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Straps and facto. ? New York, February 20: "Typhoid Mary," whose real name Is withheld at the request of the New York health authorities, is a free woman again today, after having been confined in city hospitals off and on for three years, because physicians said that she was a living receptacle for typhoid germs and a menace to public health. She is a cook and is considered particularly dangerous in that capacity as likely to transmit disease, but with the understanding that she is to cook no more, Health Commissioner Lederle announced to day that the department had decided to release her. The case is unique in medical circles. After repeated cases of typhoid were discovered in families for whom the woman cooked, the authorities made an investigation which resulted in her detention on the theory that she was a walking reservoir for typhoid germs, harmless to herself, but easily communicated to others. ? The inter-state commerce commission has just issued figures relating to railroad accidents, due to coupling and uncoupling cars, showing the boneflclal results of the operation of the safety appliance law. The figures show that in 1893 the number of men employed in coupling and uncoupling cars in the United States was 349 for each man killed in the service, while in 1908, the number employed for each man killed was 982, an increase in the factor of safety amounting to 181.66 per cent. The number employed for each man injured in the coupling of cars in 1893 was thirteen, while in 1908 the number was sixty- , two, an increase in the factor of safety so far as injuries are concerned, of 376.92 per cent. The number killed for each thousand empioyea in io?o was three, and but one in 1908, showing a decrease in the hazard of railroad employment amounting to 66.67 per cent. The number injured for each thousand employed in the service in 1893 was seventy-seven; in 1908 it was sixteen, a decrease in this hazard amounting to 79.22 per cent. The department has issued tables on railroad accidents from all causes and in this report shows that while deaths and injuries to trainmen in all accidents, other than coupling, have steadily increased, the deaths and injuries to trainmen from coupling accidents have progressively decreased. ? Washington, February 20; Her imperial highness, the American woman, is wearing more and more silk every year and more than ever is she wearing American-made silk in preference to the manufacturers of foreign lands. Certainly the foils of Uncle Sam's domain can successfully compete with their sisters of other nations in the matter of being the best silken clad women on earth, for during last year it is estimated by the United Slates government officials the value of silk used by the country was approximately 3165,000,000. Of this enormous sum 3132,000,000 represents the value of home-manufactured silk used in the United States, the balance, 333,000,000, being the value of silk imported into the country during the year. Unmanufactured silk imports made their highest record in the history of the nation in 1909, their total value having been 375,500,000, against 373,000,000 in 1907, the previous high value record, while the quantity imported in 1909 exceeded that of 1907 by over 40 per cent. Remarkable has been the growth of the American silk industry. Raw slik ( imported in 1870 amounted to 738,381 . pounds. The figures for 1909 were 25,000,000 pounds. Measured by value, the growth has been from 84,000,000 in 1870 to $75,000,000 in 1909. In the same period the average price a pound of raw silk decreased from $5.25 to $3.33, or 37 pe?r cent. The rapid growth of importations of raw silk is in marked contrast with the almost stationary importations of silk manufactured. In the period from 1870 to 1909 the value of raw silk Importations Increased $70,000,000, or more than 16-fold, while the manufactured silk importations increased only $5,600,000, or but 21 per cent. ? In an address before an immense audience of young women at the George Washington Memorial meeting in Washington, last Friday afternoon, President Taft told them it was foolish for women to want to vote in the District of Columbia. The meeting was held to emphasize the project for building an immense memorial hall named after the first president, and Senators Lodge and Burton and Justice Harlan of the supreme court also made addresses. The president endorsed the project and ventured to say that if private generosity would not be sufficient for its building, congress might be tried, but the president seemed to be specially hopeful when he mentioned congress. He did remark, however, that if a hall was built, he hoped it would be large enough to hold the inaugural ball and strong enough to w ithstand the blizzard which was like- ' ly to go with it, having reference to l the storm of March 4, last. When the . president referred to the suffragettes a titter went over the audience. He said ' in reference to them: "I know, there are some who live in this city and | thinlr that in onmo tt'nv or nthor it has a local quality, that they being free born American citizens, ought to have an opportunity to vote. I don't sympathize with that feeling at all. If they want to vote, they ought to move over to Maryland or Cincinnati or to some other good place. They ought to understand that by living in Washington they are enjoying a privilege which is furnished to them at the expense of the entire nation and that they are living in the capital city which is under the care, control and the direction of all the people of the United states, through their representatives in the house, and that subservient body, the senate of the United States." ? Cairo, 111., has been passing through another riot as the result of an attempted lynching. On last Thursday, a negro snatched a purse from Mrs. ' Rrxio Malnnpv Mrs. Maionev fired at I the negro as he ran away with a re- j volver; but missed him. She then reported the purse snatching to the po- * lice, and informed them that the purse I contained a silver dollar to which * was attached a postage stamp. Next . day a negro named John Pratt offered ' a dollar like the one described at a ' drug store and was promptly arrest- < ed. A crowd gathered quickly and , while a lynching party was organizing, the sheriff who had advised the gov- 1 ernor in the meantime, received orders i to protect the negro at all hazards, t The sheriff swore in a number of deputies, including several negroes, and attempted to hold the prisoner at the ' court house pending the arrival of i troops. The mob came forward several hundred strong and the sheriff , went forward to parley with them. ' While the parley was in progress, i somebody in the mob fired a shot and j the posse returned the fire from the upstairs windows. Alexander Hollia son of a former mayor and lead- 1 er of the mob. fell and several others ( were wounded. The mob fired a num- ( ber of shots into the court house: but . the arrival