Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 11, 1910, Image 2
.Sftaps and .facts.
? New York. February 8: Six hundred
thousand dollars Is the amount
the National Sugar Refining company
will pay the government as restitution
for back duties for the underweighing
of sugar. The amount was
fixed today at a conference between
representatives of the company and
and Wilbur Wright, the aeronauts,
were today presented with the Langley
medal of the Smithsonian institution
by Chief Justice Fuller of the
' States supreme court, who Is
also chancellor of the Smithsonian institution.
The medal was created in
1908 In commemoration of Prof. Langley
and his work In aerodromlas. Wilbur
Wright in accepting the medal declared
that when the Wright brothers
had perfected their commercial flying
machine organisation, they Intended
to go back to research work and announce
some startling discoverlea He
declared there was research work
awaiting which could keep six men
busy a lifetime. The medal was struck
in the mint at Parla It was designed
by J. C. Champlaln, a member of the
French academy. The reverse Is from
the seal of the Institution designed by
8t. Oaudens. Duplicates in bronze
also were presented to the Wright
brothers and one replica was kept for
the institution.
? New York, February 8: Before
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sons In the Metropolitan opera house,
Commander Robert E. Peary, discoverer
of the North Pole, was presented
with a $10,000 check on behalf of the
citizens of New York, but instead of
retaining it for himself, the commander
stated that he would contribute it
towards the South Pole expedition as
planned by the National Geographical
society. The check was presented to
the commander by Gov. Hughes of
New York at this, the first national
testimonial in the explorer's honor.
Accepting the gift. Commander Peary
said: "Here is a check for $10,000.
This check will be deposited tomorrow
as a Joint contribution of the
members of the audience, the officers
and committee of the Civic forum
and myself, toward an American Antartic
expedition for the purpose of exploration
and scientific investigation,
and to enter the Stars and Stripes in
a splendid, manly international race
for the South Pole with our British
cousins, than whom there are no finer
foemen in the world." The audience
which greeted the commander tonight
was representative and enthusiastic.
The gathering was held under the
auspices of the Civic forum. President
Taft telegraphed that he was sorry
that he was unable to attend, but
said he sincerely hoped that "congress
will take some substantial notice of
the great achievement of Commander
Peary."
? An annual sight in New York is
thei great round-up of the down-andouts
in Mulberry Bend, on the occasion
when Senator Timothy D. Sulllcan,
"Big Tim," as he Is known, hands
out shoes to the shoeless. Sunday was
Big Tim's shoe day. He gave away
5,500 pairs of shoes, which cost him
$13,750, and along with each pair of
ahftAH want ft nftlr of socks, a sand
wich and a cup of coffee. The giver
of this unique charity is now a great
East Side politician, with diamonds
and money in plenty, but he was once
a poor, barefooted boy. He got the
shoe-day idea from the fact that he
was once given a pair of shoes by his
teacher. Big Tim's patrons formed an
interesting assemblage. Of course,
the police were kept busy. Three
"repeaters" were detected, but while
they did not get an extra pair of shoes
they got extra sandwiches and coffee.
Then, to quote the account by the
Baltimore Sun's correspondent, "Short
Ribs Sam," and "Kelley the King of
the Keg Tappers" were there. The
"Gentleman Fan-handler," before receiving
a new pair of shoes wore one
russet oxford and one patent leather
pump. First aid went to the lame
and halt and the blind. One deaf
mute blocked the line because of his
inability to tell what number he wore,
but in the main the distribution went
forward with a speed that would have
shamed the most erudite salesman.
Not all could be remembered, (or
some are spending the winter on
Blackwell's Island, as guests of the
city, but tickets have been furnished
them, and all will find shoes awaiting
them when they walk the Bowery
again. What fine material Big Tim
and his constituency would have formed
for Charles Dickens!
? The result of the parliamentary
election in Great Britain is no verdict.
No party has a majority and only indirectly
has the country given a mandate
on anything. When Parliament
was dissolved the Liberals and Laborites
had 419 members and the Nationalists
83, and the Conservatives 168.
There was a combined majority of
334. Now the Liberals have 273
members, the Laborites 41, the Nationalists
82, a total of 390. The Conservatives
have 274 members, or one
more than the Liberals, and the combined
majority has been reduced from
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Liberals and Conservatives are minority
parties, and there is no majority
party at Westminster, except in the
house of lords. Until another election
is held the British empire must
be ruled by a "bundle of political
splinters." The reform of the house
of lords seems to be the one thing assured.
Both parties support it now.
The Conservatives and the Lords,
themselves, are willing to adopt moderate
changes immediately, lest reforms,
which would knock the foundations
from the upper house, be carried.
The result is likely to be the
abolition of the hereditary principle,
and no longer shall the second and
succeeding generations be given a vote
except those who shall prove their fitness
to legislate, by service in the
house of commons, in civil office, or
in the army or navy. The Conservatives
are willing that the lords shall
be deprived of the power to hold up
taxation bills, if the plan be adopted,
counsel for tne government at me custom
house. It Is reported that the
settlement'will be formally signed tomorrow,
and will Include a olause exempting
the company from civil prosecution.
? Pittihurv Pn Fahruarv 8: Mrs.
Jenny McAuley, of McKeesport, today
was shown a picture of a man
killed two weeks ago, while robbing
the postofflce at Tallahassee, Fla., and
Identified it as that of her husband,
who has been missing from this city
for a year. The picture had been forwarded
to the McKeesport police. A
slip of paper found in the pockets of
the deed man bore the name McKeesport,
and a further clue was given in
the continual muttering of "McKeesport"
by the dying man.
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whereby nothing: which could be considered
new legislation shall be included
in those bills. The Liberals
want to deprive the house of lords of
the power to veto any bill whatsoever.
Their favorite plan wquld be to compel
the lords to adopt any bill sent to
them for thfc third time by the house
of commons, which, while making the
house of commons consider a rejected
bill carefully, would, give that body
the power to pass any legislation, on
which it had determined, in one session.
It is taken for granted that the
house of lords will pass the budget,
since the country has decided against
the lords, on the face of the election
returns, but the cabinet may be obliged
to erase the whisky taxes in order
to get the votes of the Irish members.
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FRIDAY. FERl'AKY II, 1910.
Senator Bailey is to address the
general assembly next Monday, in ac-'
ceptance of the invitation recently extended
to him by that body.
Lieutenant Governor McLeod has
taken occasion to correct a statement
made by the Columbia correspondent
of the News and Courier, to the effect
that he will run for governor on a high
license platform. He says he is an advocate
of local option and that will
be his position in the campaign.
IT is stated in the dispatches that
Mr. Robert Lathan is to succeed Major
J. C. Hemphill as editor of the News
and Courier, and although The Enquirer
is not fully reconciled to the idea
of giving up the present brilliant editor
of that paper, it has no hesitation
in declaring tnat m us opinion ma
management could hardly have found
a more worthy successor. Mr. Lathan
Is a son of the late Rev. Dr. Robert
Lathan, of honored memory throughout
this section, and though young in
years, is old in learning, character and
experience. His first newspaper work
was en the Columbia State, and after
serving for quite a while as court
stenographer, he went to the News and
Courier, where he has been for the past
five or six years, going through various
stages of promotion and leaving
behind him some of the most creditable
newspaper work this state has
known, at least during the present
generation. It is probably fair to say,
that it was Maj. Hemphill who "found"
that Mr. Lathan was a newspaper man;
but that can be said without taking
away any of the credit to which this
gentleman Is entitled for having "made
good." We predict that under the
management of Editor Lathan, the
News and Courier will not suffer the
loss of any of the honorable prestige it
has won during its long and distinguished
existence.
