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Scraps and .facts. ? Frauds in the use of parcel pos stamps are being revealed in Nev York and elsewhere. Although th< denominations of the new stamp: range from one cent to one dollar they are all printed in the same colo ?red and are of similar design. Thi confuses the parcel post clerks am opens the door to fraudulent prac tices on the part of certain persons The denomination of one cent is in dicated by the word "One cent?1" 01 the bottom part of the stamp. In th dollar stamp the word "dollar" take the place of "cents." It has beei found, it is said, that in a number o instances the word "dollar" has bee cut out of an old stamp and paste over the word "cent" on the one cen stamp. The clerks in their hurry hav mistaken the patched up one cent fo the dollar stamp. ? El Paso, Texas, March 2: In running fight on the border near Doug las, Ariz., early today between Mexi can soldiers and troopers of the Nintl United States cavalry, four Mexican were killed. None of the America] troops were killed or wounded, ac cording to advices received here lat today. Four American army officers walking on the American line, thre miles from Douglas are reported t< have been fired on by forty regula Mexican soldiers, patrolling the borde out of Augua Preita opposite Douglas Sixteen of the negro troopers of th Ninth rushed to the place of the flrlni and had a spirited skirmish. Th American soldiers were holding thel positions at the international tin when reinforced by two troops of th Ninth. The Mexicans were routed leaving four killed on the field am others struggling through the brusl wounded. It is said that the America! troops became so excited that the; overstepped the boundary and pursue! the Mexicans for some distance. Th fight Caused great excitement at Doug las, to which the telegraph lines ar not open today. The townspeople arm ed themselves and went to the boun dary believing the Mexican soldier were attempting to invade the Unite* States. Within a few minutes hun dreds of citizens were at the plac< armed and ready. Cowboys rushed 1; from nearby ranches. ? tsy a voie 01 2** 10 ?o me uousi on Saturday, repassed over Preslden Taft's veto the Webb bill prohibitinj shipments of Intoxicating: liquors int< "dry" states. The senate passed i over the veto Friday night and the bll now becomes law. Only one other tim< in the last fifteen years has congress overridden a president's veto. Tha was when the Rainey river dam bll was passed over President Roosevelt'! disapproval. President Taft based hii veto almost entirely upon the grounc that the bill was unconstitutional, ii that it virtually delegated to th< states, control of interstate traffic ii liquor, when he held that control was vested solely in congress. Attornej General Wickersham had given ar opinion also holding the bill unconstitutional and Vhat the president forwarded to the senate Friday with his veto message. The senate repassed the bill promptly last night and earlj Saturday, house leaders favoring the measure led by Representative Clayton, chairman of the judiciary committee, and Representative Webb, one of its framers, began working for ar immediate repassage. Debate wai limited and the house repassed the bill with a wide margin over the necessary two-thirds vote, as the senate had done. Supporters of the bill sa> it will make effective the prohibitior laws of "dry" states which, they say now ATA violated because intoxicants are shipped to private individuals anc have the effect of nullifying the loca laws. ? Washington, March 2: Thougl President-elect Wilson will not sent the names of his cabinet to the senat* until tomorrow afternoon, informatior as to its personnel came from members of the official family when thej arrived today. Washington now accepts the following slate as constitut ing the final selection of the president-elect: Secretary of state, William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska; secretary of treasury, William G. McAdoo of New York; secretary of war Lindley M. Garrison of New Jersey; attorney general, James McReynolds of Tennessee; postmaster general, Albert S. Burleson of Texas; secretarj of navy, Josephus Daniels of Nortl Carolina; secretary of interior. Franklin K. Lane of California; secretary o agriculture, David F. Houston of Missouri; secretary of commerce, Willian C. Redfield of New York; secretary o labor, William B. Wilson of Pennsylvania. Many of these names hav< been known for several days and chiei Interest centred in the revelation o those who would receive the portfolio, of war, agriculture and interior. Th< selection of Vice Chancellor Garrison of New Jersey to be secretary of wai in line with the idea of the president elect always has had that the head o the war department should be a mai of unusual administrative ability. Su pervision of the island possessions o the United States, including the Phil' ippines and the Panama canal zone will be important factors under th< new administration and their jurisdic tion will fall on the head of the wai department. Chancellor Garrison is ^ -close friend of Mr. Wilson and is re garded as one of the best men Nev Jersey has ever elevated to the bench The choosing of David Franklin Hous ton, chancellor of Washington unlver sity, St. Louis, Mo., for the portfolh of agriculture, also occasions littli surprise, as Mr. Wilson's intimat< knowledge of agricultural question! has led him to seek a man familia: with the processes of advancing scien tiflc farming and allied questions it this country. Mr. Houston was presi dent of the Texas Agricultural an< Mechanical college for a number o years. For the portfolio of secretar; of the interior, it is said Mr. Wilsoi has been influenced to select a wes terner of legal training. Franklin K Lane's experience as Interstate com merce commissioner, it is assumed has fitted him for active and judicia tasks involved in administering th< public land policy of the country. 00. Thro. w aoiiai5iv/ii, I CUI ucuj xuiv divergent reports were presented t< the house today by the members o the committee which conducted th< "Money Trust" investigation. The majority report, signed by Chatrmai Pujo and the six other Democratic members of the committee, found tha a money trust exists, according t< their understanding of the term. Twi bills accompanied the report, one for bidding the use of the mails to stocl exchanges which fail to observe prescribed stringent regulations as to th< conduct of their business, and the other prescribing rigid rules for the conduct of national banks, their officer.' and clearing house associations tt which they belong. The first minority report, signed by Representative! Hayes, of California; Hea!d, of Dela ware, and Guernsey, of Maine, Repub licans, set forth that the investigatior "has not disclosed the existence of any so-called 'Money Trust,'" but addec "it has, however, disclosed a dangerous concentration of credit in New York city and to some extent in Boston and Chicago." While agreeing substantially with the majority," said th? report, "on many of the abuses to b< included in the financial system, the stock exchange and the clearing house associations, the undersigned, have doubts as to the wisdom of some ol the remedies proposed by the majority." This report further sets forth the be'.ief that before definitely recommending any remedial legislation, testimony should be taken covering more fully the effect of the various changes in the laws that have been suggested "It is manifestly important" the report concluded, "that any of the proposed legislation can be considered by this congress and it seems to us wise to leave the matter of recommending complete remedial legislation to those