Scraps and ,#acts. ? A heavy tax on the dowries on American brides in international marriages, "so that the penurious but titled fortune-hunters might secure but a small moiety of the price the bride pays him for a name which he himself dishonors by thus putting it up at auction to the highest bidder," was suggested by Representative Kahn of California, in the house last Wednesday as a means to stop alliances between American heiresses and "broken-down foreign noblemen." ? Viterbo, Italy, July 12: Capt. Fabroni, who has made the accused Camorrists more uncomfortable than other witnesses, today went deep into the political influence of the Camorra and mentioned names with a boldness tnat caused the judge to caution him to be moderate In his statements. The witness replied: "I must say all and give , an exact picture of the prevailing atmosphere in order to strike a deadly blow at this criminal association. The Camorrist has no political ideals. He exploits the elections and the elected for gains. The leaders distribute bands throughout the town who use violence to obtain votes for cand'dates they support. Those who refuse to vote as instructed are beaten, slashed with knives or kidnapped. All this is done with assurance of Impunity, as the Camorrists have the protection of the successful politicians who realize that they cannot be chosen to office without paying toll to the Camorra." ? A general heat wave through the northern and eastern parts of the nation occurred July 1 to 6. During that time there were 722 deaths due directly to the heat. There were 201 victims in Chicago alone, 125 of whom were babies, and 100 In New York. 1p complete as me recora is irum iuc failure of many points to report specifically the number of such deaths, it is as serious a showing as is remembered for many years, if not a record. The number of prostrations is still more difficult to compute, but from the review of the dispatches it appears that thousands have been seriously overcome by the heat in the great cities. The torrid period will be memorable in weather annals for its wide extent, Its long duration, its record-breaking temperatures in many places and the long list of fatalities which It has caused. In many sections the thermometers registered as high as 108 or higher. ? Washington, July 13: Senator La Follette's long-promised wool and cotton tariff revision amendment to the Canadian reciprocity bill, proposing duty reductions which he calculates would save the consumer $169,000,000 annually on cotton and $172,000,000 on woolens was introduced today. In a statement accompanying the amendment Mr. La Follette says that against this enormous saving to the consumers, which assumes that the price to the consumer would be reduced to the same extent as the reduction of duty, the loss of revenue to the government under the two schedules would approximate $30,000,000. Following are the duties fixed: Wool and Woolens? On clothing wools, 40 per cent ad valorem; carpet wools, 10 per cent ad valorum; toys, 45 per cent; yarn 50 per cent; carpets 40 per cent; cloths and other woolen manufactures, 60 per cent. On Cottons?Yarns and thread, 30 per cent ad valorem; cloth, unbleached. 20 per cent; bleached, 25 per cent; cloth, dyed, printed or stained, 25 per cent; all manufactures of cotton cloth, 25 per cent; cotton laces, embroideries and ornamental trimmings. 35 per cent; hosiery, 30 and 35 % per cent. ? Notwithstanding the frequent reports from Washington that rigid economies are being practised, the public money is apparently poured out in Increasing: quantity. A statement of the total appropriations for the last session of congress, prepared by the clerks of the various appropriation committees, has been made public, and shows that the third session of the Sixty-second congress appropriated 51,026,682,881.72. The various appropriation bills carried the following totals in another billion dollar congress: Agricultural, 516,900,016; army 593,374,755.97; diplomatic and consular, 53,988,516.41; District of Columbia, 512,056,786.50; fortification, 55.473,707; Indian, 58,842,136.37; legislative, executive and Judicial, 535,378,149.85; military academy, 51,163,424.07; navy, 5126,478,338.24; pension, 5153,682,000; postofflce, 5259,134,463; river and harbor, 523,855,342; sundry civil, 5142,265,044.14; deficiency appropriations, 59,740.971.24; miscellaneous, 54,773,306.81; permanent appropriations, 5129,575,924.12; total, 51,026,682,881.72. In addition to the specific appropriations made, contracts were authorized to be entered into for certain public works requiring future appropriations by congress of 543,454,145. ? Washington, July 13: Harry N. Atwood, the Boston aviator, flew over the city in his aeroplane today, played aerial pranks with the Washington monument, circled tall buildings, had fun with an army of automobiles, bicycles, pedestrians and police by pretending to land at various points in Potomac park, and finally, after a series of sweep circles near the capitol, soared in the gathering dust to the army aviation field at College park, Maryland, whence he had come. Today's trip will be followed by another tomorrow, when Atwood will land near the White House to receive the medal of the Washington Aerial society. Atwood's niost spectacular effort followed his circling of the monument. After wheeling thrice around the big shaft he sped away in the direction of the Virginia hills. Turning sharply, the aviator drove his aeroplane directly at the top of the monument, as though he intended to knock off the aluminum tip and when almost directly over the apex, he shut off his motor and came sliding down. The crowd and police, who had been decoyed to the river bank, made a rush toward the monument, but Atwood laughingly turned on his engine again and swept back directly over their heads. After a number of complicated evolutions he turned the nose of his plane toward the Maryland field. The weather was perfect for the flight and a great crowd witnessed the demonstration, which lasted nearly an hour. ? The city of Atlanta is greatly stirred over the operations of a mysterious murderer, who has been operating in that city for the past two months and claiming a new victim every Saturday night, or within a few nights following. The last murder was committed Monday night, the intended victim of the murderer Saturday night having escaped. All of the victims of the murderer have been women. His method has been to step up behind his victim after dark, beat her down with a blunt weapon, which in three instances was shown to be a heavy stone. He would then drag the body fifteen or twentv feet cut the throat from ear to ear, and then drag the body fifteen or twenty feet more. The same procedure has been observed in the case of each murder. One intended victim who escaped last Saturday night recognized her assailant as a large, coal black negro, not less than six feet high. A previous intended victim and a white man. who came to her rescue before the murderer was able to complete his work had identified the man in the same manner. The murderer is being commonly referred to as a "Jack the Ripper," and the common belief is that he is a homicidal maniae. The ooliee are making every effort to run the fellow down; but as yet no clues have been obtained. The woman murdered Monday night was the eighth who had been killed in a similar manner. The negro women of Atlanta are in a state of terror and are ceasing to show themselves on the streets after night. iThr \|orkvillr (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, S. C.i FRIDAY. JULY 14. 