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Scraps and .facts. ? Robin J. Cooper has filed a new bond to appear when wanted, to answer to the charge of murdering former United States Senator Edward \V. Carmack. and many Tennesseans believe that this is the last formality in the famous case. In the first place it is extremely doubtful as to whether another jury can be had and in the next place, there is reason to believe . that if there should be another conviction. the governor will at once issue a pardon. The Carmack supporters have issued a synopsis of the pardons issued by Governor Patterson during his term of office, and make the number 956, exclusive of numerous commutations. Of the pardons, 152 were given to men convicted of murder. ?Washington. April 15: Peru and Ecuador arc mobilizing troops in preparation for war against each other. according to advices received at the state department. The crisis between the two countries is unusually acute and officers of the state department regard war as inevitable. Bad feeling has existed for some months as a result of a boundary dispute which is now pending before the king of Spain as arbitrator. Several days ago there were riots in the cities of both coun* tries. The Peruvian consul at Guayaquil was assaulted by a mob of Ecuadorians. Peruvian citizens in Quito were also attacked. Similar demonstrations.against the citizens of Ecuador were made in Lima, the capital of Peru. ? Although it was generally known that splendid progress had been made by the army engineers in digging the Panama canal, the statement contained in the Canal Record, just at hand, comes as a surprise that all of the excavation that was contemplated in the original project has been completed. Under that plan, 103.793.000 cubic yards of material were to be removed and that has been done. But subse quently, in orcier 10 awinnmuuir .nival vessels of the Dreadnought type and the Riant liners now under construction, the president ordered the widening and deepening of the canal prism. That involves the removal of 70,871,594 additional yards of material and that is all of the task of excavation that confronts the engineers. ? Washington, April 15: The different forms in which the drug cocaine is prepared for sale to its victims were exhibited to President Taft by Dr. Joseph P. Remington of Philadelphia, chairman of the committee on revision of the United States Pharmacopoeia, which holds its next convention in this city on May 10. Dr. Remington told the president that the illicit sale of cocaine had grown to proportions in this country that seriously threatened future citizenship. It had been discovered in Philadelphia, he said, that the drug was sold in large quantities to school children, hundreds of them having been debauched through its agencies. Restrictive laws in cities and states were ineffective because the drug could be obtained by mail from other states. The president was appalled by the facts told him and promised to give his aid in any way possible. ? Cassier's Magazine: The highest dam in America, according to the calculation of the reclamation engineers, will be the barrier now under construction in the state of Wyoming in connection with the Shoshone project. The Shoshone gorge, in which the work is being erected, is very narrow in proportion to its depth, the walls being of hard granite especially favorable for water storage. The dam will rise no less than 310 feet above its foundation, and so narrow is the canyon that the masonry will measure only 17f> feet along its crest. Here, as at the Roosevelt dam, it was necessary to cut a road many miles in length out of the solid rock in order to gain access to the site. The dam will provide a res ervoir with a storage capacny or -ido,000 acre-feet, and by 1911 enough water will be available on over 100,000 acres of land. The dam will regulate the flow of the water, and thirty miles below the dam the stream will be turned into a tunnel three and a quarter miles in length, which will conduct it by a large canal into the district to be irrigated. This wall will be thirteen feet higher than the famous Croton dam which forms the Crot<?n reservoir. ? Exports of foodstuffs from the United States for the fiscal year 1910 will amount to about $330,000,000 in value, according to the secretary of commerce and labor's report, for the nine months ending last March, as against more than $450,000,000 in 1906. $500,000,000 in 1900, and over $550.000,000 in 1S98. The report shows that the foodstuffs were higher in price during the last year while in many cases I the exports were less than half what they were in the previous years. The cattle exported in the nine months ending with March, 1910. numbered about 12".^00, indicating for the full * <?>. tw.nt 175 ann in 1904 the cattle exports were 593,000. The value of cattle exports In 1910 will be approximately $16,000,000. compared with more than $42,000,000 in 1904. Practically the same ratio of decrease prevails in all foodstuffs. The wheat exported in the fiscal year 1910 will aggregate about 50.000.000 bushels against 157.000.000 in 1S92. the high record. The average export value for 1910 was $1.03 a bushel, against 72 cents in 1S92. The value of exports <>f manufactures has increased and for tiie fiscal year of 1910 will approximate $750,000,000 against $453,000,000 in 1902, and bringing the value of all exports for 1910 within $130,000,000 ?>f the high record of 1907 and 190S. ? Jackson. Miss., April 10: After endorsing the suggestion of 1". S. Senator Leroy Percy that a primary election be called, in effect to serve as an endorsement or repudiation by the pie of his election, the Mississippi legislature adjourned sine die today after probably the most sensational session it) the history of the senate. Contrary to expectations and not in keeping with the stormy scenes which marked the contest for the senatorial nomination in succession to the late I'nited States Senator A. J. Melsiurin and the aftermath charges of bribery, culminating in the denouncement by the state senate of State Senator Theodore Milbo, the author of the charges, the closing hours of the assembly were spent in song and jest and all of the animosities engendered apparently were forgotten. Following a vituperative address yesterday by Senator Percy, before a joint session of the legislature in which lie scathingly denounced Senator Milbo. and arraigned his leading opponent for senatorial honors, former Gov. .las. K. Vardnman, whose cause Milbo espoused, it was expected that Mr. Vardaman would address the legislature today in reply. After a conference between Mr. Vardaman and his friends, however, it was decided not to reply at this time. The solution as to the primary adopted b\ tin- legislature instructs the state Democratic executive committee to call tlu election to select a party senatorial nominee for the regular term which will begin in 1913, to be held during tlu month of November of this year. Ir this primary Mr. Yarduman and Mr Percy will both be candidates. Should the result be unfavorable to Percy, ht agreed in his address yesterday to tender his resignation as I'nited States senator for the present term to tilt next session of the state legislature, ar appointment