Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 04, 1911, Page 2, Image 2
Scraps and iracts.
? The fortifications in the cities of
New York and other important centers
of population on the seaboard
are considered invincible by Major
General Leonard Wood, chief of staff
of the United States army. He believes
the great guns of the fortifications
could destroy any fleets sent
against them. His views have been
submitted to the house committee on
expenditures. The necessity for corporation
of mobile forces with the
great forts is emphasized by the general.
Large bodies of troops would
be needed to prevent ah enemy land
ing near the points tne torus ueicnu.
In the event of an invasion General
Wood believes the vicinity of the
largest cities would be the scenes of
fighting. No remote coast district
would be selected by an enemy to
land, but rather the neighborhood of 1
some vital point at which a quick
blow might be struck.
? Washington. July 2: With downtown
thermometers registering 107
degrees, the weather record for the
season was equaled here today. The
official temperature was 98, and the
suffering was increased by the humid- <
ity. No Immediate relief, it was said. !
is in sight. The weather bureau j
promises that the coming week will I
be one of moderate temperature in 1
the South Atlantic and Gulf States
and generally over the region west of
the Mississippi. High temperatures "
will prevail the first part of the week
in the northern and middle states east
of the Mississippi, followed by a
change to lower temperature in these
districts about Wednesday. A barometric
depression that now covers the '
Rocky mountain region, according to
the bureau, will drift slowly eastward .
preceded and attended by local showers
and thunder-storms and will cross t
the Mississippi valley Tuesday or ?
Wednesday and the Atlantic states t
Thursday or Friday. It will be followed
by cooler weather over the
plains states, the Mississippi valley
?nd the region east thereof. s
? Charlotte Observer: Mr. Abner ,
Nash, son of Capt and Mrs. Fred
Nash, who Is working for the gov- 1
ernment on the wreck of the Ill-fated
battleship Maine, In Havana harbor.
writes home about the Maine un- .
der date of June 23 as follows: "We
now have 15 feet pumped out and are 1
keeping the water at this point to let 1
the cofferdam take the strain gradu- f
ally. You can see a great deal of the
two decks of the Maine and there has
been taken out of the mud in the of- '
fleers' quarters several swords,
Springfield rifles. pistols. Captain
Slgsbee's walking cane, a pair of field
glasses and a flute. Several bones '
have also been found, and today the t
bones of a man's leg were found t
amldship of the vessel. I expect we .
will start pumping again In a few
days, that is about July 1. and then 1
we can see more of the wreck. You t
should see the crowds that come out t
to see the wreck, generally about 2,000
people a day, and last Sunday
there were 6,000. They start coming r
at 6 a. m. and keep it up until dark.
Ninety-eight degrees in Charlotte?
Why, the hottest It has been here yet
Is 95 degrees. Generally the ther- 1
mometer here Is 92 In the day time P
and about 78 or 80 at night, except In ^
some of the streets In Havana Out
here In the harbor we have a fine
breeze all the time.'' v
? When the national government's 8
fiscal year of 1911 closed last Friday, o
the Federal treasury held a cash sur- t
plus of at least 333,000,000 and showed
an excess of all receipts over all dis- a
bursements for the first time since v
1907. While the revised returns showing
the government's exact financial
condition will not be available for several
days, from such figures as are at F
hand and such estimates as treasury g
officials consider reliable, it is appar- p
ent that the government during the
last twelve months received from ail 1
sources not less than (689,000,000, about p
(10,000,000 more than was expected, 0
and spent (656,000,000, about (6,000,000 .
less than was planned. For the first
time Income from Internal revenue and 8
customs was nearly equal. While cub- j
toms receipts for the year fell (20,000,- a
000 and will stand at about (312,000,000,
the internal revenue promises to
total (315,000,000, the greatest sum
ever collected from that source, which t
will surpass the record-breaking figures
of 1866. Four causes have contributed
to the great increase in the in- I
ternal revenue. The corporation tax c
is responsible for (28,000,000, whisky
and other spirits (155,000,000, tobacco
(62,000,000 and beer (61,000,000. It r
was estimated that when collectors of c
internal revenue throughout the coun- r
try closed their offices today, the gov- .
ernment would have at least (10,000,000
of the corporation tax money in (
hand. The balance is not expected t
until July 10, the last day of grace. r
The Federal treasury enters the fiscal '
year 1912, with more than (1,800,000,- (
000 in cash stacked away in the steel t
ribbed vaults, the largest sum ever s
held there.
? The senatorial election lnvestlga- .
Hon question was placed before the
senate committee on elections today
when the full certified records of the
legislative investigation of the elec- t
tion of United States Senator Stephenson
of Wisconsin were received 1
by the vice president, laid before the I
senate and referred to the committee. t
The investigation first was made by a
joint committee of the Wisconsin leg- f
islature which found no direct viola- t
tion of law and subsequently by a spe- t
cial committee of the Wisconsin senate
which in its report made a variety
of charges in connection with Senator f
Stephenson's election. The docu- I
ments received today direct from the ,
Wisconsin legislature request a congressional
investigation of the charges %
against Senator Stephenson. The t
senate members of the joint commit- i
tee of the two houses of the Wiscon- *
sin legislature did not Join with the
house members in the report which 1
made no specific finding against the c
senator. The report of the state sen
ate's special committee aeciarea air.
Stephenson's election to be the result
of corruption and alleged that $107,000
had been spent in his behalf. No
senator was willing to say today what
the senate here may do until the committee
on privileges and elections
finds opportunity to go over the papers
but it generally was conceded
that the Lorimer inquiry supplied a
precedent for an investigation. Senator
Stephenson and his friends have
contended that the expenditures in
the campaign were legitimate. Books
showing the payment of $98,000, it is
said, were exhibited before the Wisconsin
committee.
? Two earthquake shocks, the heaviest
since the big shake of 1906, and
separated by only a few seconds, jarred
the central portion of California
and western Nevada last Saturday.
The first sharp shock experienced at
2.01 o'clock was followed within a few
seconds by one of similar intensity,
each lasting about five seconds. Only
trivial damage has been reported from
any section, but in San Francisco and
other cities in the affected area panic
seized upon crowds in stores and restaurants,
and there was a pell-mell
exodus from the large buildings. One
peculiar feature of the earthquake was
that it did not appear to follow the old
"fault" in the earth's crust which has
been the playground of tremblers in
ihe past, but extended from the seacoast
eastward to the Sierras, including
hitherto exempt mountain areas.