The R. F. D. Service.
A patron of one of the rural routes,
who does not want her name mentioned
in connection with the matter,
writes to The Enquirer, to this effect :
"I see that your paper is solicitous
about the matter of putting loose pennies
in mall boxes to the inconvenience
of the rural carriers. That is all right,
but what are we to do about it, when
we want to communicate with a friend
further along the route and the carrier
takes the letter on to Yorkvllle and
brings It back the next aay. uugm
we not to have some kind of redress
for the inconvenience to which we are
subjected?"
While this complaint is perfectly
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has no connection with the matter of
leaving: loose pennies In the mall box.
The letter would suggest that our correspondent
feels justified In putting
the carrier to Inconvenience, because
the carrier put her to Inconvenience.
We are sure, however, that this Is not
the attitude of the writer of the letter.
On the contrary, she merely seeks to
make the point that there Is fault with
carriers as well as patrons, and she
wants to know if the patrons have not
some way of adjusting grievances, and
In this view of the case, we will make
a statement that will be of value to
those who are Interested.
The postofflce department expects
all of its employes to be accommodating
and efficient. The rural route service
is for the benefit of the patrons,
not the carriers. The patrons must
treat the carriers with proper consideration,
and the carriers must treat the
patrons with proper consideration. Of
course, It frequently happens that carriers
make mistakes. They sometimes
leave one man's mall in another man's
box; they sometimes carry mall by and
bring It next day, and they make other
mistakes. If a carrier should do anything
to Inconvenience a patron for
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department could be convinced of the
fact, that carrier would lose his Job
so quick that he would hardly be able
to realize how it occurred, and he
would also be in danger of further
punishment. However, the foregoing
is only by way of comment. The information
we started out to give is this:
The postofflce department looks carefully
after the efficiency of all its employes,
postmasters as well as rural
free delivery carriers, and any patron
who has a complaint, should make that
complaint in writing. If the complaint
be against a rural carrier, write It out
and send it to the postmaster at the
office from which his route starts. If
it be against a postmaster, send it to
Washington. If the complaint be a
frivolous one, it will be ignored. If it
be meritorious, it will be investigated,
and proper relief will be forthcoming
at once. There is no occasion for any
squeamishness in this matter. The
government expects every postal employe
to report every other postal employe
for every dereliction, accidental or
otherwise, and one postal employe who
fails to report a dereliction of another,
when the same comes to his knowledge,
Is liable to discipline if the government
finds it out. But it is very well
to remember that the government is
reasonable in all things, and there
must be no malice in connection with
any report. The department Is anxious
to correct abuses; but It does not
knowingly permit Itself to be made a
party for any "play for even."
A Laborer's Lien.?The house on
Tuesday passed the following bill to a
third reading:
Section 1. That from and after the
passage of this act all persons, firms or
corporations engaged In manufacturing
of any kind whatsoever shall upon de'
mand of their employees, or any of
them, whose term of service has for
any reason been terminated, furnish
such employee or employees a certificate
or written statement showing the
amount of wages then due such employee
or employees, and payable on
the succeeding regular pay day, which
certificate may be assigned by the owner
thereof for value, and when so assigned
shall be payable to the holder
thereof, and on presentation at the of-, ;
flee of the persons, firm or corporation
issuing the same at the next regular
pay day, or at any time thereafter,
shall be paid. In case said certificate
be not presented within one month
from date when payable, the amount of
same shall be paid to the original owner
thereof.
Section 2. Any person, firm or corporation
failing, upon demand, to furnish
such certificate, shall be liable to
a penalty of five dollars per day from
the day of such refusal until the next
regular pay day, or until the same shall i
be issued.
Section 3. The rights and remedies
herein provided are in addition to and
exclusive of all other rights and rem- i
edies now existing.
GAMBLING IN FUTURES.
House Committee Hears Both Sides
of the Question.
"This question Involves hundreds of
millions of dollars and the welfare of
millions of people," declared T. J.
Brooks, of Atwood, Tenn., president of '
the Farmers' National union, in opening
the hearing on the anti-option bills ,
before the house committee on agriculture
last Wednesday. The proposed
legislation is designed to prohibit dealings
in futures on boards of trade and
exchanges. The committee room was crowded
with congressmen from the '
states interested.
Mr. Brooks declared that dealings
in futures of cotton were no more necessary
than in wheat and wool and '
farm Implements. Hedging operations
"on 'change," he characterized as no
different from gambling on the rise and
fall of prices.
"On what moral principles," he asked,
"is one class of citizens obliged to
make up for the losses of another
class, for where one gains another
must lose? The original Intention
of the cotton exchange to bring
the buyer and seller together has been
eliminated in me ueveiupniem ui present
exchange practices.
"We are willing to abide by the results
of abolishing futures," he said, '
depicting the temptations held out to
the prospective victims who later "come
into the game" and get "frozen out."
He declared the exchanges aggra- vated
the natural situations and denied
that they tended to steady prices.
He believed that "suckers are not all
dead" and by way of corroboration he
read newspaper reviews of scalping
markets, sudden declines and "things
done in the dark" to affect prices.
Under the shadow of the exchanges, ,
competition among local buyers had
been eliminated In the south, he said, '
and he charged the existence of a tacit '
understanding in the cotton and tobacco
belts for division of territory. The '
farmers' union which Mr. Brooks represents,
has a membership extending
over 29 states.
Characterized by Mr. Lever of South
Carolina as the largest consumer of .
cotton in the south, Lewis W. Parker, 1
a Greenville, S. C., manufacturer, contended
that abnormal conditions ought
to be represented In spot cotton and
contract cotton at the same time. He
j said that as a rule futures control spot
cotton. He declared that the exchanges ;
are not of advantage, either to the con- j
sumer or the producer and that it
seemed Impossible to make the exchanges
realize the fairness of the com- ;
plaints against them. He said the ,
fight of his interests is to have the
farmers properly warehouse their cotton
and to market it gradually during
the season. He described Englishmen 1
as chary of speculation in futures, that 1
the Liverpool cotton exchange is not 1
used by the English for speculation
and that the Americans speculate on !
Liverpool to affect prices. I
Mr. Parker declared that in the po- 1
sition the American spinners occupied ]
ovAhoncDu thA F.ncliflh
spinners stood with the American spinners.
"Don't you think that we would have
a picnic In buying cotton If exchanges
were abolished?" Mr. Parker was asked.
"We'would abide by the results," he
answered. "The absence of exchanges
would revolutionize the character of
the present business. We would readjust
our business. There would be
no difficulty in effecting readjustment.
I recommend regulation of the exchanges.
I would make the exchanges
responsive to spot conditions."
"Has the cotton producer this year
realized through speculation more than
he would have without speculation?"
"Yes," replied Mr. Parker, "but this
is an exceptional year; nothing like
it in the memory of the spinners. It is
the first time we have had fifteen cent
cotton since I have been in business."
