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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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."