to be made by the governor to hold until the nominee selected at the proposed primary is seated in 1913. Both Senator Percy and Mr Vfof/laman h'U'a IpftPI'M t< Chairman Lomax of the Democratic state executive committee agreeing t< the plan. ?lhc iloiluillc (gnquircr. Knterul at tiie I'ost office In Yorkvlllc as Mail .Matter of the Second Class YORKVILLE. S. C.i TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1910. If the vagrancy law were strictly enforced and all violators of it were punished as it prescribes, the balance of the people would be busy, and there would be much less business for the criminal courts in the hereafter. Jrpc.E DeVore strikes the key to the law and order situation, when he attributes so many of our troubles to the vagrancy evil; Dut men- can oe nu remedy without enforcement of the law. It gives The Enquirer especial pleasure to comply with the suggestion that Judge DeVore made in the court house yesterday, with reference to the publication of the vagrancy law. We are quite sure that many people who will read the law carefully and who will study it, will find that it covers the ground. Oikfori) Pinchot. the former chief forester of the United States, met ex-President Roosevelt in Italy the other day. and had a series of long, close, confidential conversations with him. The common inference, of course, is that Mr. Pinchot. who rs a close personal friend of the ex-president, went to him for the purpose of discussing the Ballinger matter. Neither Colonel Roosevelt nor Mr. Pinchot would give out u-hnt noonrrorl hut thorp wont nut a report that Col. Roosevelt has stat< <1 that he will probably be a candidate for president again two years from now. Mr. Roosevelt is reported to bo very angry at the publication of any such unauthorized statement. A Bin sensation developed throughout the cotton world yesterday 011 the publication of information to the effect that Attorney General Wickersham had ordered an investigation into the cotton bo'l movement now being engineered by Messrs. James Patten of Chicago. Frank R Hayne and William P. Brown of New Orleans, and Eugene Scales of Texas. Havne and Brown have been made defendants in the proceedings and a number of prominent cotton speculators have been summoned to testify before the Federal grand lury in New York. The investigation is understood to be based on the possibility of a May corner, in violation of the anti-monopolv laws. The understanding is that the alleged bull "<><>1 has contracts f>u- more than 400.000 bales of cotton and that with the large shipments from Liverpool and purchases in the south, the hear.? are not going to be able to deliver more than 125.000 bales. The bulls charge that the legal proceedings were instituted by the bears it? a disreputable effort to get out of their contracts; but at the same time are insisting that they will carry their deal through successfully. Nothing of the kind has ev< r occurred in the history of the cotton trade before. AN incident of passing interest last week was the hissing of President Taft by members of the National American Woman Suffragette association in convention in Washington. The president accepted an invitation to address the convention on the assurance that even if his views did not fully agree with the views entertained by the convention. his address would nevertheless he welcome. In the course of his remarks the president said he thought "one of the dangers in granting suffrage to women was that the women as a whole were not interested in it. and that the power of the ballot so far as women are concerned, would be controlled by the "less desirable class.'" When these words fell from the president's lips, there was a chorus of hisses that sounded like the sudden breaking i f a valve of a steam engine. The presiident paused until the hissing had subsided. and then went on to say: "Now, my dear ladies, you must show yourselves capable of suffrage by exercising that degree of restraint which is necessary in the conduct of government affairs by not hissing." The rebuke had its desired effect, and after the address. many prominent leaders of the convention went to the president and expressed their mortitication that such an incident had occurred. Later, the convention adopted a resolution disclaiming all approval of the hissing, and the president sent a reply to the effect that he had not Win at all offended, and hoped that tie- whop- matter would soon he forgotten. The Law Against Vagranc". In giving a pretty full outline of Judge DeVore's admirable charge tn the grand jury yesterday, we are performing a service to our reader.' which, in our opinion, will prove valuable to them in proportion to the extent that they give consideration t< v\ hiit his honor hits to say. There has been increasing complaint during a number of years past tis to the scarcity of labor not only in thi> section, but throughout the state of South Carolina and in other states, ami there has been very considerable speculation as to the cause of it: but we are free to say that Judge f)eVore's analysis of the situation, both as to conditions that halve brought it about and the remedy proposed, is fin clearest and most comprehensive that has yet been brought to our attention, The blessings of liberty are inesti niable. but many ??f our present day difficulties seem to arise out of a very ' common disposition to confuse liberty I with license. Judge DeVore gives a i very satisfactory illustration of the ' difference, in his explanation of the 1 theory of the vagrancy law to the ef fort that this law would compel peoI pie who are unwilling to work for themselves or their families to work for the public. ' It is not to be denied that from some cause or other, certainly not 1 through lack of law; but more probably through neglect of law, there has grown up all through this country a 1 large and increasing vagrant class which, creating practically nothing it' self, constitutes a heavy burden on honest industry, and a serious menace 1 to the general welfare. That there are many good people who h;ttve no idea as to the extent of vagrancy all throughout this section. we nave no unuui. uui ?i. mc ?a...v time we foel most reasonably well in' formed individuals, including a majority of the members of the grand jury to which Judge DeVore was talking. can easily shut their eyes and identify scores and scores of people who fully answer the description ? f those whom under the law. Judge DeVore has pointed out as vagrants. It is with a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction that we are able to say that there is not much poverty or distress in this country. When we say poverty and distress, of course we mean those conditions in the form of abjection that they have to assume before they attract general attention. The condition of the country is really prosperous as compared with what most of us have known: but still it is not nearly as prosperous as it easily might be. or as it would be if there was a general weeding out of the tvery - -J -? Tlwltr,. PP. ivIIIU <11 \?1K!?III\> n/ ?