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Scraps and facto. ? New Orleans, January 12: With the news of the removal of Gov. M. Fernandez of the Nicaraguan province of Zelaya for alleged complicity in a gigantic smuggling conspiracy, involving New Orleans and other ports on the gulf, came the advice yesterday from Bluefields, Nicaragua, to local exporting houses that a general shape-up of the Bluefields customs department had taken place. The discovery of the plot, made by agents of the Bluefields Steamship company, disclosed the fact, it is said, that the Nicaraguan government has been defrauded out of thousands of dollars duty on merchandise shipped by Nicaraguans residing in New Orleans and other gulf ports in trunks listed as personal baggage. It is said that a number of warrants are out for the arrest of prominent Nicaraguans residing in this city, if they ever return to their native country. ? The Crumpacker congressional reapportionment bill, fixing the house membership at 433, exclusive of Arizona and New Mexico, was ordered fa vi.. 4? Viahoo Wodnpfl VUI ttUI.V rcpui ICU IU HIV uvuov ?? vmi.vw day by the census committee on moton of Representative Burleigh of Maine. The bill will be brought up in the house at the earliest opportunity. The hill was amended in committee so as to provide that the reapportior ment should not be made by the legislatures of the states, a provision usually made in the reapportionment bills, but omitted from this one because of conflicting legislation in several states covering the matter. The measure will provoke a lively discussion when it comes up on the floor of the house, for there are many differing views to the reapportionment. The 433 was fixed by the committee as the lowest number which would avoid reducing the numerical representation of states. ? President Taft on yesterday sent to congress a special message urging the fortification of the Panama canal and recommending that an appropriation of $5,000,000 for the initiation of the work on the proposed defenses be made at the present session of congress. "The canal, when completed." said the message, "will afford the only convenient route for water communication between our Atlantic and Pacific coasts and virtually will be a part of the coast line of the United States. Its assured possession and control will contribute to our peace, safety and prosperity as a nation. In my judgment it is the right and the duty of the United States to fortify and make capable of defense the work that will bear so vital a relation to its welfare, and that Is being created solely by it and at an expenditure of enormous sums." The president forwarded to congress with his message a modified report of the special army and navy board, which reduces the estimate of the cost of fn.nfl/>oHnn nf thu canal from $19. 546.843"to" $12,475,328. The board recommends that the permanent garrison in time of peace on the isthmus consist of twelve companies of coast artillery: four regiments of infantry: one battalion of field artillery and one squadron of cavalry. ? Out of the tangled web of diplomacy. plot and counter plot, that has wrapped it about for centuries, the Persian government has raised its voice in appeal to the whole world? an appeal for what it styles justice against Great Britain and Russia. The first cry has reached this country, bearing the seal of the empire and the signature of Mositof El Malik, president of the council. It is addressed to the American people through H. H. Topkayan, Persian consul general at New York. It sets forth in full the dealings of Great Britain and Russia in Persian affairs and charges that British bad faith has brought the Persian government to the brink of coU lapse. In brief the Persian government states that through a loan made to it by Russia some years ago and which it found itself unable to pay because Great Britain and Russia have thrown every obstacle in the way of repayment it is almost helpless and unable to maintain order in certain provinces where Russian troops have been quartered to enforce collection. Great Britain, It is said, expressly agreed that no other than civil means would be used for collections, yet that country now stands idly by while Russia nours regiments over the borders. The presence of these foreign troops has roused Persia to fury. Three provinces have been thrown into revolt. Russia and Britain have demanded that the disorders he repressed. yet the Persian government declares itself helpless while Russian troops are within its borders. ? Comstack, Texas, January 12: More than twenty men were killed in a desperate battle between the Mexican Federal soldiers and a small party of insurrectos on the bank of the Rio Grande, opposite this point yesterday. The insurrectos had only eighteen men and for three hours they held at bay about seventy-five rurales and about 100 infantry soldiers. Of the eighteen insurrectos two were killed and seven wounded. E. S. O'Reilly, correspondent with the insurrectos. received a slight wound in the thigh. The arrival of twenty more insurrectos in the last few minutes of the fight saved the defenders and prevented what probably would have been a massacre of the little band. After half an hour's continuous fighting the Federals received reinforcements from their main body and a charge was made on the insurrectos. As they advanced the defenders of the pass sent a storm of bullets in their ranks, firing coolly and making every shot count. The Federals advanced a short distance and then returned to their original position. The steady fire and good aim of the insurrectos was more than the soldiers could stand and they shrank from closing for a final assault. The battle started at 4.20 o'clock and con tinued steadily until 7.30. As darkness approached the twenty insurrectos who had been sent for horses appeared on a neighboring hill, approaching in a gallop. The bugles of the soldiers blew a retreat and they fell back about a mile, where they took a stronger position in a shallow canyon. The field was left to the insurreetos and the band of eighteen had successfully held at bay nearly ten times their number. ? Altapass. N. C.. January 11: The industrial agents and traffic men of the following railroads closed their conference here yesterday on the "back home movement" inaugurated by the Carolina. Clinchfield and Ohio railway; Norfolk and Western railway; Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway: Central of Georgia railway: Southern railway; Carolina and Northwestern railway; New Orleans. Mobile and Chicago railroad; Georgia and Florida Railway System; Norfolk and Southern railroad: Tennessee Central railroad; Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio railway, and the Georgia immigration bureau. In all. about 25,0o0 miles of railroad in the territory east of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers, were represented in the conference. During the day a large number of letters and telegrams were received from newspaper editors and boards of trade in the south, offer ing their support in the movement, and sending lists of persons who have gone from the southern states into the west and northwest. The conference was opened by the assistant industrial agent of the Carolina. Ciinchfield and Ohio railway in an address which explained the methods employed l?y his company in the conduct of the "back home" campaign, and urging the importance of