of troops, put a stop to 1 further firing. The mob dispersed. ? Shortly afterward the negro plead | guilty of the purse snatching and was . sentenced to not exceeding fourteen years imprisonment. It seems that af- ' ter the fall of Holliday. the sheriff re- i fused to allow the removal of his body, fearing that the mob would take advantage of the opportunity to rush to the court house. Members of the mob claim that Holliday was allowed to die in the freezing cold; that if he could have been removed to a hospital, his life might have been saved. There was great indignation also at the sheriff for swearing in negro deputies; but the sheriff excuses himself on the ground that he could not get a sufficient number of whites. It is said that an autopsy on the body of Holliday showed that death was instantaneous. Cairo was the scene of a sensational lynching last November, and there have been several murders in the city since. The race feeling runs high, and the probability is that the end is not yet. <Jhc \tovkvillt (iMiquivrc. Kntertd at the Postofflce in Vorkvllle as Mall Matter of the secona *.;iass YORKVILLE. S. C.i ( TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1910. ! One of the most gratifying: items of ( state news that has come to our at- ? tention for some time past, is the in- ' formation that the C. C. & O. railroad 1 has definitely selected the city of r Charleston as its most suitable terml- r nal for the exportation of its mighty stores of coal. The statement just sent out, Is to the effect that the C. C. & O. * has perfected the necessary traffic arrangements with the Atlantic Coast Line and the Southern, and that the new order of tnlngs will be instituted within the next sixty days. The idea Is not only to make of the city a great coaling port for passing vessels; but a depot from which coal will be exported abroad, particularly to the West Indies and South America. This will mean that hundreds of great ships that do not now touch at Charleston at all, will have to run in there for coal, with which to fill their bunkers, and regular coal carrying ships that come there for cargoes, will have to bring with them various foreign products for distribution through this port. We think that the new order of things will mean lots for Charleston, and if it means a great deal for Charleston, it will have to mean much for the balance of the stace ilso. Although there may be more or less opinion to the contrary, Charleston Is full of big, broad, enterprising men, the peers of the best to be found; in iny city In the Union, and with the opportunities that seem to be ofTered by the new order of things now pending, we predict that these Charleston people will give a satisfactory account of a themselves. * , m , r a Although grown people are very r laturally disposed to take a patroniz- f l(ng view of the Boys' Corn club Idea, It Is proper to remind them that the jxperlment is anything but a Joke. On c several thousand acres worked by the joys throughout the south last year, ^ the average yield was well up Into 70 ^ jushels, while the average yield made t>y the daddies of the boys, was only ( something over fourteen bushels. Prof. Williams, in telling about what was achieved In the state last year, cited :he case of a father In Clarendon counQ :y, who was unwilling to allow his boy :o go into the contest on the ground, 'that those book professors couldn't :ell nobody how to farm," and It was a c lot until the farmer had been talked r :o and persuaded by the local minister, hat the boy was permitted to try. The ' >oy went to work under Instructions v furnished from the agricultural dejartment, and the father went in with lis time-tried, superior methods to beat lis son all to pieces. The boy made iomet'ning over 100 bushels on his acre, r md the father made a little over thir;y bushels. The boy was the winner of f ;he prize for the county. On the day ^ he contest was decided, the father vas very much in evidence, bragging >n what "he and John" had accomilished; but declared that they had not ^ >een more than half trying, and that ;he next year they would show people low to make corn sure enough. It is p i fact that there were many cases :hroughout the state last year, where 0 joys who worked In accordance with he Instructions of the agricultural department made more corn than did 1 heir fathers working along the line of >ld methods; but, of course, the boys lid not do any better, as a rule or even v is well as the grown up farmers, who 'aithfully followed the instructions of :he demonstration work. n " m " l| The Asylum. p The free conference bill passed in t 'ree conference during the closing 1 lours of the general assembly, was a probably the best that was to have F jeen expected under the circumstances, a As we have seen proper to remark * jefore, the report of the committee :hat has been looking into the affairs v if the asylum during the past year, s was one of the most painstaking and F thoroughgoing of which we have any f tnowledge in the history of the state, t The recommendations of the major- i ity too, we think, were made straight t from the shoulder, without fear or fa- t ror and with an eye single to what the men who signed that report con- k ddered to be for the highest honor and R credit of the people of South Carolina, r in properly looking after those of their unfortunate children, who can only be o looked after in an insane asylum. i' That the general assembly was un- v willing to adopt the full report of the 1 majority at once is natural. In the k tirst place, it would be unreasonable to t expect such a large body to be able to fully comprehend within two or three weeks all that had been gathered by s in earnest, intelligent and fearless ? committee in a year, and in the sec- s >nd place there was necessarily more b ir less political opposition to the com- jj plete and radical changes that were recommended. However, the commit- f tee has more cause to congratulate it- k sell oil iiitvilis gonea cis iiiuv.ii an u ^ lias gotten, than it has to feel regret v :hat it has gotten no more. n It is creditable to the people of a South Carolina that they are spending ^ is much money as they are spending o in looking after their insane. It is t :reditable notwithstanding the fact v that they ate doing no more than their ^ Juty. If they are not doing their full < luty, and they are not. we believe it d s only because they are not well [j enough informed as to existing condi- j Jons. The average citizen of South a Carolina is not even aware that the v date is undertaking to look after v nore than fifteen hundred unfortu- IV lates, and not more than one In a lundred of our more intelligent people fiave ever had It brought to their attention that the state is not doing all that it is pretending to do in this din rection as well as any other state does t, or can do it. The report of the special investigating committee, however, has been an aye opener along this line, as is evidenced by the $100,000 