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Straps and /acts. ? Alexander Stevenson anil Will Long, negro laborers at a Charlotte cotton oil plant, were smothered to death Wednesday afternoon under a quantity of cotton seed. The men were engaged in shoveling the seed from a large pile into a funnel that forced the matter into the oil mill. Without warning the bank of seed on each side, reaching a height of about fifteen feet, began caving in. burying the men before they could be saved. Hands were at once dispatched in the work of rescue, but when the men were tnken from the heap, life was extinct and medical efforts proved futile. ? Newark. X. J.. November 17: An armed man was seized in Judge Teneyck's court today when he interrupted the hearing that is to determine the sanity of Mrs. Caroline R Martin and whether she shall be tried for the murder of her daughter, Mrs. Ocey Snead, the east Orange bath tub victim. The man leaped to his feet crying: "Delay in this case is a shame." Court attendants seized him and found a 4 4-calibre revolver on him. He said his name was Oliver H. Matthews, age 70, and was from the south. It was subsequently learned that he had been confined in an asylum for the insane. Mrs. Martin was called on the stand. Reporters were barred from the court room. ? In the criminal court at Nashville, Tenn., last Tuesday morning. Robin J. Cooper, charged with the murder of former U. S. Senator Edward W. Carmack, on November 5. 1908, was given a verdict of not guilty. This was on the recommendation of Attorney 'General Anderson, who advised the court that he desired to make such disposition of the case. Robin Cooper, It will be remembered, was convicted along with his father of the murder of Carmack. The supreme court affirmed the court below in the case of the father and reversed the lower court in ->? T3o _ the case or tne son. ugvcmvi * ?*.. terson pardoned the elder Cooper before the court concluded the reading: of its decision. Young Cooper having been turned loose, the murder of Carmack goes unpunished so far as the operation of the law is concerned. ? New York. November 17: Thirtyfour years after a suit was begun against the Mutual Life Insurance company a verdict was rendered here by a jury in the supreme court. Oscar Adler, a glove manufacturer, who had insured his life for $5,000. died in 1876, but the company refused to pay the policies to Adolph and Daniel Goldschmidt and David Pacarach. the beneficiaries, contending that Adler committed suicide. The beneficiaries sued and twice their complaint was dismissed, but each time they appealed and obtained a new trial. On the third trial the insurance company lost, and this time it appealed. The case was sent back once more for a new trial, which resulted in a verdict against the company, which was ordered to pay tlf.,050, the amount of the policy with interest. , ? H. H. Rogers, son of the late Standard Oil financier, whose hobby is the study of military affairs, has just returned to New York from a long trip of observation in the army centers of France and Germany. He brought home with him the unpleasant prediction that Japan will provoke a war with the United States some time before the Panama canal is opened for business. This is not only the belief of Mr. Rogers, but the concensus of opinion, he says, of the military men whom he met during his visit of seven months abroad. Mr. Rogers is a captain in the Twenty-second regiment of the National Guard of New York, and a military enthusiast. While abroad he talked with officers from the lowest ranks to the highest and found them all of the belief that the United States would be dragged into a war with Japan by Japan, and that the United States would be badly beaten in the fight. Summing up what he had gleaned abroad. Mr. Rogers says: "They have a high regard in Europe for the strength and the clever fighting ability of our navy, and so have the Japanese, but they look upon our army as a joke." ? An unusual reward for heroism is to be given to a young American girl by the Russian government. Miss Violet Halls, a New York actress who recently has been playing in St. Petersburg with English musical comedy companies, was strolling along the banks of the River Neva a few days ago. when she heard a cry for help. " * ahrmt and in nUKMttll. r-lir lumvu --- saw a young man. who had evidently fallen from a parapet, struggling in the water. Miss Halls, an expert swimmer, immediately saw that the youth was helpless. She tossed off her fur coat and dived into the chilly river. She reached the young man and after a struggle that lasted several minutes managed to get him to a dock, to which she clung until others pulled both to land. The rescued youth proved to be the only son of Count Vladimir Rosanova. who is a prominent figure at the Russian court. Count Rosanova. when his son. watersoaked but safe, was brought to him, insisted upon making a personal appeal to the czar and having Miss Halls made a countess. She will be give'i a Russian name for the purpose, and will receive her title by an elaborate legal ceremony within a few days. ? Washington, November 15: The next step which the United States navy will take in its study of airships to determine the extent of their practical value from the standpoint of war will be to test the possibility of an aerial craft landing on a warship. This was indicated by officials of the navy department today who are convinced as a result of Aviator Ely's flight from the deck of the scout cruiser Birmingham that the airship could play an Important part in the naval warfare of the future. Officers of the navy generally believe that its principal usefulness to a fleet in time of war will be for scout duty. The question of landing an airship on a vessel presents many difficulties. Some experts believe that a net could be constructed to receive the airship and p>rotect it from turrets and other obstacles. while others believe it will be necessary to equip the machine with pontoons so that they may descend In the water beside the war vessel. The department, it is said, undoubtedly will acquire a few machines in the not distant future. It was declared by an official today, however, that the time had not yet come to outfit the navy with airships because aeronautics had not reached a stage of perfection. ? J. Ogden Armour, head of Armour & Company, said last Tuesday that the whole tendency in the prices of live stock was lower. He also declared that the descent would be gradual and warned the public from accepting too hastily the belief that a drop from the highest to the lowest prices was due. "Generally speaking," said Mr. Armour, "prices are lower and I believe that they are working towards a still lower level. The present situation is the result of the enormous corn crop and of previous high prices that stimulated everybody to raise live siock. i ne i>ui?nv i-> iting the benefit of present conditions and should get further benefit as the increased supply of live stock reaches the market." He said that the recent high price of meats and packing house products has been due to conditions that developed from a scarcity and a high price for corn, which is the basis of the supply of live stock. A bumper corn crop and unusually heavy receipts of cattle and pork at he stock yards are given by Chicago dealers as the causes of the general decline of foodstuffs over the country. A decline in prices at the stock yards was followed by a reduction of fresh meats and staples. Commission men here today predicted lower prices still on everything except eggs, which are high and going higher. ? The so-called reduction in the price of meats is a deliberate manipulation of the market, according to Dr. Harvey \V. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry of the department of agriculture, in a statement made last Wednesday. "The interests which manipulated the prices upward," said Dr. Wiley, "temporarily have released their hold on our throats for the purpose of getting a fresh grip. The socalled reduction in meats is fictitious. The "manipulation was deliberate, just as the increase in prices was unjust, unreasonable and uncalled for by conditions prevailing throughout the country. The prices were fictitious at the top notch because they were forced there arbitrarily by the interests. Developments will show that the interests are after some one. It may be some independent movement they hope to drive from cover." Secretary Wilson said today that the announced reduction in prices was abnormal. He said it was due to the fact that the drought in the cattle raising country had increased the cost of hay. The farmer with cattle on his hands must pay $35 a ton for his hay and rather than do this he was sending the cattle and sheep to market. This accounted for the sudden decrease in price, he said. "This tumble is not all normal and will not all be permanent." declared Secretary Wilson, "but the plentiful corn crop will enable the farmers to feed freely and we should be at a lower level of prices.. Lower prices are certain to come, because mere is no agreement to fix prices, no combination between the farmer and consumer." <Thr \lorkrillr inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.: FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 18, 1910. That was a bra^ e charge the Columbia papers made on the militia; but it does not appear that they succeeded in uncovering the enemy. There is to be an election in Oconee county next Tuesday, that will decide whether the territory in which Clemson college is located shall be annexed to Anderson county. Hon. Champ Clark, the next speaker to be, is being besieged by a hungry horde of pie hunters, and they will soon have him as unpopular as was Joe Cannon. But after all, all the best argument is not in.favor of two parti-9. When partisanship is running high, it is often the case that the most arrant knaves get the enthusiastic support of honest men. Three Georgia negroes convicted of murder have been granted a new trial, because the trial judge failed to include in his charge to the jury that tried them, a dozen words on circumstantial evidence. The Columbia State is at a loss to understand why prosecuting witnesses should be subjected to such fearful abuse at the hands of defendant's attorneys. The matter is really important and should be looked into. And York county polled less than 600 votes, where she could have polled over 4,000 if there had been a fight on. Strange to say, too, most of those 600 odd votes that were polled, were polled by people who took but little interest in the primary. A people who will allow their laws to be trampled under foot, do not deserve anything except to be imposed upon. The man who has knowledge of delib1 erate violation of the law and keeps that knowledge to himself, is no better than the man who is trampling the law under foot. We have never preached the "hack to the farm" propaganda, for the reason that we do not believe in it. People should work wherever they can work best, and there is no more room for loafers and incompetents on the farm than there is in the towns. The best slogan for all is. "get busy." An exchange quotes The Enquirer as favoring the appointment of Mr. Cansler for railroad commissioner. The Enquirer has not expressed itself in favor of anybody. It merely gave an opinion to the effect that by reason of .the votes he has received in the Democratic primary election, Mr. Cansler has the most logical claim on the posi tion. A New Orleans dispatch quotes Frank R Hayne as saying that he is 1 as much of a bull as ever, and express, ing the opinion that cotton prices are going to be still higher. There is no ! question of the fact that Hayne is the ' most reliable authority in the world , on cotton prices: but it should not be forgotten that he is often misquoted. The probability, we think, however, is 'hit tVio disnatrh here referred to is authentic. Mr. R. L. Abney is associated with Attorney General Lyon in the prosecu. tion of the case against Huh Evans, I and opposed to him in the merger suit case. The two cases are set for the same week, one in Newberry and the other in Richland: but how the thing is going to be managed has not yet de veloped. It would seem that under the circumstances, the attorneys might easily arrange matters so as to get both cases tried without serious contlict as to dates. A five-dollar note of the National Bank of Honolulu, Hawaii, made its way to this office somehow last week, and although it has since gotten into circulation again, it had the effect of whetting our desire to take in a $1,000 note of the National Bank of Manila, along with one of the same denomina; tion of the National Bank of Police, Porto Rico. We are prepared to give assurance that in the event the bills referred to come this way, they will i not be kept out of circulation long enough to embarrass the financial situation. The window glass trust, which was recently fined pretty heavily under the Sherman law, has served notice on its employes that unless they submit to a reduction of 30 per cent in wages, all the plants of the trust will have to shut down. The department of justice, of which Attorney General Wickersham is the head takes this to mean that tlie trust is merely seeking to J make its employes pay the fine imposi ed, and has given out a statement to the effect that in case of convictions hereafter, there will be a demand for the imprisonment of responsible trust officers. Agricultural Machinery. While it is a fact that many farmers throughout this section are giving more or less intelligent attention to the subject of improved agricultural machinery, this attention is not as general as it might be. One of the complaints made by people, who would excuse themselves for not making investments that they feel that they ought to make, is that they cannot get the negro to operate the machinery properly and another is that our country is not suitable for such machinery. Still another is doubt as to whether certain machinery is practicable. Begging pardon for volunteering personal testimony, we will say that The Yorkville Enquirer establishment has naa quite an extensive experience m the matter of machinery. Looking back on the equipment of the plant fifty years ago, we do not hesitate tc say that eight people regularly employed in the office today can turn out as much work as could fifty with the old time facilities, and the increased capacity is due to better machinery more than to anything else. There is a machine In this office by the use of which one man can and does do as much work as six men used to do by hand, and much better. This machine is a very complicated affair and when first installed gave us mors or less trouble. We were more or less apprehensive of its going down on us at any time. It never gives us any trouble now. There