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Scraps and jfarts. * 1 re ? President Taft's decision that ar whisky is whisky, when either blended or straight, has been formulated in to the regulations prepared by the board en for food and drug inspection of the va department of agriculture. The reg- ex ulations were completed this after- ca noon and approved as required by the lei pure food law. The regulation says all mixed spirits distilled from grain, prepared in the customary way, are ' entitled to the name of whisky. Blend- ? ed whisky must be labelled as such. ri ? Morgantown, West Virginia, Feb- ? ruary 15: Mrs. Susannah Guseman n Cobun, a "real daughter," and a member of the Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution, Is 101 years old today, j and in good health. Mrs. Cobun is 9 the daughter of Abraham Gusem&n, g who enlisted from Harper's Ferry at the age of 17 years and served for fj seven years in the revolutionary war. * He was accidentally killed in 1821 while constructing a grist mill. ? Washington, February 16: Senator Tillman of South Carolina, was / taken suddenly ill on the steps of the Capitol today and had to be carried into his room by two Capitol employes. Later he was removed to his home where he is now under the care of a physician. The attack today is said Jl to have been due to a recurrence of the senator's old troubles, hardening of the arteries. Dr. Pickford said that 'n he did not regard this attack as se- Pr rious. Late in the day at Senator la Tillman's home, it was said the senator was feeling much better. ? Madrid, February 16: Dr. Gaus Fabric has now definitely completed the plans for his adventurous attempt ar to cross the Atlantic in an airship, ti( and the date of departure is fixed for cc the middle of May. The luncheon 1,1 point has not yet been chosen, but it ar will be either on the coast of Portugal w or the island of TenerlfTe. The bal- a loon is elliptical in shape, 162 feet lung ttliu lUIiy-limc ICCI 1/ivau (U1U contains 6,000 cubic meters of hydro- ot gen. The Nacelle takes the form of th a gondola, Bhaped like a submarine m boat, twenty-eight feet long and m seven feet broad, fitted with a four- bl horsepower motor. This engine will in only be used to keep the balloon in nc the course of the African trade to winds, the doctor's idea being to th make the voyage entirely without mechanical propulsion by keeping within the air currents which took w Christopher Columbus on his voyage tb of discovery. To obviate all danger that might arise from the expansion er of the gas under the influence of b' changes of temperature, the balloon te has two envelopes between which an tr air current constantly circulates. tn Water is to be used as ballast Be- tn fore embarking on the great adven- m' ture Dr. Gans-Fabric will make a se trial trip over some European sea. ? The postal savings bank bill now pending In congress, Is causing a great al deal of discussion throughout the T1 country. The bill provides that all m postofllces of a class authorized to th issue money orders, and such others as th the postmaster general may designate. in shall be postal savinjrs depositories. be Accounts may be opened In any postal ?e bank by any person of the age of ten 1)1 years or over and by married women c0 in their own names and free from any ln control or interference by their husbanda No person will be permitted to have mor6 than one account. An ^ account cannot be opened for less g, than $1 and no more than 1100 can be of deposited ln any one calendar month. a? All deposits must be in multiples of ^ 11, but In order that smaller amounts ^ may be accumulated for deposit, sav- wl ings cards will be issued and 10 cent postal savings stamps sold. When ar these cards and attached stamps show an investment of |1 or multiples thereof, they will be received as deposits. Deposits in postal savings banks will draw 2 per cent interest credited (4 to the books of the depositors once In r? each year. No person will be allowed a to have a balance in a postal bank in a en excess of 1500, exclusive of accumulated interest. av ? Washington, February 15: The presidential bill providing for the Federal incorporation of industrial concerns, already is receiving earnest attention at the hands of members of the senate committee on the Judiciary. Contrary- to the usual custom in deal- er ing with important measures before a, the committee. Senator Clark, of ^ Wyoming, Its chairman, has decided not to refer the bill to a sub-committee, but to leave it open to the consideration of all the members. The re; question is regarded as one of such magnitude that it is believed the plan ? adopted will insure better results than . the ordinary course, in that it will cause all the members of the committee to appreciate the importance of giving the measure their especial attention. Many of the members re- te< gard the incorporation bill as one of m' the most important and far-reaching ever introduced in congress. The gen- Cc eral impression is that there will be no as effort to get final action upon it dur- us ing the present session, but this does F not mean that it is to be let alone en- ga tirely, in either the senate or in the senate committee. Already some sen- ?e ators have announced their purpose of discussing it in the senate before ^a the close of the session, and with the w' subject once presented, it is not im- Ia1 probable that a floodgate of oratory will be opened. in( ? Washington, February 16: Fu- ' ^ ture selling as now carried on at the scl New York Cotton Exchange, would not on be eliminated by the interdiction of to interstate telegraph and telephone tn messages relating to contracts for fu- wt ture delivery, declared George W. ?P Neville of the New York Cotton Ex- ha change at today's hearing on the anti- thi option bill before the house commit- an tee on agriculture. Mr. Neville's tes- mi timony occupied both sessions of the th committee and his replies, sharp, spicy, and sometimes sarcastic, enlivened the proceedings. "Do you think it possible to gamble on the exchange?" ask- t.n ed Representative Heflin. "Feople jr who play the exchange for gambling Df purposes ought to have a guardian," 0f replied Neville. "Is it possible to be operate the exchanges with specula- Th tion?that is, manipulating up and Th down eliminated?" asked Representa- $4 tiv?? Sims (Tenn.) "I am astounded." 14 was the retort, "that it should be as- $2 sumed that a set of merchants would ev do such things." "What do you mean ni< by shaking out the shorts?" persisted ch Sims. "Can't say," replied Neville, gp "the proper expression probably is to Vo poke up the shorts and shake out the i,c longs." Mr. Xevilie said the effect of W| the elimination of futures would be or smaller prices to the farmer, more ch margin for local bankers in moving 14 the crops and wider margins for the sU merchants in purchases and sales of Ch cotton. He thought that "anything st< at creates a demand for cotton Is a >od practice." "You bet I can," he plied, when asked if he could name ly desirable change in the cotton extange practices, but he referred only changing the system of fixed differces, which readjusted to spinners' ilue, he believed, would leave the changes as "infallible as mortals n make it," as Representative Burson sarcastically suggested. 