Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps and .facts. ? The city of Nankin?, China, after being besieged for nearly two weeks, a few days ago capitulated to the rebels. Before the rebels took charge the commander of the government troops fled, it is generally supposed with the consent of the rebel commander. The revolutionists marched into the city and restored order. There were no wholesale killings such as followed the taking of the city by the government troops about two weeks ago. It is reported from various sources that now, since Nanking has fallen,, the revolutionists win marcn on Pekln. ? Senator Cummins of Iowa announced a few days ago that early in the present session of congress he will introduce a bill providing for presidential primaries. The bill will direct the holding of primary- elections in each state at which the electors of both parties could announce their preferences for presidential candidates. The bill will fix August 1 of next year as the time for the first primaries and if it should prevail nothing would be left to the national conventions except the framing of platforms and arranging the machinery of the national committees. It will provide for a direct vote for the presdential candidates of each party and also for electors. ? Washington, December 4: The supreme court of the United States today passed upon a much disputed point of law when it decided that a life insurance policy may be assigned to one not related or to a creditor of the person when the assignment was not contemplated at the time the policy was procured. This decision was reached In the dispute over the $10,000. life insurance on the life of John C. Burchard of Tennessee. Several months before Burchard died he assigned his policy to Dr. A. H. Grigsby. After his death, the administrator of the estate claimed the money on the ground that its assignment to a person without interest in the life of the insured was against public policy, whether the assignment was contemplated at the time the policy was procured or later. The United States circuit court for middle Tennessee held that the assignment was void. Tne supreme court today reversed thej lower court. ? Indianapolis, Ind., December 3:i "Mr. Gompers knew all the time that the McNamaras were guilty." was the statement made today by W. J. Burns, the detective who caused the arrest of the McXamara brothers who pleaded guilty in Los Angeles Friday. Burns conferred here today with United States District Attorney Charles W. Miller. "When Mr. Gompers says he was surprised and that the McNamaras had deceived him in declaring their . Innocence, he tells what is not true." said Burns. "Mr. Gompers knew the McNamaras were guilty and has known it all along. He knew it at the time he and the heads of the international unions conferred in Indianapolis on the question of raising funds for the defense of the prisoners. Some of the other union men knew of their guilt, too. Clarence S. Darrow told the labor men at that meeting at Indianapolis that he did not believe I framed up this case." The conference today, it was admitted, pertained to the Federal grand jury's investigation of the dynamiting. The jury will resume Its investigation December 14. ? Philadelphia North American: Active steps were taken here recently to carry out plans of men powerful in the country's financial affairs, who have concluded it will require the expenditure of $1,000,000 to pull through the Aldrich central bank scheme. This conclusion rests upon private reports from persons who attended the convention of the American Bankers' association last week in New Orleans and upon information obtained from other sections of the - "* - * i-? AA AAA United States, in mis cuy ?iw.vw is to be raised. The financial powers have pledged New York city to raise $300,000 and Chicago $200,000. Boston is expected to chip in $100,000, or the same as Philadelphia, while the balance will be collected In St. Louis, Cleveland, Fittsburg. Detroit and other places. On that basis was formed on November 2 a Philadelphia association, to be part of what is called the National Citizens' League for-the Promotion of a Sound Banking System. To George H. McFadden, head of the world-wide cotton firm bearing his name, and to William D. Winsor. a director of various concerns, has been given the task of raising Philadelphia's $100,000 quota of the $1,000,000 Aldrich banking plan "education fund." Funds collected are being deposited with the Girard Trust company. It is expected that this week will see the $100,000 made up here. Details of the propaganda for the Aldrich plan have not yet been worked out. It will be launched as a nonpartisan, nonpolitical campaign to present a business and economical question. Speakers will be sent over the country, and prepared literature will be scattered broadcast. ? After many months of Investigation of pellagra In the southern states, the scientists of the public health and marine hospital service are in as much doubt as ever as to the cause of the scourge. Meanwhile, the disease seems to be gaining, and it has been reported that nearly every physician in South Carolina has from five to fifteen case* in his private practice. Assistant Surgeon General John D. Long says it has been demonstrated that cures can be effected even up to the fifth attack, but that there is little hope when the patient has reached the stage of insanity. Pellagra has been found to be a seasonal disease, and it is thought that the greatly varying temperatures of South Carolina may be partly responsible for its prevalence there. The Investigators have found that the greatest number of cases develop during the spring and autumn months, when there are sudden and marked changes in the weather. Comparison of pellagra In the United States with pellagra in Italy, where the disease is common, has proved that the attack is much more severe in this country. Children, it has been found, respond to treatment much more satisfactorily than do adults, and show the greatest percentage of recoveries. When the disease reaches the point of producing insanity, a suicidal tendency develops, and nearly all pellagra victims choose drowning. Cotton seed oil. Indian corn, certain classes of vegetables, and a recently discovered gnat are among the supposed causes, but the disease is still a mystery tft the scientists. ? Confident the American people are tired of tariff tinkering, and that they prefer substantial legislation that will give them greater economic security and political freedom, Victor L. Berger, the Socialist representative in congress, announced last Saturday that he would in the present session of congress introduce a number of bills "which will touch the economic problem and not play with the surface." Mr. Berger will offer the Socialist remedy to the trust situation by Uteo/lnnlno' O Kill nrrtviHInP fOT thP nut imui uih u o nationalization of all combinations having more than 40 per cent monopoly of their respective industries. This bill.will also provide for the repeal of the Sherman anti-trust act. Mr. Berger believes the act to be reactionary, because the next step is combination and co-operation, and a return to competition would be retrogressive. The Socialist congressman will also introduce bills providing for the nationalization of railways, express companies, coal mines, telegraphs and telephones. These public utilities, he says, should not be in the hands of private corporations. A woman suffrage amendment to the constitution will also be presented by Berger. Believing that