Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps and iacts. ? The boll weevil is threatening the destruction of the cotton crop of the south, east of the Mississippi river and partly west of it. according to testimony given last Friday before the senate committee on agriculture by Senator E. D. Smith of South Carolina. A reduction from 25.000 to 2.000 hales of cotton a year was caused in one county of this state by the boll weevil, he claimed. Representative Dickson of Mississippi told the committee that the boll weevil was producing disastrous results in his district, fie declared that in the past eighteen ahnnf 1 ",0ft families had left his county as a result of the visit of the pest. Estimates were given to the committee placing the loss to the cotton crop last year, at from $25,000,000 to $35,000,000. ? Charlotte. N. C.. March 5: In broad daylight and on one of the principal streets, negroes today held up. and assaulted a white woman and child and robbed them of their pocket books, containing sums of money. These bold robberies came as the climax to a long series of almost nightly hold-ups in which women have been invariably the victims. On the boulevard in Dllworth this morning, an aged woman was knocked down and severely hurt, the negro escaping with the woman's pocket book. This afternoon on the main street of the city a child was knocked down and robbed of a purse. The poliee chased both criminals with blood hounds and automobiles and made two arrests. Great crowds followed each prisoner to the station, but no violence was attempted, although for a time great excitement prevailed. ? Dividing practically upon party lines, the senate, at the close of the third session of the legislative day of March 3, on Saturday, passed the administration postal savings bank bill. Of the "2 votes cast. 50 were in favor of the bill and 22 against. All the negative votes were cast by Democrats. Senator Chamberlain of Oregon was the only Democrat who voted for the bill. As it goes to the house, the bill authorizes the various money order postofflces to accept sums of $1 or more from depositors and to deposit these sums in the local banks, where the money is to remain unless withdrawn by the president in case of war or other exigency. In case of this withdrawal, the funds are to be invested in erovernment securities, but with the proviso that such securities shall not draw less than 2J per cent interest. The control of the funds is vested in a board of trustees, composed of the postmaster general, the secretary of the treasury and the attorney general. The aggregate balance allowed to any depositor is $500 and no person Is permitted to deposit more than $100 in any one month. The government is required to pay 2 per cent interest and must exact not less than 21 per cent from the banks, the extra quarter of 1 per cent being required for the payment of expenses and losses. It is calculated that such a law would bring much money out of hiding and result in a fund ranging all the way from $500,000,000 to $1,000,000,000. ? Kansas City, March 6: Finding Jere F. Lillis, a millionaire local banker In his home when he arrived unexpectedly at an early hour today, John P. Cudahy, a wealthy packer and son of Michael Codahy, the Chicago millionaire, is alleged to have committed an assault upon the man, which led to his arrest on a charge of disturbing the peace. He was released on $100 bond. Lillis is in St. Mary's hospital. His condition is said to be critical. Cuts said to have been inflicted witn a knife are on his face, legs and one arm. The cuts have been made in cross fashion. If he recovers he will be disfigured for life, it is said by physicians. Before cutting Lillis, Cudahy is said to have bound him with a strong rope. A woman heard Lillis screaming and groaning in the Cudahy home and called the police. Her identity has not been established. A patrolman hurried to the Cudahy home, which is in a fashionable residence section. The front door was open, so he did not ring the bell. Screams came from a parlor, and then groans and cries for mercy. The patrolman said of the scene: "Three men were in the room. Prostrate on the floor lay Lillis, half nude and bound with a rope. His leirs were bare and his few remaining clothes were bloody. Above him stood Cudahy in evening dress. His sleeves were rolled up, and blood was on his hunds. At his side stood a chauffeur. None of the men noticed me. I rushed to the trio and asked C'adahy 'what does all this mean.' 'He's ruined my home," he replied, making no resistance to arrest. I allowed him to telephone to his attorney while I called an ambulance for the wounded man." Attempts to find either Cudahy or Mrs. Cudahy today proved futile, but Cudahy's attorney admits the general facts in the case. Since Cudahy's marriage to Miss Edna CowIn, who was a society belle of Omaha, on December 28, 1899, the family has been prominent in Kansas City society. They have five children. Lillis is a bachelor 47 years old, manager of the Western Exchange bank, and prominent socially. ? Scotland Neck, N. C., March 0: State Senator E. E. Travis and Representative A. I'. Kitchin, a brother of Gov. W. W. Kitchin and Congressman Claud Kitctun oi me tseconu -sonu Carolina district, and Deputy Sheriff C. \V. Dunn, all of Halifax county, were shot down on the main street of the town yesterday by E. K. Powell, a wealthy and prominent citizen. Travis and Kitchin uiv seriously and Dunn fatally wounded. Details of the shooting are meager. According to the best information obtainable, Powell met the three walking along the street together. He approached Senator Travis and asked him his reason for not replying to a letter he had written him. Kepresentative Kitchin, thinking that Powell was out of humor, placed his hand gently on his shoulder and uttered words intended to placate him. Without further words, Powell drew a pistoj and shot Kitchin down, and in quick succession tired on Travis and Dunn, both victims falling to the ground. Powell then walked to his store, and securing a shotgun, barricaded himself. resisting arrest. No effort was made to arrest him. and last night he surrendered to an officer, and was taken to the county jail at Halifax. Kitchin and Travis were removed to their respective homes and neither is fatal- , ly wounded. Moth are doing well. A brother of Mr. Kitchin. one of the wounded men. gave the information. He stated further that the mysterious letter on which the shooting hinged, i was written to Travis regarding a court ease in which Kitchin had defended j Powell's IX-year-old son. and to which | Travis had not replied. No one save Travis and Powell knows the contents of the letter and one cannot and the ' other will not talk. Mr. Travis had nothing whatever to do with the case and the presumption is that Powell looked upon Mr. Kitehin's friendly endeavor to sooth him either as an attack or an effort to prevent him front carrying out his designs upon Senator Travis. The letter in question was written a year ago, and what motive prompted Powell to bring it to sudden and serious light after all this time has < lapsed adds to the mystery of the affair. Officer Dunn, who was removed to a hospital, is in a critical condition. IThr \|<irkiriUc inquirer. Kntertd at the Postortlce In York villi* as Mall Matter of the Second Class VftRKVILLE. S. C.j TUESDAY. MARCH 8. 