Scraps and jracts.
? Atlanta. Ga., has been agog for a
week over an unusually diabolic murder
sensation that developed in that
city on last Tuesday. Eugene H.
Grace, a young mining engineerk was
shot in his bed at his home, and it is
believed that his wife was the wouldbe
assassin. The first information of
, the crime went out through a telephone
call from Grace's home to the
police, Grace himself being at the
phone. When the police arrived Grace
explained how he went to bed as usual
the night before, his wife being
with him, and how when he awoke he
felt a burning sensation in his side
and pains which made it clear that he
had been shot. He could give no satisfactory
explanation; but he had no
hesitation in saying that he believed
his wife had shot him. There was a
revolver on a window sill in the room,
with one chamber empty. Further inquiry
developed that Mrs. Grace had
gone to Newnan, Ga., ostensibly on a
visit to Mr. Grace's mother. She came
back to Atlanta at once and proceeded
to the hospital to which Grace had
been taken. There was quite a display
of horror and grief; but Grace cut this
short by telling his wife that he believed
she shot him. Mrs. Grace was
committed to jail, released on a 17,500
bond and afterward re-committed.
She made no further attempt to get
bond; but still claiming her innocence
said she would remain in jail pending
the result of her husband's wound.
Lawyers who have taken hold of the
case In behalf of tne ramny 01 me
wounded man, have given out a num
ber of circumstances that point to the
probable guilt of the woman. They
say that the crime was committed for
the purpose of getting .hold of $27,000
insurance on her husband's life. It is
claimed that Mrs. Grace drugged her
husband, shot him, stuffed the telephone
with cotton and left for the
home of Mr. Grace's mother for the
purpose of establishing an alibi; but
her plana were spoiled on account of
Mr. Grace's return to consciousness
after she thought him dead. Mrs.
Grace was the widow of William Opie,
a Philadelphian, who left her property
valued at about $100,000. Grace is
several years her junior. The two had
been living pretty fast since their
marriage and the money was practically
gone.
? Asheville, N. C., March 8: The
mystery of the death of Myrtle Hawkins,
whose dead body was found
floating in the water of Lake Osceola
last September, was brought a step
nearer to solution this afternoon when
the Henderson county grand jury sitting
at Hendersonville, returned true
bills charging murder against Abner
McCall, his wife, Beatrice McCall, and
and George Bradley, and a woman
"unknown to the jury." Boney Bradley,
a brother of George, is charged
with being an accessory before the
fact to said murder, and Dan McCall,
father of Mrs. McCall is charged with
being an accessory after the fact. Im- 1
mediately following the reading of I
the bill of indictment warrants were i
issued for the indicted parties and all
were arrested and placed in Henderson
county jail. Dan McCall was tonight
admitted to bail in the sum of
$10,000 but similar action was refused ,
in the case of the others. The Bradley*
and McCalls will be tried at the ]
May term of the Henderson county
superior court. The bill of indictment <
specifies that the parties named there- ,
in had guilty knowledge of a criminal
operation which resulted in the death of
Myrtle Hawkins. "Boney" Brad- |
lev. who makes his first appearance t
in the case, was summoned before the ,
grand Jury Wednesday, and partially
identified by Dr. J. H. Williams, of
Ashevllle, as being the man who last
June came to his office and asked
that he (Dr. Williams) perform a certain
operation, a request which was
refused. Dr. Williams also identified
a photograph of Myrtle Hawkins as
being the girl who called at his office
the next day. She left on Dr. William's
refusal to aid her. The body of
Myrtle Hawkins was found in Lake
Osceola on Sunday. September 10th,
of last year in a badly decomposed
condition. The first coroner's inquest
resulted in a verdict to the effect that
the deceased had met her death in a
manner unknown to the jury. The
finding caused much public comment
of an unfavorable nature and this resulted
in a statement by the coroner
of Henderson county that the verdict
was so worded and rendered in the hope
of allaying the suspicion" of the guilty
person or persons. second inquest
was held on September 17th.
many new witnesses being examined.
The verdict following state' that Myrtle
Hawkins came to her death "at the
hands of a person or persons, unknown
to the Jury." Since that time
Solicitor Hall Johnson of this district,
and the Hendersonville police have
worked steadily on the case. Rewards
were offered by the county and
state amounting in all to $850.
? Washington, March 10: Curtailment
of the Democratic tariff revision
programme with a view to "speeding
up" congress to permit adjournment
before the national conventions, is
now the expected aim of the Democratic
majority in the house. Republicans
and Democrats in the senate
and house are chafing over delay in
actual legislation that threatens to
crowd congress later on. The Democratic
leader in the house, Oscar W.
Underwood, chairman of the ways and
means committee, indicated today that
the wool tariff revision bill which is
to be reported probably within ten
days, will be the last of the revision
measures at this session of congress.
The idea has been discussed by leaders
of both parties in both houses and
those who have conferred have expressed
the view that the congress was
to be away from Washington before
the gathering of the Republican clans
PKIoqca An Tnnfi IS arwl T^r?mn
cratic clans at Baltimore on June 25. 1
"I think our tariff revision bills will t
end with the woolen schedule which t
we expect to report within ten days." r
said Mr. Underwood today. "There is
no use for us to go any further until 1
we find out what the senate is going j
to do with the hill already passed and ,
what the president is going to do. We
have passed a steel 1)111 and a chem- 1
ical bill. We will pass a sugar bill and I
then we will have a woolen bill. We ,
will have made our record on the tariff
with these schedules and I am opposed
to going any further if the work 1
is wasted." "Will congress adjourn be- i
fore the national convention?" Mr. (
Underwood was asked. "I am doing
everything in my power to bring that '
about and I confidently believe that it I
will be accomplished. As soon as the ,
sugar bill is out of the way, I may
bring in the excise tax bill. I have not '
quite made up my mind whether to 1
follow with it immediately after the \
sugar bill is passed but probably will, ,
as I view the situation now. If not the
appropriation bills will be taken up. !