unemployment is probably the greatest question that faces the people today. Mr. Berger intends to ask congress that laws be passed providing employment for those that are able and willing but cannot find work. Bills advocating the inheritance tax and the election of Federal judges by the people will also be introduced by the Wisconsin Socialist at the coming session. Mr. Berger will also take up the complaints of the government employees. especially the postal employees. and will introduce bills against the "gag rule" and other oppressive orders to which I'ncle Sam's workers are subjected. The Socialist congress- a man expects to have hearings on the bills he introduced at the last session P before the various committees to g which they have been referred. Al- jt though alone in this congress, he will ^ press the consideration of his bills to the utmost, and he feels confident of h good results. Among the bills he in- k troduced at the last session are a bill a providing for old'age pensions for the j veterans of industry and a resolution for the appointment of a conynission b to make a thorough study of this form s of social legislation. Bills to limit the fj employment of women in the District . of Columbia and to prohibit the employment of children by the Federal y government; resolutions proposing d constitutional amendments providing for the abolition of the senate, the nrooidoni's veto and the invalidating f power of the supreme court, and for II calling: a constitutional convention. A ^ bill to amend the extradition laws to , prevent a recurrence of kidnapping, as in the McNamara case. Congressman Berger is confident that tl eventually all his bills will be enacted Into laws. The wave of socialism which is sweeping the country A will strike Washington at the next v congressional election, he says. It will j, not be very long, he predicts, before the Socialist party will hold the bal- J' ance of power in the national legis- c lature. tl . - ? tl ?hr \lorkrittr inquirer, ? n Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.t ,? # tl TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5,1911 o John D. Rockefeller has resigned as a president of the Standard Oil com- e pany. and John D. Archbold has been chosen as his successor. ' ? tl W'm. J. Bryan is quoted as saying tl that Cark is a failure as a party d leader. The "Peerless" says there is c a progressive majority in the house, tl and he thinks Clark should get it to- ci gether. it ? it It has been given out from Washing- P ton that while the United States will take no cognizance of W. Morgan Shuster's official position with Persia, it will give the Russian government to o understand that Russia must do no ii violence to Shuster - or to any of the o Americans who went with him to Te- ci heran. Further than this the state de- o partment has not expressed itself. tl tl "Relieve him yourself." is the rather v defiant reply that the Gaffney Ledger t: makes to the complaint that Cherokee is unlawfully taxing a York county ci citizen. Well, it does look like it is b up to the balance of us to stand by a tl fellow-citizen in defense of his con- ft stitutlonal rights. But the best way tl to go about it, it seems to us. is for the cl York representatives in the general c< assembly to take the matter up in that d body. a ? ? g The Dally Mail humbly suggests that p the women of the state haye a way to show their appreciation of Captain White's love for them. If each mem- n ber of the r>aughters of the Con fed- ii eracy of the state would contribute just t five cents the aggregate would purchase a bronze tablet to be used as a marker in Confederate park at Fort ? Mill. And S. E. White's memory is cl deserving of this recognition.?Ander- rf son Daily Mail. K A very proper suggestion is this, and we feel that it will surely receive ? the consideration it deserves. m , rl The first number of the Evening c' Herald, Rock Hill's new dally, appeared last Friday in an edition of twenty-four pages, and filled as it was with live telegraphic and all other 81 kinds of news along with a big bunch 81 of commercial advertising, made a c' good showing. It was explained edi- A torially, that there was no promise that n the paper should contain twenty-four h pages in each issue, and this, of course 81 is not to be expected. Mr. J. T. Fain f( is editor and manager of the Evening l< Herald and the appearance of the paper seems to indicate that he knows ei his business. , - it The dynamite labor war, of which ? the destruction of the office of the Los 0 Angeles Times and the killing of ^ twenty-one men were incidents, com- p menced on August 10, 1905, with a e general strike of the International As- a sociation of Bridge and Structural 0 Iron Workers against the American d Bridge company. There were 113 dy- ^ namite explosions during the war and as the result of them much property was destroyed and many lives were c lost. The McNamaras are believed to a have been connected with all the dy- ^ namite outrages, either directly or in- 8 directly. , , , e As the result of the labors of Wm. e Burns and District Attorney Freder- tl icks of Los Angeles, in the prosecu- U tion of the McNamaras, word has t gone out that there has been collected a an immense amount of testimony that makes clear a widespread conspiracy, t! involving many prominent labor lead- > ers in all parts of the country. Dis- K trict Attorney Fredericks has not t stated definitely what he intends to h do: but he intimates that he will in- v stitute other prosecutions. It appears I also that much of the information col- P leeted by Burns and the district at- v torney, was gotten through confessions n of McManigal, who knew a great deal n about the operations of the conspira- t tors. s Judge Watts. t Lawyers and interested folks have j, varying opinions; but it is the consen- e sus of ^?lief among the laity that the Hon. R. C. Watts, who is presiding t over the circuit court, is about as able, i fair minded and fearless as any man t who has ever occupied the seat he is 0 now occupying. c There are those who have undertak- c en to argue that Judge Watts is not c as learned or as profound a lawyer as t some of the others, and on this ques- ^ tlon it is not the purpose of The En- ( quirer to join issue. We are not com- e petent to discuss such matters But c] where it is a patent fact that the su- * preme court is the final authority as to what is law and what is not and that a the records show that during his long J term on the bench?close to eighteen years?Judge Watts has been reversed s in a smaller number of cases tried t than any man who has been on the j.: bench in all that time, we are unable t to rid our mind of the idea that he t must know something about law. Somehow we think that facts are en- ? titled to more consideration than mere a opinion. 