<?IIV.I W Vore has directed public attention. There are scores and scores of honest. hard-working, high-minded farmers who find it next to impossible to get as much labor as they can utilize with profit to themselves and to the laborers. There are scores and scores of respectable, well-to-do families who are unable to get help sufficient to do necessary work about their households, for which help they are able and willing to pay all that it is worth, and which help they can utilize to their own profit as well as to the profit of those they would employ. As a matter of fact there is a crying need for laborers everywhere, and the progress and prosperity of the country is suffering sorely because that need is not supplied. It is a common thing to hear people say that the labor is not here. At times we have been inclined to think the same thing: but we really know better. Tt is here, and we all know it is here, just where Judge DeVore has located it. it) a large vagrant class that is supported by gambling and in the pursuit of other outlawed occupations. That it is difficult to get at these people is hardly to be denied. In many cases they are able to make a show of honest and legitimate callings. and the case of the fellow who works one or two days in order that he may loaf the balance of the time, is a hard nut to crack: but still there is plenty of law to correct the whole trouble and that trouble would be corrected, if only the law could be strictly enforced. While there is no doubt of the fact that Judge DeVore has struck the key to the situation?or rather located the real source of most that is wrong with the body politic, it is just as well for the public to look at the matter intelligently and comprehensively, and admit that it must not expect everything of these eighteen men who have been drawn from them by lot to supervise the well being of the county. That the grand jurors are high class men will have to be admitted. They are really above the average of standing and intelligence and taken as a whole are the equal of any eighteen men who are likely to be drawn out of a box made up of twelve or fifteen hundred York county names. But it is not reasonable to expect these eighteen men to accomplish alone all the tremendous reform that is suggested in the proposition under consideration. That they will do all they can we have no doubt; but they can do little else than make a good start and they cannot do that unless they lutlve the assistance and support of all good citizens who not only desire th^ enforcement of the laws of the land, but who are willing to make sacrifices to secure the enforcement of those laws. Boyd and Brock at Loaqerheads.? There is a split in the office of adju j tant general, says a Columbia dispatcn ti> the Greenville News, The spli: is between Adjutant General Boyd and Assistant Adjutant General Brook. Both will enter the race for the posit: >n of adjutant general against each other. Gen. Boyd in an interview today bitterly denounced Col. Brook and charged that he had acted traitor to him. Col. Brook is out on inspections in the Piedmont section of the state and would make no statement. Gen. I'.oyd charges Col. Brock with working for himself when he was supposed to be working for him. It is an interesting situation anil Col. Brook is placed in an embarrassing position, as ho has already announced himself as a candidate for the olllce of adjutant general. G^n. Boyd Issues Statement. "To the Militia and Voters of South Carolina: 1 have decided to withdraw tin- decision announced in the newspapers three weeks ago, and to re-enter the Held as a candidate for adjutant general in the coining elections. My reasons for this action are as follows: When Col. \V. T. Brock started out <>n tile annual inspection of the militia. 1 re.pasted him to Hud out my ehnno -s for re-election and to make a full report to me on his return, (in lii.f ieturn to Columbia. March L'Tth. after visiting twelve places, including < ?rangeburg and Charleston, he said he had not talked politics and had heard nothing as to my re-election. "Later he came to my room and said he deceived nie by not stating the exact facts, that he had talked t" manv officers and men and that they were all opposed to my candidacy. I asked him why. and his reply was thai they did not say. only they wanted some one else. He stated that if I did not withdraw from the race and allow him t<> , run, 1 would be beaten in the nice. Believing all of these statements to le true, and mortitied a.nd exciti <1 under s the circumstances, not having re.-oveie.l fiom a spell of illness. 1 agreed t'1 withdraw from the race. Since then 1 have visited ittangeburg and Castries ' ton ami have talked with many omcers and voters in those places and they all agreed that I have la-en badly treated by the man whom I should < Xpert to be ' my friend and not the traitor be has ; proven himself to be. "After this explanation I am sure my friends will rally to my support. ".I. (' I'? ?yd." -- <biv Ansel lists appointed the state public service commission under the act of the last legislature, providing for such a commission to ii>: maximum water, gas and olectrie charges. The appointees are Attorney .). K. McDonald of Winusboro, I'rof. W. M. Uiggs nf i'Ii nwnii ('nlli ir. ami ev-Slate Sen Ii.lcir Thomiis M. Uiiysoi- of <H'iinK*'-| I lmrtf. LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. John B. Plaxco, R. F. I). No. 4?offers corn, fodder and bees for sale. A. D. Dorsett?Has a Rood plug horse for sale. T. E. MeMaekin, Supt. Education? Gives notice of the regular spring examination of teachers to lie held at the court house on Friday. May 6. 1,. R. Williams. Probate Judge?Publishes notice that Moses K. Bryant lias applied for letters of administration on tile estate of Solomon Bryant. deceased. Geo. T. Schorb?Invites you to see him about the good qualities of the Lester piano. York Supply Co.? Talks about laborsaving machinery for the farm, and has all kinds of fertilizers ready for delivery. Sam M. Grist?Suggests that you start your Doy rignt ny naving him insure his life while he is young. The premiums are lower for the younger folks. York Drug Store.?Has a big line of toilet soaps that includes almost etver.v desirable brand that you might call for. York Hardware Co.?Is making a specialty of cooking utensils and tells the ladies that it can furnish almost anything desired in enameled wa re. First National Hank. Sharon?Points out the disirabilit> of teaching your son or daughter to save and will be glad for you to start an account, and will help you make it grow. National Union Rank, Rock Hill? Calls your attention to the advantages of saving a part of your income against the time when your earning power ceases. Kirkpatrlck-Relk Co.?Invites special attention to ladies's ready-to-wear garments, which it is showing in large variety. Thomson Co.?Announces a special 9 cents sale of merchandise for three days?Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The sale includes a wide variety of goods. Horndon & Gordon?Have something to say of a variety of goods and other things that are in season just now. Mr. S. L. Pursley of the Bethany neighborhood, remarks that tlii s is tne most favorable spring there has been for farm work in ten years or more. Although we cannot see that the repeal of the lien law lias materially augmented the labor supply as it was intended to do, we frankly believe that a rigid enforcement of the vagrancy law would accomplish wonders along that line. The rains of the past few days, although by no means as copious as seemed desirable, have been very acceptable nevertheless. The ground had become so hard that plowing was almost impossible and in some localities the work of planting had to be stopped. Since the rain, however, conditions have been very much improved. "For sale, corn, fodder and bees." So reads an advertisement that Mr. John R. Plaxco of No. 4, Yorkville, has in today's Enquirer, and although it sounds like a very simple proposition, it is not. Probably there are a great many people who have bees that they would sell: but there are not so many who can offer corn and fodder. Ordinarily in this country, such an advertisement would suggest that the advertiser is "hard up." but that is certainly not true ot Mr. Plaxco. He is advertising corn and fodder for sale, simply because he has more than enough to supply his stock, and that Is the unusual feature of the whole situation. While there may be a great many farmers in the county, who have enough corn and fodder to do. there are not nearly so many who have these things to spare. Another very essential point in connection with this matter is that the things that Mr. Plaxco is offering are very pronerly to be regarded as "quick assets." They have an established mice, and there are to be found just plenty of people who are willing to pay that price. As has been remarked, Mr. Plaxco does not have to sell the articles he is advertising, for the man who has an oversupply of his own corn and fodder on hand, generally has the means with which to get almost anything else he wants. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Thictves entered the Southern freight depot last night and stole a bicycle, a lot of pocket knives and other goods. ? Fire broke out in a pile of meat, stored in the basement of the warehouse of Mackorell Bros., wholesale grocers, this morning at about 6.30 o'clock, and for a time seemed to threaten considerable destruction. The firemen, and others, however, came promptly to the rescue and the total damage was not very extensive. AN EARNEST WORKER THIS. Yorkville has had a visit from Rev. Sidney Love, superintendent of the Columbia Industrial association, and the visit has been profitable, not only o Mr. Love, but to those who came in 'ontact with him. Mr. Love came unheralded, except by a short newspaper advertisement and some circulars scattered over the town and neither gave much information, except that he would deliver an address in (lie court house Sunday afternoon: but during his visit he impressed n great manv people that he is an earnest and effective worker in a very im porta nt field. The lecture in tbe court house was attended by a hundred or more people, to whom the speaker told an interesting story about himself and his work. He is an Englishman, horn and reared in the slums of [/union. His father was a Baptist preacher, who worked among the poor, and the son was reared to his father's calling. He has been in America for several years, and his work has been along the line of trying to help people about whom other people do not seem to can? the unfortunates and the outcasts of society. At present he is in charge of a home for aged women in Columbia. He has quite a house full, some eighteen or twenty, and supports them by donations from the charitably inclined, lie does not seem to be in any sense a beggar. He dops not importune people tn .rive in tli.. cji use be represents His method is t<> t< II the story of the classes with which tlu* world ;it large wants nothing to do, jind then leave it to the judgment and inclination of his hearers to contrilnite or not, as they lik?-. lint from his story, the home is not tlx only charge of the industrial association. Cities like Columbia, as well as many smaller places contain large numbers of dependent pontile, widows and their children generally, who need help, nut who are unwilling to accept alms. The problem in cases of this kind is to look out for suitable employment that will citable such people to earn an Imnest livelihood without their appearing to depend upon anybody. Mr. Ivve luis been enabled to help numbers of such people by lirst procuring for them the means to make saleable articles of div.-s, etc.. and then arranging to place their output at a profit. At tlx- conclusion of Rev. Mr. Rove's lecture in the court house, a collection was taken up and those present contributed unite liberally to the cause lx* presented to thorn. Had thero boon more general knowledge of the wot he Is trying to do. his audience woul have been larger and the contributioi would have amounted to more in tl aggregate. During Sunday. Rev. Mr. L?n preached two sermons in the Metht dist church, the pulpit of which woul have otherwise been vacant, because < the indisposition of Rev. J. H. Thaci er. the pastor. ABOUT PEOPLE. Joseph E. Hart. Esq., of Yorkvllle, attending court in Greenville th week. Mrs. Walter Rlair of Rock Hill, spot Monday in Yorkvllle with Dr. and Mr M. W. White. Mr. R. H. Dobson of Yorkvllle. visiting his father. Mr. T. M Dobso in Atlanta. Oa. Mrs. Andrew Louthlan of Charlott is in Yorkvllle on a visit to her moth er. Mrs. S. R. Russell. Mrs. W. E. Erwin of Yorkvllle. le last Saturday to spend some time I i Charleston with relatives. Dr. A. Y. Cartwright returned to h home in Yorkville yesterday, after a absence of two weeks in the west. Dr. and Mrs. D. L. Shieder, and t\v children of Yorklville. spent seven days last week with relatives in S George. Mr. Ottman Rose of Lecsvllle, can up Sunday to spend a few days wit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Rose i Yorkville. Missep Estelle Mclver of Gulf. ? 0. and Sadie Grier of Charlotte, spei Sunday with Mrs. E. E. Gillespie i Yorkville. Mrs. G. H. O'Leary. Mrs. Arthur 1 Snell and Miss Daisy Gist of Yorkvill are attending the D. A. R. congress, I Washington this week. Messrs. James H. Glenn and W. ! Rean, Jr., and Miss Esther Ashe < Yorkville, went over to Snartanhur Friday In attend the music festival. Mr. J. Q. Wrny of Yorkville. went n to Shelby, N. C.. last Friday to utter the funeral of Mr. Marcus L. Carro who died Thursday morning, and wt was buried from the Baptist church < Shelby on Friday afternoon at 3 o'cloc Mr. Carroll was 77 years of age. ar was held in high esteem and regard t his fellow citizens of Shelby. Rock Hill Record: Mr. Jay McMui ray, who has been connected with tt National Union Bank of this city f< a number of years, has resigned h position, to take effect May 1st. to a< cept the cashiership of the Loan an Savings Pank of Yorkville. Mr. M< Murray has many friends in this cil and throughout this section who wi regret very much to know that he wi leave the city, but who wish him muc success in his new position, which a decided promotion for this brigl young man. GENERAL SESSIONS. The spring term of the court of ger eral sessions was convened in Yorkvil vesterdav morning, with th? n?u: large number of people in attendenc as jurors, witnesses, defendant*. et< and his honor. Judge J. W. DeVore c Edgefield, presiding. The court was duly opened by t! crier at 10.30 a. m.. and at once gottf Into working shape by the organizr tion of the grand jurv and rolling < the venire of petit jurors to ascertal the names of those who. for any rer son, may have failed to respond 1 their subpoenas. Of the o ii.ai venire of strand ji rors drawn fnr the present term, tl sheriff reported R. H. Quinn as "n< found," there being no eligible jur< by that name. The petit juroi in the "not found" list were: A. C. Ru ley (in Chester), W. Wright (i Gaffney), l>. R. Brandon. The following petit jurors answen to their names: R. F. Massey. D. 1 Quinn, M. G. Bryant. W. M. McCarte J. F. Ramsey. S. E. Atkins. J. D. O'Cor nell, S. C. Clinton. Quinn Wallace, I F. Royd, W. W. Moore. W. F. Roach. , S. H. Faris, J. A. McOill, W. T. Slaugi ter, J. L. McCarter. J. R. Neely. , Hope Adams, W. H. Spencer. R. I Hannah. W. M. Rarron. T. M. onte J. L. Rich. Walter Latham. W. ( Oates. S. A. Robinson, I.. A. MeOil S. Ij. Pursle.v. J. E. Rankhead. S. ) Aycock, J. F. Montgomery. V.