Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Straps and 4?arts. ? The novel contention that the ai plicant misstated his occupation i that of a traveling salesman, when 1 fact he was a professional burgla has failed to support the refusal < one of the large insurance companh to pay a $5,000 policy of the life < Adolph Bertchey, alias "Big Bill" Tri vis, a burglar who was put to deal in the state prison at Trenton, X. last August for murder. The compar decided not to force the issue in tl courts and sent a check to "Big Bill'! widow, of this city. The compar had further contended that death 1 legal execution was not contemplate in the contract with Bertchey ar that as his own act in killing a rm was directly responsible for his deat he was to all intents and purposes suicide, which absolved the compai from responsibility. ? Statistics of the department i commerce and labor show that of tl 133 2-3 million dollars' worth of in ports of the United States in tl month of January, 1910, 26,000.0* was foodstuffs, 51,000,000 crude mai ufactured material, 25,000,000 mam factures ready for consumption. Eat of these groups show an increai over the imports for tho correspon< ing month of 1909, the increase foodstuffs being compara'itely smal crude manufacturing materials sho\ ing an Increase of about 30 per cen manufactures for further use in mai ufacturing 50 per cent; manufacture 22 per cent. In exports, foodstuf and crude materials show a declii when compared with January, 190 The decline in foodstuff exports about 22 per cent. In the case < crude materials the decline is aboi 25 per cent. Exports of manufactun for further use in manufacturing ir creased over January, 1909, about i per cent, and manufactures ready f< consumption show increase of aboi IS per cent. Cotton exports fell fro: 522 million dollars in January, 190 to 37 3-4 million in January, 191' wheat a fall of more than one-ha in value, from 3J million dollars I January, 1909, to 1J million dolla in January, 1910. ? Thieves showed the white feath< in two instances in Chicago one nigl last week, according to a dispatcl and when resisted by intended vi< tims tied. In one place a woma threw her arms around a burglar neck and held him so tightly that I was obliged to throw off his coat I order to escape. In the other plat two armed robbers were put to fligl by a string of bologna sausage hurle into their faces. Mrs. Fred Bron saw a burglar climbing out tiiroug the basement window of her horn She caught him by the legs an pulled him back into the basemen Then she threw her arms about h neck and screamed for help. Til thief struck at her and struggled, bi was unable to free himself. He tinall succeeded in dragging his arms froi the sleeves of his ooat and left Mr Brona holding the garment, while h jumped through the open windov Two robbers, one armed with a pist< and the other with a billy and bot with blackened faces, entered the grt eery of Herman Barnikow on Belmoi avenue. "We want your money," sal the robber with a revolver. Barn: kow seized a string of sausages han{ ing on a hook and threw them i him, striking him squarely in th face. The suddenness of the attuc surprised the robbers, who tied wit Barnikow in hot pursuit. Barnikov who weighs nearly 300 pounds, cha: ed the men for two blocks but the outrai. him and escaped. ? President Taft's close friend says a Washington dispatch, ai alarmed at his condition. Upon h return from his trip to New Yor and Newark, his friends noticed th? the fagged look he has worn for th past week or two was greatly aggrs vated, and that he seemed worn ou It is believed that he has been tab ing too much exercise, and that thi combined with the physical exertio of his trip, and his business care have told in some measure on his v tality. All through this winter he hs every morning gone through a strei uous regime of physical training wit his physical instructor, Dr. Barke In addition to this, he has been wall ing four or live miles every afternooi The result is that, in the parlance ( the prize ring, he "over trained" an tried to do too much, with the ide of keeping himself in good physics condition. His friends are advisin him to cut down the exercise, bot in the morning and on the afternoo walks and horseback rides. Som have suggested that he would do we to leave Washington for a complet rest of a week or ten days and go t some point where he could have at solute freedom from the cares of h office. This he has so far refuse to do. Since the hour the preside! entered the White House as Boost velt's successor he has worked da and night, and though of large phys cal power, his general condition an health is suffering from the result. ? The strike of street car workers i Philadelphia still continues and tf situation appears to be going from ba to worse. During Wednesday an Thursday of last week there was a dt cided change for the better, so far i rioting and disorder was concerns The improvement was occasioned t the presence of 204 men of the stai constabulary, who reached the city o Wednesday and remained throug Thursday and Friday, when a larj proportion of them left for South Betl lehem, Pa., where another strike is I progress. It was generally conceded c Tuesday and Wednesday that the 3,5( regular policemen of Philadelphia wei unable to handle the situation. Dim tor of Public Safety Clay, the head ? the police and lire departments, known to be financially interested i the Rapid Transit company, and tl strikers charged that the police wei being wrongfully used in the interei of the street car company, and thisfa* caused the strikers to light both tl police and the traction company. Tl arrival of the state police on the seen was notice to the rioters that the work was at an end, as the state polit have a reputation of knowing no or but the law. Being mounted and arme with carbine, revolver and a clul their appearance has the effect < awing the lawless, and when the start in to disperse a mob, they are n< averse to using their arms anil horse to the best advantage. t<> aecninplis their purpose in the quickest time pos sible. Friday and Saturday a niajorit of the state police were sent else wltere, and since then the rioting ha been steadily growing in violence. Sun day the mobs attacked the cars an police, obstructed the tracks and i several instances derailed and wrecke the cars. Two persons were killed and w several injured by a derailed car plung_ Ins: into the front of a store and catch ins the persons on the streets. The S( ~ central labor union of the city, repre- a' senting 140 unions and claiming a a1 is membership of 125.000, at a meeting on C( In Sunday afternoon, voted a sympathetic r> strike unless the street car strike was 1 settled before next Saturday. The un- in ion people claim that the life of their unions is at stake and are practically of a unit on the question of a general 11 a- sympathetic strike, and while they are al ., willing to arbitrate their grievances, st the rapid transit people answer by sayJ ing that "there is nothing to arbitrate." iy The strike is costing the city, in the o1 ie many different ways affected, close to oi ? a million dollars a day. If a general 5 strike is ordered, as seems probable, iy the troubles of the city will be greatly y >y multiplied. 