pistols by persom
w*tie on rneir own nromise".-- im
voto on the passage of this bill was
42 to as.
? The general appropriation bill was
Introduced last Saturday. It carries
a total of $1,777,362.34, and Is comprehended
In the following recapitulation:
Governor's office, $16,150;
secretary- of state's office, $6,700;
comptroller general's office, $11,550;
Insurance commissioner's office, $8,400;
state treasurer's office, $7,600;
state superintendent of education's
office, $6,520; adjutant general's
flee, $7,845; railroad commissioner's
office, $10,570; 9tate librarian's office
$1,700; public buildings, $47,078.68;
state geologist's office, $3,400; department
of agriculture, $15,120; Judicial
department, $96,050; health department,
$17,000; tax department,
$81,943.14; University South Carolina.
$96,883.19; Winthrop, $121,337.39;
South Carolina Military academy,
$66,000; institute for education
of Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, $31,900;
Colored Industrial college, $24,284.44;
other educational purposes, $88,039.65:
State Hospital for Insane, $254,817.01;
South Carolina Industrial
school, $7,500; penitentiary, $6,550;
other penal and charitable purposes,
$810; pensions $262,000; historical
commission, $3,800:: Interest on public
debt, $295,886.22; elections. $39,660;
miscellaneous, $68,584.80; senate,
$14,886.10; house of representatives,
$32,595.30; engrossing department,
$5,808; expenses common to
both houses, $320.
? Columbia State, Sunday: Plans
are being perfected for a boys' corn
| exhibit to be held in Columbia dur
ing the coming ran. ine exmou is
under the supervision of Ira W. Williams,
state agent of the United States
farm demonstration work; Commissioner
Watson and State Superintendent
of Education Swearlngen. The
exhibit will very probably be held in
connection with the corn exposition.
Over $1,000 worth of prizes will be
offered, together with other Inducements
which will be announced later.
The prizes include $100, a trip to
Washington, a double-row corn planter
and other Implements. The show
will last for two days, and all boys 18
years of age and under will be entitled
to enter the contest. The boys
who make a certain average as outlined
by the rules which are being
prepared, will be given a certificate of
merit by the governor and the state
superintendent of education. Prizes
and certificates of merit will also be
.given for the best exhibit and best
work done by the county and county
school commissioner from that county.
A handsome prize will be awarded
the county school commissioner
who makes the best exhibit and
shows the best work done with the
school boys' corn club. The sum of
$1,000 has been assured from the
legislature for the corn Exposition.
The prizes or rne exposition win aggregate
$6,000.
? Columbia State, Saturday: Voting
26 to 8, the senate last night
passed to third reading Senator Graydon's
bill limiting the authority of a
father to dispose of his child. The
bill was not passed to third reading,
however, without considerable debate
on the part of several senators, who
demurred at its passage. The eight
were Senators Bates, Clifton, Crosson,
Earle, Hough, McCown, Rogers, Stewart.
The sentiment running all
through the opposition to the bill was
that the father's right to the children
resultant of a union with the wife is
time-honored and should still be re
spected. The bill was changed by
i three amendments, offered by Sena.
tors Carlisle, Croft and Montgomery.
s Senator Carlisle's amendment was to
; place the word "written" before the
t word "consent" In the bill, thereby
.^..(.1. ~ 4 1 A ~ S AI
B requiring me eunsem ui me luuuiei
i to be in writing. Senator Montgomery's
amendment was to the effect
. that in the event of a disagreement
j between the father and mother In
} regard to the disposition of the children
the circuit ceurt should decide.
Senator Croft amended the bill, inj
serting the words "with the written
. consent of the surviving parent." The
, author of this amendment explained
that this further safeguards the sacred
right and the mother is protected by
being made a party to the contract
\ in deeding children. The bill as Jt
was passed: "That section 2689 of
} the civil code be amended so that it
1 shall read: "The father of any child
: or children under the age of 21 years
; and not married, with the written con:
sent of the mother, or the mother of
rf any such child or children, the father
1 being dead, whether such father or
" mother be under the age of 21 years,
8 or of full age, may, by their deed, exe"
cuted and recorded according to law,
1 will or testament, made and probated
' according to law, and with the written
consent of the surviving parent, dis"
pose of the custody of the tuition and
such child or children for and during
" such time as he, she or they, respecs
tlvely, remain under age of 21 years,
7 to any person or persons, in posses"
slon of remainder: Providing, That
r upon a disagreement between the
1 father and mother in regard to the
' disposition of the children herein provided
for, the same shall be deter !
mined by the circuit court for the
t county wherein the children are re
siding at the time, either in open court
>. or at chambers, upon a petition to be
1 presented to a court for the said purs
pose by either the father or the moth:
er or a friend of the children."
f
f
1 How Senator Tillman Took Cars of
1 His 8on.?The Washington correspond
ent of the Columbia State writes as
i follows: When Senator Tillman, in a
i letter to his daughter-in-law printed
1 in the State, Tuesday, referred to "furb
nlshing him (his son) the money by
3 way of salary for doing nothing alf
most," etc., it may not have bern clear
i to many readers what was meant It
- is simpiy tnis:
e B. R. Tillman, Jr., holds and has for
? several years held, the position of
r clerk to his father's committee, Five
i Civilized Tribes, which is a commltt
tee by "senatorial courtesy." It never
e meets, never has met, was never ex*
i pected to meet, and exists only for
the purpose of giving Senator Tillman
. a chairmanship, which chairmanship
s carries with It the appointment of a
c clerk at a salary of $2,220 a year and
( two messengers each at $1,440 a year.