8 Discussing- Judge Watts a few days go, a court official who has held his osition long enough to observe * a ood many things, said: "Well, I'll list tell you, he does not know anyody. He runs that court himself. He as a mind of his own and he will nock one of these lawyers as quick 8 another. Some of these judges have heir favorites. It is easy to see that; ut old Judge Watts has none. I won't ay that you can't fool him, because hat would be too much, but you had , etter not let him get a suspicion that ou are trying to fool him, for if you lo you will wish that you had let it 1 .11 alone. He has his own ideas as o what is law and Justice, and when t comes to drawing the line between he two, you will find him leaning on he side of justice." Of course it must not be presumed hat there is such a thing as infallibilly in human kind, and the court ofcial quoted above, was thoroughly rell aware of that fact. Judge Watts j not infallible. He makes mistakes I list as do other men. It is practically ertain, however, to all who know him hat he is absolutely conscientious in he discharge of his duty, and equiped as he is with a remarkably thor- ( ugh knowledge of the law and as luch good, hard sense as he has, he lakes a most excellent Judge. What the McNamaras and the labor ?aders behind them expected to acomplish by dynamiting the plants of ibor employers they could not conrol, Is something we cannot undertand. That labor must organize and < >ok out for itself- is perfectly clear > all men of reason and common ense. As to whether labor or tanaging ability is the more greedy nd exacting is a question that i hard to decide. It is a fact hat, generally speaking, employrs seem to have the easiest time , f it, more income, more authority, 1 nd more luxury: but things are not ?... thmT au m The hi eh ner- ' I wtlj a nnai iuv/ ? ? ? ? entage of would-be employers who ill by the wayside Indicates that their ay Is not very easy after all. But hat Is not exactly the point. Suppose tiese conspirators should succeed in estroylng all the plants that are not ontrolled by organized labor, do they dink that the union organization ould run business as successfully as | : is run by the people who created ;? We don't think such a thing is osslble. * * 1 i Confession of the McNamaras. * Passing the tremendous sensation as f momentary consequence, the all , nportant outcome of the confession f the McNamara brothers as to their onnection with the blowing up of the | Rice of the Los Angeles Times, someling over a year ago, is the unques- I onable elTect it Is bound to have in , indicating and upholding the majesr of the law. In most of its essential features this ise is one of the most remarkable to | e found in the criminal annals of lis or any other country, for as the 1 icts are now coming out, it appears j lat the McNamaras, high in the counlls of organized labor, have been i ommitting dynamite outrage after ynamite outrage, and until sometime ] fter the blowing up of the Los An- ] les Times there was no breath of susiclon against them. It is now shown as a fact that, as ] ad been frequently stated, the blow- I lg up of the office or tne .Lros Angeica . imes, was an Incident in the long j sntinued fight between organized ! apital and organized labor. Though j laiming that he did not deny the ' ight of labor to organize, General i [arrison Gray Otis, the millionaire ! wner of the Los Angeles Times, in- j isted that union labor leaders had no Ight to interfere with or attempt to oerce independent labor or the emloyers of it. Because General Otis , ad so distinguished himself in the efense of the principles for which he I tood, he became an especially conpicuous object of the more militant ontingent of the union labor forces. | nd from the moment of the dyna- 1 lite outrage which blew up the Times uilding and killed twenty-one per- J ons, few people familiar with the ;eling on both sides had any doubt as > where the responsibility belonged. With a less determined or less powrful crowd than that of which Genral Otis was the leader, the probabil:y is that the responsibility for the utrage, as in many previous similar ases, would not have been fixed. But (eneral Otis is a fighter. He offered rincely rewards for the arrest and vidence to convict the guilty parties, nd in addition retained the services f William J. Burns, the most noted etective in America, to spare no laor or expense in sifting the whole iiing to the bottom. How Detective Burns followed up lue after clue and finally effected the rrest of James B. and John J. McJamara and Ortie E. McManigal is a tory that is more or less familiar, as ' also the story of how Samuel Gomprs, president of the American Fed -1 ration 01 ljttuui, aim joiiu he vice president, and other priminent i ibor leaders denounced the detecive's work as a diabolical effort at gigantic frame up. Even up to the very publication of he news of the confession of the McJamaras, the labor leaders stood their round firmly, holding that the whole hing was absurd; that the Times uilding was not dynamited at all; but oas wrecked by an explosion of gas. n the meantime they continued to apieal to the union laborers of the whole lorld to contribute to the defense of nen who were in danger of being nade martyrs to the cause, and con- ' ributions were pouring in from every ide. As to just what led the McNamaras o confess there is difference of opinon. It is stated that Burns had workd up his case so thoroughly they mew there was no possible hope for hem, and there is something in that, t is said also that if the case had gone o trial there would have been developments that would have implicated other prominent labor leaders as accessory to this and other diabolical rimes that have been committed, and nere may ne something in that. The listrict attorney says that the men ynfessed because they were guilty md knew there was no hope of ac111 ittal. There is certainly something o that. Oompers shed tears when he heard if the confession. John Mitchell was istounded. Both claimed that the ifcNamaras had deceived and imposed ipon them, and agreed that the selfonfessed murderers and incendiaries hould be punished. They, however, he labor leaders, insisted, that organzed labor was in no wise responsible i or the outrages and they hold also hat unionism will not be affected by he developments. But whatever may be the ins and uts of it all, the fact remains that the ' najesty and power of the law has won i great victory, and that organized . ociety is safer than it has been. LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. M. Stroup?Is showing special lines of goods for the holiday trade, and suggests that you order a Royal suit for holiday wear. York Supply Co.?Is prepared to supply you with everything needed in the way of building supplies, and says it can save you money on flour. Yorkvllle Opera House?Announces the coming of Beverly of Graustark, Thursday night, December 7th. J. Q. Wray?Wants you to take advantage of the low prices he is offering during his great Piercing Arrow sale, which continues until Xmas. Thomson Co.?Will continue its midwinter clearing sale during this week, and quotes interesting prices. C. W. Wallace?Represents a number of old line insurance companies, and is prepared to protect you against loss by fire. Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Is showing a nice line of andirons, shovels, pokers, grates, fenders, etc. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Will put on display tomorrow a big line of holiday goods, including toys, etc. Reduced prices on coat suits and coats. Shieder Drug Store?Invites the people of Yorkville and York county to see its holiday display, which will be ready for inspection tomorrow. J. M. Ferguson?Wants to sell you cow and horse feed, and buckwheat flour and N. O. molasses. G. W. Sherer?Is prepared to supply you with fruits, candies, vegetables, fresh meats, oysters, etc. National Union Bank, Rock Hill? Again calls attention to the advantages of a checking account and it wants yours. W. M. Kennedy?Forbids hunters and shooters to trespass on his pasture. I. W. Dobson?Wants to rent his store for next year, and also 16 acres of land. Fine shoats for sale. J. C. Wilborn?Offers the J. J. Smith residence at Clover, for sale. E. D. Darwin and others?Give notice of sale of estate lands of M. V. Darwin. deceased, on salesday in January. 