has been no change in the machine. The change has beer in the men in charge of it. They know how to work it better. At different times we have purchased machines that were guaranteed to produce certain marvelous results When the machines were first received, we were skeptical; but in the course of time, we were convinced. We learned that it was a matter of knowing how to manage the machine. It is a rare thing that a manufacturer attempts to put on the market a machine that is not fully capable ol doing all that he claims for it. Sucf machines do not last long. The average negro can be taught tc operate any machine used in agricultural work. It is only a matter of labor and patience in teaching him, and any man of reasonable intelligence car do more work with proper machinery than with his muscle alone. We have lands that are not level; but in nine cases out of ten where the lands are not adapted to the machine the machine can be adapted to the land. With proper machinery, such machinery as is available, almost any farmer can do two or three times the work he is now doing and at less cost Manv a farmer stands in the way ol his own progress and profit by failing to buy implements that enable him tc do more work in a better manner with less effort and less expense. Of course we are not to he understood as recommending farmers tc purchase all the machinery there if without sense or reason; but we will call attention to the fact that improved machinery has played a much larger part in the general advance thai has been made in agricultural resultf than it commonly gets credit for, anc the subject is worthy of close and careful consideration. Twenty Years Ago and Now. The statement published in the lasi issue of The Enquirer, showing thai the total amount of taxes collected from the people of York county is three times as great now as it was twent> years ago, is suggestive of a good man> things, and not the least of them is the tremendous growth and progress of York county during the period included. Considering the growth of the county within the past twenty years, probably $181,000 is not a very heavy ta> to pay, compared with the $51,000 thai was paid then. Honestly and truly, w< don't think there is anything alarming in the figures. The ugliest thing aboul it all, is the doubling of the levy. Ii would seem that with such a tremendous increase in wealth as is indicated the levy might have been held at th< same thing. But if we are honesl about this, we will simply have to confess that we have not been honest wit! the tax collector. Instead of dealing frankly with him as to valuations, w< have tried to deceive him as to values, and he has gotten behind us by increasing the levy. But after all, w< are getting about the same proportior of values out of the $181,000 that w< used to get out of the $51,000, maybe t much larger proportion. The best service of these comparative figures, is to show us how we hav< grown. Even as far back as twenty years York used to be spoken of as a greal and rich county. It is a fact that sh< was great and rich, comparativelj speaking: but just think what a poor measly little county York was then, it the light of conditions as they exlsl today. Twenty years ago York dependec solely on agriculture, or so nearly sc that such few additional sources of income as she had did not amount to t great deal. There were only two cottor mills in the county and these two wen at Rock Hill. One had been in opera tion for several years and tne otnei was just being completed. Both wer< experiments and neither seemed tc promise a great deal. Now there ar< fourteen cotton mills in different parti of the county, and although altogethei they probably do as much business a: the whole county did twenty yean ago. theirs is but a fraction of the total business that is being done today. The principal business of the countj twenty years ago was farming, anc farming is the principal business of th( county now. But twenty years ago tht farmers knew almost nothing as comu'ftVi u-hot thov IrnAiv now Thor labor was so plentiful and cheap thai it was really a problem as to how il could be fed. It was only during: a shorl while at gathering time that all the available labor could be employed. Bui the reason of this was largely a matter of the incapacity of those who made it their business to direct labor. Now there is no such surplus of labor as there was then. Those who make il their business to direct labor have developed to a point where the> are abb to use all that is available, and twics as much more to good advantage. Twenty years ago, a two-horse plow was a rare thing, and there were not as many as a dozen disk harrows in Yorl county. There was not a single <1 isb plow in use. There were no grair drills and no harvesters. All thess things were looked upon as experiments upon which no sensible man should waste his time. Not one farmer in twenty made enough corn to feed his own stock. Nineteen out of twenty bought their corn from the west, and also practically all of their meat. Nowa-days the farmer who has two mules and no disk harrow feels himself at a , serious disadvantage, and improved plows have grown so common as to i be the rule rather than the exception. The man who tries to farm on western porn is looked unon as being in need of a guardian. I But as much progress as York county has made in the last twenty years, the progress of the future is far more ; promising. Our farmers, our manufaci turers, our merchants, our hankers are i only beginning to learn how to do things. The leaders in all lines are ten-fold more experienced and more efficient than they were twenty years . ago, and there has never been a time in i the history of the country when they i had more confidence in the future, r The county is growing at a rate that : few people have any appreciation of, i and those who have failed to wake up to the fact are in serious danger of : being lost in the shuffle. I MERE-MENTION. The audit of Joseph C. Sibley's election account has been postponed till ' May, the postponement being because I of Mr. Sibley's physical condition I The foundation has been laid in New i York for a building ihat is to be forty , stories high. When completed the > building will be thirteen feet higher i than the Singer building Rev. F. i S. A. Johnson disguised himself in the r uniform of a United States sailor at , Seattle, Wash., the other day and bought whisky and beer from illegal 1 dealers for the purpose of getting evi' dence It is thought that Govern * * Cwvlt Vi f f*?Ar\rorl o rnov or-eieti nunv oiiinu ui be a candidate for United States senator to succeed Clay....The Oklahoma I supreme court has nullified the recently voted amendment to the constitution providing for the removal of the capital from Guthrie to Oklahoma City, on the ground of irregularity in the ballot voted Governor Comer of , Alabama, a few days ago visited the ' saloons of Montgomery and finding beer and whisky being sold in violation of the law, ordered raids which ret suited in the seizure of $35,000 worth . of liquors Dennis Polk, a negro, was shot down and fatally wounded by a posse at Biloxi, Miss., last Tuesday, while resisting arrest for shooting his , father-in-law Col. Goethals, in charge of the Panama canal work, has advised President Taft that the canal will be completed by January 1, 1913, I and within the $385,000,000 already appropriated by congress William 1 