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Scraps and .facts. ? A box of cigars sold for $2,000 at Madison Square garden. New York, last Wednesday. Senator Jos. W. x.ailey of Texas, sold them and John H. Shults of Port Chester. X. Y? bought them. He offered three thousand. but the senator was content to take two. Shults is a well known breeder, who for years has made it an iron-clad rule never to buy or sell except at a public auction. His handsome black stallion. Prince McKinney. went to Senator Bailey tonight for $1,750, and the moment the hammer fell Shults was sorry he had sold at that money. "Senator." he said, "I'll give you $3,000 for a box of cigars if you'll throw in the horse." The senator refused to press his advantage and let the cigars go for $2,000, which was $250 more than he had paid. ? With the declaration by Dr. Walter Washington, an alienist, that she is insane, counsel for Mrs. Caroline B. Martin rested their case at Newark, N. J., last Tuesday in the hearing to prove she should not be brought to trial charged with the murder of "* t VI c* TT!n_Qt ner aaugmer, we; wn:. , ?? Orange bath tub victim. Dr. Washington testified he is positive that Mrs. Martin does not realize her position or her need of having counsel. "A common delusion of insane people is to believe they are sane and the rest of the world insane." the witness said, when asked to explain the fact that Mrs. Martin has insisted she is fully responsible. Does Mrs. Martin say she is sane and the rest of the world insane?" "I do," interrupted the woman. "I mean Essex county, Xew Jersey," she added. ? Charlotte Chronicle: A landslide in the Panama Canal is a different proposition from a landslide in a railroad cut. The Panama landslide is a proposition on a gigantic scale. The annual report of the Isthmian Canal Commission reports a number of slides, one of them covering fortyseven acres, another eleven acres and a third ten acres. Others covered from one acre up to seven acres. Evidently much of the time of the construction force is occupied in removing landslides. During the year, they were required to remove landslides to the extent of two and a half million cubic yards. In spite of the delays occasioned from this cause, good progress is being made, so the report says. More hands are being employed, the total working force now being 35,578, an increase of over 2.000 since last year. One gratifying feature of the report is that relating to health conditions. Since the Amer* A ~' nlVolfo tVta nooti ? leans loon Cllai S<? Ul aua.ua lentlal conditions of that country have been banished, just as they were banished from Havana. The failure of the De Lesseps scheme was due almost entirely to the constant harvest of death and the harvest was due to the Frenchmen having neglected to first look after health conditions. The first thing the Americans did was to put the canal zone, the territory of operations, in perfect sanitary condition and to keep it so. In consequence they have been able to devote their entire attention to digging the canal, rather than to digging graves. There is every indication that this great work will be completed on contract time and that the completed monument to American engineering skill will be handed down to history' with | no taint of corruption or graft in its building. ? Dr. H. H. Crlppen was hung in Pentonville prison, London, Wednesday, for the murder of his actress wife, Belle Elmore. The execution occurred within a few minutes of the stroke of nine, which was the time officially designated. The condemned man presented a pitiable appearance as he was literally led through the short corridor from his cell to the scaffold. His mental anguish had been too great to be covered up by outward bravado and he was a broken man when the wardens were obliged to assist him up the steps to the drop ?riAn uhinh nncp reached, the shrink ing figure all but collapsed. The first report that Crlppen had met his fate calmly was contradicted by persons who were present in the prison during the man's last hours. The doomed man passed a restless night and appeared haggard and worn when awakened from his fitful slumber. He seemed to lose all fortitude as the end approached. A breakfast was brought to him. but he left it untouched. His face was colorless as he was escorted bare-headed to the gallows. The grewsome work was soon done. The black cap was quickly drawn over the face; the noose adjusted and the bolt drawn. Orippen, who weighed 140 pounds was given a drop of seven feet. Death was instantaneous. Following the execution the inquest required by law was held, the jury returning a verdict to the effect that the sentence of the law had been duly carried out. This morning, following the execution, the prison authorities issued an official statment declaring that Crippen had made no confession. ? Postmaster General Hitchcock on Wednesday ordered the removal from the postoffice service of Edward F. Blodgett. superintendent of stations, and of James F. Norton and S. S. F. Giles, clerks, all in the Atlanta postoffice, as the result of gross irregularities in the weighing of newspaper mail. The order followed an investigation of the Atlanta office into irregularities which the postoffice department declares covered a series of years and resulted in the loss of many thousands of dollars to the department. The department announced in connection with this order that a general investigation of methods of weighing second class mail throughout the country is now being conducted by inspectors with the idea of detecting and bringing to an end such irregularities as those disclosed at Atlanta. ""o JnofH/Wnnnv it-* tha /licphnrPP of his duties the superintendent of the railway mail service at Atlanta. L. M. Terrell, who failed to take the precautionary measures required by the postal regulations to prevent certain of the irregularities, was transferred by the postmaster general's orders from his position of responsibility to a minor place in the service. Superintendent G. \V. Pepper of the railway mail division having headquarters at Cleveland, has been assigned to Atlanta to supercede Superintendent Terrell. Clyde M. Reed, superintendent of the division of railway adjustments in the postoffice department was sent to Cleveland to take the place of Superintendent Pepper. Mr. Reed's position in the department has been filled by the promotion of C. H. McRride. formerly assistant superintendent of the division of railway adjustments. The evidence obtained in the investigation at Atlanta has been submitted by the postmaster general to the department of justice and that department will determine the question of prosecution. ? The British parliament re V. 1 ? .1 1 t or./! ww.1 ... ..,1 clWIUUJCU XT, CI 1 i VI ivnuitivu the contest between the house of commons and the house of lords over the proposed removal of the power of veto from the house of lords in reference