1911. We are inclined to the opinion that the successful consummation of the mill merger will effectually squelch the value of common stock. The Georgia legislature has elected Governor Hoke Smith to the United States senate and it looks as if Joseph M. Brown is going to be elected governor to succeed Smith. The Prohibitionists co-operated with the local optionists and elected Ansel; but when It came time for the local optionists to co-operate with the Prohibitionists, they refused to co-operate. We imagine that the Prohibitionists will go rather slow next time. We are reproducing the defense that the appointive members of the state board of education make of themselves principally because they ask it. They estimate that they are entitled to have it published in papers that printed what Mr. Swearlngen had to say. We do not agree with the proposition; but , notwithstanding the amount of good ( fHx* arftnla tolfpa it will hp found in today's paper. Hoke Smith states that he will not resign his office as governor of Georgia until next December. He calls atten- ( tion to the fact that a pair can be arranged for him so that Georgia need not lose her vote. There is still talk in South Carolina of asking Governor Smith to honor a requisition for Felder; but as to whether this will be done, and what Mr. Smith will do, remains to be seen. j The Yorkville Enquirer is worrying ( about the song of the mosquito in its territory. No mosquito ever sang ( more sweetly than the Charleston in- ] sect, not even the New Jersey species. , ?Charleston Post. ( Each and every one to his taste, and j if our friend, the Post prefers the music of the Charleston mosquito to that of the electric piano, why of course, . its preference is respected. As for The Enquirer, it prefers the electric piano. But really and truly we have j not heard as many as a half dozen mosquitoes this year and we are not sure that they did not come from 1 Charleston, except, that we have not been able to distinguish any sweetness in the quality of their music. It seems to us that those "local option" papers which are now urging the consolidation of all opposition to Governor Blease, should have thought of that before the first primary last summer. The Prohibitionists were willing enough to co-operate with the "local optionists" in an effort to throttle the old state dispensary corruption; but they are not willing to allow themselves to be used as a tall to the local option kite?certainly not so long as local option does not mean anything more than the establishment of a whisky business, which the leaders under that banner desire to control. What the Prohibitionists want is not to force prohibition on counties that do not want it; but the election of a governor who will not permit minorities to override majorities in any of the counties. Time For Foresight. In view of the now very patent fact that the corn crop is going to be short this year, and there is going to be a general scarcity of all kinds of roughness that are usually relied upon with which to feed stock throueh the win ter, the more prudent and thoughtful fanners of this country are now giving their attention to the matter of practicable substitutes. While in ordinary years, the amount , of good forage in the shape of grasj, peavines, sorghum, etc., that is allowed i to go to waste is something sinful, the ' outlook this year is that the best that , can be had will be but little better than that which is commonly neglect- 1 ed and refused. The supply this year is going to be scarce?the supply of this refuse stuff ?but such as is to be had should be looked after, and prudent farmers are going to look after it. Those who neglect to utilize everything thai can be used as forage in the winter are going to have occasion to regret their neglect. Ill a recent issue of The Enquirer it will lie remembered there was a recalling of the fact that in the fall of 1881, some farmers even gathered cotton stalks as soon as the cotton was picked off and before frost, and used them as stock feed during the winter. While we have no record of the exact situation, it is probable that if the matter had received attention in time it would have been practicable to have gathered enough fairly good hay and other roughness even in the summer of 1881 to do through the following winter. We feel sure that roughness can he accumulated for next winter, if the farmers will only start now, and we are equally sure that many farmers of York county are sufficiently foresighted to avail themselves of all the opportunities that will he presented between now and next winter. In this connection it is very well to remember that the poor prospects for a corn cron are not confined to this immediate section. Reports are to the effect that the corn crop will he considerably cut off in the west and northwest also, and this fact makes it all the more necessary that we take every precaution while the opportunity is with us. MERE-MENTION. Announcement has been made in London of the engagement of Lord Kitchener, commander-in-chief of the British army, to Leonora Matilda, youngest daughter of Lionel Douglas Hearsey of the Kheri-Oudh, India. Lord Kitchener has always been regarded as a woman hater Three men were killeu by a boiler explosion in a coal mine at Barnsley, Kngland, Tuesday Kobt. \, Tuesday E. G. Lewis, publisher of the Woman's Magagine, and real estate promoter, has been indicted by a Federal grand jury at St. Louis on the charge of fraudulent use of the mails. It is claimed that Lewis has cleaned up several million dollars by his schemes... .John W. Gates, the New York speculator, is reported as critically ill in Paris. His recovery is regarded as very doubtful. Arthur Newton, a London lawyer, who defended Dr. Crippen when on trial for the murder of Belle Elmore Crippen. has been barred from practice in the English courts, for abetting the publication