Scraps and |acts.
? Seagirt, N. J.. AuguBt 21: Six hundred
babies in go-carts, doll coaches,
miniature wagons and floats, decorated
to catch the eye of a score of
judges, passed in review today before
Gov. Woodrow Wilson in the annual
baby parade at Asbury Park. The governor
was enthusiastically applauded
as he entered the enclosure where the
show was held. Massive stands had
been erected for a distance of a half
mile where thousands of people were
seated. As the babies passed single file
before the judges' stand where the governor
sat. his attention was attracted
by a little fellow who was perched on
the protruding ears of a Bull Moose.
Charles Joseph Hoffman of Asbury
Park, a year old. rode the animal and
wore a rough rider costume. The mother
who wheeled the float stopped It In
front of the governor. He leaned over
and shook hands, while the crowd cheered.
Another "insurgent baby," as the
governor phased it, was a little fellow In
fireman's costume who drew a diminutive
hook and ladder, but passed the
stand red-faced and in tears clinging
to his mother's dress and kicking his
feet. One baby was decorated with a
color-band that read, "Win with Wilson."
The governor waved to a half
dozen little fellows, representing the
Olympic athletes. They won the first
prize, a big gold cup. The governor
waved to a half-stand once and walked
across the road to the throne where the
queen of the event sat She was Miss
Hazel Manners. The governor greeted
the queen while the crowd cheered.
? London, August 21: The Rev. "William
Booth, general and commanderin-chief
of the SaJvation army, passed
away at 10.13 o'clock last night. He
was born in Nottingham in 1829. The
veteran Salvation Army leader was unconscious
for forty-eight hours previous
to his death. The medical bulletins
had not revealed the seriousness
of the general's condition, which for a
week past it is now admit' ed was hopeless.
Twelve weeks ago General Booth
underwent an operation for the removal
of a cataract in his left eye. For two
days after the operation indications
justified the hope of the general's recovery'.
Then, however, septic poisoning
set in and from that time, with the
exception of occasional rallies, the patient's
health steadily declined. The
general recognized that the end was
near and often spoke of his work as
being finished. In the presence of all
the Salvation Army commissioners and
the principal officers in London at the
International headquarters on Queen
Victoria street. General Booth's testoyment,
intrusted to the army's solicitor
twenty-two years ago, appointing the
late commander-in-chiefs son, Bramwell
Booth, to succeed him, was opened
today and read. Bramwell Booth,
who has been chief of staff of the Salvation
Army since 1880, accepted the
succession formally with much feeling.
His speech was a prayer and the Scriptural
reading was followed by an impressive
service. Mrs. Bramwell Booth
and Mrs. Booth-Helberd, and other
well-known army leaders were among
the participants. General Booth's funeral
will be held on the afternoon of
August 29 at Abney Park cemetery, in
Stoke-New Inglon, where his wife is
buried. The funeral procession from 1
the International headquarters which
will pass through some of the principal
thoroughfares of the city will start at
noon. Many thousands of persons are
expected to participate in the funeral
service for the army, which will be held
on the preceding night at the great hall
of Olympia which has been chosen for
its spaciousness. King George was one
of the first to telegraph his condolences
to the bereaved family. Messages also
were received from Premier Asquith,
the archbishop of Canterbury and other
prelates of the Church of England;
the lord mayor of London. Sir Thomas ,
B. Crosby; the earl of Meath, and the
earl of Aberdeen and many others, in- j
eluding representatives of all the Pro- (
testant creeds and prominent persons
of the Jewish faith.
?'Washington, August 22: Unde- '
terred by projected senate resolutions
regarding the constitutionality of the
landing of American sailors and marines
in Nicaragua the navy department
today dispatched preemptory orders
to navy yards on two sides of the
continent to rush reinforcements to the
naval forces now located far in the interior
of the insurrection-torn country.
Pear that the forces there now are in
danger of annihiliation at the hands of
the insurgents prompted the order.
Government officials are satisfied that
they are acting completely within their
rights in landing the sailors and marines,
and that this does not constitute
an act of war such as can*only be authorized
by congress. The official basis
for this contention rests upon several
grounds. In the first place the
titular government of Nicaragua and
the only one recognized by the United
States has formally requested American
Minister Weitzel, Capt. Terhune,
commanding the gunboat Annapolis,
and Capt. Durell of the gunboat Taeoma
to employ their forces to protect
foreign lives and property, which the
Nicaraguan government frankly admitted
it could not itself do. In the
second place, the state and navy departments
are able to point to precedents
where both troops and naval
forces have been landed to protect
American interests where a state of
anarchy was threatened or the local
authorities were unable to guarantee
protection for foreigners. Attention is
called to the fact that a large detachment
of American soldiers is now quartered
on Chinese soil, protecting the
railroad from Tsinan Fe to Peking. The
chief reason, however, for the order is
that at Managua is a force of several
hundred American bluejackets and marines
who are trying to prevent the
commission of an act of savagery and
barbarism in violation of all rules of
civilized warfare in the capture and
sacking and pillaging of a city filled
with non-combatants including women
and children. The American force !.s
small compared with the besieging rebel
army and the officials are not dis- i
posed to split hairs over constitutional
questions while these American lives
are in danger of annihiliation. From
Minister Weitzel's reports and those
of the naval captains, though fragmentary
and delayed, the state department
concluded that there is need of heavy
rtri(iiorveiiieuia m iMuamgua muu^u n,
is believed that Col. Smedley D. Butler,
the commanding: officer of the shore
forces, can handle the situation until
the reinforcements reach h'rn.
? On evidence unexpectedly strenglhened
by the testimony of Sam Shepps
and "Jack" Zelig, the East Side gang
leader, the grand jury today reindicted
Police Lieut. Charles Becker for the
murder of Herman Rosenthal and hand- ;
ed down also the expected indictments
against six of his alleged tools, the four
gunmen accused of actually doing the
shooting. They are "Gyp, the Blood,"
and "Lefty Louie" who are still at
large; "Dago Frank" Cirofici, and
"Whitey" Lewis, now in the Tombs:
Jack Sullivan, who is alleged to have
given the "murder signal," and William
Shapiro, driver of the "murder car."
