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Scraps and facts. " w th CP ? While on a drunken spree in Bos- f? ton on Sunday night of last week. ~e John Sullivan of No. 2 Lawranee court. vo wandered aboard the British steamship ls Austriana and fell asleep. When he 11 awoke next morning he was out of b.' sight of land and was regarded as a ? stowaway and put to work scrubbing ? the deck. The Austriana arrived in i Savannah last Sunday night after a stormy trip, and Sullivan, whose first ? experience on the sea was a trying one, g, was turned over to the immigrant inspector. After some difficulty he es- a tabiished the fact he was the victim ? of circumstance and was discharged. But he is broke and will have to wait for aid from home. The last Sullivan remembered before he waked up at sea was meeting a sailor on the street 4 in Boston, who was drunker than he aj was. He volunteered to take the sailor home and landed on the steamer, where 3 he fell asleep unnoticed in the rush of 3 getting away. The Austriana was in 3 the storm. ' " ? New York, October 21: The sug- _ ar market has continued its downward course during the past week, recording new low levels for both raw and refined. Practical stagnation in business has been the result so far as the movement of granulated is concerned, for distribution instead of being stimulated by cutting, held off the more. It was argued by brokers that so long as the margin between raws ca and refined was over 85 points, the country would not come in. Independents here led the way in cutting prices this week until 4.75 cents net a was reached by one refiner with every til indication that the others would soon ge follow. While the prime object of the reduction in prices was to attract business, the decline was also in sympathy with the weakness in raws. R< which sold down to 3.85c. The reac- as tion in raw sugar is only in keeping with the cables from Europe, where 011 the beet crop is estimated at 7,700.000 tons, or about 1.600.000 more than last year. The hurricane in Cuba did ^ little damage to the cane, and the prospects favor another big yield on Sc the island next year?1.900,000 tons, sv The domestic beet crop will be large, but the prices received promise to be materially less than last year. or ? New Orleans. October 21: Secretary . Hester's statement of the world's vis- ni ible supply of cotton made up from of special cable and telegraphic advices compares the figures of this week with last week, last year and tne y?ar before. It shows an increase for the week just closed of 359,114, against th an increase of 287.67S last year and an otl increase of 315,332 year before last. , The total is 2,745,499 against 2.386.385 1,1 last week. 3.416.207 last year and 2. 996,480 year before last. Of this the total of American cotton is 2.195,499 , against 1,844,385 last week, 3,029,207 last year and 2,458,480 year before last su and all other kinds, including Egypt. Ts Brazil, India, etc., 550,000 against 542,? ve 000 last week, 378,000 last year and 538,000 year before last. The total visible supply of cotton as above shows an increase compared with last week of of 359,119, a decrease compared with ,o last year of 670,708 and a decrease . compared with year before last of 250,981. Of the world's visible supply of in cotton as above there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and continental Europe 1,439,000, against 1,944,000 last year and 1,537,000 year before last: 'n in Egypt 104.000 against 98,000 last year w< and 102,000 year before last; in India 206,000, against 100,000 last year and 1 178.000 year before last: and in th<* United States 996,000 against 1,274,000 last year and 1,179,000 year before last, ? A tentative system of collecting accredit information for the benefit of sn national bank examiners with the computation and checking up of the commitments of large local and extended foi borrowers, has been formulated by a committee of the examiners who have been meeting at the treasury department in Washington. Every examiner R? hereafter will keep for his own use a sa complete file of all large and extended wj borrowers in his district from which lists will be sent to me treasury ucpartment for summarizing. The ma- wl chinery available by the comptroller of the currency will be put to work to , gather such credit information as can be obtained from national banks and Pr from state banks and trust companies Hi located in states where there is already cr. co-operation between the Federal and . state banking officials as in New York. The examiners will not divulge the a name of the bank where a line of credit is found of an extended borrower, their special reports giving the total . only of the loans listed. These lists 18 are entirely confidential. It is not con- fa templated that any comprehensive tie plan that will guarantee the assenibling of complete credit information covering commitments in all the banks th in the United States is practical at this time, nor is the personal and intimate relationship between the banks and the borrower to be interfered with. It to is expected thai the knowledge that D< 100 or more men are keeping a constant check on the borrowings will make it extremely hazardous for the co dishonest individual, firm or corpora- fe; tion to get money from the national ,rL banks. ? Ordtimhia. October 23: There will be some three cornered politics in South Carolina in the next general election which is to be held on No- to vember 8. There will be three parties to go to the polls. Democrats, Republicans and Socialists. The lat- th est political announcement is to the B< effect that Charles \\. Thompson of pi Reevesville will be a candidate for governor on the Socialist ticket to oppose C. L. Blease the nominee of the Ai Democratic party. So far the Repub- m licans have not expressed an inten- j,j tion of putting a governor in the Held. The Socialists will also put out 1,1 candidates for congress in several districts of the state. Should the Socialists put out a candidate for congress from the seventh congressional dis- f'1 trict it would mean that there would tr be four candidates aspiring for the m honors. The negro Republicans have . already named a negro by the name of Richardson from this district. It so is likely that the white Republicans th will put out a candidate. This will .1. mean that A. F. Lever. Democratic nominee will likely have opposition from three parties, counting the two th wings of the Republican party. The Ul tickets for the general election are being sent out to the various counties of the state. On Wednesday of this ul week the white Republicans have been called to meet in all of the counties of the state to elect delegates to the state convention which has been ' called by Capt. John G. Capers for of Thursday, 'the state convention for se the while Republicans will be held in this city. ai ? New York, October 21: Eleven Sl .wiiiu,) i..,iu,. i,, ,v... Vow ec ?nc aviviru ivuuj iu mv ? York University Hall of Fame. The H: tirst was that of Harriet Heecher jv Stowe. who received 7 4 votes. The next two were Oliver Wendell Holmes m and Kdgar Allan l'oe. who each re- t11 eeived t>!? votes out of a total of 101. s, The other two immortals added are jM linger Williams. James Fettimore Cooper. Philips Hrooks. William Cullen Bryant. Frances F. Willard, Andrew Jackson, George Bancroft and w John Lothrop Motley. The an- ! nouncement of the addi?'?