who will be charged with the responsibility of formulating and reporting such legislation to congress." An Individual minority report filed by Representative McMorran, of Michigan Republican, was a fiat, detailed disagreement with the recommendations and findings of the majority. "While I believe that attention has been called to grave deficiencies in our financial laws. I also believe that a sinister light has been thrown over banking practices which was not justified by the facts, that no effort has been made to show the reasonable and commendable explanations of these practices and that in many cases an impression ha* been given to the country as to the character and motives of leading bankers which is altogether unfair," . said Representative McMorran in his t report. Mr. McMorran declared the proposrd scheme for regulating stock exe changes "drastic and unwarranted," s and that there was "no real evil" in interlocking directorates, r _ _ . _ - * fhc itorhviUr (Enquirer. ' Entered at the Postofflee in Yorkville n as Mail Matter of the Second Class. e - S YORKVILLE, 8. O.i TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1913 e e There is developing an agitation ol j! the proposition of adopting a commisr sion form of government for the states. i. The suggestion is worth thinking e about. S e ' r After all the distribution of free e seeds is not to be discontinued. The ? senate cut out the appropriation; but j the house conferees put it back. The (1 distribution will go on us heretofore, n ? . j The open furrow method of putting e in oats was used more generally last - fall than usual; but because of the e mildness of the winter there has been . no additional demonstration of the sus periority of the method. 3 m j But the Webb law will cut a coni siderable figure until the United States supreme court says it Is unconstltut tional. It will count for something t even in Charleston, and probably have * the effect of making the tigers buy t their supplies from dispensaries. 1 i The general assembly has abolished j the penitentiary hosiery mill, and that 1 institution is to go out of business on i November 1. The establishment of J the hosiery mill was a fearful mistake j to begin with and the abolition of It i is one of the most meritorious things 1 the general assembly has done at its . present session. i ' * " From the reports we have seen in " the papers we are unable to form a I satisfactory conclusion as to whether r the electric current is really used for i the torture of convicts. The testimony on the subject is more or less confusi ed. From things that have come out 1 from time to time, however, the pre, sumption is such practices are resort[ ed to. The idea of the thing Is simi ply horrible. i , Although there has been but little | plowing lately because of the wet j weather; but few of the farmers have been idle. They have done more t clearing up of terraces, branch bot1 toms, ditch banks and Srier thickets generally than for years, and the result is noticeable in almost every direction. As a matter of fact It is doubtful as to whether there has really been a great deal of loss of time on account of the plowing, especially since the time has been used so profitably otherwise. It is very evident that Governor Blease is doing all in his power to make the question of education?the liberal support of the common schools, [ the leading political issue in South Carolina, and the drift of his purpose * seems to be in the direction of cutting down the large appropriations that are ? now going to the higher institutions, f The feeling that the higher institu( tions are getting too much money while ; the common schools are getting too , ittle is already quite strong, and i r anything it is steadily growing strongf eri ? j It is not going to hurt anybody to . read that controversy between the Co, lumbia State, and the Hon. John L. i McLaurln on the subject of compul'r sory education. There are people who i do not like the State, and people who UO nui HKe 1*11, luiruauriu, auu pcujiic ' who dislike both; but that should have nothing to do with the matter. If the - State is not an able newspaper in its J way. there is not much use to look for I ability in South Carolina newspapers, 3 and if Mr. McLaurin is not an able r statesman in his way, there it not much use to look for ability among . the public men of South Carolina. We 3 do not understand that the contro1 versy has been of Mr. McLaurin's ' seeking, but rather of the seeking of . the State. Mr. McLaurin accepted the - challenge that was handed out to him however, and as to how the discussion j was started is of little consequence. i While there is not a great deal in either of the opening papers publish? ed today, the discussion has proceedJ ed far enough to Indicate that people 4 who care to get something out of it . will be able to do so, and in the be i lief that the controversy is worth : while, it is our purpose to reproduce > it all. j * * Referring to the refusal of the sen. ate to continue the appropriation of J $1,200 to Winthrop for school super' vision work, the Newberry Observer j remarks: , "The senate did right. There is en. tirely too much school supervision i anyhow." We have not seen proper to censure ' the action of the senate in this matter, r because we do not know the reason 1 that governed the same, but we do ; not agree with the Observer. The su. pervision work that has been done un. der that appropriation has been good s and productive of good results. The I results are apparent ali over York , county. While most of this approprla! tion has been devoted to York county, ' and on that account there may be [ some ground for the charge of discrimination, at the same time the su pervisor of rural scnoois nas Deen act| ive in other counties, and has done good work In them also. "Too much supervision" is bad, unless it be supervision of the right kind; but there is no such thing as too much supervision of the right kind. If the state were able it would pay to have a supervisor Ulrn nno Wi nth pa rv conrlc out ! every county. - Although the Webb bill has been j passed over the president's veto, and > it is now a law, the friends of the measure need not congratulate them[ selves without reservation for the present. The fact that the president has declared the bill to be unconstitutional may be taken as a guarantee that the new law will yet have to run the gauntlet of the supreme court, and i what that tribunal will do remains ' be seen. The constitutional obj tlon urged is that congress undertal to delegate to states, powers that 1 long to congress alone. The idea we understand it is that while congr has the power to regulate lnterst commerce in liquor, in a case like tl although the Federal governnv might have the constitutional right deal with an interstate liquor pack: 1 after its arrival at lis destination, cannot give such right to a state g ernment. It seems to us that sucl rule applied to liquor would ap with equal force to pistols; but point has yet been made along tl line. However we will not undertf to argue a constitutional question 1 this with such an able constltutio lawyer as President Taft For < ining our ideas as 10 ine lesmumcj liquor as an article of commerce i wildly different, he having been real in Cincinnati, where liquor is the m important mercantile commodity, s our lives having been pitched amt people who for three or four gene ' tlons have been trying to abolish liqi as one of the greatest evils with wh civilization has to contend. But n< ; ertheless we will venture that the i preme court will be able to decide t matter either way it wants to and g i as good reasons on one side as t i other. What the supreme court v do we cannot predict. But we w< to remark that while the Webb 1 may not prove as effective along I lines of its generally presumed obj as Its advocates might hope, still are satisfied that it will do some go else there would not have been many obstacles in its way. THE APPROPRIATION BILL. Items on Which the Governor W Sustained and Overridden. The News and Courier of yesterd prints the following summary of ite in the appropriation bill that were 1 toed by the governor and the action the house and Benate thereon: Vetoes in House. Results on vetoes in the house: 1. Extra clerical work comptrolle office, $1,000, 81 to 18?overridden. 