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Scraps and Jfacts. ? Work on the Panama canal progressed steadily during January, according to canal reports received in Washington last Saturday by the Isthmian canal commission. With one working day less, the canal diggers excavated 2,641,444 cubic yards In January, as against 2,439,276 during the preceding month. In the dam, 476,130 cubic yards of All was placed during the month, an Increase of 122,235 over December. There was a slight falling off In the an >u'nt of concrete laid, the total being 107,381 cubic yards, compared with 110.236 laid in December. ? A special to the Ashevllle Citizen from Hendersonville gives some Interesting developments in the Myrtle Hawkins case. The special follows: "Noting the extreme Interest here and in other sections relative to recent developments In the Myrtle Hawkins case. Gov. W. W. KItchin, during his brief visit here yesterday, stated that he would increase the reward offered by the state for the apprehension of the person or persons responsible for the death of Myrtle Hawkins from 3250 to 3400. This, added to the sums ?~ J kit AAiinfv nf onginaiiy uuvim uj w? vu?>.v ? Henderson and the city of Hendersonvllle, brings the total reward up to $750. The governor in a short Interview, said he had no power to give funds to help the investigation of the Hawkins case, although he would verymuch like to do so. He said that he hoped the mystery would be solved at an early date. It is generally felt here that the end of this case, is not far off." ? Work on the great fortress on Flamenco island, which will guard the Pacific entrance to the Panama canal, Is to begin at once, under orders issued by the war department last Friday. This island lies directly in front of the canal entrance and the nearest lock, the injury or destruction of which would prevent the operation of the canal, lies eight miles inland. The Flamenco island defenses will insure safety for the great waterway on that side, as no hostile ship could get within striking distance of the lock without fatal exposure to the guns of the fort. The defenses will be of the most modern type, comprising 14-inch guns and the heaviest type of seacoast mortars in use. Within a short time the engineers will be ready to begin tne work of constructing similar defenses on the Atlantic side of the isthmus. Owing to the low and marshy character of the ground, however, the difficulties will be much greater than on the Pacific side. ? Havana, February 11: The wreck of the Maine floated free of the mud * tonight when water was turned into the dam surrounding the wreck. The water within the dam is about fourteen feet below the harbor level at low tide. It was the intention tomorrow to let In the water more rapidly, so that by nightfall the wreck will be raised to the harbor level, leaving no more to be done, except to break the dam and float out the ship. Water was forced into the dam through a system of pipes fixed at the botton of the ship, the power being supplied by a pump which had been recovered from the wreck. The ship began to rise almost immediately. The midship section, which had been furnished with a bulkhead, rose more rapidly on account of superior buoyancy than the heavily weighted sharp pointed stern, so that tonight the Maine is somewhat down by the stern. The hull lists to port, which is being corrected by the use of ballast. No leaks of any importance have been discovered. Many hundreds of visitors thronged the dam all day, watching the refloating of the Maine. Major Ferguson, who has had charge of the work, has received many congratulations on his success. The ship will remain here within the dam until orders are received from Washington to float her out, which can be done within a fortnight ? Washington, February 10: George P. McCabe, solicitor of the department of agriculture, appeared before the house committee on expenditures in the department of agriculture today to outline the attitude of Secretary WIwbaI# ?>alot!vA tn thp W IIBUIt OilU IlllllOCii, 4 vauit ?v ?v k**v Florida Everglades land case. Charges of suppressed reports have been made by Representatives Clark and Bathrick, and the discharge of Chief Drainage Engineer C. G. Elliott and his assistant, A. A. Moorehouse. McCabe was called to complete a statement he began before the committee early in the week, preliminary to the inquiry which begins Tuesday. It was charged before the committee that the report of J. O. Wright, formerly a department engineer and now drainage engineer of Florida, was not printed in a senate document on the Everglades situation until Wright revised the proofs to conform with his original notes. Senator Fletcher of Florida, who had the Everglades reports printed as a document, declared the senate document does contain the full report made by J. O. Wright and that it "appears in the document precisely as ordered set up and printed by the proper officers of the department." Why the publication of the report was stopped originally in 1910, Fletcher declared, was unknown. Another phase to be Investigated by the committee is why the circular on the Everglades, published by Engineer Elliott's order, and afterwards suppressed, it is said, by Secretary Wilson's order, was not printed in the senate document. ? Washington, February 9: A reduction of the cavalry force of the United States army from fifteen to ten regiments, with a consequent reduction of the enlisted force of the army by 3,980 men, was voted into the army appropriation bill in the house late today, after a bitter fight. The " cavalry reduction amendment was presented by Congressman Hay, of the military affairs committee, who was in charge of the $88,000,000 appropriation bill, but it did not bear the endorsement of the committee. It was vigorously opposed by the Republicans of the house, and it will probably be the cause of another fight when the bill is put upon its final passage. Mr. Hay declared the United States army was topheavy with cavalry. Where the British army had a cavalry force equal to one-sixth of infantry, he said, the American cavalry was equal to one-half the infantry strength. The Hay amendment, as reported today, would establish a maximum of ten regiments of cavalry. The enlistment In the five regiments thus to be dropped would be mustered out, but the officers would be retained and absorbed into other regiments of cavalry, or into other branches of the army, without reduction of grade. It was estimated by Chairman Hay that the immediate saving from the reduction in cavalry force would be $4,356,253. The present strength of the army is thirty regiments of infantry and fifteen regiments of cavalry. The Hay amendment, if retained In the final draft of the army appropriation bill, would become effective July L 1912. ? Dramatic as was the testimony of John Mitchell, vice president of the American Federation of Labor, in his trial for contempt of court before the supreme court of the District of Columbia, Friday, the testimony of Pres ident Samuel Gompers was even more dramatic. Mr. Mitchell, with Mr. Gompers and Secretary Frank Morrison, of the federation, are co-defendants in the contempt case, growing out of their alleged violation of the injunction granted by the court in the Buck's Stove and Range company litigation. All three are under jail sentences. Mr. Mitchell