Straps and 4"acts.
? Ashevllie, N. C., April 27: If present
plans go through the vast boundaries
of the Toxaway company at Lake
Toxaway. including the hotel property
and the adjoining lands, will pass into
the hands of a syndicate, the primary
purpose of which is to develop water
power. Inquiries today revealed the
fact that the deals have not been closed
yet. but that representatives of a well
known firm of this city, which has
handled many of the large deals in this I'
section, are now in New York, and possibly
the deal will be closed within a
short time. While it could not be definitely
learned to whom the property
was to pass In case the deal Is consummated.
there is a rumor to the effect
that J. B. Duke and N. B. Duke, the
millionaire tobacco magnates, and the
principal owners of the youtnern rower
company, which controls the "electrical
situation" In Piedmont Soutn
Carolina, are prospective purchasers.
To this rumor further confirmation Is
added today by a special from Washington
to the effect that it is reported
there that the Dukes have an option on
50.000 acres of land in the Toxaway
section, and that the company plans
to develop 30,000 horse power to be
used across the line in South Carolina.
It is well known here that a deal has
been pending for some time, and that
the title to the large boundaries of
land in Transylvania and Jackson
counties is being looked up. Rumor
has it that the syndicate, if it takes up
the option, will build several other
large dams and develop hydro-electric
power. Further rumor has it that the
resort features will be preserved and
the hotels managed as in the past.
Pending the close of the deal, no ar
rangements have so far been announced
for the management of the hotel property
this summer and the boundaries 1
have been closed, so far as fishing is
concerned.
? Danville, 111., April 2": Several persons
were injured and much property
was damaged today by nine elephants
that stampeded Just after they had
" ?*?'-J a nor !) ftpr several
Deen umuaucu num c?
hours' ride from Chicago. A large elephant
made a break for liberty, bowling
over the keeper and escaping. The
animal was followed by seven other
bulls, which ran bellowing through
the streets and across the fields. Later,
while the entire force of trainers and
keepers were engaged in the usual sport,
of hunting elephants in automobiles, a
female elephant escaped. For several
hours the elephants were at large,
hunted by all attaches of the circus,
the city policemen and the more venturesome
citizens. The elephants at
first moved In a bunch, then separated.
They stopped for nothing except brick
and stone buildings. Such small frame
structures as coal sheds, fences, and
trees as came in their path were pushed
over, trodden down, uprooted and
thrown to one 3lde. At the home of
William Miller three elephants found ,
insufficient room to pass between the
summer kitchen and house, so they ,
pushed the kitchen aside, frightening
the persons inside from the table, but }
Injuring no one. At the home of Jos- ,
eph Peebles, after overturning a shed ,
and killing a horse, one of the animals
attacked Peebles and hurled him
against the side of the house. Peebles j
is in a critical condition. Barney
O'Neal, a liveryman, was thrown from |
his wagon by the elephants as they
dashed down a side street in front of
his team. F. K. Rabbe, one of the keep- ,
ers. while assisting in stabling three ,
of the bulls after their capture, was ,
hurled against the side of a barn and (
injured. Several other persons were j
slightly injured, mostly because of ,
horses rrlgntenea Dy me pacnyuerms ,
or through their own fright during the
stampede. More than 100 homes were
damaged to some extent by the elephants,
but the total loss probably will
not exceed $10,000. Several truck gardens
and orchards were partly ruined
in the outskirts of the city, while many
shade trees were broken, or uprooted.
One elephant was still at large tonight.
? New York Journal of Commerce,
Wednesday: "Thus far there have
been no private settlements arranged
between the cotton 'shorts' and the
group of operators, known as the 'Big
Four,' who are credited with having
cornered the May option. And it was
learned from an official source last
evening that no negotiations are in ]
progress looking to a compromise. A
number of local firms, in no way concerned
with the manipulation, have, it
is understood been technically converted
into shorts as a result of the Knight,
Yancey & Co., failure. . These firms
it is understood, have had no difficulty
in closing out their short items 'at the
market' when they have explained the
situation. Of the 'Big Four,' two members,
namely, William P. Brown and
Frank P. Hayne, claim to be cotton
merchants and not speculators or manipulators.
Their business, they argue,
is selling to manufacturers. Therefore,
they study the situation and finding
the consumption far in excess of
toe production they buy cotton contracts
and make arrangements to supply
the customers. Eugene A. Scales
and James A. Patten are more in the
class of speculators. But all claim to
wish to take delivery of the cotton they
have purchased by contracts. For they
are not willing, it is understod to sell
this cotton except for export or to mills
who will guarantee to use it for inanu
facturing purposes. They have themselves
sold, they assert, on this basis
a large part of the cotton they have
contracted for. If the May shorts do
not default, it means that the country
will be 'combed' for supplies to meet
May deliveries, to an extent probably
unprecedented. If these deliveries are
successfully made and are sold by the
'Big Four' operators in a way not again
to become available on the speculative
market there is still the July 'corner' to
be considered, for the operators have,
it is understood, been heavy buyers of
July deliveries as well as May. and the
question of where the additional cotton
to supply July delivery is to come from
is agitating many members of the local
cotton trade. A new feature in the situation
is the Knight-Yancey failure and
the wholesale irregularities that it has
brought to light in the way of irregular
bills of lading. There have been about
50,000 bales of cotton brought back
from Europe at a loss to help out the
May shorts; but the Knight-Yancey
failure develops the fact that the
cotton that European manufacturers
have been counting on, and for which
alleged bills of lading have been forwarded,
does not actually exist and the
European shortage, therefore, is much
more serious than has heretofore been
supposed. In the saint- way New York
tirms who have made arrangements to
receive cotton here at New York to
make their May deliveries find that
shipments are being unexpectedly delayed
and fears are beginning to be seriously
entertained that irregularities in <
bills of lading will be found to enter
into the local supply situation. Tne
present so-called corner may be said
to mark a new development In cotton
manipulation. Heretofore the great
spot houses, the MeFaddens and others.
have usually been sufficiently
strong to bring forward enough cotton
at the last moment to provide a deluge
of deliveries, and thus make an object
for bull operators not to force the situation
to the last extreme. The entrance
of James A. Patten and his large west
ern following into the situation pre- I
sents a new factor, as it places, according
to a very general market view, a
combination of financial strength quite
equal to that of the large spot operators
and at the same time a degree of
expertness in manipulation of cotton
supplies quite equal to their own. The
net result of the speculation is that the
cotton business of the country is at a
complete stand, awaiting the result of
the current contest of manipulation
and money."
<TIu ^(orluillr (fnquirrr.
Kntertd at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle
as Mall Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE. S. C.t
FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1910.
Mr. Patten seems to be having his
Inning with the Manchester traders who
treated him to a rough house recently.