8ht ^orkfillc (Enquirer. rjtertd at the Post-'fTice in Yorkville s Mail Matter of the Second Class YORKVILLE. S. C.i FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1910. Mr. Roosevelt and party expect to ;t back to America about the 15th of ine. Among the things we are Interested just now, Is how the present high Ices are to be accounted for without ylng any blame on the tariff. It will be observed that the view of e Tillman case published in the last sue of The Enquirer as coming from ? able lawyer, came pretty nearly an:ipating" the opinion of the supreme lurt in the matter. We are not at jerty to give the name Qf the lawyer, id that is not necessary; but it goes Ithout saying that he is a man wlch pretty level head. In opening court at Charleston the her day. Judge Robert Aldrlch told ie grand jury that he could bring a an from Barnwell, who, if he were ade chief of police, could close every Ind tiger and every gambling saloon the city within thirty days. It is t reported however, that the Charlesn people have asked the judge to put em In touch with this man. Dispatcher of Wednesday from ashington, brought news of the fact at Senator Tlllrnan had fallen near e Capitol steps, and although threatled with a recurrence of his old troue, his condition was not serious. Lar Information, however, is that the ouble is graver than was at first ought, and that It Is probable that e senator will not be able to do any ore active work during the present sslon of congress. We do not see what they are raising I this howl about Dr. Babcock for. le doctor is an able man, and a good an, and he has never failed to keep e general assembly advised as to all e needs of the state hospital for the sane. There Is plenty of fault, mayi; but the fault seems to lie with the neral assembly, rather. than with r. Babcock. The doctor certainly uld not be expected to keep things proper shape without the money. They are certainly selling whisky Ide open in Augusta these days, for alers there are even shipping it to imberg. We noticed in the express Rce several days ago, several packres of whisky shipped from Augrusta, it of course, the name of the shipper is not on the package. This is a disace to our civilization. The Idea of hisky not only being sold Illegally, it shipped out.to other towns, just as there was no law against it! What e we coming to??Bamberg Herald. Laws will not enforce themselves. The old statute on the subject of the eding of children, which has been so undly condemned, is not so barbarous ter all, however vicious it looks on its ce. The idea of a law that would able a father to take the children fay from their mother and give them a stranger, is very well calculated make the blood boil. And it would ake the blood boll and more, if we d not stop to think how inconceivable ch a procedure would be under ornary circumstances. But what fathis going to do such a thing without reason? And with the courts to reew the validity of the reason, where the harm? The statute under which R. Tillman, Jr., acted was not a bad ie. The trouble was that he made a rong use of it. The new statute is ally no better. The fact is, there is > good way of handling cases of this nd. except in the court of chancery, lich must deal with each case upon i own particular merits. Ix his testimony before the commitb that is engaged in looking into the Brits of the anti-option proposition, sorge W. Neville of the New York >tton Exchange, answered a question to whether the exchange could be ed for gambling purposes, like tnis: 'eople who play the exchange for mbling purposes ought to have a ardian." The reply was Intended to sarcastic; but nevertheless Mr. Neve was right. Such people should ve a guardian and to provide them th one is the object of the proposed iv. During the development of the sclosures in connection with the Sem>le frauds, people laughingly declarthat there was no harm in the heme, that people who did not know ough to protect themselves, deserved be bit. The same thing might be as ithfully said of the victim of a highlyman. He should have had his eyes en and his gun pointed, so as to ve the drop on the other fellow. Yes, ey all need guardians, unfortunately, d this guardianship is one of the jst important offices of the laws of e land. MERE-MENTION. Announcement has been made of the gagement of Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, .. to Miss Eleanor Butler Alexander New York city The second trial Patrick Calhoun on bribery charges, gun at San Francisco on Monday. le jury in the first trial disagreed te state of Georgia last year spent ,250.000 on her public schools. The 6 counties of the state contributed ,000,000 of the total A poll of ery newspaper west of the Alleghe?s by the Chicago Tribune on the oice for president in 1912, resulted in ring Roosevelt the lead with 1,360 tes, with Taft second, he securing 83: the third choice was LaFollette th 197: and the remainder was more less scattering. Mr. Bryan was the oice of 40 editors and Mr. Cannon of The esintain of the British airier Hatumet, on Monday at Anoud, die, told of the rescue from the ?amer Lima in the straits of Magel Ian, of 205 persons, and reported that fifty-one lives were lost, and probably eighty-eight others. The Hatumet had to give up the rescue work on account of the breaking of the cable connecting the two vessels Leslie M. Shaw, ex-secretary of the treasury, says that if a central bank is established in the United States, there is no doubt but that it will be controlled by the Standard Oil company The new British parliament convened Tuesday Six persons were instantly killed and sev eral were seriously hurt in a head-on collision on the Georgia, Florida and Southern railroad near Wellston, Ga., Monday evening Safecrackers blew open the safe of the state bank at Ford, Kan., Monday night and got away with $3,575. The yeggs used an automobile to make their escape Atlanta. Ga., on Tuesday, voted for a $3,000,000 bond issue for city improvements, including water, lights, sewers, paving, etc The Standard Oil company on Tuesday declared its usual quarterly dividend of 15 per cent Four automobilists were killed in Spain on Tuesday, by their car jumping off a high cliff into a river, while running at a mile-a-minute speed....The Republican party of New York state is in a panic because of an investigation by the legislature of what is known as the "corruption fund of 1903," and wholesale bribing Dispatches received Tuesday from Canton, China, declare that the city is in a reign of terror; that 500 persons have been killed in rlnts- thnt fi 00(1 nf thf? fnrpijri ririllori troops have mutinied and disaffection is spreading rapidly Yeggmen captured the night marshal at Chatsworth, 111., Monday night, and blowing the safe in the town's bank, got away with 18,500 Tuesday was the twelfth anniversary of the blowing up of the battleship Maine, in Havana harbor. Appropriate memorial exercises were