Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 11, 1913, Image 2

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Scraps and .facts. ? ? Secretary MaoVeagh has ordered J; the engraving of the plates for the new 11 one-dollar treasury notes. It will re- T quire eighteen months to put into circulation this new paper money, which n will be only two-thirds the size of ex- ? isting currency. The secretary grave ~ his unqualified approval to the design " for the face of the note, produced by " treasury officials and the design of the ? back, created by Kenyon Cox, the New ? York artist. Mr. Cox's design also was approved by the Fine Arts Commis- J sion .Simplicity is the characteristic of * both designs. The back of all denomi- I ? nations will be the same. A vignette of " Washington will adorn the face of the * one-dollar bill and the treasury depart- ? ment is now drawing the designs for 11 the other denominations. ? ? London, February 8: Militant suf- g fragettes destroyed many valuable plants and did other damage reaching a " total of 15,000 in the hothouses of the Kew horticultural gardens during the early hours of this morning. Thus they developed another part of their plan of I campaign to force the government to give the vote to the women. It Is believed a number of women hid them- : selves In the gardens overnight, for this morning long before the day staff came on duty. It was found that a large number of rare orchids had been uprooted and scattered in all directiona t Thirty panes of glass in the orchid ? houses were broken. When the night I watchmen made their rounds at 1 I o'clock In the morning everything was ] in good order, and the women must have laid their plans well beforehand in order to find hiding places where they could He In security. No trace of them : has since been found. The postal authorities today Issued a notice that they would be delay on all telegrams to the north of England, because of the cutting of the telegraph wires in the : provinces by the suffragettes yesterday. The window smashing raids con- a tlnued in London today. ? It is believed probable, says a J3 Washington dispatch, that as a last re- I( sort those fighting ror commutation ror v Floyd and Claude Allen propose to e bring about the arrest and trial of Dexter Goad, clerk of the circuit court of v Carroll county, and that this will be effected by a warrant sworn out by Victor Allen, who with Miss Nellie Wise- n ler, still remains at Richmond. It Is , currently reported among certain Allen 11 sympathizers that the trial jury which * convicted Sidna Allen at Wytheville, h took a straw vote on the question of v the guilt or Innocence of Dexter Goad, after Sidna Allen's trla! and that a ma- * Jority of the members of that Jury were A of the opinion that Goad under Indict- u ment would be found guilty by them. It ? is believed by many of those who petitioned Governor Mann for the commu- t< tation of the two Alien sentences that a should Dexter Goad be placed on trial, j, his excellency would await the outcome of that prosecution before finally acting h upon the question of modifying the Allen sentences. An agitation for the arrest and trial of Goad was started some h time ago, but it was not pushed to conclusion. It is held by some of those ? sympathizing with Claude and Floyd p Allen that the arrest and trial of Good g might bring out evidence heretofore developed which might result in material benefit to the Carroll county clans- 11 men. They also believe that the trial of n Goad would serve to temporarily at " least, induce the governor to postpone J action and allow him longer time for ^ consideration, together with affording J' him the benefit of evidence which so a far has been presented. P ? New York, February 8: An even ^ two dozen some dead, some retired, some still on the police force, were branded as gTafters and go-betweens , yesterday in a recital by James Pur- f cell, retired gambler, who told the almlo im> i rvn tinr? AAmmUfAA Vl O UC1IIIOIUC lUTcougakiiiQ vviiiuiivwv vttwv he and his associates had given {50,000 protection money in seventeen years, j, Interest today centered at police headquarters, though it is believed that e Commissioner Waldo will not suspend a any of those mentioned until he has a confirmed the truth by independent in- ? vestlgation. For seventeen years James * Purcell said he had paid for the privll- " ege of running a gambling house, mak- si ing a handbook or conducting a pool a room. In all, he gave the police more . than 150,000, he declared, during this period. Former Sheriff Harvey, of L Queens county; Police Inspector Mc- ? Laughlln, half a dozen police captains _ including a brother-in-law of Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany Hall leader, h and scores of ward heelers and police- S men, some now on the force, some off, u were among the men who got the mon- . ey, he said. Once, he said, orders came "Indirectly" from Murphy himself to 1 close up. He moved at once. Charles Becker, now in the death house at Sing Sing for the murder of Rosenthal, got {350 from him for "fixing" the evidence " against him and five others taken in a p raid Becker made on his gambling jj house, Purcell declared. Becker was .. then head of the "strong arm" squad for the suppression of gambling. " I v have paid money to every squad that w was ever detailed by headquarters to 0 suppress gambling except cne " Purcell testified. "They all took it except Cos- " tlean's. Costiean was on the level." w Once he defied the police. For nine ^ months, when he had Jack McAullffe. t former lightweight champion, for a u partner, they ran a gambling house on t< the upper East Side without making b the weekly payments to collectors. The D police stationed two men at the door of his establishment, he declared, to warn all customers that it was a gambling house. "But Jack beat that scheme," t< he said, "If the two policemen forgot e, the tclk or talked much he gave them p $5 apiece a day. If they did not they i got no money. They generally talked e "nice." Police commissioners, inspec- p tors and captains came and went dur- a Ing the time Purcell was operating in p the Tenderloin, he said, but it made no tl difference. Collectors for the "system" came around regularly every week or r, every month. When he was making a j{ handbook he paid them >25 a week: p when he was running a pool roorft or c gambling house he paid them >60 to r, >100 a week. 0 ? Washington. February 8: The a Webb bill to prohibit the interstate shipment of liquor into "dry" states a for purpose of sale, "or in any manner s< used," in violation of the state laws, p was passed by the house of representatives late today. Two hundred and forty votes were recorded in favor of the measure, while sixty-five represen- Q . tatives voted against it. The passage t of the bill ended one of the most stub- ^ bornly fought all-day contests of this congress. Senator Kenyon of Iowa, au- y thor of a senate measure of the same v general purport, sat in the house most of the day watching the fight, which opened with a contest over the rule to q bring up the Webb bill. Representa- t, tives of organized anti-saloon advo- \ cates sat In the galleries and kept tal- n lies on the roll calls. Representative p Fitzgerald of New York criticised his j? fellow Democratic leaders for not de- voting more time to essential appropriation bills. Representative Dalzell, of Pennsylvania. Republican said this Democratic house would go down in c history as one of "masterly inactivity." Representative Mann of Illinois characterized as "flimflam" the bringing up of the bill at this time. Former Speak- li er Cannon declared that the states a should regulate traffic themselves. Repsentatlve Berger of Wisconsin, Social- ? 