Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 06, 1912, Image 2
Scraps and .facts.
? E. J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture
of South Carolina and president
of the Southern Cotton congress,
and J. G. Anderson, originator of the
"Rock Hill plan" of cotton acreage
reduction, conferred in Atlanta last
Saturday with Governor Brown and
other state officers relative to the campaign
for reducing next year's acreage
in hopes of obtaining better prices.
Governor Brown pledged himself to
reduce his planting by 25 per cent, and
T. J. Hudson, Georgia commissioner
of agriculture, pledged to cut his by
331-3 per cent. Frank Weldon, formerly
an Atlanta newspaper man,
was. placed in charge of the campaign
in this state. He will organize the
counties by appointing a banker, a
farmer and a merchant In each to
raise funds to pay expenses of township
canvassers whose duty will be
to obtain pledges for the contemplated
25 per cent acreage reduction.
? Serious concern in the war department
over the scarcity of cavalry and
held artillery organization In the National
guard, says a Washington dispatch,
has led to a formal announcement
that it Is the policy of the de
* k
will be announced.
? The American consul at Tabriz.
Mr. Gordon Paddock, had a decidedly
exciting time during the recent fighting
between Russians and Persians
there, according to a letter from an old
resident which has just reached Lon
don. The American consulate is Just
in the shadow of an old citadel, popularly
called the "Ark." The Ark was
one of the principal targets for the
Russian artillery fire, and it was shelled
hotly for several days. Many shells
hurst over the consulate buildings and
around Mr. Paddock's house, but fortunately
no one was injured, and the
principal damage was the destruction
of the flagstaff from which the stars
and stripes were flying. During ten
years in <he consular service Mr. Paddock
has been a spectator of many
interesting events in far parts of the
world. He was stationed for some
years at Seoul, in Korea, and there
witnessed the naval battle when the
Russian cruisers Variag and Korietz
were sunk by the Japanese, at the beginning
of the Russo-Japanese war.
He saw the debarkation of the Japanese
forces: was afterward at Harbin
in the times when It was unsafe for a
white man to venture into the streets
after dark, and in Mukden witnessed
the most stirring days of the "recon- :
structlon" of Manchuria.
? The Turco-Italian war, says a ,
Rome dispatch, continues of absorbing
Interest to Italians, and no matter
what the monetary cost?it will soon 1
reach $100.000,000?popular feeling is
that it cannot be too great to pay for
the unification of his majesty's subjects
that has resulted, let alone all
other considerations. The old antag- \
onisms of Neapolitans and Pledmon- (
tese. of Calabrese and Sicilians, of
Genoese and Venetians and of Lombards
and southerners, has disappear- i
ed before the common enemy. Old (
and new parties have ceased to exist,
with no other example in history after 1
1848, when Pius IX., also having Joined >
partment to encourage tnese Drancuco
and that unallotted funds from Federal
militia maintenance appropriations will
be used for that purpose. The state
soldiery is topheavy with infantry,
probably because it Is much easier and
cheaper to organize and maintain. The
attention of the department had been
directed also to the fact that many state
infantry regiments are not fully manned.
This is regarded as false economy,
as the same number of expensive
officers is required for a regiment of
eight companies as for one with the
full quota. Consequently the militia
division has issued a circular bulletin
warning the state authorities against
authorizing any additional infantry
regiments until those already in existence
are complete as to organization,
arms and equipment.
? A curious battle not down on the
programme of the opposing generals,
says a Paris dispatch, was fought reoently
In the historic suburbs AlnZara,
one of the last towns to be captured
by the Italians in the Tripoli
war. At midnight, a furious howling
was heard coming from a score of dogs
attached to the Italian army who had
last been seen turning about the outposta
An alarm was at once given,
and all soldiers seized their rifles and
prepared themselves for a night attack
from the Turks and Arabs. It
was rot a man attack this time, however.
but a surprise visit from about
fifteen dogs attached to the Turkish
forces. Soldiers leaned upon muskets
and watched one of the fiercest engagements
of the campaign. The dogs
fought with something of the savagery
formerly seen among the canines
of Constantinople, and when the soldiers
Anally cleared the Held of action
five dogs were found dead and a
number mortally wounded.
? Havana, February 3: The protracted
task of raising the sunken
battleship Maine was crowned with
success this afternoon when the after
section, which was not injured by the
explosion and comprises approximately
half the total length of the ill-fated
vessel, was set afloat. Barely enough
water was admitted within the cofferdam
to free the hulk from the mud in
which it was deeply imbedded, but tonight
it floats almost on an even keel.
though somewnat aown ai me ?iern
and much above Its normal line of flotation
in consequence of the removal
of the heaw weights on deck, especially
the after-turret and its guns.
The hull, into which a bulkhead has
been fitted, proved perfectly watertight.
Major Harley B. Ferguson,
chief engineer in charge of the work,
intsnds now to cease admitting water
within the cofferdam until the portions
of the shattered forward section
of the battleship are removed
which will be a matter of a few days.
After this It will be a simple matter
to admit sufficient water to raise the
hulk to the harbor level. Three bodies
were found this evening during an exploration
of the extreme bow section
of the Maine.
? The New York cotton exchange
will refuse to adopt the United States
government's standard cotton grades
until a new grade can be standardized
to be called "strict ordinary" to take
the place of present New York "good
ordinary," and until the grades "middling
fair" and "fair" be also standardized,
It was declared last Saturday by !
George W. Neville, president of the
exchange, at the annual banquet of I
the institution. Mr. Neville said that i
in fairness to cotton producers of the
entire south, the classification should.
In other words, be amended so as 1
to read "strict ordinary to fair," instead i
of "good ordinary to straight good
middling," as at present. "When this
is done," continued Mr. Neville, "the 1
management of the New York' cotton
exchange will put the adoption of the
government standard types to the
members, and as your president, J
would strongly recommend their adop- <
tlon. We have always stood for uniformity
in grade, but just for uniform- ,
ity's sake I cannot recommend to you
the adoption of any standard classification
that would maroon, and leave .
without a market, good spinnable cotton,
and also fail to give the cotton
producers In North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia and portions of other
states such a standard to fix values in
times of stress." j
? President Finley of the Southern
Railway company, announced a few 1
days ago that, as a means of supple- I
msntlng the extensive work being done j
by the company for the advancement
of agriculture in the territory traversed
by Its lines south of the Poto- 1
mac and Ohio rivers and east of the j
Mississippi, it has been decided to in- ,
augurate Southern railway scholar- .
ships in the state agricultural college '
in each state traversed by the lines I
of the company. Mr. Finley will take
this matter up at once with the pres- '
ident of each agricultural college concerned,
asking him to permit the company
to pay for the scholarships and !
to select the young men to be bene- (
flted by them. The scholarshiDS, which '
are to cover the full four year course
in agriculture, are to be awarded In
accordance with plans to be agreed
upon between the presidents of the
colleges and the railway company, and
are to be given to young men residing
in counties traversed by the lines of
the company, and who would otherwise
be financially unable to avail
themselves of an agricultural college
training. As soon as arrangements
have been definitely perfected, full details
as to the scholarship or scholarships
to be awarded in each state
in the national war. against Austria,
the whole country was in accord. AH
classes, from the royal family down to
the poorest people, have their children
in the entrenchments. Queen EHena
said: "I wish my son, Umberto, were
a dozen years old, to be able to go to
the front." The Duchess d'Aosta, her
children too young to take part, went
herself as a nurse. The manifestations
of affection for the army and navy are
many. A woman sent a rosette formed
of the Italian tri-color to the colonel
of a regiment, with an apology because
it had faded, and adding, "I made it
with the remains of the trl-color with
which my grandmother, when I was a
child, made rosettes for the soldiers
of the independence, risking her head.