The appointment of Governor
Hughes of New York, to the supreme
court bench Is generally recognized as
the best that could have been made.
Governor Hughes is a man or fairness
and unimpeachable integrity, and these
qualities added to his splendid intellect,
make him just the man for the
high position to which he has been
called.
If the bears had sold a whole bunch
of cotton cheap and the purchasers
had refused to take it, we can see why
there would be big cause for complaint,
but where the bears have sold a whole
lot of cotton at a fairly good price and
the bulls are clamoring for the privilege
of coming across with the cash,
we do not see where the bears have
any right to howl.
Cotton Seed Bread.
As to whether cotton seed will ever
become a staple article of human food,
like wheat, for instance, cannot be
safely predicted; but one thing in connection
with the proposition is reasonably
certain, and that is that if cotton
seed does not eventually take high
rank among the more desirable breadstuffs,
It will hardly be because of its
unfitness for the purpose.
Cotton seed meal has been ground into
flour and made into bread as an experiment.
and proving successful and
palatable as an experiment, capital 1*
becoming interested and is arranging
to put the cotton seed flour on the
market on a large sca|e. That it will
take a lot of time, trouble and expense
to introduce it, there Is very little question;
but other less desirable and less
promising food stuffs have been popularized
by the expenditure of time,
trouble and money, and the chances of
cotton seed as a staple article of food
seem good.
It has always been a difficult matter
to educate people to take on to newthings
either in food or dress. There
Is a kind of unexplalnable conservatism
that enters into the proposition
that is hard to overcome, and while
this conservatism is reasonable in all
things that do not have the aditlonal
backing of special and particular inter?st,
no such objection should be urged
against cotton seed with the people of
the south for it is their business to
stand by the cotton seed just as they
stand by cotton, for it is profitable for
them to do so.
During the past fifteen or twenty
years cotton seed oil has largely supplanted
hog lard as a cooking fat. Hog
lard used to be practically the only
thing known for the purpose in this
section. There is little else known at
this time. The admixture of cotton
seed oil has gone on apace, until the
percentage of the oil is larger than the
percentage of the hog fat: but still so
long as there has been no change in the
name, there has been but slight objection.
Only continue to call it lard and
1* nil rUht
II (9 Ull lB>?.
The pure food laws, which by the
way are generally good, had their origin
very largely in the efforts of the
western hog raisers to discourage the
sale of cotton seed under the name
of pure leaf lard. The admixture of cotton
seed oil enabled the lard" manufacturer
to sell cheaper than otherwise,
and the idea was that if manufacturers
could be compelled to market the mixed
product on its own merits and under
its own name, the price of hogs would
be better, and that idea has proved
correct. Now that oil and laid cannot
be sold as pure lard, and people know
the difference, they have the idea that
the lard is the more desirable and buy
it. Our southern people are not different
from the others.
We would not suggest that any one
should use cotton seed Hour simply because
it is a southern product. We believe
firmly in the idea of the right of
every individual to eat that which he
likes best if he can afford it. Hut still
we would suggest that every family give
the cotton seed (lour a chance, maki
bread of it and determine whether or
not it is good. If the southern people
can find in cotton seed a satisfactory
substitute for wheat, it will mean great
wealth for them.
TENNESSEE IN UPROAR.
New Primary Plan Does Not Give Satisfaction.
Two United States senatorships, the
governorship, the state supreme bench
and perhaps the position of Tennessee
in the Democratic column are involved
in the bitter political tight now in
progress in that state, says a Wash
ington dispatch or April L't.
The Carmack killing. the Cooper
pardon, the liquor issue, and now a
new primary election system, conceived
and promulgated by Governor Patterson
and his friends, are responsible
for the strained relations.
The new primary is the boldest political
stroke ever perpetrated in Tennessee.
This, its enemies declare,
takes the party power absolutely out
of the hands of the voters and maintains
it in the hands of a self-perpetuating
political organization. This is
the organization headed by Governor
Patterson.
When the primary was first proposed.
Senator James H. Prazier, who
was promised his seat in the senate
without opposition by the organization
if he went into it. refused and h;<s issued
a statement denouncing the
whole scheme as a betrayal o' the '
people.
t'nited States Senator Robert L.
Taylor is. it is understood, preparing
to issue a similar statement.
Nine candidates for the supreme
bench of Tennessee have refuse?' to go
into it. They will make the fljci t as
independents.
According to information received ]
here by prominent Tennessear-s. the
organization programme is to elect
Benton McMillen, former member of
congress and former governor, to the
t'nited States senate in place of Sena- <
[ tor Frazier.
Governor Patterson, who Is a candidate
for a third term, is grooming'
himself to come to the senate in the ,
niace of Senator Tavlor, at the expiration
of his third term as governor.
The laws establishing absolute pro- <
hibltion in Tennessee passed over the
veto of Governor Patterson are to be
modified materially and perhaps repealed.
Fully half of the Democrats in Tennessee
are onnosing the plans of Governor
Patterson and the differences
between the two factions are irreconcilable.
This leads the Republican
leaders in that state to hope for the
election of the next governor and it is
said that the anti-Patterson Democrats
will aid materially to that end.
CRISIS IN COTTON.
Patten Offered Yesterday to Take All
the Cotton Tendered Today.
New York, April 28.?This is the eve
of the greatest test, perhaps, that bull
operators In cotton have ever faced.
Tomorrow is the first notice day for
May contracts and it is estimated that ;
200.000 bales of cotton, representing a
money value of $14,000,000 are piled up
in New York and vicinity ready for delivery
to the bull leaders. Most prominent
among these are James A. Patten
of Chicago, Eugene Scales of Texas,
and Messrs. Hayne & Brown of New
Orleans, whose operations have been <
made the subject of Federal Inquiry. |
Mr. Patten is personally on the ground
[and in his own words "is ready to take
all the cotton tendered me?and pay
for it." ]
With the approach of not ce day it
had been expected by many that an
unprotected short interest would be
discovered, thereby causing a sharp advance.
But during today's trading
there was nothing to indicate the existence
of any important interest in
May which was not prepared to deliver
cotton some time between now and
the end of that month.
In consequence the market showed
considerable nervousness on the part
of the smaller May longs who had been
holding on to their contracts in the
hope of an advance on covering by
speculative shorts and the market during
the day experienced a break as a
result of liquidation.
May declined to 14.40 or $1.75 a bale
under the closing figures of the pre- 1
vlous night and about $2.50 a bale below
the high level of last Monday.
There was a considerable rally later,
however, and after the close it was re- 1
ported that brokers representing Patten
had been heavy buyers of May, July ,
and October contracts.
