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Scraps and facts. ? Advices from Washington indicate that if a vote should be had on the Larimer matter at this time, the senator would be allowed to retain his seat, and for that reason the opponents of Mr. Lorimer are trying to stave the matter off. Mr. Bailey and other cham- I pions of Mr. Lorimer are trying to force a vote at once. ? Baltimore, Md., February 26: Johns Hopkins hospital was practically closed today to patients and visitors and a suspension of all class work at the medical school was ordered in consequence of an outbreak of diphtheria in the hospital and among the medical students. There are thirty persons suffering from the disease including doctors, nurses, students and patients. nMvant a ?nr(wH of thft rii.qpAJ3f> within the hospital all unaffected patients who are in condition to be moved are being sent to their homes, while those who have contracted it are being separated in the two wards, where the disease was first discovered. The eight students who are affected have been removed from their boarding houses to the hospital. Dr. Rupert Norton, acting superintendent of the hospital, said today that every precaution had been taken to prevent the spread of the disease Inside and outside the hospital, that the hospital authorities had the trouble well in hand and that there was no reason for alarm. ? New York, February 25: Brooklyn bridge broke its record as a scene of dare deviltry yesterday. A suicide or professional Jumper never thrilled the throng of bridge promenaders more than did the appearance of a dashing young blonde on the great bridge late In the afternoon. She was attired in the new "harem" skirt?the first of the millions of New York women publicly to venture the new affectation of man's clothes, which has stirred continental cities to riot. It nearly came to that on the bridge. Pedestrian traffic was blocked by the crowds which collected in her wake and followed her bold lead right into newspaper, row postofflce square and down Broadway, finally vanishing into the underground station of the Hudson tubes. The boldest of newspaper reporters fell down on the story, all balking at the suggestion that some one Inquire the heroine's name. There were few who even observed the detail that she was a blonde, that her eyes were blue and that she wore a black fur coat. The focus of attention was on the split skirt, a little below the knees disclosing bloomer-like contrivances tightly gathered up about the ankles. ? Washington, February 25: In passing the sundry civil bill, carrying approximately $140,000,000, tonight, the house made a new record. Never before in the memory of the capitol attaches has the sundry civil bill, the biggest of all the supply bills been put through the house in two days under the general rules and without a "go" of any sort being resorted to. This fact is taken as another evidence that the house is doing all it can to avoid an extra session and is anxious to get the last of the appropriation bills in the hands of the senate in ample time to permit of their consideration. Only the general deficiency bill remains to be passed by the house. Constituting what is believed to be another record, the house passed $67,000,000 of the total in the sundry civil bill by "unanimous consent." Of this amount the public building items, aggregating more than ^21,000,000, were adopted without being read by the clerk. The general Panama canal appropriations, amounting to nearly $46,000,000 were passed without discussion or question of any sort. An item of $3,000,000 for the fortification of the canal was considered as an entirely separate provision. ? Washington, February 25: The new Japanese treaty of trade and navigation was ratified last night after two hours executive session of the senate. While the apprehension of western senators that the treaty might let down the bars to coolie labor was not entirely removed, these senators contented themselves with expressing their solicitude. They interposed no objection to ratification. The action of this government in promptly confirming the new agreement is expected to do more to prove the feeling of cordiality that this country has for Japan than anything that has been done for many years. The effect will be to permit Japan to enter at once upon a reorganization of its fiscal system and the making of new tariff with all nations. Japan's treaties with other powers are to expire July 17 next. That with the United States, by reason of its later ratification, would have continued until the same date a year later had not this government consented to its expiration at the same time as the others. Failure to have ratified the new treaty would have delayed the operation of the Jar panese programme for a year beyond the time when it wa3 planned to put it into effect. ? Two masked burglars smashed their way into the county Jail at Warrior's Run, Pa., a few days ago, entered the cell of the only prisoner, rob blng him of all his money, $29, and escaped. The prisoner, Stanley Janders, was locked up in default of bail on a charge of disorderly conduct. Xo one lives at the jail and after Janders had been locked up he was alone. About 2 o'clock, according to his story, he was awakened by noise and saw two men break the glass, bend aside the iron bars protecting the window, and enter. One of them thrusting a revolver through the cell door at Janders, ordered him to hand over his money. Janders refused and the men, who had found a heavy axe, began battering at the cell door and quickly broke the lock. Then the two jumped on the prisoner and quickly went through his pockets and got his money. Janders, after the men left, got out of tne jail, ran to the home of the chief of police, aroused him and told of the burglary. Not until he had seen the jail did the chief believe what Janders told him. The only trace of the burglars is their footmarks in the snow, and these were lost as soon as they got to the main road. ? Gainesville, Ga., February 27: George Anderson, who, according to his companions, was the leader of the gang which held up and robbed the Southern Railway fast mail train on February 18 near White Sulphur Springs, has been identified by detectives of the Plnkerton agency as A. E. (Old Bill) Miner, a notorious stage coach and train robber of the northwest. Miner is said to have escaped from prison at Westminster, British Columbia, a month after he had been given a life sentence for robbing a Canadian Pacific train on June S. 1906. Miner also was suspected of being the leader in the hold-up of a Canadian Pacific train near Mission Junction, Canada, September 10, 1904. According to Detective H. W. Minster, who was working on the case here, Anderson bears numerous marks which tally exactly with those of Miner. Reports that there were five robbers in the gang which held up the Southern train, are being investigated by the railway and express company detectives here. Conductor Moonie, in charge of the train, declares there were five in the gang, and a woman running a boarding house in Dahlonega says she fed two others besides the three men held for the crime. No trace of the other two men has been found. ? Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont announced Friday, according to a New York dispatch, that she would open within a short time a school for teaching girls to farm. A class of twenty factory girls ?all suffragists?will be instructed in the art of agriculture upon Mrs. Belmont's 200 acres at Hempstead, L,. I. Truck farming will be the specialty and when the young women have gath ereu men uu{js uicjr ? in unte iu nic city and learn how to sell them. All this and more is in Mrs. Belmont's plan which she declares is the beginning of a social revolution which will make women man's peer in all lines of endeavor. According to present plans, the young women will be taught how to plough fields, sow seeds, bed down horses, feed pigs, milk cows and make butter, rake hay and raise chickens. Not a man will be on the premises, J The girls will receive wages while learning. It is intended to make the place self supporting and ultimately to enlarge the class. Mrs. Belmont also announced that she was working on the details of a plan in connection with the suffrage farm to enable her "farmerettes" to become owners of tiny farms from a half acre up. Back of the whole scheme, Mrs. Belmont de clares, Is the movement to win con verts to her "votes for women" creed "To be a good farmer is only anothe way of working out the votes for wo men problems," she said. "The mor that women come to be owners of land the makers of homes that are rea homes, the more they will Insist 01 having the ballot to protect what 1 theirs." <Thr \|orl;rillr (fnqmrrr. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvlll as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.? TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28,1911. It looks as If things political ar working out very much as everybod: thought they would. The Spartanburg papers think tha the horrible crime which was commit ted in Spartanburg a few days ago. ii attributable to the cocaine evil. The railroad people gave out imme diately after the recent holdup that th< robbers got only $700. The alleged rob bers who were captured had $1,600 ii their possession Wonder if they ar< the right folks? The Spartanburg Journal Publishinj ?fimnorv has nnrrhased the old CarO' lina Spartan from Mr. Evan J. Lide and Capt. Chas. Petty, the veterai editor who established the paper is t< have charge of it again. Dispatches from New York and Nev Orleans during the past few weeks. hav< been representing that the decline ii the cotton market has been due to t fear of the passage of the Scott bil prohibiting the dealing in future cot ton contracts. The probability nov seems to be that the bill will not pasi and it is predicted that cotton will nov start on another upward movement. Would it not be great if some brigh and energetic young man would com" to the fore and persuade the farmeri of this country into raising sugar beeti for cow and hog feed? Of course th( sugar beet would not be a go unlesi it could be made to pay; but the far mer with a big supply of beets on ham would try to find something to feet them to, and after it had been established that beets are profitable in stocl raising, it would not be a great whll* until capital could see profit in extract ins the sugar before using the pulj for what it will do almost as wel without the sugar as with it. But af' ter all the main thing is not the raisinf of sugar beets or the making of sugar It seems to us that the more progres sive element of this country must b< reaching the point when it realizes th< production of cotton, corn and a fev side crops is not the only avenue o wealth that is open to our farmers There are other things to fill in wltl that can be coming on at times whei the main crops are not requiring at tention and which can add to the prof its of the farm and of the country. The issue that has developed out o the claim of the governor that he hui the right to appoint special Judges in dependency of the recommendation o the supreme court and the chief justle thereof is now fairly joined. As ha been stated, Judge Klugh last week in formed the governor, "as required b; law" that he would not be able to pre side at the term of court that was du to convene at Conway, Horry county yesterday. At the same time, also ii pursuance of law Judge Klugh serve* (the same notice on Chief Justice Jones In response to the notice Chief Justic Jones duly advised the governor of tn situation and recommended the ap pointment of C. P. Quattlebaum o Horry, a man "learned in the law," a special judge. Governor Blease repliei to the chief justice by calling attentioi to the fact that regular Judges Cope and Memminger were at the time dis engaged, and were available for as signment to preside over the Horr; court. In the meantime. Judge Watt recently sent to Richland by special as signment to fill a vacancy on the bencl there, had notified the chief justice tha he would have to go to his regular ap pointment at Abbeville, commencinj yesterday, and the Columbia lawyer having advised him that it was neces sary to continue the term for anothe week, asked that provision be made fo some one to take his place. Chief Jus tice Jones assigned Judge Copes to fil out the remaining week of the Rich land term, and telegraphed Governo Blease that the recommendation h had made as to Mr. Quattlebaum wa "conclusive and would stand." Gov ernor Blease refused to commission Ml Quattlebaum on the ground that th supreme court had no right to make th recommendation so long as there wa a disengaged circuit judge. Becaus he has received no commission. Mi Quattlebaum will not unuertaKe t serve and there the situation stand! There will probably be no session c the court for Horry this week, not un less Mr. Quattlebaum decides to pro ceed without a commission. That is a rather awkward controver sy between Governor Blease and th supreme court, and its settlement wi be watched with a Rood deal of inter est and concern. But just how it ca be settled judicially is a puzzle. What ever the law, or rather whichever i right in the construction of the consti tution, whether Governor Blease or th supreme court, we do not see how th supreme court can make the governo commission the appointee it has recom mended as special judge. If the gov ernor had held to his original plan o operations and appointed "one of hi fMir.M/lo" ???,! that frinn/1 ha/1 APfPntP the appointment and undertook to dis chaw the duties of judge, why the the issue could and would have bee: made clear cut. The supreme cour could have passed on the legality o the acts of such an appointee and th matter could have gone on to th United States supreme court for fina settlement. Or at least that is the wa; it appears to us. As to whether ther is any way of getting the issue up 01 the state of facts as they exist now, w cannot say. We do not think we se any way. As to the real merits of th case, we are inclined to think tha there is at least a close question in volved. That is in the abstract. Th weakest feature about the position o - the governor, and that feature is very ' weak, In our opinion, arises out of his . original declaration to the effect that e his principal concern is to give these I. special judgeship appointments only to his personal and political friends. It is s our view, and we rather think it is the public view; but whether the public ' view or not, the correct view, that these special judgeships should not be a subject of personal or political - friendship; but rather a matter of hone est, conscientious and intelligent administration of the law. ,\ ??? Help the Boys. Although we do not believe the offer , of prizes is absolutely essential to the success of the Boys' Corn club compe[ tition, there is no question of the fact f that they will add zest and Interest t and they must be provided for. Much good has already resulted from the Boys' Corn club; but the work has - only fairly commenced and still greater