1912. Messrs. H. G. Stanton and N. A. Howell, foremen of Juries last week, handed The Enquirer two dollars received for verdicts and asked that they be remitted to Thornwell orphanage. In an article about Mr. C. H. Smith's dairy business recently, the statement was made that Mr. Smith had gotten out of celery raising because of the unsatisfactory local market demand. To show that he is in the business again Mr. Smith has left at this office a big bunch of celery that is about as fine as is to be had. He says he got out of celery raising temporarily because of a small black bug that had been infesting the plants. Mr. J. B. McCarter of the Beersheba neighborhood, left at this office a few days ago some specimen ears of a fine corn crop he made this year. He ran two plows and made 350 bushels of corn and fifteen bales of cotton. He says he had not exceeding fifteen acres in corn and the average yield was about twenty-four busneis to tne acre, although some acres yielded forty bushels each. He used two varieties, a red cob corn that has been In his family for so many years that the old folks do not know where It came from, and a prolific corn that he got from Mr. J. D. Land. The specimens he brought to this office were very fine, although they had only been selected at random. STATE AID. Superintendent of Education Quinn has received advice from State Superintendent Swearlngen of the apportionment of the general appropriation for the extension of the terms of weak schools, so far as the same applies to York county. Under this appropriation York county gets $1,-450.86, to be divided among the several districts that have made application, as follows: Name of Number of District. District. Amt. Bethesda 6 $100.00 McConnellsville .. .. 13 100.00 Bullock's Creek 15 100.00 Filbert 21 100.00 Concord 27 88.05 Newport 36 100.00 Sold Hill 39 100.00 Santiago 41 76.96 Eastview 43 100.00 Smyrna 44 100.00 Friendship 45 100.00 Catawba junction 46 100.00 Sutton Springs 47 86.85 Miller 48 100.00 Cotton Belt ...49 100.00 WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The Trinity congregation is to be congratulated on having their church restored to the status of a station and in having Rev. Mr. Anderson returned. ? The Gaffney idea of paying members of the town council a dollar a meeting is much more just and equitable than the Yorkville plan of compensating the members of the council and others with free light and water, at the expense of the patrons of the water, light and power departments. ? Manager Wray of the opera house, says that Beverly of Graustark. to be presented Thursday night, will be the last attraction, so far as he has any information now. until after January. Beverly of Graustark has been pleasing the audiences wherever it has been presented. ? The town of Yorkville has a picture show again. When it was here many people enjoyed it and others regarded it as a nuisance. When the show was burned out, people generally after a time began to regret its loss, and now that it has been restored there is much gratification- The new show room in the McNeel building is provided with proper exits in case of fire, and seems safe. The patronage Friday and Saturday, the opening days, was good. PROPOSED LAND GRAB. People from the western side of the county who were in Yorkville yesterday said that, so far as they were able to learn, there has been no change in the status of the proceedings looking to the nronosed land grab. As to whether the petition actually has the required number of signatures they are unable to say positively, but even if the signatures are there no steps have been taken as to the calling of an election. "I think, too," said a gentleman who has been in pretty close touch with the situation all the while, "that the sentiment is changing somewhat. .Workers in behalf of Cherokee got hold of some of the voters over in the section that they propose, to cut off and filled them with the $3 poll tax tale without telling them of any other disadvantages that would likely come to them, and now that the people have had an opportunity to learn more of the whole situation they are growing more dubious about making the change. ."Politically," the gentleman went on, "there can be no advantage to these people in going to Cherokee. All the most of them could expect would be the consideration of the politicians who want their votes, and it would be the same whether they voted in Cherokee or York. Politicians, you know, are politicians anywhere, whether in York or Cherokee. "But. I think," the gentleman went on, "that people living in the strip the Cherokee people are trying to get to secede, are not as easy as many people suppose. They have lots of good hard sense, and now that they understand the matter better, it is not nearly so sure that they are going to vote themselves out of York county." CIRCUIT COURT. When the court entered upon the third week of its term yesterday all of the members of the venire were present or accounted for, exceptj. D. Roberts and R. O. Lee, who had been returned by the sheriff as "not found." The venire stood as follows: G. R. McCarter, M. W. Latham, R. X. Whitesides, G. C. Ormand, Ernest Turner, S. K. Gordon, B. M. Johnson, J. E. Brandon, T. M. Martin, J. D. Crowder, E. A. Feemster, F. E. Hoffman, W. P. Crelghton. D. R. Long, W. H. Moore, J. Mc. Moore, John F. Smith, W. B. Roddey, J. N. Huey, W. M. Collins, W. G. Westmoreland, J. C. Robinson, W. D.. Lesslie, John N. , O'Farrell. J. C. Dickson, W. F. Erwin, J. T. McKnight, R. L. White, J. M. Poag, L. C. McFadden, Sep Huey, Har- ; vey Hamel, W. G. Moss, W. C. Whit- I ner. The following were excused by the i court upon applications made upon i various grounds: John N. O'Farrell, < W. C. Whitner, G. R. McCarter, W. P. , Creighton, D. R. Long. An extra venire was served to fill 1 vacancies as follows: I W. J. Fewell, R. J. Withers, George ; W. Brown, J. EX Sadler, J. S. Macko- < rell, W. E. Ferguson, John E. Carroll. In the case of Diehl vs. Cloud, which was under consideration when the last issue of The Enquirer went to press, the Jury found for the defendant. In the case of Hoffman vs. Carroll, the court directed a verdict for the { plaintiff, and directed that the case be i transferred to Calendar 2 for such further orders as may be necessary to protect the rights of all parties at < interest. Yesterday morning was taken up , with the cases of M. J. Robinson vs. , S. A. Robinson, and M. J. Robinson vs. C. A. Robinson. Both verdicts were j for the plaintiffs. < The next case taken up was that of Stewart vs. the Western Union Telegraph company. DICTIONARY FREE. The Enquirer has on hand a splen- i did calf-bound copy of Webster's New International dictionary that It proposes to give away to somebody amsolutely free of cost, except for the largest number of voting coupons clipped from the columns of this paper and returned to this office on or before January 20, 1912. This dictionary is the latest, best up-to-date edition and not a cheap reprint. The publisher's price Is $12, against $10 for the edition It supplanted about a year ago, and If the book can be bought anywhere for less than $12 we are not aware of the fact. ( Webster's New International Is a book that really should be In every home, but which Is not to be found In a large per cent of the homes of this , section for two reasons: In the first place, many people who feel the need j of a good dictionary are able to make out with