1910. TllKltK are no two ways about it, corn is the best money crop the farmers of York county can raise. At a big convention of farmers in Union the other day. resolutions were adopted with much enthusiasm, pledging the county to the raising of r>0,000 bushels more corn. Tiif one essential requirement in the enforcement of any law. is to secure the attention of the interested public. Where the administration of the law is left almost entirely to shysters, there is not much hope of enforcement. IT is up to the good people of Charlotte to begin a vigorous campaign against the vagabonds who have collected in that city, both white and black. We have a suspicion that the present lawless situation is largely due * ~ ,"-u" fornln j* lotl'U IL> lilAH.. Ill rui-illii'S ?o?. offenders higher up. It Is a common thing for cities that do not really want prohibition, for instance, to wink at violations of the liquor laws, and allow drug stores and near-beer joints to mock decency at will: but nviariably there are penalties to pay, and Charlotte is now paying these penalties. "W. A. Cl.AKK and Wllie Jones, presidents of two banks in Columbia, are to be prosecuted for their connection with the Seminole case. If they have been grafting' they should be made to do time. Now wouldn't it be fine business to see the honored (?) chairman of the state democracy of South Carolina doing the lock step in the play ground on the bank of the Congaree? We blush with shame at the thought. But there are others."? Gaffney Ledger. You should not speak so plainly about this matter. Maybe you have forgotten how problematical it is as to whether a jury of average common people would be big enough to land folks like this. VVhv. the idea of such a thing as a prosecution even, seems more than half absurd. But, suppose it is a fact that the chairman of the Democratic party has really transgressed the laws as alleged, and it should turn out that South Carolina is big enough to vindicate the law, would it not be something to be proud of? Whktiikr for better or for worse, remains to be seen, but if the house agrees to the postal savings bank bill, that has been passed by the senate, the effect on economic and financial conditions of American life is bound to be marked. At first blush, we were disposed to favor the postal savings bank idea unreservedly: but now that we are face to face with the proposition, we are not so certain as to how it is going to work. There has been a not unreasonable fear on the part of many that one effect of the new system would be to take thousands of dollars out of local circulation and transfer them to the great money centres: but the danger of this seems to be obviated by tile provision that requires the local postofflecs to deposit their accumulations in the local banks, from which they cannot be withdrawn except by the government In case of war or other exigency. The war proposition is unobjectionable, but the "other exigency." seems to leave down a pretty wide and dangerous gap. which may or may not become a source of danger. However, taking the proposition altogether, we are inclined to think that if there is to be any trouble, it will come from future amendments and developments of the law. As the situation now stands, the greatest merit of the postal savings bank will be the feeling of security that will come to more or less ignorant people, who have not yet risen above their ill-founded suspicion of privately incorporated institutions. A great many people who have never been willing to open savings accounts with the regular banks, will not hesitate to open accounts ! *** trAtn.|.nin..n? oiwl oftop ? whilf* they will begin t?? learn that 4 per cent is better than 2 per cent, provided, <>? course, the government does not soon change the present prospective law so as to secure itself more of the advantages it now seems willing to concede to the local banks. Of course, we shall not attempt to predict what may happen: but as we see it now, we are inclined to think that the postal savings banks will become feeders of, rather than competitors with the local banks. "Licensing Newspapers." The Belton Times of last week contained the following: "Yes. we have to pay a license to run a newspaper in Belton. In some I towns the city feels that the newspaper is such a good thing for the town 1 that no license is charged." The Greenwood Journal very aptly adds: _ , "Well said. The facts are. we do not see how any town can accomplish a great deal unless it has a good, live 1 newspaper, and about the best thing , f<?r a town that wants to grow is to 1 strengthen tlie hands of its newspaper men. The newspaper man does more ( free work than any one in the community, the preachers not excepted." Anderson should, instead of demanding tribute of her newspapers, give tiiem all the financial and moral support possible.?Anderson Intelligencer. All of which means that newspapers like to be deadheaded whenever they get the opportunity. And that is where they make a serious mistake. Newspapers will be more respected and, therefore, more iniluential?and probnMy make more money in the long run ?by being indep< ndent and paying their way like other business concerns. A newspaper is not an eleemosynary institution, nor a pensioner on public or political or municipal bounty. It is a business enterj vise of a high class, with all the rights of other lines of business, and no more privileges o exemptions: and the sooner pewspape men everywhere understand tliis ant net accordingly, the better for them. There is no more reason why i newspaper publisher should not pay ; license than a merchant or other bus iness man.?Newberry observer. We agree most heartily with the Ob server in all it suggests as to what : newspaper ought to be. and particular ly that it should seek to live on meri rather than favor. of course a goed newspaper is n value to a town and county: but tha value is certainly not enhance* through official "patronage" of an kind whatsoever. By