Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps and Jracts. Liverpool, March S: The arrival ! here today of James A. Patten of Chicago. caused considerable excitement in cotton circles, despite his disclaimer of an intention to deal in wheat or ; cotton, and his explanation that he was 1 in Kngiand only for a brief holiday. ' Cables from America heralding Patten's visit hinted of the possibility of his having designs on the Liverpool market and as a result the local dealers arc watching the American's movements closely. Mr. Patten intends t<* r< turn to the Cnited States by the Mauretania next Saturday. There is a linn belli f in cotton circles here that lie is arranging to engineer a deal in May cotton. At luncheon with prom l.? I ..J? I..-. i_. .......lit..,1 v -Itll Iflflll KMUlt i x ir? ? ivui%> ?? savins that, "the fun on the market has net yet commenced." ? Kansas ('ity, March 8: Fearing that complications may develop, Jerc F. Lllllpresident of the Western Kxchange bank, who was severely cut by John P. Cudahy. a packer, last Sunday morning in the Cudahy home, was not taken from the hospital to his home today, a? had been planned. Lillis may remain in St. Mary's hospital for sev- ' oral days. Dr. Samuel Ayres who is 1 attending the Injured banker, fears 1 that blood poisoning may develop. The 1 knife which Cudahy used is said to 1 have been old and rusty. Lillis is still unable to talk as his Hps were badly battered. It is said that he has not I spoken since his arrival at the hospl- < tal. As the knife did not touch any I vital part. Lillis will probably be up I and out in a few days if blood poison- 1 ing does not set in. .Mr. Cudahy re- \ mains at the ("nates' house. He refuses to talk. John Moss, Cudahy's chauffeur, who assisted in the roping and carv- < Ing, has not been found. ; ? Washington. March 8: A resolution. 1 introduced today in the house by Rep- i resentative Sisson of Mississippi, de- | Clares that the 14th and 15th amend- I ments to the constitution are null and i void, and directs the attorney general i to submit the question to the supreme . court of the United States. Mr. Sisson's resolution recites that the journals of the senate and house of the i Thirty-ninth. Fortieth and Forty-first i congresses show that the two amend- i ^luiinir th,. enfranchisement J of the negro were not adopted in the f two houses by a two-thirds vote, and < further, that three-fourths of the sev- | oral states did not ratify them, as re- i quired by the constitution. The attor- t ney is "ordered and directed" to sub- | mit the question of their validity to the supreme court and to file at the same time with the court copies of the t journals of both houses of congress and 1 of the legislatures of the states which > acted upon the matter. i ? Announcing that he had come i south to refute the charges made by t Thomas E Watson that Elsie Siegel f was a missionary and that there are j cases similar to that of this girl j among the American women mission- j a t ies in China. William T. Ellis, a Philadelphia newspaper man. in an address ?h? Atlanta Rihle conference, t last Tuesday night, roundly denounced c the Georgia politician and editor. Mr. a Ellis submitted affidavits and letters r from the state department and else- t where, in disproof of the statement that N Elsie Siegel was at any time employed .; as a missionary by any Christian | church. "That is the point that brings f me south?Watson's monstrous charge t that there are more American women j led astray by the Chinese than there , are Chinese converts. I owe it to the x Georgia women that I met in the Orient to come down here and nail that slander." Thomas E. Watson recently j refused to meet Mr. Ellis in joint de- ^ bate on the subject of foreign missions, j Mr. Ellis declared that he would not j now meet Mr. Watson in joint debate. ? Over $1,000,000 was added by the ^ house. Tuesday, to the appropriation ( recommended by the committee on x postofflces and postroads for the rural c free delivery service for the year end- t ing June 30, 1011. This appropriation, it . was stated, would be sufficient to per- , mil the establishment of 3,000 new ru- ; ral free delivery routes, as it would j IlliIKe aVailUUK' 1"| ?UUI CAlniKiuno I about 51.500,000. During the current fiscal year $660,000 was available for extension of this service. Democrats ( from southern states took a prominent t part in the advocacy of the increased t allowance for rural free delivery. | Chairman Weeks accepted for his y committee an amendment offered by j Representative Kinley ??f South Caro- | lina, adding half a million to the , amount for rural free delivery recom- t mended in the bill, but demands for a ? further increase for that purpose came from both sides of the house, with the , result that the higher amount was , placed in the bill in accordance with ; an amendment offered by Mr. Small of North Carolina. After adopting three amendments of impoiu. ice ami listening to another , verbal castigation of the forestry by j Senator Heyburn, the senate on Tues- ( day passed the agricultural appropria- , ?! ... ?.:n ..icuoil tin* hill carries a : I am exceedingly skeptical about Mr. I'ear.v's ever having discovered the pole." declared Mr. Macon, "and I am going to protest against any honor being conferred upon him by congress until he has established beyond reasonably doubt that he did discover it. and it must be established in the open mm not m tin- nam. fhr \liuluillr (fnquircr. Knlcitil ill the t*Mst>>ff1ce In Yorkvillc js Mail Matter of 'he Second Class YORKVILLE. S. C.t FRIDAY. MARCH II. 1910. Wk have never presumed to doubt that Commander Peary reached the north pole as he said; but we think that congress is eminently correct in refusing to recognize him until he furnishes the proof. So" Til Carolina is becoming to be talked of as the most progressive grow?r of corn in the Union. It is sincerely to be hoped that our people will continue to confirm and merit that reputation. The state has never had a worthier distinction. A iianosomk monument was unveiled to the "Women of the Confederacy" it Rome, Oa., the other day, and the newspapers are declaring it to be the irst of the kind, when as a matter of 'act, there are several others, the first icing the one erected in Confederate Park. Fort Mill, some fifteen years ago, ny Captain Samuel E. White, now re-iding in Lancaster. Dispatchks state that unable to set:le their little differences by force of irms, the two factions in Nicaragua are jnitnig in an appeal to the United states t<> intervene and guarantee a 'air election, by which the people may house a president and re-establish leace. The Washington government s represented as being unwilling to inervene, until it has assurance that the >eople desire intervention. Tiik Progressive Farmer, whose edior. Clarence H. Poe, recently won the aurel crown for producing the best southern book of the year?his "A southerner in Europe"?says in its last ssue. that The Enquirer is one of the >est county papers in America. We eel that this is quite honor enough, for i while at least, and we sincerely