to revenue and appropriation measures. Following the death of King Edward a truce was arranged between the two houses by which the "Veto Bill" was sent to a conference between committees from the Tory and Liberal leaders. The conference failed to reach an agreement, but it averted a general election at the time when the nation was in mourning for its king. Over and above this decided service, the conference has given the people of the United Kingdom a breathing space in which to consider the gravity of the constitutional changes involved in the radical alteration of the composition and powers of its legislative chamber, and it has undoubtedly had the effect of softening the asperities of the conflict. In order to give the people an opportunity to express their views upon the proposed "Veto Bill." parliament will be dissolved this week and a December election called. The programme of the Liberals, who favor the taking away from the house of lords the power of veto in revenue measures, includes pay for members of parliament. a reconstruction of the house of lords, and an extension of tin old age pension list. The house ot lords has refused the terms offered by Mr. Asquith. Mr. Asquith has said he will ask the king to create enough Liberal peers to enable the government to carry its point. That presents an interesting situation, which is made grave by the statement that the king will positively and firmly refuse to create peers to bring the house of lords into harmony with the house of commons. The "Morning News" says, "If the king allies himself with the house of lords to prevent the legislation of the people's judgment" it will mean "a monarchical revolution added to the peers' revolution, and in such an event the gravest happenings that the country has noted in centuries are to be expected." The situation thus created is most profoundly important. If/Ill" ~V|UllilllU VLIU|UUU. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 1910. One of the most important matters t before the present term of the su- 1 preme court is the case of W. T. Jones, ' involving the question as to whether < the law is stronger than the lawyers. 1 1 Although Mr. Dynamite Caldwell did 1 not make a corn raising record, he 1 gave thousands of people something < to think about and he helped the corn 1 situation wonderfully. The whole state < is under more or less obligation to i him for his efforts. ' | | ^ It is developing that many cities of * the country had their census returns * outrageously padded ten years ago and ( that is why they do not show so much ' increase this year. It is the same old * story of how dishonesty is generally ' caught up with in the long run. 1 | ( i The people of Anderson have raised * the sum of $100,000 for the purpose of ' giving the same to the Baptist denom- 1 ination for the establishment of a girl's 1 college in their city. That is broad- t minded liberality and intelligent gen- ' erosit.v that is a credit to the day and ' generation. The man who goes down to hard work, sticks to his business and tries to produce something that will be of benefit to himself as well as other people, is entitled to the protection of the laws, and if there are no laws in the land in which he lives, he is in a bad way. A London newspaper printed an alleged confession from Dr. Crippen in which the doctor was quoted as admitting that he committed the murder for which he was to be hanged: but the prison authorities declare that the doctor did not make any confession. On the contrary, they say he maintained his innocence to the last. Count Tolstoi lived his life for humanity and accomplished much good in " the world. Millions consider that he ( was a benefactor to his race and other millions consider that he was a fool. That a man who attracted the attention of so many millions counts for . much, goes without saying. What his , reward will be, the Savior of mankind ^ ~.I11 aii'iic win utiti iniiiv. i When everybody is down to hard constructive work, all the Interests of the community move forward and , upward by leaps and bounds. When half the people sit at points of vantage j watching the workers for the purpose , of dividing the proceeds of their toil, . like thieving eagles waiting to rob the fishhawks of their lawful prey, then . things do not move along so nicely. i The woman suffrage idea is no joke ( in Great Britain. The women over s there are in deadly earnest about the 1 matter. Some days ago Premier As- 1 quith delivered himself of some re- ( marks that carried the idea that he c looks with favor on the claims of wo- ? men: but the women do not think he t went far enough. They held a meet- < ing and as the result of an analysis of ? what the premier had to say, decided 1 to go after him. A hundred or more of < them happened to catch the premier on 1 the street, and they pommeled him se- ' verely before the police could come to > the rescue. The women give quite a < number of reasons why they should be ' entitled to vote, one of them being ! that women property owners have to 1 pay taxes and bear all the burdens of 1 government the same as other people. 1 | They claim that they do not want to 1 hold office: hut they want to have a ' say as to what character of men shall J govern them. Notwithstanding the < violent methods that are being fol- f lowed, there is no question of the fact ( that the woman suffrage movement is 1 growing stronger. > 1 1 We are inclined to think that the j recommendation of the York county grand jury with reference to the county home property is along the right j line. In the old days of long ago ( when the county home was first estah- j lished, it was quite creditable to the people by whom it was provided. The . idea of a large farm with plenty of , woodland, and houses that were as ( comfortable as was common in those . days, was fully in keeping with the spirit of the times. But time and ex- , perience have disclosed suggestions of , improvement. The farm is a good , deal larger than is necessary for the * purposes required. It cannot be utilized to advantage. The inmates of the , oro 11noKIn tn tfftrl' nr IHMIIC hCHCiail? a?