was cross-examined at length, and. with tears in his eyes, he recited his feelings when, on the eve of Christmas, he was forced to relinquish a holiday visit to his family to appear before the court for sentence. Mr. Gompers spoke with equal feeling when, following Mr. Mitchell, he was asked why he had not availed himself of the opportunity to end the controversy by apologizing to the court.. "I considered the suggestion to apologize to the court as an effort to humiliate me," he cried, "to break my heart and break my spirit, and it was a thing that I was not inclined to permit." During Saturday, Justice Wright of the court. Intimated that if Mitchell would make a promise that he would obey future court injunctions the court would consider immunity from imprisonment. Mitchell replied: "My choice Is that I either be vindicated or condemned upon the evidence submitted in the case. I should like to believe," added Mr. Mitchell, "that I have asserted candidly and truthfully that I never disobeyed the injunction, and have never aided and abetted in the boycott since directed by the court not to do so. I should like the court to acquit me on the belief of the truthfulness of my testimony. I am disinclined to make any statement directly or indirectly that might be considered an acknowledgment that my testimony is not accurate and that I would seek relief by any other process than my evidence. I want everybody to understand me to advise obedience to the law and to court orders. I want the right to contend for such political reforms and changes in judicial procedure, however, as would secure the rights guaranteed by the constitution. I cannot separate the guarantee of free speech and free press from the guarantee of a free conscience. If a court should attempt to enjoin my freedom of conscience, I should continue to worship according to my conscience." Before leaving the witness stand Mr. Mitchell obtained permission to set forth his views on the subject in writing. $hr \(orhvillr (inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle as Mall Matter of the Second Class. VOttKVIULE. S. C.J \ ?_?1? TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1912. At the Instance of ladles of Marlborough the senate has passed a resolution adopting the yellow Jasmine as the state flower. The general assembly has not seen proper to amend the Jury law so as to do away with exemptions and It Is not going to submit the matter of biennial sessions again. Messrs. McDow, Saye and Sanders voted against the passage of the McQueen warehouse bill. Mr. Beamguard voted for the bill. The bill passed Its second reading in the house by a vote of 71 to 29. . It is not at all unreasonable to hope that with the right men in charge of the negotiations, it will be practicable under the state warehouse system to make arrangements whereby money can be borrowed on warehouse certificates at a rate that will not exceed 5 per cent. There have been fewer freak bills introduced at this session of the legislature, it is said, than at any other in years. What is the matter with the York county delegation, you reckon? ?Greenville Piedmont. Well?er?rer? What has the York delegation done to the Piedmont, anyway? ? ^ I TTnnfflolol rotnrnu f mm f ortv-si Y of the seventy-six Oklahoma counties which held primary conventions last Saturday show twenty-five delegates for Woodrow Wilson and fourteen for Champ Clark. It Is practically certain that Woodrow Wilson will be the choice of Oklahoma for the presidential nomination. When we printed the paragraph recently referring to the fact that there were "more hogs in York" than any other county in the state, we foresaw that some dunderhead of a newspaper man, hard put for a worn-out throw-off, would try to ring in something about two-legged hogs; but we had no idea that it would be the Gaffney Ledger. At a meeting of the sinking fund commission one day last week, which meeting Governor Blease did not attend, Attorney General Lyon was elected chairman. Governor Blease, who had been serving as the duly constituted chairman, had refused to call a meeting and the meeting was called at the instance of a majority of the members. Senator Young of Union, has introduced a resolution to authorize the governor to pardon W. T. Jones, convicted of wife murder and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. As to whether the senator is joking or not, we do not know; but quite certain it is that there is no necessity for such a resolution. The governor has full power to pardon Jones if he desires to do so, and the general assembly has nothing whatever to do with the matter. The passage of such a resolution would be entirely gratuitous. According to carefuyy compiled statistics by high authorities, the expense of taking a bale of cotton from the ginner to the spinner averages about $7. The proper administration of the state warehouse idea should reduce this expense to $1.50 or $2, and all the difference should eventually be saved to the producer. But of course no one could reasonably expect that such a change could be brought about at once, or even at all until the system takes In a majority of the cotton growing states. "Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed" is correctly ascribed by Dr. E. S. Joynes and Mr. S. E. McFadden to a comedy of Thomas Morton's. "A Cure for the Heart Ache," written in 1797. Mr. McFadden was almost as quick as Dr. Joynes in his response to our C. Q. D.?and Dr. Joynes is a resident of Columbia. ,?Columbia Record. February 9. The Enquirer begs leave to remark that it could have given the foregoing information, but did not. We had been puzzled for several years to learn the origin of the quotation, and had not only consulted every reference book at our disposal, but had Inquired of numerous friends and acquaintances without result. About a month ago we tried Editor W. H. Wallace of the Newberry Observer, and he sent the information by return mail. Under those circumstances, of course, it did not seem exactly right for us to try to claim the credit that would have come to us had we replied to the Record's "C. Q. D." If the dispatches are to be believed, the financial sharks in Wall street, when they heard that Chas. W. Morse was on his way back, were made to feel very much like King John felt when he received that message from the Herman king announcing that "the devil (Richard) is loose." There is very good reason to believe that the conviction of Morse was the result of a conspiracy among rival financial operators. Of course it is not to be understood that Morse suffered unjustly; but merely that there was no more reason why he should have been convicted than why scores of others should have been convicted. He is no better and no worse than the others ?only smarter, that Is all. But as to whether there Is gny good ground for the fears of the conspirators remains to be seen. One version Is that Morse Is practically a dead man?that he has only a few months at most to live. Another Is that If not already In good shape he will be all right within a few weeks. If he really Is In good health or he recovers his health, he will be pretty apt to give his rivals another run for their money and prestige. That Is an Interesting and valuable sketch of Beth-Shlloh church that Is published elsewhere In this issue. The writer, the late W. J. Bowen, was born in the Clay Hill neighborhood of York county In 1819, and who was reared In the neighborhood, was probably the only man of his day who could have given an accurate sketch of Beth-Shlloh. It would be Interesting to continue the history of BethShlloh up to the present time; but 41 4 * ? ? ?