2. Printing books, etc., comptrolle office, $500, 82 to 19?overridden. 3. Printing books, bonds, sh treasurer, $2,000, 77 to 23?overridd 4. Deficit for lighting public bui ings, $2,954.52, 73 to 21?overridden 5. Deficit state board health, $ 536.62, 77 to 19?overridden. 6. University South Carolina mal tenance, equipment, $4,500, 93 to ! overridden. 8. University South Carolina, li proving dining hall, $15,000, 81 to U overridden. 9. University of South Carolina, n dormitory, $25,000, 80 to 15?overr den. 10. University South Carolina, he? ing plant, $17,500, 85 to 17?overr] den. 11. State Colored college agriculti al extension, $10,000, 54 to 29?si tained. 13. Confederate home, Charlestf $2,000, 80 to 14?overridden. 12. State Colored college sumti school, $500, 58 to 31?sustained. 14. Historical commission pai graph, $5,350, 85 to 6?overridden. 15. Printing for historical comm sion, $1,000, 72 to 16?overridden. 16. Work on Confederate recor $2,500, 80 to 13?overridden. 17. Interest liable to accrue, $5,0 79 to 11?overridden. 18. Claims passed by assembly, $1 000, 74 to 11?overridden. 19. Deficit for public printing, 19 $5,345.45, 69 to 12?overridden. 20. Corn Breeders' association, $ 000, 76 to 11?overridden. 21. Expenses for phosphate comm sion, $300, 70 to 13?overridden. 22. South Carolina Live Stock as? ciatlon. $1,000, 45 to 36?sustained. 23. South Carolina Agricultural i ciety, (state fair) $5,000, 64 to U overridden. 24. Deficit for printing, 1911, $ 136.18, 61 to 24?overridden. 2r. State Colored fair, $1,000, 85 0?sustained. 26. Chairs for gallery, house, $1,0 81 to 8?overridden. 27. Linoleum for gallery, hou $324, 86 to 3?overridden. 28. Plant Breeders' association, $ 500. 57 to 28?overridden. 29. To change personnel borrowi board, Section 40, 82 to 4?overriddi 30. Recapitulation totals, 88 to ( overridden. 31. Passage of entire act, 88 to ( ratified. Vetoes in Senate. Results of vetoes in the senate. Item 4, Section 4, extra clerical s< vice, comptroller general's off! $1,000?32 to 1. Item 10, Section 4, printing, com troller general's office, $500?31 to 4 Item 6, Section 6, printing, st? treasurer's office, $2,000?34 to 2. Item 13, Section 13, deficit for ligl ing public buildings, $2,954.52? to 6. Item 6, Section 17, deficit for 19: health department, $2,536.62?32 to Item 9, Section 19, books and blan for tax department, $5,000?25 to : Item 3, Section 20. equipment, Ui versity of South Carolina, $4,500? to 4. Item 4, Section 20, general expens University of South Carolina, $12,0 ?30 to 3. Item 6, Section 20, improving dini hall, University of South Carolit $15,000?30 to 2. Item 7, Section 20, completing n< dormitory. University of South Cai Una, $25,000?29 to 6. Item 9, Section 20. heating pla University of South Carolina, $17,5 ?29 to 7. Item 2, Section 25, Confedert Home college, $2,000?31 to 1. Section 31. several items, historli commission, $5,350?34 to 0. Item 3. Section 31, printing, histf ical commission, $1,000?32 to 0. Item 4, Section 31, work on Cc federate records, historical comm sion. $2,500?28 to 1. Item 5, Section 32, Interest to ? crue on bonded debts, $5,000?29 to Item 1, Section 38, claims, $10,0 ?32 to 2. Item 3. Section 38, deficit, pub printing for 1912, $5,341.45?24 to 8. Item 4, Section 38, Corn Breede association, $1,000?21 to 15. (Si talned). Item 6, Section 38, phosphate coi mission, $300?21 to 14. (Sustainei Item 19, Section 38, South Caroli Agricultural society, $5,000?29 to Item 20. Section 38, deficit for prii ing, 1911, $1,136.18?18 to 16. (Si talned). Item 22. Section 38, chairs 1 house, $1,079?34 to 1. Item 23, Section 38, linoleum 1 house gallery, $324?32 to 1. Ttem 9K SnMInn 98 Plant Breede association, $1.500?18 to 17. (Si talned). Section 40, for borrowing funds? to 5. The Webb Bill.?Following is t full text of the Webb bill which t came a law over the president's sign ture last Saturday: "An act to divest intoxicating quors of their interstate commer character in certain cases. "Be it enacted by the senate a house of representatives of the Unit States of America In congress asser bled, that the shipment or transport tion, in any manner or by any mea whatsoever, of any spirituous, vlnoi malted, fermented, or other intoxica ing liquor of any kind, from one sta territory, or district of the Unit States, or place non-contiguous to b subject to the jurisdiction thereof, in any other state, territory or distri of the United States, or place non-co tiguous to but subject to the jurisdi tion thereof which said spirituous, x nous, malted, fermented, or other i toxicating liquor is intended, by ai person interested therein, to be recei ed, possessed, sold, or in any mann used, either in the original package otherwise, in violation of any lawsuch state, territory or district of tl United States, or place non-contiguoi to but subject to the Jurisdicti< thereof, is hereby prohibited." to local affairs. ec tea NEW ADVERTISEMENTS t>e* Neely Ratchford, Yorkvllle No. 7?Is as looking for a lost bay horse mule, ess lost Saturday evening. ate M. A. McFarland, No. 4?Has about 1,000 pairs of low shoes and he inils, viies you to see them before Easter, ent City Electric Plant?Is now prepared to to furnish you Madza electric lamps at very low prices. lge James Bros.?Are pleased with Monit aay 8 business, and invite you to see ov- them for mules and horses. , a J. C. Wllborn?Offers the J. J. Smith property, at Clover, and 56g acres Ply near Beersheba, for sale, no Smoak-Brown Mule Co.?Talk about bat good buggies and want you to see . It for good mules. lKe J. R. Killian?Wants to sell 25 pure lke leghorn hens quick. nal Klrkpatrlck-Belk Co.?Buyers have returned from market, and the new goods are arriving. ?* York Furniture Co.?Is agent for the are Ford?the universal car, and wants re(j you to see it if Interested. Cloud Cash Store?Invites special at081 tention to its displays of novelty ind dress goods now on display. >ng Thomson Co.?Is showing new nainsooks. long cloth, bleaching, embroidery cloth, percales, etc. Ior J. Q. Wray?Reminds you that his reich duction sale continues all of this 8V_ week and asks you to shop with him. Idle Hour Theatre?Will soon be pre8U" pared to open Its doors. Watch for the opening date. .. ive Bank of Clover, Clover?Quotes the the Financial Review in regard to the accounts of small depositors. *?l York Supply Co.?Can supply you with uit seed potatoes, corn seed and corn aw planters. .. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Offers selections from 600 patterns for madeect to-measure clothes at 115 a suit, we Palmetto Monument Co.?Again calls 0(jt attention to the desirability of put' ting a monument over the graves of 80 loved ones. W. H. Herndon?Wants to furnish you with seed potatoes, and advises early planting. He also sells Hammond's dairy feed, 11.80 per 100 lbs. ** The postoffioe department has Issued an order providing that special delivlay ery 8tamps may be affixed to parcels post packages, and after July 1 such 7e. Packages may be sent charges collect, of Cotton Belt school house was crowded last Friday night on account of the entertainment there and the occasion was generally enioved bv doodIp whn , were astonished by "what the little >r 8 folks can be taught to do." The re, ceipts were in the neighborhood of $25. lte The Rock Hill Record is urging the en abolition of ordinary retail credit and ld_" the adoption of the cash system. This is a thing that can be done only by 2 . the exercise of the highest business ability on the part of business men, ln_ but it is the thing to do: Retail credit j is based on the idea of making those who pay, carry those who do not pay; but even with -this the merchant is I generally the heaviest looser. This credit business, unnecessary credit, ew has made more business failures than Id- any one thing. it- WITHIN THE TOWN ? The protracted meeting that was commenced in the First Presbyterian church on Monday evening, February 24, by Rev. Dr. A. R. Shaw, of Charlotte, came to a close last Sunday night, with a genera! result of widespread interest throughout the com? munity and twenty professions of faith, with notices of Intention to connect with the different churches of the is- town" ds, HOOKWORM CAMPAIGN. no At the request of the Rock Hill Her' aid, Dr. J. T. Howell, who had charge 0 . of the hookworm campaign in this county has furnished that paper with 12 a statement as to results. The state' ment follows: j . Number or Number Persons having Hook i_ Examined. Worms. Rock Hill 974 70 lo_ Fort Mill 289 50 Hickory Grove 348 ,105 lo_ Clover 299 '67 I Yorkville 284 46 Sharon 30 4 1,_ Total 2,223 341 t0 Infection for county as shown by number examined is fifteen per cent. 79, ABOUT PEOPLE. se, Mrs. John R. Ashe, of Yorkville, is lt- attending the inauguration. Mr. W. L. Williams, of Yorkville, is ng amosg the visitors to Washington on en. account of the inauguration. 1 Miss Ellse Latimer, of Columbia, ,. spent Sunday with her parents, Mf. and Mrs. W. C. Latimer, in Yorkville. Mrs. G. W. Foster, of Greenwood, is spending several days with her mother, Mrs. W. B. Steele, in Yorkville. 5r" Mrs. R. E. Randal, of Brevard, N. ce- C., visited Mrs. E. W. Long, in Yorkville last week. ip~ Miss Evie Lazenby, of Baltimore, ite has arrived ln Yorkville, and will be in charge of the millinery department, lt_ at Thomson Co.'s, this season. 28 Mr. John S. James has moved his fnmil.r 4/x V/N.Ut'lllr. A tailing IV 1 VIIWIIIC liUIll lauiviuvuic, 12, N. C., and is occupying Mr. J. P. 3. White's cottage on East Liberty street, ks Miss Georgia Burke, of Baltimore, 10. arrived in Yorkville, last Friday and ni- will have charge of the millinery de30 partment at Kirkpatrlck-Belk Co.'s again this season. ?s* Rev. Dr. A. R. Shaw, who has been uu conducting a meeting in the First Presbyterian church of Yorkville, durng ing the past week has been called to ia* the chair of Theology in the divinity school of Clarksville, Tenn., university, fw and has accepted. Mr. J. R. Killian, for nearly eight nt years, superintendent of the York Cot00 ton mills, leaves this week with his family for China Grove, N. C., where lte Mr. Killian will take the superlntendency of a large cotton mill, that is ,ai one of the string of mills owned by Messrs. J. W. Cannon and son, of Con,r_ cord, N. C., the recent purchasers of the Y?rk mill. Mr. Killian expresses h I m Dolf a a holnar V?lcrVil\r nloODA/^ ??UU IJ). WW w% .IIQ ptcaocu nuu j8. the prospects of his new position. l? THE COUNTRY BLACKSMITH 00 Most of the changes that occur In the economic life of a country are jlc brought about so slowly and gradually that the people concerned hardly realrs* ize them until after they have been 1S. completed and sometimes not even then. Yet such changes have been in tn. progress since the early history of the j), country, and they are in progress still. na There was in The Enquirer office 4 yesterday a good, substantial citizen 1tl from the western side of the county, is- who is of a type that seems to be steadily disappearing and which when ;or it is entirely gone will leave the country poorer than it is now. He is what -or may intelligently and comprehensively be termed "the old fashioned country rs- blacksmith." 1S. It is not necessary to mention this gentleman's name further than to say 29 that he is a worthy representative of the type in question, steady and honest and as true as the steel he works, and attached to his trade, not onl/ as a he means of livelihood; but because of a >e- generous appreciation of the usefula ness it makes him to his fellowman. There are still others like him; but as 11- stated they are growing fewer, ce "Yes, I have all I can do," he said. "and more than I really want to do. nd My territory extends not less than five ed miles in any direction and in some di II- tcvviuuo ttfjm V/I IIIIIC III I ICO. OUII1Ca times they bring me more work than I ns can do, and as it is not easy to get rejs, liable help In my line at a moment's it- notice, I have to stand the rush until te. I can get over it. But sometimes I am cd wondering what they will do when the ut old fellows in my line play out. There ito are no young fellows who want to learn ct the trade of the country blacksmith n- and when we drop out, it means that c- much of the work we now do will slmri ply not be done. Instead of taking n- many articles that are now easily reny poired, some ten or fifteen miles to the v- nearest town repair shop, people will er just buy new ones, and when it comes i or to shoeing farm horses and mules, of people will either have to learn to do : tie it themselves, or lose lots of time go- i us ing to town." in The plaint of this old craftsman 1 is somewhat suggestive of the time ] when a lot of the clothes worn in g this country were homespun, when b most of the hats were made by neigh- t borhood hatters, when the casks and o barrels were made by neighborhood ^ coopers, when even the rifles and guns were made by local gunsmiths, and almost every article of everyday use , was of local manufacture. Only re- Jj cently the writer saw a pair of steel spectacle frames that were made by 5 an old time York county blacksmith, V and there are to be found many simi- j lar articles, that would be no less surprising to those of this generation who r have grown up In the notion that this practice of getting from abroad prac- ( tically everything of every day use, T has been going on for all time past. TRUSTEE8' ASSOCIATION There were forty or fifty trustees of the rui ll schools of York county at a meeting held In the court house yesterday for the purpose of further considering the question of organizing the York County Trustees' association. Superintendent of Education John E. Carroll, presided. Permanent organization was effected by the election of A. E. Burns, president; T. P. Lesslle, G. W. Hill, E. P. Pursley, J. M. Brlce and G. C. Dunlap, vice presidents; E. M. Williams, secretary, and the presiding officer was instructed to appoint an executive committee of Ave. The constitution and by-laws was adopted as presented by the committee appointed to prepare the same. Various matters were discussed, but the most important resolution adopted was one providing for a card index system to keep tab on enrollment. It appears that the enrollment question has been a source of never-ending trouble to trustees and teachers. The trouble comes about through duplication of the same name in the same district; the enrollment of the same pu pll In two districts, and even the in- c advertent enrollment of the same pu- I pil under two names. It was resolved i that beginning next July the superin- t tendent of education inaugurate a card i index system to keep tab on the whole I matter. Under this arrangement there a will be a card on which there will be t blanks for a complete description of I each child. For instance the card will t carry name, age, sex, color, grade, f name of parents, etc., and the super- t tendent will thus have at hand a rec- t ord of every child. There was discussion of various I problems with which trustees have to s deal and very considerable Interest t was manifested in the progress of I school work generally. t When the meeting was adjourned it a was with the understanding that the next meeting would be held next summer at some date to be fixed after the laying by of the crops. , F LOCAL LACONIC8 Jumped the Truck. g mu. iM XT/i P me icuuci vi pttoBcugei uu.ni iiu. ~ 113 on the Southern, Jumped the track * at Newport last Sunday afternoon ( and was delayed two hours and forty minutes. There was but little damage. 