>:i of these " names was made by I)r. John H. Me- tli Cracken, chairman of the senate of |? the .Yew York University. Twentynine names were chosen in 1H?U, eleven names in 1 ! or. and eleven names n in the present election, making the to- M tal now inscribed in the Hall of Fame jj( r.l. The total number of ballots cast . - - - . i-l this year was 37 and the number required for choice was SI. Those fail- Hi iiiK of election by less than ten votes ea were Samuel Adams, 11 votes: Daniel Itoone, 47* votes; Patrick Henry. , . 4 4 votes: Mark Hopkins. 4.r< votes; Hi Francis I'n rkman. 4? votes; Char- oi lotte Saunders ("ashman. 4.7 votes: Lucretiu Mott. tl votes; Martha Washington. 13 votes. <>euerul Sheridan received 33 votes and Xo:ih Web- A! ster 3 V Dr. M ?rtoii, the reputed dis- th eoverer of anaesthesia. received 36 j(l votes. William Lloyd Harrison, received 3f? votes and Joseph Henry 33. l'i Kdgar Allan Poe's vote jumped from so 43 in 130Ti to 63. an increase of 37 t.v votes. Oliver Wendell Holmes jump- .. ed from 43 to 63. an increase of 3" . votes. his competitors. Lowell and ',e Whittier having been removed by an election. One of the extraordinary nj results of the canvass is that whereas the historian. Motley. gained four ai votes over the election of live years tii o, the historian, Parkman lost two tes. One of the striking gains is at of Philips Brooks. whose vote incased from 4 9 to 60, although no mpetitor in the same group had en elected in the meantime. The te for Harriet Beecher Stowe of "4 noteworthy, as no one received such majority in the last election except >uis Agassiz. irhr ajorkrillc inquirer. itered at the Postofflce in Yorkville s Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.j TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1910. Nobody has a definite idea as to the parities of York county land. Fertilizer rates over the railroads ive been reduced, yet the price of ferizers is higher to consumers. Who ts the benefit of the reduction? There is a growing: idea that if josevelt ever becomes president :ain, he will hold on as Diaz has held i to Mexico. Pennsylvania and New York send eir grafters and bribers to prison. >u*h Carolina makes them divide the ,-ag and lets them go. Attorney General Wickersham has dered an investigation of an alleged miti-millionaire milk trust." A case looking for watered stock. The president's private secretary has [vised the Spartanburg people that e president will be in too big a hurry i his Panama trip to stop in Spartanirg. Mr. Roosevelt killed wild animals by mdreds in Africa, but it looks like a re thing that he will fail to bag the immany Tiger in New York on Number 8. m It does not speak well for the work the constitutional convention of 95, that the constitution framed by should require so many amendments such a short time. Clarence Poe's globe trotting letters the Progressive Farmer are coming ?ll up to the high standard set by his evious series under the caption, "A utherner in Europe." Most of the newspapers seem to t?v reed that Walter Wellman is right lart of a bluffer. Very few believe at there was a reasonable possibility r the success of the trip abroad. South Carolina is going to make od profits this year out of what she ves in her corn crop. There is a lole lot more money in raising corn home than in raising cotton with tich to buy corn. The Republicans of Ohio are building eat hopes on defeating Governor irmnn on November 8. but the Demoats are confident that the Democratic nkey will give the G. O. P. elephant stinging kick and a "hee-haw." As to whether York county generally in better shape this fall than last II, we do not know; but we have lit> doubt of the fact that the farmers a whole are in better shape than ey have ever been in. Two weeks more and the question as whether the next house will be ?mocratic will have been decided, e would like to see the Democrats in ntrol one more time; but we conss that we are not especially sanline about the matter. Mayor Osaki of Tokyo, Japan, is visng the United States and is alleged be seeking a "model municipality." e can find all kinds of "models" in is country. For instance, there is >ston. New York, Chicago, Pittsburg, liladelphia, St. Louis, New Orleans id Reno, all "models" of a kind, id then if he wants other "models" he ight visit Charlotte, Atlanta, toiuma, Charleston, Chester, Rock Hill and rhaps Yorkville. J list as was to have been expected, e Portugese republic is meeting with ouble at the hands of the few regients of soldiers who made the overrow of the monarchy possible. These ldiers think that because they were e means of setting up the republic ey should l>e the whole thing, and e schemers who used the soldiers for e promotion of their own ends, are ?w sorely perplexed as to just how to unage. It has always worked thus ul thus, no doubt, it will always work. Well, well, the "State Flair" soiled. is due next week and thousands people will crowd into Columbia to e the merry-go-round, the cane racks id the pop corn men, who will take ich spare change as may be overlookI by the hotels anil boarding houses, r the way. South Carolina could realhave a fair if a little effort were ade in that direction; but the instiition will have to be pitched along mewhat different lines than have n r..ll.,ivd hi>retoforo. Iieniocratic politicians claim that r. Roosevelt is helping them and the epuhlicau politicians < iaitn that all ic damage that Roosevelt is doing '8 ing offset hy the speeclies of Mr. ryan. Mr. Roosevelt is being refcrd to as the Bryan of the east, and r. Bryan is being referred to as the in>sevelt of the west. We are not inined to doubt that both Roosevelt and ryan are great factors in the politiil situation, both in the east and the est: but to what extent either is posivc or negative is difficult to figure it. Colonel Roosevelt told tile people of assachusctts the other fay that if ey should fail to re-elect Mr. Lodge the senate, it would be a calamity to e nation. That has an alarming und: but we doubt whether anybody, en in Massachusetts, will lie seriousfrightened by it. Some men are Iter in some places than other men. id no doubt Senator Lodge is a good an in his place, better perhaps than iv other man in Massachusetts, but lie and time again we hav seen tin "onllest" turned down in politics and things have continued to go on very much as before?sometimes a little better. The defeat of Senator Lodge jm, would be a calamity to Senator Lodge, 1 perhaps; but not to the nation. The -*n nation would not feel the jar any more j)(f than it did when Roosevelt himself , stepped down and out. < a , ( English juries do not have any un- "'j necessary foolishness about convicting ( murderers. The average Englishman Jrecognizes to a greater extent than 1 anybody else on earth, that the true t palladium of his liberty is the jury box : and he will not trifle with this institu- ko tion himself nor allow any one else to trifle with it. If there had been a " | reasonable doubt of Crippen's guilt, he 1 would not have been convicted. If Clara LeXeve is shown to have been j an accessory after the fact, no maud- f 1 in sympathy will interfere with her Jconviction. ^ ? j In Aiken the other day. Judge Mem- Yo minger remarked that the jury box is y the poorest place imaginable to pay ( debts of friendship; by which he meant Kii that it is the duty of the juror to try < to do justice rather than reach conclu- j sions intended to favor friends. His j 1- flint he an- I nonor s remai n. 3u6Sio.o ... predates a