held in Washington and elsewhere.... Rowland Flowers, a negro, was convicted at Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, of a felonious assault on a white woman the previous Thursday. He will be hanged France is now being swept by the third great flood, and it is believed that the damage in Paris and throughout the republic will be far greater than was occasioned by the flood of three weeks ago Scores of vessels of all kinds have been engaged the past ten days, in searching the Atlantic ocean from Chesapeake bay to Boston for the naval tug Nina, but it is supposed the boat has been lost at sea, with her crew of thirty-two men. The search has been abandoned Carele33 handling of dynamite at a coal mine at Dunklebarger, Pa., Wednesday. resulted in entombing twenty men and doing $100,000 property damage. A number of the miners were fatally injured The Mississippi legislature on Thursday, took its flfty-fourth ballet in an effort to elect a United States senator to succeed the late Senator Money, without result. Vardaman still leads with sixty-eight votes. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? P.ev. J. H. Pearcy, former pastor of Lowryville, New Bethel and Liberty Baptist churches, has accepted a call to churches in Virginia, and will be succeeded in his late work by Rev. R. S. Brock of Clinton, who will enter upon his work next Sunday. ? Edgefield special of Feb. 16, to the Columbia State: The mothers of Edgefield sent by express this morning to B. R. Tillman, United States senate, a wreath of white hyacinths, tied with a bow of black crepe. It is rumored that Mrs. Lucy Dugas Tillman, with the two children, will return to Edgefield the end of this week. The whole community will turn out en masse to greet her with a band from Augusta. A reception will be arranged in her honor at the residence of one of the most prominent citizens. ? Spartanburg Herald, Wednesday: Eascom Usher, of Marlboro county, the champion boy corn grower, has entered Wofford college fitting school. There is not another boy in South Carolina, nor perhaps has not been for many years, about which so much has been said and written. Newspapers have written about him from one end of the United States to the other, and wherever corn is grown, farmers have heard of the Marlboro youth who raised 162J bushels of corn on one acre of land. Possibly no more distinguished youth has ever entered Wofford. The story of Bascom Usher's triumph is familiar to the people of spartanburg. Prof. Ira W. Williams, state supervisor of farm demonstration work, when he addressed the corn convention at the courthouse several days ago, told the story of the Marlboro youth in glowing form. So modest and unassuming is this wonderful boy, that those about him hardly know of his achievement. When Headmaster Mason DuPre was asked last night, if the report were true that Usher had been enrolled at the Fitting school, and was it really the boy champion corn grower, he replied that a youth of that name who had won a prize at growing corn had come up from Marlboro, but that he did not know about his being the champion. ? Columbia, February 16: Douschka Pickens Tillman and Sara Starke Tillman have been placed in the arms of their mother, Mrs. Lucy Dugas Tillman. after an absence of several months. The children were brought to Columbia on the early train today by Mrs. S. S. Tillman. They were met at the union station by Dr. F. W. P. Butler and Attorney DePass. An automobile was in waiting and the party was whisked away to the Butler home on Senate street, where an anxious mother was waiting. When she received the little girls, she wept, laughed and drew them close to her. Mrs. Lucy Dugas Tillman was the happiest woman in South Garollna. Every mother in the state sympathized with her. She has yet announced no plans for the future, but it Is thought that she will bring suit for alimony and that the names of the children will be changed. Thus has ended one of the most famous cases that has ever come before the courts in this state. The case has attracted more interest than any other. All day today hundreds of messages were received by the happy mother. She is thankful and words can not express her gratitude to the people of the state for the sympathy that they have shown her. There was great rejoicing in old Edgefield county, the home of Mrs. Tillman, for everybody In that county thought that she should have the children. Mrs. Tillman will give no interviews, believing it unwise at this time. She is a most womanly and modest little woman and expresses herself with the words, "I am glad," and she is truly glad. ? Columbia State, Thursday: The dispensary commission has been called to meet at an early date when matters of minor importance will be taken under consideration. The Lanahan whisky house of Baltimore, that filed notice of appeal from the finding of the commission, has offered to settle the overjudgment against them on a basis of 50 per cent, and to waive the amount /luo thom on nn?n oppniinf TThij* mat ter is left in the hands of the commission. When the commission met several weeks ago to wind up the affairs of the dispensary an overjudgment of $29,000 was found against the Lanahan company. This firm had a claim against the commission of approximately $6,000. According to the negotiations now in process, the firm has offered to abandon its claim of $6,000 and pay 50 per cent of the overjudgment. This would mean the payment of nearly $15,000 to the commission by the company and the litigation avoided. Attorney General Lyon when asked concerning the proposition of the Lanahan company said that he knew that such an offer had been made to the commission, but that the settlement would be left with them. "Notice has been issued to the members of the commission to meet in Columbia." said the attorney general, "but I do not know what matters will be discussed." I.anahan did considerable business with the state dispensary and the claim of this company was threshed out time and again at the sessions of the commission held last spring. Clark & Clark of Columbia are the attorneys for the Lanahan company, but it Is said the offer for settlement comes from Baltimore. LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8. N. Jane White, Exrx.?Gives notice of sale of the personal property, belonging to the estate of B. Frank White, deceased, on March 5th. Lt. M. Grist's Sons?Offer Oliver No. 3, and Smith Premier No. 2, typewrl ters ror sale, at ??u eacn. M. F. Ansel, Governor?Publishes a proclamation offering a reward of 176 for arrest and conviction of the party or parties who burned the barn of T. J. Bradford. Herndon & Gordon?Make a few remarks about candles, which have been used for thousands of years. They have candles for sale. J. J. Keller & Co.?Advise you to use lime around your premises for sanitary purposes, and also for the benefit of your poultry?it destroys vermin. Farmers' Wholesale Grocery?Has something to say about feed for stock, including corn and oats, and Purina stock feed for horses and for chickens. York Drug Store?Calls your atten tion to the good qualities and benefits to