co-operation among the railroads, and between the railroads and the people of the south, in broadening and prosecuting the movement in all the states of the southwest. This view was adopted bv all those present, and after general discussion, it was resolved that another conference be held at Chattanooga. Tenn.. February l.">, beginning at 1ft o'clock a. m., to which will be invited representatives of all railway lines east of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers, together with delegates, appointed by the governors, from each congressional district in these states. At this time, the proposition of a special advertising fund will be considered: also the esta! lishment of a press bureau will be determined a! the cba'tanooga conference. Until that time, the industrial department of the Ciinchfield road will continue its publicity campaign, which has been one of remarkable strength and success. A resolution was offered by Mr. Ed. M. Hafer of the Georgia immigration bu reau. providing: that the railroads of the south represented in the conference do memorialize both houses of national congress to select New Orleans as the logical point for holding the proposed exposition celebrating the opening of the Panama canal in 1915. tilic \lotluillc (fnquircr. Entered at the Postofflee in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.? FRIDAY. JANUARY 13, 1911. And so after all Peary missed it more than a mile. Too bad. One trouble with the Lorimer case is that too many senators are tarred with the same stick. If old Hard Times should come along again, the present rate of taxi*?on would eive this section scissors. More than fifty new names have been added to the mailing list of The Enquirer since January 1, and they are still coming, many from out of the way and unexpected quarters. The department of commerce and labor last year collected $15,000 from the feed stuffs law, of which amount $5,000 went into the state treaury. The department is now self-supporting-. There is reason to hope that the whisky question will not take up much of the time of the present session of the general assembly; but as to that there is no predicting with any degree of certainty. Observe the estimate of thirteen thousand dollars a year for the support of the chaingang and then consider whether York county gets that much value out of the institution either directly or indirectly. Some of the members of the general assembly are favorable to the idea of adopting a general law that will authorize municipalities to vote on the ' question of changing to the commission i form of government as they may de- > sire. 1 Of course, Gaffney is away ahead of Yorkville and no effort is being made to let the people knov the fact.?Cherokee News. Why, the census department says Gaffney is not even in the 5.000 class and it would take at least 10,000 to put Gaffney ahead of Yorkville's 2,700. Champ Clark claims that the conditions under which the Democrats re- , versed themselves as to Mr. Cannon's ruling were different. Of course. When the farmer told the lawyer that !l ?? /\w'r. /w t t VioH hopn 11 was lite tawjci o v.v uiai Mw.. gored, the conditions changed imme- , diately. It is surprising how many towns in South Carolina are so confident of their ability to outcount the government in census taking. The possibilities of the country's municipal population, had the government only left it for the ascertainment of the police furnishes a most interesting subject for speculation. If some power that is big enough and strong enough will take the rail- | roads by the throat and give them to understand that they will be abolished unless they bring the Anderson Daily Mail to Yorkville with regularity and on time, we will be content to make no more conplaints for quite a while. , We think that the York county chaingang costs a great deal more ( than it is worth to the roads of the county; that under present conditions, especially since the Saye road law has been put in operation, it is unnecessary, and that it should be abolished. J The very best thing that can be done with the chaingang is to disband it and send the convicts to the peniten] tiary. Senator Carlisle of Spartanburg has ' introduced a bill providing for the J creation of a commission to investigate and report by bill to the next annual ^ session of the general assembly, on the ^ question of adopting the Torrens sys- ( tern for the registration of land deeds ( in South Carolina. It is high time that th<- state were getting out of the rut as ^ to the present cumbersome and expen- , sive system. ( Mr. Hutch C. Mitchell, a skilled com- j puter of the coast and geodetic survey, | who has been working on the notes submitted bv Capt. Peary, has reported to the hous^ naval affairs that according to his figures Capt. Peary's records I show that the closest approach the explorer made to the pole was within one and one-sixteenth miles. Mr. 1 Mitchell gave it as his opinion that , Capt. Peary's notes could not have < been faked. 5 We are glad to note that Governor Ansel has in his retiring message, recommended an increase in the salaries of state officers, and we hope the legislature will act upon the recommendation. It would he agreeable if the proposition could go through and become a law before Governor Blease takes his seat so he can get the bene fit. It is quite possible that if the law is not passed before the new governor comes in, he may feel himself under obligations to veto it: but we hope that lie will take no such view. There is certainly no time to be lost s with reference to making arrangements ] for the refunding of the township bonds. As stated, nothing can be done ; without legislation, and if the legisla- j tion should fail the townships will c have to pay 7 per cent interest again r next January, instead of only 4A or 5, which should be the rate under a re- ; funding act. In any event, Ebenezer f and Catawba townships will have to pay interest again on May 1 at the < rate of 7 per cent a year; but this < will no doubt be provided for in the re- ? funding act to be passed as soon as the county supervisor notifies the legislative delegation us to the exact situation. j A Columbia dispatch to the Spar- } tanburg Herald says that the plans of 0 the proposed new morning paper have c apparently fallen through. Mr. Geo. R. Keoster, having withdrawn from the undertaking. This information will not be in the least surprising to those who have an adequate understanding of the financial problem of publishing another morning paper in a town that already has a morning paper several sizes larger than that town has any right to expect. Of course, anybody, who can has a right to publish a newspaper, and we have no objection to any attempt that may be made along that line. But we do not think Columbia needs a third daily paper and we do not think the state of South Carolina needs a third daily in the capital city. Yes. it is true that a newspaper opinion is only the opinion of an individual. The opinions of newspapers are always written by individuals. It might be noted however, that when an individual speaks in public to a promiscuous audience, he is generally very careful what he says. He tries in the first place to be absolutely sure of his facts, and in the second place that his remarks are worth while. There is a difference in the private and public expressions of most individuals, whether newspaper men or not. We do not