Sam Shepps, who was before the jury
two hours, did even more toward implicating
Becker in the murder plot
than had been anticipated by District
Attorney Whitman who expected no
more than a corroboration of the story
told by Jack Rose. Jack Zelig also supported
Rose's story, it was learned. Zelig
told of happenings before the murder
tending to show the alleged determination
of Becker to get rid of Rosenthal
and Shepps related events after
the murder which pointed back to
the police officer's alleged preparations
to carry out his determination. Shepps
told the jury, it was learned, that he
acted as a go-between for Rose and
Becker, while Rose was in hiding at
the home of Harry Pollok. He also repeated
his dealings with Becker and
Rose alsiut the murder and it was this
testimonv whieh came as unexpected
news to the grand jury and the district
attorney. The prosecutor believes this
evidence has materially strengthened
Rose's story that Becker was instigator
of the murder. Zelig's testimony
was a story of how Becker attempted
to get him into his power and to take
part in the murder plot. All Zelig had
to do with it. he said, was to recommend
to Jack Rose gunmen who would
do the "job." How Becker "framed" up
the charge of carrying concealed weapons
was the gang leader's first chapter,
and in support of his charge that
Becker's men "planted" a gun on him.
five witnesses testified that Zelig when
arrested in an East Bide restaurant demanded
that he b*> publicly searched.
The demand was refused, hater Rose
had come to him, Zelig said, and told
him Becker wanted Rosenthal put out
of the way and would Zelig kindly furnish
the men to kill him. In return,
Becker would have the charge against
him quashed. Zelig's reply, he said,
was that he would have nothing to do
with the murder himself, but he did
suggest the names of men who would
do the "Job." The sum of $10,000 was
then put up with a surety company by
Rose, Vallon and Webber, for a bail
bond releasing Zelig, which, according
to the witness, he continued was by
orders from the police lieutenant. More
of Becker's bank deposits came to light
today. On April 24 Becker deposited
$2,000 in the bank for savings, and on
April 25 his wife deposited $2,000 in the
Franklin Savings Bank, bringing the
total of the police officer's deposits to
the neighborhood of $90,000. Rumors
that Becker was prepared to make con fession
were denied tonight by John F.
Mclntyre of his counsel. "Becker will
not say a word of any kind to anybody
in connection with his case until he
takes the witness stand in his own, defense,"
said the lawyer.
?hf ^orkriltc inquirer.
Rntered at the Postc.fflce In Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORXVILLE. f. O.i
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1912.
Now it is all over but the voting and
Tuesday will demonstrate which side
is the strongest.
If wishes were horses, the beggars
would ride and if estimates were ballots
anybody could elect a governor.
There is very little ginger in the national
campaign up to this time. In fact
it seems to be proceeding more slowly
than usual.
From the good order that prevailed
at Greenville yesterday, it is to be presumed
that all of that $5,000 appropriated
was not expended.
It will be a great relief when the
people are allowed to get down to business
again free from the demoralizing
effects of political campaigns.
The King-Wilson incident was not
mentioned at Greenville, the understanding
being that the governor was
especially requested not to refer to it.
Some of the Jones newspapers are
enough to drive their readers into voting
for the other fellow.?Greenville
News.
In this day of intense partisanship, it
is Indeed refreshing to be reminded
that there is some good common sense
left.
Hon. Hooper Alexander, the Prohibition
candidate for governor of Georgia,
received quite a small vote in the
election Wednesday. He did not enter
the campaign until late; but the fact
remains that while Georgia is a Prohibition
state, she has never elected a
Prohibition candidate for governor.
So the campaign wound up witn
both candidates discussing their respective
platforms. How much better
it would have been for the state had
the whole campaign been so conducted.
The state would not have been
turned up side down in any such manner.
And after Tuesday, especially if the
gubernatorial contest be settled, it is
to be hoped that the newspapers may
throw off their character of political
organs and become their old selves
again. The man who subscribes for a
newspaper for the purpose of getting
the sober truth is surely getting tired
of all the bitter partisan stuff he has
been obliged to read during the past
few months.
That is a shocking story that Bald
Jack Rose tells of the murder of Rosenthal,
and that it will be read with
very general interest we have no doubt.
But if people would get the full value
of disclosures like this they would do
well not to fail into the idea that such
things can only happen in far away
New York. Similar things occur nearer
home, and the people who pull them
off usually belong to classess in their
respective communities that are as far
from suspicion as police officials should
be.
While the records may show that
congress has previously remained in
session so long during an election
year, we have no recollection of such
a thing. The principal reason, of
course, for this prolonged session, is
not so much the requirements of business
as the exigencies of politics.
Both sides are striving for advantage
in the campaign leading up to the November
election. When congress adinnrnc
tho njimrmlcrn will honnmp hnt
right.
We had determined to allow nothing
in the nature of political attack
in this issue of The Enquirer, as an
advertisement or otherwise, on anybody.
for the reason that there would
be no opportunity for the party attacked
to make reply. We are very
glad to be able to state that nothing
in the nature of an attack has been
submitted. We have thrown out several
political communications, handed
in by enthusiastic individuals who expected
the same to be printed free of
charge; but that is all.
The Yorkville Enquirer has been
through more than a score of political
campaigns and according to the records,
the salvation of the state has
been involved in nearly all of them.
Sometimes The Enquirer has been so
deeply interested as to feel that if its
side should lose, all would become a
blank. At times it has won and at other
times it has lost; but if there has
ever been any material effect on the
welfare of the state except a steady
advance in progress, we do not remember
it. Whichever side wins in
this coming election, some of us will
be lifted up and some will be cast
down; but the wheels of progress will
not be stayed.
Just how he escaped without our
knowledge, we cannot say: but he did.
Mr. August Kohn, former president
i>f the South Carolina Press Association
is in Europe. Surely there was
something in the papers when he sailed:
but we overlooked it. The editor
of The Enquirer has a personal letter
from Mr. Kohn, dated Hotel favour,
Milan, Italy, August 12, and from this
letter It appears that he and Mrs. Kohn
are spending a part of the summer In
Europe. The many friends of Mr. and
Mrs. Kohn sincerely hope that they are
having a delightful vacation; but that
goes without saying, for it could not be
any other way than that they are happ
y themselves in making it pleasant
for everybody with whom they are
coming in contact.
The question of enrollment at two
or more Democratic clubs is being
raised, and Chairman Evans of the
state Democratic executive committee,
says this should not be done.
Chairman Evans Is right. Each Democrat
should be enrolled but once and
he should vote at the club precinct to
which he belongs. As a matter of
fact, however, double enrollment has
been common for years. We could
not cite a case where a man has voted
twice; but it has not been an unusual
thing for a voter belonging to one club
to enroll with another club where he
expects to be on election day. But
this is not the only looseness about the
club system. A voter Is not required
to see to his own enrollment. Anybody
may have him enrolled with or
without his consent, and he may be
enrolled at two or more clubs through
no fault of his own. There Is real
need for a tightening up of the rules
of the primary all along the line.
