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Scraps and |atts. ? Death between the jaws of a monster man-eating shark was the fate of Jules Antoine. an aged seaman, in the harbor at Pensacola, Fla., last Tuesday._ The gruesome sight was witnessed by the crew of the British steamer Aldersgate, on which Antoine was employed as a watchman, and by hall a hundred baymen, engaged in loading the vessel with lumber, antoine evidently had fallen overboard bv accident, for the first seen of him was when the shark swam leisurely out from between the ship and the lighter of lumber, with the body of the man clamped between its jaws, the head and shoulders protruding from one side of its mouth and the legs from the other. For a moment the shark remained on the surface, then sank, to arise a moment later with only the head in sight, the remainder of the body apparently having been swallowed. The shark remained on the surface the second time for nearly a minute, and then was seen no more. One of the watchers fainted from the spectacle. ? The efforts by land speculators to charge the government more for land desired for national forests in the Appalachian and White mountains than the land Is worth will be met by refusal to consider such offers, according to Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. Xo lands will be examined or recommended for purchase, he declared, on which options have been obtained for the purpose of selling to the government at a profit The Weeks law, passed last February, during the closing days of the Sixty"""""ita nrnvlHeH 19 000 000 ft year until 1915 for the purchase of Appalachian and White mountain timber lands. More than 1,800,000 acres have been offered, of which more than 400,000 have been examined and agreements have already been reached with owners of 100,000 acres. The secretary said today the department desires lo deal direct with the owners, rather than with others who have obtained options Only lands will be bought which geological survey examinations now being made show, will promote or protect the navigation of the streams on whose watersheds they lie. ? Louisville, Ky., November 8: Coming Into Kentucky the day after the state was overwhelmingly returned to the Democratic ranks and meeting crowds en route celebrating the victory of ballots. President Taft was greeted apparently the same as if results of yesterday's election had been the reverse. At Frankfort, the capital, today, the president dedicated a statue to Abraham Lincoln, and tonight in Louisville he made a brief talk on peace at the armory, and was entertained by the Louisville Press club at a banquet. The banquet was the feature of the visit to Louisville, and unique in presidential visits in that Mr. Taft divided honors with his military aide. Major Archibald Butt. Major Butt formerly was a Louisville newspaper man. and, as the president himself saw service as a reporter in Cincinnati, the affair was given on the basis of one newspaper man to another. Early in the night Henry Watterson suggested that every one stop calling him Mr. President, or ovon Mr To ft unit substitute lust "Fill." It was adopted to some extent. Mr. Taft arrived here at 6 o'clock from Frankfort and was taken to the armory, where he made the brief peace address along lines followed in advocating his policies in this regard elsewhere. From the armory he went immediately to a local hotel for the banquet. ? Germany and France have -at last come to an agreement concerning Morocco, as is shown by the treaty made public last Saturday. The definition of France's predominant position in Morocco occupies three of the fourteen articles of the treaty. The next nine contain ,a long series of guarantees and precautions to secure citizens of all countries equal opportunities in Morocco under French domination. The contents of the treaty show that Germany recognizes the right of France to establish a protectorate in Morocco, while both nations engage to obtain the adhesion to this accord of the other signatories to the Algeciras agreement. France, as compensation for German recognition of her protectorate in Morocco, ceded to Germany about 250,000 square kilometers in northern French Congo, touching the German-Kameruns. The territory ceded is inhabited by about 1.000,000 negroes and has a commerce valued at $2,400,000 annually. France retains the right to run railroad lines across German territory so as to connect the different parts of French central Africa. France agrees to safeguard the economic equality and commercial liberty for which provision is made in existing treaties. The only reference to commercial rights in the ceded territory is the mutual agreement to take over the on/1 oKHoratlAnc In onnn Ion with the companies holding concessions there. ? Elections were held Tuesday In many cities and states throughout the country, showing varying results, with little indication of a widespread wave of public sentiment. In Massachusetts Governor Foss, Democrat, claims his re-election by a reduced plurality of about 12.000, but the election is not conceded. The first returns showed marked gains for Louis P. Frothingham, Republican, which were gradually reduced. Meager returns indicate that other Republican candidates on the state ticket are slightly ahead of their Democratic opponents. In Rhode Island, early returns indicated the election of Governor Pothier. Republican, over Louis A. Waterman. Democrat, by an increased majority. New York state elected a Republican assembly, thus depriving Governor Dix. Democrat, of the support he has had heretofore from a legislature Democratic in both branches. The present New York assembly has a Democratic majority of 24. The newly-elected assembly will have a Republican majority of upwards of 30. In New York city (Manhattan and Bronx) the Tammany strength was materially reduced, but its candidates for judicial and county offices were elected, by greatly reduced pluralities. In Brooklyn the fusion judicial and county candidates were successful, with, perhaps, an exception. New Jersey elected a legislature which probably will give continued support to Governor Woodrow Wilson. Democrat, but the exact majorities are still in doubt. The municipal elections in Ohio resulted in the election of Henry T. Hunt. Democrat. as mayor of Cincinnati; Newton D. Baker. Democrat, as mayor of Cleveland; George J. Karb, Democrat. as mayor of Columbus. President Taft cast his vote in Cincinnati. In Kentucky, James B. McCreary, Democrat, was elected governor by a majority estimated at from 20,000 to 40.000. A Democratic legislature also was elected, which insures the choice of Congressman Ollie James as I'nited States senator from Kentucky. ? Two-thirds of the city of Hanifftn flwnrdinf to a disDatch dated November 5. and published yesterday, has been destroyed by Are, following fighting between revolutionists and loyal troops. The lowest estimate of the loss is $50,000,000. Four hundred thousand persons are destitute. Hundreds of half burned bodies lie among the ruins. Many of them are the bodies of women and children. The customs house, the postofflce and the .American missions have been spared. The city has been looted, the imperialists taking a hand in the pillage. Imperialist officers