\. UUM.J.V IV. ?. w. .. v. ( take care of themselves, or they would not he there. A large, modern building provided with light, heat, water and other conveniences would be an economy rather than an expense, and far more sanitary and comfortable than the present arrangement. Half the present farm can be sold for enough to make all needed improvements, and there would be left some two hundred acres of land, more than is ever likely to be needed. The proposed change j strikes us as being along the right line and we hope that the suggestion of the ( grand jury will be duly carried out. Although there seems to be no doubt of the fact that there is some serious ' trouble going on in Mexico, with the t government censoring the news at all { points, there is no way of getting the facts until they percolate from the in- , terior across the boundary line by na- i :ural processes. A great and wonderrul country is Mexico; but her chances )f permanent peace and prosperity are lone of the best. President Diaz won lis place originally by force of arms, -ather than through the choice of the jeople, and has held that place by force ?ver since, and contrary to the pleasjre of a party almost if not quite as 3trong as his own. Mexico has never tnown what government of the people meant, and she has but little conception of this principle now. The Mexican idea of government is by force, and there are always those who are willing to try conclusions with the powers that be. Diaz has been the ablest and strongest of his countrvmen during all these years and has held his place solely because of his ability and strength. But now that the old presi3ent?really king?has begun to grow Did and feeble, the unrest that has ?xisted all the while has grown stronger and stronger until the opposite faction believes it can take the administrative power in the same way that Diaz did. The probability is that the jpposition is not yet quite as strong is the government; but under such conditions as now prevail throughout the entire territory of these excitable Mexicans, there is no telling what night happen at any time, or how soon the present government might be competely overthrown. It is extremely gratifying to note the ictivity of the postofflce department in jetting after the thieves who are usng the United States mails to defraud the public. The shearing of lambs by means of fraudulent stocks, etc., is probably one of the most extensive ausinesses in this country and there is i large?very large?element that is constantly preaching that the man .vho has money and who does not know ?nough to hold on to it against all ?windlers, deserves to be fleeced. We 3o not like this argument at all and ve do not think much of the integrity of :he people who advance it. It is a fact hat there are thousands of people who me way or another have honestly come nto possession of more money than hey know how to take care of. It is ;rue that most people who have more money than they have actual use for ? thft timn ofp anxious for more. stories of rich strikes by means of ucky investments, keep the inexperienced wrought up to the desire of naking lucky ventures. There are housands of sharpers always on the ookout for just such people. People vho steal from these folks by means of ,'arious false representations are no letter than people who steal by picking >ockets or robbing homes. As a rule itate governments pay but little atention to such frauds, and if it were lot for the vigilance of the national fovernment which comes by fits and starts, the swindlers who r.ow live by heir wits would soon be picking pock?ts and holding their victims up on the oads. However, we hope that the rood work that the postoffice departnent has instituted will be carried to l finish, and as the result the time nay come when the unsuspecting own}r of a few hundred dollars may be ible to invest without an absolute cerainty of being robbed. MERE-MENTION. A forty-mile an hour gale hit the Tennessee and Montana last Monday, shortly after these two vessels, Presilent Taft aboard the Montana, left 3uantanamo, Cuba, for home. The veslels were tossed considerably; but the jresident is said to have enjoyed the experience Mrs. Levi Hester was tilled at Gainesville, Fla., last Monday iy the overturning of an automobile in .vhich she and her husband were ridng The Mexican revolutionists ire said to be enlisting large numbers )f Taqui Indians to fight against the jovernment Louis P. Stony, the indertaker who made the coffin in vhich John Brown was buried after lis execution, died at Charleston, W. fa.. last Tuesday, aged 83 years The navy department has just given >ut contracts for six new torpedo boat Jestroyers The Acme Match company of Roanoke, Va., has been placed n the hands of a receiver Wise ;ounty, Va., has authorized a bond issue of $700,000 for good roads A Washington dispatch reports that United States Senator Thomas Carter if Montana, is to be a member of the ourt of commerce, created at the last session of congress An Anson courtly, N. C., farmer claims to have picked 4,000 pounds of seed cotton from an icre and a quarter of land and to lave 200 pounds still to pick Dr. Uharles William Hayes, chief of the United States geological survey, says hat the chances that the Panama calal works will ever be disturbed by an earthquake are not one in a hundred nillion Octave Chanute, who Is <nown as the father of the aeroplane, 'or the reason that he invented the kite upon which the Wright Bros., irinciple is based, died in Chicago last Wednesday, aged 78 years It is mid that Dr. Crippen tried to commit suicide a few days before his death by ipening a vein with a broken spectacle class John W. Knight, of the firm if Knight & Yancey, the big Hunts. ille cotton firm that failed recently inder suspicious circumstances, has f at f ro nrlnlnnt ucp n f fhp nails on five separate counts and reeased on a $4,000 bond on each count. Memphis Tennessee has signed contracts for an aviation meet to he leld on November 30 Robert E. Ulowry, president of the Western Unon Telegraph company, tendered his esignation, Wednesday, and Theodore \\ Vail, president of the American Telegraph company was elected in his dead Quite a number of Annapois cadets have been made seriously ill is the result of using sugar mixed with salt, the mixture having been brought ibout in some manner that has not ret been explained According to statistics of the thirteenth census just nade public, the population of New i'ork state is 9,113,279 and that of the state of Ohio 4,767,121. New York has ncreased 25 per cent in ten years and Ihio has increased 14 per cent A eef that is considered very dangerous :o navigation has made a sudden appearance in the Caribbean sea, where here was formerly an unobstructed ivay covered with 200 fathoms of wa:er....J. Armstrong Drexel has broken ill aeroplane height records by going ip 9,970 feet. The previous record, leld bv Johnstone who was killed at Denver the other day, was 9,714 feet. ...President Taft is quoted as saying hat he will not eall an extra session of congress. ? The Spartanburg city council and he board of health are in a row over he maintenance of the office of food uul milk inspector at a salary of $1,200 i year. The council claims that the >fflce is too expensive and not worth vhat it costs, and the board of health tavs it is absolutely necessary. LOCAL A.F"FAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Rock Hill Land and Town Site Co.? Announce an auction sale of desirable building lots in Rock Hill next Thursday. December 1. See page 6. A. T. Hill, Sharon No. 2?Will on December 5, Monday, sell a lot of personal property at auction for cash. Jno. T. Davidson. Clover No. 1?Will, next