There are few In the trade apparent- 1
ly who doubt the ability of the bulls to
take all cotton tendered them on no- (
tices, but It is, 01 course, uoubuui ii
the cotton brought here will be deliver- 1
ed at once. There are some who think '
that only sufficient will be tendered to
force the liquidation of any weak long |
Interest and that the balance will be
carried until near the end of the month. '
If the entire amount available is tendered,
It will represent probably the
greatest transaction in spot cotton at ,
any one time in the history of the market.
? '
Patten said this afternoon:
"I am ready to take all the cotton
that is tendered me and pay for it.
What Scales and Brown are going to
do I don't know. It's none of my business.
I am here to attend to my own ,
business. They bought cotton and I
bought cotton and we have never had
any agreement to work together. I i
have not the least idea how much cotton
is going to be tendered to me and
I won't say how much I have bought.
I do not look, however, for any excitement
in the market." i
"CYCLONE SMITH."
South Carolina Senator Compels Attention
on Cotton Question.
"Senator Cyclone Smith." That is
the way the Washington Times takes
liberties with the junior senator from
South Carolina, heretofore known to
fame as "Cotton" Smith. It is stated <
on the authority of the Times that "Cyclone"
is the name that the senator
has earned for himself since he has '
been pouncing Aldricn and the rest of
them on the cotton probing business.
The Times says in this connection:
"Senator Smith of South Carolina
has gained a sobriquet. He is called 1
'Cyclone Smith.' This is because of
his cyclonic delivery in debate. He can ]
speak faster than any man in the senate.
"His first real debate came yesterday
when he attacked the attorney .
general because of the 'cotton trust'
probe instituted by the department of '
justice. The South Carolinian is a cotton
expert. He knows the business
from the seed in the ground to the fabric
on the store shelf. He, organized
the cotton growers in the movement to
hold the staple for better prices.
"This fund of cotton knowledge was
used to overwhelm the senate yesterday.
For nearly two hours the senator
spoke and ten relays of stenographers
were necessary to catch his remarks.
Not a note did he use. All the torrent
of talk seemed to rise spontaneously
and tne deluge was complete.
"Withal, Senator Smith spoke to
good effect?for a new st nator. He
held the attention of more Republican
senators during his address than many
of his older Democratic associates do
when they rise to address the senate.
He did more. He baited Senator Aldrlch
until that leader rose to defend the
tariff from the South Carolina onslaught.
That was how vigorously the
attack was made.
"Senator Smith is not exactly of the
fire-eating type, but he bord*. rs closely
on it. It is suggested tha a little
more senate training will temper him
somewhat and that he is therefore destined
to become a forceful debater."
Gaston's Cotton Crop.?From information
the Gazette has been able to
gather from a number of farmers who
have been approached on the subject,
the cotton crop in this county is in
pretty bad shape. While it has not all
been planted, quite a large per cent of
the acreage has been put in and the recent
cold weather has prevented the
seed from taking hold and growing.
Much of the seed, it is believed, has
rotted. One well-posted farmer said
that he believed a large part of the
crop in this county would have to be
replanted. He further stated that he
did not believe there was anything like
ii sufficient amount oi seen in me county
to <lo the replanting that will ixnecessar.v.
Because of the unusually
high prices prevailing liming the past
season for cotton seed a majority of
the farmers ;? Id their seed supply too
low and now .t is going to be a hard
proposition to find seed for replanting,
especially in view of the fact that severely
cold weather in the south will,
according to press dispatches, necessitate
replanting perhaps ninety per
cent of the crop in the cotton belt.
Gnstoniu Gazette.
Winnsboro. April 27: Safe-crackers
visited Winnsboro last night, forcing a
window of the ticket office at the
Southern passenger station and successfully
working the combination of
the safe in the office, where they secured
about $22.7 in cash. Nothing
save the money in the safe was molested.
They did no' In-oak open the cash
drawers of the safe which were locked
and contained a small sum of money.
Agent Skinner is positive that the safe
wtis securely locked when he left the
office at 11 o'clock last night, but when
Operator Hutson entered the office at
5 o'clock this morning he saw that Unsafe
was unlocked and upon examination
$22.7 was discovered missing. < unbundled
and eighty-five dollars of this
money was in an envelope with the express
messenger's receipt book, having
been deposited with the ticket agent
to have been shipped to Headquarters
I .?-? TV.I.. I I, ,.. r,.lli..i i, III,
I llll* lll"| Illll^,. 1 in.- .... .
a ci'iiw bar and Iodk Iron bull, an- tin* I
I nnlv chi?'s y?*t found.
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. in
Trustees of School District No. 37?In- ?n
vite bids for $10,000 worth school tn
bonds. r
R. T. & L. Belle Allison, Admrs.?
Give notice that on May 30 they a('
will apply to the probate court for is
final discharge as administrators of sa
the estate of R. M. Allison, deceased.
a
First National Bank. Sharon?Wants th
you to remember the emergencies so
that come in life and will help you ilt
to protect yourself, against them by
helping you to save.
Carroll Furniture Co.?Has received ar
another shipment of 36 x 72 matting ar
rugs and offers them at 50 cents .
each. ?
J. L. Williams & CO.?Are offering "
special bargains in Men's suits at ci
$7 SO $9.98 and $12.48 the suit. ..r
*tar Drug Store?Advises you to use
Pratt's lice killer to relieve your
poultry from the ravages of vermin.
It also sells other Pratt remedies.
York Furniture Co.?Is showing a varied
line of bamboo porch shades, Ni
porch rockers, hammocks, lace cur- Sj
tains, shades, etc. .
York Supply Co.?Expects to receive
a carload of cane seed this week SP
and wants to supply your needs, pi
Also has peas. Purina and Corn pc
feed, etc. _
Herndon & Cordon?Talk about a variety
of goods of every day use, P'some
of which you need today or
will tomorrow. n
Yorkville Hardware Co.?Want farm- i>
ers to come and see It for all kinds o.
of farm tools, and especially spring ai
tooth cultivators.
J. Q. Wray?Makes some pointed re- u
marks about shoes and also talks <j?
about gents' furnishings, ladies' vs
goods, domestics, etc. so
National Cnion Bank. Rock Hill? j.
Calls attention to the fact that It Is st
better to save and have, than to
spend and crave." S<
First National Bank. Yorkville?Points A.
out that it is persistent saving? "\V
keeping at it?that counts, that will w
help you to independence,
rhomson Co.?Invites special atten- s<
tion to the good qualities of Schloss ie
Bros." clothing for men, which It is vs
showing in spring styles up to $18 Ri
the suit.
r*1-'?OA Atinnnnooc ?nA. v*
t\irivpuilitiv-Qrin. VvU. miiiwuuvvu -Kv X1l
oial sales of white Roods and linens, \\
including sheer white fabrics. Eng- o'
llsh domestic, nainsooks and long h
cloths, and several extra special m
values.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Messrs. T. M. and H. E. Ferguson, ar
have purchased the R. J. Caldwell at
property on King's Mountain street.
