Scraps and Jiacts.
? Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor of the
New.York World and the St. Louis
Post Dispatch, died aboard his steam
yacht, the Liberty, in Charleston harbor,
last Sunday afternoon. He had
been cruising about for his health,
which had been in bad condition for a
number of years, and became critically
ill on Friday. Mrs. Pulitzer, who had
been notified in New York, arrived, in
Charleston and reached the yacht a
short time before her husband died.
The remains were taken north in a
private car. Mr. Pulitzer was a Hungarian
by birth; but came to the
United States when a young man. He
began his newspaper career as a reDorter
on a German paper in St.
Louis. He served through the civil
war in the Federal army. After the
war he purchased the St. Louis Post
Dispatch, and made a great newspaper
of it. Later, about twenty-eight
years ago, he became the proprietor
of the New York World, then a paper
of limited circulation, and by original
methods revolutionized the journalism
of the world. He built up a tremendous
fortune and made liberal donations
for various educational purposes.
? In the recent fighting in and
around the city of Tripoli, says a
London dispatch, 500 Italians were
killed or wounded. In the course of
the attack the Arabs broke the Italian
line between Meusseri and BuMeliana
Springs. The artillerists drove
the Arabs back with picks and shovels.
The Arabs broke through again,
and this time the Italians surrounded
500 of the Arabs and gave them time
to surrender. They did not avail
themselves of the opportunity, and a
Hotchkiss gun. captured from' the
Turks, was used against 500, of whom
300 were killed. The Arabs every
where displayed fanatical courage.
One party's failure in defending the
green banner, the emblem of the holy
war, is worthy of record. The Italian
Eighty-fourth regiment surrounded
the party and repeatedly attempted to
capture the banner. The efforts only
served to bring out Arab tenacity. The
banner fell fifty times, and each time
it was raised again by other hands,
the defenders pre/erring to be killed
to the last man rather than surrender.
It was only when death wounds had
minnea me ranits aiiu me uwiib ?uc
powerless that an Italian rush brought
about the capture of the banner. The
ground was plied with dead and
wounded. The renewed activity of the
Turks is believed to indicate that a
new leader has joined them. This renews
the rumors that Enver Bey has
succeeded in reaching the army. The
weekly newspaper. Outlook, says it
has special information that Enver
Bey passed lately through Egypt by
camel relays and Joined the grand
sheikh of the Senussi. It says that
the Moslems are united in the whole
Tripolitan hinterland, and that there
is a holy war declared against the
Italians. It is impossible for the
Cairo government to prevent constant
communication across the frontier between
Tripoli and Egypt.
? Washington, October 30: Complete
control of all the railroads of
the country by the interstate commerce
commission and virtual elimination
of state commissions from
such control, is foreshadowed in an
opinion handed down today by the
supreme court of the United States.
The court held that hereafter all locomotives,
cars or other equipment
used on any railroad which is a highway
of interstate commerce must
comply with the Federal safety appliance
act. In its opinion the court
held that compliance with Federal law
is compulsory on all railroads which
are engaged in the transportation of
persons or freight from one state to
another. Elaborating this, however.
! Wsxlrl Kot nore nr onnlnmpnt ftf
such roads, even if engaged in such
transportation within the confines of a
state, must be considered as part and
parcel of the road and therefore, completely
under the Jurisdiction of the
Federal commission. Members of the
interstate commerce commission, who
have been embarrassed on numerous
occasions by clashes of authority with
state commissions, are jubilant at the
ruling of the supreme court, which
was unanimous. Referring to the
court's opinion, Commissioner Franklin
K Lane declared "it meant, eventually
that there is to be no dual control
of interstate carriers." The determination
of the moot question was
laid down in an opinion read by Justice
Van Devanter in a case instituted
by the government against the Southern
railway. The point at issue was
whether the Federal act applied in'
the case of a shipment from one point
in Alabama to another point in the
same state, the shipment being in an
improperly equipped car. The lower
courts held that there had been a violation
of the law, and their judgment
was sustained by the supreme court.
? Charlotte Observer: The Associate
Reformed Presbyterian synod
of the south, embracing all the
churches within the bounds of the
Psalm-singing Presbyterians this side
the Mason and Dixon line, will meet
next week at Troy, Tenn., and this
immediate section will be largely represented.
The general synod of this
church is the highest council of the
denomination, having authority over
all the presbyteries of which it consists.
The synod met with the congregation
of Troy, Tenn., about thirty
years ago, and its present constituency
numbers only a few of the ministers
and elders of the churches who
were present then. It is somewhat of
a coincidence that of, perhaps, a half
u ?zen who attended the annual meeting
at that time two of them will attend
at the approaching assemblage
from this county. Rev. Dr. G. R.
White, pastor of the Ebenezer church,
and Rev. Dr. R. G. Aliuer, pasior or
the Sardis church. These, in company
with Rev. W. M. Hunter, who
is now a pastor in Arkansas, were the
* only members,of the synod from this
general section who attended the synod
about thirty years ago. Among
those who are expected to attend, together
with individual elders representing
their respective congregations
from this county, are as follows: Rev.
Dr. White. Rev. Dr. Miller. Rev. J.
Eoyce Hood of the Back Creek church.
Rev. J. M. Bigham of Huntersville,
Rev. E. Grier Carson of Villa Heights,
Charlotte: Rev. R. R. Caldwell, Forest
Grove. Charlotte; and Mr. J. H.
Ross, who for some years was in
charge of the laymen's missionary
movement of the denomination.
? The beginning of the end has been
reached in the Chinese revolution. The
throne has acceded to the demand of
the national assembly by issuing an
imperial edict granting full constitutional
government. The edict is very
apologetic in its nature. It sets forth
that, being inexperienced in politics,
the emperor has been deceived and
betrayed by his advisers, and that the
people have been misgoverned and
robbed. It is promised that the governing
cabinet shall not include any
of the nobility, but that the commoners
shall have full sway. As to what
the effect of the edict is going to be
is not yet altogether clear. The rebels
are everywhere victorious and
have things their own way. As to
whether they will allow the emperor
to remain on the throne appears
doubtful.
? Shelby, N. C., special of Oct. 21 to
Charlotte Observer: Because he allowed
his prejudice against automobiles
to lead him to the extremity of
drawing a. pistol on the driver of a
passing car this evening, Sam Whither.
a wealthy Cleveland county farm
er, lost his life. Facing the drawn
weapon in Whither's hand, and believing
that he intended to execute
his threat to kill. Mr. Lucius Randall,
a prominent business man of
Gaffney, S. C., shot Whither to death.
The tragedy occurred at G.30 o'clock
this evening two niiles west of Shelby
and just across the river. Mr. Ranrloll
whn was eivinir a oartv of ehll
dren an outing, immediately turned
back to Shelby, and picking up the
sheriff and a physician returned to
?th them. Whither had
been instantly killed. His pistol, a
38 caliber Smith & Wesson, lay near
his body. The sheriff at once notified
the coroner, and the inquest is in
progress tonight. Mr. Randall, who
is a native of Cleveland county, made
the trip Into North Carolina today
in his Overland car on a visit to relatives.