\ i Adams. F. H. Horton. The following were excused: W. V Moore. W. S. Adams. J. L. McCarte M. G. Bryant. The grand jurors answered as fol lows: Hold over from last year?S. I Enps. E. N. Stephenson, J. W. Feerr ster, J. \V. Patrick, I). A. Whisonant. ' W. Speck. New venire?A. A. Burri W. I. Prison. R. E. Barron, S. J. Stut gis. N. S. Rlack, S. W. Merritt. D. J Anderson. J. W. Betts. A. O. Jones, V P. Boyd. f\ I* Westmoreland. Messrs. R. E. Barron and E. N. St phenson were excused. Having been instructed by the coui to retire for the purpose of electing foreman, the grand jury returned aft? a few minutes with the information th: their choice had fallen upon Mr. D. J Whisonant, who was duly continue as the official spokesman for that bod; In explaining the duties and respon sibilities of the office of grand juro Judge DeVore went into considerabl more detail tnan has been customary i the past, especially as to the soleni character of the oath by which the in rors are bound, and the extent to whir the well being of society depends upo the honest, earnest and conscientiou discharge of duty by the grand jury. The most comprehensive idea of til grand juror's duty, said his honor, i to be gotten from a careful mnsidera tlon of the obligation involved in th oath he takes in assuming that dut? That oath is not a mere matter < form; but of most solemn and bindin importance. (tne obligation is to pit serve with inviolable secrecy the pro ceedings of the grand jury room. Th importance of this is apparent. To grand juror who reports a suppose violator of the law. might, if his idea tity is known, he exposed to the re venge of the party indicted, and grand juror who discloses what take place in the Jury room is a deliberat perjurer, and is unfit for service o the grand jury. Any grand juror wh knows of any violation of law. is i honor hound to report it. and if h fails to report such violation, lie coin inits perjury. Another most importan feature of the oath is that no op should report anybody from ill will o hatred. You are sworn not to do tint' It is your sworn duty also not to re fraln from t?>|>itInt< anybody for re ward, or hope uf reward. Von are tm to consider whether the violator of tit law is high or low. friend or foe. It i only sufficient for you to know that th law Is being violated, and then yo will place tile responsibility of tile in vestiffatlon upon the petit jury. Touching on the matter uf investi gating the honks of the various count; officers, his honor said that it is tii duty of the grand jury to make a tlmr ough investigation and report < xactl; what It finds. He said that In hi opinion, it is not necessary to einplo; experts at from to $15 a day P> d< this work. All of the county officer: are reiptired to give receipts for tlr different sums of money tha* come in n to their hands, and to take vouchers e> k for the amounts they pay out. The d hooks should show a record of all ^ is transactions and the vouchers should w le confirm those transactions. That is all t? there is to it, and any man of reason- c' cc rc able intelligence ought to be able to i- make a satisfactory investigation. Hut Id one thing to guard against is the mak,f ing of a report without being certain F c- as to the facts. When a grand Jury says the books of a county office, for ni instance are correct, the public has a y right to believe that report. His lion js iir, however, Mad known <?r cases wnere ai js grand Juries had made such reports, r? yet within a short time afterward there ai developed information of bad shortages. E 11 If after a thorough investigation the p grand jury finds everything all right, It should say so; if it finds anything wrong, it should say so; if it is unable ' s to make heads or tails of the situation, * n, it should say so. "On one occasion," said tl his honor, "the grand jury came to me * with information to the effect that '' they had found two county officers short in their accounts: but both had made good, and the jury wanted to w know whether it should mention the C fact. I told the jury to just state the in facts, say that the officers were short 01 and had made g< od. Report what you o| is know, and no more. Don't report any- p( thing you do not know ; but above all s< things do not mislead the people. If jr you tell the people things are all right 7; o and they are not, it is your fault, and tl ^1 if you tell the people that things are tl all wrong and the people do not look r| ' into it, it is their fault." His honor par- tl ticularly explained the duties and res- w ?> possibilities of tlie supervisor, the p treasurer, the judge of probate, the " sheriff, the clerk, etc., and told how all n should be checked un by the grand jury. He also explained the duty of the " ^ magistrates to submit their dockets to ti ' the county board of commissioners for 01 it nvamlnatiiin unit the Hotv of the COlin- IT n ty board of commissioners to see that e< those dockets are properly kept, that H ^ the fines assessed by the magistrates b e' are paid In, and the magistrates pay ?l I ' those fines over to the treasurer. a' The duties of the grand Jury in the fi court house, while court is in session. P said his honor, is mere child's play? R " moonshine?as compared with the '8 larger duties of that body during the balance of the year. The grand Juror ip is on duty during the whole year. The id, body can be called together at any i 11. time, and at all times every member of . 