deplorable tendency that s many observant people have been no- j ticing for a long time. The juror who ^a allows himself to be influenced by con- i siderations other than the law and the ' evidence is a poor excuse for a man; j but who is going; to deny that there are w. not such. r i ( CRIPPEN MUST HANG. yol } English Judge and Jury Make Short < Shift of American Doctor Murderer. ' London, Oct. 22.?Dr. Hawley Har- , vey Crippen, after a trial extending f over five days, and thirty minutes de- j liberation by the jury was today found guilty of the murder of his wife, j an American woman, known on the ( stage as Belle Elmore. Lord Chief c Justice Alverstone, who presided at 'c the trial, sentenced Crippen to be hanged on November 15. There is, however, the strongest I prejudice in England against execut- the mg a man on purely circumstantial ev< evidence, and an incident at the close to of Crippen's trial has caused the im- am presslon that the jury may have j-ecommended a life sentence. After In Crippen was sentenced to death the ere foreman of the jury handed to the Th lord chief justice a note, after looking .a. ??oi. unl at wnicn inn jusntc "That shall be forwarded to the en( proper quarter." 8U1 "The proper quarter" might mean sta the home secretary, who has jurisdic- ')e tion in such matters. The jurors re- difl fused to discuss the incident. A large crowd awaited the departure of Crippen from New Bailey. There were a few "boos" as he drove away to the Bentonvllle prison, but 1 no other demonstrations. spf The jury was out just thirty mln- j utes. When it returned and announc- vill ed that it had found the defendant j guilty, Lord Chief Justice Alverstone sev asked the physician if he had anything to say. Crippen replied in a ' low voice: "I still protest my innocence." da! The chief justice then pronounced I the sentence of death. ha.' Addressing, the condemned man len Lord Alverstone said: j "You have been convicted on evi- lu deuce which can leave no doubt in ter the mind of any reasonable man that re]j you cruelly murdered your wife, and then mutilated her body. "1 advise you to entertain no hope that you will escape the consequences of your crime. I implore you to make jus your peace with Almighty God." ma As the lord chief justice concluded Jire a policeman stepped forward and in _ the hush that had fallen over the . court room led Crippen from the dock. :?s The trial of Ethel Clare Leneve as an accessory after the fact in the u"' ** **? will Hocrin nn _ * murder 01 Airs. v.hi>iic ?--- T . next Tuesday. . Crippen received the death sen- ' lence with the apparent calmness that ? characterized him throughout the Cu trial. Pr< He appeared rather nervous during mo the juilge's summing up. which was a,lf strongly against him. As Lord Alver- dei stone mercilessly portrayed his char- tae acter as developed during the trial, P'e Crippen twirled his thumbs, re-cross- l,rs ed his legs and occasionally shuffled his feet. However, as soon as the ? charge had been concluded, the pris- nes oner seemed to pull himself togeth- enj er. When the verdict was announc- Lo. ed Crippen did not llinch. Yo: Richard Muir made the closing oth speech for the prosecution. Ho de- Str ciarod that the crown had proved be- the yond a reasonable doubt that the body Th found in the cellar of the Crippen net home was that of the doctor's wife, the No one else, he said, had a chance to ant murder the woman and bury the body def as it was found to have been buried, thi Lord Chief Justice Alverstone im mediately began his summing up of an( the case. for The justice described Crippen as an the extraordinary man whether guilty or shc innocent. If guilty, he had covered the up a ghastly crime in a ghastly way cht and, it was believed, in a most bru- Wit tal and callous manner. If he was me innocent, it was impossible to fathom jn?. his mind, us he was absolutely indif- cor ferent to the charge of murder. He fai had taken no step whatever to prove is his innocence. Crippen, the justice nej declared, undoubtedly was a liar and pul lived an immoral life, but, he added, a j the jury could not convict the de- prr fondant on that score. It must be quite convinced that the human parts js found were from the body of Belle Elmore and that her death was caus- ei)j ed by a wilful act of the prisoner. ))rj The lord chief justice charged the ,m. jury that they must oe convinceu <>i the identification beyond a reasonable ,u doubt. {.CI . m pre Seeds of Militarism.?Compulsory Gaining of schoolboys in rille prac- '^e{ tice and the handling of arms as a Yo preparation for defense of the nation 'r<l in time of war, is advocated by J. K. ('?1 Giltnan, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Hepublic. 'as Commander Gilmer's convictions on this subject are expressed in a letter to Albert S. Jones, secretary of the National Rille Association of America. in response to a request from the cot latter as to what the probable attitude sto of the Grand Army of the Republic Ion would be toward legislation now the pending in congress for the promo- vill lion of rille practice among the civil- I*'1' ians and schools of the country. the Arguing that this country in time the of war must depend on its citizens, and expressing the belief that if the the schoolboys before the civil war had u s, been trained in rille practice the con- I'1' quelle*' of that war would not have 11 nI been so terrible. Commander Gilman fi^t said: >?* "Should the schoolboys of this gen- "l" ' ,1. 1 II!.,.. ,.f to elation III' iruilicu ill lue 11.1 in 111 lis >'< arms ami rille practice, the govern- ,nr lllelit of tile future Would he sure of an army ready and able to meet at- s"< tack from without or revolt from within. For these reasons [ strongly "\ hope that measures may he taken to compel the schoolboys of this g? tier- ' ation ami generations to come to he a,l< trained in rille practice and the haltdling of arms. Such action would. I ua am sure, be welcomed by the tJrand s''1 At my of the Republic, whose com- "" ra les have intimate knowledge of the u'' great losses sustained by them !mi through ignorance ?>f the ituties per- u tainiag to soldiers. ',r' gel ? News and Courier. Friday: Judge jpf Watts yesterday afternoon, before ad- hlc journing the court of common pleas thi for the day. took occasion to remind gin all members of the Charleston bar sta who have cases for trial at the pres- plo cut term of court that their cases me would he non-suited if they failed to the have everything in readiness when 1110 tile ease is called. Tile court yester- ter day made its hist exception to this hlc rule. Judge Watts stilted, am! hereafter attorneys must suffer their cases coil to be non-suited in case they did not ma comply with the rules of the court. pa> tOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTiSEMENTS. ss Hosa Lindsay?Wants a few warders. tuso-U Theatre?Prints its programme for this evening, nton Liind Co., Denton. Ga.?Incites your attention to Jeff Davis lounty, as a desirable place to locate. :hard Carroll. Pres.?Publishes the lates of the Colored State Fair at Columbia. November 7 to 12. S. Price. Plaintiff's Attorney? Publishes summons for relief In he case of Minnie Love, a minor, lirough her guardian against teekford Love and others, uis Roth?Has a lot of new and seasonable groceries, annon & Hope?Say that comfort s equaled by style in every pair of Walk Over shoes. raters' Wholesale Grocery?Prints i letter from F. Armor to Dear Sill relative