patronage, we mean "business that is given merely for the purpose o helping the newspaper, or more strict ly speaking for the purpose of helpiii] in an illegitimate manner the peop] who bestow the business. There Is a class of people who. them selves, willing to do anything for > dollar, think ,?U other people are like wise, and who sometimes give "busl ness" t > a newspaper, not so much fo the straight, legitimate benefits, as he cause thev think that the newspape may thus be induced to do for then thin#* they should not do. There Is no institution under the sui more subject t<> Insidious briber; than a newspaper, and no Instltutioi more liable to suffering and loss b; yielding to such bribery. There ar few men of intelligence, who are s< low as to be willing to deliberately tel a lie for five dollars: but It is often th case that five dollars judiciously in vested In advertisements or subscrlp tlons, makes tlie editor think honest 1; and sincerely that the investor Is i pretty good fellow, when as a matte of fact his design may have been tha of a villain. Hut while It behooves th editor to guard against pitfalls of th kind, he must never allow himself t forget the fact that the great majorit; of people with whom he has deallng> are really honest, undeslgning peoph In every respest as good a* he is. am he must not be misled into confuslni them with the exceptional bad ones The newspaper that is dependen upon the good will or the charity n individuals, whether they be in a pri vate or public capacity for an exist ence, is in a bad way. The same I true of any institution, but much mor true in the case of a newspaper. The ideal newspaper is the one wliicl aspires to stand only for the right fo right's sake, and which has enougl confidence in the integrity of its owi motives to be willing to look to th public it serves for all that it need in the way of the support necessary t< enable it to keep up its work. If all other business in a commOnit; were taxed except the newspaper, thei the newspaper might be inclined t< look more after the interest and wel fare of those clothed with the taxini power than after the interest and wel fare of the public in whose behalf tlv taxing power is supposed to be exer cised. By all means, we think the newspa per should be required to stand on ai equal business footing with all othe business institutions, and we thinl also, that a newspaper that does not si stand, should be subjected to the mos careful surveillance of the public RACE RIOT IN FLORIDA. Three Negroes and Two White Mei Killed. With three negroes dead as a resul of a race riot in the neighborhood o Palmetto yesterday, the wrath of th< residents in that section seems to b< assuaged. The sum total of deaths I three negroes and two white men. witl one white man in the emergency hos pital here with a bullet hole througl his head. The last of the three negroes implt cated in the murder of the two dep uties and the fatal wounding of th< third, was lynched at dusk this after noon in the palmettos on the banks o the Manatee river. He had fallen asleei and when he axvoke was gazing int< the barrels of a dozen rifles and shot guns. Even then lie showed r? sistanc< and reached for his rifle. In a secon< he was riddled with bullets. The dead are Samuel Stribbling. con tractors superintendent, Tampa; Dep utv Sheriff Edward Matthews. Wad< Ellis, negro: Samuel Ellis, negro; un known negro. Sam Ellis, one of the two negn brothers charged with the responsibil ity of the trouble, was riddled witl bullets by a posse today, not. however before In* and his brother, Wade Ellis had mortally wounded Deputy Sherif J. B. Morgan and seriously woundet Deputy Max Burnette. Wade Ellis os raped. At daybreak Deputies Morgan an< Burnette, who were placed on guart at a bridge, saw two negroes approach ing and commanded them to halt. Eo answer the negroes opened fire an< Deputy Morgan fell mortally wound ed. Sam Ellis seized the fallen man'! gun and raised it to fire on Burnette Burnette was too quick and shot tin negro through the head. The shot wa, not fatal. The other negro opened tin mi Hurnette and one <>f the bullets too] off his lower lip. When the desperad< hud emptied his gun he disappeared it the swamp. Hurnette tied the wounded negro t< a tree and curried his fellow officer t< a nearby house. A short time later tin posse arrived and after learning o what the negroes had done, riddled San Kllis with bullets. After shooting the negro to death plans were laid for the capture of hi brother. The posse, composed of se\ eral hundred men. was divided so tha a cordon of heavily armed men wu drawn around the swamp where th< negro took refuge. The trouble which has resulted thu: fatally, grew out of a dispute Kutula] between Stribbling and a negro namci "Ituddy" over wages. Kuddy shot am killed Stribbling ami Sunday nigh Deputy Sheriff Matthews was killei by either Kuddy or one of the Klli: negroes, when the otlicer, at the heat of a posse, hail surrounded a hous> to which bloodhounds had trailed th< murderer of Stribbling. The country was amused and bun Ireds of citizens, heavily armed, iiavt scoured the country for the jui<t 2 hours. Tonight several hundred o I he men came into Palmetto, the seem of the lirst killing, and reported thai the two Kllis negroes, brothers, am Ituddy hail been killed ami their ri 1 riled hoilics left ill the swamps. Tile negro Ituddy was killed singh handed hy Henry Wasgame, a incin her of the sheriffs posse, last night ii [he edge of a swamp near the negro"; house. His hody was found this afternoon. J. It. .Morgan was brought to Tampa tonight and plaeed in tin- finer<i ney hospital. i'hysieians say lib -ondition is hopeless. Telephone reports from I'almetti ate tonight Ining the information hat every ferry-boat mining across he river from the seetion where tin rouble occurred is lonib-d to capacity ,vith blacks getting away from tin scene. Labor is very much demoralised and crops will suffer in eonselUcnce. No futile r tr-'iMe is anliriaited. r LOCAL AFFAIRS, ??