Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps and /acts. ? TlIK following is the allotment of funds appropriated hy congress for the militia of the several southern states, ' as annnuneed l>y the war departtnent last Saturday: Alabama. $43,034.61: Florida, $19,501.19: Georgia. $50,859.08; | North Carolina. $43,946,58; South Carolina, $35,210.14; Tennessee. $46,936.85; Virginia. $46,946.85; Mississippi. $39,122.37: Kentucky, $50,859.08; Louisiana. $35,210.14: Maryland. $31. M17 Qll- 'IV,?-(l >7 ? The American Magazine compares prices in Detroit. U. S.. and Windsor, Canada. These two towns are separated by a half mile of river. The same hat that costs $5 in Detroit can be bought for $3 in Windsor, and a suit of clothes that sells for $25 in Detroit can be bought for $15 in Windsor. Doth hat and suit are made in the United States and the laborer gets the same wage for making each. The tariff enables the manufacturer to rob the consumer in Detroit, while In Windsor he has to sell in competition with the world and the consumer does not have to pay a royalty to millionaire trust magnates. ? Cherryville. X. C.. August 20: Incensed at the intrusion to the village of two suspicious men. whom they believed to be illicitly retailing liquor, a small posse of citizens, headed by C. S. Reynolds, spent hours last night hunting down the strangers, bringing them to bay at an early hour this morning in the main street. Calling them to halt, Reynolds fired, killing Andrew Pruett, one of the strangers, instantly. The other. Riley Kalian, was captured and jailed. The grip the men carried between them contained contraband liquor. Roth hailed fTv.m tho a ft ioin inir countV of Lincoln. Pruett. the victim, leaves a wife and three children. Reynolds who headed the attempt against the alleged bootleggers is superintendent of the cotton mill here. The coroner's jury, which held an inquest this afternoon, fastened the death of Pruett upon Reynolds and held him without bail for court on the ground that he acted without warrant of law. ? Wa'ngton. August 19: The census of 1?a0 is going to cost about 15 cents per capita?that is, the total expense of the 13th census will cost between $14,000,000 and $15,000,000. As there are about 90,000,000 people in the country, this will mean about 15 cents per head. This is about $3,000,000 more than congress has appropriated for the service?$12,000,000. The remainder of the cost of taking the census will be paid for by a "deficiency" appropriation. On July 1 the balance of the appropriation on hand was $5.111,617.IS. There is considerably less now. All but about 5.000 enumerators have been paid off, and most of this has been done since July 1. They are being paid as fast as the vouchers can be put through. Nearly $4,000,000 has been paid out to enu- , merators. The pay roll at the census office in Washington is nearly $200.- : 000 a month, or pretty close to $2,500.- ' 000 per year. Some time ago there : was considerable dissatisfaction among some of the clerks because Di- 1 rector Durand placed them on a "piece work" basis with some new machines. The machine is a very complicated i one in its workings, though it is easy to manipulate. The clerks complained that their unfamiliarity with it made it impossible for them to make a living wage. Now. however, since they have become accustomed to the ma- , chines, and are better able to operate , them, they make in some instances almost twice as much as they would , be making at this time had they continued on the flat salary basis. Some of the women who work the machines earn as high as $6 a day. ? "I wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea to transport our undesirable citizen to one of our island possessions , in the Pacific and leave him there without money so that he would have to work to pay his passage back home," remarked G. A. Foxworthy, of San Francisco the other day. "He wouiu nave a uusy time of it. Last year I made a Pacific voyage. We touched at the Island of Tahiti. This is a member of the Society group, and is under French rule. While there I met an American who was down on his luck. He was not prepossessing in appearance, and it was quite likely that he wasn't missed much at home. He was working for 60 cents a day 1 to earn the $40 necessary to buy steerage passage to San Francisco. Living is not very expensive in Tahiti, but it was certain he had a long job ahead of him. There has been a lot written about the easy life in the tropical is- : lands of the Pacific. Most of that you can take with a grain of salt. There is no more chance for a white man to get along and make money, unless he has capital, than there is in any other place in the world. There is practically no land for sale. The natives hold to their property jealously. Real estate transactions are almost unknown in the island and in the adjoining ones. If a settler buys unimproved property, he must wait 10 or 12 years for cocoanut trees to yield any profit. Americans go down there frequently with the expectation of living in an earthly paradise, but they come away usually with their illusions shattered. They can make more and have a better time at home with the expenditure of the same amount of money and labor." ' ? Washington, August 20: South Carolina cotton mills are complaining of the rates on steam coal from the various fields which supply them fuel. The Victor Matiufacuriug company, of Oreers. S. ('.. and other large cotton operators in South Carolina instituted complaint before the interstate commerce commission against the Southern Railway company and other carriers urging that the present rates on coal from the Coal Creek re gion in Tennessee are unjust and unreasonable and recent advances made in those rates are unlawful and are discriminatory. The Southern railway filed in July a tariff on coal from the Coal Creek region in Tenn., to South Carolina points including Spartanburg S. C., as the basing point for the increasing rates, of about 1"> cents a ton. This tariff became effective August lath. The complainants now ask that the recent advance be suspended. This could not In- done by tin- commission as the tariffs had now become effective. The complainants advance the proposition that the cost of transportation of coal to them from the fields should not exceed their ability to pay provided the carriers receive a fair return for the services rendered. This is a new phase of the transportation problem applying to the fuel and what the commission may do with it is the subject of conjecture. The old rate from Coal Creek field to South Carolina points is $1.80 a ton. Compla ants maintain the rate should not exceed S1.S5 a ton. The advanced rate is $1.?i5 a ton to the basing points in South Carolina. The commission is urged to fix the rate as to the proper lawful charge. ? New Orleans. August 21: This week in the cotton market, which in reality, will be the last week of the oltl season, will be devoted mainly to attempts, on both sides of the market, to get a clearer view of the conditions upon hum ii iiic nt-h >t 'it pi i hiii tiiit-i . Next wt-fk there will be three days' trading of the <>1? 