It was felt to the northward of Sacra
memo ill ine csacramemo >unt-j,
southward as far as Fresno, and to
the east to Carson and Reno, Nevada,
the latter place experiencing the heaviest
shock in its history. Some slight
damage was done to buildings in San
Francisco. Within a few seconds after
the first shock many downtown
buildings were depopulated in a rush
to the streets. Telephone and telegraph
service was suspended by the
operators deserting their posts. Herbert
Hadley, a lodging house inmate,
fell dead of fright and some cases of i
hysteria, or of cuts or bruises suffered
in the semi-panic, were treated at the s
hospitals. Santa Rosa, which suffered *
greater disaster in proportion to its t
size than did San Francisco in the ca- ,
tastrophe of 1906, scarcely felt today's
shock. San Jose, another heavy suf- '
ferer in 1906, reported that the shock ?.
today was the severest experienced t
since that time, but it did no serious
damage. Stockton and Fresno people *
were frightened by the jarring, but *
there, as in Sacramento, where the
state offices were deserted in a trice as
a result of the tremble, the damage to
buildings was trifling. In Reno, Nev., ,
the shock was scarcely felt, but 'n 1
Larson it was severe. The Federal
lourt was in session in the Nevada
capital and judge, jury and attorneys
rushed to the street. At the Santa
Clara college observatory both reels
svere thrown off the seismographs.
They were immediately replaced, but
the record of the disturbance will be
Incomplete. The mean time clock at
the observatory of the University of
California was stopped for the first
time since the great quake of five years
igo. The peed booming reverberation
which usually marks disturbances
if a widespread character accompanied
the first tremor. In San Francisco
the groaning and creaking of the steel
structures played a larger part in
frightening the people than did the
tremors.
?hr ^lotktillr (fruquircr.
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Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORK VILLE, S. C.i
TUESDAY. JULY 4,1911.
It surely cannot be so hot in Washngton
as elsewhere, else those sena:or8
would have hardly remained in
tession till now, even on account of
eclprocity or the wool schedule.
There were no marriage licenses islued
in Charleston the first day of the
jew law. Will the News and Courier
ilease tell us what is the matter?
Washington dispatches are now suggesting
that congress will probably get
hrough with its work about August
Some of the congressional leaders,
lowever, are very doubtful as to
vhether an adjournment can be had
>y that date.
<V>a ^nntilirron OV tTTAtl'Q trt
W HCli llie ict liiiiici iaA Qt vii w kv
11,000,000 annually, we presume that
he general assembly will continue to
urn_lt over to Clemson college trusees
to be expended at their discretion,
t seems to us, however, that it Is high
lme to either reduce or abolish the
ax or divert It to the state treasury
md support Clemson by means of diect
appropriations.
An Iowa weather prophet predicts
hat the people who have been comilaining
of the unprecedented heat that
ias characterized the month of June,
re going to And that June was spring
reather compared with what July Is
wing to be. If this prophecy turns
ut to be correct, the prophet 3hould be
iut in jail on a bread and water diet,
nd should not be allowed even a fan
vith which to cool himself.
Governor Blease was quoted last
Yiday as saying that later he would
:ive his reasons for pardoning G. Wash
lunter, sentenced to eight years for
he killing of Eldred F. Copeland. To
leople familiar with the circumstances
f the case, the speedy pardon of Huner
has been looked upon as a fore:one
conclusion since the election of
Jr. Blease as governor, and "reasons"
ire unnecessary.
The Camden Chronicle has discarded
he patent outside it has been running
o long, added a Junior Linotype to its
?lant and has all at once become a first
lass county paper. We desire to conrratulate
Editor McDowell on the renarkable
improvement the Chronile
is showing editorially as well as
nechanically and to offer him the benfit
of our belief that the people of
Camden and Kershaw county will cerainly
measure up to every requirenent
of the new situation. The
Chronicle now deserves more support
han any Camden paper has ever deerved
within the recollection of this
vriter and it will get what is coming
o it.
Dispatches from Berlin, Paris and
..ondon indicate more trouble between
he powers on account of Morocco,
stance and Spain have sent forces into
he country, ostensibly to keep the
>eace, and to protect the interest of
heir respective citizens. Both declare
hat they do not contemplate permalent
occupation. Now Germany comes
orward and sends over the gunboat
'anther with the same ostensible pur>ose.
France although thinking it no
iolation of the Algeciras agreement
o send troops in her case, does not
ike the action of Germany. Reports
rom high officials are to the effect that
he matter will be settled diplomatially.
There is a proposition before eontress
for the acquirement of the ex>ress
companies by the government
ind the conduct of their business in
onneetion with the postofflce departnent.
It is held that express rates in
he United States are many times
ligher than in any other civilized
'ountry. The estimate here is that
he proportion between freight and
fxpress is about 16 to 1, while in Argentina
it is only about 3 to 1. Eurojean
countries show up a ratio of
tbout 5 or 6 to 1. The proposition is
o acquire the express companies at a
air valuation in order that the government
might be able to give the
people express accommodations at
Igures that will admit of their generil
use.
Believing in arbitration, the State is
ntirely consistent in urging arbitraion
of the radical differences between
VIr. Felder of Atlanta and the goverlor
of South Carolina. There is but
me possible legal arbitrator?the
United States court.?Columbia State.
From what we have been hearing
rom time to time, the situation is otherwise
than stated. Before he secured
tis job with the winding-up comnission,
we understand Mr. Felder
vas an attorney for a number of whisty
concerns. It was in that capacity
nainl.v that he got the information by
vhich he was enabled to make the
vhisky houses come across, and it
vas in that capacity he got the infornatioti
he claims to have about the
illeged connection of the governor of
South Carolina with the whisky houses.
There has been talk up and down the
itate to the effect that the whisky
louses have for some time been trying
o adjust the noisy quarrel between
he governor of South Carolina and Mr.
'elder, and if this be true, we think
tur Columbia contemporary will find
hat the whole trouble will be smoothed
over before it gets to the United
>tates court.
This from the Christian Herald is
vorth passing along: "It is mighty
>ad," said an unfortunate working
man some time ago to the writer, "to
save up a thousand dollars by laying
aside a dollar a week and then take It
out of the savings bank and lose it to
a get-rieh-quick swindler, as I have
just done." This poor fellow could
work and save, but he had not even a
kindergarten education in finance, else
his story would have been different.
He had never given a thought to interest,
and so was absolutely ignorant of
growth through compound interest,
and of course, had never heard of that
wonderful process of accumulation
known as "progressive compound in
. terest." One dollar deposited In a savings
bank that pays 4 per cent interest
will amount to $2.19 in twenty
years. This is simple compound interest.
Now if you deposit $1 every year
for twenty years or $20 In all, the sum
to your credit will have grown to
$30.97. Any wage earner can put away
$1 a week. That money deposited in
a savings bank for twenty years will
have increased to $1,612. A deposit of
$5 a week will have grown to $8,000,
and this at 4 per cent will be $320 a
year. There is no secret, no myBtery
about this. It is clear as the cloudless
sun and the method is just as clean
and honest.