? The work on the C. & N.-W depot st
Is progressing steadily and the building p{
will be completed in a few weeks more. Mi
? The spring dry goods trade in te
Yorkville continues good and up to the sc
expectations of the merchants. The lo
town is enjoying patronage from a ri
wider and more extensive territory m
than ever before. e\
? Mr. Joseph E. Hart is getting well ar
along with the work of taking the cen- tr
sus, and will easily complete the enu- ta
mreration of the people within the time
allowed by law: but of course cannot fit
give out any Information as he is not to
authorized to do so. bl
? There was a wreck on the Southern ht
between Rock Hill and Chester yester- fr
day and one of the through trains from or
the north by way of Charlotte to Co- 1,1
lumbia, (No. 27) had to be detoured cl
from Rock Hill through Yorkville down
Ihe C. & N.-W to Chester. of
ea
ABOUT PEOPLE. lit
- - /-> In
Misses L<eiia ana uarrie urKgmy ui ?
Lancaster, are the guests of Mrs. J.
S. Drake in Yorkvllle. 00
Mrs. D. E. Jackson, who has been
cjuite ill at her home on Yorkvllle R. A'
F. D. No. 6, is able to be up again. 's
Miss Mary Dobson, who has been ra
teaching school in Georgetown, has re- Pr
turned to her home In Yorkvllle for the Wl
summer.
Gen. J. C. Boyd has been up from Co- th
lumbia this week on account of the Pr
rifle shoot at Sutton's Springs, near in
Yorkville. ta
Dr. S. H. Griffith of Gaffney, was In te
Yorkville Wednesday and yesterday on CM
professional business, giving attention sh
to those who are afflicted with troubles th
of the eye, ear and throat. Ci
Mr. A. Frank Woods has been confined
to his bed at his home in Yorkville
for some weeks past, and while he
has been very sick, there seems to be ta
reason to hope that he is gaining m
strength slowly.
Among the out of the county lawyers th
in attendence on court this week were: Ti
J. K. McDonald, Winnsboro; F. I. Os- al
borne, Charlotte: Mr. Cox, Charlotte; ar
John Gary Evans, Spartanburg; S. E. th
McFadden and J. H. Marion. Chester; o'<
M. B. Jennings, Spartanburg. re
Mr. R. C. Allein, cashier of the First n'
National Bank of Yorkville, who has ni
been through a long siege of illness ui
with pleurisy, was on the streets of P(
lorkvilie yesterday, excuanging sim- ?
ings with his many friends, who were
glad to sec liim out. Mr. Allein is get- st
ting along very nicely. ra
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TRACTION LINES COMING. D(
Just how long it will be, cannot be pi
definitely surmised; but there is every of
reason to believe that it is only a qucs- ar
tion of time and not a very long time at re
that, until the whole Piedmont section pt
will be scovered with a network of
traction lines that will connect all the p<
important towns. al
This is the logic of the present oper- bi
ations of the Southern Power company, ta
This company is now driving more than a^
a hundred mills, and furnishing the ti?
power for thousands of smaller enterprises
and that it should take up the w
transportation question is so natural m
that it is hardly reasonable to look for vi
anything else. H
Mr. \V. S. Lee, first vice pies' lent of a
the Southern Power company, was in er
Yorkville this week on court business, m
and while here, a representative of The n(
Enquirer hud u pleasant talk with him j<
about things in general and this trans- \\
portation proposition, especially. Mr. j,
Lee was not talking for publication, at pi
all: but in response to a question as to 19
whether Yorkville would probably be
included in the proposed lilies, gave out ar
his general view of the situation about se
like this: he
"Of course, you can see from the gr
magnitude of tin- investments of the sh
Southern Power company, the company tv
is looking to the future rather than tie- dt
pending upon the present for its prof- dti
its. The business in sight now is not th
nearly sufficient to justify the tremen- a|
dous investment that is being made.
The country must develop and the cl.
Southern Tower company recognizes th
that it must help in this development, js
which it proposes to do. Naturally, the ta
lirst traction lines will hi- between the wl
larger towns and over the most promis- qt
ing routes: hut work once started will be
continue until all the towns tiiat are
now connected by power lines are con- t\\
nectcd by trolley lines, and Yorkvillc
will come in with the rest. Hut, of cr
course, the power company is not going 0f
to do all this work alone. The general it
plan is to make a partnership of the ti<
enterprise and ask the public to conic nu
in with subscriptions of stock. Tile jlu
power company would not feel war- j-p
ranted in undertaking the whole work va
alone, but prefers to have the local no
public interested in exactly the same to
proportion with itself." . Ho
Asked as to whether the Southern to i
iwer company would probably try to stru
crease the rate U is asking for power belo
i the expiration of the present con- turt
acts, Mr. Lee smiled Rood naturedly. A:
id remarked that the company has port
lopted standard rates for power and the}
selling to everybody on exactly the ther
me basis. He was perfectly aware of title
fear on the part of the public that and
ere might be an attempt to squeeze and
mebody: but he was rather amused also
it than otherwise. Are we not men
uthern people with you and of you. but
id are we not asking for your assist- plai
ice and support just like we propose coul
give you our assistance and support? ami
'ell, we are not afraid of our fellow ly d
tizens and our fellow citizens are not T
raid of us." Mat
Teh
AT TARGET PRACTICE. for
Detachments from the First regiment. ta'n
ational Guard, are out at Sutton's te'ei
irings. three miles west of York- *e'?
foni
lie, engaged in target practice on the
ilendid 1,000 yard rille range at that ^Sf|
ace. The detachments are from cominles
O, H, L and K, from Cornwell,
ick Hill, Yorkville and Fort Mill, res- ^
ctively and are composed as follows: ^ov
Company G?Capt. T. S. McKeown. waH
leut. \V. H. Ragsdale, Corporal A. A. W.
ouglas. Privates H. M. McElduiY, E. cot
Jackson, H. S. McKeown, VV. H. Mc
rthur, F. R. Higgins, J. C. Tennant.
Company H?Capt. L. McFadden, ml?'
leut. C. C. Oates, Serpt. R. H. Clen- tiff
mnlng. Corporal W. W. Baker, Pri- & tites
I. Hollar, J. M. K. Giles, L. John- , n
in, I. Wright, J. M. Dell. W. T. Barr, l4UA.
Sullivan, J. A. Langley, W. T. the
rand. witl
Company K?Lieut. S. W. Parks.(
>rgt. D. Vr. Epps, Corporals M. Earls,
Ferguson, Privates B. Blankenship, taal
ill Belk, Carl Jones, Will Boyd. Henry obei
indie. ers
Company L?Lieut. Bert F. Smith.