Late this afternoon he started
out to take some young relatives for
a ride. Just across the river, the automobile
party met Whither in his
buggy, driving a mule. The farmer
stopped his buggy, and alighting, approached
the machine with a drawn
pistol, announcing to Mr. Randall that
he intended killing him. Mr. Randall
reasoned with Whither and tried
to dissuade him, it is said, and finally,
as the farmer continued to approach
reiterating his threat, Mr. Randall
reached under the seat, drew his own
weapon and shot Whither twice, killing
him instantly. One bullet took effect
in the head and the other entered
the mouth. In addition to the pistol,
which lay near the body, there was
found on the dead man's person 575
in cash and a partially emptied flask
of whisky. It is said that Whither's
antipathy to the invasion of the horseless
vehicle has been outspoken and
s ? s Uaha (a ma
I pronouncea, unu wumujr men? in
other known cause for his action in
holding up Mr. Randall and announcing
his intention of killing him, beyond
the allegation that he had been
drinking some. The men were utter
strangers to each other. Whither was
an unmarried man, and one of the
best known and wealthiest planters in
the county. Mr. Randall is the proprietor
of a foundry and machine thop in
Gaffney, and one of the most prominent
business men in the South Carolina
city. Randall is in the custody
of the sheriff pending the verdict of
the coroner's inquest, which was in
progress at a late hour. It is generally
believed that the jury will uphold
Mr. Randall's justification of
self-defense.
?hr \(orbrilIt (fhtquint.
Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE. S. G.i
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1911.
Major Hemphill takes charge of the
Charlotte Observer today. Good.
There is very little talk about macadam
roads now-a-days. It has been
conclusively demonstrated that sand
and clay roads are cheaper and better.
In reply to the Observer's question
whether it believes that "if the women
in South Carolina couid vote they
would secure a better enforcement of
the laws," the Yorkville Enquirer
says: "We do not see how they could
make the situation worse." Therefore,
it is worth making the experiment,
eh??Newberry Observer.
Not a bad deduction.
There has been some effort to show
that Superintendent Swearingen was
somewhat extravagant in his estimate
of the property values destroyed and
increased expense incurred by the recent
change of school books; but we
have not been impressed with this effort.
We are inclined to think that
Mr. Swearingen's estimate is pretty
close to the mark.
The Enquirer does not assert that
anybody has received a rake-off in
connection with the school book deal.
It does assert, however, that if it had
had the matter in charge, it could
have gotten a big rake-off for itself
without increasing the present cost of
books to the children. The most important
thing, however, as we s*e it,
is not the "rake-off" that was possible;
but the fact that the change was
absolutely unnecessary.
Mr. W. F. Caldwell, who has for several
years been editor and proprietor
of the Chester Lantern, has sold that
property to a Chester company, preparatory
to his taking charge of the
p Columbia bureau of the News and
Courier. Mr. Caldwell is a high class
newspaper man, of unusual ability,
accurate and reliable, and will be
just the man to properly represent
the News and Courier in Columbia.
His removal from Chester, however,
will be a distinct loss to that town.
The cotton conference called by Governor
Colquitt of Texas, gathered in
New Orleans yesterday and discussed
various matters without coming to an
agreement on any particular line of
action. The question of state aid
along the line of the valorization plan
being practiced in Brazil for the protection
of the grea. coffee industry of
that country was introduced; but
there was no finality in the discussion.
The claim was made and there seemed
to be general endorsement of the
proposition, that even though the
present crop is a record breaker, still
the demand is greater than the supply
and every bale of this crop ought to be
worth 14J cents a pound. It is expected
that the conference will agree upon
something definite today or tomorrow.
While of course the expense of buying
new school books is a considerable
burden on parents, that is not the
sole or even the most important objection
to these frequent changes of
school books. The main objection
arises in the fact that there is no
practical need fcr the change; that the
change is harmful rather than beneficial,
even though old books were replaced
without expense. In the first
place, any book the expense and responsibility
of which any experienced
publisher is willing to stand for, is
good enough for use in the schools.
About the only exception to this rule
is in the case of books which teach
things the parents do not want their
children taught. But assuming that
a book is all right in general particulars.
every change involves a complete
loss. That the older children, for instance,
have studied a particular book
on English, Latin, arithmetic, is an
advantage to the younger children
coming afterward, and familiarity of
parents with the books their children
afterward use is a great advantage to
the children. The only real advantage
that comes from the changing of
books is the shifting of profits from
the owners of one set of copyrights to
the owners of another set of copyrights.
and incidentally, sometimes a
certain amount of rakeoff to some of
the people who have the power to order
the change. Now that this last
change has been made and there is no
help for it, about as good a way as
any is for the general assembly to
make future changes very much more
difficult than past changes have been.
Withdrawal of a large advertising
contract from the columns of the Anderson
Intelligencer on account of the
attitude of that paper on the recent
lynching at Honea Path occasions the
editor to engage in an elaborate interpretation
of the liberty of the press
It ought to be generally understood
while this liberty is being defended
that the patrons of a paper also have
some enjoyments in the way of liberty
and are thoroughly within proper
bounds to exercise these rights when
the paper upholds open lawlessness as
the Intelligencer did.?Charlotte Observer.
So complete is the Observer's com
[ment, that there la little or nothing to ,
add. It is assumed that this advertiser
was patronizing the Intelligencer
in the first instance for business reasons,
and that in.taking his ad out he
loses at least as much as does the Intelligencer.
If because of its advocacy
of lynching this advertiser does not *
feel that he should patronize the Intelligencer,
it seems right for him to i
exercise his discretion. We cannot see
where he is to be censured. We do
not agree with the Intelligencer in the j
position it has taken. We think it all
wrong; but still if the Intelligencer
thinks it right, it should be willing to J
take the consequences of doing right.
It has no good cause for complaint
against the advertiser. As we see it,
it is up to the editor of a newspaper
to do and say what he honestly thinks
he should do and say, regardless of *
the views of advertisers. If he under
laKes 10 consult. mi cmvrrnocio utiui*expressing
himself, his paper will be
worth little as an advertising medium.
This would be because such a paper
would command but little respect.
But of course it follows that where
there is resort to the boycott idea,
both sides can play the same way.
and just as an advertiser may refuse
to patronize a newspaper because that
newspaper upholds lynching, so also
will such of the readers of that paper
as endorse lynching be inclined to
boycott the advertiser who is thus
emphasizing.his disagreement with the
lynching practice.
Miss Mary Johnson's latest novel,
The Long Roll, is getting a lot of valuable
advertising because of the auauthor's
alleged ignorant and mendacious
misrepresentation of the
character of Stonewall Jackson.