tried to cheek this work and executed a number of the soldiers. Refugees were deprived of their loot on entering the British concession, cartloads of valuable furs, silks and jewelry being seized. It is s ggested that the Red Cross receive the proceeds. On Friday afternoon the consuls appealed to the imperialists to cease burning the town. A proclamation, which was issued immediately, declared that the rebels were responsible for the fires and ordered that these be checked. The following day new fires started in various quarters. The David Hill memorial school for the blind, connected with the Wesleyan mission, has been looted, while, in contrast, all the property in Wu Chang, which is held by the rebels, has been protected. On Nov. 3 there was considerable artillery firing, beginning before daylight. The imperialist battery behind Hankow moved to the southwest in belated fulfillment of the promise to shift the line of fire from the concessions. This battery and another stationed on the plains engaged in a heavy duel with Han Yang hill. The Wu Chang forts Joined occasionally in the defense of Han Yang. A few hundred of the revolutionists are still in Hankow. Riflemen on opposite sides of the Han river fought all daySaturday, and there has been similar fighting today, but steadily decreasing in volume. There is much open revolutionary talk among the imper ialists. Foreigners are hearing horrifying stories of brutality. The imperialists have hanged men and. failing to strangle them, tortured them to death, prodded tnem with bayonets or crushed them to death with stones. The outrages against women cannot be told. Red Cross bearers have been killed or wounded. Soldiers on both sides have slaughtered their wounded enemies. It was ascertained last night that Yuan. Shi Kai, the premier designate, is in this neighborhood, but he is keeping his presence hidden. It is suspected that he went aboard a British gunboat, and it is reported that he has been interviewing republican leaders secretly. A thousand revolutionary soldiers from Hu Nan reached Wu Chang yesterday At I-Chang and other rive.r, ports, the republicans are collecting the customs dues. Consular reports form I-Chang say refugees from Chung King, in Sze-Chuan province, are bound thither. Secret societies, it is. reported, are gaining control in Sze-Chuan. The mobs at Kiu Kiang are violent. $hr -Morhiillc (inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, S. C.t . FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1911. Alderman Chlcco! But why not? The result of the Charleston election was natural, legitimate and logical. The fellow who says Charleston no longer figures in state politics, is very much mistaken. Measured by the test of "get there," the test most potent in politics, Harmon seems to have the best of It. But to the Daily Mail and the Sumter Item we beg leave to remark: If the Charleston newspapers should undertake to ignore the doings at the race track would they still be newspapers? We have very little sympathy with the cry that the crusade against the trusts demoralizes business, because if the trusts are violating the law, business should be demoralized. But then it will be the same old Charleston?mosquitoes, blind tigers, srambline nlaces and all. We do not think Grace ia going to make It any worsd1 than It was. But Charleston la going right along with her race track proposition, and soon ahe will be noted mainly for the racing events that will take place there. It la hardly fair to suggest that the town Is going to be any "wider open" than It has been, because It has all along been about as wide open as It could be. As summed up it appears that the Democrats put it to the Republicans In New York city, Kentucky and Ohio, and the Democrats came off secord best in New York state, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island. Both Republican and Democratic papers are taking encouragement from the situation. According to the government crop report issued Wednesday, there is a falling off of 349,412,000 bushels in corn production in the United States as compared with last year. South Carolina is one of only seven states showing an increased yield. South Carolina is credited with having produced 45,522,000 bushels. If that committee charged with looking into the matter, succeeds in locating a considerably better route between Sharon and Yorkville, and the route is adopted, a great benefit will be conferred on the present generation and on generations of the future. There has been much improvement in the road to Sharon during the past few years; but that there is room for much more improvement is easily apparent to all who are familiar with the situation. As the result of last Tuesday's election, the Republicans will control the New Jersey legislature next winter, 38 to 22. mis seems 10 indicate mai Republican boodle has been too much for Woodrow Wilson. How the circumstance will operate with regard to the governor's chances for the presidential nomination, we do not know; but if the country is wise, It will take, the tip and get behind him all the stronger. The assault on the doors of the News and Courier office last Wednesday by partisans of Mr. Grace, was not a very propitious start for the Grace administration. The News and Courier opposed Grace and opposed him quite strenuously; but it opposed him fairly and violence on the part of the Grace people was entirely unjustified. Right now we predict also, that the Grace people will have occasion to regret this violence. The Columbia State seems to think that notwithstanding the bitterness with which the primary campaign in Charleston was waged, that the politicians of both sides will soon be lined up behind the winner. And we feel quite sure that the State is correct. Charleston is really not very different from any other city. The politicians there as elsewhere fight like mad for all that is in sight, and when they fail to get what they want generally set about trying to get what they can. One of the most significant developments of last Tuesday's election was the sensational gains of the Socialist party in various cities where the Socialist vote has heretofore been a negligible quantity. Eight cities, including Schenectady, N. Y., elected Socialist mayors, and Schenectady also elected a Socialist assemblyman. Socialist gains were very marked in Ohio, and even in Mississippi, where there was a Socialist candidate for lieuten ant governor, the vote was quite heavy. f~ i i It is very evident that there is a strong sentiment throughout the state disapproving the recent school book contracts, but we have seen nothing to indicate that there will be any serious effort to guard against similar contracts in the future. After the pending change has been brought about, and the people feel that they have been relieved of the burden, they will go to sleep over the matter and when the next change is sprung upon them they will take it the same way. The only hope, as we see It, is some legislation that will clinch the matter In tne ruture; say an act which will prohibit any further changes without the express consent of the general assembly. H. W. Barre, botanist at the Clemson experiment station, has written an article in which he claims that