1st, contended that all great men from n Julius Caesar down to Cannon were ii temperate drinkers. Representative a Sherley of Kentucky attacked the validity of the bill and Representative 11 Rucker of Missouri said he represented C numerous constituents whose homes n had been wrecked by liquor. All . amendments offered to the bill were rejected. One of these would have sub- h stituted the bill already passed by the t< senate and another would have added a ^ penalizing clause with fine and imprisonment provisions which some mem- rl bers declared would have made the tl measure unconstitutional. The bill now w goes to the senate. With party lines temporarily eliminated, the house adopted 211 to 60. a special rule for (i considering the bill. The rule provided a for the introduction of amendments t] and limited debate to three hours. Representative Dalzell and Representative 11 Fitzgerald led a spirited fight against T the special rule when the house as- n sembled, insisting that with the short time left for consideration of several appropriation bills no other business b ought to be transacted under special rr rules. "Why is it." demanded Mr. Dal- tj zell, "that we have this moral spasm at this Juncture? When the history of this 8i congress is written, it will be the his- tl >ry of the moat incompetent and most tl aeless congress that ever sat under the w ome of the Capitol." Representative Itzgerald attacked Democratic Deader a Inderwood and Chairman Henry of he Rules committee for allowing the ]( emainder of the session to be taken up c y measures, which "they know have o chance of being passed." Nobody S xpects this bill to become law; it is ii rought up so that some members may ave an opportunity to fool the public." e declared. Representatives Pou of forth Carolina and Clayton of Alaama defended the rules. Republican c <eader Mann denounced it as an effort r o "flimflam" the public. Referring to tepresentatlve Henry, as "the attorney * eneral of the next cabinet" and per- o onal representative of President-elect t Vilson, he declared the Rules comaittee chairman apparently was lead- p ng an Inspired effort to prevent conideration of the appropriation bills so o hey might go over to the special ses- ^ ion of congress. 1 _____________________________ v $hc ^iotlaillf (Enquirer, f *? a - ? ? J -A + rtn in VAflrvlllo n UJ1It'I CU ai Ulf ? UOIVUIVO ?u *v?n*???v a as Mall Matter of the Second Class. P ~ t r 1 v YORKVILIE. I. C.t a TUESDAY, FEBRUARY II, l?13 t The North Carolina house has passed t . bill making women elllglble to ap- 1' ointment as notaries public. The gal- !,' ?rles were filled with ladles when the v ote was taken and many of them vot- a d "aye," while the members below ap- 8 lauded. J1 " ' a So the dispensary winding-up com- t ilaslon In its report not only confirms jj he view previously expressed by the j, Inquirer, that there was nothing dls- t lonest In the proceedings of the Ansel ^ rlndlng-up commission; but It goes on Q o admit the farcical character of the 8 LUgusta investigation, and charges h hat it was deceived by Felder, whom ? 'he Enquirer had previously characerized as a humbug and a fraud. And lthough The Enquirer has told noth- * ig but the truth all along, some people 8 ave gotten dreadfully sore about it. * _ 8 Speaking of the bill passed by the 8 ouse last Saturday to regulate the a hipment of Intoxicating liquors Into a rohlbltlon territory, the Charlotte Ob- p erver says: "There la a general misunderstand- c ag as to the real purport of Congress- 0 aan Webb's bill to regulate the shipaent of liquor into prohibition states, j, t Is a local option state's right bill. a Jnder it a citizen can order his liquor list as at present. It merely gives the 0' uthoritles In prohibition states the p ower to cope with the blind tiger evil, fj I does not at all touch the legitimate p rhlsky order business as conducted nder the present law, and Is a differnt Instrument from the Kenyon bill. Ir. Webb's bill Is merely an auxiliary a prohibition enforcement. Ii It is estimated that by means of the c icome tax law which the Federal govrnment will probably put In operation t an early date, there will be raised an n ggregate revenue of not lesB than ^ 100,000,000. The income tax and the sheritance tax are no^ principal ^ ources of revenue in Great Britain, s nd there Is increasing agitation for ^ lie adoption of both these Ideas In the f( rnlted States. The inheritance tax is a x onslderable source of revenue in the tate of New York, and a strong effort it as been made to establish the Idea In a outh Carolina. A bill that has been " nder discussion In the house since the a eginnlng of the session was killed last H kt? n vata nf a a * a rfi ucounj Lif a v?? w >v ??. ' * ' ei The United States senate on yester- si ay passed the Webb liquor bill, which * roposes to prohibit shipments of quor from one state to another when r< Hey are intended to be received in f< lolatlon of the law of the state to ^ 'hich the shipment is made. Friends 0 f the legislation are endeavoring to a ave the house concur on the bill n SI rhich passed the senate. The senate ft! ill differs from the Webb bill in cer- cl tin particulars. If the house refuses tl > cuncur on the senate bill, the Webb ill will go to the president for his ap- a roval. 11 , , si w The Yorkvllle Enquirer which came tl 3 our desk Saturday morning contain- 0 d a two-column editorial, wherein the ai Lecord figured quite conspicuously. f< 'he Enquirer has laboriously in this ai dltorlal, endeavored to show that the ir lecord is unreliable, untrustworthy, ishonost?and lnferentially that The inquirer is a paragon of the Journalisic world. vv If the latter is a fact, why did the h pnrespntative men of Yorkvll'p meet ist week and organize a company to ubllsh another paper In that town? Of ourse, this Is a free country, and no r< eason can be advanced by us or any- 8* ne else why Yorkvllle should not haw ^ dozen papers If her people want them. 11 But, If The Yorkvile Enquirer Is so 11-fired honest, and patriotic, and quare?why the need for another paer there??Rock Hill Record. That Is the Record's unfriendly view, c nd we can only leave the answer to Its tl uestlon to developments. In the mean- n Ime we will take the liberty of repro- fl ucing from the Chester Reporter of tl esterday a somewhat more friendly n lew: w "Yorkvllle to have another newspaper. E Von't the fur fly In that city now, h Irist having a competitor with whom j, j quarrel??Columbia Evening Record. p Ve don't know about that; but If the g) ewcomer should prove to be up to The t] Inquirer In all-round general excel- u ;nce. Yorkvllle will have two mighty b ood newspapers." S( ? tl The efforts of citizens of Smyrna to P orrect the wrong that was perpetrat- ^ d against them when upon the crea- h [on of the new county of CheroK.ee, the tl ne was established between Cherokee ?j nd York, have failed. Sec. 4 or Art. 7. *( f the Constitution provides that no ew county line shall pass through an lcorporated city or town. Smyrna was a n incorporated town, at the time of G ie establishment of the county of P 'herokee and the line went through, lr acurHlesa Thp lee-lslature fixed the C oundaries accordingly. Smyrna people N Ci ave been complaining about the matr for years, and recently an effort as been made to have the old wrong a Ighted; but it is no go. The legisla- 'r ive committee to which the matter Q] as referred, took the position that G he line having been established, the uestion cannot be re-opened and cited recent supreme court decision as au- w hority for its attitude. In other words, B le case has already been adjudicated. ^ 'he legal mind is able to follow the ?asoning whereby such a conclusion 61 an be arrived at; but the question is j. eyond the comprehension of the lay- ol lan who has been taught to consider S tat the Constitution means what it ays. It is pretty generally known t.