Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 21, 1911, Image 2
Scraps and facts.
? Washington, July 19: In announcing
the designation of fluy additional
second class postofflces in twenty-six
separate states as postal savings depositories.
Postmaster General Hitchcock
today declared the system was
growing in favor with the public.
This, he said, was especially true in
the western states. He cited a record
made in Cripple Creek. Col., where in
four weeks forty-two deposits were
made for the limit, >100, and Gainsville,
Ga? where more than >5,000
was deposited in the first month, although
the population of the town is
only about 5,000.
? The engineers in charge of the
work of raising the battleship Maine
from Havana harbor are confronted
with new difficulties, says a dispatch.
The water in the coffe *dam around the
ship was lowered eighteen feet last
Saturday; but it was found that as the
ship was robbed of the support of the
water around, it sank deeper into the
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how deep the mud Is. That the bottom
of the ship is 34 feet below the
water level in the cofferdam is certain;
but how much deeper it may be
is a matter of conjecture. The situation
is recognized as a very serious one
and there seems to be no certainty
that the engineers will be able to
solve the new problem.
? Democratic leaders in the house,
according to a dispatch, are closely
watching developments in the senate as
the time approaches for action on legislation
initiated in the lower branch.
Their expressed position is that Senator
La Follette's wool bill is now likely
to be tacked to the farmers' free list
as a rider and that the senate Democrats
will keep the bills separated.
The house leaders say they feel that
after the La Follette bill has been voted
down in the senate the Republican insurgent
senators may be induced to
vote with the Democrats on the Underwood
woolen schedule bill. The
Democratic leaders contend that the
La Follette bill is not really a revenue
measure in the same sense as the Underwood
bill. House Democrats have
taken the view that they would rather
have the Underwood bill defeated than
to accept the La Follette bill. In that
event the Democrats claim they would
be in a good position to go before the
country on the defeated measure.
? Annoyed by repeated rumors, fomented
especially in Cuba, that the
visit 10 ine lsianu oi aeureuny wi ???j
Stimson was preliminary to American
intervention. Secretary of State Knox
on Wednesday addressed a note to the
Cuban government through United
States Minister Jackson, declaring that
Mr. Stimson'8 visit is partly to inspect
the work on the wreck of the battleship
Maine In Havana harbor and primarily
to pay a friendly visit to the
republic of Cuba. Secretary Knox says:
"The government of the United States
has thought it not worth while to deny
the false stories of possible intervention
which have been circulated in cer
tain sections 01 tne press, tne iact oeing
that no such question has been the
subject of consideration by that government,
whose sole concern in relation
to Cuban affairs in recent years
has been that in the rapid development
of the splendid resources of Cuba,
which will be viewed in the United
States with so much pleasure, the
process of exploitation should be ever
safeguarded by that wise and deliberate
economic policy so essential to financial
and political stability."
? Chicago, July 19: That there exists
a gigantic, country-wide arson
trust with headquarters in Kansas
City and representatives in nearly all
the larger cities, the members of which
make a business of setting fire to
buildings to enable the owners to collect
large sums of insurance was the
charge made today by C. J. Doyle,
state fire marshal, in an address before
the Chicago Association of Commerce.
"The country is facing one of
the most gigantic, organized arson
conspiracies the world has ever
known," said Mr. Doyle. "The state
fire marshal department of Illinois has
combined with the state fire marshals
of Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio to
wipe out the band of fifteen men at the
head of this conspiracy. The head of
the fire bug trust is in Kansas City,
from which city the operations of the
entire gang is directed. The tentacles
of this octopus have extended, as the
daring of these behind the plot has
grown, into a dozen or more cities.
They have been found at work at
Bloomington, Springfield, 111.; Piti.iburg,
Cleveland, New York, Buffalo, St.
Louis, Chicago and elsewhere. Two
of the gang have been convicted and
are now imprisoned in a southern city.
The others will be behind the bars before
long if we are successful in following
the clues we now are working
on. The fire bug problem is one of the
most important which confronts the
country. Even without the cases of
arson, the fire losses of the country are
appalling, amounting to about $500 a
minute. In Chicago the loss is $5,000,000
a year while in Berlin the annual
loss does not exceed $200,000. We
should adopt the fire protection plans
prevalent in European cities."
? Unless the public demand becomes
overwhelming and political exigencies
become pressing, says a Washington
dispatch, the present congress will not
authorize the establishment of a general
parcels post. The Democratic leaders
in the house of representatives
who have followed the hearings concluded
Wednesday by the Lloyd's subcommittee
are inclined to oppose the
comprehensive system urged by the
advocates of the proposition. They
admit the weakness of the opposition
at these hearings, but contend that
congress should go no farther than an
experiment at this time. These leaders
suggest that as a beginning congress
reduce the mail rate on merchandise
from sixteen cents to twelve
cents a pound and increase the limit
for weight from four to eleven pounds.
That would extend to the United
States and its possessions the terms on
which packages now are transported
in the foreign parcels post. The postoffice
department admits that it is
making a profit of four cents a pound
on all merchandise carried at the
present rate. This adjustment, it is
contended would give an experimental
parcels post operated at its cost to the
government and one which would not
tax its postal facilities at the outset.
The Democratic leaders argue that to
establish a parcels post carrying packages
of eleven pounds for twenty-five
cents as some advocate or for sixteen
as some of the pending bills provide,
would swamp the department. This
is the attitude of the house leaders
following the parcels post hearings,
but it is sufficient that none of them
is willing to go on record to that effect
at this time. They do not deny that
thev mflv phanep their minds bv the
time the house comes to a vote on the
question. They are making allowances
for the possibilities of the demand
for a comprehensive parcels
post at low rates becoming too insistent
to ignore. They profess to be in
favor of smashing the express monopoly
and compelling the reduction of
express rates and their regulation by
the interstate commerce commission
which now has that power over them.
They contend that a postal regulation
of eleven pounds at twelve cents a
pound will offer cheap transportation
for long hauls and that the express
companies should be required to give
cheap rates for their short hauls. Under
such an arrangement the Democratic
leaders would favor allowing
the express companies to continue to
carry mall matter in competition with
the government. The proposal of a
five cent a pound rate within fifty
mile zones also is condemned by the
Democratic leaders, who believe that
this arrangement, would injure country
stores. They argue that the law
now permits rural free delivery carriers
to transport packages privately
from country stores to the farmers at
whatever charge the carrier elects to
make. It Is said that the farmers
seem to take little advantage of this
provision of the law. On the other
hand, the charge is made that rural
carriers habitually execute commissions
for farmers and their wives
upon the understanding that the farmers
will vote for the candidates recommended
by the carriers in the local
and general elections.
?hf ilorlaillc (fnquitxr.
Entered at the Postoffice In Yorkville
as Mall Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE, S. C.t
FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1911.
They are telling all kinds of things
in the Lorimer investigation, including
the truth; but how the truth is going
to be identified is a puzzle.
Down in Colleton as in some other
parts of the country, the ruffians do
not think that the public has a right to
know what they are doing.