CLOVER CULLINGS.
Splendid Record of the Bank?Building
and Loan Talk?Oil Mill Doing Well
?Capt. John Smith's Birthday.
Correspondence The Yorkvllle Enquirer
Clover, February 11.?The Bank of
Clover completed the fourth year of
Its business career on January 31, and '
the fifth annual meeting of the stockholders
was held on last Tuesday, the
8th instant, and the statement submit- 1
ted by Cashier Page showed that on
January 31, the total resources were 1
$136,382.29, of which amount $106,518.81 !
were deposits. A cash dividend of 10
per cent was declared and in addition
to the amount necessary to provide for
this item, $1,500 was added to the surplus,
making the latter $4,500. Mr. Page
submitted a detailed statement showing
the amount of clearances (the sums
paid out on checks), each month from
February, 1906, to January 31, 1910, and 1
also the total amount during each 12
months during that period, the annual ;
sums being as follows: 1906, $804,170.50;
1907, $795,177.64: 1908, $812,- '
292.75; 1909, $1,189,552.33. All the old
officers were re-elected.
The matter of organizing a building
and loan association at this place has
been receiving consideration for some
days past, and although no systematic
canvass has been made for the purpose
of securing subscriptions to the capl- 1
tal stock, your correspondent has been
advised that more than 100 shares have
been taken. Our people are not as
well up on the workings of the plan as
they think they should be, and because
of this fact, have invited Mr. E. G. McLurd,
secretary and treasurer of the
Gastonla Mutual Building and L>oan
association, which organization has
been a conspicuous success, to make a
talk on the subject of building and
loan in the opera house tonight, and
he has accepted the invitation, and
will, no doubt have a goodly number to
hear what he has to say.
Mr. Luther G. Thompson, secretary
and treasurer of the Clover Cotton Oil
ana liinninK uumpany, naa ucuuuci;
decided that he will erect a handsome
two-story home on the lot he recently
purchased on West First street, during
the coming summer.
Th oil mill has about finished its
run for the present season. While it,
in common with all the mills in this
section, failed to get as large supply of
seed as it naturally hoped for before
the season closed, still the management
seems to be well satisfied with
the result of the first season's operations.
During the spring and summer,
a number of needed improvements will
be made in the plant. Including the removal
of the ginnery system of the old
Clover Ginning company from its present
site to that of the oil mill, and the
installation of adequate fire protection.
Clover's new wholesale grocery concern
expects to be ready to begin operations
within a very short time.
Mr. John J. Smith, one of Clover's
youngest men in spirit, passed his 74th
mile post on February 8, and his
friends, and they include everybody,
are hoping that he will see many, very
many more birthdays.
Mr. W. B. Stroup is seriously considering
the erection of a two-story brick
building to the south of the one he
and his brother now occupy as a place i
of business, and it is said that Mr. J. i
M. Smith has agreed to erect a brick
store room on West King's Mountain !
street for Mr. W. F. Wood.
I
? Mr. S. E. Boney, for the past two i
years, editor of the Laurens Adver- I
User, has resigned to become news
editor of the News and Courier.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
C. H. Smith, Yorkvllle No. 4?Wants a
buyer for grade Jersey cow with a
young calf.
T. M. and H. E. Ferguson?Will buy a
few good milk cows and beef cattle.
Call or phone.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill?Tells
you to make your dreams come true
by systematically saving a part of
your earnings and being ready for
your opportunity.
G. W. Whitesides, Sharon?Has seed
Irish potatoes, seed oats, flour, corn,
hardware and full lines of dry goods
and notions. Cracker Jack tobacco,
)3a box.
J. C. Wllborn?Makes a few more real
estate offerings In various parts of
the county, suitable for Investment
or homes.
Carroll Bros.?Have a car of hard pine
shingles and want you to see them
for groceries, farm Implements and
corno horse and mule feed.
Carroll Furniture Co.?Give you a hint
about buying that odd piece of furniture,
rocking chair, carpet or rug
you have been wanting.
Thomson Co.?Reminds you that Its
anniversary sale will close tomorrow
and mentions a variety or special
bargains for the last day.
Horton & Sturgis, Yorkvllle, No. 6.?
Want to sell a lath mill outfit, including
shafting, pulleys, etc.
Herndon & Gordon?Call especial attention
to chewing gum In a few
contributed verses.
The People's Shop?Is prepared to
shoe your horses and mules and do
all kinds of repair work In wood and
iron. Located in rear of Smith's
store.
D. E. Boney, Agent?Suggests that you
should insure your horses and mules
when you buy. See him or drop him
a postal card for Information.
J. L. Williams & Co.?Quote prices on
a variety of seasonable domestics,
dress goods and men's pants.
York Supply Co.?Sells Landreth and
Ferry garden seeds, seed potatoes,
seed oats and all kinds of farm Implements
and fertilizers.
1. W. Johnson?Has Golden and White
Dent seed corn, new shipment chewing
tobacco, Royal, Rumford and
Good Luck baking powders, teas and
coffees.
J. Q. Wray?Is showing nice lines of
ladies' shirt waists and waist fronts
in the latest styles. White goods.
D. Dorsett?Invites you to see him
for groceries and dry goods, northern
grown onion sets and home
grown cabbage plants. Country produce
wanted.
Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Announce special
price on ginghams at 3} cents a
yard for Saturday.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Next Monday is "Valentine day."
? The work of securing subscriptions
to the capital stock of the new building
and loan association Is going along very
satisfactorily. So far about 300 shares
have been subscribed, and steps have
been taken looking to the securing of
Et charter.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Dr. A. Y. Cartwright of Yorkville,
has returned from an extended visit to
Florida.
Miss Mary Moore of Rock Hill, is
the guest of Miss Mary Starr in Yorkvllle.
Mr. Will D. Youngblood of Yorkville
R. F. D. No. 6, is seriously ill with
pneumonia.
Mr. R. G. Ratc'nford of Yorkvllle R.
F. D. No. 3. is doing: a nice Diece of road
work near his house. He will grade
the road for about one-half mile.
Chester Reporter: Mr. 8. B. Lathan,
who was operated on for appendicitis
at the Magdalene hospital several
days ago, is so much improved as to be
able to sit up.
The present is the first visit of Judge
Devore to York county. His honor is
a citizen of Edgefield, and was elected
to the bench two years ago. He is a
lawyer of fine ability, with the judicial
temperament developed to a high degree,
and has been making a fine impression
by his firmness and fairness.
Though he has the reputation of beintf
quite an agreeable gentleman under all
circumstances, on the bench, he is a
man of few words; but the words mean
what they imply. JucU[e Devore Is
very much pleased with the Piedmont
section.
In its February number, "The Circle,"
a popular magazine of New York
begins an Honor Roll of ministers distinguished
for long and faithful service,
and heads the list with a portrait
and sketch of the Rev. Albert A.
James of Union, who is the oldest pastor
in the Southern Presbyterian
church. The sketch is as follows:
"Eighty-five years old, fifty-eight years
pastor of one church, refusing a call at
eighty-three to become a pastor of a
better parish, loved far and wide
throughout his state, one time moderator
of the Presbyterian synod of South
Carolina, five times commissioner co
the general assembly, could a better
name be found to head the Church
Circle Honor Roll than that of Rev. Albert
Allison James, of whom these
facts are true! In 1851 Mr. James was
graduated from the Presbyterian Theological
seminary of South Carolina.