to rice Hour as a hog 'attener. L. Williams & Co.?With every counter and shelf loaded want you o call and see their goods and hear heir prices. rk Supply Co.?Has shoes for men. vomen and children that look well ind wear well. Building material >f all kinds. -kpatrick-Belk Co.?With a big line >f shoes is ready to fit the feet of nfants, children, men and women n all leathers at all prices. Q. Wray?Offers a job lot of colors for men at f> cents each; wool ihawls at 98 cents each, and has special offerings for Wednesday tnd Thursday. tional Union Bank. Rock Hill? Points out the danger of dependng solely on your salary?it is beter to lay by a fund for future use. [t offers a good place for savings. E. Ferguson?Suggests that you nake your Thanksgiving and Christmas fruit cakes early. He has he ingredients. Phone him. rkville Hardware Co.?Can furnish ,'ou with various sizes of well and litch tiling and also wants to sell rou Iron roofing. rk Furniture Co.?Is showing exra full lines of mattings, rugs, art squares and other floor coverings tnd want to sell you furniture, omson Co.?Presents an Interestng array of underwear, hosiery, lutings, kerseys and jeans, coat sweaters, shawls, and fascinators, oat suits, etc. t is funny the amount of "knocking" local creamery has been getting, >n before it has had an opportunity show what it can and will do; but ong the stockholders are a number good business men, who have faith the enterprise and who say that the amery will be "what we make it." ese have the right view. Of course. creamery is not going to succeed less those interested feed and milk mgh cows to furnish an adequate >ply of milk. Everybody undernds that. But why can't the cows had? We see no reason why this Acuity cannot be obviated, and we ?* ?.111 Iwx ICVt* I? V* 111 l)C IMM laicu. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. A. P. Hammond of Columbia. >nt Sunday in Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Spencer of Yorkle spent Sunday at Glenn Spring's. )r. W. H. Poston of Florence, spent eral days in Yorkville this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Stroup and son, ster Quay of Yorkville, spent Monr in Charlotte. Miss Wilmoth Jackson of Newport, 3 taken charge of the school at Elton in Edgefield county. Mrs. M. W. White and daughter la, are spending the week in Cheswlth Mrs. W. Y. White and other atives. WITHIN THE TOWN. There is more cotton being stored it now than is being put on the rket. This was the opinion ex ssed by the cotton man last week. The opera house was filled again t night on account of St. Elmo, afid i audience was thoroughly pleased :h the play as presented. The next raction to be offered by Manager inson will be a first-class minstrel ?w. Rev. V. H. Wardlaw, missionary to ba, occupied the pulpit of the First ?sbyterian church last Sunday ruing and told a large congregation >ut religious conditions in the island, otir.g himself more especially to priest-ridden condition of the peo. and the general grafting that is icticed by the Roman Catholic rgv. Three of the four handsome busiis rooms of the McNeel building are raged. One is to be occupied by the an and Savings bank, one by the rkville Hardware company and the ler by Mr. J. Q. Wray. Mr. J. ai.oup is expecting to open business in store now occupied by Mr. Wray. ere are rumors about town that a v bank is to be organized to occupy room to l)e vacated by the Loan ] Savings bank; but there is nothing inite to be announced as to this at s time. The flower growers of Yorkville 3 country surrounding are looking ward with pleasant anticipation to eighth annual chrysanthemum >w, to be held in the court house by Floral Society of the Presbyterian jrch next Friday. In connection :h the show, as announced, refreshnts will be served and in the eventhere will be a delightful farce nedy. This occasion has never yet led to prove a big success, and there no reason to look for an exception ct Friday. On the contrary, the blic may consider itself as having! ositive guarantee of a pleasant and jfitable time. The Piedmont Telephone company moving against deadhead users of ' phones. The complaint of the tellone company is that in many cases, vate residence phones are used (re by the neighbors than by the jple who pay rent on them. This telephone people claim gives the ltral office work to do far out r-t (portion to the returns from phone its. The movement against deadid users of the phones was started in rkville only recently. The article m the Cherokee News in another umn gives the result of a visit that mager Ilabington made to Oaffney t week to adjust matters. HOME MADE FERTILIZERS. 'Now that the farmers of York inty have gone a long way toward pping the drain to which they have g subjected themselves in going to west after corn," remarked a York le business man u> wit* reporter jesilay, "the next big saving to which >y should turn their attention is in matter of fertilizers. I do not remember the figures as to amount of commercial fertilizers d in this county, but they go up into hundreds of thousands of dollars less I am mistaken, and it is altolier unnecessary. Don't understand to say that the use of fertilizers is necessary. I have farmed too long he such a fool as that; but what I an to say is that all this outgo for tiliz.cr is unnecessary. The people >uld produce their fertilizers at home thc.v are doing their corn, and some them their wheat and oats. Commercial fertilizers are not ap; but still they are easy to get J there lies the trouble. It is so tv-a-days that many a farmer who nts to plant only a little patch will id to tlie store and buy a sack of umercial fertilizer, rather than rake its equivalent in barn yard manure, ick, trash and other stuff that is go: to waste and which can be had at icticall.v no expense. We did not know it years ago?the icral public did not?because thn urination was not so easily availaand there was not time to read and nk; but now most farmers are betting to understand that by saving bk* manure, rotating their crops, wing intelligently and using proper tins generally, they can build up it* lands at practically no actual ney cost and in a few years get betresults than have ever been possifrom commercial fertilizers. Commercial fertilizers pay, of rsc; but people who will figure the tter out will find that they do not anything like as well as seems to appear without any figuring. The improvement of land by rotation, the sowing and plowing under of cover crops, and intelligent plowing Is always along permanent lines and the farmer who pursues this system finds himself better off each year than he was the year previous. The making of crops by the use of commercial fertilizers aione finds a man each year just where he was the year before, and he must make another heavy outlay for fertilizers before he can hope to make another crop. "It is an expensive and wasteful policy, this depending altogether on commercial fertilizers, and five or ten years of careful attention to the inprovement of lands by common sense, scientific methods would put the country where a man who would buy commercial fertilizers except for a purely temporary experiment, would be regarded as a crank or a fool." THE BOYS' CORN CLUB. All but three or four of the Boys' r'nrn r?1nh orrM hnvp hppn en t an<] the general result so far Is highly satisfactory. On twelve acres so far measured, the total production wa- 6fi9 bushels, or 553 bushels to the acre. Mr. C. J. Hughes, the county demonstration