1 season left, liut with the Labor Lay holidays in sight there will be some inclination to even tip committments and less inclination to enter into new business. This week, there will be much guessing over what the season-eml statistics will show, and attempts will be made to discount any surprises that may be contained in the figures. The weather will be a matter of importance, but not so much so as has been the case for some time past, unless something unusual happens. The situation in the Mississippi valley and the eastern belt is about all that could be desired for this time of the year and enough rain has fallen in Texas to put an end to most of the complaints of drouth according to the bears. For several weekspast the bears have been anxious on account of the lack of rain in Texas, but now this suspense is over. There is one thing that must be watched for in the line of weather, say the bulls and that is an tial storm. In the past, such storms have caused violent upward fluctuations in prices and therefore this time of the year is always dreaded by more timid speculators. The so-called equinoctial period extends, in the cotton market at least, until the first of October. The movement of new cotton will be watched I?y both sides this week as much de- r peiuls upon this factor. Last week it r, assumed record-breaking proportions . and if it increases this week it will tend io the belief that more new cot- tv ton will come into sight up to the first ti of September this year than was ever ^ recorded before. This will naturally lead to the question of whether new 11 cotton is to become a pressure on the \\ market. Not only will the movement of new cotton in Texas be of importance. but the (leorgia movement also will have weight, for at the end of " last week if exhibited siirns of increns- \\ ing largely. In connection with the ,. movement of new cotton, the attitude of mills will l?e closely followed. As yet the mills have not entered the * ? * 1 c * i L.xLl ,\ tV luiioh tl spot maiKei, aim u nuiu longer their attitude will be a feature fb of extreme importance. The largest ti traders will lean, all they can about p the intentions of mills before enter- s Ing the market very heavily. sj 11 <Thc Mnvhrilli' (inquirer. jj w Entered at the Postoftlee in Yorkville n as Mail Matter of the Second Class, j h vobkvttt.f s. c.i ""** * " y TUESDAY. AUGUST 23. 1910. > V p Tki?i?y has set Nick on Joo. S( F The insurgent Republicans are making plenty of fuss all right. ( Cori.n anything be quieter than the ' Fifth district congressional cam- ^ paign? . Several elements that figured largely in the country campaign of two years ago are lacking in this campaign. (| si As a rule the people who say prohibition cannot be enforced, are people ^ who are hopeful that they will never . , ? , , ti see an honest trial of the experiment. Every voter should vote exactly as 11 he feels he wants to vote, regardless of the advice of anybody. It is right ^ and proper that he should get all possible information from all possible sources: but he should not take instructions from any living man. n i Chester is the most moral city in the Piedmont!?Chester Lantern. To which proposition no other city in the Piedmont will agree. m ei It is said that there will be a fight W in the legislature over paying the cost | ?f the Royd-Brock court of inquiry. . Why not make the members of the court pay it? They bungled the case, dl ?Anderson Daily Mail. ti Why not give the case to the grand g; jury? el id Ik a voter is a conscientious local d? ptionist and will vote for either Mc- p, Lend or Please, then he should vote ' " ? "rx 11 if rno ann A I or ii nu ii?> "uiv * * * ? ? MeLeod <>r Blease ballot should be a S1 Duvall ballot?Sumter Item. fc This being true. then, of course, the rt converse is true and Prohibitionists d< should vote for Smith for lieutenant fs governor. w ? al A whole lot of so-called local op- h: tionists are arguing that prohibition in cannot be enforced unless there is a w wholesome public sentiment in favor in of the law. We do not desir< to (lis- ni pute the proposition; but it does seem m to us that the election of Mr. Feather- es stone as governor will be a powerful et strong guarantee that prohibition sen- n< timcnt is just about right. gi w If Mr. Joel K. Branson is not sorry c< he spoke, he ought to be. as he has fit been contradicted in every statement hi of facts he has attempted to make, in gt view of the testimony of till the people st who were tit the prohibition confer- t< eiices referred to, it would seem that w a desire t<> discredit Mr. Keatherstoiie ol is the only plausible reason for Mr. tl Branson's original card. w - -* ft The joke of the campaign is in a t< declaration of the Manning Times to m n.. th-it tli.. I tji iiiln.rir Herald (1 thinks that people who disagree with n it are prejudiced. The Bamberg Her- ft aid is recognized throughout the state tr as having an editorial page that ranks I" with the strongest, ordinarily there are not a great many words on the editorial (' page ot the Herald: hut what the Her- u aid says, generally shows signs of ma- 'Jtare consideration. Hut along with it l' all. we would say that if the editor of the Baniherg Herald has emphasized 1' one finality above another, it relates " to his saying and doing what he thinks " himself, and leaving the other fellow ^ to do likewise. If the end of the prescut campaign shall leave Mr. Knight ai in the company of a ridiculously small n minority, tlu-re is nobody in Bamberg n county who will lose less sleep over the matter than Mr. Knight himself. h Tilt: News and Courier says that q( The Kiniuitvr is mistaken fti stating s, that it thinks the election of Mr. Me- q Lend will settle the whisky question, o ami goes on to say that it would be understood as asserting that the election of any candidate other than Mr. Me I.cod would lead to ;i rancorous light in the next general assembly for *, state-wide prohibition. According to q our view, it is ditlictilt to see how such U a light is to be avoided, no matter 11 c who is elected. < Mir contemporary q goes on |m repeat an opinion previously c expressed to the effect that the suecess of Mr Mel.eod "will be rightly ^ construed as meaning that the voters n of the state do not want any statewide prohibition legislation at this time." We have said that ours Ives, ,| ami believe it inst as firmlv as we h believe that tin- success of Mr. Kent it- J| erst one will I if taken t<? mean that the -y Voters of tile state do want slate-wide s I>i'o11jI>itjnii legislation at this time. 11 , l? li st after Judge Meniminger's h charge to the jury during the last o term of court, in which he stated that h the present liquor law did not allow a I man to have liquor in his possession f, whether for personal use >|- for sale, |; the shipment of liquor to this point a fell off to a marked extent. Where the ii transportation companies had tl bringing in from ten to fifty gallons a \\ day tile shipments dropped to from a one to ten a day. Itut no sooner had n Attorney (ieiieral l.yon given his opjn- h ion in