4 Jilt ^(orhfiltr (faquirft. 2 h, ? n a Rntertd at the Postofflce In Yorkvllle ,y as Mail Matter of the Second Class. se 3- ,r In YORKVILLE, S. C.t el i; :r j- TUESDAY. MARCH I, 1910. * iThe postal savings bank bill is ex- m pected to come to a vote on Thursday, hi and the general impression seems to si be that It will become a law. ol '"j THE Enquirer's club contest comes to P' a close on Saturday, March 19, at 6 ci o'clock p. m., on which date the res- w pective premiums to which the club- ct ._ makers are entitled will be awarded, ti !5 . - cc >r Intelligence, honesty, and prog- la 111 ress versus prejudice, graft and incom- si m petence! Which wins? The answer .j. 9, may be a "cinch," but take no chances. ?The State. S Talking about the dispensary or Seminole? t0 ln - tli rs fn There are people who continue to insist that this is not to be a good year eA jr for business. There is no doubt about aI it th the fact that the north is hurting and ' will hurt more; but if there is any to c~ distress in the south, it is not visible lfn in this immediate section. The only or 8 thing needful for good business ie throughout this Piedmont territory. Is n for the people who have not already *0 tn done so, to get busy, it _ :d ' * ' Renewed interest in the soy or soja ia ^ bean is being awakened in different ^ e parts of the state, particularly in Anderson by Col. J. C. Strlbbling and the , Daily Mail. News comes from the t. n< js state department at Washington to the ^ ? effect that over in Manchuria, they are le nt ^ raising soja beans in immense quanI titles, and that recently sixty or seven- a n ty ships were chartered to carry the s beans to France, England, Germany j ' and Denmark, where they are in dele as v mand for making oil that is almost h? identical with cotton seed oil. A recent , Jl f r< ^ dispatch said that the cotton oil mill ' at Sumter, S. C., had bought an im) a i lt mense quantity of soja beans in St. ^ Louis, and will press the oil out. Tne ^ l_ cake of the beans, after the oil has ^ been extracted, is also of value as a stock food and for fertilizer, being very [e rich in nitrogen. The soy bean has ^ been grown in various parts of South or w Carolina, and is a very prolific pro- je; ? ducer in almost any kind of soil. It is sa also of great value as a producer of v' j- cl ., nitrogen, in this respect being almost, y if not quite equal to the ordinary cow Si pea. s, _ I e ' * ' f is Ax interesting feature of last Sat- lo ^ urday's News and Courier was two 80 pages, especially devoted to the retir1 ing editor, Mr. J. C. Hemphill, who left p, 1 on the Thursday previous to take I editorial control of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The centre of the first of these two pages is filled up with g ' a unique chart, made up of editorial m n comments and sentiments relating to Mr. Hemphill and the change, and the " remaining space on both pages is fillls ed with extracts from the papers of m ^ South Carolina and the entire country, th on the major and the unexpected 0? r th change he has made. All the com- ,n ments breathe admiration and good gr ^ will to an extent well calculated to make Oi any southern newspaper man proud, ^ and to make his friends proud of him. VV( * Taken all in all. we think it is one of di the most remarkable leave takings we ?' ? have ever known, and it makes us wonder all the more why the stock- re II U..J.1 ..e . i,,. v.....^ ??,i qkn.iM 111 UUlUtri 111^ CIIIV4 VVUXVi s>**^v..v? o I y have allowed it to occur, unless as is m quite probable, they were simply una- as 'e ble to m?et the extraordinary induce- in ? ments held out by the Richmond paper. However, we look for the News "' is ar and Courier to continue about the 0t same. Authoritative announcement is in 11 made of the fact that Mr. Robert La?. su than has been elected editor, and with such a staff as he has, including Her- b> bel t R. Sass, Miss Lou Alexander, and ^ a half a dozen others, all of them bright and able, and all of them in- ar n fused with the Hemphill spirit, the old paper will continue the even tenor of d its way, and be as much to the people >d of Charleston and the state as it has -- ever been. We not only so hope; but St. is we so believe. as il. ac ... . . ty 3 Appetite and Avarice. ai te There are a great many people, who cci 'n like to argue that prohibition cannot la be enforced: but people who have giv- ... ?e en close attention to the subject over Cl; a great many years, are not very much nt in impressed with such arguments, as 'ii for the reason that thev iiave but little .?, >0 respect for their sincerity. al e The conditions necessary for the en- m forcement of prohibition of tiie liquor Jf traffic are exactly the same as are t(l is requisite for the enforcement of any m n other laws. They are a good, healthy, st ie supporting public sentiment that is y e too discriminating to be deceived by w >t crafty politicians, and that is earnest th "t and firm enough not to allow itself to nc ie be marked by the slickery (?f shysters. fu ie There is in the average Piedmont to ie county, sufficient consciousness of the 'a ir fundamental right of prohibition to * :e command a majority of the votes at sa ie the ballot box in favor of the law, gi d wherever sufficient effort has been b, made to arouse the consciousness re>f feired to; but many communities have CI I y had the experience of arousing that ,]e >t consciousness sufficiently to establish of s prohibition as a matter of law, withh out developing the sentiment strongly (|( ;- enough to enforce the law. T1 y Tiie two greatest difficulties in the ;li - wav of enforcing prohibition are se is avarice and appetite, and if we were us i- called upon to say which of the two is d is tin* more difficult to manage, we sp n would unhesitatingly say avarice. The tr| d reason of this is that the appetites nn iiich invite avarice, belong as a rule a class that is lower in the scale of >cial and political influence than the rarice tnat caters to them, and the rarice therefore is more difficult to intend with than the appetites. The people of Yorkville have, durig the past twenty years, passed trough every stage of the prohibition uestion. They commenced the fight gainst liquor when the sale of the :uff was free and open, and was enenched in the sanction of generations f custom. Not only that, about eight nt of ten of the male population were Ither more or less addicted to the liuor habit or more or less tolerant of Under these circumstances, the mperance and prohibition sentiments >emed as but precarious sparks that andud thu mnut enrefnl nnd nersistent ursing to fan them into a very formiable flame. While it is not to be claimed that miplete prohibition or universal temerance has yet been attained, there is 0 disputing the fact that wonderful rogress has been made. This can best e realized and appreciated by mlddle?ed men, who will go back in their lemories to 1880, and compare the mditions that existed then with the mditions that exist now. In making ie comparison also, they will find it iteresting to review the many differlt classes of people who have stood 1 the way of the enforcement of the ws and the many different methods lat have been used, and we feel safe i warranting that every man