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Scraps and ^acts. ? Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, "Fighting Bob" to an admiring nation, died suddenly Wednesday afternoon at his home in Washington. Acute indigestion ended the career of one of the most popular officers in the navy. He was ill less than two hours. Admiral Evans, born 60 years ago in Floyd county, Virginia, arose today apparently in better health and spirits than he had enjoyed in some time. For years a sufferer from old wounds sustained in the Civil war and from recurrent attacks of rheumatic gout, the aged fighter seemed to have shaken off the burden of his advancing days. He displayed high spirits at breakfast and ate a hearty luncheon at noon. While in his library at 2 o'clock the woq ot^ioirtin TnQtnntlv the flUliiii ai nao 01* ?vnv... ....... ? family sent for Dr. S. S. Adams, who 011 his arrival found the patient In great pain. After treatment, Admiral Evans fell into a restless sleep, and it was thought that the danger had passed. Shortly after 4 o'clock, however, he awakened, and raising himself with difficulty announced that he was choking. "I cannot get my breath," he said, and sank back. At 4:45 o'clock he died, conscious to the end. ? New York, January 3: Fourteen million Ave hundred thousand dollars were spent during the year 1911 throughout the country in the war against tuberculosis, according to a statement issued last night by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. This large sum is practically the same as last year's total, but the percentage of public money, such as is received from Federal, state, city or county funds, J which is 66 per cent for 1911, shows a marked increase over the percentage of public money in 1910. Of the total sum spent in the war last year $11,800,000 went directly toward the treatment of consumptives in sanatoriums and hospitals, and the remainder to antituberculosis associations, dispensaries, open air schools, boards of health and other agencies.. New York leads all the other states of the Union in the amount of money contributed toward the war. With the slogan, "No Uncared for Tuberculosis in 1915," $3,500,000 was raised in the state during the year for the campaign, over a million dollars of which represents private charity. For the year 1911 appropriations of over $10,000,00 have already been made by state legislatures and other public bodies. ? Chicago. .January 3: Asserting that overcapitalization of corporations was the primary cause of the high cost of living, Senator Robert M. LaFollette in a speech tonight marking his first ? ? (? Tillnnlo nn hie nrpsent Ul'pcai.ouyv 111 1I1IIIV. campaign tour, declared it was impossible fof the governnlent to hot longer subject great money interests to reform. "I know as much. about the trust side of this question a9 I knowabout the people's side," said Senator LaFollette. "I am not afraid of the biggest trust on earth. They cannot continue to strap on the people the burden of this overcapitalization which is the cause of the high cost of living; Over-capitalization has gone on to the extent that all. the big business of the country is on stilts.. We have got to bring It down. But it cannot be done in a moment. If you took all of the water out of it at once it would do much harm and hurt many innocent people. The problem of the beer, the harvester ar.d the steel trusts has to be worked scientifically. It will be worked out scientifically if I have anything to do with it. and I expect to have a good deal to do with it." Senator LaFollette was Interrupted here by prolonged cheering. The assertion was taken by his friends as dispelling any doubt as to his intention of remaining In the race for the Republican nomination. ? Washington, January 2: The "Visions and Revelations of the Prophetess Irene," In eight big handwritten books, the first of which reached the office of Speaker Champ Clark today, is the latest advice offered to the Democratic leaders on the management of national affairs. "I will send you seven or eight more of these records containing nil iho u-nrii entrusted IIIC 1UI1 W|/J vi a>* w?v ?. ? to my care Just as fast as I can get it all copied," says the prophetess. "I want you to allow W. J. Brvan, Mr. Taft, Teddy Roosevelt, Secretary Cortelyou, the chief Justice, the secret service and all statesmen to know and have copies of this and all the eight books you will have sent to you. Some day I will see you, and may talk to you if you need my interpretation of this word." In the 404 pages of manuscript are the visions which Speaker Clark's correspondent says must be followed if the United States is to escape the doom of Sodom and Gomorrah. Included in the revelations are instructions for petrifying and drying ice, so it will resemble popcorn; burning water, making cheese out of straw, shoes out of dog-salmon skins, meat of the bark of trees and window panes of froaen air. The first of the books of the new revelation was packed up and returned to the sender at Trenton, N. J., with express charges collect. ? Charlotte Chronicle: Seventyeight rabbits slain by a hunter with fifty-eight shells in his belt when he began the chase, is the handsome record ? recently made by a North Carolina sportsman. Down on the Pee Dee river, where extensive electrical developments are in progress, the gates of the big dam Just completed were let down several days ago, and the water hegan to collect behind the dam and over many acres of overflow land above the dam. In the center of the Pee Dee is a small island, which, as the water rose about it, gradually narrowed down to a few acres. On this island hundreds of rabbits that habitated on the surrounding swamps were forced, until the small island was alive with the rabbits and other game. The lucky sportsman, a brother of Mr. Tracy Henry of this city, set out a few days ago with a couple of dogs and fiftyeight shells and returned with a stock of seventy-eight fat rabbits. After exhausting his shells Mr. Henry turned his rabbit dogs loose, and the little animals were killed with sticks, having no hiding place in which to find safety. The day's results are considered exceptionally good, though such an opportunity for catching rabbits is seldom ever experienced by a sportsman. There being several hundred men employed, the commissary department of the company was supplied with rabbits, which furnished fine morsels for several meals. ? Washington. January 3: "Nothing but death can keep me out of the fight now." President Taft is reported to have made this statement to White House callers today and to have added that he had no objection to the statement being made public. It undoubtedly was intended to set at rest all reports that Mr. Taft might withdraw from the race for the Republican nomination for president in favor of Col. Theodore Roosevelt. The president is said to be thoroughly aroused to the gravity of the situation in the Republican party and determined to let his attitude be generally understood. He has declared that under r.o circumstances will he withdraw his name from consideration by the Chicago convention next June and has asserted that his position with respect to the nomination has not changed in any particular since he first entered the White House. Mr. Taft has told friends and party leaders from the first that if he should be called upon to stand for re-election he would be glad to do so; that he felt under obligations to the party for having made him president and was willing to abide its decision in the convention. He adheres to this position, according to announcements today, and will not quit the race until the nominating ballots are cast at Chicago. The president was