be secured by the use of Hess' stock feed and poultry pan-a-cea. H. C. Gourley, Sharon No. 2?Has limited supply of sugar drip cane seed for sale. A. W. McFarland?Requests subscribers on his club to The Enquirer, to settle with him or at the office, at their earliest convenience. Jeff D. Whitesides and J. K. Allison? Ask subscribers to The Enquirer on their club to make payment for same as soon as convenient. Cdrroll Bro3.?Have received 250 barrels of flour and 3,000 pounds of lard and want to dispose of these commodities as soon as possible. York Furniture Co.?Invites you to see its bier line of furniture and furnish ings, sewing machines, etc., and want to sell you paints, oils, etc. T. W. Speck?Says that the modern I way of writing is with either a Waterman or Parker Lucky Curve fountain pen, and wants you to try one. Bank of Hickory?Explains that the good things of life come to the man who is industrious and saving in his youth, for the benefit of later years. Yorkville Hardware Co.?On page four gives a lot of information in regard to the good qualities of Elwood woven wire fencing. * Royal Baking Powder Co.?Gives additional reasons showing the superiority of Royal over other baking powders. See page four. Yorkville Monument Works?Gives a few pointers of interest to the buyer of monuments, headstones, etc. Special inducements to early buyers. First National Bank, Sharon?Publishes a list of its directors and tells you that they give close personal attention to the bank's affairs. I. W. Johnson?Has pic-nic hams at 15 j cents a pound, South Carolina tea, spices, coffees and other groceries you need every day. T. W. Ciawson, Supervisor Registration?Gives notice of opening of municipal registration books and details the qualifications necessary to I secure a registration certificate.' The rural carriers do not go out next Tuesday. The weather bureau says there is another cold wave on its way south. Tomorrow is the last day on which returns of property may be made I ???ltK/\n nonaltv n imvuw . The general assembly, which has really done very little harm during this session, will probably adjourn tomorrow. Next Tuesday, the anniversary of the birth .of Washington, Is a legal holiday and will be observed as such, particularly in the public schools. There is room for a lot of good through the organization, of the proposed Boys' Corn club, on a good, healthy basis, and the business and professional interests of the county can contribute material assistance If they will only take the right kind of interest, Mr. H. C. Gourley of Sharon No. 3, was another lucky experimenter with Sugar Drip Cane seed, and got a yield of 52 gallons of molasses from four level, two-horse wagon beds of cane. He says the molasses are of most excellent quality, and the statement Is backed up by all who have made a test of them. Solicitor Henry is of opinion that the statute relating to the uttering of fraudulent checks, evidently assumes that the offense has been committed a a soon as the fraudulent check is turned down at the bank for lack of funds. The question is one that admits of thfe drawing of fine lines; but this seems to be the common sense view of the situation, and it is Just like Mr. Henry, who is not much of a hair splitter, anyway. . WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Herbert Sanders, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Sanders, died at the home of his parents In Yorkville yesterday at about noon, of rheumatic pleurisy. The young lad had been ill about two weeks, his Illness beginning with mumps, followed by other complications; but his condition was not considered especially alarming until Wednesday afternoon, when the physician discovered that the heart was dangerously affected, and warned the parents to expect the worst. Young Sanders was not quite 16 years of age. He was a good natured, well-behaved young lad, who was popular with his playmates, and stood high in the estimation of his older acquaintances. The funeral services will take place at the Baptist church, this afternoon at 3 o'clock, and the Interment will be in Rose Hill cemetery. . DEVELOPMENTS AT NINETY-NINE The Southern Power company will soon be generating and distributing 104,000 horsepower of electrical energy from Its various plants along the Catawba river. The company is now finishing up the big hydro-electric development at Ninety-Nine Islands, S. C., where 24,000 horsepower will be secured. Concerning the company, a leading Chicago electrical publication, the Electrical Review, has the following to say in the issue of last Saturday: "The Southern Power company of Charlotte, N. C? announces that its newest hydro-electric developments at Ninety-Nine Islands, seven miles from Blacksburg, S. C., on the Broad river, will be put in operation within ninety days, adding 24,000 horsepower of electricity to the 80.000 horsepower already being produced at the other stations of the company. The powerhouse is now being completed at the new plant and two of the generators tobe used have already been shipped. "The Southern Power company has just awarded contracts for the machinery to be used in its auxiliary plant at Greenville. This plant will be the largest steam plant In the southern states, having a capacity of 15,000 horsepower. It will be used to produce electricity to supplement the hydro-electric power of the company during the low-water periods of the i Catawba and Broad rivers and for emergencies. The plant will cost $300,000 and will be pushed to completion s? as to be ready for operation by the 1 low-water period next fall." ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Rose Lindsay of Yorkvllle, Is ( visiting friends in Clinton. ( Dr. John I. Barron of Yorkvllle, has I been laid up for several days with the | mnmns Mrs. A. D. Sanders of Ninety-Nine 1 Island, Is visiting the family of Mr. J. ' L?. Sanders. Mr. C'. B. Smith of Yorkvllle, was 1 taken to the Chester hospital last Mon- , day by his daughter. Mrs. J. M. Ferguson, for the purpose of undergoing an operation. Mr. John M. Mclver of Gulf, N. C., is visiting Rev. and Mrs. E. E. Gillespie in Yorkville. Mr, S. C. Wood of the Thomson company, left Tuesday for the northern markets to buy spring goods. Miss Bessie Pegram of Yorkville, attended the Burris-Guy wedding at AlCUUiirieiisviiic ittoi ?euneauay. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wilbom of Yorkville, attended the Sunday School convention In Rock Hill, this week. Mrs. J. R. Lindsay and Mrs. M. L. Carroll and children of Yorkville, are spending sometime at Cool Springs, S. C. Miss Ruth Ashe of McConnellsvtlle, passed through Yorkville this week, on her way home from a visit to Kershaw. DEATH OF MR. J. B. F. RIDDLE. Mr. Joseph B. F. Riddle, a wellknown and highly esteemed citizen of Gaston county, died at his home within a short distance of the York county line on last Wednesday night at 11 o'clock, after an illness of about one week, and was buried In Union cemetery this morning at 11 o'clock, after funeral services conducted bv Rev. G. A. Soar row, the pastor of Union church. Mr. J. B. F. Riddle was born at what 13 known as the old Riddle homestead on Crowder*8 creek, In York county, about a mile from the North Carolina line, on February 20, 1829. His parents were John and Clarissa Riddle, both natives of the same neighborhood, and he lived at the homestead until his marriage, in 1863, when he took his wife to his new home Just across the North Carolina line, and continued to reside there until his death. Had he lived until next Sunday, he would have been 81 years of age. Almost Immediately on the breaking out of the war, Mr. Riddle volunteered his services to the state of North Car ollna and was among the first of the troops mustered Into the service of the Confederacy. He left at home, his wife and six children and remained at the front during the entire struggle, with the exception of four months at home on furlough to recover from wounds. His original enlistment was in company H, Twenty-third North Carolina, commanded by C&pt. E. M. Faries. Captain Faries resigned because he found himself too old for service, and and was succeeded by Capt. Wm. Hill, was mortally wounded at the battle of Seven Pine3 and he was succeeded by Capt. Turner. Capt. Turner was' incapacitated from further service by a wound received at Gettysburg, and was succeeded by Capt. Riddle, who continued in command of the company until the surrender at Appomattox. Among the battles in which he participated were Seven Pines, Cold Harbor, Chancellorsville, Malvern Hill, Spottaylvania Court House, Frederickburg and Winchester. He was twice severely wounded, once at Chancellorsville, and the second time at Winchester. His record throughout the war was that of a brave and gallant soldier, who could be relied upon to answer every call of duty, and whose men would follow wherever he led. After the surrender, Mr. Riddle returned to his home and devoted his attention to his farm and mill as a 1 means of livelihood for his family. His subsequent record as a citizen was like i that he had made as a soldier, of a high, true, kind, generous, sympathetic and brave. He sought no civic honor higher than an honestly earned reputa- i tion for the full and conscientious dls- ' charge of his duties as a Christian clt- J izen, and few men of his or any other ] section of the Piedmont, ever won a I larger share of the sincere regard of ' his fellowcltizens. Though old in years, Mr. Riddle j continued young in spirit and sympa- i thies to the last. If he had personal ' troubles or anxieties, few people ever knew of them. His bouyant spirit and sunny smile were always in evidence, and his presence seemed to bring good will and good nature to every com- i pany he entered. I Mr. Riddle is survived by two sons I and two daughters. The sons are ' Messrs. W. B. Riddle of Clover No. 2; 1 John W. Riddle of Gastonla No. 3; J Mrs. Geo. R. Patrick of Lowell, N. C., J and Miss Lula Riddle, at the old home. 1 , I I WESTERN YORK. I Although its condition has been j growing so steadily and gradually that few people have noticed it until ' lately, it is nevertheless a fact that the ' growm ana aeveiopineni oi wesicm j York during the past twenty-flve or 1 thirty years has been little short of j amazing. This growth and development has I been most noticeable, of course, since the completion of the railroad through ( there; but people who are acquainted . with the real situation, are not going \ to give all the credit to the railroad, to the exclusion of the spirit of enterprise J and progress that has been character- e istlc of that section from its earliest c settlement. s Perfect frankness requires the ad- jj mission that there is a common lm- ^ pression in other sections of the coun- I ty, that there Is less intelligence and ? less enlightenment in the western part a of the county than elsewhere; but the unvarnished truth demands the asser- I tlon that this Impression is erroneous, ? and the reason for It is blamable as t much upon lack of information In oth- f er sections, as in this section. * As a matter of fact, if a comprehen- a slve and impartial history of York t county could be written, some of the t proudest and most interesting pages of t that history would deal almost exclu- c sively with the western side of the t county. Among other things, it would b tell of a ramous scnooi, conaucieu uy ?i Rev. Dr. Alexander at Bullock's creek, f it which Andrew Jackson and Wm. H. j Crawford, the former a president of the United States and the latter a distin- t ?ulshed candidate for the same high d office, were pupils. Judge Wm. H Smith, afterward a United States sen ator, was a pupil at this same school There would also be many pages abou the one-time famous Iron works tha were located along Broad river, an< the story would show that there ari hundreds and hundreds of peopl throughout tnls section who are de scended from sires, who, at one tlmi figured prominently in the affairs o the state and nation. The reputation of backwardness tha has clung to the western part of thi county during a great many years, Is i matter of fairly legitimate develop ment. The iron business for Instance was ruined as the result of the civl war, the ruin being brought about b: the freeing of the slaves, but mor particularly by the denuding of thi whole country of the timber, which ha< been used in the making of charcoal As an incident to the iron business considerable areas had been occuple* by people who made a living burnini charcoal: with the annihilation of th< charcoal market, most of these peopl< settled where they were and continue* a more or less precarious existenc* very much to themselves. They wen very much in the majority, and with out education or ambition, the country in the course of time, began to take iti reputation largely from them. Bu that is all long ago. Representative! of the old spirit took hold again brought about a regeneration, and th? whole country has come forward in al most solid phalanx, and with all mark! of who used to be who, practlcall] obliterated. Taking them altogether there are no better people in York o: in any other county of South Carolina Anyone who desires to be convince* rf the correctness of the general sltua tion outlined above, needs only to maki a tour of investigation through th< COmmunlHes of Shornn Hlnlinpv ni-niit Smyrna and King's Creek especially and the surrounding country general ly. The towns will show evidences o progress hardly to be surpassed any where In this section, and the sur rounding country will show develop ment that is little short of amazing and if the tourist makes his investiga tions with reasonable Intelligence an< breadth of view, he cannot fall to be en couraged almost to the point of enthU' Masm, over what he will have a righ to assume will be the developments o the next ten or fifteen years. UTTERING FRAUDULENT CHECK! There is a fraudulent check caw in the magistrate's court in Spartan burg, and Magistrate Wetmore befort whom the case is to be tried thii afternoon, has given his view of th< law as follows: "Thd object of this statute, passec in 1909, was to cover cases lha could not be reached under the exist ing law by a prosecution for obtain ing goods under false