who akes this review intelligently and onestly, will bear us out In the as rtion that avarice has been a greater jstacle than appetite. Of course, it is a clear and undisited proposition, that if there were no r,vings of appetite to cater to, there ould be no liquor problem at all, be luse in the obsence of an appete to satisfy, there would be nothing mnected with the problem to stimute or arouse the avaricious; but we lbmit that except for the avaricious, ie liquor problem would have been ittled long ago. There is very little ground on which i dispute the assertion that prohibion is being more satisfactorily enirced throughout this section than ;er before; but it is well for all who e interested to keep in mind the fact lat they must not lose their interest, r great as has been the improvement, >th thirst and avarice are still more less alert, and will assert themselves ie moment they notice any appreclae relaxation of the commendable gilance that is now being mainined. A COTTON FAMINE. r. Frank B. Hayne Sees No Other Way For It. Even those who have only casually )ticed the action of the cotton mar?t during the last few months, have >ted the unusual declines in the face CUHUHIuiia which occiii iu naiiaut decided advance, while the men acally in the cotton business, have been most as much puzzled by the market, i have been the bystanders. There is been a wide difference of views and nm time to time the situation has been immented upon, but we have not seen clearer statement emanating from any iurce than that issued by Mr. Frank Hayne of New Orleans, a few days nee. He says: "On Friday, February 18, Mr. Hester >sted 213,000 bales of cotton as the )inners' takings for the week ending 1 that date, which, being considerably ss than the spinners' takings for the .me week last year and the year preous, immediately caused a sharp deine in the market on Friday of 19 >ints, and a still further decline on iturday of 37 points. I consider this teline entirely unwarranted; in fact, consider last Friday's figures exemely bullish, and I submit the folwing figures to prove that I have ime right to be of that opinion: Bales. isible supply Sept. 1, 1909.. 1,472,000 stimated crop, including linters, repacks and 150,000 to 200,000 bales of new crop cotton 10,500,000 Total supply 11,972,000 ill takings to Feb. 18, 1910.. 6,517,000 apply available to Aug. 31, 1910 5,455,000 "As there are twenty-eight weeks >.??M A.01 101A 4Kta tv* an ?-> a UIl* UII11X nu^uai Ol, 1.7XU, nun liicauo at if the mills only were to take 194,0 bales per week during that time ere would not be a bale of cotton left the visibly supply, and the three eat future markets, Liverpool, New ileans and New York, would be withit a pound of cotton to fulfill their itstanding contracts. If the mills ere to continue to take what they d last week there would not be a bale cotton left after August 10, 1910, but : a voluminous circular writer has rently stated, 'A minus quantity is, in ality, unthinkable, and exists only as athematlcal abstraction,' therefore it a matter of impossibility for the ills to take even as small a quantity 1 194,000 bales per week, and as, durg the first twenty-four weeks of this ason. they have taken an average of 0,000 bales per week, I confess that I n one of those who, according to anher circular writer, 'is hypnotized to 'he belief in a cotton famine.'" To the outsider Mr. Hayne seems to ipport his contention by facts and tures that will be difficult to answer i- those who suffer with him. The Deacon's Good-Bye.?The News id Courier of last Friday morning ntained the following in its editorial ilumns, under the caption of "The ?st Word:" My connection with the News and uirier closes today. I have been atched to it since April, 1880. I have rved it as Columbia correspondent, i local reporter, as city editor, as ting manager and for the last twen-one years I have been its manager id editor. I have done the best I iuld for the paper into which I have it my life and for the community and e state which I have tried falthfulto serve. I have had no other ocipation and desired none. I have had ? ambition but the ambition to be of i much use as possible to the people ith whom I have been associated and e city and state which I love with 1 my heart. I have made mistakes, any mistakes, but I should not have en true t<> my sense of personal resinsibility if 1 had not. I have tried do some things which would proote the growth and welfare of the ate. I have accepted an invitation to i the same sort of work in Richmond, it. I have done in Charleston, and I ish in closing my record here, to ank the people anions whom I have i'ed so long for their many kind sses to me. If I have been success1 in any degree In promoting the infests of this community and of the rger community of the state, I shall el that I have not altogether failed in y duty and obligation. I need not y that I shall "watch Charleston ow" and rejoice always in its good rtune. J. C. Hemphill. ? Charleston, February 28: An Inilent of the visit of the Charleston legation of Mayor Rhett, Collector Port Durant and Mr. R. S. Whaley Washington on matters of the bat ship was their calling at the resintial quarters of Senator Tillman, le delegation left their cards, hut d not see the senator. They were formed by Mrs. Tillman that the nator was rapidly recovering the e of his limbs and that as soon as lie able to travel he will be taken to a tspital at Atlanta, where he will end some time before he takes the ip to Europe, which has been reeomr-uded by his physicians. LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Gen. W. Williams, Sec. and Treas.? Gives notice of annual meeting of th? Yorkville Building and Loan association on Tuesday, March 8th, at C E. Spencer's office. J. J. Hunter, Auditor?Publishes noticj of the extension of the time foi making tax returns by Instruction 01 the comptroller general. R. T. Stephenson, Abingdon, Va.?Offers the "Old Baptist Church" lo for sale. R. R. Love, Executor?Calls on poisons indebted to estate of Mrs. Ra chel P. Gilfillen, deceased, to mak< payment at once, creditors are re quested to present their claims. T. E. McMackin and C. J. Hughes Agents Co-Operatlve Dem. WorkWant the boys who intend to ente the corn contest, to send thei names at once. First National Bank. Sharon?Puts i simple question of business prlnci pies up to you and would like foi you to consider it carefully. It i well equipped to handle your busi ness. J. L. Williams & Co.?Asks if yoi will be one of the lucky ones to plcl up their bargain offerings in domes tics, notions, etc. First National Bank. Yorkville?Calls vour attention to the ease wltl which money Is lost and tells yoi that because you have never los any money, Is no reason why yoi never will. Put It In the First Na tional bank. Klrkpatrlck-Belk Co.?Says its buy ers are In the northern market buying goods for the spring trade Their milliner has arrived and asks you to watch for its millinery announcement. A variety of offerings T. M. and H. E. Ferguson?Want goot beef cattle and milk cows at al times and will buy veal calves. Thomson Co.?Is showing sprlnj merchandise values In silk foulards satin messallnes, braided dresses shirtwaists and says the newes goods at lowest prices are always found at its store. Many nev goods are priced and described. Carroll Furniture Co.?On page foui tell about the double sided Colum bla phonograph records. Call ant hear them and ask for catalogue Ynrkvlllp Hardware Co.?Tell vol about a variety of garden tools 1 has In stock and some of which yoi will be needing soon. Herndon & Gordon?Talk about cakei of all kinds?cakes of quality ant variety that are; cheap and good. Geo. T. Schorb?Will be in Charlott* this week attending the Eastmar photographic school and his gallerj will be closed until Saturday. J. M. Brian Co?Enumerates a varletj of seasonable groceries that It hai on sale, and Is agent for the Snowflake laundry and asks for your patronage. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The electric current failed suddenly during a thunderstorm yesterday afternoon, and the best Information that could be gotten as to th< cause this morning, was that there ii a short circuit somewhere betweer Yorkville and the dam. As to exactlj where, has not been reported to Th< Enquirer office. The failure of th< power stopped the wheels of the cotton mills and other electric power using establishments, and last night ol lamps that had been out of commission for quite a while were again called into use. There was a stoppage oi the wheels at The Enquirer office, anc except for the supplementary powei that Is always held In readiness, thi: issue of The Enquirer would have beer delayed. The operatives of the thref cotton mills that use electric powei have been idle since last night; bul have been expecting to resume wort at any moment. SUICIDE NEAR CLOVER. The dead body of Mr. George M Stewart, a prosperous and highly esteemed young farmer, who lived about a mile east of Clover, was found in the barn at his home at an early hour last Saturday morning, and a sharp razoi lying beside a pool of blood, that had flowed from a gaping wound in his throat, told a tragic story of an unexplained suicide. An investigation made later in the day by A. J. Quinn, Esq., acting coroner, and a Jury, failed to develop a great deal of satisfaction as to the cause of the rash deed. Mrs. Stewart, the widow of the dead man, told how her husband had been up and down several times during the night with the baby, which was unwell, and how at 4.30 he had gone out, with the statement that he would feed and get the day's work started. A negro boy told how he had been sent on errands, first for a negro woman to help about the farm work and then for a laborer, and how he had afterward found the dead body lying under the roughness shed of the barn. Mrs. Stewart did not learn of the tragedy until after the frightened boy had given the alarm, and although sick herself, went out to investigate with the result that she found things as already described. The deceased young man was a son of Mr. C. C. Stewart of Yorkvllle, and was abount 32 years of age. He left home at about 23, and since then has been farming, first as a laborer, then as nn overseer and for the last year or cotton nrougni, a* a run-, ihk.i inn The crop was not large and the world's demands were exorbitant. "Under these conditions cotton brought a good price. It will not bring a good price next fall, if you allow yourself to be fooled by high prices into planting a huge crop. "One thing that is likely to delude even the smartest of farmers. He reasons this way: 'I know my neighbor is going to reduce his cotton acreage, and plant foodstuffs. So I'll plant the usual acreage and make a profit off his cautiousness.' more as a renter. He was getting along nicely in a material way, and not only had some good stock and an abundant supply of provender, etc., but hajd some money ahead. He was married to a Miss Martin. They had one child, a little girl about six months old, ond were apparently quite happy together. No one knows of any reason why young Stewart should have taken his life. On the contrary, all of his friends and acquaintances were very much shocked at the rash deed, and the only satisfactory theory as to the reason of it, was probable temporary mental aberration. Besides his widow and child, the deceased is survived by his father and mother, two brothers and five sisters. The funeral service was conducted at the home on Sunday by Rev. W. E. | Lowe, pastor of Clover and Union churches and the interment took place at Clover. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Moritz Loth of New York, spent Monday in Yorkvllle. Mr. James H. Glenn of Yorkvllle, spent Sunday in Spartanburg. Miss Mary Williamson of Rock Hill, spent Sunday with Miss Bessie Sandifer in Yorkville. Mis. H. F. Adlckes of Asheville, X. C., is visiting Mrs. Withers Adickes in Yorkville. Mr. W. W. Jenkins, Jr., is at home for a few days, recuperating after an attack of grip. Miss Adelle Klrkpatrick of Hickory, X. ('., is visiting the family of Mr. J. W. Klrkpatrick, in Yorkville. Mr. S. C. Wood of the Thomson company, returned to Yorkville from the northern markets on Friday. Mrs. T. W. Speck of Yorkville, has been quite siek with grip for the past two weeks, but is getting along nicely now. Miss Audrey Dubose of Rishopville, spent several days last week In Yorkville, with her sister, Miss Lottie Dubose, of the graded school faculty. Miss Flossie Led ford of Baltimore, liar arrived in Yorkville and will be in t charge of the Kirkpatrlck-Belk Co.'s millinery department during the spring season. Miss Margaret Sharpless of Baltii more, arrived in Yorkville yesterday, and will have charge of the millinery department of the Thomson company, i during the spring season. r Mr. J. W. Kirkpatrick of the Kirkpatrlck-Belk company, left yesterday . morning for the northern markets to t buy spring goods, and will be away about ten days or two weeks. Mrs. Benjamin Douglas and little > daughter, Evalyn, of Warrenton. Va., k and Miss Frances Perry of Culpeper, Vn nr?> the cnests of Mrs. W. W. 1 Lewis in Yorkvllle. r Mrs. Julia S. Heard and dau .liters, r Mrs. A. M. Guerard and Miss Hester j Heard, who have been spending some - time in Yorkvllle. left this morning for r their home in Asheville, N. C. 3 , NEW SCHOOL LAWS. l Nine educational acts were passed { at the session of the general assembly recently adjourned, and although all s of them have not yet been affirmed by 1 the governor, the understanding is | that his signature will be affixed as , soon as they are reached. There have - been amendments to sections 1,200, 1,208 and 1,209 of the civil code, and " section 9 of the high school law has . been changed to meet conditions in a * small number of high school districts. The statute of February 22. 