agent has furnished us the figures as to the acres gathered so far a" follows: Ray Bankhead, Sharon, 73 bushels and 6 pounds. Prlnton Arro.vood, Hickory Grove, 55 bushels. Robert Jones, Yorkville, 50 bushels and 6 pounds. Banks Stephenson, Yorkville, 53 bushels and 28 pounds. Lewis Good, Yorkville, 40 bushels and 10 pounds. Ward Mitchell, Rock Hill, 48 bushels and 10 pounds. Paul Anderson, Rock Hill, 66 bushels and 11 pounds. Grier McFadden. Rock Hill, 61 bushels. Lester Zinker, Rock Hill, 46 bushels and 30 lbs. Maldeau Zinker. Rock Hill, 57 bushels and 50 pounds. Willie Good, Sharon, 53 bushels. Clyde Good, Hickory Grove, 65 bushels and 30 pounds. These two did not have a full acre. As has already been stated, the members of the club will meet at Winthrop college next Saturday, make reports as to the cultivation of their respective acres and submit samples of their corn for judgment as to excellence for seed, etc. TUT PDCiMFRV. It is a handsome little plant that the Yorkville Creamery association has to begin operations with on November, complete in every detail and everything first-class. The building is not very large, only about 30x50 feet; but it is constructed of first-class material, well put together and thoroughly adapted to the use for which it is intended. There is a business office, a weighing office, an engine and boiler room, a big refrigerator and a general operating room, as well as a fuel room and a plunder room. The door of the general operating room is of concrete, and slopes to a drainage channel in the centre in such way that it may be quickly and thoroughly cleaned by means of a stream from a hose, the necessary water coming from a bored well, which furnishes an ample supply. The machinery and appliances consist of a 10-horse boiler and engine, a big cream separator, a milk tester, cream and skim milk vats, a churn that will hold in the neighborhood of 200 gallons, and other up-to-date inventions that go to make up the complete modern dairy. The arrangements for handling the milk to be brought by customers is automatic. The customer pours his milk into a large vessel on a finely adjusted pair of scales. After the weighing the milk goes to the separator, from thence the cream into one reservoir and the skim milk to another. The customer, on delivering his milk, is given ai slotted disk of iron with the total number of pounds marked on it, and when this disk is afterward deposited in an automatic delivery box, the skim milk to which he is entitled is poured | out to him in the vessel brought to receive it. The creamery is located in a very sanitary spot on a hillside that affords perfect drainage, and as stated the whole plant is all that could be desired. LOCAL LACONICS. Off For the Circus. When the northbound C. & N.-W. passenger train passed through Yorkville this morning, it carried seven cars, all of which were packed with people going to the Ringling circus at flastonia. Information from Clover was to the effect that 200 tickets had been sold there; but how the people were to get on the train did not appear. Annual Settlement. The annual settlement between Auditor Hunter and Treasurer Neil made last July for the year ending July 1, 1910 was checked over by Auditor D. H. Wise of Aiken last Friday, representing the comptroller general. Auditor Wise took occasion to say that he had checked over scores of settlements between auditors and treasurers but this was one of the most ideal that had yet come under his observation. TT- ??^^ VioolfofInn in qhvine that nc IllttUC ll^r I1COUUV..V.. ... ---?=, the books of Treasurer Neil were the most accurate he had seen anywhere. Close Call For Mr. Babington. Mr. R. B. Babington of Gastonla, general manager of the Piedmont Telephone and Telegraph company, had a close call last week as the result of a severe atack of headache. He had been to Gaffney on business, and returning by way of Blacksburg stopped there for relief from a headache from which he was suffering. A local physician, gave him a hypodermic, and soon after he became unconscious, and remained in a comatose condition for several hours. His life was despaired of; but gradually he recovered and late information is to the effect that he is himself again. Surprise Marriages. Rock Hill Record: Sunday evening. Miss Daisy Plexico. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Plexico. of this city, and Mr. W. C. Parris of the India Hook section, were married at the home of Rev. \V. M. Owings, of the North Rock Hill circuit. They left the house ostensibly to atend church, but returned in a short time and announced that they had been married. Miss Plexico has, for several years held the position of saleslady in the store of A. Friedheim & Bro., was a very popular clerk and made many friends with the people with whom she came in contact. Mr. Farris is a prosperous farmer of the India Hook section, about six miles north of the city. Another surprise of Sunday evening was uiai <u Mamie Garrison, and Mr. \V. D. Dunlap. of Ogden. They called at the home of liev. S. D. Bailey, who tied the knot as they wished. Miss Garrison is a daughter of Mr. J. A. Garrison. and Mr. Dunlap is a well to do farmer of the Ogden section. Mooresboro and Shelby Creameries. Shelby Highlander: The success of tile Mooresboro and Shelby creameries is an inspiration for all who believe in the great principle of cooperation. The Mooresboro creamery has paid out in the las ten months between eleven and fifteen thousand dollars for butter-fat alone, over and above the operating expenses, which were about $200 per month. There are men at Mooresboro who will swear that not over $100 in any one month ever came into the town of Mooresboro for butter prior to the coming of the creamery. The cold ma/.uma is the strongest argument I know for such enterprises as a co-operative creamery. It was argued here and it was recently argued at Yorkville. S. C? by a certain state officer, that such an enterprise would not pay because the community did not have enough cows. Get the cows tirst, they said, and then let the creamery come. Hut it looks like even a half-witted person ought to know that people are not going to buy up great numbers of cows without having first an outlet for the milk and butter which those cows produce. Thanks to lite sterling people of Mooresboro, Shelby, Stanley, Gaffney and Yorkville. they rejected the well-meant advice of these state ofliccrs and went ahead with the creamery proposition. Tn my opinion. these creameries will mean an incalculable good to the southern highlands and make this garden spot of America famous for its butter and milk, to say nothing of the , enormous value to the land from the additional humus, supplied in manure. Let the success of the creameries supply us with arguments in favor of cooperation as applied to other Industries, instead of a dozen men starting small establishments for themselves, which tlounder around in the sea of t llnancial stringency, let them combine I their energies and efforts on som.