Martin, aged 80 years, and the oldest surviving member of the jury that convicted John Brown of treason at Harper's Ferry before the civil war, was married to Mrs. Bettie Ferguson ! last Tuesday at Legato, Fairfax coun, ty, Va. The bride is her husband's , senior by one year A pair of horses that took the blue ribbon at the New York horse show Thursday, was sold by E. T. Statesbury to Walter Winans for $25,000 At a dinner given in , his honor by the people of Panama last Wednesday, President Taft took occa sion to make it very clear that the ' United States does not desire to ab, sorb the little republic and will not do so Hugh T. Inman, the well' known financial magnate of Atlanta, To of Tnoorlot- In O KptV Vftrk SflTli ? Uicu laoi i uvouaj II* U .. tarium, where he had gone to be treated for a nervous break down It is stated that in his next message, Pres' ident Taft will ask congress for an api propriation of $2,000,000 with which to I fortify the Panama canal The number of applications that have so far been made to see the Yale-Hari vard football game on Thanksgiving t day, aggregates 50,000 John Gar, a New. Yorker, swam the East river Wednesday, to pay an election bet. He ' had believed that Stlmson would be elected The Japanese vice consul at Honolulu, was denied admission to membership in the Young Men's Christion association at Honolulu the other day, because the American board of directors feared that Japanese incomt patibility might militate against the t usefulness of the organization... .The governor of Louislna has called an ' extra session of the legislature to elect ; a successor to the late Senator McEnr ery The population of Salt Lake City, Utah, according to the last census, is 96,815, an increase of 39 per ' cent The exports of the United 5 states last year were $75,000,000 in excess of imports Augusta, Ga., has 1,615 less population than ten years ago. The population of the city ac cording to the census just taken is . 37,826 The Iowa supreme court holds that the weight of a container of ' a commodity must be included in the t weight of the commodity at the same j price. A man who bought three pounds r of lard and found the can weighed in, ' sued for short weight and lost by the t decision Count Leo Tolstoi, the t Russian novelist and philanthropist, is . seriously ill The population of Maine is 742,371, an increase of 47,905 since 1900 The entire stock of the - big English woolen firm of Joseph t Brooke & Co., of New York, was seized by the customs officials a few days ago in an effort to recover damages claim1 ed in the sum of $200,000 for alleged ; customs frauds. The house is a branch > of the main establishment in England, and has been doing business in New York for twenty-five years Yegg" men got $1,000 in money and stamps ; from the postoffice at Anniston, Ala., , last Wednesday night It is officially announced that King George and i Queen Mary are to hold a coronation t durbar at Delhi, India, on January 1, 1912 The big suit against the Standard Oil company in the United States court at Jackson, Tenn., has fallen to ! the gfound, because of the complete failure of the government to prove any part of the charges it has made as to ' violation of the Sherman anti-trust 1 law. Trouble Ahead for Peary.?Professor Andreas Galle. the German astronot mer who has achieved considerable t fame, declares that when he gets kf/Mio-h u-UK Pnmmnnrlpr Pp.q rv whn has been honored the world over as 1 the discoverer of the North Pole, he > will look no better than his despised rival Doctor Cook. A Berlin dispatch says Professor 1 Galle has for many months been sub1 mitting Peary's "proofs" to a very ? critical examination. The professor asserts that Peary until now has given absolutely no scientific proof of hav" ing ever been near the North Pole, ; but on the other side has made several assertions which tend to show that he has never been there. 1 The so-called "proofs" published 3 by Peary, are of no scientific value , whatever, no more so than Dr. Cook's, said Professor Galle, and at i the same time he added that Peary s did not even possess the instruments . necessary to find out where he was at any certain time during his trip. Furthermore. the professor said, Peary would not have known how 1 to use the instruments if he had them. ; Nothing in Peary's own reports show how he knew that he was traveling ' straight north during the latter part of his trip. The only way to make i sure of this was by using theodoliths ^ and observations of the stars, but Peary has done neither, t In a very short time. Professor t Galle will publish his criticism in the ; "Deutsche Revue," the well known ' German monthly, but at present he asserts that nobody is entitled to make the statement that he has reach> ed the North Pole unless he is able . to prove this by observations that will stand the test of science, and there ' is nothing, absolutely nothing sclent titic in the observations made by . Peary.?Greenville News. Is Indecent and Cowardly.?Why should a. judge sit on the bencn and permit lawyers to villify witnesses? Witnesses are entitled to some protection from the court. The lawyers : in the graft trials In Chester de: nounced and vlllified the witnesses for , the state as if they had been thieves and pickpockets, it is wrong and indecent and there ought to be some 3 protection against it.?Columbia State. LOCAL AFFAIRS, Y pi el NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. r< W. W. Jenkins?Offers a pony, buggy ~ and harness for sale at a reasonable A priee. " Torrence Hill, Sharon No. 2?Wants to find a 41-callbre Swiss rifle, recently stolen from his home. Will pay ^ reward. First National Bank, Sharon?Publishes a statement of condition at the close of business on November 10. Resources total $141,111.65 Sl I. W. Johnson?Has a variety of fresh n groceries that are seasonable at this yj time. Vj National Union Bank, Rock Hill? e] Points out that the wise man pro- C) vides for the future by saving a part of his earnings. A dollar will start a a savings account with it. p Carroll Furniture Co.?For thirty days j will sell 120 coil folding springs for n tl.Krt ORHh Firat National Bank, Yorkvillt?Says ^ that success crowns the man who starts a bank account, provided he c) does not stop with the start. It wants you to start with It. jr W. R. Carroll?Wants to buy a dozen e) milk cows, and fifty head of thin w cattle for winter feeding. Thomson Co.?Asks you to shop at V( Thomson's on Saturday and makes special offerings. A word about C( jeans, underwear and Elkin blank- V( ets. n Loan and Savings Bank, Yorkville? C( Reminds you that the foundation of w Thanksgiving joy is a good bank ac- n] count. It will pay you to save. 0 Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Tells you that p money saved is money made. Second s, shipment of Elkin blankets. It wants a you to visit its 5-cent counter. f( York Supply Co.?Carries a big line of building supplies of all kinds, including lumber, hardware, etc. It has r| gun shells. f, First National Bank of Sharon?Ex- v plains that the nucleus of wealth to- n morrow ! ; the unspent dollar of to- ol day. Sam M. Crist, Special Agent?Ex- _ plains that the "too old" excuse for p not insuring your life, is not based i: on a good foundation. |j ' C The partial eclipse of the moon came c on Wednesday evening between 7 and E 8 o'clock, according to the calculated F predictions. F If you will go out and try it for a E few hours, you will find it an easy ? matter to get from two to a half dozen new subscribers to The Enquirer. O As mentioned before, it is an easy R matter to make up a club for The En- g quirer. Anybody can ge' two names, g and after they are gotten it will be Just as easy to get two more. Try it. Y Mr. J. S. Barnes, the real estate man, who managed the development and sale of the W. H. Herndon property in Yorkville, left a good impression of his ability and capacity in matters of this kind. " d TO CLUBMAKERS. ci You can greatly facilitate the cler- tl leal work in connection with the en- R tering of names, if you will kindly ob- si serve the following: t' 1. Write the name and address as a plainly as you can. a 2. Be sure to give the number of the route If the subscriber lives on a a route. 