things are to be expected in the immediate future, more especially if the adult citizenship of the county gives the movement the consideration to - which it is entitled by its importance. e Those who have the management of f the prize competition think it is best that there should be no less than ten prizes, awarded in accordance with the t conditions prescribed by the agricul tural department to the ten boys who s mnifp the ten best records. The value of the prizes, of course, will depend upon the amount of prize * money raised, and it is understood that e the matter of apportioning the prizes - is still under consideration. For lni stance, it has been proposed that if the e winner of the first prize beats the York county record of 1612 bushels, he shall be recognized on the most subl stantlal basis; or if failing to beat this record, and making 100 bushels or over, i, he will come in for a larger reward than i if his yield is less than 100 bushels. > But as to this nothing has been fully determined. It is merely under consideration. c The main thing is to raise money for i the prizes, and it is hoped that per pie l generally, business people, professional al people, farmers and others, will feel 1 warranted in contributing to a cause - which is certainly most worthy. v The boys at their meeting the other 3 day made arrangements for the ap7 pointment of a committe to solicit subscriptions, and this committee will do its best to give as many people as possible a chance to subscribe. ? 3 MERE-MENTION. 3 Caswell McCatten, a negro, classed a as an habitual criminal has been sen3 tenced by the court at Georgetown, Ky., to life imprisonment for the theft j of a turkey The house of reprej sentatives Saturday night voted overwhelmingly in favor of fortifying the Panama canal and appropriated J3,000.000 to begin the work Chas. D. Norton, secretary- to the president, has resigned to take the first vice pres1 idency of a New York bank... .Charlie . Jones and Charlie Parham, negroes, f were lynched at warrenton, ua., eariy Saturday morning. The negroes had . murdered two white men... .The moth? er of Oscar Chltwood is suing the f bondsmen of Sheriff Houpt of Hot j Springs, Ark., for $50,000 damages, for f the lynching of Oscar in December last Two masked highwaymen i. held up Mrs. Gus Joseph, postmaster i and express agent at Fuller, Kan., FriI day night and got away with a package containing $10,000. They missed two " other packages containing $20,000 more. - Robt. Emerson Davie, familiarly known in Boston as the "Boy Broker," has been arrested at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, on charges of embezzling $300,000 f from clients of Boston. Davie will be returned to the United States for 8 trial ANight riders blew up a far-I - mer's house near Sharpsburg, Ky., f Thursday night. No one was injured. The farmer had declared his intention to grow a tobacco crop Lieut. S. s B. West, U. S. army, was frozen to - death near Fort Davis, Alaska, Thursv day Governor Deneen of Illinois, ordered four companies of militia to " Taylorsville, in that state, Friday, bee cause of rioting among striking employes of a bag factory Mrs. Car' rie Nation, famous because of her fight II against liquor, has lost her mind be3 cause of overwork Mayor Exum j. of Birmingham,'Ala., is charged by the e city auditor, with passing padded feed bills against the city B. Bernard e of Atlanta, Ga., was fined $500 in the - Federal court in that city Saturday on f the charge of working a raffling scheme through the mails Captain Guy B. Smith, U. S. army, has been dismissed 3 from the sendee on charges of conduct i unbecoming an officer and a gentle? ? uio tnnrorri a n unnamed g IUtUI. I1IO VUUUUVV VU..W.U ?... married woman caused his trouble T. Coleman Dupont has announced his - purpose to bear the expense of buildy ing a road across the state of Delaa ware. The road will cost $2,000,000 A convention of southern merchants is " being held in Nashville, Tenn., for the h purpose of discussing the probable eft feet of the inauguration of the parcels post system on the retail business of the country Mrs. Maid win DurS mond, formerly Mrs. Marshall Field, s Jr., of Chicago, was robbed of $130,000 worth of jewels, taken from her stateroom on the steamship Amerika, last r Sunday night, just before the dockr ing of the ship In New York Gen. . W. L. Cabell, who was a Confederate U brigadier in the civil war, and who was honorary commander-in-chief of the " United Confederate veterans, died at r Dallas. Texas, last Friday, and was e buried on Sunday, between 50,000 and 60,000 persons participating in the funs eral exercises At Plymouth, Mass., - last Sunday, a jury after sixteen hours r. deliberation, returned verdicts of guilty e of murder in the first degree against Mrs. Lena Cusumano and Eurico Mase cioli for the murder of Frank Cusums ano, the woman's husband. The evie dence showed that Mrs. Cusumano paid Mascioli $35 to commit the crime and stood by and watched the deed It ? is now settled that there will be an ex3. tra session of congress and it will probably be called to convene on April 4 Five thousand Japanese took " part in a lantern parade at Honolulu - on February 22, in honor of George Washington. ? The Columbia State of yesterday contains a special from Lexington give ing the details of alleged attempted 11 graft in a big bridge contract and how "? ? fi-notrofort Thp brifltre in llic oaiuc nao u?w. question is that over the Saluda river n at Wyse's Ferry. It seems that after - advertising for bids in 1908, the cong tract was let to the Carolina Engineering company for $18,500. Soon after the awarding of the contract, e there were complaints from several e bridge building concerns that they had r submitted bids to do the work for a much less sum. The grand jury inves" tigated the matter and took considera ble testimony. The contract was held ,f up and the supervisor was defeated for re-election. Then the contract was abrogated on the ground that at the d time it was made, the county did not - have nearly enough funds with which n to pay the contract price. T. P. Cothran, president of the Oreenwood Bridge n Building company went before the new t board and offered to build the bridge in accordance with original specification for $11,952, and put up a certified check for $1,000 as a guarantee of good e faith. The Carolina Engineering cnmil pany put in another bid for $11,980 and v was allowed to go on with the work. After the bridge was completed, e those connected with the original n letting put out a story that the e reduced price was because of the use of lighter and cheaper materials. Affidavits have been submitted from e dininterested experts to show that the t bridge is exactly in accordance with original specifications except that the contractors put in 55.7 yards more eone crete than the original contract called f for without extra cost to the county. LOCAL AFFAIRS, <Jc : ga NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. F. E. Clinton. Sec. and Treas.?Gives In notice of opening of third series of Clover Mutual B. & L. association, th Stockholders' meeting March 14. pr P. \V. Love?Wants his drag scrape, T1 stretchers and wagon bed that hi somebody borrowed. ar J. F. A. Smith?Asks subscribers on In his club to The Enquirer to pay th hint or at this office. Orphanage Committee?Reminds you fa of the entertainment at the opera at house tonight and also announces cc the production of "Uncle Josh" at g* the Clover opera house Thursday nt night at 8.30. ne P. X. Moore, Capt.?Orders members