* ti r fendi direr NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. have t J. \V. and W. H. Riddle, Agents?Give oflfen notice of the sale of personal prop- p|Ptt erty of the estate of Mr. J. B. F. , . Kiddle, deceased, on the 18th of ' 1 March, at tile late residence of the than deceased. statu - Lewis Good?Requests subscribers to ..jt t The Knquirer on his club, to pay up at ?arliest convenience. ro,s J. K. A. Smith?Asks the subscribers indii ' to The Knquirer on his club to make pe n t settlement with him or at the office. . [1 Geo. T. Schorb?Makes photos in the latest styles at reasonable prices, tryir y and sells Knabe, Chickering and Ivers hapf & Ponds pianos. bad" York Drug Store?Sells Kandreth's I garden seeds. ar|d Kirkpatrick-Belk C'o.?Is snowing new- with li? oM'tfo/l anrincr iriwwlst ? rwl htiQ qdp. i IJ ...... v.. "1? illld g cial offerings In laces. Insertions, o belts, handbags, etc. Big stock of Butteriek patterns. Specials In men's pants. Th * First National Bank. Sharon?Has aessj a money to lend and asks if you need " ' * any. and tells you that a bank book an" is a certificate of business ability, the I Open an account today. jnfr r J. Q. Wray?Asks the ladles to see his . line of ready-to-wear hats, at 75c. and tip. School hats for children. f' L. M. Grist's Sons?Will pay $5 reward to tl 11 for a copy of The Enquirer of February 9, 1871. containing the serial Avalona. Bate National t'nlon Bank, Rock Hill?Asks durli Y who's your friend and reminds you selve n that your best friend is your money. % y It will help you to save and pay in- ' terest on deposits. MrYork Furniture Co.?Invites house- will 0 keepers to see Its elegant sample line til t 1 of high grade wall papers and borders. and also its new spring lines t,iey of grass rugs and art squares. live); " Herndon & Gordon?Want you to Th plant Irish potatoes. It Is a great . t.() i- food crop. They have a good selec' tion of choice varieties for seed. aggr Flr-t National Bank, Yorkvllle?Tells mins r you that t" Ret along in the world re- a pP t rpiires work?work with hands, In0 tellect or will, and perhaps all three. mei r The same essentials will build a man bank account. a tr; n W. R. Ferguson?Talks about a lot of ter, y new and fresh fancy groceries for bis customers. Will have 10,00 cab- caan ' bage plants tomorrow. fact ' Thomson Co.?New lines of tapestry vices (1 pillow tops, children's dresses, ladies' hum( [j neckwear, ginghams at 5c yard, white lawns, domestics, embroideries *'ie ' ' and laces. Homo Journal patterns. Fr< t C. W. Whltesldes, Sharon?Has re- it |3 f ceived his spring "shipment of ox- * fords for men, women and children, or ro new dress goods and embroideries, aggr Pee him for seed potatoes and to- *?|sts s baccos. d ,. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Carries a comnlete line of mule trimmings, in- that eluding collnrs, pads and all kinds tion h of chains. Remember the Lynch- and r burg turn plow. mun 11 " protr I The county board of equalization talnr p held its regular monthly meeting yes- on tl s terday. ' In the recent sketch of the late J. B. F. Riddle, the statement was made At that the deceased lived in North Car- club II olina. This statement was erroneous, subs 0 Mr. Riddle lived in and was a citizen club. " of York county. few * Yesterday was the regular day for that " the meeting of the county pension girls, p board, but owing to the absence of be r< Messrs. Joseph F. Wallace and W. S. (,f y Wilkerson, no business could be trans- for a " acted, and it was necessary to adjourn next 1 until another date. All r Quite a number of farmers who to b< ^ came to Yorkville yesterday on acl> count of salesday, said that they saw br. a'( 1 people plowing along tne roaas; dui at generally they were of opinion that the Marc ground was still a little too wet. But with the weather continuing as yes- ^11 terday, everybody will soon be busy. corn 1 Notes of the First National Bank of j^n.t( Sharon of the denomination of five dol- prjZt, t lars, were considerably in evidence In best f Yorkville yesterday, having been scat- In s e tered about by people who were here B from the western side of the county. Vited s Yesterday, of course, was not the first boys i day on which these notes began to ap- struc . pear; but they were numerous enough to 1 yesterday to cause general remarks. buttc The cotton exchange news from both well Dft . New York and New Orleans, indicates gxcgi . that there is to be another flurry of -ph ? activity in the market during the next All _ few weeks. The story is that Hayne, t? a r\uce t Brown and Patten are together for an- q j other bull movement, and although It be el 3 is a fact that there has been an ad- Th . vance of from $1.50 to $2.00 a bale dur- { the j g ing tile past week, and there is a no- York j ticeable forming of lines of battle be- the tween the bulls and bears. There is comr . big talk on both sides. The bulls are f'ej^ . giving out their usual dope about fam- boys g ine conditions, and the bears are talk- pete . ing the effects of curtailment. Both *\e v also sides are making lots of fuss; but the affrjc 3 outside public, which has not yet for- Co . gotten how badly it was bitten during co"e' j the winter, has not yet shown much an^n . signs of interest. That there is to be ers a a big flurry, however, based on all the C usual arguments so applicable to exj isting conditions, there can be very littie doubt. 20 ce * ter If 1 ENFORCING THE LAW. ?P "This thing of convicting a notorious so. si offender against the law. is not so easy to pi as one who has not tried it, might to bf 1 think," said a well known officer, who ?A " has had a good deal of experience aires s along that line, to the reporter a few the < days ago. in th ? "1 have worked up case after case the I 4 against notorious offenders," he went ?X ^ on, "and thought I had everything mayi { down so fine, that there could be no of "t ' slip up. only to find when the matter of tl 1 went before the jury that all my work ated had gone for nothing, and the defend- judgi ' ants were acquitted, notwithstanding ?T 1 that 1 knew as well as I knew that Cong ? 1 was living, that they were guilty as iinpr dogs." ing ( 1 "The man who thinks that guilt Is top o the only requisite necessary to convic- ion si tion is badly mistaken. To get a con- some s viction, it is n??t only necessary that tion " there be guilt; but you have got to that - ? 1 ~ C ? 1 prove it Ijeyonu <1 snsiuuw m u uuuui, was s ami sometimes, mi top of that you ?T ? have got to succeed in impressing a sdfcia jury with the fact that it is bound to in th ^ return a verdict of guilty where guilt with i iias been actually proven. by tl 1 "one of tin- best friends the guilty tors: J criminal has. is the slick lawyer, who N. M s goes into partnership with him for the K. W 1 money there is in it?who becomes a tors ' kind of an accessory after the fact. Wilk I'or pay these fellows sometimes fabri- vice . rate testimony when they have none secre of the real stuff of the right kind, and ?M J. they resort to various tricks to defraud the V . and deceive the Jury and the court, gives t It is mighty provoking to have one dueti ' of these fellows get a man off even to ge wiien you arc dead sure that he is know ? guilty: Imt you have to learn to ac- vice, ecpt that as a part of the game and init I 1 put up with it for the time being, aid < . | resolving, however, to lie better pre- extra pared tlie next time. one-l It has been my observation that the the s; ' nio.