of a bogus letter, purported to have been written by Crippen while in prison Thirteen persons died in six hours from heat in New York Wednesday. Since the beginning of the heat wave there have been a total of 271 deaths, the highest number ever recorded for a like period A London dispatch is to the effect that Germany has eight warships in Moroccan waters George Burke, aged 22, and Miss Adelaide McCarthy, aged 18, were drowned in Owasco lake, near Auburn, N. Y., Tupsdnv Thev were thrown into the water by the capsizing of their boat during a gale Jacob C. Newkirk, a rural delivery carrier of Randolph county, Georgia, has been arrested on the charge of having applied to his own use money entrusted to him by a citizen on his route to buy a money order... .Edna Peebles, aged 13 years, attempted to hold up a bank cashier at Cuyahoga Falls, O., Tuesday, in order to get money enough to buy a new dress. TIME WILL PROVE. Swearingen Is Willing to Wait For Vindication In Facts. State Superintendent of Education Swearingen, says the Columbia Record, returned to Columbia Tuesday night from Rock Hill, where he had gone Friday to attend the conference of county superintendents of education. He declared that he had no intention or desire to prolong the controversy regarding the recent text book adoptions made by the state board of education. "If the people of South Carolina are willing to believe," he said, "that they can now exchange old text books for new ones at an additional cost of only 4 2-3 cents per child each rear, they will be undeceived when the time comes to buy new books. "I have not counted the words In the primer or in any other book, but the new basal second reader contains 159 pages and sells for 35c. The new hasal fifth reader contains 368 pages and sells for 35c. This difference is interesting. "Of the old basal first reader 131,000 copies were sold from 1906 to 1911, and this book has been displaced. 12,inn nnnlds nf the nhvnionl ewiernrihv were sold, and this book has been retained. As far as the titles on the list are concerned these two books are equal, but as far as the pupils and patrons of the state are concerned there is a difference of nearly 11 to 1, or more than 1,000 per cent. Illustrations might be multiplied Indefinitely, for readers, arithmetics and geographies form the most important part of a text book adoption, and these three series show that 75 per cent of the mere titles even were thrown out. "If the members had made up their minds as to the best and most desirable books, I am at a loss to understand why they were unwilling to point out the poor books now In use. It is claimed that ample preliminary discussion and comparison at the board meetings led me to suppose and hope for this condition. They, therefore, seem to admit the fact that the real discussion of text books was had in the Jerome hotel. I do not presume to set my opinion against the opinion of 3even distinguished educators, but being the secretary of the board and a member directly responsible to the people, I thought there should be a frank, full and open discussion in the meetings of the board itself. This admission proves that the adoption was decided on before the state superintendent of education was given a chance to express an opinion. It must not be forgotten also that my request for a record of these changes was promptly refused. I was prepared to recommend several changes and to support these recommendations with argument. The board made sweeping changes, but declined to indicate the necessity for these changes by pointing out the inferior and undesirable books now in use. The assertion that better books have been adopted does not suffice, but should be supported by evidence. Every change of text books is unnecessary unless a logical reason can be assigned therefor. "I have not questioned the integrity i>r impugned the motives of a majority of the board, because positive proof of improper influences can not be adduced. The private character of every man belongs t the term that adjourned Monday was not as unimportant as it seemed. There were two homicide cases and each of them seemed to be of a nature that would have warranted the holding of the term. The fact that there were consent verdicts in both cases, does not argue at all that either of the cases was of a trivial nature. As a matter of fact, there was good reason to think that both cases were quite serious, and there is as much reason to think so now as there was before the cases were disposed of. The trouble was that there was no evidence in either case. As to whether damaging testimony could have been submitted, is not the question. The question was that no such testimony was submitted, 4 and there was nothing for the court to do other than what it did do. The lesson in such cases, if there is a lesson, is that people must remember that the courts cannot do anything with such matters without the help of citizens, who not only desire to see the law enforced, but are willing to help. Of course, in these particular cases there is no reason to think that anybody has failed to do his whole duty. But still this recent term of the court was necessary, and there is no good cause for complaint about it. On the contrary there is cause for congratulation to the county that the business was no heavier than it was. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Mr. I. W. Johnson has given up the management of the opera house, which will hereafter be in charge of Mr. J. Q. Wray. BASEBALL. The Rock Hill boys having decided on last Tuesday that they were at last of sufficient strength to defeat the Yorkville team, waited until the morning was well advanced so as to reduce the chance of getting help from the outside and proposed a game, coupled with an offer to come over to Yorkville after the boys and take them to Rock Hill. The offer was accepted, and the issues were joined in the afternoon. Rain broke up the game at the close of the seventh inning, when the score stood 1 to 0 In favor of Yorkville. Yorkville having made 1 run on errors by Rock Hill. It was the best game in which the Yorkville team had participated in up to that time. There were two games between Shelby and Yorkville on the Yorkville diamond on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. In the first game Yorkville defeated Shelby 20 to 7. and in the second Shelby was defeated 7 to 5. From the figures of the first day it looked as if the Shelby team was weak; but as a matter of fact that is (not true. It is composed of good players, who had only been gotten together and who were unable to work as J they should. The improvement Thursday was the result of the practice Wednesday. The Yorkville team plays the Fort Lawn team at Fort Lawn