| lat while the Constitution declares a . I Tat no new county can be established , ith less than 400 square miles of rea, as a matter of fact, Cherokee was stabllshed with less area, and it has . ?ss area now. The disregard of the lonstltution in running the new couny line through an incorporated town , i in full keeping with this. Record in Reply. >; Tlie Rock Hill Record of February 10 ame to hand this morning. It did not eproduce what The Enquirer said last ( Ylday In reply to the attack prevlusly made by the Record; but had he following to say on the subject of tublic advertising: As to the question of what the Recrd charges York county for legal adertising, that is clearly none of The Snquirer's business. If The Enquirer wished to be entirely honest and fair which seems to be Impossible for the ounty seat paper), it would have told ts readers that all the York papers, inludlng the Record, render their bills ;t the legal rate, but that all the York iapers do not use type of the same size. -The Enquirer using the smallest ype, and consequently that paper gets nore words In the legal "square" than he other papers with the consequence hat the advertisements occupy less pace or "squares," and with the furhe'r consequence that The Enquirer's >111 does not run so high as that of the >aper which uses a larger body type. Ye do not know if this is made plain nough for the men who know nothing f type, but it is understood clearly by 'he Enquirer, who could have made It ust as clear to its readers if it had ranted to be honest and fair. He might ,!so have told his readers what a square" la From time Immemorial he basis of measuring advertising natter has been that a "square" was 14 Ines of "agate" type, dating from a ime when all advertisements were set n "agate" type?a type entirely obso9te. The compositors were all paid by agate" measurement, whether the adertlsement was set in "agate" or not,| jid the newspapers charged on the ame basis. The large newspapers and nagazlnes to this-very day charge by he "agate" line?14 lines to the Inch? . fact which The Enquirer might have old its readers. But the term "square" ias even become obsolete, and all pubIcatlons charge by the inch; and that 1 ? the way the Record renders its bills o York county; and The Enquirer 1 :nows it. Before The Enquirer raises the cry f "Stop Thief," it should examine itelf very closely and see if that paper as an honest record before the people f York county. We know there is such a thing as agate" measure; but we do not know hat it has ever been recognized in the tatutes of South Carolina. Formerl he law in this state fixed the price per quare; but ommitted to state what a quare was; but this was changed bout fifteen years ago. After enumerting the kind of advertising that is egarded as "official," it goes on to say, "and all other advertising whatsoever by state and county offlials, shall be charged not exceeding ne dollar per inch for the first inserlon, and not exceeding fifty cents per ich for each subsequent insertion, the dvertisement to be set in solid brevier ype, Including the caption and all ther parts of said advertisements: 'rovided, that newspapers using other 1 han brevier type shall receive comensation based on brevier measure." OLD 80LDIER'S HOME rtstitution in Columbia is a Centre of Trouble. olumbia Record, Tuesday. The article published in a paper a ;w aays ago itiucidiuk ine mtniage- ( lent of the Confederate Soldiers' I ome, called forth a statement signed < y 61 of the veteran Inmates of the ome, denying the statements. The .atement Is now In the hands of the ouse ways and means committee. It >llows: 0 the Public: "Having just read the accusations lade against our home by outsiders, nd knowing from whence they origiated, we wish to say that the slanerous rumors are absolutely false, nd we denounce the petition pubshed In The State February 6. "We have been kindly treated at all mes, and we do not stoop to take up ach article' of the petition, but will ay that we are grieved that the peace nd harmony of our home Is again isturbed by outside interference. "We have no redress as the papers sfuse to publish anything In our de?nse, and we are thereby persecuted eyond endurance, and ask the public, 1 justice to ourselves, not to allow utsiders to poison them, but to come nd see for themselves that we are ' ot treated like convicts, but are re- * ncftort and rarad for and Inmatps . re only discharged when they mall- , lously break the rules, which are for ; he good of the home. "High principal of kindness and re- , pectablllty is shown to one and all J nd we wish to say, that there is more < berty here than in any home in the juth. for I have been in three, and e would not be willing to exchange le management of this home for any ( ther, and the Inmates give the man- . gement of the home our appreciation >r their labors, and we do regret that ny one would listen to seven or eight lsurgents who break the rules. "Signed by 51 Veterans, Inmates. , "Dictated by Mr. Collier, Mr. Welsh." The original names are with the ays and means committee of the ouse. ______ \ The chairman of the board of di?ctors of the home and the veterans ;ate that the Record has always been 'llling to publish articles furnished by lem.?Editor. > Fe? Fixed by Ability to Pay.?Senaar Overman worries along in a fairly omfortable way without his appendix, hough the public has not heard how ear he came to death by shock?not rom the operation, however, but from he bill. Sometime ago, a Washington ewspaper correspondent sent out rord that Overman is a millionaire, iefore it could be denied, the senator ad a thousand letters asking for loans i sums from 26 cents to $1,200. Some eople still believed the millionaire tory and among them, perhaps was he appendix amputator. When Overian'8 friends learned that the fee had een set at $1,000 they went to the enator's relief. It was proved that alhough a senator, Overman is a com- s aratively poor man, and weaving this j ay and that, they finally got the fee c ut down to $800. Some people who ? ave heard about this, have suggested t lat a law should be passed to fix $200 t s the maximum charge for an opera- $ on for appendicitis.?Charlotte Ob- c ?rver. t t Negro Troops From Maryland.? ' .propos of the statements made by tovernor Blease with regard to the f osslble presence of negro troops in the ' laugural parade here, says the Wash- : lgton correspondent of the News and ' 'ourier, it is learned from Adjt. Gen. 5 iacklin, of Maryland, that a negro ompany in Baltimore has been au- . lorized to go to the inauguration. . Whether or not this company will ' ppear with the Maryland detachment 1 the parade will probably depend ? pon the decision of the commanding " fflcer of the Maryland militia. Gen. , aither. ? Governor Goldsborough will not now ammit himself. It is thought quite c kely that the matter will be in some cf ay adjusted to avoid trouble. The ' altimore company may conclude not ? > make the trip. J r ? The governor on Tuesday appoint1 Col. L. B. Singleton solicitor for ihe s ;th circuit to fill the unexpired term s r Mr. Walter H. Wells, deceased. Mr. h ingleton was formerly a member of li le legislature from Horry county, and e i a leading member of the bar of that v ty. The appointment runs for nearly c full term of four years. Ip LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS John E. Carroll, Co. Supt.?Calls a meeting1 of all interested in tne public school work to meet in Yorkville on Saturday, February 15. F. M.' stroup?Reminds gentlemen who want good clothes that a tailoring specialist is at his store today and tomorrow to take measures, rhomson Co.?Continue to offer reduced prices on blankets, comforts, coat suits, skirts, sweaters, millinery. New goods on display. ?loud cash Store?Is showing sample line of spring style skirts at 25 per cent discount, spring coat suits at low prices. Forkville Hardware Co.?Is showing a line of bicycles for men, boys and girls, and has a full line of bicycle 1 accessories?ures, luoes, oeuo, eie. Kirk patrick-Bel k Co.?Has received its first shipment of spring coat suits and skirts by express. Cotton piece goods, embroideries, etc. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Invites you to see the tailoring samples of Haas 'tailoring company at its store on next Friday and Saturday?Right qualities and prices. 21ty Electric Plant?Tells some things people didn't have when Franklin flew his kite. Use an electric iron? $2.21. 3eo. W. Williams?Offers his services to those who want to buy or sell real estate. - Town and country property for sale. Palmetto Monument Co.?Has a combination lock safe for sale. I. C. Wilborn?Offers the Worthy farm of 67 acres, near Sharon, for sale. I. M. Brian Co.?Is showing a line of valentines of all kinds. I. K. Allison and Jeff D. Whitesides? Request parties on their club to The Enquirer to make settlement. 3am M. Grist?Calls your attention to the fact that he is thoroughly prepared to give you the best possible insurance service. Bank of Clover?Invites the accounts of people who are working for salaries. Start a savings account. ITork Supply Co.?Is ready to make you prices on fertilizers, and tell about John Deer middle breakers. 1 fork Drug Store?Can now sell vou . rubber syringes, water bags, etc., of guaranteed qualities. See It for trusses. Palmetto Monument Co.?Invites you to see it for monuments of quality. t. W. Johnson?Has a fresh shipment of coffee at 25 cents a pound. Also sells Rumford baking powders and several kinds of sugar. F. M. Ferguson?Asks you to see him for feed stuffs for mules, horses, cattle and poultry. And also asks you to try Volght's Royal flour. Ztarroll Bros.?Want an opportunity to make prices to you before you buy a buggy. They have the right goods and right prices. Farm tools. Bank of Hickory Grove?Publishes its statement of condition at the close of business, February 4. Bank of Clover?Presents a statement of condition at the close of business on February 4. Loan and Savings Bank?Prints Its statement showing condition, at the close of business February 4. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.?Explains that your cotton production can be increased by using Its goods. See page four. WITHIN THE TOWN ? Mr. R. M. Bratton has purchased the Presbyterian manse. ? Mr. Thos. F. McDow is arranging to build a handsome house on the site J tf hi. 1 ?< ?? f ma K?vocIII. i csiuciltc t'UI I1C1 VI V^UH" 3Tess and King's Mountain streets. ? There was a comparatively small ludience out to see the "Yankee Doodle Boy," at the opera house last night and while some people were very well pleased, others thought the show was rather poor. The offer to gi^e $2.60 to the party who should spot Bud Hicks >n the street failed to attract much interest and the money was not paid >ut. AMENDMENT TO ROAD LAW Following is the bill introduced In. the house and senate last week to enarge the discretion of the supervisor ind county commissioners of York county with reference to the administration of the road law. Section 1. After the approval of this ict the county supervisors and county commissioners of York county while juilding the main thoroughfare through said county as now provided for by aw, may in their discretion use the chalngang in building one road connecting incorporated towns with the said thoroughfares where the distance to such Incorporated towns is not over >ne and one-half miles, and where in :heir Judgment the building of such connecting road will benefit a greater number of people. FOR 8CHOOL PURP08E8 York county spent $68,715.72 for jcnooi purposes from July 1, 1911 to t ruly 1, 1912, and this year our expenlitures will probably amount to some- t :hlng less. The budget is as follows: . rhe 3 mill tax *26,834 28 , Polls 7 858 00 I I>ogs 2,215 00 Special taxes 24,166 01 Interest on school bonds .... 2,638 88 [ Sinking Fund '. .... 1,404 33 Total *65,116 50 ] It will be noted from the foregoing c hat the amount raised by special taxes t s only *2,668.27 short of the total , imount raised by the constitutional t ichool fund. Although the number of v jolls is nominally 7,858, as a matter of i( 'act it is not safe to estimate the col- n ection of more than about *6,500. <; 0 ABOUT PEOPLE I Miss Florence Cody of Yorkvllle, Is 0 I'lsiting relatives In Atlanta. Ga. * Miss Mildred Ferguson of Chester, Is he guest of Miss Carrie Cartwrlght, in STorkvllle. 1 Mr. George Cartwrlght of GalTney, ipent Sunday with relatives and ii 'riends in Yorkvlle. s Messrs. Hoyle Daniel and Broadus e lopper of Gaffney, spent Sunday with c tfr. Charlton Good In Hickory Grove. a Mr. Wesley Slngletary of Lake City, J, ipent Sunday and yesterday in York,'ille with his brother, Mr. H. N. Single- c ary. t Miss Annie Stevens of the Presbyter- ^ an college, Charlotte, spent several v lays this week, at her home In York- t .'11 le. b Mrs. Ike McF"adden and daughter c Elizabeth, and Miss F"annie Beckham n >f Rock Hill, and Mrs. J. B. Bratton 1 ind children of Guthriesville, are the c ruests of Mrs. R. Andral Bratton In s forkville. ^ TOMATO CLUB WORK u The Farmers' Co-operative Demon- A itration Work of the United States de- a )artment of agriculture would be in- F :omplete unless some work for the t rirls was inaugurated and organized, a iVhen Dr. S. A. Knapp, the founder of o he demonstration work, started the C ictlve organization of the Boys' Corn e dubs, he said that it would be neces- fi lary to start the girls just as soon as v he boys' demonstrations had become 1: veil advanced. Consequently in 1910, o vhen the demand had become great tl rnough to indicate sufficient interest, a b imited amount of organization was un- tl lertakerf. Girls' clubs were organized w n South Carolina and Virginia. In that a 'ear 325 girls were enrolled. b It was decided that one-tenth of an .ere would be enough for a good garlen, and that the clubs would specialze, in the beginning, on tomatoes, Just *j is the boys had done with corn. In 1911 a nore than three thousand girls, repre- t| enting eight different states, joined f( he clubs and planted their gardens. n klany of them put up more than five ' lundred quarts of tomatoes from their b rops besides ketchup, pickles, chowhow, preserves and other products. ? ew got nearly one thousand cans each md cleared $100, besides prizes. In n 912 one girl in South Carolina cleared jj 132.67 on one-tenth of an acre of to- t] natoes. _ During: the planting and growing j: eason, your county agent will give In- ^ tructions in regard to cold frames, g( iot beds, transplanting, staking, prun- ^ ng, and other matters of great interst. During the canning season she fill hold instruction meetings and give anning demonstrations in different tl arts of the county. She will give the fc rirls information in regard to best >rices on canning outfits, labels, cans ind other supplies. The agent will be rlad to do all she can to help club memjers find good markets for all high fni ilass products which they desire to lul iell. The objects of the Girls' Demonstraion Work are: 1. To stimulate interest and whole- ni, tome co-operation among the members >f the family in the home. 2. To provide some means by which w :he girls may earn money at home and w it the same time get the education and < viewpoint for the Ideal farm life. 3. To encourage rural families to pro,ide purer and better food at a lower , :ost, and to utilize the surplus and >therwise waste products of the garden ind orchard. 