We have not read Miss Johnson's
book; but understand that
the row has been raised because the
author has represented the famous
general as a boorish, unbalanced fellow,
fond of display, and dissatisfied <
because he did not get the measure
of recognition to which his merits en- '
titled him. Although the present edi- ^
tor of The Enquirer has no first-hand r
information to offer, he feels as well \
qualified to der.y this impression as if
he had served under Jackson himself. *
This remark is based partly on the ^
fact that he has read hundreds of hon- c
est pages about this redoubtable sol
aier, dui more parucumriy on me ico- *
timony of the late L. M. Grist, the
writer's father, who was captain of
Company A, 12th South Carolina volunteers,
who belonged to Jackson's
command, and who came in personal
contact with him on several occasions.
'The first time I ever saw General
Jackson," the writer once heard Capt
Grist say, "was on the occasion of the
capture of Manassas Junction in August,
1862. The junction was a depot
of supplies 'belonging to the Yankee
army, and our men were almost famished,
not having had a satisfying
meal for days. It was' very well understood
that we were to remain at
the junction but a short time, and it
devolved upon me personally to see that
my company got a share of the captured
provisions. Under the circumstances,
the most practical way to get
what was wanted was to find General !
Jackson himself. I did this, coming
upon the general by the side of a long
train of freight cars. There were
about him, coming and going, a large c
number of officers in full uniform, and
so far as appearance went he was the
most inconspicuous man in sight. He
did not even have a sword. I saluted
and. told him what I wanted. Immediately
he pointed to a commissary
house a hundred yards away and told
me to go there and get my supplies.
Accompanied by a half dozen men I
did as directed, repeated General Jackson's
verbal orders and got everything
that the members of my company
needed. There was a plenty for everybody
and to spar.e; but so far as
the provisions were concerned we did
not get the benefit of more tflan two
square meals, because almost everything
had to be thrown away in the
march to Manassas Plains. Jackson
looked to me like a very ordinary kind
of a fellow until he spoke, and when
he spoke you lot only felt but knew
that you had th > law. The feeling of
the men was, and I shared it to a
greater extent than I ever shared,
such a feeling with regard to any other
man I had ever seen before or have
ever seen since, that General Jackson
son was the living embodiment of
righteous duty. There was no selfishness
in his makeup. He knew no master
except Almighty God, and considered
General Lee's orders as coming
from the Master. There was never a
minute that Jackson was unwilling to
take any risk or share any peril that
he required of the humblest common
soldier, and he never spared himseK
any more than he spared his soldiers.
There were thousands who thought
Jackson should have been commanderin-chief
of the Confederate forces;
but there is no good reason to think
that he ever aspired to or desired
such a position. He had absolute confidence
in and the highest admiration
for General Lee, and even if the authorities
had desired to place him over t
Lee, the probability is that he would j
not have been willing to submit to {
the change. Had Lee been killed dur- ,
ing Jackson's life time there was no i
question as to who would have been i
his successor." It is not to be expect- j
?1 ,,,111 im. ,
cu lliai llic htuviai puunu ? *? wv ill* i
pressed by all this as the writer was
impressed; but so far as we are concerned,
that is o.ur estimate of Stonewall
Jackson, and no writer of novels
or history, living or dead, can change ,
that impression in the slightest par- ,
ticular.
HOW WRIGHT SOARED.
Beautiful Glider Motionless in Air
Like a Huge Bird.
The wind was blowing at the rate
of forty miles an hour when the avitors
carried the machine to the top
of a big sand dune and quickly placed .
it in position. In another instant it
was shooting upward to a height of
200 feet, with Wright manipulating
the levers. The wind was coming in
quick gusts, but the graceful craft <
never wavered. Once up where he
wanted her, Wright turned her on an
even keel, and she lloated in the air ?
as steadily as a ship rides a calm sea.
Over it spot less than ten square yards 1
she rested for two minutes. She stood 1
motionless, save for slight tremors of *
the planes as they answered the levers '
and then slowly barked up over the J
crest of the hill. Then she went J
forward into her old position and re- '
mained there, while the gale sang
through her canvas. The third, fourth,
fifth and sixth minutes passed and
still she hung suspended. Watch in
hand, the timekeeper, signaled Wright t
that he was close to his seven minute j
and fifteen seconds record, and he t
nodded a reply. \
At that instant the plane started j
downward and seemed about to light. <
but when two feet from the hill she
stopped and hovered over the spot ]
like a living thing. Soon she began |
to rise, and in a Hash she was back t
once more over the hilltop. From that I
time on she remained in a given spot,
turning neither from the right nor the (.
left until the aviator began to de- i:
scend by a long and graceful curve r
into the meadow 700 feet away.?New t
York World. r
E.OC/VI* AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
f. C. Wllborn?Will on bulesday in November,
sell two lots on W. Madison
street, Yorkville, at public auction
to the highest bidder,
standard Oil Co.?On page 4 calls attention
to the Perfection oil stove as
a convenience in the early fall,
-t. F'. Hambright?Will on December
2, sell at public auction at .Grover,
a. G., a tract of 150 acres lying on
Kuig's creek in York county,
loshua Smith?Will pay reward for
return or information as to whereabouts
of a lost hound dog.
?\ E. Clinton, Clover?Has opened a
grocery business at Clover, and invites
the patronage of the general
public.
<lrkpatrick-Belk Co.?Give a long
list of piece goods specials that are
of interest at this season of the year.
Everything In staple goods.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill?
Calls attention to the fact that confi/lonoo
onrl PTHU.' with hltui.
ness relations, and Invites you to do
business with it for mutual advantage.
Phomson Co.?Talks about clothing
for men and boys, ladies' coat suits,
shoes for ladies and men, and has a
'few words about millinery.
Middle Auto Co.?Offers gasoline at
20c for a single gallon, and six gallons
for 75c, until further notice,
f. C. Wilborn?Offers additional farm
property in various parts of the
county for your consideration,
fork Furniture Co.?Wants you to
see about putting new glass in your
windows .before winter comes. It
has the glass' and putty,
fork Supply Co.?Again reminds its
customers that tomorrow is the day
for settlement of all accounts and it
wants Its money.
Jlenn & Allison?Have complete lines
of buggies, wagons, harness, etc. A
few mules for sale, or will exchange
buggies or wagons for mules,
i'lrst National Bank of Sharon?Says
that If you look through a bank account
you can always see prosperity.
It wants your account.
1. Q. Wray?Emphasizes the good
finalities and stvles of the shoes he
offers his customers, and wants you
seo them before buying.
Improve the roads and dredge the
reeks.
It is a good fall in which to sow
arge quantities of small grain.
Mr. J. E. Johnson a few days ago
'ound a British copper coin that was
ninted in 1736, and which is stamped
vith the head of George II.
The Southern Power company is
laving filed in all the counties in
vhich it operates, a $10,000,000 mortgage
to the Fhrmers' Loan and Trust
ompany of New York.
There is no estimating the benefit
hat would accrue to Fishing creek
;ottoms by a thorough dredging from
he C. & N.-W. railroad crossing
lown to the McElwee old mill site.
Sheriff Brown cut up an old still
lear the Galloway old mill in King's
fountain township the other day that
s a curiosity. The thing had been
latched until it could be patched no
nore. There was no evidence that the
itill has been in use recently.