this afternoon. RURAL LIFE CONFERENCE. The Rock Hill correspondent of the Columbia State, wrote Wednesday night as follows about the first day's proceedings of the Rurul Life Conference at Winthrop, Wednesday, another session of which is to be held at Hickory Grove tomorrow: This morning at the Rural Life conference at Winthrop college the Clemson-Winthrop demonstration train was on hand and very Interesting lectures were given by Miss Hyde, in charge of the Winthrop demonstration work, and by Prof. D. N. Barrow, in charge of the Clemson demonstration work. A good number were present and inspected the exhibits, among these being parties from over in North Carolina, and all were highly pleased with the exhibits. This afternoon at 5 o'clock Prof. J. F. Duggar of the Alabama Polytech 11 Ic institute spoKe on "The Aims in Teaching Agriculture;" Prof. J. B. O'Neale Holloway, state organizer of the Farmers" Union of South Carolina, on "Some Reasons for Rural High School;" Ira W. Williams, state agent of the Co-operative Demonstration work 011 "Forces Which Act on Rural Life for Its Development From the Standpoint of the People In Rural Sections." Dr. C. W. Stiles, scientific secretary of the Rockefeller sanitary commission. spoke on "A Reduction of Our Death Rate," stereoptican illustrations accompanying his lecture. Dick J. Crosby, specialist in agricultural education of the United States department of agriculture, spoke on "The Farm Life School." The exhibit of stock carried by the Clemson car is very fine, and attracted a great deal of interest. Among the things most interesting was a pair of fine Percheron mares, one weighing 1.710 pounds, and the other 1,650, one eight and the other five years old. The object of showing this type of horse to the farmers of this state is to explain to them that this breed is better to raise mules from. Prof Barrow stated that a pair of these ani mals could be bought In the fall for i about (500. i The cows were Jersey, Holstein, Red l Polled and Polled Angus. The Jersey i gave 530 pounds of butter during 1910. i The Herefords are of the beef type, i and the pair of Polled Angus calves, i seven months old, are beauties. There were four very fine hogs?a Tamworth, five years old, that weighed 650 pounds; a Berkshire that is 21 months old and weighs 600 pounds; then two small- ] er hogs, one a Poland China and the < other a Durock Jersey.. , Interesting lectures were given by those in charge of the exhibits, giving | explicit directions in regard to raising | each of the animals. A selection of books for the farmers was also on ( hand. Selection of seed corn, testing t and germinating, was also dealt with, t as was cultivation. Prof. Barrow stated that the Farm- | era' congress would be held at Clemson , college on August 8 to 12, and that a , charge of $1 per day for meals would ] be made, with no charge for sleeping apartments. i , DEATH OF W. D. GLENN. Mr. William D. Glenn died at his i home in Yorkville on last Wednesday : afternoon and was burled in Rose Hill cemetery yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, after funeral services conducted at the home by Rev. J. L. Oates. The deceased was the second son of the late R. H. Glenn, for many years sheriff of York county, and was born on September 30, 1865. He lived practically all of his life In Yorkville, and for' more than twenty years preceedlng his death, was a member of the firm of Glenn & Allison. Mr. Glenn had heen in falling health for a number of years, the trouble originating with a stroke of paralysis, and becoming progressive In Its character. At times he was better and at times worse, and although he had no hope for the outcome, he made a brave struggle to the end, continuing in the transaction of the various duties of business man and citizen, as long as there was left sufficient strength to permit. If such a thing be possible, there Is no question that his-days were materially lengthened purely by strength of will. Mr. Glenn was a member of the Associate Reformed church of Yorkville. He connected himself with that organization In 1893, and became a ruling elder in 1906. He was zealous In his concern for the welfare of the church, and stood high In the confidence and esteem of the congregation of which he was one of the recognized leaders. Besides his widow, who was Miss Ella Carroll, the deceased leaves four children as follows: Robert Henry, Thaddeus Lamar, William Darby and James Francis. He Is also survived by three sisters and one brother as follows: Mrs. N. G. Allison and Miss Margaret Glenn of Yorkville; Mrs. M. R. Williford and Mr. James F. Glenn oi sumier. , ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. M. R. Wllllford of Sumter, Is spending some time in Yorkville. Mrs. H. B. Laws of Yorkville, Is visiting relatives at Reldsvllle, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Dunlap of Yorkville are spending the week at Tryon, N. C. Miss Mary Starr left last Tuesday for Timmonsvllle to.attend a house party. Mr. W. H. Herndon of Yorkville, is spending a few days at Piedmont Springs. Miss Bessie McConnell of Yorkville, is visiting relatives and friends at Rome, Ga. Mrs. Mary Perrin of Abbeville is visiting her sister, Mrs. Belle McCaw Alston, in Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. John Carroll of Norfolk, Va.. are visiting relatives In Yorkville. Miss Virginia Lewis of Chester, is visiting her cousin, Miss Prances Lewis, In Yorkville. Miss Sudie Allison of Yorkville, Is visiting her sister, Mrs. John F. Blodgett. In Atlanta, Ga. Miss Annie Stevens has returned to her home in Yorkville, after a visit to relatives at Monroe, N. C. Miss Margaret Hall of San Paulao, Brazil, is in Yorkville, the guest of her aunt. Mrs. Eueenla Drakeford. Mr. Edward Crawford of Leesvllle, Lexington county, is spending a month with relatives and friends at Yorkvllle. Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Moore of Columbia and Miss Fannie Beckham of Rock Hill, are visiting Mrs. R. A. Bratton in Yorkville. Dr. Lee Hart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. S. Hart of Yorkville, now in j the medical department of the United States army at Manila, has been promoted to the rank of captain. Mr. Manning Stanton, assistant ( cashier of the First National bank of ( Yorkville, is attending the Imperial council, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles I of the Mystic Shrine at Rochester, N. Y., this week. i Columbia State, July 13: Mrs. W. B. I Williams, 1413 Pendleton street, and her granddaughter, Miss Mary Baker < Gordon of Eagle Lake, Texas, who has 1 been visiting her, have gone to Sulli- > van's Island for a visit. They will be. 1 the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bissell Jen- ' kins at Station 26. ' Cherokee News: Mr. E. P. Castles has been elected principal of the Fil- 1 bert school in York county, and will 1 commence his duties on the 17th in- | stant. This is one of the best country schools in York county and the patrons are fortunate in securing Mr. , Castles. We are glad to announce that , the family of Mr. Castles will remain ; in Gaffney. TRAGEDY ON TRAIN. Coroner Louthian and Sheriff Brown went to Fort Mill this morning to hold an inquest over the body of John Reeves, a Rock H4U negro, who was ] killed on a negro excursion train by a , Charlotte policeman between Rock Hill ] and Fort Mill yesterday. The excursion train was returning I from Columbia to points in North Carolina from whence some five or six i carloads of negroes had been gathered, ( and Special Policemen J. R. Eskridge < and J. T. Wilson of Charlotte, were along to help keep order. They had no | especial authority; but had been em- < ployed because of their experience and i because of the prestige of their uni- < forms. ( At a point between Rock Hill and ( Fort Mill, It is stated, Reeves, who i had failed to get off at his home town, i and who was thought to be going on | to Charlotte, began amusing himself . by firing shots from his new automatic < Colt pistol out the car window, and ( when the policemen were notified of the * drunk man's diversion they undertook < to put a stop to it. On reaching Char- | lotte last night, Policeman Wilson told ( the Observer of his part in the affair , as follows: ] "I was standing on the platform of | the third coach, when my attention < was attracted by the sound of pistol ( shots in the smoking car of the train. I immediately entered and saw a negro I firing his pistol out of the window of the car. 1 ordered him to hand over ( the pistol to me, and he replied 'I ] won't hand over nothing. I'll shoot i you, d?n you." As he prepared to I arise from his seat, I struck him with i my fist, and grasped his wrist. As we 1 were struggling between the seats, the | negro fired twice, and I heard Esk- t ridge say 'My God, John, I am dead.' 5 "Up to this time I had not noticed his presence in the coach. He was standing in the aisle, and one of the wild shots from the pistol had struck him in the side. When I heard his cry, I looked up and saw him fall, and drawing my pistol I tired one time, killing the man instantly. The negro was left doubled up in the seat, just as he was shot, and calling the train crew, we carried Eskridge into the baggage car. I cannot say whether Eskridge llred or not. The negro's body was put off at Port Mill, where I will attend a coroner's inquest In the morning. I could not say whether the negro was drunk or not." When the train reached Fort Mill the dead body of Reeves was put off. and a telephone message was sent for the coroner of York county. After the affray, Policeman Eskridge was made as comfortable as possible in a baggage car and on the arrival of the train in Charlotte, was carried to the Presbyterian hospital on a stretcher. Investigation by the doctors showed that the bullet had entered his right side and penetrated his right lung. He was able to talk and said that he fired three times at the negrc after he was shot, and was satisfied that it was he who killed Reeves. Wilson was shot in the hip: but the wound [s thought to be of trifling consequence, as he was able to walk up town last night unassisted. CAPT. E. P. MOORE DEAD. Messrs. T. P., B. N. and Walter B Moore of Yorkville, were summoned to Chester yesterday by news of the sudden death of their father, Capt. E. P, Moore, which occurred at the captain's home at about 2 o'clock in the morning. Capt. Moore had been in his usual good health up to the past few days, and there was no apparent cause foi serious apprehension when he retired Wednesday night. According to information received in Yorkville, however acute indigestion developed suddenly and the end came after a few tiours. Capt. Moore was a veteran of the civil war, in which he commanded a company. He spent the greater part of his life in York and Chester counties and at Morganton, N. C., and was twic Win ?>?? ...IIV. Ti.no Uloo Tin iimi i icu, hid in ol wuv vvao mioo ui/?_ tie Neely of York county, and his second wife who survives him, was Mist Annie Wylie of Chester. Three sont named above were the Issue of the flrsl marriage, and by the second marrlagt there are two other sons. Dr. Baxtei S. Moore of Charlotte, and Dr. A. Wylie Moore of Chester. Capt. Moore was about seventy-flvt /ears of age, and for many years had been an elder In the Presbyterlar church. Kind, considerate, courtly and hospitable by nature and training, h? was a most delightful man, held in high regard by all who knew him News of his death has been received with much sorrow by an unusually large circle of friends and relatives. The Chester Reporter of yesterday has the following, which gives the circumstances of Capt. Moore's death and the events of his life in more detail: All Chester was shocked this morning to learn that Capt. E. P. Moore ane of the city's oldest and most honored citizens, was dead. Although hit health had been declining for several months, Capt. Moore was apparently is well yesterday as he had been foi 3ome time, and his family and hosts oi friends were totally unprepared for hit sudden death. He retired early yesterday evening, after having complained of feeling chilly; but at midnighl when roused was feeling no worse and was seemingly feeling as well as usual When Mrs. Moore attempted to roust him at 3.30 o'clock she found thai he had passed away. Capt. E. P. Moore was born at whal f? r? 1. tt in e? n 1 i 1 oos is now nui'k niu, o. v., may it, iooi and was, therefore, in the 75th yeai of his age. When the civil war brok< out he promptly offered his service! to his country, enlisting in the Seventeenth South Carolina regiment of Infantry, and serving with valor anc fidelity until wounded at the Battle ol Second Manassas. As soon as he recovered from this wound, although incapacitated for further service in thii branch of the army, he enlisted in th< Beaufort artillery and continued t< serve with this division of his country's forces until Lee's surrender put i termination to the struggle. Quiet ant unassuming In his demeanor and deportment, Capt. Moore was an intrepid Boldler, a true type of the southerr naladin. Just prior to the war, on October 7, 1858, he was married to Mist Elizabeth Neely of York county. Three sons survive this union, Messrs. Thos Peyton Moore, B. Neely Moore and Walter B. Moore, all of Yorkvllle. Ir May. 1875, Capt. Moore was married to Miss Annie Wylie of Chester, whc survives him with two sons, Dr. A Wylie Moore of Chester, and Dr. Baxter S. Moore of