Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 15, 1910, Image 2
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? Now York. July 13: The indictments
found by the Federal grand
jury in the United States Circuit court
on June IS last, in the cases against
James A. Patten, \V. P. Brown, F. B.
Hayes. S. T. Harmon, C. A. Kittle. E.
<?. Scale. Morris Rothschild and 11.
M. Thompson, accused of conspiracy
and restraint of trade in their cotton
operations, it was learned today, have
been found to be defective and have
been set aside as a result of pleas in
abatement, tiled on July r>. by each of
the defendants, separately claiming
that said indictments were not valid
on the ground that the grand jury
was not legally convoked. Another
grand jury nas ueen cuneu, uou mr
matter is now receiving their consideration.
? Japanese mail to the state department
at Washington, quotes a returning
traveler from Australia as saying
that the anti-Japanese feeling In Australia
has reached an extreme point.
According to the published interview
forwarded here. Japanese are forbidden
entrance to any of the Australian
clubs and forbidden to attend public
meetings. German influence, it is said,
is believed to be responsible for this
anti-Japanese feeling. Japanese newspapers
criticise the talk of German
influence as an anti-German campaign
analogous to the anti-Japanese talk.
The secret of the Australian situation,
it is claimed, is that while nominally
admission is granted to merchants,
students and travelers, "merchants" is
interpreted to mean heads of a firm
only, all other tradesmen being classed
as laborers. Japanese papers point
out that this treatment experienced by
Japanese subjects in Australia while
worse than that experienced in the
United States, attracts less attention
because of the smaller number of persons
affected.
? New Orleans, July 13: Joseph Manzella,
an Italian proprietor of a saloon
and grocery at St. Phillip and Decatur
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"blackhand society" here today, J ut
his death was avenged a few seconds
later when his 17-year-old daughter
shot and instantly killed the assassin
as he was attempting to escape. Manzella
had recently received many letters
signed "hlackhand society" demanding
money. Shortly before noon
an Italian called at the store and demanded
money as a representative of
the society. When ordered to leave
the place, he shot Manzella in the
lireast. As Manzella fell he drew his
revolver and fired at the assassin.
Young Josephine Manzella rushed into
the store and gave chase to the assassin,
firing at him as she ran. When
the police arrived the girl was bending
over the body of her father, weeping.
The slayer lay in the gutter near
the entrance with three bullet wounds
near his heart. The assassin was
identified as Guiseppe Spemnazzio,
who is said to have come from Sicily
recently.
? Tampa. Fla., July 12: With 75 per
cent of the cigar-makers of the city
idle, as a result of a stand taken by the
manufacturers that they will not employ
men who join the union, Samuel
Gompers, head of the American Federation
of Labor, is expected to arrive
here tomorrow for the purpose of arbitrating
before a general strike is
called. There are approximately 15,000
cigar workers in this city, the largest
number in any city in the world,
and until recentlv but about 20 per
cent of this number were union men.
Labor delegates recently commenced
a campaign of organization here, with
the result that the manufacturers decided
to oppose the union. Fifteen discharged
cigar-makers left here tonight
for their home in Havana, and it is expected
that the others out of employment
will leave within the next few
days. Mr. Oompers will meet with a
committee from the cigar-makers, the
board of trade and city government,
seeking a peaceful settlement of the
question. So far no application has
been made to the central body for
permission to strike.
? Fergus Reid, a member of the
board of managers of the New York
Cotton Exchange, has been tined $250
for contempt by the appellate division
of the supreme court because he failed
to obey a subpoena to go to court and
testify concerning the rules of the cotton
exchange. The lower court didn't
punish Reid because Wm. A. Springs &
Co., a cotton exchange firm that had
subpoenaed Reid as a witness, had
won the case, and it didn't appear that
they had been damaged in any way by
Reid's failure to respond. The appellate
court says: "If witnesses are to
escape merely because the persons they
were to testify for happen to succeed,
then courts will be delayed, and if it
be decided that the only risk the witnesses
run is the possibility that the
party may show actual damages, then
a large part of the time of lawyers
will be spent in drawing attachment
pai?ers and the time of courts and ju
I irs \\ in i ?t* w asiru waning mm tinproduction
of witnesses 1?y the sheriff."
Reid's defense was that he had to go
to Chicago that day and his lawyer
told him not to mind the subpoena.
? About the most strenuous opposition
that we have noted in the new
postal savings bank plan soon to be
inaugurated comes from the New York
Journal of Commerce, which paper is
advising the people to make the plan
a failure by refusing to patronize it
and insisting on something better provided
under their own state laws.
While the bill was pending in congress
a number of the insurgent Republicans
from the west also opposed
it, because they believed that it would
establish a sort of pipe line that would
drain to New York money from all tinother
sections of the country, and that
it would not be applied to the postoffices
in the large eastern cities which
are well supplied with private savings
banks. Postmaster fjeneral Hitchcock,
it is said, is now applying for information
about methods of administration
in foreign systems, and is quoted as
saying that he does not believe it will
be feasible to establish any depositories
for some months. The hoard of
trustees for the postal savings depository
offices consists of three members
of the president's cabinet, Messrs.
Hitchcock, McVeagh ami Wiekcrsham,
and these gentlemen are at liberty to
establish as many or as few as they
may see tit, and as they select the
places at which the depositories shall
be established it is doubtful if they
will begin with the postoftices in the
large ?*ili?-? of either the cast or tin*
west, where the opposition to tin- system
is strongest. "There is no reason,"
said the Journal of t'ommeive,
"why anyliody with intelligeiiee and
thrift enough to have savings should
not deposit thein in a good savings
hank at per eent or more, or should
draw them out of stieh to put them in
the posloftiee at '1 per eent. We believe
those hoards that are hidden
away through lack <>f confidence in
anything hut the government, arc
mostly mythical, at least in this part
of the country. Those who have intelligence
enough to know what investment
means and to have an interest in
the communities in which they live
will prefer to have their savings invested
in mortgages and other securities
at home, rather than have them
at the command of the government."
From all accounts a beginning with the
postal savings hank system will l?e
made in those regions of the country
where there are no savings hanks and
110 provision for the care of savings
and where there is supposed to he
strong public sentiment in favor of
having the Federal government make
such provision. But it is evident that
the great financial interests of the east
will exert all the influence they possess
to discourage the operation of the
plan In their section of the country.
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Filtered at the Postofflee In Yorkville
as Mall Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE. S. C.s
FRIDAY. JULY 15 1910.
Or.li Sol got in three days of "good
roads" work this week.
A BitooKl.YN, N. Y.. man is preparing
to raise vegetables by electricity.
Shocking, isn't it?
A Nkw York restaurant is to include
"southern dishes" in its bill of fare.
The Cothamites will enjoy living now.
The airship is taking quite a heavy
death toll; but this is to be expected in
the perfection of a science like that of
flying.