The diplomatic bill, postofflce bill, 1
legislative bills and others are ready. |
These can be hastened through. I see ,
no reason now why adjournment cannot
be reached before the conven- '
tlons." The Democratic programme i
in the senate is to stand solidly behind |
the house steel bill and in a general
way to support the Democratic meas- !
ures that come from the house. The <
Republicans, standing on what they j
assert to be definite assurance that ,
the president will veto any revision
legislation not based on tariff board 1
reports, will solidly oppose house bills <
not based on such reports. Wool Is j
the only subject reported upon by the
board. The house Democrats are '
talking of a free wool bill though '
Democratic Leader Underwood insists ]
that even silk or rubber would not ,
raise the necessary revenue to offset
the loss from free wool. Political conditions
make the fate of any such I
measure on which the house ways and 1
means committee will begin final ,
work next week problematical in the '
senate. While progressive Republican
senators, it is reported, are not i
acting generally in concert on the tar- ,
iff. some of them believe that failing
concessions from regulars of their
own party, gome common ground may i
yet be reached with the Democrats to
achieve revision in the senate. Senator
Cummins is now preparing a
measure with this end in view. Senator
Martin and some of his Democratic
colleagues share in the belief
that this co-operation may be possible
after the Democratic senators have
gone on record for the straight Democratic
measure. It is a question how
far the progressives and Democrats,
respectively, may be willing to yield.
The house steel tariff revision bill
will be negatively reported to the senate
on Wednesday. At the full committee
meeting on Tuesday the Democrats
will vote to make a minority
report in favor of the bill. The tariff
discussions will not be precipitated in
the senate probably for a week or
more and meantime the finance committee
will proceed with hearings on
the house chemical tariff revision bill.
Progressive Republican senators generally
and about half a dozen Democratic
senators already have expressed
opposition to the proposed free
sugar bill though the Democratic senators
say they count upon several of
the progressives to Join with them if
a compromise with a reduction of 40
or 50 per cent, in the present sugar
tariff should be offered.
<?hr \lorluillc (guquircr.
Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville
as Mall Matter of the Second Class.
TORKVILLE, B.
TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1912
TKnen liovo hfton nn ho t Q thPftUTl IT!
the ring in this county so far; but
then it is a little early for the hat
throwing.
If poverty is such a fine and jlorious
thing as so many of the politicians
seem to think, why are we all making
such strenuous efforts to escape it?
A pertinent first question to witnesses
before the dispensary investigation
should be; "Have you anything
to say other than you have already
said?"
Wood row Wilson says the man who
refers to the rule of the people "as the
rule of the mob," is not fit to be called
an American citizen. This is a new
doctrine in a way; biit it is correct.
According to our way of looking at
it, demagogy is objectionable and unnecessary,
and we do not think any
more of a smooth, polished hypocritical
demagogue who tries to conceal his
real nature than we do of a bold, blatant
demagogue who glories in his
demagogy.
For the benefit of those who may
riot have their geographies handy, it
may be very well to state that Hobart, ^
Tasmania, is just south of the south?ast
coast of Australia, and the latitude
is about 43 degrees south. The
Amundsen expedition went after the
pole to the south of that. Hohart Is
about 1.600 miles north of the South
Pole.
i
The last issue of the Newberry Herald
and News is a special edition in
recognition of the twenty-fifth anniversary
of Editor E. H. Aull's management
of the paper. Articles by
Editor Aull and members of his staff, '
5ive a full story of the trials and
tribulations of the paper throughout its
areer, end the paper itself today
shows what all the energy, perseverance,
intelligence and aspiration of a
quarter of a century have amounted
to. Editor Aull has behind him a rec- (
ard of which he has a right to be
proud, and he may rest assured that
the newspaper property he has built
up will long continue to be a power for 1
?ood in his county and state.
- - - - . 1
It is very gratifying to be able to
note that so far there has developed
tio information of anything that Capt.
Amundsen has said or done that is
?alculated to make an ugly Impreslion.
The Norwegian knows nothing
if the whereabouts of Capt. Scott, the
Englishman, hut says he hopes that
^apt. Scott has also been successful,
[t will be remembered that during the
teat of the Cook-Perry controversy,
Itapt. Amundsen said he knew Cook
veil enough to have absolute faith in
tim, and stated that he believed Cook's
itory that he had been to the North
Pole. As a matter of fact it has never
>een disproved that Cook went to the
^orth Pole any more than it has
ieen proved that Peary went there.
The probability is that both were successful.
There is reason to believe that the
ire which destroyed the handsome
lew home of the Union Times the
ither day was incendiary. That is the
alk in Union, and the proprietor of
he Times, as well as the people of the
own generally, are morally certain as
o the identity of the guilty parties.
They think the crime was committed
>y illicit liquor dealers that the Times
ms been fighting. There is no proof,
io legal proof, and there will probably
>e none. Incendiaries don't generally
cave a trail that can be followed by
the law; but the fact remains, that a
horrible crime has been committed,
ind such stigma as there is rests not
upon the Times so much as upon the
jlty of Union. It is all very well to
expect the newspaper to do this and
to do that?to stand up for law and
>rder, for security to life and prop rty,
even where sworn and trusted officers
fail. That is what people do expect,
and that they snould do so is
natural, for when the regularly constituted
governing machinery fails,
there is no other earthly hope than
publicity. And right there the danger
to the honest newspaper man increases
tenfold. If there was nothing but the
most vicious dregs of society to fight,
the task would be easy; but under '
<uch conditions the most vicious dregs
t)f society are backed by the appearance
of respectability, and actual authority
as impersonated by accredited '
representatives of the law. Criticism
r?f existing crime carries with it an
Implied denunciation of knavery or incompetency
or both, in those clothed
with authority, and authorities who
knowingly neglect their sacred duties '
are not generally more patient of criticism
than are the most vicious malefactors.
The constant pounding of the |
Times has made the guilty sorer and
sorer, and the fire has been the result.
If it had not been a tire it might have
been the thugging or murder of Editor
Rice: but anyhow the burning of
the Times office was no doubt the legitimate
expression of existing conditions
in Union. There are those who
will say that the Times should have
"attended to its own business," left
the tigers to the officers and none of
this would have happened. Maybe so.
Perhaps the Times office would not ;
have been burned, but a few more
years' development of the conditions (
the Times has been fighting and Un- ,
ion property generally would be daily 1
subject to Just what the Times has
suffered. The burning of the Times
office has been a heavy blow on the
loyal and courageous owner of the
property; but the probability is that
public decency will be stimulated and
aroused as the result of the crime and
that will be worth something.
A New Continent.
The news of Amundsen's attainment
of the South Pole is Interesting principally
because of its scientific Importance
and the world-wide curiosity as
to the possible mysteries of a region
hitherto unknown to the Inhabitants of
the balance of the earth; but from various
developments that have been
witnessed during the past fifty years,
the matter is not to be dismissed as
being of no further consequence.
The fact that there is an Antarctic
continent has been known for many
years, and of course Amundsen is not
to be given credit for that general discovery.