appropriation that has been agreed upon; but now that the subject has been fairly opensd up, we are inclined to think that the people of the state will not stop until they have disposed of the whole matter as It should be disposed of, and before they are done with it, they will so the full length indicated by the investigating committee as necessary, md probably still further in the same direction. to tha Farm." The "back to the farm" slogan, raised by James J. Hill, the railroad king, ind echoed by many of our leading statesmen, finds lots of sympathy In .'very quarter of the country; but we 'ear that It will be a long time before jreachlng of this kind begins to show esults in any appreciable movement n the direction indicated. Although we sincerely wish it were >therwise, there is no use trying to leny or conceal the fact that the call >f the town to the farmer continues as t has always been, louder than the :all of the country to the townsman, ind as to the why of It. we frankly adnit that It Is beyond our ken to ex)lain, unless we attribute it to the latural unrest of dissatisfied human lature. While It Is a fact that many of the >rlghtest and ablest men of the counry were raised on farms, and while t is a fact that the average of lnteligence and ability on the farms is as ligh as It is anywhere else, If not a ittle higher, it should not be forgotten hat only a small per cent of the young >eople who leave the farms in response o the lure of the towns, ever better heir conditions. For one young far ner who leaves the farm in pursuit of ame and fortune and wins out in that )ur3uit, fifty or a hundred make mis rable failures, and would have done >etter had they never attempted the hange. However, it is not to be argued that nese circumstances, provided their :orrectness is admitted, are of especial significance. It is probably a fact that f the attraction of the farm were stronger for the people of the towns ind cities than is the attraction of the owns and cities for the people of the arm, that the percentage of successes inder the reversed order of things vould be no greater than it is now. It. may as well be admitted that ev ry boy or girl born and reared on a arm is not fit for a farmer, any more han every boy or girl bora and reared n a city is fit for high distinction in iny line of endeavor. And this being rue, as we believe it is, it is hardly easonable to urge that even education ind training would be an infallible neans of preventing the movement rom the farms to the towns and cities. Speaking generally, we think there s no doubt of the fact that the pecuniary rewards of farming are rreater than they have ever been, and hat they are on the increase rather han otherwise. The reasons for this >re probably manifold. For one thing, t seems piausiDie mai me wcreaaeu lumber of non-producing consumers IT the farm, is making heavier demands ipon the decreasing number of produers on the farms. This would natur.lly make better prices to the produers; but this can hardly be taken as full and satisfactory explanation, beause it is undoubtedly a fact that the ural and urban populations have exsted in the same proportion before, hat the prices of agricultural products rere considerably lower in proportion han they are now. We have an idea that one of the riost potent causes of the increased irices of agricultural products, is the pplication of modern business metnds, and increasing Intelligence. Take or instance the items of corn, wheat, ieef, pork, butter, eggs, etc. All of hese things have advanced tremendusly in price, and while the people of his immediate section have probably lone nothing to bring about that adance, who can say that our own peoile have not been benefited by the perations of different manipulations lorth and west? Take the item of ggs, for instance. Our market is altiost exclusively local. The cost of noducing eggs on the farm has not naterially increased. There is very ery little local reason why eggs hould be any higher now than they ;-ere three years ago. The same conitions probably exist elsewhere. The irice has been advanced in the central narkets principally by means of manpulation, and the advance here is irobably out of sympathy. We think he same explanation will suffice for he advance of other products. But we re not inclined to think that the irices of these things are too high low. We are more inclined to think hat they have been too low. There are among the farmers, those iho recognize that prices are now omewhat more in keeping with a fair iroflt than they have been; but who ear that a general movement to reap he harvest would kill the goose that s laying the golden egg. We do not telieve that there is any danger of his. r or odvious reasons, some >?i ?mwi tave been mentioned, there is no dan;er of an extensive, back to the farm novement?certainly not all of a sudlen?and the people who are already in the farm will do well, in our opinon, to take a broad and intelligent lew of the present situation, and go n for reaping as much of the promised larvest as they may, while the opporunit.v lasts. ? Columbia State: The farm demontration agents of the central counties f South Carolina met yesterday for a ession of two days. The sessions are ieing held in the city council chamber nd at Wright's hotel. About 25 agents re in attendance. The agents are lere for a conference with Dr. Bradord Knapp and J. P. Campbell of the Jnited States department of agriculure. Ira Williams is the state agent. Marence H. Poe, a farm magazine i-ritpr of Raleieh. N. C.. is here. The neeting was opened yesterday with 11 address upon the farmers' co-opertive demonstration work generally, y Mr. Knapp. Mr. Campbell spoke f special demonstration farms and he reports of the several local agents rere received. At the evening session tereopticon views of special demontration work were shown by Mr. "ampbell and Mr. Poe made an adress on progressive farming. Today urther reports from local agents will e heard, and by special invitation, E. . Watson, the state commissioner of griculture, commerce and industries, rill deliver an address. At the gener1 meeting, beginning at noon, when isitors will be cordially welcomed, Ir. Williams will preside. LOCAL AFFAIRS, c t NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. I T. M. & H. E. Ferguson?Want a few c good milk cows and beef cattle. J. A. Page. W. I. Brlson and M. L. Smith?Give notice of the opening 1 of the books of subscription to the r capital stock of the Clover Mutual Building and Loan association of t Clover. Alexander Specialty Co.?Will shoe your horses and mules all around at * 60 cents per animal. , 1 Curtyce Lathan. Pres.?Invites the public to an oyster supper at Sharon Hugh School building, benefit of Y. P. C. U. of the A. R. P. church, on t February 25. J. D. Clark?Gives notice that he will apply to Circuit Judge Gage on s March 2. for the aDDolntment of L. ^ R. Williams, probate judge, as guardian of Baxter, John, Florence, Willard, Lawcey, Mary and Ethel Neeland. First National Bank, Yorkvllle?Recites a-little story in which it tells what a young farmer, a bank depositor, did in the way of investment in York county real estate. W. E. Ferguson?Asks you to phone him for all kinds of fancy groceries, provided you want the best in qualities. Cabbage plants of choice varieties. J. C. Wllborn?Has offerings of town and country property that should interest investors. First National Bank, Sharon?Remarks that no matter how satisfactory your banking facilities may have been in the past, it would be pleased to try to make your banking business more satisfactory. Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Carries a full line of pocket knives, shears, scissors and razors and guarantees the qualities of its cutlery. Herndon & Gordon?Talk about the necessity of brooms?new brooms sweep clean. They have brooms? good ones and they are cheap?20, 25, 30 and 35 cents, j J. L. Williams & Co.?Are showing the newest spring patterns in men's ( suits. Blue serge suits at )8.50 and upward. Worsted suits at $7.50 and up to $20. ' j York Supply Co.?Have a line of leather goods including horsecollars, bridles, lines, breech bands, etc. A full line of farm implements. E Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Talk about . shoes for men and women and quote prices on all kinds of footwear from the coarse everyday to the finest 1 dress shoes. Rubbers for men and j women. Farmers' Wholesale Grocery ? Says that nearly a third of the year is e gone and wants to know if you are 6 feeding your stock and poultry Purina feeds?the best of its kind. From the present outlook. It la go- 1 lng to take a comparatively small number of new names to carry off that 8 ten dollars we are going to give away t on the last day of February. ' We do not speak with authority, it la only a matter of supposition. But we think the probability Is that when ^ the C. C. & O. begins to carry all the ^ coal it has up in the mountains of Tennessee and Virginia to Charleston, v much of It will have to pass through 11 Yorkvllle.^ and before a great while, ^ the Marion and Klngvllle division of the Southern will become vastly more c Important thaa it now Is. 8 There should be a fund of, at least, 0 one hundred dollars for the encouragement of the members of the Boys' ^ Corn club of York county, and broad ^ and liberal business men will put this a fund up without unnecessary delay. The fund, of course, will have to be * raised by subscriptions, and while cash v will be acceptable up to the $100 limit, * there will be no objection to the offering of special township and school dls- 8 trlct prizes In the shape of fertilizers, agricultural Implements and other ar- h tides. l< WITHIN THE TOWN. c ? The graded school had appropriate 6 exercises yesterday In celebration of ^ Washington's birthday, and Is taking holiday today. ^ ? Miss Annie Thomas and Rev. El- v sie Myers are to be married at the 4 home of the bride's parents, Mr. and * Mrs. Jos. G. Dickson, on King's Mountain street this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The ceremony Is to be performed by ? Rev. J. H. Thacker, pastor of Trinity * M. E. church, and will be witnessed ? by the Immediate family and a few es- * peclal friends of the contracting par- ? tlee. Mr. Myers Is the pastor In charge of the York circuit of the Methodist a church, and he and his bride will make c their home at Clover for the present, d t: SOME LOCAL LAW8. a Among the list of acts, ratified by 0 the general assembly during the session that closed last Saturday night, the following relate to York county: v To amend an act for the establish- r ment of a new school district In the 8 county of York. \ To amend an act to amend the law ^ In reference to working and maintaining the public roads of York county, 8 to provide for the appointment of n township supervisors. A Joint resolution to require the a county supervisor of York county to draw his warrant on the county treas- *' urer of York county In favor of the 1 board of commissioners of public t! works of the town of Yorkvllle in the f sum of $200. To amend section 3 of an act to pro- S vide the age and time in which road Ji duty shall be performed In certain v counties in this state, and to provide ., for and fix the amount of commutation tax in lieu thereof, so as to add u a proviso thereto relating to York t county. ' 1 g TOWNSHIP ASSESSORS. w On the recommendation of the coun- j, ty delegation in the general assembly, c the governor has appointed Mr. J. ^ A An ^ r\4 Mmrnnrt a Q a mPTTlhPr o iiujjc nuama v* pv. M ? ??? u of the board of assessors for Ebenezer t| township, vice Mr. A. A. Barron, deceased. The various township boards n as now constituted are as follows: p Bethel?John M. Craig, R. Meek jj Barnett, J. B. Ford. . Bethesda?J. Thornwell Crawford, C. S. Gordon, B. F. Merritt. tl Broad River?J. J. J. Robinson, J. J. w Scoggins, J. W. Quinn. h Bullock's Creek?J. C. Blair, J. C. Kirkpatrick, E. M. Bankhead. r Catawba?J. R. Gettys, R. H. Cow- tv an, John S. Stulz. s, Ebenezer?T. M. Oates, J. Hope v Adams, W. M. Carothers. Fort Mill?S. H. Epps, Sr., W. Lee C Hall, D. G. Klmbrell. King's Mountain?John M. Thomasson, W. D. Moore, W. Meek Faulkner. York?R. R. McCorkle, R. E. McFarland, G. M. Carroll. ? City of Rock Hill?W. G. Stephens, J. E. Parker, T. L. Johnston. Town of Yorkvillo?W. B. Moore, W. S C. Latimer, M. C. Willis. d o THE ROADS. tl Although it is a fact that there was q more good work done on the public a roads last summer than during any previous summer of the past ten, and o it is fair to say that some of the roads si got more work last summer than they t had gotten altogether during ten sum- n mers previous, with the coming of the n winter rains and freezes, the people ir are again confronted with the question, u "what has been the good of it all?" tl It is not to be denied that some of the w roads have been improved: but in the case of most of them, the Improvement ei ?the permanent Improvement?is so slight, as to leave ground for more or k less argument. di What is known as the Plnckney as road out of Yorkville, is in its usual si horrible condition at this season, the ti Chester road is no better, and to be u| impelled to travel the Howell's Ferry, he Lincoln, the Charlotte or the lock Hill road, is trying to the soul >f the traveler. "How la your road now?" the re>orter asked one of the rural route nen a few days ago. "Tough, tough?very tough," was the eply. The road in question was one that vas highly complimented last fall as laving been unusually well worked, md'the reporter went on with: "You don't mean to say that all of .hat good work has gone for nothing?" "Well, that's about It," he started to tay, and then hesitating concluded vith, "No, not exactly, but pretty near L" "What then, do you think is the xouble?" "I don't think they gave enough atention to the ditches?they did not ake the water out of the road often inough, and then again, the land owntrs on either side turn the water Into he road too often. There are places vhere the water was allowed to conInue down the road for too long, with he result that great slues have been :ut In the right of way, and again the oad Is cut to pieces by water that Is >oured Into It from terraces starting iway back a quarter of a mile or more, n the adjoining fields." It is not pleasant to print matter of his kind about the roads, especially In dew of the fact that the whole country vas so much encouraged by what was >elng done last summer; but facts are acts. There Is nothing to be gained >y nursing an error with vain lmaginngs that It is the truth. The only vay to secure real improvement, is to ook actual defects in the face, and go n and correct them. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. W. S. Bean, Jr., of Yorkvllle, ipent several days last week at his tome in Clinton. Miss Annie J. Ashe of Chicora colege, Is visiting her mother, Mrs. S. C. Lshe In Yorkvllle. Mr. Bert Youngblood Is critically 111 it his home on Yorkvllle R. F. D. No. I, with pneumonia. Misses Juanlta and Sudie Neely of )ld Point, are the guests of Mrs. aary simru on xoritviiie no. i. Miss Emma C. Killlan of Columoia, pent Saturday In Yorkvllle with the amily of her brother, Mr. J. R. KUlan. Miss Grace Whisonant, of Blacksiurg has been spending a few days In rorkvllle with her sister, Mrs. J. P. Vhlte. Miss Leon White, of Yorkvllle, Is Isitlng In Columbia In company with ler aunt, Miss Mary McCullough, of Yilkinsville. Mr. Marshall Dllllng, superintendent if the Avon, cotton mill, Gastonla, pent Sunday In Yorkvllle, the guest f Mr. J. R. Killlan. Mr. Lowry W. Jenkins of Spartanmrg, spent Saturday and Sunday In Torkville with his parents, Mr. and frs. W. W. Jenkins. Dr. John I. Barron of Yorkvllle, has teen confined to his home for about a yeek with mumps; but is about ready o take up his work again. Mr. J. Meek Pursley, township upervisor of roads for King's Mounain township, Is critically ill at his lome near Bethany, with pleurisy. MIbs Mamie Smith of Hickory Irove and Mr. Evan Estes of Cherokee ounty, were married at Wilklnsvllle, lunday afternoon, by Rev. J. B. iwann of Bullock's Creek. Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Harrell and laughter, of Bethesda, were in Yorkille yesterday. Rev. Mr. Harrell is he new pastor of Bethesda, and yeserday was his first visit to Yorkvllle. Mrs. Susan J. E. Killlan, who has een critically ill at Sharon, was on unday taken to the hospital at Rock 1111, by Dr. Burress, for treatment, he was accompanied by Mr. J. R. Gillian of Yorkvllle and Miss Emma Lilian of Columbia. Mr. W. W. Long, Miss Anna Long nd Miss Ida Eptlng of Newberry ounty, came over to York last Saturay to participate In the celebration of he golden wedding of their uncle and unt, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Whltesiuea f Smyrna today. Congressman Flnley, who came down ? TlTnoVilnap^An loot 9 I OrKVIlie Hum TTamiiiiAtuii reek ? attend to some business that equired his personal attention, was trlcken with an attack of grip on Wednesday, and was confined to his ed for several days. He hopes to tart back to Washington this afteroon or tomorrow. Rock Hill Record: The son of Mr. nd Mr3. Herbert M. Dunlap had a errlble fall in a neighbor's yard late 'hursday afternoon. The lad was at he top of a ladder and tumbled off, ailing on the upturned prongs of a arden rake, striking across the head ust above the eyes, Indicting a ghastly round. Dr. J. E. Massey, Jr., took he little fellow In charge and sewed p the awful hurt and the boy is getIng along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Whitesldes of Imyrna, are celebrating their golden redding today. They were married at Irs. Whitesldes's home In Newberry ounty, on February 21, 1860. Yesteray was the anniversary; but It was ecided to postpone the celebration un[1 today on account of Washington's irthday. Mrs. Whitesldes, before her lartlage, was Miss Margaret Shutnert. This estimable couple has been ving in the Smyrna neighborhood ar the past fifty years, during which Ime their home has been noted for the rarm and generous hospitality that as ever been dispensed beneatn tneir oof. Nine children have been born to Ir. and Mrs. Whitesides, of whom four urvlve as follows: Messrs. Warren V. and William L., and Mrs. James E. ,'astles, and Miss Anna Whitesides. BOYS' CORN CLUB. The York County Boys' Corn club is new organization that came into belg, in the court house at Yorkville last aturday morning, and unless the inicatlons at the meeting and the signs f the times are unusually deceiving, Ills club will be heard from quite freuentiy during the next twelve months, nd probably during the years to come. The readers of The Enquirer, are or ught to be, pretty familiar with the cope and purpose of the corn club, here has been a lot of explanatory latter on the subject of late in the liscellaneous columns, and also some iteresting stories in the news colmns. but even with this, we fear that lere is no general appreciation of hat the movement really means. Although Mr. O. B. Martin has genral charge of the boys' work in the >uth, under direction of Dr. S. A. napp. Prof. Ira W. Williams, state rmonstratlon agent, has been giving It s much time as he has been able to ?are from his regular work, and je meeting last Saturday, was worked p principally by Prof. Williams, with the assistance of Mr. C. J. Hughes, county demonstration agent, and Superintendent of "Education McMackin. Mr. Hughes had made a pretty thorough canvass of the county, and enlisted the interest of quite a number of boys; but as Saturday was a miserable day, the attendance was not as large as it would otherwise have been. However, with a dozen or more boys, and as many grown ups, there was a very satisfactory audience and the meeting was quite successful. IhTor. xra w. Williams was present, and there were with him Mr. S. A. Nevlns, professor of horticulture at Wlnthrop, Mr. W. R. Elliott, demonstration agent In Fairfield county, and Mr. C. J. Hughes, agent for York county. There were short talks by Prof. Nevlns, Mr. Elliott and Prof. Williams, the latter devoting his remarks principally to the story of what had already been accomplished, an explanation of the operation of the clubs, and an outline of the benefits to be derived to the participating boys especially, and the country generally. In his talk, Prof. Williams explained how It is the purpose to have one club in each county; that the members of the county clubs will contest with each other for the best yields under approv ed rules; that the beat county yields will go into the state competition and that there will be opportunity to win both county and state prizes. He explained that while all the boys under 18 years are eligible to belong to a county club, no boy can contest unless he is a member. Those who desire to become members, should send in their names to Mr. Hughes or Superintenddent of Education McMackin. The names of all members of the club, will be forwarded