In Its last issue the Gaffney Ledger
published what it called'a "resume of
the political situation" up to that
time, and referring to the attitude of
the newspapers, said:
The Yorkvllle Enquirer, so we are
Informed, supports him [Governor
Blease] because of spite toward Judge
Jones, who had something to do with
a lawsuit in which the elder Mr. Grist
was bested by the Baptists of Yorkvllle
and Rev. Tillman R. Gaines, late
of this county.
The first the editor of The Enquirer
saw of this was a vague, Insinuating
reference in the Anderson Daily Mail
sometime ago. The editor of The Enquirer
did not understand what it
meant then any better than he does
now and dismissed it with the contempt
he thought it deserved. The
editor of The Enquirer has but little
knowledge of the lawsuit referred to.
and most of that little knowledge has
been acquired since the appearance of
the Insinuation in the Anderson Dally
Mail. If Judge Jones had anything
to do with the case at all the editor of
The Enquirer Is not even yet aware of
the fact. The editor of The Enquirer
has never harbored any unkindly feeling
toward Judge Jones and harbors
no such feeling now. Why anybody
should print about us an insinuation
so completely without foundation in
either reason or fact as the above, we
are at a loss to understand.
ANOTHER TILLMAN LETTER.
Whether it Will be Made Public Depends
on Circumstances.
Washington, Aug. 20.?Senator Tillman,
when informed by the Herald's
correspondent of a report current in
Spartanburg tonight that he had written
a letter to a Spartanburg man stating
that Governor Blease is "eminently
qualified" to be governor of South
Carolina, said In part:
"Yes, I wrote such a letter to a
Spartanburg man, in the strictest confidence,
and cautioned him not to let
it get into print. I am surprised to
learn that It has leaked out. T ran onlv
say that no friend of Governor Blease
will be willing: for the whole letter to
be published. I have tried to keep out
of this fight, but I have had so many
letters written me, especially by Blease
friends, that it is hard to keep out of
it. I am not ready to make this Spartanburg
letter public yet, but if a misleading
portion of it has been given
out, as seems to be the case from your
telegram, I may have to make the
whole letter public In self-defense."
Seator Tillman is unwilling to say
more tonight in this connection, but intimated
that the letter referred to
would be given out in a day or two if
he learned definitely that it is being
improperly used to misrepresent his
full expressions. It may be said with
certainty that the letter, if published,
will create the sensation of the campaign
thus far.
An interview of Senator Tillman,
committed to writing between the first
and second primaries in 1910, but
withdrawn by him before publication,
is known" to be in existence in South
Carolina, and will probably be printed
in Anderson tomorrow. One sentence
of that interview is to the effect that
"It is the devil's choice between Blease
and Featherstone for governor."?T. H.
Daniel.
From several sources word came to
the Herald last evening that Mr. Harrison
Ferguson, of this city, who is
connected with the firm of Farley &
Askin, had received a letter from Senator
Tillman in which Senator Tillman
made the statement that Cole L.
Blease was "eminently qualified" to
be governor.
Supporters of Governor Blease in
Spartanburg made capital of the report
that Tillman had endorsed Blease, and
the letter was much discussed on the
streets.
It was said that Judge Ira B. Jones
would be confronted with the letter at
the Greenville campaign meeting on
Thursday and asked to produce the
$100 reward which he had offered to
anybody who could get Senator Tillman
to say that Blease was eminently
qualified to be governor.
It will be remembered that Senator
Tillman wrote a letter to Mr. J. L.
Sims, editor of the Orangeburg Times
and Democrat, not long ago, in which
the senator said the charge that Jones
favored aocial equality between white
people and negroes was ridiculous, and
that Jones was eminently qualified to
be governor.
Judge Jones subsequently, in several
campaign speches, made the offer of
$100 for similar endorsement of Blease
by Tillman.
Senator Tillman stated soon afterward
that he was being overwhelmed
with letters from persons asking hlni
to endorse Blease, but the senator did
not commit himself.
When Mr. Ferguson was found at
his home last night and asked to comment
on the report, he said:
"The letter received from Senator
Tillman was of a personal nature;
hence I do not care to discuss the
same."?Spartanburg Herald.
What's the Matter With the Moon??
The queer and mysterious exhibition
that the fickle moon is giving in this
section each night in the southern
skies continues to be an unexplained
phenomenon for which no adequate
cause has thus far been assigned by local
sages and star-gazers and their ilk.
The moon last night as on the night
previous presented the same strange
appearance?the southern or lower tip
of the crescent being as neatly and
symmetrically nipped off as if the
work had been done by some expert
with compass and dividers in an architect's
office.
Why the lower end of the crescent
moon should possess this appearance
has not yet been pointed out and many
people last night viewed the strange
sight with mingled feelings of interest
and some suggestion of something gone
awry in the celestial regions. It has
not been reported whether this peculiarity
has been noted in other sections
or not. but as it has been seen on two
successive evenings here for six hours
at a time, and nobody has offered a
plausible solution of the appearance,
the moon continues to be the cynosure
of many eyes each night. Some have
thought that the low southern latitude
in which the moon is traveling for two
or three days before returning to higher
latitudes, may explain the phenomenon
but no definite explanation has
yet been offered.?Charlotte Chronicle.
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8. ,
Hickory Grove Realty Co.?Offers a 1
number of valuable tracts of farm
lands In the vicinity of Hickory
Grove. Also town property. i
Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Wants parties
who expect to make molasses '
to see It for mills and evaporators.
McConnells?Has a special offering of
men's silk and knit ties at 10 cents
each.
York Supply Co.?Has a full line of
building materials including Iron
roofing. Seeds for cover crops.
Herndon & Gordon?Increase their
orders for bread in order to supply
the growing demand. A word about
the contents of their Ice box.
J. Q. Wray?Has a variety of special
offerings for tomorrow and Monday
and also has special ten minute
sales for these days.
Star Theatre?Presents an attractive
moving picture programme for this
evening.
Committee?Invites the public to a
Sunday school picnic at Harmony
church next Thursday.
National Union Bank?Suggests that
you do your own banking instead of
letting some one else do it for you.
pvionrts nf RIpssp?Publish a card In
reply to the one hundred reasons as
published by the Jones ' publicity
bureau.
Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Is making a
showing of new laces and wants the
ladies to see them.
First National Bank. Yorkville?Reminds
you that it always takes care
of its customers and wants your account
on its books.
Cloud Cash Store?Sells the Thompson
glove fitting line of corsets and
guarantees every one of them.
There is a lot of good road work going
on In all parts of the county, the
various township supervisors putting
in their best efforts.
The Hickory Grove people entertained
all the candidates at their homes
yesterday, as usual. They have been
doing this for many ears past.