mean to suggest that they think one thing In one capacity and another thing in the other capacity. We merely mean to say that they are more careful in one capacity than in the other. This applies not only to newspaper people; but to men and women generally, in whatever walk. Of course, noii'iinanpp npnnlp nrp llint like Other people. The Greenville News has reproduced our telephone message to the Anderson Daily Mail under the caption, "Hard to Believe." We do not understand that the Greenville News questions our statements. We take its remark as merely Intended to draw more particular attention to facts that are so unusual as to strain the comprehension of practical newspaper workers. However, if there is anybody who really shows any doubt as to the absolute correctness of any essential statement in the message, we have this proposition. Let the doubter put up $5 to go to such charitable institution as we might name in the event of our furnishing absolute proof, and we will put up our note for $1,000, secured by mortgage on The Enquirer printing plant, and subject to foreclosure in favor of any charitable institution the doubter might name, provided we cannot furnish such proof. The names of the excellent people about whom we were talking were not mentioned in the original statement, because, we are absolutely sure that they did not want any undue publicity; but we can carry out the terms of our proposition without the necessity of such publicity. Let it be distinctly understood, however, that in no sense is this a banter to the Greenville News, because the Greenville News does not doubt The Enquirer any more than does the Anderson Daily Mail. It is a pity that it is necessary to call for the enforcement of the law re quiring the state flag to float over public buildings. It would seem that if there was not sufficient patriotism to accomplish the desired end, there ought to be a sufficient sense of the duty of obedience to the laws of the state. South Carolina leads the Union in the number of bushels of corn produced on an acre. She leads the south and is second in the Union in cotton spindles. South Carolina leads the Union in hydro-electrical development. The tensile strength of South Carolina granite is the strongest in the world. South Carolina produces more gold than any state east of the Mississippi river. South Carolina has the best state college for girls in the Union. South Carolina is forging ahead of the other states in many things. There is no state in the Union that has more to be proud of. There is no state in the Union that has a right to be prouder of the unsullied glory of its flag either in war or peace. There is no state flag that counts for moro. There are several things that South Carolinians may fall short in; but in none of these things is she so hopelessly short as in unquestioning obedience to the laws uf the land. This is the one thing of which all South Carolinians should be tSIUUIIfll. nui >v c an mean iu enangi his. Let us obey this law that requires the state flag to lloat over every public building, and when the flag has been put on those buildings in the sight of ill the people, let us teach ourselves, ?ach other, and our children that this (lag stands for strict obedience and boly reverence for all the laws of the :ommonwealth. If we do this, the :hings that have been mentioned as the things in which South Carolina unquestionably excels, will continue as bright jewels in our crown; but they will all take a place second to the still higher attainment that is so easily within our reach. South Carolina will then come to be recognized as the greatest state in the Union not only in the things mentioned, but in everyihinf THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. House and Senate of South Carolina In Annual Session. The senate and house of representaives of South Carolina each met in its espective chambers last Tuesday and jpent the greater part of the day in >rganizing for the business of the session, which will last for forty days, uness H shall hereafter be decided to esablish a shorter time. The senate was called to order by ihe lieutenant governor, Hon. T. G. McLeod, and organized by the election >f Hon. W L. Mauldin of Greenville is president pro tern: M. M. Mann of St. Matthews, clerk; Dr. W. S. Stokes, reading clerk, and Rev. A. E. Holler, haplain. There were two candidates 'or chaplain, the other being Rev. J. P. Knox. The vote stood 32 to 10. J. I-Yed Schumpert was re-elected serjeant-at-arms and Alva M. Lumpkin ivas appointed assistant clerk. The standing committees agreed up>n at an informal conference on the lay before were appnoved in the senite. The finance committee is composed >f W. L. Mauldin, chairman; P. L. Hardin, Neils Christenscn, W. .1. Johnson. F. H. Weston, George W. Sullivan, Liouis Appelt, W. R. Hough, W. T. Montgomery, Alan Johnstone, T. W. McCown, W. H. Stewart. Hon. W. H. Stewart of York, is on the following idditional committees: Agriculture, :ounty offices and county officers; en?llwl hills, nenitentiarv. Dublic lands. oacls and bridges. The house organized by electing Hon. d. L. Smith of Kershaw, speaker. Mr. Smith was the only candidate and his dection was unanimous. Jas. A. Hoyt, ?f Richland, was elected clerk; Mclowan Simpkins of Edgefield, reading lerk; J. S. Wilson of Lancaster, serreant-at-arms, and Rev. R. ?N. Pratt of 'olumbia, chaplain. ? Governor Ansel has offered a revard of $100 for the apprehension of f. \V. Harper, the man who is wanted or the murder of Ed Bossard. It is inderstood that Harper after hiding limself, consulted a lawyer and put tut the word that he would remain in oncealment until court convenes. LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Mrs. J. J. Smith, Clover?Offers th< residence of the late Mr. J. J. Smith for sale. Jno. R. Hart, Mayor?Invites the citizens of the town to attend a meetinj at the court house Tuesday evening for the purpose of organizing a boarc of trade. \V. A. Davis. Photographer?Will remain in Clover three days of next week. January 16th, 17th and 18th Geo. R. Wallace, Exer.?Requests debtors and creditors of Mary E Turner, deceased, to make settlement with him. Mrs. Sallie A. Darwin?Warns all persons against hunting, cutting timber or otherwise trespassing on her 93acre place. Mrs. Sallie A. Darwin and Others? Forbid all parties to hunt, cut timber, graze cattle or otherwise trespass on the estate lands of E. S, Darwin. J. W. Quinn, Supt. Education?Invites the teachers and trustees of all schools in Bethel township to meet Miss Leila Russell at Bethel school house, January 17. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge? Gives notice that R. Andral Brat ton has applied to him for letters of administration to be granted tc J. A. Tate, C. C. C. Pis., on the estates of Thos. Davidson and Mrs Thos. Davidson, deceased. J. L. Williams & Co.?On Saturday morning will put on sale 185 pairs men's fine pants at $1 per pair, and 87 pairs men's shoes at $1 per pair First National Bank. Sharon?Publishes its statement of condition al the close of business. January 7, Its resources total $146,504.84. I. W. Johnson?For one week offers Swift's Premium hams at 18 cents a pound. Kirkpatrlck?Belk Co.?Announces the opening of a "white goods and muslin underwear" sale on January 17th?next Tuesday. Bargain prices in embroideries, laces and underwear: white goods specials, etc. See page five. Yorkville Creamery Association? Gives additional reasons as to why you should buy a De Laval in preference to other cream separators. Herndon & Gordon?Answer a momentous question for the benefit of housekeepers, and tell you about their groceries, hardware, etc. National Union Bank, Rock Hill? Tells you to have some definite object in life, and suggests that you make it a habit to save a part of your earnings. Yorkville Monument Works?Suggest that now is a good time tc place your order for a monument for delivery in the spring. First National Bank, Yorkville?Says there is no royal road to wealth, and tells you of some roads that are easier than others. York Supply Co.?Wants you to feed your horses and mules on "Sunshine" feed and your chickens on "Scratch." It wants your fertilizer business. First National Bank, Sharon?Points out to farmers how desirable it is to them to do business through the hank. It offers its assistance to farmers. Pa f~\*-? r\o cre\ elv Hvaq Ho. I IIIIIIPUII V/U.- VII u.A, r> ? w?? tails of a "great white sale" which it opens tomorrow and continues for several days. Muslin underwear. embroideries, laces, quilts, domestics, etc. Representative Beamguard h?s Introduced a bill to provide for the registration of chattel mortgages on crops and to fix the fee. We have not seen a copy of Mr. Beamguard's bill; but the matter is of very considerable imnortance. To all intents and purposes the chattel mortgage answers the place of the former crop lien, the only difference being in the expense of recording mortgages in amounts over $100. Here is a little item in the county government law to which especial and particular attention should be called. It is section 814 of the Civil Code and reads as follows: "No member of the county board of commissioners shall vote for an extra allowance to any person who has been paid by salary, nor shall the treasurer of said county knowingly pay to any such person any extra allowance." Of course it is up to the Cherokee county delegation in the general assembly to refund the Cherokee township bonds. When the bonds were voted. Cherokee was a part of York countv and the bonds were made payable in Yorkville. They have heen payable in Yorkville ever since, the treasurer of Cherokee county collecting the money from the taxpayers and sending It to the treasurer of York county. But when the bonds become due on Mav 1 next, the holders will go after Cherokee township. They may come to Yorkville first: but there will be no money here and the York county treasurer will send the holders of the bonds to Cherokee. The representatives of Cherokee county, therefore will be wise ann nave arrangements maae in advance. State Treasurer Jennings is after the county treasurers for their tardiness in remitting funds to Columbia, and is represented as entertaining the idea of charging them 5 per cent a month on deferred payments. This thing of having to wait on money that is coming to you is very inconvenient and annoying. We know because we have tried it. But really, we don't see how the state treasurer can expect the county treasurers to come across until after the taxpayers have settled with the county treasurers. For instance, although the tax books are opened October 15, nobody is obliged to pay until December 31, and if everybody sees proper to wait until the last day. as so many people invariably do, it is difficult to see how the county treasurers can help themselves. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. S. J. Barry and daughter. Miss Ruth, of Filbert No. 1, are visiting relatives in Spartanburg. YORK ON THE COMMITTEES. Speaker M. L. Smith announced the house committee assignment on "Wednesday, placing the members from York county as follows: J. E. Beamguard?On Ways and Means. Thos. F. McDow?On Judiciary. O. L. Sanders?On Commerce and Manufactures, Hospital for the Insane, chairman committee on Offices and Officers. J. H. Saye?On Education, Legislative Library, chairman Medical Affairs. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? There is a story in circulation to the effect that the parties to whom the contract for the erection of a filter plant in Yorkvllle was given not long ago, will forfeit their contract: but Mayor Hart says there is no foundation for the story. ? Yorkville can have a population of f>.000 inhabitants by the next census if the people will only make up their minds to work that way. The fact is that Yorkville is already a good deal bigger than a good many towns that have five thousand inhabitants. ? Prof. N. E. Aull, formerly of Newberry: but for some time past a resident of Hickory, N. C., has accepted the principalship of the Yorkville graded school. Prof. Aull is a thoroughly equinned teacher of long experience, and the Yorkville school has reason to congratulate itself on having been able to secure his services. ? The Loan and Savings bank held its annual meeting on last Wednesday and re-elected the board of directors as follows: J. S. Brice, C. E. Spencer, B. in. aioore, . ?>. \> . j?. wiiKerson, \V. H. Herndon, S. M. McNeel. The directors re-elected Mr. S. M. MeNeel. president, Mr. J. S. Br ice vice president, and Mr. J. P. McMnrray, cashier. ? At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank ot Yorkville last Tuesday, the old board of directors was re-elected as follows: O. K. Wilkins, R. C. Allein, J. M. Stroup, W. M. Love, W. I. Witherspoon, W. R. Moore, W. O. White and J. L. Rainey. The directors re-elected Mr. O. E. Wilkins, president, Mr. W. I. Witherspoon. vice president, and Mr. R. C. Allein, cashier. ? Mrs. Mary J. Ingold, widow of the late Alfonso W. Ingold, died at the home of her son-in-law, Mr. Brooks Intnan yesterday afternoon shortly after 5 L o'clock, after a long period of failing health, aged 74 years and 17 days. Mrs. Ingold whose maiden name was Lineberry, was born and reared in North Carolina, and was brought to 3 Yorkville in 1S70 by her husband, who 1 came for the purpose of editing The Yorkville Enquirer, and who continued " in that work until January 12, 1891, ' when he died. Mrs. Ingold survived her { husband exactly twenty years to a day, * almost to an hour. The deceased was a lady of most admirable character, " loyal, faithful and true to all the t higher ideals of a properly spent life. She had been quite frail ior many years, and had borne a great deal of physical suffering; but with her thoughts and deeds centered solely on the comfort and welfare of those around her rather than on herself. She is survived by two children, Mrs. Brooks Inman of Yorkville, and Mrs. C. C. Randleman, of Randleman, N. C. The funeral will take place in Rose Hill cemetery this afternoon at 3 o'clock, and will be conducted by Rev. J. L. Oates, pastor of the Associate Reformed church, of which she was a member, assisted by Rev. E. E. Gilles- 1 nie. nastor of the Presbvterian church. ( i BOY'S CORN CLUB. ? At the request of Prof. L. A. Niven i of Wlnthrop college, we take pleasure ? In publishing the following that will be of especial and particular interest to hundreds of York county boys: A meeting of the Boys' Corn Club of i York county will be held at Wlnthrop I college, Saturday, the 21st of January. The meeting will be called to order about 11 o'clock, or as soon as the train t from Yorkville arrives. There were forty members of the club last year, but we hope to see this i number doubled this year. Every boy ! in the county should become a member of the club and