answer to the magistrate's in- " qiiiry than the amount of liquor re- " eei\ed began to illel'i ase. Whether N Judge .Memmiiiger*s interpretation of tin- law is correct of not it seemed to have a restraining effect upon the liquor consumers for a time at least. " Sumter Herald. \\ Which means that ii is of small w consequence whether Judge Meminin- a cr's interpretation of the law is cored or not, if the people whoso duty . is to enforce the law assume to lienine interpreters instead of adminisrators of it. As to who Mr. Lyon may ave gotten his legal opinion from in !iis case, we do not know, although e are satisfied that somebody else tilled the strings. However, as contared with the opinion of Judge Meinlinger, the opinion of Mr. Lyon is orth one printed cipher without any iiu around it. It is only during its closing days fiat the South Carolina campaign has egun to attract any sort of attention > which candidate stands the best ossible chance for governor, as- a reult of the long drawn-out series of peech-making. A Soutli Carolinian in lichmond has made the concise statelent to the editor of the Tiines-Disatch that: "Mclx'od will lie the next overnor of South Carolina. There 'ill he a second primary in which the sice will he between McLeod and 'eatherstone. McLeod stands for the Kinocratic principle of local option, 'eatherstone is in favor of State-wide rohihition. McLeod will win." Liuor or no liquor, or rather, liquor by gal sale or liquor unrestricted by the iw?is the sole issue. In South Carlina. men and merit count for but 1 it e. Whisky and dispensary have been lie pivotal issues in that state for ver a quarter of a century and if loal option now at last settles it, to ic eternal obliteration of the dispenary. South Carolina should be a much appier state.?Charlotte Chronicle. What is the matter with you? Don't mi understand that the Richmond iines-Dispatch view is merely the lews and Courier and Charleston iew? There is absolutely no certainf that McLeod is going to be in the fcond primary with Featherstone. Ivery thing points to Blease as the lan who will run against Feathertone. The Charleston man in Richlond was talking things as he would ke to see them, rather than as they re. Rut surely the Chronicle knows >o much about the liquor question to link that the election of either Mc,eod or Rlease would settle the mat*r. The election of Mr. Featherstone light settle it: but the man who thin's lal the liquor people are more conistent or persistent than the anti-liuor people still has a lot to learn, le does not even realize the eternal uth of the time honored saying' that 0 public question can he regarded ermanently settled until it has been fttled right. And so far as ability is oncerned, there is no more able man 1 this gubernatorial race than C. C. eatherstone and there has not been more able, earnest, consistent or arless gubernatorial candidate before ie people of South Carolina for years nd years. That is a rather interesting comlunication that is published In anoth column over the signature of Mr. T. R Keller, of Yorkville R. F. D. Xo. on the road question, and we are inined to think it will provoke some iscussion, if not in the columns of ie newspapers, then at least among itlierings of farmers at picnics and sewhere. According to Mr. Keller's lea the roads can be made a great ?al better by the farmers themselves y a little gratuitous wo; k at odd mes and he thinks that most people lould be willing to give this work >r their own benefit and satisfaction gardless of the benefit that might be ?rived to the public. Except for the ict that Mr. Keller himself is a man ho practices what he is preaching long this line, as is well known to all is neighbors, we would hardly feel iclined to consider his suggestions ith much seriousness. There is nothig bad wrong with the idea, we ad lit: but it is tne rare estcimun v,i ? lau who is willing to put himself to special inconvenience doing work /en for himself when others who do thins are likely to derive equal or reater benefit. The fact that the man ho does the work finds himself fully mpensated for his trouble is not sufcient. To see others who could have piped and who should have helped dting equal benefit and enjoying the ime without so much as a thank you > the fellow by whom that benefit as conferred naturally arouses the d Adam in most people and prevents H in from doing many things they ould like to do. Take the case of the How for instance who drives stakes keep people off his land, and while rdinarily the practice cannot be conemnod, most readers will have to adlit that they have seen numerous inances where it would have been mch less trouble and much less excuse to till up the mud hole that lused the annoyance than it was to live the stakes. The stake driver nder such circumstances is actuated y a spirit exactly the opposite from lat which influences other folks to pnelit the traveling public while beneIting themselves, and as a rule he is nt likely to do any road work beyond lat which may be accomplished by is commutation and two mill tax. lit the whole point of Mr. Keller's rticle is that if we are to have better ads, people must try to see how inch, instead of how little they can i>. and there must be more generosy and less selfishness. In all that he lys Mr. Keller is pretty nearly right; ut we fear that it will be a longtime pfore he will have the satisfaction of cing his idea recognized as the rule istead of as the exception that proves le rule. A Lesson and moral. Anent out* of the recent events dei-riIm?cI in this column us taking place i Clubland sonic time ago, a promteiit cluhinaii tells the following. The ruth of the story is not vouched for, or were the participants named. The luhinau wot it from his cook, who wot from her friend, a policeman, wlm laimed to have seen it? It is thereire not tirst-hand information, hut He had also dined late at his club. .I'tcr leaving. nil went well until he i-aehed Marion square. Mere he lost is hearings completely. There being 0 friendly lamp posts to latch at or sidewalk to guide him. he had wan< led on to one of the grass plats. Iliad lad proceeded far when he ran ito one of the palmetto trees that are lie adornments of the esplanade. Inch astonished, lie hacked off, dei-rihed a complete circle, and humped ito a tree again. Now the trunk of a almetto is very rough, and the seeiid shock hurt him. Angered at this e once more retraced his steps in the pposite direction, described another uiger arc, and once more hit the tree. I looked up at it mutely, and for the urth time commenced his long eirenir journey. This took him completely round the plat, hut again the uufailig law of nature brought him back to tie starting point. He struck the trie ith both arms, slid to the ground, ml with woe written on his counteancc, ga/.e?l up in the branches ami -wailed his cruel fate. I.oslit!" cried the unhappy one. 1 ..<lo' in nil i 111 li.l id l':i I ile forest*" lews :iik1 ('ouricr. All of which means thai il' tin* News ml Courier would espouse the cause f prohibition, all charlcstoiiinns ould thereafter l>e aide to liiitl their ay across Marion square without the id of pidieenieii. LOCAL AFFAIRS, *. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. D. Clark?Wants a pair of pants that he put in wrong buggy last Saturday. W. B. Wilson, Jr., County Chairman-Gives notiee of Denioeratie primary to he held August .'10, and information with regard to same. I). T. Woods, Clerk?Gives notice of meeting of the Woodmen Thursday night. K. L. A. Smith, for Com.?Gives notiee of a picnic at Hickory* Grove. Amuse-IT Theatre?Announces inter..utiiu ruirrntniue fur tuiiiirht Thus. F. McDow, President of Yorkville Precinet Club No. 1.?Notifies all prospective voters to lie sure of enrollment. It. P>. McLure and It. It. Ferguson? Change time and place of picnic at Sutton's Spring school house. Friday, August 2fi. G. H. O'Lear.v?Says not to buy anything in his line until after obtaining prices. Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Dismisses the advantages offered by the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance company. Herndon & Gordon?Have received a lot of new goods, including preserving tins, jars, etc. J. C. Wilborn?Offers the Scott Wilson plantation for sale. The primary election takes place next Tuesday, just one week from today. The Chester people are beginning to bestir themselves to prevent Gastonia from getting the C. & N.-W. shops. According to reports, there is more cash in the vaults of the New York banks than there has been for years, the same having been accumulated to take care of the moving of the crops which commences next month. There is no reasonable probability of a currency stringency, at any time in the near future. All persons who expect to participate in the primary election of next Tuesday, must see to it that their names are entered on their respective club rolls by tomorrow, Wednesday, evening. As we understand it, all .1 ,?fa iwtin urara ,-t i n ilb-d fur the eler tion of two years ago, will l?e entitled to vote on that same enrollment in the coming election, provided, of course, the old club roll is still in existence; but this is a matter about which every voter will do well to duly inform himself. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The county campaign winds up in Yorkville next Saturday. ? The scaffolding has been removed from the front of the McNeel building. ? It will be about three weeks yet until the cooks begin leaving for the cotton fields. ? The Yorkville negroes beat the Rock Hill negroes yesterday afternoon by a score of 4 to 1. ? The "Bachelors" beat the "Benedicts" in an interesting game yesterday afternoon by a score of 11 to 7. ? The carnival aggregation arrived last Sunday and is now located for the week on the F. K. Smith lot on South Congress street. ? The people of every other speaking place in the county take care of the county candidates on campaign day, and Yorkville should do likewise. ? The negro basehallists of Yorkville, have enclosed their grounds at the Friendly Aid hall, and are in a positi".i to force people to pay or not see their games. ? There was a little shooting affair on the carnival grounds yesterday morning, the participants being two Yorkville negroes. Otis lngraham got after Bob Jackson with a pistol. Jackson ran and lngraham followed shooting, but without effect. After making his escape from lngraham, Jackson ' < - -I. -....1 U-o.O Weill liiirix i?? aim nigiauaiii going. He has not been arrested. THE COUNTY TICKET. Following are the names that will appear on the county Democratic ticket t<> be voted next Tuesday: For Congress. T. H. Butler, D. E. Finley, J. K. Henry. House of Representatives. J. E. Beamguard, S. H. Epps, Sr. James K. Oettys, J. S. Glasscock, Thos. F. McDow, O. L. Sanders, J. H. Saye, C. W. Wallace. Auditor. J. J. Hunter, B. M. Love, T. E. McMackin, Joe M. Taylor. T reasurer. Rol.t. L. Goff, John A. Neely, Harry E. Neil. Supervisor. Thos. W. Boyd. (\ F. Gordon, John F. Gordon. County Commissioner. W. A. A.vcock. I,. J. Lumpkin, G. (\ Ormaiul, Jos. W. Smith. Superintendent of Education. Minor R. Biggers, John Warren (juinu. Probate Judge. I,. U. Williams. Magistrates. Hithcl?J. I>. lloyd, M. K. Johnson. J. Ja Thompson. Hethcsda? W. It. Conrad, I>. I'. Curry. It. J. Morrow. Itroad River?It. I*. A. Smith. Mullock's Creek?J. L. Duncan. Catawha?T. C. Meekham. Kbenezer?T. II. Glenn. Fort Mill? V. M. Itlankcnship. John \V. McKlhaney. Kind's Mountain ?A. J. (Juinn. York?J. C. Coiner, It. I., del^oach, J. J. Wallace. ANOTHER COMET COMING. If the comet discovered on Wednesday morning by the ltev. Joel II. Metealf, of Taunton, Mass., and named for him "Metcalf's Comet" fulfills the promise that it has given, says the Washington Times, the world will he treated in the next two months to a more spectacular sight than that attendant upon the visit of Halley's comet. Since the latest celestial wanderer has been ollicially observed hut twice, once by its discoverer and again by Prof. Asaph Hall and two assistants at the naval obsei vatory night before last, it is impossible to say exactly when it will eonie near enough to the earth to be distinguished with the naL-...I ..* ?? l>nt from tiVocmtl tiitns. when it does come near, it will present an appearance second to none of the comets seen within the last century. Kwn at the great distance at which it is at present, the appearance of the comet is brilliant and surpasses in grandeur tlie spectacle of Halley's comet seen at the same distance. Sailing majestically through space it Is easily distinguishable with a telescope from its smaller and less bright neighbors. Particularly noticeable is the effect presented by the nucleus, which is intensely bright and exceptionally clear. The orbit of the comet has yet to be well defined, and according to a statement made by Prof. Hall, of the naval observatory, several more obser-J rations will have to tie made before it can be discovered exactly how near it will come to the earth, and when it will be the best time to observe It. But one thing is certain, if it comes as near the earth as did Halle.v's comet, it will far surpass the brightness and luminosity of that bo't". As obsei 1 at present, the new comet is between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars, nearer the former. As is usual, it is moving toward the sun and will be seen in the western sky in the evening until October, when it will pass perihelion and become visible in the morning. It's tail is not prominent at present, but it is thought that this is due in a large measure to *- ?*ito.i, .a,to,, toil Il? IMF.-,........ ........ . away from the earth and thus hides it I from the view of observers. At present the eomet is not large enough to he seen with the naked eye. but with the aid of a good two-ineh glass it is plainly distinguishable. After the moon begins to decline the eomet will become correspondingly brighter, both because of the diminution of the light of the moon and tlie fact that the comet will be coming nearer the earth. It is thought that about the latter part of September the display will he the brightest. THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN. If the editor of The Enquirer were only at liberty to tell all he is able to pick up about the county campaign, regardless of the sources of the information, the result would he some interesting stories: but unfortunately such information cannot he used as freely as might be desired. There are very few candidates who are not willing to talk to the editor freely and fully and without reserve; but it is always with the understanding that they are not to he quoted and hence the information is of value only in a general way. Sometimes we see proper to use information thus acquired in the shape of an interview with persons unnamed, and while such use is always more or less interesting, its value is necessarily discounted because of the omission of the exact authority on which it is based. The politics of the present campaign is not quite so strenuous as was the politics of two years ago; but that is largely because all of the offices are not being contested for. However, the same issues that figured two years ago are easily discernible in the present campaign, and with them are certain new considerations that were developed in the last campaign. Upon the whole, however, the present campaign is lacking in certain features that added to the heat of the last campaign, and that are likely to figure in the campaign of two years from now. ALLEGED NON-FULFILLMENT. Mr. Wm. Wisher, a well known citizen of Cherokee county, was in Yorkville last Saturday on business, and while here had printed a circular jumping on the superintendent of education for Cherokee who is standing for re-election. The circular is signed by ten voters living on the east side of the river and reads as follows: We the undersigned respectfully show that the present superintendent of education for Cherokee county should not he re-elected for the following reasons: 1st. Because he promised, to secure our votes, that he would visit the schools of the county, on the east side of Broad river, and he has not. 2nd. That he represented to the people that he was competent to till the office, and he has shown his want of fitness and qualification. 3rd. That under the law a certain territory, between Broad river and King's Creek, was surveyed for the purpose of establishing a special school district: twenty-eight qualified signers, out of thirty-two, signed a petition to him and the board to call an election to establish said district, and he and the hoard evaded action on the matter by deception and false promises, and refused to act on the petition and give the people the right to vote on the question. 4th. These statements are made to inform the voters of the county of the kind and character of man they are evnected to vote for on the 30th of August. Mr. Wisher is very much interested in politics, and discussed at length the contests between Finley, Butler and Henry for congress. Anderson, Hardin and Hall for the senate, and Jeffries, Gaffney and Caldwell for clerk. Because of the interesting manner in which he discussed public affairs, the writer was led to ask Mr. Wisher why he himself did not run for the house of representatives, and in reply Mr. Wisher stated that he had more than once been approached on the subject; but had held I tack on account of his health. "But if I should go down there," he declared, "I would try to do something in the direction of amending the laws as to larceny so as to make a convicted thief return to the owner of the stolen stuff full value. If the thief had nothing with which to pay, I would fix it so that after satisfying the state for his crime, he must continue in the penitentiary or on the chaingang at so much a day until lie had paid up in full. As the matter stands now. if a man steals a hundred dollars from you, and has that $1<mi on his person when arrested l.e can use it to pay a lawyer for his defense. There is a mighty slim chance for you to get any of it back again. I think that should be changed." ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Fannie Darby of Lowryville, is visiting in Yorkvillc. Miss Mary Frew of Rock Hill, is visiting relatives in Yorkvillc. Miss Agalice McCaw of New Orleans. Is visiting relatives in Yorkville. Mrs. I,. W. Louthian of Yorkville. spent last Saturday in Blacksburg. airs. j. \x. miey m i-tiiviimiiiii, <o<., is visiting Mrs. J. H. Pegram in Yorkville. Mr. J. \Y. Kirkpatriek is in tin* northern markets in the interest of the Kirkpatriek-itelk Co. Prof. H. J. Jlerndon returned last Saturday, after six week's ahseiiee in Kurope. Miss llattie Meek Moore of Roek Hill, is the guest of Miss Alee Starr in Yorkville. Miss Sarali I logged of Charlotte, is the guest of Miss Mary Carlwright in Yorkville. Miss Fannie Roddey of Roek Hill is visiting Miss Lindsay Clark on Yorkville No. 1. Mrs. It. I). Alexander and ehildren of Yorkville, are visiting friends and relatives in Castonia. Miss Jemima Bradford, of the Delphos neighborhood, is visiting relatives and friends in Castonia. Miss Nannie Kate Brian, who has been visiting in Bowling Creen, has returned to her home in Yorkville. Mr. Lawson Clarke of Yorkville No. 1, left for Charleston yesterday to take a position with the Charleston Traetioti eompany. Col. and Mrs. Asbury Coward of , Orangeburg, are spending sometime in Yorkville. and are boarding with Mrs. Helen Adiekes. | Mrs. Paul Jones Chambers and little . son, Paul Jones, Jr., of Birmingham, i Ala., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. \V. H. MeConnell in Y<>rkvilU\ Misses Rebecca Flanagan and John- .('J slo Dulin of Clover, passed through 'p Yorkville. Monday afternoon on their gi way to visit friends in Rock Hill. Mr. J. Hratton Lowry of Tampa, Fla., arrived in Yorkville last Friday t| on a visit to friends and relatives and bi is the guest of his parents. Mr. and ^ Mrs. J. K. Lowry. Mr. \V. J. (iood. who has been ai spending several days, with relatives and friends, mi Yorkville II. F. I>. No. |1|( 1. has returned to his home at Cher- Iai okee Calls. rl Messrs. W. H. Barnwell of Richc? moiul. Va., and R. E. Barnwell of s, Greenville, and Misses Nellie Boyktn v< of Camden, and Kmma Barnwell of Stateshurg, are the quests of Mr. and jl( Mrs. J. Barnwell in Yorkville. hi The Southern's Charleston excursion c' passed through Yorkville this morn- ^ ing taking on llfty-six people at this gj place. Anions the white people who tc got on at Yorkville were the follow- J*' ing: Mr. and Mrs. W. 1^. Baher, Miss rj Minnie Lee Comer, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. w Ferguson and child; Miss Mattie Marlev, Messrs. A. S. Barron, Jesse Boyd, " di Lesslie MeCorkle, Joseph Sossanian, a] Yorkville; Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Gordon, le Mrs. T. N. Wood, Miss Alice Craig, J.1 Messrs. Gettys MeCarter and Edward tI Wood, Yorkville No. 6; Mrs. T. J. is Bradford, Mrs. ollie Haynes, Messrs. s' G. J. Reese and Sam Wooten. Clover; T Mr. Brown Stnoak, Filbert. u a LOCAL LACONICS. 11 Until January 1, 1911. J.' We will send The Yorkville Enquirer f. from this date till January 1, 1911, h for 72 cents. 