10 it should be on the lookout for every . if violation of law of whatever nature. I k. If a grand juror knows of any one who id is suspected of selling liquor, he should 2, iv have the matter tnoroughly investlgated, and if he knows of people who are p living in adultery, he should bring the ' matter to the attention of the court. ~ It is the same with any and all other w ,j* violation of the criminal laws. C , Referring to the enforcement of the "I laws by magistrates, his honor said j . that one shortcoming that is all too C( common among them Is failure to take p sufficient bonds to ensure the attend- jy ance of defendants and witnesses. Too b J* often the magistrates make bonds too |f " light to begin with, and too often they 7 'R take what are known as straw bonds g| that are not good. It is the duty of the jj magistrate to in all cases require good e] and substantial bonds, and upon the ^ failure of the bonded parties to appear jy promptly, the bonds should be forfeited, It might look a little hard sometimes; rj 1^ but a few examples along this line, y will speedily correct a very great evil. ej and the saving of a considerable sum a e in niiurt exnenses. which amount ordl- it , narily to $75 or $80 a day. His honor ^ f said that he had made it a rule on the ^ opening of the court to ask the solicitor p and clerk, whether or not ail the par- p ie ties who had been bound over had ap- ^ ,n peared, and in the case of those who had not appeared, to at once proceed to fil inquire into the reason why. ei if His honor referred to the common S. jn impression that men of wealth and pn- ai sition do not come to harm in the crim- ai inal court, no matter what the offenses st to charged against them, and asked the w reason why. He did not say it was w true: but said that if it was true, the sr inference was that grand and petit ju- vl ,p tors were subject to bribes, and a ju- cl it ror who will take a bribe, he said, is 01 lower than a thief. If the inference of nl such an intimation is not tnat sucn t>i men secure immunity by means of pi I- bribes, then how is their Immunity to ai n be explained? 01 His honor dwelt at considerabh v< length on the evils of the crime of va- \\ grancy and insisted that the non-en- h P. forcement of the statute against va- e( r grancy is the most prolific source of 0, lawlessness and disorder, of which, he C( could conceive. The vagrant he de- e( scribed rather broadly, including the jj, J. fellow who would actually work one , day in order to get enough money to keep him in idler ess two or three days J- more. He was inclined to think that 8. the negro vagrants were more common: " s but was not willing to concede that . vagrancy was at all confined to that ' class. H.- gave it as his opinion that ?' II. the scarcity of washer women, nurse*. Jr house girls, farm hands and laborers *5 - generally is due to non-enforcement < f ? "* the vagrancy law than to any other one thing. The worst and most dangerous " V. vagrants are not necessarily the loafers *: ,. about the streets and public places; but the loafers in the suburbs?the trifling ?j men and women, who lie up in the day el I- time and go wandering about at night. P1 j They are plentiful in almost every ,r part of the state, and they constitute a 1)1 most serious menace to the honest, p P- self-respecting industry of the land. ** s. Rut we have no good ground for com- *c .. plaint, except against ourselves, for we have plenty of law to correct the evil. * The only objection I can find to the law rc lr. is that the penalty Is not severe ei enough; but even as it is, if the grand P' jury will try to enforce it. they can very easily rid the country of vagrants, and bring about a condition of much higher s! rt security to life and property than now s' a prevails. The theory of this law aerainst vagrants, is that the man who 01 r will not work for himself or his family r' it should be made to work for the public. ^ After reading the entire statute with (] interesting, running comments on va- " rious parts, upholding it all very em- ? >' phatically, his honor suggested to the aI i- members of the grand jury that it might be well for each of them to get a n ' copy from the clerk of the court, and ',s y better still it might be published. The 'V n statute leads as follows: n Sec. 499. All persons wandering from - place to place, without any known resI, idence, or residing in any city, county a{ or town, who have no visible or known ^0 n means of gaining a fair, honest and ^ is reputable livelihood: all suspicious persons going about the country, swap^ ping and bartering horses, (without q. 1 producing a certificate of his or their gj s good character signed by a magistrate - of the county from which said person (. last came); likewise all persons who acquire a livelihood by gambling or ' horse racing, without any other visible j >f means of gaining a livelihood: all keep- ,(( nr ers of gaming tables, faro banks, or , other banks whatsoever used for gaming known under any other denomina* tion; also, all persons who lead idle 1 e and disorderly lives: all who knowing- , |y harbor horse thieves and felons, and ~ tiiose who are known to lie of that ^,r ' character and description: likewise all - persons not following some handicraft, en _ trade or profession or not having some sp known or visible means of livelihood, a who shall be able to work, and occupying and being in possession of some e piece of land shall not cultivate such a n quantity thereof as shall be deemed by the magistrate to be necessary for the to " maintenance of himself and his family; en n also, all persons representing publicly "/ 0 for gain or reward, without being fully ^'s! licensed, any play, comedy, tragedy. interlude or farce, or other entertain t ini-iit of the stage. or any part thereof: IK r all fortune tellers for fee or reward. I,n ,. and all sturdy beggars, are. and shall tei ' be. deemed vagrants, and upon convic' tion thereof before a court of magis- fu - trate shall be fined in a sum not ex- on _ feeding one hundred dollars or thirty th . days' imprisonment. fiH The only ease tried yesterday was ? that of the state against J II. Slickle, s white, charged with disposing of prope ert.v under lien. The jury returned a s" ? verdict of guilty, and the court imposed a sentence of six months or $100. th I.nura Boyd, charged with assault ? and battery with intent to kill, plead Pr . guilty of assault and battery of a high m< and aggravated nature, and was sentenced to six months or S6S. Ms '' Walter Patton. same charge, made - same plea and received same sentence. "i? Sam Chisholm plead guiltv of prac- ga ticing medicine without a license and Hi s was sentenced to .'10 days or $lf>. to y Will Parker, plead guilty to the wa i) chssrge of larceny and wsis sentenced to mt ? three years. tht The court this morning took up the ' '* case of Harris Garrison, charged with byi - tiie murder of George Mason, near For- fal it Hill on August 8, last. An effort to Ispose of this ca??* at the November rin of the court resulted in a mistrial, t 1.30 this afternoon the jury came out 1 ith a verdict of guilty of manslaugh- ( r with a recommendation to the mer- ? ; of the court, and guilty of carrying mcealed weapon*. The court imposed sentence of seven years. LOCAL LACONICS, ire Near Sharon. The home of Mrs. Jemima Plaxco, par Sharon, was destroyed by fire this mrning. There was no insurance, he Rain Was General. People from all parts of the county re in Yorkville this week and they i port that the rain of Saturday night . ad Sunday morning was general, veryhodv is pleased, ire In Fort Mill. The store of E. P. H. Nevins, two ] dies northwest of Port Mill, was de- ' troyecl by fire at about 2 o'clock yes- 1 relay morning. Mr. Nevins was in ' orkville yesterday and stated that ' ie loss was about $2,000. on which ' lore was no Insurance. He said that ' e was satisfied that the fire was the ' ark of an incendiary, lover Bond Election Carries. ] The town of Clover voted yesterday I n the question of issuing $10,000 worth i r school district bonds for the pur- I ose of erecting a first-class graded i :hool building. The election resulted < i a sanction of the issue by a vote of ' i to 27. The understanding Is that I ie trustees of the district will go on i lrough with all necessary prelimina- ' es as rapidly as possible, and begin i ie erection of the proposed building i ithout unnecessary delay. 