The popularity of Woodrow Wilson
in connection with the next Democratic
nomination grows apace. Woodrow
Wilson is a great man, an able
man and a patriotic man. ins country
has seen few like htm.
Whatever else is to be said about
It, the mayor of Union exhibited considerable
gall in the issuance of license
for the sale of so-called near
beer, and it seems to us that he
should be held to account.
The ice trust doubled prices in New
York recently on the ground of alleged
scarcity of the supply, and an investigation
made by Mayor Gaynor with
the use of detectives has developed
that the supply of ice is ample. The
(advance in prices was made merely
for the purpose of squeezing more
money out of the poor.
The News and Courier prints an interview
with Secretary of State McCown,
in which Mr. McCown denounces
the Washington story to the
effect that he had held out Mr. Swearingen
as the successor of Mr. Tillman
in the senate as a fake out of the
whole cloth. Mr. McCown says there
was absolutely no foundation for the
allegations in the interview and that
the Interview never took place at all.
They are talking ten cents cotton in
New York. They may see it; but we
have known predictions of that kind
to fall. If the bears really have the
bulls on the run, it may be but a short
time until the duiis get tneir secona
wind and show the bears a thing or
two. There would be nothing in this
game of speculation, unless there were
more or less violent fluctuations, and
both sides understand that fact thoroughly.
The United States senate has dropped
the name of Senator Terrell from
its rolls, and it is now up to. Hoke
Smith to qualify or leave the place vacant.
Mr. Smith wants to make a
long list of appointments and wants to
do a number of other things before he
gives up his place as governor. The
opposition naturally wants Mr. Smith
to get out of the way and do it quick,
so as to avoid new and unnecessary
complications.
Gifford Pinchot and Dr. Wiley have
demonstrated that the people appreciate
men who do things. The people
have backed both of these men. The
people will always stand for the right
when they know it. Sometimes the 1
people unjustly condemn a good man;
but that is because the good man so
condemned has not been fortunate
enough to have his case properly presented.
A bad man lasts before the
people a long time sometimes; but
that is because the people do not have
opportunity to find him out.
A Columbia dispatch says that the
state is going to manufacture anti-ty- '
phoid serum for the use of the people.
That is a grand and great idea. The i
efficacy of the anti-typhoid serum in
the prevention of typhoid fever has
been proved beyond a doubt. The
United States government has
done this with the soldiers in the
army. The use of the serum does not
entail anything like the inconvenience i
that vaccination does, and there is
absolutely no danger. With the serum
available for the use of private citi- i
zens typhoid should be stamped out.
Don't anybody image because we
recently said Governor Blease was as
good a statesman as Senator Tillman i
that we are endorsing the governor.
We don't endorse the official acts of
either. We have no confidence in the
official acts of any man who ever had i
anything to do with the old state dis- i
pensary. It was conceived in sin and
born in iniquity and every man connected
with it came off with the slime 1
of suspicion sticking to him. And B.
R. Tillman was the daddy of it. If we
can't beat Governor Blease next year
with a clean, pure man who is tooth ]
and toe-nail against the whisky ring
we might as well go down in defeat.
Blease is as go6d as any of them, and
if we are to be governed by that ele- 1
ment, we had just as soori it be Blease
as anybody.?Gaffney Ledger.
When we reproduced with approval
what the Ledger said originally, we
did not consider that an explanation
was necessary but here it is straight
from the shoulder, and clear enough
to be within the comprehension of the
must obtuse.
MERE-MENTION.
A dispatch of Sunday from Little
Kock. Arkansas, reports much damage
from the army worm in the immediate
vicinity of the city A thief took
up a position on the roof of a Chicago
and Northwestern Pullman recently
and succeeded in robbing the occupant
of an upper berth of a Panama hat
and diamond pin. in jumping from
the train near Belle Plaine, Iowa, the
thief broke his leg and was arrested.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Lovesett of
Jacksonville. Fla., who cruised from
Jacksonville in a steam launch around
Florida, through the Gulf of Mexico,
up the Mississippi river and through
the drainage canal to Chicago, had a
narrow escape from death in Lincoln
lake. Chicago. Tuesday, by the burning
of the superstructure of their
launch United States health authorities
are wrestling with the prob- ;
lem of keeping Asiatic cholera out of
the country. There are eight genuine
cases of cholera at Swinburne island,
the New York quarantine station, and
there have been six deaths. All ships
arriving from cholera infected Mediterranean
ports will be detained ten
days at the island. Minister P'urness
at Port Au Prince. Hayti, has
requested the sending of a United
States war vessel to Ha.vtien waters on
account of the revolution on that island.
The revolutionists have captured
three villages Civil war
again threatens Mexico, as the result
of a' break between President De La *
Barra and Francisco I. Madero, following
a proclamation issued by Ma- j
dero charging De La Barra with responsibility
for the fighting in Puebla.
Gen. Keyes is reported to have an ]
army of 14,000 men ready to support
De La Barra Governor Dix of
New York, is urging the passage of a '
direct nominations law for that state
and wants it to conform strictly with
the party campaign promises,.. .The
National association of Heal Estate 1
Exchanges is in annual convention at
Denver, Col The Wauregan cotton
mills at Wauregan, Conn., employing
400 hands is shut down on. account
of low water. Other mills, em- ]
ploying 2,000 hands, will be forced to
close for the same reason. .. .Charles
Hickman, a wife murderer, sentenced
to be hanged at Beaver, Pa,, Tuesday,
was found dead in his cell early Tues- J
day morning, having succeeded in
commuting suiciue aner inree attempts
Four counties of Alaba- .
ma on Tuesday voted in favor of open
saloons in incorporated towns. Montgomery
county went wet by a vote of
nearly five to one. . ...There are twen- "
ty-four separate investigations under
way by special and standing committees
of congress, in Washington at
this time. The investigations cover '
almost everything, including favoritism
in the army, graft, postal service,
sugar frauds, irregularities in
the customs service and the Lorlmer 1
election scandal Guisseppe Serimarco,
an Italian murderer was electrocuted
at Sing Sing prison, New
York, Monday. He was dead in one
minute and four seconds after the 1
current was turned on Three
men were killed and twenty injured
by a powder mill explosion at Louvier,
Col., Monday E. N. Nauld, an
American automobile driver, was J
killed near Paris, France, Monday. He
was practicing for a race and was
running at seventy miles an hour,
when his car left the track, turned (
turtle and crushed him to death.-...
Karl Von Metz Meyer, an ex-Norwegian
army officer, was arrested in
Brooklyn, N. Y., last week, on charges
of larceny. He was much in society 1
and robbed his hosts. In police court
Monday he was released on condition
that he leave the country and never
return. Otherwise he is to serve five
years in prison Twenty persons J
were killed and many injured in a
wreck on a German railroad near
Mullheim, Germany, Monday Mrs. i
Sarah E. Gabbett, originator and designer
of the Confederate cross of hon- I
or for Confederate veterans, died at
Savannah, Ga., Sunday morning, aged
78 years A London dispatch says
that the records show 650,690 deaths
from plague in India during the first
six months of the year up to June 30...