urged by a number of his close friends to make a definite statement as to his position, and agreed to do so in the language quoted above. With this statement as their inspiration, it is said the Taft supporters will begin an active campaign in his behalf at once. It was stated today that some of Mr. Taft's friends have gone so far lately as to advise him to openly break with Col. Roosevelt and to challenge the latter to make plain his intentions. The president has declined to do this. The White House has been fairly flooded with callers lately who have brought word to President Taft that Col. Roosevelt so far has declined to say that he would not accept the nomination if it were tendered to him. It also has been reported to the White House that Col. Roosevelt believes an organized effort is being made to "smoke him out," and that he declines to be "smoked" either by the Taft or LaFollette forces. The president has listened to all of these reports with an indulgent smile, but has refused to indicate whether or not he believed them. It Is vehemently denied at the White House, however, that Mr. Taft has sent any "mesengers" to Mr. Roosevelt "on any subject whatsoever." The president has been urged for weeks to make a more progressive campaign in his own behalf. He has replied that he did not think political activity comported with presidential dignity. He has now consented that his friends carry forward the fight as vigorously as they desire and he will lend what assistance he properly can. iThr }|or!;rillr (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.i FRIDAY. JANUARY 5, 1911. Maybe it was true that the office sought old Clncinnatus; but somehow we do not feel altogether sure about the fact. We see It stated that Felder "will take the stump." From this it Is probably to be Inferred that the stump is all that Is left. No, we cannot say that the race track gambling will hurt Columbia or Charleston either; but then it will add some to the demoralization of visitors. Those North Carolina officials seem to think that Milus Partlow's alleged attempt to wreck the Carolina & Northwestern's passenger train No. 10 last September was made in South Carolina. Just suppose for instance that the Charlotte Observer should succeed in swiping York. Cherokee, Spartanburg and other counties along the northern tier into North Carolina! Wouldn't we have something to grieve about then? Acting on the recent suggestion of Ira B. Dunlap, cashier of the National Union bank of Rock Hill, the RoddeyPoe Mercantile company of Rock Hill has announced its purpose to put in a power corn sheller, provide a granary and establish a market for the buying ana selling 01 aomesnc corn. The Enquirer takes a good deal of satisfaction In this move, and we hope that other mercantile concerns In the county will follow the Roddey-Poe example. The development of a cash market for local corn Is a matter of (very considerable importance. Will the general assembly try to do something with the Torrens system of recording deeds? It should. Why not let the owners of land be free to sell It if they wish. It Is a common argument that the difficulty of transferring land adds to the protection of spendthrifts. That is vtry questionable. There appears to be more reason in the statement that all the useless ceremony and expense In connection with a land transaction only adds to the ease with, which an inexperienced holder can be fleeced. If the transfer of land were made as easy and simple la transaction as the tiansfer of a piece of personality of like value, the advantage would both be to buyers and sellers. Both would be relieved of ihe heavy toll they now have to pay to third parties for services that would not be necessary under the Torrens system. But the Torrens system is not going to be adopted until the people are aroused and go after it without gloves. We cannot see the reason or Justice in Judge Gage's ruling that witnesses should not be paid in cases where grand juries return no bills. The theory of the ruling to be sure is to discourage the bringing up of trivial and frivolous cases; but we fail to see the logic even there. Cases go up to the* grand jury from the magistrates. and the attendance of witnesses is compelled. A witness who fails to attend is liable to be ruled for contempt. As we see it, provided the grand jury Is conscientious, the ends of justice are as well subserved by "no bill." as by a "true bill" and we cannot understand why the witnesses are not as much entitled to pay In one case as in the other. Of course there may be oases where the witnesses would not be entitled to pay. If it should develop that they were pushing a trumped up case, they should not only not be paid but they should be prosecuted and the grand jury is the body to look after the matter. Now, If his honor should hold, for Instance, that a judge who is reversed by the supreme court for error should be docked his pay during the time he was engaged in making the error, we could see some reason in the case. While the two propositions are not exactly analogous, the latter is at least sound. orninn- r\ qIIau* tVttt nil. reward for Mllus, and that he wanted some of that reward, whether he was entitled to it or not. We have already explained that the only reward offered D for the simple arrest of Milus was the 15ft offered by Constable Horace John- i son. The other rewards are condi- ' tinned on the conviction of the negro, and Chief Christenbury could not sa: claim any of that money unless he had : done something in the way of getting 1 evidence. No, it is not South CaroUna Justice, but North Carolina jus- j tice?the justice of his own state? that Chief Christenbury world spite ' by giving this negro up to some other f North Carolina county on some other D. charge. _ i D. Up to this writing we have seen no | authoritative statement as to why 1 James A. Hoyt resigned his position M< _ _ as editor of the Columbia Record and ( sold oul whatever interest he may I. have had _ in that paper; but intlma- ^ tlons are being published to the effect y0 that the trouble grew out of Mr. t Hoyt's activity against the Columbia 1 race track gambling. Columbia, as is * well and generally known, is made up of people who look to the main Jchauce. All towns are that way more * or less; but in Columbia anything goes ( if there. Is money in It. The fact that Mc race track gambling demoralizes the J young men. and older ones too. of Columbia, does not worry the average i Columbian much. He Is practical ] enough to see that this gambling Is yn verv attractive to snorts with monev to lose and he understands how the i sports scatter cash so promiscuously 1 about the towns they infest. The fact \ that It may be somebody else's cash I does not matter. The main thing Is that It Is cash. This cash goes to the hotels and restaurants and to places that are more questionable. Eventually it is scattered about promiscuous- tut ly. Most Columbians like that, of nlr course. So when Mr.v Hoyt tried to put "? a stop to the gambling nuisance, Co- pe, lunibians grew alarmed. Those who tw had first show at'the easy money were S3: the first to kick; but they were not co' long about interesting others. The ge) proposition affected lots of things. In- ini eluding trolley receipts, rents, etc. 