8 Salesday Crowd. The salesday crowd yesterday was c larger than on any previous salesday c this year, and business generally was r good. There was an especially good , business in horse and mule flesh. I Registration Quiet. r The county board of registration 1 held Its regular monthly meeting In r Yorkville yesterday, and although J there was an unusually large crowd of J people In town, the business of the J board was light, there being only four jor five applicants for certificates. 1 Released from Quarantine. By virtue of an order Issued by the t secretary of agriculture which order f went Into effect last Saturday, 1,615 s square miles of South Carolina terri- \ tory was released from the cattle quarantine. The territory affected in- r eludes Darlington and Marlboro coun- i. ties and all of York county that was v not released under a previous order. c Auction Salos. The clerk of the court on yesterday sold property before the court house door as follows: In the case of B. N. Moore receiver vs. H. J. Johnson, 97 acres; bought by W. L. Hill for $8 an j; acre. In the case of B. N. Moore re- g celver vs. J. J. Johnson, 102 acres; j] bought by W. L. Hill for $7.50 an acre, m In the case of B. N. Moore, receiver E vs. John Young, a lot of 1 acre In the c town of Hickory Grove; bought by a W. L. Hill for $275. j Entertainment at Hickory Grove. ( "The Face at the Window," present- J1 ed by local talent In Hickory Grove's * new school building last Friday night. ? under the auspices of the School Im- 11 provement association, was a success c from every standpoint. The different ? characters In the play were well bus- * talned, and the audience showed Its 1: enjoyment of the various climaxes by v generous applause. The managers of ? the production have been requested to 1 repeat the play, and this may be done ? at a later date. The entertainment 0 was somewhat in the nature of a ded- Jj lcation of the new building, which was fl open for Inspection,, and all of the {' school's patrons expressed satisfaction " with the building and its arrangement, f, Tho York Cotton Mill. j The Cannons of Concord, N. C., g who have purchased the York Cotton a mill are among the largest mill own- t: ers and most successful mill men In h the south. They understand the mill fl business in all Its details, know how 1 to get the most and best product at g the least cost, how to market to the s best advantage, and have the means t with which to finance their various e operations. It is the understanding I that they are to make extensive im- n provements in the recently acquired t Yorkville property at an early day and 1< not only put it at its best; but keep it s going at that. There is a local feeling f: that the acquirement of this property p by the Cannons means much for the n present and future welfare of the town E of Yorkville, and the surrounding s community. s Not Available for Ten Years. d Rock Hill Record: Mr. W. J. Rod- " dey returned Saturday morning from f Chester, where he attended a meeting Friday night of the executive commit- . tee of the board of trustees of Erskine ota KaI/1 s\ nAnciHar onma matfprfl ^KJ UC6C, HC1U iW VVIIOIUV. "V*"V 8 pertaining to the interests of that in- . stitution. This college has lately become the beneficiary to the extent of !. 120,000 in the will of the late J. >S. _ Archer of Steubenville, Ohio, and the executive committee was called together to inspect the document. Mr. Archer willed about $85,000 of his estate y to various colleges and in addition to a the bequest given Erskine, the Wo- ^ man's College of Due West also re- r ceived $5,000. It is stipulated in the ^ testament, however, that the money 0 will not be available for about ten B years. It consists of large landed interests in West Virginia, Just across u the line from Ohio. tj School Improvement Work. Cotton Belt school in special district No. 49 made a new record on Febru- rj ary 25 and 26, in doing things up the ? right way. The school improvement ^ association was behind the movement. It had been recognized for quite a while that the grounds were not what they should be. The school house is on the side of the road and the space in front of it was up an incline that made the surroundings unsightly and ]o unsuitable for Dlav-around purposes. t, The school Improvement association ,1' suggested the Idea of improvement to the patrons and the patrons promptly . got busy. They turned out with teams aj and shovels and in a day and a half did work that was worth at least $50. The front yard was graded down and tl the material removed was used for the improvement of the baseball ground. w Other good work was done. The patrons went into the work with earnest Ji( enthusiasm and did a good Job of it. The only shortcoming was the failure ^ of the association to get the news of intentions thoroughly disseminated, Jn and a number of people who were anxious to help were left out; but the understanding is 'hat the good work ^ is to be continued, and there will be more and additional Improvement of d the same kind. School district No. 49 w is one of the most progressive in the . county. It is not particularly strong financially; but it makes up in energy and determination what it lacks in money. This was one of the first ru- to ral districts in the county to erect a tic modern building, and although at the hi time it appeared that the building was mi large enough to last for years, the bi! people ?f the community are now be- t\v rinning to recognize that there must ie improvement and enlargement, and hey are rather proud of the fact than Qi itherwise. fork County Teachers. Rock Hill Herald, Monday: The ec egular monthly meeting of the York pi bounty Teachers' association was held is m Saturday at Winthrop college, the ol esslons being held in the Winthrop pi loclety Hall. An Interesting and en- hi oyable programme was carried out, in he papers and discussions being es- m lecially helpful to the fifty teachers m n attendance. The meeting was call- Si >d to order by the president, Prof, et Junter, and introduced by him, Dr. fc ). B. Johnson of Winthrop spoke a ew words of welcome, giving the r eachers the freedom of the college for he day, inviting them to dinner and itating that when the Training school vas moved Into its new quarters he loped all would feel at liberty to visit J?1 he school on Saturday or at any time ai jonvenient to them. He rejoiced In " he cordial and friendly relations exsting between the teachers of York :ounty and Winthrop. The special sub- 111 ect under discussion for *he day was language in the Grades. A delightful C1 >aper on "Language in the Primary u Jrades" was read by Miss Mary Thornion. A general discussion was enter- J? sd into by Misses Withers, Russell and ithers. "Language Teaching With the Pert Rook'' hrnuorht out n cpnornl on*? lelpful discussion. The "Value of the 8< 3oys' Corn clubs" was to have been c* llscusscd by Supt. Carroll, but he be- 0 ng unavoidably absent, short talks vere made by Prof. J. L. Carberry and drs. Hettie Browne, of Wlnthrop. Adournment was then made for dinner, a! erved In the college dining room, vhlch, it is needless to say, was much njoyed. At 2 o'clock, the afternoon esslon began with a fine paper on J? The Playground Movement" by Miss D< 3eryl Martin, of the EJbenezer school, p ollowed by a general discussion. The "j ;hlef speaker of the occasion was Dr. i M. Poteat, President of Furman iniverslty, who spoke delightfully upon " he "Physical, mental, moral and splrtual development of children." Dr. J* 3oteat has a most pleasing address J1 md handled his subject to the edlflcaion of all. Secretary Moore, of Fort * Hill announced that in response to the elegram of congratulations sent at a 01 ormer meeting to Woodrow Wilson, 1,1 le had received a cordial letter of y< hanks, from the president-elect, but hat the letter had inadvertently been eft at home. Flckory Grove was chos- " ien as the next place of meeting on ** he first Saturday In April and County a Meld Day was set for the second Sat- Dl irday In April, the meeting to be held s' it Wlnthrop college. ?' n it GOVERNOR 18 PLEASED. 