Charlotte. Capt. Moore was a member and elJer of Purity Presbyterian church. He was prominent in all the work of hit church and denomination. He was also a splendid type of citizen, always un the right side in questions of mora! character and to be counted on to perform a true man's duty. Chester contained no better man, and those whc loved his cheery presence and kindlj smile will miss him as the days gc by, and his familiar form is seen nc more afhong us. A man without guile courteous and knightly in his bearing ind inflexibly true and upright in all the details and transactions that make up life, he has gone to that rest thai remaineth for the people of God. The funeral of Capt. Moore will be conducted at Purity Presbyterlar church tomorrow morning at 10 o'cloci by the pastor, Rev. A. D. P. Gilmour D. D., followed by Interment in Evergreen cemetery. LOCAL LACONICS. Special Taxes. The recent special tax elections Ir school districts 18 and 47 were without result, the count showing a tie in each rase. No. 48 gave a majority In favoi 9f a 2J mill tax. Bookkeeper For Winthrop. Rock Hill, July 12: Miss Mamie E CJunter of Aiken county has been appointed bookkeeper and secretary al Winthrop college, succeeding R. B Cunningham, who had held the position fifteen years and who recently resigned to accept a position with Agnet Scott college at Decatur, Ga. Mist Sunter is a sister of Prof. Lueco Gunter, recently in Superintendent Swearingen's office at Columbia, but now superintendent of the Rock Hil schools. Death of Mrs. Mary Grist. Mrs. Mary Grist, widow of the laU VV. L. Grist of Yorkvllle, died at th< home of her son, Mr. H. T. Grist, lr Rock Hill last Tuesday afternoon anc was buried in Rose Hill cemetery Yorkville, on Wednesday morning, after funeral services conducted at th? grave by Rev. J. F. Anderson. Th< deceased was about 70 years of age ind leaves two sons and two daughter! as follows: Mr. Lewis G. Grist of Yorkville; Mr. H. T. Grist of Rocl Hill; Mrs. Janie Thomasson of Yorkville No. 5; Mrs. Alice Devlnney of Rock Hill. Rock Hill Franchise Matter. Rock Hill special of July 13, to tht Columbia State: Mayor John T. Roddey stated today that he and J. M Cherry, who is promoting the Carolina Traction company's interests as to a franchise In this city for a street railway, have come to an agreement, th? matter having been held up for several Jays by the mayor refusing to sign a all for an election because the franchise as being asked fordid not meet lhe approval of the mayor and a goo<] many of the citizens here, the mayoi thinking that the city should haw jome return from the proceeds of th< company in return for a 50-vear franchise. The agreement, Mayor Roddey mates, is that the city of Rock Hill ihall receive not less than $56,000 during the life of the franchise in the way )f a license tax. A meeting of the city council Will ue I'ttllfU nui ittici inai Monday night to consider this latesl phase of the matter, and if agreed in that body will no doubt again orler an election at once. Involuntary Suicide. A negro named Milus Archie, was Irowned in Whitesides's pond, near Hickory Grove about two weeks ago, is the result of a foolish notion that jecause other people could swim he jught to be able to do so too. A number of people were swimming in the pond at a place where the water was ibout ten feet deep. Archie could not iwim; but nevertheless he deliberately lumped in with the others, and alhough strenuous efforts were made to escue him, he was drowned. The drowning occurred practically under he eye of a half dozen or more responsible witnesses, and it was not leemed necessary to hold an Inquest. The negro while not exactly looney vas an eccentric character, who was lot generally considered bright. He lad no sense of fear about anything t is said, and made no hesitation ibout going into places of danger that irudent men sought to avoid. On a previous occasion he did the very thing .vhich this time resulted in his death, md was rescued with much difficulty. 3risoners In Jail. There are only three prisoners in jail it the present time, all of them nejroes. One is awaiting the decision of he supreme court on a motion for a lew trial, another is awaiting proceedt'gs in lunacy and a third is awaitng the next term of the court of general sessions, on a charge of violating he dispensary law. When the last lamed was being brought to Yorkvllle ast Monday by his bondsman for trial, he made a sudden break and got away. [ The bondsman came on to Yorkvllle and consulted Sheriff Brown about It. I The sheriff was already aware that the , solicitor had decided not to take up : any case where the defendants were out on bond, and advised the bondsman if he would go back home and put out such word, his man would be back at home in a day or two. The advice was acted upon and it turned out all I right. On Wednesday the negro show. ed up at the corn crib and began shucking corn. The bondsman, not ! caring to take any more chances, se, cured the necessary help, caught the negro, tied him so tight as to make es1 cape impossible and brought him to Yorkville. 1 MILL MERGER8. Congressman Aiken Thinks Thsy Are Dangerous. I Congressman Aiken of the Third district has given the Anderson 'Daily Mail the following interview on the mill merger situation: This question has been presented to me from various standpoints and on i several occasions. Primarily, I may i say, that so long as the mills merged : are confined to a single state, and so s long as the merger is not of such mag nitude as to constitute a monopoly, congress may not Interfere. Congress In my Judgment, could inter> fere only where the merger affected I Interstate commerce adversely. As I' i understand It, the Standard Oil coml pany, the Steel trust and the Tobacco s trust come within the scope of the i Sherman Anti-Trust act, because of . their extensive holdings in several I states, making prices in one central r point for the products of all the states affected. No man can tell the ultimate ' proportions that the merger plan may assume: but since the merger here I referred to could not in its present extent be subjected to congressional en actment, anything 1 may say relative , thereto is only as a private citizen, Interested with every other good clti (7an In tha ofa tfi'a hoot mln Ha. J ??VH III ?j l?iv 0 WVBV VA.WIIWIIIIV/ UVI velopment. As such I am frank to r say that I think the merger plan is fraught with many dangerous probaf bllltles. i If ten mills may be run successfully by a common head, there Is no good . reason why, in time, a hundred, or all t the mills of the state, might not be I brought under one control. The main . purpose of such a combination, as > generally understood, Is to regulate : the output of cloth and