'n* There commenced pressure on Hoyt P?i and others, and eventually there was d0 a continuance so the case could not no come up until the situation would not be affected this season even by a just decision. But the thing having been ' started would not down. A whole community will tolerate trlme for a jaa long time until somebody moves; but ty* after somebody moves there are always others to follow. If the leader jjc| lays down or is crippled, the others go tut on. In this case the movement went otl on. and the story is that punishment * was visited on Hoyt. Not having full del financial control of his paper, the peo- ins pie who had the financial control used 6ul that lever. But maybe it was better of for Hoyt's comfort that it was so. for fol if this element could not control him Mi that way, it would have managed to c*j( get him some other way. It Is quite p0 possible that he would have been Re thugged. The thug method of squelch lag in such cases is not so gentle, may- R be, as the method that seems to have Mr been used; but it is no less contempti- Mi Ml ble. However, the fight will go. Right has won in other Impossible places and there is hope for it even in Columbia. ? < qu Recall of Judges. na Senator Lafollette, leader of the 191 progressive Republican movement. has been speaking in Ohio and other wj states during the holidays on the va- mc rious issues for which his wing of the nor' party stands?initiative and referen- ou; dum, and recall of judges. we All of these issues have been more s'r or less discussed In this country during the past twenty years, and the < recall of judges proposition has loom- on ed up especially big during two or three years past. \w None of these questions have be- tw nnt{/\nat no r*V IcmiAQ C/l far. but lofi thorities in South Carolina to have the negro," said Chief Christenbury, "until Milus has served every sentence on every charge he will be tried upon. The attempted train wrecking occurred in South Carolina and the authorities down there who know all about it will not assist us in securing any evidence in the case at all. They want the $400 or $500 reward, and want it all. Since Charlotte policemen arrested the negro, it is only fair that these policemen reap a part of the reward. We will he just as nasty about this thing as they have been, and put off sending him down there for trial as long as possible."?Charlotte Chronicle. Althought the foregoing was published last Friday afternoon, we had not seen it when the article in the last issue of The Enquirer was prepared. We had heard of it; but the number of the Chronicle In which it was printed had been mislaid. Comment, however, seems unnecessary. We are led to wonder whether Officer Christenbury did not know that the place of this attempted train wrecking was within thirty miles of Charlotte? in North Carolina? We wonder whether this chief of police did not know that the purpose of Magistrate Glenn wheti he carried Partlow back to the Charlotte police, instead of bringing him to York county, as he could have done, was to insure his immediate transfer to Gastonia, the county seat of Gaston county, North Carolina, to be tried for a crime alleged to have been committed in Gaston county? It looks to us very much as if Officer Christenbury knew absolutely nothing about the case save that there was a they may become such soon, and the ^,] recall proposition gives promise of da figuring very extensively in the delib- 1,e< lfi.t orations of both parties. ne, It will be remembered that Wood- ?u, row Wilson some time ago jarred the i self-satisfied conservative element of sai exi the country very severely by commit- ne. ting himself to the recall proposition, thi and for the benefit of those who are w*1 he not well informed on the subject, It is proper to say that this same 'new fangled Populist Idea," as it is characterized by some, promises to make a lot of contention In this country jT1 for some years to come. Yc According to the channels in which _ the minds of the majority of the peo- lo\ pie of this country have been taught , su to run, the present consensus of popular sentiment is that judges whose' CO] business it is to declare the establish- M< ed law are necessarily pure, holy, upright and infallible, and they can do ^ no wrong. Put truth to say, while It bu would be a most splendid thing If Bo this were so, it is really far from so, <^)0 and the matter of the right of the no people to recall judges is one that roj closely involves the preservation of Mi the liberty of the people. to Judges are, however, the same as other people, and are susceptible to y0 human emotions. There Is nothing Gu the matter with the law; even a bad Ad law righteously enforced cannot do a great deal of harm, but where str judges through ignorance, interest or misguided zeal fail to enforce any law?whether it be righteous or un- / righteous?much harm is done. There gu has been a lot of this in America, and vil it is growing more and more com- '/*! mon. Judges, as other people, are largely beholden to the powers from which they derive their preference pj and authority. Although it is not true Si; of every judge, it is true of many of them that they will sometimes distort go law to suit the interest of men who er, may be able to influence their tenure. It is a fact that no human institution is infallible, and therefore no gov- tvv eminent is infallible; but if the Amer- no lean experiment in self-government has proved any one thing during the nearly a century and a half of its ex- , istenee. it has proved that it has been p' nearest right when the most peo- Lr pie were agreed upon its policy. There is no better criterion of right sp< in America, or on this earth, than the rel conscientious judgment of the Amer- Gr lean people. The recall of judges means that a ,.\r majority of the people can make a th< judge step down and out whenever i|y they see proper to do so; but that vil ,lor><2 t.ot m?nn thn thine- nn 11 tie done instantly or in a sudden wave of passion. It can only be done after an j election preceded by an educational m{ campaign, and it is easy to see that j)a if a judge who is on trial before the people has a reasonable tjefense he can present that defense in a way that will ensure to him absolute Justice. >() We believe the recall idea Is right ho mainly because it will make judges answerable to their real masters, the J*'1 people, and this fact will be a warning an and a caution to every judge not to render a decision until lie has I weighed it with all the intelligence, th< judgment and conscience within him fai in accordance with principles of elec- em toral right. th? tOCAL AFFAIRS, M , b< tl NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. m E. Boncy, Agent?Calls attention to the fact that there was nothing 21 slow about the payment of a recent S, loss by the Farmers' Mutual. ci ss Ida DeLoach?Offers her house cl and lot on Wright avenue, for sale, tv m M. Grist?Is prepared to insure R four horses and mules against p ileath from any cause. V W. Wallace?Has moved his office m Into the Witherspoon building and s( solicits a part of your Insurance al business. w 111 Dickson. Yorkville. No. 5.?Will ct appreciate the return of an estray e: ihoat. ei M. Hall. Yorkville No. 1.?Has a tl nice lot of Berkshire and Poland- el China shoats for sale. cl T. Woods, Clerk?Gives notice of g< installation of officers of Yorkville camp. W. 