He may have more to tell us
later; but for the present the main
thing is the fact that he has penetrated
to the bottom of the earth, and proved
mat an mtr vam ai va in mat 4UUIWI
can probably be explored from other
directions as well as from the direction
that has been followed by him.
But what Is the good of a land that
is enveloped in darkness half the year,
and where the thermometer ranges
from 30 to 50 degrees below zero practically
all the time That is a question
that arises very naturally, and the
first answer that suggests itself to the
average man or woman Is "nothing";
but in the light of modern knowledge,
experience and achievement, it will
not do to stop at that.
When Secretary Seward a half century
ago, purchased Alaska from Russia
for $7,500,000, the transaction was
generally regarded as very silly, and
as a matter of fact it was silly fn any
other attempted justification than a
bid for the good will of Russia. That,
no doubt, was the real object of the
purchase; but since then, especially
within the past few years, Alaska has
come to the fore as a land of tremendous
natural resources, and it is Increasing
in population and wealth at
a phenomenal rate.
While 'we would not undertake to
predict the development of the Antarctic
continent, still we can see very
well how such a thing could come to
pass. In a land so vast as this is
shown to be, there is an easy possibility
of the discovery of both gold and
coal in tremendous quantities, and if
such discovery is made, to say nothing
of any other possible discoveries, the
development of the land is assured.
In the old days, even gold and coal
would have been of little importance i
In such an inaccessible country. Rail- ,
road transportation would have been
out of the question because of obsta- i
cles that could not have been surmounted;
but under modern conditions j
the transportation problem may be
solved in various ways, and an abund- <
ince of coal with lots of gold will I
mean the speedy building up of pop- ,
Lilous cities. . j
As we have said, we do not care to <
venture any predictions, but neverthe- |
less it is possible that another fifty
rears may bring about wonderful I
-.hnncrno In VO?t deSollltion that '
ibounds throughout the frozen wastes
->f both the Aretie and Antarctic cir- (
rles. 1
' * '
The Investigation.
There is to be another meeting of
:he dispensary winding-up investigation
committee on next Thursday, and
the public will look forward to this
meeting with interest.
The meeting last week served main- i
ly to revive memories of things that
were already known; but developed
nothing new. If there is anything new i
In store, it should be forthcoming next
Thursday.
According to our view of the matter
ind from all we know, about the most I
Important thing that could happen 1
would be new disclosures from Mr. ,
Folder. It has been stated that Mr. i
Felder has been requested to appear
next Thursday; but so far there has j
seen no positive statement as to i
whether he will appear, and there is
more or less reason to doubt whether '
ie will tell anything new if he does (
ippear.
That Mr. Felder knows a great deal
ibout the good stealing that went on in J
jonnection with the dispensary for so (
ong, there is no doubt. He has al- I
eady disclosed much of this informs- 1
don, and there is no reason to believe (
that he has disclosed the half of what
ie could have disclosed had it suited 1
lis purposes to do so; but the question ,
s. Will he give out anything further
if importance?
As we see the whole matter, Mr. J
Felder got mixed Into this matter
iriginallv on a strictly business basis. <
There was no sentiment Involved. The 1
robbers and the people who were be- (
ing robbed, looked alike to him. All he (
wanted was the money. Of this he got
lUlte a bunch, and had more in sight '
when the elevation of Mr. Blease to |
the governorship put a stop to further i
proceedings. Then he made a big 1
row. Who wouldn't under the clrcum- J
dances? It is easy to imagine that to
lie cheated out of many thousands of I
Jollars that were all hut in hand would
,?e very aggravating, and there is (
nothing surprising in the hot talk that
Mr. Felder indulged in and the dire
threats he made under the eircum3tanees
about that book and other |
things.
But now mat an opportunity ior uuilitional
foes has )>assed away; now
that Mr. Felder is again in the employ
if the whisky houses, in the position '
he was in when he gathered the information
that stood him in such profitable
stead while he was making war
on his former clients, the question is,
Will he appear before the winding-up
commission next Thursday and give
some facts that will prove worth
while? That is what we want to see.
We would not have anybody think
for a minute that we have the slightest
confidence in or respect for Mr.
Blease's attitude toward the dispensary
in the old days, or in his attitude
toward the dispensary winding-up
commission. In that we stand exactly
where we stood in our comments on
the famous Message No. 4, a year ago;
but that is not the question now. The
question is, is Mr. Felder going to
come forward and give us the promised
facts?
We hope to see Mr. Felder make
good. We have very little doubt as to
his ability to actually make good if he ,
will. But will he make good? We i
shall not attempt to answer that ques- :
tion until after next Thursday.
Besides being a lawyer who was i
working only for the money there was
in it?who went down in all that "filth
and slime," solely for the dollars that i
lay at the bottom, Mr. Felder is a cit- i
izen of another state. He has practl- i
cally nothing at stake over in South
Carolina?no more fees?nothing but ]
the confidence, respect and applause of I
the thousands and thousands who felt
grateful to him for the benefits that
were seemingly accruing to public decency
while he was earning his fees.
If he comes back next Thursday and
makes good, as he said he would, then
this confidence, respect and applause
will not be withheld. If he falls to
pome back and make good, then the
situation Is not Improved. Indeed, It
will look rather that public decency
has lost all that it appeared to have
gained as the result of his previous
operations.
SOUTH POLE ATTAINED.
The Honor Belongs to Capt. Roald
Amundsen of Norway.
Information came from Hobart, Tasmania,
last Wednesday, that Capt.
Roald Amundsen had arrived there In
his vessel, the Fram, and reported the
location of the South Pole on December
14.
Capt. Amundsen at once cabled his
story to the London Chronicle and the
New York Times, in accordance with
an agreement that he had entered into
with those papers before he started
on the trip along the latter part of
1910.
In his story, Capt. Amundsen tells
how he started on his southward Journey
over the ice on the 10th of February,
1911. He was accompanied by
eight Norwegians, all experienced in
arctic work. With his men and a large
number of dogs he went into winter
quarters about the middle of April,
and remained there until the 8th of
September, when he entered upon the
dash for the pole.
Traveling is described as very good,
but the work of ascending a mountain
wall to a plateau that is 10,000 feet
above the sea level taxed the perseverance
and endurance of the party to
the utmost. The plateau having been
attained, however, and the country being
reasonably level, travel was not
especially difficult, considering conditions
that prevailed in the Antarctic
regions.
The pole was attained on December
14, and the party spent four days in
the vicinity making observations that
will leave no possible doubt as to location,
etc.