to establish stable prices. This is all well enough, t but when it is considered that the , power which is sufficient to dictate the p price of cloth can in like manner dlc; tate the price of raw cotton, new light i is thrown on the situation. And does . any man doubt this power? Suppose . all the mills of South Carolina under 1 one management, and every market In f the state may be closed by the word of one man, how long before the exporter would be having cotton at his own price? Then again reflect where two-thirds of the capital stock of the mills of South Carolina is sold. Scattered under many managements, it is being used for the state's industrial development and for the good of her citizens. But place this capital under one corporate head, with no guarantee of the character of man that the fickle northern director may put in control, and conditions such as have debauched legislatures, and subverted popular government in many northern states, will soon prevail here. I have no patience with the sentiment that would array labor against capital; but that the laborer should be reduced to absolute dependence upon the fiat of one man would be the greatest calamity that could befall South Carolina or any other state. If the , laDorer nissausnea wun nis circum, stances In one mill, turns to another , and another, only to And the door of all I closed, by a central power, how long . think you, before his suffrage, his very , liberty, will be surrendered to save , his bread? r It may be safely predicted that the ( merger plan will mark the end of mill , building in South Carolina. Almost without exception, mills are built ' largely by northern capital that Is in[ tereeted in this character of invests ment. All capital is easily frightened, t and this class especially so. When the corporate head of the merger in the , state stamps a project with his dlsap, proval, that is the last of it. Already : there exists a combination of mill presidents in South Carolina to discourage the building of mills, and the promoters of at least one proposed mill signally failed, for this reason, after the usual home subscription had been raised. If a mere organization is so powerful, what would be the power of a dictator? i If instead of discouraging mill t building, and consolidation to rob the i farmer of a legitimate price for a short crop, every mill of the south would contribute to put a dozen or more active, permanent agents in China and South America, covering the interior and important coast towns, these agents not specially to be sales agents, t but 10 cultivate friendly relations with . the people, and advertise the superior ity of American goods, we would hear less from the mill men of high cotton J and low cloth. s From a business point of view, it seems very likely that the merger plan will succeed. It cuts both ways; it [ may force up the dry-goods man, to l which we do not object; or it may force down the farmer, which would be a calamity. Probably the most dangerous feature 5 of the mill merger plan Is the inevi table encroachment on the individual j rights of a large per cent of our citiI zens. Granting that the head of the i merger in South Carolina is a gentle man who will use his power humanely * and liberally, there are few absolute - successions that do not contain tyrants ? at short intervals. Absolute power is } seductive; some have thought that ' even good men often succumb to its c charm. HICKORY GROVE NOTES. t'urreapondence The Yorkvllle Enquirer ' Hickory Grove, July 14.?Rev. Thos. H. Leitch, the evangelist, will begin a [ two weeks* meeting at Mt. Vernon M. t E. church next Saturday at 11 o'clock. , He will be assisted in the services by , Mr. Marshall, the celebrated singer, I who has been associated with him in l evangelistic work for the past twenty. five years. t These services will be conducted I along non-sectarian lines and every. body is cordially invited to take part in > the meeting. I Prof. Edgar Long of Ersklne college, ' was here yesterday In the interest of . the college, for which he is soliciting I students. Mr. D. M. Ellen of Bishopville, was in town this week. Mrs. J. S. Leech is visiting relatives ! at Waterloo. Mr. Marcus Wylie has been clear of I fever for several days and Is doing as well as could be expected. Miss Mary Wylie has had but little fever the past few days, and promises to be up again soon, i The finishing touches are being put on Mr. W. S. Wilkerson's new resl, dence which is one of the handsom; est in town. It will be ready for occu> pancy in a few days. Messrs. N. M. McDill and T. A. Wil> kerson took a trip to Montezuma, Ga., i last week, for the purpose of purchas: ing land in that section. They were very highly pleased with southeast Georgia; so well indeed that they i made a considerable investment in real i estate there. Miss Ola Wilkerson and Mrs. Nancy Leech, left this morning for a stay of a : few weeks at Piedmont Springs. Mr. J. J. Hood is laying brick and other material on the ground for buildi ing a residence on York street, work on which will begin at once, i A nice shower fell here last night. There has not been sufficient rain for a good season here for nearly thirteen weeks. ? The following named officers and men of the First Infantry have been selected as members of the team to compete at me state rine corn pen nun to be held at Charleston, beginning July 17: Captain P. C. Hundley; Lieutenants S. W. Parks, G. Williams, D. R. .Simpson; Sergeants H. D. Campbell, Otto Duncan, J. Justice, G. C. Green, E. C. Bell, M. L. Jolly, Y. C. Gray; Corporals W. Belk, G. Potts. Luther McBee; Privates S. G. Willis, J. L. Scott, John Owens, R. O. Stone, J. B. Langley, B. Blankenship. HEYBURN AND WILLIAM8. Mississippi Senator Stands Up For the Honor of tha South. 4 The reciprocity debate in the senate yesterday was preceded by a sharp monologue Incident to the vote on the Lodge resolution dismissing several laborers from the senate payroll, among them "Jim" Jones, an aged bodyguard of Jefferson Davis. In supporting Senator Williams, the __ senate overthrew its own committer on patronage, which had recommended the removal of Jones from the payroll. Bitter words were exchanged between gj Senator Williams and Senator Heyh.mn a/ T/lnhn Atfot. Ifr UnuhiiMn'a "ui ii ui iuauu uvri mi. nr/uuin o tiiai acterization of the Confederacy as an "Infamous cause," Mr. Williams retorting that he was unprepared to hear that expression from a "civilized man." "But for the parliamentary rules that restrain me," declared Mr. Williams, "I would have a few words to say about the kind of human being in whose heart such thoughts can exist." Senator Williams had asked to have J "Jim" Jones, the 82-year-old negro man, who had been Jefferson -Davis* bodyguard, and to whose custody the seal of the Confederacy was entrusted, retained on the senate payroll as a laborer. Senator Heyburn acquiesced in re- tentlon of the negro for his service formerly given to the senate, "but not because of loyalty to the glory of an infamous cause." Senator Williams replied with great feeling that he was "not prepared to hear a civilized man in the 20th century call 'an infamous cause' the cause for which my father laid down his life." "Lee and Jackson may have been wrong," added Mr. Williams. 