"An Absurd Decision Upset," is the
heading that the Columbia Record
puts over an editorial in defense of
the supreme court's repeal of the provision
of the Carey-Cothran law prohibiting
citizens of dry counties from
having liquor in their possession. Now,
we do not want It understood that we
favor such a law. We would like to
see prohlbtlon, and we would like to
see the law as the general assembly
maae 11 emorcea 10 me leuer; out we
do not believe It possible. While we
do not know it to be a fact, we have
all along had an idea that this provision
of the Carey-Cothran law that
has been causing so much trouble was
inserted by opponents of prohibition.
Our theory is that the idea was not
to secure prohibition, for the people
behind the trick knew that the Prohibitionists
themselves would not stand
for such drastic legislation. They
knew also that if Prohibitionists in the
legislature should make objection to
it they would be at a disadvantage.
They would lay themselves open to
something like this: "You say you
want prohibition, and now that we
want to give it to you, you squeal."
We imagine that is why no point was
raised against the objectionable clause
while the bill was on its passage. The
editor of the Record, we believe is a
Prohibitionist. As to whether he is a
tee-totaler or not we do not know; but
that Is not the question. If he would
openly stand for a provision of law
which would have the effect of binding
the other fellow while he himself
is left in a position to evade its provisions,
we would like to reach the
process of reasoning by which he
would defend himself. If Judge Memminger
as a legislator had olTered this
provision as an amendment to the Carey-Cothran
law, we would have said
that he was a very shrewd anti-prohibitionist
who understood the art of
putting his opponents In a hole. But
if Judge Memminger as an official,
sworn to declare the law as it stands,
had attempted to say that this provision,
the meaning of which is so obvious
that no sane man can escape it, does
nnt mwn what it savs. We WOUld not
think Judge Memminger the able, conscientious,
high toned gentleman that
everybody knows him to be. We regret
exceedingly that such a provision
ever got into the law, not so much because
its observance would not be of
benefit to the people of South Carolina,
as because we believe its enforcement
would be next to impossible,
at least until sentiment reaches a
higher plane than it has reached; but
we have no feeling against Judge
Memminger for saying that "white is
white." Had he done otherwise he
would have stultified himself.
Memminger's Prohibition Decision.
When the supreme court of South
Carolina makes a decision, that decision
is law in this state; but that does
not always mean that the decision
is necessarily sound, reasonable or
just.
The decision of Judge Memminger
in the Sumter case in which ho held
that the right to keep liquor for private
use, does not, under the statutes,
hold good in prohibition counties, may
have been unfortunate from a political
standpoint; but although the supreme
court has just handed down a decision
to the contrary, we believe it was correct.
Of course Judge Memminger had no
idea of politics in his decision. He
had no thought of expediency. He
sought only to declare the law as it
was, and as it was his duty to l?>,
leaving the consequences to take care
of themselves. It is a violent supposition
maybe; but that is what all judges
are supposed to do.
This decision of Judge Memminger's
came in the midst of a hot political
campaign, involving the insatiable
appetite for strong drink that has
dominated South Carolina's public affairs
for so many years. And of
course, politicians did not fail to util
ize tht opportunity afforded to make
as much capital out of the incident as
possible.
There are a good many people in
South Carolina, some quite intelligent
and honest, who are fond of asserting
that the prohibition sentiment dominates
about two-thirds of the state.
They believe what they say of course;
but that is because of their inclination
to take things as they would like to
have them, rather than as they are.
This is a very natural and common
tendency of human nature; but at the
same time it is more or less dangerous.
It often leads people into erroneous
impressions of things.
The fact is that while the prohibition
sentiment has made wonderful
headway during the past twenty years,
and, an inestimable improvement in the
moral, physical and financial condition
of the people, it has never become
dominant. To be sure there is a large
and eminently respectable element that
is honestly and sincerely prohibition;
that maintains that it would be glad
if no liquor was sold or even made,
and which means what it says. There
is another large element that is more
or less 011 the fence on this question,
which wants to side with the Prohibitionists,
but which is not yet ready to
deny itself absolutely all chance of indulgence.
These two elements got
along fairly well together up to the
time of Judge Siinonton's famous inter-state
commerce decision, and that
deliverance removed such friction as
still remained. The harmony came
about through the establishment of a
condition under which would-be Prohibitionists
who were not willing to
burn all bridges behind them, could
take a stand against open saloons and
tigers, and still be able to get their
own supplies by the gallon under the'
inter-state commerce laws. The prac- |
tical Prohibitionists, of course, were
willing to overlook this little weakness
for the sake of harmony and strength, j
in which, of course, they showed
sense.
It is a fact that the culmination of
the liquor war that was waged from I
1890 up to a few years ago did not
hinge so much around the prohibition
question, as around the rottenness and
corruption which reeked around the J
state dispensary. The state dispensary
was finally overthrown, not so J
much in the interest of sobriety and
temperance, as because of the unli- ,
censed thievery that had been developed
around it.
It would be pleasant to believe that
the dispensaries were voted out of the j
various counties solely because of the
growth of a healthy, slmon pure prohibition
sentiment, but this is not true.
When Judge Memminger therefore (
interpreted the statute law in accordance
with its clearly stated meaning
and said that having whisky in possession
was a violation of that law, he 1
raised a storm among the people, who,
though, prefering to the dispensaries
or bar-rooms, a system that allowed 1
them to buy liquor abroad and keep
it at home, could not reconcile themselves
to the idea of not being able to
get intoxicating liquor at all. (
There was a revolt of sentiment
against the law itself rather than of
an honest interpretation of the law.
That revolt was strong enough to show 1
that such a law is impossible so far
as the majority of the people of South
Carolina are concerned?certainly
impossible at this time.
So far as the correctness of Judge
Memmlnger's interpretation of the
law Is concerned, we have not a shadow
of doubt. We think the law really
means exactly what It says and that
meaning Is as comprehended In Judge
Memmlnger's holding In the Sumter
case.
Of course, there are those who hold
that Judge Memmlnger's decision is In
conflict with the inter-state commerce
decision of the United States supreme
court, but according to our understanding
there Is a very Important difference
that the United States court
would uphold. For instance, the right
of a state to prohibit the sale of liquor
as a police measure has been upheld.
The state of South Carolina has
a right to say that its people shall
not own, store or drink intoxicating liquors
within her borders. The United
States government would not try to
interfere with such a decree. The
state of South Carolina has a right to
leave it to the counties to decide by a
majority vote whether or not they
shall permit the keeping of liquor c
within their respective limits, and ?
where under authority of the state, a '
county sees proper by a majority to
say that no liquor shall be kept in v
the possession of its citizens, the will s
of that majority should be upheld. We
believe the supreme court of the United ?
States would uphold It.