+ VI'KIAVI t VIO VO mui is <t maiiri auuuy n vnv<v can be no great difficulty, at least until some time in the future. There are many men now living who can take up the record from the point where Mr. Eowen left off. It is probably unnecessary to suggest to the members of the Beth-Shiloh congregation that it will be worth while to preserve today's issue of The Enquirer on account of this sketch, for as interesting as the sketch is now it may some day be far more valuable. Although there has been very little discussion of the state warehouse bill in the newspapers, we have noted an objection to the effect that the scheme savors too much of the state dispensary system. We are not at all impressed with such a suggestion, however. Even the authors of the dispensary law recognized that its success was impossible except in the hands of men of unquestionable character and of the finest business capacity. The main point of difference between the promoters of the dispensary Idea and the people generally lay in the question as to whether it was possible to secure the service of such men. The dispensary promoters thought yes and the people generally thought no. The people generally were right. The kind of men necessary to the success of the dispensary would have nothing to do with it either as managers or patrons. Some of them may have been patrons at times; but at those times they were disqualified as to requirements. But the conditions surrounding the warehouse Idea are different. To the state warehouses is to be committed the fruits of the Intelligence and toll of all kinds of people, including the best and most intelligent there Is In the state. We have Scriptural authority for It that where a man's treasure is there is his heart also. There are more legal safeguards around the banking systems of this country than there are around any other business. These legal safeguards are important; but they are not nearly so important or effective as the fact that every depositor in a bank is at all times keeping tab on the character, habits and movements of those who have charge of his money. The same principle will apply to state warehouse management with even greater force. What the general assembly needs to do now, therefore, is to put the system in charge of the right kind of men?men of large affairs, men of brains and patriotism. The all important thing is that this splendid idea does not fail through Improper or incompetent administration. The Warehouse Bill. With less turmoil and confusion than is usually involved in the consideration of a bill to tax the yellow dog. or to establish a closed season for. the hunting of o'possum, the South Carolina general assembly has, in so far as it is able, enacted into law a measure, the importance of which is to be compared to no other legislation that has been accomplished in the history of the state or of the nation. The reference here is to the state warehouse biH. As we see it, the passage of this bill marks a new era, not only In state politics but in the science of government. On the theory that "the hair of the dog is good for the bite," this bill proposes, by the power of the government, to check monopolies by creating counter monopolies, and through those counter monopolies force an equitable division of profits all along the line. To say that the theory of the bill is a new one would be incorrect, for it has been gathering force in this country for more than twenty-five years. It is the same principle that has been taught by the grange, alliance, Farmers' Union, labor unions and kindred organizations for all these years; but the bill is none the less important on that account, especially since this is the first practical embodiment of those theories Into the law of a sovereign state. As we see it, the enactment of this law Is only the first step in a new order of things. The experiment is well calculated to attract the attention of the civilized world, and its success will mean much, not only to the south, but to the whole United States. In view of this situation everything depends upon the administration of the law. To make the most of this undertaking calls for abilities such as are required for the management of a great railroad system, or say, the steel trust, and the responsibility of the general assembly is now narrowed down to the one all-important matter of securing the very best brains of the state to take charge. Historically there is a fitness in the leadership of South Carolina, and this brings to mind the man whose constructive genius formulated this new movement of the masses, Hon. John L. McLaurin of Bennettsville. Ever an interesting figure, whether as "Curly-headed Johnny," in the early days of the Tillman movement, or in maturer manhood going down in defeat, crushed and humiliated. If the ideas to which he has given expression do not make him a factor, not only in the state hut in the nation, then we misread the signs of the times. Always a student, always far in advance of public thought; a dreamer, maybe', but nevertheless endowed with- that practical Scotch strain that infallibly devises plans to maJte dreams realities, we are led to wonder if South Carolina is not again to contribute to the nation a constructive statesmanship that will atone for the petty politics and miserable squabbles which, during the past fifteen years, have renered her so ridiculous, not to say contemptible. Georgia's legislature meets in July, and since this potent principle has been as firmly rooted over there as here, we hope that Mr. McLaurin will be invited to address the Georgia law makers. We believe that the effect of the "spell" will be the same as It has been In Columbia, and, If the opportunity presents In North Carolina next winter, the result will not be any different. By that time, If not before, the tide of the new idea will have gathered Irresistible force, and the combined power of its enemies will not be able to stay it for a moment. In the meantime South Carolina is committed. In spite of the fact that there was no great row over the passage of such an important measure by such an overwhelming majority, no man need suggest that it was done without due consideration. Those members who voted for the bill did so because they knew the real sentiments of their constituents, and even if they had been opposed for other than well defined principles, they would not have dared vote otherwise. Therefore it is up to all patriotic people to stand together in the honest, earnest and intelligent administration of this new law. uentiemen 01 me general assembly, South Carolina still has no dearth of high-minded, able men, and it Is up to you to put them jon guard. "Where Does it Stand?" The Yorkville Enquirer comments in its laBt issue on an article of "My dear Appelt," in his paper, the Manning Times, and makes some strange observations. No one Is ever at a loss to know where to place Appelt?always on the wrong side, of course. He will be for Blease for governor, but where does The Yorkville Enquirer stand, for Jones or for Blease? From its