The tax rate in Cherokee county is
118.26 on the thousand dollars, and in
hat portion of York county which it
s proposed to cut off, the tax rate is
inly $16. By the time Cherokee's
loating indebtedness of $60,000 or
nore is provided for, the tax rate over
in that side will be considerably inTeased.
Messrs. W. S. Wilkerson, J. Bulce
ind J. J. J. Robinson of Broad River
ownship, were in Yorkville last Satlrday
to look after the matter of ex hanging
books of the children of the
iVilkerson school in order to comply
vith the new law. They brought down
lomethlng over a hundred pounds of
pooks. Investigation developed the
act that the change is not mandatory
>efore December 15, 1912, and accordngly
they decided to take the old
>ooks back home and save the patrons
?f the school the expense of making
lew purchases at least until that expense
become absolutely necesary.
The new comet that has made its
ippearance in the eastern heavens,
ind been watched by many York coun;y
people during the past week, was
liscovered by C. C. Keiss of the Lick
>bservatory on the morning of July
ith last. The discovery was made
jossible by a small streak of light on
he very edge of a plate on which a
photograph of the heavens had just
>een made. Suspecting that a comet
vas responsible for the phenomenon,
he heavens was swept the following
norning with a large glass, when
he comet was plainly visible,
t has since been observed and
itudied more generally. It can
?asily be seen any morning with a
rood opera glass, say the scientists,
rhe comet has been given the name of
ts discoverer. The new terrestrial vistor
is the subject of a great deal of
itudy on the part of astronomers in
very part of the United States, and
ocal amateur sky gazers are also very
nuch interested. The comet is deicribed
as being very small, apparenty
hurtling through space at a great
listance from the earth, and not unike
Halley's comet, through the tail of
vhich the earth passed about one year
igo. The comet is in the constellaion
of Auriza, and is moving towards
he southwest almost in a direct line
or the Pleiades. It appears quite
pright under a small telescope In
:he early morning. The comet has a
irm and sharp nucleus and a faint
ail. The streamer is nearly four decrees
in length. The visitor is of the
Irst magnitude. A photographic specrum
of the comet closely resembles
Jalley's comet both before and after
perihelion. Unless the comet changes
here Is no danger of Its coming In
dose proximity to the earth. Being
i new comet, its orbit has not been
ietermined by astronomers. It Is so
imall that It can hardly be distinguished
in the heavens unless the
jearcher knows precisely for what he
s looking, although it is quite plain
ifter it is once found.
FIRST WEEK JURORS.
The board of jury commissioners
his morning drew the following petit
lurors to serve during the first week
>f the next term of the circuit court,
vhich convenes on Monday, Novemper
20, his honor, R. C. Watts, presiding:
1. L. Stephenson Bullocks creek
x. G. Reid Catawba
W. L. Johnson Catawba
iV. T. McClain York
2. S. Armstrong Fort Mill
tf. G. Parrott King's Mountain
T. L. Black Catawba
r. Webb Moore Bethesda
VI. L. Ford King's Mountain
r. F. Dunlap Bethesda
j. G. Baber York
r. R. Scott York
AT. T. Smarr Bullock's Creek
A\ T. Hoagland Fort Mill
V. E. Dickson King's Mountain
i. D. Wallace King's Mountain
W. Kunz York
I. M. Wallace, Jr Broad River
K. Chreltzberg Catawba
r. O. Moore Bethesda
W. Frew Catawba
,V. C. Bigger Ebenezer
E. Fewell Catawba
iV. L. McCleave Bethesda
i. Canteron York
I. P. Dozier Catawba
L R. Wright Broad River
F. T. -Davidson Bethesda
A'. H. Barnett Bethel
A'. B. Harvey King's Mountain
r. S. Lanil?ert Bullock's Creek
C. B.vers Bethesda
C. B. Johnson Catawba
r. F. McElwee . York
r. A. C. L?ove Kings Mountain
i(. Carlisle Catawba
THE PRODIGAL JUDGE.
"The Prodigal Judge" is the title of
he next serial story to he published
n The Enquirer. The opening chapers
will appear within the next few
veeks and it is proper now to put the
>uhlic on notice that the story is one
if unusual interest and power.
The Prodigal Judge is an ante-helinii
story that portrays the strongest
tassions of the human heart, both as
o crime and as to the highest and no lest
aspirations of life.
The scene is laid mainly in North
Carolina and Tennesee, and the hero
s an old-time South Carolina gentlenan,
who, wrecked as the result of the
reachery of a supposed friend, and
econciled to ruin, is in the end arous- i
ed to reassert the splendid manhood
that was originally his by inheritance,
education and training.
The time of the Btory is back in the
30's, when the famous outlaw, Murrell,
was at the zenith of his fame, and although
Murrell is hardly to be regarded
as one of the most important characters,
he figures prominently and
meets his downfall through the courage
and ability of the Prodigal Judge.
This story is by Vaughan Kester, and
is easily the strongest work of that
able and popular author. We are enabled
to reproduce it by a special arrangement
with the owners of the
copyright, the arrangement having
been effected as the result of quite a
liberal payment by us in hard cash.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Mrs. D. E. Finley and Miss Frances
Finley of Yorkville, left this morning
for Columbia.
Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Bowen and son,
of Charlotte, visited relatives in Yorkville
this week.
Miss Margaret Moore, who has been
visiting in Charlotte, has returned to
her home in Yorkville.
Mrs. J. A. Carroll and son, Master
Neil of Filbert, have been visiting the
family of Mr. W. S. Leslie at Leslie.
Mr. R. G. Ratchford and Mrs. J. W.
Betts and son, Robert, of Yorkville R.
F. D. 3, spent last Saturday in Charlotte.
Mrs. lone S. Nolen of Chattanooga,
Tenn., Is in Yorkville on business.
Mrs. Nolen is a native of York county,
a daughter of the late Stanhope
Sadler, remembered by the older citizens
of Yorkville. She went to Tennessee
after her marriage, about forty-five
yars ago, and with the exception
of one previous visit back has
been away since until now. Mrs.
Nolen knows all of the older natives
of the town and the country surrounding
and has renewed many acquaintances.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Manager Wray has the "Firing
Line" engaged for November 16. This
is another popular story with which
the local public is familiar and the
play is good.
? Mr. William Boyd, son of Mr. S.
M. Boyd, died at the home of his parents
In the Neely Mill settlement, yesterday
afternoon, of rheumatism, after
several years of suffering. Ho was
ohnnt vAflrs nf npp
? That is a pretty severe lecture
that the Gaffney Ledger reads to the
young ladies of Gaffney about promenading
the streets. Honestly and truly,
but little if any of this would apply
to Yorkville.
? The annual flower show in the vacant.
store room of the McNeel building,
is the event for tomorrow. Besides
making a handsome display of
flowers, the ladies will serve some
good things to eat.
