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Scraps and ?act$. ? In indorsing the plan proposed by Governor Colquitt of Texas to call a meeting of southern governors and representative men of the cotton belt to devise a method of checking the decline in the price of raw cotton, W. B. Thompson, president of the New Orleans cotton exchange, said that the south should rally to the call. "The way the cotton producers of the south are now throwing the staple upon the market is commercial suicide," said Mr, Thompson. "It is by no means certain that the cotton crop will be as large as many have predicted it will be. A great deal can happen between now and the time the crop is harvested. It is a pity that cotton should be selling in the country for 9 cents a pound. Because of the increased cost of living, the planter is not receiving a penny more than he did several years ago when cotton was 6 cents a pound. I hope they will awaken to the situation that confronts them. If thev will onlv hold back their cotton and let It go gradually prices will immediately begin to soar." ? The following facts and figures give an approximate idea of the magnitude of the McXamara trial, which began last Wednesday at Los Angeles, California, before Judge Walter Bordwell: Number of witnesses to be called by the prosecution, 425; number of witnesses who will probably be called by the defense, 135; number of lawyers who will appear in the court room for the defense and the prosecution, 10; number of lawyers associated with the defense and prosecution who will not appear in the court room, 40; number of detectives employed by the defense and prosecution, 600; length of time estimated for the first trial, 180 days; estimated number of words which will be contained in official transcript of the case, 7,200,000; approximate expense to the defense and prosecution, $2,000,000; number of states where witnesses will be secured, 15; number of correspondents who will report the trial, 64; number of spectators who may secure daily entrance to the court room, 74; number of experts who will be called as witnesses, 425. ? Those who oppose the acceptance of a silver tray bearing the figure of Brigham Young and the Mormon temple at Salt Lake City, made for tl)e battleship Utah, had another tray manufactured with the Mormon pictures omitted and now offer it to the secretary of the navy as a substitute. Mrs. Erna von Owen, chairman of the committee opposed to the acceptance of the Mormon tray, went to Washington Wednesday in the interest of the movement, and made public a letter sent to Secretary Meyer. In this letter the committee says: "We beg of you to bear in mind that while the presentation of the silver service to the battleship Utah may be a state affair, the acceptance of It is a national affair- that the United States battleship Utah does not belong to the state of Utah but to the United States." The proposed substitute tray is facsimile of the original Mormon design, except that in place of Brigham Young and the Mormon temple it bears the figure of a woman typifying Utah. ? Mexico City, Oct. 11: Determined to know just why he Mexican government paid Gustavo Madero, a brother of the president-elect, <42,195 pesos, and what it has cost to muster out the revolutionary forces, the chamber of deputies tonight called upon President de la Barra for an accounting. At other times the chamber has availed itself of ita right to interpolate a cabinet officer and on one occasion Senor de la Barra, the head of the foreign office, but this is the first time in the history of the country that the deputies have claimed the right to issue a citation for the prepK dent. The deputies were discussing the new electoral laur when a^aeputy from the state oC Vara Crux asked and received permission to introduce his measure. It was adopted 30 to 60. At the time the money was paid Gus2ft tavo Madero several months ago it wag explained that it was to reim\ burse nim for expenditures made for th* cause of the revolution. It appears w?at his claim was not submitted to I the commission appointed to consider such bills. ?* Tripoli, October 10: The Turks apparently do not intend to abandon Tripoli to the Italians without a further determined resistance. For several days bands of horsemen have been reconnoitering in the vicinity of the Italian posts. At 1 o'clock this morning a force of about 3,000 Turks with field guns was discovered advancing in two columns, with the evident intention of recapturing the town. A large body of natives marched with the troops and presented a formidable array. The Italian commander, however, had an intimation that such an attempt would probably be made and the Turks were met with a heavy artillery and rifle fire, to which they replied with equal energy. It was moonlight, and the fleet turned the search lights on the contending forces. When the engagement was at its height the battleships and cruisers joined in with their smaller batteries, directing the shells to cover the Italian front and flank. For more than an hour the firing on shore was continued, but about 2 o'clock it slackened and finally ceased. The Turks retired in good order, although it is reported they suffered heavy loss. The Italian casualties were slight. The fleet pursued the retreating Turks with a heavy shell fire until 6 o'clock. ? That circumstantial evidence sometimes causes innocent persons to suffer for the crimes of others was proved at New Roads, La, last Monday, by the arrest of William Brown on the charge of killing George Hansom, a pressman of that city, four years ago, following what was thought to be at the time a death-bed confession. Following the killing, Henry High, an electrician, was arrested, as he and Hansom had both been showering attention upon the woman at whose home the killing took place, and he was seen in the neighborhood on the night of the crime. At High's first trial the jury disagreed. High was later convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to ten years. The supreme court held he was entitled to a new trial, but the court officials, after he had spent several months in jail, turned him out and his case never came up again. High missed a verdict of capital punishment by one vote In the jury box, the obstinate juror holding out for manslaughter. Sheriff Brown on Monday received a letter from the state penitentiary, where Brown had been a guard. Brown had fallen ill, and thinking he was about to die, confessed that he killed Hansom because of a girl in the neighborhood. Brown said he was glad High had escaped punishment. He is expected to recover, in which case he will be tried for the killing. ? Washington, October 10: An order for the reconsidering of the perplexing questions: "What is beer?" "What is vinegar?" and "What is a soft drink?" was passed this afternoon by the board of food and drug inspection, at a meeting held in the office of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry and chairman of the board. These three pure food problems have been under consideration for nearly two years, but members of the board have been unable to