01 r< Quite a Good Yield. h Mr. W. E. Gett.vs, who lives near Tirzah has just threshed his wheat l' crop, the yield of a bushel and three t| pecks sowed on three acres. Not 1 counting damage and other waste, he ? gets 51 bushels of good wheat. une ot ine veterans. Spartanburg Herald. August IS: Jas. a Scott, slave to the late Lieut. Dave Logan of York county, who was killed c on the battlefield of Petersburg, Va.. ^ is in attendance upon the reunion. 8 81 James is a faithful old negro man p who has voted the "white man's ticket" since ISfi'i. He is from Rock Hill. <"! He attends all the reunions. c' d Child Seriously Injured. h Little Bessie, the 9-year-old daugh- c< ter of Mr. Arthur Brown, who lives ?' two and one-half miles south of Yorkville, was seriously injured last Sun- ci day afternoon as the result of a fall F K from a pair of stilts, on which she was walking. She was sent to the g. Fennell infirmary at Rock Hill for ai treatment. ^ rr Section Master Hurt. ai Rock Hill Record: Section Master s< Brown of the Southern Railway, was painfully injured Friday afternoon at jj Sharon, this county, in a most peculiar L accident. Negro workmen were un- ^ loading a car of crossties, and in e( throwing them off Mr. Brown happen- a ed too close and one of the heavy tim- S( bers landed square into his face, the impact knocking him down, crushing tj his jawbone. He was brought to Rock p Hill and his injuries attended to by Dr. n T. A. Crawford, the local surgeon of ^ the railway company. The man will bi recover. Death of Robt. T. Smith. at Robt. T. Smith died at his home two th miles north of Clover, Wednesday ^ evening August 17, 1910; after an ill- l ness of six weeks following a stroke of pi apoplexy. Mr. Smith was born in Yorkville in the old O'Learv ' house. April Gth, 1829. He made g< his home in Yorkville until the begin- sj ning of the war of Secession, when he 01 moved his family near Clover, where r he has resided since. He was placed tl on light duty at the Camp of Jnstruc- bi r( lion at Columbia during the war, not jr being able to go to the front on account of an accident to one of his a legs when a young man. He was mar- ei ried February 12, 1X56, to Miss Jane A. bi Jackson who survives him. He is also ^ survived by one son, J. Walter, and |a two daughters Misses Alice and Nan- ir nie. He united himself In early life 111 ti with the Independent Presbyterian ^ church at Yorkville and was later r elected elder of that church. After ni moving to the country he became a member of Bethel Presbyterian church. C( When the Clover Presbyterian church bj was organized July 29, 1881 he moved r' his membership to that church and j ' was elected a deacon which othce he ui has held since that time, though not rt able for active duty for several years, yet he was faithful and loyal to his |0 church. Though of a quiet and re- a< served disposition still his character was strong and upright, always being ^ just and honorable in all Ills dealings vj with his fellow-men. tt ____________ ei la SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ei ? Spartanburg. August 18: Because w bis wife would not let him attend the c! re-union exercises in Spartanburg. J. e| C. Senns. a farmer living near Trinity w church. Cross Anchor, took laudanum late last night and died. Senns was a man of about 70 years of ago. n< ? Columbia special of August 20 to tbe Spartanburg Journal: Congressman J. 10. Ellerbe of the sixth district, * and P. A. Hodges, one of the three candidates for Ills seat, bad a lively list fight at the congressional cam- . paign meeting in Lake City today. El- . lerbe denounced as a malicious lie, Hodges's statement, that Ellerbe was responsible for the circulation of the anti-Hodges circular two years ago. J.. Hodges immediately struck Ellerbe j who struck back. The bystanders in- .1! terfered after a double interchange of hard face blows. oi ? Columbia. August 20: An official w notification from the otlice of (!?m- a, missioner Watson yesterday afternoon j,.| marks the beginning of the first prose- jl( cut ion under the food inspection act. tfi A. M. Hayes, a prominent merchant of tireenville, was notified that for an p, alleged assault upon Inspector J. S. (p Spigner of the food inspection department. Solicitor Honliam would be t(. called u|ton to prosecute him under n, the act. There are four separate p., counts under each of which the penal- ilt ty ranges from $rio to $200. The atti- pr davits have been forwarded to Solidtor Itonbam, who, under the law, has p thirty days in which' to bring the pros- ,,f edition. en I'nlumiiia Ul'Ciini; i ne 0<III1<II<I wilt. Kvans check matter has taken an another turn, which adds to the com- tin plications in this clieck-within-a-check ha ease. Mr. It. H. Thackham. constable pr for Magistrate Powles, on Friday ya morning gave to Magistrate Roberts fai the warrant issued by Magistrate Rob- foi erts at the instance of Magistrate do Fowles and when Air. Kvans was ap- no pleached by Mr. Roberts. Mr. Kvans l.n satisfied the latter that there were suf- to fieient funds in the bank of Columbia to to meet the check for $l!>.7.r>. so the of warrant was not served. The check ha was not cashed, as Mr. Kvans has un- atl lil September x to make it good and re| being already worth its face value, it fri stands as part of the bond given Mag- no istrate Fowles in the Wright's hotel tin rase in which Mr. Kvans was sued for thi the alleged non-payment of a board of bill. Mr. Kvans declares he does not an owe the amount which Mr. Wright nit rlaims to be due. The $l!l.7!> is the uti imount still in dispute in the hotel pri ?ase. tin ? Anderson Daily Mail, Saturday vast army of millions of grasshop rs is playing havoc with the crop he county home for the poor here hey have put in an appearance ii real numbers, and at times the cori Ms are black with them. The in cts are about three Inches Ions, of ; ddish-brown color, and in makini icir ilight from place to place on th g farm, create a great noise by th hir or their wings. The county au unities?those in charge of the farn -are worried over their presence, am e at a loss for a remedy. The tirs [ipearanoe of the grasshoppers wa hen the wheat erons were renilv ti 1 gathered. They came In million? id at the county farm cleaned am lined a seven-acre field of the grain i addition to damaging a large pe lit of the other wheat that had beei >wn. After the wheat had been har ?sted they disappeared, and remainei ,vay until a short time ago. Nov ley are back in greater numbers thai 'fore. Just at this time the grass uppers are playing havoc with th >rn crop. A field of between ten am reive acres, has been literally cut t ices, so that hardly anything will b ithered. IJttlc was said of the mat r at first, hut the Insects have nov imp in such great numbers, that anx ty is felt. There is no way to ge d of them, and they threaten th hole of the corn crop with destruc on. ? Conway Field: It would be a won er to some people to learn that ther re still wild bear in Horry county, a ast in a section thereof. The sport lan's paradise, where not only ar nind the noble stag and illusive par idge, but the wild old Bruin himsel i this extreme eastern