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Scraps and jrarts. ? Washington, February 22: Senator Aldrlch, said Tuesday, that If permitted to do so, he would undertake to run the government of the United States for $300,000,000 a year less than It now costs. He was not presenting a formal proposition, but was making a speech to the senate on his bill providing for the creation of a commission to reform the business methods of the government. He pleaded earnestly for the authority, saying that present methods were obsolete and Involved the annual loss of at least $100,000,000. At his Instance, the bill was so amended as to provide that the commission should be composed entirely of members of congress?five senators and five members of the house. Mr. Aldrlch spoke In response to Senator Dolliver, who opposed the bill, on tne ground mat n wuum ucate suspicions In the mind of the public as to the methods of conducting the government's business. ? Calcutta, British India, February 22: Chinese troops today entered Lhasa, the capital of Thibet, and the residence of the Dalai Lama, the supreme head of the Lamaist hierarchy. Upon the approach of the soldiers, the famous ecclesiastic fled with several of his ministers, into India. Serious trouble had been expected, owing to the action of the small Chinese army which, marching from SzeChuen, China,' subdued eastern Thibet, levying contributions on the Lama's people and showing no respect for the monasteries. The Thibetans, resenting the desecration of their holy places, petitioned the Chinese foreign board, praying that the emperor of China interfere in the interests of the Buddhists. The petition was disregarded, as the Chinese propose to make the administration of the country purely Chinese. The Dalai Lama appealed to Lord Minto, the viceroy of India, but the latter refused to intervene. When the Chinese troops were reported as moving from the province of Khan, ostensibly to strengthen the garrison at Lhasa, the Lama hastily quitted the canital and proceeded toward Darjll lag, ? Spartanburg Journal: A dispatch from Blueflelds, W. Va., states that the C. C. & O. road has finished Its bridge across Clinch river and Is now able to run Its trains over what Is known as the Dump Creek sections, and will be extended to Elkhorn, Ky. The dispatch also says that it is understood that orders have been issued to extend the line from Spartahburg to Charleston and that work will begin in the near future. Officials of the C. C. & O. and those who are in touch with the situation state, that part of the dispatch as to the completion of the Clinch river bridge Is correct, but no orders have been Issued for the road to be extended from Spartanburg to Charleston. The Clinchfleld officials have no Intention of building to Charleston for the present, as traffic connection has been made for hauling coal Into Charleston over other lines, though it is expected that the work of building large coal docks and bunkers In Charleston will begin in a short time. Division Engineer A. W. Jones returned yesterday morning from Charleston, where he made a survey of the terminal site and will submit his report to the state board of directors who will meet in New York within the next few days to pass on the matter. ? Political stock taking in Tammany Hall, after two months of the administration of Mayor Gaynor, says a New York dispatch, reveals a condition in that historic organization that borders on panic. What has been regarded as the most effective political machine In the country is now face to face with a situation it has not known before. The district clubhouses are, for the most part, deserted. Many of the braves have stopped paying dues, some because they have lost their political positions and cannot afford it, and others still In office because they can see no benefit to themselves In contributing. The district leaders, who ordinarily after the election of a Democratic mayor would sit in state and send for those they wished to punish or reward, now sit all but alone in the deserted headquarters. The few who keep them company are there in gratitude for benefits received rather than in hope of favors to come. Mayor Gaynor has three years and ten months more to serve. No Tatnmany man cares to predict what the condition of the organization will be at the expiration of his administration. In some districts there Is talk of closing headquarters for a time or of getting cheaper rooms. The workers know that it is going to be harder than ever to sell tickets for chowder parties and district outings, and it is not unlikely that some of these will be abandoned next summer. Any district leader will admit that Tammany hall, as an organization, would be better off if Mayor Gaynor had been defeated. Then the loss of patronage, which means not alone the distribution of places, but influence with the administration developments as well, would be attributed to the fortunes of war. ? The strike of the street car men ot Philadelphia has spread to such proportions as to get beyond the control of the city police, and the state of Pennsylvania has been asked for assistance in quelling the rioters. The strike Logan last Saturday and grew out of the discharge of a hundred or more employes "for the good of the service," and came without warning to the Rapid Transit authorities. Beginning to desert their cars at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the strike quickly spread all over the city and almost simultaneously there developed a spirit of lawlessness that the police were hardly able to control, even in its early stages. Every day the situation has grown worse, with rioting more frequent and violent. On Sunday and Monday the police arrested several of the leaders of various labor unions, and this but added fuel to the flames, and the lawlessness grew to greater proportions. During Monday and Tuesday cars were stopped in the otpoptfl with all kinds of obstacles, such as sewer pipes, bricks, stumps, etc., and as soon as stopped, the cars were wrecked by the strikers and sympathizers. In several parts of the city efforts were made by the strikers to destroy railroad property with dynamite, and in some cases they were more or less successful. Tuesday several regiments of the Xatlonal Guard were ordered to be in readiness for instant call for duty in the city, and besides these. 3,500 special policemen have been placed on duty, but with all this force the strikers appear to have the best of the contest. Up to i Wednesday evening not less than 3,000 persons, including policefrnen, strike-breakers, strikers and sympa thlzers, had been more or less Injured, not a few of them being fatally hurt, and 295 cars, valued at about $50,000, had been demolished. Wednesday, the police virtually acknowledged their inability to handle the situation and requested the state authorities to send a detachment of 200 mounted state constabulary to assist in restoring order. Every car that moved Wednesday was guarded by four policemen, and even with this not a few cars were wrecked by the rioters. Another serious feature of the situation is that the leaders of the labor unions are threatening to call out every union man in the city, numbering over 150,000, if the strike is not settled in short ? -* ? -?a atrllrora oruer anu mvuiaui; iv ??.?..