agree. The retirement of Solicitor George P. McCabe and the tem"porary absence of Dr. F. L. Dunlap from the board, leaves Dr. Wiley and Dr. R. E. Doolittle, the new member, prepared to take immediate action to settle the long-standing controversies. Vinegar will be the first subject considered by the board. Long hearings were recently held on the subject of pure beer; and hearings have been had on both the vinegar and soft drinks Investigations. It is the contention of Dr. Wiley that pure vinegar should be made only from cider, and that vinegars made from malt, sugar, molasses, wine and other ingredients should not be branded as pure vinegar. It is understood that Dr. Doolittle, who is the "vinegar expert" of the department of agriculture, holds a similar view, and that the board of food and drug inspection is likely to make a ruling soon in line with Dr. Wiley's views. There will be no more hearings on any of the three subjects. Dr. Wiley stated today that hearings and investigations have been sufficiently thorough to develop all material facts and that it remains only for the board to examine the evidence and make its rulings. This has been impossible in the past because of the disagreement between the three members. Action against soft drinks sold at soda fountains can apply only to the drinks as they are shipped in interstate commerce. The government police power will give Dr. Wiley opj portunlty, however, to enforce his rul[ ings in Washington city by confiscating impure drinks at the local soda fountains. "The pure soft drink should contain only a pure fruit extract, sugar, spice and pure water," said Dr. Wiley. "If I had my way no other soft drinks would be permitted in the market. The health of children should not be endangered by the artificial sweeteners, coloring matter and flavors that are sometimes used and the public should be protected against the caffein and 'dope' that finds its way into many of the drinks." jthf ^(orkrillc (Bnquirrr. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.t FRIDAY. OCTOBER 13, 1911. Woman suffrage would help the situation in South Carolina. But there is one very gratifying fact to consider and that is that the corn and meat accounts are not so heavy this fall as they once were. The jury that held the Inquest over Willis Jackson returned a verdict which says that the negro came to his death at the hands of parties unknown. James J. Hill, the railroad king, says that there is right ahead of this country better times than it has ever seen and we believe it. There is no reason why it should be otherwise. If China, the oldest empire in the world, should become a republic, it would seem that the days of monarchial government are Indeed being numbered. Really it looks that way, anyhow. Col. Pope Brown, Prohibition candidate for governor of Georgia, makes the statement that responsible representatives of whisky houses have of fered him I100.0W to incorporate a local option plank in his platform. In grain, graaa, cover and forage crop* thftre la Independence and wealth. Ten years ago this kind of talk would have been suggestive of a dream, but now many are beginning to appreciate it as a wideawake truth. -yWe do not think there is any good reason to doubt that the present low price of cotton is due more to the influence of the gamblers than to the operation of the laws of supply and demand, and we believe also that much of the present crop will be sold for 12 cents and over. The war that Judge DeVore started on vagrancy a few years ago is still going on throughout the state; but notwithstanding all the law on the subject to be found in the statutes, it is being developed that very little of that law is enforclble. If it is a fact that W. R. Hearst has linked up with Champ Clark, and Wall Street with Harmon, it does not mata a WnA/lrAtw Wllonri ICI II1UL11 DU 1UII5 CM t? wuivn if uwvu remains the unfettered apostle of pure, undefiled Democracy. Wilson is the man who comes nearest to reflecting the real hopes of the people. Returns from the constitutional amendment election in California last Tuesday, show the adoption of the initiative and referendum and of the recall of judges by an overwhelming majority, and indicate also that woman suifrage is hereafter to be a part of the fundamental law. The feeling that cotton futures are going up as if attached to a balloon, is growing strong throughout the south, and the sharpers of Wall Street are hugging themselves over the prospect of the lamb shearing they are going to have later on. Lewis W. Parker, the largest cotton manufacturer in South Carolina, takes the position that the Democratic partyis right in its effort to reduce the tariff on the cotton schedule. We are frank to say that we do not fully understand the probable effect of such a reduction; but it seems to us that if a man of Mr. Parker's experience and position can endorse the proposition the rest of us ought to be able to stand it. As to whether Hyde, Hughes or Grace will be elected mayor of Charleston, we do not know. We believe Hyde is the best man, and would like to see him elected; but as we did not note our name in the re ntly published club roll, we have no reason to anticipate that our suffrage will figure. However much we would prefer Hyde to the others, if it be a matter of a dishonest election or the choice of some other candidate, we hope that some other candidate will be chosen. Is it not strange how the gambling sharks in Wall Street are able to pull the wool over the eyes of honest men and make them concede that wan Street gambling is legitimate? Those fellows who take millions out of the crops by manipulation are held in far higher esteem by the lawmakers than are the people who toil and perspire to produce those crops. And the people who do the work go ulong and accept it all without a murmur. It used to be that they could not convict a man of murder in any degree in Lancaster county, even if he would confess assassination. There were those who said the reason was because it was almost impossible to get Up a jury of twelve men that did not include at least one man who had either been tried for his life himself or who had gone through the ordeal with a near relative. Hut conditions are changing, it seems. In the case of J. C. Watts, charged with murdering C. C. Falle, the jury on Wednesday found a verdict of guilty of murder with a recommendation to the mercy of the court, and although the state was unable to make out a good ease of guilt against Jim Clark. colored, charged with killing a woman of his own race, the jury brought in a verdict of guilty of carrying concealed weapons and Judge Watts Imposed a fine of $50. At the annual convention of the National Association of Railroad Commissioners in Washington this week, there came up a proposition to the effect that there is no reason why the railroads should not be carrying express matter themselves instead of leaving it to the express companies. A resolution was offered providing that legislation be asked for to abolish the express companies; but no action was taken. It seems to us that this suggestion is along the