fall plowing will destroy anthracnose fungus in cotton. He makes It clear, however, that to get the proper results, stalks must be cut down before the plowing commences, in order that they may be thoroughly turned under. He says that experiments have proved that while anthracnose will re-appear in a field the stalks of which have been exposed all winter, where the stalks have been thoroughly turned under the next crop shows no signs of anthracnose whatever. Senator Tillman has taken cognizance of a vicious knock that the Spartanburg Journal has made at the cnariesion navy yaru. uui? things the Journal tried to make It appear that the navy yard Is unnecessary to begin with, and useless even if necessary, because of physical conditions that cannot be overcome. Senator Tillman's letter asserts that the Journal does not know what it is talking about, to begin with, and furthermore that even if it knows, it would be difficult to Justify itself in making any such statements. The Enquirer makes no claim to expert knowledge in such matters, but we think there is good reason why the Charleston navy yard should be maintained in the highest state of efficiency. But one thing those folks over on the river who are considering the idea of going to Cherokee, should remember, is that if they do go to Cherokee and they don't like it over there, they will be- unable to come back. According to the constitution no old county can be cut below 500 square miles, and no new county can be formed with less than 400 square miles. Cherokee has less than 400 square miles to begin with, and will still have less than 400 square miles after she gets all the remaining territory she can hope to get from York; but anyway under the constitution she would now be considered an old county, and could not spare any territory nless she had an excess of 500 square miles. So if our Broad River friends decide to go, we regret to say that they will have to go for keeps. Mr. Bryan and Champ Clark have expressed satisfaction as the outcome of last Tuesday's election; but we do not see that the Democrats have gained anything worth while. That Kentucky should go Democratic is not surprising-, because Kentucky is naturally Democratic anyway. The situation pf New York and New Jersey, with Democratic governors and Republican legislatures is anything but encouraging, and the very close vote by which Foss was re-elected by the Democrats in Massachusetts seems to indicate that there has not been so much change of sentiment among the Republicans on the tariff question as has been generally claimed. Maryland also is a disappointment, having gone Republican, and the principal cause of satisfaction in the whole thing seems to come from Ohio, which has done very well. Some days ago 'it was given out from Washington that Secretary Wilson had announced that there had been made a discovery of rich potash deposits, equaling those of Germany, somewhere In America. Exactly where the alleged deposits are located is not known. The news, if true, is of tremendous importance to American farmers, because this country annually sends to Germany many millions of dollars for potash. But there seems to be considerable doubt as to whether there is any truth in the Washington story. Indeed, there has come from Germany a statement that the alleged new discovery is really an old discovery; that the Germans were advised of Hie American deposits some time ago and last year they had the refusal of the properties at a price; but declined to Invest for the reason that *? "" onfflnlont nrnmiofi nf inn c >\ (U3 IlUk OUIUVlVlik J/? V/Iiiioc v? profitable return. However all this may be. it does seem that somewhere on this great North American continent there should be potash deposits as pure and as abundant as those of Germany or any other place in the world. And, maybe, after all such deposits will be located. If so, it will mean much to American farmers. That is quite an interesting letter that Governor Blease has written the Bennett8ville farmers in response to the request for an extra session of the general assembly to further the purposes of the cotton holding movement. We are inclined to think that the governor is right in refusing to call the extra session; but we do not exactly agree with all his reasons; certainly not with that reason in which he sets forth that only the wealthier class of farmers would be benefited. If benefit should result at all we think all classes, people who have cotton as well as people who have none, would share in those benefits. A sufficient reason in our opinion, for not calling the extra session, would be the certainty of the expense and the uncertainty as to whether the results desired would be accomplished. In his criticism of the general assembly for violating the constitution by fixing its pay at $200 a session, we agree with the governor; but really we do not think there is OMW thnt Q pnnol^orohlp nnm ber of members would have the gall to ask for $200 for only a few days of service. As to how much effect the mill merger has had in depressing the price of cotton, we are unprepared to say; but that it has had some effect we do not doubt. The mills have been doing what the farmers should have been doing?curtailing?and if the farmers do not learn this lesson from the mills they are going to see still harder times in the future. If therp was good reason to believe that an extra session of the legislature could accomplish the results desired by the Marlboro farmers, then it would be cheap at $100,000; but since there is so much room for doubt on this subject It will be Just as well to wait f'or the regular session. Growing. In times like this when cotton Is low ana not moving, bysiness dull and stagnant, and things looking more or less blue, it is very well to take a look back into the not very distant past and see where the towns and county have come from and how they are growing. Take the matter of manufactures, for instance. Thirty-one years ago there was not a single factory of importance in the county. There were some buggies and wagons being made in a small way by hand; but that was about all. There were only a few small towns in the county, and the largest had a population of only 1,300. Since then no less than six million dol lars have been invested in manufactures of various kinds, the then largest town has more than doubled in population, one town has grown to more than 7,000 and there are two other towns as large as was the largest town then, with several others growing at a rapid rate. Thirty years ago, there were hardly more than twenty-five schools in the county, while now there are more than a hundred. There were only two fairly good school buildings In the county, and 550,000 would have covered the value of all the school property, public and private, within its limits. The value of the school property today, Including Winthrop, aggregates close to half a million dollars. Thir.y years ago land values were ridiculously low. It was common for large tracts to change hands at from 50 cents to $4 or $5 an acre. Ten dollars was considered to be the very top and that price obtained only In the most favored locations. Now $40 and $50 an acre is common, and $100 an acre is not unusual. There Is more