%v.w. ?hr Morkiillt inquirer. Entertd at the Postofflce In Yorkvllle as Malt Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, 8. C.t FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1910. Tire state levy is 5J mills this year, against 51 mills last year. The condition of Senator Tillman continues to Improve, and there Is no longer any apprehension as to his steady and sure recovery. It is pretty well settled, however, that he will have to be more quiet in the future, as he is no longer equal to the strain and mental exertion that were characteristic of the years of his prime. An.d now it begins to look as if the state of South Carolina is about to go in for getting back a good part of what the Richland Distillery and the Columbia Glass works took away from the people. We always did believe that there would be a day of reckoning for the dispensary corruption generally; but not until now did we have any idea of a reasonable prospect of making the particular people who were securing the greatest amount of ill-gotten gain, give back their swag. They are having a big, rough time up in Philadelphia, and it looks as if the duly constituted government is going to have a pretty severe test. The issue is whether the labor unions or the vested interests, are to control the oper atlon of the street railways and other things. Just what the real trouble is, we do not know; but we fear that behind it all, is the fact that there has been so much corruption In the government of the great city, that those in charge can no longer enforce proper respect. The legislature killed the bill making it unlawful to spit on the floor of passenger trains. Your own sense of decency and the conductor's watchful eye are now, as heretofore, your only safeguards.?Lancaster News. A fine piece of sarcasm this, and not altogether unjust. Throughout the north, there has been legislation to prevent promiscuous and disgusting spitting and the laws are enforced to the great benefit of the public comfort and health. Such legislation would be very wholesome in South Carolina; but the general assembly is not quite up to that point yet. This from the Greenville News is crushing: "As usual, the general assembly adjourned the minute the pay stopped." The sapiency of this comment is found in the fact that the members of the legislature receive a salary of J200 per session, whether the session lasts ten days or six months.?Columbia Record. The only thing the matter with the observation made by the News, is that It is not sufficiently precise. It is a fact that the members are now paid J200 a session, regardless of the length of the same, instead of by the day, and it is also a fact that they cannot receive pay for more than forty days. But let us examine Into this matter a little on a basis of the session Just adjourned. Is It not a fact that all the real work of this session could have been done within three weeks, with time to spare? Is It not a fact that the first two weeks of the session were practically frittered away with almost nothing done? Is it not a fact, that with the earlier days frittered away, the work of the last days was done in such a rush as to make it very unsatisfactory and incomplete? Is it not a fact that the object of the constitutional provision requiring that members of the general assembly should not receive pay for more than forty days during any one session, was to check the tendency of the members to remain in session unnecessarily, merely for the per diem? It is not a fact that the motive of the general assembly in changing the compensation basis from per diem to "by the session," was to be sure that the members should have all there was in It? Is it not a fact that about the only present reason there is for remaining in session forty days when the work could Just as readily be done in twenty days, is knowledge of the fact that if the members were to undertake to collect $200 for only twenty days' work, the people would quickly raise a row about it. Is there anything creditable to the members in taking forty days to do what they could as easily do in twenty days? No, we do not see that there Is anything wrong with the criticism of the News. At any rate, we will reserve our sympathy until such time as we find the general assembly sitting forty-one days or six months for $200. MERE-MENTION. Speaker Cannon says, that it is his guess that congress will not adjourn before June 1st....The United States supreme court has rendered a decision In which it is held that Theodore Price, the New York cotton broker, must go to Washington for trial on charges of complicity in the famous cotton leak scandal of a few years ago....Buetro Pacha Chall, premier of Egypt, died Monday morning, a victim of a student assassin's bullet of the day before. .... .The police of Washington early Monday morning raided a well known gambling Joint, and eleven men, said to be prominent Dubllc men. were arrested The supreme court of Georgia has rendered a decision in which it holds that the "Negro Knights of Pythias of Georgia." is a fraudulent infringement of the name. Knights of Pythias. The British Isles and the whole west coast of Europe were swept by a storm on Monday. Many Ashing boats went down and more than Afty lives were lost A large number of the grand masters of the various Masonic grand lodges of the United States, met at Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, for the purpose of organizing the National Masonic Memorial association, for the purpose of erecting a permanent Masonic memorial to George Washington The Mississippi legislature on Tuesday night elected Leroy Percy of Greenville, to All the unexpired term of the late Senator McLaurin. The Anal vote stood, Percy 87, Vardaman 82....Ad Wolgast at San Francisco, on Tuesday, won the lightweight pugilist championship from Battling Nelson. It took forty rounds of bruising Aghtlng to decide the Aght John Leonard, a Brooklyn, N. Y., safe cracker and burglar, was called to his room-door early Tuesday morning and shot to death by one of his pals, with whom he had quarreled over a division of spoils. Barnes, the murderer, In escaping from the house, ran Into the arms of a policeman and was arrested. Both the dead man and the murderer were wanted by the government for postofflce robberies in Florida The American Sumatra Tobacco company has been Incorporated under the laws of Georgia with a capital stock of $7,000,000. The company has purchased 35,000 acres of land In Georgia and Florida and will grow Sumatra leaf tobacco on the lands Three men were killed and two injured in the Big Four railroad yards at Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, the result of two engines pulling a freight train running Into an open switch The National City bank of Cambridge, Mass., has been closed by a bank examiner upon the discovery of a defalcation