Tuesday, sell a lot of personal property to the highest bidders for cash. W. D. McCarter, Yorkville No. 6?Offers his two-horse farm for rent. J. L. Williams & Co.?Offer special prices on overcoats, raincoats and boys' suits. National Union Bank. Rock Hill? Wants you to keep an account of the money you waste and then you will probably start a savings account with it. _ Carroll Furniture eo.?asks you to ( see the Grand Oak cooking stove if you want the best to be had. Thomson Co.?Makes some remarks . about its shoe department and the shoes it sells. * Kirkpatriek-Belk Co.?Has another shipment of coat suits in a variety 1 of styles at attractive prices. ] Royal Baking Powder Co.?On page 4 tells you about the good qualities of Royal baking powder. First National Bank, Yorkville?Offers you perfect safety for your , money and suggests that you bank your money to protect yourself. ' Herndon & Gordon?Again call on i parties owing them to make settle- j ment. They need the money and they want it at once. Christmas draws steadily nearer. It is about time to begin picking out presents. A farmer of the Neely's Creek neighborhood writes that he and his neighbors have sowed more oats this year than usual. The subject of better seed corn has not yet received the attention it deserves; but our people will no doubt < come to that next. If the dairy business can only once get a foothold in this seetioi , there 1 will never be any let up, nor any limit to agricultural progress. The Clover people are thoroughly proud of their handsome new school building which they have been occupying for the past two weeks. Yes, there is no doubt of the fact that York county is in a better condition materially, than it has ever been j in. Nineteen men out of twenty agree to that fact. , It has been a hard fall so far on ( those who would sow small grain, for the reason that the ground is so hard that it cannot be plowed without considerable difficulty. f There are six pages of today's is- j sue of The Enquirer and from the out- ? look now, we are unable to see how we ; are going to get along without at least i six pages in the next issue. t Different citizens of Sharon keep f talking of a proposed handsome new ? school building; but they have not yet 8 been able to screw the majority up to f the point of being willing to vote bonds, ( The Enquirer was one of the few Yorkvllle concerns that continued to < run full capacity yesterday, and The t Enquirer would not have been one of t the few except for the fact that it was ? necessary to ensure the right kind of f an appearance today. An advertisement in The Yorkville , Enquirer reaches the people of York < county as they can be reached through ' no other medium. The circulation of . The Enquirer surrounds every trading t point in the county, and the people of i every trading point in the county find ' the use of its advertising columns as t profitable as if the paper found original > entry to the mails through their own 1 postofflces. We would be glad to hear the views j of some of our York county farmers as i to the Clemson college defense of its 1 system with reference to the analysis j of fertilizers. We are quite sure that i there are a large number of farmers ' who are very skeptical over this mat- J ter, and among tnem are some in { whose judgment we have unlimited confidence. The most common objection that the farmers urge against the system is that they are not allowed to draw samples from sacks of fertilizer in the presence of credible witnesses, send them to Clemson and get analyses without having to say whose fertilizers are under consideration, until after Clemson has made its report. THANKSGIVING DAY. There are thousands of people who look upon Thanksgiving as the day of an annual hunt and other thousands who look upon it as a day to be devoted to relicious service. All but a small per cent of the thousands belonging to both classes are agreed that one never-to-be neglected feature of the day is a good dinner. Special Thanksgiving services were held all over the land yesterday and generally these services were well attended. The fields everywhere were alive with hunters and the rabbits, birds and squirrels were kept on the go from j morning till night; but so far as reports have been received, the day fortunately passed off without serious aceident to the hunters. OAKLAND LOTS. The big advertisement in another j column announcing the auction sale of Oakland lots on December 1, is very ^ well calculated to interest Intelligent investors not only in Rock Hill and the immediate vicinity; but all over the ~ state of South Carolina. Winthrop college, already the great- , est educational institution for women in the south, continues to grow in size j and usefulness, and these lots situated within a few minutes walk, have a present high fixed value, to say nothing of the certainty of future development. The proposition of the Rock Hill Hand and Town Site company strikes us as being one that is filled with peculiar interest, and that a large number of people from all the surrounding country and from the state at large, will find it worth their while to be present on the occasion of the disposition of these unusually valuable lots, there is every reason for assurance. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. W. H. Mitchell of Rock Hill, spent Wednesday with friends in Yorkville. Miss Alee Starr of Chicora college, Oreenville, is spending several days at her home in Yorkville. Miss Mary Moss of Yorkville R. F. D. No. 3, is visiting her niece, Mrs. L. H. Ferguson in Taylors. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tiddy of Shel hy, N. C.. spent several clays with c friends in Yorkville this week. r Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Steele of York- c ville. spent Thanksgiving: with Mr. t Steele's mother in Waxhaw, N. C. i Miss Mamie Moore of Yorkville, is t spending several days this week with I Mr. and Mrs. Will Moore in Laurens, v Miss Josie Carroll, who has been t spending some time in Atlanta, Oa., has returned to her home in Yorkville. t Major and Mrs. J. M. Riddle of I.an- c master, are spending several days with :helr daughter, Mrs. R. J. Maekorell in STorkville. Mr. Haddon Mitchell, who for more :han a year was assistant to Treasurer Veil, is now assistant cashier of a bank it Orr, Okla. Mr. Edward Spencer, who is attendng school at Glenn Springs, is spendng several days with his parents, Mr. ind Mrs. C. E. Spencer in Yorkville. The following Yorkville Shriners at:ended the meeting of the A. A. O. N. VI. S. meeting in Columbia yesterday: IV. S. Nell, John. R. Hart, Quinn wai-1 ace, I. W. Johnson, A. M. Barnett, J. Tate, D. E. Finley, W. M. Wallace ind W. T. Sims. The following Yorkville people at:ended Tuesday evenings performance >f Ben Hur in Columbia, Drs. R. A. Bratton and A. M. Barnett, Messrs. Tno. R. Hart, M. C. Willis, Jr., I. W. rohnson, Mesdames. B. N. Moore, S. M. VIcNeel, John R. Hart and Misses Rose, Blizabeth and Kate Hunter. Daisy Gist, [lose and Fredrica Lindsay. COMMON PLEAS ROSTER. There are 114 cases on Calendar 1, vhich is the calendar of cases for jury ;rlals. A number of them have been narked for trial, but only a partial oster made up, as follows: Monday, November 28th. 18. A. S. Hand vs. Catawba Power Co. 20. J. J. Owen vs. Southern Ry. Co. Tuesday, November 29th. 26. York Mon. Works vs. S. Ry. Co. 27. W. A. Connor vs. J. L. Bird. Wednesday, November 30th. 29. Andrew Cook vs. Thos. H. Allen. 