- < such enterprises as cold-storage plants, < over-all factories and canning fac- > tories?things which this country i greatly needs. Ten little sticks, stand- I ing alone, break easily. Ten little I sticks, united, become a stout club or . an effective "big stick." capable of I great execution. INTERNATIONAL BALLOON RACE. < One Contestant Known to Have Trav- i eled 1,100 Miles. < With the American II, Allan R. ' Hawley, pilot, and Augustus Post, aide, still unaccounted for, the relative positions of the nine other bal- ; loons in the international race which started from St. Louis last Monday, were figured by Lieut. Andrew Drew of the Missouri signal corps, hydrographic expert for the Aero Club of St. Louis last Sunday night. Lieut. Drew gives the distances trav-. . eled by the aeronauts unofficially as follows: Dusseldorf II (German,) Hans Gericke, pilot; S. F. Perkins, aide. Landed at Kisgisink, Quebec, Wednes- , day morning; about 42 hours In air, : nhollt 1 100 miles. Germanla (German.) Hugo von Abrecon, pilot, August Blanckerts, aide, landed at Coocooeach, Quebec, Wednesday morning; about 4 3 hours in air; distance about 1,040 miles. Helvetia (Switzerland,) Theodore Shaeck, pilot, A. A. Armbruster, aide, Landed Ville Marie, Quebec, Wednesday; about 4 6 hours in air; distance about 850 miles. Isle de France (French,) Alfred Le Blanc, pilot, Walter De Mumm, aide, landed at Pogamasing, Ont., at 4 a. m. Wednesday; 34 hours and 36 minutes in air; distance about 725 miles. Asurea (Switzerland,) Emil Measlier. pilot, Leon G. Rariden, aide, landed 32 miles northeast of Biscotasing, Algoma district, Ont., Wednesday morning; about 42 hours in air; distance about 772 miles. Hamburg III (Germany,) Lieut. Vogt, pilot, W. F. Assman, aide, landed in Lake Xipislng, Ont., Tuesday at 9 p. m.; time In air 27 hours and 46 minutes; distance about 750 miles. St. Louis IV (American,) H. E. Honeywell, pilot. J. W. Toland, aide, landed Hillman, Mich., Tuesday night; about 28 hours in air; distance about 550 miles. Condor (France,) Jacques Faure, pilot, E. G. Scholck, aide, landed at Two Rivers,. Wis., Tuesday at 2.00 p. m., 21 hours and 20 minutes in air; distance about 410 miles. Million Club (America,) Louis von Phul, pilot, J. M. O'Reilly, aide, landed near Racine, Wis., Tuesday at 7.25 a. m., In air 14 hours and 32 minutes; distance about 315 miles. MERE-MENTION. Prof. H. C. Carel, or tne university of Minnesota, claims to have discov- j ered a new germicide that is eight ' times as strong as carbolic acid, and 1 is not poison. He calls it benetol.... j Admiral Dewey's old steamer, Zaflro, ' wh'ch carried the coal supply for the 5 America tieet at the battle of Manila ' Bay, has been sold to the Mexican ' government. The vessel was recent- ? ly bought from the American govern- 1 ment for $10,000 Mrs. Lola Ash- 1 ley, of Gadsden, Ala., has got a verdict of $5,000 against K. K. McMa- ' han, who was some time ago sent to 1 the penitentiary for life for the mur- ' der of her husband. McMahan's de- 1 fense at the trial for his life was that j he and Ashley had agreed to commit ' suicide. Ashley had carried out his ' agreement and he had failed to make J good The family of Senator El- ' kins denies that the senator's condi- 1 tlon is as serious as has been report- ( ed Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of j Rhode Island, was painfully injured 1 in New York the other day by being j knocked down by a street car 1 \V. Bourk Cockran, the most noted political change artist In America, J has become an advocate of Roosevelt's 1 new national doctrine... .Two per- ! sons were killed and two ohers were 1 seriously hurt near Glen Hazel Pa., 1 last Wednesday, as the result of the 1 bursting of the tire of an automobile 1 in which they were riding... .Court- J land S. Winn was elected mayor of Atlanta last Friday over Jim Woodward Seventy-five mountaineers j descended on the jail of Nelson county, Va., last Friday ni ;ht and res- 1 cued Jno. Moore who is under sentence of death for murder New Mexi- J co claims about 200 square miles of Texas territory by virtue of what is ' claimed to have been an unauthorized . change in the original boundary line. , ....J. P. Morgan has given $100,000 for the purpose of the world's confer- ; ence for church unity... .Great Brit- , ain, France and Spain have agreed to recognize the new Portuguese renubllc An attempt to assassinate Major General Pino Guerra, commander of the Cuban army, was made Saturday night as he was leaving the presidential palace. He was seriously wounded in the leg George Smithers. a 10-year-old convict, tried to make his escape from a road gang in Coffee county, Ga., Friday, by running off with an automobile. He couldn't manage the car and was thrown into a tree and quickly recaptured John Carlton, his wife Nellie, and son Rupert, were found guilty of second degree murder at Pristol, Tenn., Friday. They were given sentences of fifteen years each. The revenue cutter Forward rescued 54 7 passengers from the French liner Louisiana, which was blown ashore on Sombrero reef during the Cuban hurricane last week. The cutter took off part of the passengers and made a run to Key West and then went back for the remainpr. The crew of ninety-three members and the captain remained on the vessel... .John With row, white, was convicted of the murder of his wife at Rlue Ridge. Ga.. Friday and sentenced to be hanged November 18. .. . Frederick Gebhardt was convicted at Riverhead, N. Y., Friday, of the murder of his wife. Anna Luther, whom he had bigamously married in order to get her savings. He will die in the electric chair Two inches of snow fell over the Panhandle section Tflwo a Thufo/lov nifrht One hundred and twenty-six cases for divorce are on the docket of the superior court of Bibb county, Oa Mayor Oaynor of New York has removed Police Commissioner Baker and appointed Jas. C. Cropsey, following charges that vice is rampant in the city Frost was reported in nearly all of the cotton states last Saturday; but it did not do much damage. Birmingham, Ala., had a chance last Saturday for a 400,000 ton order for coal from New Orleans: but was unable to accept, because it was impossible to get the cars with which to handle the business Col. George Goethals, chairman of the isthmian canal commission, left New Orleans last Saturday for Panama. He is sure that the canal will be finished on schedule time, by 1015 It is believed in New Orleans that the Crown Prince and the Bluefield, two vessels plying between New Orleans and Central and South America ports, were sunk in the Yucatan channel during the recent hurricane. They had 04 people aboard The Florida East Coast railroad has announced that all storm damage south of Key West has been repaired William J. Bryan is speaking in the Sixth Illinois district against the re-election of Speaker Cannon. To defeat Mr. Cannon, Mr. William L. Condiff, the Democratic candidate, will have to overcome a Republican majority of 10,000. ? The officers of the South Carolina National Guard arc working up a programme to ask the general assembly for an appropriation of $10,000 to be used for paying the miliMamen for attending drills. The idea is to pay each private 50 cents a day. and the officers, of course, on the basis of the pay of their respective ranks. ? The auditor's abstract for Orangeburg county shows an increase of $ 1.1 21.Owl as compared with that of last j t year. ?s HICKORY GROVE NOTES. Death of Mrs. C. S. Moorhead?Negro Badly Injured by Freight Train? District No. 38 Considers Consolidation?Personal Mention. 