utterances it would appear that it Is on the fence. It says "there are thousands of Prohibitionists who are as likely to vote for Blease or Jones as they are to scratch both of them, and up to this time we have been unable to discover where or why we hould be any more enthused as between Blease or Jones. The triumph of either would be the triumph of a faction," etc. Is it possible that this is to be the attitude of a paper with the best mechanical "get up" of any in the state, and which circulates among such high minded and patriotic citizens as those of the White Rosa county? With B1 ease's record as governor before it, can The Enquirer longer halt between two opinions? Because it is for prohibition and cannot get what It wants, will it fail to advise its readers on thq men and issues involved in one of the greatest crises through which the state has ever passed and serenely assume an attitude of supreme indifference? Oh, no, we can't believe It.?Lancaster News. The article published in The Enquirer explained itself just as fully as was intended. It was nothing more or less than a repetition of a view that was expressed before the candidacy of Judge Jones was thought of? certainly before there was any public Intimation of that candidacy. So far as Mr. Appelt is concerned, we presume that he can take care of himself. At any rate he has not asked us ' to assume any responsibility for his views and we will assume none. So ( far as The Enquirer Is concerned, it is not halting between two opinions. It has but one opinion on the sltua- . tion as it now stands; but it does not feel called upon to give expression to that opinion for several reasons. One of them is that we do not consider ourselves in any wise responsible for either Governor Blease or Judge Jones and we cannot offer advice in a case where we have no especial heart or ? enthusiasm. Maybe conditions might chetnge for the better. If so. well and good. If not. we will try to do with them the best we can as they are. The suggestion that The Enquirer circulates among a "high minded and patriotic people,v is a happy one, for it Is true; but The Enquirer has never tried to drive, bluff or bulldoze these people, and it Is not going to commence now. So far as we are aware, most of our readers ask to be shown rather than told, and if the News desires their sympathy it had better keep this hint in mind in all It says. CHINESE THRONE IS FALLEN. Ancient Celestial Empire Has Become Republic. Peking, February 12.?After occupying the throne of China for nearly three centuries, the Manchu dynasty, represented by the child emperor, Pu Yi, abdicated today. Three edicts were issued, the first proclaiming abdication, the second dealing with the establishment of the republic and the third urging the maintenance of peace and approving the conditions agreed upon by the imperial premier, Yuan Shi Kai, and the republicans. The text of the first Imperial edict issued by the throne at noon today is as follows: "We, the emperor of China, have respectfully received today the following edict from the hands of her majesty, the dowager empress: " 'In consequence of the uprising of the republican army to which the people of the provinces of China have responded, the empire is seething like a boiling cauldron and the people are plunged in misery. " 'Yuan Shi Kai was therefore commanded to dispatch commissioners in order to confer with the republicans with a view to .the calling of a national assembly to decide on the future form of government. Months have now elapsed and no settlement is now evident. " 'The majority of the people are in favor of a republic. From the preference of the people's hearts the will of heaven is discernible. How could we oppose the desires of millions for the glory of one family?" " 'Therefore, we, the dowager erartt-ouo our! thf. pmneror herehv vpst the sovereignty of the Chinese empire In the people. "'Let Yuan Shi Kal organize to the full the powers of the provisional republican government, and confer with the republicans as to the methods of union assuring peace in the empire, and forming a great republic with the union of Manchus, Chinese, Mongols, Mohammedans and Tibetans. " 'We, the empress dowager and the emperor, will thus be enabled to live in retirement, free of responsibilities and cares, and enjoying without Interruption the nation's courteous treatment.' " At an audience yesterday the empress thanked Yuan Shi Kai for his successful efforts in obtaining good treatment for the imperial family from the republicans. The publication of the edicts has given profound relief to everyone in Peking, both foreigners and Chinese. The arrangement is considered a skillful compromise, and it is believed the terms will satisfy the republicans. The first edict provides that the terms shall be communicated to the foreign legations for transmis- 1 sion to their respective governments, the object being to record world-wide the republican pledges. i In consideration of abdication the i republicans make the following eight i pledges to the emperor: First, the emperor shall retain his < title and shall be respected as a foreign monarch: second, he shall receive an annual grant of 4,000,000 taels until the currency is reformed, after i which he shall receive $4,000,000 Mex- ] lean: third, a temporary' residence i shall be provided in the forbidden city, < and later the imperial family shall re- i side in the summer palace, ten miles outside of Peking: fourth, he may observe the sacrifices at his ancestral tombs and temples, which will he pro- ' tected by republican soldiers; fourth, 1 the great tomb of the late Emperor Kwang-Su will be completed and the i funeral ceremony fittingly observed at i the republic's expense; sixth, the pal- i ace attendants may be retained, hut 1 the number of eunuchs cannot be In- < creased; seventh, the emperor's prop- < erty will be protected by the republic; ; eighth, the imperial guards will be i governed by the army board, the re- i public paying their salaries." I LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Rock Hill Fertilizer Co.?Publishes a letter from Mr. Jno. F. Williams, in which he tells how he raised ten bales of cotton on six acres. National Union Bank, Rock Hill?In Bank Talk No. 6, tells about the convenience of a bank in the conduct of business affairs. Kirkpatrlck-Belk Co.?Offers special prices on shoes for men, women and children. Rubber shoes by express. Thomson Co.?Reduces prices on men's clothing, pants, sweaters for men, women and children, underwear, etc. New goods, Loan and Savings Bank?Wants you to know that it will be pleased to answer questions in regard to business matters for its customers. W. A. Hood, Hickory Grove?Gives notice that he has sold his interest in the Hickory Pharmacy to Mr. J. J. Hood. Shieder Drug Store?Talks about spectacles and wants you to let It fit your eyes. It guarantees satisfaction or refunds the money. Clover Drug Store?Has a fresh supply of Wood's garden seeds, and wants to supply you. It also solicits your drug patronage. J. Q. Wray?Makes some specially reduced prices on enameled ware, Including buckets, dish pans, etc. W. R. Carroll?Asks farmers to see him for fertilizers, and also for Pittsburg wire fencing, and for Imperial plows and cutaway harrows. M. A. McFarland, R. F. D. 4?Tells ooirintr mnriov la a a HV If course, will grow less