30. Jerry Walker vs. Thos. H. Allen. Thursday, December 1st. 31. J. B. Fewell vs. Southern P. Co. 34. R. E. Fewell vs. Southern P. Co. 35. Mary F. Grist vs. Postal Tel. and Bable Co. Friday, December 2nd. 38. P. B. Biggart vs. Aragon Cotton Mills. ~ I O I Saturday, uocomoor or a. 40. J. M. Hamhright vs. M. A. Hamaright et al. 41. David Lee vs. W. L. Hill. Monday, December 5th. 22. W. E. Ferguson vs. So. Ry. Co. 23! Mackorell Bros. vs. So. Ry. Co. 24. Mackorell Bros. vs. So. Ry. Co. 25. J. M. Stroup vs. So. Ry. Co. 52. York County vs. Kate J. Hutchson. It is expected that a supplemental oster will be made up the latter part >f next week. THE SOIL EXPERTS. Quite a number of farmers from dlf'erent parts of the county assembled n Rock Hill last Wednesday to hear iddresses by Profs. J. L. Goodrich and T. C. Beavers, soil experts sent there >y the department of agriculture at he request of the Rock Hill Chamber >f Commerce, and although the attendince was not anything like as large is it should have been, those who went elt amply repaid for their time and ;rouble. Prof. Goodrich is a practical farmer. He used a large number of illusrative charts and diagrams, all goten up from actual farming operations it places he was familiar with. His iddre8S was on "Soil Fertility," and he ihowed in a graphic manner how farriers are losing thousands of dollars a ,-ear not only by using the wrong ombinations of fertilizers but in usng fertilizers at all when a crop of egumes would enrich certain soils beter than any artificial fertilizers. He laid that farmers do not realize that mature after all furnishes the very best 'ertilizer. He laid special stress on crop rota:ion, and the best way to handle the ,-arious lands?blackjack, sandy, clay ind loam soils. He showed how the ictual cash returns per acre had been n many cases doubled and the land tself enriched to a great extent by aising legumes, and rotating the crop, vhereas with the same crop every rear the land becomes impoverished. He told of a farmer who had been aising a corn crop every year averagng 15 bushels per acre, and who then Wanted a crop of cowpeas, the next orn crop jumped to 40 bushels per icre. Then of another farmer who exjerimented with Irish potatoes. TPs Irst crop with no manure yielded 1<4 jushels per acre; his second, with TOO pounds of fertilizer, 192 bushels; lis third, with ten tons of manure 197 jushels, and his fourth, with clover urned under (nature's own fertilizer), >41 bushels, thus showing that nature eally furnishes the best fertilizer. The ivhole trend of his address was that 'armers rely too much on artificial fer:ilizers and pay too little attention to he immense value of the legumes ivhich nature tells the farmers to plant -in other words, nature furnishes lumus-makers and nitrogen-gatherers, ,vhich not only increase the crops but ilso enrich the soil. Prof. Goodrich told of a cotton planter who in 1902 used 1,375 pounds of 'ertilizer to the acre, getting 1.6 bales o the acre; in 1905 he used 875 pounds, ,vith the result of 2.14 bales to the acre; ind in 1908 he again used 875 pounds o the acre, with a return of 2.27 mles to the acre. Thus, with nearly rnlf as much fertilizer he reaped over wice the amount of cotton; and he lid it by letting nature furnish the najor part of the fertilizer. WITHIN THE TOWN. The graded school suspended Wedlesday afternoon over Thursday and -Tiday to resume work on next Monlay. The football game between York,-ille and Rock Hill high school teams m-mmilii vcolDrdQ V !lf. Ill llic IUIAYU1C l UUiiUO jvavv.uuj ernoon, resulted In favor of "torkville jy a score of 21 to 0. Although the [lock Hill boys were considerably outilassed by the Yorkville boys, the game vas quite a good one. ? The union Thanksgiving at the Aslociate Reformed Presbyterian church ,vas attended by a large and interested :ongregation of all denominations. The sermon of the occasion was >reached by Rev. J. L. Oates, the pas,or of the Associate Reformed church, md the thank offerings aggregated >223.12 distributed among the orphaniges as follows: "Church Home," forkville (Episcopal) $150.00, Epworth, Columbia (Methodist) $4.22. Connie Maxwell, Greenwood (Baptist) $5.05. rhomwell, Clinton (Presbyterian) S64.50. Dunlap, Tennessee, (Associate leformed Presbyterian) $9.35. ? While the financial statement pubished by the town authorities last ruesday is a little better than no itatement at all, that is about as much is can be said for it. According to >ur understanding of the law the re>ort should be in detail. It is only a letailed report that would give any information to the taxpayers. This rejort is very much like the account >f the inexperienced woman which was copt in two entries, one of which said, Received $100," and the other, "Spent t all." As to where the town's revelue may have come from probably is lot of the most interesting concern. The taxpayers know that in a general vav they furnish it all; but a statenent such as other towns and the ounties publish, showing who got he money and what for. would be of nterest. This is the kind of statement hat we think the town should make. < t is the only kind of statement that i vould be of very much practical value 1 o the taxpayer. ? According to rumors on the street, i he reliability of which has not been onfirmed. but for which there is un- I doubtedly some foundation, there Is to be a very decided improvement in Yorkviile's train facilities in the near future. As the result of efforts made by Mayor Hart and others, the understanding' is that the railroad authorities have practically agreed to make Yorkville the terminal of the train that now runs daily between Rock Hill and Columbia. The proposed schedule will take this train away from Yorkville at J 6 o'clock in the morning and bring it back at about 10.30 at night, and among the benefits to be derived will be to enable Yorkville people to leave in the morning, spend a good part of the day in either Charlotte or Columbia and get back without having to be away over night. The change will also considerably improve the mail facilities of Yorkville and other points through the eastern side of the county, without taking away from anybody any convenience they now have. The railroad people have been talking very ravorably of this proposed change, and If the change Is finally made It will be very much appreciated. THE GRAND JURY. The