Under the peculiar status of the j
thing no matter what may have been 1
the intent of the individual or Individuals
who put that silly provision In
the law, or of the general assembly,
there is no question of the fact that V
the law is now as the supreme court jsays
it is. e
As a matter of fact, any law is not
what the general assembly tries to say; a
but what the supreme court does say. ?
According to our view of the mattac?: ],
Judge Merqminger's holding was cor- a
rect, and we look upon the holding of ^
the supreme court as a holding of ill- j
advised expediency. v
We do not think the law as it reads
is wise. We do not think the law ?
should undertake to say as it does f
say, as plainly as the idea can be ex- a
pressed in English words, that it is a d
misdemeanor for one to have alcoholic v
liquor in his possession. We say this e
for the reason that we know that such 1
a law would not be obeyed. But this p
is neither here nor there. To our mind
the proper thing for the supreme court *
to have done was to have upheld the c
law just as It. is, and if the general as- g
sembly has made a mistake leave it i
to the general assembly to correct that Q
mistake. ?
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SWEARINGEN FOR GOVERNOR. J
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Blind Man Whose Principles Are as a v
Beacon Light. ^
"Swearingen," observes the York- v
vllle Enquirer, "could get a good vote 1
for governor if he would run, and if J!
elected he would make a good gov- a
ernor, too." a
Right on both counts. The Enquir- r
er knows less about meteorology, if
that be possible, than a certain distinguished
gentleman at Washington
who gets offended when we mention d
his name, but is as a rule remark- a
a
ably keen in sizing up a political sit- ^
uation. t
It is at least not unlikely that con- t
ditlons may be such when the next c
gubernatorial campaign opens that e
the present state superintendent of v
education may be the strongest man o
arouna wnom tne aecem people or
the state could rally. It would be c
possible to make a very strong argu- b
ment in favor of his availability as a t
candidate in certain circumstances. a
The thought so tersely expressed s
by The Enquirer has occurred, prob- r
ably, to many others. It is the habit a
of the American electorate as soon as s
a man shows ability In one public po- s
sition to consider transferring him to s
another. li
We wish to suggest, therefore, that p
in the office which he now occupies
Mr. Swearingen has an opportunity p
for useful service to his state as large n
as any which could come to him were p
he the state's chief executive. We n
are glad to believe that Mr. Swearin- c
gen realizes this. He has a man's t
size task before him right where he s
is, and If he doesn't accomplish it we c
shall be surprised as well as disap- c
pointed. a
He has courage, ability and con- d
science. He is not a demagogue and u
he does not play to the galleries. The v
people of South Carolina already have ii
reason to be grateful that he fills his u
present position. Signs are mislead- n
ing if this obligation is not to be en- o
larged.
Mr. Swearingen at present is not h
running for office. He has more im- t
portant matters to think about.?The t
News and Courier. e
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Condition of Cotton.? 1 he condition v
of the cotton crop on June 25, was 88.2 a
per cent of normal, compared with t
87.8 per cent on May 25, 1911; 80.7 on tl
June 25. 1910; 74.6 per cent in 1909, p
and 80.6, the condition June 10 av- ii
erase for the last ten years, according n
to the department of agriculture's announcement
given out yesterday at j<
noon. tl
Comparison of condition by states p
follows: e
State. June Ten Year
25 Average J1
Virginia 98 82 k
North Carolina .. ..89 80 e.
South Carolina ... 84 80 11
Georgia 94 80 e
Florida 96 85 P
Alabama 9.1 79 n
Mississippi 87 79 ^
Louisiana 89 78 ?
Texas 85 80 >
Arkansas 89 91 ^
Tennessee 87 84 v
Missouri 90 84 rl
Oklahoma 87 81 h
California 100 95 si
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ment supervision and will give yoi
positive protection.
J. W. Wallace, District Agent?Pub
lishes a letter commendatory to th
Southeastern Life Insurance compa
ny, from Edwin G. Seibels of Co
lumbla.
Thomson Co.?Offers reduced prices oi
ladies' shirt waists, linen suits, skirts
auto coats, millinery, colored mus
Una and men's straw hats.
Jank of Hickory Grove?Says tha
only fools rail at fate, wise men tak
advantage of opportunity. System
atic saving is one opportunity tha
It will help you to get the benefits ol
Tlover Drug Store?Emphasizes th
importance of your physician's pre
scriptions and the prompt and care
ful attention it gives them. It want
to fill your prescriptions.
Cirkpatrick-Belk Co.?On page 3, give
full details of a big mid-summer sal
which it opens Thursday morning
Big price reductions are made in ev
ery department.
The city council ol' Rock Hill ha
irranged to provide a great "Whit
iV'ay" along Main street.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Janle Wray of Yorkville 1
islting In Shelby, N. C.
Mr. Joe Thomasson of Yorkvill
L F. D. 6, is quite sick from fever.
Miss Mary Riser of Yorkville, lef
his morning to visit relatives in New
>erry.
Miss Louise Guy of Lowrvville, I
islting relatives and friends in York
rule.
Miss Mamie Turner of Yorkville
8 visiting relatives and friends a
Jrover, N. C.
Cadet Walter Barron of the Citadel
las returned to his home in Yorkvlll
or the summer.
Miss Mamie Rose of Yorkville, ii
isiting her sister, Mrs. T. A. Coving
on at Iulncolnton, N. C.
Mrs. R. A. Burris and chil* en, o
Charleston, are visiting Mrs. j irris'
larents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Baber.
Mrs. T. B. Kell and little daughte
311a of Fort Lawn, are visiting thi
amlly of Mr. George T. Schorb ii
rorkville.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Seabrook an<
:hildren of Edlsto Island are thi
ruests of Dr. and Mrs. J. D. McDowel
n Yorkville.
Miss Iola Garrison of Yorkville
ind Miss Alice Clinton of McConnells
llle, leave this afternoon for Coving
on, Ga., to visit relatives and friends
Mesdames E. E. Poag, W. R. Simp
on, J. B. Sykes, Jim Barber, Heywari
rfoore and J. B. Heath and Misse
'annie, Amelia and Julia Beckham o
lock Hill spent last Friday with Mrs
t. Andral Bratton in Yorkville.
SATURDAY'S RAIN.
There was a good rain over York
ille and vicinity last Saturday short
Y after noon, the best that this im
neaiate locamy nas naa auriiig ncv
ral months.
The clouds gathered quietly wlthou
. great deal of wind or thunder, an<
,fter throwing out a light preliminary
prlnkle for five or ten minutes, le
r>ose a heavy downpour that lasted foi
,n. hour or more with the thunder an<
Ightning accompaniment. The gutter!
Jong the streets were filled to over
lowing, and the surrounding countr:
k-as drenched.