to Dr. Knapp, who will send instructions and give much assistance. Mr. Williams also stated that the co-operation of the business people generally is earnestly desired, and they are expected to help with all the encouragement they can give, and also with contributions necessary to raise enough prize money to make the contest interesting. During the course of his remarks, Mr. Williams told of a number of boys who, with the assistance of Dr. Knapp, were able to raise more corn than was raised by their daddies in competition with them. Among the boys who have so far sent in their names for membership in the club are; Clyde B. Ratchford, Otis J G. Cranford, Porter H. Purcell, Robt Klrkpatrick, H. Clyde Good, Ray Bankhead, Mark Klrkpatrick and Ralph Cain of Sharon; Tom S. Good, John McCarley, Gary Good, Willie Good, Glenn McCarley of Bullock's Creek; Feaster Darby, W. A. Darby, Jr., New- ! man Bagley, Flynn Reynolds, Grler McFadden and White Ferguson of I Rock Hill: Roy Marley, Boyce S. Plex co and Robert E. Jones of Yorkvllle. The boys attending the meeting Saturday had been requested to bring ten ears of seed corn each, with the understanding that the best ten ears would be awarded a prize of $5, and the best single ear a prize of $2. Mas- j ter Grier McFadden was adjudged to , have made the best exhibit of ten ears apd Master Boyce Plaxico waa credited with having brought the best single ; ear. Messrs. J. C. Wilborn and W. R. I Carroll of Yorkvllle, have each agreed 1 to subscribe $5 toward the prize fund, and it is the purpose of Mr. C. J. Hughes to make a canvass among the business people and others interested, for additional subscriptions sufficient ' to raise the total prize fund to at least $100. , ? J LOCAL LACONICS. 1 The Board of Supervisors. Upon the recommendation of the York delegation in the general assem- I bly, the governor hats appointed Mr. J. I El Burns of Yorkvllle No. 1, to mem- j bershlp on the county board of super- ? visors of registration, vice Mr. R. T. i Beamguard of No. 1, Filbert Other- J wise, the personnel of the board re- ( mains unchanged. The other members ( are: A. M. Black of Rock Hill, and R. , M. Wallace of Piedmont. Homes For the Catawbas. ' The following adopted at the ses- 8 sion of the general assembly Just ad- r Journed, is now a law: "Whereas, the Catawba Indians now occupy about s( six hundred acres of state lands, and 8 have requested that said lands, with 1 additional lands, be allotted to them j in fee in lieu of the annual appropri- 8 ations usually made; therefore be it, Resolved by the senate, the house of 8 representatives concurring, that the 1 governor shall on or before the first 1 day of July, nineteen hundred and ten, c appoint three commissioners, neither 8 of whjm shall be a member of the r general assembly, to investigate the . amount and quality of lands now oc- 8 cupied by said Catawba Indians'; the J amount of lands necessary for the use r ??w fotowha Indlnns: and if the : same can be secured, and at what cost J to the state, and that said commls sloners be authorized and directed to s take options for the purchase of lands 1 by the state of South Carolina and in 8 such form, and upon such terms as 8 may be prescribed by the attorney 8 general; and shall report their find- ' ings, together with their conclusions, r as to the most feasible plan to aid the 8 said Catawba Indians to become self- 8 supporting and useful citizens of the c state. The compensation of each * member of said commission shall be J five dollars per day for each day act- 8 ually employed about the business of 8 the commission, and actual expenses for the time engaged, provided said Jj time shall not exceed five days." -- T Rural Police.?A few years ago t there was quite a bit of newspaper talk, no little of It originating in this f office, and some remarks from public t men on the need of a rural police sys- f tern for the state. After a brief reci ol *** * V-? crrxnrl oiich ? OT COI1 stabulary could accomplish most of the talk was about the impracticability of the scheme. t A recent report of the work of the c Northwest Mounted Police in western d Canada might be of Interest at this e time as showing that under the most t adverse conditions such a force could f be wrought Into a powerful factor for s law and order. The Northwest Mount- t ed Police force have attracted atten- v tion in all parts of the world because i' of the high efficiency of their work, fi There are only one thousand of these a men, but yet they cover a territory ex- e tending from the American boundary i line separating the United States from c Canada to the Arctic circle, an area t comprising one million and a half t square miles, and "there never has ? been a lynching In that vast jurlsdic- v tion." This police sees that the law Is t enforced, gives protection to life. '| makes property safe and makes jus- tl tice execrable on the evil doer. a It can not be said that this vast ter- tl ritory contains inhabitants of a more K peaceful disposition than we have, nor can it be said with truth that the pop- tl ulation is so sparsely settled as to t< make police protection superfluous, h As a matter of fact the sparsely set- o tied sections require more protection si than the thickly populated ones, a where a sense of law and order devel- N ops more or less with the growth of a the community. As a matter of fact, w however, the 1,000 mounted police d have about as many inhabitants to o look after per man as the same num- g; ber would in South Carolina. If It Is worth noting that this mount- Ir ed police rorce is noi a punuuui ur- u sanlzation, its members do not have \v to depend upon political pull for ap- tl pointment. Probably some explanation e of Its efficiency may lie in this fact.? h Greenwood Index. t< ILLNESS OF SENATOR TILLMAN. Was Critical Last Week; But Not 80 Grave Now. During last Friday and Saturday, the condition of Senator Tillman was so grave that those around him feared that the end might come almost at any moment; but there were encouraging tigns of Improvement on Sunday and now there Is every reason to hope that the senator will soon be on his feet again. The attack was In the nature of paralysis. The doctors gave It as their opinion that there was a surplus of blood on the brain, probably only a slight clot, and the result was the almost complete paralysis of the right side. During nearly all of Friday, and a part of Saturday, the senator lay In comatose condition, and it was next to impossible to tell whether or not he was conscious, until after the arrival of Dr. Babcock, who placed a pencil in his left hand and asked him to write his name. He responded without very much apparent difficulty, writing B. R. Tillman, which sufficient legibility to be easily recognized. During Sunday, the senator still further encouraged his physicians by greeting Dr. Babcock with "hello, doctor!" Dr. Babcock was most agreeably surprised. Another of the physicians said to the sick man: "I don't suppose you