York county grand Jury got through with Its business at the present term of the court of general sessions on Tuesday afternoon and submitted the following as its final presentment: To the Court of General Sessions, Special Judge Ernest Moore, presiding: We, the grand Jury, having passed on all bills handed us by the solicitor and returned them to the court with our findings thereon, beg leave to submit the following: Sam Dickey, selling whisky, and James Richardson and John Blake, as witnesses. Mack Hood and Clarence Hood, carrying concealed weapons. Witnesses, Clarence Robinson, W. T. Slaughter, Jr., and Harry Adams. We find Will Berry, colored, in Bethel does not give his children sufficient food and clothing to sustain them and if he continues to neglect them we recommend they be taken to the coun ly nome. we subkcsi mai mc inagio trate for Bethel look after them. We have examined the report of the superintendent of education and magistrates and return them herewith. Committee on County Home. We, the committee to investigate the affairs of the county home, find it in as good condition as possible, but in need of more shed room to take care of tools. The dwelling houses are inadequate and some of them unfit to accommodate paupers. We recommend the present system of dwellings be done away with and two modern houses be built, one for white and one for colored, and be equipped with steam or hot water heating. The farm is too large to be profitable and we recommend it be sold to about two hundred acres. J. W. Betts, Chairman. Committee on Chaingang. We have inspected the chaingang and its work. We find the gang wellequipped and both stock and convicts well taken care of. The sand and clay road now in construction to the Chester line is all that could be desired. We also looked over the concrete bridge over Fishing creek on the Rock Hill and McConnellsville road, and think it a long step in the way of progress. The iron bridge over the Catawba river has been repaired and repainted and is in good condition. J. W. Feemster, Chairman. Committee on Jail. We find the jail in as good condition as it is possible to keep it. A. A. Burris, Chairman. Committee on County Offices. We find the treasurer's office inadequate to accommodate the business it has to handle and in need of a vault large enough to hold valuable books, with a filing system. We recommend the county commissioners confer with the county treasurer as to the needs of the office and attend to the fixtures without unnecessary delay, as valuable receipts and records need to be kept safer than it is now possible to keep them. Superintendent of education's and sheriffs offices seem to be very well situated to take care of their business. The probate judge needs more filing cases to take care of his needs. The clerk of the court has a well kept office, but needs more space ana light. N. S. Black, Chairman. Thanking your honor and the solicitor for aid and courtesies extended us during the term, and if there be no other business, we beg to be discharged. D. A. Whisonant, Foreman. . The drawing of grand jurors to hold over for next year resulted in the selection of the six names as follows: S. J. Sturgis, A. O. Jones, W. P. Boyd, J. W. Betts, N. S. Black, W. I. Brlson. CIRCUIT COURT. Robert McCrumb, convicted Tuesday of assault and battery was sentenced to thirty days or $50. Oscar Buchanan, an 8-year-old negro boy plead guilty to the charge of stealing a bicycle and was sent to the state reformatory for one year. Jamecs Caldwell charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, was convicted of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and was sentenced to one year in the state reformatory. Andrew Stewart, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons, plead guilty of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and was sentenced to three months or $5. Nathaniel Sanders was convicted of larceny and was sentenced to one year C A U.IIU *ov. The case against Thomas Carroll and Spencer Pruett, charged with housebreaking and larceny, was transferred to the contingent docket. The case against George Childers, charged with violation of the liquor laws, was continued. The case against Luther Ashe, charged with forgery, was continued. Robert Burris, charged with violation of the dispensary law, was acquitted. The last case tried Wednesday afternoon was that of Ernest Floyd, the Bethel negro hoy, who at a fish fry a few weeks ago shot to death another negro hoy after the other negro had almost cut him to pieces with a knife. He was charged with murder and with carrying a concealed pistol. His plea was self-defense, and the plea was well established. The jury, however, by instruction, brought in a verdict of guilty of carrying concealed weapons, and the court imposed a fine of J50 with the usual alternative of 30 days. The fine was paid. The statute provides that in all cases of this kind the indictment shall contain a count charging concealed weapons. The indictments are always so drawn; but until Judge Memminger drew such forcible and pointed attention to the matter last summer a year ago, the count was generally ignored by juries. Now, however, this count is considered along with other counts In indictments. The first case taken up this morning was that of the State against Gaddy Helms, charged with the murder of Aubrey Culp in Fort Mill township, a few months ago. The defendant is 15 r>r 1C years old and the deceased was about the same age; but according to the testimony, a little larger and a little stronger. The killing was the result of a fight between the boys between home and school. The testimony showed that the Culp boy was the aggressor, and that he had attacked the Helms boy with a knife. In at tempting to ward off the blow, the Qre Helms boy sustained a slash across 113 three fingers. He then struck the Culp boy with his lunch bucket and the Clup che boy died from the effects of the blow. a y\ The solicitor abandoned the claim of murder and asked only for a verdict of Qf t manslaughter. The defense relied en- wjt] tirely on the plea of self-defense. Af ter hearing instructions from the court, gou the jury took the papers and in a short COUI time returned with a verdict of "not cas( guilty." ry. The court is now engaged on the case of Samuel Hart, charged with murder, wh( and the understanding Is that the as- j^ol sault and battery case which grew out ten( of a baseball game at Hoodtown some cQn weeks ago, will be taken up this after- ^ noon. There is only one other case?a ne- jej gro rape case?to be tried at this term Qre and the sessions will adjourn tonight CQn or tomorrow. LOCAL LACONICS. u-u Low Water. foui The water is lower in Broad and Ca- wht tawba rivers than it has been for a ahe number of years and the capacity of fle the several power plants along these an(j streams is being sorely taxed to keep the various plants with which they are whf