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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
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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
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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.
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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?
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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
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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.