'O. W. and oyster supper. ?Gill Bros. Yorkville No. 1.?Will run their ginnery on Saturdays only during remainder of season. tl W. Johnson?Tells about a variety fi, of new goods that he has recently tc eceived. Teas, coffees, spices, etc. si rkville Hardware Co.?Wants you ,o see it for oils, greases, dry bat- vl teries, etc. oi era House?Announces the coming Si of Miss Delia Clarke in "Introduce cl Me," next Wednesday night. ai M. Stroup?Has Headlight overalls C tnd jackets, which are guaranteed not to shrink. Dry goods, groceries, ir etc. S iConnell Dry Goods Co.?After tak- cl ng stock finds lots of goods that are al low offered at special prices. n rnpatricK-tseiK c^o.?o^ins a uig w sale of separate coats and skirts r< and offers discounts of 25 to 50 lc per cent. B irk Furniture Co.?Suggests the gi possibility of your needing some t( special article of furniture and vants .vou to see It for your needs. Ir itlonal Union Bank, Rock Hill? w Points out the advantages of carry- G Ing a checking account with It and vl paying your bills by check. u a The expense argument against the >a of abolishing the present board " county commissioners and substl- P ;lng therefor a board composed of le township road supervisors dbes t amount to much as we see It. It " true that at $3 a day for each su- r rvlsor a meeting would cost $27, and elve meetings a year would cost ^ 24; but that Is a mere bagatelle as , npared with the present arrange- ji >nt. for now only two commissioners , t $400 a year, on the twelve meet- ? ts basis, or $16.68 2-3 cents a meetf each. If there is an office In the te of South Carolina that is better . Id according to the amount of work [ ne or the service rendered, we are *' t aware of It. " nr THE DICTIONARY CONTEST. ti rhere have been very few changes the standing of the contestants In ; race for the dictionary since the t showing was made. W. Lee Get- b, 8 has decided to withdraw his name, d will not be voted for any further. e greatest gain since the last pubation, as shown from actual re- . n8, Is by Mr. J. A. Barry. The " ?er contestants are no doubt holding ^ witn tne laea or sending in meir .. tea in large bunches, but It is unrstood that all ballots now outstand- T r, including those in the issue of ^ lay. must come in to the contest ? Itor by January 10. The standing the contestants at this time Is as ? lows: " fs Annie Bolin 350 H. Witherspoon . 130 :! >ver High school 5,440 rest Hill school 2,460 ? v. T. P. Burgess 420 , lirsville school 1,580 . A. Barry 6,990 H. Holliday 2,390 u s. Wilmoth Lumpkin 740 ? S8 Lula Smith 310 " ss Hester Jackson 60 ~ n " o EXPIRED SUBSCRIPTION. Cl Copies of today's issue of The Enirer go to every subscriber whose P. me was on the list on Decemner z?, ~ 11, and every subscriber whose 'o; me has been added since, but after ? mailing of today's edition the list " II be revised and there will be re- *5 tved from it ever>' name that has t been returned. " The reason for the delay In striking e" t unreturned names is the fact that a promise 104 papers in a year, and ice we omitted two issues in the lldays, it is necessary to send the JJ o issues of this week to make good, j1 Subscribers may tell from the labels t| their papers whether or not their " mes have been returned for another P ar. Returned names are marked in ls o ways. One way is by means of w o square dots, one above the other, ? itead of the last figure, and the other a. by means of a cross like this: (1 here the figures on the label show a te previous to 1 Jan., 1912, there has 11 sn no return, and subscribers whose ei >els show this will not receive the 's xt paper, unless their names are re- a< *ned in the meantime. 'c Subscribers whose subscriptions have n me renewed should inform their n pired, or who desire to have the ^ arest clubmaker or drop a card to s office with instructions as to a lose club they desire their names to credited. I . c< WITHIN THE TOWN. J ? t PI - me JsmoaK-i5ro\vn company nas ranged to commence business in the ilding formerly occupied by the n irk Furniture company. - If the legislative delegation folvs the recommendation of the counboard, the next tax levy will be g| bstantially the same as the last. jg -Mrs. X. J. X. Bo wen, who has been o: nducting a boarding house in the o ?lts residence for several years has di >ved Into the Clark house owned by a rroll Bros., and Mrs. L. E. Parish ti 11 conduct a boarding house In the r( ilding vacated by Mrs. Bowen. Mrs. tt wen will also continue to keep w ardors. o -Mr. W. J. P. Wylle, of McCon- P llsville, has moved into W. R. Car- ri l's "Hurt house" on Lincoln street, n ". John F. Youngblood has moved his new residence on East Jeffer- f< ti street and Dr. S. L. Steele has p )ved into the house vacated by Mr. cl ungblood. Mr. Joseph Love of T ithriesville has moved into the a lickes house on East Liberty street, fi r. \V. H. Herndon has moved Into a U'act \f n ilicnn ti OPt. tc ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. Robert Love of Chester. Is the P est of Mrs. Andral Brntton in York- 511 le. Mrs. B. O. Jennings anil daughter. L' ly. of Yorkvllle. are spending some . ne In Florida. Miss Zula MoKnlght, of Yorkvllle. b F. D. 4, is the guest of Miss Berlie 0] icey in Clover. b Rev. Robert Adams, of Bethel, has g< ne to Georgia on a visit to his moth- h who Is sick. tl Miss Sudie Allison has returned to ai r home in Yorkvllle. after spending o weeks in Washington, and other 01 rthern cities. 01 Miss Helen Darby has returned to r home In Lowryville, after spend- j_ ? several days with Miss Mary (>] ooks Inman, in Yorkvllle. a| Mr. John Whitesldes, who has been tl pndlng sometime In Florida, has turned to his home In Hickory ? ove. tl Mrs. H. W. CummingK and Miss il inie Lou Dickson of Columbia, spent w a Christmas holidays with the fain- tl of Mr. Jchn C. Dickson, on York- h 1?. No. 1. hi Mr. John J. George the Bessemer *' ly, X. real estate man. was down York county a few days ago to r< ike transfers of some of the land he e* s been advertising for sale In wes- a! n York ^ Kort Mill Times: The following w ung ladies spent the holidays at the w ine of Mrs. L. S. Nivens. three miles u rth of Fort Mill: Misses Laura Sl tikins, Fannie Boyd, May Wallace ^ d Bertha Boyd of Yorkville, and Miss lT1 la Brown of Lancaster. ^ l?"ort Mill Times: It is reported on ta ? streets that Dr. Leon Campbell and b< nily of the Point section of thelui jnty, will move to Fort Mill within |b< * next few days and will occupy the b< ills house, on Main street. Dr. Campill sold his practice in the Point seeon some time ago with the view of loving to Fort Mill, it is stated. Birmingham Daily News, December i: "Rev. J. T. Dendy, of Rock Hill , C.. has been tendered a formal ill by the W'oodlawn Presbyterian lurch. Mr. Dendy was in Woodlawn vo weeks ago, the guest of his friend, C. Sligh. During his visit he reached to the congregation of the /oodlawn church. The pastorate was lade vacant by Rev. W. J. Caldwell, iveral weeks ago. He accepted a call t Yazoo City, Miss. It is not known hether Mr. Dendy will accept the ill, as it is understood that he has an iccellent charge at Rock Hill. Howrer, the committee was encouraged by le remarks made by Mr. Dendy to the Tect that he always went to the barge where he thought the most lod could be accomplished." uwntnonir uh BCLLL It looks like the ownership of Belle, le bloodhound bitch that has been guring in the more or less recent hls>ry of the county is to become the tbject of a lawsuit. Claiming Belle as his property by Irtue of a gift from the county board f commissioners, Chief of Police J. L. anders. of Chester went out to the halngang some two or three months go, got the bitch and took her to hester with him. People who were more or less fadliar with the records put It up to upervisor Boyd that Chief Sanders's aim was not altogether unquestionble. Supervisor Boyd looked up the ilnutes of the court and coming to te conclusion that an entry thereon dating to Belle looked more like a ?an than a gift, took the position that elle must be returned to the chalnang. and began making arrangements > that end. Before the intended legal proceedlgs were Instituted, but while they ere under consideration, Constable ibson of Chester .happened in Yorkllle with the dog one day and acting pon legal advice to the effect that In suit over the ownership of a dog, le advantage lay with the party havlg the "property" in possession, Suervlsor Boyd took the dog away rom