thank dr. Poo for his kind estimate of The inquirer. It gives us pleasure to acknowledge he receipt from Hon. E. J. Watson, onimissioner of agriculture, commerce tnd industries, of copies of interesting eports from his office. These include he first annual report of the Labor Diision. Bulletin 1, on Forest Conditions, ind the Sixth Annual Report of the Division of Commerce and Labor. All lie full of valuable information, and hose who are interested in the splenlid work that is being done in Comnissioner Watson's department will do veil to write to him for copies. Tin: Pennsylvania Federation of La>or, in convention at New Castle last A'ednesday, adopted resolutions, call n.? upon the American Federation of atbor to bring about a nation-wide trike, the object of the same being to ?ack up the rather vague contentions ?f the Philadelphia street car men. It vas the Philadelphia delegation to the invention that got the resolution hmugh. Conservative delegates ex ressed the view that this is a very inipportune time for an attempt to inmgurate such a strike, as the proba?ility is that the Federation people in nany cities will refuse to join it. We have just noted in the St. Louis Ilobe-Democrat, a cartoon that seems o cover the subject of transplanting ity men to the farms, more comprelensively than any editorial we have seen. The centre piece of the cartoon s a tempting object in the shape of a arge gold cube, on which there is a ilacard which reads, "easy money on he farm." Jumping up from the sky scrapers <>f the city and reaching "ft iftcr the bait with eager joy is a city nan. and behind the brick, out of sight >f tile city man is a grinning old farmer lolding in his hand four ropes, labeled espectively. "risk." "necessary capital," "necessary experience," "hard work." rile lesson seems to be tile absurdity of lie idea of a city man. who is a failure n the city, being able to make a suc ess on a farm without the advantages hat the farmers already possess. That s one side of it. The other side is that he farmer is wise to hold on to what ie has. and the farmer boy, who is urning his eyes so yearningly toward he city, will do well to remember how nueh he is giving up that the city nan would be so thankful to have. D?cnn?cihillH?c n( (ho Npu/snaner. ii would (ill by giving the most hon- J est. earnest and intelligent service of which it may he capable. The first and most important duty of a newspaper, is to give a record of ' all the happenings that are lit to print. And to say what is lit to print, is a p matter of exceeding difficulty. There was a lot of umiuestionahle wisdom in the declaration of a famous newspaper man that, anything that the Almighty Y might permit to happen is legitimate news. Rut still, the newspaper with a regard for the fitness of things must j recognize that while this rule is legitimate. there are a great many tilings that happen that may he ignored on tile ground that no good end may be subserved by giving them publicity. Y And generally speaking, nothing should be published without a reason. But the mere fact that a happening is news of unquestionable interest does J n?n mean inai u i? uimu.vm i<> get. for there are ulways people who y aire interested in suppressing that which tlie public most desires to know. For instance, if at public official is crooked in his deailings, it often happens that he and his friends dread publicity above all things else, and just as a burglar will kill to escape capture, so will a crooked official resort to any expedient to prevent exposure. And if a newspaper undertakes to make such ' an exposure, until it has actually pre-' sentt (1 the proved facts, its position is very similar to the man who is only seeking to capture the burglar. Things of this kind, however, constitute only a part of the responsibilities of the newspaper. Its power for evil is fully as great as its power for good, and not only that, it is in constant danger of doing evil even when its intentions are the best. The evil ^ may be done unwittingly, as well as wittingly, and when one appreciates 111 that unwitting evil can be as harmful ^ in its effects as if the evil were done deliberately with malice aforethought, the responsibility only becomes the " more burdensome. On the other hand, I11 to do good is more difficult. It really requires more ability, more courage al and more labor, and more danger of personal consequences. This is because the forces of evil are generally c' more alert, more vigilant and more aggressive than the forces of good. al But as great as are the responsi- s' bilities of a newspaper, conducted in N accordance with the proper principle, " and as onerous as may be the strain involved in the continuous search for s' right, and avoidance of wrong, still ni there are few other agencies that con- 111 tribute as much to the peace, happiness and general well being of mankind. and none that offers a more complete and thorough opportunity for the service of those who really desire to m serve. in ol BRISTOW FOR FEATHERSTONE. 11 c< Says Laurens Attorney Is Logical Pro- s< hibition Candidate. V* Rev. Louis J. Bristow of William- hi v,.,c iilciititied with the Y prohibition movement in this state U1 ever since he attained citizenship, was in the city yesterday in the interest of the Chautauqua to be given in in YVilliamston this summer. ti In view of his connection with the .. prohibition movement, he was asked what the campaign outlook promises. P' He declared that a prohibition candi- a< date will be elected. j "I had hoped that the prohibition- ^ ists would go into the primary this j year with only one candidate for gov- j' ernor," said Mr. Bristow, "but 1 see g by the papers that there will be at least two in the race who will es- ^ pouse the cause of state-wide prohi- j bition. While 1 know prohibition j? sentiment has grown greatly in South Carolina during the last twelve years, and while I do not doubt the election of a prohibitionist to be governor, yet I would like to see only one candidate, that the total prohibition vote might be cast for him. Furthermore, I would like to see that candidate be jt C. C. Featherstone. He is the logi- .. cal exponent of prohibitionists, being the most prominent prohibitionist in the state, and one of whose sincerity is there can be no question, and ?' \\ whose ubilitv and fitness no one doubts. "Mr. Featherstone's record on the is question is long and consistent. ()i Twelve years ago he ran for governor Ion the prohibition platform when it I was not popular in the state, and a P?' change of l.JiOO votes then would have N made hint governor. He has stood firmly and fought well ever since. Four years ago he was urged to run s' again, but he felt that first of all the \\ old state dispensary should be destroyed, to accomplish which was needed the combined strength of all its opponents. Two years ago his no- Jtable correspondence with Gov. Ansel revealed the governor's intention ^ to advocate and recommend the re- . versed local option law, which was, in effect, what Mr. Featherstone had outlined as, at that time, a desirable Ji policy for state-wide