and less as me assessed value of the taxable property ' of the township Increases. COMMON PLEAS. When the last Issue of The Enquirer went to press the court of common , pleas was engaged on the case of J. C. Steele & Sons vs. the Catawba Brick company. The case consumed a good part of Friday and resulted In a verdict for the defendant in the sum of $473! but from all the facts, It appears that the * time was wasted, as the jury evidently ! made a mistake. , The suit Involved mainly an accounting. There had been numerous transactions between J. C. Steele & 1 Sons and the Catawba Brick company, , and as the outcome of the transactions there finally developed a misunder- ' standing that resulted in this lawsuit. ' The plaintiff, J. C. Steele & Sons, i claimed that the defendant, Catawba , Brick company, owed them $475, and the Catawba Brick company, virtually 1 Mr. W. N. Ashe, denied owing any i such amount. He was under the impression that the difference* between , the two accounts could not possibly 1 amount to more than $90, either way, I and he was Inclined to believe that the < $90 was his way. After hearing the testimony the jury ' took the papers and returned with a ' verdict In favor of the defendant in | the sum of $473. ( In view of the fact that the defendant was not asking for anything at ' all and It was difficult to see wherein s the jury had any facts on which to | base such a verdict, the lawyers and , others were at a loss to know how It came about. One theory Is that the 1 Jury found for the defendant when It ( really intended to find for the plaintiff, and another Is that the jury desired to And for the defendant and did not un- 1 you will come to his store during his special sale of dry goods, notions, shoes, etc. Southern Cotton Oil Co.?On page 4 explains how you can economize In your kitchen by the use of Wesson's Snowdrift cooking oil. Bratton Farm?Has for sale pure bred Berkshire pigs and shoats. grade Guernsey heifers, a pure bred bull, and also pure pork sausage of the old home-made quality. Milk customers wanted. The boys who raise big pigs will be making money every day. The boys who raise big com crops will be getting both money and experience. If ths country boy labors under any serious disadvantage, as compared with the town boy, we do not know what that disadvantage is. There is a noticeable keenness on the part of farmers to get to work In the fields. If it had not been for the snow that fell Saturday night, the plows would have been moving everywhere. The Corn club boya and the Pig club boys must send In their names before March 1. All names sent to Mr. J. W. Qulnn, Yorkvllle; Mr. John R. Blair, Sharon R. F. D., or The Yorkvllle Enquirer will be properly enrolled. 0 ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss S^llle Craig of Yorkvllle, spent Several a. '8 last week with relatives in Lancaster. Mr. Fred Doubleday of the Spartanburg Herald, spent yesterday in Yorkvllle. K Miss Jennie Plexlco of Rock Hill, spent last week with Miss Minnie Whiteside In Hickory Grove. > Miss Mary Dickson of Wlnthrop college, spent Sunday in Yorkvllle, the guest of Misses Annie McPheeters and Catherine Dickson. / Capt. W. Lee Hart, who has been spending some time with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. S. Hart, in Yorkvllle, has returned to Fort Sam Houston, Tex., where he is stationed. ">w ITHIN THE TOWN. ? Get busy. ? Tomorrow Is Valentine day. Dr. B. G. Black has rented the Schorb residence on West Liberty street. ? There are no unoccupied residences in Yorkvllle, and there Is demand for new houses. ws? Supt. DuPre, of the water, light arid power department, has been having a severe trial since he took charge on January 1?the weather and other things?but he has been measuring up to the situation nicely. He's strictly business ? Rev. J. H. Strong of Baltimore, conducted services in the Yorkville Baptist church 011 Sunday morning and evening, and the congregations present were highly pleased with his discourses. Mr. Strong has for several years been engaged in Chautauqua lyceum work. Last week he delivered a lecture in Fort Mill and tonight he is to lecture in Rock Hill. ? If the Associate Reformed Presbyterians carry out their plans as they have them in mind, their new church building on the corner of Congress and Madison streets will be the handsomest structure on the whole street. The architect has no hesitation in saying that the proposed new church will be the handsomest church edifice in the county and he claims to know them all. YORK TOWNSHIP BONDS. The county board of commissioners is now advertising the proposed sale of $60,000 worth of 6 per cent nontaxable bonds of York township, for the purpose of refunding the 7 per cent bonds issued twenty-five years ago and which mature April 1. The advertisement and prospectus are being promulgated in accordance with the act of the general assembly and specify the sale of $60,000 of bonds. At the time the act was passed it was believed that $60,000 was the amount necessary to refund the bonds outstanding. It has been established, however, as the result of the investigations of Treasurer Neil that the outstanding bonded indebtedness of the 'ownship is only $56,000 and of the new issue bonds will only be sold to that amount. Among the earlier levies to pay interest the original Issue was one of 9 mills, and there were a number of levies of 6 and 5 mills. During the past few years the levy has been running at 3 mills and 3J mills in alternate years, and a 3 mill levy has been fixed for the present year. It is probable that 3 mills will be somewhat more than necessary to raise the required amount: but that levy has been fixed upon as a measure of safety. If the levy raises too much money then next year's levy can be reduced. After the present Issue of maturing bonds has been refunded with 5 per cent bonds ($56,000) the levy will be ; reduced to 2i mills. This levy, of , derstand how to go about It without putting some amount In the verdict. Judge Gary refrained from making any entry upon the docket, and took the papers awav. It is thought probable that he may set the verdict aside and order a new trial; but his conclusion In the matter will be known later. PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING. The people of Hickory Grove are moving for a first-class new school building, and they are going about the matter in a way which seems to promiso success. There was a meeting of trustees, patrons and friends of the school in the old school house last Tuesday, presided over by Mr. W. T. Slaughter, and attended by a number of the prominent men of the community, and a resolution was adopted expressing the desire of the people to secure, If possible, a school building to cost not less than $6,000. Messrs. W. T. Slaughter and R. H. Holliday and Dr. W. A. Hood came down to Yorkvllle last Saturday to get data with reference to a prospective bond issue, and on the strength of information obtained went back to Hickory Grove for the purpose of giving the people Interested all the information In their power. From what the gentlemen named said, it seems that practically the entire community of Hickory Grove and the country immediately surrounding, is In sympathy with the proposed undertaking. The people have begun to realize what a handsome and substantial school building means