Physicians in Honolulu believe they
are close on the track of a serum that
will kill leprosy germs A Valdez
dispatch says that a hot wave has 4
struck Alaska, and is melting the gla- s
ciers rapidly with the result that
streams are high So-called Mexl- t
can Liberals are threatening Ameri- i
ca.i ranchers in lower California and 1
if the Mexican government cannot
take care of the Americans the Amerl- v
ner, aged 19, member of Co. D. Fifth r
regiment, Georgia militia was drown- r
ed in the surf at St. Simon's beach on (
the Georgia coast Monday night, while i
bathing with comrades The Cuy- c:
ama ranch, including 60,000 acres, is s
to be purchased and occupied by a g
colony of 1,000 Mormon families from
Utah The Boston board of health
is making a fight on the street ice ?
cream peddlers, experiments proving r
that the goods sold by these dealers is jj
full of disease germs A general ?
strike of the building trades has been ,
declared In Montreal, Quebec. Several
thousand workmen will be afTected. J
P. M. Selby, an Augusta, Ga., :
grocer, died Tuesday night from hydrophobia
The Georgia Editorial
association, sixty-one strong, is
making a trip to New York by way of
the Clyde line from Brunswick......
Mrs. Louise Owens Beattie was shot to *
death by a lunatic near Richmond. J
Va., Tuesday night. Mrs. Owens and 1
her husband were returning to the
city from the country when they t
were fired on by a strange man with a t
shot gun v
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FLURRY IN COTTON. i
(
Looks Like the Bears Have the Bulls <
on the Go.
mere was a neavy oreaa m me
speculative cotton market on last
Tuesday, and the decline continued
Wednesday. A new York dispatch of
Wednesday night described developments
up to that time as follows:
A renewal of the heavy selling
movement in the cotton market today
seemed calculated to remove whatever
doubt may have existed following the
big decline of Tuesday, that at last
leading bull interests, including Eugene
Scales, Col. Thompson, the New
Orleans.operators, and others who have
figured so prominently in the market
reports of the last two years as having
taken fortunes out of cotton, had
largely thrown over their holdings.
Various estimates were ventured during
the day as to the probable losses
of the bulls and their friends, all of
which ran up Into the millions.
The impression appears to be that
the bulls, emboldened by the successes
of the last two years, have maintained
their position on the market owing to
the strong statistical position of the
old crop and an expectation that
drought in the southwest or the boll
weevil in the central belt would cause
another partial failure of the crop.
With trade reports unfavorable, the
drought in Texas relieved, new crop
cotton already beginning to move and
promising an unusually heavy addition
to old crop supplies during the summer.
it is supposed the bulls found
themselves practically the only support
of the market at a time when
southern offerings against prospective
yields were likely to increase steadily
and that the heavy selling of the last
few days has reflected the practical
abandonment of their holdings.
In spite of a feeling that rallies
were to be expected after such drastic ,
liquidation as that of several days ,
past, local sentiment still seemed of a ,
very bearish average after the close
of business here tonight and there was 1
talk in some quarters of 11 and even
Ift.noni nnttnn nu'lntr tft th<a PYnPPtfl .
tion of a very favorable August con- ?
dition report and the demoralization .
of the bull party.
Trade interests, however, had been
heavy buyers of both old and new *:
crop deliveries during the day and
many traders who had sold before the a
big decline started appeared to be J"
taking profits on their short cotton, l
possiblj to wait for further reports
from the crop, which, however bril- '
liantly it may promise, is admittedly :
not yet assured, and for a better idea
of the attitude of the southern planter
with reference to marketing his yield
at the lower prices.
After the early sensational break, a a
lull in the liquidating movement to- I
wards midday permitted a rally of 6 to j;
7 points, but the market soon weak- J;
ened again under selling that was every
bit as active and as urgent as any ^
noted since the beginning of the bear i
movement, and for the first time in
nearly two years January contracts :
broke below the 12-cent level. August
was relatively weak on this decline,
selling at 12.89 or $2.25 per bale under a
the closing figures of yesterday, while
new crop positions showed a net loss
of about 20 to 22 points. Trade inter- a
ests were again heavy buyers and in t1
connection with covering by shorts
cheeked the break, I?ut some of the
old bull brokers continued to sell and J"
rallies were limited.
The final tone was very steady, how- ?
ever, at the net decline of 12 to 42
points, with August closing at 12.92
and January at 12.OG after that month
hud sold at 11.99.
? Union. July 20: Sheriff J. G. Long. ?
acting under instructions from the
governor, today went to the office of
the city clerk and obtained the J
names of the nine parties to whom ^
near-beer iieenses had been issued by
the city of Union. Seven of the nine f
alleged violators of the law have been J
arrested and are out on bond. The
other two are ill. but will be placed j
under arrest us soon as practicable. a
The sheriff states that lie is going to (.
follow the law and continue to raid
the places of business of the violators
of th.' dispensary law until the illegal ^
traffic in liquor is broken up. Mayor ^
T Duncan is out of the city today *
and could not be seen in regard to the
near-beer situation here. (
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
>am M. Grist?Can Insure your horses
and mules at $6 per $100 value,
r. H. Witherspoon, Manager?Invites
the public to a ball game Thursday
evening, the Fats against the Leans,
ti. G. Brown, S. Y. C.?Advertises the
sale on salesday in August of various
properties under tax executions,
rhos. YV. Boyd, Supervisor?Gives notice
to land owners to clean out
streams during the month of Au
gust.
Li. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives
notice that Mrs. Margaret E. Ramsey
has applied for letters of administration
on the estate of John
T. Ramsey, deceased.
Bank of Hickory Grove?Points out
the fact that small amounts grow
Into large ones very quickly and
suggests that you try depositing
small sums at frequent Intervals.
T. C. Wilborn?Offers the John Hartness
farm for sale, and wants a buyer
quick.
1. L. Williams & Co.?Have special offerings
in Oxfords, ginghams, lawns,
shirts, underskirts, laces, parasols,
men's pants, etc.
fork Drug Store?Can supply you
with a variety of the best turnip
seed and suggests that you sow
your patch now.
Thomson Co.?Ends its big summer
clearing sale tomorrow and wants
you to take advantage of the low
prices while you can.
fork Furniture Co.?Invites you to
come and look over its furniture
stock and see If there are not some
pieces you need for comfort and appearances,
lioan and Savings Bank?Suggests
that you apply the lesson of the
bees and save a part of your earnings.
It wants you to make it your
bank.
r. C. Wilborn?Has come small farms
within the incorporate limits of
Yorkville, one near the overhead
bridge.
Carroll Furniture Co.?Says it Is easy
to buy furniture from its stock, as
it has the qualities, styles and
prices. Special values in suites, odd
beds and dressers.
<Mrst National Bank, Yorkville?Insists
that you protect yourself
against being a slave In your old
age by saving a part of your earnings.