3. If the subscriber Is now taking " the paper, mark the name with an (O). v, If he is not now taking the paper; but 'r his name is going down on the list for the first time, mark it with an (N). " 4. If the subscriber is now taking ^ the paper, please return it in the same sl name that appears on the present L label. If returned in a different name, P the result is confusion. r( It is an easy matter for the club- JJj maker to get all this information and J incorporate in his order. In a case, ? however, where a name is entered as *1 Ben Smith when he is already getting c a paper as J. B. Smith, there is danger a of sending two papers to the same man. It is the same when an address n is given as Clover, and the subscriber E lives on one of the rural delivery a routes. Such errors are eventually C corrected; but often it is not until af- n ter there has been a great deal of trouble. * ABOUT PEOPLE. y Mr. Paul T. McNeel of Spartanburg, is visiting friends in Yorkvllle. P Dr. J. B. Bowen of Charlotte, spent b several days in Yorkvllle this week. tl Miss Florence Cody of Nashville, T Tenn., is spending sometime with rela- c< tives in Yorkvllle. h Mr. Worth McKnight of Wildwood, P Fla., is visiting his sister, Mrs. W. B. O Keller of No. 1, Yorkville. T Mr. A. K. Smoak and family have w moved to Yorkville from Filbert, and T are occupying the Bell house on Lin- tl coin street. d Mr. J. C. Hardin of the National Un- ii ion Bank, Rock Hill, is with the Loan n and Savings Bank in Yorkville, until f< Mr. J. P. McMurray is able to return to work. v Mrs. R. M. Bratton of Guthriesville, il and Miss Annis O'Leary of Yorkville, h are attending the D. A. R. convention, n which is in session in Orangeburg this a week. b Lancaster News: Mr. J. Harry Fos- s ter, one of the leading members 01 tne v Lancaster bar, has decided to move to o Yorkville, where he will practice his E profession. He and his family will a leave here for their new home about a the first of December. Some of their N household effects have already been it shipped to Yorkville, and Mr. Foster S has rented an office there. V . f< PI WITHIN THE TOWN. o ? Business continues very good, and G the merchants generally are in a good humor. S ? There has been quite a good deal of trading of lots bought at the sale 2, of the Herndon property, Tuesday. ? A few more sales of lots in Yorkville and there will be enough people " really interested in the town to make it * count for a great deal more than it n does. J* ? The Ladies' Aid society of the Associate Reformed church have twentyseven o'possum for their supper in the Rose hotel building tonight. ? The receipts of milk at the cream- .. ery continue to grow steadily larger, and the confidence of the patrons seems to be as steadily increasing. J ? There is no one thing that can be L suggested that is better calculated to . make the town of Yorkville grow than to get the site of the town into as T many hands as possible. ? Yorkville people have a fairly high appreciation of Yorkville real estate. J When the lots opened up by the sale of ? the W. H. Herndon property, are developed, there will be room for con- * siderably more population than the . town now has. y ? Those lots that wore sold in Yorkville last Tuesday are today easily worth 20 per cent more than they sj brought at auction. Distribution among w so many owners and the prospect of ni early development add to their value, fj ? Messrs. W. R. Carroll and W. B. ot Moore, figured in an automobile collision on King's Mountain street Wednesday night. Both machines were more or less used up, but none of the occupants of either car were hurt. t? T ? There was another big audience at ' the opera house Wednesday night to ' see the "Runaways" in the "Japanese " Honeymoon." This was a musical '! comedy, in which there was a good deal of humor, and it was very much en- . Joyed- 1 ? While Dr. and Mrs. M. J. Walker were returning from Lancaster in an JV automobile last Wednesday afternoon, * the machine went into a ditch on the rr Fishing creek hill on the eastern out- a) skirts of Yorkville and Mrs. Walker . was quite painfully, but not seriously, , t :??,l dl UIUIOCU. ? Yorkville should have a small park, ' if for no other reason than to give the el citizenship a common hobby. There are some citizens who are willing to go down into their pockets to help pay . for such an institution; but as to how !V many will help to pay is a matter that I remains for future inquiry. ^ ? There are several tracts in York- st ville that may be advantageously cut c{ up into building lots, and in most cases <]< the best thing the owners can do, is to have them surveyed, marked and developed as much as possible. After ir) that it may be a question of the own- (p ers pleasure as to whether the lots are t( sold at once by auction or left subject (.| to the public demand. ni ? There is a pretty general appreeia- oi tion of the fact that if the people of ti orkvllle had from the beginning < lanted nut trees for shade instead of j Ims, poplars, water oaks, etc., the ' ;venue from the nuts would now be i jfflcient to pay the town expenses, here are a few people who continue 1 > put out elms, water oaks, etc., but 1 lany others are putting out only pe- t ms. The pecan is a rapid grower, t nd makes a good shade as long as any ( ther tree. ] # 1 THE GENERAL ELECTION. The boards of commissioners of 1 tate, county and Federal elections j let in Yorkville Tuesday for the pur- \ ose of canvassing the returns from the ( arious precincts in me county ior mc 11 lection of November 8: but did not \ amplete their work until Wednesday. The board of commissioners of state , nd county elections, is composed of M. Burris, chairman; J. B. Neil and i . R. Gettys, and the board of com- j lissioners of Federal elections is com- ' osed of R. W. Whitesides. chairman; i [. M. Dunlap and D. G. Kimball. They | >und the returns of the various pre- j Inct managers in good shape, and al- \ lough they found a considerable task j 1 making up their reports, this was | titlrely due to the amount of clerical < -ork involved. 1 The canvass showed that the total i ote for congress in the county was only ( 96. and the total vote for state and aunty officers was only 540. The total ( ote on the nine constitutional amendlents that had been submitted for i onsideration by the general assembly | as very light, ranging from only 77 1 n the amendment applying to the city ] f Aiken to 292 on the amendment i roposing to increase the number of ; upreme court judges from four to Ave, ( nd to extend the term of office from j aur to five years. In the statement below will be found tie total vote for governor at the valous precincts in the county, the vote ar congress and the "Yes" and "No" ote on the proposition to Increase the , umber of justices of the supreme ourt: i Precincts. Gov. Con. Yes. No. i lethel 28 27 25 ? lethany 27 29 ? 