Immediately after his graduation he
began to preach at Fair Forest, S. C.,
and though during his long pastorate
he has organized other churches and
made them a part of his parish, he is
btil 1 the pastor of a church at which
he preached as a young theological
graduate nearly sixty years ago. In
all weathers and conditions, in sickness
as in health, he has ridden his
broad parish, always with a good
horse, moreover, and the people call
him fondly there "The Apostle of Sunshine."
They need him not only in
tneir joys, but in their sorrows. Countless
couples he has united in marriage
?it is he they call for to bury their
dead. And where he is needed he goes,
no matter how long or hard the way.
Not long ago he rode forty-eight miles
through a blinding snow-storm to
conduct a funeral service. The only
time during these nearly three-score
years that he nas been absent from his
field, was during the civil war, when he
served for three years as chaplain of
the Eighteenth South Carolina regiment
of volunteers. A couple of
years ago he was called to the pastorate
of the Second Presbyterian church
of Clinton, S. C. Rather hard on the
Osier theories. But he stuck to his
beloved people of the villages and
farms, who begged him to remain."
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
The case of W. E. Ferguson against
the Southern railroad which was being
tried, when the last issue of The Enquirer
went to press, occupied the time
of the court up to yesterday morning
at 11 o'clock, and resulted yesterday
afternoon in a mistrial, the Jury standing
11 to 1 for the plaintiff.
The issue involved the responsibility
for $34 worth of goods destroyed at
Kingville in the great flood of September
1908, and a $50 penalty for delay in
delivery. The goods were at King
ville at the time, and the platntff contended
that the defendant should have
moved them out of danger of the flood.
The defendant claimed that the water
had never, been so high before; that
there was no reason to anticipate loss,
and that It was not negligent; that the
loss was due to the act of God.
At the conclusion of the testimony,
defendant's counsel tried to get the
court to direct a verdict In favor of
the railroad; but his honor declined,
holding that the question was one for
the jury. His honor took particular
care, however, to impress upon the
Jury the fact that It should not consider
his refusal in the matter; that
so far as the Jury was concerned this
was the same as If it had never occurred.
On the first poll after entering the
room, the jury stood seven for the
plaintiff and Ave for the defendant.
The next poll was nine for the plaintiff
and three for the defendant, and the
next, 11 for the plaintiff and one for the
defendant, and there It stood. The lone
juryman declined to recede from his
position and when called Into the room
at the suggestion of counsel, several
gave their opinion that an agreement
was impossible, his nonor siatea mai
such disagreements are always unfortunate;
but where the differences were
such that they could not be conscientiously
reconciled, there was nothing
to be done, but order a mistrial, which
he accordingly did.
The next case taken up was that of i
VV. R. Carroll vs. J. P. Barnes. Thla <
was a suit on a note, given to secure
a deferred payment on a pair of mulei
that had been bought from the plaintiff
by the defendant After using the
mules for a while, the defendant came
to the conclusion that they were not
as had been represented as to age and
condition, and refused to pay the balance
agreed upon. The mules were taken
back and sold on the block, and the
suit was to recover the default portior
of the debt. The case consumed th?
remainder of Thursday, after the case
of Ferguson vs. the Southern railwaj
had been disposed of. The Jury founc
for the defendant.
The case of Jane Miller Lee vs. the
Southern railway was taken up on th<
convening of court this morning; bu
on motion of the plaintiff's counsel
his honor granted a non-suit, and then
being no more business ready, the jurors
were discharged from further attendance.
The business of the week has beer
unusually light, and from the presenl
outlook, next weok's business does nol
promise to be much heavier.
THE INDIAN LAND TIGERS.
The Enquirer has been requested t<
republished the roll of the Indian Lane
Tigers, which went into the Confederate
service in November, 1861, an<3
served through the war as a part o)
the Seventeenth regiment The roli
which has been furnished by Mr. N. J
N. Bowen of Yorkville, is as follows:
Cb.pt. T. B. Meacham, 1st Lieut J. C
Holly, 2nd Lieut W. L. Robinson, 3<!
Lieut. EL T. Avery. Privates J. R. Wallace,
El M. Cherry, John Gaulden, S
M. Fewell, R. W. Workman, J. J. Nelson,
J. M. Rawlinson, W. McEHwee, R
Hi Fulwood, Martin Armstrong, J. R
Bigham, T. M. Baxter, W. A. Barber, S
C. -Beamguard, R. T. Bailey, R. O. Q
Boyd, J. Hi Cathcart, J. W. Cherry, W
H. Carothers, A. J. Chambers, R. P
Chambers. C. P. Cline, J. M. Crenshaw
O. S. Douglas, Geo. W. Deas, Robt
Epps, J. J. Faris, J. M. Paris, A. F
Fewel!, E. H. Ferguson, J. A. Fewell
H. J. Felts, J. A. Garrison, Z. A. W
Garrison, T. D. Garrison, S. C. Garrison.
J. E. Garrison, P. P. Garrison, J
C. Harper, W. H. Hogue, J. A. Hogue
J. J. Jackson, Dr. R. H. Jordan, D. R
Jackson, W. B. Jones, Jno. C. Jones
S. L. Johnson, J. R. Morrison, J. T
Mitchell, Newell Merritt, J. Meadow, J
G. Moore, Ed R. Mills, J. R. Moss, R
M. Dowell, R. M. McCants, S. A. McElwee,
E. Neely, J. S. Poag, W. P
Poovey, R. T. Starnes, Andy Shaw, G
C. Truesdal, W. J. Thomasson, G. M
Turner, D. W. Thomasson, J. A. Thomasson,
S. W. Wallace, J. M. Wallace
W. J. Waters, L. R. Williams, W. Wylie,
W. R. Cllne, J. M. Poag, Ab Adkin
D. F. Barnett, J. B. Choat, J. H. Allen
N. J. N. Bo wen, O. N. Youngblood
Robt Finley, Dr. R. Patton, A. Stewart
W. R. Mitchell, J. M. Kendrick, J. R
Hogue, John Campbell, W. Parrott
Frank Patton, W. D. Dunlap, T. G
Boggs. Jos. W. Steet, John S. Sadler
J.' F. Thomasson, G. W. Poag, C. McEl
wain.
A TALK ON r en T I LI2bKo.
In spite of the fact that last Wednesday
was a gloomy and disagreeable day
and notwithstanding a certain amouni
of confusion as to the appointment
quite a number of farmers were ir
Yorkville during the day to hear Prof
D. N. Barrow of Clemson college, talk
on the "Use and Abuse of Commercial
Fertilizers." It was naturally expected
that the professor would talk during
the morning, and when it was learned
that he could not get here until th<
afternoon, some who had come quite a
distance, returned home; but some
twenty-Ave or thirty saw it out, and
were rewarded with the privilege ol
hearing a lecture which, though containing
little that is new, was remarkably
comprehensive and Interesting.