by a bookkeeper amounting to $144,000. The bookkeeper has disappeared As an incident of the Investigation of bribe taking by the state senators of New York, Jotham F. Aids, president pro tern of the senate, and one of the accused senators, has resigned the office Every Indication points to the early reduction of the powers of the British house of lords, which has heretofore exercised the right to veto all legislation originating in the house of commons Up .to Wednesday, the health department of Atlanta, Ga, had vaccinated 52,790 persons, In Its campaign against smallpox Mr. and Mrs. James H. Overby and two children of Hapevllle, Ga., are suing the Central of Georgia railroad for S62.500 damages, claiming that the railroad Is responsible for an epidemic of typhoid fever in the family, in that It dumped garbage and street sweepings from Atlanta, In front of their home, causing the spread of typhoid fever germs, by the myriad of flies that Infested the dump.,. .Chicago stockyard traders say that the price of hogs on foot Is rapidly approaching ten cents a pound. This year's shortage of hogs over the same date of last year Is 825,000... .The Jeffries-Johnson prize fight for the heavy-weight championship of the world will be pulled off at San Francisco on July 4. The purse will be 8101,000 Rev. Omri S. Tallent, a student In the Atlanta Bible school, and Rev. Rolfe Hunt, D. D., president of the school and pastor of the Congregational Methodist church of that city, had a rough and tumble fist fight Wednesday in Mr. Hunt's office. The fight was the result of a love affair on the part of Tallent. Eight of the seventeen directors of the Consolidated Milk Exchange of New York, have been indicted by a grand Jury on charges of conspiracy to raise the price of milk to consumers Two persons were killed and seven injured at Throop, Pa., Wednesday, in a collision between a railroad train and a trolley car, at a grade crossing A warrant has been issued at Kirksville, Mo., for Dr. Jas. R. Hull, charging him with murdering Prof. J. T. Vaughn by strychnine poisoning Dr. J. B. Hawthorne, one of the leading Baptist preachers of the south, died in Richmond, Va., yesterday, aged 72 years Greenville, N. C., was the scene of a $150,000 fire yesterday morning. Two blocks in the center of the town were destroyed.... The beef trust has raised the price of meats in New York from two to six cents a pound during the past ween, It Is stated at Jersey City, N. J., that Prosecutor Garver of Hudson county, who Is prosecuting the National Packing company, (the beef trust) In that state, has been offered a large sum of money by two Chicago men, provided he would drop the charges against the trust. ? Columbia Record, Wednesday: It was the Intention of the legislature to apply the funds arising from the state dispensary settlements to the appropriations of the current year, but under the construction of the act by the state officials, this intention has not been carried out. A Joint resolution was passed instructing the state treasurer to hold all money turned over by the dispensary commission subject to future appropriations by the general assembly, but the appropriation bill does not stipulate that this dispensary fund is to be applied to the payment of the general appropriations for the year. The state treasurer now has on hand $275,000 of dispensary money, and the commission has in its possession about $80,000, which has not yet been turned over, making a total of $355,000. It is possible that the total will go as high as $400,000. Under the Garris act appropriating $60,000 to the common schools, it is provided that this amount shall be paid out of the dispensary surplus. No one school can receive more than $100 from this fund and no one school can receive any portion of it unless it has levied a two-mill local tax. Under the Bowman act $20,000 of the dispensary fund is appropriated for the purpose of encouraging the erection of adequate school buildings. It being profViot nnv school mav receive $50 for every $100 raised by local efforts and that no one school shall receive more than $300. These two acts dispose of $80,000 of the $275,000 now in the state treasury, leaving a balance of $195,000, which the state treasurer will have to hold until the next meeting of the general assembly. The contention has been made that the entire dispensary surplus belongs to the school fund, but the joint resolution referred to disposed of this contention and made it evident that the legislature did not propose for the entire fund to be utilized for the common schools. The general appropriation bill for this year carries appropriations amounting to $1,847,553.32. To raise this amount a levy of 5J mills is provided, and if the dispensary surplus had been applied as a whole to the general appropriations, this levy might have created a surplus for the year. ? Washington, February 22: Representative Lever today received a letter from Ira W. Williams, of the department of agriculture, now working in South Carolina, advising him of the fact that the state legislature had Just voted $5,000 for farm demonstration work and requesting him to see Dr. Seaman A. Knapp and try to have this amount aupiicaieu uy me guieinment. Mr. Lever at once wept to work on the matter, and as a result Dr. Knapp promised him that this amount would be forthcoming this fall?probably in October. This with other sums that have been raised in South Carolina will be used wherever it may do the most good in the state. The total amount that will be available from all sources for this work will be $30,000. ? Rev. D. Q. Phillips, of Chester, has declined a call to the pastorate of the church of Due West, LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8. J. C. Wilborn, Guardian?Gives notice that on March 26, he will apply to the probate court for final discharge as guardian of W. C. and Bessie Lee Ciounts. Will P. Smith, Clover?Has 500 wellrooted privet hedge plants for sale at $3 per 100. Phillip Roseborough?Warns all persons against hiring or harboring his son, Dave, aged 13, who has left home without his consent. Rosa Blair?Gives warning to all persons not to employ or harbor his daughter, Ora, aged 18, who has left home without his consent R. B. Davidson Co.?Makes a few suggestions about buying pianos and other musical instruments, that may interest you. Loan and Savings Bank?Says that service will tell the extent of a bank's success. It Invites you to call and learn about Its service. Farmers' Wholesale Grocery?Tells you to cross your fingers and remember It when you are ready to buy any kind of groceries. Herndon & Gordon?Comment on the prevalence of grip, colds and pneumonia, and wants you to know that It has a variety of old time standard remedies. A chimney saver. J. Q. Wray?Is showing his new spring line of men's shirts, oxfords for misses and ladies, specials In domestics and makes a special soap offering for Saturday and Monday. First National Bank, Sharon?Remarks that the use of a good bank for safety and convenience Is the duty of every man. Yorkville B. & M. Co.?Guarantees