prohibitionists to pursue. "Mr. Featherstone is preeminently Xl the man for the prohibitionists," continued Mr. Rristow. "He is a splendid campaigner, as was shown in 1898, when he opposed some of the best speaaers in nit- muu-, unu .iun.i .u. .. politicians, and defeated them all save rj Gov. Ellerbe. who had the second- . . term sentiment in his favor, as well as the dispensary at his back." st Mr. Hristow declared that Mr. ac Featherstone's record on prohibition j, is so well known that this will be but a small factor in his campaign this rl summer, and that Mr. Featherstone or will devote his time to the discussion a of matters relating to the material . development of the state. After paying a compliment to Mr. bt Featherstone, who has worked his in way in the world from printer's ap- tl. prentice to special judge, sitting in numerous courts and a citizen of nl known integrity and success, Mr. Bris- pi tow concluded: wi "Yes, O. C. Featherstone is the logical prohibition candidate. He is not a novice; not a recent convert to the cause. He is able and fearless, of a th clear record and a clean life; and I believe will be the next governor of ' LOCAL AFFAIRS, ? i n NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. i . ('. Wllborn?Will pay reward for re- s turn of pocket memorandum book, lost a few days ago. \ K E. Boney. Agent?Reminds you n that thousands of men regret today n that they did not take more life insurance when they could get it. Pro tit by their experience. .? orkvllle Monument Co.?Gives you t a few pointers in regard to buying a monuments and tombstones and in- j vites you to see its stock. . Ij. Williams & Co.?Are showing c new spring styles of ladles' low shoes t from Zeigler Bros., and men's shoes \ from J. E. Tilt. Men's heavy shoes t Saturday and Monday at fifty cents j a pair. t ork Supply Co.?Has everything a needed for equipping your mule for J the spring work, including plows, t stocks, harrows, cotton and corn \ planters, trace chains, etc. . C. Wllborn?Makes new real estate off< rings that should into rest home seekers or investors. V. E. Ferguson?Was disappointed Wednesday at not receiving his cab- a bage plants. He will have them next i Tuesday. t erndon & Gordon?Print a tobacco v catechism which is interesting alike to users and non-users of the a "weed." c arroll Furniture Co.?Want you to t bring your go-carts and baby carriages to them for new tires, and your pictures for framing. ational-Union Hank. Rock Hill? e Asks you to think about the money f you spend needlessly. Start a sav- . ings account and save it against the " time when adversities come to you. v homson Co.?Is receiving new goods h by every train and wants you to ^ come and see the new spring lines of men's shirts, men's hats. laces. *' embroideries, children's sailors, etc. t The March number of the Christian s lesscnger, went into the mails yester- f ay. e Governor Ansel has signed the Fire- h lan's Aid bill, recently published in h he Enquirer, and it is now a law. f The Enquirer's club contest come* e ) a close on Saturday. March 19, and t H expected that all names shall be a Eiid for by that date. s The Rock Hill Buggy company, has t rranged to take up the manufacture i f automobiles, and proposes to turn o nt a 4-cylinder, 30-horse power ma- E line, that will sell for $2,500. v Prof. Ira W. Williams is to speak e t Winthrop college tomorrow, and as- I t in the further organization of the n oys' Corn club. The hour will be 11 t clock a. m. ii But notwithstanding the logic of the e tuation, it is a fact that there are f] lany farmers who will not give any v lore attention to corn this year than ley have been giving heretofore. s DEMONSTRATION WORK. \, The sixth annual report of the comlissioner of agriculture, commerce and a idustrles just out. contains among * her interesting items of information, [A statement of specimen results ac mplished by en-operative demon- 3 jators throughout the county last a far, and from it, we take the follow- ^ iK statement, of achievements by tl ork county cotton farmers. The fig- n res in the lirst column show the pro- u a action per acre last year. The figures H i the second column show the produc- u on the year before, and the figures in ie third column, show the average ^ induction on non-demonstration acres tl Ijoining: n L. Currence 1,400 1,000 750 ^ . D. Cranford 1,400 800 600 " E. Bankhead 1,400 1,000 750 ? Frank Ashe 1,200 1,000 700 * H. Love 1,200 800 600 ? . L. Purcell 1,100 800 500 ? r. C. Robinson 1,200 800 700 1 D. Smith 1,100 750 450 S. Harper 1,600 1,000 500 ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. J. W. Kirkpatrlck is seriously i I with pneumonia. I< Miss Webb Stanton of Bethel, vis- 5 ed Miss Hattie Hunter in Yorkvllle, p lis week. a Miss Maude Smith of Hickory Grove, e visiting friends axid relatives in p 'llkinsville. s Miss Wilma Plexicn of Sharon, who p teaching in Williamsburg county, is t aite sick with the grip. a Mr. J. W. Klrkpatrick, of the Kirk- tl itrick-Belk company, returned from ew York yesterday. h Mrs. George Foster of Greenwood, is v lending a week with her mother, Mrs. g f. B. Steele in Yorkville. d Miss Leila Dunlap of Yorkville R. n , D. No. 3, is visiting her sister, Mrs. tl M. Hubbard in Huntersville, N. C. p Mrs. R. E. Montgomery and son, ti aster R. E. Jr., are visiting relatives, a if a few days at Forest City, N C. a Mrs. F. M. Fair of Union, and Mrs. s ilia Rainey of Blacksburg, are the e jests of Mrs. M. E. Johnson in York- y He. n " a OUR NEXT SERIAL. t< For its next serial story, The Enqui 1... I4,..irrh'u otir. A 1' Will I Ml II ( nwu ?iwu6.. ..v.. ng novel, **r?4-40 or Fight." This is a tl storlcal romance, dealing with the tl irrlng times out of which resulted the d iiuisition of Texas and Oregon, with 81 ?hn C. Calhoun as one of the loading h laracters. The story is a thrilling tl ie. from start to finish. It contains ti good (leal of history told in a most a tractive and entertaining manner, ' it its hid for the favor of the reader ** s more in its action?love and in- s< igue. It has been obtained by us tl ily on the payment of a good round s' ice for the serial rights, which price, h ! have paid all the more freely, be- h use we believe that it will prove to b one of the most charming stories 21 total appropriation of $13.522.636. an 'increase of $192,360 ovt-r the amount carried by the bill as it passed the house. Hv the amendments adopted today, the secretary of agriculture is authorized to build fences along international boundary lines to keep out diseased cattle, the making of lumpsum appropriations for any bureau of the department is prohibited, and $10,000 is , appropriated for an investigation of | the orange grove pest, known as the , white fly. The first two amendments | were made at the instance of the com- , inittee on agriculture and the last on j the request of Senator Fletcher of . Florida, who said that the white tly is , doing great damage in his state. The , "lump sum" provision is intended to ^ meet the criticism directed at the . methods heretofore employed in making appropriations for the forestry bu- | reau. In accordance with the amend- t ment agreed upon, today the secre- j tary of the treasury will be required j hereafter to submit detailed estimates | of appropriations required. 