right line. The ex press company looks to us Ilk? an unnecessary parasite, and the railroads could just as well do the business on their own account and at less expense to the people who pay the freight. Columbia, October 12.?The sheriffs of Anderson and Greenville counties and their deputies from whom the negro Willis Jackson was taken in Greenville county and lynched in Anderson county, may find themselves in a serious predicament if the attorney general or solicitor desires to institute prosecutions. Any officer from whom a prisoner is taken by a mob is liable, under the constitution, to be prosecuted for a misdemeanor and, if convicted, to be deposed from office. It is made the duty of the solicitor to institute the prosecution. Further, the county in which a lynching occurs is liable for damages to the legal representatives of the person lynched and the county may recover the sum from the persons taking part in the lynching. Yes. that is the law; but up to this time it has not been enforced, and it is not going to be enforced now. The death of Judge Klugh is announced with sorrow and regret. He was a Christian gentleman, and an able, conscientious arid just judge. The only objection that has ever been urged against him has been in the sessions side of the circuit court, Many considered that his sentences were ridiculously mild. Where some of the other judges would My two years, Judge Klugh would say todays. He was never excessive In the punishment meted out And perhaps this was not altogether wrong, because above all else he desired to be just, and could not bring himself to be harsh with the weak while he realized that still worse offenders, who are stronger, are allowed to go free. Judge Klugh was a just Judge and a Christian. Mrs. H. W. Richardson of the Wade Hampton chapter, U. D. C., is writing the editors of the state asking co-operatlon in getting up authentic information as to Red Shirt history: We would be very glad to be of assistance; but with so many different versions, we really do not see how the wheat is going to be picked from the chaff. It might be well to take a short cut and turn the whole matter over to Clerk Brooks, who was in Mississippi at the time; but who speaks ex-cathedra on the subject all the same, notwithstanding the record of contemporary* newspapers to the contrary. However, any one who desires to examine the files of The Yorkvllle Enquirer for 1876 and 1878 is welcome to do so. By examination or tne nies of The Enquirer and other papers of those days, it will be found that after all there were very few Red Shirts until 1878. The idea started In 1876, it is true; but the Red Shirts were not even a distinguishing feature of that campaign. There was nothing brave, generous or virtuous about the murder of that negro at Honea Path Tuesday night. That the negro was deserving of death there is no question, and neither is there any question of the fact that he would have been put to death by due process of law and within a very short time. He would have been punished just as much as he has been, and more. If there were no legal punishment for this crime, then these lynchers would have been justified in doing what they did; but under the circumstances they have voluntarily and wantonly committed a cowardly crime and stained their souls with murder. There are thousands who applaud this crime. We know this; but very few of these thousands realize that the same people who so wantonly and ferociously murder a poor brute of a negro, with a crime like this as a pretext, would just as readily murder some white man because of some real or fancied grudge if they were not afraid. We think it would have been of more credit to the officers of Anderson and Greenville counties if, instead of running, they had stood their ground and fought?not for the negro, but for the law. Alfalfa. it is oonceded bv all the farmers everywhere who have had experience and who know most about the subject, that alfalfa is the most valuable field crop that can be grown. Alfalfa makes a complete and perfect ration for every kind of domestic animal, including poultry, and the possibilities of wealth in an alfalfa crop seem to be without limit. There is no question of the fact that the alfalfu growers of the west, where they have succeeded in getting a good, substantial footing, have very considerable advantage over cotton raisers of the south. It is true that western lands, particularly those In Texas. Oklahoma, New Mexico and other neighboring states, are better adapted to the production of alfalfa than are the lands of the south; but because this is true it is not to be understood that alfalfa cannot be profitably raised in the south. In this connection it is worth while to remember that cotton, that crop which we have all taught ourselves to believe is the crop of crops for this section, grows to greater perfection and is produced more cheaply in Texas than it is in South Carolina, and we believe that those who have been familiar with conditions for so long a time will agree with us when we say that after looking into conditions as they existed in South Carolina and in Texas, thirty years ago, a cotton expert of that day would *- 1 , .,..,.11.,., I? nil ve till \ l?t*U OUUlll v/(I1 utiua j?v v?|mv that for them to undertake to make a living growing cotton was a useless waste of time. The advice of such an expert would have been based on the fact that in Texas there is nothing to do but to plant the cotton and cultivate it a little until it gets a fair start, while in South Carolina, under conditions existing then, it would have been impossible to foresee the means whereby such crops as we are now producing could be raised. Alfalfa can be produced in South Carolina. It cannot be produced with the ease and facility that It can J be produced in Texas; but If our people will study it as they have studied cotton, they will learn how to produce it profitably, and the day will ' come when they will be able to make as good a showing of the proceeds of an acre of alfalfa us they are now * able to make of the proceeds from an acre of cotton, and that will mean J that they will be able to beat Texas raising alfalfa Just as they are now ^ Dealing Texas raising coiion. One great trouble with our people is that they dearly love to raise cotton. They would rather raise cotton, ? It seems, than to raise some other crop that would net them twice the money, and when they branch out as ^ an experiment with some other crop and fail the first season to get results equal to the results gotten by the ^ people who have had years of experience, they are too quick to throw S everything down in despair and say, "It can't be done." Alfalfa can be grown in this coun- y try. It has been profitably grown on a small scale and It can be profitably grown on a large scale; but no rea- y sonable man need expect to start in without previous knotVJedge and experience and develop into a full j fledged alfalfa producer the very first season. C Of course we have no quarrel with him who seeks to have us print advertising matter for him free of c charge. No, we have no quarrel