The first news that was published
in London was to the effect that Capt.
Amundsen had cabled from Hobart,
Tasmania, that Capt. Scott, a British
explorer, who had started out at about
the same time as the Amundsen expedition,
had attained the pole. This
was on March 6. The next day, however,
there came another cable from
Amundsen stating that he had saidl
nothing of Scott, because he knew
nothing of him. Capt. Amundsen had
no idea how the first story got out.
The Fram Is still at Hobart, Tasmania.
There is a newspaper at Hobart,
but Capt. Amundsen would give
it no information as to his trip nor allow
any of his men to say a word.
His men were kept on the Fram. The
Hobart newspaper complained very
bitterly at the captain on account of
his attitude, but it appears that the
captain had sold his copyright to the
London and New York papers and was
trying to be as good as his word.
In addition to sending the story to
the newspapers referred to, Capt.
Amundsen also cabled his king, Haakon,
of Norway, of his discovery, and
received from the king congratulations.
Including Amundsen's expedition,
there have been four expeditions in the
Antarctic seas for nearly two years,
and it is quite possible that there ma*
be reports to the effect that some one,
or perhaps all of the other expeditions
have also attained the pole.
Capt. Amundsen's story was devoted
entirely to a description of the progress
of his march to the pole, and his
manner of living. He spoke of the
mountain scenery and the high table
lands; but had nothing to say of the
animal life he encountered, and did
not say whether or not he paid any attention
to minerals.
It is reasonably certain that when
he gives further details about a trip of
hundreds of miles over a land that has
never been trodden by human foot before,
(certainly not since the rotation
of the earth was changed from west to." |
east from north to south, if such aif
event ever really occurred) there will
be recited some curious and interesting
facts. i
MERE-MENTION.
The hulk of the battleship Maine
will be taken from Havana harbor
next Saturday. The North Carolina
and Birmingham will accompany the
Maine, to her last resting place and,
w;ill participate in the. ceremonies..,.
HOfiri Salney, a Frenchman, last week
made a flight from London to Paris,
237 miles, in 325 minutes, without a
stop. At times he was more than
6,000 feet above the earth Speaker
Champ Clark celebrated his 62d
birthday last Thursday Four persons
were killed by the explosion of
a boiler in a toy factory at Greentown,
Pa.,'Thursday The National
Grange is up in arms against the Lever
bill, now before congress, which
removes the restrictions from the
sale of oleomargarine During the
typhoid fever epidemic at Coatesvllle,
Pa., caused by pollution of its water
supply by drainage from a hospital,
there were 310 cases, and twenty-two
deaths. Conditions are now improving
Two of the New oYrk Central's
limited trains, one east and the
other west bound, were wrecked in
Ohio last Thursday, only a few hours
apart Standard Oil stock sold on
the New York curb market last Thursday,
at {890 a share, a rise of $200 a
share since the United States supreme
court ordered a dissolution of the
Standard Oil company Andrew Carnegie
in reply to a question as to
whether he was supporting Mr. Roosevelt.
financially and otherwise, said:
"I admire Mr. Roosevelt very much,
but in this instance I am unalterably
opposed to him." As a result of
the fight made on electric light and
power rates in Atlanta, the electric
company has agreed to reductions averaging
22 per cent. The light rates
are reduced to a maximum of 7 cents
per kilowatt hour for lights, and 4J
cents for power Ten persons lost
their lives in Chicago, Friday, by the
burning of the Barnett hotel. .The war
department has ordered 500 additional
men from Manila to Pekin to help
guard American interests Reports
from Georgia are to the effect that the
'"vttnn onroow will hp out an averaee
r>f 25 per cent under the Rock Hill
plan Mr. Roosevelt will probably
make a speech-making: tour in behalf of
his candidacy for the Republican presidential
nomination Gen. Jules
Coicou, formerly military tyrant of
Haiti, has been sentenced to death, on
the charge of having been the author
of a fusillade on March 15, 1908, in
which ten persons, including three of
his own brothers, were shot to death.
One man was killed and two seriously
wounded in a gun fight on the
streets of Fort Worth, Tex., Thursday.
Four negroes were killed and
nine persons were injured in a. headon
collision near Social Circle, Ga.,
Friday morning.
Amundsen and Cook.?Is the worldwide
controversy that marked the return
of Peary and Dr. Cook in 1909
from the Arctic regions with rival
claims for the discovery of the pole to
be repeated with the return to civilization
from the Antarctic by Captain
Roald Amundsen and Captain Robert
F. Scott?
Until something is heard from Scott
and more definite news is received
from Amundsen the world will have to
wait patiently.
In view of the expected controversy
it is interesting to recall what Captain
Amundsen said about Dr. Cook, when
the now discredited explorer was the
center of criticism following Peary's
charges.
"For two years," he said to an interviewer.
"I was very close to Dr.
Cook during our Antarctic expedition.
He Is the most reliable man I ever
have met. I would trust no other
man as I trust him."
Asked about Peary's Eskimo evidence,
Captain Amundsen said:
"I don't care a d? for the Eskimos.
They can say what they want to. They
reckon out what you want to hear
and then speak to please the "Good
White Man." Only a man like Rusmussen
can handle them so as to get
the truth." i
Amundsen then told of examining
Cook's map and some of his other
data, and of his conversation with '
Cook. "That was enough to make me
believe Cook had been to the pole."
he said, "even if I had not known him
l?efore."?Cincinnati Enquirer. '
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good farm mules for sale, cheap.
Carrie Alexander?Requests subscribers
to The Enquirer on her club, tc
make settlement.
Clover Real Estate Co.?Offers valuable
Clover real estate and farm
property for sale.
Farthing Steam Laundry, ChesterHas
appointed Wm. Drakeford ita
Yorkville agent and solicits your patronage.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
G. W. Harris?Announces the opening
of the Harris studio in Yorkville
and will be open Wednesday of each
week in the Lindsay studio.
First National Bank, Yorkville?Tells
how a successful man invested his
first dollar and how it paid him'.
Cloud Cash Store?Quotes low pricei
on a variety of small notions for every
day use.
Yorkville Hardware Co.?Sets forth
the good points of the Lynchburg
turn plow. Scores of York countj
farmers use Lynchburg plows.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill?Suggests
that you Jot down your extravagances
for a month and ther
cut them out and save what you are
wasting.
McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Says II
pays to trade with It, and suggests
that you try It.
M. A. McFarland, Yorkville No. 4?Of
rers special prices on l^emware inn
week, and 40 inch India lawn at 9c
a yard.