1 Fntil Commander Robert K. l'eary t . . .i.... i... .iij_ IUI11ISIICS nil mil |mn>i.- iii.u in- hi.-,- y covered th?> north ?? !? . no reward will t Im- bestowed Upoli liiIII as tiie result of ,| a practically unanimous vote < !' the | subcommittee of iii?. house committee ., on naval affairs. Wednesday. A speech i in opposition to the proposition of lion- , oriiiR I'eary was made hy K' prcsentu- y live Macon of Arkansas before the ,, committee. Representative Macon declared to the committee that the ex- t ploivr could in>t have made the distance n he said he did in his dash for the pole. ,, Mi Macon said In- ,vas "indignant at >, the thought of being calhd upon as a s ii presi -illative of the American people | to confer a high honor upon any one n of its citizens in the dark." All legis- p la.ion hy congress. he said, might to hp p open and above hoard. "I confess that h Although this is a pregnant and ineresting subject, it is one that cannot >c satisfactorily covered in any single ditoiial article, if at all. by a merely itiman individual, for with so many lewspaper editors so obviously oblivous to the idea of any kind of responsibility to anybody or anything, it vould be indeed surprising were it possible tpp convey a comprehensive crasp of such an intricate abstract pi-ppposition tpp the public at large. As a matter of fact, tiie editor of The Inquirer does n<>t claim t > be an auhority >11 editorial responsibility. t)n lie contrary he knows full well, and s ready t admit with all freedom, that ie is frequently confronted with probp ins, involving the proper line of acioii in certain circumstances that pintle Ititn spp sorely. that he can only solve belli at a hazard. ami trust t?p devel ipmenls to show whether his venture las been right or wrong. lie believes I so that every conscientious editor, 10 matter liow aide or i 111?-IIif;*-tit he night l? . or how sound and well-rounded may he his foundation priniples. has the same i xperience. <>f course, this subject cannot he inelli.g? ntly dispttsscd. except in ivcogiti' ii of the fact that the various kinds f newspapers having various objects f existence, and looking to various ot;rres for support. And it is notour impose lieIV to consider tit till the lewspnpers thiit exists only for a selsii purpose; but only the paper of the Igliest atld best idettls, that seeks t<> e of i-etil use tiinl benefit in the field South Carolina."?Columbia State. 1,1 m h; ? New Orleans, March S: Presi- . lent I,. P. I.?oree. <>f tile Delaware anil wj Hudson railroad, in an interview here in today, asserted that tin- American peo- tri pie would find it to their interest in going to a free trade basis. He ile- a|) nopneed the wastefulness of the na- Hi tional government, and said no business in this country would be run on st< the same extravagant basis as the gov- tri ernment conducts its departments, ab "If you want to loaf, go to Washing- th ton; the ?--st of the country is too busy sii to tolerate the man who lias nothing es to do." tie continued. Asked for an nn expression of the proposed railroad legislation of President Taft, he said: H; "AM this railroad agitation and legis- ou Inlion is intended to divert attention from tlie real issue, the tariff. Colonel in Roosevelt started it for the same pur- A pose and Taft is bound to that line of ev policy. ltefore his election lie com- tii mitted himself so strongly to railroad regulation, lie couldn't back down, an Roth Roosevelt and Taft were ele-tod en on a trust-busting, anti-high tariff nn plattorm I art got a taritl tj!l! through pu anil was sorry for it, because it is iig niori* or loss fakisli. Whether the tig American people will be satisfied is ! ;> another thing. There is no i|uestion as to the issue before the nation. It is roi tariff. We are going to tind it to our an interest to go on a free trade basis, en This is coming about as a process of sit evolution. We are in the same posi- eai tion now that Kngland was in the "b thirties, when in the throes of the corn be law agitation and went off of a pro- in teetive tariff basis into full free trade. ' As the nation becomes a great export- ed ing power, it will lind that it has to an adopt free trade." fin at has appeal ed in uiese cmumns ior ars. The following clippings indi- P te the manner in which this story is been received by the press: P< If any one thinks there is nothing ? the history of the United States 01 tiicli offers opportunity for the writ- |., g of novels of diplomacy and inigue in which clever men and fair ^ mien may figure, he should read f< is delightful story of 54-40 or Fight al d be convinced to tbe contrary.? .. iffalo Fx press. 54-4 0 or Fight is a rattling good nl ?ry of love and romance and in- m gue. The action moves swiftly and U| sorbingly, and the book is one of e kind that compels a reading at a v' igle sitting so adroitly is the inter- ai i caught and maintained.?Haiti- te re News. . The air of mystery surrounding the , ' lioness keeps the reader, alert, curi- 's s and expectant.?Mobile Register, hi A capital story of a stirring period m the annals of the period country, book well worth the attention of en those who ignore the novels of w e day.?New York Kvening Sun. f(] 54-40 or Fight has life, movement I dramatic situations. It is close ough to the important facts to be re than usually interesting, and w rports. at least, to give us a new j,, lit mi iIn- character or so great a lire as Calhoun.?Portland (Me.? st ipress. sf To read f?4-4 or Fight is to live a to inanee in which diplomacy, intrigue d a passion that outlived all is wovwith intricate grace into an ex<iuie piece of literary tapestry. This th n readily be classed as one of the est sellers." and is a book which will widely discussed and read by those 'r' public life.?Huffalo Courier. hi The story of America's stout-heart- (h resistance to England In Oregon d Texas, and of the successful ef- i,s ts of our statesmen to guard the th nterests committed to their keeping, s one of the proudest chapters in our lational history. The essence of this story we find in 4-40 or Fight, which is true to the pirit of the time. Judged as a novel, Mr. Hough's took contains the elements that go to mil*.. iiiioiil.'ir success.?New York rimes. Mr. Hough has surpassed himself > r.4-40 or Fight?given his readers mmething indeed worth reading in his tale of polities, history, adventure md love. A big story.?