'ill* Yorkvillt: i.nqulier Hickory Grove, October 25:?Quite i gloom was cast over Hickory Grove ast .sunday morning when news of the leath ot Mrs. G. ft. Aloorehead was circulated. fthe passed away last Saturday night, October 22, at live minutes of twelve. Mrs. Moorhead had been sick for some weens, dui tier death was unexpected by many. Dr. Leech sustained hope until last night, when she had a very severe hemorrhage, he then saw that there was no chance for her recovery. Her mother was ut her bedside when she expired. Mrs. Moorhead lived an exemplary Christian life and was a tailluui worker both in the church and Sunday school. She leaves a host at sorrowing friends, and the sympathy of this town goes out to the bereaved husband. Mr. and Mrs. Moorehead moved here about eighteen i'ears ago, when he engaged in the mercantile business, and has made tuite success of the same. Freight train No. 66 found John Wright, colored, in a ditch near the railroad crossing Saturday morning, In an unconscious condition. It is he opinion of the agent, that he at:empted to swing passenger train No. 15 going west and was thrown. Dr. flood was immediately called and has not been able to llnd any serious injury. The only injury he has found s a dislocated shoulder and collar none. He is in an unconscious state, and it it evident from his heavy breathing and struggling, that he has <ustained internal injuries. However, to fault is attributed to the railroad rew of train No. 35, for if the train tiad struck him running at the rate it is lsually running by the time it reaches he point where the negro was found, t would have completely annihilated fiim. The agent says that Wright's sister left on the train and that he attempted to swing at the crossing which resulted in his injuries. Mr. Calvin Wylie is sick with pleurisy. However, the doctor says he s not serious. Mrs. Whittaker has just returned from Newberry, where she has been risking her children. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Smith are visitng friends at Yorkville. Miss Cleo Lesslie and Mrs. John Leech spent Thursday in Yorkville. Miss Ida Scogglns of Yorkville is visiting her brother, Mr. K. L. Scoggins here. ??i? r All.. IA/ Ruutioll who is SU iYlISS licua * * . pervlsor of the York -ctmuty rural schools, and also superintendent-^ the fourth and fifth grades at Wlntnvop college, spent Friday, Oct. 21st in the Hickory Grove school. She was hlghy pleased with the outlook for a successful year. That she is highly pleased with its work is substantiated by the following statement given :o the correspondent of the Enquirer, vhen asked for her views in regard :o the school: "The school is well situated and can be easily made very attractive ooth on the interior and the exterior, i If an improvement association could )e formed among the ladies of the town to work for the betterment of! the schools, sufficient funds could easly be raised to tint the walls, put good pictures in the rooms, and add I to the library that has already been started. The school alms at the highest development of mind and character, and all that can be done along he lines Indicated above would appeal to the finer nature of the boys tnd girls and do much to make them I oetter men and women. The teachers here are deeply interested In their work and are ready to do all in their power for the advancement of their pupils. They hope to introduce the ttudy of elementary agriculture into the schools and have a school garden luring this session. About one-half he children attending this school are the sons and daughters of "farmers, ind since this is fast becoming an age of scientific agricultural work throughout the country these teachers believe n helping the children to take their places on the farm: In other words let them toddle into farming." On the evening of October 19th, Miss Leila A. Russell, county supervisor of rural schools, met with the patrons in listrict No. 38, at the Hopewell school house to discuss the motion ot consolidation of the two schools In that district. The interest of the patrons was ittested by the large attendance, also the trustees were present. She talked to them on the need of a new school building, and improvements of the grounds, showing the influence of attractive surroundings of the child; urging therefore that money invested, thus brought good dividends. Then she discussed the subject of common and local tax. She emphasized the importance of capable and conscientious teachers. After she had finished, she left the subject open for discussion, which resulted in a unanimous agreement to consolidate. The whole matter will now be put up to the county board of education. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The board of trustees of the postal savings bank system has selected N'ewberry as one of the second class post offices at which a trial of the system will bo made. ? Columbia State, Sunday: Solicitor Cobb has requested Gov. Ansel to jrder a special term of court for the trial of Ed. Byrd, alias Minus Highower, alias Moss Hightop, who is low under arrest for criminal assault in a woman in the northwestern secion of Columbia. Solicitor Cobb asks that the date for the trial be fixed for November 21. His reasons for this ire that there will be u term of court n Kershaw until that date and that under the law a certain length of :ime should be allowed the defendant. ? Lancaster, October 21: In the :ourt of common pleas today, John ?. Hunter was awarded damages in he sum of $500 against the Southern CS..U "'no Krnii ch t ailway company, nun u.vUC... in account of defendant company reusing to allow plaintiff to ride on one if its trains without payment of exra fare. P'aintiff had purchased a hrough ticket from Chester, Pa., to Lancaster, and was told he could go tralght through without stop. On irrival at Washington plaintiff atempted to board No. 37. but was told it* would have to pay extra on ac ount of No. 37 being a vestibuled rain. Plaintiff being accompanied iy a negro prisoner, refused to pay his extra fare and spent the night in he station at Washington. Amount if damages asked was $2,000. The ury. after being out live hours, irought in a verdict for $500. Plainiff was represented by J. Harry Poser. Kstp, and defendant by McDontlil McDonald. ? Chester Reporter, Thursday: While there are several other more >r less important cases to be tried at he approaching term of court for 'hester county interest centers prin ipally around the state dispensary rraft cases which are set for this erm and which, it is said, will surely >e tried. The three defendants to be . ,, T rifu an* n. l?.-c duiui.,?uo t. C.; John Black and Jodie M. Kawinson of Columbia. The former was i liquor drummer in the halcyon lays of the dispensary, and the latter wo were members of the last state loard of control. Hie three will be ried on the "conspiracy" indictment, 'olicitor Henry stated this morning hat tile state dispensary cases will robably come up the latter part of he iirst week of court or the first part >f the second week. Mr. Solomons vas in the city Tuesday, and while iere retained Gaston & Hamilton for lis defense. He also has other promnent counsel who will take part in he effort to acquit him. Major John 'lack has retained Mr. Jno. M. Wise s local counsel. Mr. Wise will also e associated with out-of-town counel in the- conduct of Major Black's ase. Mr. Rawlinson has also retaind Messrs. Gaston & Hamilton for his efense. Attorney General J. Fraser ..yon is expected to bo on hand and ill have the direct management of lie state's end of the case. He will e assisted by Solicitor J. K. Henry. I<?n. B. I,. Abney of Columbia, Hon. t'. F. Stevenson of Choraw and othr prominent lawyers. The cases, un*ss there is some unexpected legal clay resulting in their postponement, Itould furnish one of the greatest le from a