one of the older editions, and, In the second place, many others who feel the need of this most excellent work are disposed to think twice before they part with the sum necessary to secure it. The only condition for the awarding of this book, and the only charge, as stated, will be the largest number of coupons returned to this office on the date mentioned. Those who desire to try for the book will clip coupons from their own papers, and get all the coupons they may be able to procure from other subscribers. Here Is the blank coupon: I I Yorkvllle Enquirer: Give credit I I for Ten Votes In Webster's New I International Dictionary Contest to I December 5, 1911. The blank may be filled out for the benefit of a public school teacher, a ! public school, a minister, or any Individual, and the book will go to the party or parties sending in the largest number of votes for any one bene- ; flclary. , The last coupon in the contest will , be printed in the issue of The Enquirer for January 16, and all votes must be returned to this office on or before Saturday, January 20. i ABOUT PEOPLE Congressman Finley leaves today ; for Washington. Miss Fredrica Lindsay of Torkville, spent last week with relatives in Camden. Mr. George Cartwright of Gaffney, i spent Sunday at his home in Torkville. Mr. H. P. McLain of Schenectady, N. Y., visited the family of Dr. A. Y. ! Cartwright in Yorkville, this week. The friends of Mrs. P. B. Parks, < who is undergoing treatment at the Presbyterian hospital In Charlotte, i will De sriaa to near mai sne is u?ter. Mrs. B. G. Black and daughter, Fanny, of Yorkville, are visiting relatives In Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs. W. B. McCaw of New Orleans, Is spending some time In Yorkville. Miss Kate Henderson, of Aiken, visited Mrs. F. C. Riddle, In Yorkville, ] this week. Mrs. D. E. Flnley and children, of Yorkville, left last week to spend some time In Washington, D. C. Mr. Ralney Smith, who has been visiting his sister, Miss Julia Smith, In Yorkville. returned to Atlanta yes- 1 terday. 1 Mrs. S. M. Macfle and children returned to* Brevard, N. C., this morn- ' Ing, after spending some time with Mrs. S. C. Ashe. In Yorkville. It Is a fact, as has been suggested j by the Rock Hill Record, that the Southern railway has been after Mr. E. W. Long of Yorkville, to take charge of its Rock Hill agency; but It Is not a fact that Mr. Long has consented to do so. Recognizing Mr. Long's value, General Manager Nichols, of the C. & N.-W., gave him to understand that the C. & N.-W. thinks as much of him as the Southern is likely to think. He will therefore remain In Yorkville at an increased salary. Mr. J. Walter Bankhead, who now j lives at Lowryvllle, and Is well known ! In York county, and especially in Bullock's Creek township, where he for- 1 merly lievd, was In town yesterday and called to see us. Mr. Bankhead reports that the town of Lowryvllle Is ' flourishing and the people are making 1 large cotton crops and holding their cotton. Our readers will be interested in hearing of Mr. Bankhead's success in Chester county. He Is now a 1 large land owner and was formerly an ' alderman of the town and Is now Its I policeman. Mr. Bankhead stated that . there are several J. W. Bankheads In Chester county, which has lead to considerable confusion, especially in jury duty and bank matters. Not long ago a Mr. Bankhead in the city of Chester I was enjoined with others from operat- i lng the Working Man's club. This was not the Bullock's Creek Mr. Bankhead, ! and he wants his friends to know that he is unitiated in the mysteries of club life and has rever belonged to a social club. CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS. The South Carolina conference, which has been in Bession at Ben- i nettsville since last Wednesday, Bish- ] op Kilgo presiding, concluded its I work last night with the assignment 1 of the preachers to their respective i stations and circuits for next year. These assignments are as follows: Anderson District?C. B. Smith, pre- ' siding elder; Anderson, St. John, S. A. Donahoe; Orville and Toxaway, A. j Sassard; Bethel, J. W. Neeley; Antre- 1 vllle, P. K. Rhoad; Calhoun Falls, J. ' E. Taylor; Clemson and Seneca, P. A. ( Murray; Honea Path, G. W. Davis; ! Lowndesville, J. C. Chandler; McCor- * mick, N. G. Bellinger; Pelzer, W. S. Myers; Pendleton, A. V. Harbin; Starr, ( J. L. Singleton; Townville, J. E. Cook; Walhalla, G. C. Leonard; Walhalla Circuit, W. D. Patrick; Westminster, M. G. Latham; Williamston and Bel- , ton, J. L. Stokes and G. G. Harmon, supernumerary; Williamston circuit, M. M. Brooks. Charleston District?J. W. Daniel, 1 presiding elder; Allendale, J. W. Wol- 1 ling; Appleton, E. Z. James; Beaufort. J and Port Royal, J. H. Noland; Bethel ' circuit, R. C. Boulware; Black Swamp, t V% ndlAaton nt-k+VlAl W. W. wiinam?, umurawii, W. B. Duncan; Trinity, R. S. Trues- , dale; Spring Street, G. T. Harmon, Jr.; . Cumberland, J. T. Peeler; Mount J Pleasant and Young's Island, \V. V. Dibble; Cottagevllle, J. P. Inablnet; j Cypress, J. C. Copeland; Ehrhardt, H. > W. Whitaker; Estill, F. E. Hodges; ( Hampton, O. M. Abney; Henderson- , vllle, W. C. Kelly; Lodge, W. P. Mead ors, Jr.; Ridgeland, W. S . Henry; ' Rldgevllle, J. W. ETlklns; South Hamp- s ton, J. E. Carter; Summerville, E. A. ' Wayne; Walterboro, H. J. Cauthen. ' Cokegbury District?W. P. Meadors, presiding elder; Abbeville, W. T. Dun- t can; Abbeville circuit, J. M. Lawson; c Butler, F. O. Whltlock; Cokesbury, G. 1 F. Clarkson; Greenwood, Main Street, ? J. W. Kilgo; Greenwood Mills, J. B. 1 Connely; Greenwood circuit, M. T. ( Wharton; Klnards, W. R. Bauknight; t Newberry, Central, J. E. Carlisle; Oak- i land and Jalapa, to be supplied; F O'Neal! Street and Mollohom, A. M. 3 Gardner; Newberry circuit, J. M. FYi- c dy; Ninety-Six, F. E. Dibble; Parks- n ville, B. H. Covington; Phoenix, Foster F Speer; Prosperity, S. C. Morris; t Princeton, R. M. Dubose; Saluda, E. P. ^ Taylor; Waterloo, J. T. Miller; Whit- F mire, O. A. Jeffcoat and R. E. Mood; Lander College, J. O. Wilson, president, and R. A. Childs, financial agent. Columbia district: W. M. Duncan, presiding elder: Aiken, J. B. Tray- , wick; Aiken circuit, D. E. Jeffcoat; Batesburg, S. 0. Cantey; Bath and F Langley, A. R. Phillips; Columbia, a Washington street, E. O. Watson; Co- j lumbla. Main street, T. O. Herbert; t Columbia. Green street, A. E. Holler; Columbia, Gran by, E. A. Wilkes; Co- * lumbia. Brookland, W. C. Winn; Co- 1 lumbia. Edgewood, W. M. McLendon; t Columbia. Shandon, Hamlin Ether- . idge: Columbia. Waverly and Bethel. J. A. Campbell; Edgefield. J. R. Walk- I pr: Fairfield. C. M Peeler, and E. W. r Mason, supernumerary; Gilbert, C. S. j. Felder; Graniteville and Vaucluse, J. . P. Thacker; Johnson, E. H. Beckham; J Leesvllie, A. E. .Driggers; Leesville circuit, G. K. Way; Lexington, J. E. Rushton; Lexington Fork, C. W. Burgess; North Augusta, C. E. Peele; Rldgeway. J. F. Winningham; Springfield, S. H. Booth; Swansea, J. K. Inabinet: Wagoner. W. D. Quick; Columbia college, W. W. Daniels, president: Epworth orphanage, W. B. Wharton, superintendent; students to Vanderbllt university, J. W. Lewis. Florence district: W. A. Massebeau, presiding elder; Bennettsville, Peter Stokes; Bennettsville circuit, M., W. Hook: Brightsvllle, M. F. Dukes; Bethlehem, J. G.'Farr; Cheraw, M. Auld; Chesterfield, L. L. Bedenbaugh; Darlington. Trinity, R. B. Turnlpseed; Darlington, Epworth, F. S. Hook; Darlington circuit, E. R. Mason; East Chesterfield. T. B. Owens; Florence, R. E. Turnlpseed; Hartsvllle. B. G. Murphy; Jefferson, J. A. Graham; Lamar. B. M. Robertson: Liberty, J. H. Moore; Marlboro, J. B. Weldon; McBee, J. L. Taylor; Mlddendorf, W. C. Bowden; Pageland, J. A. McGraw; Timmonsville and Plsgah, W. E. Wiggins; Timmonsville circuit. W. B. Baker; assistant Sunday school editor, L. F. Beaty. Greenville district, P. F. Kilgo, presiding elder; Clinton, J. E. Mahaffey; Easley, P. B. Ingraham: Fountain Inn, S. T. Blackman; Graycourt, J. P. Attaway; Greenville, Buncombe Street. M. L. Carlisle; Greenville. St. J Paul s. E. s. Jones; Greenville, Hamp- * ton Avenue, J. M. Rogers; Greenville, West Greenville, L. L. Inablnet; Greenville, South Greenville, J. T. McFarlane; Greenville, Bethel and Poe, D. W. Keller; Greenville circuit, J. G. Huggins; Greers, E. T. Hodges; Laurens, First church, L. P. McGhee; Laurdhs circuit, J. C. Davis; Liberty, D. R. Ruff; North Fickens, E. L Thomason; Pickens. G. F. Klrby; Piedmont. W. L. Wait: South Greers, W. M. Owings; Travelers' Rest, Joe D. Pell; West Easley, A. A. Merrltt. Kingstree District?R. L. Holyrod, presiding elder; Andrews, W. O. Henderson; Cades, J. L. Mullinix; Cordesville, J. B. Prossner; Georgetown, Duncan, Henry Stokes; Georgetown, West End, L. E. Peeler; Greeleyville, W. H. Murray; Honey Hill, J. C. Taylor; Johnsonvllle and Prospect, E. P. HutBon; Jordan, W. T. Patrick; Kingstree, W. A. Fairey; Lake City, C. C. Derrick and W. S. Stoker; supernumerary; McClellanvllle, W. P. Way; New Zion, J. R. Sojourner; Pee Dee, J. O. Carraway; Pineopolis, W. C. Gleaton; Rome, T. J. Clyde; Salters, W. T. Bedenbautrh: Samoit. W. H. Perry; Scran ton, J. W. Bailey, South Florence; J. M. Gasque; Summerton and St. Paul's, J. R. T. Major. Marlon District?R. H. Jones, presiding: elder; Blenheim, S. J. Bethea; Britton's Neck, W. A. Youngblood; Brownsville, J. I. Splnks; Bucksville, W. R. Barnes; Centenary, R. R. Doyle; Conway, A. D. Betts; Conway circuit, E. F. Scoggins; Clio, C. C. Herbert; Dillon, A. N. Brunson; Galivants, D. H. Everett; Latta, A. T. Dunlap; Latta circuit, J. H. Graves; Little River, R. F. Bryant; Little Rock, M. Dargan; Lorls, S. T. Creech and H. L. Singleton, supernumerary; Marion, S. B. Harper; Marion circuit, J. M. Meetze; Mullins, W. C. Kirkland; Mullins circuit, W. A. Beckham; North Mullins, W. C. Owens; Waccamaw, W. M. Hardin. Orangeburg District?M. L. Banks, presiding elder; Bamberg and Bamberg Mills, W. H. Hodges; Barnwell, W. J. Snyder; Branchville, W. S. Martin; Cameron, J. P. Simpson; Denmark, T. E. Morris; Edisto, T. W. Godbold; Eutawville, S. D. Vaughan; Grover, S. W. Danner; Harleyville, A. S. Lesley; Norway, W. S. Goodwin; Olar, to be supplied; Orangeburg, St. Paul's, H. W. Bays; Orangeburg circuit, S. W. Henry; Orange, T. L. Bilvin; Providence, J. J. Stevenson, and J. F. Way, supernumerary; Rowesville, J. K. Holman and G. W. Dukes, supernumerary; Smoaks, J. C. Counts; St. George, J. W. Ariail; student at Vanderbilt university, L. E. Wiggins. Rock Hill District?T. C. Odell, presiding elder; Blacksburg, J. P. Patton; Blackstock, H. B. Hardy; Chester, J. C. Roper; Chester circuit, J. H. Montgomery; Clover circuit, H. G. Hardin; East Chester, R. A. Tongue; East Lancaster, G. T. Rhoad; Fort Mill, T. J. White; Hickory Grove, W. B. Justus; Lancaster, M. M. Brabham; Lancaster circuit, C. P. Carter; North Rock Hill, J. A. White; Richburg, D. A. Phillips; Rock Hill, St John's, E K. Hardin; Rock Hill circuit, L. T. Phil- ( lips; Van Wyck, F. L. Clennan; Winnsboro, G. C. Hutchison; Yorkville, J. F. Anderson. Spartanburg DIst.?A. J. Cauthen, e presiding elder; Belmont, L. W. John- 8 Bon; Campobello, R. L. Keaton; Car- ? lisle, O. N. Rountree; Cherokee, R. A. d Brock; Clifton and Cowpens, J. F. 8 [vins; Enoree, E. Myers; Gaffney, Bu- r ford Street, G. P. Watson: Gaffney. 8 Limestone street, B. G. Vaughan; Gaff- 1 ney circuit, J. A. Bledsoe; Inman, J. A. Cook; Jonesvllle, W. H. Ariail; Kelton, c J. H. Manly; Pacolet, A. H. Best and c R. O. Lawton; Pacolet Mills, C. B. * Dawsey; Reldvllle, E. L. McCoy; Spar- J* tanburg, Bethel, J. W. Speakes; Spar- h tanburg, Central, R. E. Stackhouse; Ji Spartanburg, Duncan and Glendale, B. b J. Guess; Spartanburg, North Spar- 11 tanburg, W. H. Polk; Spartanburg, f1 West Spartanburg, J. W. Shell; Union, 11 Buffalo and Green Street, B. D. Jones; a Union, Grace, J. L. Dantel; Union, 2 South Union, J. H. Danner; Woodruff, J. H. Brown. Conference secretary of missions, M. B. Kelly. P Southern Christian Advocate?S. A. r Nettles. editor; J. L. Ray, assistant 8 publisher. 81 Superintendent Anti-Saloon League P -J. L. Harley. a Missionary In Cuba?H. L. Powell, a Industrial Institute?D. E. Camak. I Sumter District?W. I. Herbert, pre- e siding elder; Bethany, T. F. Gibson; f< Blshopville, G. E. Edwards; Camden, b H. B. Brown; Elloree, J. E. Strickland; a Fort Motte, J. V. Davis; Heath n Springs, H. C. Mouzon; Kershaw, S. D. d Bailey; Lynchburg, J. S. Beasley; tl Manning, F. N. Shuler; Oswego, T r. W. Munnerlyn; Pinewood, J. B. tl Wilson; Providence, J. X. Wright; c: Richland. George Lee; St. John's and A Remberts, R. E. Sharpe; St. Mat- K thews. J. M. Steadman; Sumter, First h ihurch, D. M. McLeod; Sumter, Broad b Street, R. W. Humphreys; Wateree, v Dscar Spires. a Transferred?C. A. Horton, North t< Ireorgla. tl It " ti LOCAL LACONICS. ? t< Special Tax Election. ]j An election was held at Lesslle sta- P :lon last Saturday on the question of n levying a special school tax of four d nills for the support of the schools In o Iistrict No. 5. The proposed special t< evy was defeated by a vote of 28 to 14. si Auction Sales. a The only auction sales before the jj :*ourt house door yesteday. were those f advertised by W. C. Thdmson, execu- , tor of the estate of W. M. Faulkner, J, tleceased, including two tracts of land and six shares of stock in the t| King's Mountain cotton seed oil mill, p Line tract of 61 acres of land sold for 122 an acre, and the other tract of ' 100 acres sold for $17.50 an acre. The | ;otton seed oil mill stock sold at $75 .. i share. Vl atonic Electrons. si At Its regular meeting held last Frl- t! lay night, the following officers were tl hosen to serve Mackey Chapter, No. si 15, Royal Arch Masons, during the en- O ming Masonic year: H. P., Qulnn tl iVallace; king, J. E. Hart; scribe, J. J. v Carroll; treasurer, I. H. Norrls; secre- h ary, J. P. McMurray; C. H., C. W. h Vdlckes; R. A. C., .T. E. Love; 1st V., fi \ E. Quinn; 2d V.. R. S. McConnell; p d V., J. I. Barron; sentinel, A. Cody; o haplain, T. T. Walsh. On Monday t light, Philanthropic Lodge, No. 32, A. o \ M., elected the following officers: v V. M., J. J. Carroll; S. W., D. T. n Voods; J. W., J. E. Hart; secretary, a \ E. Quinn; treasurer, J. Q. Wray. ii _____??