May this same ribbon make you victorious."
The devotion of the peasants
is even more moving. A woman of
the Abruzzi sent to her son, who is
a sharpshooter and served bravely under
General Para, two bologna sausages,
writing in poor Italian, "One
is for you and the other for your gen
eral. He nas aeservea it aiso.
?hr \1orkriUc Gnquiwr.
Entered at the Poatofflce In Yorkvtlle
aa Mall Matter of the Second Claas.
YORKVILLE. f. C.i^/
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY ?. 1912
The state warehouse bill, with which
the readers of The Enquirer are fa-,
miliar, passed the senate last Friday
night and was sent to the house. The
bill has already had a favorable report
from the committee on ways and
means, and the likelihood that It will
go through the house without serious
opposition seems to be strong.
We have seen It suggested that behind
the present rise In the price of
cotton Is the same bull clique that was
some time ago trying to lend the farmers
$60,000,000 for the purpose of
bulling prices. The object of the
present movement. It is claimed, Is to
stimulate Increased acreage so as to
Insure another record crop that will
depress prices right. What the south
needs Is not speculative prices for cotton,
but stable prices, and the way to
get stable prices Is by means of a
la e-owned warehouse system covering
the entire south, and a perfected
arrangement whereby money can be
borrowed from abroad. Louisiana has
set the pace. South Carolina seems
about ready to follow, and there is a
probability that the next few years
may see the solution of the great
problem.
With the first Introduction of cotton
seed oil as a cooking fat, the great
porlc packers started a propaganda as
to the alleged unwholesomeness of the
new product. The next move of the
packers was to mix the cheaper cotton
oil with hog fat and continue to sell
as hog fat. Then when the pure food
law came along and cotton oil had to
be sold as such, it bloomed out under
all kinds of new names. Hog fat still
held its own as to price; but just why
nobody seems to know, unless it bo
that the great mass of consumers has
not yet been convinced that cotton oil
is superior from every standpoint. Of
late some crank has undertaken to
start a slander that cotton oil Is responsible
for pellagra; but that won't
go for the reason that it is too well
known how prevalent pellagra was
before cotton oil came into general
use, even among people who had never
had an opportunity to use cotton
oil. But*cotton oil will eventually
come to its own and when it does the
price of cotton seed will be stronger
even than now.
We are reproducing elsewhere a
part of a letter that Senator Appeltof
Clarendon, wrote last week to his paper.
the Manning Times, of which he
Is editor. Our object In reproducing
the letter is because Senator-Editor
Appelt has been a long time In public
life, and has had enough experience
to enable him to look at two sides of
most situations. In politics Mr. Appelt
has always been an antl-prohlbltionlst.
That is our recollection and
understanding. Our impression also
Is that he supported Mcl/eod in the
first primary of two years ago and
Blease in the second. If we are mistaken
in either proposition we will be
pleased to make correction on the
matter being called to our attention."
Now, however this may be, there is a
good deal of sense in what Senator
A ppelt says. It is not pleasant, but
then it is a fact. There are many
people who intuitively seek to deny
such facts as happen to be unpleasant:
but that never changes the facts.
There are things in Mr. Appelt's letter
that we do not care to challenge;
but we submit that he is not very
well qualified to speak for the Prohibitionists
or the whilom Featherstone
crowd. Before anything else the followers
of Featherstone stood for good
government. Prohibition was a leading
principle: but it was not all in all
by any means. The expression, for
Instance, "should he (Blease) be defeated.
the legislature will be dominated
by Judge Jones, who is backed
by those whose policies are advocated
by the Columbia State, and the Prohibition
element." is not warranted by
the facts. As to harmony between
Judge Jones and the Columbia State,
we have no dispute. Judge Jones
says he is for county local option, and
strict enforcement of the law according
to the wishes of the majority. He
and the State are together on that,
except that the Columbia State Is on
the whisky side of the option proposition,
just as is Senator Appelt. But
not so with the Prohibitionists. They
had no part with the Columbia State
in the last campaign until after the first
primary, when the Columbia State
aligned itself on their side, not In favor
of their principles; but solely and entirely
as against Blease. Most Prohibitionists,
we think, understand that
situation thoroughly, and we do not
h^lipvp (hut uk uiich tht?v ura nnw pkII.
ed upon to rally behind the Columbia
State and Judge Jones, or either of
them. As we see the matter now, we
d<i not think that the Prohibitionists
have any particular interest in the
fight. There Is very little in sight for
them up to this time except the privilege
of choosing between factions,
neither of which offers any special attractions.
And according to our way
of looking at it. unless there is a
change in the status, as Mr. Appelt
sees proper to describe it. there are
thousands of Prohibitionists who are
as likely to vote for Blease or Jones
as they are to scratch both of them.
Maybe we belong to the class that
Senator Appelt describes as nursing
"old sores." but we do not think so.
We think we have said already that
we had but little choice two years ago
as between Mrl^eod and Blease, -and
up to this time we have been unable
to discover where or why we should
be any more enthused as between
Flease and Jones. The triumph of
either will merely mean the triumph
of a faction. The triumph of Featherstone
two years ago would have
meant the triumph of a faction also:
but we think that the triumph of the
Featherstone faction would have been
worth more for the general betterment
of the state than the triumph
of either of the others.
J0NE8 AND BLEA8E.
Ti?? imia RatwMti Them As 8??n By
Editor Appoit.
Following Is a. part of a letter that
Senator Appelt of Clarendon, wrote
last week to his paper, the Manning
Times:It
is without doubt there are many
in the general assembly who think it
good politics to discredit Blease, and
they stand ready to damn him right
or wrong. When they do this, they
are patted upon the back by the governor's
opponents; but there is a day
of reckoning coming at the court of
last resort-?the people. The action of
the governor's opponents will force
the making of the coming primary to
be fought out upon factional lines,
candidates for the legislature will be
put up in every county and voted for
on the Blease and anti-Blease platforms.
If Blease is reelected, he will
carry with him a Blease legislature.