It will pay you to save.
r. M. Stroup?Has received shipments
of new fall and winter clothing and
calls especial attention to the tailor-made
clothes of the Royal Tailors.
Cirkpatrlck-Belk Co.?Offers especial
values In remnants of lawns, calicoes,
percales, etc. Discounts on
low shoes, summer clothing, waists,
straw hats, millinery, etc.
Crops have been growing beautlfuly
within the past three weeks.
The population of York county is
17,718. This is according to the cenius
of 1910.
The crop situation in the nelgh>orhod
of King's Creek and Smyrna
s very good, and most of the people
n that vicinity are in fine spirits.
Why yea, let the Chester people fix
ip their part of the north and south
oad that now runs from Yorkville alnost
to the Chester line. People from
Chester can do better buying goods in
forkville than people from York can
lo buying goods in Chester. After
ill, what is wanted is a good road
itraight from Chester to Gastonia.
The probate judge only gets 25
ents of the dollar charged for a marlage
license. The balance goes to the
ichool fund. It seems to us that the
ichool fund does not need this money;
hat it should go to the probate judge.
^ dollar is barely enough to pay the
irobate judge for the work he has to
lo in connection with the issuance of a
narriage license.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Chief Love is doing some good
vork on the streets with a road ma hine
hitched to the town's big traclon
engine.
? The filter Is now in daily operaion
and the town is drinking water
hat Is pretty nearly pure; but still the
vater question has not been satisfacorily
solved either as to quality g>r
luantity. The town should own tne
vatershed from which the supply is
)btalned and should take steps to In rease
the supply.
TO CLEAN OUT I ME S I KtMIVia.
In another column, Mr. Thos. W.
Joyd, the county supervisor, calls atention
to the law that requires property
owners of York county during the
nonth of August, to clear streams
unning through their lands, of trash,
afts, timber, etc.
This law has been on the statute
looks for about fifteen years, was put
here originally through the efforts of
he late R. M. Carroll, when that genleman
was a member of the general
issembly.
Recognizing the fact that most of
he streams of the county had been
rradually filling up for years and that
housands of acres of heretofore good
ottom lands had been destroyed, the
itatute was enacted on the theory that
f streams were cleared of such obtructions
as operated to check the
ree flow of water in its proper chanlels,
the water would do the rest and
ut channels deep enough to afford
roper drainage.
It has been the custom of the county
toard of commissioners to call attenion
to this law each year, and a great
nany people in different parts of the
ounty have been doing their best to
Ive up to the law's requirements,
i-hile others have paid no attention to
t.
The law known as the present road
aw, which created the office of townhip
supervisor, makes it the duty of
hese township supervisors to see that
he provisions of the drainage law are
roperly complied with.
TAX EXECUTIONS.
The list of items advertised by the
heriff for sale on salesday in August
3 unusually long this year; but the lnreased
length of the list does not inlicate
any more distress than is comnon.
As a matter of fact it is doubtful
s to whether there is a case of actual
listress behind a single one of the long
1st of sales advertised for the first
ilonday in August.
While in some cases, the land oflferd
is al'.owed to go to sale because of
he carelessness of the owner, or inbillty
to pay taxes, penalties and
ost, in other cases, the sale is allowed
o take place in order to clear up some
lefect In title, and in other cases the
tominal owner is not concerned for
he reason that the property has pracically
passed out of his hands anyiav.
For instance, in this list there are
wo or three pieces of property that
ire mortgaged for their full value,
rhe nominal owner understands that
ie will receive nothing after foreclos
lie UV.CCUi lie Humeri ui uie
nortgage understands that to forelose
in the usual way will cost anyvhere
from $60 to $100 in attorney's
ees, referee fees, clerk's fees, adverising,
etc., and by mutuai agreement
letween the holder of the mortgage
md the holder of the title, the land is
illowed to go to sale at the hands of
he sheriff with the understanding that
he holder of the mortgage buy it in on
l basis of taxes, penalties and costs,
md get his title practically for nothng.
In some cases the holder of the title
ealizing that his interest Is practicaly
wiped up, has abandoned the proprty
to be disposed of any old way;
ie does not care how.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. Oscar Plexico of Yorkville, is
(pending a few days at Edgemont, N.
Mr. Hudson C. Miller of Stone
dountain, Ga., in visiting friends in
'orkville.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ben Coiner of La
.range, Ga., are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
. C. Coiner in Yorkvllle.
Mrs. J. Donnoni Witherspoon of Cross
till, is in Yorkvllle on a visit to Dr.
nd Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon and other
ela lives.
Mr. W. II. Johnson of Pickens, and
Jr. H. X. Johnson of Cheraw, are in
'orkville on a visit to their brother,
Ir. J. K. Johnson.
Mrs. S. M. McXeel, Mrs. Marie C.
rlenit and Miss Marie Inman of York
ville, are spending sometime at
Waynesvllle, N. C.
Rev. W. A. M. Plaxco of Due West,
is traveling in York county in the interest
of the well known Woman's
College of Due West.
Mrs. H. H. Crosland and sons. Masters
Herbert and Eugene, and Mr. S.
Earle Grist of Bennettsville, ure visiting
relatives in Yorkville, the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Sam M. Grist.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Dover, formerly
of Grover, N. C., who went to Florida
last November, are on a visit to relatives
and friends in their old neighborhood.
Mr. Dover was in Yorkville
yesterday on business.
Mr. J. la. Williams of Yorkville, is
critically ill with Bright's disease.
He suffered an acute attack last Saturday
and since then family and
friends have been very much concerned
as to the immediate outcome.
Charlotte Chronicle, Thursday: The
condition of Mr. L?. C. Harrison was
very critical this afternoon, when the
Chronicle went to press, but hope for
his recovery has not been abandoned.
Mr. Harrison has been desperately ill
with typhoid fever for a week or more
and the crisis of the disease is near at
hand. His physicians believe that he
will be able to withstand the ravages
of the disease, if he survives for a few
days more. Today he has rested comfortably
and as stated, there Is hope of
his ultimate recovery.
Mr. S. C. Wood, the popular manager
of the Thomson company, was taken
seriously ill In his room in the
Shandon hotel at about 2 o'clock yesterday
morning as the result of a
hemorrhage from the throat Physicians
were summoned as soon as possible
and after some faithful work the
hemorrhage was finally stopped. The
trouble came on suddenly without
premonition of any kind, and Mr.
Wood's many friends were very
much concerned until assured that his
condition was not so serious as they
had begun to fear. He took the rather
trying ordeal with philosophical
calmness that is characteristic of him
and has not been alarmed. Although
somewhat weakened by the experience.
he hopes to be out and at his
work again within the next few days.
THE CREAMERY.
News of the closing of the creamery
at Gaffney, because of inability to secure
the necessary milk supply, will be
received with a good deal of interest
and not a little regret throughout this
section where so many people have
been giving their attention to matters
connected with dairying.