Ill Say mal a iu*w?|m|;ri Iiao ii*?
right to j?ul>lish the truth, is equivalent
t<> the claim that the people have no
right to know.
With wheat worth $1.03 to $1.10 a
bushel on the Chicago market, it is a
good time to begin planning to sow
a few acres on pea land this fall.
Law and right win only when backed
up by men of nerve and courage.
It's a poor stick of a citizen who expects
law and right to win without his
help.
THE Democratic congressional committee
at Washington is short of funds.
They ought to revise the tariff downward.
That's the way to raise the
revenue.
Ik South Carolina only had biennial
sessions of the legislature, it might
be possible to accumulate a little surplus
in the state treasury between appropriation
acts.
TilE Columbia State has been printing
some very sensible editorial comments
lately on the making of county
newspapers. The writer of those comments,
whoever he is, certainly understands
the business.
The proposed Chamber of Commerce
excursion over the c. C. & O., is to
leave Spartanburg on the morning of
July 26, and return the evening of July
29. Provision is to be made for the
carrying of nearly 400 people.
Tiik Greenville News challenges the
Spartanburg Journal that a Greenville
man will make an air (light before a
Spartanburg man does. All right, gentlemen.
we have our eyes upward: but
don't keep us in that position too long.
Sexatoh Robert Taylor of Tennessee.
after promising to stump the state
in behalf of Patterson and his supreme
court ticket, has suddenly decided that
he would rather make lectures in the
west than electioneer for the pardoner
of Cooper and his machine. Robbie
don't like the red lights of danger
ahead.
Enwix Yates Webb, who has represented
the Ninth North Carolina district
in congress for five successive
terms, has been renominated without
opposition. Mr. Webb is a thoroughgoing
Democrat, an influential representative
of the south, has the confidence
and esteem of all his constituents.
and is sure to go back to congress.
notwithstanding the opposition
of Mr. S. S. McNinch, a former good
Democrat, who has turned Republican
to run against him.
Tiik Columbia State Publishing
company has just issued in a handsome
volume a number of public addresses
that have been delivered from
time to time by Dr. Jas. H. Carlisle,
late president of Wofford college.
There are eighteen addresses in all.
commencing with a graduating valedictory,
delivered at the South Carolina
college on December 2, D44. windto
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1-15, delivered to the uraduatinu class
of Wofford college June 5, I'.MM. In
l??*tween an- a number ?>r school address'
s. and several biographical lectures
on William <\ Preston. John Melton
< (Weal and George McDuffie. Kacli
of the eighteen addresses is well
worthy of the name and reputation of
the ureal scholar and educator, and
the l.nok. which is a handsome volume
of _,5i' paues. is well worth the sellinu
price, $ 1.511.
OltKKNvri.i.K has another telephone
controversy on. The policy of the telephone
companies, like that of most
other public service corporations is t
Uet mote ami more. Yorkvillc and
other towns in this section have had
some experience alonu that line and
will have some more, in Greenville,
the telephone company offered to make
certain improvements in the service on
the slrenulh of an aureeinenl on the
part of subscribers to submit to an advance
of 5o cents a month in the rental.
SolllC of the people who siuned
the aureellielit XVefe induced to do SO
on the assurance that the railroad
commission would not sanction the
proposed increase. Now it appears
that the railroad commission is agreeable
to the increase, and the citizens
are beuiuiiinu to realize that for a
comparatively small outlay for improvetiicnis
the telephone company is
ifoiuu to yet a ureal biu increase in auureuate
annual rentals. We have not
kept up very closely with the merits'
of this controvert ; but it is not difflcult
to see in it all the working of the
old familiar method of the telephone
company in still further advancing
rates that were already too high.
Tiik charge of The Yorkville Enquirer
that the dispensary law in
Kichlaiul is violated as it is violated
in Charleston is virtually withdrawn
in an article in The Ku<|iiircr ami The
Enquirer shifts to a discussion of what
might take place in Itichland if prohibition
were the law as it is in York.
So something is gained. It being conceded
that a consistent and successful
effort to prevent the illegal sale of
whisky in Richland, under the operation
of the county dispensary law, is |
carried on, ine luiruen kucs m mi- imhibitionlsts
to prove tfiat the county
dispensary law should l?e supplanted
with a prohibition statute?which The
Yorkville Enquirer, a leading prohibition
newspaper, thinks would not be
enforced. The Enquirer has unwittingly
provided the local option advocates
with an excellent argument. Why
not let well enough alone in Richland
If prohibition would make conditions
worse??Columbia State.
If we have made any unwitting admission,
we do not yet realize the fact.
All we want is the truth, and if we
suppress the truth it is unwittingly.
Charleston and Columbia contend that
because a majority of their citizens
want whisky, it Is unfair for the balance
of the state to violate the principles
of local self-government by
forcing prohibition upon them. We
answer that since they do not obey
the dispensary law, they would not
obey a prohibition law, and that therefore
they would suffer no more injustice
under a prohibition law, than they
do under the dispensary law. In the
circumstances they have no more right
to fight prohibition than they have to
tight the dispensary. As we see it,
they are neither on the prohibition side
nor the local option side, and we do
not see on what ground Prohibitionists
would give them special consideration.
It is a fact that Columbia treats the
present law with more respect than
does Charleston; but her earnestness
is not sufficiently conspicuous to take
her out of Charleston's class.
The Yorkville Enquirer in a recent
issue comments on the remarks of
the Newberry Observer on an editorial
which recently appeared in the
News in regard to the province of
petit juries, i ne raiquirer sav?. i nui
"the working of conscience anil judgment
is the province of the presiding
judge." Now what inspired the article
which appeared in the News was
Judge Gruber's remarks to the grand
jury when he said that "neither judge
nor jury had anything to do with
mercy that being in the hands of the
chief executive only." We took the
position that juries are in a measure
representatives of popular justice not
finding their verdicts in strict accordance
with the hard and unelastic
texts of the law, but in accordance
with the highest dictates of common
sense and mercy. If this is not the
ease why was the jury system inaugurated?
Why are the facts in the
case left wholly with the jury? Why
not let the judge decide both law and
fact and say whether or not the state
has made out its case? If the jury
system was not inaugurated for the
purpose of popularizing the administration
of the laws of the land then
we ask for what purpose was it inaugurated?
And if it was inaugurated
for this purpose does it not bring us
back to our original proposition that
juries should render their verdicts
according to the highest dictates of
common sense and mercy? In countries
yhere this principle Is not recognized
anarchism flourishes and those
whose duty it is to enforce the laws
live in daily fear of their lives. We
have the greatest confidence and respect
for the opinions of both the
Newberry Observer and the Yorkville
Enquirer but we do not think that
either of these excellent papers have
given the subject due consideration.
?Cherokee News.
What Judge Oruber said to the
grand jury was exactly right.
The jury system was not inaugurated
to popularize justice or the law either.