? Rev. F. M. Satterwhlte, who since
January 1st has been pastor of the
Yorkville Baptist church, at the Sunday
morning service tendered his
resignation to the congregation, the
resignation to become effective at
such time as the deacons of the
church may decide to be most convenient
for all concerned. Mr. Satterwhlte
took this step because of the
condition of his health, which has become
such as to make his retirement
from the ministry necessary, for the
present. The resignation and its cause
Is much regretted by the congregation
of the Yorkville church.
? The law requires an annual financial
statement from the town council
to the citizens of the town, and this
statement should be made. The first
attempt at such a statement was made
last year, but it was unsatisfactory in
that it was not specific enough. From
time to time rumors leak out as to the
payment of the town's money to certain
purposes, some of which payments
do not seem to be fully warranted
in law. The taxpayers have
a right to know where every cent of
their money goes, what for and to
whom. The publication of an Itemized
statement as inquired by law,
will answer this question fully.
? Mrs. Laura A. Parish has entered
suit against the town of Yorkville for
$2,500 damages because of the alleged
pollution of tho stream running
through lands belonging to her because
of sewage. The sewerage line runs to
a point within a short distance of the
lands of the plaintiff and through the
plaintiff's lands the branch Is open.
Mayor Hart is the principal witness
for the town and the understanding is
that he will testify that before the sewerage
line was completed, the plaintiff
with full knowledge of the probable
effect upon her property, gave vol
uniary consent, stating tnat any prospective
damage on account of the sewage
would be more than offset because
of the influence of the sewer lines on
the value of the lots she was then offering
to sell.
MONEY IN MILK.
Having for years maintained the
practicability of profitable cattle
raising in York county, and having
persistently insisted that failure in
this pursuit argued the Incompetency,
inefficiency or other short coming in
the individual rather than any trouble
with the business, it is natural that
The Enquirer Bhouid be anxious to
furnish some proof, and at last we
have the pleasure of announcing that
the proof is forthcoming. Mr. C. Henry'
Smith, R. F. D. carrier on Yorkville
No. 4, and one of the most successful
practical farmers in the county, has
furnished the evidence, which to our
mind is most satisfactory.
Mr. Smith needs very little introduction
to the readers of The Enquirer.
He was one of the first York
county farmers to begin experimenting
with the terrace idea as a substitute
for ditches, having taken the
matter up immediately following the
heavier work of the late Dr. William
M. Wolker, of Yorkville. Later
on, when nine farmers out
ten held that it was impossible
to raise hogs, at a profit, Mr.
Smith demonstrated the contrary.
Next he went into celery raising and
produced this delightful relish in commercial
quantities at a very small
cost; but gave it up after a few years
because of the difficulty of finding a
market. Then after having made
some record crops of fine cotton, when
in 1908, the York County Farmers'
Union gave so much impetus to corn
growing competitions by offering liberal
prizes for the largest,second largest
and third largest yields on a single
acre, Mr. Smith won out with a
yield of 88 bushels, and received prize
money in the sum of $136.
Through a third party some days
ago it came to the attention of The
Enquirer that Mr. Smith could furnish
some interesting information on the
subject of profitable milk production,
nnsl V? o rnnnrtnr hoa nnt hoon ulftll' tfl
follow it up. By special request Mr.
Smith came to this office yesterday,
bringing- with him butter-fat bills
showing the amounts he has been receiving
from the creamery, since he
commenced disposing of his product to
that institution shortly after its establishment,
and certain other memoranda,
by which he was able to corroborate
various interesting statements.
"I first began to give attention to
cattle eight years ago," said Mr.
Smith, in answer to a question, "starting
with two pure bred Jersey heifers,two
grade Jerseys, and two other
calves, all of which together cost me
$38.- I have sold off $130 worth of cattle
and now have on hand thirty head,
all of them Jerseys and grades, except
four shorthorns. I estimate the present
market value of my herd at about
$800, although I would not think of
selling out at any such figure. Counting
the cattle I have sold against cattle
I have since bought, it is fair to
say that my present herd, including
eleven milkers, eleven calves, four
shorthorns, and four cows soon to
come in, represents natural increase.
"When I first began to give attention
to cattle, I bought Jerseys, with
the idea of selling butter. The cows
came in, in the course of time and I
came to Yorkville to engage the butter.
I found it impossible to contract
the output of the three cows I then
had at 20 cents a pound, and returning
home in disgust, my wife and I
decided to turn the cows and calves
together and let it go at that. Later
I began to invest in shorthorns with
a view to seeing what I could do with
beef cattle, and was making pretty
fair progress; but upon the establishment
of the creamery, I went into that
and changed my plan again. The first
month I took my milk to the cream- v
ery?the milk of only two cows?my 1<
check was $9.45. I only sold to the t
creamery, of course, my surplus, keep- s
ing back all the milk and butter my g
family needed. I am still doing the s
same thing. Last month I took to the i
creamery the output of eleven cows, .
less home requirements, and my check
was $57.66.
"Now just what this milk has cost v
me, I can't tell you. I have not un- 1
dertaken to keep books for the very
good reason that the cows have been 1
fed entirely on home-raised feed, with
the exception of $10.70 paid out last ^
year for a feed they call Milk-o. I o
bought this feed because my cotton a
seed had run short and it was neces- *
sary to continue some kind of a con- 1
centrate." * t
"And you mean to say that you feed a
whole cotton seed without exchanging t
for meal and hulls?" Mr. Smith was (
asked. t
"I am very well aware," was the re- c
ply, tnat the experiment stations ana a
experts generally, say It Is better to
exchange seed for meal and hulls;
but for my own reasons I have chosen
to do otherwise. One reason Is that I
use large quantities of stover, and It
seems to me that the cattle eat the
stover better when mixed with whole
seed than with meal. I do not want
to be understood as posing as an authority
along this line, and I do not
care to undertake to argue the matter.
I prefer to feed the whole seed and am
willing to leave other people to do as
they like."
Asked as to his judgment as to the
comparative value of milk and manure,
Mr. Smith answered the question at
considerable length.
"I think that at 25 cents a pound
for butter fat," he said, "I am getting
a good deal more for my milk than I
would get for butter at 35 cents a
pound. You see it is like this. You
are relieved of the care and trouble of t
looking after the milk, preparatory to t
churning; you are relieved of the j
trouble of churning and then you are t
relieved of the business of marketing r
and keeping accouats straight. There t
Is a good profit In selling butter fat at ,
25 cents a pound, and If we ever get rj
to where we can sell our butter fat j
at 30 cents a pound, I will not care a
whether there Is any other dividend on f
my original Investment in the cream- ^
ery or not. Butter fat at 30 cents a r
pound would be as good a thing as I a
would want. When that time comes I g
will think more of cotton as a means j
of getting seed for the cows than as
a money crop, and every other crop t
on the place will be planted with a j
view to producing feed for the cows
and the other stock. I won't take any a
account of anything else except bread c
for the table. g
"But the value of the skim milk Is
something that must not be lost sight
of. I have heard different experts undertake
to express the equivalent of
this value in dollars and cents, and
although they may be right, they all '
put the figures lower than it seems to
me they ought to put them. Of course j
I have a separator and I use all the
skim milk I get. With the skim milk j
from my eleven cows I have been
feeding eight heifer calves and twen- a
ty-one pigs, and so far as I can see j
the calves thrive .as well on the skim j
milk as they did on the whole milk t
they got from the cows when, before r
the establishment of the creamery, I s
turned the cows and calves together. r
"Now, as to the manure," Mr. Smith r
wem uu, i navo nui uccii auic iu laivo
care of It as well as I would like to.
or as well as I am going to. My herd
has been growing Just a little faster
than I have been able to provide for.
