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? 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
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CRIPPEN MUST HANG. yol
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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