merchandise In the1 town of Yorkville alone than there was in the whole of York county twenty years ago, and today perhaps Yorkville has only about one-tenth of the merchandise there is in the whole county. Thirty years ago the total banking resources of the county did not run over $150,000, and now they are close on to $3,000,000, and still growing. The leading editorial In the last issue of the Rock Hill Record is In the nature of a denial of under-current charges to the effect that the Record is being "subsidized" by "the Roddey crowd." It makes no hesitation in saying that it feels kindly toward "the Roddey crowd," and, at the same time eoes on to explain very good reasons, among which are comprehended the declarations, that "the Roddey crowd" Includes mostly broad-minded, patriotic, considerate, capable men, who have done much for Rock Hill and York county, and who are doing more and more as their ability to do waxes greater. The word "subsidize" is an ugly one. It is very close akin to "bribe," and Its use In this sense Is necessarily offensive to any man with a sense of decency. The Record has a sense of decency, and It is not surprising that it should object to such under-current talk as that of which It complains. But "the Roddey crowd" is not composed of "bribers." There are no bribers or subsldizers in it. If there ever lived in Rock Hill a more honorable and upright man than the late Captain W. L. Roddey, The Enquirer is not aware of the fact. If there was a more patriotic or a more charitable man there, we are not aware of it. If any other man who ever lived in the town has* contributed as much to its prosperity and growth, we are not aware of the fact. Captain Roddey was not a subsldizer. He helped deserving people and institutions without making any fuss about it, and, when he found that people or institutions that he was helping were unworthy of his help he dropped them without making a fuss about it. He was imposed upon from time to time, as was naturally to be expected in the case of a man so broad, so generous and so unassuming; but he never imposed upon anybody, not even when his time came against those who sought to do him ill. And so far as our observation goes, Captain Roddey's spirit still lives in Rock Hill and it is still moving and developing along the same safe and substantial lines as of old. If he were back, we believe there is little he would order differently. But our friend, the Record, will do very well to remember that a man who filled the space that Captain Roddey filled, necessarily made enemies. Some came through envy, some through Jealousy, Borne through misunderstanding, and gome through being inconveniently found out. Captain Roddey did not want to be the whole thing. He had no desire to push himself forward or make "himself unnecessarily conspicuous. He merely sought to discharge as righteously as possible the responsibility that came to him with the unusually high talents with which his Maker endowed him. and he did it. We have seen no indication that "the Roddey crowd," so called, is not following the principles laid down by its lamented founder, and so long as this is the case the Record need have no fear of embarrassment by reason of its imputed association. ? With a majority over his two opponents, T. T. Hyde and E. W. Hughes, of 85 votes on the face of the returns lrom the municipal primary, Col. J. P. Grace will apparently be the nominee for mayor. The result of the election, however, cannot be definitely known us yet, as it is possible the Hyde forces will enter protests. These, if made, will come before the executive committee, which meets today to consider protests and declare the result. A large number of votes, amounting to several hundred, have been challenged, though it is not known whether or not these challenges will be backed up with formal protests The general feeling tonight seems to be that Grace will be the next mayor. The Grace ticket for ciiy council was nominated, except in four instances. The vote of 5,946 is the largos, ever polled in Charleston, and the day and night of the primary were marked by scenes of wild excitement. When at an early hour Wednesday morning it became known that Grace was in the lead a mob of some 40o men. cheering for Grace, smashed the doors of the News and Courier iii.il/iiticr .,n<i the main offices of the Consolidated Railway & Lighting Co., and made a noisy demonstration in front of the house of Mayor Rhett, who had been an active worker for Major Hyde. The A. R. P. Synod.?There . is no apparent good reason why the Secedors should have taken to the woods to hold their annual synod, as indicated by the fact that this paper has failed after persistent attempts to get telegraphic reports of the session. Having extended all the usual means at command in such emergencies, the Associated Press, that can penetrate a jungle with its alert service or send detailed accounts from the midst of thickest battles in China, was requisitioned, but without avail. The meeting, by the way, is being held at Troy, Tenn.?Charlotte Observer. LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. Q. Wray?Announces reduced prices on new fall goods. He has too much stock and It is not moving as fast as he thinks it should, hence the reduction of prices. York Furniture Co.?Will soon move its place of business and offers reduced prices on furniture previous to removal. Jackson Bros., Clover?Want your business in goods they carry, and especially want those who owe them on account to make settlement. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Having purchased the stock of J. L. Williams & Co., offers a lot of special November bargains. Herndon & Gordon?Say that they are sorry but that they must remind those who owe them that they must have their money. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Can supply all kinds of repairs for Oliver, Dixie and Lynchburg turnplows at the right prices. W. R. Carroll?Wants to buy about 50 head of thin cattle for feeding. See him if you have any to sell. Thomson Co.?Talks about the good qualities of Menz Ease shoes, and about underwear for men, women and children, coat sweaters, etc. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Offers a variety of cold weather specials, including knitted goods, underwear, shawls, gloves, underskirts, etc. National Union Bank, Rock Hill? Again points out the convenience of a checking account, and cordially invites you to open one with it. Loan and Savings Bank?Calls attention to the feeling of security experienced by its customers and depositors. Every precaution is taken for the safety of your funds. First National Bank, Yorkville?Calls attention to the fact that a savings account is an antidote for fear?it helps to make more money with less effort. It wanus you to try It. Standard Oil Co.?On page four tells of further conveniences that are se cured with a Perfection oil heater, and also tells how good Rayo lamps are. McGill Bros.?Want everybody who owes them on account, to pay. The open eeaeon for partridges commences next Wednesday, November 15. There ere 99 York county students at Winthrop college, and Anderson county comes next with 46. Every county in the state is represented, Berkeley coming in last with only two students. The United States court is in ses slon in Columbia and up to last night had handled but one case, in which there was a mistrial. "At the rate we are going," writes a juror to The Enquirer, "we will get through some time next spring." Commercial Travelers who *have been through Marlboro and the PeeDee section lately, say that the cotton fields over that way look like snowbanks and that It seems impossible to get the cotton picked because of a scarcity of pickers. People living in the vicinity of Bethany say that the High school as conducted by Rev. W. A. M. Plaxco, is doing splendid work. The attendance is good and the students are working hard. The elementary school that is being conducted in connection with the High school, is also doing fine. Although so far as The Enquirer has information, there has been no special activity in York county looking to the securing of pledges for holding cotton in accordance with the 'proposition being promulgated by Commissioner Watson and the Farmers' Union, it is a fact that much cotton is being held. York county has warehouse room for nearly half her crop and many of the warehouses are full. But not nearly all of the crop is in the warehouses. There is quite a lot to be picked yet, and there is quite a lot of picked cotton that is still unginned. Also there is lots of cotton being held on the farms, entire crops piled up in one place in some cases; but generally a few bales piled about with due regard to fire danger and covered from the weather. The worst feature of the situation is that many of the people who are holding cotton owe practically all they could get for it, and their creditors are holding the bag at an inconvenience which in some cases amounts to distress. Cotton sales continue very light and business generally is unusually dull for November. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. The regular monthly meeting of the countv board of commissioners Wed nesday was devoted mainly to the consideration of claims and the issuance of orders, and about $1,000 worth of claims were approved. The funds of the county are running somewhat low, as tax collections are not as proceeding quite so rapidly as would be the case if there was more cotton moving. The committee recently appointed at Sharon, to confer with the board of commissioners as to locating a new road between Yorkville and Sharon, has not yet secured rights of way, or decided upon the most desirable location even, and there was nothing tangible before the board; but the board has given the committee to understand that It will do anything in reason to help Improve the situation. ABOUT PEOPLE Miss Mildred Hobbs of Yorkville has moved to Rockton, Fairfield county Mrs. W. T, Nichols and baby, of Ebenezer, left Wednesday night for Baltimore, accompanied by Dr. I. A. Bigger, Mrs. B. J. Barber has returned to her home in Hendersonville, N. C., after spending several days with Miss Jennie Cody, in Yorkville. Mr. A. M. Haddon, who has been with the First National bank of Sharon, since the establishment of that institution, is now cashier of the First National bank of Cornelia, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Greene of Clover No. 1, have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Miss Mary Elizabeth, and Mr. Joseph Ernest Thomas, the ceremony to take i place at the home of the bride's pa rents on November 1f>, at 2 o'clock p. m. . Mr. R. U deLouch of Yorkville has Information of the critical illness of Mr. J. O. Walker, his half brother, in Tampa, Flu. The first dispatch seemed to Indicate that the case was practically hopeless, but a telegram yesterday seemed to hold some promise for the better. Mr. Walker is a former resident of Yorkville, and has i many friends and acquaintances here, i 1 , TOWN OF YORKVILLR. A special representative of the ' Manufacturers' Record, who spent a | day in Yorkville recently, wrote about the town in his journal as follows: One of the oldest cities of South j Carolina is Yorkville, In the Piedmont ' section of this state. It is the seat j of York county, and has a population , of about 3,600. Here the municipality owns the water-works apd the elec- J trie light plant, the maintenance, im- ( provements and extension of these , public utilities being paid for from , proceeds of the sale of electricity and | water. A modern sewer system, com- ] pleted several years ago at a cost of ( about $30,000, promotes local health , conditions. The streets are macadamized and the sidewalks are of cement. The latter were paid for part- ( ly by the property owners ana partly ' by the property owners voluntarily ' agreeing to this. In 1907 the city 1 voted $25,000 of bonds for sewer and J water extensions, and the amount was nvested for these betterments Manufacturing Industries are In- j vited to iocate at Yorkvllle and. as an inducement to such enterprises, the city offers five years' exemption from local faxes. There are two banks here. ( The surrounding country is good I farming land, and has been successfully cultivated for many years, t Yorkvllle Is only thirty miles from l Charlotte. . f There are four cotton mill compan- , ies operating here, with a total capi- , talization of $500,500. They are the j Neely Manufacturing Co., with $60,- j 000 capital: the Tavora mills, with < $40,500: the Lockmore cotton mills, ' with $100,000, and the York cotton t mills, with $300,000. The Neely plant i has an equipment of 6,000 spindles, t driven by 150 electrical horse power. ( producing about 25,000 pounds of t yarn per month. The' Tavora has 5,000 spindles, driven by 125 electrical horse power, for producing about 40.000 pounds of yarn month}y. The Lockmore has 6,300 spindles! driven by 150 electrical horse power, on yarn production. The York has 15,000 spindles and 160 looms, driven by 550 horse power from a steam plant, the looms being now in operation both day and night. The three electrically driven mills obtain their electricity from the Southern Power Co. of Charlotte, which has three hydroelectric plants not far from here. These are the Great Falls, 'f+wly's Ferry and Nlnety-Nirte Island developments. This power is also distributed in Yorkvllle for lighting and for industries other than the cotton mills. It has been In use here over four years, this city having been one of ine iirai iu uuy nuiii mt- ^imnuiic company, an evolution of the Catawba Power Co., which developed the Xeely's Ferry water power years ago. This development Is fifteen miles away. The Victor Cotton Oil company Is operating a mill here. It Is capitalized at $40,000, and its plant has a dally capacity of thirty tons of seed. It has a similar mill at Gaffney. There are other industries at Yorkville, mainly supplying local needs. The looal business organization Is the board of trade, of which G. H. O'Leary, a leading merchant, is president. John R. Hart is the city's mayor. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Court convenes next Monday week. The Star Drug store is putting In an unusually handsome soda fountain and store fixtures. ? The "Firing Line" Is a pretty love story that everybody can understand, and It will please all who go out to the opera house on November 16. ? Yorkville's building record this year has been up to a pretty creditable standard. ? The leaves of the shade trees seem to be holding on unusually well. Ordinarily most of them are gone before this date. But they are falling faster every day. ? The finance committee of the proposed new Associate Reformed church building, is now engaged in collecting the first Installment on subscriptions, due November 1. It is not the purpose of the congregation to commence building before next spring. ? The "Girl and the Tramp," advertised to be at the opera house tomorrow night, will not appear according to announcement. Manager Wray had a notice yesterday morning that the company had "closed its season," which may mean several things. ? The assessed valuation of the taxable property within the corporate limits of the town of Yorkville is $679,356 and under the 10 mill levy for ordinary purposes, provided it is all collected, there should be realized $6,793.56, less the Lockmore mill exemption, amounting to something over $200. AT HICKORY GROVE. The country of which Hickory Grove is the centre has made remarkable progress within the memory of people not yet 25 years old, and it is still coming steadily and surely. A Hickory Grove man who was in Yorkville a few days ago, talked interestingly about his town to The Enquirer. "It has been pretty up hill business with us in a good many things," he said, "and there are those among us who realize that we have a good deal of hard work to do yet, but we are hopeful. "One of the best indications," the gentleman went on, "is our progress In school work. For a long time we found it difficult to supplement the ordinary school fund with a special levy. We tried It a time or two before we succeeded. The opposition included some good citizens?as good as the best of us. They Just could not see the justice of the proposition, and being good, hard fighters, they downed us. In the course of time, however, the opposition grew weaker. I do not mean by that, it lost its influence, for that would not be true. The leaders of the opposition to the tax then are as strong as they ever were, and if they had kept on .fighting there would have been no special tax yet. They Just began to entertain doubts as to whether they were right, and their opposition relaxed accordingly. Now everybody is satisfied that the extra levy we are paying is the best investment we can make either public or private. I do not believe there is going to be any more opposition. "And our bank. That has done lots for us. It is being well managed. Everybody has confidence in it, and it is a wonderful convenience. It is difficult to see how we managed to get along without it as long as we did. Of course we had some good folks who thought it would not do and who would not touch the stock to begin with; but now the stock is hard to get. The holders know they have a trood thing and they are not willing to turn it loose. "One of the most serious drawbacks under which the town labors is the difficulty of getting building lots along Main street, Quite a lot of the property is owned by first-class people, who Just won't sell. It does not seem to be a matter of price. Some time ago there was an offer of $500 for a lot of less than an acre, and the only satisfaction the would-be purchaser could get from the owner was, 'I Just don't want to sell.' Unincumbered property fronting Main street, within 300 yards of the bank, on either side is commonly held to be worth from $20 to $25 a front foot, but unfortunately it won't move because the holders do not care to discose of it. "We've got a splendid school," the gentleman went on, "but a very poor school building. If outsiders think we are satisfied with the situation, they are mistaken. We are not at all satisfled, The town has no bonded debt, and there are quite a number of us who think it would be a real good idea to vote bonds and put up a first-class school house. We feel that if we could get the property within the corporate limits properly equalized, we could easily float bonds to the amount of $7,500 or $10,000, and there is reason to believe that if we should do this things would speedily change for the better." LOCAL LACONICS. I Sharon In Brick. There are three brick buildings in course of erection at Sharon, the High school building, the Rainey store j building and the Hill store building. The Rainey building is well under way; but the other two buildings are only fairly started. Bridge Contracts, Contracts for the steel bridges over Pishing creek and Dobson's branch on the Lincoln road have been let to the Roanoke Bridge company, the fifty foot span over Fishing creek for $585 and the twenty-four foot span over Dobson's branch for $195- The only other bidder was the A. L. Greenbprr , ger Iron company, which offered to , put in the spans for $596 and $196 res- , pectively. The margin between the t two bids was $12. The material is to be placed on the ground within forty lays. 'Uncle George" Maring Pead. < "Uncle George" Maring, the old lojomotive engineer, whose serious ill- 1 ness with pellagra was mentioned re-- I cently, died at the county home last night at 12 o'clock. The old man had 10 near relatives and the body will be Interred in the potter's field. Superintendent Boyd, who did for the suf- | ferer all that he could, says that, al- i :hough the old man suffered terribly, tie was the most patient ana least roublesome alck man to whom he hag iver ministered. Income Tax Payers. The aggregate amount of the income :ax paid In York county is $198.73. The aw provides for a tax of 1 per cent on ill Incomes over $2,500. The tax in STork county is paid as follows: W. r. Roddey, $83.90; T. L. Johnston, $18; r. B. Johnson, $25; D. B. Johnson, 16.23; J. R. Barron, $29.76; G. H. D'Leary, $10.07; C. E. Spencer, $25.77. rhe aggregate tax paid on incomes in he state is $12,893.24. The Individual laying the largest amount on account >f Income tax is Francis J. Pelzer of Charleston, whose assessment amounts o $1,537.50. 1 THE RESULT IN CHARLESTON. Editorial Views of a Municipal Revolution. (News and Courier.) Not only has Mr. Grace been elected mayor of Charleston, but he will have a city council a majority of whose members may reasonably be expected to support him fully. He will have, therefore, every opportunity to give to the city such an administration as he shall desire. The city will judge him from this time on, not so much by anything that may have been said of him prior to the campaign or that he himself may have said or done, as by his conduct of the city's business as its chief magistrate. Many and diverse factors contributed to his success at the polls on Tuesday. Every man has his own theory as to Just how and why Mr. Grace won. The main consideration for the present, however, is that he has won, and we hope in all sincerity that he will use wisely the great powers which will now be his. (Columbia State.) The expulsion of the traditional municipal powen? in Charleston is not in itself a thing to grieve over. They have no inherited right to office and the Tenth ward is not less entitled to ascendancy than Is the Second. The uprising of the masses is a good sign, sometimes, even against worthy men in office, and he is a poor Democrat who is witheut sympathy with the ambition of Grace