Should he be defeated the legislature
will be dominated by Judge Jones,
who is being backed by those who favor
the policies advocated by the Columbia
State, and the prohibliion element
In my Judgment, regardless of
who is elected governor, whether it be
Blease or Jones, a legislature elected
because of its attitude towards either
of the candidates for governor is a
misfortune. It will be Just as it was
in 1890, a driftwood legislature. But
the game of politics is being played
by those who are opposed to Blease,
not so much is their opposition based
upon his acts as governor, but because
ihey have never forgiven him for defeating
their exponent of prohibition
two years ago, and because he gave
notice when he was a candidate, that
if elected he would keep his eye upon
the public treasury to prevent a waste
of the public moneys. That he has
carried out this promise the public is
10 Judge.
Then too. lawyers of the state have
it in for Blease because of his having
the temerity to take issue with the
supreme court in the matter of appointing
special Judges, whenever they
at county seats conclude they want an
extra term of court. Blease committed
an unpardonable sin when he
wanted the legislature to fix the law
so that the governor, who must issue
commission, w:ould have the power to
protect the taxpayers against this
drain upon the treasury, and in the
coming campaign this special judge
matter will play an Important part in
the Blease-Jones controversy. I believe
this is so. Judge Jones, who has
been selected aa the standard-bearer
of the opposition to oppose Blease, has
already fired off a gun taking issue
with Governor Blease in the newspapers.
This letter of the ex-chief justice
is regarded as the opening gun of
the campaign, in the hope of getting
Blease to reply in the newspapers instead
of bringing his explanation
face to face with the masses, but I
doubt if they entrap him in this way.
He may make reply to Jones in the
newspapers, but if the anti-Blease
forces think that Blease is going to let
the matter rest by depending on the
newspapers, they will wake up to find
themselves with another think coming
to them. It is known to all men
that Blease is not relying upon news-,
papers to give him jrappQrt. In fact,
I believe that, because of his bad
treatment on the part of the leading
newspapers, he is suspicious of the
whole breed, and, therefore, nothing
short of a face to face talk to the people
will satisfy him or his friends
Blease has made some mistakes,
not so much in his acts, as it was in
the expressions he gave for his acta
ftome UI 1119 VCIU llicsoaBCO nv?v Iiwv
as diplomatic ds Is customary. He
did not use sweet scented words to
give expression to these messages.
Some of the messages were too strong.
Ibut they webe Please messages. Had
they been couched In the oily words
of a Heyward or an Ansel those who
know Please would have charged him
with hypocrisy. In other words, addressing
the general assembly, he
spoke to the members of the two bodies
Just as he would and did speak to
(their masters?the people when he
was a candidate, believing that where
they were commissioned by them it
did not make the clay of which they
were mstde, any better than the clay
of those they represent, and, if he was
to address the representatives of the
people he had a right to speak to
them just as he speaks to those they
are supposed to represent?plain,
frilless, but with force. I am not an
extremist, and I am not a partisan,
but I want absolute fairness, I want
Gov. Please to stand or fall upon his
record, and not by passion fanned Into
flame by extremists or partisans
who are not well of the sores inflicted
in the last primary by the election
of Please over Featherstone, nor
do I wish to be forced to take sides
In the personal wrangle between Ira
P. Jones and Cole L. Please. What I
do want, is to have the coming campaign
conducted In a way that will be
educating to the masses, so that men
pnay go to the polls and vote for the
state's good, but they will not be able
to do so. If they are to make their selections
from the standpoint of partisan
prejudice.
Who Killed Myrtle Hawkins.?The
Citizen believes that everyone of its
subscribers and tne public generally
will read with Intense Interest the
remarkable review of the Myrtle Hawkins
case, written by Judge H. G.
Ewart of Hendersonville, and published
in the Citizen today. We have
given the judge's article more than
usual prominence, not only on account
of th^ public interest in his subject
matter, but because of the general excellence
of the article, in stvle, conduction
and presentation. The hand
of the able lawyer iH a]so apparent, for
points of law and fact follow dramatic
narrative. While it mav be said that
Judge Ewart's letter throws no light
that is entirely new to readers of
newspapers of this section, it effectively
disposes of the suicide theory, and
rather emphasizes points of evidence
brought out at the Inquest. More than
that. Judge Ewart, by a process of
elimination, narrows responsibility for
the girl's death down to two people
and places one of them on the streets
of Hendersonville. following his usual
avocation. The Citizen has been called
to order because it declared last
" eek that the "murderers of Myrtle
Hawkins committed their crime within
the borders of Henderson countv and
are still living there," but Judge Ewart
makes the field still smaller and draws
a strong circle around Hendersonville.
?Asheville Citizen.
? Rev. R. L. Davis of Wilson, N. C..
secretarv of the anti-saloon league of
North Carolina, started things going
In connection with the Illicit whisky
business In Charlotte last Sunday. The
proceedings developed at a big prohibition
meeting in the auditorium, corner
of East Fifth and South College
streets. During the course of a talk
on the subject of wholesale violation
of the liquor laws. Rev. Mr. Davis
produced a box from which he took
one bv one eight pints of Uouor. As
he deposited each pint on the table
he told where It had come from?from
a drugstore or club, and stated that It
bad been bought illegally. Recorder
Smith was present. He went out and
prepared the papers necessary to make
Mr. Davis testify. Mr. Davis, however,
was not at all averse. He gave
the names of the people and let It go
at that. There Is reason to believe
bp? the incident is going to make
oulte a big row In Charlotte, as there
are many people there who are quite
anxious to put a stop to the indiscriminate
violation of the llouor laws that
have been In progress since the town
was made dry by statute.
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Thomson Co.?Makes a few remarks as
to values and qualities, and inviteR
attention to new showing of spring
goods.
National Union Bank?Devotes Bank
Talk No. 4 to the subject of Efficient
Service, and invites you to try it in
your banking business.
First National Eank, Yorkvllle?Calls
attention to the good that will come
by teaching your boys and girls to
save their money. It will help you.
J. M. Stroup?Is showing new lines of
Feters' shoes for men and wants you
to call and see how good they are.
KIrkpatrick-Eelk Co.?Has closed its
white goods sale much pleased with
results. Attention Is Invited to a
special remnant counter
J. C. Wallace, Tirzah?Wants buyers
for thoroughbred Essex pigs.
ladies' Aid Society. McConnellsvllle?
Invites the public to a mock marriage
at residence of Mr. J. M. Love
on February 9th.
Mrs. J. J. Hunter, Pres.?Gives notice
to Confederate veterans in regard to
crosses of honor.
J. M. Brian Co.?Is showing a big line
of all kinds of valentines. *
Yorkville Hardware Co.?Wantato sell
automobile owners all kinds of oils,
greases and gasoline.
Clover Drug Co.?Has something to
say In regard to prescription work
and wants to fill yours.
Southern Cotton OH Co.?Points out
that purity and adaptlbility Is the
supreme test of a vegetable oil for
rook'ne. See fourth page.