Constable Gibson. Chief of Police Sanders, accompaied by J. H. Marion, Esqi, of Ches;r, appeared before the county oard of commissioners yesterday, nd made formal demand for the dog telle. Supervisor Boyd refused the emand. and when Mr. Marion asked York county intended to stand a iwsuit Supervisor Boyd gave him to nderstand that such was the situation. If ihere are any further developlents it Is expected that they will be 1 the nature of claim and delivery rocecdlngs. in which case both sides 111 give bond while the matter Is >ugni oui in ine courts, ceiie retaining at the chaingang In thp meanme. HELD FOR RANSOM. According to the latest information y telephone yesterday afternoon, Mils Partlow, the negro who is wanted 1 Gastonia for his alleged attempt to reck the Carolina and Northwestern ain at Crowder's Creek trestle on eptember 19, is still being held in the harlotte police station and it looks ke he is being held for ransom. It appears that Constable Horace ohnson, who is after the negro on the :rength of evidence gathered by himilt and other parties, has been taking vary legal step ordinarily considered ecessary to get possession of a prisner under such circumstances; but le Charlotte police are still holding le man tight behind their bars withut allowing even the sheriff of Meck.snburg to get at him with a warrant. In this particular case, the warrant >r Partlow, charging him with atsmpiing to wreck the train was Issued n September 25 last. Immediately af>r I-artlow's accidental capture in harotte, Sheriff McClain of Gaston ad the warrant certified by the clerk f the court of Gaston county to the lerk of the court of Mecklenburg aunty, as the North Carolina law rovldes In such cases and placed the tmc in the hands of Sheriff Wallace f Mecklenburg county. Although Sheriff Wallace at once lade demand on the Charlotte police >r custody of the prisoner, ho claims tat the police refused to accede to is demand and as the man was lockLi up in a cell the sheriff has not been ble to proceed any further. While statements ha\ e been given ut to the effect that Partlow was to ave been taken to Raleigh, and that e has actually gone to Raleigh, from le best Information obtainable at this me the negro is still in the C* .rlotte olice station, and as to how long he i to be kept there seems to depend on hether the judicial power of the state f North Carolina is greater than the rbltrary will of the Charlotte police epartment. Mr. S. N. Johnson said yesterday lat the question of reward does not nt<?r Intn i Vi msittor Iri an f n r fi a hp i concerned. Of course he and his j.t, Mr. Horace Johnson, have done a >t of work In the case, and they are ot willing to give up any right they light have. "But all I want," said ir. Johnson, "Is that the prisoner binned over to the Gastor. authorities nd given a fair trial. If he is acquitid. I have nothing to say except that have been doing my best. If he is onvicted, then I am willing for the uestion of reward to come up on Its lerits, and whatever the court or othr impartial authority m'ght sav about ie disposition of the reward will have ly approval." THE ROAD SUPERVISORS. The annual meeting of the townhp road supervisors with the legisitivc delegation and the county board f commissioners was held In the office f the county supervisor last Thursay as required by statute, and as result of the meeting recommendaons were adopted suggesting that the >ad law be changed so as to allow nvnshlp supervisors to draw their arrants for as much as $50 instead of nly $20 as now and also to allow suervisors to hire their own mules for :>ad work: something that they are ow prohibited from doing. All of the road supervisors hav?? lund themselves more or less hamered at times by Inability to pay a laim for more than twenty dollars, here are nlentv of bridge, lumber nd tool bills that go beyond that gure and then it Is frequently deslrble to Issue checks for labor In pretgood sized lumps. To be compelled > wait for the regular monthly meetig of the county board Is sometimes pry inconvenient. The proposition to strike out the rovision of law that prohibits road jpervlsors from hiring mules from lemselves was based on the fact that is sometimes difficult to hire mules om the people. In the first place the ibor Is very hard, and unless a mule appens to be peculiarly adapted to It e cannot stand under it long. One f the supervisors stated that he had een In a fix where he was unable to et mule power sufficient to prosecute is work for the simple reason that le neighbors would not hire their nlmals. There was discussion of the question f changing the time of paying the immutation tax to the regular tax aying time and making the tax comulsory. Home of the supervisors were i favor of this proposition, and othrs were opposed to It. Those In favor greed that they could do more with le money than with the labor and lose opposed thought the labor was orth more than the money. But lere developed several serious objecons to the proposition, one of which as that the arrangement would put le township road finances a year beind their nresent status, and for this rid other reasons the recommendation Id not carry. Mr. Wilkerson offered his resolution commending a change in the prosit system of county government so * to abolish the county commission's and devolve their duties upon the unship road sit pert isors. His idea as to have the road supervisors serve ithout pay. One objection that was rged to the proposition was that the l per visors should be paid not less tan $3 a day wnen serving as comilssioners and that would make each mnthly meeting cost J27. Represenitive Reamguard thought that a lard of nine would be too large and a wieldly but suggested thai the whole iard might elect two of their mem?rs to serve as commissioners during six months or year periods. After the matter had been discussed for half an hour or more, Mr. D. P. . Lesslle, although himself In favor of " the proposition, took a position that P' put an end to further consideration. ?< His position In brief was this: "Under the law we are called here merely for the purpose of considering and recom- w mending such changes as will In our i Judgment improve the road law. Th!s matter affecting a change In the sys- p tern of county government, Is not f< within our province as now organized. 5 To be sure we have a right to discuss this subject unofficially as private citizens, and as for myself I am perfectly d willing to discuss It and give my views a In that capacity: but I think we should ,, adjourn this meeting first." The point seemed to strike all pres- ^ ent, Including Mr. Wllkerson, as well si taken, and Mr. Wllkerson withdrew his resolution from further consideration. ' While It Is quite probable that the E legislative delegation will make the g changes in tne roaa law tnai nave Deen Indicated, of course It Is understood u that there was nothing authoritative d about anything that was done by the d township supervisors. These recom- q mendatlons are all advisory. LOCAL LACONICS. Heavy Disbursements Including notes for $20,000.00, the 12 county board of commissioners yes- r terday paid out from the ordinary county paid pretty close to $26,000. ^ Fort Mill Mayoralty Race. ^ Fort Mill, January 3: A good deal ^ of Interest Is being shown here In the t] municipal election to be held next c Tuesday, January 9. The race for t] mayor is close, there being five candidates for the place, as follows: A. R. McElhaney, C. S. Link, Fred Harris, 11 Rob Harris, and D. A. Lee. There Is P a warm contest for aldermen In each J ward. ? Death of R. 3. McConnell. h News was received here yesterday 8 of the death of Mr. R. S. McConnell, d which occurred at the home of his v