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

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Scraps and farts. ? The Democratic senators caucused for several hours last Friday for the purpose of agreeing: upon certain nominations, and in the main the result was a surprise, especially in that Senator James P. Clark, of Arkansas, was chosen as the nominee for president pro tempore, instead of Senator A. O. Bacon, of Georgria. Senator Bacon is the oldest Democratic senator in point of continuous service, and according: to the usagre that has prevailed since the senate was established, it was assumed as a matter of course that he would be chosen. Senator Clark, however, got the most votes, Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, whc had been representing the interests ol his colleague, Senator Bacon, was sc provoked by the outcome that he resigned his membership on the steering committee to which he had been appointed only the day before; but he was afterward Induced to reconsider. There is a general feeling that the election of Senator Clark comes as the result of a desire to overturn the long established custom of giving the highest honors to the men who had the record of the longest continuous service; but it is claimed that this was nnf tho rposnn Tt {a Axnlninpd thftt the speech of Senator O'Gorman, of New York, who nominated Senator Clark, had much to do with the vote and that his argument was that Senator Bacon was in line for th chairmanship of the committee on foreign relations, while there was nothing in sight for Senator Clark, who had been a member of the senate for ten years, long enough to entitle him to consideration. ? Los Angeles. California, March 8: Clarence S. Darrow's second trial on a Jury bribing charge in connection with the MoNamara trial ended today in a disagreement of the Jury. Eight Jurors were for conviction; four held out for acquittal. Darrow immediately demanded a new trial and District Attorney John D. Fredericks said he would have one. Judge W. M. Conley, who presided, set March 31 as the date for the beginning of the re-trial. Failure of the Jury to agree was received with emotion by the defense and prosecution. Darrow, himself, nervous under the strain of waiting 38 1-2 hours for the Jury to report, seemed to regard the disagreement as a relief. He even smiled when making brief arguments In favor of his demand for new trial. He met reports that the prosecution might not press the case again with the declaration that he would not rest content with freedom, his character smirched by the "not proven" charge. The prosecution admittedly was disappointed. W. L. Ford, assistant district attorney, declared he would not participate in a re-trial of the case, as he felt that a conviction was impossible, for the failure in the trial just closed, Incidentally Ford made known his intention to resign, but said this decision was not due to the outcome of the Darrow trial. Darrow's friends flocked about him, grasping his hands, sympathized with him over his failure to obtain an acquittal, ahd expressed a belief that his third trial would end as he desired. Darrow's second trial occupied 48 days?a little more than half the time consumed by the first, which ended in an acquittal after the Jurors had deliberated 33 minutes. In both cases the allegations were substantially the same, except that in the one George N. Lockwood, a prospective Juror, was alleged to have been bribed, and in the second, Robert Bain, a sworn juror in the McNamara case, was the recipient of money paid by Bert H. Franklin, who in his confession alleged he was acting under the direction of Darrow. ? President Wilson made a quick shift In his plans for church going last Sunday, much to the disappointment of hundreds of Washingtonians, but greatly to his satisfaction and that of Mrs. Wilson. Instead of being the centre of interest for a thousand curious eyes and the focus for a clicking camera battery, they worshipped in a half tilled church in a quiet part of the city where the crowd which expected to see them come and go a mile away, wondered how it all happened. Announcements in local newspapers that the president would on Sunday occupy the Lincoln pew in tne i\ew xora avenue Presbyterian church, brought out a crowd of curious persons who filled that broad thoroughfare from curb to curb for a block and a half, put a damper on what traffic was running and caused the prompt dispatch of ten policemen to keep a pathway clear for the expected guests. Long before 11 o'clock, the hour set for the beginning of the service, the ushers had to announce that all seats had been taken and the more persistent who wished to enter had to be content with standing room on the sidewalks. Many of them waited until noon before they were convinced that the president was not coming, and even then left reluctantly and with many hopeful glances toward the White House. The few faithful who remained after the services, had an opportunity to see the vice president and Mrs. Marshall returning from the New York avenue church to their hotel. The president, Mrs. Wilson and Miss Eleanor worshipped at the Central Presbyterian church. Third and I streets, northwest, fully a mile away from the New York avenue edifice. They started shortly before 11 o'clock in a White House car for New York