;rgt. J. M. White. Corporals R. B. Al- unv
in, Foy Dickson, Sam Adams, Pri- ing
ttes Chas. Carroll, Ben Falls, R. G. pari
randon, J. M. Robinson, Sam Watson. .
The detachments are in command of
ajor W. B. Moore and Capt. M. C. tr,)l
'111is. with sis staff, consisting of J. X. live
Farrell, E. M. Dickson and D. M. j,ad
awkins, has charge of the quarteraster
department. 0,1
The soldiers are quartered in tents, ous
tched along the creek bank, doing
elr own cooking for the most part, anc'
id putting in their days In hard work ^le,
the range. t"e
The main business in hand is the in- out
ruction of the details in all matters 'or
(rtaining to the proper care and hand- of *
ig of their rifles, and especially to c'd?
ach them the highest development of ?'
ientifie theories in connection with reP'
ng range shooting, how to hold a ant*
lie properly, how to aim it. how to f"r
ake allowance for wind from what- A
'er direction or of whatever velocity. c^a
id the proper manner of pulling the ^ore
igger after perfect aim has been at- '
ined. f"eThe
actual target work consists of cou
ing at ranges of from 200 yards up
1,000 yards. At 200 yards, the point
ank range, the practice is to shoot off
ind from a standing position, while yy0
om 300 yards the practice is to kneel g
sit and at all the other ranges up to roa<
)00 yards, the shooter fires from a re- ^as
ining position.
The possible score is fifty points out Wel
ten shots at each range, although reat
ch shooter Is allowed two extra pre- 0|o,
ninery snots ior me purpose < n.im- r
g an Idea as to the windage. witl
Another important system of practice *YUS
insists in beginning at the 1,000 yard lzg"
le, firing, advancing on the target and the
ing at each 100 yards. This however, tog*
t h H
usually done by platoons, and as the
nge has only two targets, it is not Hor
aeticable for more than two men to C
ork in this way at the same time.
noo:
The present details will continue at tju
e practice through the week and will f;or
obably break camp tomorrow morn- s"n
g. They will be followed by other delis
later on, and the plan is to send 15.3
n of the best shots developed to yQr
larleston, where there will be another q
toot for the purpose of determining che
e best shots to represent the state at P'?3
,mp Perry. gj
" as I
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. a pi
?r>? i
The case of A. S. Hand vs. the Oaer
v
wba Power company resulted in a wjic
istrial. sch<
This was the first case taken up in Yor
e court of common pleas on Monday.
rie hearing: of the testimony took up CotI
of Monday and Tuesday, and after M
gument and the charge by the court.
e case went to the jury at about 4 bro,
flock Wednesday afternoon. The jury whc
mained out all the afternoon and
gh?, and coming into court yesterday wj|?
orning with a report that it had been the
table to agree and that there was no goo<
issibility of an agreement, the court *
i ? * . i co,?
dered a mistrial. M,.
The case was a hard fought one from frie
art to finish. There was a long ary
of witnesses on both sides, and able e c<
lunsei contested every point with Nev
;ill and ability. Messrs. Thos. F. Mc(iw
and J. H. Marion represented the .
aintfff. and Messrs. Osborne and Cox the
the tinn of Osborne, Lucas & Cox. the
id J. K. McDonald and C. K. Spencer "nK
st re
presented the defendant power com- bull
my. on
The issue is the damage to the water r'ut
>wer at Hand's mill on Allison creek. se,cT
add
leged to have been caused by the par|
ick water from the dam of the Ca- wer
wba Power company, for which dam- c.?"(
fe the plaintiff claims compensa>11
in the sum of 512.000. thre
The water power involved is that jyjr
hich was formerly known as Wright's q
ill. Power was developed there pre- pori
ous to the American Revolution for S. I
ill's Iron works, and there has been
mill on this site ever since. The old- j,,. |
people of the present generation re- by
ember the mill as "Wright's." The
xt owner was William Sams, then j^'"1
din Duff, then it went back to the p,,,.
right estate, and was bought by Mr. Che
5. Wright, who sold it to Mrs. W. L.
lexieo, who sold it to Mr. Hand in f()H(
06. Che
,... Mrs
Air. nanci paid hm m<
ul spent $1,100 in betterments. The
conri year after he got possession, *'pUI'.
iwever. the creek below the mill be- m. ]
in to till up with sand, and in a P,)rl
iort time the power was ruined. For "
ro years or more the power has been so|d
ad, and the big pile of sand below the
1111 is such as to discourage any hope
at a mill will ever be operated there (,~j
fain. togr
The plaintiff set ii|> and backed tile whil
aim with a lot of strong testimony,
at the filling up of the creek with sand j*?/1 j
due to the back water from the Ca- this
wba dam. The defendant answered No.
1th the claim that it is two and three- bass
larter miles from tile Hand dam to the ,.nKj
ick water of the river and in that tie
stance there is a fall of more than I Mos
- I in ci
enty feet, on the strength or tins me 1)i(
fendant held that tile tilling up of the p|az
eek was caused by tin- washing down <>f >
sand from above, instead of tin* depos- vest:
from eddy water caused by obstruc- j.pVJ1
ms below. Against this the plaintiff sure
nintained that the bed of the creek i?ut
:d been raised all tin- way from tin- *"|1'j1
,'er, that where there had been eulti- fhou
table, fertile corn bottoms, there are llagi
w meadows on which it is dangerous "1<*
t he
venture with a horse, and where tlte
khIs that come down the creek used terri
>ass swiftly by, now they are obcted
and deposit their sand just
w the mill dam and around the
line wheel.
fter their discharge the jurors reed
that within a short time after
r entered the jury room, eleven <f
n agreed that the plaintiff was en-1
d to a verdict: but one held out
insisted that he would never agree,
so it stood all night. The eleven
practically agreed that the proper
sure of the damages was $1,000:
as the first proposition that toe
ntiff was entitled to the verdict
Id not be reached unanimously, the,
>unt of the verdict was not deflnitelecided.
he nex? case taken up was that of
korell Bros. vs. tile Western I'nion
'graph company. This was a suit
damages alleged to have been sused
by the alleged negligence of the
graph company in the delivery of a
gram. The jury found for the delant.