The situation has presented so many
possibilities that It has been difficult
to keep up with them all. But two
years ago I decided to enrich two acres J
of good land and put it In alfalfa.
During the past two years I have put ^
on those two acres between 5,000 and 1
6,000 bushels of first-class stable ma- ^
nure, and last Friday I sowed my al- ?
falfa. This morning I noticed that the J1
alfalfa had begun to sprout.
"Last year I got about 170 bushels c
of corn oft of these two acres, and v
Just how much I have this year I do 1
not know. You know my place was
one of the driest of the dry last summer;
but I have my corn cut and
shocked and I have a pretty good crop.
I don't think it is going to run short 1
of 60 or 70 bushels to the acre, and It 1
may go up to last year's figures." t
"Are you not taking considerable
risk In trying two acres In alfalfa?" j
Mr. Smith was asked.
"No," he replied, with easy confl- j
dence. "That is all bosh about our t
not being able to grow alfalfa. I re- ,
member the crop the late Capt. Grist '
had In his garden, and because of his r
persuading I tried it myself. My crop ^
succeeded splendidly. I could not t
have wanted anything better; Dut we .
did not know the value of It then like ,
we do now, and I finally plowed It up.
Maybe I am going to fall on these two *.
acres: but I have no Idea that there .
will be any failure. It Is Just a matter t
of letting it get a good hold, as I see
it, and it is my plan to go on making .
arrangements to put in more and
more. I don't see why we can't grow ?
alfalfa as well as anybody else and ?
even if we can't, we still have a good j,
thing in clover, peavines, stover, J
Means' grass, sorghum and so on. 1
"When they came around to get me
to pledge cows to keep the creamery v
going," said Mr. Smith. "I told them a
that they could put me down for eight, a
I did not want to promise more than y
I felt reasonably sure I was able to ti
do, but I'll tell you right now that I t
am hoping within the next year or two t
to give them thyee times eight, and I g
have no intention of stopping even at t
that." a
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LOCAL LACONICS.
Goes to Clemaon. t
Prof. L. A. Nlven. who has for two I
years been head of the department of |
elementary agriculture at Winthrop j
college, has resigned to take a similar $
position at Clemaon. a
Big Cotton Train. |,
Two hundred and fifty bales of cot- o
ton on fifty wagons, strung along 1
Main street, three abreast, was the a
unusual sight that was witnessed in e
Rock Hill last Friday. The cotton belonged
to Mr. Claude W. Ratterree of a
Ogden, and was being brought into 0
Rock Hill to be stored in a ware- t
house. !
Annual Settlement. s
The treasurer, auditor, county su- i
pervisor and county superintendent of
education made their annual settlement
with the comptroller general ?
yesterday. Chief Clerk Sawyer rep- .
resented the comptroller general's of- J
flee, and Mr. M. L. Carroll, foreman of ^
the grand jury, acted as referee. The ?
settlement consumed several hours, as ?
it included quite a lot of work; but ?
passed off without a hitch. Mr. Saw- r
ver had some nice things to sav about IF
the'systematic and business-like manner
in which Treasurer Neil keeps his ,
office.
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Watts-Miller Marriage.
Yorkvllle special of October 28 to *
Charlotte Observer: The marriage of
Miss Rob May Miller to Mr. Hubert 8
Watts of Miami, Fla., was solerruiized v
Wednesday evening at 6.30 o'clock at v
the home of the bride's father, Mr. J.
R. Miller at "The Oaks" in York 11
county, S. C. The ceremony was per- f
formed by Rev. Mr. Kingsley, the t
bride's pastor. Following the marriage J
ceremony a reception was given in e
honor of the newly-wedded couple, af- o
ter which they left for their future c
home in Miami. Mrs. Watts is a A
young lady of great personal charm s
and culture. Mr. Watts is a young d
man of fine character and has made s
unusual success in Miami. s
Yorkville. Boy Chosen. ?
Spartanburg Herald, Sunday: James
D. Grist of Yorkville, was chosen last g
night as the representative of Wofford '
College Fitting school In the inter- s
state declamation contest to be held at
Trinity college, Durham, N. C., on November
24. There were three contest- T
ants for the honor: Lee Parker, with
the subject, "If I Live Till Sundown"; 11
J. D. Grist, with the subject, "Lasca"; ?
C. C. Miller, with the subject, "David." ^
The Judges were Prof. Clinkscales and ,
Dr. Pugh of the Wofford faculty, and cl
Mr. Wilson of the senior class. The e
declamations were all good and the 0
enthusiasm ran high. Professor Hor- n
ton of the Fitting school, presided, and
after the contest announced that the l?
society council of the Fitting school ?
had perfected arrangements for a de- b
bate between the Fitting school and ci
Trinity Park school of Durham, N. C.. b
to be "held here some time in Febru- ti
arv. The preliminary to select the d
two debaters from the Fitting school'tl
vill be held Just before the students c
eave for home at Christmas. This Is F
he first contest of this kind that the t<
tudents of the Fitting school have en- c
raged in and they, of course, are de- tl
irous of coming off with the honors l<
n this event. "
forkville and Hickory Grove.
The Yorkville High school boys d
vent to Hickory Grove last Friday af- v
ernoon and played a game of foot- o
all with the Hickory Grove boys, a
[ he game resulted in favor of th? 0
forkvllle boys by a score of 25 to 0. a
ifter the game Professor Holliday and e
ithers, entertained the Yorkville boys fi
it an oyster supper, and sent them e
lome thoroughly well pleased with the f
iickory Grove people. Speaking of n
ne game one or rne lorKvuie ooyo a
laid: "It was a fair and square game h
hroughout. We beat the Hickory p
3rove boys not because we have bet- c
er material for we have not, bu* be- c
lause we have had better training t<
ind more of it. If the Hickory Grove
>oys had Prof. Riddle to train them 0
or a month, they would be able to n
rive us about all we would want and |,
nay be a little more; "but maybe they c
vill come it without Mr. Riddle. They
)layed a much better game last Fri- p
lay than they did the first time we b
>Iayed with them. There was no c
luarreling or contention on either side, p
3oth elevens went in to play football t(
ind they played tho game." s
tilled In Charlotte. s
Mr. P. W. Patrick, In charge of the b
forkville agency of the Southern rail- n
oad, was busy a good part of Satur- 3
lay trying to get information of one '
f. M. Wright, who it was stated, had h
lied in Charlotte on Friday as the re- 1
lult of having been struck by an en- 3
fine the day before. Mr. Patrick had h
he idea that Mr. Wright belonged In P
he western part of the county; but n
vas unable to confirm his surmise in o
hat particular. It turns out that the h
mfortunate man belonged in Fort tl
kfill. The Charlotte Observer of yes- J<
erday, had the following: "The re- a
nains of James M. Wright were taken t
o Fort Mill, S. C., his former home, b
yesterday afternoon at 4.35 o'clock.