pretense, foi under that statute, it was nscessar: to show that the defendant made false representations, knowing then to be false, and it is a very ran thing that any representations at al are ever made on giving a eheck. "Under the statute above >ot fortl the essential elements of the crim< are: First, that a check be given ant no funds to meet the same are at th? bank. Second, that the person l< whom the check was given partet with the money or something of va!u< at the time the check was givn, 01 that he postponed some remedy which he had against the one Kh'l'K the check. In other words, the part] to whom the check is given must b< icii in a worse conaiuon Dy '. ee.soi of having accepted the check thai he was before the check was given If one goes Into a store to buy i suit of clothes and givee a check ii payment of the same and the ch.iol turns out to be worthless, it is a plaii example of a violation of the statute But if the suit of clothes had beei bought on credit and afterwards i check was given to pay the debt th< statute would not be violated for th< merchant in such a case would hav< lost nothing by reason of having ac cepted the check, for he would be it exactly the same position as he waj before the check was given. T< carry the Illustration further: I: when the suit of clothes was bough on credit the buyer had given a mort gage to the merchant to secure th< payment of same and then had af terwards given a check to pay th< debt and the merchant had given uj his mortgage on receiving the check the statute would clearly be violated for in that case the merchant wouk have been left in a worse conditloi inasmuch as he had given up hli security for the check. "To carry the illustration stil further: Suppose the suit of clothe: had been bought on open accouir which had become due, and the merchant had gone to the purchaser anc said, 'If you don't pay me this account I am going to sue you,' and the purchaser gave him a check, datec ahead, which induced the merchan to forbear from suing him. Sue! would be a clear example of a violation of the statute, because the merchant had postponed his remedy which he had against him and was placed in a worse position by reasor of the loss of time he had suffered that might have been spent in reducing the claim to judgment. "The statute is very simple anc plain and easily understood, excepting as to the proviso. Does the proviso mean that the person who has given the check has thirty days after prosecution within which to settle and stop prosecution? Or does il mean that no prosecution will lie until after thirty days have expired after giving the worthless check? Note the language of the statute, 'the prosecution shall be discontinued.' A thing can not be discontinued until it has begun, and how can a prosecution be begun until a crime has been committed? II a crime has been committed a trial and conviction can immediately fol low. u>n conviuuon ine proseuuuon has ended, and the sentence begun? after sentence, which has not been appealed from, nothing except a pardon can discontinue it." PEGLEG, THE FOX HUNTER. Col. Peg-Leg Graham of the lower section of the county, says the Charlotte Observer of Thursday, is one ol the best known fox hunters in the state. Much has been written about him, about his hunting mule, which is said to have no superior in the United States, and about his dogs. Colonel 3raham is a fox hunter, born and ared, and today, although advanced n years and with only one good limb, s as ardent a sportsman as in the lalcyon days before the war. Colonel Graham was in Charlotte yesterday. "I see that there is some talk in he papers about foxes climbing trees," said he to an Observer friend, "Why, here's no argument about that at all. Foxes climb trees and do so frequenty. particularly when pushed and any >ld hunter will tell you so. I had a 'ox once to run up a hicKory tree as >lg as a telegraph pole and It was at east twenty-five feet to the first limb. This reminds me of a hunt once I had iown about the Waxhaws." With this Colonel Graham laughed. 'That was one of the most amusing 'ox hunts I ever had," he continued. 'Calvin Broom had sent me word that le had a fox down near his place that : couldn't catch and also that he had i dog that I couldn't distance. Well, >ne afternoon, I called my hounds ind jumped on my little riding mule ind along with Walker Klrkpatrick ind Charlie McGinnis, put out for Caldn Broom's house. Back in those days prided myself on my ability to catch inything that ran on four feet and as or dogs, I was willing to match mine igainst any in the country. "We spent the night at Calvin 3room's place in order to get an early tart in the morning. He told me ibout his fox, something of the lay of he land thereabouts and the way that ox generally ran. I told him that If ve didn't get him, that he could just :eep that little hunting mule of mine, md of all things in the four-foot line hnt littlr> mule wni about the closest hing I had. Next morning we struck hat fox's trail shortly afttr we got out f sight of the house and would you lelleve me, inside of 15 minutes we ind him up an oaik tree. Those dogs n those days could run some and the ox that got away had to be on to his ob early in the morning. "I remember that morning as hough it happened yesterday. The ogs were kbout the trees and the fox was In the limbs un out of reach. We . didn't want to break up the race and |. let the dogs kill him there and so I t sent one of the boys up the tree t with a sack to see if we couldn't get i } him alive. Just as he was about to get s to him, I saw that he was going to e jump and so I called out to him to 1 . come down. This he did, leaving the 3 fox still up the tree. I then told him < f to take the sack and break out . through the bushes and while the t dogs were chasing after him I would ( e knock the fox out with a chunk. It | \ happened just as I thought it would . and the fox struck across the country i, all the better for his rest. The dogs! 1 caught his trail as they rushed back 11 j and off they went again. |. e? "We ran that fox about an hour e and then he Jumped on an old fence 1 J and climbed out on an Iron-tree over I I. a creek. There was a pool about five , i, eet deep just beneath and he had run , i out to the very end of the tree. When f we appeared on the scene one of my 1 a dogs and another, was In the act of i e grabbing him, having run out on the i tree themselves. They went down ' a into the creek and came out on the a bank with the fox. That was the end ( - of the chase and the finish of Calvin { / Broom's fox. j "We went on back and found out t that the dog he had been bragging 1 a about was one we had lost two years | i, before. We had some argument about a it but carried him off. As for Calvin - Broom, not only did we catch, his fox < s but carried off his prize-dog as well." < r . , r B0Y8* CORN CONTEST. j More boy farmers in South Caro ' una are inieresiea in ine growing vi > " corn than ever before In the history B of the state. Over 1,000 young men B will take part in the Boys' Corn club ;> work and clubs have been organised In many of the