1905 has j been amended so as to create In each I county a permanent building school fund, equal to 5 per cent,of the en' tire annual revenues, and there has been an appropriation of $20,000 to 1 encourage the erection of adequate * school buildings. One of the most Important acts in the list is that to apr propriate $60,000 to lengthen the terms of weak schools. It was approved February 23, and the full text Is as ! follows: t Section 1. Be It enacted by the gent eral assembly of the state of South Carolina: That not less than the sum s of sixty thousand dollars be approprl1 ated annually for the purpose of increasing the average length of the i free school term In this state in aci cordance with and by authority exp pressed In Section 6, Article 11, of the constitution of 1895. p Sec. 2. No more than one hundred 3 dollars shall be appropriated to any one school in any one scholastic year, but no scnou: now running ior a period of one hundred days or more, or hereafter to run a period of one hundred days or more, out of funds accruing to said school . from the regular school funds shall receive aid from this appropriation. And no school shall receive aid under " authority of this act unless the dls? trlct In which said school is located j does now or hereafter shall first levy In accordance, with law, at least two 1 mills special school tax. r Sec. 3. Schools running less than > one hundred days, as provided in sec, tlon 2 of this act, may receive aid from this fund In amounts equal to " the amounts raised by special taxa tlon, not to exceed one hundred dol1 lars for any one school. Sec. 4. Funds appropriated under the terms of this act shall not become available in any school district except f upon petition of the board of trustees I of the school district asking aid, approved and countersigned by the county superintendent of education ' for the county In which the district is i located. , Sec. 5. The state superintendent ' of education may refuse aid under the r provisions of this act If it Is made to t appear to him that the expenditure c would be unwise and detrimental to the Interest of free school education In said district. Sec. 6. The state superintendent of education, with the state board of education, shall provide rules and ' regulations for the distribution of this ' fund and shall advise such regula: tions to the various county superln, tendents of education, who, in turn, shall advise the various district trus' tees. Sec. 7. Applications must be filed 1 In order of their receipt and paid or ! refused in the same order: Provided, that such schools as now have on deposit funds raised by private subscription under the terms of Xo. 105, acts of 1902, shall, for the present scholastic year, receive aid in accordance with the terms of said act. 1 Sec. 8. All acts or parts of acts In> consistent with this act, be. and the same are hereby repealed: Frovided, | that the money to carry out the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the dispensary funds now in the i js_ - a ?nnourn*? o u for I nanus ui me .naic ucaouici, i.? , as said funds will go. ADVICE TO THE FARMERS. President Barrett of the National Farmers' Union, has sounded a note of stern warning to the farmers of the south. There is nothing new in it; but it is put in such a comprehensive and unanswerable way as to be well worth the most careful consideration. "In the fall of 1907 we had flnan-J f cial stringency in this country, a sort i of near-panic, but near enough to emi barrass thousands of southern farmers , and thousands of southern business men. Do you remember how it affected you? "The way for members of the Farmers' Union to kill the effect of future panics, so far as they are con' cerned, is to raise at home all the 1 foodstuff, for man and beast, necessary to run the farm. "The procedure is as plain as the nose on your face and it is proven by my own observation and experience, and the observation and experience of thousands of other farmers. "in nnmnhell countv. Georgia. I where I live, I know a farmer who makes cotton simply a surplus, a cash , crop. The rest of his land he puts in grain and fodder and potatoes, cabbage and other vegetables. He doesn't forget poultry and eggs either. "This man side-stepped the panic of 1907. He never has to go into debt to the village merchant. He never has to consult the village merchant regarding how much or how ; little cottor. he shall plant. He raises hogs and at the first touch of permanent cold weather he kills them. The result is, that when he sells his cotton nearly all of his proceeds are profit, with a small amount he has to take out for dry goods or farm implements. "There are many thousand such members of the Farmers' Union, but not enough by a jugful. Every member of the organization, every farmer in the south for that matter, ought. In plain, business self-interest, to produce enough to feed himself and his family the year round, leaving cotton as a crop to give him ready money, but of no more importance than that. "To raise all cotton and ignore foodstuffs and grain is to go into debt, in the majority of eases, to your merchant and to expose yourself to the full blast of a panic should one come along. "On the other hand, if you produce on your own acres the things needful to sustain life in yourself, your family and your employees, not forgetting your stock, you can absolutely defy the pinch of panic, be independent of the merchant and the banker, and be your master in the true sense. "Plant moderately in cotton, raise your own food and the food for your stock, and raise a wall against disaster for yourself and your family. "This year It looks line you must make the choice. "In the cotton season just closing, ' 1 - - ~ UI?U t m* I no o "That way lies a tremendous crop h; and uncertain prices next fall. Avoid ? the temptation as you would disease ei or dishonor. Plant conservatively in tf cotton and raise a bumper crop of foodstuffs. ti "Did you ever realize that the S' southern farmer has the greatest Is 'cinch' in all history? In the first h place, providence has given him a tt world-monopoly of cotton, the on*4 C staple that Is Indispensable to civiliza- d tion. tl "The nations must have our cotton, as and they get it from the south, p though they can secure their steel it and their wheat elsewhere. tl "In addition, providence has so fi constituted the soutnern states tnaijc: in every one of them the average e farmer can raise the food essential d to feed himself and his family, with w absolute disregard to the mercantile h world. tl "In any other section, in any other a country, I believe the people would d quickly have gotten on to this mo- d nopoly and made themselves abso- Tl lutely independent. ti "It is up to the southern farmer to tl make himself independent, to so place w himself that he can defy panics and t< gradually accumulate wealth, by di- 11 versification. Not diversification one o year or two years, but every year. tl "I should like every member and S every farmer in the south to practice r< these principles. I am not asking you e: to do me a favor. I am asking you it to place money in your own pocket, ti when I urge upon you the self-pres- b ervation of short and long food d crops." it tl ANTHRAX OR BLACK LEG. h The following by Mr. Roy Powers, state veterinarian, is published In the t< hope that It may prove of interest and e' vnlin* to mvnppfl* Outbreaks of symptomatic anthrax, H (black leg) have recently occurred t< among herds of cattle in York and fi Chester counties. This disease may tl develop at any season of the year, but h most of the cases reported for the past a few years have occurred In the spring, n Young cattle, between six months and p eighteen months of age, are most fre- tl quently affected, although older cattle ci may, In very rare cases, contract the li disease. e< Thi3 disease, which usually termi- ci nates fatally within a