S. L. Miller. Sr.?Admr. etc., estate W.
D. Miller, dec'd.?Gives notice that
on March 8th he will apply for final
discharge as administrator of said
estate.
Ths influence of the heavy Cotton
sales, which included not less than
2,000 bales at 10 cents last week, Is
now being felt in all kinds of business,
and that influence Is most pleasing.
The burden of Prof. Barton's talk
to the Boys' Corn club yesterday was
rotation and winter cover crops as a
means of stopping the soil robbery
now going on, and a most sensible
talk It was.
There wae exhibited at the corn club
meeting yesterday an ear of corn, perfect
in size and shape, with each separate
grain enveloped in a shuck, just
as grains of wheat are enveloped In
chaff.
8ALE8DAY. .
There were only two auction sales
l>efore the court house door yesterday
morning, salesday for February, one
by the clerk of the court and the other
by the sheriff. S. T. Lanham, master
of Spartanburg, who advertised certain
properties to be "sold in the case
of J. Hi Parrls, plaintiff, vs. the Carolina
Mutual Fire Insurance company,
failed to put in his appearance, and the
property was not sold. There was no
explanation.
Under a decree of foreclosure, at
the suit of Minnie I. Smalley, plaintiff,
vs. E. C. McClain, defendant, the sheriff
sold a house and lot. on Cleveland
avenue, In the town of Torkvllle. The
property waj bought by W. W. Lewis,
attorney, for $446.
Under .decree of foreclosure, at the
suit of Wm. M. Love, plaintiff, against
Geo. W. Moore and Wm. Lawson
Moore, defendants, the sheriff sold a
tract of on? hundred and fifty-three
acres, known as the Hugh Warren
j home place. Bought by J. E. Hart,
attorney, for $2,225.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
The court of common pleas convened
,yesterday morning, with Judge Ernest
Gary presiding, and all the petit Jurors
present or accounted for.
During the organization the following
petit Jurors were excused: August
Friedheim, Woods M. Steele, W. S.
Neil.
The only case tried yesterday waa
that of Klser vs. Thornburg. It resulted
in a verdict for the plaintiff in the
sum of $110. It appearing that a sufficient
number of cases would not be
ready, the court passed an order excusing
the Jurors drawn for next week
from attendance.
The court has been engaged this
morning on the case of Good vs.
Mlckle, and the only other cases ready
for trial are:
No. 53. Steele vs. C. P. Brick Co.
No. 67. Smith vs. Southern Railway
Co.
No. 58. Ramsey, adm'x, vs. Southem
Railway Co.
No. 65. C. P. Brick Co. vs. Southern
Railway Co.
No. 67. Pearson vs. Southern Railway
Co.
No. 68. Barber vs. Southern Railway
Co.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Local buyers bought about 1,200
bales of cotton last Friday, some of it
in surrounding markets.
? Salesday, court and the Boys' Corn
club brought a big crowd of people to
town yesterday, although all of the i
roads are "something fierce."
? Chief Love found the log wagon
and stretchers he advertised for the
other day. The wagon was away out
In the country, and the stretchers were
here In Yorkvllle.
? The horse-swapping business was
a little more brisk yesterday than on
salesday for January, but It was hardly
up to the old standard of this season
of the year. The regular dealers
find business very good and promising
|Still better.
? It is rumored that a bill has been
introduced or will be introduced In the
general assembly to amend the general
incorporation law as the same applies
to Yorkvllle so as to provide that all
| aldermen be elected at large instead of
by wards. If such a bill has been introduced
we have overlooked it. We
do not think such a bill is necessary' or
desirable however. If the people of
Yorkvllle desire to amend the law in
this particular the law itself provides
the means for so doing. One thing to
be said about the ward system is that
it makes the ring system more difficult
to perfect.
ABOUT PEOPLE^
Mrs. L. George Grist and Master
Mason Carroll of Yorkville, are visiting
Mrs. A. B. Hammond, in Columbia.
^Misses Frances and Ruth Williams
or Old Point, visited Miss Mary Williams.
in Yorkvllle, this week.
"5 Miss Eliza Thomasson of Yorkvllle,
is taking a business course in Charlotte,
N. C.
/.Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Sloan of Charlotte,
spent several days this week
with Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Parks, in
Yorkville.
"&Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Correll and two
children of Maiden, N. C.. are the
guests of Mrs. Mary Crosby, in Yorkvllle.
I/Mlss Eva Good of Hickory Grove,
has taken a position as day central
with the Piedmont Telephone company.
in Yorkville.
^ Mr. William Meek Allison, who has
neen taking a business course in Charlotte,
has returned to Yorkville, and
is now with the Yorkville Banking
and Mercantile company as bookkeeper.
. Mrs. E. J. Jackson of Clover sustained
a painful injury in her right
hip some weeks ago as the result of
a fall, and for some days past her
condition has been giving the family
considerable concern. Mrs. Jackson
celebrated her 98th birthday on December
11. and up to the time of her
recent accident was as bright of mind
and seemed as active of limb as most
women of 50. Mr. Jackson, who Is
about eight years younger than Mrs.
Jackson, is enjoying very good health.
He is busy a^out flyst one thing and
then another most of the time, and
does not seem altogether happy except
when he is at work.
Washington correspondence Atlanta
Journal: One of the latest debutantes
from congressional circles was :
formally presented on Thursday af- i
ternoon, when Mrs. Flnley, wife of
Representative David E. Finley of
South Carolina, Introduced her daughter.
Miss Frances Finley, at a large
tea. Mrs. Finley received her guests
in a gown of dark green satin, with an
overdrapery of green net, and Miss
Flnley's dress was a soft white satin
fobe with a tunic of white net, embroidered
in silver roses and she carried
an armful of pink roses. The
lower Hour of the spacious home on
Connecticut avenue was decorated
With a profusion of jonquils, red roses
and carnations. Assisting in receiving
were Mrs. Joseph K. Alston of South
Carolina, a house guest of Mrs. Finley;
Mrs. Champ Clark, Mrs. Roberts
of Massachusetts; Mrs. Johnson and
Mrs. Elierbe, wives of representatives
from South Carolina. At the punch
bowl were Miss Genevieve Clark,
daughter of Speaker and Mrs. Clark,
and Miss Sallie Williams, daughter of
Senator and Mrs. John Sharp Williams
of Mississippi. Among others
who assisted were Miss Lucy Hoke
Fmlth and Miss Gertrude Greely.
WESSON'S COOKING OIL.
Misses Newman and Beauchamp
demonstrated at the Yorkvllle Hard awa
(it a??a loo# 1?r(/1aif on/I Uatne/lair
[ *> m C ni*#i o icx<~?b 4' i iua/ aini k 'mui un j
afternoons not only that Wesson's
snowdrift cooking oil is In a class by
itself In the uses for which It Is Intended;
but-also that they know just
exactly how to put It to those uses.