whether this fellow be representing himself in an individual capacity or ^ whether he is representing a public or semi-public enterprise. E"en when he takes the position that the matter he represents Is one that concern? j( the Interest of the public, and that there are no funds with which to pay, we have no quarrel. When he triee to urge that there is more reason why we should bear the expense than why the expense should be borne by N him we *111 retain our food humor. But then we do not yield to such arguments often, "there Is in operation F to keep us straight, a constant reminder in the shape of a knowledge that there must be dug up about $120 every Saturday to keep this newspa- L per going, and feeling as we do that most of our duty is to the people from whom this money comes, we do not take very seriously the claims of the people who would try to get for themselves or the people they represent any part of the values created by the fund referred to without bearing their proper proportion of the burden. No, we do not consider this C1 position at all selfish. Among other 23 things there rests upon us the responsibility of being true, fair and Just to cc everybody, and the people who bear to their proportion of the expense of making this newspaper would not J)e tt fn 1 ^1t. If ^ + Vlf AMA a1_ uraicu laui^f u uiuci pcuj;ic nci^ar lowed to use the paper too freely for te their own purposes without paying. ?' cc And for a similar reason we refrain ta from doing things that we ourselves tt might desire to do; but which we cannot conscientiously do because of our 01 responsibility to others. th REVOLUTION IN CHINA. [J t Y Civil War is Reaching Great Propor- cc Hankow, China, October ll.-Mifbl- p< nese revolutionary forces have won.a decisive victory, gaining possession ;of the city of Wu Chang, after a battle id with loyal troops that began yester- in day and continued until late last night. Today the foreign residents had not jn been molested. The revolutionary n< committee issued a proclamation ex- ?* horting its followers not to harm the pI citizens of other countries. The fact that the wishes of the committee have j-1 been respected thus far, while reas- J1' suring to other nations, is in itself a t0 sinister sign for the government at pi Pekin, as it indicates that the rebel- ai lious movement is thoroughly organ- p ized. t0 Earlier outbreaks had assumed the aI character of rioting in which the mobs ?f were soon worked out of the control w' of intelligent leadership, thus making n< their defeat by the better directed ^ government troops comparatively easy. ^ The fear of the officials now is that the dissatisfaction among the troops will spread to this city, and every ef- th fort is being made to ward off this j" danger. le Five gunboats are now in tjie river ln to protect Hankow. The foreign consuls have telegraphed their govern- ac ments asking that warships be sent to the scene. American and Japanese ?* cruisers are expected here tonight. p( As another measure of precaution, Fl the merchant vessels in the harbor are keeping steam up and women and or children will be permitted to go aboard w tnem tonignt. tr Volunteers have surrounded the for- ni eign quarters and will remain on duty th during the night until the safety of la all foreigners is assured. id It appears that the revolutiona- g< ries defeated In Sze Chuen province, Hi where they for some time besieged the is capital, Ching Tu, transferred their fo chief activities to Hu Peh province, oc with the intention of making the base tli for renewed operations in Sze Chuen. hi According to officials, an uprising n< in Wu Chang was planned for last th Monday night. The plot was discov- m ered earlier that evening and thirty- w two arrests were made. Desiring to cc terrorize the revolutionists four of the te prisoners were beheaded in the streets th yesterday. This drastic action of the cc authorities does not appear to have ch had the desired effect. w Immediately after the execution, a hi portion of the government artillery O forces within the city mutinied, went in over to the rebels and the uprising tr was precipitated. w Seeing that resistance was useless to the viceroy fled the city and found ar refuge on a private yacht that was th lying in the river. His headquarters dc and those of the provincial treasurer It were burned. The military comman- M der was assassinated. a Wu Chang, with its 600,000 inhabi- ly tants, is the capital of the central m province of Wu Peh. It is just across kl the Cheng Tse river from Hankow, m and in a sense the two may be regard- pc ?'d as one city of 1,500,000. th Hankow is the greater trading cen- hi ter for all of central China, but Wu ar Chang takes precedence over It in po- al litical importance. bt The province of Hu Hepeh?a name sq which may be translated "North of Lake"?is considerably larger than ar England and Wales combined and has th a population of 35,000,000. Wu Chang dc and Hankow as great trade centers to and ports for oe?*an steamers have th both felt to a considerable extent the th influence of western civilization. Both th cities have thrown their idols into the of streets, clearing many of their tern- gc pies of priests and all emblems of pr worship to make room for public lis schools. of The movement has been purely materialistic. Its leaders stimulated by the example of Japan In adopting western methods of teaching, have been seized with the idea that edu- m cation is the one thing needed to make _r China great. The worship of Confu- w cius remains for the present in the wj schools, but observers declare that it is purely the worship of a great mem- ~ ory. Rl The more progressive element in the a? population is said to regard all rell- th gion, whether Buddhism, Christianity wl or any other as impracticable supersti- tion. The Christian missionaries, how- W ever, have been able to make consid- a\ erable headway, particularly through Di their educational work and hospitals. R. The outbreak of revolution in Wu Y< Chang can only be taken as an indi- M cation of the widespread disaffection Je throughout China. ha % LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. , B. Westbrook, Sec.?Invites the people of York county to visit the Chester county fair on . October 24-26th. There'll be many attractions, ohn W. Berry, No. 7, Yorkville?Has found an overcoat and will give it to the owner if called for. ohn T. Feemster, Yorkville No. 5? Has 150 bushels of Appier seed oats for sale at 80 cents bushel, "he Thomson Co.?Reminds you that you get the highest qualities when you shop there. Also mention a number of Items that are seasonable now. adies' Society, A. R. P. Church.?Invite the public to a bread and cake ocwc ai llie twui i uuunc luiuuuuw morning. [. G. Brown?Will appreciate information and pay for trouble in recovering "Blue," a lost hound. . M. Plexico, Sharon?Offers a nice lot of Kentucky fox hounds for sale cheap. tate Fair Asso., Columbia?Publishes its announcement as to the annual fair to be held in Columbia. See 4th page for particulars, ork Furniture Co.?Makes some pertinent remarks in' regard to heating