81 6.n.^r_bly Abo- i lition of Hosisry Mill. bi The governor on March i sent to the 1X1 reneral assembly the following meslage, No. 58 on the abolition of the O loslery mill: tl Jentlemen of the General Assembly: M I have Just signed my name to the ict abolishing the hosiery mill at the itate penitentiary. I have heard it said h; hat "Mans inhumanity to man makes 8( :ountless thousands mourn." This st :ould truly be applied to the hosiery ei nill. I have made a hard and deter- ai nined fight to relieve this suffering and w wish to thank you, in the name of all S( nankind, for the manhood displayed >y those of you who voted for this h neasure. And I ask the tender mercy *c if God upon those who refused to lis- r en to this appeal for mercy from their ellowmen. To the young member from ln Spartanburg, who made such a gal- S? ant fight, South Carolina owes much, hi ind I can assure him that when the et ime comes his appeal for support for & hat which he may ask from the peo~' bl tie will be answered, even as he an- P] wered the appeal of these poor con- In 'lets for mercy. ai Gentlemen, I thank you. May God's tl ichest blessings rest upon you. If the P? eglslature of 1913 does nothing else, it w ihll ropplvo a hrfcrht morlr nn tho rpp. Cfl irda of the Recording Angel. **i Very respectfully, w Cole L. Blease, th Governor. in , m , ai ? Columbia State, Sunday: Speakng last night to the members of the iy Jouth Carolina general assembly, Wll- jn lam Jennings Bryan of Nebraska ad- g, 'Ised them to place their trust In the eople and to stick to the platforms a, in which they were elected. The houst je nd senate extended an invitation to e3 >fr. Bryan to address them while in ^ Columbia. He accepted the invitation Ui ast night after his speech in the theare. The members of the general' as- e(. embly and the throng in the galleries leard the great commoner with the sa losest attention. Mendel L. Smith, peaker of the house, Introduced Mr. Iryan as "the foremost American clt- ln zen." The Nebraskan was applauded 80 vhen he entered the hall and when he ^ rose to speak. "Had I come earlier m n the session I might have tried to su peak with a view to helping you to lo your duty," Mr. Bryan told the m nembers of the general assembly. "I fa iave devoted the mature years of my Ife to the study of governmental prob- h< ?ms and feel that a tremendous re- ai punaiuuiiy rema un it legislative uuuy. Do not be afraid of the people," said ^ Ir. Bryan in advancing: the two sug- y( estions he had to offer to the general ssembly. "And do not be afraid to w rust them. There is more integrity, tj( onesty and honor in the people than f0 [nds representation in their agents. 'he chief defect in a representative yi overnment is that it does not repre- ^ ent all the time. All over the world th he influence of the people in the gov- ov rnment is increasing," declared Mr D< Iryan. "The strength of a nation lies ?? iot in the number of soldiers nor in w] he size of its battleships, but in the j' jve of its people who will die to pre- _ erve it. Let no one persuade you rom trusting the people. Let me apeal to you to put your entire governlent in the hands of the people." Mr. C( Iryan stated that representatives are elected to speak what the people want aid and to do what the people want Qi one. "I believe that a man has nq loral right to be elected on a platform an nd then betray the people by desert- f0 ig it," said Mr. Bryan. "I believe that se rhenever the platform speaks, It is so inding. Where the platform gives no yc pecinc instruction, me rcprescniauvcs ar hould apply the principles set forth m l it. Those who speak for the peo- 0( le should have the courage to do ed ight without stopping to count how ar] lany there are with them. No man us it fit to occupy a public position un- th ?ss he has the faith to do right," de- ^ lared Mr. Bryan. "Faith is of more co alue than processes of reasoning. If gj, public man would act In a large way te] e must be a man who believes that jnj od stands back of righteousness, j 'rust the people and let them run their t0 wn government," concluded Mr. fU :ryan. "Have faith in the triumph of lat which is right. Stand for that be rhlch you believe to be right and take w] ie consequences." Mr. Bryan thank3 the general assembly for Its invitaon to him to address them. On the po ommittee to extend the Invitation to ro] lr. Bryan were Senators Weston, trait and Nicholson and Representa- m( ves Whaley, O'Quinn and Wyche. tw .?.. gr all ? In his message returning to the W{ eneral assembly the general approrlatlon bill with his veto of a number f items, Governor Blease had the foliwing to say with reference to Sec- d on 45, in which the one mill tax is vied: "If it were not for this sec- ? on I would have vetoed the entire . ppropriation for all the state colleges, .. id while this section most assuredly les not meet with my recommendaon or my request, yet it is in the na- r ire of coming half way, and I will d. ive to put up with it until next year _,h hen I shall renew my fight, asking d, >r the full one mill for the free pub: schools of South Carolina." h ? It was nearly daylight Sunday ornlng before the general assembly , >t to where it could recede from bus- t 8 ess and as there were some thirty or .. ore unsigned acts still in the hands tthe secretary of state, it was decid- b1 I not to adjourn until after Thurs- ODj ly. The recess was necessary in or r to give the unsigned bills time in * hich to become laws without the , gnature of the governor. 1 1 elsi - Govt: nor Blease on Saturday ve- lasi ed the so-called compulsory educa- vis! >n bill, and the house passed it over tha s veto by the necessary two-thirds bac ajority. In the senate, however, the ma II lacked two votes of getting the am o-thirds majority and was killed. wai THE ONE MILL LEVY. overnor Bl?ase Sent Two Message* on the 8ubject Although the general assembly pass1 a one mill levy for common school jrposes, the disposition of the money not in accordance with the desires ! the governor, and he vetoed the roposltlon. The bill was passed over is veto. While the controversy was i progress the governor sent two essages on the subject, one after idnlght Friday and the other during iturday. The messages are number1 54 and 56 respectively and are as illows: Message No. 54. entlemen of the House of Representatives: 1 return to you herewith, without ty signature, Act No. 23 V (House Hi No. 233, Senate No. 504), "to levy ad collect a one-mill state tax for the ee public schools and provide tor le distribution of the same." Gentlemen, I have seen a great lany abortions in legislation, but this tr.fi worst at thp.m all?this is the lief of all the sinners yet born. Sec* ' on 1 Is beautiful, but it is a deceiver C deceivers, and, after we pass it, od save the mark and the name of * le title. 