daughter, Mrs. David Gaston, in M Blacksburg, Wednesday nljrht at about c eight o'clock. The deceased was about a 61 years of age. He is survived by his o widow, who was Miss Ida Ratchford, c and three children. Mrs. David Gaston. ? of Placksburg; Mr. Robert McConnell. t of Rock Hill and Mr. Reuben McCon- 1 nell of Charlotte. a c t EDUCATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA s t v Looks Like Appreciation is Growing i Steadily. J Signs are not wanting that compul- c sory education Is growing in favor in u ri/tMAlInn T hoa nonn H (conaupH OUU til ^aiuiuia, xi nao "vtu uiuvwuwvm y of course, for years, but the promise i now is that It will soon become a pop- a ular issue of the first magnitude. At a banquet given by the Spartanburg . Chamber of Commerce last Wednesday evening, and largely attended by the ?, membership of that organization, the ^ Hon. John B. Cleveland being toast- b master, this subject was one of the t] chief topics of discussion, and Its ad- t vocacy by Arch B. Calvert, a former h mayor of Spartanburg, and by Frank Evans, the superintendent of the Spar- a tanburg city schools, was greeted, ac- . cordine to a dispatch to the Columbia w State, ^vlth much enthusiasm." As bearing upon one of the stock arguments against the institution of such a policy in South Carolina, namely that ? it would benefit blacks at the expense d of the whites, one of the tables of sta- 0 tistics from the report which State n Superintendent of Education Swear- ^ Ingen will present to the general as- t] sembly is of interest. This table gives w the average expenditure on each pupil ^ by race in all the counties of the state, w and it shows that the average expen- t diture for each white child is {12.62 the year, that for each negro child n is only {1.71. p There are ten counties, those of ? Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Calhoun, 0 Charleston, Chester, Florence, George- p town, Richland and Sumter, where the ^ expense per pupil in the white schools is v above {15. There are only nine coun- c ties, those of Aiken, Beaufort, Char- r leston, Florence, Greenville, George- ^ town, Marlon, Richland and Spartan- t| burg, where the expense per pupil in w the negro schools exceeds {2 the year. t| In six counties, those of Bamberg, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenwood, Lexington and Saluda, the expense per pupil in the negro schools is less than J", a dollar the. year. 11 It will be observed that in some of a the counties where the expenditure upon white pupils Is largest that upon colored pupils is smallest. Only two ? counties in the state spend as much as is thp VPMr nsr nil nl I nn the nrnrrn ^ schools, the counties of Richland and ? Charleston. The expenditure in Rich- * land is $3; in .Charleston it is J9.33, jj' due to the fact that here the white ? people have always maintained and J wisely, we think, as grim a hold upon the instruction accorded negro children as on that afforded in the white W schools of the city. The figures are conclusive, however, js that taking the state generally not ^ enough money is being expended upon p the education of the blacks to make e] any substantial difference one way or the other, either for good or for evil, n whether they avail themselves of such ol schools as provided for them or not. ^ We are confident that this policy is a t( mistaken one. We believe, that in time t( it will be reversed throughout South u Carolina and the south, as it is now p being reversed here and there and that 8( liberal appropriations will be made f, for the support of the colored schools p from the public treasury, and the best 8( obtainable skilled instruction will be y provided for them with a special view n to increasing the Industrial efficiency g( of the colored race. The public gen- 8j erally will be led to a belief in the soundness of this method of instruc- p tion as the good results which are jj being achieved In the communities 0 wnere it is now oetng exempnnea a gradually become known. T So far as the black race la concern- jr ed It Is immaterial now and it will d continue to be Immaterial whether or p not South Carolina enacts a compul- 0 sory education law. Superintendent u Evans believes that for the whites p "compulsory education is the salvation o: of the state." Not of itself perhaps, although there Is ample reason to be- ' lieve that wherever such a law could J? be enforced, that is to say wherever ** the need of it is acute and public sen- ,r tlment Is aroused on the subject, its benefits would be large and immediate and unattended by any unwarrantable a harshness or hardships. All South Carolina may not be ripe for such J*1 legislation but parts of South Carolina cry for it aloud.?News and Courier. 01 , 9 i 01 ? Atlanta, January 3: In the way hl of facts made public Tuesday by War- c! den Moyer at the Federal penitentiary ?{ concerning the treatment of Charles W. Morse at that Institution, one thing I1 stands out clear. Morse has had his hand on Wall street since he was put J in prison, and he has made money. a| Whether It happened many times and whether he made a great deal of mo- A ney, is not certain. But it happened. One specific Incident is cited in which *, Morse was given permission by War- ^ den Moyer to send a code message to New York in connection with certain ? gas company stock. The message In- ** structed the sale of shorts, and Morse ' cleaned up some money on the deal. * According to Warden Moyer, Morse j* entered the prison office shortly after ? that and offered the warden $1,000 of _* | it. The warden refused and resented bitterly that Morse had done what he _ regarded was equivalent to making "j the offer of a bribe. This Information r. Is doubly interesting because it recalls . persistent stories which were printed J in .Yew York newspapers In 1910. soon ... after Morse's Incarceration, declaring . that Morse's iron hand was still felt In the direction of the business Interests ? with which he had previously been affiliated. r ? The Chicago Tribune almanac for A 1911 shows there was a decrease In the number of suicides, legal execu- ^ tions, embezzlements and homicides. . , compared with the figures for the year P before. There were 12,242 cases of sul- JV cide, against 12,608 in 1910. The propor- ? tion of suicides as between men and wo- P' men remains about the same, being 8,130 men and 4,112 women. Physicians again head the list among professional PJ men, they numbering 27, as compared with 51 In 1910, and clergymen come next. 11 having taken their own lives. Among business men 19 bankers and brokers have committed Bulcide dur- Ji Ing the year. at SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. n ? Governor Blease la quoted as say- *j iff on last Tuesday that he will not n ardon Garllngton and Younff unless f miethlng further develops. c ^The amended child labor law c hlch eliminates all children under h welve years of aife from the textile ^ Iant3 of South Carolina, went Into ef;ct last Tuesday. It is estimated that n 40 children are affected. J1 c ? At the annual meetinff of the Au- c ubon society In Columbia a few days ti go, Hon. Wade Hampton Glbbes of e 'olumbiu, was elected president and t] Ir. James Henry Rice was re-elected a ecretary. ? Columbia special of Tuesday to f >'ews and Courier: Attorneys for John t] lell Towill, W. O. Tatum and L. W. t toykin, the former dispensary officials ^ ndcr indictment ror a -laoei neai f urlng their connection with the late n Ispensary, appeared before Judge R. 8 . Watts In the Richland County court ^ lis morning and demanded a trial at u lis term. Solicitor Wade Hampton t! obb announced that he was author- ? :ed to state that the state would be g eady for the trial of this case this J erm, but said that Attorney General b .yon was out of the city and asked ? lat the matter go over until next ti londay morning, when the date for j rial could be set. To this the defence n onsented. This case resulted in a mis- e rial at the last term of court. 