(Jrand Rapids -lerald. The title of Mr. Hough's novel dearly indicates the period in which he scenes are laid, and as those were firy stirring days in the history of the Jnited States, the reader opens the >ook with keen anticipation?an extectation that will be fully satisfied is he progresses through the pages, dr. Hough's depiction of Calhoun in lis varied moods is splendid.?Xash'ilie American. LEWIS BAKER A SUICIDE. Handing his wife his pocketbook md ring, with the remark: "I have ust drunk carbolic add and am going o die," says a Charlotte dispatch of esterday. Lewis C. Maker, a trusted ttache of tn-. Continental Insurance onpany, threw himself across the ied at his home early this morning nd In less than an hour died in great gony. Maker slipped out and securd the acid while waiting for hreakast and drank it before entering the louse, no one witnessing the act. Heras a native of Rock Hill S. C., where le was a successful mill man, coming iere six years ago to engage in the nsurance business. He was fortywo years old. Yesterday he talked to his wife of uicide and she watched him careully during the entire day. He arose arly this morning and was found by ils wife with a heavy knife in his land. Aiier sne nau omen u anaj rom him. he told her he had intendd cutting his throat with it. His pisol had been hidden by his wife and ,fter the knife was taken from him he advised him to remain at home oday and allow her to care for him. 'hinking that she had convinced him f the folly of his first attempt, Mrs. laker left him in the front room, /hile she went to the kitchen to surintend the preparation of breakfast, temaining in the kitchen for several ainutes, she returned to the- front of he house and met her husband entprng the front door. As she approachd him. he took his ring from his nger and handed it to her along rith his purse. "Here is my pocketbook and ring," aid he. "What is the matter?" asked the rife. "I have just drunk carbolic acid and m going to die," was the reply of he man, as he walked into his room nd fell upon the bed. The terrified wife summoned a phyiclan. who reached the home within few minutes. When the physician rrlved Mr. Baker was in a state of orrible agony. The acid had at that Ime burned the inner lining of his louth, which was bleeding. He was inconscious, but was writhing in ?. "ahM ho ilnnp t n gtiny. ."Juiu.fe ave him. Hp died within a few mintes after the physician arrived. His mother, Mrs. George W. Meton, f Rock Hill, will arrive this afteroon and no arrangements as to the Ime and place of *he funeral will be lade until t n .ier arrival. Beside lis mother, surviving him are his rife, Mrs. Zoe Dabbs Baker, four rothers. J. A. Baker of Jefferson, J. V. Baker of Fort Mill. J. R. Baker f Lexington, A. Baker of Rock Hill, nd one sister, Mrs. R. T. Hamer of .exington. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The Yorkvllle Building and Loan ssociation held its annual meeting iast 'uesday, and reorganized with the foliwing board of directors: W. B. rloore, president; S. M. McNeel, vice resident; Geo. W. Williams, secretary nd treasurer; J. S. Brice, W. I. Withrspoon and Quinn Wallace. The reiort of the secretary and treasurer, bowed the issuance of stock up to date n the amount of $41,400; on which here have been payments to the mount of $19,558, and the loans at he present time, aggregate $21,586.70. ? The Barkoot Amusement company, as been making things lively in Yorkille during the week, entertaining reat crowds Tuesday night, Wednesay night and last night, until a cold a in began falling. It is fair to say hat the show people have kept their romise in reference to good, clean atractions and general good behavior, nd it Is none the less gratifying to be ble to say that the people have been howing due appreciation. The weathr this afternoon, does not promise ery well for tonight, or for tomorrow ight; but the shows will remain open II the same, and will undertake to en?rtain all comers as usual. ? The individual with the Barkoot .musement company, who has filled he public eye to the greatest extent his week, is Nick Carter, the high iver. Carter jumps from a ladder, omething less than a hundred feet igh and falls into a tank of water at ,ie bottom, after having turned over ,vice in the descent. It is a thrilling nd daring feat, and looks fool-hardy i the extreme. Carter, however, maintins that the jumping is purely a lientific proposition. He went 1 rough years of training, working him?lf slowly, and steadily to jump from igiier and higher altitudes, until tinal he made a jump from a railroad ridge in Kentucky, that was nearly )0 feet high. He says that he lade a trip to New York once for the urpose of jumping from the Brooklyn i ridge; but only got arrested for his ' uins. He is satisfied that lie could lake the jump in safety, if he could ( uly get the opportunity. There is a iw, however, that imposes a fine of 1,000 and imprisonment for five years ( >r a successful jump) from the bridge : rid he is not willing to pay tin- price. : ut, notwithstanding his ability to lake higher jumps than the one he is inking now. his present feat is not nattendcd with danger. He has to be ?ry careful about every detail. The ir currents are quite a factor, and afr he mounts to the top of the ladder, i must be sure that the breeze below not strong enough to veer him from s course. He says also that after he ounts to the top of the ladder and nds everything else all right, lie must ait for the "light feeling" to come bene lie is willing to venture. Kveryling just right, he stands erect on the [tie platform and falls slowly backard, and as he goes down, down, it oks like deliberate suicide. He rikes the water with a tremendous iimsii mill siii111 comes on with a bow tile spectators. People who meet r. Curter, find him to be quite an peeuhle anil pleasant talker, and \ ey are generally so well pleased with m. that tiie.v are unable to refrain 'J om the warning that he will yet meet t, s death in his perilous business; but t is he turns off pleasantly with the " surance that be is too careful for f at. Ii FISH IN THE CATAWBA. There is a general Impression that j the great pond of the Catawba Power company, extending from the dam at the Neely Kerry site up to the North Carolina line, is literally teeming with all species of the tinny trib?*; but from information obtained from various people who are acquainted with the situation. such is not the case. On tlie contrary, the fact is that fish really seem to be growing scarcer in the pond. Mr. (Sett. I,. Suggs, who has been living close to Wright's Kerry for a great many years, and who is probably as well acquainted with the fish situation as is any other man in the entire vicinity. was discussing the subject in Tile Enquirer office on Wednesday, and threw some interesting light on the whole matter. "No. the fish are not multiplying as they should," said Mr. Suggs, "and I think the trouble is probably due to the irregular stages of the water. In fact, I am almost sure that this is the principal trouble. Just at a rough estimate. I would say that there is a rise in the water level of about four feet between Satur (lay night ami Monday morning, and a variation of a foot or two every twenty-four hours. "During the first year or two after the dam was built, and before the demand for power had begun to push the capacity of the plant, the water stood pretty nearly at one thing the greater part of the time, and there was a noticeable increase in the quantity of fish: but of late years, the fish are not increasing. "My Idea of it is that the fish seek the shallow water in which to spawn. Just