4. To furnish earnest teachers a plan for aiding their pupils and helping vo :heir communities. sic Bach club should adopt the follow- ajj Ing general regulation and bylaws: . 1. Girls joining clubs must be between 10 and 18 years of age. Special ilasses may be organized for older ab tfrls. er] 2. No girl shall be eligible to receive CO] l prize unless she becomes a member tr(! jf the club and plants a garden con- . tainlng one-tenth of an acre. an 3. The members of the clubs must lo, Lgree to study the instructions of the [Jnited States department of agrlcul ture. qq' 4. Each girl must plan her own crop no ind do her own work. It will be per- aC( nlssible to hire heavy work done, but gai he time must be charged. 0f Many girls should Join these clubs pe ind put forth their best efforts to learn ?i0 ind become skillful. It is a good thing < to know about plants soil and nature. ^ SVhy can't the very flourishing of the an jlant be made, by teaching their scien- aC( :lflc and intensive methods of bringing ea| i living thing from the earth, as cul- tln :ural In Its effect upon the mind of the ou girl, as the study of Latin and Greek rods is supposed to be over the mind of the .classical student? 1 hit of LOCAL LAC0NIC8 th< en rwenty-Four to Nineteen. of The election in Beersheba school dls- ca! xict No. 19, last Thursday on the luestlon of voting a special levy of 2 ce( nills on the dollar for the purpose of thi supplementing the school fund, result- fo< id In the defeat of the levy by a vote ^ >f 24 to 19. It is reported that those pe vho are In favor of the tax will prob- pa ibly move for another election soon, ind will ask that the levy be made 4 tel nllls Instead of 2 mills. The law does an lot limit the number of elections that st? nay be held on the subject.. ^ Morth and South Road. stc The chalngang Is now at work con- ?' Pr itructlng the concrete abutments for in Iron bridge over Hemphill's branch gU] in the North and South road. This is of ibout six miles north of Yorkvllle and th< vithin half a mile of Allison creek, rhere are thirty-two able bodied con- tlo riots on the gang at the present time ro m ind the entire force Is engaged at the th{ joint named, a part of It working on tht he bridge abutments and the remain- th< ler on the grading work and on ter- be aces. ] rhe Circuit Court. fln Court convened yesterday morning o take up the Jury cases on Calendar . .. Practically all of the second week urors were present; but several were xcused for various reasons and a spe lal venire was drawn. No cases were y., eady for trial yesterday and the Ju- . ore were discharged until this mornng, when the court took up the case of . lev. J. H. Thacker vs. J. M. Hughes md others. The plaintiff was sueing for lotnmlssions alleged to be due him as th, igent for the Piedmont Marble com>any. The Jury found for the piaintift n the sum of (224.12. No other cases ? ' vere ready and court was adjourned intll 9.30 tomorrow morning. lnfi rn Imnrov* Allison Creek Hill. cai The people of Bethel township are "gr rylng to work up a movement to 1m- J >rove the Allison Creek hill. It has been gtr eported to The Enquirer that there Is ro i proposition to the effect that If the |?n sounty will raise the Tate bridge over Ullson creek eight feet, and grade the ~ni illls on either side to conform to that Der tlevation, the people will undertake to land the road for a considerable disance on either side. The creek bottom llc las filled up to an extent that makes he raising of the bridge very neces,ary hU rhe Corn Club Boys. Me Superintendent of Education Carroll I laid yesterday that he and Mr. Blair rer ire anxious to get the corn club in op- to? iratlon In better shape this year than wh leretofore. He would like all the boys 8or vho desire to join the club, as well as cee hose who are already members, to send the n their names to him, and he hopes dei hat every boy who is already a mem- J&1 >er, will do all he can to Induce other 'de nembers to Join. He proposes not only o give all the assistance he can to the en( :orn club; but to help as much as his POi lme and abilities will permit, the canting clubs, and such other clubs as ( nay be organized. the )esth of W. J. Cornwall. ncr Chester Reporter: Mr. W. J. Cornveil, a farmer and Confederate veteran Jj ' vldely known In Chester and York ? ountles, died Friday morning at the .. lome of his brother, Mr. Robert Corn- r*; veil, eight miles east of Rock Hill, af- ~?.. er having been 111 since last Monday P?1' vith pneumonia. The remains were J. aid to rest In Neely's Creek graveyard ..? tear Lesslle's Saturday afternoon. Mr. ni2 Jornwell was about seventy-two years if age and served throughout the war. ? le made an exceptionally brave soldier .. ind no danger was too great for him o risk. He was seriously wounded at ... . - . ' . . , ? ma iettysDurg, ana aiso receivea anomer -y.y evere wound In a later engagement. "he Accident at the Oil Mill. The statement published In the last * Bsue of The Enquirer as to the Injuries ustalned by Raymond Wllfong, color- L, ? d, at the Victor Oil Mill were Inacurate In certain particulars. The boy's ,rm was crushed In the meal cake press ? nstead of In the seed crushing ma- . ' hlne. His hand was caught, through arelessness, It Is thought and the arm ? 8 v-as drawn In between the rolls up to he elbow. This particular machine Is Irlven by two belts. One of the belts vaa thrown off by the extra strain of r he arm and the other was thrown off r* iy a fellow workman. It was with in_ onsiderable difficulty that the Injured . nan was removed from the machine. ?he arm was not cut off In the ma- :/y hlne as stated; but was amputated J": hortly afterward. flr. H. J. Allison Dead. News was received In Yorkville Sat- ^ irday, of the death of Mr. Hugh James wjt illison, which occurred In Greenville the t the home of his only child, Mrs. L. A. wh ^alls. Death was the result of an at- wa] ack of pneumonia. The deceased was by bout 77 years of age and was a native by f York and was a brother of the late ^ Jol. W. B. and Robert Allison. He serv- am, d through the war as a member of the 8tr< amous Fifth regiment, of which he nor /as the gallant color bearer, and short- iow y after the war he went to the vicinity cro f King's Mountain, where he lived un- e<j , 11 within the last few years he has q een making his home most of the er ime with his daughter. The remains wa( /ere taken to King's Mountain where, tIh ftor fnnoro I aorvlnaa thp IntPrmPnf _i_. ook place. A Ma ? Columbia special of February 10 to lie Spartanburg Herald: The judlci- ^ ry committee reported In the house his morning a substitute bill for the our measures relating to changing the P rimary law, which have been referd to. The substitute bill, which will e the one passed if any pass, by the q eneral assembly, provides for regis- u ration of voters for the primaries of P 11 political parties which cast as f, lany as 20,000 votes in South Caro- { na. There is no restriction on regisratlon, such as is thrown around the h ? eneral election. Any persons now ualifled to register for the next pri- . ?. lary will receive a blank upon the pre- , . sntatlon of which at the poll, he will' e allowed to vote. *j|r| sid? ? A resolution has been Introduced in den le house fixing February 21 as the day | Rey >r sine die adjournment. the animal from the line. Madero pro- s :ed vigorously and continued to v 3 the advance until the shooting be- i , when Gen. Huerta succeeded In s suading him to enter a building In a ( ! street. This building, by a coinci- s ce, was the same in which General S es took refuge in his campaign for 1 presidency eighteen months ago, I REVOLUTION IN MEXICO nfending Parties Lock Horns In Deadly Earnest. IZ FREE COMMANDS THE REBELS. hole Republic in a Ferment and Ev?ry Indication That There Will be a Fight to the Finish?Madero a Prisoner in His Palace, and Diaz in a Position of Win or Die. Mexico City, Feb. 9.?The army relted today. The troops took posses>n of the national palace and nearly the principal public buildings. Qusve Madero Is a prisoner. A.fter some street fighting in which out 150 persons were killed, the goviment succeeded In regaining partial ntrol. President Madero led the loyal tops for a part of the time, rhe insurgents released Felix Diaz d Bernardo Reyes. General Villar, a rallst, was killed in one of the conits. Felix Diaz and his followers gained ntrol of the city early in the afteron. He took possession of the pale and captured the arsenal by asult. Only a few scattered companies the city garrison maintained an aparance of loyalty to the admlnistran. 