1< ? The Paris Figaro publishes a strlk- P ig appeal to the world in favor of t eace written by Captain Louis Marie t ulien Vlaud, best known as Pierre /Otl, the famous traveler, author and c rlend of the Mohammedan, in which | e flays the rapacity of Europe in re- r ard to the Mohammedans. Italy's in- j efensible seizure of Tripoli and her ii far on Turkey, says M. Loti, are man- j| Testations of this mockery of modern 8 Utilization, which looks on tranquilly a t massacre, at war and the spilling a f Innocent blood. M. Lot! compares t ertain of the European powers to hy- a nas waiting to fill their stomachs with a he remains of the maimed and dying c ,'urk. He declares that the time has v rrlved for the Christian world to j ease human butchery, for, he says, 0 he Christians are the greatest assas- j| ins of all, killing with words of fra- t ernity on their Hps and destroying j flth flre and shot the old worlds of f tfrlca and Asia a.id treating like cat- t le the men of the brown and yellow 8 W T .41 A# L aces. m. bun tuiiuiuuco. ??oio w? i onquest, on whatever pretext they are s indertaken, must be stopped or the 0 world's peace, progress and arbitra- t Ion will remain empty and derisive a nd a shame to humanity." a ? Washington special of January 4 t 0 the Columbia State: "I changed Ira v Villiams from the work he has recent- li / been doing to special work under c i> department because I thought It 1 est for the agricultural interests In a be section where he is engaged, and t wish to say that I have not yet named u is successor. I do not know when I b hail do so, but I would state that when 1 new man is named I will do the nam- g ig of him and will choose someone J rhom I believe best fitted to serve the li iterests of this department and the e eople where he will work." This was h be statement made here today by t iradford Knapp, in charge of farm a emon8tration work in the department n f agriculture, when asked if he had l< ot yet chosen any one to succeed Ira tl Williams, recently directed by him to g a.ke up the investigation of the boll s -eevil and cotton blight Investigation, h Ir. Knapp, while saying very freely s rhy Mr. Williams had been ordered a j new duty, was very careful to make a : plain that he did not altogether ap- p rove of the suggestion that certain n ersons in South Carolina were en- b eavorlng to use influence in behalf t f those whom they desired to see ap- f ointed to Mr. Williams' place. Just d ,-hen the name of the new appointee o rill be made known Mr. Knapp de- p lined to say, but gave the State's cor- c espondent to understand that when r e had thoroughly satisfied himself a bat he had found the right man he f rould give the public all the informa- a Ion that might be desired on the sub- a ?t. e ? Columbia Record: Pursuant to a h all adopted at the annual meeting of t be union held in Columbia last July, b special session of the State Farm- J rs' Union will be held in Columbia, tl 'uesday, January 16, beginning at 4 o 'clock In the afternoon. The meeting r 1 in the nature of a legislative session, a nd the principal matters to be dis- o ussed will be in reference to matters tl > come before the legislature at the a ession of 1912, which opens next Tues- e ay. The meeting will be a delegated li ession. the gathering to consist of r elegates regularly elected from the p arious county unions throughout the v tate. The next annual meeting of the v armers' Union will be held In Char- a ;ston In July. While nothing definite d i known regarding what legislation b rill be encouraged this year by the p armers' Union, It Is thought that sevral matters will be brought up by lem in the nature of an effort to have lore public cotton weighers throughut the state, and something may be iscussed in conectlon with the effort > have the number of scholarships o > Clemson college Increased. It Is n nderstood that a bill has been preared for introduction at the coming ssslon, though not directly originating ri om the Farmers' Union, In reference ft y the so-called "validation" cotton j, cheme, discussed by the farmers of [arlboro county recently, and It Is ot doubted that some discussion In re- tl ard to It may take place at the ses- P Ion of the Farmers' Union here. A d igislatlve committee has been ap- L olnted by the union, the members n elng Messrs. W. A. Stuckey of Blsh- d pville and J. H. Claffy of Orangeburg, t< nd Dr. W. C. Brown of Newberry, ft his committee will prepare and have h ltroduced such bills as the union may tl ecide upon. Secretary J. Whltner si :eid has recently sent out a number a f charters to newly-organized local T nions, among them being two in n lerkeley county, one in Horry and a ne in niariDoro. u n ? Bennettsville, January 1: Joe Mai- ^ iy, charged with the murder of Guy t< ogers and Prentiss Moore Thanksglvlg, 1910, was given a preliminary be- t] jre Magistrate S. J. Mclnnis Satur- t{ ay, and is held to answer the charge q t the March term of court of general tf ;sions of Marlboro county. The Q ody of Prentiss Moore was found ^ ing on a ledge on the east side w f a ditch and about two and one-half n r three feet from the top of the ditch j ank. He was lying on his back, shirt ^ jllar unbuttoned, some blood on his ilrt front and a quantity of blood in j, le seat of his trousers, the wound c aving been inflicted in the back of p ttle Moore. Guy Rodgers was h ing in the ditch on his knees T ad head, his head being In the * ater, a wound over the heart. double-barreled shotgun was lying r a the bank, with the barrel pointed iward the ditch, muzzle slightly ele- ated. In the breach of the gun was shred from the shirt of Guy Rodgers. The case was worked up by James irvein, a negro detective, who claim- ti 1 to belong to the same lodge as Ben ni oms, the principal witness for the f< rosecution. Toms, thinking he was:ir liking to a brother member of the al rand Union, told of Malloy's confes- oi on to htm. Malloy had told Toms: f( rhe children went by my house that ci lorning and axed me to let them hunt si nd I tell them if they hunt they have c< > go further away from here, because d( have diss place rented. The boys rl ent off down the field shooting, and 01 ie shot fell all among him and his pi lildren. He went to the house and s< nt his gun and he laid his gun down d< nd went where these boys was and si latched the gun out of one of 'em's Pi mds. He spoke to him and said, ti >idn't I tell you to go away from here 8( looting all around here?' and he saw ?] ie boys, one was sitting In the edge |S ' the ditch and up with the gun shot |g Im. He didn't know he was going to bi ill him. The other one was off a vv iece from him and he whirled around |s nd shot him. Then he laid the gun b, iwn and took him and laid him close t! nout where the other was." The state- Q| lent made by Toms to the detective, q ervlen, was overheard by reliable p hite people, and there are corrobor- s( ting circumstances. ^ ? Spartanburg Herald, Wednesday: tc jdge George W. Gage astonished local ct ttorneya yesterday by ruling that wit- D ess fees and mileage shall not be paid fitnesses for the state who testify beore the grand Jury in cases in which A ,o bill is found. If a true bill is ound the state's witnesses will reeive the customary fee of 50 cents a ay and traveling expenses of five V ents a mile one way. No bill, no pay, i Judge Gage's order. It is said to 1 ave been the custom here so long hat the memory of man runneth not o the contrary to pay the state's witesses in all cases regardless of the ury's action. One attorney was so onfldent that Judge Gage was exeeding his authority that he planned o bring suit in behalf of four witnesss who were unable to collect fees or tiieage because in the case in which hey appeared?that of Chris Hudgins, ccused of assault and battery with inent to kill, sent up by Magistrate S. !. Tiner of Pacolet?the grand Jury ound no bill. A hurried scrutiny of he law seemed to indicate, however, hat it was in the discretion of the Lidge whether the witnesses should e paid or not. Solicitor J. C. Otts rankly said he considered it unwise ;ot to pay the state's witnesses if the rnnd Jury found no bill. Judge Gage aid the purpose of his ruling was to Iscourage the sending of trivial cases p to court. It will be remembered hat T11 rrc\ a IVA 11 ? ? nr?