1 orest Fires. Destructive forest fires have raged ! iroughout the northwestern part of ie county during the past week or ! ivo, particularly in the neighborhood f King's Mountain battleground, and lany acres of timber have been burn :1 over. A Blacksburg dispatch states lat more than one thousand acres have pen burned over in the vicinity f Blacksburg, and estimates the loss t $2,000 or more. The cause of the res has not been satisfactorily ex- ! lalned. ifle Shoot at Yorkville. Columbia, April 18: The first of ?veral rifle shoots to be held at vaous points over the state for the purose of choosing teams of eight men om each company for the general toot at Charleston, where the con;st will determine the state's team at amp Ferry next August, will be held t Yorkville. April 25 to 30, inclusive. 1 he companies competing at Yorkllle will be those from Yorkville. | ock Hill, Fort Mill, Cornwell and hester. The other shooting Dolnts ill be selected later, amp Micah Jenkins. The annual meeting of Camp Mican i enkins. U. C. V.. was held in the lurt house at Yorkville yesterday, ursuant to the call of Cant. John D. irvjMiiu'ii, ruiiini.iiiiin. i II* 111 L iiNient officers were re-elected as fol- i )ws: J. D. McConnell, commander; . M. Clawson. adjutant; R. W. WhiteIdes, quartermaster. Mr. L. R. Wll ams was elected delegate to the genral reunion In Mobile, Ala., and Mr. i [. B. Bratton was elected alternate. 1 Iessr3. N. J. N. Bowen and J. E. Low- . V, were elected delegates to the state ; mnion at Spartanbur" and Messrs. 7. H. Sparrow and J. B. Robinson were lected alternates. The commander ppointed Messrs. L. R. Williams. J. I. Lowry and N. J. N. Bowen, to draft ^solutions expressive of the sorrow of ie camp on the death of the late J. i '. Wallace, istol and Knife. Rock Hill Record: A desperate ght occurred in this city Saturday rening on Green street, between Mr. H. White, of the London Printery, ad Mr. Melton Sims, an insurance J ??nt. They both live on the same , reet, two houses apart. Although \ e are unable to get full particulars, e are informed that there had been ] >me words between the two men pre- , :ously in regard to a mixup of their | illdren. As Mr. Sims was coming | lit of his ?rate after supper Saturday ] Ight, he met Mr. White. We have , ?en unable to learn just what words i issad, but at ar.y rate, they clashed [ id in the scrap Mr. Sims used a knife ; i Mr. White, cutting him pretty se- , ?ieiy across the breast, while Mr. fhile used a pistol on Sims, shooting j im in the groin. We are also inform- ( J that neither "of them are danger- } jsly hurt, and that Mr. White want- ( 1 to come out today, but was advls- , i by his physician that it would be ] ptter to wait a few days longer. . I BETHEL PRESBYTERY. i 3 ported for The Yorkville Enquirer: ] Bethel presbytery met in Ainiwell < lurch, Tuesday April 12. and was j pened with a strong, impressive ser- j ion by Rev. S. J. Cartledge of Ches- i >r, from the text: "Quench not the ; pirit." Twenty-four ministers and f >rty-two elders were present, an un- < sually large attendance considering ( le busy time of year, and the fact y lat presbytery met on the border line , f its territory. The large number of ( ders present, is especially to be com- i tended, indicating a growing interest i the churches to be represented at resbytery. Rev. Alexander Martin, pastor of the ock Hill church, was chosen modera>r, and Rev. J. M. Holladay of Winnsaro, was made temporary clerk. A popular meeting in the interest of >reign missions was held Wednesday /ening, at which instructive and Itnressive addresses were made by Rev. obt. Adams, D. D., and Rev, Alexan?r Martin. The report on this cause. 1 lows that twenty-seven new mlsonaries have been sent out during le year, that 284 missionaries are now l the roll; tliat 888 churches are en- ' died in the Forward Movement; and ] lat $420,602 has been contributed by | le whole church for this cause during le year. Forty-nine churches in 1 ethel presbytery contributed $7,383, I l average per member of $1.15. Two | ' the churches, Yorkvllle and Bowlg Green, deserve special mention. ' iving reached the standard of $4 per I ember contributed for this cause. < orkvllle church contiiDutea to mis le cause. $1,760: and Bowling Green, 165. During the year, 371 members were Ided to the churches of the presbyry on profession of faith, and 209 , letter. Rev. Robt. Adams, D. D.. president the Presbyterian college of South irolina, having accepted a call to uthel church, was received into the "esbytery, and order taken for his initiation the 1st Sabbath of August. Rev. J. J. Harrell having accepted a II to Bothesda church, was received to the presbytery and order taken r his installation the second Sunday May. so all our churches are now pplled regularly with the preached >rd except ona Rev. James Russell and Rev. T. B. aig. and Ruling Elders W. L. Mc orcy of Catholic church, and J. C. jster of Lancaster church were chosrepresentatives to the general asmbly at Lewisburg W. Va. After a spirited debate, which lastthe greater part of a day, presby- e ry refused to rescind her action taki last fall to sever her legal rela ;n Willi uaviason college in oraer concentrate all her energy, infiu- ? ce and resources for the upbuilding P the Presbyterian college of' South ( irolina at Clinton. So after this year c' 4thel presbytery ceases to hold any n fleial relation to Davidson. This ac- ^ in was not taken in any spirit of op- w sition to Davidson; for the pmshy- t( ry rejoices in her prosperity, and ti shes her the greatest success in the L ture; but believing that she will go E in her great work unhampered by n is action, the presbytery wishes to ti re its undivided atten'ion to the in- ? rests of ?he college within its own E nod. P The Clover church asked permis- t< hi of presbytery to change the V ms of her call from one half to P e whole time of her pastor. Rev. H. 