and his friends to obtain recognition. The misfortune of the Grace victory lies in the unlikelihood that It will help the people who made it. The masses receive no benefit from corrupt political methods?the padding of club rolls. They gain nothing through a policy of non-molestation with blind tigers. They derive no advantage from the distribution of little offices among the ward heelers and the maintenance of a "machine" that distributes largess in election years. Orderly, businesslike government is of more importance to the poor man than to the rich man?the rich man always takes care of himself?but that is what so many of the poor so seldom learn. T1 PA?A fU. V? aim V Ct C UIIC CiCV. IIUII KJL uiauc W the effect of rallying the forces of good government In Charleston, It would be worth the disappointment that it costs, but that result may not be sanguinely predicted. Even, now, we suspect, there are politicians In Charleston, who supported Hyde, running to cover. They will make such terms with the victors as they can, and they will accept such quarter as Is offered. Mr. Grace will shrewdly recruit his "machine" from the ranks of the vanquished and he will grant amnesty where It will pay. He will run for mayor again. He is not In politics for his health or, for that matter, the health of the people. Charleston Is not without politicians who. above most things, value their little jobs, and the habit of swapping around is not uncommon among them. Some of the Hyde men of Tuesday are Grace men today. Nevertheless, there will be an uprising for good government In Charleston some day. The election of Grace, perhaps, hastens It. The election of Hyde would have served only to postpone the necessity for it. (Charleston Post.) A political revolution has been wrought in Charleston. The success of Col. John P. Grace's candidacy for mayor, together with the election of nearly all those candidates for alderman who supported his fortunes, establishes a new regime. It Is the greatest overturning that has come since 1876, and, In its deeper significance, perhaps it Is beyond .that, since it Is a division of Charleston's own people along new lines, a complete readjustment of political conditions. A great deal might be said of the causes of this great change, and, undoubtedly, a good deal will be said while It remains a present subject of interest. But there is not much profit in such a discussion. It has come about, and it must be taken as it i3. The issue was clearly made and the people of Charleston divided In a well marked cleavage, according to two schools of thought. The majority have declared their preference for the aggressive political administration promised by Col. Grace, against the conservative business management of the city's affairs offered by Mr. Hyde. The new administration is viewed with apprehension by the business community, chiefly, no doubt, for the reason that for the first time almost in the history of the city the municipal government is not to be In the hands of accepted representatives of the business element. How far the apprehensions are JusMfled we shall see as we go along farther. Col. Grace protests against the characterization that his opponents have made of him as a destructionist, and declares that his purposes are wholly progressive and corrective. He can best make good his protest by performance, and he has the opportunity of confounding his enemies and of benefiting his community. Large responsibilities have been committed to him and by his account of them he must be measured. There is no Justification for prejudgment when events are to give proof. Unquestionably there is a spirit of protest abroad in the community against prevailing conditions, and it has found expression in the movement and the success of the Grace candidacy. It Is, at least, to be hoped that it will find satisfaction in the Grace administration. (Charlotte Observer,) After a bitter fight in Charleston, John P. Grace was on Tuesday elected mayor, defeating Tristram T. Hyde by a small majority. There will be much disappointment among many of the best people in the community at this result; but it cannot be helped now, and the interests of the community are of far greater importance than the election of any man or the triumph of any faction. With Mr. Grace there was elected a city council In harmony with him and the purposes he has in view in the government of his town. He and s>r>i>r>/>U will hnlH nffiep fnr four years, and Just at this time four of the most Important years In the life and development of Charleston. They will be on trial; but the city will be 011 trial at the same time, also, and a distant well wisher and loyal friend always, trusts sincerely that some working plan cap be reached by which the welfare of the community will be advanced. Mr. Grace possesses ability of no mean order. He was born In Charleston, pnd there he has made his home. He has great energy. Is not afraid, and has {he greatest opportunity of his life, which we hope and believe. If he is not "rubbed the wrong way," he wij} embrace to his own honor and for the good of the community of which he Is a part. If we had lived in Charleston, we should have opposed his election, not because he is lacking in ability or fidelity to his friends or in strength of character; but because his chief opponent Is more nearly in touch with the things which are, In our oplniqn, essential to the larger growth of the town, speaking In a broad way. Our sense of loyalty to the community, however, would not deter us from giving the most sincere support to his administration In all worthy and lesirable reforms he may initiate, believing that the interests of the town are of paramount importance in ail mailers anecung us progress. MERE-MENTION. Mrs. Louise Vermilya, the alleged female Bluebeard of Chicago, has seen formally indicted on the charge >f murdering Policeman Bissonette by trsenic poisoning. C. C. Boyson, an jndertaker, is alleged to have been tn assistant of the woman, in that (le collected the insurance on the va-ious victims Uncle Joe Cannon, n an interview. Tuesday, said that he tvas afraid the Republican party was in for a long- spell of "unpleasant iveather." and expressed doubt as to Republican success next fall bounty Judge Owens of Chicago presented 20.000 "floaters" from voting n Tuesday's election. The most of hese were "weary Willies" gathered 'rom the four quarters of the country ind registered from lodging houses n the First ward, the bailiwick of 'Hlnky Dink" McKenna and "Bath douse" John Coughlln Coal miners of eastern Pennsylvania, to the number of 150,000, are threatening to strike unless granted a wage Increase of 20 per cent "Judge" Mosely, a negro, was lynched near Lockport, Miss., Tuesday, because of making a murderous assault on a white man.. ....Six miners were entombed in a zinc mine at Orongo, Mo., Tuesday... .... Reports from Tripoli are to the effect that cholera is causing not less than fifty deaths a day While two young men were fighting a "fist duel" at Sterling, 111., Tuesday, to de- ~ cide which should havfc" the right to i ask for the hand of Mias^Lena Amsden, the lady eloped with a third # man. One of the fighters was seriously injured The congregation of Immanuel Baptist church, Cambridge, Mass.. has refused to * Ttetrept the resignation of Pastor Clarence V. T. Rlcheson, charged with the murder of Avis Llnnell. Rlcheson continues to express absolute confidence in his ability to prove his Innocence TTnnptoon Phrlatlon TTIIInlnoa woro massacred on the island of Mindanao as the result of a tribal feud...