It was Prof. Barrow's expectation tc
be in Yorkville on Tuesday, and he
sent out some circular letters to that
effect; but the announcement sent tc
the newspapers fixed the ippolntment
for Wednesday, and this proved to be
rather lucky than otherwise, for by
reason of a missed connection, Yorkville
was not reached until the last
named date, and it was not until nearly
3 o'clock that he commenced his talk
to a small, but appreciative- audience
In the sheriff's office.
By way of introduction, he explained
that he was representing Clemson in
institute work. There has been complaint
that Clemson is of very little
benefit to the practical, producing farmer,
for the reason that it is too far
away from him, and for the past year,
there has been an effort to meet this
objection by bringing Clemson's assistance
right to the farmers so to
Speak. A great deal of institute work
has been done during the past several
years; but most of this has been in
the summer time, and covered information
that would have been more
timely in the winter. Also the institutes
undertook to deal with so many
subjects at one and the same time that
the result was more or less confusion.
The idea now is to go out among the
farmers and discuss with them the
things that are most pertinent and
timely as to the season.
Just at this time, the professor said,
the farmers are more Interested in the
fertilizer question than anything else,
and he proceeded to discuss that subject
in interesting detail; but the burden
of his message was not so much
the kind of commercial fertilizer to
buy and how to buy it, as the tremendous
waste that occurs every year and
how that waste is to be avoided.
At the outset, he made the statement
that last year South Carolina
spent seventeen million dollars foi
commercial fertilizers and made only
a little more than one million bales ol
cotton, which meant that the fertilize!
tax on the farmers of the state meant
about seventeen dollars for each bale
of cotton raised. This statement was
made In full apprec '.tlon of the fact
that much of the seventeen million
dollars' worth of commercial fertilizers
was used under crops other than cotton;
but nevertheless the other crops
were consumed in the raising of the
cotton, which had to pay the entire bill,
and the statement of the tax was Jusl
and correct.
During the past five years, he said,
there has Deen an increase or do pei
cent in the amount of commercial fertilizers
used and an increase of only
25 per cent in the value of the crops
produced. At this rate of progress il
will be only a few years more until all
the crops will not be sufficient to pay
for the fertilizers, and it is evident that
we must either find where the trouble
is, or continue to go on from bad to
worse.
The professor desired it to be distinctly
understood that he had no fight
to make against the use of commercial
fertilizers; he wanted his hearers to
appreciate that he considers the use oi
commercial fertilizers as essential to
the most profitable building up of lands
and production of crops; but at the
same time he desired to impress the
fact that millions of dollars are wasted
in fertilizers each year, because of the
purchase and use of elements of plant
food, that are not needed on the particular
land to which it is applied.
The proper understanding of the fertilizer
question, the professor explained,
involves a knowledge of how plants
grow, what they need for food and
how that food is to be supplied. The
common idea has it that non-productive
lands are necessarily poor lands;
that the lands are poor, because the
plant food, in them has been exhausted.
This is not correct. By way of illustrating
his point, he said that
some years ago, he had caused analyses
to be made of the top soils on two
ninnaa nf errmind. One Diece of srround
had been yielding a bale of cotton to
the acre, and the other had been yielding
only 200 pounds to the acre. The
analysis showed that the soil that
yielded only 200 pounds to the acre,
contained more than twice as much
plant food as the soli that yielded a
bale of cotton to the acre. And It Is
so with practically all the land In this
country. It contains plant food In
abundance. The problem Is to make
that plant food available, and this Is
where It Is necessary for the farmer to
have knowledge m me use ui ieniuzers.
As a matter of fact, the professor declared,
the amount of plant food contained
in the soil la of the least Important
requisite to fertility and heavy
production. Much more important than
this Is the condition of the germ, microbe
or bacteria life in the soil. This
kind of life means everything, and Its
propagation Is dependent principally
upon air, moisture and humus. Air Is
supplied by Judicious stirring with the
plow, moisture Is effected in part In
the same way, and humus must be
added. Humus Is supplied through
decaying vegetable matter. These
i three elements furnished all that la th
i needed for the propagation of the bac- fo
teria, and the bacteria make the fer- m
tillty. de
A familiar ilustr&tion of the bacteria ti<
theory was given In the killing of land ap
by a stroke of lightning. Every far- til
mer knows how the spot where light- Ti
ning strikes a field often remains dead ca
> and barren for years. The reason of ta
i it is because the lightning kills the ci
s bacteria?the millions and billions of
? microscopic germs that make the life
r of the soil. Proof of the correctness
I or tne tneory is to De rouna m tne .
(act, that a few shovelfuls of stable th
5 manure on th<* spot?or even a few hi
i shovelfuls of the adjoining soil will w
t restore the fertility at once. Commer- Cf
, cial fertilizer won't do It, because com- eg
i merclal fertilizer contains no bacteria. a,
. Any kind of numua will do it, because
all humus is full of bacteria.
The professor did not want to be a
i understood as saying that it Is unnec- p,
I essary to supply plant food; but he did 0(
I want to be understood as saying thai fr
the secret lay In supplying the plant
food In such a way that It would 1-e b<
available. To be available, it must be e<
soluble in water. And even an abund*
> ance of plant food soluble in water "
I does not furnish all the conditions nec
essary to fertility. The trick lies In
I keeping the bacteria, the yeast germs ...
t in the soli thriving, and this means :
I both air and moisture in the right pro- jr'
portions, and to get air and moisture J"
in the right proportions, Involves stir
ring the soil and drainage. Too much jj:
moisture is more fatal than too little,
for that means the drowning of the "
yeast germs. Too little air means their ^
asphyxiation. V
While on this phase of the subject, z~
he explained how the texture of the P;
soil had to do with the regulation of i"
moisture. Where a soil is compact and
dense, the water cannot circulate free- rv
ly, and where It is open and porous, the :F
circulation Is too free. The principal "
means of correction are lime and humus.
Lime and humus open close
grained soils and Improve the capillary C
circulation. Humus acts as a sponge ^
In coarse grained soils and holds the
moisture. The coarse grained soils do a
not need so much lime, but more hu- T1
mus. d?
He explained at length that the prin- ol
clpal elements of plant food?the ele- m
ments that are to be supplied that are s>i
of real value?are' nitrogen, phos- oi
phoric acid and potash. The nitrogen A.
is to be had in various commercial <*i
forms, but the cheapest way to pro- th
duce it is to "grow it" by means of di
peas, vetches and other legumes, m
t Phosphoric acidls to be be had In abund- d<
. ance from vegetable matter, and most m
soils contain potash enough, if it can in
' only be made available. hi
If we must buy commercial fertlli- h<
t zers, the proressor urgeu, tei us ouy ?
. only that which the soil needs. He. was E
positive that as a rule the Piedmont cc
. soils, contain an abundance of potash,
and to buy this element is a waste of ti
. money. He has never seen any lack te
of potash in red clay soils, and he fc
made the statement point blank that nl
potash never prevents rust unless the sc
potash is actually needed by the soil, te
Most of the money spent for potash In ct
the Piedmont is simply thrown away, ol
, The price of nitrogen ranges from ei
t about 15 cents a pound in nitrate of I
, soda, to 22 cents a pound In cotton ol
> seed meal, and to buy it in cotton seed A:
. meal is a waste of money. Phosphoric w
i acid coats about 5 cents a pound and cc
1 potash about 4 cents a pound. And tjj
I the cheapest way to buy all these nl
: things, is in their most concentrated c?