remember me, senator." "Yes, I do," replied the sick man, "you are Dr. White." Senator Tillman had seen Dr. White but once before and his ability to call his name, showed that he had been conscious all the while. Although the doctors were very much encouraged at the senator's having recovered his speech, they did not think It best for him to exert himself, and insisted on quiet. The report of Friday and Saturday in Columbia set politics to buzzing, and many of the members of the -general assembly began to consider the probability of having to elect Senator Tillman's successor. If a senator dies while the general assembly is in session, his successor must be elected at once; but if the general assembly is not in session, the successor must be appointed by the governor, the appointment to hold good until the next meeting of tne general assembly. An Associated Press dispatch of last night, describes the present situation as follows: The continued improvement in the condition of Senator Benjamin R. Tillman of South Carolina, has inspired renewed hope of ultimate recovery from his present serious Illness. In the opinion or nis pnysicians, tne cnances are now much in his favor. There has been some abatement of the paralysis and today he regained the use of his right arm and leg to a limited extent. The aphasia has markedly Improved and he is now able to speak. The change for the better was raid to be most remarkable and was attributed to the senator's temperate life, strong physique and his generally good condition. The favorable developments in his illness were considered very exceptional; in fact, his case was looked upon as one in ten thousand. He is responding admirably to the medical treatment and it is said the power of speech may practically be reestablished. Dr. J. W. Babcock was so encouraged by the present condition of Mr. Tillman that he left Washington tonight for Columbia, S. C. Before boarding his train, he gave the following statement to the Associated Press: "Mr. Tillman has not lost any ground In the last 24 hours. On the contrary, he has gained somewhat in the use of the right arm and leg, which have been completely paralyzed heretofore. His power of speecn also is improving. He is taking nourishment well and his bodily functions are normal. The senator is sleeping well and the outlook Is very much more encouraging in every way." If the senator's condition continues to improve, - he may be able to leave for his home in South Carolina in a month or six weeks, but hardly before. In all likelihood he will not be permitted by his physicians to occupy his seat in congress during the presen session. TO REORGANIZE A8YLUM. H f lU^WV Mppruprifluon anu a vwm* mission of Five. During the closing hours last Saturday night, the general assembly passed in free conference the followng: Be it resolved by the general assembly of South Carolina: Section 1. That immediately upon ;he approval of this resolution the governor shall appoint a commission, consisting of five members, to be known as the state hospital commisjion, two of whom shall be the superntendent of the state hospital for the nsane and the chairman of the state coard of health, and whose term of bfflce shall be one year from the date >f the appointment, unless sooner renoved by the governor. Sec. 2. Said commission shall imnediateJy organize by the election of i chairman and a secretarv from their lumber. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of said commission to purchase for the state, luitable lands for the use of the state lospltal for the insane; to have made blans, specifications and estimates for aid hospital. Sec. 4. That said commission shall tdopt such plans and specifications as nay be necessary and shall erect such lulldings on said lands as it may de :iae upon wnion win relieve mc tuiirested conditions now existing in said tospital. Sec. 5. That said commission in orler to carry out the provisions of this bint resolution, are hereby authorized o borrow on the credit of the state he sum of $100,000 from the sinking und commission or elsewhere in case he same cannot be obtained from said 'inking fund commission, at a rate of nterest not to exceed 5 per cent per innum, said sum to be borrowed in initallments only as needed for the purhasing of said lands and erection of mlidings thereon: Provided that lothing herein contained shall be conitrued as limiting the said commission is to their plans for the enlargement >f the hospital for the insane: Prodded, further. That no member of the ;eneral assembly shall be eligible for mnointment on the commission creited by this act. Sec. 6. The compensation of each nember of said commission shall be !5 per day for each day actually emdoyed about the business of the comnission and actual expenses for the ime engaged. Sec. 7. That said commission shall nake a report to the next session of he general assembly of their work lereunder. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? Chester Reporter: Will Cherry, he negro who shot Louisiana Barnes >n the plantation of Mr. J. T. McFadlen north of Fort Lawn last Tuesday venlng, inflicting a wound from which he woman died the following day, has led: and having had such a good tart on the authorities will have a Ine opportunity to get away. From rhat was brought out at the inquest t seems that the shooting was alto;ether without cause. There had been quarrel, and Cherry, it seems, had ndeavored to shoot another negro nan, a crime that he was kept from ommltting only by reason of the fact hat his revolver snapped. He next urned his weapon on the woman and sked her if she didn't believe he rould shoot her. He suited the action o the word and fired, the bullet strikng the victim in the throat. Cherry hen threw his pistol behind the door nd fled. The deceased worked on he farm of Mr. McFadden and was a ood and trusted hand. ? Spartanburg, February 20: The i fmelv arrest last nisrht of Walter Fos- I sr. colored, by Sheriff White saved i im from the hands of infuriated col- I red man at Valley Falls, who were i Peking his life because he had shot < nd killed a negro by the name of ] litchell. The killing followed a frolic < t Valley Falls last night. Much liquor < as in evidence and Mitchell was shot j ..tvn ?w 1,'nutnr 11 a (ho fnrmor sfonnod I ut of the house where drinking and ( ambling had been in progress. Sher- I f White wa9 notified and succeeded i I apprehending Foster just in time ( ) save him from violence. From hat can be learned of the shooting. ! lere was no provocation. As Mitch- 1 II fell dead, pierced by a bullet In i Is head. Foster fled immediately af- , r the killing, but was pursued by , colored men who would Vave probably used him roughly If he had fallen Into their hands. Sheriff White succeeded In locating the slayer and landed him In Jail before he could be overtaken by the Irate negroes. ? Chester Reporter': Deputy Sheriff W. G. Dye went down to Wellridge this morning to investigate the mysterious disappearance of George