Yorkville and the country immedi
,tely surrounding has been sorelj
larched during all the growing seasoi
or want of rain and such vegetable!
s were still living in the many gar
lens, were famishing for water. Thi
ain of Saturday helped the sltuatioi
vonderfully; but there was hardl:
nough to wet the ground thoroughly
'here was almost half an inch; but i
ull Inch would be required to serve th<
lurpose of a satisfactory season.
The McConnellsville section, whicl
ras one of the driest sections of thi
ounty got not a heavy rain; bu
luite a satisfactory shower Saturday
.fternoon, while from Guthrlesville 01
ip to Yorkville the downpour wai
[uite as heavy as at this place. Th<
eneral result has been very beneficial
There was rain over as far as Sha
on and two or three miles beyond, bu
lone at Blairsvllle or In Bullock'!
Treek township, and very little beyon<
'irzah, the county around abou
rhich is very dry.
Mr. D. J. Forbes, who lives a shor
listance to the northwest of Clover
ras in Yorkville yesterday, and sal<
hat his country had been quite dr:
intll last week when there was a fair
y good shower. Crops although no
Jtogether hopeless are not in nearlj
s good shape as if rains had com*
nore as needed.
IN AND AROUND SHARON.
Just now In the midst of a lonj
Irouth when merchants and farmeri
re so anxious about crop prospects
J Kiiolnooo o lnnrr m not 1 Inoo 1 a nron,
, 11VJ L/uouitoo aiung iiiuoi uuva uv,
ically at a standstill is not the tim<
0 see most towns of this section a
heir best; but a representative of Th<
Inquirer who spent several hours ii
iharon last Saturday afternoon ant
vening saw nothing at that place foi
rhich there seems to be need of apolgry
Sharon even more than Hickorj
}rove is one of the towns that wai
rought into being by the construeion
of the Charleston, Cincinnat
nd Chlcagq railroad, There was on<
tore at Hickory Grove when the raiload
was built during the latter 80's
nd several residences. There wert
everal residences about the present
ite of Sharon at this time; but nc
tores. According to the census o:
ist year, Hickory Grove had 285 peoile
and Sharon had 374.
It had been quite a while since this
articular representative had speni
nore than a few minutes in Sharor
ireviously, and he was natually verj
luch interested in the changed anc
hanging conditions. There arose menal
pictures of the town's origina
tart in business, in shacks hastil}
(instructed of rough boards, a slow
hange to weather-boarded buildings
nd now a steady and pronounced tenancy
toward substantial brick strucres
for business purposes. And along
,'ith the brick buildings completed anc
1 course of erection, there are going
ip in different parts of the town a
umber of cottages in various stages
f completion.
The first brick building, the present
ome of the First National Bank anc
he postofflce, was erected less thar
hree years ago. This block has beer
xtended and another block of brick
uildings is spreading along the oppoite
side of the street. Where there
>-as originally more or less hesitatlor
nd doubt about the business justificaion
of rough wooden shacks, now
here is a growing confidence in the
roposition that there can be no bettei
tl.,... Ui ?V,.. Iu.a? 111* t < t Ir nnel
[IN fnum iii man in mc ucoi uiiNn aim
lortar.
It is not only in business that Sharon
3 making progress. Community seniment
is also coming right along. The
eople are showing more enthusiastic
onfidence in the future possibilities oi
heir town and are contemplating
iunicipal improvements of various
inds. The ice has already been brokn
in a most creditable manner by
he voting of $5,000 of bonds for the
rection of a new school building. The
roposition was launched quietly and
let with but little opposition. Everyody
seemed to be of opinion that the
ne thing most needful was Just such a
uilding. An election was held and
hen the votes were counted, It deeloped
that the proposition had carled
26 to 3. Before the bond matter
ad been fairly settled, two public
pirited citizens, Messrs. John L.
t Rainey and W. L. Hill had come for k
ward with an offer to the trustees of a r
free choice among a number of de- v
sirahle lots, all of them sufficiently r
s large for school and play grounds, t
- The matter of making a selection is i
0 now under consideration. In the mean- I
s time steps are being taken to sell the a
i. bonds that have been issued, and the t
a work of erecting the new building will r
1 be pushed without delay. t
e Among the business concerns in t
- Sharon are the First National Bank, a
J. M. Plexico, C. Lt Thomas, drug- f
- gists; Hayes & Green and A. F. Plax- \
t Ico, furniture; Kennedy Bros., Shan- 1
non & Hone, Hill Banking and Mer- y
9 cantile Co.. G. VV. Whitesides. S. B. i
3 Pratt, Good Bros., S. A. Hope, R. H. G.
Caldwell, J. A. Brown, W. R. Burgess,
u merchandise; S. B. Pratt, blacksmithII
ing; W. P. Youngblood and Walter
0 Sherer, livery.
r There were still a few people on the
streets when the writer reached town
3 about 6 o'clock last Saturday; but
1 most of the business of the day had
" already been transacted and the peo11
pie had gone home. However, there
was still some business going on at
most of the stores, and taken altogethe
er there were as many signs of life
and activity as were to be expected
under the circumstances.
It Is pretty commonly conceded and
" appreciated that the best step that
' Sharon had taken up to that time was
the organization of the First National
. Bank. From the beginning this institution
began to concentrate and conserve
the resources of the town and of
I the country surrounding, and has
r greatly stimulated business and agrlg
cultural activity along all lines. The
. showing on July 1, is another hand_
some addition to the surplus after the
B payment of the usual semi-annual
dividend of 3 per cent,
g Although It is not intended to give a
e detailed write up of the town at this
. time, in view of the things that have
1' been stated, to leave out mention of
the hotels would be a serious omission.
Of these, there are two, both conduct
ed by private families, that of Mr. J. A. i
s Byers and that of Mr. J. D. Gwinn, both i
8 along most excellent lines. The ac- <
commodations and tables are first- 1
class, the hospitality most delightful <
and the charges reasonable. It may t
be quite a while before the town is I
s large enough to require a strictly com- i
mercial hotel operated along strictly 1
e commercial lines; but there is no \
draw back on that score. The two i
t places named are giving the public I
every accommodation it can require, <
and no guest leaves either of them with <
an indifferent impression of Sharon.
9 Everybody the writer saw last Sat"
urday was in a good humor on account
of the rain. It had been very dry for
>, several weeks and there had developed j
t much anxiety; but there was a good, ,
heavy downpour at about noon, and the (
I situation was much relieved. The only ,
e drawback was that the extent of the j
rain was not thought to have been .
more than two and a half or three
_ miles in any direction. j
f WITHIN THE TOWN. J
8 ? Now that It has rained, look out ,
for mosquitoes. If the mosquitoes
r don't materialize give the board of (
s health's recent cleaning up day a ,
i share of the credit. There have been ('
but a few mosquitoes so far.
i ?Mr. E. W. Long, agent of the C. &. i
e N.-W. railway at Yorkville, left this (
1 morning for Lenioir, N. C., where he
will have charge of the C. & N.-W.'s i
agency for a month or more. Mr.