few hours after d the appearance of the first symptoms, q is caused by micro-organisms which g gain entrance to the body through tl small wounds of the skin. Large tl wounds are not favorable for the ci growth and multiplication of these mi- p cro-organisms because these cannot o develop in the presence of oxygen, but 11 smaller wounds (such as might be caused by briers, stubble, thorns, etc.,) offer ideal conditions for the entrance n and growth of the germs. Infection a through the digestive tract is highly b improbable as experiments have shown p that cattle may consume large quanti- a ties of virulent material without devel- w oping this disease. it The symptoms of the disease are o characteristic and therefore it is easily recognized. The first symptom usually d shown is a swelling under the skin a which, when pressed, gives forth a h crackling sound due to the formation b of gas In the diseased tissues. These t< swellings, which may occur in any por- tl tion of the body, (except on the tail or n below the knee and pook Joints) are |t cool and painless and the skin over a] them has a dry, lifeless appearance. C1 If incised, the tissues beneath are found greatly discolored and filled with n a bloody liquid. Many persons consid- tc er this condition due to a blow or oth- b, er injury and do not recognize the dan- ^ gerous character of the disease. Other f( symptoms are?high fever, loss of appetite, quickened respiration?difficult fr and slow movements of the body and a] great depression. After death decompo- w sition takes place rapidly. The blood in e] the carcass Is found in apparently nor- ^ mal condition and coagulates readily. g( The liver appears congested, but the C( spleen is normal. The intestinal mu- d, cous membrance is sometimes highly in- yy tlamed and the intestines may contain yj blood. The abdominal cavity may also |r contain a bloody fluid in some in- G] stances. C( Owing to the danger of spreading infection these swellings beneath the skin should not be opened In the sta- s, bles or pastures, neither should postmortem examinations be held where |z other animals may come In contact with the germs of the disease. e] After the disease Is recognized It Is not advisable to make post-mortem examinations nor to attempt surgical treatment owing to the fact that the jj, spores of these germs retain their vlr- jg ulence for years outside the body and consequently cause outbreaks of the p disease during following seasons. p] For this reason great care should p| also be exercised in the disposal of C( dead animals. Cremation is the only safe method of disposing of these carcasses and may be accomplished in the fnllAti'lnir mcinnof A ahollruv trt.nr?Vi iuiiun.iiB .??> ? . ? ? j|{ should be dug- and green logs laid , across this. The carcasses can then be placed on these logs and covered with ( wood. A few quarts of kerosene should .. be poured over this and the entire car- " cass cremated. Where wood is scarce and this cannot be done, the carcass j should be burled to the depth of six feet and well covered with lime. The surface of the grave and the ground ^ on which the carcass lay should be rr thoroughly disinfected. The stable J" should also be disinfected and all bedding burned. It is also advisable to 10 burn over pastures, In which animals tS have died from the disease, if this is possible. The treatment of affected ' animals is very unsatisfactory owing c' to the fact that the disease is so quickly fatal. Every effort should be direct- 13 ed towards preventing its spread, rath- J1* er than attempt to cure animals al- tr ready affected. j3 When an outbreak occurs, all cattle . between six month.-) and two years of ,a age. should be moved to other pastures, where they can be kept until vacclnated. As calves under six months of ta age, and cattle over six years old are sc very rarely affected, It is only neces- ar sary to vaccinate those between thede limits. In localities where the disease th appears, each year all susceptible cattie should be vaccinated before the t'< "black leg season." This vaccination should be done by veterinarians, but to when black leg appears in localities at where there are no competent veterinarians, cattle owners can secure vaccine by addressing the state veterinarian. Clemson College, S. C. Tills vac- Ei cine will be furnished in such instances, free of charge, but it will be I necessary for cattle owners to purchase a hypodermic syringe from their drug- ?' | gist or from some instrument dealer, st Cull directions for vaccinating cattle $3 will be forwarded with the vaccine. As it Is safer and more satisfactory to L< have this vaccination performed by a qualified veterinarian, it has been deelded to furnish this vaccine only to those who live in localities where the m services of such cannot be secured. b> ht THE SPANISH SWINDLE. at It is rather unusual for the state |_| department at Washington to go into the newspapers officially for any pur- at pose; but it is now doing so in an ef- sc fort to put the public on notice in re- (j, gard to the so-calied "Spanish Swin- jS die." This swindle is already more or ar less familiar to the people of this sec- -pj tion. As to whether anybody here- jZ, abouts has ever bitten, we have no in- j, formation, but we do know that letters have been received by prospective victims and that the thing has been exposed in the newspapers, including ^ The Enquirer, time and again. How- . e\er, because the expose of the state department is so out-of-the-ordinary, ^ and because there is a possibility that publication may be the means of saving people who are now considering su guardianship of the Spanish prisoner's daughter, we reproduce the state department's communication. The department of state, at Wash- st>' ington, has received a report from the American consul-general at Bar- sc' ceiona, Spain, in regard to the band ,)" of swindlers operating in various bo towns and cities in Spain, who mako fn a practice of writing to persons in the I'nited States respecting the impris- 1 onment of a relative and the guardi- t<? anship of a child. Hci The consul-general states that the cj alleged prisoner generally describes himself as a political prisoner from s,'} Cuba; he Is at the point of death and en as but one friend?the prison priest Nc -through whose good offices he is q (tabled to smuggles an occasional let- ,p(lt r out of the prison fort. The prisoner Is rich. He has a for- ?