York Supply Co.?Has seed potatoes,
garden seed, barbed wire, chicken
wire, roofing paint, tick emulsion,
two carloads flour, etc.
Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Says that goods
bought right are half sold, and tella
how it buys in great quantities. It
is receiving all kinds of new goods.
J. Q. Wray?Cordially invites you to
visit him. when shopping, and says
he has the best goods at the lowest
prices.
Thomson Co.?Suggests that you begin
the season right by trading at
Thomson's. New goods arriving for
every department.
Southern Cotton Oil Co.?Says that
the excellence of French cooking is
due to the use of vegetable oils.
See page four.
Another month and It will be time
to commence planting cotton In this
section. Most cotton planters like to
get the seed in by about the 10th of
April. As matters stand very few
planters have done anything at all.
r- Mr. R. J. Morrow of the Blackjacks,
was in Yorkville last Saturday on business,
and like other folks expressed
concern over the long continued wet
spell; "but," he went on to say, "we
will come it yet. For one reason or
another I did not start on my crop in
1880 until the second Monday in April,
and that year I made sixteen hales of
cotton and 180 bushels of corn with
only one mule."
The dairy people have been having
a pretty rough time of It this winter
because of the unusually severe weather
and the bad. roads; but they have
been sticking down to their business
nicely. About the only complaint that
the creamery management has to urge
is the irregularity of the supply. Many
of the patrons of the creamery have
been tempted because of the had
roads to make one trip do where formerly
two were necessary. This has
operated against the business of the
creamery in that it has interfered with
the regularity of its output and that
operates against profitable business.
It is a fact that the Yorkville creamery
now has a market for its entire output
and more, at prices in advance of
what creamery butter can be had at
the north. Unless, however, the management
can supply the demand that
has been developed, there is danger
that some of the trade may be lost. I(
is Important that patrons strain a
point to deliver butter fat with as
much regularity as possible.
ABOUT PEOPLE. i
Misa Hattle Crenshaw of Charlotte,
spent a few days this week with relatives
in Yorkville.
' Miss Zula McKnight, who has been
teaching at Greeleyvllle, is now teaching
at Heinemann, S. C.
> Miss Evle Lazenby of Baltimore, returned
to Yorkville last week, and will
have charge of the millinery- department
at Thomson Co.'s this season.
r Miss Georgia Burke of Baltimore,
arri^pd in Yorkville last Friday and
will be in charge of the millinery department
of the Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.,
again this season.
i Mr. W. B. Keller of Yorkville No. 1,
has been down with the measles, and
has been having a pretty rougn time,
but his many friends will he pleased
to know that he Is now sitting up and
Is on the mend.
THE CLUB CONTEST.
The attention of clubmakers and
others interested is called to the fact
that The Enquirer's annual club contest
comes to an end next Saturday
evening at 6 o'clock.
This means that all subscribers who
have given their names to clubmakers
and who have not yet paid their subscriptions,
should attend to the matter
at once and all clubmakers who have
not yet settled for their clubs should
attend to the matter on or before next
Saturday at 6 o'clock.
As clubmakers and subscribers alike
understand, all subscriptions not settled
on or before next Saturday will
be discontinued. We sincerely hope
that there will be no names to discontinue;
but the experience of a great
many years has shown that there is no
other way to deal with the matter.
The results of the contest will be
announced in the Issue of The Enquirer
of next Tuesday, and the premiums
due will be delivered as soon thereafter
as possible.
FERTILIZERS.
The common impression is that the
fertilizer business has been held up
more largely by the weather conditions
than from any other cause.
During the early part of the season,
the retail distributers seeing that no
goods could be delivered even if they
were on hand, refrained from ordering
out a great deal of stuff from the factories.
As the season began to advance toward
the time when fertilizers should
be in the ground, the local distributers
began to order out goods in small
quantities.
At the present time most of the local
distributers have larger or smaller
stocks on hand, and are supplying such
demand as there is; but few if any of
the local distributers have ordered out
anything like their full supplies.
The railroads have been able to keep
up with the demand hands down.
There has been no car famine or anything
of that kind this season; but it
is expected that there may be a rush
yet. However, generally the railroads
are holding themselves in condition to
meet such demand as may be made
upon them.
THE PARCELS POST.
The Enquirer has received from
Congressman Finley a copy of a bill
that the house postoffice committee
has just had printed and which contemplates
a further increase in the
pay allowed to rural letter carries and
the establishment of a limited parcels
post system. The bill provides:
"Tiiot r?n oar>h nnrt nil rural mail
delivery routes of the United States,
until June 30, 1914, the postmaster at
the starting point of such route shall
receive and deliver to the carrier or
carriers of said routes all articles, parcels
or packages not prohibited to
the malls by law and falling under the
definition of fourth-class matter, and
not weighing in excess of eleven
pounds for transportation and delivery
on said routes only; and the carrier
shall receive at Intermediate
points on all rural routes such mail
matter of the fourth-class for delivery
on their respective routes only.
"Postage shall be paid on all articles,
parcels, or packages entitled to
transportation under the provisions of
this act as matter of the fourth-class
on rural mail delivery routes only at
the following rates: One cent for each
two ounces or less; 2 cents for more
than two ounces, but not more than
four ounces; 3 cents for more than
four ounces but not more than eight
ounces; 4 cents for more than eight
ounces, but not more than twelve
ounces; 5 cents for more than twelve
ounces, but not more than a pound;
2 cents per pound for each additional
pound or fraction thereof up to and
including a total of eleven pounds."
This would make the maximum
, charges for a parcel over the rural
post 25 cents.
The bill further provides that:
''From and after the first day of
July, 1912, the compensation of rural
letter carriers for carrying the malls
six days each week on standard routes
of twenty-four miles in length shall be
the sum of $1,074 per annum to be
paid monthly: and on1 routes exceedi
ing twenty-four miles In length, the
sum of $44.75 per mile per annum for
- each mile in excess of twenty-four
i miles; and on routes under twenty-four
miles in length, a corresponding reduction
of compensation per mile per
; annum shall be paid; on routes carry,
ing the mall three days of each week
i of the same length as above, the pay
shall be one-half the compensation
i thero provided."
> . ? .
, THE DICTIONARY CONTE8T.
The children who are collecting dictionary
coupons, will take note of the
i fact that there has been a change in
; the date of the coupon published to
day.