John R. and G. W. S. Halt.
s? for the plaintiff; John Gary
ns and Thos. P. McDow. Esqs., for
mdant.
he last case taken up was that of
i ns vs. the Tavora Cotton mill. This
i a suit in behalf of the children of
P. Downs, electrician of the Tavora
ton mill, who was killed by coming
ontact with a live wire at the cotton
on December 10, 1908. The plainwas
represented by Messrs. Dunlap
lunlap. and the amount claimed was
000. The effort was to show that
deceased had not been provided
!i the proper appliances for the purof
his hazardous occupation, and
t his death was the result of his
dlence to the orders of his employThe
killing resulted while Mr.
rns and other employes were huntfor
the cause of a sudden and apently
unexplalnable suspension of
trie energy. While looking for the
lble, Mr. Downs put his hand on a
wire that would have been dead
he not neglected to pull a switch'
the outside. Death was instantaneThe
testimony showed that while
lerintendent Ramseur, Mr. Downs
others were looking for the trouMr.
W. B. Wylie. then president of
mill ordered everybody to remain
of the power house, while he sent
Mr. J. G. Barnwell, superintendent
he Yorkvllle electric plant. The ac nt
occurred Just before the arrival
Mr. Barnwell. The defendant was
resented by Messrs. C. E. Spencer
S. E. McFadden. The Jury found
the defendant.
11' the other jurors had been dlsrged
previous to going into the
going case and at the conclusion
:his case court was adjourned sine
Judge DeVore went through the
ntry to Rock Hill last night, to take
train for his home in Edgefield.
LOCAL LACONICS,
rk on the Chester Road.
ince beginning work on the Chester
1 some weeks ago, the chalngang
covered about a mile from the corite
limits of the town down to the
npleton place. The work is being
I done and the improvement, ally
noticeable, is very great.
er's School Building.
he Clover people are going right on
ti their new school building. There
i some little division on the quesi
of issuing bonds, some good citis
differing with the majority: but
understanding is that all are now
?ther and everybody is pulling for
town.
nicide In Fort Mill.
harles Watson, colored of Fort Mill,
committed to Jail yesterday aftern,
charged with the killing of Will
man, another negro, a few miles
n Fort Mill Wednesday night. WatdoeS
not deny the killing, but says
t he and his son did It, because of
man's alleged wrong to Watson's
,fear-old daughter.
kville vs. Chester.
hester Reporter, Thursday: The
ster High school baseball team will
r Yorkville on the local diamond
orrow afternoon. Last Saturday
ster was defeated at Yorkville, but
ho locals went into the eame with
itched-up lineup they feel confident
t the tide of victory will set the othray
this time. Mr. James H. Glenn,
is teaching in the Yorkvllle Graded
x>ls, will do the twirling for the
kville boys, while Mr. Briggs will
h for Chester.
ton Seed Bread.
[r. J. F. A. Smith of Yorkvllle No. 1,
at The Enquirer office on Wednes,
a specimen of cotton seed flour,
jght over to him by his son, Robert,
? is working for the Southern Cotton
company in Charlotte. The flour
i duly mixed, half and half with
'a* flour and made into biscuit in
usual manner, and the product was
d and palatable bread that was up
:he standard in every thing except
ir. which is that of the ginger cake.
Smith s. 's he had a number of
nds at his home Sunday to eat of
bread and all pronounced it to be
silent.
v Auditorium For Rock Hill,
ock Hill Record: Messrs. Barber
Sykes have awarded to J. J. Kol&
Co., contractors, a contract for
erection of a $13,000 building on
rear of the Barber lot, the buliciof
course to front on Hampton
et. As previously announced, this
ding will have three store rooms
the ground floor, with an audlton
and a number of offices on the
ind floor, and when completed will
very much to the looks of that
; of the city. Messrs. Keller & Co.
e also a few days ago awarded a
tract at Greenwood for the erecof
a J 12.000 apartment house at
place to be built of brick, with
e stories and a basement.
James Porter Dead.
hester Reporter, April 28: Mr. Jas.
ter died at the home of his son. Mr.
il. Porter, on Academy street at 9
>ck this morning, after a week's
>ss, aged 88 years. The funeral will
held at Bethesda church tomorrow
Revs. S. R. Hope and S. J. Cart;e.
Mr. Porter was a native of York
tity. but spent the greater part of
life near Lowryville in this codnty.
the past five years he had lived in
ster. On May 5. 1851. he was marto
Miss Klizabeth McLean of RichI
county, who survives him with the
wing children: Roht. M. Porter,
ster: Mrs. Mary J. Porter, Chester:
. \V. T. Allen. Oklahoma; Mrs. J.
3lckett, Fort Mill: Mrs. J. R. BryChestcr;
Mrs. R. X. Grant. Smith's
nout: G. B. Porter. Lowryville; S.
Porter, Chester; F. N. and W. L.
ter. Hope. Ark. The deceased was
icmber of comnany F. Sixth South
rdina regiment, and made a splendid
ler.
Gaffney Ledger: Mr. D. Audley
1. Blacksburg's enterprising phoapher.
was in the city a short
le Monday. While here he told a
ger man of a very narrow escape
northbound passenger train No.
lad Sunday afternoon over a mile
side of Rlacksburg. It seems that
11. the southbound train, which
os that point a short time before
12, had dropped some fire from its
ne as it was crossing a small tresnear
the home of Mr. Walker
s. just beyond Broad river, and
msequence thereof the erossties on
little bridge were soon 011 fire. The
e attracted the attention of some
Jr. Moss's children who upon inigation
found the woodwork in
es and burning briskly. They carwater
to tlie point in buckets and
ceded in extinguishing the fire.
not before it had destroyed the
re bridge. While some were en d
in putting out the tire, one
igiitful one ran down the track and
fed No. 12. which was then due at
point, and owing to the fact that
bridge was near a curve in the
k. tiiis act probably prevented a
hie wreck and saved many lives.
THE CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
Gen. Geo. W. Gordon Commander, and
Next Re-Union at Little Rock.
The annual re-union of the United
Confederate veterans, in Mobile, Ala.,
came to a close on Thursday with the
usual monster parade that included
more than 15,000 old soldiers from all
parts of the country, and on Thursday
night there was a general scattering "f
the delegates and visitors to their respective
homes.
The elections took place on Wednesday.
The selection of Little Rock had
been freely predicted and though the
Arkansas city lacked a majority on the
first ballot she was so far In the lead
that a vote to make the selection unanimous
carried with a roar. The vote
stood: Little Rock 1,470; Chattanooga
640; Oklahoma City 17; Houston 0.
When Texas was reached, the veterans
saw how things were going and threw
their strength to Arkansas. The endorsement
of New Orleans as the meeting
place for 1915, was contained In
a resolution favorably reported and
adopted. It recites that New Orleans
proposes to hold a Panama canal exposition
in 1915 and that the Crescent
City had asked the veterans to endorse
the exposition and attend It in April,
1915. The programme for election of
officers was carried out to the letter.
Gen. Geo. W. Gordon of Memphis, commander
of the department of Tennessee,
was chosen commander-in-chief,
succeeding Gen. Clement A. Evans of
Atlanta, who declined re-election. Gen.