The demonstration took place as
advertised from 2 to 6.30 each afternoon
and the^ hardware store was
crowded with visitors, attracted by *a
desire to. see what was being done and
how. The visitors included hundreds
of ladles from the town and surrounding
country and not a few men.
The demonstration outfit consisted
of an improvised cook room, that Included
an oil stove, a dough board, a
roller, some pots and pans, some clean
linen, paper napkins, and of course
plates, cups and saucers. It was a
complete kitchen and dining room all
In one and the visitors were served
with gocrd things, cooked before their
eyes and hot from the stove.
Miss Nellie Newman did the cooking,
lecturing as she went and Miss
Nellie Beauchamp assisted with the
j practical work, helping also to anjswer
questions, and to persuade visitors
to leave orders for trial packages
of the Wesson products. Altogether
it was as smooth and pretty a demonstration,
such as one seldom has the
[pleasure of seeing, and there was a lot
of valuable instruction in it.
Miss Newman made cake, doughnuts,
mayonnaise dressing, etc., explaining
as she went along, and served
the finished products while the Interest
of her guests was still at Its
height. Though thoroughly businesslike
in all they did, the ladles were
very pleasant and made a most favor|able
Impression on their visitors, both
for themselves and for their cotton
611 products.
[ Among the visitors were quite a
number who had been using the Wesson
oil for years, and many others
who had never knowingly used anything
but hog lard or butter. Those
[who had used the Wesson oil were
interested principally In getting new
ideas In connection with its proper
manipulation, and those who had
juSed only hog lard?these included
only those who had never used lard
except of their own raising?were Interested
mainly from curiosity.
It developed during the day that
many people who thought they had
never used anything but hog lard and
who were bitterly opposed to the cotton
oil Idea, had been using cotton oil
for quite a long time without knowing
it It developed also that many excellent
cooks were ready to testify that the
Wesson snowdrift was superior to any
cooking fat they had ever used, and
others said they could not think of
such a thing as using the oil for cooking
purposes. That is where the value
of the demonstration came in.
j" Misses Newman and Beauchamp,
who conducted the demonstration, are
both accomplished ladies, who are
able to manipulate the piano with the
same efficiency that they manipulate
the cooking stove and with as much
credit. They made themselves thoroughly
agreeable to their visitors and
during the demonstration took orders
for hundreds of cans of snowdrift
goods. All orders were taken with
the understanding that the goods were
to be shipped to the customer Indicated
by the grocer. The feature ol
Saturday afternoon's demonstration
was the serving of three gallons of
"ice creatn" made from oil. to the visitors.
The Ice cream was served a
spoonful to the saucer, and there were
enough people to take it $.11. That the
people were quite critical was natural;
but most of them were agreed that the
cream was delightful.
Miss Newman, by the way, Is a
daughter of the famous correspondent
Savoyard, given up to be the best
Jnfnrmafl man In Amarlra as to the
inside history of the great political
leaders of both parties. Miss Beauchamp
is a niece of Miss Newman and
a granddaughter of Savoyard.
Both ladles expressed themselves as
delighted with thetrvlslt to Yorkville.
They said they were thoroughly satisfled
with the demonstration from every
standpoint The attendance had
been larger than at any two-day demonstration
that they had given for
quite a while. They found the people
generally more appreciative of
their efforts, and what was no less Important,
they had taken a larger number
of orders than usual.
The Wesson cooking oil party goes
from here to Rock Hill, where it will
repeat its demonstration in the store
of R. W. Cranford on February 8. 9
and 10.
BOYS' CORN CLUB.
The York County Boys' Corn club
met In the opera house at Yorkville
yesterday, and notwithstanding the
cold and rough weather and certain
unavoidable blanks In the programme,
there was a good attendance, and the
proceedings were profitable, interesting
and satisfactory.
The attendance Included about one
hundred people from different parts
of the county, and Included twentyseven
boys .ready and eager to resume
the competition In which they have
already found so much pleasure and
profit. Mr. O. B. Martin, who has
general charge of the Boys' Corn club
work, and who is a most Interesting
speaker on this subject, missed connection
at Chester, and failed to get
to Yorkville until after the meeting
adjourned, much to the disappointment
of all present. Mr. W. H. Barton,
district agent of the farmers' co-operative
demonstration work, was on
hand, and made an excellent address,
and there were talks by Miss Mary S.
Cromer, who has made herself famous
as an expert In tomato culture, and
?f|na <>l 1 (n A DiiboaII aaitnftr minac
lYiirs l/cnia xvuoocii, u/uui) ou^ui Intendent
of rural school Improvement.
After that the specimens of corn
brought by the boys were judged,
prizes were awarded, and the roll was
opened for the 1912 club, the question
of bottom land vs. upland was settled,
and the organization of the pig
club was put under way. *
The meeting was called to order by
Mr. John R. Blair, county demonstration
agent, and Mr. J. Prank Ashe of
McConnellsvllle, served as chairman
throughout the proceedings.
Mr. Barton was the first speaker.
His subject was "Soil Robbery and Soil
Conservation." He gave figures to show
that the population of the country Is
Increasing more rapidly than the production
of food crops, and speculated
on the result fifty years from now.
He made It clear how over-production
of cotton can bring ruin not only upon
the farmers, but of the entire south,
and showed how if cotton production
Is made to conform to the actual needs
of the people, the possibilities of wealth
from this source are without limit.
On this premise he argued that the
reduction of cotton production necessarily
meant the Increased production
of other crops. He made the statement
that the seed from a bale of cotton
was worth 17.90 and that the stalks
sufficient to make a bale of cotton were
worth $12.20, and reasoned, that when
the seed and stalks both were removed
from land, the land was damaged on
this account alone to the amount of
$20.20 for each bale of cotton produced.
As a remedy he urged that seed should
not be sold and stalks should not be
removed. In addition he urged that
rotation and winter cover crops constitute
the remedy for depleted soils.
Under a system calling: for cotton one
year, corn another and small grain
another, he said, any land was bound
to get richer and richer, and then he
urged the necessity of winter cover
crops, especially a mixture of rye and
vetch, as being worth many times what
It cost. Getting down to the corn
question, he held that there was absolutely
no good reason why a York
county boy should not make as heavy
a yield of com as had been made, but
at the same time he took occasion to
stress the point that the quantity of
corn was not the whole thing. He said
that the boy who merely showed improvement
might accomplish more
actual good than the boy who secured
the largest yield. The thing, he said,
the all-important thing, was to produce
the most corn at the least cost,
and that was the end to which all the
boys should atrivre.
Miss Cromer made an interesting
and comprehensive talk about tomato
culture, and Miss Russell told what she
had been doing and what she was trying
to do in connection with rural
school improvement.