All the coupons published since the
. beginning of the contest were dated so
. as to require them to be voted on or
i before March 22. The coupons printl
aH from now until thArA ban hAAn an.
other change must be voted on or bet
fore Saturday, March 30.
i In order that there may be no misunderstanding,
it is desirable that ev
ery contestant observe the rules carei
fully. Any coupon that has been
s printed previous to this issue may be
voted on up to March 22, but if it is
, not voted on or before that date, it will
i on presentation, be thrown out.
Of course It is understood that there
can be no changing of votes after the
i same have been recorded In the coni
test. Collectors of coupons have a
; right to vote them for whichever
, school they please; but after the coui
pons have been voted that is the end
i of them. If any collector desires to
: change his or her activities after votes
have been recorded, the change must
be done with new coupons.
Following is the result of the voting
in the dictionary contest up to this
morning:
Dixie 640
i Conrad School 420
Cotton Belt 1160
Center School 600
Sutton's Spring 80
Bethany High School 190
Hickory Grove 110
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Mr. W. H. Herndon has moved his
family into his handsome new home
on West Madison street.
? Fertilizers have been moving at a
pretty stiff clip during the last week,
notwithstanding the weather, and during
the next week or two, especially
if the weather is fairly good, there
will be a lot of work done.
? Following is the enrollment of the
Yorkville Graded schools at this time:
White Colored
Grade 1 42 79
Grade 2 32 38
Grade 3 40 28
Grade 4 41 25
Grade 5 28 16
Grade 6 33 19
Grade 7 21 7
Grade 8 36 3
Grade 9 32 4
Grade 10 24 3
Totals 329 222
? Two small boys, both under five
years, dropped into The Enquirer
building yesterday to see the stuffed
eagle that hangs suspended from the
ceiling of the business office, and this
is what happened: "Ther? it is up
there," said one of the boys to the other.
as he pointed at the big bird.
"WTioo-o-o-o!" ejaculated the other,
"ain't he a big one?" ""Who killed that
eagle?" he continued. "A soldier did
it." replied the first boy?"shot him six
times." Then, as if thoroughly satisfled
with the result of the sight-seeing
expedition, both boys went out.
? Mr. G. W. Harris, the well-known
- photographer of Shelby, has arranged
to open a studio In Yorkvllle, and for
the present will visit this place on
Wednesday of each week. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Harris are photographers of
long experience, and understanding the
art In all of Its branches, have no hesitation
In promising the people of
Yorkvllie and vicinity work that will
please and satisfy. While it is not
Mr. Harris' purpose to keep his Yorkvllle
studio open but one day each
week for the present, if the demand
seems to justify, later on he hopes to
give more time to this place.
THE PIG CLUB.
As has been previously published,
the final date for enrollment on the
York County Pig club is next Saturday.
March 16, and on or before
that date the superintendent of education
must be furnished with the
name of the member desiring enrollment
and the age and weight of the
plkBoys
and girls who have already
had their names enrolled as members
must not forget that if they have not
already done so, they must furnish
the certified statement giving age and
weight of pig, on or before next Saturday.
This is important for an equitable
adjustment of such questions as
may arise in connection with the
awarding of prizes.
Since the names last published, the
following have been enrolled as members
of the Pig club: \
J Ed Shilllnglaw No. 7, Yorkville.
Sumter Sandlfer ....No. 3, Yorkvllle.
Lois B. Simpson Lesslie.
J. Thomas Simpson Lesslie.
Olive Gauldin No. 3, Yorkville.
Joseph Moss .. v No. 3, Yorkville.
This makes twenty-seven members
enrolled in all, up to date: but the
list will be kept open until next
Saturday, for the enrollment of all
additional applicants under 18 years.
Additional applicants, however, should
send in the age and weight of their
competing pigs at the time of sending
in their names.
When the York County Pig club was
organized, it was assumed by the.committee
that the age limit of membership
would be the same as in the
case of the York County Corn club?12
to 18 years: but this condition was not
specifically agreed upon or published
at the time.
But it appears that there has arisen
a misunderstanding in regard' to the
matter, and there having been several
boys enrolled who are under age. it
has been put up to the committee to
decide what should be done.
Upon such consideration as the committee
has been able to give the subject.
it has been decided that Inasmuch
as the object of the Pig club, like that
of the Corn club, is to Interest the
boys and younger people, and inasmuch
as boys can look after pigs at a
younger age than they could manage
a corn patch, there Is really no need
for the minimum age limit, and the
same will not be enforced.
The asre limit, therefore, will stand
at "not over eighteen years."
LOCAL LACONICS.
Etheridge In Jail.
H. Etheridge, the man who figured
as the alleged offender in the requisition
story published in the last issue
of The Enquirer, was committed to the
York county jail last Friday afternoon.
Dairy Instruction Car.
The Southern Railway's Dairy Instruction
car will be at Yorkville on
Wednesday, March 27, and three demonstrations
will be given during the
day, one at 10.30 a. m., one at 2 p. m.,
and the third at 7.30 p. m. The car
will be at Rock Hill on Thursday the
28th, and demonstrations will be given
at 11 a. m., and 2.30 p. m. The Dairy
Instruction car, which has just completed
a most successful tour of Virginia,
is fitted up like a complete and
up-to-date farm dairy and is in charge
of Dr. C. M. Morgan, a well-known
dairy and stock authority, who Is dairy
agent for the Southern railway. In
addition to two regular dairymen who
accompany the car with Dr. Morgan,
state and government authorities and
other prominent experts will be on the
car from time to time to assist In the
work of giving the people valuable Information
pertaining to dairy problems.
Demonstrations and lectures,
illustrated with stereoptlcon views,
will be given at each stop, and an Important
feature will be the free testing
of milk samples brought to the
car. All the latest models of dairy
machinery are on the car, with pictures
of the best dairy animals, charts
telling how to feed, how to handle
milk and how to make larger profits
from dairy products. The need of the
south for more and better dairies to
supply the great demand of the cities
is recognized by President Flnley and
the Dairy Instruction car is to make a
tour of the whole Southern railway
system In an effort to stir the people
i of the southeast to the importance of
i this industry. The Southern railway
i is bearing the expense of this campaign.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8.
? The city of Florence is very much
, stirred up over the discovery in a box
car there last Friday of the dead body
. of a little white boy named Andrew
Johnson. The little fellow had beea
last seen alive on the Wednesday pre;
viou8. His body had marks which
led the authorities to surmise that
he had probably been struck on the
back, and choked to death. One
story has it that the boy was- run
down by an automobile and that the
driver of the automobile afterward
, choked him to death and threw him
in the box car in an effort to dodge
responsibility for the crime. There
appears to be no established facts
, upon which to base this theory, how|
ever. Mayor H. K. Gilbert of Flor.
ence has offered a reward of $100 tor
information leading to the cause of
the boy's death, and Governor Blease
has offered to proclaim an additional
reward.