Evans was elected past commander-inchief
and Gen. W. L. Cabell, commander
of the Trans-Mississippi division,
was elected past commander-in-chief.
The most stirring incident of the reunion
was the greeting to Miss Lucy
White Hayes, granddaughter of President
Davis, In the convention hall on
Tuesday. The incident Is described In
an Associated Press dispatch as follows:
"A slender, black-clad, frightened
girl'stood on a raised platform today
and while six thousand Confederate
veterans cheered and while the bands
played "Dixie." a score or more graybearded
Confederate general officers
passed in review before her and with
uncovered heads, kissed her hand. The
young girl was Miss Lucy White
Hayes, granddaughter of the only president
of the Confederacy. The incident
was the climax of the first day's session
of the United Confederate veteri
ans. The big tent, which'is said to seat
comfortably six thousand people, was
packed to its topmost tier of . its.
The sides had been raised and the
throngs outside had passed in. When
the new "Daughter of the Confederacy"
was being presented to the convention.
the old veterans went mad. The
band was pls/ing "Dixie"?three of
them were?but the combined brasses
could not drown out the cheers. The
veterans surged forward, but the ropes
stopped them. Then, one by one. the
stately general officers on the stage
moved in review before the frightened,
trembling girl and each kissed her
hand as he passed. Miss Hayes* eyes
filled with tears and she seemed overcome
with emotion, as she passed back
to her seat, on the arm of her maid of
honor, Miss Ella Mitchell. Miss Hayes
is the "sponsor for the Southern Confederacy"
In the reunion and takes rank
over all other sponsors and maids."
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Greenville. April 28: In the United
States court this afternoon, Joshua W.
A ..U1a.. i?n n n /i/imIHa/1 <?f nho rcro
Wttfl UHJ umcu ui li a v. uaiui q\
of peonage. The jury returned the verdict
after thirty minutes deliberation.
This is the second trial of the case, the
first resulting in a mistrial one year
ago.
? Columbia, April 27: The state of
South Carolina has borrowed $200,000
in running expenses for the year. The
money was secured in New York and
through the Palmetto Bank of this
city. The interest is 4 per cent, which
ig considered low. The rate last year
was 3 per cent. It is estimated that
the state will have to borrow $600,000
before the end of the year.
? All agencies working for agriculture
in South Carolina will meet at
Clemson college on May 9, when the
work in this state will be discussed in
detail. Dr. S. A. Knapp, head of the
United States office of farm demonstration
work of the department of
agriculture, will deliver an address to
the students and visitors on May 9.
Dr. Knapp is known as the "grand old
man of agriculture," and during the
past several years has done much for
the south.
? Columbia, April 26: W. H. Glbbes
was chosen mayor or uoiumma in m?r
Democratic primary today over Dr.
Fort Sumter Earle by a majority of 114
votes, while Robert W. Shand was
elected commissioner on the first ballot.
The remaining twenty candidates to fill
the other three vacancies on the commission
will contest again in a second
primary. In the primary today Gibbes
received 882 votes and Earle 768. These
were the only two applicants for the
position. Mr. Gibbes is at present county
auditor, while Dr. Earle is a member
of council and mayor pro tern. Inten?e
interest was excited in the mayoralty
contest.
? Charleston, April 27: The 14th annual
session of the state convention of
King's Daughters met at St. Andrews
Lutheran church in this city at 11
o'clock today, there being in attendance
the largest delegation in the history of
the organization. The opening session
was marked by an excellent address of
welcome by Miss Elizabeth Horlbeck.
response by Mrs. David H. Laird, and
the annual report of the state secretary,
Miss Etta Trott of Mt. Pleasant. The
officers present toaay were miss caia
G. Trott, state secretary; Mrs. H. K.
Aiken of Laurens, assistant state secretary;
Miss E. J. Ladd of Summerville,
recording secretary, and Miss Lula Lee
of Charleston, treasurer; Mrs. J. B.
Johnson of Rock Hill; Mrs. W. P. Cornell
of Charleston; Mrs. J. R. Hananan
of Charleston, and Mrs. I. J. Mickel of
Edisto Island, members of the executive
committee.
? Columbia, April 27: The matter
of weight will be stringently enforced
under the pure commercial food stuff's
act. The size of the packages as required
under the act is 25, 50, 75, 100,
125, 150, 175 and 200 pounds. The
following excerpt from a letter received
from a well known feed house Illustrates
this point: "We want to congratulate
you and the state of South
Carolina on enacting a law that embodies
in it such a wide protection to
the consumer. Particularly is this
true in your making a part of the law
noaipra X'ational associa
tion rules for the grading of grain. If
you would go a little bit further and
compel every shipper of sacked grain
to brand on every bag the amount of
grain contained therein you would
confer another great favor upon the
consumer. Merely as a matter of information
we are enclosing a card, one
of which we put in every bag of corn
i?? niant iimi if all the
states who have to import grain would
require the weight to be branded on
the sack It would make it mighty hard
for the short weight crook to reap the
harvest he has been reaping for
years."
? Columbia State: The effective date
of the firemen's pension act, which was
passed at the last session of the general
assembly, was discussed at a conference
yesterday between Attorney
General Lvon, A. T. Smythe. representing
several of the fire insurance companies;
Geo. F. Von Kolnitz, representing
the city of Charleston; Chief W. J.
May of the Columbia fire department
and Insurance Commissioner McMas
ter. Al me cunciusiou <>i mc
ence Attorney General Lyon announced!
that he would give an opinion in the |
case within the next few days. Tile
question under consideration .was j
I whether the act went into effect 60
days after its approval. It is also
asked whether the tax of 1 per cent of
the gross premiums collected by fire insurance
companies in towns to benefit
under the act begins 60 days after approval,
or 60 days after the municipalities
submit proof of $1,000 worth of
improvements, or whether the tax is
collected at all this year. The question
of the constitutionality of the act was
raised before Gov. Ansel apnroveo me
act, but ne did not consider the objections
of the attorneys for the tire insurance
companies. It is thought that
a case will be brought to test the constitutionality
of the act.
? The Columbia correspondent of
the Greenville News forecasts the coming
political campaign as follows:
Whether it be a prohibition platform,
local option or independent, the next
administration in South Carolina from
the viewpoint of the governor's office
is going to be one of business. It is
the demand of the people and the cry
comes from all sections of the state.
The railroad company, the city and
state have offered rewards aggregating
$1,800 for the arreHt of Motorman
Brown's murderer During the year
1909 approximately 60,000 American
farmers went across the border to become
citizens of Canada. During the
same period, 53,000 Canadian farmers
moved to the United States A baggage
car on a Southern railway train
was destroyed by Are at Bynums, Ala.,
Tuesday morning. The Are was started
by a candle coming in contact with
moving picture films The trial of
F. Augustus Heinz, on charges of violations
of the national banking laws,
was begun in New York on Tuesday.