3eneral Bernardo Reyes, ex-secrery of war, was shot through the head d killed in front of the national pale. The revolt of the troops took place rly In the morning. Disturbances conlued at frequent Intervals throught the day. The President Fortified. President Francisco Madero, with i ministers and a strong detachment loyal Mexican troops, is fortified In s national palace tonight while Genii Felix Diaz, with a large majority the regulars behind him, has practlI control of the capital, in several bloody encounters today i president and his supporters sucsded in defending themselves against 9 rebels and, notwithstanding the :t that the troops in large numbers 6 In a state of revolt which carried before them today, there was an apirance of genuine optimism at the lace among Madero and his minls*8. To all parts of the republic, Madero egraphed reassuring news which he d his cabinet seemed to believe. The ite governors and military commandi were reassured of loyalty of the my and that tranquility had been re>red. To a representative of the Associated ess, President Madero said the facilwlth which the new revolt had been ppressed was only another Indication the strength of the government and ; loyalty of the army. Pointing from window in the palace to a mob, for ; most part of boys, carrying the nana! flag and crying vivas for Madethe president said: "There you can s the people are with us. It is said it the government stands alone but it is not true. The government has i support of the people. There will no more temporizing; we are going use the iron hand." Sarlier in the day, shortly after the it outbreak occurred, Madero declarmartial law throughout the city and nounced that he would ask congress authorize a suspension of the guartees throughout the republic. Gen. lerta was named as post commander account of the wounding of Gen. liar. n the belief that the government had red an easy victory, Foreign MinisLascuraln Ernesto Madero and ters of the cabinet embraced one anter and congratulated themselves and > president on what they called the w turn of events. rhoBe who have observed affairs sely point out that Gen. Diaz, who Aped being shot summarily followr the failure of the Vera Cruz revolt, i now expect no clemency but must ht to the death. ["here is no question that Diaz .is aining every fibre to depose Made and with the large forces at his com* nd both within the city and outside, Is not likely that the present revolt d the rising within the capital will suppressed easily. rhe army rose in revolt in Mexico :y today, took possession of the pubbuildings, shot down federal adherts in the streets, released Glen. Felix iz, leader of the Vera Cruz revolt, >m prison and falling Into line under i banner, practically captured the xican capital. ^Yancisco Madero, president of the >ublic, and members of his cabinet, >k refuge in the national palace, ere they were besieged but, with ne loyal troops at thir backs sucided in defending the palace trim i assaults of the revolutionists. Ma o's family has taken refuge in the ?anese legation and tonight the presnt is making a tight, desperate in its orts, against what appears to be irmoua odds, for retention of his wer. Diaz at Head of Troops. general Diaz, who is the nephew of i deposed president, Porflro Diaz, is v at the head of a majority of the >ital troops, including most of the arery, and is in possession of the arlal in the city and the powder works irby. Madero is relying on the loyy of General Blancquet, who has >n summoned from Tohica, forty les distant, but Blancquet has only a iusand men under his command and ! rebels are confident of defeating n ahonlri ho refuse to loin the revolt. ?he day was marked by four separengagements, the most sanguinary which took place In front of the nanal palace. But the most Important s that which terminated In the for1 surrender of the troops In the arery barracks. Two Hundrod Killed. t is believed that not less than 200 pie were killed and 500 wounded In fighting. Among the number was leral Bernardo Reyes, a strong aden t of Porflro Diaz, and ex-secrey of war. !"he mutinous troops were led by stuits of the military school at Tialpam, uburb. They marched to the prison which General Felix Diaz had been nsferred for safe keeping and resed him. General Bernardo Reyes s also freed from the Santiago mill- i y prison, there being no resistance either quarter. 'o the army of the mutineers quickcame portions of the first cavalry, | mty-fourth cavalry and twentieth : mtry. General Manuel Mondragon i [red, was in command, but gave way Generals Diaz and Reyes. General Reyes Killed, it 8.30 o'clock the first encounter ] h loyal troops occurred in front of national palace and General Reyes ose long record as an army officer, 3 broken little more than a year ago a farclal revolt, was instantly killed a bullet through the head, lany fell in this engagement and ong the scores of bodies which jwed the streets, were those of miofficers, women and boys of the er classes and members of the great wd of spectators which had gatherat the firing of the first shots, leneral Lauro Vlllar, post commandof the capital, who remained loyal, i among those slightly wounded, i minister of war, Gen. Garcia Pena, > received a slight injury. Madero Commands Troops .t the first call to arms President dero took command of a force of apximately 1,000 consisting of mountpolice, Chapultepec cadets and a ill detachment of volunteers. He apred at the head of this force a mile m the national palace riding a big y horse. By his side rode Gen. erta, hero of the campaign against zco and one of the army whom the 11c generally had suspected of bedisloyal. everal blocks from the palace one Madero's aides attempted to dlsde the president and, placing his t id on the horse's bridle, half turned f against & mob of Madero supporte who attempted to stone him. THs Palace Guarded. The revolt in Its unexpectedness w such as to stupify the populace, t lower elements apparently not knowli for whom to cheer. This is popular given as the reason for lack of pilla ing and looting. The national palace found the go ernment not altogether unprepared^ the interim between the release or u< Diaz and Gen. Reyes from prison, Gu tave Madero, brother of the preside] and Governor Garcia, of the feder district learned of the plans. The ml ister of war and Gen. Villar made has preparations to guard the palace. Ri ing at the head of their troops, Gene als Diaz and Reyes approached frc the east into the alco, the bif square front of the palace. General Reyes appeared for the fli time in many months In the uniform a general, but Diaz wore a blue sai suit and soft gray hat. A halt of the mutinous forces w made when General Villar, appearii at the door of the palace, raised fc hand and challenged them. His anew was an order on the part of the rebe to begin firing. Quickly the invadii forces assumed positions around t1 square which soon was clouded wi smoke from their rifles. Immediate from the palace came an answerli fire. The defenders