* ine In cash on deposit In the United for tates, but the certificate of deposit p, i concealed In a secret receptacle of is valise; the valise itself has been iken possession of by the court at lari arthagena, which tried and con- eig emned him, and will be held until jjn, ie prisoner or his representative has itisfled the costs of the trial. The Rel risoner has an only daughter; dying \ 1 his prison, his sole thought is of . , his beloved offspring. He has no riend or relative In Spain to whose the are he can commit her. In this to mergency hip thoughts turn to the as istant relative in the United States ity hom he has never seen and of whom of I e knows only through hearsay or the he family tree. Will the distant rel- tioi tive assume the guardianship of the tha arling daughter, and the darling per aughter's fortune of about $30,000? fall f the distant relative accepts the rust, one-fourth of the prisoner's en- Cl ire roriune win oe me nuneimi icard. The good priest will go at once tua i the United States and take the dar- rep tig daughter with him. There is but Itiil ne condition: the ready money which or,? tie prisoner brought with him to low pain has been exhausted: the distant W. elatlve is therefore requested to send W. nough to liberate the valise contain- Sm ig the secret receptacle and the cer- At flcate of deposit. This money is to tor e sent to the good priest at an ad- Ide ress indicated, and. having received anc , the good priest will at once secure ad< le valise and start for America, the toe land of the free and the home of the Ma rave," with the darling daughter. ^io Tho above is generally the first let ?r of the series. It Is quickly follow- 1 d by another In which the prisoner N<^ athetlcally states that his strength actl i rapidly falling and the end Is near. a> le beseeches his dear distant relative go t assume the trust and be a loving a"( ither to the darling daughter. The a tilrd letter Is from the good priest m? Imself. who In brief, touching terms, cal nd hopelessly bad English, an- an' ounces the death of the unhappy risoner: the good priest adds that ?ai tie darling daughter Is under his are. He is ready to put his promise lto execution and start for the Unitd States as soon as he shall have reeived the necessary funds from the . istant relative. The good priest fre- a uently Incloses with his letter a bo- M ' us newspaper clipping announcing fie death In prison at Barcelona of le famous Cuban patriot (sometimes Wc ailed Augustln Laflente): the news- <aper notice also speaks cunningly wa f the confiscated valise and the dar- mo ng daughter. hui It is a simple scheme, but present- fun d In such a plausible way that al- t0 lost any unsuspecting "distant rel- tW( tivet" of European extraction would fiVt e more or less deceived by the glad Mr, rospect of falling heir to the agree- for ble custody of a darling daughter ?oi ith a big fortune, and a one-fourth a J iterest therein as an additional rec- Wo] mpense. bee Naturally the first Impulse of the j^C( Istant relative is to ask a lawyer or wai judge or some authority what course jng e ought to pursue In the premises, we? ut as he thinks of doing this his at- ten rntlon Is taken by the warning In the le prisoner's letter beseeching him Mr ot to mention the matter to any liv- tur ig soul lest the secret of the valise fU8 nd the hidden receptacle be lndls- 0f reetly betrayed. per The valise, after all. with its con- tim paled certificate of deposit, is the key and ) the situation and possession must sta; e taken of It before anything can be at one or said. This (so cunningly set Coj jrth by the prisoner) Is very evident dist ) the distant relative, and so he quite and equently preserves the secret Intact, can nd Instead of consulting a lawyer or cro riting to the American consul-gen- and ral at Barcelona he quietly sends a Th< raft for the sum demanded to the crei ood priest and awaits results. Of mai jurse he waits in vain, and the poor, wai ead prisoner and the good priest and hou le darling daughter in the course of ed me pass out 6f his life forever, leav- mic ig him only an uncomfortable mem- Jac ry of the money he so cheerfully key mtributed to the confidence game. mal For nearly twenty years these same wal na%*es have been practicing their of 1 vlndle, and it is needless to suggest dlst lat they are very carefully organ- not ;ed; they have confederates not only a t i the United States but in most oth- "Lc r countries. The confederates in ani uestion select a man and find out all tou ley can about him; they get hold of qui imily names, family origin, and fam- lasl y characteristics. This information hoc transmitted to the rascals in Spain tha nd letters are at once written to the con rospective victim. The scheme is not resented and developed in a very lausible way and many of our fellowluntrymen have "bitten" promptly id cheerfully. T Under the Spanish laws a felony hen lust be consummated before the po- Pa., ce may act, and a mere attempt to con itain money by false pretenses does lice it appear to warrant arrest. The tlor oney must be actually paid over and larj le prosecuting witness must be pres- stor it in propria persona to testify; con iherwise prosecution would be use- con ss. gov Recently the letters written to the pan stant relative have varied somewhat J50I om the original; the political pris- Aus ler having become a noted Russian Gar inker who absconded, leaving a def- seci it of some millions of roubles, kill- one 1 in a quarrel in England another the ussian, and finally took refuge in brir lain, where he was apprehended and All larged with manslaughter. of This change of character, however, pris immaterial, and in the future more posi >w characters will probably be in- tion oduced by the gang. The scheme pan the same, and the public is warned oth< place no credence In such or slmi- trac r letters. adei Every effort has been made by the of i partment of state and its represen- Ing tives in Spain to unmask these toxi oundrels and bring them to justice, kim id the Spanish authorities have also Xav ;en active and several members of autl e gang have been apprehended and shif ?ld for trial, but so far no convic- shij >ns have resulted, owing to the pe- rine iliarity of the Spanish law referred heal In the report of the consul-general ed i Barcelona. that all LOCAL LACONICS. ^ ritered By Burglars. vacc Thieves entered the store of M. A. ' cFarland, about four miles southwest coul Yorkville last Friday night, and chai ole a number of articles, including vvati from the cash drawer. pass 3Ss By Fire. nam The home of Minnie Johnson, a hard The . . ?...? tlar: orKtng negro, wno uvea uuuui ^rje( lies east of Yorkville, was destroyed Guis ' fire lust Saturday afternoon during rest >r absence. The loss amounted to by tout $250, including $40 In bills. igh School at Tirzah. poili The people of Tirzah and iinmedl- ^ e vicinity are moving for a high yea, liool at that place. As yet no posi- an re steps have been taken: but there ^orl a keen interest in the proposition id that interest is growing steadily, high lat something definite will material- sues at an early day, seems certain. a' Cl Ing ix collections. soon Yesterday was the last day for the steal llection of state and county taxes ??.f of u ider the 2 per cent penalty, and al- tains ough Treasurer Neil has not yet fin- Two ted working up his mail, he is able Yorl send estimate that collections have been jjen out as close as usual, if not a little dem, >ser. The full penalty now attaches, man d on March 15, executions will be Iset* day. ix Supper in the Point. j There was a box supper at the Point hool house on Friday, February 18, tabli tten up to raise money to paint the the 1 hool building, and It proved to be tli pleasant and profitable. Every- cons dy brought boxes ranging in value bure un 40 cents to ten dollars, and the mad ;a! amounted to $21. The cake voted the prettiest girl went to Miss Mary 7th. yd. The Point school has been in cities urge of Miss Janie McFadden this sherl >sion. and she has given very gen- (jay tl satisfaction to the patrons. two ?