its prices?lowest for cash and lowest for credit?and makes special price offerings on suits, pants, hosiery, dress good3, notions, etc. Tf Irlrnntrlek-Belk Co.?Has closed out a lot of suits and pants at about onehalf and offers them to Its customers at proportionate prices. Special offerings in domestic cotton goods. Royal Baking Powder Co.?On page four, tells you about the absolute purity of Royal Baking powder. Carroll Furniture Co.?Talks about Indestructible cylinder records for phonographs. See page four. J. C. Wilborn?Has another lot of York county real estate offerings for the consideration of Investors. J. C. Wilborn and others?Give notice of the opening of the books of subscription to the People's Building and Loan association at his office on February 28, at 10 o'clock a. m. It is to be noted with pleasure that the Christian Messenger Is the means of giving a great deal of Interesting church news to the more pretentious Presbyterian denominational publications. The only draw-back to the Christian Messenger noticeable up to this time, is that subscriptions have not come In as rapidly as they might There have been several hundred bona fide subscribers up to this time, and although that is doing pretty well under the circumstances. It Is nothing like as many as could be gotten If the people most lntere&ted would only fully realize the importance of the enterprise, and the extent to which It is Incumbent upon them to give practical help. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The Klrkpatrick-Belk Co., the Yorkvllle Banking and Mercantile Co., and J. L. Williams & Co., have been painting up their store fronts, and refreshing things up around the court house square generally. ? There Is lots of complaint about the quality of light the town of Yorkvllle Is getting. The power company is not furnishing enough voltage, and at times the lights would be put to shame by an ordinary lamp. That relief could be had If the people would make enough fuss, there is no doubt; but the people of Yorkville are a long suffering disposition, accustomed to put up with all manner of abuses, and the probability is that the abuse now being complained of, will be tolerated indefinitely. The cure is to kick. PAYMENT OF 8CHOOL WARRANTS Because of lack of information perhaps, there is more or less lack of uniformity in the manner in which warrants on the public school fund are drawn for payment. In some cases, warrants are sent to the superintendent of education with the signature of a single member of the board of trustees, and as such warrants are clearly illegal, Superintendent of Education McMackin declines to approve them for payment. In order to have all questions settled, Superintendent McMackin not long ago wrote to State Superintendent Swearlngen for an opinion, and received from that official the following: "In my opinion, all warrants against any public school funds, whether in common or in special school districts, should be signed by a majority of the board of trustees of such district, unless the various acts constituting special school districts provide for such payment when warrants are signed by the treasurer of said special school districts. "Act No. 79, page 132, of the statutes of 1909, requires all school warrants of whatsdever nature, to be approved by the county superintendent of education before they can be legally paid by the county treasurer. In accordance with this law, funds apportioned to special school districts are subject to the same limitations and conditions as are funds apportioned to common school districts." ENUMERATION DISTRICT8. At the request of The Enquirer, Dr. R. L. Douglas, supervisor of the census In the Fifth district, has furnished a description of the enumeration districts Into which York county has been divided as follows: Bethel Township?1st." All north of Clover and Wright's Ferry road. 2nd. All south of Clover and Wright's Ferry road. Bethesda Township?1st. All north and east of Stony Fork creek from the C. & N.-W. Ry., at Chapell school to the Chester line, excluding McConnellsville.. 2nd. All between Stony Fork creek and C. & N.-W. Ry., excluding McConnellsville. 3rd. All west of C. & N.-W. Ry., Including McConnellsville. Broad River Township?1st All of township north of Yorkville, Hickory Grove and Smith Ford road, including Smyhna town and Hickory Grove, and excluding Sharon town. 2nd. All of township south of Yorkville, Hickory Grove and Smith Ford road, including Sharon town, and excluding Smyrna town and Hickory Grove town. Bullock's Creek Township?1st. All north and west of road from Yorkville to Pinckney Ferry. 2nd. All south and east of road from Yorkville to Pinckney Ferry. Catawba Township?1st. All south and west of Marlon and Kingvllle division of the Southern Ry., excluding Rock Hill city. 2nd. All north and east of Marlon and Klngville division of the Southern Ry., excluding Rock Hill city, including Catawba Indian reservation. 3rd. Rock Hill city, Wards 1 and 2. 4th. Rock Hill city, Wards 3 and 4. Ebenezer Township?1st. All south and west of a line following Marlon and Klngville division of the Southern Ry., from the Catawba township line to Old Point, and thence following n..k1i/< 4^ 4kn /v# I |>uunt a> IIUI HI IU me uaui ui the Catawba Power company. 2nd. i All north and east of a line following Marlon and Kingville division of the Southern Ry., from the Catawba township line to Old Point, and thence fol- ] lowing public highway north to the i dam of the Catawba Power company, , including Ebenezer town. Fort Mill Township?1st. All east of 1 Southern Ry., excluding Fort Mill town. 2nd. All west of the Southern , Ry., from North Carolina line to Fort mill town, and north of the public road 1 leading from Fort Mill to the river ' bridge. 3rd. The country between the Southern Ry., and the public road running from Fort Mill town to the river bridge, Including Fort Mill town and two cotton mills. King's Mountain Township?1st. All of school district No. 37. including Clover town. 2nd. All of school districts Nos. 2 and 41. excluding Clover town. 3rd. All of school districts Nos. 17, 21 and 24, excluding Clover town. York Township?1st. All that portion south of the corporate limits of the town of Yorkvllle, north of the Marion and Kingvllle division of Southern Ry., and east of the C. & N.-W. Ry., Including Tlrzad town, excluding Yorkvllle town. 2nd. All that portion south of the Yorkvllle and Sharon road, west of Yorkvllle, and south of the Marion and Kingvllle division of the Southern TIMOK enrn AVStliii^(no> VArlr_ 1UUUU1116 lUAOU lunu, VAVtuu??0 *w.?ville town, and Tirzah town. 8rd. All the western portion of York township outside limits of Yorkvllle from the C. & N.