were using rlfl and machine guns. From the west could be seen ad van ing the force headed by President M dero. As It approached the rebels r tired into a side street. Thirty minutes later street flghtli began In the neighborhood, but last only a short time. Neither side appea ed ready to press its advantage b Just before noon General Diaz led li command, numbering 1,000, on a wi detour in an effort to reach the arson When the fighting In the zocc ceased, ambulances of the Red ai White cross engaged in the work picking up the dead and wounded. T plaza, an area of four city blocks, w strewn with bodies of men and horsi Within the palace there were few vl tlms but Col. Morelos, one of the mc loyal of Madero's adherents was klll< Several Executions General Gregorlo Rulse, a retired c fleer, two captains and three lteute ants, were executed in the Patio of t national palace. It is officially report that this was by order of the gover ment, but another story Is that th were killed by a detachment of th< own men, because they opposed th< joining In the revolt. The Red and White cross ambulanc carried the wounded to provision hospitals, where investigation show there were almost as many civilian vi tlms as soldiers. Outside of the flgh Ing between the two opposing sld there was little disorder and tonlg the streets are patrolled by the ret troops. During the day only one mob a sembled. It attacked the building El Pals, the only Independent mornii newspaper printed . in Spanish. T building was partly burned. Gen. Mondragon, who led the mul neers In their first attacks, was at o: time prominently Identified with t' artillery corps. The first rising occurred among t soldiers of the artillery branch of t army. It was they, led by studen who fired a fusllade at the prlsi guards and liberated the two rebel lea ers. Diaz succeeded In capturing the a senal after a strong resistance by ti federals. A large nuraDer or rurai and mounted police then went over his cause. Later an artllery company from T cubaya with a dozen fleld guns, ro Into the arsenal grounds shouting f Diaz. It Is reported that revolution* movements have begun In other plac and the Zaplsta* are said to be flgh lng a short distance south of the cap tal. MERE MENTION Mrs. Llge GUlmore and James Lyi are in jail in Webb City, Mo., on tl charge of murdering the woman's hu band. Mrs. Glllmore confessed th she lured her husband into an alii and that Lynn shot him to death. SI gave as a motive cruelties that had e tended over a period of twenty-tv years of married life..... Colonel Go thals and his assistants are helpless watching a landslide that will dune 3,000,000 cubic yards of earth in Ci lebra cut. It is estimated that it w: take until November to remove t) slide... .A man presented two 310,01 bills at the foreign exchange window a St.Louis bank Friday, and was arres ed by a postal inspector. The two bii bore serial numbers or bills formii a part of the 3200,000 package i money that disappeared from the Hi vana-New Tork mail on October 1 1912 King Alfonso of 8paln, wi a passenger in a dirigible balloon thi cruised over Madrid for thirty minut Friday Congressman Moore < Pennsylvania, wants congress to &] propriate money to raise the friga Philadelphia, sunk in the harbor i Tripoli about a century ago Wa rants have been sworn out at Cologn Germany, for one of the most prom nent and wealthy lawyers of Prussi ? 1?-? 1 Rfm n< UI1 IUC WliaifiC Ul Clll 1/CAI1I1115 f *,wvw,w? of trust funds Wm. S. Murphy, married man and bank cashier of Pi dricktown, N. J., disappeared last we? with Miss Mary Archer, a scho teacher of the town Thirty thoi sand firemen of the railroads east 1 Chicago and north of the Potoma have voted to go on a strike and reje the terms of arbitration offered by tl 54 railroads involved. In the event tl strike is ordered, railroad passenge mail and freight traffic will be pan lyzedr business will suffer the loss < millions and laborers of all kinds wl lose millions in wages should the strili be at all prolonged .A dispatc from Constantinople announces tin 15,000 Kurdish raiders from Asiat Turkey have been landed in Thrace 1 help the Turks in their fight again the allies. The Kurds are religious U natics and ferocious fighters Greek aeroplane made a flight ov< the Dardanelles on Friday, droppir three bombs. Neither of the bomt did any serious damage... .One thoi sand car builders of the Lehigh Valle railroad at Mauch Chunk, Pa., wei on a strike Friday, on refusal of a d< mand for higher wages Thre persons died In Philadelphia on Fr day, from the intense cold labor union of Wellington, New Zet land, has passed a resolution strong! urging all New Zealanders to do a In their power to lessen the birth rati so as to lessen the number of youtt who must take compulsory mllltar training Thos. Walsh, a shot ping agent, is held under $10,00 bond at Norfolk, Va., on the charge t strangling two youths and puttin them aboard an outgoing vessel Buffalo, N. Y., physicians believe tht they have discovered the germ whic causes infantile paralysis. The geri Is said to come from stable flies rhe legislature of Washington ha adopted a Joint resolution ratifying th constitutional amendment for diret election of United States senator And the senate has also passed a bl prohibiting the intermarriage c white and colored races Th 'Local Register Locater," a New Yor publication, has listed 100,200 Amerl ? ?II.. ?? *1, ? II., .alio, suppuscuijr ui iuc owv,ioiij cicv, Ot the list, 50,200 are married, 30,00 ire women wanting to be marrlec md 20,000 men In the marriageabl :lass. Of the 30,000 women in th narrying class, 14,161 are spinster: ind the remainder are widows an divorcees The first Ice of th season Is being harvested In Pennsyl /anla Edonard Pettier, a hig ilficial of the French police depart roent, was murdered in his Paris resi lence on Wednesday, together wit i woman nurse. The killing wa lone by an uncaptured accomplice o he Bonnot automobile bandits, whos :rial is now under way In Paris. Th 'rime was one of revenge i jrand jury has indicted four Pitts jurgh. Pa., druggists on charges o lelllng cocaine to children Presi lent-elect Wilson has about complete: he draft of his inaugural address rathollc priest of New York is ad rocatlng a stringent curfew law fo hat city, In order to protect youth rom "degenerate ghouls." Thi itate of Kansas, by a law passed las veek, will publish all the text book; ised In the public schools, and wil ell the books at actual cost 3ol. George Harvey, of New York aid of President Taft in Washington Saturday: "The worst licked, th< east sore and the best liked of all oui residents The Anarctic explorin{ ;rs party, under Captain Robt F. Scott of England, including sixty-six scientists and sailors, which reached the South pole on January 18, 1912, is reported to have perished in, a terrific Ll'zxarH he which caught the party as it was homeward bound. Many bodies and most *y of the records of the expedition were g~ recovered, says the report In SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ?The management of the corn show at, decided last Saturday to keep the show 'al open for another week. According to present plans it will close next Friday d- night r\ ?The Columbia State of February >m 8, contains the following paragraph: I In The bankers and farmers at the auditorium of the Corn exposition "8t grounds on February 6, adopted a resof olution offered by Harry D. Calhoun ck of Barnwell, favoring the bill now before the legislature, known as the as state warehouse bill." ?Columbia, February 8: After an 118 extended debate this morning the ?r house passed to third reading, the bill !l? providing for the acceptance by the state of the property of the Medical college In Charleston and appropriat, ing $20,000 with which