11 ilairsville 25 25 ? 13 lullock's Creek .... 20 20 ? 18 'lover 51 48 1 46 ' oates's Tavern.. ..16 16 ? ? 1 Ibenezer 15 15 ? ? 'ort Mill 37 36 3 6 'orest Hill 11 11 6 ? Hckory Grove .... 22 18 7 1 IcConnellsville .. .. 35 34 15 12 fewport 20 20 13 2 1 igden 5 5 ? ? i iedmont 11 11 ? ? lock Hill 76 64 51 3 haron 22 17 4 1 myrna 26 22 ? ? ' irzah 11 9 ? 1 orkville 86 69 14 39 i Total 543 496 139 153 GREENVILLE CONVOCATION. On Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursay of this week, the Greenville convoation of the Episcopal church met In ' fie Church of the Good Shepherd, lev. T. T. Walsh, rector, In its ninety- ( sventh meeting. Between twenty and , flirty delegates were in attendance, nd were accorded a cordial welcome nd most hospitable entertainment by le members of Good Shepherd church nd their many friends of Yorkville. Morning, afternoon and evening ( leetlngs were held each day, at which arious problems of church work were iteresttngly and ably discussed. At 10.30 a. m. on Tuesday, the openlg service was held by the Rev. A. R. [itchell, dean of the convocation, aaIsted by Rev. O. T. Porcher and Rev. >. E. Hubbard. The sermon was ( reached by the Rev. S. R. Guignard, ?ctor of Grace church, Anderson, , rhose theme was "Achievement hrough Conduct in Conformity with ieals." 'Vision," said the speaker, ( gives purpose; following vision se- , ures the two-fold results, lofty charcter and lasting good to the world." After the sermon there was an adilnistration of the Holy Communion, evotional exercises were followed by discussion of the subject: "The hurch's Relation to Social and Ecoomic Problems: a. Socialism?Rev. C. W. Boyd and [r. P. T. Hayne. b. Church work among mill opera- j Ives?Rev. A. T. Porcher and Mr. Palter B. Moore. Essays on these subjects by the apolnted leaders and general discussion y various members present occupied ie morning and afternoon sessions, he evening session was devoted to a , onsideration of the church's mission i rescue work which was earnestly k,, DAif A rp PArnhor nf itrsciucu uy uic xvtv. .n,. x. * Greenwood, and the Rev. Mr. Mitchell, hen followed 'he subject of orphanage rork, In speaking of which the Rev. T. Walsh, rector of the Church of le Good Shepherd, Yorkvllle, forcibly eclared the duties of Christian people 1 caring for orphans, and offered rnny helpful and practical suggestions ir ministering to these little ones. On Wednesday the delegates of the arlous branches of the Woman's Auxiary in the Greenville convocation ! eld their formal meetings. After adlinistration of the Holy Communion t 10.30 a. m., the meeting was opened 1 y Mrs. Lindsay of Spartanburg, preIding officer. Mrs. Cuttino of Greenille read an essay on the "Importance f Training Children in Mission Work." eaconess Wile spoke of the importnce of having junior branches of the uxiliary in every parish and mission. Irs. Allein of Yorkville, read a most iteresting and able naper on "Bible tudy as a Practical Help in Auxiliary Vork." Mrs. Sturgis of Rock Hill, ofjred suggestions for Increasing interst in meetings of the home branches f the auxiliary. Mrs. Simpson of Henn Springs, read a paper, "Our Eas- ! ?r Offerings." Miss Cleveland of partanburg, spoke of the opportunity >r women workers in the mill towns ' f South Carolina, and of ways and leans for their support. Mrs. Porcher f Greenwood: "Are we Better Chrisans for being Auxiliary Workers?" * r I ? ? ~ C!nni.fnnhnri*" " A ro ITS. AVIUUMUIK Ul opaitauuui),. niv . < nt Business Methods Necessary to . lake Effective the Interest and Plans f Auxiliary Workers?" At the afternoon session, Mrs. Hey- ( ard of Columbia, diocesan president ( f the auxiliary: "Echoes of the Trl- ( nnial Meeting of the Woman's Auxiary in Cincinnati." At 5 o'clock all delegates to eonvo- . ation visited the orphanage, where i lev were received by the two devoted ( eaconesses, shown through the build- ! ig and over the extensive grounds. Thursday morning the "Work of I aymen in the Church," was discuss3. Especial stress was laid on Sun- j ay school work. Rev. Mr. Pendleton of , partanburg led in the discussion. The ; a.vmen's Missionary and Forward j [ovement was the next theme. j At 4 p. m. children's service. Ad- ( resses by Rev. A. E. Cornish and Rev. ] 7. H. K. Pendleton. At 8 p. m., ad- , ress by Rev. A. R. Mitchell. , To one attending any ana an sea- , ions of this convocation its purpose ] as manifest?to perfect ways and ] leans for serving mankind and gloryring God in and through the church f Christ. AUCTION SALE OF LOTS. The auction sale of the Herndon , inyard property in town lots last uesday, demonstrated quite a num- I er of things, not the least important f which was that Yorkville people are ' [ ginning to arise to a proper appre- i ation of York'-ille real estate. t In all. ninety-nine lots, that are in- < uded in a tract of twenty-three acres ? ere offered for sale and all of them i ere largely snapped up in a little less | lan three hours at prices ranging i om $15 to $225, with the total sales ' ggregating around $6,000. ( It was farm land?ordinary farm ; nd?having been used for farming l tiring more years than any of those i resent could count, and at the pros- i it time carrying the stripped cotton i id corn stalks of this year's crop. It i pretty rough, too. That is, most of \ is rough. There are some pretty i jilding sites included; but many of t le lots are not altogether desirable | >r building. They are more or less ( vampy and are traversed by small reams. But the location is good? ' ipital. Many of the prettiest resi?nces in town are as far away from ( ie court house. ? There had been some little develop- t ent for this especial sale?not a great i pal; but enough to give the idea of s iwn property. The development in- t uded the opening and breaking out t ' several new streets, and the setting < [ stakes that showed the relation of i ie lots to the streets and to each oth- 1 jr. But what was done was done with i ludgment that showed that the people i who had the matter in charge knew what they were doing. The plan of sale was the doubleoarreled auction?two auctioneers cryng at once with two or three modifications of the ordinary method. For one thing, as the auctioneer claimed at the i outset, the old custom of warning the prospective purchasers with "three times and gone" had been discarded. I 'When you stop bidding," he explained, 'we sell," and that was the way they worked it. Also, co-operating with the auctioneers were solicitors circulating through the crowd, advising the bidtiers as to the last quotations and in- ; siting raises. The thing worked beautifully. And the sale was not pulled off without interference from the knockers, rhe wise ones, without enterprise or money, began knocking from the first announcement of the lot proposition. They had all kinds of objections. In tVio firot niapp the lnts were too small In the second place there were not many people living out in that direction, and in the third place it would be i hundred years before the section be- 1 Ing sold would be developed. There were a good many other "places;" but these are sufficient to give an idea of the extent, depth