counties of the state. " The growing of corn by the corn club r Is educational in its nature, and is a ' part of the state department of edu cation. " The United States department of education has issued the following " tentative plans for the corn club work 1 In this state: It Is worth while to get a boy to ; " form a good purpose and work per: sistently toward its accomplishment ' If a number of boys can be induced to : strive for the same goal, with a spirit j of friendly rivalry which stimulates observation, study, industry and econ? omy, then the good results will be ln3 creased many fold. ( . Such is the plan of the Boys' Corn , ? clubs in the farm demonstration work. , 3 In order to get the best results it is , s not only necessary to get the boys to ; unite their efforts, but it is also essen- ^ ] tlal that other vital forces in the < t county co-operate. One of the strong features about' the demonstration 1 . work is that it is co-operative. So in r the boys' department we frequently 1 And the county superintendent of edu- < [ cation and teachers, the demonstra- < j tlon agents, the business men, the ] 3 newspapers and the parents giving aid i J and support. 1 Where this work is being introduc- s j ed in a county, the county superlnten- 1 3 dent of education and teachers can f j reach the boys in all sections of the i ? county more quickly and more eflfec- I 't tively than any other agency. The j j superintendent can explain the plan i ? to the teachers, and they can explain 1 r it to the boys and secure the names < ; of all boys who will agree to plant one i , acre of corn. It is best to begin with < corn. It is a fine subject for study, j and our people need to raise more i corn in order to be prosperous and i Independent. ] After this is done, a meeting of all I boys Interested should be held at the J court house for the purposes of or- i ganizatlon and instruction. Such a 1 meeting should be held as early in ( * ~ ??? nnaalKIa OA that OVAPV 1 luo ooaoun ao ^VOOIMIV) OV V*W.# j boy may have time for proper prepl aration of soil and selection of seed. 3 For the first year it has been found ? advantageous to see that first -class ? seed are furnished to all of the boys . alike. After that each boy should j select and breed his own seed. WhenB ever a special agent of the United } States department of agriculture is f located in a county It will be found t that he will gladly help In giving in. structions and advice in regard to the ? agricultural part of the work, either . to the county club or to local groups 3 of boys whom he may meet In his j rounds over the county. Just as soon as the names of all of ' the boys are assembled by the county { superintendent of education, duplicate , lists should be sent to Dr. S. A. B Knapp, Washington, D. C., who has charge of the farmers' co-operative j work. These boys will from time to 3 time receive circulars of instructions t and information in regard to prepa. ration, fertilization, cultivation, seed I selection, etc. These circulars furnish . excellent subject matter for discussion ? at a club meeting or for a lesson in j school. They also lead to further t study of farmers' bulletins and books. ! A boy will profit from such lessons, . discussions and books because he is . making practical application of the principles taught. He learns scientific j agriculture because he needs it and ' i not because it is scientific. I It is not necessary to have many 1 . rules. A few regulations, however, < are necessary in order to prevent mis- J I understanding. It is well for the boys ' to elect their own president, vice- * president, secretary and treasurer. ( Some clubs have badges of member- 1 ship in the shape of a button with the name of the club, name of the county J and state, and the year printed or en- \ graved upon It. The following rules might be adopt- * ed by a club, with such modifications ? and additions as may be found neces- 1 sary: fi 1. Boys Joining clubs and entering contests must be under 18 years of J age. 1 2. No boy shall contest for a prize c unless he becomes a member of a club. J 3. The members of the clubs must J agree to read the instructions of the J i demonstration work. A To oV? Kntr mnot nlon Vila AU'Tl I crops and do his own work. | 6. Exhibits must be delivered to * the county superintendent of educa- ( tlon by October 16. 6. The amount of the yield and the method of measurement must be cer- * titled by each boy and attested by at ' least two disinterested witnesses, who shall be satisfactory to the county su' perlntendent. 7. In awarding prizes the follow- f i ing basis shall be used: (a) greatest ~ yield per acre, 30 per cent; (b) best i 10-ear exhibit, 15 per cent; (c) best ? written account showing history of crop and all expenses, 25 per cent; J; (d) best showing of profit on investment, 30 per cent. Experts from agricultural colleges ? and departments of agriculture, and ^ leading farmers, should be Invited to act as judges and also to give talks on n corn judging and seed selection. In estimating profits uniform prices should be used, for instance: $5 per w acre for rent, 10 cents per hour for J the work of each boy, and 5 cents per o hour for each horse. J Where there is a county fair the n boys' exhibit should be shown there, h If no fair should be held In a county, J the boys' exhibit should be collected in the court house or some other pub- g lie place easy of access. ti A good exhibit by a boys' club may si lead to the establishment of a county h fair. Exhibits by local clubs at school b houses stimulate the work and give w fine opportunities for general instruc- ai tion. Although the clubs may start j with corn, the development naturally gj leads to exhibits of other farm and tl garden crops. w The object of the boys' demonstra- hi tion work is the same as that among vv men; namely, better methods of farming and greater yields. Many of the boys in the clubs who begin to study agriculture In this way will continue hi the study in the agricultural colleges, T others will continue such efforts on nl their farms, and all of them will make n more useful and more efficient clti- m zens. From the pleasant and profit- ai able experience of owning and manag- cj ing their small plats they will develop bi into Independent, Intelligent farmers, st The country needs such citizenship, tfi ana sucn a me orrers ana win unci ? great opportunities for some years, to The professions are crowded and the at wage-earners must pay high prices to for the necessities of life. The wise g( and Judicious producer can enjoy te health, wealth and contentment. The bf question is how many boys can be fe reached and influenced thus to sue- th ceed. O. B. Martin, ly Assistant in Charge Boys' Demonstra- di tion Work. ui LOCAL LACONIC8. Annapolis Scholarship*. The competitive examination for the two vacant scholarships to which the Fifth congressional district is entitled at Annapolis, held in Yorkville la Monday, was attended by a number of competitors for the prizes, which wer<s won by William E. Bell of Gaffney, and Geo. T. Buchanan of Wlnnaboro. Smallpox In Rock Hill. Pen Baker, a young white man from Lando, Chester county, developed a case of smallpox in Rock Hill last Tuesday, and was sent to the pest house for attention. The understanding Is, that all the persons with whom the young man is known to have come In contact have been quarantined, and that up to this time no new cases have developed. Stats 8. 