- b h SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? ? Lancaster, December 2: Sheriff f rohn P. Hunter states that he will jj iroceed on Monday next to buy lumber v ind have a gallows erected within a a >roper enclosure on the Jail lot, so 1 hat he can execute Mack Hood and ? lenry Kee next Friday, according: to ? aw. These negroes were convicted at a he last term of court of murder, each I tilling a man of his race. Sheriff j; iunter states that he did not want to v >ut the county to this expense and I iave th^ gallows in the way on the * ail lot if the sentences of these ne- ^ ,Toes were going to be commuted, but t >e could not wait any longer. The * iheriff also states there is no suitable j. lace in the Jail to execute these ne- t croes, and he would have to fix a place a n the jail lot, such a one as he had I wenty-one years ago, when he hanged ^ loach Catoe and Will Clyburn, col- j red, for killing Ous Hennisaw, a ' vhtte man. It Is rumored that Gov- ' srnor Blease promised one of his very j itrong friends that he would commute s hese negroes' sentences, and that an- J ther very strong friend here of the coventor's wrote, or wired, the gov- c rnor not to commute the sentences t inless Judge Moore and Judge Jones 1 vo"uld recommend It. ? It is looking very much now as If t Russia is going to make war oh Per- t ila. Russia has been covetous of Per- j ila for many years?at least two gen- t rations; but has been held back until < vithin the past decade t>y Great not lin. A few years ago Russia and Ireat Britain came to an understand- s ng with each other as to railroad concessions and financial loans In Persia ind since then Russia has been pushng her plans by the usual means with )ut small interruption from the outilde. Friction developed in the way t was intended and expected to develop. Because of eastern carelessiess and incompetency in managing :he finances of the country there were \ lefaults in interest payments both as < :o Russia and Great Britain, and then 1 came threats from ' Russia that it ? vould have to take charge of the tax { nachinery and administer in such a c vay as to guarantee to the Russian c subjects what was coming to them, i Persia, now thoroughly alarmed, em- i jloyed an American ? W. Morgan t Shuster?to superintend the finances j )f the country and gave him full au:hority to do whatever he saw prop- ? sr. Shuster managed so well that j le soon had matters in fine shape, and :hat did not suit the Russians at all. j Neither did it suit Great Britain, who ( vas anxious that Russia get what she ( vanted. So well did Shuster manage ) hat it was some time before Russia j ould find another pretext for a quar- t el; but the pretext finally came in = he shape of a complaint that the ( Ymerican had discriminated, against j Russia in the selection of his assist- t ints, invariably choosing Englishmen j nf Ptioaiona fihnRti?r answer- v >d this with the statement that he had ^ lot discriminated at all; but had se- j ected his assistants with regard to c heir familiarity with the Persian lan- c ruage and ability to do the work. He j (aid he had employed every compeent Russian who had applied. This, r ilthough it shut the mouth of Russia >n that point, did not satisfy that t iountry. The next complaint against i, shuster was his conduct towards the r irother of the ex-shah, who is a pro- g Russian sympathizer. This brother, r 3hua-Es-Sultaneh, has a tremendous v estate, and Russia objected to Shus- v er's making it pay taxes because of ,, he owner's friendship for Russia. fl shuster, however, insisted that thlsesate must pay taxes also, and he col- . ected the taxes by force. Russia then rrew very Indignant and sent Persia ? in ultimatum to the effect that unless ? Shuster was dismissed by a certain ^ lay Persia must take the conse- ? luences. Shuster told the Persian = rovernment not to consider him, but 1 o do whatever it thought to be right. ? ["he government council, however, up- J1 teld Shuster and last week Russian 1 roops that had previously been con- 0 ;entrated on the shores of the Caspian tea, were ordered to sail. The action " tf the Persian government in defying he Russians was followed by much ' iisorder and turbulence. Several 0 irominent Persian sympathizers with v tussia were assassinated. There is no r ;ood reason to believe that Persia can ? (old out against Russia for any con- t. tlderable length of time, but that there [ trill be war seems certain. h ? Columbia, December 4: "Metro(olltan racing on the Columbia track . las been in progress three days now, o that some idea may be formed as _ o what the game is like. It has been lemonstrated, in thg first place, that t Is not local attendance or local bet- ? Ing, considerable though the volume f wagers is, that the track interests lepend on to reimburse them for their 1 ormidable profit and yield them a iroflt, which the promoters frankly xpect to be large. It is from the . ales of' bookmaking concessions and . if pool room data that the promoters ? lerive their principal Income. It is ? aid that each of the layers or book- . nakers operating in the betting ring ,t the track is charged $100 per day. t is not known here just what charge .. s made for the pool room service and nnressinns. The Postal Telegraph ? ompany has an office right alongside Y he track, in the rear of the betting ing, and is getting most of the track t] usiness, the Western Union booth beng outside the fair grounds inclosure, ? eyond the street railway tracks. One v nan appears to be supplying Infor- d nation to all the pool room interests n the north, and these are consider- d ble. It is said there are upwards of 00 pool rooms in Cincinnati alone. 'he New York Telegraph, which the ? lorsemen appear to consider their ofIcial journal, has a veteran race re- ,. mrter here, who telegraphs entries, esuits and a form chart, with track ossip to his paper daily, his total ervice being, perhaps, 5,000 words er day. The Cincinnati Enquirer has ^ race expert here, who also forwards full service. Correspondents of the ' altimore Evening Sun and of sev- * ral other northern newspapers which J* pature turf news are understood to " e on their way here. Entries are vailable daily, at some hour between ? oon and 2:30 p. m? for the next J, ay's races. These are furnished by lie track secretary. Hart Dernham. hey are promptly telegraphed out by . hie pool room concessionaire, the spe- 1 lal newspaper correspondents and the t. associated Press. On these the wa- ^ ers are laid, sportsmen who are what ? ? called 'form players" being guided tJ y the carefully filed form charts, * ,-hlch show the previous perform- f*. nces of the several entries, other bet- ~ irs following more or less faithfully tie dally "selections" of some favor:e turf writer, and still others enrustlng their fortunes to the advice w f some "betting commissioner" or nut, or playing what they fondly be- ^ eve to be inside tips from stable or n addock. On the opening day of the it leet. Thanksgiving day, several hun- gred Columbians, with a sprinkling f visitors from other South Carolina jr owns, attended the races, but on the a econd and third days local attend- tl nee was Inconsiderable. On Friday d here were probably not more than t iventy-flve Columbians present. Very it ew spectators sit In the grandstand, d lost of them divide their time be- g iveen the straightaway fence, to the tl ?ft of the judge's stand, and the bet- w ing ring, facing the straightaway, h Tactically everbody In attendance b; lays more or less real money on the cj psults with the bookies. The betting c< Ing Is a little crude, but sufficient for c< a sinister purposes. It Is a large g ?nt, open toward the straightaway hi tretch of the track, with sawdust d lick under foot. Inside are the lit- ir e stands of the bookmakers. At each h [and there are several attendants, tl ne of them, usually the owner of J< int particular book, cries the odds, c< hlch are also displayed on a small V lackboard which he holds aloft with "V is left hand, while he receives money m om bettors with his right hand and E asses it to the ticketman. who makes ut the ticket to be handed to the betr>r. A third attendant records the bet n a large form. He Is called the sheet rrlter. Sometimes there is a fourth nan, who presides over the cash box. ,nd who usually has a sheaf of bills n his hand. ' Runners tip off the lookles as to the quotations offered iy their