-W. Ry., on the east to the Yorkvllle and Sharon road on the south, excluding Yorkvllle town and Tirzah town. 4th. Yorkvllle town, Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. TICK ERADICATION. Dr. J. Francis Flahey, of the bureau of animal Industry, in charge of the tick eradication work in the district in which York is located, with headquarters at Spartanburg, was in Yorkvllle Wednesday, looking over the ground preparatory to resuming the anti-tick campaign in the spring. Speaking of his work, Dr. Fahey said that considerable headway had been made in this county during the past two years, and he hoped to get things In such shape this summer that the quarantine can be raised next fall. The reports of the eradication agents to the department, indicate that the people of York county generally, have been inclined to co-operate very willingly and intelligently in the work; but there are a few people who want to sav that It is all humbug, and who will not help, and It Is these who constitute the main drawback. "The government has not undertaken this work as a hardship on the people," declared the doctor, "but for the purpose of doing them good, and there are no two ways about it, the quarantine Is not to be raised until there Is no further danger from the fever ticks, and while the government agents are doing all they can to this end, they cannot make much headway without the sympathetic assistance of the people. "As a matter of fact," the doctor went on, "you people have never known what It was to get a fair price for your beef cattle, and you will not know what it Is, until you have been released from the quarantine restrictions. These quarantine restrictions will be removed Just as soon as the ticks are all killed out, and not before. Our agents will be at work In this county again within a few months, and they will give your people all the assistance In their power to expedite the eradication work as much as possible." MAP OF YORK COUNTY. Mr. N. Gaillard Walker of Rock Hill, was In Yorkvllle last Wednesday in company with Mr. J. J. Keller, and had along with him several copies of the map of York county recently put on the market by his Arm, Messrs. Jones & Walker. There has long been a sore and pressing need for a complete and satisfactory map that would show the township and school district lines, roads, rural free delivery routes, bridges, streams, school houses, and churches of York county, and this map seems to fill all these requirements and more, because, on it is to be found the location of almost every country home. Going down the Pinckney road from Yorkvllle, for Instance, we find located the places of J. W. Goforth, J. L. Thompson, C. W. Brown, Sandlfer, J. Galloway, M. A. McFarland, J. Feem-? T M T QK11 nnnn IT T? Diet , U. ill. XJk 1UV, u. wiiuutiwM, Shannon, A. Shannon, J. M. McQowan, Rt M. Carroll, Sam Carroll, J. L. Rain* ey, Sam Blair, W. P. Youngblood, W. L. Hill, J. C. Blair. E. B. Mitchell, D. S. Pratt, Latham, J. P. Blair, J. E. Feemater, H. Cranford, Banks Good, J. E. Bankhead, E. M. Bankhead and W. C. Thompson. The list Is equally as complete on each of the other main highways, and most of the people living on the cross country roads are also indicated. So complete and accurate Is this new map, that any home, church, school house or other points in the county can be located In a few momenta, and without difficulty. This map Is made entirely from especial surveys. The surveyors had the benefit of the original map of the county made In 1868 by Col. W. B. Allison, John G. Enloe and Daniel Moore, and also of the soil survey map made by the Federal government. It la in no aense, however, a copy of either of these works. Messrs. Jones & Walker went over the ground themselves, especially throughout the western part of the county and reviewed every line before they put It down. Their work is done with remarkable thoroughness. This map Is simply invaluable to people who know how to appreciate such a work; but the published edition is limited, consisting of only three hundred. The expense of the survey ' and publication has been very heavy, and under the circumstances tne selling price of $2.75 a copy Is remarkably low. We think we do our readers a 1 favor in advising all of them who want copies, to write to Messrs. Jones & Walker at once and enclose the price, for we have no hesitation in saying that unless another edition is forthcoming in the meantime, within the next year or two, copies will be In quick and easy demand at anywhere from $5 to $10 each. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. S. C. McKeown of Sumter, spent ' several days this week with Mrs. W. ' B. Steele, In Yorkvllle. 1 Mr. John Knox of Clover, was in 1 Yorkvllle yesterday on a visit to the 1 family of Mr. R. D. Dorsett < Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Long left Wed- ' nesday for a short visit to relatives 1 and friends at Wildwood, Fla. ' The condition of Mr. Charles B. Smith, who was taken to Chester last ' week for an operation at the hospital, < was quite favorable this morning. Mr. J. Ziea oiowe, sun ui air. vy. m. Stowe of Yorkvllle, was operated on at < the Chester hospital last night for ap- 1 pendicitls. His condition this morning i was encouraging. i Rev. W. J. Wyly, pastor of Bowling t Green, Beth-Shiloh and Allison Creek 1 churches, spent a part of yesterday f and today in Yorkvllle, the guest of \ Mr. Ll R. Williams. He is on his ? way to Georgetown, where he goes to preach to his former charge there next r Sunday. Rev. Dr. James McDowell t will All his pulpit at Bowling Green | next Sunday. I Mr. C. C. Featherstone of Laurens, h who is one of the leading candidates a ?0 la (? f ror JOVxrilUI Ul OUUIH vaiuuna, 10 *4 I yorkvllle today, having stopped over' v on his return home from Rock Hill, where he wad a guest last night at the annual banquet of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Featherstone has quite a number of friends in Yorkvllle and throughout the county, and has had the pleasure of meeting quite a number of them during the day. He expects to leave this afternoon on the Southern train by way of Blacksburg. Spartanburg Herald: H. Grady Hardin of York county, will represent Wofford college at Greenwood this year In the state oratorical contest. Mr. Hardin was ajudged first speaker in the annual oratorical contest held at Wofford college chapel last night. This contest Is held the 22d of February each year to choose Wofford'a representative at Greenwood. The speeches last night were good, and the speakers acquitted themselves well. Herbert Hucks of Horry county, was adjudged second best of the four speakers. Mr. Hardin, who was chosen last night to represent Wofford at Greenwood, Is a brother of Rev, E. K. Hardin, who dome years ago won the medal for Wofford In the state oratorical contest at Greenwood, and a brother of James Hardin, who two years ago took the medal for Wofford. He comes of a race of speakers, and If Wofford falls to take the medal this year, it will be the first time one of the Hardin family of York county failed to make good on the platform as a public speaker. Out of eleven contests at Greenwood, Wofford has taken the medal five times, and for the past three years has won consecutively. Mr. W. E. McGhee, division passenger agent of the Southern railroad, with headquarters at Charleston, was In Yorkvllle yesterday, having come up to get on speaking terms with his work In this part of his territory, by