It was inaugurated solely for the purpose
of establishing facts.
If a defendant is before a jury on the
charge of homicide, it is the business
of the jury merely to establish from
the facts applied to the law as laid
down by the court what degree of
homicide may have been committed.
It is an unfortunate tact that juries
do often undertake to exercise judgment
and mercy in accordance with
the dictates of their consciences or
prejudices, hut they have no right to
do so. and when they do so. it is in
violation of their solemn oath.
The judge lias discretion in the exercise
of mercy only so far as the law
may give him the same. He can lix
punishment within certain prescribed
limits and that is all.
If there has been a mistake or there
is proper ground for the exercise of
mercy, our system provides the pardoning
and commutation power of the
governor.
A system that would put supreme
power in the hands of a miscellaneous
jury, no matter how honest that jury,
might be, would hardly be better than
mob law.
The idea of allowing the judge to
decide facts is not new. It is used to
some extent, yet even in our own country
in courts of minor jurisdiction; but
it has not proved so satisfactory as
the jury system. As many mistakes as
jurors make, they are more generally
correct than judges would be.
"Who Knows About Cotton?"
With profound respect for The Yorkville
Enquirer's judgment we dare
suggest tliat a newspaper speaking
with such sanguineness as is displayed
in the following paragraph about
cotton prices "takes its life in its
hands," so to say:
"The most sanguine bears are not
estimating the possible yield of this
year's cotton crop at more than 13.OOti.OOO.
and everybody is agreed that
it will take at least lii.000,000 bales to
supply the demand. This curtailment
business on the part of the consumers
has been going on for several years
now, ever since 1007 at least, and the
old clothes reserve even has about 1
played out. The great mass of consumers
is in rags, so to speak. There
has got to be some buying soon and
there is going to be a still further advance
in the price of cotton goods. As
we see it, the outlook for cotton was
never so favorable, and we believe that
producers of raw cotton will have th"
refusal of lt*? cents a pound before they
are compelled to take 11'A cents."
With a most discouraging crop
prospect in South Carolina and the
eastern part of the cotton belt, the 1
prospect for a big crop has n<>t disappeared
in Texas aiul Oklahoma? 1
and there lias probably been an increase
in acreage everywhere. True
as thi* saying <>f Tlu* ICn?|tiirer about
tin.* curtailment in cotton goods nian11Ta?-tnriiik*
may In*, the fai t is that
tin* response of tin* market in better
priees is still delayed, it lias been expei*ti*d
for about three years now, and
tin* "great mass of the consumers."
me must suppose, are content with '
"their fans." What is more to the
point is the general tone of the security
market and signs of approaching
depression rather than of improvement
in trade and industry.
The l**ti?| Hirer's opinion about cotton
is as good as anybody's and every one
will hope that its vision is true, but
at the moment tin* State would lu-si- '
t;ite to prophesy anything belter than '
a radical drop in cotton prices, as recorded
by the present market tor spots
and futures, to a lower plain*, there to
remain for any length of time, is altogether
unlikely. I'ersoiis who have in
hand la cfiils mi toil of lasl \ car's
crop have a rare chance in realize, ami
ft>11 KraiIIlate themselves. ? ' linnhia
State.
There is S>> llllleh ill the SlIKK'Sl iuli
of the Slate ahoiit the danger of pie- -
dieting the price of cotton that the
newspaper which does not recognize
the fact is very foolish. The Enquirer
does not seek the reputation of a
prophet with reference to cotton market
fluctuations, because it recognizes
that although such a reputation might,
by favorable chances, be temporarily
established, it would sooner or later
be shattered. Had we not believed the
situation we outlined is correct, we
would not have outlined it, and because
we believe it is correct is not the
sole reason we printed it. We were
more moved by the fact that it has
been the game of the spinners for
some years past to buy up future cotton
in the summer, sometimes at a
higher price and sometimes at a low
er price: l>ut always for the purpose of
bearing the market in the early part
of the season, and we were in hopes
that a statement of the situation as
we see it might induce some people,
who are now being tempted to sell to
stop and consider. When we wrote
the paragraph referred to four days
ago, July cotton was quoted at 15.47.
Yesterday July reached 16 cents and
closed at 15.93. But we are not hanking
altogether on the doings of the
gamblers. We know that the stopping
of so many spindles is due as much to
the present cotton famine as it is to
the alleged low price of cotton goods,
and we believe that notwithstanding
the stoppage of all these spindles,
there are still enough spindles here and
abroad to take up all of the remainder
of the present crop at 16 cents, if the
holders will only continue to hold until
the price comes. But the main
thing is that the growing crop is
short, and the growers should not sell
now at such prices as are being marked
up foi future delivery, unless they
are prepared to get themselves in a
still more uncomfortable snap than
that of last year. Of course, it is not
to be denied that there is something
in the suggestion of the State about
the general security market. Tlie financial
world is not yet reconciled to
the high price the south has been getting
for its cotton for some years
past, and may continue on with the
desperate measures it has been resorting
to with the purpose of bringing
about a change; but nevertheless the
south is in a better position to help
herself than she has ever been in and
is not to be fleeced as easily as heretofore.
AVIATOR DASHED TO DEATH.
Fearful Accident Witnessed by Large
Crowd In England.
The Hon. Charles S. Rolls, third
son of Lord Llangatterk, was dashed
to almost instant death at Bournemouth,
England, on Tuesday, when the
Wright biplane, on which he was flying,
fell suddenly with terrific speed
from a height of one hundred feet, the
tragedy bringing to a close for the day
the first flying tournament of the year
in England. He was considered the
most daring and popular of British
aviators. The accident was witnessed
by a large crowd, many of whom were
personal friends of ihe young aviator.
The biplane struck the ground close
to the crowded grand stand, smashed
into a tangled mass, and before the
doctors and their assistants could
reach the spot Rolls was dead.
The event in which Rolls was competing
was for a prize for the aviator
alighting nearest a given mark. The
goal was directly in front of the grand
stand, where the spectators were
massed. He had risen to a good
height, then shut off his motor and was
gliding in a broad circle toward the
mark. Without warning the tail piece
of the biplane snapped off. The machine
gave a sudden lurch and the
frame work crumpled up in the air.
When it struck the ground it was
smashed to splinters. The doctors
found that Rolls had sustained a fractured
skull. The wreck of the machine
and twisted stays surrounded the body,
so that there was difficulty in extricating
him.
Immediately after the result of
Rolls's accident was known the committee
announced thcit flying would be
suspended for the day.
Audemars, the Swiss aviator, had a
close shave while making a trial flight
above the Bournemouth field. His
monoplane overturned and descended
swiftly to the ground, but he escaped
without injury.
Capt. Rtdls had expected to come to
the United States this fall to give exhibitions
of flying and to compete in
any meeting that might be held. After
his flight of the channel, ne receiveu
telegrams of congratulations from King
George and Queen Mary; was given
the gold medal of the Royal Aero club,
and altogether was one of the most
conspicuous figures in England.