I form.
i By way of illustration, he said that a(
i the best 8-4-4 goods contain only 320 h<
) pounds of plant food, and told how te
1 this plant food could be gotten out of f
a mixture of 900 pounds of acid phos- at
phate, 166 pounds of muriate of pot- ji
' ash and 720 pounds of fish scrap, mak- ta
ing a total of say, 1,800 pounds, costing hi
> about $21. It can be mixed in a wagon rc
! for almost nothing, and after it is m
: mixed, it is exactly the same thing i>
> that the fertilizer companies sell for sl<
: $29 and $30 a ton. The farmer can gc
) save $8 to $9 a ton by mixing it him- w
' self, and with knowledge of what his tr
land needs, can save several dollars a hi
: ton additional by leaving out the ele- re
ments that are no good. pi
In conclusion, Prof. Barrow told his e<]
' audience again that his services are *e
at their command at all times, and he W)
1 would be pleased to answer any ques- as
i tlon that they might ask by mall or ia
otherwise. Where it seemed as if it se
i were worth while for him to come, he th
would come, and would be- glad to do wi
' so. From Yorkville he went to Rock e;
Hill. tb
1 . &
LOCAL LACONIC8.
til
Extra Venire. re
The following petit Jurors were A
1 drawn from the five-mile box Wednes- er
day, to fill the vacancies left by those tr
who were excused from the orisrlnal llJ
, venire: B. M. Johnson, W. F. Hyatt, th
E. L. Wood, W. D. Thomasson, G. C. ln
' Cartwright, J. R. Scott, C. F. Sherrer. of
Death of Mrs. W. 8. Wiikerson. "
1 Mrs. Nancy Wiikerson, wife of Mr. as
1 W. S. Wiikerson, died at her home
near Hickory Grove this morning at q
' about 2 o'clock, after a long and tedi*
ous illness with tuberculosis. Mrs. ?]
i Wiikerson was a daughter of the late
James Scogglns, a prominent and high- ?]
ly esteemed citizen of the Hickory
1 Grove section, and was aged 65 years, tb
> 4 months and 14 days. She was a wo- m
man of admirable Christian character,
' loving, kind and helpful to the people ar
of her neighborhood, and an ideal wife t0
and mother, who will be sadly missed -p,
from her home circle, her church and bf
her community. She is survived by cj
J her husband, five sons and one daugh- a(j
ter. The. sons are Messrs. John S., Ma- tr
son, Thomas, Beattie and Samuel, and Ql
; the daughter is Miss Ola. Her surviv- jL
1 ing brothers are Messrs. John, R. L.,
1 B. F. and William Scoggins, and her b
; surviving sisters are Mrs. E. A. Craw- ar
1 ford, Mrs. R. T. Castles and Miss Ida q(
1 Scoggins. The funeral will take place ^
at Hickory Grove tomorrow. cc
i The Late Craig McFadden. Pi
, Rock Hill Herald: In our last issue,
: we gave a short account of the death v'
of Mr. Craig McFadden, who died near
i Edgmoor last Sunday, 30 Instant. The
' deceased was born on Rocky creek, fv
Chester county, about the year 1833, rn
' and moved to York county when a {?
i young child and lived near Rock Hill ,
: until about eight years after the civil
i war, when he moved to Chester coun- r,,
' ty. He enlisted as a soldier in the
: Confederate army as a member of the r?
Sixth S. C. regiment, company B. Capt.
? White's company. He served through- Zz
out the war and fought in many bat- P?
ties and never received a wound. He j"
: made a good soldier and he was
i equally as gooa a citizen. Aiier mo
| war, he was a great help to the widows pt
of this Immediate section and the old- 81
' er citizens remember well the many ax
1 charitable acts he did. The deceased or
! was married to Miss Mary Black,
! daughter of the late Templeton Pa
I Black, of Rock Hill in the year 1856. G?
1 This wife being the mother of Mr. J. ,n
; A. McPadden of Newport. She died In c?
1871. He was married the second time
on December 25, 1873, to Miss Lou } *
Cherry, daughter of the late Jlmerson c
Cherry of RIchburg, Chester county, ca
j who with four children survives him.
I Mr. McFadden was a good citizen and t0
his presence will be missed in this
community and the community in
which he lived.
Electric Railway Franchise. w<
Rock Hill special of yesterday to the Al
; Columbia State: A meeting of busl- ca
ness men was held here Wednesday ati
ternoon, the object being to hold a J"
conference with J. M. Cherry, repre- J0,
senting the Carolina Traction com- *5
pany, which company is asking the se
citizens of Rock Hill to vote on a 50- er
year franchise to build and operate a J
trolley road In Rock Hill. Mr. Cherry T1
and the citizens were unable to get to- H
gether on the proposition. Mr. Cher- a
ry's company asked for a 50-year Cc
franchise and incorporated in it the th
words "to be operated by electricity th
or other 'motive' power." The citizens 00
In this meeting suggested the word 8rr
"motor" Instead of "motive." This was ye
the first cause of disagreement. The let
company asked for a 50-year franchise
full of charge. The citizens offered dr
him the 50-yeer franchise "upon the sa
condition that after the expiration of Mi
2U years me saiu intcuun i-uuip<ut.v ?
shall pay to the city of Rock Hill for inl
said privilege 2 per cent of Its gross at<
receipts; after the expiration of 30 "ne
years 4 p'- cer* after the expiration lni
of 40 years, 6 per cent, and to operate a
said electric railway upon such fur- ..
ther conditions, restrictions and 11ml- lai
tatlons as council may see fit to lm- Ti
pose: or, If the Carolina Traction com- old
pany prefers to make It a 25-year sh<
franchise, with no Income to the city, da;
at the 25 years is to be substituted F
r the 50 years." Mr. Cherry this t
orning sent to Mayor John T. Rod- 1
iy a letter withdrawing his applica- 8
>n for a 50-year franchise and this
>parently settjes the matter for the
ne being, so far as the Carolina
action company is concerned, bouse
that company declines to enterin
the proposition submitted by the
tizens.
80UTH CAROLINA NEW8.
? The senate on Wednesday passed
le following and sent it over to the
Duse: "Section 1. That hereafter
hen it is proposed to form a new
>unty or to take any portion of an
itabllshed county and attach same to
lother county, the county auditor
lall assess on all taxable property in
le territory proposed to be changed,
sufficient tax to meet all the exjnses
of surveys, elections and all
her expenses Incident to or arising
om or out of any change or proposed
lange in the county lines, Bald tax to
s collected as taxes are now coilectl."
? Lancaster, February 9: At a
eetlng of council last night an ordiince
was passed making It a misdee&nor
to conduct the business of
lquor-drummer" within the corporis
limits of the town. The penalty
ced Is a fine of not less than $50 nor
ore than $100 or Imprisonment for
>t less than 10 nor more than 30
lys. The ordinance also makes it
ilawful for any person or persons,
lthin the corporate limits, to act as
jent for either the vender or purlaser,
whether with or without commsatlon,
in any sale or purchase of
itoxicatlng liquors In the town; or
>r any one to act as the agent of anher
in purchasing liquors outside
te limits of the town and delivering
te same therein. The penalty is $25
> $100 or 10 to 30 days.