and sincerity of the objections raised. There was a band of music to help collect the crowd; but notwithstanding this the crowd was a little tardy about collecting. Up to the time of the arrival of the band on the ground, there were not more than twenty people at the stai <ng point; but they were 3traggling in from different directions. Most of those actually on the ground seemed to have been attracted more hy curiosity than by any other consideration; but here and there could be marked a man who was evidently out to buy something. The ball opened with the sale of lots fronting Madison street. Mr. Herndon, the owner, estimated that these lots should be worth about three hundred dollars each. Peopie in the crowd said that these little lots ought not to bring more than $25 or $50. The auctioneers got busy and in a little while had the first lot up to $175, when it was knocked down. Immediately driving on to the next lot, the auctioneers began their song again and got the bidding up to $225. The purchaser had the privilege of taking two lots at the same price and exercised that privilege. The auctioneer led up the next street and soon got busy again; but stopped suddenly to say that he had heard of intimations from the crowd to the effect that there was "by-bidding and that it was all a farce. "I am representing both seller and buyer'" he said, "and I tell you that this sale is on the square from start to finish. There is a way for you to satisfy yourself, whether there is any humbug or not, and if anybody in this crowd can see anything crooked about any transaction here today, he can have any lot on the plat for $1." The effect of this declaration was instantaneous and the game began to grow more interesting. People who had come merely as spectators, began buying. At times three rtraya HHdlncr o era Inst f?JLfh nth er for the same lot; but all kept their heads. There was no excitement. Without giving his crowd time to lose interest, the leading auctioneer moved to another lot as fast as he had sold the one preceding. a*?d four purchasers out of five exercised their privilege of taking a second lot at the same price at which they had bid off the first. And so the sale continued until all the lots had been sold. All the property went cheap, yet the net result was much better than anybody expected, and Mr. Herndon, the original owner of the tract was delighted. Among the purchasers are quite a number of citizens who are well able to develop their lots and who are not supposed to have any other purpose. There seems to be every reason to believe that this whole section will soon be built up, and If so, the result cannot be other than very helpful to the general progress of the town. LOCAL LACONICS. Destroyed By Fire. The home of Mr. Thos. J. Thomasson, near Filbert, was destroyed by fire this morning between 3 and 4 o'clock, presumably as the result of a defective flue. Only a part or Mr. xnomasson s household effects were saved. Married In Washington. Dr. S. L. Steele of Yorkville, left Tuesday for Washington to be married on Wednesday to Miss Mamie Shafer, who was formerly in business in Yorkville, and who has many friends here. It was the purpose of Dr. and Mrs. Steele to take a trip north and return to Yorkville next week. Gordon-Hair. Rock Hill Record: Wednesday afternoon at Blackville was solemnized the marriage of Miss Minnie Hair and Mr. Clem F. Gordon. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Gordon came to Rock Hill and are at home on East Black street. Miss Hair is a sister of Mr. Fred M. Hair of this city, and a very attractive and lovely woman, and Mr. Gordon is a very popular man and highly esteemed among his many friends here. About Picked Out. Inquiry of farmers in different sections indicates the cotton crop is about picked out. There are a few fields here and there that still carry a large proportion of ungathered crops; but generally the fields show up only a few straggling bolls. Some people to whom inquiry has been directed, estimate that hardly half of the crop has been sold, but the majority seems to think that fully two-thirds of all the cotton made in the county has already gone on the market. Veterans of the War of 1812. Mr. H. L. Williams, a special examiner for the United States pension office. is in Yorkville, looking up information with reference to the service of Thomas and Sumeral Dennis in the War of 1812. They were in Captain Beatty's company. The second widow 1 of Sumeral Dennis, now about 80 years ; of age, and a resident of Alabama, is j applying for a pension, and Mr. Williams is seeking to establish certain facts with reference to the Dennis 1 family. He will be in Yorkville for \ several davs and will be glad te con fer with anybody who can give him information. Prisoners In Jail. The following prisoners are in jail iwaiting trial at the approaching term af the court, which convenes next Monday, on the charges named: Grier McAbee, practicing medicine without license; Jim Caldwell, housebreaking md assault and battery with intent to kill; Sam Dickey, assault and battery ivith intent to kill; James Floyd, malicious mischief: Oscar Buchanan, larceny; Price Dunlap, larceny; George Pranklin, rape; Rufus Duff, housebreaking and larceny; Sam Hart, mur3er; Rob McCrumb, assault and battery with intent to kill; John Hall, ?rand larceny: Jacob Withers, assault ind battery with intent to kill; Nathaniel Sanders, grand larceny; Ed Byers. assault and battery with intent to kill. Death of Mrs. D. T. Quinn. Mrs. Mattie Quinn, wife of Mr. D. r. Quinn, died at her home seven miles torth of Yorkville last Wednesday af:ernoon, of pellagra, after a long period )f suffering. The disease first made its ippearance about seven years ago; but ?ave trouble only at intervals, except v?r thp nast eighteen months, during . vhich time it has been incessant. ! The deceased was a daughter of Mr. J. ' Pursley and was 26 years of age on Tuly 22 last. She was married to her lusband on November 15, 1905, and totwithstanding her fearful affliction, vas able to bear her sufferings with ! emarkable patience and fortitude, and ! vas held in the highest esteem by all 1 vho knew her. The funeral took place ' it Bethany yesterday morning at 11 j >'elock, the sen-ices being conducted >y Rev. R. M. Stevenson, and attend- 1 >d by a large concourse of people. -iquor Shipments. \ The express company is having a lot i )f trouble on account of claims of I ihortages In shipments of liquor. And 1 he claims are generally well founded, 1 vhich fact makes them more trouble- i lome. Most of the whisky shipped to dry 1 owns now-a-days comes in quart bot- I les. put up in packages of four bottles i >ach. The casing is usually of paper i ind is carefully sealed in a way that < ooks like it could not possibly be < opened without leaving some evidence of its having been tampered with. But when they reach the consignee, a large proportion of the gallon packages contain only three quarts, and investigation generally shows that a quart has been taken out en route. The theft is usually so skillfully done that there are no outside indications of the theft. In the case of such shortages some people put in claims. Others let it go, and trust to better luck next time. But with the keenness and industry of the people who are making a business of robbing whisky packages, regular customers of the whisky houses have gotton to a point where they consider it a matter little less than even chances whether their whisky comes through without any shortage. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Hannah Plowden. a 15-year-old girl of Clarendon county, made 120 bushels of corn on an acre this year. ? Maurice McDonald, twenty years of age, committed suicide at Hartsvllle Wednesday, because of the loss of his position as bookkeeper in the bank, for inattention to business. ? The official count made last Tuesday showed that 3,123 votes were cast in the Greenville dispensary election, 2,263 against the dispensary and 860 for it?nearly three to one. ? According to statements In the papers, unless the attorney general shall be otherwise engaged on the railroad merger cases, he will take up the prosecution of the case against H. H. Evans at the approaching term of the Newberry court, which convenes November 28. ? In the Laurens court of common pleas last Wednesday afternoon, W. Martin was given a verdict for $300 in a damage suit for $5,000 against the Laurens Cotton mills. The plaintiff as an employe of defendant company alleged that last April he sustained an injury on one of his heels while operating the elevator. ? Chester, November 16: On two farms near Chester there will be yields which bring the county up along side of Marlboro and Marlon. From 200 acres of cotton S. M. Jones has already gathered something over 260 bales of cotton, and will realize not less than 265 bales. From 318 acres John Frazer has already picked enough to make sure that his crop will amount to a bale per acre. From four acres of cotton Mr. Frazer has a crop of eight bales. On 135 acres of corn he has a crop averaging 75 bushels per acre: four acres yield 106 bushels per acre. ? Nine trustees have been named, who will have a twenty year voting trust upon the stock of The News Publishing company to print a morning paper in Columbia. Increase of capital to $200,000 from $50,000 has i/ccii auiuui livu. **?v ?? Joseph Norwood of Columbia, J. E. Norwood of Newberry, Thomas Wilson of Sumter, W. W. Barre of Lexington, Lester Webb, E. O. Black, George R. Koester of Columbia, Frank Watkins of Anderson, James Moss of Calhoun. The understanding is that the first issue of the paper is to appear In January. ? Chester Reporter: A case In Magistrate J. J. McLure's court that attracted considerable attention was that of Harry and Mary Green vs. R. A. Christenberry. which occupied the attention of this court Monday afternoon. Christenberry, the defendant, who is a white man, sells books, and in the course of his operations sold a volume to the plaintiffs, taking as security for the debt a mortgage on various household goods. Last week he went to Green for his money, and not being able to collect, went on to Green's house to seize the mortgaged property. While he was at the house he is alleged to have used rough treatment towards Mary Green in attempting to get possession of the property, and it was on this count that the prosecution was brought The verdict of the jury in the case was not guilty, but as soon as the verdict had been rendered a warrant charging Christenberry with peddling books without a license was produced, and he was placed under |15 bond to stand trial for this offense. ? In an effort to protect his mother from a bru^l attack made on her by his father, ^>ung Troy Banks, living two miles from Leesvllle, was shot and seriously wounded Tuesday night. Lee Banks, the husband and father, has been the terror of the community for the past five years and frequently beat his wife and drove her from their home to spend the night at any place where she could obtain shelter. Young Banks, who Is now a bright lad of 17 years, attempted to help his mother, but Lee Banks, In a drunken rage, took a gun and drove his son off. Running at full speed he was shot in the left leg and fell some distance from the house. Physicians who were summoned found the bones so shattered that amputation was necessary. After the operation was over Panks assaulted Dr. Riser, a young physician from Leesville, who had charge of the case. An altercation ensued in which Dr. Riser received some slight bruises. Banks was arrested and carried to Lexington Wednesday nforning. Troy Banks is a manly lad and has been working hard in order to secure an education. ? Looking finally toward the elimination of night work among the children in the mills of the state, and with the immediate object of raising the age limit of day work and placing an age limit on night work, the South Carolina child labor committee in session in Columbia Wednesday afternoon determined to have Introduced In the approaching session of the general assembly certain amendments to the child labor laws. The following amendments will be proposed: To prohibit night work in the mills by children 16 years old and under. At present there is no specinc limit ror night work, it being on the same basis with the day work, a 12-yearage limit. Providing also for elimination of the exemptions of the present laws, as to children of disabled fathers, orphans and children of widowed mothers. Under the law now children having disabled fathers and widowed mothers or themselves being orphans, may work in the mills at any age. To raise the age limit for day work to 13 years, in 1912, and to 19 years in 1913. The present age limit for day work is 12 years. A bill will be Introduced bearing the stamp of the :ommittee, advocating registration of births and marriages. ? Columbia State November 18: rhe dispensary commission has won practically every point in a decision made yesterday in the Carolina Glass lompany case. The dispensary commission will retain the sum of $23.)00, for which the glass company filed i claim with the commission several rears ago and which was disallowed ifter hearing evidence in relation to :he transaction by the glass company with the board of control of the state lispensary. The supreme court yes:erday gave a decision written by Jusdee Hydrlck which disposed of the two appeals of the Carolina Glass company. When the Carolina Class company ceased doing business with he old state dispensary and after he dispensary commission had been 'ormed, the commission, after taking testimony, declared that the glass :ompany had overcharged the state in ts dealings to the extent of approximately $51,000. The state owed the ?lass company $23,000 for goods deivered. This sum was deducted from he $51,000, which left $28,000 due to he state, according to the finding of :he commission. The glass company ippealed to the supreme court. The lecision yesterday affirms the action >f the commission in deducting the fiaim of the glass company. ? The engineers in charge of the 3ewerage work at Gaffney had a great surprise Tuesday when the steam Jitching machine cut into a coffin near the corner of Logan and Birnie streets md a skeleton of a man rolled out. rhe negroes employed on the work tvere very much frightened but an investigation was at once made by the engineer in charge and it was found that the skeleton had been buried for many, many years as not a trace of flesh could be found. In the coffin, which was almost entirely decayed, were found a few rude buttons, homemade ones, and the bones of the skeleton. Some of the bones were lost, but the leg bones and the arm bones, together with the collar bone, the skull ind the teeth were picked up. The corpse was turned up in the very midlie of the road. It is impossible to