of Co. L to attend drills at the sf armory each Saturday afternoon un- ca til further notice. dl J. C. Adams, Mgr., Rock Hill?Wants a th good man to represent the Singer fa Sewing machine business in York- In ville. lo Loan and Savings Bank?Points out w! that a bank account will help you in the battle of life and suggests th that you start a savings account se with it?4 per cent paid on savings, in Clover Drug Store?Suggests that you m stop that cough before it stops you, y? and recommends white pine cough th syrup with tar. Good for colds, de coughs, catarrh, etc. th J. M. Stroup?Tells you to see him for co seed potatoes?Early Rose and Irish th Cobblers, also for Ferry's garden so seeds. fo J. L. Williams & Co.?Are showing a line of factory samples of neckwear and offers choice of 25c, 35c and 50c ties at 10 cents each. York Furniture Co.?Is showing a complete line of Rogers' "1847" ? triple plated table ware, including th knives, forks, spoons, etc. a York Supply Co.?Wants you to see It for lumber and all kinds of building materials. Still has a few bushels of peas. co Yorkville Hardware Co.?Calls special Wl attention to toilet articles for horses and mules and also to mule millinery and Lynchburg plows. 'o; Carroll Bros.?Today and tomorrow ou will sell cooking soda at 8 lbs. for tit 25c, and 16 lbs. for 50c. Full weight packages. _ T. W. Speck. The Jeweler?Will be "W pleased to have you come in and Cc get acquainted with "Big Ben," the newest and best sleep meter. _ See "Big Ben" in his window. ij" Riddle Auto Co.?Offers a variety of w< goods of especial use to automobile ge owners. New automobiles now in & stock. National Union Bank. Rock Hill? ?" Again tells farmers of the advan- to tages of buying supplies with cash and offers to loan them cash with which to pay. in If the Boys' Corn club had started ^ out with only thirty members, those re who have been most interested in the , movement would have had cause for gratification; but the much larger list th tnat is inciuaea in tne inuiai enron- th ment gives positive ground for enthu- pr sia8m. pr * be TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. tI{ Following is the programme of the )n meeting of the Teachers' Association of York county to be held in the Opera House at Yorkville on Saturday. March B1 11, beginning at 11 a. m.: Id, Opening 11 a. m. , Prayer?Rev. J. L. Oates. lV( Address of welcome?Mayor John R. ini Hart. ac Address of welcome?President J. C. At Cork. A? Roll call of teachers and reading of 44 minutes of last meeting. th Vocal solo?Miss Suader. fl_ C. B. Haddon, Clemson College? School Gardening. 18 Ardella in Arcady?Miss Reid. se School Athletics?F. E. Schofleld. an Vocal solo?Miss Suader. Address?Dr. S. C. Mitchell. po General discussion: "How to Secure ha Co-operation Between Pupils, Patrons w< and Teachers." jje ha WITHIN THE TOWN. a ? Mr. J. C. Comer has been commis- rfi, sioned as magistrate for the state of ^ South Oarolina, with jurisdiction in York township. ? Don't forget the play "Uncle Josh," er to be presented in the Opera House to- ti< night under the auspices of the Church yc Home Orphanage committee. There has been a great deal of painstaking n? labor in the preparation of this play, us and it promises to be well worth the as price of admiss'on. ? In connection with the building of the proposed new church, the Associate Reformed congregation has appoint- Af ed committees as follows: Building n? committee?Rev. J. L. Oates, chair- th man; D. E. Finley, J. S. Brice, W. D. . Grist, J. M. Stroup. Subscription com- D mittee?Mrs. O. E. Grist, Mrs. J. S. di Brice, Mrs. W. D. Glenn, Miss Isabelle th Kennedy, Miss Bessie Barron, J. L. ^ Moss, E. W. Long, D. T. Woods. Mr. O. E. Grist was chosen treasurer of the ? building fund. P* ? There was quite a serious fire at ^ the Neely mill last Sunday night short- pj ly before 10 o'clock, involving a loss of about $1,000. The blaze had its origin w in the waste house in which was stored m( old bagging, waste and other material G] of a like nature. The fire department jt, answered the alarm promptly and the *, mill's fire fiehtingr facilities were ? brought into excellent play, with the result of subduing the flames before complete destruction was wrought; but t not until the loss had amounted to about $1,000 as stated. There was no H insurance because of the high rate pre- , ' vailing on account of the character of p. the contents of the building. Ri ABOUT PEOPLE. ^ Miss Bleeka Lindsay of Cheraw, is R) the guest of Mrs. Paul N. Moore in -ni Yorkville. Mrs. A. J. Dunlap of Yorkville R. F. H D. 3, is visiting Mrs. J. M. Hubbard in Bf Huntersville, N. C. Si Mr. Willie Norrls of Davidson college, spent Saturday and Sunday, at Gi his home in Yorkville. St Mrs. J. B. Scott of Yorkville R. F. D. 3, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. L. H. Ferguson at Taylors. ^ Miss Gertrude Baker of Greenville, jf spent several days last week with Miss p, Carrie Cartwright in Yorkville. p( Mesdames J. C. Burge and N. E. Er- Jc win, who have been visiting friends in Pj Charlotte, have returned to their homes Pi on Yorkville, R. F. D. 3. Pi Mr. W. Andy Jackson, a guard at ? the colored reformatory in Lexington county, spent last week with relatives y' in the Filbert neighborhood. ? Dr. and Mrs. Clarence Bratton of Palestine, Tex., are spending a few jc days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. -pj R. Bratton at Guthrlesvilie. p^( Mrs. John C. Dickson, who has been w spending sometime with her daughter, Jc Mrs. M. A. Raines in Asheville, re- E< turned to her home on Yorkville D. F. W D. 1, last night. M Mr. J. Warren Moore of No. 3, Yorkville had the misfortune to have one ed of his arms broken a few days ago. in i ne accmeiu was me itrsun ui mc m starting of his team while he was pr standing up in his wagon. ar Information from Dr. Thomas N. Dulin of Bethel, who has been under treatment during the past two weeks th for blood poisoning is to the effect that bl he is now getting along nicely. For more than a week the doctor's condi- ?8 tion was regarded as extremely crit- dc ical and his hundreds of friends f? throughout the range of his large practice and elsewhere, were very much concerned. There is reason to hope now, however, that he is practically out su of danger. ar CHESTER ROAD. 5? Although the road from Yorkville to l.v McConnellsville, down toward Chester, b> on which the chaingang and the people si! who live along the route have been pr working for a number of months past of Is not what it should be, it is tremond- CI ously improved. pr Compared with what it was before wj the present work was commenced, the road is so many hundred per cent bet- eh ter that it is difficult to give an idea th just how much improvement there has ati been; but even with this it is not de- so sired to give the impression that any- to thing like perfection has been attained, to All the bad hills have been removed, rei The grading has been well and wisely me. The work has been on a broa ,uge scale leaving the roadway fu Idth, instead of confining it to a nar w track, and sand haa been haule tremendous quantities. The people living along the line c e road deserve much credit for th actlcal interest they have showi ley have contributed hundreds an jndreds of dollars worth of haul in id demonstrated the highest and moi telligent appreciation of the result at will accrue. As it now appears, the roadbed I r better than it has ever been befoi tma season in me nisiory 01 u: unty. It Is better because of th adlng, and the sanding; but there ?ed for more