Aviation Death Roil.
('apt. Rolls is the twelfth victim of
the science of aviation. The death roll
follows:
190X: September 17, Lieut. Thomas
E. Selfridge, U. S. A., killed in fall with
Orville Wright, near Washington.
1909: September 7, Ross (X Ena,
Italian, killed in Rome, in machine of
his own invention.
September 7. E. Lefebvre, killed in a
Wright machine, at Juvissy-Sur-Orge,
Era nee.
September 22, Oapt. Louis F. Feber,
killed at Boulogne, France.
December 6. Antonio Fernandez,
Spaniard, killed at Nice: falling 1,000
feet after motor exploded.
1910: January 4, Leon Delagrange.
killed at Bordeaux, France.
April 2, LeBlon Herbet, instantly
killed, falling on rocks at San Sebastian,
Spain.
May 13, Cheavette Michelin, killed
at Lyons, France.
June 17. Eugene Spe.ver, killed at
San Francisco.
June IX, Rob], killed at Stettin, Germany.
July 7, Charles Waehter, killed at
Rlieims, in Antoinette monoplane.
Baroness de La Roche, was almost
killed by a fall in her Voisin biplane,
nt the Rheims meeting on July X.
Typhoid In South Carolina.?The
little germ that is murdering about tiOO
people annually in South Carolina,
causing about fi.dOO to be seriously ill,
that is causing much study, and costing
the state per year in loss of life,
loss of time, burial expenses, medicines.
doctor's bills and other incidenleiitals,
more than $6,009,000, to say
nothing of the misery, sadness and
worry, is very instructively discussed
in a bulletin recently issued by the
state board of healtn. The germ is
the typhoid fever germ and its most
valuable assistant is the common
iiouse iiy.
of the greatest agencies in the
spread of typhoid fever is tlx- tly," stiys
lh<* bulletin, "and so well established
in tiiis fad, that the tly is frequently
called the typhoid tly."
Discussing the spread of the disease
of typhoid fever it is stated that in the
last few years that it has heen found
that typhoid fever may he and in fact
is. spread by what is known as the "typhoid
carrier"- the carrier being a
person who has had typhoid fever and
itpparently regained his health, though
still harbors the germs in an active
state in his intestinal and urinary
track. It is stated that several epidemics
have been traced to this source.
"I'Yoni the foregoing," says the bulletin,
"it requires no imagination to
see that there are many ways in winch
the typhoid bacillus, when at large,
may get into our bodies, and yet it
would not seem an impossible task to
prevent him from getting at large."
The following rules arc asked by the
stale board of health to be remembered:
That typhoid is a catching disease.
That it is a preventable disease.
That it is caught by taking someihing
into the mouth.
That it is prevented by not allowing
looil and drink to become poisoned.
That the only way to stamp out typhoid
lever and prevent its spread is
I desliov the germs as thev leave the
body.
That the ||y is responsible for many
uses of typhoid fever.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. a
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J. O. Comer?Is announced by his |?
friends as a candidate for rccom- t
mendation for magistrate of York
township, subject to the action of A
the voters in the primary. p
Committee?Invites the public to a s
picnic at Hethanv on July 23, under tl
auspices of ladies' Society. S
H. 0. Hrown. S. Y. C.?f lives notice of n
sale under tax executions, of various a
pieces of real estate on salesday for l>
An crust. v
R. M. Wallace, Chairman?Gives notice |F
that the county registration board 11
will he at Rock Hill, Fort Mill and h
Clover on certain dates to register
voters.
Antuse-U Theatre?Will have a goo 1
programme for tonight, including
"Away Out West." The Last Call,"
and "I'll Only Marry a Sport."
Kirkpatrick?Relk Co.?Is pleased with
the opening day of its ldg sale and
gives a few prices as a reminder of
bargain offerings.
National Union Rank, Rock Hill?Suggests
that yon should start a savings
accounts for your hoy. It may help
him through college or to start in
business. n
Thomson Co.?Tells you that its July
clearing sale is now In full blast,
and invites you to come and see the
many bargains that are being offered.
p
Yorkville Hardware Co.?Has a few ?
hammocks and Ice cream freezers ^
and wants to sell them quick. j*
York Furniture Co.?Offers reduced
prices on a lot of porch rockers ?
and calls attention to other rockers "
and furnishings.
D. E. Roney. Manager?Cites in- 0
stances of damages resulting from 8
lightning and suggests that you in- [J
sure yourself against loss.
First National Rank, Yorkville?Says
that "where there's a will there's a
way." applies to saving money as .
to everything else.
Herndon & Gordon?During the absence
of Mr. Herndon. want to sell
almost everything they have in
stock. including groceries, fruit
cans, etc. .
First National Rank. Sharon?Says ti
its affairs are governed with con- ?
servatism. combined with enterprise ?(
and up-to-date methods. p
s
Apples are so plentiful as to be a h
drug on the market. n
The weather man is not getting a JJ
great deal of commendation these 8
days. v
The court attendance this week has |,
been confined to people who could not f
help themselves. t!
oomenow more naa iirn-nn-u .imif,,
Shipp a ri'ix>rt to the effort that he is d
very mild in his sentences. His honor y
is not at all harsh; hut he seems to r
know how to measure punishment t
just ahout right. h
Mr. J. W. Betts, who 'lives ahout a
two miles south of Yorkville, says h
that he has records to prove that last
Friday's rain was the heaviest that h
has fallen in his immediate vicinity for s
twenty-seven years. "If it was not a t
cloudburst," said Mr. Betts, "I hope P
there will he no cloudburst coming my t.
way." I
GRAND JURY'S REPORT. J
The grand jury pot throuph with its u
work Wednesday morninp and before f<
its discharge, submitted the following
as its final report: v
To his honor, S. W. O. Shipp, presid- n
inp judge: II
We, the grand jury, have passed f
on all bills handed us. and returned I
the same to court with our findings n
thereon. tl
Committees of our body have been I
appointed to look after the different 11
affairs of the county, and will report h
at the fall term. F
Thanking your honor and the solicitor
for courteous assistance in the ^
discharge of our duties. tl
All of which is respectfully submit- a
ted, D. A. Whisonant, v
Foreman.
BASEBALL NOTES.
Yorkville was outclassed Wednes- a
day at Rock Hill, by Forest City, the
latter winning by a score of 7 to 0. g
The feature was the all-round good s
playing of Forest City. The score ??
follows: b
Forest City 7 6 4 o
Yorkville 0 7 6 ii
Farrls and Gaines; Vanpelt and a
Betts. 1<
Yesterday's game on the local o
grounds ended with a victory for Forest
City by a score of 11 to 2. York- y
ville's playing was very freely punct- it
uated with errors, many of which v
should have been avoided. There will
he a game this afternoon and tomorrow
the two teams go to Clover for
one game.