1 In the first place, any county, yea, /en any school district, can vote It* ilf a special school levy, without the insent of your highnesses and that \ t your lord chiefs at the other end f the Capitol. Therefore, the half of ' le one-mill levy tor the county board ind is of absolutely no consequence ad of no service. As for the other, it is a very serious : iiestlon, if you will make a close cal- ! alatlon, if the half of the one-mill vy provided for disposal by the state oard of education will meet the aproprlatlons that you provide it shall j leet, and then you have left out one [ the most Important features, which , or was, the $30,000 to be used for xe payment of rural graded school ppllcations, building applications and irm extension applications now on le in the otlice of the state superln* indent of education for the fiscal year 112, and your little Joker, added at le end, "any additional fund at the isposal of the state board"?gentle* ten, if there Is a man In either of our branches who would take a slate ad Dencil and add up the figures ated in your bill, he would easily see lat there would not only not be any ddliional funds, but there would be deficit If I did not have the bill efore me, I could not conceive of ich a make-shift, and I cannot conaive of its purpose, unless it is on bealf of some astute politicians to keep from appearing that the present Dvernor has succeeded in doing >mething for the free public schools, ad to deprive him of the little credit hlch he might have got If he had een able to carry through his recomlendatlon for a one-mill levy for the ee public schools, in order to help le little country children and the lite factory children of South C&rona. Oentlemen, read this bill; deliberate ver it; think about it, and, after you ave finished, if there Is a man in the eneral assembly who calls himself a ate&man, who had any part what/er in bringing about this abortion, ad still regards it as a measure which ill be of benefit to the free public ihools and to the little country and ictory boys and girls, let him present Imself at my office, for I would like i look upon him and would like to iward him. I pleaded with you. gentlemen, askig for this one-mill tax?not for my(if, for I have no children, and if I ad, I would, thank God, be able to lucate them without depending on free public school or a state levy? at I did It for the mothers who are raying, for the fathers who are hopg for the welfare of their children, id for the future of the state. After le Mitchell bill, as it was termed, issed the house, I had a conference 1 lth the state superintendent of eduLtion, and agreed upon a compro- : ise, which I felt would still carry out hat I was urging for the relief of | le needy schools. This was onereu i the senate as an amendment?the nendment which might be termed te Appelt amendment, coming from ' te finance committee, and I felt sure there would be no further trouble ' i having the demands of justice met, ut, gentlemen, you have turned n jaf ear. But you have not turned a i&t ear to your higher institutions of arning. For them you have made ctravagant appropriations, and for lem you have lavished money for ieless purposea If the game of politics is to be play- i 1 at the expense of the education of le little children of this state, God i ive the state. Yea, more, if to keep i tern in ignorance in order to keep i om giving credit to one who is try- i g to help th^m is the purpose of < me would-be statesmen, then God i *ant that the people may rise in their i ight in their next election and smite i ich statesmen hip and tbigh, for if 1 lis be your idea of helping the poor i tie country children and the little ! ctory children to get an education, i len I would ask you, when you go )me, to call your own little children ound you, and in your prayers, a>? >u lay them In their little beds, to ik God that other people may do by >ur children as you here attempt to > by the little ones of other people, ho are not able to educate their lit- , t ones, and are looking tc> their state , r help. And when you shall have j >ne this, and lay your heads upon , >ur pillows I hope that your sleep ( ay not be disturbed by amy vision of j e dark cloud of Ignorance hovering ' rer your own little ones, as you aro emitting this cloud to remain and ] trken over the little ones of others ho are helpless. Gentlemen, I have j me what I could. I could do no : ore. Very respectfully, \ Cole L. Blease, , Governor. Jlumbla, S. C., March 1, 1913. Message No. 5<i. sntlemen of the General Assembly: I thought I had made clear my po Jon in reference to the one mill tax ! r the free public schools, but it: ems that I have not, in tfte minds of me; therefore I am forced to burden ! >u with another message. I favored, id now favor, levying a tax of one ill upon all of the taxable property this state, which tax, when collectI. to be paid into the state treasury, id the state board of education to e that money at its discretion to aid , e weak schools throughout the state, j y purpose was to have the wealthy unties assist the weaker counties in ( ving to their children longer school ( rms, better school houses, and payg to their teachers better salaries, j did not think any one would object paying this one mill tax to help to rther the educational interests of t e state, Knowing, too, mm. u nao used strictly and only for weak 1 lite schools. I could not favor the 1 3tribution of this money by enroll- I ent of schools, because all the re- < rts will show you that the negro en- c Ument Is very much heavier than < e white, and the negro enroll- t snt is very often based upon one or i o days' attendance, which runs it 1 eatly above what it really and actu- i y is. Therefore, gentlemen, that 1 >uld be an inequality, or would force ? ur school trustees to do that which i illegal in the distribution of this c >ney, or force your state board of i ucation to do that which is illegal, r d I do not believe in forcing public t icials to perjure themselves In order c do that what we want done; I be- t ve In giving them the power direct. <; Now, gentlemen. I hope that is I tin. I wanted the one mill tax levy t go into the state treasury and to be r itributed among the weak schools, t at Is, if you will pardon me, let the ( ipensary counties, that now have t >re school money than they know t iat to do with, a great deal of which r ?ney they are getting from adjoin- t ; sister counties, pay a one-mill tax a go to those adjoining sister coun- 1! s. or other counties, to help educate e >ir children. Surely no man would c lect to this. t But it seems to me, gentlemen, that r entire purpose has been misunder- t od, or else deliberately and malic- s sly twisted for political purposes, or c self-advancement of somebody b e. The bill which was sent to me n t night did not contain the pro- p Ions which were represented to me n t it did contain. I accuse no one of s I faith, but the representations a de to me was that the Appelt j fi endment had been adopted, which s 9 to levy the on* mill tax, to place' li It in the state treasury, and to pay jut of this tax the funds which had leretofore been provided for in the general impropriation bill. I said this ,vas not satisfactory to me, but that if > t would reduce tne general state levy m n the appropriation bill that I would lign the measure. Why, t>eiuienien, you can Bee that riving this money to each county as t Is paid by the county, absolutely imounts to nothing to the weak schools. For instance, why put another half mill