Upon a call for the enrollment of the
corn ciud Doyg, ine roi lowing ooys
gave their names:
Edward Faries '....No. 4, Clover
Joseph Love ... No. 1, McConnellgville
James Ashe ... No. 1, McConnellgville
Brice Stowe No. 1, Yorkvllle
Shields Dickson No. 1, Yorkville
Bratton Land No. 1. Yorkville
Lindsay Thoma* No. 1. Yorkville
Haskell Dulln No. 2, -Clover
Speight Flanagan Bowling Green
Davidson Dulln Bowling Green
Joseph Oates No. 7, Yorkville
Walter Shillinglaw ... No. 7, Yorkville
Roy Marley No. 7, Yorkville
Haskell Sherer No. 1, Sharon
W. A. Darby. Jr No. 6. Rock Hill
Robt. Klrkpatrick No. 2, Sharon
Marcus Klrknatrlck No. 2, Sharon
Augustus Hill No. 2, Sharon
Levi Turner No. 2, Sharon
Grler McFadden No. 6, Rock Hill
Edward McFadden . ; No. 6, Rock Hill
Samuel Hayes No. 4, Rock Hill
Eugene Garrison No. 4, Rock Hill
Horace Foster .. No. 1, Hlclaory Grove
John Horton No. 1, Sharon
Marion Sandifer .' No. 3, Yorkville
Bratton Plexico Sharon
It was announced that any other boy
in the county between the ages of 14
and 18 who desired to become a member
of the club, would be permitted to
do bo by sending in his name to Mr.
John R. Blair. Sharon R. F. D. No. 1,
on or before March 2.
Each of the following boys brought
ten ear specimens of corn in competition
for the four prizes offered: Walter
Shillir.glaw, Marcus Klrkpatrick,
Bratton Land, Grler McFadden, Edward
McFadden, Shields Dickson, Robert
Klrkpatrick.
Messrs. W. H. Barton, John R. Blair
and James E. Gettys were appointed
judges and they awarded prizes as follows:
First prize of $2 to Marcus Klrkpatrick;
secohd prize of 31.50 to Grler
McFadden; third prize of 31 to Edward
McFadden and fourth prize of 50 cents
to Bratton Land.
As the result of the discusskm of the
question as discriminating between
bottom land** and uplands in the contest
the fat i was brought out that all
the record yields of corn had been
made on uplands, and it was decided
that both bottom lands and uplands
should be put on the same basis.
The pig club question was discussed
and it was decided that a contest will
be inaugurated and prizes offered provided
as many as twenty boys enroll
their names on or before the first day
of March. To become members the
boys should send their names to Superintendent
of Education Quinn, Mr.
John R. Blair or the editor of The Enquirer.
The following rules were adopted to
govern the contest in the event of its
inauguration:
No. 1. Contesting pigs must not be
over three months old on March 1.
No. 2. Each pig must be weighed by
three disinterested witnesses "within
four days previous to March 2.
ino. a. xne cuiiicbi win tunro u> an
end on the first Wednesday of December,
1912, and each pig must have been
welahed In the presence of three disinterested
witnesses within four days
previous to that date.
No. 4. Each contestant Is requested
to keep as complete a record as possible
of the kind of food used and the
cost of feeding his pig, and ho is further
requested to present that record
to the committee of awards on the
first Wednesday in December.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Mors Cold Weather.
The mercury was down to 14 degrees
yesterday morning.
Bridge at Davis* Mill.
The new steel bridge over Crowder's
creek at Davis' mill was thrown ope/i
to the public last Saturday. The bridg?
is quite a substantial structure, with
a Span of 100 feet, and cost, complete,
somewhere near $1,500. It Is located
Just below the mill.
Mrs. W. Y. Warren Dead.
Charlotte Observer, Monday: The
relatives and friends of Mrs. W. Y.
Warren of Oastonia were shocked early
last night to learn of her death, which
occurred at her home yesterday afternoon.
The deceased was 37 years ot
age and, aside from her husband, is
survived by three children. She was a
daughter of the late C. L. and Harriet
Adams of this city, and a sister of the
late Mrs. R. O. Cochran, whose death
occurred last Saturday a week ago.
Two brothers, Mr. Wheeler Adams of
this city, and Mr. W. Z. Adams of
Kansas, also survive her. The funeral
will take place at the home this afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock. Several relatives
and friends from Charlotte will attend
Rook Hill's First Electric Car. X,
Rock Hill, January 3: A telegram
received by Mr. J. M. Cherry, president
of the Carolina Traction company of
this city, from Mr. James S. White,
secretary of the company, who is in
New Jersey, stated that one of the
cars for the electric railway of this
city had been shipped and that he
had the bill of lading for same. There
has been considerable delay In getting
these cars. The company here
had a number of promises that they
THE TROUBLE IN MEXICO.
United State* Troops to Bo 8ont to
tho Border Again.
Washington, February 5.?The war
department's action in calling upon the
post commanders throughout the
country to have their men in a state
of preparedness for immediate service
was a result of representations made
by the state department when the
Mexican situation seemed critical.
Unleas the situation becomes serious,
however, and non-combatant
Americans in Mexico are endangered,
probably only one regiment of infantry
with a troop of cavalry and a battalion
of field artillery will be sent to Join
the troops already in the department
of Texas.
The plans of the general staff for a
tmupaiBii ill mcAiuu ncio luriwcu
long ago and have been In a state of
constant revision. Generally they contemplate
the employment of about
100,000 men, 40,000 of whom would
be regulars gathered from all of the
military departments. Supplementing
these would be 60,000 militiamen,
while the regular troops would be
ready for service within three days or
a week at the outside. It is estimated
that thirty days would be required to
assemble and equip the militia.
The official account of the quelling
of the mutiny at Juarez by General
Orozco contains the added Information
that Colonel Estrada was again relieved
of the command of the troops
and placed under arrest. No explanation
was offered as to why the officer,
who was supposed to have been loyal
to Madero, had fallen under Orozco's
displeasures.
Casas Grandes, on the railroad a
short distance south of Juarez. was reported
to be held by about 400 Vasqulstas
or adherents to the cause of
Dr. Emllio Vasquez.
El Paso, Texas, February 6.?With
loyal troops said to be mobilising *at
Chihuahua and with men. professed
followers of Emllio Gomes Vasquez.
occupying strategic positions along the
Mexican railway. Juarez tonight is
practically unprotected. While there
Is no indication of trouble, leading residents
are known to be considering a
plan to organise and arm themselves
for protection, claiming that less than
100 loyal troops remain In that city.
Santiago Mentes, the Vasquista mayor,
Is administering municipal control
of the Mexico port of entry under the
so-called restoration of Juarez to Madero
rule.
Atlanta, Ga., February 6.?A query
from the war department at Washington,
asking how soon the regiment
could be counted on to move from the
post, tonight caused every enlisted man
of the Seventeenth Infantry to be confined
to quarters for the night. Colonel
Van Orsdale's reply to Washington
was ihat an hour's notice would be
sufficient. The information sought by
the department Is believed to be In
connection with a possible movement
of troops to the Mexican border.