contest for the i valuable prizes to be offered. At the meeting to be held on the 21st, special instruction will be given in seed corn selection and testing. We will not merely talk about testing seed corn, but actually show how it is done by doing it. Prizes for the first and second best ten ears of corn will be given. A third prize will be given if a sufficient number enter the contest to warrant it. If you didn't select good seed from ' the field last fall, select the best ears ; you can find in the crih and bring them along and enter the contest. It Is hoped that a real organization may be perfected at this meeting?all officers to come from the members of ' the cluh. If this is done. It is possible that the United States franking privilege may be obtained for the cluh and i bulletins and other instruction mailed free of charge to each member of the club. i Let each boy who expects to become a member try to get some other boy to join. Talk It up and let's have the largest and best corn club in the state. I The larger the club the more will the merchants and business men of the county feel like giving toward the prize fund. Don't forget to bring along your best i ten ears, as the prizes are to be given and you may be able to capture one of them if you try. All farmers interested In better corn growing have a special Invitation to be present. THE TOWNSHIP BONDS. The article In the last Issue of The Rnquirer on the suhtject of the township bonds issued in aid of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad ! has been read with very general ini terest, especially in the townships interested, and many people, including ( some of those who must have to do , with the refunding of these bonds, were very much surprised to find the situation as it is?that the time for the refunding of the bonds is so close at hand. The fact of the matter is that it i would have been better if the whole , question had been thoroughly looked I into last year and the necessary legal provision for refunding had been made at the last session of the general assembly. This, of course, was not ab- e solutely necessary; but in a case of e such importance as this, it is best not a to take any chances on not having t plenty of time in which to do all that r mav be necessary to be done. r That there has been one pretty se- t rious oversight Is quite certain. In e making1 up the levy In January 1910 for funds with which to pay Interest falling due on Ebenezer and Catawba bonds January 1, 1911, provision should have y also been made for paying the interest from January 1, 1911 to May 1, 1911. As it Is there is In the treasury only P sufficient money with which to pay the t coupons falling due January 1, 1911, t and the May 1 coupons cannot be taken care of without a special arrangement, * for which there is now no legal au- s thority. .. When the bonds fall due on May 1, 1 Ebenezer township will owe about $332 and Catawba township will owe nearly i $1,400. Ebenezer township has to its 1 credit a sinking fund amounting to about $1,500, and Catawba has to her S credit a sinking fund amounting to $ about $3,700 or $3,800. With the au- j thority of the legislature, this could be used to pay this interest that has not a otherwise been provided for; or the su- fi pervlsor could be authorized to borrow the necessary money on the security of taxes to be collected next year; or the c amounts due could be provided for G with additional bonds. Any one of ^ these expedients would be as good as the other two and it will be a mere n matter of inclination as to which will b be adopted. w Another thing which should be and ii no doubt will be carefully considered S in the legislation now necessary, d will be the creation of a sinking fund p sufficient to pay off the refunding bonds at their maturity. The statute referred to as having been made at the V instance of Senator Brice a few years ft ago, and which is responsible for the o existence of the funds referred to above, will probably answer every pur- f< pose of a sinking fund for the new h bonds to be issued. >" tl SUCCESSFUL LOT SALE. ei Seventy-five town lots of about four cj to the acre, changed hands at the auc- t< tion sale conducted by the Anderson ei Real Estate and investment company, u in Yorkvllle last Tuesday, in about two hours and at prices ranging from f< $30 up to $125 a lot. The sale was a complete success from every standpoint, and Mr. E. R. Horton, p president of the company, who con- (( ducted the entire transaction was j thoroughly satisfied with all the de- cj tails of the deal?the readiness with f( which buyers absorbed the lots, and <j, the promptness with which they made js their initial payments. tl The auction was conducted in regu- G| lation style. In connection with a big newspaper advertisement and the wide r distribution of circulars setting forth the conditions and terms of the sale, hi cards were given out in a house to ir house canvass entitling each holder to el a chance at prizes to be drawn from a s hat during and after the sale. A k brass band under the direction of Prof. ic tt j V. . -3 *v?iia{n Qlirl thft C? neriiuun luuuaucu me ihuoiv.?c?..v? ? - ^ whole affair went off with plenty of m snap and vim. tc A somewhat unusual feature con- ec nected with this sale was the fact that pi the lots were more especially offered to l the colored citizens of the town. It \V is a fact that the negroes have for a bj long time been finding it difficult to le buy lots in desirable localities. It is pj a fact that the white people do not w want the negroes to get too close to hi them, and it is a fact also, that the ne- jti groes have no desire to annoy the whites with their presence when the " whites object. Of course, it is not to be understood that all whites object R< to all negroes. There are plenty of ex- b< ceptions, but the rule is as stated, and m because of the situation described, the M negroes generally have had but little th choice in the location of their homes, si In this sale advantage was taken of of this situation, and although it was giv- p< en out that lots would be sold to any- iv body who desired to buy, the whites as hs a rule bought only for speculation. H Only about half a dozen lots were th bought by whites. The others were w; bought by negroes. M The property included in the auction m sale is that formerly known as the J. W W. P. Hope property. It was pur- J. chased by Mr. W. D. Bewley of Ches- Hi ter with a view to having an auction ou sale of lots. Mr. Bewley, however, in found an opportunity to sell at a profit :o Mr. J. L. Staley, a well known flour salesman of Due West, and Mr. Staley :urned it over to the Anderson Real Estate and Investment company to sell is described. Mr. E. R. Horton, president of the \nderson Real Estate company, said yesterday that the result of the sale vas entirely satisfactory; that enough ots had been sold for Mr. Staley to say back the original purchase price :o Mr. Bewley, with a handsome marfin left over and Mr. Staley still has some thirty or more lots to his credit to se disposed of by private sale in the 'uture. The understanding is that most of he negroes who became purchasers of ots are going to try to build as luickly as they can, and so far as rhe Enquirer has information, the vhole transaction is entirely satisfacory to all concerned. STRANGE TIMES THEN. Mr. Ira Hardin of Blacksburg, was n Yorkville Wednesday, having come lown to get some information as to :ourses and distances with reference to t big tract of land he had been employ?d to locate for the owners out In vestern York. The land, formerly cnown as the "Tommy Whitesides" jlace, was bought up about fifteen ."ears ago by the Gaston Mineral comiany, and as the plans of the company vere never fully carried out, it is now imposed to cut up the tract into small 'arms and sell it out as such at a food profit, which is assured under the :onditions that prevail now compared vith the time of the purchase. But this Is not the story. Though ip close to eighty, Mr. Hardin is still i young man physically and mentally, ind is able to hold his own with the lest of the surveyors who have not rsvt W(? .?