meeting some patrons and taking a view of the situation generally. Although here but a few hours, Mr. McGhee got over a considerable lot of ground, and attended to a number of items of business. To those to whom he talked, he made it clear that It Is the desire and purpose of the Southern to be of all possible assistance in developing the territory through which it runs, and from which it gets its support, and he wants all the business people to understand that he is at all times ready to be of assistance to them in getting up transportation information about any point to which they may desire to reach, no matter where. Speaking of the present passenger car equipment of the Marion and Klngville division of the Southern, he said that it was the purpose of the Washington office to bring about a complete renewal of it at the earliest possible moment Mr. McOhee was very much pleased with what he found in Yorkville generally, and so expressed himself. THE CA8E OF GUERARD. Alexander Martin Guerard appeared before Magistrate de Loach last Tuesday, and plead guilty to uttering fraudulent checks in two cases and obtaining money under false pretenses In another case, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $40.20, or go to jail for thirty days. Guerard Is the blind man, who came to Yorkville last fall, represented himself as a promoter with more or less backing, interested in development of waste places in the community, and also an agent for all kinds of reading matter, which he offered to furnish at liberal discounts for the cash in hand. He found quite a number of people, who were willing to take his bargains In periodicals, etc., some who would sell him various articles on credit, and still others who gave him cash for money that was either already in the bank, or would be there within a day or two. About the time that the magazines which had been paid for, ought to have been coming In, some of the checks having been turned down in the meantime, Guerard left town and there was a general realization on the part of those who had been "touched," of a fact that they had already had good reason to suspect, and caused a good deal of indignation over the whole affair. The first one of Guerard's Intended victims to definitely discover the real game of the fellow, was a local business man to whom an unpaid check was returned. This business man took prompt steps to secure a warrant and jump the plausible blind man Just as he was leaving town. By means of an earnest talk of good Intentions, coupled with an alleged abundant source of money elsewhere to be tapped at once, Guerard managed to Induce a sympathetic acquaintance to come down with the cash and got away without being arrested. After the departure of Guerard, there was a round of talk that developed a lot of information about his previous record, and a great many people agreed that he should be arrested and made to do time; but with the talk, there was no action until Mr. W. S. Gordon of Yorkville, who had cashed a bogus check in good faith, purely as a matter of friendly accommodation, found that Guerard was in Abbeville, and had him brought back to Yorkville. Then several other warrants were sworn out and other prosecutions uCIC iliOklbU b^Ui Several previous chapters In the case have already been published. Guerard secured the services of W. W. Lewis, Esq., who undertook to adjust the matter, and succeeded very nicely with all those who were pressing criminal charges, except Mr. Gordon, and the Century Magazine. The others agreed to withdraw their warrants on condition of the return of the sums they were out; but Mr. Gordon declined to take anything by way of restitution or compromise, stating that he had sworn out the warrant, simply because he had considered it to be his duty to do so, and while he would be perfectly satisfied with such disposition of the case as Magistrate de Loach might see proper to make, so far as he was concerned, the law must take its course. Guerard's father and brother were here Wednesday, and the understanding is that they are to raise the restitution money necessary to square things up. In the meantime, Guerard remains in Jail. THE BEEF QUESTION. Although the matter has not yet been brought forcibly to the attention of the individual who, when he wants a nice steak for breakfast, has nothing to do, but notify the butcher, the beef market people of this section generally are beginning to complain that never in their ?xperlence have they known a time when It was so difficult to get good beef as now. "The beeves are just not In the coun:ry," said a local butcher, discussing ;he situation with a representative of The Enquirer the other day, "or if they ire, I do not know where to find them. Jt course, there are little runty beeves :o be had in abundance; but that is lot the kind we want to handle. There s no satisfaction in them to the cusomer and no profit in them to the jutcher. What the butcher wants is food, fat, well built cattle that will veigh from 600 pounds up, and these ire very hard to get. "When people ask us what we are laying for cattle, we generally tell hem anywhere from two cents a tound on foot up. As a matter of fact have paid as high as three and one? lalf cents for some very good cattle, .nd that Is a high price. At that price or the cattle on foot and at the prices ve are selling to the consumer, we do I ( / well if we can make the hide as clear profit. "There are a good many people who cannot understand why, If we can pay three and one-half cents a pound for one beef, we cannot pay It for another; but that is a question that never troubles the butcher, who has ordinary business sense. Take a good, big framed, square-built cow, with a broad back that shows plenty of fiesh where the porter-house, loin and round steaks are, and also makes a good showing of brisket, and you can see a a part of your money back as she stands on her feet Such cows will frequently net out half as much as they weigh gross. On the other hand, a uttie runiy animal, wun a razor back, thin hlpa and big paunch will net only from 36 to 40 per cent There is not as much in it for the butcher at two cents a pound in one case, as there is at three and one-half cents a pound in the other case. , "But cattle of all kinds are getting scarce. I do not know what is the matter, unless people have been selling off more young calves, or have just quit giving attention to raising beef on account of the low prices that used to prevail. At present prices, there Is a good profit in raising beef cattle, and it looks to me that If things continue as they are going, the prices are going to be still better." While the subject was under discussion, the reporter, as a matter of curiosity, took occasion to ask the butcher's opinion about the tick eradication business and as to whether he thought any benefit had been accomplished. "Oh, yes," replied the butcher, "there is a noticeable improvement I can't say that I knew a great deal about the tick business before the government experts came around, and maybe I don't know much now, but I know more than I