8. Convention. The thirty-third annual convention }f the South Carolina Sunday School Eissoclatlon was held in Rock Hill this week, convening in the First Presbyterian church on Tuesday and concluding its work yesterday evening. Rev. C. A. Freed, presided over the deliberations of the convention, which was composed of several hundred delegates, representing Sunday schools in all parts of the state. Upon the call of the roll of the counties .Wednesday, between three and four thousand dollars was pledged for the purpose of the Eissoclatlon. A feature of Wednesday was a big reception to the visitors tendered by the faculty of Wlnthrop college. The people of Rock Hill threw :>pen their homes and the visitors were royally treated during their stay, leav Ins the city with the impression that the convention had been a huge success in all its details, and that each ind every one had had a most profitable and delightful time. Before adjournment officers for-the ensuing year were elected as follows: Capt. W. W. Boyce of Rock Hill, president; Dr. E. Norton of Conway, vice president; Rev. D. D. Jones .of Enoree, recording secretary; Mr. Lyles of Spartanburg, treasurer. Following superintendents were also elected: Miss Grace Vandlver, elementary department; Mrs. E. C. Cronn of Columbia, home department; Rev. Francis W. Gregg, teacher training department; Mr. Saul Quattlebaum, adult department; Mrs. J. W. Humbert, temperance department; Mr. J. Boyd Creighton of Rock Hill, house visitation department Supplies For York County. Following is the supply bill passed by the general assembly as the same tpplles to York county: "For the county of York, for ordinary county purposes, four mills; a levy of two mills for road purposes, as provided by law, the treasurer to apportion same, as required law; also a special levy of one-half of one mill, conditioned upon the sum of $4,000 being raised and paid over to the county :reasurer of York county on or before aprll 1st 1010, to supplement the tmount to be raised by this levy for the purpose of the erection of an iron >r steel bridge ovef Catawba river at such point at or near Indian ferry fn Catawba township as the county supervisor and county commissioners may direct; in Ebenezer township a special levy of three-fourths of one mill; in Catawba township, a special levy of two mills; In York township,, i special levy of three and one-half mills, to pay the interest on bonds ssued by said townships in interest of :he Charleston, Cincinnati ft Chicago railroad; also in said townships of Ebenezer, Catawba and York a special levy of one-half mill as a sinking 'und to retire said bonds; the treasur?r of York county for collecting and lisburslng this special levy shall be illowed commissions, as now provided by law. A levy of one-quarter of >ne mill to be' placed by the county reesurer to the county bridge fund :o be expended according to law. The eouhty commissioners of York county ire hereby authorized and empowered to borrow a sum of money, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, at a rate >f interest not to exceed six per cent tor ordinary county purposes, and to pledge the tax levy of said county to secure the same. In addition to this amount for ordinary county purposes, the county commissioners >f Tork county are authorised to bor*ow a sum of not exceeding $5,000, at i rate of interest not to exceed six per cent, for the purpose of erecting an ron or steel bridge over Catawba rivsr at or near Indian ferry in Catawba :ownshlp, provided the sum of $4,000 ias been subscribed and paid over to he county treasurer of York county is hereinbefore provided, and to pledge the special tax levy of one-half pf one mill to secure the same." After the Night Riders.?The first plow struck by the United States igainst alleged "night riders," was deivered yesterday, when a Federal frand Jury at Covington, Ky., returned indictments against twelve men of Dry Ridge, Ky., for conspiracy in res:raint of trade. One of the men iniicted is John S. Steers, a member of he state legislature. The indictments charge that the de'endants conspired to prevent W. T. Daborne from shipping four hogsteads of tobacco from Dry Ridge to Cincinnati on November 26, 1907. They ire charged with having intimidated py threats of violence, both Osborne ind the station agent at Dry Ridge. The object is declared to have been :6 compel the grower to pool his to>acco Instead of selling it to concerns >utslde of Kentucky. The indicted are John S. Steers, a nember of the Kentucky legislature; 3erry Simpson, A. C. Cobb, Jerry S. Carter, Hugh Lee Conrad, Fred O. Conrad, R. Lee Conrad, John W. Calender, John Caldwell, William Muligan, Marion Bennett and Isaac Newon Conrad. All are residents of Irant county. The Federal government will prosjcute the cases as arising under in erptate commerce! ? Columbia, Feb. 17: The senate eached a vote this afternoon after everal days' debate, on the resolulon to call for - the resignation of uperintendent Pabcock and the oard of regents of the state hospital or the insane. The resolution was oted down with only twelve votes or it, which was the expected reult. The senate then entered a deate on the Montgomery amendment 0 the minority bill. This amendment roposes an expenditure of half a illlion on the present asylum plant. ? Spartanburg, Feb. 17: Charged dth abducting the daughter of Julius ohnson, a well-known lumber dealer f this city, Mrs. Parham and Walter ohnson were arrested this afteroon and lodged in Jail. Mrs. Param was arrested in the city and ohnson was arrested at Inman. [e is not related to the father of the irl. Miss Johnson, a prertty and at artive young girl, possessed of a olendid figure for one of her yeara as not been located. It is said she narded a train for Asheville. The arrant for the arrest of the woman nd the man was sworn out by Mrs. ulius Johnson, the mother of the Irl. Mrs. Parham, the woman In le case, is an attractive looking oman and for the past few tfeeks as frequently been seen in company ith Miss Johnson. ? Fort Motte, Feb. 17: Sacrificing Is life to save the lives of others, homas Jefferson, for thirty years ight watchman for the Southern lilway at Congaree river bridge, let with a horrible death at his post t an early hour this morning, being lught In the machinery of the draw idge and crushed to death. The earner, City of Columbia, arrived at le bridge at 6:30 o'clock and the atchman opened the draw for It 1 pass, but as train No. 15 was due : 6 o'clock he hastened up the track place a signal to save the passen;r train from plunging into the wars of the Congaree river. Coming icK 10 close me araw me watcnman 11 into the aperture used for oiling ie machinery of the bridge. Shortafter the train crew closed the aw and crushed the life out of the ^conscious man.