section of th tate. A correspondent, writing fror lurcol, states that on Sunday, Angus Mr. W. I,. Squires, of that sectioi hose stock had been bothered by wil nimals, heard a hog squealing off i le thick swamp, and as this was kep p for some time he took his gun an in to the place. When he arrived h >und a big bear had caught one c is hogs, and he had iust torn the ho pen. Mr. Squires fired one of the bar ?ls of his gun and the bear ran. A e turned to run he gave him the othe arrel. As the second did not take hit and he ran off into the undergrowtl Ir. Squires called his dog and whe le iiear trailed out by the doff, th ear was dead. He had gone aboti ne hundred yards with the two load f shot in him. With the help of hi m Mr. Squires carried the bear ou f the swamp. He was of Hrpe siz nd would have weighed at least 20 ounds. The hoff that was killed wa tvo years old and well grown. Th orrespondent states that the bear ave been unusually bad in th warnps this year. They have de troyed more or less hoffs every yea seems. ? Anderson special of August 22 t reenville News: Featherstone' haracterization of those who hav istributed a circular derogatory t im as "mean, dirty, contemptlbl jwards," and the usual interchang f compliments between Messrs. Lyo nd Evans were the only features c day's campaign meeting, held In th >unty court house, except that Mi eatherstone received a beautiful bas et of flowers from the Woman' hristian Temperance Union, a dele ation from which occupied a bene t the rear of the court room. Ger [illedge L. Bonham, the county chaii lan, presided in admirable fashio nd held the speakers strictly to th ihedule. There was an interruptio f an hour at 1 o'clock for dinner, th fternoon addresses being delivered b [essrs. John T. Duncan, J, Fraze yon and Barnard B. Evans. The au ience of 300 persons, including ozen ladies, was indifferent and seem 1 to view the whole affair larirelv a passing show, applauding point :ored by the various candidates wit ntire impartiality. Messrs. Feathei one and Blease divided honors o le applause. Mr. Featherstone ex ressly exonerated all his five oppo ents from connection with the cir alar headed, "Is He Appreciated B [is Neighbors," an annoymous hand 111 whic . has been circulated in a lose counties not already visited b le campaign party. Mr. Feather one said the inference was left tha lis circular originated in Laurent ut inquiry had convinced him that I as neither printed nor sent out b aurens people. He ascribed it t aid agents of the liquor interests i lis State. None of the candidates fo ncontested offices was present. Mes ;rs Hyatt, Lyon, Evans and Richard >11 arrived on the mid-day train an loke out of their turns. The speeche f the two candidates for attorne unerai were pointed and personal i le extreme, although they varied lit e from utterances made previously ut neither addressed his remarks dl jelly to the other and both kept with i parliamentary limits. ? Columbia Record: Intimations c big fight this fall between the farm " and the cotton buyer have alread een hinted in connection with th scent decision of the supreme court o le cotton tare case. But within th st few days there have cropped ou i various parts of the state the infor iatioii that the bagging and tie ques on is going to cause even more trou le than was at first supposed. i ecord representative has talked to umber of cotton buyers and the gen al M&nti taken by them in the cotto ire situation is that they will not bu >tton it' there is more bagging on th lie that the six yards heretofore car ed, and six ties. The 6 per cent tar 3t of the last legislature will serious affect the cotton sales in this stat nless some general understanding i ached. An interesting letter on th ibject is from Mr. D. R. Coker o aldington county, which is as fol ws: "The last legislature passed a t making it illegal for buyers of cot ?n to make any reduction from th eight or price of any bale of cotto I an UUIIl ?' I UdhB'I'b clliu lien, piu lied they are not over 6 per cent o le gross weight of the bale. I learn 1 a short time ago that one of th rgest and strongest firms of export s doing business in this sectioi ould instruct their buyers not to pur utse any cotton that carried a great amount of bagging and ties thai as formerly allowable?i. e. six yard " bagging and six ties. I immediate wrote to learn the attitude of i umber of other firms who buy ii [stern Carolina, and lind that in al ises they are much prejudice) tainst cotton which carries as mucl [ H per cent of hugging and ties ani ill either refuse to buy it altogethe will discriminate against it heavil; price. "After looking into the mat r most carefully, I have come to th< inclusion that it will not be to tin rmer's interest to change the weigh covering on his cotton, but that hi muld continue to use the amount o igging and ties heretofore allowable y reasons for this conclusion are Because the law cannot force anj le to buy something he does no ant. 2. The law cannot force mil id exporter to offer more for anj lie or lot of cotton than they choosi offer. 2. Experience teaches tha e best way to secure a maximun ice for any product is to put it uj the shape in which it is desired bj e greatest number. This stimulate: Ill I't'lllKMI <111*1 <H 1 n c V.MIIIJ?V<.IKUi mis to enhance prices. There are, ] ink. several reasons why this markei is usually been able to pay comparively high prices for cotton. Tin inciple reason for this Is that buys want Ilartsville cotton, and want badly. They want it because it is good grade, because it is billed al rroct weights ami correct grades and cause it carries no more bagging d ties than they wish. If I could id sale for cotton with ten yards ol gging as readily and at as good ices as for that carrying only six rds. I would certainly advise the inters to use the greater amount, r it would be to their advantage to so. I do not believe, however: twithstanding the recently passed v. that there is any practicable way force the cotton mills and exporters accept cotton with a large amount bagging, <>n the same terms as that ving a smaller amount. Such an enipt would undoubtedly injure the putation of this market, cause much ction and hard feeling and would t, I believe, result in any good to farmer. The good reputation of is market has uiuiuestionably been benefit to the farmer in the past d T ask the cooperation of all far rs and ginners in keeping that repition at its former high standard, noising my continued efforts to it end. Whatever the individual : farmer may deride to do he cannot - help realize that no buyer can handle s in large quantity and at full market !. prices, any product for which there Is 11 not a ready demand, and this will un- 4 11 doubtedly be the case with reference ~ - to cotton with 6 per cent of covering it unless some of the cotton firms doing g business in this territory recede from e the position they have taken." The e decision of the supreme court in the - cotton tare case upheld the decision 1 of Judge DeVore, on circuit although J Justice Woods tiled a concurring opint ion, the gist of which was to point out