when they spawn, I do not know certainly: but suppose it is in the fore part of the week, say Sunday or Monday, when the water is high, then as the water is drawn on through the power house, the eggs are left exposed to the air and sun and are destroyed. This you see, could happen at any time. I am told that it takes three or four days or perhaps a little longer after the spawn has been deposited for it to hatch. Spawn deposited during Saturday afternoon might have a pretty good chance to hatch; but deposited at any other time, would be almost sure to be caught by exposure and left high and dry before the end of the week. "The spawning season is during May, and if it were possible to keep the water at a regular stage from about the first to the twelfth of that month, I believe that most of the spawn would be saved, and the result would be such a stocking of the river, that there would be no end of the fish that could be caught after the pursuance of several years of this policy. Mr. Suggs said that a few years back, it was nothing unusual to take fifteen or twenty half pound and pound carp out of a fish basket: but of late years, these fish are growing more and more rare. It is the same with the black bass that were put in the river by Mr. Harry Wylie several years ago. For a while they afforded great sport, but now they are so rare, that it is not altogether certain that any of them are left. NEW SCHOOL LAWS. Mention has already been made of ( the fact that the school laws were materially changed at the last session of the general assembly, and the law providing for the lengthening of school terms has already been printed. The text of other acts have since become available, and this one providing aid in the construction of school buildings, is of especial interest. "Section 1. Be It enacted by the gen- J eral assembly of the state of South Carolina, That for the purpose of encour- j aging and aiding In the construction of . adequate public school buildings in the different counties in this state, the sum of twenty thousand dollars is 1 hereby appropriated out of the dlspen- , sary funds recently paid into the state , treasury by the winding-up commission of the state dispensary, and the 1 said sum shall be used by the state I board of education for such purpose. | "Sec. 2. That when the friends, pa- , trons or trustees of any public school ' in any school district of any county in < this state shall raise by private sub- ? scriptlon, special tax, regular tax, sale ( of old buildings, issuing bonds or otherwise, funds for building a school ' house in such district, the state board 1 of education shall, upon application , duly endorsed by the county board of . education of the county in which the public school desires aid, turn over to 1 the trustees of such school from the < funds set aside for such purposes un- , der this act, fifty dollars for each one hundred dollars so raised by such 1 friends, patrons or trustees for con- I structing such school building: Pro- . vided, that no one school shall receive more than three hundred dollars under the provisions of this act: Provided, 1 further, tnat no more than one school , in any one district in any one year . shall receive such aid: Provided, fur ther. that In case of the consolidation 1 of two or more schools an additional i bonus of fifty dollars may be granted: v And provided, further, that the state board of education shall give the pref- ( erence to school districts which have t combined and consolidated two or more j school buildings: Provided, further, j that any school district availing itself of the provisions of this act shall com- 1 ply with plans and specifications ap- u proved by the state board of education. ( "Sec. 3. That no school shall receive aid under the provisions of this 1 act without the approval of the county ' board of education of the county in t which said school shall be situated. t "Sec. 4. That the funds provided for in this act shall be paid out by the 11 state treasurer only upon the warrant r of the state board of education, v signed by the state superintendent of education. "Sec. 5. All acts and parts of acts e inconsistent with this act be, and the (J same are hereby, repealed." The act of 1905 providing for aid in . erection of public school buildings was 11 amended so that in case of consolida- t tion between two or more schools an t additional bonus of $50 may be granted. The law in respect to the erection of such buildings, as amended, f provides in section 2: u "That when the friends, patrons or v trustees of any public school in any school district in any county in this b state shall raise by private subscrip- c tion. special tax. regular tax. sale of t. Id buildings, issuing bonds, or otherwise, funds for building a school house In such district, the county board of tl ducat ion of such county shall turn ti iver to the trustees of such school, si from funds set aside for such purpose e inder this act. fifty dollars for each one ti lundred dollars so raised by such tl 'liends. patrons or trustees for con- P structing such school building: Provid- h ?d, no one school shall receive more " :han three hundred dollars under the w revisions of this act: Provided, that n case of tin- consolidation of two or li 'ie schools an additional bonus of ift.v dollars may be granted: Provid w] fnithi-r that no more than one >' school in any one district, in any one ti ear, shall receive such aid." n The legislature increased this year h !>? special school tax. Instead of four ri nills the county board of education ei nay name a tax levy of eight mills m ipon petition of one-third of the real- h* Is lit freeholders of the age of 21 years, si The provisions for the examination M if teachers have been changed by the M reneral assembly. The law now pro- K ides as to this feature: m "No teacher shall be employed in any Ir if the free public schools without a tii ertIdeate from the county board of ''1 (location or the state board of eduea- ei ion: Provided, that no examinations fe s to iiualiflcation shall be made in the b< ase of any applicant who produces a af till diploma from any chartered col- b? ige or university of this state, or Pi Meinminger Normal school of Charleston. and furnishes satisfactory evidence i?f Rood moral charucter: Provided, further, that the state board of education shall examine into the curriculum, '' standing, faculty and equipment of s each institution, and see that it is do- j ing real college wo.