/\tn n 1 at uav u uugo vjaftv a cccn nj muic a icter in explanation of his charge to the lewberry grand Jury which waa conidering the caae of Thomas B. Felder. udge Gage directed the grand Jury to e satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt efore finding a true bill. As It waa hought that all the grand Jury needed 0 be satisfied of waa reasonable guilt, udge Gage's ruling caused some comment. In defending it he wrote that xperience had taught him it was useMis to try a case if, after only the irosecuting witnesses had been heard, he grand Jury retained a doubt as to he guilt of the accused. ? Columbia special to News and Courier: Four brass gates in the rating around the desks in the house of ppresentatives will be among the nore important improvements to be nstalled in the state house this comng week, in preparation for the 1912 ession of the general assembly. Two .dditional gates on each side of the lisle were provided for by a resolulon adopted in the house last year, ind Mr. J. S. Wilson, sergeant-at,rms of the house, expects that the iiibbes Machinery company, to whom ras awarded the contract for this imirovement, will get to work Tuesday n the task. The gates will be similar n form, structure, and purpose to the wo gates already in use in this rating. When installed they will greatly acilitate entrance and exit of the nembers of the house from their repective desks. With Just six days more lefore the gavels of the house and enate fall, bringing the two branches if the general assembly to order for he session of 1912, Messrs. Wilson ,nd J. Fred Schumpert, sergeants-atrms of the house and senate respecIvely, began to work Friday morning vlth a large force of laborers, preparr* cr ?hA Ao.AM.Wt.. W.ll- S it. i>a assciiiui; nano lur inn oming of the members next Tuesday, 'here are many minor matters to be ttended to, many little preparations 0 be made, and considerable cleaning tp to take place, before the halls will e in fit condition for the assembly of 912. In addititon to the four brass ates In the house of representatives, ir. Wilson Is having a general cleanng-up to take place, both on the lowr floor and In the galleries of the louse. The radiators are to be reouched with polish, the brass railings round the upper floor and all the netal parts In the furniture of the Dwer floor are to be cleaned anew for he session, and things will be put enerally in "apple pie" order. A Imilar transformation is taking place 1 the senate chamber, under the lntructlons of Mr. J. Fred Schumpert. Ir. Schumpert has been sergeant-atrms of the senate for sixteen years ast. and that these sixteen years have ot been spent for naught Is attested y the experienced manner In which he chamber Is being gotten in shape or occupancy of the senators. In aditlon to the cleaning up, rubbing up f the brass portions of the furnishngs, and other odds and ends in this onnection. Mr/Schumpert has been esponsible for several greatly needed nd admirable Improvements In the urnishings of the chamber. Prepartlons are being made for the remov1 of the offices of the state and Fedral agricultural departments, which iave up to this week been operated In wo committee rooms of the house and wo committee rooms of the senate. Ir. Ira W. Williams, state agent for he Federal department, will move his fflce from the agricultural committee oom of the house, and arrangements re being perfected for the removal f Commissioner Watson's offices from he rooms they now occupy. As soon s these removals have been completd. the carpets will be again replaced ri the lobby of the senate, the hat acks and other useful furnishings laced where they will serve the conenience of the senators, officers and Isitors to the upper branch of the ssembly. Promptly at noon on Tu?say, January 9. the two houses will e called to order bv their resDective residing officers. MERE-MENTION. Sheriff Harburger of New York city, ill have several women on his staff f deputy sheriffs. Mrs. O. H. P. Bellont Is to be one of them A ist passenger train on the Wabash ailroad was wrecked at St. Peters. Io., Tuesday. Fifteen passengers were ijured, two perhaps fatally. Three ars were burned up and with them tie depot at St. Peters By an exloslun of accumulated gas from a efective pipe, a cafe at Shreveport. a., was demolished early Tuesday lorning Dr. Sun Yat Sen, presient of the new republic of China, aok the oath of office 'Tuesday at banking. In his speech of acceptance e said he would labor to dethrone lie Manchu dynasty Sixteen Perlans were hanged by Russian soldiers t Tabriz on Monday and Tuesday, hey were tried by drumhead court lartial and condemned for shooting t Russian soldiers... .Ortie McManjal, whose confession led to the arest of the McNamara brothers, has een removed from Los Angeles, Cal.. 3 Indianapolis, Ind., where he will be iirther examined by the Federal autiorltles Tho near-beer license ix in Griffin, Ga., is $8,000 per year. 'iny uue nuuiist? lias ueen paiu lur up ) this time for 1912 The first ftlclal act of Dr. Sun Yat Sen. presient of the new Chinese government as to change the calendar so as to lake the new year begin on January , the first day of his presidency he United Slates government Is Bringing to spend about $5,000,000 In [onolulu for barracks for troops.... en. W. R. Jewell, commander of the orida division of the U. C. V. died at is home In Orlando last Tuesday.... he home of Police Judge John Lan- i ister. at Tyrone. N. Y.. was dynamlt1 last Tuesday r.lght The Dallas otton mill, located at Dallas, N. C.. as sold this week to C. B. Armstrong >r $20,000. ? New York, January 3: The Naonal Democratic club launched toight a movement to make tariff reirm the paramount Issue of the comig presidential campaign at a largely ttended dinner In Its new club house n Fifth avenue, with Governor Wood>w Wilson of New Jersey as the prinpal speaker. Governor Wilson |nsted that the time had come for the juntry to set Itself free from the burens of the protective tariff. "We are ch enough, we are safe enough in Lir prosperity, sure enough of our caaclty. of our skill and of our rejurcefulness to do this," he said. He eclared that the reform movement lould be undertaken with resolution, rudence. open mindedness and mulal concession. "There arc no old ores to be paid off." he continued, rhere are no resentment* to be satfled, there is no revolution to be atfled there is no revolution to be ats drawn into the conference as to hat it behooves us to do, and what it possible for us to do. No one should e excluded from counsel, 'except jose who will not come In on terms f equality and the common interest." ongressman William C. Redfleld of rooklyn and Francis Eurton Harri)n of New York were other speakers, he club has appointed a committee > lead a systematic and progressfve impalgn tariff reform In aid of the emocratlc leaders in congress.