s that a contract would enable the buyer 0 to negotiate for the former kind of 1, tare in any weight contracted for. The il i.l,..I., I a that a <...,,1.1 i, not be vitiated by the .act and if a farr mer wants to sell his cotton under the 11 former weights and measurement of - tare he is at liberty to do so. I Jj MERE-MENTION. A New York dispatch says that e Mayor Ga.vnor's physicians have de^ cided not to trv to remove the bullet 0 e from his neck, claiming that it will do - no harm If left where It is The v work of constructing a telegraph line ,t across the desert in the vicinity of e Wilcox, Ariz., has been suspended be cause of hordes of mosquitoes There have been 50,287 deaths from cholera in Russia this year It is e t stated that Japan is arranging to an nex Korea Dr. Crlppen and the e Leneve woman were started back to 1 England on Saturday The Orion. e Great Britain's newest and greatest n battleship was launched and ehrlstenII ed at Portsmouth. England, last Saturj day Miss Elsie Aykroyda, a New n England woman, and amateur, won a fifteen mile swimming match on the ^ Thames, through London last Friday ,r over 48 other starters in the race g Cablegrams received in New Orleans " from Biueflelds by the local steamship ? companies state that the revolution in n Nicaragua has ended and Madriz and i. Estrada factions have agreed upon the n terms of peace George S. Gastelli, |( a detective, was murdered in a fight Is with a rowdy crowd at a boat house ? at Oyster Bay, N. Y., a few days ago. ? The post office at Meda, Ga., 0 was broken into and robbed by safes crackers last Thursday night. The e loss is not known John L. Hart? shaw of Parsons, W. Va., was lodged ^ . in jail at that place Saturday and held r without bail for sending poison to a vouner woman nf that nlnco hwoiiM o she had refused to marry him 8 The discovery of a can holding a Q pound and one-half of giant gun powe der in the coal bunkers of the Ruse Man steamer Lltuanla at New York jj Saturday prevented what is beljeved e to have been a plot to blow up the r. steamer and the one hundred passengers on board.. .Florence Nightingale. "The Angel of the Crimea" who h died at her home in London Aug. 13th i. was buried at Last Willow near London, Saturday, with simple ceremoe nles. All the British nobility wer? n represented.... 50,000 operatives have e been thrown out of employment and *L many more will be in the next few i_ days as the result of the curtailment a of the products of cotton mills in the New England States W. A. Mc s Gill, president of one of the largest h hardware firms of Chattanooga, Tenn., dropped dead on the street In " San Francisco, Cal., early Saturday morning S. B. Lee, one of the \'m most widely known telegraphers In " the United States died of heart faily ure at Jackson, Miss., Friday night. ,j J. Armstrong Drexell, an American aviator, has broken all altitude, y_ records by ascending to a height of j 6.752 feet in an aeroplane Hun- V ' ter James, a prominent citizen of Norfolk, Va., committed suicide the other day when he learned that his six chlly dren were on the side of his wife In her suit for divorce The great department store of Buenos Ayres, ' known as the "City of London," was " destroyed by fire last Friday... .The J French wheat crop is said to be sixtyseven million bushels short The cholera situation at Tranl, Italy has ^ grown so serious that the whole kingdom has become thoroughly alarmed. " Col. Roosevelt denies most posl' tively that there is any friction what~ ever between him and Mr. Taft.....? Figures just issued by the department give the city of Atlanta a population >f of 154,839 against 89,872 ten years - ago Lieutenant Cavaliere Vlvaly di, an official aviator of the Italian e army, was killed near Staurda by a n fall of 200 feet in his aeroplane e The Georgia state election is in pro ii gress today and the principal interest centres in the outcome as between Joe i- Brown and Hoke Smith The - Democratic leaders of New York are ^ strongly In favor of the nomination of a Mayor Gaynor for their gubernatorial - candidate... .Western Montana and ( a Idaho are being devasted by forest y fires that are including towns and vile lages in the path of their destruction. - Quite a number of people have lost a their lives Six men were killed - as the result of a colllsslon between a two freight trains on the Vermont 4 8 Central railroad near Northfleld last a Saturday Former United States f Senator Wilkinson Call is in a dying - condition in a Washington hospital. n James A. Patten has offered his - seat on the Chicago Produce exchange a for $70.000... .Thomas J. Phillips has n been removed from his position as " Mayor of Ottumwa, Iowa, by judicial f order for neglect of duty Stephen * Greene, a negro, arrested at Jericho. e Ark., last Saturday, on the charge of 4 " having murdered William Sadler, a (1 wealthy farmer in February last, has * confessed to the crime Herbert " Streubel, a rag sorter at a Whippany, 11 N. Y., paper mill, a few days ago s found $1,800 worth of diamonds concealed in some old rags....Ten cases x of bubonic plague have been reported 'J at Guayaquil, Ecuador, during the last i two weeks Fire was discovered in m ^ the hold of the steamship Gerinanla at 7 New York Saturday, just as she was ready to sail for Liverpool. The fire ^ was put out before it made any head^ way An earthquake destroyed part " of the town of Aumale, Morrocco, Saturday. t ' * ' 1 ^ ?Washington. Aug. 21: Columbus, f Indiana, is the center of population. * It probably will continue to be in the : vicinity of that mark after the full ' developments of the thirteenth cent sus become known, unless the esti1 mates of the census bureau officials ^ f fail. The returns iecelved to date In dicate a fairly even growth in all dit reetlons from the present central i point, the result of which must be to > leave the point in its present general r neighborhood. Of all the southern * states. Texas will make the best show' ing in increased population, but GeorI gia also will manifest a very creditat ble growth as will the two Carolinas. ? 'I'bo **-111 1'iintlnim to ho t h o mrwt American section In that It will show the presence of fewer immigrants t from abroad than any other portion ! of the Union. THE FRIDAY NIGHT CLUB. Corrrnpondpnre Th<> Yorkvllle Knqiilrer McConnellsville, August 22.?Last [ Friday evening the club was delightfully entertained by Misses Lillis and | lone Ashe. Miss Maggie B. Turner, who was visiting the Misses Ashe, gave several humorous selections, which were admirally rendered, and i which were much enjoyed by all. Progressive anagrams was played. * Miss Wilma Logan and Mr. Walker Moore received the prize, a pretty cmbroideried handkerchief. The consolation prize went to Miss Rcna Harrell and Mr. John Crawford. An interesting contest made everyone rack their brains, full sore when they tried to remember what they had a minute ^ before seen, heard, tasted and smelled. Delicious cream and cake were served, which were much enjoyed. The pretty selections given on the piano by Miss Nellie Moore gave much pleasure to those who love music.