The case against Heinz Is very slm.,ar
to the one in which Chas. W. Morse
was convicted and sentenced to fifteen
years In prison General Estenoz,
a negro, and twenty-two of his followers
were indicted at Havana, Cuba,
Tuesday, charged with inciting rebellion
and anti-white violence A Chicago
street car company has put a special
car in service on its lines to be
used for funerals exclusively A
Brockton, Mass., woman who died re
cently, is believed by her physician to
have been a victim of arsenic poison,
which she absorbed into her system
from sleeping on a hair mattress. Another
woman who also used the hair
mattress, is critically ill Charles
Moran, one of the most noted confidence
men In the world, was arrested
in Chicago on Tuesday. Moran is said
by postofflce inspectors to have cleaned
up nearly a million dollars by "get- *
rich-quick" schemes Two white
men were shot to death in a three cornered
fight at Adamsville, Ala., Monday
A terrific wind storm wrecked
a circus tent at Jersey City, N. J.,
Tuesday morning. One man was killed,
another fatally injured and a score
hurt. Fifty-two cages of animals were
turned over and almost totally wrecked
As a result of a mutiny of the
prisoners in the Colorado state prison
at Canon City, Monday night, two con- (
victs were shot to death, three fatally
shot and several others more or less
wounded. None of the convicts managed
to get away By the arrest of
nine men, seven of whom are brothers,
in Alabama and Texas last Friday, New
York wholesalers have put an end to a
gigantic swindle and fraud, which has
been practiced on them during the past
year or more. The gang conducted a
chain of stores. It would order goods
tr> r>na store, auicklv transfer tne ship
ment to another and another, claim
they were lost and the wholesalers lost
the amount of their bills Two persons
were killed and three others were
more or less injured jn automobile accidents
in New York on Tuesday
William J. Kelliher, the Boston confidence
man, arrested in connection with
the swindling of Geo. W. Coleman, the
defaulting teller of a Cambridge, Mass.,
bank, has been released on a bond of
$25,000 New York Republicans are
expressing fears of losing New York
to the Democrats in the fall elections,
without the assistance of Mr. Hughes,
recently appointed to tne Federal supreme
court bench....The lower house
of the Massachusetts legislature has
passed a resolution demanding that
congress call a constitutional convention
to amend the Federal constitution,
so as to provide for the election of
United States senators by a direct vote
of the people. The resolution was
of the people. The resolution was passed
by a vote of 109 to 98. Twenty-eight
utotou hovo nnsHpfi similar resolutions.
The "Hall of Peace" was dictated
at Washington, Tuesday by representatives
of twenty-one North and South
American republics. Its principal purpose
is the development of trade between
the United States and the republics
of Central and South America....
Mrs. Pearl Armstrong was convicted at
Jefferson, Ind., Tuesday, on the charge
I of murdering her husband by strychnine,
carbolic acid and calomel poisoning
New York physicians and health
officers have come to the conclusion
that Pasteurized milk is not so good
for babies as the raw product, when
produced under proper sanitary conditions
Bjornstjerne Bjornson, a noted
Norwegian poet, novelist and dramatist
and advocate of universal peace,
died in Paris on Tuesday night at the
age of 78 Edward P. Weston, the
veteran pedestrian, is expected to complete
his walk from Los Angeles, Cal., to
New York, 3,409 miles today, after seventy-five
days of walking. Weston estimated
that he could make the trip in
ninety days As the result of the
recent freeze, thousands of cotton
farmers of Mississippi, Louisiana and
Alabama, will abandon a cotton crop
for this year and will plant their cotton
lands to corn and other food and
forage crops. .Passengers arriving
at New Orleans from Costa Rloan
ports, declare that hundreds of lives
were lost during the recent earthquake
in that country. Thousands of
houses were shaken down Five
negro children were burned to death
at Good Hope, Ga., Tuesday night. . ..
Mbert Wolter, convicted in New York
on last Friday of the murdpr of Ruth
Wheeler, has been sentenced to be
electrocuted during the "'cov of June
6. Wolter has expressed the ?-ish to
be allowed to marry Kate Mueller, his
sweetheart, whose testimony did much
to fasten his crime on him. . . .Advices
received at Constantinople during the
past two or three days, are to the effect
that in a battle between Turkish
troops and rebel Albanians that has
been in progress for three days on the
plains of Kossovo, more than 10,000
soldiers have been left dead and
wounded on the held. "Kill and spare
none." '? the order given to the Turkish
soldiers.
Replant In Corn.?"Every planter
whose cotton has been injured, should
replant in corn and not attempt to grow
a second stand of cotton." said Georgia
Commissioner of Agriculture T. O.
Hudson, according to an Atlanta dispatch
of Wednesday. Mr. Hudson was
discusing the effect of this week's cold
wave on the cotton crop, at least 50 per
cent of which has been ruined.
"Cotton never grows well where it
has been killed by the cold," added Mr.
Hudson. Mr. Hudson Is inclined to
take an optimistic view of the situation
in the south.
"What the planters have lost in quantity
will be counterbalanced by the
increased price of cotton, which its
scarcity will cause, and the south will
suffer little financially by the cold
wave," he says.
During the coming campaign the least
discussed problem is going to be the
whisky bottle. Issues are going to be
raised that* will completely overshadow
the whisky wrangle which has
pervaded South Carolina politics for
the past fifteen years. There are lots
of Prohibitionists in this state. There
are only six counties and the last legislature
refused to pass a state-wide
measure so the assumption is that the
large number of Prohibitionists, and
for a matter of fact those that are not
Prohibitionists are going to demand
that the problems more serious be
discussed by the candidates during the
coming summer. The people want to
hear a man express himself on the
live Issues of the day in South Carolina.
Every man knows the whisky
situation from a to z and an explanation
by the candidates will not be
necessary.
MERE-MENTION.
A gang of negroes, disguised as white
men, were rounded up in New Orleans
on Tuesday, after a week's operations
as highwaymen, holding up street cars
in the suburbs A meteor fell In
northern Mexico on Monday night,
burst Into four pieces and caused a
disastrous foVest Are The British
sealing steamer Aurora, with a crew of
187 men on board, is reported as being
lost at sea from St. Johns, N. S. The
vessel has been missing since April 1st.
James Affleck, was killed at Columbus,
Ga., Monday night by Will
Carmack, in a dispute over a piece of
cheese The New York Herald and
Atlanta Journal are making arrangements
for another New York to Atlanta
automobile run during the coming summer
A number of negroes have
been arrested in Atlanta on suspicion
of being members of the gang which
held up the street car conductor and /
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