Of course we have no right to go
behind the published statement to the
effect that the trouble with the Gaffney
creamery is inability to get milk,
and shall not try to; but if the whole
truth were known it is probable that
it would be found that the lack of milk
is not due so much to the fact that
the country does not yield a sufficient
supply as to the fact that the necessary
steps have not been taken to get
the milk together.
It is not to be understood that the
[closing of the Gaffney creamery means
| the complete failure of that Institution.
The Enquirer has it from private
sources that there is in Gaffney an
| individual who stands ready to pay 50
cents on the dollar for the entire capital
stock outstanding, and is anxious
to buy the property at that price. The
gentleman named is a good business
man, amply able to make good on his
joffer, and his proposition means that
he believes that although the creamery
has not been a success up to this time,
the trouble is entirely one of management.
If he did not think he could
make it go, he would not want to buy
at the price mentioned.
The Yorkvllle creamery' has been
getting a good many hard knocks of
late; but it continues in successful
operation all the same. It is making
and selling not less than 1,000 pounds
of butter a week; but is not quite so
prosperous as it was a few months
back, for the reason that the market
price of creamery butter is ranging
lower now than for several years. Because
of this there has been a slight
reduction in the price of butterfat;
but notwithstanding these drawbacks,
and the additional disadvantage of the
lone drought, which has weighed so
heavily on pasturage and made milk
production more expensive, the patrons
have been standing faithfully to
the proposition and the business is
holding its own with a firmness which
under the circumstances, is little short
of remarkable.
There are among the stockholders
quite a number who think that up to
this time the creamery has done all
that could be expected and more.
They believe that the possibilities or
the enterprise have been established
beyond question, and that it only remains
to continue loyal, subscribe the
capital necessary for such Improvements
as are clearly desirable, and
that success will surely come In the
long run, and that with but a small
chance of loss or failure.
From the beginning many intelligent
observers have looked upon the
creamery as a bold experiment; but
one along very promising lines, and
most of these are able to see more
promise ahead now than they could
see when they had less information.
Of course, some are discouraged, and
disappointed. But still the sound
business view is that which was expressed
by some of the progressive,
energetic stockholders when they first
embarked on the enterprise; "As to
whether that creamery is a success or
failure depends upon us. It is going
to be Just what we make it?no more
and no less."
LOCAL LACONICS.
Death of W. S. Johnson.
Mr. W. S. Johnson, brother of Mr.
J. E. Johnson of Yorkville, died at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Neal at Newport,
Tuesday at noon, after an illness
of several months from a complication
of diseases, and was buried at Ebenezer,
Wednesday. Mr. Johnson was in
the 28th year of his age, was a native
of Lancaster county, and for two or
three years was assistant superintendent
of the Neely mill.
Death of Mrs. Dorcas A. Johnston.
Mrs. Dorcas A. Johnston, of Rock Hill,
died last Wednesday morning about 7
o'clock, after having been sick for
some time. Mrs. Johnston before
marriage was Miss Dorcas A. Luckey
of Mecklenburg county, North Carolina,
having been born near Charlotte
on August 12, 1831, and would have
been 80 years of age had she lived until
August 21 next. She graduated
from Salem academy in 1850 and in
May, 1852, was married to Dr. Thos.
Lt. Johnston. In 1870 Dr. Johnston and
family moved to Rock Hill, and h> 'led
there in 1878. Mrs. Johnston leaves
three children, all of whom are residents
of Rock Hill, namely: T. L.
Johnston, president of the People's
National bank, and Mesdames David
and W. C. Hutchison. Mrs. Johnston
was a consistent member of the First
Presbyterian church, and was held in
the highest esteem by the people
among whom she spent her long and
useful life.
Drowned In the Catawba.
Rock Hill Record: Before the eyes of
nearly half a hundred Sunday school
picnickers and within an arm's length
of friends who vainly sought to save
him, Mr. Earle Rock, 18-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Rock, sank for
the third time in the waters of the river
Wednesday afternoon at 2.15 o'clock
and was drowned. The accident occurred
about 200 yards above the Rozzelle
Ferry bridge fourteen miles from
Charlotte. After unceasing efforts had
been made for a period of two hours
the body was recovered at 4.20 o'clock
from an invisible hole 20 feet in depth.
There was practically no hope of effecting
a resuscitation then after the
lapse of so long a time. Nevertheless
under the direction of Dr. B. C. Boyette,
a dozen men labored by turns in
an effort to estuhlish artificial respiration.
This was continued until 5
o'clock, or for about 40 minutes. Yesterday
morning his parents urged him
not to go into the river, but it is probable
that before leaving home he won
their consent, provided he entered
nothing but shallow water. It is said
that young Rock could not swim.
Rock Hill to Chester.
Chester special of July 19: Rock
Hill and Chester will unite in a picnic
somewhere near Lewis on August 3
in an effort to bring the advantages
of building a high vuy between the two
cities home to the people of the two
counties. This matter was decided
on at a conference between committees
from the Rock Hill Chamber of
Commerce and the Chester Commer
cial club at a Joint meeting Tuesday K
afternoon at Lewis. Rock Hill was g
represented by Secretary Creighton, J. b
Edgar Poag, Reid and R. M. London, tl
while Secretary M. L. Marion, Mayor s
J. M. Wise, Alderman J. B. Westbrook 1
and Robert Gage represented Chester, it
A. H. Wherry and Claud Ratterree tl
were present, representing the people e
of the neighborhood. At the confer- n
once it was decided to hold a good E
roads picnic and rally on August 3, the s
picnic to be held on the line between E
Chester and York counties, and a lo- ii
cal committee, consisting of A. H. n
Wherry and Claud Ratterree, was ap- tl
pointed to make arrangements for the d
dinner. Secretary Creighton of the E
Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce was h
instructed to secure some good roads ?.
advocate, and it is understood that he a
will Invite Dr. Clarence Owens, South- a
ern Commercial congress at Washing- g
ton. Secretary M. L. Marion of the h
Chester Commercial club was likewise si
instructed to secure some good roads t<
speakers, and he will invite Dr. Hyde
Pratt of North Carolina, and Prof, a
Holmes of the South Carolina unlver- II
sity. The object of the good roads a
rally is to work up the people to the ti
necessity of building a modern high- ii
way between Rock Hill and Chester si
and to talk good roads in general. The Ii
plan is to secure the co- iperation of ii
not only the people of the two cities, ci
but every landowner and resident v
along the road, and It is believed that ti
by getting all united the road can be w
built. ti
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RUINOUS CROP ESTIMATE8.