socially, educationally, religiously and financially, and the more they think about it the more determined they are to carry out the plan in view. The desire in Hickory Grove seems to be to start right. There is a very liberal and intelligent appreciation of the fact that no one thing is better calculated to contribute to the immediate welfare and future prosperity of the community than a first class school building in the center or on the edge of a spacious playground, and this Is the thing to which the people are beginning to look. BETH-8HILOH CHURCH. The following manuscript giving a history of the rise and progress of Beth-Shiloh Presbyterian church from its organization in 1828 to the date of the manuscript in 1881, has Just been found in a cabinet in the office of the editor of The Enquirer. The manuscript was prepared by the late Col. W. J. Bowen of the Beth-Shiloh congregation, and, so far as any record is available, it has never been published: "In the latter part of the summer of 1828, people in the vicinity of what is now known as Beth-Shiloh church, began to feel the want of religious instruction. Bethel Presbyterian church was the only one near there, and that was seven miles distant. They therefore erected a temporary stand in a grove, near which Beth-Shiloh church now stands. Beth-Shiloh church is situated about five miles northeast of Yorkville, on or near the great road leading from Yorkville to Charlotte, N. C. "The new congregation procured the services of Rev. Wm. C. Davis, who was at that time living in the vicinity. He preached occasionally for them on the Sabbaths, when the weather would permit, for probably a year. Finding a continued and Increasing desire for religious worship manifested by the number that attended, and in order to protect them from the weather, Mr. Davis induced the people of the community to erect a small church building. The walls were hewn logs. Mr. Davis continued to preach to the people about one Sabbath in each month until the summer of 1831, when he organized a church at that place. The last of September following he died. "Mr. Davis was succeeded by his son-in-law, Rev. Silas J. Feemster." During Mr. Feemster's ministrations (in 1831 and 1832) large accessions were made to the church as the result of the revival that pervaded the churches In York county at that time. Mr. Feemster continued to preach to the congregation of Beth-Shiloh a part of his time for some five years, or until 1837. "Rev. George W. Davis, a nephew of Rev. Wm. C. Davis, succeeded Mr. Feemster, and preached one-half of his time to Beth-Shiloh about ten years, or until 1847 or 1848. "Beth-Shiloh church was greatly blessed with the outpourings of God's spirit during the ministrations of Revs. Feemster and Davis, and large accessions were made to the church, but because of the great spirit of migrating westward its numbers were greatly depleted. "Aftev Mr. Davis' removal to the west, _ eth-Shiloh church was supplied by the ministerial labors of Rev. Robert Y. Russell one Sabbath a month for some three years, or until about 1850 or 1861. "Mr. Russell was succeeded by Rev. J. S. Bailey, who preached to the congatlon two years, or until 1863. At the termination of Mr. Bailey's time, Rev. W. W. Carothers took charge of the congregation and preached for them from January, 1853, regularly twice a month until Beth-Shiloh church, together with all the other churches of the Independent Presbyterian body, united with Bethel Presbytery, Synod of South Carolina. This union was consummated December, 1863. "Rev. Mr. Carothers continued his ministerial labors without interruption as stated supply until the church, In October, 1868, sent up a call for his pastoral services. The call was put into the hands of Mr. Carothers, and on his acceptance of it he was Installed pastor of Beth-Shilon and Allison Creek churches. This was on the first Saturday of December, 1868. In the fall of 1870 the pastoral relation between Mr. Carothers and Beth-Shiloh church was dissolved, and he nfoved to Mississippi. During the seventeen years of Rev. Mr. Carothers' preaching God's spirit was poured out ! upon the careless and ungodly sinners in the congregation, and many of them professed their faith In Christ and confided in his promise of salvation, in the fall of 1867 more than fifty were i added to the church on examination. 1 "Rev. Douglas Harrison was employ- j ed as stated supply after Rev. Mr. Car- i ithers* removal, by Beth-Shiloh con-'1 gregation from January, 1871, to December, 1877, seven years. During his ( ministrations there were no unusual \ manifestations of the holy spirit visi ble in the church. There Vere a few | additions to the church. "After Mr. Harrison's term, BethShiloh congregation obtained the ministerial services of Licentiate John 3-. Henderson, a native of Canada, who served us for the two years 1878-9. Ouring the fall of 1878 there was a protracted meeting for one week, participated in by some of the ministers >f neighboring congregations, and resulted in the addition of some fortyfive to the church. Mr. Henderson having concluded to return to Can- ] ida, the church of Beth-Shiloh pro- j ;ured the services of Rev. R. F. Tay- 1 lor, who had been laboring at and 1 Tear Stone Mountain, Ga., for some j time previous. Mr. Taylor was em- < ployed as stated supply, but the con- ' gregatlon being pleased with him, pre- \ sen ted a call through presbytery to him, and, the call being accepted by him, he was Installed pastor of the church for one-half of his time, on the 11th of December, 1880, and is still officiating In that capacity until the present time (July, 1881)." LOCAL LACONICS. Fort Mill Drug Store. The town council of Fort Mill has ordered the closing of the drug stores on Sundays, except during certain hours. Heretofore Vie drug stores have been keeping open all day Sunday. Whisky Advertisements. After Dr. Stuart had denounced newspapers which print whisky advertisements In nls addresss at the First Baptist church Sunday afternoon, they called on the editor of the leading Sunday morning whisky advertising medium of this city to help take up the collection. Wasn't that rubbing It In some??Spartanburg Journal. The Ivey Mill Bridge. Rock Hill Herald: "In Sunday's Columbia State a dispatch from Fort Mill says that the steel bridge across me wmtwin ai ivey s mm nas Deen condemned on account of one of the piers sinking. C. K. Chreltzberg, of the Roanoke Bridge company, which secured the contract for the bridge, states that this is not the case. The bridge is not yet completed, Mr. Chreitzberg states, but will be ready for .use within a few days. The piers are founded upon solid rock and cannot sink, he says. There are five piers, and one of these was finished two inches short and this fact is probably responsible for the erroneous report. The bridge is 326 feet in length and the slight drop occasioned by the low pier could not be noticed without a careful examination." Firs in Rock Hill. Rock Hill, February 10: A large crowd of old and new citizens is collected on Main street, watching the Hutchinson building burn down. It is an old frame affair, which has long disfigured the main business block, and there is rejoicing at its fall. The fire was discovered at 9 o'clock, and the crowd which gathered hooted at the efforts of the firemen, but they soon got coupled up, and by fine work in the driving snowstorm and almost freezing temperature kept the library building, on the west side, from burning. The wind coming from the east, Reld's furniture store was in no danger. Rock Hill is a good town! While the fire was burning a local insurance agency printed and distributed to the erowd a dodger saying they carried the insurance on the burning property. 