'That the government is now in existence is a cause for congratulation to the children of the men who died with Lee and Jackson, but I canont express the sentiment I have for a human being in whom such sentiments can remain as have been exDressed here." j "There !s no right of American citizenship," he added, "that permits a man to Insult the dead." "Well, was it a glorious cause?" asked Mr. Heyburn. "There was much of glory in it," replied Mr. Williams. The senate sustained Senator Williams by a vote of 37 to 18, leaving Jones on the payroll at S700 a year as a laborer. Mr. Heyburn, following his bitter altercation with Mr. Williams, voted against Jones. COMING OF BOLL WEEVIL. Don't Wait For It, But Taks It In \ Tims. President Charles S. Barrett has issued the following statement to members of the Farmers' Union: To the Officers and Members of the Farmers' Union: Reliable and nonalarmlat experts calculate the cotton boll weevil will cover the entire cotton belt within five years. It will probably be in Georgia in the fall of 1812, perhaps sooner. The ostrich-head-ln-the-sand policy is foolish, almost to the point of criminality. It is better to face facts now than to suffer the penalty later. Southwestern cotton states have, by the loss of many million dollars, discovered the most feasible methods yet devised for combating the boll weevil. Their experience is ours for the taking. \ Unless the portion of the cotton belt as yet untouched by the boll weevil takes steps in time the advent of this Insect is going to produce temporary panic by wholly deranging cotton culture, as yet the financial backbone of the southern states. It deem it my duty to issue these plain warnings, and to urge every farmer in the territory likely to be affected to go about putting up defenses this year and without delay. The detail remedies will be generously furnished by your state agricul- * tural departments, experiment stations, or the Federal department of agriculture. Roughly speaking, they ar%4?w and simple. They consist in using an early maturing variety of cotton, that the crop may be gathered before the weevil has attained Its greatest power for damage; intensive cultivation, which will produce a maximum fiber to the acre; burning over of old fields after the crop is gathered; and above all, cultivation of other crops not susceptible to the weevil. The Farmers' Union News, published at Union City, recently published statistics showing that Georgia spends annually for products other than cotton more than $170,000,000 a year. Every bit of these products can be grown in and every dollar of that sum should be kept in Georgia. The amount we virtually give away to other sections for the food and farm products our own acres should bring forth is nearly $20,000,000 in excess of our return in Georgia, for the cotton crop. What is true of Georgia is relatively true of other states not yet touched by 4 the weevil. As I have previously commented, the trend toward scientific agriculture, diversification and inten slve cultivation is Impressive. But it is only on the threshold of what it ' should be. And the boll weevil Is forcing our hands! It is compelling us, in selfpreservation, to turn to a system we should long ago have embraced voluntarily in self-interest. I feel that the peril is so real that the warning should be commensurate- 1 ly solemn. Begin to light the boll weevil now. If you do not It Is going to dig great holes in southern progress and prosperity. Chas. S. Barrett. Ths Issue Not 8ottlsd.?We have been looking for it, and it has come no sooner than was expected. Here it is. "The whisky traffic issue is settled for the present. The people are resolved that local option shall prevail." This pronunciamento was made in one of the morning dailies of last Monday. Which one, It is hardly necessary to state. We suppose that, so far as that newspaper is concerned, the question is settled. It is certainly In a great hurry to weed out this vital issue which has not been settled, and which will not be settled until it has been ' settled right. The people, that is the majority of the people of South Carolina, have not resolved that local option shall prevail. Had the people of South Carolina been given fair political treatment our beloved state would not be in the condition that it is in at the present time. We have sometimes felt that the shame and disgrace* that has been brought upon the state has come as a rebuke to some people who were determined to have their way in spite of everything. They fought prohibition as long as there was standing room, and the prohibition candidate for governor caught It with unrelenting and unmerciful severity. He was not given any showing whatever. Everything that could be thought of was dragged out before the public to put him in the most unenviable light but when he won out in the first round, I and the idol of these people wont down then they turned their guns on Mr. Blease, and sought to boost Mr. Featherstone. The result was just what might have been expected. The people I rebuked such unfairness and such " bitterness. Many of them voting for a man they had not intended supporting, and whom they would not have supported but for such an unwarranted course. We submit that it comes with mighty poor grace for these same people to step to the front and tell us that the whisky question has been settled. Prohibition may have Its backsets because of the strong entrenchment of the enemy, but the principle is eternal, and it is Just as sure to prevail In the end as that right will eventually overcome wrong.?Greenwood Journal. ? Columbia State, Wednesday: The war department of the United States will be requested to excuse the national guard of South Carolina from the annual encampments. A resolution to this effect was adopted late last night, following a long executive meeting of the military advisory committee, at which time the general welfare of the ^ national guard was discussed. The encampments will be called off because of a lack of funds and an official announcement will be made by the adjutant general when the war department has reached a decision in the matter. There is only $18,000 available for encampment purposes. J