While there is no good reason to predict
such a thing for next Tuesday, it
is a fact that many of the first primary
election days during a good many years
past have been marked by heavy rainstorms.
It gives The Enquirer pleasure to
note the activity in Rock Hill and vicinity
in behalf of the King's Mountain
and Bethel storm sufferers as reported
by the Herald, and we sincerely hope
that this is but the beginning of a larger
and wider movement that will result in
material assistance to tl\e farmers and
others who have been so sorely strick- i
en. There
is some open cotton being reported
from different parts of the
county but not enough to amount to a
great deal. The concensus of opinion
is that the cotton crop is about two
weeks late and it Is probable that the (
first bale will not be reported until after
September 1. The first bale of last
year's crop was bought on the Yorkville
market on August 23.
While the rules of the party require
that the voter vote for the proper number
of candidates to fill any given office,
let It be remembered that the voter can
scratch all the candidates for any office,
or any one candidate for any office
without losing the balance of his
ticket. There is no Jumping allowed.
That means to vote for four representatives
and two county commissioners,
neither more nor less. If a man votes
for only three representatives or five,
he loses that part of his ticket applying
to representatives only. The same rule
applies to county commissioner. But
every voter has the right to scratch
those for whom he does not desire to
vote, whether they have opposition or
not, and the balance of the ticket, if It
Is properly made out will have to be
counted.
ELECTION NEWS.
The next issue of The Enquirer will
be held back for the election news and
will not be put on the press until sometime
early Wednesday morning.
We are perfecting arrangements to
get complete returns from the county
during Tuesday evening and night, and
hope also to give some news in the next
paper that will indicate the results in
the state.
GENEROUS MR. FINLEY.
The following letter from Hon. D. E.
Finley with enclosure, was received
this morning by specla4 delivery:
UNITED STATES.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Committee on Printing.
Washington, D. C., August 19, 1912.
Mr. W. D. Grist,
Yorkvllle, S. C.
Dear Dave:
I enclose you check for J100 as a
contribution to the fund for the Clover .
storm sufferers. In addition to this, I <
have written Mr. P. L. Williamson, who
has charge of my Tlrzah place to send
fifty bushels of oats and twenty or
twenty-five bushels of wheat.
Yours as ever,
D. E. Finley.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Trade has been quite dull during
the past week or two.
? Quite a heavy windstorm swept
over Yorkvllle Wednesday evening
shortly before sundown; but there was
no serious damage.
? The Ladies Aid society of the Associate
Reformed church entertained 1
the congregation at a reception at the 1
home of the pastor, Rev. J. L. Oates,
last Wednesday night from 6 to 9
o'clock. About a hundred members of 1
the congregation were present, probably
a few more. Refreshments were
served and altogether the evening was
most pleasantly spent.
? Mr. J. Q. Wray brought In an open ,
boll of cotton from his farm about two
miles west of Yorkville this morning.
He says that he has five acres that
look like they ought to make eight
bales. He has other acres that promise
an average of a bale to the acre, and '
still others that do not promise so well. (
As to whether he would be able to get
out his first bale by September 1 he was .
unable to say. It would depend on
weather and labor conditions. ,
VOTE OF TWO YEARS AGO.
The vote of York county two years J
ago as between Messrs. Blease and
F'eatherstone was as follows:
* eatherBlease
stone, j
Bethel 31 59
Bethany 77 45 ]
Blalrsvillo 33 48 ;
Bullock's Creek.... 24 28 i
Clover 148 118 ,
Coates's Tavern .... 22 #78 j
Ebenezer 9 50 i
Fort Mill 179 89 '
Forest Hill 31 29
Hickory Grove .... 44 116 i
McConnellsville .... 36 71 ]
Newport 25 22 i
Ogden 53 26 |
Piedmont 16 16
Rock Hill No. 1 295 268 ,
Rook Hill No. 2 .. .. 222 188
Sharon 35 69
Smyrna 56 40,
Tlrzah 47 30
Yorkville No. 1 145 211
Yorkvillo No. 2 142 147
1670 1748 (
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Eleanor Rold of Gastonia, is the
&uest of Miss Anna Lewis in Yorkville.
Mr. S. C. Wood of the Thomson Co.,
left this week for the northern markets.
Miss Margurite Smith, of Shelby, is
the guest of Mrs. J. R. Killian in Yorkville.
Miss Birrle Stacy of Clover, is the
guest of Mrs. C. Hi Smith on Yorkville
R. F. D. 4.
Mr. Earle McCollough of Wilklnsville,
is visiting the family of Mr. J. P. White
in Yorkville.
Rev. C. B. Betts of Columbia, Tenn.,
is visiting his father, Mr. J. W. Betts
on Yorkville, R. F. D. 3.
Mrs. Walter Ferguson of Lesslie Is
visiting the family of Mr. J. W. Betts
on Yorkville, R. F. D. 3.
Miss Florence Cody, who has been
visiting In and around Hendersonville,
N. C., has returned to Yorkville.
Mr. Oscar Irvln *f Phoenix. Ariz.,
and Misses Zelda and Lois Long of ?
Gastonla spent Wednesday with Mrs. 1
J. R. Kilian In Yorkvllle. i
' Miss Miriam White, who has been '
spending several weeks with relatives 1
In Wllklnscille, returned to her home in (
Yorkvllle, last night.
Miss Annie Lou Dickson of Columbia, .
came up Monday to spend two weeks :
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John C.
Dickson, of Yorkvllle, No. 1.
Mrs. John Sherrel, of Weldon. Ark., |
Mrs. W. T. Cole, of Durham, N. C., i
Miss Maude Drummond of Little Rock, i
Ark., and Mr. Ed Estos of Rutherford,
N. C., have been visiting the family of 1
Mr. J. A. Ratteree, on Yorkvllle, No. 1.
FOR THE STORM SUFFERERS. '
The subscription for the relief of the
storm sufferers, including those al- <
ready acknowledged now stands as follows:
Senator B. R. Tillman $ 50 00 <
H. E. Neil, Yorkvllle 25 00 <
Yorkvllle Enquirer 25 00 <
McK. Grant, Charleston 20 00
Col. A. Coward, Yorkvllle 5 00
J. R. Halle, Fort Mill 5 00
J. M. Williford. No. 7 Yorkvllle 5 00
J. S. Glasscock. Catawba . 5 00
Dr. W. M. Love, Chester 5 00
J. F. Carson, No. 3 Yorkvllle .. 5 00
Louis Roth, Yorkvllle 5 00
J. H. Coltharp, Fort Mill 5 00 i
W. E. Sanders, No. 3 Yorkvllle 5 00 '
G. A. Gettys, Roddey 2 00
W. E. Gettys, No. 7 Yorkvllle .. 2 00
W. H. Hoover, Richmond 5 00
Rock Hill Fertilizer Co 25 00
J. E. Swearlngen 2 00
Dr. Thos. N. Dulln, Bethel .... 5 00
W. L. Hill, Sharon 10 00
Hugh G. Brown, Yorkvllle .... 25 00 1
D. E. Flnley 100 00
D. El Flnley?50 bushels of oats and 13
bushels of wheat
J. Bolivar Scott, No. 3, Yorkvllle?5
bushels of oats.