. Each senator who is not the chairman
s of a committee has a clerk at $1,800
t and a "laborer" at $900. In Senator
f Tillman's case, he has Just about
enough work to keep one good man
/ busy. At present one of the positions
. of "messenger" in his office is held by
1 J. B. Knight, a competent and ener>
getlc clerk and stenographer. He does
r practically all the work as the senai.
tor's secretary. The other "messen]
ger" sends out seeds, speeches, etc.,
t and Is sometimes called out to act as
i one of the numerous doorkeepers of
> the senate. So that, as Senator Tlll!
man says, there is "nothing almost"
r for his sen to do.
> When young Tillman last year went
; out west with the idea of settling out
r there he resigned his position as clerk
t to the committee, or as it is usually
. termed, private secretary to his fath.
er, and Mr. Knight was promoted. But
. when the son decided to come back
t again he again became the $2,220 sec- $?
retary-clerk, and Knight was demoted
i to become "messenger at $1,440. These
i facts are shown by the senate record*
i There is a good deal here of this
giving positions to men and to women *
. with good salaries with "nothing al,
most" to do. In fact, in many cases,
L the appointees do not even pretend to
. do anything. In some cases, a senay
tor will appoint a man as his secre,
tary and give him the salary of clerk
, at $1,800 and give the salary of "la>
borer" to the secretary's wife. In the
t case of secretary of oommlttee clerk, - t.
the man is usually expected to work.
' In other cases, there are perquisites
. in the way of clerkships, messengers,
, laborers and so forth, which are usu,
ally dealt out to friends, relatives and
; acquaintances without scruple, al,
though there are, of course, some senators
who say they would not do such
| things. Those who do are usually cenr
sured for it at one time or another.
Paper Trust is Fined.?'Twenty-six
i manufacturing firms of the paper
. board association, indicted by the Fed
er?i gvuna jury in ueceraoer last, as
members of an illegal combination in
restraint of trade took the easiest legal
course yesterday, says a New Tork
dispatch, and entered a plea of guilty
as an association in the United States
circuit court.
The Indictment, among other things,
stated that because of this illegal combination
the association levied an annual
tax of 15,000,000 on the people of
the country.
Fines of $3,000, $52,000 In all, were
immediately Imposed and in all except
one case, were paid in cash.
Thus ends the second organization
of paper men formed by Jno! H. Parka
The Fibre and Manila combine met a
similar fate in the Federal courts some
time ago. L,~ pleading guilty as corporations,
individuals also indicted In
the paper board association succeeded
1 In having their Indictments quashed.
1 The association had its headquarters ,
1 in this city and had been in existence
1 for more thdn four years.
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 7.30 o'clock.
ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday afternoon
at 3.30 o'clock.
Social JMices.
Card of Thanks.
We thank our neighbors and friends
for their help and kindness to us in
the sickness and death of our daughter,
Stella.
H. A. and M. J. ELLIOTT.
Sunday School Convention.
Each Sunday school In the county is
entitled to a delegate to the State
Sunday School convention to be held in
Rock Hill on February 15, 16 and 17,
and it is earnestly hoped that all will
be represented. All the officers of the
county and township associations are
also entitled to seats as delegates, and
all will receive a most qordial welcome.
The officers are requested to send to
me for credentials. Delegates who desire
free entertainment, will write
to me as far as pqssible in advance, and
I want to ask them to do their own
writing, not to leave it to some one else,
because experience has taught that
the delegate who writes his or her own
letters generally makes good by keeping
the appointment.
W. W. Boyce.
10 f.t 3t
i ne ueet i n ire is.
The crop mortgage form that la being
sold by The Enquirer Is easily the
best that has been offered in this section.
It Is not as long a form as
some of them; but It is long enough
to include all the essential specifications
of a proper contraot. Recording
costs from 75 cents to a dollar, where
the mortgage is for more than one
hundred dollars. Where It is less than
a hundred dollars the indexing fee is
only fifteen cents. To save recording
fees on mortgages of more than 1100
it is practicable to draw two or more
papers for less than a hundred dollars
each and have them indexed. Sample
of thia crop mortgage will be mailed
to any address on receipt of 5 cents.
L. M. Grist's Sons,
Yorkville, S. C.