80UTH CAROLINA 0EM0CRAT8.
Next State Convention to Be Held on
May 18L
Columbia, S. C., February 4.?The
state Democratic convention will be
held In Columbia May 18th to elect
delegates to the national convention,
to be held In Baltimore in June. The
Democratic club will meet on April
27, when delegates to the county convention
will be named. The county
exjecutive committee will call the
county conventions for May 6 to elect
delegates for the state convention.
Each county In the state is entitled to
as many delegates In the state convention
as double the number of lta
members In the general assembly. This
means that 334 delegates will come to
Columbia for the purpose of setting
in motion South Carolina's part in
the national campaign for the presidency.
The indications are that this will
be a very Interesting state convention,
as a number of important questions
are to be discussed.
Among the questions to .be disc visaed,
and the one that is dtacussed Jin
state conventions in this state, will
be that of requiring a registration certificate
to vote in the ^m<*rat'c PjJ.".
mary. In other words, an attempt will
be made to place the same requirements
around the Democratic primary
as are provided for the general
tldri. The proposition waa voted down
in the last state convention, and those
acquainted with the situation say that
a stronger fight will be made at this
convention to carry thenew^^Only
about 55,000 voters of So,u^A^aro,J"^
out of approximately 110.000. .hold
registration certificates as required by
the general election law. To pass the
rule would cut down the vote in this
state to about ?0,000.
This question is expected to be discussed
at the club meetings, county
conventions and finally acted upon at
the state convention.
Under the rules of the Democratic
party no person is allowed to vote unless
he has been enrolled on a club
list at least five days before the Primary
and has been a resident of the
state one year and of the county in
which he seeks enrollment 1Jays
preceding the next keneml electlon.
There is much speculation as to
whether the South Carolina delega- ,
tion will go to the national convention
Instructed or unlnstructed.
The state convention will elect
eighteen delegates to the national con- i
ventlon. For the past several conventions
these delegates have heen ,en*
to the convention unlnstructed.
The state convention will elect the i
members of the national executive
committee from South Carolina. I
General Wllle Jones of Columbia, is I
the chairman of the state Democratlcl
executive committee. 1
While General Jones has made .no
official announcement. It is said that I,
he may retire as head of the c?mmlt I
tee provided some one Is secured to
take the place. The state executive I
committee is composed of one member !
from each county. The members will
be elected by the county conventions!
on May 6. |(
mere-mention. 1
President Taft has Issued a procla- L
matlon Inviting the nations of theli
world to participate In the PanamaPacific
exposition In 1915....Two men I
and two women were murdered in I,
their rooms In a tenement house In h
Lawrence, Mass., early Saturday l
morning. Robbery is supposed to have I
been the motive... .Mt. Aetna, the vol- ,
cano, burst into sudden eruption Sat- <
urday. after being dormant for several
months....Philip Yow, formerly ,
of Atlanta, Ga., shot C. C. Cadle, a ,
detective, to death, In a hotel at Chat- h
tanooga. Tenn., Friday afternoon, and
then committed suicide. The shoot- U
ing Is supposed to be the result ofU
Yow's attention to Mrs. Cadle....InIt
an international egg-laying contest [
extending over a period of one year, L
being conducted at the Connecticut l(
experiment station at Storrs, it hasj
been demonstrated beyond question h
that a hen can lay two eggs in one b
lay... .President Taft on Saturday is- r
lued orders for the placing of troops L
ilong the Mexican border for police 1
ind patrol duty....When the German j
eichstag meets tomorrow, for the first h
Ime in the history of Germany the f
Socialists will hold the balance of a
aower, and will be able to block many 1a
>f Emperor William's pet measures. p
The Socialists will especially give at- I\
entlon to measures promUing a reduc- 11
ion of taxes....A baby having two |t
veil-formed heads was born at Cam- ?
>ridge, Mass., Thursday. It Is be- j
leved the child will live The Ham- n
iurg-American liner Allegheny was I h
ammed at sea off the Virginia coast, t
Friday, by the British steamer Pom- a
ron. and sank shortly afterward. The 8
Allegheny's crew was taken aboard v
he Pomeron, which finally reached o
Norfolk, Va., Saturday, in a badly i,
rippled condition The Mexican |c
would be shipped on certain dates
and when these dates rolled around
there would be an other date set, so
Mr. White decided to take a trip to
New Jersey and see what the trouble
was. He succeeded in getting one of
the cars started this way. It is thought
that they will reach here in the course
of a week, and that they will be put
In operation as soon as they arrive.
Fire at Rock Hill.
Rock Hill special of February 5 to
Charlotte Observer: This morning at 3
o'clock the police on duty at that
hour discovered Timmle's restaurant
near the Southern passenger depot to
be on lire and an alarm was sent in
and the Are department responded as
promptly as possible and found that
tne names naa aireaay gainea considerable
headway. They Immediately
got to work and despite the extreme
cold and Ice they soon extinguished the
flames, but not until Tlmmle's place 1
had practically been ruined by fire,
water and smoke, also the retail store
of the Rock Hill Ice company, J. M.
Ferguson's grocery and H. Finch &
Co.'s Store were badly damaged by
smoke. Tlmmle's loss is partly covered
by insurance, as Is H. Finch & Co.'s |
and It is supposed that the Rock Hill
Ice company also has some insurance. ;
but Mr. J. M. Ferguson had no insurance.
It Is not known how the fire i
originated. /X i
Thomas-Proudfoot. I
Tlrzah. February 5: The Baltimore
Sun of February 2, contains the following:
"A very pretty home wedding 1
was solemnized on Friday at the real- I
dence of Mr. R. Stanley Richardson. (
1022 East Twentieth street, when Miss
Margaret Beath Proudfoot, daughter of 1
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Proudfoot of i
Goderlch. Canada, was married to Dr. j
Joseph E. Thomas, son of Mr. and ,
Mrs. C. T. Thomas of Clover. S. C. The
bride was attired In a handsome gown J
of white messaline. elaborately trim- 8
med and wore a beautiful la valier, the 1
present of the groom. The bride was J
given away by her aunt, Mrs. Isabel A.
Shelton of Baltimore. The Lohengrin J
Wedding March' was played by Mrs.
R. S. Richardson. After a short trip J
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas will reside at j
Tlrzah. S. C. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J
are expected to arrive at Tlrzah this 1
afternoon at 5.19, and will be at home J
at Mr. J. M. Campbell's. Dr. Thomas 1
Is very popular In Tlrzah and through
out the entire community. He has 1
been practicing medicine here only J
five months, yet he has built up quite 1
an extensive and lucrative practice. c
revolutionary Junta at E3 Paso, Tex., .
on Saturday issued a formal proclamation
of the establishment of a provisional
government at Juarez, with
Emllio Vasquez Gomez as president
.'...At Detroit, Mich., Saturday, A. F.