work that should not t >glected. There are rough places and depret ons in the road. Many of these ai Jculated to develop into mud pud es. They are to be cured mainly b e use of the split log drags. The sui ce of the road needs to be smoothe spots and with this smoothing oks as if the condition of the roa ill be nearly all that it should be Just what the practical results < is work have been in a commerch nse, it would be difficult to give a telligent and comprehensive sum Ing up at this time. It is too earl >t. But the common testimony < ose who know is that there is a grea al more travel along the road tha ere was before the improvement wa mmenced. and It is a noticeable fat at included in this travel there I me coming toward Yorkvllle tha rmerly went the other way. BOYS' CORN CLUB. The York County Boys' Corn club i iw thoroughly organized for wha ere is every reason to hope will prov most interesting and profitable cor Ising competition. The meeting called to be held In th urt house at Yorkvllle l?LSt Saturda is largely attended, every section c e county being represented, aboi rty names were enrolled and a thor ghly satisfactory working organlza >n was eneciea. It was expected that Prof. Ira Mllams, state agent of the Farmer ?.operative Demonstration work, Mi . H. Barton, district agent and Pro A. Nlvens of Clemson colleg >uld be present; but all thes ntlemen were kept away for on ason or another, and the dlrectlo the business of the meeting was lei Superintendent of Education Qulni imonstratlon Agent Blair, and sev al other citizens who showed the! terest In their attendance. The meeting was called to order b r. W. D. Grist, editor of The Enqul r, who explained the absence of th her gentlemen, expressed his pleasur the interest that was evidenced b e large attendance, and suggeste at inasmuch as the club had nc evlously elected officers it woul obably be just as well to begin at th ginning with a temporary organize m and proceed with the work In han a regular manner. Messrs. J. Frank Ashe and John J air were nominated temporary pres ent and temporary secretary, respect ely. and there being no further nom a-tlons were unanimously elected b clamatlon. On taking the chair, M: ihe made quite an appropriate llttl Ik to the boys, saying among othe lngs: "I heartily congratulate yo at upon having the opportunity tha held out to the boys of this day, an cond on having the Intelligence an nbition to take advantage of this op rtuntty. If I and others had onl ,d an opportunity like this w en w are your age, we would havo bee tter farmers and the country woul ive been greater than it is. If sue thing were possible I would rathe fast mv lot with you boys In the wor at you have before you than to b Dng with the men of my day and gen ation; but as that is out of the ques >n now, I can only try to impree >u with the great opportunity yo tve, and how if you make the rigfc le of that opportunity, you will hav you grow up a much greater coun y to live in than we have now." At the conclusion of his remarks, M: 3he announced that the next busl >ss in order was the enrollment c e names of the boys who desired t come members of the corn club, an jring a recess that was taken fc e purpose, the following were enroll I: /ery Price Clove; lul Stroup Clove: organ Faris Fort Mil irry Henry Bowling Greei larles Ratteree Yorkville No. ard Mitchell Rock Hill No. eldau Zinker Rock Hill No. >m Jackson Clove "ier McFadden Rock Hill No. i ewman Bagley Rock Hill No. ex Campbell Tlrzal erbert Neal Newpor unuel Hayes Rock Hill No. < lin Stowe Clover No. Lindsay Yorkville No. llliam Glenn Yorkville No. arry Stanton Glenn. .Yorkville No. : M. Sandifer Yorkville No. ; ank Stephenson ....Yorkville No. : jbert Frank Plaxco Clover No. ly Bankhead Sharon No. Lines N. Ashe McConnellsvill< ill lam Belk Fort Mil 5y Marley Yorkville No. est Horton Sharon No. >uis Good Yorkville No. orace Foster. .Hickory Grove No. inks Stephenson ....Yorkville No. lields Dickson Yorkvile No. >b Jones Yorkville No. rier Sherrer Sharon No. anford Allen Clove rthur Flannagan ....Bowling Greei ivlson Dulln Bowling Greei >eight Flanagan Bowling Greei uy Castles Smyrni alcom Carroll Clover No. essley Petty. .Bowling Green No. irker Meek Sharon No. >hn Knox Clove lul Anderson Rock Hill No. lul Strong Clove irks Boyd Fort Mil irle Glasscock Catawba No. ?wis Good Bullock's Creek No. ier Stephenson Clove T. Darby Rock Hill No. i ny Patterson Fort Mil jyce Plaxco Yorkville No. >hn Ralney Saye Sharoi nomas Good Bullock's Creel nbert Klrkpatrick Sharon No. ! '. A. Darby Rock Hill No. i >hn Sherrer Sharon No. ! 3win Boss Rock Hill No. alter Stephenson Sharon No. arcus Kirkpatrick Sharon No. ! The enrollment having been complet 1. Mr. Ashe announced that the meet g would now complete its organiza nn by the election of a permaner esident, vice president and secretar ul treasurer. He stated that if th ys could do so; that if they had an loice, he would like them to elec *** hpmQolvpfi ese omcers irum umunr, it as the hoys could hardly be as we quainted with each other as such itherlng of men would be, they migh > better by electing some of the olde Iks at least until the organizatlo lould get under way. After waltln r the boys to talk It over wlthou *arlng any nominations, Mr. Ash iggested Mr. J. W. Qulnn, the super tendent of education for presiden id Mr. John R. Blair, the county dem istratlon agent for secretary an easuror. Both of these were prompt nominated from the floor and electe ' a hearty roar of "ayes." Then in sting that the boys nominate a vie esldent from among themselves on the boys proposed the name c yde Good, the winner of the firs ize in last year's competition, and h is elected unanimously. On motion, Mr. John R. Blair wa ?cted chairman of a committee of tei e other nine to be appointed by hir id selected from each township t licit subscriptions to the prize fun be raised and divided In ten prize go to the ten boys making the bes cords. On motion it was resolved that whil d any white farmer boy In the countj 11 under 18 Is eligible to membership Ir - the club, all who desire to go Into th< d competition this year must send theli names In to the president or secretar> >f on or before April 1, next, e About twenty-five of the boyi j. brought samples of ten ears of corr d each and submitted the same in th? g competition for the $5 in prizes offeret ?t by The Yorkvllle Enquirer for th< :s three best specimens. On motion Messrs. John R. Blair, J. W. Klrkpa^ Is trick and fR. M. Anderson were ap e pointed a committee to classify th< le corn and award the prizes. ie After about two hours of hard work is the committee reduced its work dowi >e to a pretty severe puzzle over sevei exhibits, and finally gave its declsloi i- as follows: e Charlie Ratteree, R. F. D. No. 1 I- Yorkvllle, 1st prize, $2.50: Davis Jones y R. F. D. No. 1, Bullock's Creek, 2n< - prize, $1.50; Grler McFadden, R. F. E J VT. n T-? T.T111 Qf./1 1 AA u i\U. D, AULI\ nui, Ol VI |/t iav, fi.vu. it Before adjournment, Mr. Blair tool d occasion to call attention to th< fact that although one of the flrsi >f counties in the state and although hav il ing a record of 161J bushels of corn t< n the acre in 1890, York madeacompar i- atlvely poor showing in th ' contest o y last year and he hoped that this yeai )f some York county boy will win foi it York a place high up in the list o n banner corn producing counties of th< s state. :t . it LOCAL LACONICS. County Commissioners. Messrs. L. J. Lumpkin and J. L. Ay cock, received their commissions las i8 week as county commissioners of