Fort Mill Times: Wednesday: The s
Fort Mill ball team played five games 11
last week, only one of which they
succeeded in winning. Four games J
were played with the Carhartt mill
boys In Rock Hill. Fort Mill got one
game, tied one and lost two. Friday a
afternoon the Atherton team, of Char- "
lotte, came to town and trimmed the
locals 1 to 0. "
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WITHIN THE TOWN. tl
? This year's crop of "frying" chick- t]
ens appears to have been a failure.
? Mr. Run Bridges of Mooresville, N. jy
C., is in Yorkville seeking to interest S(
business men of the town and the com- tl
inanity surrounding in the establish- tl
meat of a creamery at this place. The ((
proposition is to organize a joint stock e
company with a capital of about $6,000, i
which Mr. Bridges says will be entirely
sufficient. The idea is to furnish a 0
market at a fair price for till the milk e
that can be furnished from a consid- cl
eralde area around the town. The p
skim milk will go baek to the farmers '|
at a price to lie fed to hogs. The cream ji
and butter will be put on the market, ti
The proposition includes several inviting
features. 1 n the first place there a
will be a staple market for milk and u
butter, which does not exist now. This $i
will facilitate the profitable keeping of
cows for their milk and butter alone, gi
Cows that yield a profit on milk and o
butter, yield as great or greater profit a
from manure. That means improved p
lands. A steady and reliable supply of p
butter and cream at a fair commercial
price means great benefit to the coin- tl
munity so fortunate as to have it. A j]
well managed creamery is bound to p
pay dividends to the stockholders, and
altogether it would be difficult to con- \V
eeive of an enterprise that would p
promise more for all concerned. The a,
Oaffney people have subscribed the tl
stock necessary for the establishment (>i
of a creamery and several other towns
have tlie proposition under cnnsidera- p,
tion. iv
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ABOUT PEOPLE. sl
yi
Mr. J. F. Davidson of Cheraw, is
spending a few days with friends in oi
Yorkville. w
Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. While of Chester.
spent yesterday in Yorkville with cl
Dr. and Mrs. M. \V. White. si
Mrs. J. T. Sigmoit of Bessemer, g<
Ala., is ihe guest of her sister. Mrs.
.1. \V. Kirkpatrirk in Yorkville. in
Miss Amelia Beckham of Rock Hill, di
left last Monday to join the Columbia st
Record's party of Kuropean tourists.
Mr. \V. H. Ilerndoii of Yorkville. M
loaves this afternoon for a visit to M
relatives in Mecklenburg county. Va. \\
Mr. Halcoitc lJo:ig of Hock Hill, C
spent several ?lays in Yorkville this J.
week, the guest of Mr. 1>. K. Finley. si
Jr. L
Miss Louise fJuy, who has been ic
visiting Miss Hessie I'egram in York- R
ville, has returned to her home in hi
Lowryville.
Misses lfattie and Lilla Crenshaw
of Yorkville, left this morning for J.
Clover, which place they will make J.
their home in the future.
Mr. Walter Sherrer and sons. Mas- dt
ters Alliert and Karle of Castonia. vs
spent last Sunday with the family of
Mr. H. i*. Sherer of Sharon. I']1
Mrs. \V. H. Smith returned to her 'I'
home at Durham, N. ('., Wednesday,
after a short visit to her mother, .Mrs. tii
A. Frank Woods in Yorkville. H
Miss Kuuice McConnell of Montgom- V
cry. Ala., arrived in Yorkville Wed- pi
nesday evening, and will spend several J<
months with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. a
W. H. McConnell. fe
Mr. Sain. M. Crist, went to Columbia,
We?lnesday afternoon to attend m
the annual convention of the South at
Carolina Fire Insurance agency asso- tli
ciatioii, which met yesterday. Mr. M
Crist is secretary and treasurer of the In
association. t|>
New York Herald, Tuesday: Mrs.
ohn S. Rird of Charleston, S. ('., is
he guest of her daughter, Mrs. Thrnns
Jeffreys Ashe at No. f>f>S West lSlst
treet. Mr. Ashe and family will deart
in a few weeks for Ottawa, where
hey will hereafter reside.
Greenwood Journal: Rev. W. T.
latthews of Durant. Okla., who was
astor of the I'reshyterian ehureh here
ome time ago. for eight years, filled
he pulpit of the Presbyterian ehureh
iunday. He preached a strong serum
which was thoroughly enjoyed by
II present. Mr. Matthews, was aceomanied
by his wife and children, who
,'ere the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. P.
Make and others while they were in
he city. They left Monday for their,
ome in Oklahoma.
Mr. J. Wylie Roddey of Roddey's,
as a welcome visitor to The Kn<iuier
office this week, having been in
'orkville in attendance on court, lie
as very much interested in the print ik
machinery, and had some nice
hings to say about, the paper and the
lant. Mr. Roddey has been a subcrilier
to The Enquirer for a long,
uik time. Probably it would be just
s well not to say how Ioiik. for he
eally does not look old. Anyhow, he
hinks as much of the paper and the
lakers of the paper think as much of
im as ever.
SUICIDE IN BETHEL.
Will Brlson, the 17-year-old son of
Ir. Robert H. Brison, who lives in
lethel township, on Clover R. F. D.
!o. 3, near St. Paul's church, about
iKht miles north of Yorkville, commited
suicide yesterday morniiiK at about
o'clock by shootinK himself in the
ead with a 32-calibre pistol.
The first news of the tragedy that
ame to Yorkville involved a confused
tory to the effect that the killiiiK was
robably a murder, committed by a
eKro farm hand, and presuming on
uch a possibility, a representative of
'he Enquirer went to the scene to asist
in gathering the facts and fitting
ngether the circumstances.
It appears that the boy was alone
t the house. His father was in Yorkille
on the jury, his sister Mary was
t Clover, and he had spent the night
rith neighbors. He went home from
Ir. D. E. Jackson's at an early hour
o look after the live stock, and it was
r'hile on this errand that he commited
the fatal dead. A negro named
tobert Henry, who lives on the Bri011
place, some distance from the
ouse, testified that he heard the young
nan calling him in a distressed manier,
and shortly afterward there was
. pistol shot. His wife ndvis-d him
mt to go to the house, and instead he
rent after some of the neighbors and
rought Messrs. Dave Patton, Alex
'ook and D. E. Jackson, who came to
he yard, but did not go into the porch.
Mr. Henry Merritt was the first inlividual
to view the body. He found
oung Prison lying on his back, his
ight arm underneath his body, a pisol
under his hand. There was a bul?t
hole in the centre of his forehead,
nd all the indications were that death
ad been instantaneous.