stoves. It is here to back up its guarantee of satisfaction, orkville Hardware Co.?Wants you to buy and use a Lynchburg turnplow, the longest lasting and easiest running. It will satisfy you. , M. Stroup.?Offers Appier Seed Oats at 75c per bushel. New line enamel ware. Large lines of ladies' coat suits and sweaters, lover Drug Co.?Offers a choice variety of new fiction at net prices, and also a good selection of novels at 59 cents each. K E. Boney?Suggests that the time was when few men Insured their lives. Now most men do. Ask him why. V ork supply (jo.? reus cow owners that Sunshine dairy feed is the most economical and best feed for cows. Drag harrows, cutaway ha'rows, Vulcan tumplows. Field seeds. X* Williams 4k Co.?Enumerate a number of special articles which are offered at low prices, erndon 4k Gordon?Have 1,000 lbs. of TarbelPs cream cheese on hand. Also has many good things in the choicest of groceries, atlonal Union Bank?Says "Pay-asyou-go" is an excellent maxim. It wants your bank account and suggests that you pay by check. Irst National Bank, Yorkville. ? Points out that a good name is a valuable asset, a little money in reach is a good thing to have. Deposit with it and have money in reach. oan and Savings Bank?Explains how grain will increase if planted, and also how money grows if put with it at interest. It helps it to grow. irkpatrick-Belk Co.?Talks about suit cases, trunks, rugs, furnishings, and will accept this advertisement _ a. nr. at 40U un puantujcu upctiiicu. The Enquirer it in receipt of a copy ' the premium list of the Chester ounty Fair, to be held October 24, i and 26. There is every reason to believe that >tton seed meal and hulls are going ? be very low this fall and winter, )mparatlvely speaking, and dairymen id beef cattle feeders should govern lemselves accordingly. The Enquirer is in receipt of a lett from Beaulleu, Wimbledon Park, urrey, England, asking for a sample >py and subscription rates. This is iken to mean that the fame of a good ling extends a long ways. The folks at Sharon have decided to ganize and support an attractive lysum course, quite an ambitious undertking for so small a town; but then le size of Sharon is not to be estlated altogether according to popu.tion. There are some people over lere who in matters of this kind >unt two, three or a half dozen each. Save all trouble. Somebody has ndly sent us a bunch of notes about ?ople in Sharon and vicinity for pubmtion and although all the notes iem perfectly proper, the sender has illed to acquaint us with his or her entity, and of course the notes go to the waste basket. Of course we ant the news and we want informaon of people who are coming and gog; but we must know where the sws comes from. It is not a matter ' curiosity with us, but a matter of ecaution. An act of interest just now in South irolina is that in relation to deducons from weights or price of cotn for bagging and ties. The act ovides that it shall be unlawful for .y person, firm or corporation enurine in the business of buying cot n to deduct any sum for bagging id ties from the weight or price any bale of cotton. When the eight of the bagging and ties does it exceed 6 per cent of the gross eight of the bale. When the bagng and ties weigh more than 6 per ;nt. only the excess may be deleted. For violation of this act le offender is guilty of a mlsdeeanor and subject to a fine of not ss than $5 and more than $25 or iprlsonment of not less than ten lys nor more than thirty days. This :t does not apply to what is known the trade as round bales and bales ' cotton weighing less than 300 lunds. The act was approved in ebruary, 1910. It has gone out over the county once twice that the Yorkville creamery as dead; but it wasn't and isn't. From le sentiment that was most projuneed among those who attended ie annual meeting of the stockholders st Tuesday, the association has no ea of dying. On the contrary it is >ing to win. In one of Rudyard Kipng's stories?"Fore and Aft"?there related an incident concerning the rtunes of a green regiment on the casion of its first experience in bate. When the fire of the enemy grew it, the regiment began to recoil, and itwlthstanding the frantic efforts of ie officers to beat the demoralized en back into line, gave way until it as stopped by a precipitous wall and iuld give way no further. Then afr taking considerable punishment, ie men suddenly began to regain urage and rushing forward at a large swept everything out of their ay like chaff. These creamery stock* ilders are not up against any wall, n the contrary they have been holdg their own pretty well without half ying. They are the kind of folks ho are able to do whatever they want do. The Indications are that they e now making up their minds that iey must do, and they are going to i. Mr. Wilkins has showed them that can be done, and In the selection of r. Norris as manager they have made move which indicates that they realmean business. Mr. Norris is not aking any promises. He is of the nd that says what he means and eans what he says, and that kind of ;ople are not much on promises; but iere is no question of the fact that > knows more about live-stock than ly other man In York county, and so he knows about as much about the ltter business. He is straight, luttic tx.nu aii uuaintfss. 11 111c jmuuno the creamery will get behind him, id do their part he will do his, and e creamery will make good. If he >es not get the support he is entitled and has a right to expect, why then e whole thing will have to fall rough. But we have no other idea an that the stockholders and patrons the creamery are going to make >od, and win for themselves not only oflt; but the honor of having estab?hed the first successful enterprise the kind in the state. WITHIN THE TOWN. -The moving picture show is being issed pretty badly. It furnished nusement for a great many people ho have no other amusement and ho now have no place to go at night. - Cotton continues to move slowly. Lit few growers are selling except ed. Most of the cotton goes from e gin back to the farm or to the arehouses. -Mr. R. E. Heath has purchased the '. S. Neil residence on Cleveland enue and will move into it shortly, r. S. L. Steele has purchased the J. Killian house occupied by Mr. J. F. jungblood, on South Congress street, r. Youngblood is building on East fferson street. Mr. John E. Carroll is bought the S. I* Miller property on East Liberty street. Mr. Harry Foster has purchased a lot from Mr. C. E. Spencer on King's Mountain street between the residence of Mr. Spencer and Mrs. N. G. Allison. ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. S. M. McNeel of Yorkvllle, is visiting relatives In Union. Miss Beulan Matthews of Clover. Is the guest of Miss Janie Wray in Yorkvllle. Mrs. W. D. Glenn and Miss Josie Carroll of Yorkvllle, are spending today in Charlotte. Mrs. Sallie Griffith of Charlotte, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. W. W. Lewis, in Yorkvllle. Mr. John M. Rawlinson of Charlotte, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. W. W. Lewis, In Yorkvllle. Miss Minnie Stephenson, who has hiien at the atnte hnunltnl as Atrflln ed nurse during the past Ave years, has resigned her position and Is spending some time with her father, Mr. J. R. Stephenson, on Yorkvlllo No. 1. Mr. R. H. Mason of the dairy division of the United States department of agriculture, was in Yorkville yesterday. His business is to talk with dairymen about butter production, the care of cows, the care of milk, the proper method of feeding, about silos, best feeds, etc. He was in a hurry yesterday and did not see many of the people that he should have seen; but he promised that he would be back In a month to spend several days, during which he would visit the homes of the creamery patrons near Yorkville. STILL AT LARGE, Mllus Partlow, the negro who is wanted for the recent attempt to wreck the C. & N.-W.'s train No. 10, at Crowder*s creek trestle, is still at large; but the officers have not in any wise abated their efforts to catch him. How they will come out remains for developments. Here is a good picture of the fugitive. ML m JM HL fl 1 p I I ' V- 1 If Mllua is captured, the understand- i ing is that there will be plenty of proof 1 to convict him, and it is stated that a i white man may also be implicated i with him. The name of the white man < is known, but the officers have not < seen proper to give it out. It is said . that he had been canvassing the coun- i try surrounding the scene of the crime 1 for some days previous to the day on l which the attempt was made, selling a 1 patent oil, and it is also said that < there are two white men who will tea- i tify that they saw this white man and ] MIlus on top of the trestle at sunrise i on the morning the plate was remov- i ed. 1 The statement has been published ! too, that the lives of Milus's two chil- ! dren, the two who were on the train, 1 are insured in the Metropolitan Life i Insurance company of New York, for i $1,000 each, the policies having been \ taken out through the Charlotte branch ] of that company. The children are 1 aged 14 and 16 respectively. The ownership of the crowbar, spike Dar ana monxey wrencn iouna in , Partlow's corn crib, has been established beyond uestion. They were stolen from the outfit of Messrs. Stewart & Jones, contractors engaged in construction work on the Piedmont and Northern railroad near Lowell, N. C. Partlow had been working there off and on for some weeks previous to the attempt on the train. So far as The Enuirer has information, Partlow has cleared out completely; but now that he is gone it has developed that he was an unusually slippery fellow. There are numerous stories of the many devious ways by which he has gotten money, and it seems that one of his favorite methods has been to mortgage the same piece of property to two or three different people at the same time and in different places. There are mortgages on record at Gastonia and Yorkville, and perhaps also at Charlotte. THE CREAMERY. The stockholders of the Yorkville Creamery association held their first annual meeting last Tuesday, took a careful inventory of what had been done during the year, considered some of the mistakes that had been made, took note of some of the advantages that had been derived, and made arrangements looking to the continuance of the business in light of the experience that had been gained. The board of directors, heretofore consisting of six members, was increased to nine members. Mr. W. R. Carroll resigned from the board about two months ago, and Messrs. T. M. Oates and J. D. Smith declining re-election ,the new board was elected as follows: J. T. Crawford,' S. T. Ferguson, E. M. Williams, R. G. Ratchford, C. S. Gordon, C. M. Inman, W. M. Stowe, I H. Norris, R, E. McFarland, Mr. O. E. Wilklns, who at the request of the directors, took the management two months ago with the understanding that he would do the best he could unti* other arrangements could be made, made quite a comprehensive report showing the condition of the business when it came into his hands and what had been done dur ing his administration. The report j showed that the total Indebtedness r had been reduced about >700, partly c from profits earned and partly by the conversion of available assets. His report Included a thoroughgoing business statement in which it was made clear to the stockholders that at the f present market price of butter, If the creamery could be assured of the milk from 200 cows, the association could not only pay 26 cents a pound for ? butter fat, against the 22 cents that has been paid for the last two months; but could continue to reduce past In- ~ debtedness. His figures also showed e that with a still larger number of * cows, up to the capacity of the creamery, the profits would be greater, and he urged upon the stockholders that the one important thing to be done was the pledging of enough cows to e ensure a profit to the creamery and at o the same time a profit for themselves, t He also stated that while he would be d glad to do everything in his power to j< advance the interest of an enterprise j that he felt sure promises so much for ^ the development of the best interests t of this whole section, he is convinced j that the best results can be attained r only by the constant presence of the 0 manager at the plant, and being una- j ble to give this presence, he advised s that the business be placed in the c hands of a competent man who could d give it his entire time and attention. v Aftor mpptlne- nf the stnckhold- -i ers the directors met and reorganized by the re-election of Mr. J. T. Craw- ^ ford as president; Mr. R. G. Ratch- j ford, vice president, and Mr. I. H. Norris as manager, secretary and treasurer. Although only about one-third of 1 the stockholders were present at the 8 meeting, they readily pledged as many F as 106 cows. Bach one said that he ? intended to milk more cows than he c was obligating himself to milk; but ,! was giving in figures conservatively so v as to be in no possible danger of fall- v ing down. The absentees included t some of the largest and most faithful c patrons of the creamery, and all pres- a ent seemed to feel certain that the 200 ti cows asked for by Mr. Wilkins would a be forthcoming and more. s Mr. Norris has accepted the man- v agement of the creamery, not because g he especially desired the responsibil- si ity, but because he has been connected a with the enterprise from the begin- tc ning, because he h^s fnith jn jt ^nd J' because he is always to be counted upon to try to give the best service in his power in whatever capacity. He .. says that he will stay with the Job until he is able to prove that he can or he cannot, and if it turns out that he cannot, his co-operation and support tf will be at the service of his successor. 