Yorl Lt county. e Big Dairy at Rock Hill. n The Mount Gallant Dairy Farn company of Rock Hill has been com' e missioned by the secretary of stat y with a capital stock of $12 000. Th< >f petitioners are J. B. Johnson, J. L it Phillips and W. G. Stevens. ' Auditor Love. Mr. B. M. Love received notice sonm days ago of his appointment as audi ^ tor; but the receipt of his commissioi 8 has been delayed by the bungling of i r* bonding company in the writing up o ^ his bond. He will be auditor, however ,c before this Issue or Tbe Enquirer nai Ie been circulated throughout the county l6 Farmers' Union Appointments. Mr. J. B. O'Neal Holiday, deputj state organizer of the South Carolint Farmers' Union, failed to meet tin published appointments yesterday am r today, and will not strike in with hii schedule until Thursday at Gold Hill y Fort Mill township. The trouble cam< ~ about through inability of Secretar: e Reld to connect with Mr. Holida? e after he had written Messrs. Ashe an< 1 Black the information upon which th< ^ published schedule was based. Secre tary Reld telephoned from Columbh ^ yesterday afternoon that Mr. Hollda3 e would leave Columbia, Thursday morn' " ing on No. 26, and would meet his firs ** appointment at Gold Hill. From then he would endeavor to fill the other ap pointments in accordance with th< schedule. CONGRESS ADJOURNS SATURDAY y ' Congestion of Business at This Time ? Is Unparalleled. '' nw/1 WI rrVy? oooalnna orA hplnf A-*?VY aiJU 11IQ1IV Dvoaivna ** w vv...c U t held In both branches of congress be' ginning yesterday, for only four and a ^ half days remain to conclude a formidable legislative programme whlcb Is In an unprecedented and almosi y hopeless condition. Without taking into consideratlor ^ the situation in the senate where ther< k is a filibuster against taking votes or the Canadian reciprocity agreement ' the permanent tariff board bill and th< Lorlmer case, to say nothing of th< e proposition to raise the rates for cari rying the advertising sections o: i_ magazines through the malls, there is a congestion of appropriation bill! that to some seem irremediable. Th< u urgent deficiency bill is the only on( it of the fourteen general supply meas e ures that has become a law. Th< situation respecting appropriation bill! ' is as follows: The Indian, legislative, army, th< r. District of Columbia bills have pass I ed both houses and are in confer" ence. All of these bills contain ltemi of dispute which present difficulties o The pensions, postofflce, agriculd tural, naval, military academy, for tiflcatlon8, diplomatic and consulai ,r and sundry civil bills have passe( 1- the house but not the senate. The general deficiency bill has no r< even come out of the house com r' mittee on appropriations. 1* There remain to be passed by th< senate, therefore, the pensions, post office, agriculture, naval, military academy, fortifications, diplomath j' and consular sundry civil and gener r' al deficiency bills. Not in the mem g' ory of any senator has there beei such a congestion of supply meas ures, nor so many complications bj reason of other important business. If the senate could devote the flv< k and a half days left of the presem congress to the calendar, and il g' speeches could be curtailed, senator! ii'nnM nnt wnrrv ahout the leelslatlv! 8 ..? ? 3 situation. Notices already have beer 1? given, however, of several speeches 4] on the subjects of direct election o: l] senators, Canadian reciprocity anc the Lorlmer case. There will b< j] speeches also on the subjects o: 7* magazine rates, fortifications of th< Panama canal and numerous othei controversial questions, which appeal l) in appropriation bills. Intense feeling was displayed during the lasl l' week between the opposing factions lr l' the Lorlmer case and that Is certair to create a deal of bitterness befor< r>" a vote is taken upon it. The factior which supports Senator Lorimer i: j] determined that disposition shall bf made of the case during the present session, but it is evident that the an7 tl-Lorlmer forces will resist to the utmost any attempt to take a vote be2. fore they have concluded their argur#' mentr. l' The McCall bill to carry out th( r> provisions of the Canadian reciprocl' ity agreement is on the calendar, and 1 Senator Hale and others opposed tc 1 the agreement have made it cleat r. that they do not intend that any prioi g, rights shall be given to It because ol l! the interest of President Taft In the 1," subject or for any other reason. II Is perfectly clear that a vote can be prevented on the McCall bill without 2. resort to filibuster. The only waj s! a vote could be obtained on the meas2. ure would be the giving of assur1. ance, by a poll which could not be 1. doubted, that there were votes 2. enough to defeat it. The informal polls that have been taken have dlsclosed that the majority of the senate ~ would vote to enact the McCall bill j* There are several democrats who opy pose the measure and an effort was *e made to obtain promises from sever y others of the minority to stand with ,4 the republican majority against the measure. This effort failed but it j'j may be renewed at any time. a The Canadian bill has no champion lt in the senate and this fact seems to T preclude any possibility of bringing it n to a vote. Senate and house leaders g have become reconciled to the idea lt of an extraordinary session and there e Is little doubt that one will be called bv President Taft and that it will be t convened April 4. d ? Columbia, February 24: Two lifed term prisoners were pardoned late to. day by Gov. Blease. Preston Jeffere son, who was convicted in Sumter e county in 1888 on the charge of rape, if In the petition it is stated that Jefit ferson was a very young boy at the e time. He was granted a pardon. W, G. Rivers, who was convicted in Dors Chester county for murder in 1903, i, He is 77 years of age and a Confedern ate veteran. He was pardoned. A o pardon was refused to William J, d Perry, who was convicted in Orangea burg county in January, 1905, on the it I charge of arson. He was sentenced to six years in the reformatory and six e' years in the state penitentiary. r THE GOVERNOR'8 VET0E8. 1 \ Chairman Browning Diacusaaa Matter r From Othar Side. To the Editor of The State: 5 Now that the general assembly has adjourned, after an unprecedented close on account of the veto message of the governor, perhaps it will not be amiss for me to give my version of the results brought about by the principal items vetoed. First of all, I desire to say that the i appropriation bill was prepared by the ways and means committee Is an unusually short time, on account of the Inaugural address of his excellency and also on account of his utterances on the stump prior to the primary last j summer. It thus reached the senate much earlier than usual and that body deliberated over It much longer than they usually have an opportunity of s doing, so that It was only returned to j? the house one day earlier than It was . absolutely necessary. ) What Senate Did. " The senate had passed what was 5 known as the Stewart bill, providing " for a new building at Winthrop, the ? authorities there preferring this meth[ od rather than taking their chances in 3 the appropriation bill. While I was heartily in favor of the new building. I opposed this bill in a quiet way in the house, feeling that Winthrop should come In on the same basis as the university and the Citadel, but the bill . passed the house and received the ap. proval of the governor. I shall recur to this matter a little further on In this 1 article. Principal Vetoes. Now as to the principal vetoes?the item of 15,000 to the comptroller gen1 eral's department was given to enable that department of the government to e make a thorough investigation of the a various county offices and through this " appropriation to establish a uniform ' system of bookkeeping. During the past few years numbers of counties have made haphazard investigations that in most cases amounted to noth ing, and yet they have cost a great deal . more than this general appropriation would cost and we still have no uniform system of keeping the books In 1 the various county offices. While the f present comptroller general may not . have devised the very best system pos* slblo a uniform system would have been 5 Infinitely better than no system at all, '. as at present, and in my opinion would have saved to the taxpayers of the state at least $20,000 over and above r this appropriation. 