? Columbia State, Friday: W. A.
lark and Wilie Jones, presidents of
te two leading banking Institutions of
)Uth Carolina, are to be indicted on
charge of conspiracy to defraud,
be announcement was made yesteriy
by Er. E. J. Etheredge, chairman
! the board of receivers. The other
embers of the board are Huger
nkler of Charleston, F. O. Tompkins
! Columbia, Dr. R. H. Timmerman of
iken and R. M. Kennedy of Allenile.
Dr. Etheredge stated last night
iat the board had been in session two
iys and that, after considering the
atter from every standpoint, it was
iclded to let these prosecutions be
ade. The prosecutions will not come
i the name of the receivers, it Is said,
it in the name of individual stockalders,
and the action will be lnanher
county, possibly Kershaw. Dr.
theredge stated that every person
mnected with the Seminole company
..u be prosecuted?with one excepr\r?
TVino Q Pmron nno nf tVin trna.
J. *IVOl Mi A/* / l*tlf VU? V& bl(W V* ?BW~
es. He would give no further In- >
irmation. Gen. Jones stated last
[ght that he had been expecting
imethlng of this kind, "for any hysrical
stockholder of any corporation
m with shrewd lawyers cause a lot
trouble," said Gen. Jones. "Howr&r,
I am Innocent in my motives and
Invite rather than defy examination
f my record." W. F. Stevenson, E. L.
sblll and E. D. QlakfTfey, attorneys
ho had been here for several days,
msultlng with the receivers, had reirned
to their several homes last
Ight and nothing further about the
Lse could be learned.
? John C. Lusk, division passenger
irent of the Southern railway, with
sadquarters at Charleston, S. C., has .
ndered his resignation, effective '
ebruary 15, 1910, to accept a position
i assistant to Mr. Robert Jemlson, j
'., president of the Jemlson Real Este
A Insurance company, Blrmlng- (
ira, Ala. Mr. Lusk began his rail- ,
tad career in the passenger depart- ,
ent of the Southern Railway in
198 at Knoxvllle, Tenn., his first out- .
de position being traveling passen- (
)r agent at Selma, Ala., In 1899, from .
hlch position he was promoted to ;
avellng passenger agent at Birmlngun
and Chattanooga, and in 1902 (
turned to Birmingham as district ,
issenger agent; in 1904 he succeed- .
I Mr. H. F. Cary, now general pasnger
agent at Jacksonville, Fla_, and t
as later made district passenger t
rent at Atlanta, Ga., and from At- j
nta was promoted to division pas- ,
nger agent at Charleston, 8. C., r
us rounding up a railroad career
Ith varied experiences and affording (
cceptlonal opportunity of knowing ,
,e south. The Jemlson Real Estate t
Insurance company, with which Mr.
ask will be associated as assistant to
e president, does the largest general .
al estate and Insurance business In j
labama, engaged In developing mod- ]
n town sites, subdivisions and cen- t
al property, the president, Mr. Jemon,
having promoted and developed '
e new sixteen story Empire build- |
g at Birmingham, the handsomest ^
Bee building in the south, also the
iven-story Chamber of Commerce f
-IUI J kl. sal. 1
Hiding, CU1U ins t'Uliiyaiijr Iivn av m /
i agents for these buildings. {
- Charleston special of Feb. 10, to the j
olumbia State: Major. J. C. Hemp- t
11 was presented tonight with a t
.,000 silver service at the conclusion i
the banquet tendered to him by his i
aarleston friends In recognition of i
ieir friendship and the regard which
ley attach to his services In a com- <
erclal way to Charleston, where he ,
is labored for 30 years on the News j
id Courier, resigning the editorship t
take a similar position on the e
Imes-Dispatch of Ridhmond. The ,
mquet took the form of a "Gridiron l
ub" affair during which a number of \
Idresses were made, in which sincere
ibute was paid to Col. Hemphill's ?
lalitles as a man, citlsen and news- \
iper worker in furthering the welfare i
Charleston and the state. A numr
of skits and stunts were gotten off c
id the speakers generally took hits at s
>1. Hemphill, to the amusement of i
e entire company, In which, of c
urse, Colonel Hemphill entered in the ?
oper feeling. He was not permitted t
speak until the handsome silver ser- e
ce was presented, when he feelingly
iknowledged the great compliment t
hich was paid to him by the hun- t
ed business men, representatives of l
e commercial and social life of Char- g
ston who sat at the banquet boards j
the dining hall of the Commercial t
ub, beautifully and appropriately s
icorated in honor of the occasion, i
le programme provided for the pre- t
ntatlon of the much-famed "Hong g
ong gander and goose," but the sil- p
tr service was the surprise which ap- t
lared Instead of the much-maligned 8
rds. Numerous fake telegrams were s
ad which with the speeches were i
rected to show the many sides of the g
iblic and private life of the dlstin- a
fished editor. It was an affecting v
id beautiful tribute, but the sadness
the parting was not permitted to t
ntrol the spirit of the banquet. The p
nquet was presided over by P. H. a
idsden, chairman of the committee p
charge, who filled the role most sue- q
ssfully and who, with the efforts <j
the members of the committee and r
ose who had part in directing the ii
Iridiron club" dinner, made the oc- t
slon one of the most memorable t
hich has ever taken place in Charles- 8
n. p
MERE-MENTION.
Seven men, riding In an automobile, =
sre blown to atoms near Phoenix,
riz., on Sunday. The party drove the
r over a charge of dynamite, despite
e warning of a watchman... .During
e fiscal year 1908, the United States
iported farm products amounting to 1
40,000,000 During the 1909-10 S
ason up to February 1st, stock deal- 3
s of Atlanta, Ga., have handled 40,000
ules and horses, valued at $9,000,000.
le average price of mules sold was
90 and the highest price bought by
pair, was $625....A member of the
>ok county grand Jury, investigating
e financial affairs of Chicago, is au- a
ority for the statement that $30,000,0
have been stolen from the city by
afters during the past two and a half
ars Charles Pagent, a New Orins
mail carrier, accused of stealing
ill, committed suicide Monday, by 1'
Inking carbolic acid The whole- E
le grocery firm of J. J. and J. E.
addox, one of the largest business T
ncerns of Atlanta, Ga., was forced
to bankruptcy, Tuesday A mon;r
welcome for Mr. Roosevelt when a
returns to New YorK in June is uc- D
S planned, and Mr. Taft Is to have
prominent place on the programme.
....Three women were killed by a A
idsllde at West Wylam. England,
lesday Georgia Ward, 14 years
I, of Dublin, Ga., was accidentally
at to death by her father, Tues- 1<
y night The city of Chicago Is E
ireparing to apend 1100,000,000 on an
inderground railway system... .Presdent
Flnley, of the Southern railway,
ays that his company will soon inaugurate
a more active campaign to se:ure
settlers and industries for the
itates covered by the Southern system.