'y Mills. To consider this question <> eshytery will hold an adjourned ir eting in the Presbyterian church of b ukville on thn second Tuesday of ti ly at 11 o'clock A. M. tl At the request of the session of Har- w >ny church in behalf of the congre- T tion. the organization was dissolved. a irmony church was made a chapel ti Woodlawn church, and the session tl s directed to issue letters to the n mbers to join any other church of al Mr choice. pi Fhe next regular meeting of Pres- gi tery will be held in Winnsboro next is i. w. b. a. tl MERE-MENTION. James Childers, a wealthy ranchnan, was shot to death at Faulkner, )kla., Friday, by Albert Russell, an % *x-Rough Rider under Col. Roosevelt. Russell claims self-defense... .A bomb ivas thrown through the window of the home A. O. Howard, a negro, at Kansas City, Mo., Friday night. Howard threw tin- bomb out again before it exploded. His white neighbors want him to move his place of residence Frank Haarman, a miner of Negaunee, Mich., on Friday, placed a stick of dylamite under the bed on which his wife ind daughter were asleep, and another *tick jnder a bed which he occupied with his son. The explosion killed all but the girl The United States Steel corporation has announced a six per cent increase in the wages of its employes A violent wind and rain storm swept over parts of Tennessee an Thursday and Friday, doing very Aj considerable damage to timber lands ^ ind railroad property George Burge, white, was hanged in the county jan ai Aiiania, ua., r riaay, ior wjie murder. He confessed his crime before being executed Samuel L. Clemens, (Mark Twain) is critically ill at his home at Redding, Conn Many w Central American towns were badly damaged by earthquake shocks on Thursday night. Many of the houses In the cities have been deserted and much damage to property has resulted. The loss of life at Costa Rica, Is said to be very great Violent anti-foreign riots took place at Chang Sha, a China, Thursday and Friday. An Eng- > lish Methodist mission station was destroyed. The riots started because of the cornerin~ of the rice supplies by native merchants and the rioters took vengeance on the missionaries A dispatch from Bluefields, Nicaragua, tells of the killing of 300 soldiers in a ^ battle between government and insurgent troops on Thursday On February 2, Dr. C. W. Hickman was assassinated and robbed in a suburb of Augusta, Ga., and although rewards aggregating $3,200 were offered for the arrest and conviction of the murderer, nothing was found pointing to the murderer until last week, when a negro pawned the dead man's watch. The pawnbroker had the number of the watch and miiolflv idi>ntlfl?d 1? nnd nri titled the police. The negro was arrested and Is believed to be the assas- * sin Yeggman cracked the safe < f the First National bank at Spring City, Tenn., Thursday morning and got away with about $10,000 Mr. Roosevelt and son, Kermlt, will be the guests of Emperor Joseph of Austria, on Saturday, at a brilliant state dinner Eight alleged night riders were found guilty by a jury In the Federal circuit court at Covington, Ky., Saturday, on charges of interfering with interstate commerce. Three were acquitted The explosion of an antiquated locomotive boiler in the yards of the Mexican National railway at Monterey, Mex., Saturday, caused the death of eleven persons. The screwing down of the safety valve caused the explosion. Earl Wilson, a naval academy football player, who had his neck brok- ^ en in a game on October 16th last, ^ died at Annapolis, Md., on Saturday... The 1911 convention of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will be held at Rochester, N. Y., in July By the falling of a balloon near Relchensachsen, Germany, Saturday evening, the crew of four per- <4 sons were killed The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad has prevented a strike of its employes bv granting all the demands of the men. Two masked bandits held up a Southern Pacific mall train near Sprig, Cal., Sunday morning, looted nine registered mail sacks and made their escape to the mountains Hyde Park, Vt., was visited by a destructive fire Sunday, and twenty families were rendered homeless In a family feud fight near Lyons, Oa., Sunday afternoon. two men were killed, one fatally wounded and several others more or ^ ess injured More than 200,000 workers of the building trades have been locked out bv the emnlo^ers :hroughout the German empire. The ockout Is the result of trouble with the labor unions Mrs. E. C. Secor, a New York business woman vas summoned for a coroner's jury Saturday. She sent the coroner tvord that she was too busy to serve. Georgd Corcoran was arrested ind fined $5 in a New York police court Saturday, because he refused to inswer the questions of a census enumerator The 1910 gambling reason at Monte Carlo, the notorious Prench gambling place, is coming to in end soon, with the net returns to the stockholders of the enterprise of ibout J 600,000 more than last fgear's receipts The trial of Alaert Wolter, charged with the murier of Ruth Wheeler, a 16-year-old girl, began In New York this mornng Thos. Taggart, ex-chairnan of the National Democratic Executive committee. Is a candidate q 'or the United States senate against Senator Beveridge Although rranulated sugar has steadily advanced in price during the past few veeks, it Is said that the rise is not lue to either the tariff or the trust. iut to the high price of cereals and yccin in ciui upc i lie v^onuneii:al Congress of the Daughters of the \merican Resolution began Its annual sessions in Continental Hall. a Washington, yesterday James w Simpson, a "Peeping Tom." was killid at Evansville, Ind., Friday, by a itrcus woman The Pennsylvania railroad has recently placed an nrder with the Baldwin Locomotive Works for eighty locomotives at a ?ost of {18.000 each. % ? Manchester. Oa.. April 1G: The town of Woodland, nine miles south of Manchester on the Atlanta. Birmingnam and Atlantic railroad, experienced n destructive cyclone this afternoon, practically every house in the town peing more or less seriously damaged. V number of stores were almost com- ? nletely wrecked, as were several resiiences and big trees were uprooted ;hroughout the town. A number of nersons are reported seriously injured. \ relief train was sent to Woodland 'rom Manchester, but no details of the < itorm had been received nere at 8 >'clock tonight. No traces of the cy'lone were felt here. The railroads differed heavy damage in the wreckng of two freight trains and a badly larnaged track. When the cyclone itruck Woodland, live cars on a side rack were blown over on the main line ind a moment later another freight ' lashed into them, making kindling vood of the box cars and tearng up the track for a distance of 00 yards. No member of the crews of he trains was injured. More than 0 houses, it Is reported, were wrench- * d from their foundations and the ocupants in many instances had narrow scapes from serious injury or death. ? Spartanburg, April 16: J. B. Duke, f New York, largest stockholder and rincipal promoter of the Anderson, ireenville and Spartanburg Traction ^ ompany, and one of the leading busi- W ess men of the country, arrived in Spartanburg this afternoon to confer Ith Infill hiivtirwwvt m??n In referctu'e i) the coming of this line into Sparmburg. In the party were H. X. )uke, of New York, brother of J. B. )uke; E. F. Stagg. of Durham. X. C., 1 tanager of the Duke railroad properes; W. S. Lee, of Charlotte, president f the Southern Power company; T. I. Lot. engineer of the traction comany; VV. A. Irwin, a prominent cotmi mill man of Durham; President V. J. Thackston of the traction cornany; Capt. Ellison A. Smythe, Lewi \V. Parker, H. J. Haynesworth and titer prominent Soutii Carolina bus >ess men. A large number of local usiness men met the party at the sta- qi on. ami from there accompanied Jem to the Spartan City Club rooms, here an informal meeting was held, he visitors were then taken for an utomobile ride over the city. After le drive the party enjoyed lunch at le apartment grill room, a refreshing lenu being served. Nothing was said ^ Ijout the future policy of the comany and nothing of importance was iven out for publication. The party making a trip of inspection over ie proposed route.