FOR THE STORM SUFFERER8.
Quite a lively movement has been
started In Rock Hill and on the
eastern side of the county for the relief
of the people In the northern part
of the county who suffered so severely
as the result of the recent destructive
storm. The Rock Hill Herald of yesterday
has the following:
The Peoples' National Bank, through
the efforts of Cashier Charles L. Cobb
has started a fund for the people of
Clover and the surrounding country
whose property was damaged by the
cyclone and hailstorm, recently. It Is
the Intention of the Peoples' Bank to
try to raise a large fund here for these
sufferers, many of rfhom lost their entire
crops, and are In a precarious condition
from a financial standpoint. Contributions
will be received at the bank
and the people of this city and section
are earnestly requested to contribute
liberally to the fund. Mr. Cobb started
the fund this morning, seeing only a
few citizens, and every man approached
made a contribution. Mr. Cobb, however,
will not be able to see everybody
In person and requests that those desiring
to contribute send their money
to the bank or call there and leave lb
Funds contributed In various sections
of the country are being received by a
committee in Yorkvllle but the people
living In this section will find it more
convenient to contribute through the
bank here.
The largest contributor to the fund
for the Clover sufferers, so far as the
Herald is aware is Congressman Finley
who on yesterday forwarded his
check for $100 for this purpose.
The contributions made here this
morning and the gentlemen contributing
are as follows:
Peoples' National Bank $35 00
Rock Hill Buggy Company .. .. 25 00
J. M. Cherry 25 00
A Freidhcim & Rro 10 00
Neely-Marshall Mule Co 10 00
N. B. Williams 10 00
V. B. McFadden 5 00
B. H. Massey 5 00
Roy M. Nell 5 00
T. L. Johnston 10 00
J. B. Johnson . 10 00
C. L. Cobb 10 00
Mr. Faris Raising Fund.
Mr. S. S. Faris, who lives about six
miles northwest of the city, started to
Boliclt subscriptions for the people of
the Clover section this morning and
at noon had secured something over
$40 in cash for their relief. Mr. Faris
stated that he thought someone In his
section ought to start the movement
ana ne iook a aay on ana Degan wora.
THE ARMY WORM.
Prof. Edmund H. Gibson, entomologist
of the United States department
of agriculture, was In Yorkvllle last
Wednesday, having come to look Into
the recent appearance of army worms
In the cornfield of Mr. R. T. Allison on
the eastern outskirts of town, and
while here he called upon The Enquirer.
Prof. Gibson said that there was no
doubt about the fact that the worm
which attacked Mr. Allison's corn was
the genuine army worm; but' the injury
that it did was comparatively small
because the com was so young at the
beginning of the attack. At first?at
the time mention was made of the matter
in The Enquirer?it looked as if
this cornfield had been ruined; but according
to Prof. Gibson's estimate the
Injury will not amount to more than
15 per cent, if that.
Speaking of the life history of the
army worm, Prof. Gibson said that the
insect first makes its apearance in the
form of a moth, in which stage it is
harmless so far as effect on vegetation
is concerned. It eats nothing and destroys
nothing; but it lays thousands of
eggs, on blades of grass, weeds, etc
These eggs hatch in from 5 to 6 days
and develop into tiny worms of variable
color from light brown to black.
Attaching themselves to vegetation,
preferably succulent crops, the worms
grow rapidly until they attain a length
and the size of a lead pencil. They
partake in a measure of the color of
the plant on which they happen to be
feeding; but their skin contains enough
pigment to preserve their original color.
Upon attaining their full size, regardless
of the supply of vegetation
available, the worms go down into the
ground about two inches, pass through
crysalis stage in from 7 to 10 days
nn?1 a/mvi/\ nllf no mnfKo n nr<l In TVlOlf
tuiu vuiiic uui UO IIIUIUO ngaiu. iiicj
repeat the process from three to four
times in a season, moving from farm
to farm with each new brood. The
moths from the worms that attacked
Mr. Allison's corn patch recently, are
now about due to make their appearance
again and the people of the adJoining
farms are warned to be on the
lookout for them.
The best way to exterminate the army
worm, says Prof. Gibson, is by the
use of powdered arsenate of lead. Immediately
upon the location of a new
brood, it is a good idea to cut down a
belt of whatever crop they may happen
to be on, the belt entirely surrounding
the worms and then powder
the belt material with arsenate of lead,
[n this way the worms may be killed |
with the least spreading. Prof. Gibson
Bays that peas, hay qr other forage 1
powdered with arsenate of lead will be I
safe to feed within twenty-five days j
after the powdering. !
Prof. Gibson says his headquarters I
are in Charlotte for the present and he i
will be glad to answer any call that <
may be made for his services from '
either North or South Carolina. <
THE ELECTION. 1
The state canvass was wound up at 1
Greenville yesterday, the county can- I
vaBs will wind up at Yorkville tomorrow
and the primary election will be ,
held on next Tuesday. (
As the day of the election approaches ,
the activities of the candidates and j
their friends usually Increases, and ,
from now until Tuesday campaign dope {
will flow thick and fast. s
There is a large number of people j
who do their own voting. They have 4
bad their minds made up for days, if {
not for weeks or months and it is pret- ,
ty generally understood by the election {
workers that it is not worth while ^
tampering with those. The number of t
this class of voters has been inereas- ,
ing every year and there are more of j
them now than there has ever been; t
but still there is a sufficient number of j
jnsettled, uncertain voters, to make (
jlection day.activity worth while and f
:his activity will be carried on as usu- .
il. f
The concensus of opinion among the
'andidates to whom the writer has
alked Is that the canvass of the couny
has disclosed less interest in the a
rounty candidates than usual. There 1
las not been a great deal of expression 1
is to any of the different contests; It s
has been much of a puzzle to get a line
is to how things are going. But all are
agreed that the Interest in the gubernatorial
race is great. Some of the
country neighborhoods are almost solid
for Judge Jones, others for Governor
Blease and still others are divided.