? Columbia special of March 10 to
News and Courier: "What Blease Has
Done for South Carolina, by T. B.
Felder," is the title of a book, a copy
of which was shown here this afternoon
by a traveling man, who was re
turning: from a trip through the Piedmont.
The book in question consists
of red backs and four blank pages,
each page having a blot of ink on it.
That is ail there is to the book. The
traveling man said the pamphlet was
being circulated pretty generally
throughout the Piedmont, and whenever
it is pulled out in a crowd and
the title given every man at once
wants to see it. When it is examined,
and nothing but blank pages covered
with blotches of ink are found, comments
are varied. It will be remembered
that T. B. Felder, the much discussed
Atlanta attorney, promised to
write a book on Governor Blease and
this is the closest thing resembling the
promised book which has been issued
so far.
? Lancaster. March 10: Senator
Strait, speaking of the work done by
the legislature Just closed, what the
Issues before the assembly were, how
these were handled and to what extent
the situation was cleared up or otherwise,
made the following pessimistic
comment: "So far as any real work
having been accomplished by the legislature
is concerned, there was absolutely
nothing done, and my opinion
is that it would have been better by
far for South Carolina had the legislature
not convened at all. No laws
of any consequence were passed, no
bills worthy of serious mention were
introduced, and the only issues before
the assembly were political ones, all
of which were manifest from the very
beginning and bitterly fought by opposing
factions unto the end. The
only good that I can see that the legislature
did was in strengthening the
political prospects of Gov. Blease.".
? Anderson, March 9: A big black,
shaggy animal, supposedly a bear, has
been playing havoc In the community
three miles south of this city. Two
nights ago the animal visited the
place of Mrs. Sadie Burts and killed
two hogs, tearing the carcasses to bits.
Several days ago an animal described
like the one that came to Mrs.
Burts's place appeared on Eugene
Snipes's farm and killed two large
pigs, tearing the carcasses to pieces
the same way. The tracks of the animal
were described as being as large as the
hand of a man, and a negro on Manly
Watson's place described the animal
as being black and shaggy and of the
size of a large St. Bernard dog.
Hounds have betn secured by persons
in the vicinity, and it is said that they
nave uriven me uear iniu uie snami/o
of Rocky river.
? Saluda special of March 9 to the
News and Courier: While on his way
home from Prosperity a few days
ago, where he had been paid nearly
1200 for cotton sold, Sime Rhinehart,
an old-time slavery darky, living on
the plantation of A. P. Ramage, near
Corinth church, In this county, was
held up by two unknown white men
and at the point of a pair of doublebarrelled
shotguns made to give up
his money. Old Sime was in Saluda
yesterday and his description of the
hold-up, the long search that was
made before the money was found,
and how "scalrt" he was was graphic
as well as "musing, barring the seriousness
of the loss. He has been living
with the Ramages, in this county,
for the past twenty-flve years. Last
year he made fourteen bales of cotton
and on the day In question he sold
nine bales of cotton and after paying
all his debts, there was left for him
about (185, and this sum his landlord
turned over to him at Prosperity.
Just after crossing the steel bridge
over Saluda river Into Saluda county,
between 7 and 8 o'clock at night, two
men with long burlap bags covering
their heads and reaching down to
their knees, stepped out of a little
swamp and with guns cocked and levelled
on him commanded him to throw
up his hands. As they stepped out
from the bushes Sime "susplcioned"
something and stealthily slipped his
pocketbook down his breeches leg.
After being required to dismount he
was carefully searched and twice the
highwaymen went through his pockets
and had almost reached the conclusion
that Sime's statement that he
had no money was correct. Finally
the search was renewed and the pocketbook
discovered down in his sock,
where It had slipped when dropped
inside the leg of his breeches. Sime
says the barrels of guns never looked
quite so large to him before or the
cursing of men sounded so savage.
The robbers after obtaining the money
ordered the old darky to remount
and drive on while they betook themselves
across the bridge Into Newberry
county. There Is no clue to their
? Anderson, March 9: Col. V. B.
Cheshire, editor of the Anderson Intelligencer,
was attacked In his office
today by Magistrate W. J. Muldrow.
The encounter grew out of the publication
of an article in the Intelligencer,
which Mr. Muldrow considered
to reflect upon him seriously. Accompanied
by C. E. Tolly, a relative by
marriage, Mr. Muldrow went to the
newspaper office and demanded a retraction.
As Mr. Cheshire reached to
get some paper apparently with the
intent to write out the apology demanded,
Muldrow struck him on the
head with a billet. Mr. Cheshire
backed out of the office on the street,
while Mr. Muldrow continued to hit
him over the head. After going
about 100 feet on the street, Mr.
Cheshire pulled out his automatic
pistol and fired twice on the ground.
Officers and friends intercepted and
the flght ended. Mr. Cheshire was
taken to a drug store to have his i
wounds dressed. He bled profusely.
Late this afternoon Messrs. Tolly and
Muldrow were arrested on warrants i
charging assault and battery with Intent
to kill. The affidavits were sign- i
ed by Mr. Cheshire. They were ad- i
mitted to bail in the sum of $500 each
by Magistrate Wilson. The flght has ,
been the chief topic of conversation
here today and tonight. The article
in the Intelligencer, which brought on
the difficulty appeared last Friday,
and was as follows: "Members of ,
city council believed that the people
of the city would be taken off their
feet when their many resolutions appeared
in Wednesday afternoon's ,
Mail. They believed that everybody
was in the dark as to their action on
the night before and thought that the
editor of the Intelligencer would be
as much surprised when he read the 1
resolutions as anyone else, for hardly
a half dozen people outside of members
of council knew anything about
their action. But instead of the edi- (
tor of the Intelligencer being taken olT .
his feet, he took council off their feet
by following up their article with a
short card that knocked the wind out
of their arguments. One of the hire- lings
of the administration, a hooknosed
'attorney' of the city who finds
It necessary to hold the office of mag- >
lstrate in order to make a living, grabs g
an evening paper, rushes to a near {
relative, and from there rushes to Mr. (
J. S. Fowler and attempts to get him ,
to say something that would put us
in a bad light. He met with a cold
reception, and after spending about a .
couple of hours there, the editor of the
Intelligencer suddenly hove in
sight when someone remarked 'here c
comes V. B. Cheshire.' He had pressing
business elsewhere and hastily
departed. Here is the nut, and we
crack it. The near relative has been
mentioned for mayor and the attorney-magistrate
would like mighty
well to be city attorney. That it from
us, neither will land and this butting
In of the would-be city attorney is
time lost to him."