1 Henry Summit is in charge of the local ,
. agency.
i. ?Prof. Long of Ersklne college, is
. In Yorkvllle, In the Interest of that
3 well known institution, and will make
g a canvass of the county to see the
j boys who are Interested in trying to
t get a first-class literary education
at a moderate cost.
? Mr. Pat Palmer, who has been
running the steam roller during the
past three weeks, became sick last
. Saturday and had to leave for his
. home in Charlotte. Work has been
. suspended on King's Mountain street
. until the street committee can find
some one else to operate the roller,
t ?The filter plant is practically com1
pleted and everything Is In readiness
v for turning in the water except there
t is still lacking a car load of crushed
r rock which has been shipped; but
i which has been lost somewhere en
b route. As soon as the car is deliver
ed the crushed rock will be placed in
/ the filter and the water will be turned
in. The water has been quite muddy
- since the rain of last Saturday, and
f many people have balked from drinki
ing it as far as possible, though most
s of them have had to come to it at
- last.
8 ? There was a considerable flurry of
1 excitement last night as the result of
f a fire alarm following a thunder*
storm. The big fuse at the transfor1
mer house at the Neely Mill was burn8
ed out as the result of a flash of lightning
and within a few minutes word
* went out that the Neely mill was on
8 fire. Because of the dangerous con*
dition of the telephone wires, occa'
sioned by so much electricity in the air
J it was some minutes before information
could be transmitted over the
town; but the fire department soon
* arrived at the mill ready for business.
: It developed that the service of the
' department was not needed. Later it
! was learned that the same bolt which
? put the transformer out of business
also crippled the pumps at the watert
works and if there had been any real
, necessity for water the supply could
I not have been available until the
* steam pump could have gotten to
_ work.
[ LOCAL LACONIC8.
The First Marriage License.
The first York county marriage license
was issued by Judge Williams
last Saturday, authorizing the mari
rlage of Mr. L. B. McFadden and
3 Miss Mollle Albright.
l'm Sharon and Lockhart.
* There was an interesting game of
t baseball at Sharon yesterday between
* the Sharon and Lockhart teams, re- ,
i suiting in a victory for Sharon. Jus- ^
1 tus knocked a home run for Sharon in .
r the first inning, and this event did }
. much to keep up the enthusiasm .
throughout. The score was 14 to 1. ^
r Fire Near Blairsville. a
3
A cotton house on the premises of 8
j Mr. Haffner Stephenson, at Blairsville, y
5 was destroyed by fire last Sunday 1
night. The fire occurred at about 9 J.
o'clock and is supposed to have been "
j caused by rats. The loss included c
[ the building, a small quantity of oats, 0
, and some cotton seed, in all worth 8
p about $100. a
1 r
' Dull Salesday. a
There were very few people in York- c
, ville yesterday on uccount of salesday v
: for July. Mr. R. W. Whitesides of F
r Smyrna, who has not missed being in v
. Yorkvllle on more than three or four o
salesday since the war, says that he v
j believes yesterday was about the dull- y
r est salesday he has ever seen. h
r Cotton Blooms. r
The lirst cotton bloom of the season e
" was acknowledged in The Enquirer r
" two weeks ago. Since then there has i
j been received quite a number of which g
' no mention has been made, because it i
> is a newspaper assumption that t
L although some news value attaches to tl
' the first bloom, after that the subject 7
becomes too common to warrant par- ^
' ticular notice. This explanation is for p
1 the benefit of friends who have sent in r
1 l... ....
- | uiuuiua liilli nave iiui uccn iuciuiuii?u.
i The Farmers' Union. ^
The regular monthly meeting of the
J York county Farmers' Union was held J1
i In the court house yesterday. Mr. J. F. 11
Ashe, the president, presiding and Mr. "
' A. L. Black, the secretary, keeping the ~
i records. A half dozen local Unions' 1
were represented and after the discus- *1
sion of various matters affecting the
good of the order, the matter of elect- c
i ing a delegate to the State Union to be c
held in Columbia the latter part of this u
! month was taken up. Mr. J. F. Ashe ^
! was chosen as the County Union's del- w
' egate. During the meeting the secre- tl
1 tary received and receipted for dues k
i from some of the locals; but no busi- ?
ness of general interest other than r
' that stated was transacted. J'
| Rock Hill to McConnellsville.
I Rock Hill Record: The Good Roads b
committee of the Chamber of Com- e
> merce met Thursday afternoon, June u
l 2!i. in the office of Mr. C. K. Chreitz- 11
| iierg. chairman. Mr. D. P. Lesslie, a
township supervisor for Catawba, and tl
Mr. J. Frank Ashe, township super- si
visor for Bethesda, were present, in n
addition to the members of the Good tl
Roads committee. Mr. Ashe has very it
;indly agreed to furnish hands and all
lecessary tools to accomplish the
vork within thirty (30) days beginling
August 1. He is also to put on
his road all the road tax except that
ivhlch may be necessary to fix up the
>ad places on other roads in his townihip.
The Good Roads committee is
o undertake the furnishing of all
lecessary mules. Mr. J. F. Reld is
:halrman of the committee to work
>ut this 4} miles in Bethesda townihip.
In addition to Mr. Reid the
uiiiiwillK Kriiiiriiicu aic uppwiiuru iu
vork with him on the proposition:
Messrs. T. L. Johnston and J. C.
iVitherspoon of the Chamber of Corntierce;
Messrs. Frank Strait, Frel
dobley and Claude Ratterree, of Be:hesda
township.
Rock Hill's Trolley Franchise.
Rock Hill special of July 3 to the
'harlotte Observer: Mr. J. M. Chery,
representing the Carolina Traction
:ompany, a subsidiary enterprise of
he Southern Power company, appeared
before the executive commit;ee
of the Rock Hill Chamber of Comnerce
this morning, and after a vigorous
discussion of the amendment
:o the proposed trolley franchise, as
aid down at a meeting of that comnlttee
last week, accepted the amendnents
on behalf of his associates, and
i committee consisting of President
Uex Long and Messrs. Ira B. Dunlap
ind T. O. Flowers was appointed to
ippear before city council tonight and
recommend that council call a special
lection by the people on the fran:hise
as amended. The section relatng
to the power to be used now
eads: "That steam shall not be used
in any part of the line, unless special
permission be obtained from city
rouncil, which permission may be revoked
at any time; provided further
:hat animal power shall at no time be
used." The provision as to freight
rare reads: "That the city council of
Rock Hill is to regulate the handling
pf freight within the incorporate
imits of Rock Hill." Mr. Cherry
-aised no objection to the amendment
equirlng the building and operation
>f 21 miles of road, within the city of
Rock Hill within two years from date
>f franchise and that a dally specified
ichedule be maintained. The term of
fifty years was accepted instead of
sixty. The fact that the franchise was
n no sense to be considered exclusive
vas also accepted. It was also agreed
:o insert in the franchise that no pass
:racks or turnouts shall be constructed
without the consent of city council.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Columbia, July 1: More money has
been collected to July 1, 1911, under
the fertilizer tag tax than was collected
during the whole of the calendar
^ear for 1910. The total collected
through Friday as shown by the
figures at the state treasurer's office is
(241,419.08. The total amount for
the year 1910 through June 80 of
ihat year was (216,145.30. The total
amount for the calendar year 1910
was 8240,098.96. Based upon the
amount collected last year from July
1 to January 1, 1911, this year's calendar
receipts will at least amount to
(270,000. The fiscal year at Clemson
ends July 1 and for this reason the
figures were obtained Friday to make
the comparisons. The figures obtained
represent also Friday's receipts.