There seems to be no question that a
majority of the strictly town vote Is
ror Jones; but as to the strictly country
vote, opinion seems to be divided.
Some very good Judges think the country
boxes will give Governor Blease a
majority and other equally good Judges
think the majority will go for Jones.
The cotton mill vote of the county is
variously estimated at from 900 to
1,300, and the general opinion seems to
be that from 80 to 90 per cent of It
will be for Governor Blease, though
there are those who are making larger
claims for Judge Jones.
The Jones and Blease Issue has not
figured publicly so far as the various
candidates are concerned. That is, the
candidates have not been asked to come
out openly and state whether they are
for Blease or Jones; but at the same
time the Blease and Jones yardstick is
figuring to greater or less extent in the
case of nearly all of the candidates. So
far as the candidates, themselves are
concerned, however, It Is a fact that
all of them want votes, all the votes
they can get, and they are not refusing
any offers of aslstance because of Blease
or Jones leanings on the part of the respective
voters. The thing that each
candidate most wants Is to get there
himself
It has been so heretofore and the
voters may look for It again next Tuesday,
the keeping of the telephone wires
buzzing with mesages as to how this
candidate's friends, or that candidate's
friends, are voting for so and so or
scratching so and so, and advising retaliation
by scratching so and so. In
times past messages like this have cut
considerable figures in election years
and defeated or elected different candidates.
Some times, in fact, more often
than otherwise, it develops that the
messages are more or less faky; but
usually that is not discovered, until after
they have gotten in their work.
By reason of the greater interest In
the governorship race, the situation Is
a peculiar one, and how the fortunes of
the candidates for county offices may
be effected there is no telling beforehand.
This can be ascertaihed only by
very careful Investigation after the
election.
THE COUNTY TICKET.
Of course it Is understood that the
list of candidates that has been running
in the Friday issues of The Enquirer
has been made up of those who
have seen proper to advertise their announcements
In this paper. A complete
list of all the candidates was published
in the local columns as news at
the opening of the campaign, and herewith
is presented a copy of the official
county ticket to be voted next Tuesday:
For Congress?Fifth District.
DAVID E. FINLEY
W. P. POLLOCK
G. W. RAGSDALE
For Solicitor?Sixth Judicial Circuit.
J. HARRY FOSTER
J. K. HENRY
For State Senator
J. E. BEAMGUARD
THOS. F. McDOW
For House of Representatives.
A. E. HUTCHISON
J. R. HAILE
S. N. JOHNSON
W. B. RIDDLE
J. H. SAYE
O. L. SANDERS
C. W. WALLCE
For Sheriff.
HUGH G. BROWN
S. S. PLEXICO
JOHN S. SANDIFER
For Clerk of Court.
JOHN R. LOGAN
J. A. TATE
For County Supervisor.
A. S. BARRON '
THOS. W. BOYD
For Coroner.
L. W. LOUTH IAN
ROBT. WESTMORELAND
For County Superintendent of
Education.
JOHN E. CARROLL
J. C. WILBORN
FVir Treasurer.
HARRY E. NEIL
For Auditor.
BROADUS M. LOVE
For County Commissioner.
W. A. AYCOCK
WHITE W. JACKSON
MARION B. LOVE
L. J. LUMPKIN
JOE W. SMITH
The state ticket is as follows:
For United States Senator.
N. B. DIAL.
W. J. TALBERT.
B. R. TILLMAN.
For Governor.
COLE L. BLEASE.
JNO. T. DUNCAN.
IRA B. JONES.
For Lleuenant Governor.
CHAS. A. SMITH.
For Secretary of State.
R. M. McCOWN.
For Comptroller General.
A. W. JONES.
For State Treasurer.
S. T. CARTER.
D. W. McLAURJN.
For Adjutant and Inspector General.
W. W. MOORE.
For State Supt. of Education.
JOHN E. SWEARINGEN.
For Attorney General.
J. R. EARLE.
B. B. EVANS.
J. FRASER LYON.
THOS. H. PEEPLES.
For Railroad Commissioner.
JAS. CANSLER.
JNO. G. RICHARDS. JR.
J. H. WHARTON.
For Commissioner of Agriculture,
Commerce and Labor.
W T WATKDN
LOCAL LACONIC8.
Yorkville and Cowpens.
The Yorkvllle baseball team which
las been playing a series of six games
tvith the Cowpens team at Cowpens
this week, has been doing some pretty
rood work. Monday's game as already
stated, resulted in a tie of 6 to 6 after
'ourteen innings. On Tuesday Cowpens
tvon by a score of 14 to 3. On Wednes3ay
Yorkvllle won by a score of 6 to 5.
rhe second series of the six games was
apened yesterday with a 2 to 1 game In
favor of Cowpens. Cowpens will come
>ver to Yorkvllle next week and play
lere Monday, Tuesday and Wedneslay.
Caught in Chester.
Chester Reporter: Tuesday evening
ivhen Deputy Bendlman was In the vicinity
of Woodward searching for Harvey
Simpson, who recently escaped
'rom the chain gang, he espied a negro
tvho looked like a suspicious character,
md upon investigation found that the
mspect had shackle marks on his
inkles. Being in Fairfield county at
:he time, Mr. Bendiman didn't have the
luthorlty to make an arrest; but he incited
the negro to saunter up the road,
ind when they had crossed the line
hen placed the surprised negro under
irrest. Mr. Bendiman wasn't able to
ret hold of a vehicle, so struck out with
lis prisoner on foot, and by and by
hey reached Chester. The negro says
le is Link Hall, who was aided by an>ther
negro in escaping from the York
ounty.chain gang after he had served
hree months of a five year sentence
or robbery.
? Mr. Ben F. Townsend, a well-known
ittorney, of Union, died at his home
n that city last Wednesday, after an
llness of about two weeks. He was a
ion of the late Judge D. A. Townsend.
THE WALHALLA MEETING.
Crowd Quist and Orderly and No Untoward
Incidents.
Atlanta Journal.
Walhalla, S. C., Aug. 20.?Good order
prevailed in the crowd at the campaign
meeting here today, the crowd representative
of Carolina's sturdy country
folk, of her cotton mill populace and
of dwellers In the deep mountain
reaches of the state, the big hills along
the Georgia line and besides the orderly
crowd there was respectful behavior
on the part of the candidates. Though
Judge Jones today did not mention the
name or assail the administration ef
Governor Cole L. B!ease, an oft repeated
feature of his campaign speeches,
and one in line with his declaration that
he only assails the governor on his pure
record, the governor made the statement
that Judge Jones is conducting
"the dirtiest, nastiest, filthiest campaign
that a .white man had made in
this state since the days of Daniel H.