/vnfA Tin i.OA/1 ' cl irauucu nail 1110 cai a. nc uacu to )e an intimate friend of the writer's rrandfather, and that friendship has ome on down to the present generation vithout any interruption on either side, ^or this reason when Mr. Hardin is in forkville with a little spare time on lis hands, he generally calls on the vriter, who is always glad to see him. One of the subjects of conversation JVednesday was the refunding of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago ailroad bonds, about which subject here was an interesting story in the ast issue of The Enquirer, and from hat the talk naturally ran on to the ibligation incurred by the different ownships and the wonderful changes hat were brought about as the result >f the construction of the railroad hrough the county from east to west. "There are still a good many people vho are disposed to grumble about hat tax," said Mr. Hardin, "but we vould have never gotten the railroad vithout it, and Just look at the development that the railroad has brought, (specially in western York and in Cherokee township. Why, before the ailroad came, western York was a vilderness, and if the railroad had not ome, I don't believe there would have >een a Hickory Grove or Sharon even ( 'et. But that is not all. The opening ip of the country' has helped the people oo, helped land values and helped the . reneral intelligence of the inhabitants. , fes, sir, that bond deal was a good in- , restment." , Growing reminiscent as to the condiions that formerly prevailed in west;rn York, and over a good part of the , >a!ance of the county, Mr. Hardin said ( hat previous to the war when there vas no license tax either on the makng or selling of whisky, corn whisky ised to sell at thirty cents a gallon by ( he barrel, and was retailed at forty or ifty cents. We saw more of it maybe , it the muster days, he went on. There , vould be plenty of whisky there, brought by the fellows who made it in | cegs, and who sold it as openly as men low sell cider. The price was general- ( y 10 cents a pint. Men would step up tnd buy a pint, take a swig and pass , t on to the next. When that pint , rave out, some other fellow would inrest ten cents and so it would go unil after a while some man would hrown down his hat and say , le could whip any man on the ] rrounds. Then immediately some oth- , r fellow would reply, "I'm your man," , ind they would go at it until one or , he other was convinced that he was ] lot as good a man as he had thoueht , le was. "Those were strange old , imes." said Mr. Hardin, and the rod- ( r will no doubt agree with him. LOCAL LACONICS. , 'ostmaster at Fort Mill. Mr. B. H. Massey has been reap- , lointed postmaster at Fort Mill, and ] he circumstance is taken as indicating ' hat neither of the Republican fac- J ions has dictatorial control over the ( ituation. i "ax Collections. Tax collections in York county up to 1 >ecemn>er 31, me aay aner which mc per cent penalty was added, aggreated $148,000 out of a total book of 181,010. The uncollected balance, 33,00u s In about the same proportion s last year, iccidental Killing. Magistrate R. L. A. Smith, acting as oroner, held an Inquest at Hickory Irove yesterday morning over the ody of Barney Davis, a 7-year-old egro child, who had been shot to death y Sing Davis, aged 13. The shooting ras done with a shot gun. After an ivestigation by the Jury, Mr. W. T. laughter, acting as foreman, it was ecided that the killing was accidental. leath of Miss Ethel Workman. Rock Hill, January 12: Miss Ethel Workman, eldest daughter of Mr. and Irs. L. S. Workman, died at the home f her parents here late yesterday afjrnoon. The young lady had been ill jr a year and for the past few weeks ad been wasting away. She was 27 ears old and was born near Ogden, lis county. Until stricken by cTTsase she had for several years been mployed in the local telephone exhange. The funeral was held this af?rnoon, conducted by Rev. A. S. Rogrs of the A. R. P. church. ne of the Bonds. Although it is not ours, we have be>re us the first bond issued in York aunty in aid of the Charleston, Cininnati and Chicago railroad. It is No. of a series of Twenty-Five Thousand collars worth issued by Cherokee iwnship, and is of the par value of ? 100. All of the coupons have been lipped save the last one and that calls >r $2.33 payable May 1, 1911, on which ate the bond itself also falls due. It i interesting to note by the way that lis series of bonds was printed at the fflce of The Yorkville Enquirer. irst National Bank of Sharon. Sharon, January 10: The sharealders of the First National bank met i the office of the president today and ected the following directors: J. H. aye, J. L. Rainey, W. C. Thomson, elly Inman, W. B. Good, Jno. E. Plexo, A. M. Haddon, H. W. Shannon, J. , Rainey, J. S. Hartness and Claude Inman. At a meeting of the directs, the following officers were elect1 for the ensuing year: J. H. Saye, resident: A. M. Haddon, cashier; J. . Rainey, vice president. This bank, hich, perhaps, is the only National *"' A 1<^t> fi-1 In o nlono a f Aim III IIIC aiaic luvaicu ah a ^?aw v/*. ss than 300 people, besides having lid a 3 per cent semi-annual dividend ?, ithin fifteen months after opening for u isiness, has net profits of $2,500: and s deposits have reached $107,000. s; ock Hill's Municipal Election. e Rock Hill, January 12: Mr. John T. \ nddey was honored again today by o ing elected to succeed himself as p ayor of Rock Hill without opposition, d r. Roddey is now entering upon his C lird term as mayor of Rock Hill n nee serving out the unexpired term h the late J. J. Hull. He has had op- y isition but one time and his progress- w e and business like administration zl is had much to do with forging Rock t< ill to the front along with other p riving cities of the state. The vote cl as light today, only 117 being polled, bi r. J. E. Parker was re-elected alder- tl an at large, over his opponent, Mr. W. si Moore, by a vote of 85 to 32. Mr. e1 H. Miller, ward four, and Mr. E. "VV. S all, ward one, were re-elected with- ci it opopsition. There was no election tl wards two and three. w SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The new college to be established in Anderson is to be known as the Anderson college. ? The trial of John J. Jones, the Branchville lawyer, who recently killed Abe Pearlstine, was commenced at Orangeburg yesterday. ? Mr. A. G. Brlce of Chester, has introduced a bill requiring clerks of court to enter upon the sessions calendars the race to which Indicted prisoners belong. ? Dr. M. P. Crawford, one of Lancaster's most prominent and influential physicians, died suddenly Tuesday afternoon, in Chester, where he was undergoing treatment. ? Bud