It was known that young Prison
ad had a difficulty with Robert Henry
ome two or three weeks previous, and
he first comers were inclined to susect
foul play. They were not certain
hat the story that Henry was telling
hem was exactly straight; but on
poking about further, Mr. Merritt
ound tacked up on the door inside the
ouse, a note that cleared up the sitation
completely. The note reads as
allows:
"Dear Father and Sisters: I am not
,'ell this morning. I have almost cried
iy life away. It seems to me that
ife is no more to me. God in heaven,
orgive me for what I am going to do.
would like to stay with you all, but
ay work is too much for me. Everyhing
is dark to me. Oh God, I can't.
am going home to meet mother.
rou all be good and ready to meet me
a heaven. May God bless you all.
'orgive me. Oh, God I must go."
This note was unsigned, but the
andwriting was easily identified by
he young man's sister as his own,
nd this left no doubt that the killing
ras suicide.
The young man is survived by his
ather, Mr. Robert H. Prison, and two
isters, Mrs. Robert Barnwell of Yorkille,
and little Miss Mary Rrison,
ged about 7 years.
Mr. Robert H. Prison is an intellient
farmer, in comfortable circumtances,
who enjoys the respect and
steem of all who knew him. He is unale
to give any theory as to the cause
f the suicide other than is suggested
a the note above, and all who are best
cfiuainted with the circumstances
>ok upon the note merely as evidence
f a temporarily disordered mind.
The funeral took place at Clover
esterday afternoon, the services belg
conducted by Rev. Dr. R. M. Steenson.
GENERAL SESSIONS.
The work of the couqt of general
ess ions has not progressed as rapidly
hiis week as it might have, had cirumstances
been somewhat different,
'he delay, however, has not been due
? the fault of the presiding judge or
tie solicitor; but rather to rules that
re necessary to safeguard the rights
f defendants in murder eases.
Under the law, a defendant in a
mrder case cannot be tried until
tiree days after arraignment except in
tie event of the voluntary waiver by
tie defendant of the privilege. There
;ere five murder cases in the hands of
tie solicitor on the opening of the
ourt, and the grand jury having lost
londay, the whole business of the
essiotis was delayed a day. Three of
ie defendants waived the right of
tiree days. This permitted the trial
f one case on Tuesday and two othrs
on Wednesday. One was fixed for
'hursday and one for today.
When The Enquirer went to press
n Tuesday afternoon, the court was
ngaged on the case of Cora Young,
barged with the murder of her husand,
near Lesslie a few weeks ago.
he testimony showed a clear case of
istitiable homicide and the jury reirned
a verdict of not guilty.
Lonny Hicks plead guilty of larceny,
nd was sentenced to three years in
He reformatory and to pay a fine of
H.
Jim Turner, the white man who
tole a bicycle from Mr. E. W. Long
f Yorkville in the spring, plead guilty
nd was sentenced to two years in the
enitentiary or on the chaingang, and
? pay a fine of $5.
The grand jury returned no bills in
ie cases of Charles Montgomery and
ane McCullough, charged with sellig
liquor.
Eager Worthy, the small negro boy,
ho killed young Lewis Thomasson
i May last, was tried Wednesday and
['quitted, the testimony showing that
ie killing was an accident and withiit
malice.
Henry McMaster, the young negro
uy, who shot ami killed his sister,
ear Lowryville, about two weeks ago,
as allowed to plead guilty of inanaughter
and was sentenced to live
ears in the state reformatory.
George Welse was tried Wednesday
11 the eliarge of selling whisky, and
as acquitted.
Robert Jackson was tried on the
targe of selling whisky, convicted and
ntenced to pay a fine of $lno or to
> to jail three months.
After striking off the names of the
id found and the excused last Tuesly,
the regular venire of petit jurors
ood as follows:
R. H. Hrisott, J. S. Rainey, M. L.
litcheil, S. J. Hell, J. 10. Warmoth, It.
!. Wyatt, J. A. Rolin, W. H. Ferguson,
'. A. Brandon, J. G. Walker, C. 10.
niter. W. W. Hovis, J. H. Shillinglaw,
L. Aycock, C. C. Carroll, J. A. Garni,
J. M. Whites ides, W. G. Beech, A.
. Parks. W. S. Wilkcrson, J. J. Plexo.
W. J. Creighton, A. J. Boheler, J.
. Brandon. W. 11. Magins, W. A. Black,
J. L. Glemmer, John 10. Clinton.
Not found?J. A. Moss. II. A. Dossier.
Kxciised?D. G. Gulp, W. II. Crook,
A. Adams, J. II. Milling, J. T. Young,
II. Campbell.
The following special venire was
awn from the five-mile box to fill
tcancies:
B. N. Moore, W. T. Moore, W. H.
nwler, G. I,. Beckncll. I.esslie Smith.
. W. McAI.ee, W. B. Burns.
The only case tried yesterday, was
lat of the State against Andrew
ardrick, charged with the murder of
ee Giles on Mr. W. G. Thomson's
ace in Bullock's Greek township on
ine 3, last. The State consented to
verdict of manslaughter, and the dendant
was sentenced to ten years.
The court has been engaged this
orning in the case of the State
railist Charlie White. charged with
ie murder of Will Tillman in Kurt
ill township in April last. The case
id not heen concluded when The Knlirer
went to press.
The last case for trial at this term,
is that of T. R Carroll and J. S. Pruett,
charged with breaking into the depot
at Smyrna. This case will he taken l'l
np this afternoon. fn
10
LOCAL LACONICS.
Until January 1, 1911.
We will send The Yorkville Enquirer t,
from this date till January 1, 1911. s<
for 94 cents. ri
m
Bethany High School. w
The patrons of the Ilethan.v High If
school have arranged to put the lniild- J.1'
inirs in first-class reoair. orenaratorv
to reopening the school in September, f,
Mr. W. M. Met'raw of Gnffney is to he <11
principal. ?'
hi
Case of J. Y. Jones. v
The case of J. Y. Joner, the young t<
man, who was committed last Monday z*
for forgery, did not get before the xv
grand jury for the reason that the tl
State could not get its witnesses to- CJ
gether in time for a preliminary. Jones
talks as if his people have plenty of s.
money and will make everything all Ji
right. ri
ei
Interest In Politics. T
"Don't you deceive yourself into be- tl
lievlng that the people of York county ^
are not interested in politics," said a a|
well known and substantial citizen of rr
the Bethel neighborhood, to the re- tl
porter a few days ago. "Although it J|
is a fact that they are not making a
great deal of fuss, it is also a fact a]
that they are doing some of the stead- tl
iest, safest and hardest thinking that |J
they have ever done in their lives, and jt
the majority is going to do its best A
to select the most efficient men who o:
are out."
h
MERE-MENTION. 11
u
Peter Tripoli, 52 years old, of Yon- n
kers, N. Y., dropped dead of heart dis- ?