P
Seems as If Their Only Purpose Is to v
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Depress Prices. c
Senator E. D. Smith of South Caro- Z
Una on yesterday, says the Washington Z
correspondent of the Columbia State, tl
discovered by chance that Secretary E
Wilson is apparently no more cogniz- P
ant of what is going on in the depart- E
ment of agriculture than the man in o
the moon. c
When Senator Smith called at the t!
department to ask about the prelim- h
inary cotton report, issued July 3, the tl
most astonished man in Washington h
was Mr. Wilson. S
He did not know that such a report p
had been issued. h
But the story Is best told In the d
words of Senator Smith, who said to- w
day: t<
"July 3, a statement of the condition ti
of the cotton crop was Issued from e
the department of agriculture putting si
tho nnnHIHrtn at 8ft 9. npr pAiit nf rinr- 7
mal as compared with a ten year aver- si
age of 80 per cent. Also that the 1<
acreage of cotton was about 35.000,- e
000 acres. To quote the exact langu- a
age of the alleged report In this respect, A
it says: 'The report shows condition v
of the crop to be higher than on any h
corresponding date in the last ten c
years. A month ago the general con- 7
ditlon was 8.5 per cent above the ten- f
year average. Today It Is 10.3 per tl
cent above the ten-year average. The n
acreage of cotton this year Is about G
35,000,000; allowing for the average S
amount of abandonment, about 1,000,- b
000 acres, the indications are that ap- b
proximately 34,000,000 acres of cotton v
will be harvested. The condition indl- p
cates a probable yield of 202.8 pounds w
per acre, which on 34,000,000 acres, t
would mean 6,895,000,000 pounds, or p
about 14,425,000 balea'
"This being the first estimate of the |
kind, and realizing Its immense value tl
to the speculator and gambler. I be- |j
lieved that there was some mistake c
somewhere, for It makes no difference e
as to the fact that this Is a mere guess. e
Coming as It is alleged to have done, c
from the agricultural department, it p
carried with it official sanction, official w
weight, and therefore was calculated c
tcr have vastly, more effect upon the g
market tnan any private guess couia 0
have. I therefore this morning Inter- p
viewed Secretary Wilson In person. He s
Informed me that this estimate was fj
without his knowledge or sanction, f
without the sanction of law and that a
on account of the many influences that ti
are likely to occur affecting the final k
yield of the crop, It was foolishness c
for any one to attempt to forecast the h
yield at this date; that if this did come b
from any of his divisions, that It was b
the first time and the last time It n
would o cur. p
"Of course, the damge to a large ex- o
tent has been done. That Is, Its effect h
on the price of cotton has already ci
been felt, but It Is due to the public, b
the cotton growers and the legitimate tl
cotton dealers to know that the agri- J
cultural department does not lend Its tl
sanction to the alleged estimate. p
"As an Illustration of the absurdity ci
of an attempt to make a guess now, 11
in 1908 we had 32,344,000 acres and e
made 13.432,000 bales. In 1910 we b
had 32,403,000 acres and made 11,- tl
565,000 bales. In 1906 we had 31.374,- h
000 acres and made 13,305,000 bales. r<
In 1907 we had 31,311,000 acres and S
made 11,325,000 bales. it
"Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ar- ti
kansas, Mississippi and Alabama are w
Infested with the weevil. This pest Is
begins Its ravages about the 15th of b
July. The extent of Its ravages Is o
largely dependent upon the condition f<
of the weather. If there Is an excess tl
of rain, the damage by the weevil Is a
greatly increased. If there Is not an tl
excess of rain, the damage is lessened, d
Already complaints are coming from tl
these sections of too much rain. This b
factor, together with many others that fi
the cotton trade Is familiar with, rr
makes It Impossible to foretell what e:
the ultimate yield may be. And I am tl
extremely gratified to know from the \
secretary in person to me. that this p
dangerous and absurd preliminary es- tl
tlmate will not be made again." 8<
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. tl
? Orangeburg, July 17: The Rowesville
Oil mill was sold this morning, u
according to notice of sale, by George
V. Zelgler, one of the directors, at e
the eniirt hmisp The entire nlant and n
equipment was sold and the property n
brought $25,000, that amount having
been bid by Raysor & Summers, at- s:
torneys. d
? Columbia State: "I am thorough- ?
ly in sympathy with the proposal of ?
W. B. Oliver, the assistant secretary c
of war, to enlist the aid of the gov- "
ernors of the several states in developing
the military training of the pupils *
of the high schools of the country," "
said VV. W. Moore, adjutant general, ?
yesterday. Attention was called by the
adjutant general to a dispatch from f:
Washington announcing that the assistant
secretary of war had addressed
a circular letter to the governors
of the various states of the United *
States inviting their attention to the
enactment by the California legisla- j*
ture of a law providing for the organ- .
ization of companies and battalions of :j
high school boys who are to be armed *
with Krag rifles and trained by com- .
petent instructors detailed from the "
regular army. In his letter Secretary ,
Oliver made a strong plea for such .
state legislation. The passage of such
a law, in the opinion of the adjutant
general, would create a strong second (
military reserve, and would ultimately
Increase the efficiency of the na- n
tional guard. w(
? Columbia State, July 21: "The a]
evidence does not produce a clear con- b
viction of moral fraud, and the court jr
will not Inflict the penalty of suspen- tl
sion or disbarment. Some less penal- r<
ty must be imposed. The mere ex- \
pression of the opinion of this court tl
that a member of the bar in even a y,
single instance has fallen below the ^
ethical standards of the profession is
in itself a serious penalty, and we w
think none greater should be inflicted g]
in this instance." This is the decision ti
of the supreme court of South Carolina e)
in the case of Philip H. Gadsden, the ei
Charleston attorney who asked the w
court to review his conduct with ref- ti
nrprif?p in thp T aiitpiipp patafp ra.qp u.
The estate was valued at about $300,- tl
000. The opinion is by Associate ti
Justice Woods and the case is review- hi
ed in full. The matter to be decided n
by the court was whether Philip H. st
Gadsden was guilty of such false rep- ei
resentations or other misconduct in hi
procuring from Miss Mary Lawrence tf
an assignment of her interest in the r;
estate of Joseph S. Lawrence to Mrs. j|
R. Charlotte Lawrence as would war- v|
rant the court to strike him from the
roll of attorneys or to inflict any other |n
penalty. 1 (
? A man named Samuel N. Hyde, m
killed his wife, her father, M. V. Beas- to
ley, and seriously wounded her sister of
Willie, in Anderson last Tuesday morn- ci
ing. After the killing, Hyde surren- of
dered to the sheriff and told all about th
it. He said that because of the in- dc
fluenoe of her father, his wife would h?
not live with him. He loved his wife, to
he said and determined to kill her, ti<
[e went to his father-in-law's house,
ained admittance, found his wife in
ed, and commenced firing. He fired
hree shots into her heart and two
hots then went wild, wounding his
5-year-old sister-in-law. Mr. Beasjy
came into the room to see what
he shooting was about and Hyde turnd
his weapon on him, killing him al- 1
mst instantly. After the shooting
lyde hid in a corn field until the
heriff arrived, when he surrendered,
ie confessed that his reason for hid- 1
lg was fear of a lynching bee. Hyde
larried after serving an enlistment in 1
he United States army. He would get
runk from time to time and Mr.
leasley would bring his daughter
ome. After one of these drunks,
iyde joined the army again; but manned
to get a discharge after serving
year, and shortly after his return
ot drunk again, with the result that 1
Is wife went back to her father's. He '
ays that he is now perfectly satisfied
} die.