Ward, one of the defendants in the
bath tub trust prosecution, appeared
in the Federal court and entered a plea
of guilty on behalf of himself and his
concern, after having submitted pleas
of not guilty A steeplejack leaped
from the arm of the statue of Liberty,
in New York harbor, Friday, using
a parachute, and made a safe landing.
His jump was 161 feet....The Federal
pension bill, carrying an appropriation m
of $162,579,000, was passed by the J
house of representatives, Friday... .Mr.
Roosevelt, in an editorial in the Out- ~
look, comes out emphatically in favor
of vofes for women....The British
submarine "A-3" was sunk in a col- >
llsion with the gunboat Hazard off
the Isle of Wight on Friday. The m
crew of two officers and eleven men
lost their lives. The "A-3" was submerged
when struck by the Hazard,
....Three white men are in Jail at
Gadsden. Ala., charged with the murder
of Jacob C. Lutes and wife, near
Attalla, last November. The motive ^
for the murder wu robbery.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? At a meeting of the Chester Bar
association held last Saturday In the A
office of its president, J. Lyle Glenn, a
resolution was unanimously adopted
requesting the Chester delegation in
the general assembly to have the law
amended as to the time of holding the
fall term of court for Chester county.
so that court will begin the second
week in November Instead of the first
week, on account of the first week hi
November being fair week. It Is .
claimed that such a change would not
disarrange the holdlnr of courts In
the Sixth circuit, as Tork county would
have three weeks for court before
Christmas, anyway, and that it would
then be possible for a large number .
of citizens of Chester county to at- ?
tend the state fair who are now de- ,/ ?>
barred. Many persons believe that It
would be a good idea If the legislature
should abolish the holding of court
anywhere in the state on fair week.
? Gaffney, February S: J. C. Duncan,
a state constable, brought to Gaff
ney yesterday a desperate negro, John
Henry Lash by name, charged with . *
having entered the store of D. R. *
Bird, in Blacksburg, on Thursday night, *
and stealing a considerable amount of
merchandise. It. seems that the negro
effected his entrance by a window y
in the store, tearing the Iron grating
away. Mr. Duncan struck the trail
yesterday morning, and finally located
the thief on a plantation In the Buffalo
sectlon-of the county. The negro
Stoutly resisted arrest, and fought Mr. ?
Duncan when he attempted to arrest
him. He was taken before Magistrate
Ligon In Blacksburg and given a hearing,
bound over to court, and in default
of bond of S7G0 he was brought
to this city and placed in Jail. It was
necessary to shackle him before Mr.
Duncan could get him to this city. The
combined charge of larceny with the ^9
probable charge of resistihg arrest |
will no doubt make the case quite a
grave one.
? Columbia, February 5: 'The sinking
fund commission is in a stir-up 1
on account of the action on the part //'of
the governor. He refused to call
a meeting of the commission on the
ground of expense. All of the members
were In Columbia. The members
are the governor, state treasurer;
comptroller general, secretary of state, ;* '
attorney general and chairman of the
finance committees of house and sen- ||jp
ate, these being L. J. Browning of
Union and W. L. Mauldtn of Greenville.
At the request of Mr. Brown- _
ing. State Treasurer Jennings, and V
Comptroller General Jones, the following
opinion has been given by Attorney
General Lyon: "Gentlemen, in
response to your inquiry of even date,
I beg to advise that it is my opinion
that a majority of the members of the
sinking fund commission, without authority
of the governor, can call a
meeting for the purpose of transacting -am
any business with which the sinking /
fund commission is entrusted upon
reasonable notice being, given to all of \
the members of the sinking fund com
mission of the purposes, time and
place of the proposed meeting1." f?
When the state warehouse bill
was taken up in the senate last Friday
night some of the senators wanted
It postponed. In order that they might
offer amendments to It To this Senator
Qreen demurred; he desired the
Immediate passage of the measure, i
Senator Young discussed the bill at
length, attacking its constitutionality.
He said that he favored the message
of the bill, but he wanted to make it 0
broader in its scope. He said that It
was rank class legislation. Senator OS
Clifton said that he saw no reason ~
why the bill should not pass; it can
be amended in the house. Senator '
Barle said the bill was a menace, and
urged its amendment Senator Mauldin
said that "he entered his solemn
protest against the passage of this
measure." He discussed other "pane- w
ceas" the state has tried. One of the
leading speeches against the bill was
delivered by Senator Young, who advocated
the Louisiana plan, and said %
that this system is impracticable. On
motion of Senator Lawson to postpone .
debate until Tuesday night, after
third reading bills, Senator Clifton
moved to lay the motion on the table, Jfc
which was carried. The bill then went
to a vote and was passed and ordered
sent to the house. jSfiflil
? Chester Reporter: The negotiatlons
that have been in progress for several
days between General Manager
L. T. Nichols of the C. & N.-W. railway,
on the one hand and Assistant
Grand Chief Kennedv of the B. of L.
E., Vice President Clark of the O. R.
C.. and committees representing the
engineers, conductors and firemen of
the C. & N.-W. railway on the other
hand, were concluded Thursday even
Ing. and an increase of wages was
granted the engineers, conductors and ^
(Iremen to become effective February
1st. The men affected by this increase
feel very grateful to Colonel Nichols
ind the other officers of the road for
their kindness and consideration and
urge the business people of Chester to A
patronize the C. & N.-W. railway more ^
liberally, as a considerable portion of
:he salaries earned by the employes Is
ipent here. Many of the engineers,
conductors and firemen live In Chester.
which added to the fact that this
city is the southern terminus of the
ine and has the general offices of the
company, should cause Chester people
to take a deep interest in the road,
rhe shops of the C. ft N.-W. railroad
ire not located in Chester pow. having
>een moved to Hickory after the fire
lomething more than a year ago, but
:he employes of the system are very ^
oyal to Chester, and In return for the
oad's kindness to them in advancing
lalaries they ask from the people of
Chester more business for the road,
? Charleston, February 3: J. Fred vj
lacker, a well-known business man, W
hot and killed William Dobson, the gj
>utler of his residence, at No. 33 Pitt ^
itreet. this morning shortly before 9 2
'clock. No statement was made by
lacker, and the police would say
lothlng. A wound in the neck caused
leath almost Immediately. Dobson
iad been in the employ of the family
or many years. He dressed sportlly
,nd was a well-known figure on the
treets after his hours of domestic employment.
The arrival of the patrol
?agon at the Hacker residence was
he first intimation of the tragedy that
he neighborhood had, the wagon reoondlng
to a telephone call from the
lacker residence, sent in by some
nember of the family, perhaps Hacker -V
lmself. When Hacker stepped from
he patrol wagon Into the office and
dvanced to the desk of the orderly
ergeant, he had a magazine pistol
rith which he had done the killing in Jf
ne hand and an ordinary revolver
i the other. He was sent to Jail. The
oroner's Jury viewed Dobson's body,