8elsctsd His Outfit Carefully. Chester Reporter, Thursday: The buggy stolen last week by Bob Wilks, colored, and brought to Mr. John O. Darby's when the horse stolen by Wilks was returned to Mr. Darby, has been claimed by Mr. J. Q. Hall, of Yorkvllle, and has been turned over to Mr. Hall. It develops that Wilks rode horseback to Yorkville to hunt the judge of probate in order to secure a marriage license, and failing to find the official set out upon his return, but decided that he would rather ride back in a buggy, so appropriated Mr. Hall's vehicle to his uses. Looking about, his eyes fell upon a set of harness belonging to Primus Falls, colored, and this harness striking his fancy, he appropriated that likewise. By chance his eye fell upon a bridle belonging to a Mr. Ratterree, and this being just what he had always fancied in bridles, he deftly removed it from Mr. Ratterree's horse, and put it on his own steed. Then he stole a whip out of still another buggy, and his equipment now being complete, he took up his Journey, which resulted in his capture two afternoons later by Messrs. Hardin and Bendiman. After standing trial In Chester county for stealing Mr. Darby's horse, Wilks will have a string of offenses against him in York, and with them all should amass for himself a chaingang sentence of some proportions. MERE-MENTION. By the wrecking of a freight train at Rochester, N. Y., last Wednesday night, 700 hogs were turned loose in the city. Many of the hogs were captured by citizens, who confined them in cellars, and even parlors... .One man was killed and three badly injured by an express train on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, at Baltimore, Friday. The train ran into a gang of men working on a street crossing.... Wall street business men believe Chas. W. Morse is planning a campaign for revenge against the men whom he holds responsible for his downfall in the 1907 panic....Miss Ada Ellis, a bookkeeper for a New "JTork concern, plead guilty in police court in that city. Friday, to the theft of $2,000, explaining that she took the money in order to taste the joys and pleasures of the "great white way." The judge suspended sentence.... President Taft's managers announced last Friday that Mr. Taft would be renominated for the presidency on the first ballot, claiming that he would receive 780 votes. They concede only 300 votes to 4Ua AM 4VA IIIC uppusiuuu, . . .^JUUUUUIOIO Uti IUC borders of Spain and Portugal, last week, destroyed millions of dollars In properly auu renuereu more niitn zd,000 people homeless. Famine Is threatened and disease has broken out In the ranks of the sufferers The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce has donated $1,000 toward the employment of a corn growing: expert to develop the work of the boys' corn clubs and girls' canning clubs in the vicinity of Atlanta. The State Agricultural college donated another $1,000 for the same purpose... .The railroad commission of Oeorgrla has determined to make a rigid investigation of South- i ern Express company's rates in that state. The express company claims the Georgia intra-state rates are "abnormally low."... .Eight firemen were i badly injured in New York city, Friday, while fighting a fire in the office * of the German Staats-Zeitung... .King 1 Frederick of Denmark is slowly recovering from a severe attack of inflammation of the lungs. For several days his condition was critical....*., i "New York Harry," who last Friday i finished a five-year sentence in the i Federal prison in Atlanta for a postoffice robber>' in South Carolina, was i reaD*ested and taken to Birmingham, i Ala., on Friday morning, to answer to I the charge of murder committed in ] that city. Two men were hanged for I the murder, and it is now believed I that one of the men hanged was inno- < cent....More than 2,000,000 bales of ' cotton will be handled through the i port of Savannah, Ga., during the i present season. Up to Friday 1,908,- I 711 bales had been received The i Turkish government has announced i that the only grounds on which it will I consider peace terms Is the retraction 1 of Italy's decree annexing Tripoli.... < The city government and business peo- \ pie of Atlanta, Ga., are making a de- t termined fight for lower electric light I and power rates, and are taking steps i looking to the installation of a municl- 1 pally owned plant, the city electrician I claiming that the city can build a plant < and furnish power to consumers at a I maximum rate not exceeding 3 cents 1 per kilowatt hour, and presents figures l to prove his claims... .Governor O'Neal ' of Alabama, last week paroled a white I man convicted of illicit liquor selling 1 within twenty-four hours after the 1 court of appeals had confirmed a sen- < tence of six months by the trial court. ] A Chicago news story is to the I effect that Judge Alton B. Parker has < been retained by the labor unions at 1 a. fee exceeding $50,000 to defend such i union men as may be indicted by the i Federal grand jury at Indianapolis In < connection with the McNamara dyna- 1 miting crusade... .As the result of 1 Edwin Hawley, the New York multl- 1 millionaire and railroad owner, who i died recently, leaving no will, It is i probable that one of his cast-off 1 nephews, who works as a stevedore, < will Inherit $2,500,000 of the $50,000,- i 1)00 estate left by Hawley Abe I Reuf, now serving a term in ?!an Quen- I tin penitentiary, is to be one of the i chief witnesses for the prosecution in i the trial of former Mayor Schmftz on bribery charges, now under way at 1 Pan Francisco. It is claimed that < Reuf will tell what he knows in order 1 to gain his freedom, and big scandals 1 are promised to result...,In an ad- i dress before the Ohio constitutional I convention at Columbua, last week, Governor Harmon expressed himself as decidedly opposed to the initiative and referendum idea, which is a Leading issue before the convention. 80UTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The house has indefinitely postponed Mr. Rembert's bill to abolish the hosiery mill from t)ie state penitentiary. ? The senate during Friday morning voted to kill the bill making the commissioner of agriculture elective by the general assembly Instead of appointive by the governor, and Friday ^ night reconsidered the bill and re- J| stored it to the calendar. ^ ? The house has passed a resolution ^ to submit to the Qualified voters of the state the question of Issuing S1. 