under contract running. Some of the g00| railroads, particularly the Seaboard ope; Air Line, are having much trouble ma, getting supplies of water for their en- jur( gines, and in some cases are hauling m0I water in tank cars to stations at notj which the water has failed. ^~? tod: LOOKS LIKE COLLAPSE. he 1 his Mexican Government Claims to Have ailb Situation Well In Hand. trie Laredo, Tex., Nov. 24.?Miguel E. kilh Disbold, Mexican consul, with head- gun quarters In this city, today received vict official advices which state that quiet prei has been restored at all points through- ? out the country. The only exception eres cited is in what is known as t "? Quer- beei ro district in the state of C* luahua. pull In that section 200 revolutionists are Det< still making: attacks on small villages, ed a The consul says they are not "rev- as ] olutionists" hut are bandits who are in mor the field to rob and pillage. No. Gen. Louro Villar, stationed in Neuvo to , Laredo, Mexico, was interviewed to- ano day. He has received official advices Thii from all points embraced in his juris- trai diction extending from Matamoras to by 1 Colombia, 30 miles above Laredo on fror the Mexican side of the river, and says at 1 everything is quiet along the border larg and in the immediate interior. "Ch The Mexican government still main- neg tains a cordon of troops which is 8lov guarding the border. On the American mor side of the river troops are on guard him from Brownsville to Del Rio, and, ac- thai cording to information covering this thai stretch of territory, quiet has existed cre^ all day. unt! Consul Diebolt says the Mexican mat government has the situation well in who hand. Sporadic outbreaks may occur, UP < he says, but the troops are adequate 1? 8 to cope with the situation and any up- the rising will be immediately suppressed. In. 1 Notwithstanding the tranquil condi- like tlons alarmist rumors are still in cir- ?i culation. Those rumors are not con- amc fined to the border towns but are cur- one rent even in the capital, Mexico City, ing A rumor current there today, which low< was reported to the minister of war, len was to the effect that an attack would senl be made upon Matamoras today or der tonight. The rumor was communi- the cated to Gen. Villar, who in turn im- into mediately got in touch with his aid as ? Matamoras. After a thorough scout out of the country a reply was sent to Gen. see Villar that there was no indication of own any outbreak either at Matamoras or on I in the immediate vicinity. According mel! to the rumor in the capital the tele- suit gTaph wires were to be cut and any re- kno port of the attack would be impossible, side Up to a late hour tonight the wires vilk were working without interruption. at 1 Gen. Villar repeated the rumor to that headquarters of the Third military tone pris at Monterey. occt General Trevino, who left Monterey not yesterday with a train load of soldiers grei for Torreon over the Mexican Interna- sick tional railroad, had not arrived at a mot late hour tonight. The authorities say villt he has probably left the train and is cott marching with his troops overland to trus some point in the Guerrero district in all < the state of Chihuahua where the rev- one olutionists are yet actively carrying on oth< thoir comrmlCT. dutl If the whereabouts of Francisco I. ture Madero is known no intimation is giv- escs en out by the Mexican authorities. stat , m that A Question Answered.?The Columbit State is at a loss to understand why ? prosecuting witnesses should be sub- . jected to such fearful abuse at the ^ hands of defendant's attorneys. The _a_ matter is really important and should ? be looked into.?Yorkvllle Enquirer. , The main reason, as we see it, for f this state of affairs is that there are , ? some Judges who allow shrewd criminal lawyers to run the courts to suit themselves. mer Often we have seen a timid state's twa witness, after an unmerciful brow- s?-'" beating by a lawyer defending a mur- r derer, step down from the witness *ent stand looking more like he had been 'ast convicted of crime than a man who denl had given testimony to uphold the secJ peace and dignity of the common- and wealth. wer In our opinion, what South Carolina an ' needs is a law to disbar attorneys who 1 stoop to the despicable practice of ae*v "fixing" evidence?a practice which 0,1 { in reality renders them in fact as ex&l guilty of the crime as the man they ma^ are seeking so shrewdly to defend. ta' The time has come for reformation l?r along this line, and the sooner these tae | reforms .are in operation the better co I it will be for the safety of life and property in South Carolina.?Greenville News. opei , a , of t the Parcels Post.?A limited parcels post pan; for the rural free delivery routes will com be recommended by Postmaster Gen- grar eral Hitchcock in his forthcoming an- Mas nual report. In announcing this last The night, according to a Washington dis- was patch, the postmaster general foresees and the establishment of a general parcels was post throughout the country as soon In s as the postals savings system is thor- ness oughly organized. has As the preliminary step in the de- insp velopment of such a service Mr. Hitch- inve cock will ask congress to authorize the whe delivery on rural routes of parcels The weighing as high as 11 pounds, which orga is the weight limit for the internation- with al parcels post. The This form of service, it is main- pan] tained, can be conducted with little $10, if any additional expense to the gov- I30C ernment. It will not require the ap- sollc pointment of more carriers, for those issu< already employed have the necessary was equipment in the way of horses and of o wagons to distribute the parcels as an a well as the ordinary mail. tivel A rural parcels post of the kind proposed, if successfully conducted, prob- . ably would lead the department to attempt a general system. ' " " lanti Benefit of Co-operation.?Milk cows Ject, have advanced $10 a head in York delei county, according to reports received Jose by The Yorkville Enquirer, which ex- F. A plains that the credit for this increas- opin ed value is due to the operations or tneican Co-operative Creamery recently estab- be lished in that town. The adaptation by tioni farmers of business methods to the poin conduct of their affairs always pays, aero Ours is the co-operative age. That Geoi fact has long been recognized by the outli the dwellers in cities, who have taken as ei advantage of it to their immense prof- prae it. It has been ignored by agricultur- day ists in this part of the world until very ento recently. They are only now begin- illus ning to understand what large benefits con they may obtain from working in uni- cessl son with one another. The Yorkville of tl experiment appears to be bearing fruit, off t as all such enterprises are sure to do the if properly established and conducted, this ?News and Courier. vils. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Willie Johnson, aged 18; won the enville Boys's Corn club prize with bushels. Sol Stacy won the first prize of the rokee County Boys' Corn club with ield of 106 bushels. J. W. Whltworth won the first prize he Richland county Boys' Corn club i 114 bushels and three pecks. The attorney general wm call the thern merger suit In the Richland :t next Monday, instead of the graft i against H. H. Evans, at NewberMlnus Hlghtower, the young negro, > was convicted In Columbia last iday of criminal assault and sen:ed to be hanged December 23, has ressed nis crime ana gives wni9K,v cocaine as the cau3e. Before the opening1 of the common is court for a two weeks term at enville last Tuesday, John Cuffle, victed in the spring of wife murwas sentenced to hang on January The case of Cuffle is a most unal one. Going home at night he nd his wife in company with a te man, Jess Fuller, with whom said she was going to elope. Cufleft home, got a gun, came back, the man and his wife were gone, followed them into the country ire he learned they had gone, n seeing them ahead in the road he ned Are with the gun, and the wo1 fell dead. The man was not in;d. Cuffle sat beside the body till ning and at daylight came in and ifled the officers that he had killed woman, giving himself into cubit, at the same time claiming that had aimed at Fuller and had killed wife. Fuller tried to establish an i and partly succeeded. Cuffle was d, and entered the plea that he ?d his wife thinking he had his drawn on Fuller. He was coned, the case appealed to the sune court, but a new trial refused. Charleston Post: One of the clevit stunts of detective work that has 1 done in Branchville recently was ed off here by Southern Railway a d pvph n'han ha nrrpst i negro Cohen Shuler (better known ' Mobs Shuler), who on last Sunday ning had the nerve to get on train 35 while It was getting ready to go \ugusta and deliberately hold up ther negro and take $8 from him. s was done in the presence of the n crew who were made to believe the negro that he was a constable n Charleston. Shuler had on him :he time he robbed the negro, a :e badge with letters on it, thus: arleston Constable," and when the ro whom he held up was a little r in coughing up the amount of ley that Shuler wanted he showed his badge and told him at the time : unless he gave him the money : he would arrest him. The train v thought the negro was an officer 11 some time afterwards and the ter was reported to Officer Byrd, > in a short time picked the robber ind landed him in the town Jail. It aid that this is not by any means first trouble that Shuler has been }Ut when he gets out of this he will ly be willing to take a rest. Columbia State: It is a custom >ng governors to parole or pardon prisoner or several on Thanksgivday and Gov. Ansel yesterday foled this custom by giving Walter Alii is liberty, who is serving a life lence in the penitentiary for murfrom Greenville county, which is home of Gov. Ansel. Allen came th* limellirht where, in 1907 he. i trusty, walked early one morning of the prison and to Greenville to his wife. Later he returned on his i accord. He was convicted In 1901 the charge of killing Henry TramI, a neighbor, who it is charged ined the wife of Allen. Allen is wn as a mountaineer, he having red in the upper section of Greeni county. Letters from the officials :he penitentiary to Gov. Ansel say t Allen has made a most excellent oner. He has on several previous isions asked for a pardon, but was successful. Back In 1907 Allen v homesick, He wanted to see his : wife who had removed from the intain home to the city of Greeni and was employed in one of the on mills of that city. He was a ty, having gained the confidence of officials at the penitentiary. Early morning he walked away with anjr prisoner by the name of Sudi. Sudduth has never been recapid. When Allen's wife heard of his ipe she wrote a letter to Gov. Ansel lng that when Allen came home : she would send him back to the itentiary. He went to see his wife then came back to Columbia. The spapers familiar with the case have e then urged the parole. Allen is ut 36 years of age. Gov. Ansel also loned another prisoner yesterday, id Burton, a negro who was serva life sentence from Anderson nty for murder, Having Deen coned several years ago. The postmaster general has corniced an active campaign against big New York concerns that are to have swindled the public out nore than $100,000,000 by frauduuse of the mails. In New York, Monday, Sheldon H. Burr, presit of Burr Bros., Eugene H. Burr, etary and treasurer of the firm, Frank H. Tobey, vice president, e arrested and each was released a bond of $20,000. It is charged he government that they have sold reen $40,000,000 and $50,000,000 ind mining stocks that were worth ;tly nothing. The other raid was le on the officers of the ContineniVireless Telegraph company. CarR. Keene. postal inspector, told story of Continental Wireless. The pany was organized, he said, in ;ona, on October 1, 1909, with a tal of $5,000,000 but did not begin -ations on a large scale until May his year. It obtained control of Collins Wireless Telephone comV, the Pacific Wireless Telegraph pany, the Clark Wireless Tele)h-Telephone company and the sie Wireless Telegraph company. Columbia Finance corporation organized to market the stock an ambitious selling campaign carried on all over the country, pite of the great amount of busidone, Continental Wireless today ? no bank account, he said, that the I ectors have been able to find, and ' stigation has shown no trace of i re the money realized has gone. Collins Wireless company was inized in the District of Columbia i a capitalization of $1,000,000. capital stock of the Clark comr was $25,000,000; that of Pacific 000.000 and that of the Massie 1.000. The purpose of the conlation. as announced in a booklet ?d by the Continental Wireless to give the company a wide field peration and to give to investors issured Investment in a "conservay capitalized corporation." More than two hundred delegates, esenting all of the cotton growing ;s, gathered in convention in Ati this week to discuss but one sub"War on the Boll Weevil." The sates were welcomed by Governor ph M. Brown and Mayor Robert laddox. It was the concensus of ion that this cotton plant pest be successfully fought, but it will necessary to completely revoluze farming methods. It was ted out that as the weevil will be ss the southwestern borders of gia by 1912, it is necessary to ne a campaign against the weevil irly as possible. Ore of the most tical addresses of the session towas that by Dr. W. D. Hinds, state mologist. of Alabama. Dr. Hinds trated his address with stereoptiviews. He declared that to suefully combat the eastward march tie weevil, the planter must burn fit* uuiiuii niaiiv.^ juai buuii ar> crop is picked. He declared that will kill 97 per cent of the wee