Hames, colored, who was to have been hanged at Gaffney today for the murder of his wife at a negro church some months ago, has been respited until February 24. ? Columbia State: Several county treasurers of the state may be charged 5 per cent per month from the time they ought to have sent in the state taxes, which was December 31. R. H. Jennings, the state treasurer, has directed a letter to Comptroller General Jones calling his attention to the act which imposes the fine. He asks the comptroller general for a statement as to the amounts held by the county treasurers. He says that It is necessary for the officials to take some steps to protect the credit of the state. The treasurers are required to file a monthly statement as to finances with the comptroller general. The treasurers that were reported are from Abbeville, Aiken. Darlington, Dillon, Dorchester, Edgefield. Hampton, Horry. Kershaw, Richland and Saluda. The last tax money received from these treasurers was during the month of December. The law requires all tax money to be paid by December 31. ? Discussing the condition of the state department In general and making several recommendations of much importance, Governor Ma n F. Ansel on Wednesday sent forth his last annual message to the general assembly of South Carolina. He makes a recommendation as to the state's finances and suggests a manner by which the state will be in a position to eliminate the matter of mortgaging the tax money each yeai for running expenses. He has good words to say for all the state colleges. He recommends a continuance of the state hospital for the Insane commission. He again recommends not more than one dispensary in the counties having the system ex cept where there are towns of more than 25,000 people. He reports the death of J. C. Boyd and J. M. Sullivan, two state officials. He again reiterates his recommendation that the salaries of the state officials be increased. He says the necessity for a supreme court building is great. He concludes by stating that he has tried to be the governor of all of the people of South Carolina for four years. ? Columbia Record: President A. D. Hudson of the South Atlantic Torn exposition, which gave the splendid corn display here, met the directors of the Chamber of Commerce Thursday morning for the purpose of discussing steps to get the great national corn show in Columbia. President Hudson will head a delegation from his organization that will meet the officials of the greater show in Columbus, Ohio. He wanted the Chamber of Commerce to send a delegation* also before the final decision Is made as to where the show will be held. Mr. Rutherford P. Hayes, son of the late President Hayes, first suggested that Columbia and South Carolina make efforts to get the next national corn exposition. He was very enthusiastic over the South Atlantic Corn exposition and being Impressed with the fact that South Carolina Is coming to the fore In corn growing he wanted efforts made to obtain the next meeting of the national 'how. The last meeting was held in Hrnaha in January and the first of February, The attendance was 160,000. ? Comptroller General Jones stated yesterd&y that more than 1,000,000 acres of land In South Carolina are escaping taxation. The comptroller general will urge another survey of he state, the only atlas now available being Mills', which is out of date, he 'ays. In his statement. Comptroller General Jones deals vigorously with the tax matter. ? The last report of the late Adjutant General Boyd to the general assembly was submitted last Tuesday. "The discipline of our National Guard leaves much to be desired. In many of hhe nrcenlzntinnn it is noor: in others lax, and in some few it is good. The responsibility for this rests largely up >n the immediate commanding officers. One of the important essentials In securing proper discipline is a certain amount to drill. The National Guard sf South Carolina is deficient in the matter of drill. The almost total neglect of the instruction of enlisted men when first entering service as recruits manifests Itself in the slouchy and badly set up appearance of the companies when assembled for drills or ceremonies. In but one company alone does It appear that any attention has been ?iven to the setting-up exercises. More attention must be given at home sta:ions, the time allotted for camps of instruction is too short to permit of any lortion being given to instruction that should have been imparted before comng to camp." There is some criticism if Col. W. T. Brock, who resigned from he position of assistant adjutant general. The report on this point at the same time commends Capt. Isadore Schayer of Laurens. The report reads: 'Although nearly two months were :onsumed by Col. William T. Brock n making Inspections, at the estimated cost to the state of about $250, 10 detailed report of inspection has seen made by him in the required nanner. The only inspection report of my value to this office is the excellent >ne filed in this office by Capt. Schayer. t is, therefore, imnossible to make any emarks, commendatory or otherwise, lpon the showing made at the annual ipring inspections." The report asks or $20,000 for the maintenance of the nilitia in 1911. Capt. Schayer calls atention to the fact that "there is not in ambulance in the state," although he law requires one ambulance for ach regiment on the march and three o accompany it if operating separitely. Capt. Schayer in concluding his eport says: "The above may not be ouched in the most acceptable and ecognized terms, but I have no apoligies to make for its purport." As to he medical property Capt. Schayer ays that this is only in fair condition, ome of the instruments (surgical) beng rusty. The supply on the whole, le explains, is adequate. Detailed critcisms are made. This was with res?ect to the Third regiment, inspected t Charleston, as to the personnel and he property inspected at Elloree. "One fficer and five men answered the muser." writes Capt. Schayer. "The men rere not uniformly apparelled?no induction having been previously given hem how to appear. Instructions In his corps as well as those of the Secnd and First, were found to be practlally nil." Capt. Schayer reports as o conditions in other corps. He sugests as follows: "It appears to the ndersigned that the medical property hould be located with the men and hat at least once a month, a regllental Infirmary should be pitched, hus affording both officers and men requent opportunity to familiarize homselves with the property and the rill for the proper care of the same, rood officers without instructions and ood men without drill are practically seless." ? Orangeburg, January 10: The old aying that truth is sometimes strangr than fiction will be verified if Lizzie I. Lewis, a woman about 35 years f age, now living at Sapulba, Okla., roves to be Lizzie, the five year old aughter of Albert T. and Caroline ain, who is thought to have been kidapped while attending a circus with er mother in this city about thirty ears ago. The circus they visited as the John Robinson circus, and Lizle M. Lewis, who is expected to come i ) this city in a few days for the pur- I ose of identification, is now with this Ircus at its winter quarters at Sapul- i a. Okla. The disappearance of the lit- < e girl, Lizzie M. Cain, created con- < derable excitement at the time, and t'ery effort was made to recover her. i everal people connected with the cir- i js. and the side shows connected with ; ?