avenue, but one glimpse of the crowd made the president change his mind. A word to the chauffeur, a quick turn and tney were out or signt aown a side street and on their way to another church. A murmur that swept through those waiting at New York avenue sent the photographers flying far out in the northwest section to another Presbyterian church, so that there were only a few persons at the door when the presidential party came out. They were driven back immediately to the Wbite House through streets nearly deserted. The absence of the familiar aide in full dress and the chugging motorcycles of the two policemen who followed President Taft everywhere on his motor rides, left the White House car unmarked except for the coat of arms of the nation on the door panels. Vice President Marshall and Mrs. Marshall were recognized by only a few persons on their way to church but after they were seated and before the services began, the word began to spread that they were present and there was a polite craning of necks to see them. ? Fifty or more killed, about 100 more or less seriously injured and a property loss of $600,000, were some of the results of an explosion of dynamite, aboard the British steamship Alun Chine in the outer harbor of Baltimore, Md., Friday morning at 10.20 o'clock. The steamship was at anchor in the bay, and a railroad barge carrying a number of cars was tied up alongside. The vessel was to load a cargo of 500 tons of dynamite for use on the Panama canal, and 343 tons had been stored in the hold of the ship. A few minutes before the explosion the men on board began a hurried departure, and observers on passing vessels noticed smoke arising from the ship and realized that the ship was on fire and that it was but a question of sec onds before an explosion would occur. A number of tugs rushed to the rescue to take the stevedores and other workers away, the tug Atlantic getting away with one load, and as she returned for another the explosion occurred. The Alum Chine and the barge with its cargo of cars was lifted almost clear of the water and fell back in a shattered mass and sunk to the bottom of the bay. Many were killed by the explosion, dozens were thrown into the icy waters. The Atlantic was set on fire and damaged by the explosion and flying debris, but stuck to the rescue work until she finally sunk. The newly built naval collier Jason, two miles away, just ready for her trial trip, was so badly wrecked as to render her unfit for service until almost entirely rebuilt. Six men were killed aboard the Jason. The cause of the disaster, the worst of its kind on record, is unknown. Some of the excited survivors state that the explosion was caused by a negro stevadore Jamming a box of dynamite with a hook, but this is not thought probable. Experts state that the immediate explosion was caused by the fire in the vessel's coal bunkers, but the cause of the fire is a mystery. The force of the explosion of the 343 tons of dynamite is beyond computation. Towns and villages for miles around were shaken and rocked as if by a terrific earthquake. Thousands of window glasses in Balti more, Steelton, Havre de Grace, Poi Deposit and other points on Chess peake bay, were broken ou% and polni as far away as northern Delaware an Philadelphia felt the tremor caused b , the explosion. The chief engineer < t the Alum Chine, who escaped froi the vessel, describes the explosion ? follows: "I can picture it now. seemed like a great column of fire fift ' feet high and twenty feet across, toi ped by another column of black smol [ 200 or more feet higher, came up froi [ the sea, completely enveloping tl ship. It was several minutes befoi the smoke cleared away and the se became calm, but when it did the: J was no sign of either the ship or ti I barge that was alongside of it. The both seemed to have disappeared con | pletely and not a sign of life was vis . ble." A?t lUHU Uim? ^uuuim Entered at the PostofBce In Torkvil aa Mall Matter of the Second Class. YORK VILLUS. S. O.i TUESDAY, MARCH II, 1913 An Associated Press dispatch of yes terday says that Mr. William E. Gor zales, editor of the Columbia State, I an applicant for the post of ministe to Cuba. It is reported from Washington ths President Wilson proposes to labo with the ways and means committe in the revision of the tarllt to an ej tent that will Indicate clearly Jus what he thinks should be done. J. M. Baker, of South Carolina, ha been chosen secretary of the senat over the president's brother, Joseph I Wilson and former Senator Obedla Gardner, of Maine. The position o secretary of the senate carries with 1 much power and influence. Major Cardenas, the Mexican rura guard who allowed Maderc to be mur dered, has been promoted to a posl tion in the regular army. And that I the way they do it in Mexico?disclair responsibility for crime, r?nd rewar the tools through whom the crime wa committed. It is just as well to take into consid eration the fact that President Wil son cannot bring about the reforms h has in mind without very consider able inconvenience to a great man people. If it were a fact that no indi vidual or set of individuals were en Joying privileges and benefits at th expense of other individuals or classe of individuals, then that would mea the existence of an ideal situation tha would not call for reform. And whil it