-( notorious offenders are generally letter tlie most difficult to convict. They durin > have learned by experience Just ex- but si \ sictly tlie things the law has to prove next , against them, and they arc nearly al- ness ways prepared to keep just these ?Ti ' things from being proved. The siver- tion o :ig<- jury seems to he especially sus- given eeptihh- to technicalities, and when a throu lawyer sueceeds in getting their mind erall.v he real offense with which the demit is charged, and running In the tion of technicalities that really nothing to do with the actual ise under consideration, he is :y close to an acquittal or a mlseither of which is much better a conviction from the defendant's [1 point. is my observation that most juare pretty honest. Even if the idual juror is not as honest as light be, nine cases out of ten, he ts to be with those he knows are ig to do right. Rut sometimes It iens that men who are actually -recklessly criminal?get on juries, I have known such men to sido criminals out of pure sympathy fellow feeling." SHOW WEEK. le K. O. Barkoot shows have poson of the centre of town this week, from now until Saturday night, brass band, the spielers, the movpicture machines, the minstrels, stick and knife racks, and wheel irtune people will be in evidence, ie exclusion of other things, le show aggregation arrived from sburg on Sunday afternoon and ig yesterday, established them's on the old Parish hotel burnt lot, forth Mnin street, now owned by S. M. McNeel, and although they not be fairly down to business unonight, the Indications are that are well prepared to make things y enough. ie attractions consist of the regun assortment, usually found with egattons of this kind. There is a trt-l show, a moving picture show, nny arcade, a shooting gallery, a y-go-round, a Ferris wheel, a "huroulette wheel," a "crazy house," alned animal show, strength teawheels of fortune and other ce games, fortune tellers, and in all the regulation schemes and dei to take people out of the regular drum, and incidentally to gather In loose nickels and dimes, om ail reports and all appearances, an orderly, well behaved crowd Iks that goes to make up the show egation, and the management inthat there will be no exhibitions no occurrences on the grounds tail uc upcu iu i nmuna uic wujrton the part of the most careful conservative element of the comity: but at the same time, the lised fun, amusement and enternent is plenty for all who come tie grounds. THE CORN CLUB. Winthrop recently, a Boys' Corn was organized to be a part or idlary to the York County Boys' organized In the court house a weeks ago, and It was arranged prizes should also be offered for , and that the girls of the county ^quested to compete. The Record esterday has the following call meeting to be held at the college Saturday: who wish to contest for the prizes e offered by York county people he best acre of corn, best tomachrysanthemums, butter, poultry, 1, aprons, etc., are asked to meet tVlnthrop college on Saturday, ;h 12, at 11 o'clock, for the purof organizing and receiving lntions about the work. I boys who expect to enter the contest are requested to bring ars of seed corn. Select the very ears you can from the crib. A 'of $2.00 will be given for the ten ears exhibited. Instruction electing seed corn will also be l. 1 farmers of the county are Into be present and encourage the and girls, and also receive inHnn <1 Inn o> a ;rrlr>iiHiirn 1 lines. member that the girls are eligible mtest for the tomato, poultry, :r and chrysanthemum prizes as as for sewing and cooking prizes, ys are eligible for all the prizes ;>t those for cooking and sewing, e age limit Is 18 years. who read this article are asked dvertise the meeting and to Inas many as possible to come, ly those who join the club will llglble to contest for prizes, ese clubs are being formed In evcounty in the state, and In all of southern states. Let's make the County club the banner club In state. By Joining the club and leting for prizes you have a great to gain and nothing to lose, is hoped that a good many of the and girls In Rock Hill will comfor these prizes. The prizes will i-orth working for, and you will gain valuable experience along ultural lines. me and bring your chum to the ?e next Saturday at 11 o'clock Join the club. d don't forget to bring your fathilong, boys and girls. WITHIN THE TOWN. he price of eggs fell last week to nts on the local market; but Easi not far off. eople who have not already done hould begin to make arrangements epare for the annual flower show > held next fall. . negro named J. C. Lipscomb was ted Monday and lodged In jail on charge of having ordered whisky e name of another, in violation of federal statute on the subject. Ir. W. N. Bigger was before the. u's court yesterday on the charge eckless driving." The testimony ie prosecution, however, exonerthe defendant completely, and the nent was not guilty, he macadamized section of North ress street has been very much uved by the removal of the coat>f mud that had accumulated on f It. There is a difference of opinis to the composition of the mud, holding that it Is an accumulafrom wagon wheels, and others it is a part of the $4,000 that spent last summer, he People's Building and Loan astion of Yorkville, was organized ie court house last Friday night 310 shares of stock subscribed for, ie election of the following direcJ. C. Wilborn, \V. B. Moore, B. oore, J. R. Logan, R. K. Heath, O. 'liklns, J. R. Lindsay. The direc organized uy me fit-cuun ui \j. o. ins as president, R. E. Heath as president, and J. C. Wilborn as tary and treasurer, liss Mary Riser, local manager for Western Union Telegraph company, out information of a material reon in the price of night messages i Into effect soon. It is to be n. as the special night letter serand the proposition is to transift.v words at the present standlay rate for ten words. Each ten words is to be charged at iftli of the standard day rate for anie number of words. The night s are to be received at any time g tin- day up to closing hours; ire not lo be delivered until the morning at the opening of busihours. iie news as to the proposed erecif an opera house in Yorkville, has very general satisfaction ghi tut the community. It is gen- I recognized that opera houses do not pay their owners very well In towns of the population of Yorkvtlle; but still there are those who believe f that an occasional good play Is whole- a some for the community, and there Is v no question of the desirability of a suit- 11 able hall centrally located, for the ac- A commodation of various kinds of pub- c lie meetings and other gatherings, f The understanding Is that Mr. Mc- b Neel is to provide a hall that will meet a every reasonable requirement. II li ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Wm. Dobson of Oaffney, spent t Saturday and Sunday in Yorkvllle. l( Mr. A. B. Hammond of Columbia. spent Saturday and Sunday in York- t vllle. ,| Mr. Crawford Heath of Lancaster, is t visiting his brother, Mr. R. E. Heath in r Yorkvllle. v Mrs. W. W. Dixon and two children a of Winnsboro, are visiting Mrs. W. F. a Marshall in Yorkvllle. I ? Misses Marcella Willis and Margaret f Wilson of Rock Hill, are the guests of s Mis. M. C. Willis in Yorkville. 