/ Subscriber Premium. 'he ten dollars that was offered by Enquirer for the largest number new subscribers, returned and paid during the month of February, goes Mr. A. \V. McFarland of Yorkville . 3. for fourteen names. The next ?est list in this competition was ht names sent in by Mr. T. Hv Mulix of King's Creek, turn Time Extended. Vith the approval of the governor, comptroller general has extended time for the making of tax returns the county auditor. The notice is follows: "By virtue of the authorvested in the comptroller general ;he state by section 693, code of 1902, time for making returns for taxai is extended to March 10. After t date county auditors will add the laity of 50 per cent for neglect or lure to make return for taxation." >ver Building and Loan. 'he stockholders of the Clover Mu1 Building and Loan association. relenting (33,000 of subscribed capI stock, met last Friday night and ;anized by the election of the folding directors: W. T. Beamguard, I. Brison, H. L. Wright, J. A. Page. B. Stroup, F. E. Clinton, M. L. ilth, L. G. Thompson, S. J. Clinton, a subsequent meeting of the direcs, Mr. J. A. Page was elected presnt, and Mr. F. E. Clinton, secretary 1 treasurer. A ' resolution was >pted, requiring that the first paynt be due and payable on Saturday, rch 5. n School. "he patrons of Zion school district, . 19, are determined to have better ool facilities than they have been ,'ing, even though it is necessary to down Into their individual pockets 1 supplement the school funds that inadequate to meet the requlrents of the situation. A meeting was led at the church last Thursday, 1 althnneh the dav urac a varv rHaa eable one, a dozen or more patrons ne out and showed their earnestness subscribing $92 for building purles and about $100 for tuition purles. The school has hertofore been ining five or six months only, and is the purpose of the patrons to ire it run eight months hereafter, e trustees of district No. 19 are: ssrs. A. E. Burns, T. W. McElwee 1 J. N. Hogue. If Chase In Gaston. lastonia Gazette, Friday: There s a wolf chase in Gaston yesterday rning and it is a fact also that the iters and the dogs had a barrel of i out of it, as one of them remarked the newspaper man. There were mty-nine hunters and about thlrtyi or forty dogs.' A few months ago, , R. L. Wilson formerly of the police ce, received from his brother, Mr. fee Wilson, who lives in Oklahoma -eal live coyote, an animal of the If breed. Part of the time It has n kept at the Are station, where Mr. 3 Hayes looked after its temporal nts and took an Interest in exhlbltthis citizen of the wild and wooly it to many curious spectators. Yeslay morning, soon after 8 o'clock, coyote was taken to the farm of , Nell Davis, south of town, and ned loose. At first the animal reed to run, but as soon as the pack hounds was shut in the slaughter i, he immediately took to the tall ibers. He was given a little start I then the hounds and hunters rted in hot pursuit. Taking a start Ed Crawford's cotton house, Mr. rote ran back towards town a short tance, then turned across the Rhyne I Jackson lands, turned again and ne back on the Davis farm, then ssed between the places of John 1 Will McReady, down to the lb juiua piu.ee ujiu ucruaa truwuer a ek. After crossing the creek he de a circle and started back. As he i in the creek on his way back, the inds reached the animal and pouncupon him, taking his life in the Idle of the stream on or near the kson Gamble place. An old darwho was nearby, thinking the ani1 was a fox, rescued it from the ter and brought it on to the party lunters which was at the time some lance away. When told that it was a fox but a wolf, he exclaimed with ihow of genuine feeling of fright: irs a massy, ef I'd aknowed that air mal wuz a wolf I never would a ched hit." And he delivered it ckly to the hunters. The chase led for about an hour and it was an ir of fun, notwithstanding the fact t the hunters were all the while siderably behind the dogs and were in at the death. MERE-MENTION. he 10,000 employes of the Bethlei Steel company at Bethlehem, , are on a strike. There has been siderable rioting and the local po are unable to handle tne situaI. A company of Btate constabur has been sent there and has reed a semblance of order. The ipany has millions of dollars of tracts on hand, much of It for the ernment An Ohio steel comy has been given an order for J.000 worth of fish plates for a'; itralian railway Prosecutor van of Hudson county, N. J., has ired indictments against twentyof the leading meat packers of United States, and says he will ig them to* New Jersey for trial, of the accused are liable to lines II,000 each and three years' imlonment, or both. The real pure of the prosecutor Is the dissolui of the National Packing comy. The packers of Chicago and jr western points, will resist exlition to New Jersey A FhilIphla physician reports the cure i desperate case of blood poisonby a free use of diphtheria antin. This was the first case of the 1 on record Secretary of the y Meyer wants this congress to lorize the building of two battleis of 32.000 tons each, one repair "**^1 >, two colliers and five submas Dr. J. Payson Kennedy, Ith officer of Atlanta, Ga., attendan anti-vaccination meeting In ; city Friday night, and Informed present that before they left or alnly within twenty-four hours, y one of them would have to be dnated. The doctor wasn't there Invitation J. A. Perry, a -to-do farmer. of Chatham ity, Ga., has been arrested on a rge of murder. Perry owned a jrmelon patch, and giving a negro lotgun, told him to shoot any tresler. The negro shot a Swede led Michaelson, who later died. negro was sent to the ponlteny fbr life and now Perry is to be 1 on the charge of murder seppe Calamia, an Italian, was ared in New Orleans on Saturday. United States detectives, charged i complicity In the murder of itenant Petroslne of the New York se force, at Palermo, Sicily, about ear ago .August Belmont, a ' York multi-millionaire, aged 57 s, married Miss Eleanor Robson, actress, aged 31 years, in New k on Saturday... .Norman Mack, rman of the National Democratic mittee, says that the tariff and i meat prices will furnish the isfor the Democratic congressionnmnoimi thla vonr - _ _ A wrpnk company of Seattle, Wash., will i make an attempt to raise the mer Islander, sunk ten years ago he coast of Alaska In 320 fathoms ater. The hold of the vessel coni $273,000 In Klondike gold.... small boys were arrested In New c on Thursday, charged with ing a blackmailing letter to Mrs. ry O. Havemeyer, in which they anded $2,500. ......Geo. W. Cole, the wrecker of the National City t, of Cambridge, Mass., gave himup to the Boston police on FriColeman's embezzlements toll 60,000. He was a bookkeeper, dug for a salary of $12 a week. ..The Southern railway is to essh a publicity bureau to boom towns and industries along its va5 lines in the south. Mr. Lauren man, city editor of the Atlanta ititution, will be in charge of the au A race between a flying (line, a trolley car and automois being arranged between Fort th and Dallas, Tex., on March The distance between the two ? is thirty-two miles Aaron leet, a negro, killed a deputy iff at Germantown, Tenn.. Frland in turn was shot to death by other deputies A New York