? The Walterboro Press and Stand
rd prints the following story of a
vely time in Walterboro on Monday
t a trial in which L. H. Zelgler, capiln
of the county chaingang, was beig
tried for breaking up a religious
srvlce several weeks ago by attemptig
to horsewhip the minister. "Endig
in a free-for-all fight, the Zelgler
ase was again continued Monday, at
rhich time an attempt was made to
ry it before Judge Chaplin. There
'as a skirmish between the lawyers as
o whether or not jurisdiction had
een transferred by Magistrate Bryan
o Magistrate Chaplin, and about the
Ime the arguments were in on this
olnt, L. H. Zelgler, applied a very
lie epithet to S. N. Hlott one of
he officers of the church and a proseutlng
witness. Mr. Hiott went for
elgler. It seems that Hiott knocked
ieigler down and grot on him. Soon
here was a general mix-up in which
irrett Hiott. a brother of S. N... A.
I. Herndon, Willie Zelgler, 'Uncle
)uffle* Hlers. Paul Herndon and some
there engaged. The result of this enounter
was a few bruised faces and
he continuance of the case. Not satjfled
with the accomplishments of
his place, Zelgler went up town to
unt the editor of the Press and
tandard, who had incurred his disleasure
by publishing the fact that he
ad broken up a religious service. He
id not have far to go, as the editor
:as at Glover's corner. Zelgler began
a abuse the editor and state that ceraln
facts published were not true. The
ditor explained to Zeigler that the
tory was obtained from himself. This
ielgler characterized as a lie, and was
truck by the editor. A fisticuff follwed,
in which the editor landed sevral
blows. Zeigler jumped back and
ttempted to draw his pistol. Jos. M.
loorer and Capt. H. D. Padgett, who
,'ere standing near, took It away from
im and, friends intervening, the
ombatants were separated. Later,
leigler, reinforced by some of his
rlends, was making his way toward
lie Press and Standard office and had
eached the Wltsell store. Claude A.
(raves, foreman of the Press and
standard, came up, and having
een told that the editor had
een 'ganged' did not stop to reason
/hy, but waded right Ih. The first
erson to get In his way was Zelgler.
ho was knocked backward against
he brick wall of the store, having a
retty bad gash cut In his head."
? Spartanburg, Journal, Wednesday:
Tr. Turner, in charge of the local stalon
of the bureau of entomology of
lie United States department of agriulture,
Wednesday afternoon lnspectd
a number of trees which were elthr
dead or dying. These trees are loated
on the farm of J. F. and Brian
loyd, near Drayton mills. The trees
re re found to be dead or in a dying
ondltlon and the government experts
tate that the cause of the condition
f this timber Is the invasion of the
ine tree beetle the insect that this
tation was located here in order to
ght. The beetles as found on the
loyd farm were very bad and have
lready caused the death of numerous
rees. It was in what the experts
nown is the second generation. Speimens
of the bark of the trees showig
the work of the beetle were
rought to the headquarters of the
ureau, which are located in the Kenedy
block. These government exerts
are desirous to have all owners
iff thees on their farms report such
ases to them, and efforts to light the
eetle successfully and to give scien[flc
advice will be made. As the
ournal has stated before, to fight the
breatened outbreak of the southern
ine beetle, a bark boring insect, which
aused enormous damage to healthy,
vlng timber in the Virginias in the
arly '90's,'and which has recently
een reported in different sections of
be south, a forest insect field station
as been established here by the bueau
of entomology of the United
tates department of agriculture. It
i feared that unless measures are
iken for the control of this insect it 1
rill cause the loss of millions of dolira
worth of pine, and the station has
een established here for the purpose
f securing first hand information and
jr giving direct free instruction to
Imber owners on the most economical
nd effectual methods of controlling
be beetle. The bureau's experts have
iscovered methods by which the bee!e
can be controlled in some cases
y the profitable utilization of the in?cted
timber and in all cases at a
loderate direct expense. Timber ownrs
should communicate either with
be station here or the bureau at
Vashington. Recognizing the imortance
of concerted action and that
be danger Is common to the whole
outh, the Southern railway is eneavoring
to call the attention of timer
owners throughout the south to
be activity of the bureau In this matsr,
in the belief that its interest is
lentical with theirs.
? The State, Thursday: The hosiry
mill at the state penitentiary will
ot be abolished. The executive comllttee
of the state board of health in
ession yesterday came to the conclulon
that the board has no right to orer
the board of directors of the pris
n to abolish the mill, but that the
oard could act only in an advisory !
apacity. This announcement was :
lade following a conference with At
arney General Lyon. The attorney
eneral discussed with the board the
'gal questions involved and gave the
pinion that the board of health is the
ale adviser on all questions involving
ublic health. A written opinion will
iter be sent to the board by the atarney
general. The board of dlrecars
of the prison several days ago reused
to abolish the mill after considring
a letter from Gov. Blease detanding
this action. The chief exec- !
tive had already addressed a letter '
a Dr. Robert Wilson, Jr., of Charlesan,
the chairman of the state board
f health, in which he asked for a
tatement as to the right of the board
a take this step. The meeting yesteray
was for the purpose of considerlg
the letter from the governor. Sev-al
weeks ago the board of health
lade report on the sanitary condition
f the penitentiary. In this report it <
as recommended that the hosiery '
llll be abolished, that a new building ,
e erected for the women prisoners j
nd that a new sanitary arrangement .
e provided for the main prison build- s
ig. Little was said concerning any of ,
le recommendations except that with j
jference to the hosiery mill. Dr. J. (
. Hayne, the state health officer, and i
le secretary of the board of health,
esterday said that in his opinion too (
luch stress had been laid on the hos- .
ry mill recommendation while there x
ere other recommendations of a3 ?
real importance. In the report of j
le directors of the prison it was stat- j
1 that all recommendations with ref
rence to improvements at the prison
ould be carried out as soon as prac- ,
cable. A second letter was addressed
y the governor to Solicitor Cobb of ,
lis circuit asking that he bring ac- j
on to abate the hosiery mill, which .
e termed as a public or "common (
uisance." Solicitor Cobb had no <
atement to make yesterday with ref- J
ence to the letter. He said that he f
ad not investigated the matter. At (
ie conference yesterday Attorney (
eneral Lyon called attention to sec- r
on 1085 of the statute, which pro- .
des that the state board of health ?
tall be sole adviser on all questions
?lia miKII/t ViaaltK Uantlnn
)18 provides that the board shall
ake Inspection as often as necessary C
determine the sanitary conditions s
all institutions provided as state r
larities or supported at the expense p
' the state. It was pointed out by t
e attorney general that the statute t
?es not give power to the board of 1
?alth to require the board of dlrec- v
rs to adopt the advice or sugges- p
ins. li
PRIZES FOR FARMER8.
Railroad Encouragamant of Fall Exposition.