000,000 of bonds to carry out the plans of those who desire to enlarge the state hospital for the Insane. W ? Columbia, February 11: Col. John Peyre Thomas, the distinguished educator and publicist, died here this morning at. 10.40 o'clock, at the home of his son, Mr. John P. Thomas, Jr. Col. Thomas had been In bad health for some time, and being In his 79th ^ year, his death was not unexpected. He died surrounded by his family and beloved by the community In which he passed away. ? The house of representatives has passed a bill introduced by Mr. J. M. A Daniel, providing that hereafter the state board of education can make no change In text books until after a change has been sustained by a majority of the county superintendents of education. The vital portion of the the bill is as follows: "Provided, that the state board of education shall not have the power to change a text book now in use or to adopt a new book, unless such change or near book be approved In writing by a majority of the county superintendents of education of the state," etc. ? Columbia Record: A bill to provide for apportioning among the sev- ay eral counties of the state the "total <5 cash balance of the state dispensary 1 fund now remaining In the state treas- J ury and not otherwise appropriated," / the division to be made on the basis of enrollment In the free schools as given In the annual report of the state superintendent of education for the ? scholastic year ending June SO, 1911, was this morning passed by the senate and sent to the house. The bill provides that the money shall be used In strengthening weak schools, In encouraging school improvement and In promoting educational Interests generally. The bill allows the distribution of this fund to be made by the state superintendent of education, the y state treasurer and the comptroller general, and not more than one-fourth of the amount apportioned to a county shall be spent in one year, except in counties where it shall be used to defray past indebtedness, In which cases the whole amount may be used ^ In one year. The bill lastly provides ~ that any additional funds that may hereafter be paid to the state by the winding-up commission shall be divided in the same way within thirty days after being paid in. The bill was introduced by the educational committee and was debated at length. ? Attorney General Lyon on Thursday night sent to the general assembly a reply to the statement that Governor Blease recently gave the senate as to why he had pardoned John Black and the reply has been spread on the Journal of the house. Mr. Lyon's statement Is quite lengthy and emphatlc. The opening and closing par- 4H a graphs are as follows: "Inasmuch aa "tg the governor, In attempting Justlflca- 1 tlon for exercising executive clemency to John Black, convicted by a jury of Chester county for conspiring to defraud the state, undertakes to reflect t j upon me as an officer, as well as personally, I deem it proper to submit \ this, an additional report, in order that your records may carry a correction of these statements and insinuations of the governor, which have no fount dation in fact. In one sentence of the governor's report he says: 'After read- ' ^ lng carefully the testimony given In this case and the change delivered by al the attorney presiding as special- Judge, In my opinion, John Black should have been acquitted,' and in another, 'if the Jury had convicted all I would not have interfered.' If both of these statements are true, the governor would have allowed three to be unjustly pun- _ Ished. Still, he was not willing to see ^ only one unjustly punished. Directing your attention to these statements, which are manifestly irreconcilable with Justice, may be sufficient to show the real character of all the reasons assigned. But I think It well to inform your honorable body upon this subject, after stating the fact that the evidence against Black was decidedly stronger than against the other two j defendants with whom be was tried, because the checks which he received in consummation of the conspiracy to defraud the state, one of which was for $5,000, with his signature thereon, were In evidence and contradicted as well as the banknotes, which showed w the actual receipt of the graft money. * Persons outside of the state were given immunity because they gave evidence of the briberies and conspiracies, because they could not sell their liquors without paying officers of the state rebates or bribe money, which was demanded of them, and'because they were not officers of the state, who had taken oath to keep a trust reposed In them. The officers of the state, as far as possible, were prosecuted, be- Sf cause they had betrayed the trust asposed in them by defrauding the people of the state, whose interests they ware specially commissioned to protect. I do not deem it necessary to refer to all of the misleading statements of the governor with reference to this case. Still, I think your honorable * body should have the information, in order that you may not be misled by the governor's statement." ? Columbia special of February 11 to Augusta Chronicle: Have Mayor Grace and Governor Blease parted friendship? There have been rumors of a rupture for several months, but . i recently the talk has become more pointed and the allusion to "broken AS promises" In his speech before the ^HBi German rifle club on Thursday night JSH Is now generally accepted as a refer- ^ HRH ence to Governor Blease not having ^Wmfigr kept faith with Charleston in carrylng out legislation In which this com- ^ munlty was especially Interested. In his speech at the hall Thursday night. In the course of his reference to special legislation desired by Charleston. Mayor Grace remarked that "promises which had been made about a year ago had not been kept, and he intimated that a mistake had been made In an alliance which'had been formed. a He went on to sav that that alliance J had been with the worst element In the state and that, now it behooved Charleston to make the worst alliance with political forces which would insure a fair and considerate treatment of Charleston's Interests to the end A that legislation necessary and desirable, may be had. He concluded the illusion with a statement of the hopefulness of the situation. The remarks svere quite brief and were lost to many luring the supper, but some of the attendants seemed to grasp the point and understand the allusion as being In the nature of a criticism of the srovernor, and it has caused considerable talk in political circles. Following this Incident, the Columbia State tolay printed an editorial, stating that rrom a half dozen different sources ^ bad come the information that Mayor 3race had made "severe reflections," 'impolite characterizations," etc., about Governor Blease, and speculating on the political significance of the sltua- A tlon. Mayor Grace was seen at the city hall and asked about the matter. v He said that he had "nothing to say for publication." He would make no ||| lomment upon the editorial or upon ^ bis speech the other night, except to admit that his reference in his adIress was to Governor Blease. In declining to make any statement at this Lime, Mayor Grace intimated that in time he may have something to say, but he could not be Induced to say anything at this time. During the campaign last fall, the dispensary constables were workers against Mayor Grace, and this fact was often commented upon. It was openly said that . they had gotten their instructions YWJ from Columbia, and it was then won- f* 0 dered by many how this situation had X v developed, in view of the previous political friendship and relations existing between the governor and Mr. Grace. Recent developments seem to be shedding some light on the situa- a tion now, but the mayor is not saying anything for publication, in explanation, at this time.