did. There are not nearly so many ticks as there used to be. We are required to make a careful examination of every cow we buy, and if we see any signs of ticks, we must oil the animal good before we bring It in. But it is seldom now that we run across a cow that needs oiling, and of course, we always look carefully after our own cow lots and pastures to see that there is no spread of ticks from these. "Yes. there is something in this tick business, J am quite sure. I know one cattle dealer, who, a few years ago, lost twenty-seven or twenty-eight head of cattle in a single season. The next year, hlB losses were also heavy; but he did not know what the trouble was. Since then, he has become satisfied that his losses were due to the fever ticks, and now his pasture is as safe as any other pasture in the country." ROCK HILL DI8TRICT. The current issue of the Southern Christian Advocate, contains the following interesting letter from Rev. T. C. O'Dell, presiding elder of the Rock [ Hill district: At our recent missionary institute and pastors' conference it was decided , to begin at once a vigorous campaign , for missions, and the date agreed upon as the final limit when all assess- < ments for both foreign and domestic , missions should be paid in full was April 1st This can be done if all the j preachers and lay leaders will begin ( at once and keep at it until the time j expires. Reports are coming in from . the charges, and we are expecting a complete victory. Rev. M. M -ab- . ham, Lancaster station, reports: j "Have organized committees and | mean to get out on assessments by or , before April 1st" And Lancaster will < do it. Rev. C. P. Carter, Rock Hill \ city mission, reports: "I presented j our mission claims at Laurel street , yesterday. Collected $10.00. Will come ( out in full." He also reports 27 new , members received since conference, i Rev. D. A. Phillips, Winnsboro station, reports: "The stewards collect for all j claims. Expect them to have missions ] in full by March 6." 1 I have not yet visited Winnsboro, ] but have had the pleasure of meeting | that big-hearted lay leader, T. C. Leit- , ner, and would be willing to vouch for , his church, Green Briar. I believe it ' is to pay out in full and on time. He , can make a speech on missions that ( hits the mark too. Rev. H. R Mills, St. Johns, Rock I Hill, has his forces splendidly organized, and is moving on finely. His ] stewards collect all the claims, and will ] be on hand with mission claims in full i at the appointed time. Rev. S. D. Bailey, Rock Hill circuit, ] says: "We'll get there on time, and ? don't you forget it." And that's Ball- j ey's record. < Rev. W. M. Owings, the sweet-spir- \ ited, is quietly pushing things on North { I'.ock Hill circuit, but he'll be found | among the victors when the campaign j ends. ] Rev. H. W. Whitaker has started out \ well on Hickory Grove charge, and j from the pounding the good people gave him the day I spent with him, they intend for him to "live on the fat of the land." Hickory Grove has a good record which she will not allow to suffer. Brother Elzie Myers, Yorkville circuit, does not believe it "good for man to be alone," and so has decided to take unto himself a wife and "live in Clover." With this additional help, I am expecting him to be among the first to report "all claims paid in full." On East Lancaster, I had the coldest reception (sleet, ice, frozen roads, etc.) I had experienced, but the faithful pastor, Rev. J. A. White, and stewards were on hand and we had one of the best quarterly conferences of the year, and, withal, a delightful visit I shall be disappointed if I do not hear a triumphant note from the pastor in a few days. Rev. J. T. Macfarlane, our genial * Scotchman, is moving things on Lan- I caster circuit, and says the outlook \ is encouraging. j Rev. W. S. Martin, Richburg, is in t high favor with his people, and with < his enthusiastic little wife and very ( efficient board of stewards and lay ) leaders, will be in the forefront of all c worthy enterprises. He has taken on another appointment to his charge, and is in labors abundant. He has a J new church to be dedicated the first ^ Sunday in May. , Rev. F. E. Hodges. East Chester, has r a great deal of sickness among his members, and several sad deaths, but . he is working faithfully, and with the : aid of his royal leaders he will "bring t things to pass" in due time, April 1st. The good people of Chester station 1 have shown their appreciation of their pastor, Rev. D. M. McLeod, by adding J $200 to his salary, thus making it ' 11,600. They will be among the first ^ r\air r>i,t In full nn missions. ? Chester circuit, under the wise and f devoted leadership of Rev. D. Tiller, J Is moving on smoothly, and will do her ' whole duty by the missionaries. Tiller ? don't "talk" much, but he brings up 1 results. ? Rev. T. J. White, Fort Mill, will be \ the host of the district conference July * 12-15. He has taken hold of his work * In that splendid charge with a firm grip, and has his committees organlz- S ed for the missionary camnalgn. We s expect Fort Mill charge to be one of o the first to get on the honor roll. a I have not yet visited Van Wyck C charge, but have seen the pastor, Rev. a W. A. Youngblood, and one of the s stewards, Erother J. M. Yoder. If looks o count for anything, these two men a alone give assurance of great things fi for Van Wyck. I will be with them p on Saturday and Sunday, this week, y and am expecting to hear good reports w on all lines of work. g Blackstock charge Is moving on F nicely, with Rev. H. B. Hardy to lead d Israel's hosts. I have not been with c! him yet. but am expecting a good time C and a good report March_4tlr;_ b My predecessor. Rev. R. E. siaca- n house, left the district in splendid h shape, with a splendid set of preach- li ers and officials, who love their Lord It and His church. Stackhouse is uni- p versally loved throughout this district, v I find, Mr. Editor, a little difference 1? in riding fourteen miles over frozen ti roads to an appointment, and stepping d out.of a comfortable parsonage across b the street Into a well-heated and car- w peted church. But such is life. Come p to see me when the weather gets bet- n ter. ai LOCAL LACONIC8. Robbed the Express Office. Thieves broke into the express office at Tirzah last Friday night, and got away with a gallon of whisky, all that was on hand at the time. End of the Open 8eason. The open season for partridge shooting, comes to a close next Monday, February 28, and after that date, it will be unlawful to shoot partridges or other game birds. Killed By a Tree. A negro named Clinton was kHled by a falling tree, while engaging in clearing work, about six miles northeast of Torkvllle, last Tuesday afternoon. Another negro whose name has not been learned, was painfully, though not fatally hurt. There was no inquest. R. B. Russell Dead. Mr. Richard B. Russell, well known in .Torkvllle, where he was stationed for several seasons as a cotton buyer, died suddenly in Charlotte a few days asro. He had been in bad health for some time and