competitors in the ring. There .re five to seven bookmakers, one oferlng only combinations instead of ?ets on single horses. Each stand Is lesignated by a placard, this being k'orn sometimes in the hatband of the .ttendants. These placards read: "Coumbla club," "Turf club," "Dixie lub." "Richfield club," "Ridgeway lub," and. best of all, "Seminole lub." So far. all winning tickets isued by the bookies have been tromptly cashed on presentation. Natirally, the track promoters would withdraw a concession from any layer vho defaulted. Just what would hap>en, however, if a long-odds horse hould win, and thus make the bookes heavy losers, is still problematical, routing is little in evidence. The rack Interests, In return for the leavy fees received for the bookmakng privileges, engage to protect the tookies against "Irregular" competl Ion, and so the tout caught at work imong the spectators Is sternly ex>elled from the grounds by the force ?f track detectives under C. Duhain. vhlch Is maintained for that special jurpose. As yet there Is no race pool oom in the city. Report says a pool oom Is to be opened shortly. This vould vastly increase the amount of ocal betting, because, as matters now itand, few persons who haven't time o spend an afternoon at the track, ncidentally paying (1 for admission, viil take the trouble to send money lown to the course to be wagered >llndly. ' With a pool room in operaion up town the small salaried clerk :ould rush into the "joint" during his unch hour, study the form charts and he blackboard quotations on the lay's entries, record his bets, and then Irop in when he quit work in the afernoon to cash in, if he won. or study >ut how it happened if he lost. It Is iecldedly an undesirable set that the aces have brought to Columbia. Fur:hermore, they do not let loose so nuch money in the town as people luppose. SOUTH CAROLINA. rhs Proud Old 8tat? As 8osn by THoa. F. McDow, Esq. Mr. Thomas F. McDow of Yorkvllle vas one of the speakers at the banquet >f the St Andrew's society in Chareston, Thanksgiving night. He reiponded to the toast "The State of touth Carolina" and his address was >ne that should set the people of this ;ommonwealth to thinking. Reca'lng the great state of our forefathers. ic cuiiipaicu 11 wiiii UUHUIUUI10 inui ire prevailing In It now. The comparson Is pathetic. After recounting some history and tchlevements of old South Carolina. Mr. McDow exclaimed: "Measured by this standard, the )ast of South Carolina is secure. The ipinions of the Judges have been luoted with approval in Westminster tall; she has given to the medical xrofesslon Marion Slmms, to theology he great Thornwell, to literature Umms, Legate and Tlmrod. The roll >f her distinguished statesmen Is too ong to recall. Suffice it to say that he heart of every true South Caroinian thrills with pride as he remem>ers the conspicuous part played by lis people upon the battlefields of America, and by the representatives ?f South Carolina In the golden days >f the Rutledges and the Pinckneys, ?wnde8 and McDuffle." Then, after hesitating for a monent, the speaker proceeded: "The old order has given place to he new; what was Goose Creek once s Tiber now. The tidal wave of fraticidal strife broke upon our beloved tate. The men who had made South Carolina the admiration of the world irere retired to the seclusion of pri'ate life, and every little hungry mankin began a mad struggle for the seats >f the mighty. The strong man of haracter and ability has not found he held of politics in South Carolina if late vears an invitina: one. The aptains of industry, fatally bent upon leaping up riches, where moth and lust doth corrupt, have devoted their Teat abilities with marvellous success o the Industrial development of the tate, and the demagogue has devoted ilmself with equal. If not greater, ac- Ivity to the task of fooling a majority f the people all the time. "Mr. President, I am not a pessinist. nor am I a Bourbon, who looks ackward to the glory of an age which ias departed, rather than to the pride f achievements in the return, but k'hen I think of what we were and ead the comments of the press of the ountry upon what we are, I think of he old darky who had buried his ourth wife. His pastor asked him ow he felt He said: "Mr. Johnslng, feels like I am in the hands of an il-wise and unscrupulous Frovience'. "Politically, South Carolina is sick. Vhether she has pellagra or rabies I m unable to say, but I do know that he need,* the services of a physician nd surgeon, and not a quack. Her itizens have so long devoted their houghts to the best solution of the hisky question that the moral vision f our people has become somewhat bscure. It is true that the old state as had a few lucid intervals, but the laces of distinction are not regarded s high and honorable as they once rere. The man who offers for a poItion of honor and trust In these dayR lust be what is known as a good mixr, which, being translated, means hat he must be a hall-fellow-well-met 'Ith any sort of a rascal, and drink orn whisky and branch water, and e the proud possessor of an elastic onscience. He must possess the furher qualification of being high up in he noble Order of Striped Zebras and Worthy Past Mogul of the Wild Volves of the Canebrakes and kinred orders. "Mr Prosifiont T would not ho nn erstood as underestimating the imortance of developing the resources f the state and making two grains of orn grow where one grew before, but hat I do wish to emphasize is that ; is more important and necessary or us to grow men than grain." Next came a breath of optimism: "But. sir. I do not despair of South arollna's future. She holds the orld's record for the largest yield of orn and oats on a single acre of round: she is the greatest cotton >anufacturlng state in the Union; she as, within a period of thirty-flve ears, restored her credit in the marets. of the world. She has, or is lundlng. a splendid system of pubc schools in every nook and corner of le state; she has provided liberally >r the poor and afflicted within her orders, and butlded splendid colleges hlch are to train her youth and be le nursery of her future leaders. The evelopment of great men has only een arrested for a short time, but le need for a lion-like leader to guide nd direct the destinies of our beloved :ate was never greater than now."? reenvllle Piedmont. Strange Doctrine.?The ministers 'ho attended Henry C. Beattle up to is electrocution are roundly scored by le old Baptist publication of Cincinatl, the Journal and Messenger, in s first issue after his end. The clerymen are stamped as "prostituting a ivlne ordinance for the sake of a lylg murderer." Says the usually seate paper: "Beattie seemed to think tat God would be gracious to a murerer if he only kept up the falsehood wo ministers attended him as 'spirual advisers,' and the day before his eath administered to him the Lord's upper (!), when they were saying tat he would yet confess his guilt, 'hich he finally did in a writing after is execution. What those men meant y such an act it is difficult to consive. They did not hold him lnnosnt, and yet he maintained IL They juld not think that God would be racious to a liar, unrepentant and ard of heart Tet they prostituted a Ivlne ordinance for the sake of a ly- I ig murderer, who finally claimed that e had 'made his peace with God,* lough he seemed to know nothing of esus Christ who has said: 'No man jmeth unto the Father but by me.' ftiat shall be said of such things? That impression does such conduct take upon ungodly men??Cincinnati nqulrer.