is nothing but right that those wh are enjoying privileges to which the are not properly entitled, should giv up the same, It Is not to oe expecte that a large per cent of them will fa over themselves to do so. It is her that most of the kicking against Wil son is to come from. In a letter to the Philadelphia Pub H/> T^wtcrar Mr .T f Wemnhill write from Washington of the splendid wor of Hon. James Wilson, the retlrin secretary of agriculture as follows: "In a word, the department of agri culture, under the direction of Secre tary Wilson has become a great peo pie's university in which the farmer i taught to make science the handmai of agriculture. For nearly sixteei years Mr. Wilson has done his wor! with most uncommon appreciation c the vast importance of his departm :n to the welfare of the plait, people a well as to the fortunes of the bette equipped in the good things of lif< There have been many ai d jjrievoui and at the same time silly, attack upon him and his efforts; but his wor] stands for itself and his service to th country cannot be overvalued, s closely has it been related to the pros perity of the people in their most in tlmate affairs. There has been muc! criticism of his long sen-ice in th cabinets of three presidents; but do ing the work in which he has been en *aged and working to a general plaj which no one else could have under stood as well as he, It is doubtful tha any other man or men could have pro duced larger and better results." It has been a subject of rrequent re mark during the past few days that i the Webb law really prohibits the re celpt of liquor by express for "per sonal use," every county in the stat will speedily vote for the establish ment of dispensaries. That may b correct; but there is nothing certai: about it. In the first place there i no probability that the Webb law wil stop the shipment of liquor for person al use. It was certainly not so in tended, and it is not so worded; bu at the same time we are free to sa: that it might be so construed in con nectlon with the Carey-Cothran !a\ as to have the effect indicated. But i would still be a question as to whethe every county in the state would run t the dispensary in such an event. Ther is a great deal of really honest an sincere prohibition sentiment in Sout Carolina, and among the honest prohi bitionists are included some who lik their today?people wno, mougn me will take a drink, will not vote for th legal sale of whisky. These peopl have stood their ground on vari ous ocasions in the past and many o them will continue to meisure up t every test. So far as The Enquirer i concerned, it would like to see th Webb law held to prohibit the ship ment of liquor into South Carolina fo personal use, and it would like to se a majority of the voters of York coun ty stand their ground in keeping th dispensary out. We hope that th matter will not come up for renewei agitation; but at the same time, if th fight must come let it come. The onl; way to meet an issue like this is fairl; and squarely. Senator McLaurln's letter to Harvi Jordan was pretty rough on the gener al assembly, and it is not surprisini that the house should get up in arm about it. We are not prepared, how ever, to say that the senator is no more than half right in his character ization. At least we believe that wha he said is true, and since he was 01 hand to face the music, it must bi taken for granted that he was prett} sincere. The most interesting remarl that was made on the floor of th< house is that credited to Representa tive Liles to the effect that "the Marl boro senator's record, as exposed b; the Hearst magazine, should keep hin from casting stones at others." Nov really this is worth consideration There is an old, old saying to the effec that a guilty conscience needs no ac cuser, and we verily believe there ii rt something: to it. All our lives we have ? observed that people who are resting d under the commission of notorious ofiy fenses of which the public is more or >f less cognizant, are very charitable to those offenses, as well as very careful ?t about making charges that invite the ;y bringing of the subject into the light. >- It strikes us therefore, that if Senator McLaurin felt a due sense of humility ,e on account of the Hearst alleged expore sures, he would be very careful about laying himself open to flings from Mr. )e Liles, but since he rather seems to inty vite such flings, maybe a reason for >- it is that he does not consider himself l" as deeply in the mire as does Mr. Liles. We shall not assume otherwise than that Mr. LMes has a perfectly clear conscience, else he would not have brought up these old matters. But afle ter all, what has the truth or falsity of the Hearst inferences to do with ? the correctness of Senator McLaurin's estimate of the gei ?ral assembly? We fail to see the connection between the ^ two propositions. (MERE MENTION Commodore Perry's flagship, the Niagara, which had lain at the bottom k of Lake Erie for almost a century, was raised to the surface Thursday, and is to be rebuilt to take part in the _ Perry centennial to be celebrated next - year. The timbers of the old vessel are in a fine state of preservation Governor Mann of Virginia, has refused to commute the death sentences - of Floyd and Claude Swanson Allen to ~ life imprisonment, and the two men i- are to die in