1 Veto For Actuary. e His veto of J1.500 for an actuary in 3 the insurance department will cripple 3 that department very materially and especially in dealing with those com panies who write insurance principally s in mill villages, collecting the preY mium8 weekly or monthly. The man , who is able to take out a large policy . in an old line company is able to investigate for himself. His veto of $16,J 000 for the Florence reformatory shows - that his excellency has reversed himt self. We have in Lexington a reformatory for young negro criminals where r these young boys are separated from " the old and hardened criminals of their t race, with the hope that they may be ? discharged without contamination and reformed. The Florence reformatory " was intended to do this and more for s the young whites, who were wayward or had made one false step. It had proven its efficiency so well that it had outgrown its present quarters, and . this appropriation was intended to enlarge the plant that its field of usefulness might be greatly extended. The Heating Plant. As to his veto of the appropriation f for a heating plant at the negro col lege, I shall not argue the question as L to whether that race should be educated or not, simply stating this fact which his excellency is well aware of, i that we have to maintain this institut tion to secure the funds from the national government which constitute a considerable item in the revenue of ' Clemson college, but I shall argue it 3 from an economic standpoint, and that , is, that this institution is the property of the state, and as such should be pro ' tected from danger or loss djt nre. a J very large dormitory was burned about > eighteen months ago, the replacing of . which has cost the taxpayers of South f Carolina $14,000 last year, and the same i amount this. Had this proposed heat3 lng plant been In existence at that 3 time, this loss of $28,000 to the taxpay> ers of the state would not have occur red, and without this heating plant, It 3 Is liable to recur at any time. As to i the item of $2,000 for an artesian well at the same institution, it Is only a > question of whether it Is cheaper to pay - $2,000 once for all, for a water sup. ply, or to annually pay $800 to the s city of Orangeburg for water. The same argument can be applied . to the heating plant at the university. Winthrop Infirmary. r As to the infirmary at Winthrop, 1 it was built to accommodate the avsrage sick In an institution of 300, it has 1 now grown to more than 700. Should " an epidemic of any contagious disease, measles, mumps, typhoid fever, etc., 3 break out there, it would very probably ' bring tears and sorrow to many homes [ on account of the Inadequate provision 3 for coping with such a contingency. " God grant that his excellency, in his " zeal for economy, shall place no moth1 er of our state in mourning garb. While I might criticise with equal r justice most of the other vetoes of his excellency, there are but two more 3 for which I shall ask space in your columns to show his absolute incon" sistency. 3 His excellency vetoes the appropria3 tion of $5,000 to the State Agricultural 1 and Mechanical society, giving as his 3 reason that such appropriations are J unconstitutional, yet these appropria1 tions were made under the constitution 3 of 1868, and under the constitution r of 1895, and I have no hesitation in saying that no money expended by the state has returned as large dividends, not only developing our agricultural and live stock interests, but also in making our people a homogeneous mass, and making them feel the kinship of race throughout the entire length and breadth, of the state. His excellency vetoes this appropriation as being unconstitutional, and yet | he allows to go unscatched an appropriation of $3,000 for the Corn Breeders' association, an organization but " one year old, that has held but one ex- I ' position, and that an absolute farce so ' tar as corn breeding was concerned. Jerry Moore with his 228 bushels ; per acre could have won no prize un' der the rules adopted by this associa1 tlon. The man who produced 30 to 40 bushels of corn of the single ear va' rlety would sweep poor Jerry Moore with his measly little 228 bushels of prolific corn in ignominious defeat from ' the field. Yet his excellency approves ' of an appropriation of $3,000 to per petuate this organization, he is so inc sistent upon it that he invites me as r chairman of the ways and means com mittee, into his office and lays the matter before me, after the ways and ! means committee and the house have ? disallowed this appropriation. ' If the appropriation for the agricul' tural society is unconstitutional, where ! does he get his constitutional authority for this appropriation? Recurring now to the Stewart bill for ' new building at Winthrop, that is ap1 proved, it is very much needed and I 1 rejoice that Winthrop has secured it, ' but it will add not one more girl to ; her roll of students. Just here it it due the members of the free conference 1 that I make the following statement: 1 When the appropriation bill reached the senate, after this bill had been ap1 proved by the governor, that body at tempted to reverse itself by adding a ! section, known as section 42, which read as follows: ( "That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed." The evident and only object of the aonntP was ?o reverse itself in rejrard to a new building at Winthrop, but it might have had other and more far reaching effects. On the morning before the free conference on the appropriation bi'l, his excellency took me s aside in the hall of the house and call, ed my attention to this section, stating that if that section were left in he . would feel compelled to veto the bill, and in that position I think he was absolutely correct. It was this argument that Winthrop already had her building assured and the university and Citadel were equally entitled to theirs that won out in free conference, and finally secured the placing of all these buildings in the appropriation bill. The Citadel. The appropriation for the east wing of the Citadel Is approved and I again rejoice because it completes the building and furnishes an opportunity for perhaps fifty more of our sons to obtain an education. But when we com" to the university its new building, which would have been the means of furnishing cheap dormitory room to 50 more poor young men, this appropriation Is vetoed because of the financial condition of the state. That is the only reason his excellency assigns, but if our finances were able to stand the strain of a new building at Wlnthrop and of a new wing at the