1( Miss Blanche Watson of Lynwood a college, has been paying a short visit ^ to her parents in Yorkville R. F. D. f No. 7. t Misses Sallle and Ixmnfe Graves of ^ Sharon, visited Misses Jessie and Min- n nie Lee Comer, in Yorkville, Saturday j and Sunday. Miss Annie Boney of Georgetown, 0 and nephew, Master Eugene Colvin of g Chester, spent Sunday with her father, t Mr. D. E. Boney in Yorkville. e Mrs. Arthur Snell of Oklahoma City, i Okla., arrived in Yorkville Saturday, j to spend some time with her parents, 3 Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. S. Hart. Miss Jerusha Mitchell, in. charge of , the school at Tirzah, spent from Friday t evening till Saturday evening in York- r\ vllle, the guest of Mrs. A. M. Grist. Information from Mr. J. A. M. L. e Stewart, who has been down for some e time with pneumonia, is to the effect t that he is able to be up and about. v Miss Cora Clark, who has been a spending the past two months in t Dandrldge, Tenn., is spending several j days in Yorkville, with Mrs. Sue Wal- v lace, before she returns to Gastonla. p Mr. J. R. Kllllan went over to Rock n Hill Sunday to visit his mother, who g is seriously ill in the hospital there, v Mrs. Killian's friends will be glad to } know that she is improving, even c though on account of her age that im- t nrnvprnonl l? rather slnuv x. Mr. R. C. Alleln, cashier of the First . National Bank of Yorkvllle, who has t been ill for several weeks with pneu- c mnnia, has had a very serious time of 0 it. and is still far from well; but Is s now thought to be improving steadily, p and his many friends are hoping that b he will soon be able to resume his 0 work in the bank. q News and Courier, Monday: The y pulpit at the First Presbyterian church c was filled yesterday by the Rev. Dr. a Thomas R. English of the Union g Theological seminary at Richmond, b Va. Dr. English is a native of Sum- fl ter county, and was for years pastor n of the Presbyterian church at York- o ville. He is well known in this state, ji therefore, and has many friends here. 0 He is not only a theologian of large n ability, but is also a most effective c speaker. His sermon yesterday morn- y lng was an interesting presentation of tl the foundations upon which rest the a kingdom of Christ and the reasons f, why that kingdom can never fail. It a was enjoyed by a large congregation. a Mr. H. P. Stowe, who has for the si past four years, been a popular sales- p man in the Thomson company's York- h vllle establishment, left yesterday for q Gastonla to take a similar position s with the Thomson Mercantile compa- y ny at that place. The change Is made p for business reasons, deemed necessary g and expedient In the management of j the Thomson company's business, and Is satisfactory, of course, to all those immediately concerned. It is a welldeserved tribute to Mr. Stowe, to say however, that he has hundreds and 1 hundreds of friends and admirers In ^ Yorkville and throughout this whole n section, who do not give him up with- p out very considerable regret, as he is * generally regarded as not only a most excellent salesman, careful, obliging, ? painstaking and reliable; but a most ' capital good fellow, socially and other- ? wise. He needs no recommendation to ? the Gastonla people, however, as he t( had lived among them for several years y before he came to Yorkville, and had ^ already made the same reputation p there that he has since made here. , t< LOCAL LACONICS. * Indian Aaent. a Governor Ansel has reappointed Mr. u J. Dixon Lesslie to be agent for the l\ Catawba Indians. Mr. Lesslie has ? held the position for two years, and u discharged his duties in a manner ci eminently satisfactory to the Indians a and to the state of South Carolina. tl Auction Sale. R The only auction sale of realty be- " fore the court house door by the clerk yesterday, was a tract of one hundred d and one and one-half acres on Cataw- h ba river, in the case of J. S. H. Faris, T plaintiff vs. Dora C. Bayne and others, s' defendants. The land was bought by P1 J. S. H. Faris for $15 an acre. Annual Inspections. b. The annual inspection of company H, 1st infantry, will take place at Rock " Hill on April 14. Company K, will be inspected at Fort Mill on April 15, and ' J company L, will be Inspected at York- ' ville on April 20. The headquarters at Yorkvllle will be inspected on the same ^ date with company L. w Cottage Destroyed by Fire. ni A cottage, occupied by Mr. Sam f, Robinson, on Dr. \V. G. White's land, j( four miles west of Yorkvllle, was de- j stroyed by tire yesterday afternoon. t, Most of the furniture was saved by ^ the strenuous efforts of Mrs. Robin- w son. who carried most of it out her- tj. self. The loss Is estimated at about b( $300. A Yielding to Authority. tl Rock Hill special of March 4, to the ai News and Courier: Another move was mad? in the famous Hieh School con- tl troversy this afternoon. Chairman C| Jones, of the district board, who is I Identified with the minority and who tii several days sitice refused to accept te the money proffered by Winthrop col- w lege, today, signed the deed for the transfer. This was done by Captain w Jones, after being served with a notice te requiring the board to show cause by m March 10, why it should not be ad- w judged in contempt of Judge Moore's v, decree ordering the deed to be made in su thirty days. Today's action was upon kr advice from Counsel Stanyarne Wilson to for the minority. Secretary Smith, ay who is one of the majority members co of the board, also signed the deed. The, iti deed will now be deposited with the jo county clerk to await the decision of the supreme court upon the appeal N< taken to it by the minority trustees. Gt MERE-MENTION. Allan Brooks, a negro, on trial at )allas, Tex., Thursday, for a brutal ssault on a child the week before, t'as taken from the court house by a nob and lynched on the streets inn Hardeman, a negro, living at Alaon, (la., has