...Officials of the United States geoogical
survey, estimate that the dally
ire loss in the United 8tates is approximately
$1,500,000, and that the
iverage loss of life as the result of flres
s 1,448. The Are loss in this country
s eight times as much per capita as in
iny country in Europe John Wiliams
and George Reynolds, negroes,
vere hanged at Kansas City, Mo.,
ruesday, for criminal assault commlted
December 23....A Paris dispatch
>f Tuesday is to the effect that the riv>r
Seine is again rising. Many of the
llstrlcts outside of Paris, are inunlated
almost as deeply as at the height
>f the flood ten days ago The
volcano Poas, Costa Rica, is now In
ictive eruption. Rocks weighing 200
t- * ? #o/\m ihs AM.
JOUI1US IlttVC UCCI! I1UHCU 1IVIU V**SJ v.?
er a distance of two miles The
:oroner's Jury which for sometime past
tas been investigating the death of
3ol. Thos. Swope, a millionaire, has
endered a verdict that Mr. Swope
:ame to his death .from strychnine
)Oisonlng administered by Dr. D. C.
lyde, a nephew by marriage, and an
teir of Col. Swope. Several members
>f the Swope household died a few
nontha ago victim of typhoid fever
iupposedly from Infections of typhoid
terms administered with murderous
intent... .Clark Howell, Jr., editor of
he Atlanta Constitution, is dangerousy
sick, following an operation on Wedlesday
for appendicitis... .The heads
>f the various Chicago packing houses I
lave given out an intimation that they
vill shortly again make a raise in the
price of dressed meats... ...Six men
vere killed in a coal mine explosion at
Itearns, Ky., Wednesday The
Jeaeral Cotton Securities company,
vlth $10,000,000 capital, has been ?n:orporated
under the laws of Delavare,
with John Hays Hammond as
president and Daniel J. Sully as vice
)resident. The company proposes to
irect and operate ginneries, compresses
and warehouses in all of the
outhern states.... Abdul Hamld, deposed
sultan of Turkey, attempted to
commit suicide at his palace at Salonika.
Asiatic Turkey on Tuesday, by
tanging. He was cut down in time to
lave his life One person was
tilled and five persons fatally and
wenty others seriously hurt in a rail oad
accident at Union, Mo., Wedneeiay.
The engine jumped the track on
i twenty foot embankment The
National Editorial association is in
lesslon at New Orleans. The body will
eave tomorrow for a trip to Panama.
-The Federal pension approprlition
bill as reported to congress yes:erday
carries $16$,$74,000. This is
15,000,000 less than last year's appropriation
?Mrs. Russell Sage, durng
a trip through the south this week,
las donated about $200,000 to tuber:ulos1s
hospitals and orphan homes in
Louisiana and Texas George N.
khaefer was hanged at Allentown,
Pa., yesterday for the murder of a
Philadelphia jewelry peddler. The
ixecutlon was performed by James
/an Hise and this made bis eightyilnth
hanging Two prisoners essaped
from the Chatham county jail,
it Savannah, Qa., Wednesday night by
emoving the mortar from between
he bricks with wires and reaching the
fround by means of a ladder made of
planketa
THE 8ECOND COMING.
Speculation as to the Meaning of Ceftain
Familiar Propheoiea.
Editor of the Yorkvllle Enquirer:
In last Friday's Issue there Is an ar:lcle
on the regaining of Palestine by
:he Jews. The Zionist movement Is a
fulfillment of prophecy.
"And Judan also shall fight at Jerisalem,
and the wealth of all the heathin
round about shall be gathered torether,
gold and silver and apparel In
rreat abundance."?Zecharlah xlv, 14.
This prophecy does not apply to the
lestructlon of Jerusalem by the Ronans
In A. D., 90, as "the heathen naions
round about" did not gather
nuch gold and silver, and apparel, at
hat time In Jerusalem. Henoe It refers
(d the last days, Just before our
Lord's second coming; when 'tte JiWi *
vill fight at Jerusalem against the
Turks, for we are told In Daniel xi, 45:
"And he shall plant the tabernacles
>f his pa)"ces between the seas tn
he glorious holy mountain; yet he
iball come to his end, and none shall
lelp him."
The sultan of Turkey Is the high
jrlest of the Mohammedan church, and
s the "one" meant In the above text,
fie Is also the king of the North menioned
in the above chapter. When the
Turks are driven from Cons tan tino>le,
they will move their seat of government
to Jerusalem, and this will be
lone some time In the near future.
Russia has had her eyes on Constanlnople
since the days of Peter the
Jreat. who died in 1725, and his suc:essors
have steadfastly held to the
>olicy formulated by him to gain conrol
of the Mediterranean, and thus
lecure the balance of power In Europe.
When the Turks are driven out of Eu ope,
their end as a nation speedily folows,
for we are told in Daniel xll, 1:
"And at that time shall Michael
itand up, the great prince which
itandeth for the children of thy peo>le;
and there shall be a time of trou>le,
such as never was since there was
i nation even to that same time; and
kt that time, thy people shall be delve
red, every one that shall be found
vritten in the book."
Michael is Christ. See Jude, 1, 9,
md John v, 25-28. Stand up as used
lere, means to ascend the throne, to
elgn. See Daniel xi, 2-4.
Thus the downfall of Turkey, which
;very Intelligent man will admit now
leema Inevitable, In the near future,
jecomes the signal for the beginning
>f the reign of Christ, lrts advent In the
:louds of heaven, the time of trouble,
he resurrection of the dead, and the
md of all things.
The Jews are expecting their nation
o be restored as it was before the capivlty
by the Babylonians, and a glorous
klngdo'm to be set up with Christ
a help irinir Thev believe that He is
ret to come for the first time. But
hey will be disappointed for Jeremiah
ays In chapter 19: "Thus s<h the
?rd, go, and get a potter's earthen
ottle, and take of the ancients of the
ieople, and of the ancients of the
iriests." . . . and verses 10, 11: "And
hen shalt thou break the bottle In
Ight of the men that go with thee, and
hall say unto them, Thus salth the
x>rd of Hosts, even so will I break this
ieople, and this city, as one breaketh
, potter's vessel, that cannot be made
rhole' again."
It Is vain for the Jews to expect that
hey and Jerusalem will be restored as
t was before the first captivity, so long
d the bottle of Jeremiah broken In
ileces 2,600 years ago remains broken
r Is not restored. This the Lord puts
lown as an Impossibility. If they were
estored according to the predictions as
nterpreted by them, these words of
he Lord by Jeremiah would not' be
rue. These words are true and conequently
Jerusalem and the Jewish
ieople cannot be made whole again.
J. L. H.
Filbert, February 8.
AT THE CHURCHE8.
BAPTIST
Rev. I. O. Murray. Pastor.
Sunday Services?Sunday school at
0 a. m. Morning1 service at 11 o'clock,
lervlce at York Cotton Mill Chapel at
.30 p. m.
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
Rev. T. Tracy Walsh, Rector.
Sunday Services?Sunday school
t 9.45. Evening service at 7.30.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN.
Rev. E. E. Gillespie, Pastor.
Sunday Services.?Sunday school at
1) a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock.
Ivenlng service at 7.30 o'clock.
RINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
Rev. J. H. Thacker, Pastor.
Sunday Services.?Morning service
t 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 3.30
. m. Evening service at 7 o'clock.
SSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN.
Rev. J. L. Oates, Pastor.
" Q? iiui. RnnSav arhnnl at
*3iiiiuajr ?0
a. m. Morning service at 1,1 o clock.
Ivening service at 7 o'clock.