Chamberlain."
Governor Blease further charged that
Judge Jones, in a speech at Westminster
yesterday, "took me for his text,"
whereas he, In a speech in the same
town, had not mentioned Judge Jones'
name
"I did not call his name," spoke up
Judge Jones from his chair in the rear
of the stage.
Judge Jones's speech dealt with his
regular platform and he was well received
by the Oconee citizens. The
town of Seneca, in the same county, was
well represented at the meeting, and
the Seneca band furnished campaign
music.
Governor Blease today again charged
that corporations are backing Judge
jones, saying inai me met inai uerwiu \
W. Parker, president of mill merger,
had made speeches to his employes at
Union, Seneca and Walhalla proved
his charge that Judge Jones Is now
the corporation candidate. "If Jones Is
the corporation candidate," said the
governor, "why Is the mill merger
president asking his mill employes to
vote for him "
The governor said Parker had told
his employes that they would not lose
pay for the time they were taking from
work to hear him (Parker) speak. He
also said that the mill merger is "nothing
but a trust Intended to control the
price of cotton."
Governor Blease has frequently
charged that his opponents are planning
to count him out at next Tuesday's
primary, and this charge went
a step further today when he said that
Jonee men had been putting their
names on two club rolls.
He also said he had received two telegrams,
on6 of which, from Dillon, he
read in part, to the effect that Blease
men had gone to the club secretary and
registered and that the secretary, who
is a Jones man, had "lost" the club roll.
The governor urged his friends to come
early to the polls next Tuesday and
stay late and "not let them steal the
tickets."
Local color was given to the meeting
here by Governor Blease's reference
to the pardon of Barle Rochester,
convicted of murder, and to the vote of
ex-Representative S. A. Zimmerman
n the separate coach bill.
The governor stated that he had been
asked by Mr. Zimmerman, who could
not be at the meeting, to correct the
statement that he had voted in 1891 as
had Judge Jones on this occasion. He
said Zimmerman had voted differently
from Judge Jones that year.
"That shows that Zimmerman is a
white man's man, and not In favor of
social equality," said the governor.
From his seat Judge Jones said:
"He's talking about 1891. I was talking
about 1890."
Judge Jones had said that Zimmerman
voted for the separate coach law.
The governor said he had pardoned
Earle Rochester at the request of late
Judge C. G. Dantzler, who had sat on
the case, on the petition of all the jurors
and certain county officials and at
the request of Congressman Wyatt
Aiken.
A thousand people heard the BleaseJones
debate. The governor took his
hand primary, and less than half those
present voted for Blease.
THE PICKENS MEETING.
Good Crowd, Good Attention, and
Nothing Unusual.
The only thing out of the ordinary
at the Pickens meeting Wednesday was
that although the crowd was quite a
large one. good order prevailed.
The governor's hand primary showed
that a majority of those voting were
In sympathy with him.
Judge Jones's speech was along the
line that Governor Bleaae was defeated
and the governor knew it. He described
the governor's recently expressed
fear of assassination and said
it proved more than anything else that
the governor was scared. He said that
there was no need for the Jones men to
steal or curtail the ballots because there
would be a plenty for the governor and
to spare.
The governor read a portion of a letter
from Senator Tillman bearing on the
gubernatorial race, defended his pardon
record, and outlined other planks o 1
his platform. He declared himself in
favor of proper support of the state's
colleges, but thought they should be
conducted as economically as the denominational
Institutions, which, he
said, were doing a splendid work and
turning out some of the state's greatest
men. The governor mentioned that
the three candidates for governor In
the present race were graduates of denominational
colleges.
With a view to showing that Senator
Tillman Is "hands off" In the gubernatorial
fight. Governor Blease read from
an article recently sent out from Washington
by Mr. P. H. McGowan, which,
said, the governor stated, that he had
promised his influence to Col. W. Jasper
Talbert in the senatorial race. Governor
Blease declared he had never
mentioned the senatorial or gubernatorial
race to Col. Talbert. The governor
said Mr. McGowan ought to be
named "P. H. Liar."
In reference to his charge that the
Jones people intend to count him out,
if possible. Governor Blease said he
had received a letter from J. Manly
Smith, ex-sherlff of Lee county, saying
that State Chairman John Gary Evans
had sent the Lee county chairman two
thousand tickets for use in the primary,
whereas there are three thousand
names on the club rolls of Lee county.
The governor said also that the
Pickens county chairman had been
furnished two thousand tickets less
than asked for. Lee and Pickens are
both Blease counties, said the governor,
who declared the state chairman's
alleged action in regard to the tickets
showed "They are trying to count me
out."
The governor received as presents
an Elk's ring and a silver scarf pin.
Several youngr ladles went upon the
stand and presented the governor some
beautiful flowers.
THE GREENVILLE MEETING.
Tremendous Crowd in Attendance but
No Sensational Developments.
Only a few of the afternoon papers
were received In Yorkvflle this morning,
and they contained but meagre accounts
of the Greenville meeting yesterday.
However, the reports of the
afternoon papers show that there was
a tremendous crowd In attendance, and
that the meeting passed ofT quietly
without sensational developments.
A dispatch of yesterday to the Spartanburg
Journal says there were five
thousand people and goes on to describe
the meeting as the largest of the
campaign, notwithstanding that the
Journal itself had estimated the Spartanburg
crowd at 6,000. The dispatch
goes on to say that there were people
there In automobiles from Anderson,
Newberry, Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens,
Chester, York, Oconee, Cherokee,
Spartanburg, Pickens and many other
counties and Blease badges were distributed
among the visitors by Blease
leaders.
Sheriff Poole and his deputies and 150
extra policemen were on hand to preserve
order and Mayor Henry Biggs
and Ave or six aldermen occupied seats
on the stage.
Judge Jones was greeted with applause
by his friends when he arose to
speak. He repeated his previous state- :
ments that Governor Blease was scar- <
ed and went on to make references to
certain things that Governor Blease 1
had said and done. When he attacked i
the governor, the crowd became quite i
noisy with cheers for both candidates, i
When Judge Jones sat down, there i
was long and loud apfclause.
Governor Blease was greeted with 1
long: and loud applause, and his friends
cheered him throughout his speech. He \
began with a tribute to the late Senator
W. L. Mauldin, who died a few days
ago. He again went into the alleged
ticket shortages, and said that Mr.
Benet had been caught in a scheme to
defraud. He devoted a part of his
speech to a discussion of his platform,
and when he concluded, he was presented
with a large silver waiter.
MERE-MENTION.