Hemphill, colored, several weeks ago. Hemphill, who was running a farm on Mr. J. M. Caldwell's place, disappeared strangely, and while there are no indications to urge foul play, his failure to show himself Is causing a lot of comment and wonder. One evening several weeks ago, after coming to the house after a hard day's plowing, he went out to feed his stock, and has never been seen since. He seemed in his customary frame of mind, and his wife noticed nothing unusual about his appearance or demeanor. He told * her that he was going out to look after the stock, and she proceeded with the evening meal, naturally expecting him back in a few minutes. He failed to come, however, and the most careful search and inquiry have failed to bring any Information about his whereabouts. Magistrate J. R. P. Gibson and others were expected to meet Mr. Dye at Wellrldge, and will take part In the inquiry. ? Columbia Record: Representative A. G. Brice of Chester, is the choice for president of Due Weat Female college, of a committee of trustees clothed with power to act, which committee will report to the entire board at a meeting In Due Weet Wednesday next Whether Mr. Bflce will accept the presidency is not known. At present the college is without a head. President James Boyce died Jan. 27, after serving in the position for nearly 11 years. The trustees met at Due West Feb. 9 and vested in a special committee of three, headed by the chairman of the board, Mr. R. C. Brownlee of Anderson, the power to select a suitable man for president and enter into negotiations with him, the action of the committee, in the event of a choice, to be ratified by the full board at a meeting Feb. 23. It is understood the committee was unani mous in Its choice of Mr. Brice, and that other trustees who have been consulted are enthusiastic over the hope of his acceptance. Mr. Brice is a man of solid attainments in education, but is better known for his business talent, legal acumen and executive ability. He is a son of the Rev. R. W. Brice and a brother-in-law of the Rev. J. P. Knox, pastor of the Centennial A. R. P. church of this city. He has long been prominent in the councils of the Associate Reform ed Presbyterian denomination. MERE-MENTION. Oilson Gardner, a well known newspaper writer of Washington, recently left that city for Egypt, where he will meet Mr. Roosevelt and lay before him a complete record of political events in the United States since the ex-president sailed for Africa in April of last year.-.. ...The National Duck Mills of Atlanta, Ga., has gone Into bankruptcy, with liabilities of $17,644.31 and assets of $8,842... . .M. Rosenberg and N. Barlt of St Petersburg, Russia, have been condemned to death by the terrorists, for having betrayed Gregory Gorshunin, a terrorist, to the police..'. On account of a strike of union steam fitters of N?w York, 126,000 allied union workers are threatening to go out on a sympathetic strike Governor Noel has sent a special message to the Mississippi leg- . lslature, urging the passage of a law prohibiting the mortgaging of growing crops Governor Hughes of New York, has appointed a commission to Investigate alleged crookedness, in connection with the sale of large tracts of forest land In the Adirondack mountains... .Mr. Roosevelt and party ended their African hunting trip at Gondokoro, Soudan, last Thursday. More than 10,000 specimens Will be added to the Smithsonian Institute at Washington as the result of the expedition ... Ex-Governor Hoke Smith will probably oppose Governor Joseph Brown in the next gubernatorial contest in Georgia... .New Orleans hotel managers are -contemplating establishing a line of airships between their hostelries and other gulf port hotels. It is proposed to use dirigible balloons and flying machines Dr. Fred A. Cook, the arctic explorer is at Santiago, Chile, on a visit to a friend of his, who was with him on one of his expeditions to the north The is land of Crete was severely shaken by an- earthquake on Friday. One village is reported as being entirely destroyed William end Orvis Seyler, brothers, were arrested at Petersburg, Va., Thursday, charged with the abduction and murder of Jane Adams, an 18-year-old girl, at Atlantic City, N. J., the previous week.... Wlllard Webb, a negro, was hanged at Marietta, Ga., Friday, for a criminal assault on a white woman, committed several months ago In a shotgun duel, between E. M. Robinson, a steamboat captain, and S. E. Wall, a millionaire lumberman, at White's Ferry, La., Friday, both men were fatally shot.... . .In a test run of an electric locomotive between New Rochelle . and Stamford, rvk?n lost wpfk thlrtv loaded freight cars were hauled at a speed of fifty miles an hour over an ice-coyereu track... .Greater New York is planning to add forty-three miles to her underground railway system at.a cost of 3 u 3,000,000 Mohammed Abdullah of Somlliland, East Africa, known as the "Mad Mullah," who has given the British and Italian governments much trouble during the past few years, is again on the warpath, and is slaughtering tribesmen and burning villages in every direction. From one village he and his folio irs last we>ek drove off 14,000 camels.... The Chilian cruiser Ministre Zenteno, rescued eighty-eight persons from the British steamer Lima in the strait of Magellan on Tuesday. The Lima stranded on February 6. Another steamer had taken 203 passengers from the stranded ship The total exports of gold from the United States to Argentine for the seven months ending January 31, was $49,126,885 Imports into the United States for the month of Jaunary totaled 3133,658,064, and exports totaled 3144,015,350, making an excess of exports of 310,357,286. For seven mr>n?h? enriinsr January 31. the total Imports were valued at 1891,272,496 and the total exports welre valued ai $1,084,240,825, an excess of exports of $192,968,329 Lupo, "the "wolf," so-called chief of the black hand societies in the United States; Qiueseppo Morrello, chief of the Sicilian counterfeiters in America and six of their confederates were convicted in the Federal court of New York city on Saturday and given sentences in the Federal prison in Atlanta, varying from fifteten years and $1,000 fine, to thirty years and $7,500 fine. Lupo is under sentence of thirty years in prison in Italy for murder The majority of the street car conductors and motormen of Philadelphia, went on a strike Saturday afternoon. The walkout of the men was the occasion of much rioting in various parts of the :ity....The supply of hogs through jut the west Is said by Chicago stocKpard experts to be forty per cent less than it was a year ago By the :ollapse of a theatre floor at Johnstown, Pa., Saturday night, 500 people >vere precipitated into the basement, me being killed and many injured. George Stephens, an engineer, on Saturday, at Birmingham, Ala., mortally wounded hl3 three children, shot i negro nurse and committed suicide, The civil war in Nicaragua is still sroing on. In a bloody battle on Fri