~..A burning island is reported to have arisen from the sea in Serpent Mouth strait, between Venezuela and Trinidad Russia is threatening Persia because of an alleged Insult to the Russian consul at Teheran, for which Persia refuses to apologize.... Dr. Wu Ting Fang, former minister of China to the United States, has joined the Chinese rebels and accepted the post of secretary of foreign affairs under the new government.. ... .The Greek steamship Lordes Byron was sunk In the Egypt channel, Monday, with a loss of twenty-two lives Francisco I. Madero formally todk the oath of office as president of Mexico on Monday Mrs. Flora Volk. 35 years old, was acquitted by a Jury at Muskegon, Mich., Saturday, of the charge of murdering her husband. While Intoxicated, her husband tried to kill her. She wrested the gun from his hands and blew his brains cut The United Daughters of the Confederacy, In session in Richmond, Va., have resolved a strong denunciation of Elspn's History of the United States as slanderous to the south The case of the United States against Hayne. Scales r?nd others, charging them with violation of the Sherman law, is being argued before the U. S. supreme court on appeal. The U. S. circuit court for the southern district of New York, had quashed several Important counts in the Indictment, and the government Is trying to get the supreme court to reverse the circuit court. AGAINST WOMAN SUFFRAGE. ??? Governor Hopes Women Will Never Want to Vote. The New York World publishes a symposium of woman suffrage, from the governors of a number of states. Governor Blease of South Carolina is included among those expressing their views, and, In a characteristic utterance, he declares his uncompromising opposition to the Idea of political rights for women; Governor Blease's expression Is as follows: "No man living, ever has lived or ever will live who loves a good, pure woman better than I do, or who has a higher respect for the good women of our country. I am absolutely opposed to woman suffrage, and I do sincerely hope and trust the day will never come in the sbuth, where lives the purest, the noblest and the highest type of pure-blooded American woman, that she will be found in the hurdle around the ballot box. struggling to become elected or electioneering in a political scramble. "I think the property of the woman should be protected; I think that she should have everything she demands, wishes or wants, so far as It Is possible for mankind to furnish it; but I do not think that she should go out and engage in discussions of public questions, or on the streets wire-pulling or hobnobbing as a politician, advocating political measures or men. No more humiliating sight has ever been witnessed by me than a street scene of good, pure, but illadvised and misled women, followed by a crowd of little children carrying banners and shouting 'hip, hip, hur rah!' for this or that man or this or that measure. "I am satisfied that woman suffrage will not come In South Carolina within ten or twenty years, and. individually, I hope to God it may never come. In my opinion there is nothing so noble, so grand and so holy on this earth as a good, pure woman at home attending to her household duties, nursing and caring for her children and enjoying the highest pleasures which this life can bestow upon her; but when she leaves that and joins in the rabble for political preferment for herself or others it makes me shudder to think of what may be the result to her and her children. "I do not believe that southern women will ever demand or ask for suffrage, unless it be possibly the right to vote when it comes to taxation placed upon their own private property. I can not siy what will be the effect 'n the other parts of the United States. These are my views, plainly expressed, as it is my rule of life to conceal nothing, be open and frank, stand by the people who stand by me, do what I promise to do, and absolutely refuse to do what I say I will not do." UP TO THI JJTANDARD. President Finley Says Southern Banks Are aa Good as Any. Speaking, a few days ago, of the present discussion of currency legislation. President Pinley of the Southern Railway company said: "The banks of the southeastern states compare very favorably as to* soundness and ability of management with those of any other part of the country. This was demonstrated in the panic of 1907 and the subsequent business depression. "In the south, as in the west, a much larger supply of currency la needed during the crop-moving period than at any other time in the year. The effect of the present banking system in that, durlnf this rrnn-movlnir season, and as a result for this larger demand for cash, interest rates tend to advance and credit Is curtailed, notwithstanding the fact that the farmers of the south are bringing to market hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cotton and other products, on the basis of which credit should expand rather than contract. "Speaking generally, therefore, any plan of currency legislation should not only be such as will stand the strain of conditions tending to create panics, but should also be so framed as to meet peculiar sectional requirements. This does not mean that legislation should be sectional, for any plan that will enable the banks of the south, or of any other locality, to meet their seasonal demands for cash and to expand their credit within safe limits will be beneficial to the entire country. "It is, I believe, to the interest of the entire country, as well as of the south, that the banking resources of each locality should be made available for commercial transactions in that locality, as far as this can be done consistently with safety and sound banking. In its own operations the Southern Railway company alms iu aiu in ine carrying our or rnis policy. So far as It can consistently do so, It allows the money li receives In payment for freight and passenger transportation to remain In the localities In which It Is collected, In the shape of deposits In local banks, to be drawn upon from time to time, as occasion may require In payment of wages and other obligations." Minister In Mom.?Another person had used his name In answering an advertisement a few days ago, and posing as "a romantic young minister looking for a wife," according to the Rev. W. A. Ferrell, a Methodist minister of Gaffney, S. C., who called on Recorder Nash Broyles today to learn if possible who had Imposed upon him. This scamp's prank has got me Into a mess," said the minister. "The story has created something of a sensation In my state, my congregation has become stirred up and I have been the target for all manner of guying at the hands of my friends. I can assure you I have been having a lively time of It." The recorder did all he could to help the minister by giving him a letter explaining that he was not the man who advertised for a wife.?Atlanta dispatch, November 9.