*, before certificates may be Issued on its diplomas. The two members of the board appointed ^ by the state board of education shall c receive for the services rendered by . them compensation tit the rate of $3 per diem for not exceeding seven days, ? except in the counties of Barnwell, f Dorchester. York and Hampton, where f the number of days shall be ten. If so . much be necessary, in each year, and mileage of fi cents for each mile of f necessary travel, the same to be paid p by the county board of commissioners v out of the ordinary county funds." I ne nign scnooi uri was amenueu oy adding the following: "If tiny two or more common school districts have heretofore established, or shall hereafter establish, a high school district, the board of trustees of that common school district in which the high school building is located, together with the chairman or chairmen of the other common school district, or districts, embraced in said high school district shall constitute the board of trustees of said high school district. If anv snecial school district created by and oneratlng under a special act of tile general assembly of South Carolina, ami one or more common school districts have heretofore established, or shall hereafter establish a high school district, fhn hoard of trustees of such snecial school district shall constitute the hoard of trustees of said high school district." The legislature provided also for a commission, consisting of the state superintendent of education, the high school Inspector, the president of one of the state Institutions of higher learning and one lawver. and one person aconalnted with the graded and common school systems, to look into the school laws and recommended anv changes that thev consider wise to the next session of the general assembly. LOCAL LACONICS. Tax Collections Up to Date. The total tax collections up to date, as reported by Treasurer Neil yesterday, amounted to $161,250. He was was charged at the beginning of the tax collecting period with $164,800, with which has subsequently been Included about $750 of "addltionals." From these are to be taken about the same amount of "double entries," and there remains to be collected approximately $3,550, School Question at Clover. The people of Clover are very much interested in the question of issuing bonds and erecting a handsome school building. There is a feeling in the town that a first-class school building is now the one most needful ac- s quisltion to ensure the growth and de- J velopment of the community along the j wholesome lines that have been fol- 1 lowed up to this time. The subject Is \ to be formally opened up in a mass [ meeting to be held in the opera house r for the purpose tonight. t The Two Main Thoroughfares. A committee representing citizens of i Yorkville, appeared before the county 1 board of commissioners Wednesday, j and requested that in taking up the / construction of the two main thor- n oughfares through the county as pro- * vldfd for in the recently amended road j law act, the board take up the road r from the North Carolina line to the * Chester line first, and work out from ^ Yorkville. The board agreed to take a the matter under advisement, and n gave the committee to understand a v that its decision would be determined j principally by the willingness of the v land owners along the route to grant c such rights of way as might be neces- ? sary to straighten the road. He Burned the Wind, "When you get a negro arrested, the g best thing you can do, is to put the r handcuffs on him," said Magistrate Ft 0 L. A. Smith of Broad River township, ^ and went on to explain why he said It. r 'A few days ago, some parties came to s me with information that corn had " been stolen from the Whitesides's mill j and hidden under the gin house, where c It still was, and wanted me to catch o the thief if I could. Taking Deputy ^ Scoggins and two or three more, I went there after dark to watch and at about tl } o'clock a negro named Bud Byers b jatne after the corn. We made for him ' and after a struggle brought him to sub- q mission. Then we went to the guard b fiouse, but there was some little fum- ^ aling and delay about getting the door ]3 *>n,.r?e/\ oinl/lnnl v* {nrlrlntr /I loose from one of the men, made a " jreak and got away. We couldn't :atch him. Yes, sir, my experience c, leaches that when you have made an g irrest, it is a very good idea to use the ^ SI landcuffs. p -ired on Burglar. T Charlotte Observer, Thursday: "You ^ ieep quiet or I'll shoot you!" This sj \us the greeting that Miss Mabel Clan- ti on received when she awoke to find a ? nan in her room, at her home four y niles south of the city on the York- c rllle road last night. The burglary oc- ti :urred about 11.30, and only meager letails could be secured by telephone. n, diss Clanton is the daughter of Mr. J. fa 1. Clanton, a prominent citizen of the n< ounty. She had retired early and so iwoke to hear a noise in the room. b? j'pon rising to a lialf sitting posture, s< - th inauie 111 ine UUl K iuuiu iu a^vci laiu f the midnight intruder was white or ^ >lack, she was greeted by the threat cc o keep quiet. Retaining her presence th f mind, .Miss Clanton shot in the diection of the voice and tile intruder or rent out of the window. The room or ras on the second Moor and she jump* Wi qfi d up at once and went to the window ' ut of which the man had gone. Upon hi caching the window, she saw the Mee- W ng form and again shot. She states hat she thought she hit the man ut he second shot. On some vines toward the rear of the house a hat was a n< ound tiiat was dropped by the burg- to ir in liis Mignt. Chief Christenbury as ,as called at once and in an automoile went to one of the county convict amps where' bloodhounds were se- _ ured and a hunt instituted for the in- Ri ruder. After the officers had been noIfied an investigation was made in ne room where the man iiad been and J?' everal rings and other pieces of jew- ' " Iry were found to be missing. No cs- ' imate coual be made at tin- time as to le actual amount of the loss. Every .... H.I.. iL. hninir mo.ia t.. nnncu. rawi I i r* wviiift inuuc IU U|/|/t v~ ,^1 <-nd tiie guilty party. Much excitelent prevailed among the few people 'ii< were on the .streets and heard of J"" ie ailair last night. ",a thi en ? Hennettsville, March 8: This morn- ha ig between 6 and 7 o'clock, the pala- Pp a I resin .ice of Mrs. W. F. Kinney, thi ine miles south of Bennettsville, was ?*r urned to tiie ground and Mrs. Har- sei et Irby, Mrs. Kinney's sister, was ?f ( mated in the (lames. Karly in the < '< lorning Mr. I,. Kinney arose and m< ft a lamp burning in his room. The on lppositlon is that the lump exploded. ? is. Dudley and Mrs. Irby, sisters of Lei is. Kinney, spent the night at the to inney home, presumably. All the in- Sta ales were rescued, aner wnicu airs. jm>: by returned into the building with on ie hope of saving some valuable arti- flrs es. The physicians think that she pol ther fainted or had heart failure and ed II in the room. Nothing but the ed. nes of the good woman were found, din ter tlie tire. These are among the a ( st and most prominent people in the em ?e Dee section. be MERE-MENTION. VVllkeaburre. 