ease Monday, as he was trying to kill "
his wife with a knife. He was insane f,
from the heat....An Ive I.ake, Mich., t<
. .... u b
(lairyniiiu KfU|i8 <1 |>uniiogru|mi iiiuimiiv;
music for his cows aiul claims that it
makes his cows give more milk w
Clifford B. Harmon, an amateur aero- tl
pianist, had a fall of ISO feet Monday Cl
while trying to lly across Long Island ^
sound. His engine suddenly stopped p
and Mr. Harmon fell to the ground. t<
The machine was badly damaged, but "
the aviator was uninjured Three P
men were killed and eight injured at c<
Arnprior, Ottawa, Monday, by the T
blowing up of a factory in which a
"safe explosive" was being manufac- *
tured....Sam Langford, a negro prize- ~
tighter, is after Jack Johnson for a d
championship fight... .President Taft w
is said to be urging William Loeb, Jr., w
to stand for the Republican nomination J*1
for governor of New York. Loeb is at
present collector of the port of New ei
York Sixty New York cloakmaking
firms have yielded to the demands N
of the striking workers and will sign P
the contracts demanded by the union. c<
....Four and a half million ice cream ci
cones were seized by a United States a
marshal in New York, Monday, under tl
the pure food law. The cones contain I>
boric acid The British admiralty it
is preparing to materially increase the $!
strength of its navy in the waters of ft
the far east Much of the rioting h
now in progress in Shantung province, A
China, is said to be due to a shortage A
of the rice crop and consequent high ci
prices Governor Harmon of "1
Ohio, has ordered a vigorous prosecu- C(
tlon of the leaders of the mob that A
lynched Etherington at Newark last ai
Friday. The governor has instructed ti
the attorney general to use his utmost a
endeavors to land the perpetrators of li
the crime in the penitentiary, if not in ri
the electric chair Boston cotton h
mill men men estimate that of the 23,- b<
000,000 spindles In the country, 17,500.- <*<
000 have been idle since July 4. This is tl
the largest percentage of idle spindles w
since the civil war The Aght tf
against the exhibition of the Jeffries- pi
Johnson Aght pictures continues si
.1 1 . ,U.. or.,1 lh? ol
lIirUll?)Il<>U l Hie UI1IICU Oiaico aiiu mv - world.
The National Christian Kn- si
deavor society is pushing the tight.... hi
It is stated from Washington that Por- v
ter Charlton will not he returned to e<
Italy for the murder of his wife at tt
Lake Como. The refusal will be on the w
ground that the Italian government re- PJ
fuses to honor requisitions for prison- ei
ers wanted by this government, who tl
may be arrested in Italy Camp- ft
bellton, N. B., was practically wiped off ol
the map Monday by a fire which start- w
ed in a shingle mill. Seven lives were di
lost, 4,000 people were rendered home- b<
less, and the property loss totaled $2,- tl
000,000 Five men were killed at w
Leichlingen, Prussia, Wednesday, by tl
falling with a large dirigible balloon. n<
The accident is supposed to be due to ai
the explosion of the gas bag caused by ci
the expansion of the gas by the heat ir
of the sun The walls of a number m
of buildings were cracked by an earth- ta
quake shock at Munich, Bavaria, ti
Wednesday morning A powder ct
magazine at Cabot, Pa., exploded Wed- ju
nesday morning, killing one person and tfc
injuring twenty others. The shock was fi|
felt a distance of eight miles The tc
lower house of the ?eorgia legislature al
on Wednesday, passed the income lax fit
measure by a vote of 120 to 45. The at
bill had already passed the senate ft
A large number of Chinese pirates re
have been killed by a Portuguese gunboat
and troops in an attack on the
pirate settlement on the island of Colowan
August Ropke, assistant *
secretary of the Fidelity Trust com- V
pany of Louisville, Ky? is in jail in
that city charged with embezzlement.
His shortage is estimated at $400,000
and over.. .Thirty-three horses were {*
burned to death in a livery stable tire Jn
in Brooklyn, N. Y., Wednesday
Nine persons were killed and thirtythree
injured in a wreck on the
Southern Pacific railroad at Metz. J;
Cab. Wednesday German troops
are massed along the Russian border
as the result of the recent killing of .
a German boy, 11 years old, by a Cos- .
sack frontier guard, on German soil. .
The kaiser's government has demand- .
ed an explanation from St. Peters- j
burg. A clash of arms Is possible...
Russia and Japan have assured the q(
United States authorities that the re- W(
cently signed treaty does not contentplate
the closing of the Manehurian j
"open door." It is also stated that ^
the United States. Germany and Eng- _r
land will protect their Manehurian
trade rights by a resort to arms if a,
necessary Since the middle of . _
October last there have been 968 tr,
cases of smallpox in Montgomery, j '
Ala. Only one patient died. There rv
have been no new cases for two ve
months Hugh Grant, 19 years js
old, a prize fighter, died at Mineola, pr
X. Y.. Tuesday night following a four
round bout with Tommy Welch co
The 15,000 employes of the Penn- re
sylvania railroad, have voted to go rpj
out on a strike unless their demands jn
for an increase of wages of 5 to 20 per js
cent and shorter hours are granted.... cu
The inter-state commerce commission wj
has issued an order holding up all jQ
freight rate increases for a period of
four months, until tin- proposed rates ~
can be thoroughly investigated
Many cattle are being killed in Southwest
Louisiana by great swarms of
mosquitoes By the burning of (
the steamer Lorki. on the Hlack sea '
Wednesday. 106 men. women and J?
children lost their lives. The disaster
was the result of a collision with the
steamer Wampoa. The boilers of the <
Lorki exploded and scalded many to
death. Less than twenty of the per
suns on bouril escaped... .Six persons
were killed. 1.10 horses and $1,000,000
property loss is the result of a lire at
Portland. Ore., yesterday morning.
The tire was caused by a gasoline explosion
in an automobile garage
A bill lias been introduced in the ,
fleorgia legislature to prohibit the
making and sale of soft drinks eon- J,
taining caffeine, cocaine or other del- *'A
eterious drugs.
?~ TTi
? New Orleans, July 13: "Every manhis
own lawyer." may 1 tin- guiding i
text of petty criminals in I/oiiisinna. at
"You can take it from me." declared Kv
District Attorney Adams in one of the
criminal courts here yesterday, "that
the man charged with a petty crime
fares better without a lawyer than with
one. A judge as a rule makes allowances
for a prisoner trying to defend i
himself and will carry this point in 10
mind when he charges the jury." Ev
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Governor Ansel has ordered an
ection to he held on September lf?,
>r the purpose of deciding on the an- mm
xation of a part of Oconee county
> Anderson and Clenison college Is
icluded in the urea.
? The city of Spartanburg has voted
> pay the $13,000 of notes given to
cure rights of way for the <\ <\ & ().
lilroad. The notes were originally
lade by the city council and it afterard
developed that they could not be
gaily paid without a vote of the peole.