levy pn Aiken and >partanburg and other counties that now have more school money than they can handle, and keep the money raised from this half mill levy in hese counties which already have more money than they know what to I io with? Why tax a weak county an- (j other half mill, giving it no assistance , from the stronger counties, when the weak counties are now overburdened with taxes and struggling with desperation under their load. It Is absolutely a farce. It would be better not 1 to pass this bill, but to put these items * back in the general appropriation bill, which it has heretofore carried, because new you simply raise the levy on the people one-half of one mill and the result is that they get no benefit except what they could secure themselves locally, each county paying for it itself, and defeating the very object I had in view. I regret there has been any misunderstanding about this matter. I re- % fer to no Individual; I accuse no one of bad faith. I tried to make myself plain. I have tried to do so all the way through. This gentlemen, is my position, and has been from the beginning, and I have never stated to any living human i being anything to the qontrary. Now, gentlemen. In your original printed bill, from the ways and means committee, your tax levy is placed at five and three-fourths milla Now, here is this extra levy of one mill. In the general appropriation bill as It was ratified, your levy Is flVe and onequarter mills, and it makes your general tax levy six and one-quarter mills, while your original bill was only five and three-quartera Hence, Instead of reducing the tax levy, as I understood it to be, you have actually raised it one-half of one mill, and this additional one-half mill does not make the stronger counties help the weaker ?the very thing I have been fighting for from the beginning. uenuemen, i nave no peraon&i reeling in this matter. It is not a personal matter. I am simply fighting:, as I see It, trying to help raise the standard of education in this state, and trying to help the little children get an education without a compusory lash laid i across their backs, as is being attempted to be done by some fanatics, and, I am sorry to say, with the assistance of some few good people. Very respectfully, Cole L. Blease, Governor. Columbia, S. C., March 1, 1913. 80UTH CAROLINA NEWS ? The Charleston high license bill was continued until the next session. ? The bill as to selling the old state hospital property for not less than one million dollars and using the proceeds for the new plant now under construction was vetoed by the governor and an effort tc pass the bill over the ) governor's veto failed by one vote. ? Although asked specifically about the matter in Columbia last Saturday, Hon. W. J. Bryan, declined to say whether or not he would be a member of Wilson's cabinet The most he would say was that the cabinet would be made up entirely or "Progressives" and that it would be all right ? The much controverted one-mill tax levy proposition has passed the general assembly over the governor's veto. It is a kind of a compromise proposition. It is estimated that one mill should raise $290,000. There was an agreement that one-half of the money should go to the specific rural school extension purposes that have been carried on heretofore and that the balance shall be expended in the connties which raised the same as the constitutional three mill tax. This is the woy the proposition appeared*a^it was reported in the papers. ? The committee appointed to investigate the Johnson-Mitchell matter, made Its report last Friday, and although the majority report was quite voluminous, the gist of it Is included In the following: '"We do not find from the testimony that Dr. Mitchell, the president of the University of South $ Carolina, signed an agreement by which money of the Peabody fund tha: had heretofore been designated to be given Winthrop college should be lea n afnrrn/1 fvnm WlntVi rnn o rt H hn given to the University of South Carolina and the negro schools. In this the governor was therefore misinformed. It wels well, however, that the governor called the matter to the attention of the general assembly and urged this investigation for in doing so he has caused the whole matter to be fully and we hope satisfactorily cleared up." ? Greenville, March 2: There seems to be some confusion as to the dates for the athletic and oratorical contests for the high schools of the state. R. C. Burts, president, gave out the following statement today: "The oratorical contest will he held in Columbia Thursday evening, April 24. In the afternoon a committee of judges will cut the number down to eight who will contest that evening for the honors. Mo oration can be over twelve minutes. The name of the speaker and the subject of his oration accompanied by a fee of fifty cents must be sent in to the president at least thirty days before. Friday morning the preliminaries for the track meet will be held and Friday afternoon the finals will be run off. The following is the order of events and is not subject to change: 1. 100 yard dash. 2. Running high jump. 3. Half mile run. 4. Discus. K 991) varri rinnh R Pnlp vault. 7. 120 yard low hurdle. 8. Running broad Jump. 9. 440 yard run. 10 Shot put 12 lb. 11. Mile run. Preliminaries will be run in Noa. 1, 5, 7, 4, 10, 6, 2, 8. The following schools compose the association and quite a < number of others have expressed their intention of coming in: Summerville, Yorkville, Hickory Grove, Rock Hill, Basley, Fur man Fitting school, Westminster, Dillon, Latta, Seneca. Florsnce, Cross Anchor, Central high school (Greenville), Anderson Fitting school, Anderson high school, the last three having come in recently. No school can be admitted later than thirty days before the meet, so that those schools intending to come in should send their applications to R. C. Burts, 3reenvllle, not later than March 24." ? Charleston Post: The passage of :he Webb bill over the veto of Presilent Taft, is of'general Interest and mportance, especially in Charleston n view of the existing conditions of :he liquor traffic here and the outcome \f iho moftop will h# fnlhiwed with :lose and general interest. On account ^ >f the effect that the prohlb'tlon of f ihlpment8 of liquor Into Charleston or v South Carolina from other states will tave upon the business of the dispenlary In furthering the monopolistic 'eature of the South Carolina liquor lystem, the Webb law will add to the jroflts of the dispensary and to this :xtent, the action of congTess appeals vith special force In this community, neanlng aa It does, that the competlors of the dispensary will be forced ?ut of business and the profits from he legally established methods of 11[uor selling will be greatly increased. "or the past two years, the profits of he dispensary have shown a material , eduction, largely through the compeltion which the dispensary has had In Charleston. The trouble of the auhorltles has been largely in reaching he wholesaler, it Is said. While the etailer has been reached with a sysem of fines in the police court, imountlng practically to a tax or a [cense, the wholesaler has been rathr out of reach, falling back upon the onstruction of the law by the courts, hat liquor could not be seized in shipnent and that the "shipment" did not erminate until It reached the con ignee. The consignees have been aDie onsequently to get their liquor from eyond the confines of the state, but iow, under the Webb law, the trans- j ortation companies are not to be permitted to carry the liquor Into a dry tate, which will cut off the supply of 11 sources, independent of and apart rom the dispensary and as stated, the ltuatlon will be watched with general aterest