Capt. Hicks Murray, a British army
officer, shot his wife's sister and her
two children to death, fatally woundpd
his wife and committed suicide at *
Eastbourne, England, Monday. It is
believed the man was insane
A Milwaukee, Wis., woman is suing
her mother-in-law for (100,000 damages
for alienating the affections of
her husband A British steamship
arrived at Philadelphia Monday with
a cargo of 1,100,000 gallons of benzine
on board from Borneo Albert
C. Fach, district attorney of Richland
county, N. Y., was probably fatally
shot by Mrs. Elizabeth Edmunds,
Monday, because the attorney
had been unsuccessful in the prosecution
of her husband on a charge of J*
abandonment Edmund Andemoro,
a Swiss aviator, on Monday landed at
Berlin after a flight of 635 miles
from Paris, begun on Sunday. He received
a prize of $20,000 for the feat
SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. *
? No money has been paid to Uncle
Sam's artillerymen at Fort Moultrie
since May, and it is sure the soldiers
are anxiously awaiting the time to arrive
when they will get their money
for the faithful performance of their
duties as defenders of the coast. For
that matter, both the enlisted men and
tne commissioned officers have been
without their remuneration for three
months, nearly, because there is a deadlock
in congress over the army appropriation
bill, but they expect relief .
within the next two weeks. While the'
soldiers are not in want by any means,
for their board and lodging, and other
necessaries of life are bountifully
supplied at the big army post, yet 0
nobody likes to spend his time at work ^
without pin money, and a little cash
on the side. ^
? Columbia Record, Wednesday:
Asked this morning as to tho story appearing
in the News and Courier of
yesterday, written by the Washington
correspondent to that paper, to the
effect that, according to rumors which
had reached Washington, tho Blease
forces in this state would be urged to
throw their support to Talbert in the
senatorial race because of the recent ^
interview given out by Senator Till- A
man which has been taken as an endorsement
of Judge Jones by the senior
senator, Fred H. Domlnick, campaign
manager for Governor Blease, made
the following statement: "From the
position which I hold In the present *
campaign I would naturally know of W
such a move if It had been taken by
those in charge of the Blease candidacy.
Of my own knowledge there is
no truth in the rumor, if. Indeed, such
existed. The campaign to re-elect Governor
Blease Is being waged irrespective
of other candidates. The governor
is running for re-election to his
present office and throughout has maintained
a position of neutrality in the
senatorial race."
? Chester Reporter: Mr. W. E. T.
Wade, one of the most successful farmers
in the western portion of the
county, in speaking yesterday of crop m
conditions in his auction s?M that ~
ton and corn are both good, although
the western section has had very little
rain for several weeks. Mr. Wade said '
cotton in his section is heavily fruited,
stalks only a few inches high being
loaded down and giving all the lndl- A
cations of a heavy crop. Corn is like- "
wise good, and Mr. Wade would not be
a bit surprised to see this year's crop
in his community turn out to be fully
as heavy as that of last year. The red
spider is busy on many farms on the
western side, but the farmers don't
seem to be particularly concerned over
the visit of this Insect, and if the dread
army worm will only stay away the .
crop will not be seriously damaged this
year by insect visitation. Farmers ?
from other sections of the county also
hand in encouraging reports, though
crop conditions vary in different sections
just as the soil varies and as the
amount of rainfall has varied. Generally
speaking, however, the outlook A
seems to be decidedly good and if a
good price prevails this fall the farmers
of Chester county and the business
Interest generally will move forward.
Ths Torrens 8y?tem.?The Democrats
of Moore county did the proper thing in
adopting a resolution endorsing the ^
Torrens land title system of register- Y
ing deeda The importance of a better
system of registering titles is growing
upon the people of the state and the
prospects are that the next legislature
will pass a Torrens bilL In the discussions
of the matter in this and other
states it seems to have been conceded m
that no better system than the Torrens
could be devised, and the better
the understanding of the system, the
greater doee it gain in favor. In Cleveland
county, the state senator was
elected on a Torrens platform. We believe
the system has the endorsement
of the North Carolina Bar association
Its advocates will bring it up as one of
the earliest orders of business in the
coming legislature, and with both lawyers
and laymen behind the bill, it
ought to go through.?Charlotte Observer.
If It Were Possible.?Just suppose
we could condense, bottle up or in
some way confine all the interest,
enthusiasm and energy manifested in a
state politics for future use In im- ^
proving the good roads of the state?
Wouldn't it be great?
Why, we .would have avenues and
boulevards from Caesar's Head to Hilton's
Head; from the Sand Bar Ferry
to Waiter's Inlet.
We would not need all this potential
enthusiasm and energy for this great
and glorious purpose. There would be in
enough left over to build agricultural
schools in every county; to improve
every farm so that production would
be doubled; to make schools so good ?
and thorough that every boy and girl
would be well educated for life. m
There is simply no telling what we #
could do if our political steam could
be Just diverted into the engine of
progress.?Greenwood Index.
Ths Immigration BMK?The Washington
correspondent of the Springfield
Republican reports that one of the
worries on congress's mind has been
the immigration bill. "It's political ef- W
feet is dreaded by the Democrats in the '*
cities where there is a large foreign
vot"\" he telegraphed Sunday night,
"and particularly in localities where
there is a large Jewish population,
which is especially opposed to the lit- ^
eracy test, fearful that many Russian
Jews would be barred out of this country
by it. But the bill is on the calen
dar or tne nouse and so is witnm easy
reach If those who are opposing It can
be got out of the way. A desperate battle
Is now n by those favoring the
bill, and their number is legion and
their spirit tremendously energetic, for
they believe that they are working In
the cause of Americanism. Many from
the south and the north are united in
this propaganda, and so the situation
is boiling hard on the score of this Jfe
measure, with the Democratic leaders
sore afraid to let the great majority of
the house get at the bill and pass It.**
? Washington, August 21: For the
third time the house today passed the
legislative, executive and judical bill ^
over the veto of President Taft by a
vote of 154 to 53, but In the senate the
efTort to pass It failed, 34 to 37. As a
result the house amended the measure
to provide a continuous appropriation
for the commerce court until March
4, 1913, passed it and tonight It lies
with the senate appropriations committee
with good prospects that it will
pass the senate tomorrow. This is a
chronological resume of the progress
of the bill today. The solution of the
deadlock between congress and the
White House is believed to have been
found, and as a result, adjournment 41
now looks appreciably nearer. Mr. Taft
expressed his delight at the failure of
the Democratic plans in the upper
body and did not attempt to conceal his
satisfaction. No Intimation was given
at the White House as to whether the
new compromise would be acceptable ^
to the president, but senate and house
leaders are confident that the measure
will be signed.