person riding or driving a restive horse or horses bring such motor immediately to a stop if necessary, having due regard for the safety of persons, vehicles and animals, and if travelling in opposite directions remain stationary so long as may be reasonable to allow such horses or animals to pass." There is a proviso in the section also that if the horse is badly frightened the motor must be stopped. In Interpreting this section the court, opinion by Ira B .Jones, chief justice, holds that it is not always necessary to stop an automobile when an animal is frightened by it. In sustaining a verdct of $1,000 for damages on account of a collision in which a horse and buggy on one side and an automobile on the other figured, the supreme court enunciates some principles of law relative to the public highways that will be of great interest to automobilists throughout the state. Benjamin P. Gue and Durham S. Wilson, both of the county of Orangeburg, were plaintiff and defendant, respectively in the case. Gue claimed that on July 5, 1909, he was travelling over Edisto river, in his buggy when he met Durham coming from the opposite direction in an automobile. That the machine in which Durham sat was remaining still at one end of the bridge until Gue approached, when the machine was started and the noise frightened the horse the plaintiff was driving. As a result of this, that the horse ran away, causing a collision with the automobile, throwing the plaintiff out, Injuring him and breaking up the buggy. The circuit court returned a verdict for Gue for $1,000. The supreme court afilrms this verdict. The most Important statement made by Chief Justice Jones with regard to automobiles is as follows: "We are I not prepared to adopt as correct the 1 m * * ?- ?* ? - ? IrttH tkaf statement 01 me cununun m.** uwi the driver of an automobile must stop if it can be discovered by ordl nary foresight that an animal has become frightened, for there may be circumstances wherein upon discovery the most prudent thing to do may be to get by with the automobile as quickly as possible so as to remove the cause of the accident. The true rule is that the driver must exercise the care which ordinary prudence requires under the circumstances and this, as stated, was the general nature of the charge (of the presiding Judge,) which, as we construe it, does not impose the absolute duty to stop on discovery that a horse is frightened, but to stop if ordinary prudence [requires it." ? J. W. P. Harmon, field agent of the department of agriculture, has arrived in Aiken to make his headquarters there. Mr. Harmon will be located at Hitchcock's farm, near Aiken. He will visit any of the farmers of the county who may desire his services and advice. Mr. Harmon will make regular reports of his work to Ira W. Williams, under whose direction he is working, and to Dr. S. A. Knapp, at Washington. Mr. Harmon states that his plan will be to induce every farmer to plant one * ' J 1 4 * aAlAnH#. acre or lanu, anu cuiuvuic it kicuuiIcal'y, under his direction and advice, thus familiarizing themselves with the methods of his department. He will make regular visits and be of any service that he i an. In addition to this, he will make regular visits to any community where his services are wanted. He will also assist Miss Cromer with her tomato club, and Mr. Seigler with his corn clubs. All communications should be adressed to Mr. Harmon at Aiken. AT THE CHURCHES. ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. There will be prayer meeting on Wednesday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. PRESBYTERIAN. There will be prayer meeting on Wednesday evening at 7.30 o'clock. Special Jtotires. Communion at Mt. Vernon. Communion service will be held at Mt. Vernon church on Sunday, October 30. It Oyster Supper at Hickory Grove. There will be an oyster supper in the W. O. W. hall on the evening of October 29th, given by the school. The proceeds will be given to the school library. The public is invited to come. Dr. Griffith Will be Here on 26 and 27. Dr. Griffith will meet all Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat patients at tne snandon Hotel, Yorkville, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 26th and 27th instant. f.t 2t The Mutual Life of New York Is recognized as one of the leading dividend paying insurance companies In the State, and they desire a firstclass agent for Yorkville and vicinity. District will be offered to right man. Write F. H. Hyatt, Manager, Columbia, S. C. It Prizes For Chrysanthemum Show. Following is the list of prizes that will be awarded at the annual Chrysanthemum show of the Floral Society of the Presbyterian church: First collection of chrysanthemums? 10 varieties?$2.50. Second collection of chrysanthemums ?10 varieties?cut glass bowl. Five best white crysan them urns? brass jardiniere. Five best yellow chrysanthemums? six etched glass finger bowls. Five best cream chrysanthemums ? water color picture. Five best red chrysanthemums?linen scarf (drawnwork >. Five best pink chrysanthemums? fern dish. Five best bronze chrysanthemums? fruit plates. Pest single bloom chrysanthemum? one-half dozen dessert plates. Pest single rose?crystal vase. Best collection of roses?basket. Pest collection potted plants?cut glass creamer and sugar. Pest maiden hair fern?pitcher. Pest fern, other than maiden hair? china platter. Pest potted plant?one-half dozen linen handkerchiefs . Mrs. B. X. Moore, Pres. K!il battles ever held In a South Carolina court room. ?-Spartanburg, October 21: The work of measuring the yield of corn made by tlie dynamite farmer, J. H. Caldwell, has been finished but this man will not give the amount of tht yield as he intends to enter in the state contest and does not want the citizens at large to know what he has up his sleeve. However, in discussing the matter this morning, parties who are in a position to know said that it could be estimated from facts already given out that he would make about 150 pounds of corn in each row. This was the average of the four rows that were measured and weighed. - - ~-.l It Ikn nnrn it. i ncre are ? i rows ami > mc wi.< ... the four rows which was measured is a good average, he will make or has made 6,14 4 pounds on the single acre. At 70 pounds to the bushel this would amount to 98 and a small fraction bushels which is a remarkably good yield for corn In this country. The entire chy and county as well as the state and neighboring states are interested In knowing the outcome of the unique experiment made by Mr. Caldwell and the matter is being discussed by a great many people In the city. When seen this morning by a reporter, both Mr. Nichols and Mr. Wood the committee who measured the corn, positively refused to state the result of their measurements and weights because Mr. Caldwell had requested them noi to do so. So the information as given" above is Indirect but it is thought to be almost accurate. ? Columbia, October 21: The supreme court of .South Carolina has taken judicial notice of the conflict that has been waged between plaln-oldhorse-drivers and automobilists since the advent of the motor vehicles. The notice comes in the shape of a decision handed down in an Orangeburg case. The supreme court especially calls attention to the following statute, which is the law in this state as to the rights of persons on a public highway: "A person operating a motor vehicle shall at the request or unnn uitrtini hv nuttinir ud the hand