[*he funeral service was conducted h
mmedlately on the arrival of the train c
it that place, the remains being taken s
rom the train to the cemetery, h
iVrlght died Friday afternoon as the o
esult of injuries received Thursday c
ifternoon about 6 o'clock when he was d
itruck by a Southern railway train, t
ie was standing- on the track facing j|
touth when the train rolled In from ^
he north. He was born December 21. c
873, and was therefore nearly 38 t
'ears of age. His son-in-law, who )<
irrlved Saturday night and took j<
iharge, said that Wright traveled, c
lelling cotton spindles." ?
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TILLMAN OFFERS CORRECTION.
t!
lays Augusta Chronicle's Represents- b
tive Misquoted Him.
lugusta, Chronicle: ?
Trenton, S. C., Oct. 28. 1911. E
Sdltor of the Chronicle:
In today's Chronicle your corre- g
pondent, Mr. McWhorter, has fallen
nto a serious mistake or omission. j|
le makes me say "if he (Jones) does a
hat and makes his fight on Blease's p
ecord, he will win." I went on to t(
ay, and I now repeat, that as the t(
ecord now stands under the indict- g
nent as drawn by the newspapers, I j,
lo not believe Jones or anyone else ^
an defeat him. Something new and ^
lisgraceful must be brought out q
vhlch will shock the people and 0
irouse state pride. Very truly youra, c
B. R. Tillman. j,
(With all respect to the senator, ?]
he author of the story quoting Sena- 0
or Tillman, in yesterday's Chronicle, v
fas not impressed with this important a
>art of the senator's reply to a direct a
luestion, and does not recall it. How- r
ver, the senator, undoubtedly, knows ](
test just what his reply was intended c
o convey; but, as he recalls, a part
if the interview was privileged con'ersation
and was not, therefore,
ised.?John L. McWhorter.)
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8.
? Albert Windham, white, shot and
tilled Joe Slater, colored, at Lamar
ast Saturday night in a dispute over *
he payment of some money. *
? Lancaster, October 30: George El- '
is shot and instantly killed George
'atterson at Calvary church, near
Slgin, yesterday afternoon. It seems r
hat Patterson, who does not bear a ,
rood reputation, was under the in- J
luence of intoxicants, and was quar- ,
ellng with Ellis' brother and mother, i
rhen George Ellis came up and tried *
o get his brother away. When he .
lid this Patterson asked him if he
ook it up, and ran his hand into his
>ocket as if to draw a pistol, whereipon
Eillis drew his pistol and shot .
dm one time, the bullet entering the ^
ipper part of the nose, between the .
lyes. Patterson only got his pistol f]
ar enough out to let it fall by his
ilde when shot. Ellis came to town
.nd gave up. The coroner's verdict p
fas that Patterson came to his death
rom pistol shot In hands of George 'f
Sills. I
? Laurens, October 28: Charged v
vlth disposing of a pistol forfeited by b
, negro whom he arrested some days e
go. Rural Policeman Jas. H. Madden "b
fas found guilty in Magistrate Good- II
nan's court at Mountville and sen- tl
enced to pay a fine of $20 or serve g
wenty days on the county chain s
,ang. Madden has appealed the case II
o the circuit court. He was repre- o
ented at the trial by an attorney, and e
he case was heard by a jury. He of- d
ered no defense at the trial, but it
s understood that if the case comes c
o trial in the criminal court he will e
ilead that he did not sell the cap- c
ured pistol himself, but it was sold s
iy a member of his family. The al- h
pfirpd nrice received for the "srun*' was a
6.50, and it was charged that heltl
ppropriated this money to his own o
lersonal use. The law in such cases |n
s that all forfeited firearms be turned a
iver to the custody of the sheriff, and n
hey cannot be Sold, This is a very f<
inusual case. Officer Madden was c
ppointed rural policeman by Gov- a
rnor Blease last February. a
? Gaffney, October 27: Municipal
ffairs in Gaffney have been In a state
if unrest for weeks. Nnmerous let- "
ers have been published from taxlayers
in local papers concerning the "
alaries paid the city officials and the c
ittle return for the money. The af- a
air reached a head here tonight at P
meeting of Democrats called to ?
lect an executive committee for the C
oming two years. At this mass meet- c
ng resolutions were Introduced by
;ol. T. B. Butler to the effect that the w
alary of the mayor of Gaffney should {?
ie reduced from $700 per year to $100 J*
?er.year and that of the aldermen ?
rom $100 a year to $1 a meeting, 50 w
ents per called meeting: In no case 0
s this amount to exceed $25 per year,
'he resolutions also called for estab- a
ishing the office of recorder to be 0
ombined with that of city clerk and P
his official to receive $50 per month. a
enthusiasm reigned when the resolu- ?
Ions were read, and after short and ?'
pirited addresses by the different ]'
oters assembled in the hall, they
^ere passed by a unanimous vote. 81
?Anderson, October 29: The Chi
ese revolution is having a serious efect
on the cotton mill Industry of
he southern states, according to J
ames D. Hammett, president of sevral
of the largest mills in South Carllna
and a member of the executive 0
ommittee of the American Cotton Z
lanufacturers' association. In a :
tatement issued by Mr. Hammett to- ^
ay he points out ti\at many of the c
outhern mills manufacture goods
olely for export to China, and scores
f orders already have been cancelled e
ecause of the Chinese war. Ho es- *(
Imates that at least thirty mills in j]
outh Carolina alone are dependent d
pon the Chinese trade. "Unless a ti
peedy settlement of the revolution is a
eached, said Mr. Hammett. "se- e
ious consequences are feared for both s
he southern manufacturers who sup- q
ly the trade and the cotton producer a
f the south. This fall indications a
fere for a large trade from China, h
ut as a result of the revolution the n
emand for cloth has been almost a;
ntirely cut off. with a disposition In ti
videnee to cancel contracts that are c]
ow on the books of the mills." p
? Columbia. October 27: The Char- T
ston Fair and Racing association, m
f Charleston, has been commissioned r<
v Secretary of State McCown with a st
anital stock of $250,000. This would pi
ldlcate that the much talked of race hi
aek will be launched In Charleston W
uring the present winter. The pe- bi
tioners as named who are seeking a tl
harter for the company are: E. J.