death came from heart failure, while he was walking along Trade street from his boarding house. Rock Hill Bond Election. At the election held in Rock Hill yesterday, the proposition for the issuance of 1285,000 of bonds for water, light and sewerage purposes, was carried overwhelmingly. There were 211 votes cast and 199 were for the bonds. Messrs. W. C. Whltner, J. B. Johnson and J. J. Keller were elected commissioners of public works. Rock Hill Aet Affirmed. Among the acts approved by the governor on Wednesday, was the following: To amend an act for the establishment of a new school district in the county of Tork to be known as the Rock Hill school district, and to authorise the levy and collection of a local tax therein by prescribing the manner or eiecunff trustees, tneir powers and duties and term of office. Mr. John H. Craig Dead. Mr. John H. Craig, one of the best known and most highly esteemed citizens of Oastonla, N. C., died at his home In that place at 12.20 o'clock yesday morning, after an Illness of about three weeks with paralysis. Mr. Craig was born In the Union section of Gaston county, cn November 8, 1828, served through the civil war with a splen did record as a soldier; commenced business life after the war without capital, settled In Oastonla in 1878, and became one of the wealthiest, as well as one of the most prominent citizens of Oaston county. On December 21, 1858, Mr. Craig married Mary A. Jenkins, daughter of Hon. David A. Jen- jSMg kins, at one time treasurer of North Carolina. She survives him together with eight children, vis: Mayor Thomas L. Craig of Oastonla, Mr. J. Robert jgBSjp Craig of Oastonla, Mr. David J. Craig of Statesvllle, Mr. John M. Craig of Charlotte, Mrs. Archibald Brady of El Reno, Okla.; Mesdames E. W. Mellon and T. M. Shelton of Charlotte, and Mrs. T. A. Wilkins of Dallas. He also leaves fourteen grandchildren. He leaves one brother, Mr. Robert J. Craig of Oastonla, and three sisters, Mrs. A. L. Henderson, Mrs. J. I* Brandon and Mrs. J. William Barnett, all of the Union section of Gaston county. All the children were at his bedside when death came. Money Tendered and Refused. Rock Hill special of February 24, to the Charlotte Observer: In accordance with the decree handed down by Judge Ernest Moore at Yorkville last month. WInthrop college, through her attorneys, Messrs. McDonald, Spencer and uumap, in IB aiternuon icnuvrou vu mo board of trustees of the Rock Hill school district, $20,000 in United States legal tender notes, as the purchase price of the high school property. The money was in neat piles, banded together, and made a pile about-a foot ilgh: and "It looked good to me." But it did not look so good to the minority trustees, Messrs. J. M. Cherry and [redell Jones, who promptly refused the same, and as W. B. Wilson, Sr., the third minority trustee, is in Cuba, >f course he could not be reached pertonally. The three lawyers mentioned, vent out this afternoon to Strawberry ?111, the residence of Capt Iredell Tones, who is chairman of the board, ind made the tender to- him pens see I y. and of course he declined the same. [Jnder the decree of the court the colege was ordered to make this tender by February 24. The neat step to be taken now will be to turn the money >ver to Clerk of Court Tate of this (Tork) county, and ask him as an ifflcer of the court to make out a deed sf the property to Winthrop. Strike at Ninety-Nine Island. Spartanburg Journal, Wednesday: Demanding more pay and shorter lours, which was refused, the englleers employed in operating the holstng engines in the construction of the ilg power plant of the Southern Pow;r company at Ninety-Nine Islands, n Broad river, went on a strike Monlay at noon. The strike has crippled Jie progress of the work and unless the present situation is relieved. It will >e two or three months until the plant s completed. The engineers were employed by B. H. Hardaman, who has :he contract for building the power plant at Ninety-Nine islands for the Southern Power company. Work progressed rapidly and the plant would lave been completed within the next :wo weeks; but the other day the men :om plained of the long hours, for lince the days have been getting longer the contractor has been working deven hours. The engineers made a lemand for shorter hours and more > pay, which demand was refused, and it noon on Monday ten engineers itrucK, leaving omy mreo m nui rhe contractor Is doing everything ?ossible to secure engineers to take he place of the strikers, but engineers leem to be scarce. It is possible that leiveral may be Imported from the lorth within the next few days to releve the situation. 80UTH CAROLINA NEW*. ? Miss Johnson, the Spartanburg girl, vho mysteriously disappeared from her lome not long ago, has written to her nother, stating that she was In St. jouls and begging that she be sent 'or. Her father went after her lmmeliately. The understanding Is that she :laims that a traveling man Induced ler to go off with him under promise >f marriage. ? A Chester dispatch to the dally pajers, says that Hon. A. f. Brice will lot accept the presidency of the Due iVest Female college. His business afalrs are in such shape, that he does tot feel warranted in leaving them. ? Senator Smith, has secured an appropriation of 180,000 for a drainage turvey, and hopes that a good part of his amount will be spent in the lower >art of the state. ? Samuel Varnadore, Chester couny's oldest citizen, died at the home of lis son, Adam Varnadore, three miles vest of Chester, on Sunday, at the age f 103 years, having been born in Falrleld county, October 15, 1806. From 'outh he had passed a quiet life on the arm in this county. He did his duty is a soldier in the great war between he sections. He is survived by nine ihildren, five daughters and four sons, ''uneral service was held by Rev. C. Q. Jrown, burial In the church yard of 'leasant Grove Presbyterian church. ? Columbia State: The state of louth Carolina has given notice of uit for 3500,000 against the owners f the Richland Distillery company, nd 329,000 against the owners of the Jarollna Glass company. Under the ct recently passed by the general asembly, this action means that neither ne of these concerns can dispose of ny property in this state until the nal settlement In this state. The dlsensary commission was to have met esterday, but only three members ere present, and no statement was iven out. Dr. Murray and Messrs. 'atton and Wood were here yesteray. The suits were filed with the lerk of court of Richland county, ol. T. B. Folder of Atlanta, who has een assisting the commission In ferBtlng out grafts, stated yesterday that ? ?'ith Inlarosl an editorial i the State last fall, in which article : was inquired why the glass comany had been pushed so much more lgorously than the Richland Dlstll;ry company. "This Richland Dlsllery company has been our pet," he eclared, "and we were saving the est for the last. The revelations we -ill make in this case will amaze the eople of South Carolina, who were ot informed of the net-work of power rid influence of this corporation."