Several thousand dollars In prlzea
will be offered by the railways of the
south for the best farm products to be
shown at the American Land and Irrigation
exposition to be held in Madison
Square Garden, New York, from
November 3 to 12. The prizes will be
offered to the farmers of the south and
all others interested in southern agricultural
development.
The following announcement as to
prizes offered has been made by the ^??
Southern railway:
Cotton: One thousand dollar cup for
the best short staple cotton giving the
largest yield per acre. The sample
shoiild consist of three pounds of short
Btaple' cotton properly wrapped in
compact form, with accompanying
smaller quantity of loose cotton protected
by cloth wrapper. The yield
per acre (officially surveyed) must be
sworn 10 Dy me grower auu aneaiea
by two reputable witnesses. Character
and strength as well as length of
staple and ginning are to be taken into
consideration by the Judges making
this award.
Apples: Prize of (600 in gold for the
best 25 boxes of apples?any variety
or varieties, a single variety to the box
?competition open to the world.
Corn: One thousand dollar cup for
the best corn grown In the United
States. Thirty ears to be exhibited
(any Indian corn), productiveness,
bread type, chemical composition for
food values and general appearance
are the main points.
Alfalfa: One thousand dollar cup
for the best alfalfa exhibit, rules to be
announced by the exposition management
later.
Potatoes: One thousand dollar cup
for the best exhibit of late commercial
potatoes?a half bushel is all that is
necessary of each variety?grown in
the United States in 1911. Only the
better varieties of table potatoes will
be considered. Productivity, edibility
and appearance will be the principal
points. Potatoes must be smooth and
of a uniform size. Yield per acre
sworn and attested by official surveyor
and reputable witness.
Wheat: One thousand dollar prize
silver cup for the best 100 pounds of
wheat grown In the United States In
1911. Any grower in the United States
can compete for this cup. The conditions
are:
The facts asked must be sworn to
and attested by two witnesses. Wheat
must be exhibited by actual grower.
Xiciu |/ci act c, ?cuciai ?nw ??<u
weight, trueness to variety, and type,
method of preparation of land, what
crops grew on the lands for three years
previous, date of sowing and method,
amount of seed sown, date of harvest
nig arc vuiiuniuiio umi itim ^WTVI u>
Wheat: One thousand dollars In
gold for the best 100 pounds of hard
red, snrlng or winter wheat, raised by
any farmer in North or South America.
Oats: One thousand dollar prize
cup for the best 100 pounds of white
oats raised in the United States.
Quality, weight, yield per acre, purity,
freedom from smut, weed seed and
mixture will be considered.
GOV. BLEA8E 18 0PP08E0.
Doesn't Believe In Eduoating Boys In
8?ience of War.
Governor Blease, says the Columbia
Record of yesterday, does not by any
means agree with Adjutant General
Moore, in the letter's opinion that it
would be a good thing for this state
to adopt the California plan of organizing
high school students into military
companies of forty men each and
drilling them with Krag-Jorgensen rifles.
Adjutant General Moore told reporters
the other day that he "heartily
approved" the suggestlQn of Mr.
Robert Shaw Oliver, acting assistant
secretary of war, that other states
adopt the California system.
In transmitting Mr. Oliver's letter.
Adjutant General Moore wrote to Gov.
Blease In part as follows: "I heartily
concur in the suggestions offered and
also aoDrove of most of the sections
Incorporated in this (California) act,
but I feel satisfied that in order to
have a similar act passed by the legislature
of this state It will be necessary
for the war department to provide at
least the arms and equipment necessary
without cost to thin state, together
with the assignment of an officer
from the regular army or from the retired
list for instruction and supervision
of such schools as may come under
the provisions of this act."
Governor Blease addressed to Mr. .
Oliver Thursday a letter In which toe
presents In plain' terms his views,
which differ radically from those of
Adjutant General Moore.
The governor's letter follows:
Hon. Robert Shaw Oliver,
Acting Secretary of War and President
of Board for Promotion of Rifle
Practice, Washington, D. C.
Sir:?Your letter of July 13th,
transmitted to me July 19th, by AdjGen.
W. W. Moore, received. In reply
I beg leave to say that I cannot concur
with the adjutant general of my
state In approving your Dill.
In the first place I do not believe
this country is in danger of any serious
war, now or hereafter, as I think
arbitration is more 'humane than war
and that by peace conferences differences
between countries will be settled
without bloodshed.
I do not believe In educating every
boy that he has to shoot somebody.
They have enough of that in them already.
Furthermore, our state has
not the money to make the appropri atlon
necessary to carry out this bill.
However, my most serious objection
to your bill is that I am unalterably
opposed to arming negro school children
with rifles and ammunition. Our
state has trouble enough with Federal
bayonets in the hands of negroes and
their allies. It was only a few years
ago that our adjutant general disbanded
all the negro companies of
the state militia, for which he had my
most hearty approval.
The white schools of our state, under
the provisions of your bill, requiring
forty or more students fourteen
years of age or over, would be at a
disadvantage, because in the white
schools there are sometimes not as
many as forty students and they generally
cease to go about the age of
nineteen, while In the negro schools
there are nearly always forty and they
range In age from five to thirty. Consequently,
in my opinion, the bill you
propose would be disadvantageous to
the people of my state. Therefore I
?annot recommend the passage of
*uch a bill, and if passed would be
compelled to veto It.
Very respectfully,
COLE L. BLEASE.
Governor.
Columbia, July 20.
? Columbia State, Thursday: Two
packages of currency, containing over
(500, shipped to Boykin station, which
is ten miles below Camden on the
Southern railway, were stolen TuesJay
from the office of the Southern
Express company at that place. The
noney was sent to pay off the guards
it the state farm. D. J. Griffith, the
superintendent of the state penitentia*y.
yesterday confirmed the rumor.
Detectives of the Southern Express
company spent yesterday at Boykin
jut no arrests have been made yet.
\ccording to a dispatch from Camlen,
E. F. Ballard, the depot and Excess
agent, received the money on the
lorthbound train shortly after noon on
ruesday. He said that several farm
aborers were the only persons to see
lim get the package. At 2 o'clock Mr.
Ballard went to dinner at the home
>f Henry Boykins, about one-half mile
'rom the station. He left the money
n his coat, as he had no safe to nut
t in. Upon his return to the station
le missed the money and immediately
elegraphed the express officials in
Charlotte and Columbia. Detective
3myrl went to Boy kin from Camden,
Messrs. Coley, York, Sadler and oth>r
officials of the Southern Express
;ompany have been sent to Boykin,
nvestigating the robbery. No infornation
as to the robbery could be obained
from local Southern Express
ompany officials.
? Gaffney, July 18: The drought in
Cherokee county, which has lasted
ince April 12, was broken on Sunday
ilght when a good rain, which is relorted
to be general, fell. The rain
tegan Just after dark and lasted
hrough the better part of the night.
?he conditions here have been somewhat
alarming and even now the crop
trospect for Cherokee in most parts
s exceedingly poor.