to establish a ,y state medical college. By a vote of 54 to 35 the house refused to recome8 mlt the bill and sent it to the senate. The measure contains a provision for c" the revision of the property transfera" red to its present owners should the e" state fail to support the state medical ^ college It is proposed to establish. ed ?Columbia special of February 8 to r- the Spartanburg Journal: "A cork ut screw may be crooked, but it has a its trueness, a certain symmetry and regde ularity in its convolutions. The return elI. of the Hon. Cole L. Blease has no such ilounminK reaiuree," says comptroller ad General A. W. Jones In his return filed of this morning to the suit brought to set he aside the refunding act and opposing as the request made to the court by Goves. emor Blease for a referee to take tesc timony in this case. "The opposition ist of the Hon. Cole L. Blease to the act of >d. 1912. on the ground of alleged unconstltutlonality. is feigned and to the ln? terest of banks and corporations which >f- hoped to enjoy the exemptions given n- them by the act of 1910 and taken he away by the act of 1912." continues the ed comptroller general. General Jones I a- points out the advantages of the re- \ (,y funding act of 1912 and shows that to -ir have exempted from taxation those shares of banks which were Invested in state securities would necessarily es cause the exemption of national banks' Investments In state and national seed curltles and the consequent loss to the c- taxpayer of thousands of dollars. He it- charges that this is what the governor es Is attempting to have done. He says ht that the request of Governor Blease for >el a referee in this suit is simply to try to thwart the commission in its work s- and It was for this reason that he ve? of toed the act and absenced himself from Mr the meetings of the sinking fund comhe mission last year. The legislature passed the refunding act over the reto of ti- the governor and It provided for the rene funding of the entire debt of the state he amounting to some 16,600,000 at 4 per cent. The constitutionality of the act he is now being tested 'n the courts and he the governor Is joining in the request >ts to have it set aside. He made sweepon Ing allegations of Illegal acts on the <1- part of the old sinking fund commls T slon. Governor Blease attacked Comphe troller General Jones severely In his es return to the suit and the comptroller to comes back at him in like fashion in the return made by him. Both are a- members of the sinking fund commlsde slon and bitter enmity exists between or them. jZ ? The case of the state against Fredk erlck O. Beach, the New Tork million 1 aire, charged with attempting to kill his wife at Aiken last winter, was concluded on Friday with a verdict of not guilty, the Jury having arrived at Its conclusion after having remained m out something over an hour. The ie Beaches at the time told a story to the B_ effect that the assault was committed at by a negro. Aiken people believe that sy Beach himself was the assailant The ie theory of the state as laid down by the s. solicitor was like this: "Mrs. Beach f0 went out with her dogs and when she e. did not return within a reasonable time ly Beach became suspicious and started iV looking for her. Going out Into the side street and back of his cottage, where m he could command a clear view of the ie hole In the partition fence between his j0 premises and the Lyons property, 0f Beacii saw his wife in conversation with some one on the other side. ]s "Snatching a paling from the picket fence, he rushed around into Hood's 0? lane and through the big gate leading a_ into the Lyon's yard. At the end of 2 the hedge he encountered the negro ^ servant. Pearl Hampton, stationed a? there. When he struck her with the ~g paling, her screams gave the alarm and the person he was after, fled through the big gate. Falling to catch that perte son Beach pursued his wife through of the hole In the fence, overtaking her in r_ the side yard where the assault occure red. Mrs. Beach staggered Into the house and slammed the door. It was then a that Beach rapped loudly on the door, )0 demanding: It Is me, Beach, let me a In.'" Mr. Gunter said that he was conB. fldent that the presence of Miss Holllns ,k In the house that night had saved Mrs. ol Beach's life. He said that there was no . evidence to show that Beach's diamond .f studded penknife was hanging to his c watch chain that night and no evidence ^ to disprove the state's theory that the ie blood which Dr. Wyman found on the ie knife was not from Mrs. Beach's throat. r "It Is absurd," said the prosecutor, "for ' Beach to contend that he rushed up3f stairs, got his revolver and made an II examination of the premises between [e the time three persons In the Wyman ,h household heard the door slam and it Beach's knock on the doors." The three attorneys who spoke for the defense, charged that Beach had been persecutBt ed and said that if he had been an ordinary person on trial they never would ^ nave pui on a, single witness in aeienae ;r against the "flimsy case which they jg presented." >s ?Columbia, February 7: The Ritteni berg bill to allow Charleston to regulate sy the whisky traffic in original packages it under high license has been given a i- hearing before the senate committee. John P. Grace mayor of Charleston, 1- who was among the visitors in ColumA bia today, had some Interesting things i- to say concerning the whisky situaly tion: "I appeared before the senate 11 committee," said Mayor Grace, "on poet lice regulations to which had been reis ferred what is commonly known as the y Rittenberg high license bill for Charles) ton. I objected to the passage of the 0 bill in its present form. My views are >f that the proper solution of the liquor g question in Charleston is high license under proper regulations. The Rittenit berg bill provides for about 120 licenses h to be granted under which liquor will n be sold, not by the drink, but in'pack ages of one-half pint and over. Experits ence has shown that law-breaking in e Charleston begins only where packageit breaking ends. In other words, unless s- some system la devised which legalizes ( 11 the sale of liquor by the drink, we will still have law-breaking. There Is a e popular error that constitutional dlfflk cultles make the sale of liquor by the - drink impossible. Such, however, Is t- emphatically not the case, and it is 0 upon this feature mainly that I dwelt 1. in my argument before the committee, e As mayor of the city of Charleston I do e not think our representatives in the 3 legislature should beguile their brethd ren into the belief that the Rittenberg e bill solves a question when as a matter 1- of fact it simply complicates it, but I h do believe in taking the Rittenberg bill :- with such features added as will - legalize the breaking of packages. We h should tell frankly what we want and .9 If th??v eiv* tia anvthlno" short of lt_ if equally as frankly what they can exe pect. After a thorough study of the e question I have not the remotest doubt K that the way is wide open for the legis lature to make Charleston a communif ty of law-abiding citizens and that way - is clearly to repeal the only law which d now makes it a law-breaking commui. nity, namely the prohibition feature of - our liquor laws. Repeal prohibition and r the question is at once solved. No cons stitutional change is necessary. But e with the prohibition feature the domit nant feature of the Rittenberg bill I s am very much afraid that the step we 1 are supposed to be gaining Is very lllu. sory. Of course, there were some de, tails in the Rittenberg bill as to the i, methods of appointment which were i wholly objectionable, not, however, as r a matter of principle, but as a matter r of administration."