Citadel, surely we would not have gone backward by providing a new auditorium for the university, thus enabling us to convert UIC UIU UUUilUI IUIII Kill/ UUI IlillUi ICO. X am told that his excellency was at one time a student there. That being the case, he must be Intimately acquainted with its standard of scholarship and with the standard of honor it has ever maintained in its student body. Is It possible that we who have never had the pleasure of being students in that institution have been deceived and that its standards, both of scholarship and of honor, are not what we have been led to believe? I can not answer this' question, his excellency perhaps can. In conclusion, allow me to say that I have written this article, not in vin- ' dication of myself, but in vindication of the able gentlemen who labored so earnestly and so untiringly in the ways and means committee to prepare the appropriation bill. To prove that their work was well done, allow me to say that had every amendment offered on the floor of the house been accepted it only would have reduced the total a little over $14,000, eliminating Dr. Sawyer's amendment making an appropriation of $10,000 for the medical college and still the reductions proposed in the house would have amounted to little more than $24,000. The reductions which his excellency by his veto has effected will effect a saving to the taxpayers of the state of not quite one-third of a mill, which means to the man who pays a tax on $150 of property a saving of 44 cents In his taxes this year. It means the disorganization of the work of various departments of the government. It means the temporary crippling of the capstone of our educational system, It means the leaving of a part of the state's property to great danger or aestructlon by Are, It means the practical annulment of the child labor law, and It means more than anything else, a cheap play to the galleries that Is unworthy of the chief executive of a great state. Lowndes J. Browning. Union, R. F. D. No. 2, February 24. 80UTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The smallpox epidemic has full swing In Spartanburg. ? Court was called at Conway, Horry county yesterday, but there being no Judge present, adjournment was taken until today with the understanding that there will be other adjournments from day to day pending some other way out of the difficulty. ? Governor Bleaae has refused to consider the recommendations of the Beaufort delegation as to six of the seven township commissioners for Beaufort county, notwithstanding the fact that the code prescribes that these appointments shall be made on the recommendation of the legislative delegation. ? Columbia. February 25: "It doesn't follow that because I vetoed the appropriations for the salaries of Watson's two factory inspectors that I Intend the factory inspection law to go unenforced," said Governor Bleaae today. "I have a fund of 15,000 for law enforcement and I mean to work , for the enforcement of all the laws. Including those relating to labor." ? Governor Blease has changed his attitude with regard to the charter of the Piedmont and Northern Railway. passed at the last session of the legislature. He at first announced that he would veto the bill chartering this road on the ground that it gave the proposed new company too much power; but afterward he re considered and on Friday signed the Incorporation act. The Piedmont and Northern Railway company Is a five million dollar corporation, with the Dukes at Its head and Its purpose Is to build a network of trolley lines throughout the northern part of the state. ? Columbia, February 25: Governor Blease has not yet been handed the dispensary commission's reply to his demand by letter for Information concerning the agreement under which Messrs. Anderson, Felder, Rountree and Wilson of Atlanta were engaged to aid in. the winding up of the state dispensary and concerning other matters, but the substance of the letter has been agreed on and the actual drafting of the communication in its final form is held up only in order that a statement, hourly expected from Mr. T. B. Felder, of the Atlanta firm, may be incorporated in it The commission takes the position that the governor is entitled to all the information he has requested and it will be furnished him in spite of the fact that the governor now has before him for approval an act t&~investigate the whole official course of the commission. ? Columbia special of February 27, to Greenville Piedmont: Gov. Blease has put the state house officials and others concerned "up in the air" by his habit of vacillation. He has backed down now on a half dozen matters including his veto of the Osborne child labor bill, his veto of the act incorporating the Duke interurban project, his decision to have no factory inspection and an act authorizing rural police for Charleston county. He vetoed the item for a stenographer in the state treasurer's office, but has since authorized the employment of the stenographer. He vetoed the |5,000 item ror examination 01 county umten, um has since told the comptroller general to go ahead and spend the money, which the comptroller general emphatically refuses to do. Indications are' that he will back down on the Heyward county matter. He first claimed the right to direct the supreme court in its assignment of regular circuit Judges to terms, but has now retired from that position. ? Columbia, February 27: In a lengthy letter the state dispensary commission replied this afternoon to Gov. Blease's demand for information concerning the dealings of the commission and its contract with Attorney Felder of Atlanta, The commission calls attention to its annual report to the governor and submits copies of the contracts with Felder and Stevenson, saying there was no contract with Abney. The commission says Gov. Blease, in asking why they had not followed the law by winding up the dispensary expeditiously, quoted the act of 1907, although the legislature has by annual subsequent acts, continued the commission and directed it to go on with its work. No attorney fees have been paid since Jan. 1, 1910, and the payments made to Felder have been only on his contract for commission upon recoveries. Since January 1st of this year $34,700 has already been collected and there are other large claims in process of collection. The commission earnestly solicits Gov. Blease's counsel and co-operation in facilitating its work. --Columbia, February' 24: Unanimously the supreme court affirmed, today, the life sentence given by the Spartanburg sessions court, to Harvey Bradford, colored, for burglary, his offense having consisted In breaking into Converse college, on the night of June 14, 1909, entering the room of a student, and attempting to sup- v press her screams by laying his hand over her mouth. Miss Reid, in the struggle, caught one of the intruder's fingers in her teeth and bit it The question was whether it was Bradford who broke Into the room. It was chiefly by a hat found in the room, by a scar on Bradford's hand and byevidence that he was walking hatless on the street two hours after the burglary that he was convicted. Bradford was tried about three days after the Incident, the public mind being naturally excited and indignant. The supreme court is impressed with the affidavits filed, but upholds the circuit court's refusal to grant a new trial on after-discovered evidence. The decision Is by Chief Justice Jones, Justices Gary, Woods and Hydrlck concurring. ? Columbia, February 24: Reporters who asked Governor Blease Frl