0( *-> ly LOCAL LACONICS. ? Wingate Succeed* Beckham. m Mr. J. F. Wingate of Rock Hill, has st been appointed magistrate for South ol Carolina, in Catawba township, vice th Major T. C. Beckham, deceased. tt The Cross-County Road. The cross-country road meeting that h' was to have been held at the county ^ bridge across Broad river last Wed- p] nesday, was postponed on account of the weather and Is being held today, ^ Quite a nnmhpr of neonle went to the appointment this morning. ^ Death of Mrs. Sue Allen. pi Rock Hill, October 12: Mrs. Sue ol Allen, wife of Mr. Frank Allen of this city, died at her home here yes- tc terday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Allen had long been a sufferer from tuberculosis. She was before mar- In riage Miss Sue Wylie Betts. daugh- ti ter of Mr. J. W. Betts of the Lesslle cl section of this county. She leaves a husband and three small children. ?< Her remains were taken to Neely's hi Creek church, near her former home, ?1 this afternoon, where they were bur- tc led, after funeral services conducted w by Rev. Mr. Stevenson, the pastor. Daily Paper for Rock Hill. ^ Rock Hill, October 10: A definite n< movement has been sarted here to p publish a dally afternoon paper In Q] Rock Hill. The Idea has been brewIng for some time and took definite ai shape last week when parties here tl pndeavored to buy the Rock Hill t Record. Finding that the Record b< could not be bought, it is said that it these parties secured an option on the e^ Herald, the other semi-weekly here, g, Yesterday, Alex. Long, W. S. Crelgh- oi ton and Charles L. Cobb, the two for- cj mer president and secretary, respec- si lively, of the chamber of commerce, and the latter cashier of the People's w National bank, went through the ai business district soliciting subscrlp- ol tlons to the stock of the proposed si new uaper. It Is not known what hi measure of success they met with. It ol Is said to be the intention of the*e w gentlemen to co-operate with a Mr. "'aln. of Greensboro, N. C., who was ai here last week and expressed a desire e< to Invest $5,000 In such a venture. fc . se SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. J ? In Lancaster last Tuesday, Henry y< Kee, colored, was convicted of the a( murder of Sam Dye, also colored, and tl sentenced to be hanged. If Kee hangs, w his will be the first legal hanging in ai the county In seventeen years. tc ? Willis Jackson, a 17-year-old ne- m gro boy, was lynched at Honea Path, w Anderson county, last Tuesday for b< committing a criminal assault on an pi 11-year-old white girl. The little girl at was taking a cow to the pasture at p? about 7.30 o'clock Tuesday morning. The negro seized her and carried her Q Into ,the woods about fifty yards from 0C the road. A white man came along e< In a buggy and noting the plight of cc the little girl, after the negro had left, ac ascertained the facts and raised the m alarm. People began to scour the th country, and the negro was finally gi U * J 4mI1 ?4 A ^uriii ti-iiu icuvtrii iu jevil ai auuciouu. pi A. mob gathered and the fellow was ai rushed to Greenville. Thousand fol- bi lowed and an effort was made to take or the prisoner to Spartanburg. The au- se tomoblle broke down and the officers 3arrled the man Into the woods. The I mob, led by Josh Ashley, found the tu party, took the prisoner away and car- to rled him back to Honea Path. Two in ruspected negroes had previously been m taken before the little girl and she or said they were not the right ones, tu She positively identified Jackson, th however, and he confessed. The ne- th fro was then taken out and with a th rope round his left ankle was hoisted m up to the cross arm of a telegraph b? pole, head downward, and riddled with pr Pullets. m The Cotton Corner.?The so-called as 'cotton corner" of a year ago is cc jrought to mind by a brief filed by. er he government in the United States p mpreme court. The defendants are ** rames A. Patten, Eugene G. Scales, th Prank B. Hayne and William P. Brown, and among the "co-conspirators'' are James W. Cannon of Conjord, and Lewis W. Parker of Green- Co rtlle, also "a large number of corporations of the states of Alabama, Jeorgia and the Carollnas, engaged ? n those states In the business of jplnners of cotton and manufacturirs of cotton fabrics." We had sup- M ?osed that this case had been wound P* jp?and gone by default?but it teems that the government is still vl lammering on it, though having some at rouble to make good. The Washngton correspondent of the New te fork Journal of Commerce says law ^ jfflcers who drafted the government Rl irgument have been somewhat trou- w jled to show that there had been a jonsplracy, in the technical sense, to R -alse the price of cotton by means of f*1 a corner. The difficulty attending :heir efforts is pretty clearly shown tn In the statement that "it is not neces- 00 iary to determine that the conspiracy n the present case was efficient and successful in the highest degree, or Sl hat the conspirators omitted noth- .. ng that would aid in the attainment 1<* >f their unlawful purpose; It is P* ;nough that they conspired to mon >polize the cotton supply, and that ;he means adopted were suited to the md in view, and whether they f stopped where they did from stupid- 10 ty or subtility, they had done that vhich the law denounced as a crime." )n the strength of this showing the C. mpreme court is asked to reverse the n'l udgment of the lower court. In f&l ase Attorney General Wlckersham fu should succeed in getting favorable ro udgment from the supreme court on hii his subject, it is admitted that op- of ^rations of the Sherman law and its an reneral application will be greatly t-x- ?a ended, since it will be made to ap- an )Iy practically to any uniform or con- by ;erted buying or selling operation, W >ven if such operation is not based Hi lpon an actual control of commodi- Th ies, which Is the basis that was sup- on >osed to have been set by the Sher- ~ nan law by those who framed it.? Charlotte Chronicle. | t , AS JOSH FOR GOVERNOR. dr. M. L Smith of Clover, Nominates at Citizen Ashley. o'c The Columbia State of this morning :ontains the following: 1 ro the Editor of The State: "Some men are born great, others ichieve greatness." I hereby nominate Citizen" Josh Ashley for governor of 10' South Carolina. "He does things." M. L. Smith. ot Clover, October 11, 1911. What Is Needed.?Josh Ashley provd Tuesday that he had the sheriffs jo f Anderson and Greenville counties errltted. They fled before him like leer from the hounds, instead of ;eeping tneir prisoner saie in men ails, as it was their plain duty to do. j "he "biggest sheriff in the world," as 10 he people of Anderson have the hab- an t of calling their high sheriff, did lot measure up to his duty or the ipportunity when he failed to hold he fort in his own Jail and keep j afely the prisoner committed to his jq harge. What was needed in An- ^ lerson and Greenville was a sheriff rho was not afraid to defy the reloubtable Josh Ashley and discharge ? lis full duty under the law, not a ilgger and faster automobile than Tosh Ashley's.?Sumter Items, ? HendersonviUe, N. C., Oct. 12: Alhough the grand Jury is still in ses- 1 Ion here at a term of criminal su>erior court, there is no talk of the ?o lyrtle Hawkins murder mystery oming up before It at this term. It i thought that there are no new de- 1 elopments found In the case which at I'ould Justify a more detailed inves- ?'c igation than was given at the last oroner's inquest. The local people re very