1'c.. authorities are .restllng with a mysterious murder, 'lie body of a child, who had been trangled to death, was shipped from 'hiladelpha to a fictitious person and ddress at Wilkesbarre Dr. I?uis Clopsch, editor and proprietor of the christian Herald, died in New York on donday. following an operation on larch 2. Since acquiring the Christian braid, Dr. Klopsch raised $3,300,000 or charities. He was decorated by Cing Kdward and the mikado of Japan, or relief work during the India famne and the Russian-Japanese war. He vas r?K 'ears of age Thos. E. Laren. receiving teller of the Market ranch of the First National bank of 'amileii, N. J., has confessed to emtoggling $60 000 of the bank's money, nd after Ids arrest he said: "I rant to begin serving my sentence t once." Mount Vesuvius is again n eruption, and Is belching lava, ashes ind lire. The light from the volcano an be seen a distance of 100 miles. Natives of ti e vicinity are tieelng to he interior and the superstitious iscribe the eruption to the proximity if Halley's comet The state board if health of Georgia, has begun a statevide campaign against the common lousetly. "From Flies and Filth to ''ood and Fever," Is the caption of one if Its circulars Dr. M. E. Dodd, lastor of the First Baptist church of 'aducah, Ky., was assaulted Sunday >y Charles Graham, because of Dr. Dodd's remarks on divorces and dimrcees J. Pierpont Morgan has rganized a central bank at Guatenala City, and will have branches in ill of the Central American republics, ind will thus control Central American tusiness for America The supreme :ourt of Pennsylvania has affrmed the lonvlctlon of Wm. P. Snyder, ex-state ii'dnuiri, *11 in ?ian. m. anuiiidnci, f aluperintendent of public buildings, condcted several months agro of conspiricy to defraud the state in the capitol icandal In a feud fight at Berea, Cy., Monday, one man was killed and mother fatally shot John Temple Jraves, the Washington newspaper vriter. in a recent letter says: "There s no longer room in or out of the senite of the United States for men like feff Davis of Arkansas. He is the last if his type, and the south, grown wiser md larger and happier, will never send liin or any man like htm to a represenative station in public life again.".... Dr. David O. Hudson, a member of the Missouri State Medical association, dvocates giving a dose of prusslc acid 0 all who come into the world as diots or who become hopelessly inane Miss Fannie Faber, left Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday, for Yokohama, apan, where she will be married to dr. Benn Moss, upon her arrival Phe union and non-union workers of he fifty railroads entering Chicago, lave voted to go on a strike, unless heir demands are acceded to by the ailroads The grand Jury of Fulon county, Ga., on Tuesday returned ndictments against five Atlanta "wire irokers," charging them with "dealing n futures on margin.'" Dr. B. C. lyde, accused of the murder of Col. ohn Thomas Swope at Kansas City, do., is held under a $100,000 bond 1 Big Springs, Tex., baby, aged 16nonths, was on Tuesday taken from the rucks of a Texas and Pacific train at larstow, 150 miles from Big Springs, low the baby got on the trucks and nanaged to stay there, is quite a mysery Gustav Muller, a maniac, ran .muck on the streets of Bridgeport, Jonn., Tuesday, and killed a policeman nd fatally shot a citizen. The madnan was finally locked up The ssociated liquor interests of Chicago rill raise a fund of $1,000,000 to fight he work of the Anti-Saloon league, rhlch is campaigning for a "dry Chiago.'" The Southern railway has ecently let a contract for 42,000 tona f new steel rails, for use on its lines. The Federal erand 1urv at Jack on, Miss., has been ordered by the ireslding judge to investigate the ininuations of ex-Governor Vardaman, elatlve to corruption in the election f United States Senator Perry 'wo persons were killed, two fatally njured and twenty badly burned as a esult of an explosion and Are at a big tarch factory at Roby, Ind., Monday ight A Detroit, Mich., dispatch ells of the purchase by J. Plerpont lorgan of one of the largest motor ar plants of the west, with the view f organizing a $30,000,000 automobile rust. The plant bought by Mr. Moran will turn out 25,000 cars this year. Jas. M. Doyle, aged 35, teller of he Hibernia bank of Savannah, Ga., as disappeared, leaving a shortage of 10,000 Alice Hightower, a young hlte woman, was arrested at Cordele, la., Wednesday morning, charged with urglarizing several dry goods store at imerlcus a few days previously 'arson Wallace, a negro preacher, was ,'nched at Greenwood, Miss., Wednesay morning. The negro shot a poceman the night before, and In turn fas wounded by the officer. The poceman was not fatally shot A ompany of the New York national uard was called out at Corinth, N. Y., Wednesday, to quiet a riot among the trlking employes of the International aper company's mills at that place.... he Republican congressional camaign committee, will ask Mr. Rooseelt to assist the Republican congresonal candidates throughout the coun y during the coming campaign enator John W. Daniels of Virginia, uttered a slight stroke of paralysis in Washington, D. C., Tuesday night has. S. Barrett, president of the Naonal Farmers' Union, has issued a ill for a National Mass meeting of Lrmers. to be held at St. Uouis. Mo.. i May 3 to 7. The call is for all rmers, whether Union members or at The department of agriculire is making a strenous fight against 'ft drink manufacturers in Alaima. Tennessee, Georgia and other >uthern states. The suits are under le pure food laws and are aimed at >ca-cola. celery cola and like decocans, which are alleged to contain icaine, coffiene. etc A run on ie bank of the Society for Savings, eveland, O.. was started Thursday orning. The bank has $51,000,000 i deposits and had $7,000,000 in cash i hand to pay over to depositors who anted their money. The bank will and the run Thirty workmen ere buried under the walls of a irned building at Pittsburg, Pa., ednesday, when the walls collapsed. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. -Mrs. B. R. Tillman has given out statement to the effect that there Is ) foundation for the story that Senar Tillman is to be taken abroad rain. She says that as yet, nothingis been considered further, than the. tting of the senator on his feet ;ain. ? Greenville, March 10: W._ F. >ddey, who was shot by the father Miss Ollie Osborne, a young woman Columbus, Oa.. to whom he was enged to be married, died this afteron from his wounds. The young in was brought to Greenville some ne ago from the Georgia city. No use is given for the shooting other an the father objected to Roddey's tention to the girl. -Pickens, March 9: Haas Rutler, nvieted of criminal assault, is to be nged April 8. Butler was tried at p Juno, 1909, term of court In Picks. convicted and sentenced to be nged last August. The case was apaled to the supreme court, and at s last session the decision of the lowcourt was affirmed, and he was teitenced by Judge Wilson at this term court. Ltutler has been confined In ? penitentiary for the past several >nths and was brought to Pickens ly a few days ago. -Spartanburg. March 10: Mayor p today Imposed a fine equal almost that of Judge Landis against the indard Oil company when he im<ed a fine of $16,600 or 4.980 days Dearman. a blind tiger. This is the it case of the kind ever made by the Ice. Dearman's house was searchlast night and 166 pints were seizThe police say that under the orance the city has the right to make >ase for every pint. Dearman has ployed attorneys and the case will fought out in the higher courts.