'oils and John Marshall. According
3 the petitioners, they are tooth of the
Ity of Charleston. The purposes of
he company are set forth In the foliwlng
paragraph of the petition:
That the general nature of the busies*
which it proposes to do Is to
iuy, sell, lease, acquire, hold, control,
evelop, pledge, mortgage, sell, coney
and otherwise deal In or dispose
f all kinds of property, real, personal
nd mixed, and of any estates, rights
r privileges therein and to give guarntees
in connection therewith, and to
xercise all the rights of ownership
ncldent thereto; also to build and
rect fair grounds and buildings, to
urnish and equip the same, to hold
leetlngs and furnish amusement and
iversion, to run automobile racea^
lorse races, hippodrome races, aerolane
races and footraces and other
ontests of speed and skill, and to
harge for entrance to same, and also
0 carry on any other business which
n the discretion, of the directors or
f the stockholders of the company
lay seem capable of being carried on
1 connection with the above, or calulatcd
directly or Indirectly to mainaln
or enhance the value of the com
any's property or rights. That the
uslness above mentioned Is to be
onducted In the st&te of South CaroIna
and also In such other states and
erritorles of the United States as the
aid directors may from time to time
elect." The sum of $100,000 will
e preferred stock and $150,000 comnon
stock. There will be 2.600
hates, valued at $100 each. There
i no law in South Carolina that proIblts
the operation of a race track,
'here Is a law that prevents, or is
upposed to prevent, gambling on
iorse races. E. J. Pons, one of the
iromotere of the race track. Is a forner
citizen of Jacksonville, where he
perated a race track. John Marshall
s from Charleston. The question of
he operation of a race track In Charsston
may come before the general
ssembly. and It is highly probable
hat some additional legislation will
ie enacted.
? Columbia, October 28: Securing
lis parole from the governor of South
larollna and having the seal of the
tate stamped on the paper showing
ilm to be free, Joseph Beckwlth, one
f the most noted pickpockets In the
ountry, left the penitentiary Thursay
afternoon. He was required by
he governor to leave the state wlthn
twenty-four hours after securing
ua release, uniei camcan, or uie
lolumbla police, detailed several men
o watch Beckwith and see that he
jl't the city. Joseph Beckwith is well
:nown to the police throughout the
ountry. He is sometimes known as
Red Mike," and when arrested here
laimed Chicago as his home. For
he past four years he has languished
ehind the walls of the state penltenlary
hoping for freedom, and it came
y the act of the governor. During
he fair of 1906 there were a number
f robberies reported to the police. A
^atch was set, with the result that
leckwith and his two "pals," J. W.
'arker and a man by the name of
Icliultz. were arrested at the state
air grounds while in the act of relievng
a visitor of his money. Schultz
,nd Beckwith were convicted in the
tlchland county court and sentenced
o ten years each in the state penientiary.
Just before the* trial a man
Iving his name as Miller and clalmng
to be an attorney, came to Columiia
tc represent the men. One day
le was riding on a car with W. C.
'athcart, the present chief of police
f Columbia. He handed Mr. Cathart
a package of chewing gum. Open
ng the package a little verse entitled
Forget It." appeared before the eyes
f the officer. The man Miller then
landed Mr. Cathcart $200 in money
nd told him to forget what he knew
bout the robberies. Miller was arested.
He gave bond of (1,500 and
eft the state. Parker also gave a
ash bond of (1,500 and left the state.
MECKLENBURG CREEKS.
Vork of Dredging Commenced in
Business Like Manner Saturday.
The first scoop full of dirt toward
he county drainage work was lifted
iaturday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock in
he presence of several members of
he drainage commission and a large
rowd of interested onlookers. The
rork of building the dredge boat and
dacing the engine thereon has been
n progress for several weeks Just beow
the concrete bridge on East
fourth street on Little Sugar creek,
i representative of the Fairbanks
team Shovel company of Marion, O.,
rom whom the outfit was purchased,
tas been on the ground for some time
uperintending the placing of the mahinery.
He will remain for a week
>r ten days initiating the crew into
he mysteries of the gigantic machine,
'he company's representative is A.
1. Chard, a very expert machinist,
^ho goes from place to place and
uperlntends the construction and
>lacing of the dredging machinery.
The dredging outfit consists of a boat
eventy-two feet long and eighteen
eet wide. On this boat and built
nto it is a 55 horse power engine
/lth a boiler of requisite size. The
oat is covered to protect the machinry
and the sides are also weatheroarded,
the whole looking not unke
the type of steamboat used on
he Mississippi river. The point of
reatest dissimilarity with the MlsslsIppi
boat is the huge crane and the
ftlng apparatus which is attached to
ne end of the boat and which swings
asily from side to side and up and
own.
The entire outfit is operated by a
rew of three men, one of them the
ngineer, the others operators of the
rane or hoisting apparatus. The
coop attached to the end of the crane
tolds one and a half yards of dirt
nd makes a scoop every minute. So
hat every two minutes three yards
f earth is lifted from the creek Chanel.
The boat is eighteen feet wide,
nu me uuuu ?in stoup uui a cntuiel
eighteen feet wide and about nine
eet deep, the crane emptying the exavated
earth on either or both banks,
s desired. It will dig its own canal
head of itself as It digs down stream.
Work will be continued Monday at
be present site, the work of yesteray
afternoon being a kind of test or
ry-out of the machinery. The dredgig
will be continued on Little Sugar
reek through the Thompson orphange
property, the Stephen Land comany's
property and on beyond the
Ity through the country to the South
'arolina line. When that creek is
ompleted the dredging outfit will be
iken apart and brought back to the
'estern part of the city and put toether
on Big Sugar creek, Just be>w
the bridge between the city and
eversville. From there the dredging
'111 be continued to the lower land
f that creek.
The dredging outfit was purchased
y the county at a cost of about $10,00.
and the cost of the work will be
aid by taxing the property owners
djacent to the drained section by a
raduated system that will put the
ost of the dredging on those recelvig
the most benefit. The agitation
>oking to the drainage proposition
tarted last January when a mass
leetlng was called at the county
ourt house to discuss plans. It reulted
In the organization Of the
ounty drainage commission, of which
>r. J. R. Alexander of this city Is
hairmait; Mr. W. S. Pharr of Sharn.
secretary: Mr. J. P. Clanton of
teel Creek, Mr. J. S. Squires of Crab
rchard, and Mr. John Cross of Hunirsvllle,
are the other members.?
harlotte News.
? Dallas, Tex., October 28: Governor
Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey
oday declared Democratic success in
he elections of next year a certainty;
escribed the party as controlled by
he real progressives of the country,
nd urged that if the Democrats actd
wisely a large part of the progresive
Republican vote might be gained,
[overnor Wilson's political talk was
t a luncheon, which preceded his
ddress at the Texas State fair, where
e was the guest of honor this afteroon.
Earlier in the day, an hour
fter his arrival, he spoke to several
lousand persons at the First Baptist
hurch upon "Life and the Bible."
t. Worth and returned to Dallas at
onight he delivered an address at
lidnight. He will leave early tomor)w
for New Jersey, to take the
ump in the legislative campaign In
rogTess in that state. Incidental to
8 political utterances. Governor
rilson discussed currency reform
riefly and took issue with the Naonal
monetary commission.