much interested in bringing 1 o justice the murderer or murderers, thf nd many are of the opinion that Or omethlng will turn up before a great 15t hile which will lend light to the hastly deed. Solicitor A. Ha'l Johnon. assisting in court here now, is nxlous that something will turn up > place the case before the grand -? try at this term of superior court. | 1 COTTON TOO LOW. fatson Says Staple ia Worth 14 to 15 Conta a Pound. "There is no doubt in my mind that le world today is demanding 16,000,)0 bales of cotton, and there is equal no doubt in my mind that the cot>n is worth on the market, In strict ccord with the law of supply and deland, from 14 to 15 cents," is the :atement made by E. J. Watson, head f the permanent cotton congress of >e south. In a letter to C. S. Barrett, le president of the National Farm's' union. Mr. Watson states that he as heard within the last twenty-foui>-__^? ours that the cotton manufacturers re of the opinion that the present rice is detrimental to the textile uslness, in that it creates an unstale cloth market. In his letter Comilssloner Watson states that the lovement to hold cotton for a higher rice has been effective in South Carlina. The letter of Commissioner Watson > President Barrett follows: "I have been desirous of writing you /er since I left you on the train comig from Montgomery, but unforinately, have been absent from the ty almost continuously. "So far as this state is concerned, jr movement is well in hand, and we ave bankers and business men coperating to the fullest extent. Sena>r Smith has been lending his aid ithout reserve, and I have Just writsn him today in regard to the suggeson as to a whirlwind campaign irough the cotton belt states. I am ot in the least dlssappolnted in the resent situation. Cotton simply pened three weeks earlier than has /er been known throughout the belt, ad the bears would have been giganc fools not to take advantage of it. he colossal fools of the age have sen our producers, who have not hesated to rush their cotton to market, /Idently with the idea that it was ping lower and lower, and that they jght to get the best they could. I in hardly blame them, but they have mply committed suicide. "We have the holding movement ell in hand in this state, and people re even taking their furniture out r rooms in their homes in order to :ore cotton that has been picked but as not been sent to the gin. If all the ther states had been as active, we ould not see 9?-cent cotton now. "This letter to you is to ask your Jvice, in the first place, as to whether to call another meeting in Atlanta, >r some of the southern governors ?m to have waked up a little bit, and ish to start a forensic movement at lis late day. I wish, further, to ask pu whether or not anything has been pcomplished definitely in regard to te French-English loan concerning hich you were quoted In the press, id then I wish to ask your advice as i whether or not our national com imee snuuia proceea wun me wnirilnd campaign through the cotton ilt states, upon which we contemated inviting Senators E. D. Smith id John Sharp Williams to accominy us. "There is no doubt In my mind tat the world today Is demanding 16,10,000 bales of cotton, and there is lually no doubt In my mind that the >tton Is worth on the markt, In strict :cord with the law of supply and deand, from 14 to 16 cents, and If lere ever was a time when your orinlzatlon and the organization com>sed of your people and my people id the bankers of the south should md themselves together and act as le man for the common weal, it does em to me that this Is the time. "Within the last twenty-four hours have been told by cotton manufacirers that the present price for cotn is detrimental to their business, that It Is creating an unstable cloth arket, and only last night I heard le of the most prominent manufacrers of the south state positively at he was willing to lend his aid to >e utmost limit to immediately raise ie price of cotton to 11 cents, inasuch as their cloth contracts had sen based upon crude cotton at that ice. "Kindly let me hear from you im? a^l>i?Altf oo T s* AO 4 A i president of the Southern Cotton >ngrees to act in the closest co-opation with the national farmers' orinlzation in the south, of which. I ust, you have no more loyal member an myself." HICKORY GROVE NOTES. rrmpoodcnM Tb? Torkrlll* Enquirer Hickory Grove, October 9.?Mrs. cDill, who has been sick for some* me past, is rapidly improving. Miss Roddey of Roddey's, is visiting r. and Mrs. J. S. Wilkerson at this ace. Mr. L. D. Henderson of Waterloo, is siting the family of Mr. J. W. Leech Hickory Grove. The fall meeting of the First presbyry of the Associate Reformed church. Ill be held at Smyrna, October 17th. sv. Oliver Johnson of WInnsboro. ill preach the opening sermon. The fall communion meeting at the lckory Grove A. R. church began last iday evening with Rev. E. B. Hunr of Sharon, assisting the pastor rough Saturday. Rev. G. L. Kerr nducted the services on Sunday. Messrs. C. S. and Hughes Moorhead sited relatives at King's Creek on mday. The Hopewell school is making rapstrides along the line of school 1movement. The patrons recently ited on a special tax. and have ralsI 1800 by subscriptions, and the W. W. have given them $200, making total of $1,000, which they are going use for the purpose of building. -Abbeville. Oct. 12: Judge James Klugh died at his home here toght at 10 o'clock. He had been in lllng health for several months. The neral services will be held tomorw afternoon at 4:3D o'clock from 3 itiie resilience. no wtia ui jcoio age, and Is survived by his wife d six children, William B., Marret, Catherine, Mary, James C., d John Klugh. He Is also survived two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. illiam Fooshe of Ninety-Six, Miss lde Klugh of Gonzales, Texas, and lomas Klugh and Joe Klugh of Coraca. AT THE CHURCHES. 5SOCIATE REFORMED PRESBTTERIAN. Rev. J. L. Oates. Pastor. Sabbath Services?Sabbath school 10 a. m. Morning service at 11 rlock. Evening service at 7.30. CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. Rev. T. Tracy Walsh, Rector. Sunday Services?Sunday school at a. m. Morning service at 11.15 dock. No evening service. BAPTIST. Rev. F. M. Satterwhite, Pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday school at o'clock a. m. No other services. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN Rev. E. E. Gillespie, Pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday school at a. m. Morning service at l) o'clock, d evening service at 7.30. METHODIST. Rev. J. F. Anderson, Pastor. Sunday Servlcea?Sunday school at n m Preachlnsr at Yorkvllle at 11 m., and at King's Mountain Chapel 3.30 p. m. JJpfcial Notices. York Cotton Mills. Rev. J. F. Anderson will preach on nday, the 15th instant, at the York tton Mill chapel at 7.30 p. m. Or. Stevenson at Bethany. Rev. Dr. R. M. Stevenson will preach Bethany next Sunday morning at 11 lock. At Hickory Grove. Rev. F. M. Satterwhlte will conduct usual services at the Hickory ove Baptist church on Sunday, the h instant. &hf dfolton $tarhet. forkville, October 13.?Cotton 9Jc.