? Columbia, July 3: McRay Kirkland,
aged 65, was shot and killed tolay
by Willie Kirkland, his son, aged
15. The killing occured at the house
>f a farmer in Kershaw county, twen:y
miles from here. The younger Kirkand,
it is said, killed his father to
3ave his mother. The elder Kirkland,
it is said, drove his wife from home
last night. She took refuge at the
bouse of a neighbor. This morning
Kirkland drove to the neighbor's
bouse and seized his wife and threw
ler into his buggy, menacing the bystanders
with a knife. Willie Kirkon/4
/I a m o n H o/l that Vila fothnr Ph.
ease the woman. The elder man paid
no attention to his son and the latter
hen fired once, the bullet taking ef-,
'ect in the father's head.
? Greenville, June 29: In accordance
vlth resolutions adopted at a meeting
>f the Cotton Manufacturers' assoclaion
of South Carolina, held in Sparanburg
last January, looking to a curailment
of the output of cotton tnilla
>f this state for a period of Ave weeks
)etween April and September, practi:ally
all of the cotton mills of Green.'ille
will close Friday night and Satjrday
noon to remain so for a solid {
veek. The Poe Manufacturing com>any
will close its big plant Friday
light and open again Monday mornng,
July 10. The Monagahan mill,
iVoodslde mill, American Spinning
:ompany's mill and probably others
vlll follow suit. The Mills Manufacturng
company will close Saturday at ]
ioon to remain closed until July 10. .
Brandon and Carolina mills will close i
Saturday noon and open up again on {
ruly 6. (
? Washington, July 1: Many South
Carolina corporations failed to make i
heir reports to the commissioner of
nternal revenue on the first day of i
vlarch, and also failed to apply on <
>r before that date for the extension
>f thirty days, which is allowed unier
the law, if formal application Is
lied with the government. Corpora- i
ions which made their reports on 1
he 2d or 4th of March are equally <
ulpable, technically, with those
vhich did not report until March 30. 1
rhe fine provided by the statute for |
luch delinquency is from $1,000 to 1
>5,000 for each offense, but the secre- j
ary of the treasury has decided that 1
he law gives him authority to re- 1
luce the penalty and he announces '
hat he will impose a fine of $26 upon j
iach of the corporations appearing to
lave violated the statute uninten- '
tonally. As mere are aoout s.uuu
corporations in the whole country
vho come within this class for dellnluents,
the assessment of a fine of $25
igainst the whole lot will put an exra
$200,000 in Uncle Sam's pocket.
? Columbia State, Saturday: Q.
rVash Hunter of Laurens county has
>een pardoned by the governor. He
vas convicted four years ago and
entenced to eight years in the penienilary
for killing Eldred Copeland.
-lis case was affirmed by the South
Carolina supreme court The United
States supreme court refused to conider
the case and Hunter has never
erved his sentence in the penitentiary.
J. Wash Hunter was indicted by the
^aurens county grand Jury in Sepember,
1910, for the murder of ElIred
F. Copeland near Clinton in that
ounty. Four trials were held, one
if which resulted in a verdict of manlaughter,
but the verdict was set
.side and the other three resulted in
nistrlals. On September 27, 1907, an
rder was passed transferring the
ase from Laurens county to Greenwood
county for trial. Hunter aptealed
from this order but his appeal
was dismissed. At the February term
if court in Greenwood he was conicted
and sentenced to serve eight
ears in the state penitentiary at hard
ibor. The supreme court affirmed
he verdict. The case was next carted
to the United States supreme
ourt on a writ of error. The court
efused to consider the case. Later
lunter made an appeal on the
rounds of after discovered evidence,
'he governor paroled him to July 1
o give time to perfect the appeal to
he supreme court. There were over
00 names signed to the petition,
imong the attorneys representing
lunter was the firm of Blease and
)ominiek.
? Columbia special of July 1 to The
.'ews and Courier: Reversing the
ireuit court the supreme court renered
an Important decision Saturday
u the liquor question as to the storing
f whisky. Lloyd Green was tried in
umter county at the summer term,
910, before Judge Alemmlnger of
harleston. the indictment alleging
hat he "did unlawfully accept, reelve,
store and keep in possession" alohollc
drinks, the indictment being
nder the prohibition statute of 1909. g
una Henderson was also tried. Green e
as found guilty. The appeal was c
hen taken. Green claimed that he li
ept the whisky for personal use. The c
pinion Saturday reads, in part: "He
equested the court to charge the fl
ury that the term "storing and keep- v
lg In possession' used in the statute 1
tvolves the idea of continuity or ha- t<
it. The court charged that that was o
Direct under the old dispensary law c
hen the state engaged in the sale of n
quors and that it would be correct as t<
pplied to the law in any county in tl
ie state In which there Is a dispen- p
lry but that in a county which has tl
o dispensary (such as Sumter where b
le indictment is laid) the mere hav- q
ig in possession of liquor, no matter n
for what purpose, nor how small a
quantity It may be is illegal. "We
think his honor erred in holding that
the words 'store and keep in possession'
have a different meaning and
construction in counties where the
sale of liquor is prohibited from that
which they have in counties where
liquors are lawfully sold through dispensaries.
We find no warrant in reason
or authority for such variable
construction. Tn Easley vs. Pegg, 63
S. C. 102, it was held that the 'offense
of storing and keeping in possession
contraband liquor Involves the Idea of
continuity or habit.' The same construction
and meaning must be giveiP
the same words, used in the act of
1909, as was given them in the act of
1897. The court also erred in charging
that It was unlawful for one to
have liquor in his possession in a prohibition
county, no matter what quantity
or for what purpose. State vs.
Rookard, 87 S. C. 442. Reversed."
This opinion by Justice Hydrick.
MERE-MENTION.