established her claim or a pension, on account of her husiand being a soldier in the Mexican nd Indian wars. The woman is beleved to be 110 years old Live logs reached the price of $10.10 per lundred pounds at the Chicago stock aids on Thursday. The packers say hat a livestock famine is only a mater of a few weeks The latest inormation from Seattle, Wash., is to he effect that the victims of the WelIngton disaster in the Cascade mounains which buried two trains, will lumber not less than 100. The trains rere rolled 1,000 feet from the track, nd buried under forty feet of ice and now James A. Patten, the Chiago wheat speculator, left last night or a vacation in Europe, aun 11 is tated that when he returns to Amerca he wilt take another go at cotton nd "wallop the bears into obscurty." Commander Peary and his rlends are as yet unable to sa'tisty he house .aval committee that he las reached the north pole. At a neeting of the committee Friday, 'eary's friends presented their evllence in order to secure the passage f a bill providing for a congressional ;old meoal for the commander, but he committee would not be convincd Fifty thousand engineers and iremen of the ruilroads entering New fork from us far west as Chicago, and ,s far south as Baltimore, have preented demands to the railroads for nore pay and better working conuilons. A strike is not improbable.... L'wo detectives were shot, one fataly. uy three Italian thugs In Chicago arly Friday morning John H. ,'ullen, 46 years old, teller of the Jnion Institution of Savings, Boston, fas arrested Friday, owing to a shortge in his uccounts Chief Bayjum-Mah-Jl-VVa-Skung and Chief i-N'i-Wuy-Way-AUSK, 01 tne tmpiw tribe of Indians, were found dead n a Washington, D. C., hotel, Friday norning. They had blown out the ;as Instead of turning it off A tireless message received at New fork on Friday from the steamship Caledonia, 1,000 miles at sea, told of he sinking of the Russian steamer, Lorea, and the rescue of all the crew. Harry C. Smith, president of ho Afro-American League, has sent a ommunicatlon to Congressman Loud f Michigan, ordering that Matt Henon, the negro who accompanied >eary on his search for the north pole, e made a rear admiral In the navy, r "something equally as good.".... !ooke Davies, leader of a gang of eggmen, escaped from the jail at ipelousas, La., Friday nignt, ana ieii note stating that he would get his ang together and come back and low open the safe In the sheriff's ofce Two young American woten have been arrested in Nicaragua n the charge of being spies for the nsurgents Three hundred men f Atlanta, Ga., Friday night pledged hemselves not to break the third ommandment for a period of three ears, binding themselves together as he Society of the Holy Name .ugust Johnson, wanted In New York or the murder of his wife on Februn 7, has been arrested at Mobile, ,1a., and confessed his guilt. Johnon killed his wife with a piece of gas ipe and burled the body under the loor of his apartment Thomas Tolller Piatt, formerly United States enator from New York, and for many ears a national figure In Republican olitlcs. died in New York city last Sunday night. He was born July 15, 835. * SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? It is announced from Washington, hat congress Is going to pass a public ullding bill this year, and Congresslan Finley will try to get through ap? roprlations for buildings In Yorkville, .ancaster and Camden. ? Lancaster, March 6: The Bank f Lancaster has offered a reward of 50 in gold to the boy under 18 years t .icq vi-Vir> uhnu'a the greatest vield f corn per acre for the year 1910, and a the boy showing the second largest leld, $25 in gold, subject to the conitions und rules promulgated by the toys' Corn club of Lancaster county. ? Union, March 4: Gold amounting a $125, was found the other day, stuffd away in a gaudy, striped old locking belonging to Nannie Abrams, well known colored woman, who died t her home north of this city recentr. Nannie, who was a hard working oman, was known to have accumuited quite a sum of money and put it arefully away. However, it was only fter diligent search on the part of tie members of her family that the afely hidden cash was brought to <?ht. ? Spartanburg, March 4: Rev. Anr mrns Tfi vears. died at is home on North Church street late hursday night, after an Illness of ?veral weeks. The body will be ship- i e?l to Wadesboro. N. C., today for in nnent. Mr. Stafford was one of the ; est known Methodist ministers in outh Carolina. Some years ago he ' tired from active ministerial work 1 nd moved to Spartanburg to make his | ome. A very sad feature about the ruth of Mr. Stafford is that his wife j i s at the point of death herself. ? Spartanburg. March 4: Mrs. Kate , arham, the young grass widow who < as bound over to court Monday ' lorning on the charge of abducting om her home. Miss Kthel Johnson, the j 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I VV. Johnson, was today committed J > Jail in default of a $200 bond. J. P. , pton. the well known real estate man, i ent on Mrs. Parham's bond, but to- I iy he withdrew. Mrs. Parham will ' ? tried at the coming term of court, j nother very important witness for < le state has returned to Spartanburg, 1 id has been bound over. ? Gaflfney. March 6: The business of le court of general sessions was con- f. uded yesterday afternoon with the j CCeptlon of a motion to be argued in . it? case of Munroe Mize, who was yesrday convicted of manslaughter. It ill be remembered that several months jo Mize killed a man named Gore, ho was his son-in-law. one night afi they had been to a dance in the ighborhood. There were no eyeitnesses to the killing, and at the trial sterday Mize pleaded self-defense, 1 t yiiiK that Gore attacked him with a j, life in the path and that he killed him t save his own life. Solicitor Henry t isisted by Messrs. Butler and Hall, * inducted the prosecution, while Solic- s if Otts and Mr. V. K. DePass of Un- r n defended Mlze. 8 -Chester special of March 4, to the j1 ?ws and Courier: Mrs. Sallie C. s ant, wlio went to Charlotte several days ago to visit her son, Mr. Frazor Grant, was the principal In a stirring adventure which befell her shortly after she alighted from the train and was en route to her son's residence. She was met by her daughter-in-law and the tatter's sister, and the trio of ludies were on their way to the house when, jusi us iney were uppi oaeiiuin uir jmu they were accosted by a burly negro, who, without a word of greeting, mude a dive for Mrs. Grant's handbag. He succeeded in snatching the bag. and in doing so knocked his victim down. Mrs. Frazer Grant had an umbrella In her