> pirpiis. wprp arrested and held, i hile every corner and nook of the! tents were searched for the missing child. Friends of the child followed the circus to Augusta, but nothing could be heard concerning the missing child. The disappearance of the child was most peculiar. In company with her mother and several other children, Lizzie, then only five years of age, visited the John Robinson circus one afternoon in the fall of 1879. While witnessing the performance the absence of Lizzie was noted by her mother, and a searth was immediately instituted, but no tidings of the child ever came to the greatly distressed father and mother. The little girl was given up as dead un- * til a visit of this circus to this city during last October. With this circus was a young woman whom friends of the Cain family said resembled very much some of the children of that family. It was talked around that this woman was the girl that was kidnapped about thirty years ago. City Mail Carrier O. D. Cain, a brother of the stolen girl, who had not attended the circus, was told of this woman. Cain sought an interview with this woman on the circus grounds, which she readily granted. The woman seemed not to know anything much concerning her early life. She did not know where she was bom, who her mother was and that she had never known her mother. She said she did not know whether she was kidnapped or not, but from her earliest recollections she had been traveling with the Robinson circus. She said she didn't know where she was born, hut thought that she was Ahnnt 3R vears of age. She said she was known as Lizzie M. Lewis by her associates in the circus. The interview Impressed Cain, and he asked her to keep him posted as to her whereabouts after she left the city, which she has done. She has expressed herself as willing to come to this city to be identified whether or not she is a member of the Cain family. She has been sent transportation and is now on her way to Orangeburg. This woman wrote in one of her letters that when the circus left Orangeburg last October that one of the showmen stated that she was leaving her home. If this woman proves to be the kidnapped girl, the Cain family expect to resort to legal proceedings and see that Justice is done. MERE-MENTION. The grafters who stole such large sums in connection with the erection of the capitol of Pennsylvania a few years ago, have succeeded in compromising the prosecutions that were Instituted against them on paying back the sum of $1,300,000 in cash and ^urrending warrants to the amount of $300,000.... Representatives of more than 2,000,000 spindles held a meeting in Atlanta this week and passed resolutions urging drastic curtailment in the output of the cotton milla John B. Turner, formerly of Tennessee, has been elected chief Justice of the Oklahoma supreme court... .Cincinnati, Ohio, has had another big: Are, In whlclt several firemen lost their lives The Mexican ambassador at Washington, claims that the rebels are In full flight Admiral W. S. Schley says he still thinks that both Cook and Peary reached the north Pole R L Mays, a prominent turpentine operator was found dead near Tallahassee, Fla., on Tuesday and it Is supposed that he was assassinated by some of his men....Mrs. Agnes B. Quay, widow of the late Senator Quay of Pennsylvania, died Wednesday Four children were bitten by a mad dog in Meridian, Miss., on Tuesday, and all of them were sent to New Orleans for treatment. Marriage License Bill.?Senator Carlisle yesterday introduced in the senate a "marriage license bill," a similar bill causing a great deal of discussion in the senate Wednesday. A number of senators have been heard to express themselves favorably toward the bill and the debate will doubtless be spirited. The first section: "From and after the passage of this act. It shall be unlawful for any person to contract A?' ?*V? l? a + a+a mlfllAllf rriairiiiiuiiy wiiiuu cmo oiaic mutvuv first procuring a license as is hereafter provided and it shall likewise be unlawful for any one whomsoever to perform the marriage ceremony for any such persons without said persons first delivering to the party performing the said marriage ceremony the license as is hereinafter provided, duly authorizing said persons to contract matrimony. Each and every violation of the terms of this act shall upon the conviction of the parties offending be punished by a fine of not more than $100 nor less ahan $25 or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days nor less than 10 days. Section two provides: "For the pur pose of carrying out the foregoing provisions the clerk of court shall issue a license for the marriage of any persons upon payment of a fee of $1 therefor, and a statement under oath or affirmation to the effect that the persons seeking to contract matrimony are legally capacitated to marry together with the full names of the persons, their ages and places of residence, The fee of (1 shall be compensation for the clerk of court for issuing the license. Section three gives a form to be followed by the clerk of court in filling out marriage licenses and prescribes the form to be used. The fines resulting from violations of the act shall be paid by the county treasurers to the school fund in the I counties in which the violation occurs. Cotton Ginned to January 1.?Cotton of the growth of 1910 ginned prior to January 1 is shown by the report of the bureau of the census, issued at 10 o'clock last Tuesday morning, as 11,087,442 bales compared with 9,647,327 from the growth of 1909 and 12,465,298 from that of 1908. The percentage or tne last two crops ginned to January was 95.8 for 1909 and 95.3 for 1908. Round bales Included this year are 109,296 compared with 143,949 for 1909 and 230,572 for 1908. Sea island bales included are 82,422/ for 1910 as against 89,611 for 1909 and 86,528 for 1908. The ginning by states follows: Alabama 1,161,506 Arkansas 725,378 Florida 63,032 Georgia 1,761,814 Louisiana 240,225 Mississippi 1,131,038 North Carolina 701,426 Oklahoma 896,355 South Carolina 1,155,696 Tennessee 291,317 Texas 2,888,479 All other states 71,151 The distribution of sea island cotton from the growth of 1910 by states was: Florida 27,636 Georgia 43,636 South Carolina 11,150 Plea Not a Confession.?Mrs. Caro line Martin's plea, upon the charge of causing the death of her daughter, Mrs. Ocey Wardlaw Martin Snead, seems to have been generally misunderstood. Although she entered a plea of "non vult," with a view of accepting a sentence for involuntary manslaughter, she did not thereby confess the killing by her of the young East Orange "bath-tub victim." Her plea amounts only to an admission of gross carelessness, without criminal intent, indeed without intent at all?literally "non vult." She will probably be committed indefinitely to a hospital for the Insane, preparations being now afoot for the taking of evidence as to whether she is of sound mind. Upon the result of the inquiry will depend whether she shall be given a penal sentence or be committed to an asylum for treatment. The plea "non vult" was a compromise measure and one that does not commend itself to the onlooker's common sense; for press reports plainly indicate that the accused did not at all comprehend its significance and that it was entered by her lawyer with only a fearful and confuse'' assent from the aged prisoner herself. ?Columbia Record.