S. Rosendorf, 60 years old, and said
to be worth $100,000, was arrested in
Atlanta, Ga., for the theft of an empty
milk bottle and a nickel from a front
porch Six masked bandits held up
a passenger train on the Erie railroad
near Erie, Pa., Friday night. The train
crew gave the bandits a battle, but it
is believed that they got away with
some vaiuaDie express packages
President Taft and family are now at
Beverly, Mass., for the summer
Rtverview park, a pleasure resort near
Chicago, was partly destroyed by Are
Saturday morning....A general strike
of railroad workers throughout Italy,
was inaugurated Saturday. The railroad
men are demanding more pay....
Defective electric wiring caused a
1100,000 Are in a grain elevator at
Battle Creek, Mich., Saturday A
negro, John Collins, shot Policeman
Lynch to death in New York Saturday.
It required a squad of twenty
policemen to protect the negro from a
mob that wanted to lynch him
James Geer, an escaped convict, shot
four members of a sheriffs posse that
were after him near Louisville, 111., Friday.
He also tried to kill a young woman
who rejected his attentions
The strike of the shlpworkers engaged
in the coasting trade of England has
been practically settled Governor
Smith of Georgia, in his Inaugural
address, Saturday, urged the passage
of a law giving the governor authority
to order a change of venue in assault
cases, and thinks that such a
law would prevent many lynchlngs.
Six workmen were killed ^nd
twenty-Ave more or less injured, by
the collapse of a waterworks pumping
station building at Buffola, N. Y.,
Friday.... Fire broke out in the Chiefton
coal mine near Clarksburg, W. Va.
Thursday evening and the sixty or
more miners were trapped in one of
the shafts. They were rescued Friday,
egress being by a second opening.
The Are is believed to have been of incendiary
origin One man was
killed and two seriously injured in an
automobile wreck in Pittsburg, Pa.,
Friday Frank H. Hen wood was
convicted of second decree murder at
Denver, Col., Friday, he having killed
George Copeland, while shooting at 8.
Louis Von Puhl, who was also killed.
Henwood will yet be tried for the
murder of Von Puhl A score of
passengers were injured in Chicago
Friday, when a trolley car ran away
and crashed Into another car. The
motorman of the runaway car was
knocked from his platform by striking
an elevated railway post. The
Wisconsin legislature has made a
formal demand on the United State*
senate that that body investigate ttaelection
of United States Senator Stephenson.
.. .Jos. B. Relchman, a New
York financier, was convicted Friday
on the charge of falsifying reports of
the Carnegie Trust company.... Frank
Benedict, 18 years old, was killed at
Starkvllle, Miss., Friday by an explosion
of gasoline while working in an
automobile garage..... .Eighty-three
members of the alleged "wire trust"
were indicted in the Federal court in
New York, Thursday, for violation of
the Sherman anti- trust act In the
event of conviction it Is the intention
of the Federal prosecuting attorneys to
demand prison sentences... .A bill has
been introduced in the Qeorgia
legislature, providing for a re-,
ferendum amendment to the constitution
of the state Hoke
Smith was lnougu rated governor
of Georgia last Saturday, and the impression
is that the present legislature
Is going to elect him to the senate....
Clement A. Evans, former governor
of Georgia, and at one time commander
In chief of the United Confederate
veterans, died In Atlanta, Ga., last
Sunday, aged 79 years..,.Tom Smith,
a Gadsden, Ala., farmer, is dead as
the result of his putting poison in
the water bucket for the purpose of
killing his family and himself. His
svlfe and two children are dangerously
sick from the poison There were
fifty deaths from heat throughout the
country yesterday. New York leads
the list with a total of eighteen dead.
Scores were prostrated throughout the
country Rodney J. Diegel, sersreant-at-arms
of the Ohio senate, was
convicted at Columbus yesterday, on
the charge of soliciting legislative
bribes In a feud fight at Paint
Creek church, Kentucky, Sunday, two
men were fatally and one was seriously
wounded Harold F. McCormick,
John D. Rockefeller's son-in-law, has
Invented an aeroplane. Its first flying
tests were successful During the
fiscal year ending June 30, the United
States mints coined $118,926,612.60 in
gold pieces; $3,195,726.40 in silver
14 AiO OAO AO In nlnlrala on/4
[jictca, auu 4 111 tuwacio auu
pennies Three men, one of them a
double murderer, escaped from the Jail
it Unlontown, Pa., Monday morning.
They made their escape by unlocking
doors with a key made from a spoon.
BOOK CLUB IN BETHEL.
Correspondence of the Torkrllle Enquirer. ,
Bethel, June 30.?Beauty and pleasLire
were rampant about the beautiful
pountry residence of Dr. T. N. Dulln of
Bethel on Thursday evening. The oc:aslon
marked the Initial organization
>f a young people's book club, bearing
perhaps a pecuniary relation. The
spacious home and wide lawn were
iblaze with light and beauty. Beneath
i network of Japanese lanterns about
the centre of the lawn, tables had been
placed for the accommodation of those
who cared for refreshments. The
^oung folks from miles about were
present, and gayety and laughter rang
'ar.
The Wash Hunter Case.?The Wash
Hunter case was a very sordid tragedy.
The killing for which Hunter
vas convicted occurred in July, 1906,
>ver a game of cards. In a small
itorehouse five miles from Clinton,
flunter and Copeland, the man he
ilew, and two .other well-to-do young
'armers of Laurens county had been
rambling all the afternoon and all
light. In the early morning a dispute
arose between Hunter and Copeand
and the latter, a cripple struck
lunter with his crutch, and, we beleve,
threatened to kill him with his
tnlfe. Hunter thereupon shot Copeand
five times, killing him.
The case was chiefly Interesting be ause
of the determination with
vhich it tfas fought. After three misrials
and one conviction In Laurens
:ounty, a change of venue to Greenvood
county was had, and there a
:onvlction resulted, Hunter being senenced
to eight years In the state pententiary.
Appeal was had both to
he state supreme court and to the
Jnlted States supreme court, the verllct
being sustained.
Governor Blease now advances as
lis reason for pardoning Hunter the
Llleged reversal by the supreme court
>f the decision it rendered in the Huner
case. We have not read that deision,
or the decision In the Lazurus
ase upon which Governor Blease reies.
The point of chief importance,
lowever, Is that the man now parloned
was the former client of the
;overnor himself and was representd
by Mr. Blease In the trial of this
ase. and. we believe, until after the
atter had been elected to the governirship.
This being true, it should be a dlfIcult
matter for the governor to conince
the people that in pardoning
lunter he has acted in the public In
erest. No judge Is permitted to pass
n any case with which he had any
onnection as a practicing attorney. No
lore should the governor be allowed
o do this. The present chief execuIve
of this state has afforded the
eople a long and riotous spectacle of
he abuse of the pardoning power,
ut no previous exhibition has been
ulte so flagrant as that which he has
ow given.?News and Courier.