hand, and with this she belabored the negro, but could not prevent his escape. Fortunately, Mrs. Grant was not seriously hurt, although she was much shaken up and was greatly excited and alarmed. She had heard of the holdups that are so frequent in Charlotte, and had removed all of her money from her purse with the exception of one dollar, so that was all the robber got. ? Columbia special of March 5, to the News and Courier: The supreme court today affirmed the Judgment of the circuit court in the case of the Carolina Agency company against John Y. Garlington, the man whose appeal Is now pending In the Seminole case. The appeal In the Agency case is from an order of Judge Hydrick refusing to vacate and discharge a warrant of attachment Issued by the clerk of court " of this county in an action brought in January, 1909. The complaint in the case charged Garlington with owing the Carolina Agency $25,000, inasmuch, it was alleged, that Garlington had not made an accounting of his treasurerhip In this agency; that he owned $75,000 stock In the agency and disposed of about 5,000 shares at $10 a share, and that he had collected as premiums for the State Mutual Insurance company of Rome. Ga? the sum of $70,000, and "although frequently called upon for an accounting for his actions and doings as treasurer, had failed to do so, and had recently departed from this state, continuing to absent himself for the purpose of defeating and defrauding the plaintiff, his creditor and other creditors of their rights." The Carolina Agency sued Garlington for $25,000 and attached his lands in Laurens county. On the motion to discharge the writ of attachment, after full argument, Judge Hydrick refused, and the supreme court now, sitting without Justice Hydrick. amrmea tne oraer. ? Columbia State: A Corn Growers' association will be organized In every county In the state during the present month, if the plans of Ira W. Williams, the state agent of the United States farm demonstration work are carried out. A letter of instructions will be Issued in a few days to all of the farm demonstration agents In the state as to how these organizations are to be arranged. The Boys' Corn clubs and prize acre contests will come under the supervision of the county association, and It is probable that a State Corn Growers' association will be organized in the near future. It is likely that the county associations will be under the supervision of the demonstration agents. Mr. Williams who, with State Superintendent of Education Swearlngen, and A. G. Smith, of the farm management work, have charge of the Boys' Corn club, said yesterday that the county associations would be formed during March and that this step would be taken because he did not have time to attend to all corn shows and prose acre contests in tne state, in speaking of the county associations Mr. Williams said: "I will, within a fewdays, issue a circular letter to the farm demonstration agents of the state, asking that they call a meeting of all the farmers in their counties to meet at the county court house this month and form a county association. The matter of prizes will be looked after by the association and the county exhibits will no doubt be placed on exhibition at the South Atlantic corn exposition, which Is to be held in Columbia during the coming fall." MR. FINLEY ON THE POSTOFFICE. That the problem of putting the postoftlce department on a businesslike basis is really a comparatively simple one is the contention of the Hon. D. E. Flnley in one of the most illuminating discussions of postal conditions which has yet come to our attention. Mr. Flnley spoke on this in FnnJTOBa laat MnnHov on/1 that his remarks were followed with interest 13 evidenced by the volleys of questions which were flred at him throughout the period he was addressing the house of representatives. Briefly, Mr. Finley holds that the railway mail pay is too small on short line railroads, and entirely too large on the great trunk-line railroads. He contends that mall equipment, postofflce supplies, and so forth, when in freightable lots, which, he argues, should be construed as 300 pounds and upwards, and that all magazines and periodicals when in freightable lots, should be withdrawn from the mails during the weighing period and thereafter shipped by freight. This of itself, he says, will amount to a saving of more than $12,000,000 the year. He declines to agree to the proposition that the loss on second-class mail is $64,000,000 the year, as claimed, and shows that the actual cost of handling daily newspapers is between one and two cents the pounu, ror transportation, ana tnat tne separation service is much less than that on tirst-elass mail. He argues, and cites the proof, that "the president jf the United States and the postmaster general by executive order can correct more than four-fifths of the complaints that have been made. He denies that rural delivery cost the government last year more than $15,000,000 at the outside, and against this amount he contrasts the time saved to the 20,000,D00 rural delivery patrons served on the 41,000 routes now in operation, and the increased value of farm lands which the rural delivery has brought about. The former he estimates at $40,000,000 annually, and the latter at the sum of one thousand million dollars?an astounding increase, as he very well says. Mr. Kinley goes on to show that third-class mall cost the government $3,299,522.12 last year, free congressional mail $518,385.45, and free department mail $5,219,661.65. He argues also that the rural carriers are ?ntitled to additional compensation. 1 At...* .... I 1 ..... .. . ?%.? II Al/M.ba V.,. 111(1 illal iuu?ttj man v:ici i\^ ouuuiu ur fiven an expense allowance when they lie away from home. Mr. Finley is a member of the congressional committee on postotflce and ?ost roads. His speech in the house of representatives on Monday not only showed his thorough familiarity with he matters affecting these departments jut its whole tenor was such as to bear enewed testimony to the ability and ;he fair-mindedness of the gentleman vho represents the Fifth South Caroina district in congress.?News and Courier. ? Columbia. March 5: The supreme ourt affirms the life sentence of Cheser Kennedy, for hiring two negroes 10 (ill John Holland, in Barnwell county, >ut who killed Perry Ussery by misake. This was the case in which the fovernor employed a Pinkerton expert, vho developed the evidence tending to ihow two assassinations by Kennedy, me of a merchant named Weeks, on iccount of a woman, and that of Usiery, in trying to close the lips of Holand. against whom the attempted astassi nation was made on another occadon.