The vote resulted 123 to 16 in
ivor of payment.
? Columbia, July 13: Ruling that
irmpr i?>< v*<l v t'ti mint l?n nloailml 4?r_
inarily unless the evidence necessary
? support a second indictment would
ave been sufficient to secure coniction
on the tirst, the supreme court
day reversed the Richland circuit
mrt and ordered that H. Van Burcn,
vice acquitted of practicing medicine
ithout license, be tried again on
le evidence involved in the second
ise. The prosecution is by authority ^
f the State Medical association.
? Characterizing as indecent and
icrilegious an illustration used by
antes Cansler of York, candidate for
tilroad commissioner, at the state
antpaign meeting in Barnwell last
uesday, Rev. A. E. Evison, rector of k
le Barnwell Episcopal church, arose
ltd protested. Rev. J. W. Wolling of
Uendale seconded his remarks. Canler
denied the charge, offered argutent
with the minister, and finally rered,
saying, "everybody to his own
otlon, said the old woman as she
issed the cow."
? Spartanburg, July 12: Reports ?
(towing that 3,622,000 spindles out of
te 3,711,000 spindles represented In
te South Carolina Cotton Manufacirers'
association, would be stopped at
>ast a |M?rtlon of the time In July and
UKUBI, wur picsciuvru <ti nit- iiieeuilK
f the association held here this morn- A
IS- Some of the mills represented in
tie association, are not now and never
ave been in operation, thus making
ie curtailment movement practically
nanimous. It is estimated that the
lovement will mean a reduction in the
utput amounting to 2,500,000 pieces
f cloth. A meeting of the executive
ommittee has been called to consider
jrther curtailment, to be held the lat?r
part of August or early in Septemer.
? Spartanburg Journal: The anouncement
concerning the manner in
hich the county will build its roads in
ie future has caused much favorable
omment and the people in the city
*om the country expressed themelves
as being delighted with the new
Ian. There are several good features
> this project among them being the _
let that people living along the pro
osed new roads will have an opporjnity
of filing in their bids, and if suc?ssful
of building the roads themselves,
hus the money that they pay for
ixes would come back to them. They
ill be in a position to build the roads
heaper than the contractors from a
istance, as living close at hand they
ould have the necessary implements
ith which to work. Also the labor
rnployed to work on their farms could
e used in this manner when not oth- ^
rwise occupied.
? Columbia special of July 13, to the
tews and Courier: In fewer words,
erhaps than it has taken the supreme
aurt to tell of much less important
ases, that tribunal this evening in
n opinion being handed down by Jusce
Eugene B. Gary dismisses the ap
eal of W. G. Mull ins in the now faious
cotton tare case involving nearly
2,000,000. The court says: "The
icts are set out in the order of his
onor the circuit Judge which is afrmed
for the reasons therein stated."
ppeal dismissed. Justice Woods, con?
urring, in a separate opinion, says:
[ concur. The statute attacked as unjnstitutional
does nothing more than
x the maximum quantity of bagging
nd ties which shall be regarded for
ade purposes as a component part of
bale of cotton. The important pubc
purpose of certain and uniform A
jles laid down by the statute is to r
iduce fairness and prevent disputes
etween buyers and sellers of the chief
inimercial nrnrhiet of the state, anil
le certainty and uniformity which
ill probably have this result make
le statute reasonably adapted, to the
ublic purpose in view. There is no
jbstantial interference with freedom
T contract, for, of course, buyers and
iller8, in agreeing on a price, will
ave in view the bagging and ties,
hich under the statute must be treati
as a part of the bale of cotton." The
ire case came up when W. O. Mullins
as arrested for violation of the act,
assed at the last session of the gen- ?
"al assembly, in which it was decreed
lat 6 per cent tare should be deducted
om bales of cotton, except in the case
I round bales and 300 pounders, in
hich case the excess was to be dejcted.
Heretofore .20 pounds had
;en the tare. The argument made by
le cotton buyers was that the act
as unconstitutional, principally in
lat it trieu to put the cotton bust- ?l
?ss under police power. Following
rguments before Judge DeVore, the
rcuit Judge passed an order sustainig
the magistrate's decision. The
ain theme of the order was that the
ire was a reasonable bit of legislaon.
The decision by the supreme
>urt affirms the order of the circuit
idge. Mr. Mullins was fined $5. As
lis case involves nearly $2,000,000, the
!?ht is not over yet. One of the cotin
men said tonight that it was prob- f
lie that there would be "the biggest
?ht you ever saw this fall." "What
e you going to do?" was asked. "Reise
to buy the cotton," he laughingly
iplied.
The Livest Question.?The Union *
imes has something to say of the
ernal liquor question which will not
jwii, uiiu permit intention iu uc guvn
i other more important matters acirding
to the dictum of certain peoe
in South Carolina. It is very much
their way, and they never fail to try
i put it out of the way, hut they have
it succeeded, and they are not going
i succeed. They are not fooling any
le by their pretensions. The Times
iys: *?
"The candidates in this year's state
impaign, most of them, seem to fight
ly of the liquor question. As a matr
of fact that is the livest question
(fore the people of South Carolina
day. It is not, perhaps, a thing to
t rejoicing over, but we must take ?
ditics, as we do people as we find it.
lit of the conditions at hand we must
r?rk our problems. If all our people
ere enlightened; if there was little of
norance and of baseness in the land,
ere would be no need to have any
ohlbltory law. But as it is there is
? end of need for it. The constant
id insistent cry of those opposed to
ohibition as applied to the whisky
afflc raise no cry against our other %
ws, every one of which is prohibito.
Every law is prohibitory. In its
ry nature it restricts. If it is law it
a restriction, a rule, a regulation
escribing penalties for its violation,
le two basic principles of human
nduct as outlined in the Christian
ligion are service and restriction.
le Christian life is a restricted life.
that sense, and only in that sense, yr
it a narrow life. And in that parti-vX
lar it is in line with nature anu
th human experience."?Greenwood
urnal.
AT THE CHURCHES.
11 a btitft a
Rev. I el. Murray, Pastor
^undnv Services?Sunday school at
a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock.
? evening service.
CHURCH OF THK GOOD SHEPHERD
Rev. T. Tracy Walsh, Rector.
Sunday Services?Sunday school
9.45 a. in. No other service.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN.
Rev. E. E. Gillespie, Pastor.
Sunday Services.?Sunday school al
a. in. Morning service at 11 o'clock,
cuing service at S.30.
UNITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL. ^
Rev. J. II. Thacker. Pastor.
Sunday Services.?Morning service
11 o'clock. Sunday school at 5 p. in.
cuing service at S. 30 o'clock.
ISOCIATE REFORMED PRESBY- M
TERIAN.
Rev. J. L. Oates, Pastor.
tnhbath Services?Sahbath school at
a. in. Morning service at 11 o'clock,
eniug service at 8.30 o'clock.