? Union special of March 11 to Spartanburg
Journal: Governor Cole L.
Blease addressed a crowd of about
1,000 people on Main street in front of
the hotel in this city Saturday afternoon
after the session of the district
convention of Red Men, which had
been held In the opera house. Cover- *
nor Blease received a great deal of
applause, as he has many supporters
in this section, different ones shouting
out during his speech: "Go to it Tou
will be governor twenty-five years If
you want to." "Pardon more people."
"Tell us about it," and sentences of
like nature. The spr jch lasted fortyfive
minutes and during it he talked on
the subjects that he has been treating
in his speeches for some time. He devoted
particular attention to his vetoes
of many items of the appropriation
bill, saying that he said "No,"
when It came to spending $8,000 in
pulling in a ueaung {iiu.ui in wit: negro
college, declaring that he wax
against doing this for the "beautiful
black-faced doll babies," when many
white teachers and pupils in this state
had to do without such things and the
taxpayers are paying for them. He said
that he was against the appoint- *
ment of a state insurance Inspector, a
railroad inspector and a state geologist.
He asserted that he had been
fought from every side, but that he
had kept his temper and had kept cool.
In his introductory remarks he refer-.
red to the fact that he would have
been a great governor had he taken
some.of the politicians and "Spanish
Incubators" and "mixed breeds" into
his cabinet, but that he had been
elected by the people and not by the
press and Intended to do his duty, irrespective
of what the press said. In ^
speaking of exercising his pardoning ^
power, the governor alluded to an incident
when Senator Tillman, then
governor, was speaking. A little boy
was near him and every now and then
during the speech the child asked:
"Didn't you pardon him?" At last
Governor Tillman said to the boy,
"Yes, and if he had not been pardoned
by Jesus Christ he would be In hell."
Governor Blease used this as a text
with which to say that his Idea was
to give men a chance to make good,
for if he kept them in prisons or penitentiaries
they might die without having
a desire to better themselves and
would go to hell; whereas, if they are
pardqned, they might become better TP
citizens. "If you don't want a man
pardoned, don't send petitions down
there with your names to them. As
it is, petitions come to my office with
the names of the highest and lowest
signed to them, all begging for executive
clemency, for which I am after- ^
ward abused." He cited an instance
of how in Spartanburg a negro had
been convicted of something and sent.
to the penitentiary and six months
later it was found that he was Innocent.
Governor Blease said that he
thought the negro should be compensated
for six months' labor. He criticized
the legislators, saying that they
had been unfair to him, particularly
In passing bills over his veto. At this
point some one called out, "How about
Bob Hamilton?" "Bob Hamilton is
o. k.," replied the governor, "and If
South Carolina had more men like j
him In the legislature there would be m
better laws Dassed and they would be S |
more strictly enforced." Governor
Blease emphasized the fact that he
was In the race for re-election as governor;
that he intended to stand by
his friends; that none others need apply.
for he would not appoint them to
offices unless nominated in the prl- "Wmaries.
He*spoke of democracy, and
said that It meant honesty and
straightforwardness In dealing with
your fellow men. He declared that he
saw Improvements in Union, both material
and moral; that when he first
came to Union it was to trade horses.
The streets at that time were terrible,
but now they were as good as any In ^
the state. He emphasized the Import* '
ance of getting registration tickets and
attending party meetings.
THE PINE BEETLE.
Unless Destroyed, It Will Do a Lot ft
Mors Damage.
Washington, March 2.?The following
circular letter to the newspapers
has been issued from the office of the
secretary of agriculture.
Warning!
The southern pine beetle killed an
enormous amount of pine throughout
the south last summer and measure
tor its control are being carried on by
a large number of timber owners in
the south.
It will, in all probability, kill much
more pine this summer in localities
where measures are not being taken
for its control.
There are no beetles in the dead ~
trees from which the needles have
fallen.
The beetles are now spending the
winter in the bark of the dying trees
from which the needles have not yet
fallen.
This bark must be destroyed by:
Burning as cord wood, or
Sawing up the trees as lumber and
burning the slabs with the bark on, or
Stripping the bark from the mair ^
trunks of the trees and burning it . V
Tops and lapwood may be dlsre
Kcu ucu.
The work should be completed before
May 1st, unless otherwise recommended.
Do It Now?And Save the Pine. ^
? Lawrence, Mass., March 10: Although
leaders In the textile workers"
strike express the belief that the end
is close at hand, with a considerable
victory for the strikers already assured
by the granting of general Increases
in wages, there was no let-up
today In preparations for continuing
the struggle. Speakers at nearly a
score of meetings laid stress upon the
necessity of maintaining their
strength. The leaders planned to
have more pickets on duty tomorrow
than at any time since the strike was
begun, two months ago. A strikers'
committee will probably meet the
American Woolen company officials
in Boston tomorrow. The increase of
7 1-2 per cent of wages, announced by
this company, finds favor with the
strikers generally, but the leaders
want to know In terms of dollars and
cents the operation of the maximum
and minimum provisions of the new
scale. President Wood Is expected to \
furnish these figures at the conference.
The premium system also
stands in the way of an immediate
settlement, but although the strikers
have demanded Its abolition, they are
understood to be agreeable to a modification
of the plan. A settlement be- T
tween the American Woolen company
and its striking employes will be followed
probably by an agreement taking
in practically all the mills. Tomorrow
will mark the opening of the
ninth week of the strike. From the
first the strike has been marked by
rioting and sensational incidents. Two
persons have been killed.
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AT THE CHURCHES.
EPISCOPAL. Service
on Wednesday evening: at 8 t
j'clock.
PRESBYTERIAN.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening
at 7.30 o'clock.
TRINITY METHODIST. ^
Prayer meeting on Thursday evenhg
at 7.30 o'clock.
ASSOCIATE REFORMED
Prayer meeting on Wednesday af:ernoon
at 4 o'clock,
t
Special Uoiices.
Address By Dr. Snyder.
Rev. Dr. Snyder of Wofford college, ^
vill address the York County Bible f
loclety In the Presbyterian church on
Sunday night, 17th Instant, at 7.30
t'clock. 2t
$he (Cotton JRarhet.
Yorkvllle, March 12.?Good middling
:otton, 10| cents.