the electric chair on March i- 28 for their part in the Hillsville courthouse affair An electrician at Camden, N. J., while working on a fr ladder Thursday, fell on a. network of wires and received the force of 2,400 volts. He was considerably burned, t but not seriously hurt..... .Henry B. Taylor, an employee of an oil refining ir company at Warren, Pa., has discovie ered what he believes will be a cheap .. substitute for gasoline. The new product is called gasene, and it is claimI ed the new product can be sold for one-third the price of gasoline and for automobiles has greater efficiency. Harry K. Thaw, who was,to appear in New York last Thursday in his ? fifth habeas corpus proceedings in an t. effort to get out of Matteawan insane h asylum, has given up the attempt be. cause of the charges of bribery in con-II nection with his efforts The minlt ister of finance has asked the Japanese diet to authorize the placing of a loan in foreign countries of $150,000,000 for starting various necessary un11 dertaklngs Mrs. Emilio Madero, - sister-in-law of the late president of . Mexico, aeciarea ai rsrownavuie, ies., last week that the president was murdered after horrible tortures, two days n before the public announcement of the d killing The seating arrangements s of the house of representatives of the Capitol at Washington, are being altered to accommodate the 435 members who will assemble for the extra . session The cost of President Wil, son's inauguration was $83,000... C. Q. Elliott and A. D. Moorhouse, connected e with the agricultural department, and dismissed several months ago on ac? count of charges in connection with the Florida everglade drainage scheme, " were reinstated by Secretary James - Wilson before he gave up his secree taryship. The men under charges were exonerated by the congressional Investigating committee Code Hill. n an aged citizen of Orlando, Fla., had kt his hair cut last week for the first e time in sixteen years. He had made a vow not to have his hair cut until an0 other Democratic president was lnauy gurated. The hair cutting took place e In a public bandstand and was wlt. nessed by a large crowd The fire insurance companies of the United II States last year paid a total of $165,e 700.000 for fire losses, an increase over . 1911 of $2,934,586. The companies disbursed a total of (295,401,463 for losses, expenses, dividends, agents' commissions, etc Charles W. Morse - the banker, who has been in Europe since his release from prison more . than a year ago, is returning to New k York from England At Lawton, g Okla., Friday, forty-three cases of whisky and sixteen casks of beer were seized under authority of the new Webb liquor law Sir Thomas Lipton, the English sportsman, has issued '' a challenge through the Royal Ulster ? Yacht club for a series of yacht races 0 for the American cup. If the challenge P is accepted, the races will be sailed f during 1914 Greek military authorities declare that they hold 78,450 Turlt kish soldiers as prisoners of war s Miss Olive Wharry, a suffragette, was * convicted in the Old Baily court in " London, Friday, on a charge of arson, '* and was sentenced to serve a term of ? eighteen months in prison At Yo? kohama, Japan, March 6, fire destroye ed property to the value of $7,500,000. 0 Included in the loss were a number of " silk mills, warehouses and 250 business " houses Under its recently adopted constitution, Ohio now has a law under e which nine men of a jury of twelve can " render a verdict. The new Jury law is proving satisfactory and growing in n noniilaritv Revenue officers have " recently seized 300,000 pounds ofadulI terated butter in storage in Chicago. Most of the adulteration is in the form of water, the government not allowing over 16 per cent Vandals have recently badly mutilated a number of " memorials standing on the Gettysburg f battlefield in Pennsylvania, Davis Heirs Want $20,000 from C. & N.-W.?Complaint has been filed in a e suit which Messrs. Wilson and Valz, - local attorneys, have instituted against e the Carolina & North-Western railway for 320,000 in behalf of their clients, n the heirs of the late Oliver W. Davis, s This suit is brought to recover damII ages alleged to have been sustained by the Davis estate by the reason of the laying of tracks and spurs by the de fendant on property claimed by the t Davis heirs. v The property involved is a strip a hundred feet or more wide and about two blocks in length in the very cenv ter of the business section of town, t extending from the intersection of r East Franklin avenue and South Broad street, wnere me spur xraca, 0 western main line to the passenger e station begins. Some valuable proper(j ty is cut into almost unsalable sec. tions by these spur and sidetracks. It n is alleged in the bill of complaint - that when the Carolina & North-Wese tern railway's line was constructed through here in the seventies the late ' Oliver W. Davis, who at that time e owned the larger portion of the land e on which is now situated the main . part of the town of Gastonia, gave the . owners of the road verbal permission to use this land for a narrow gauge o railroad. s The contention of the attorneys for e the Davis heirs is that when this line was changed something like ten years * ago from a narrow gauge to a broad r gauge their right to use this property e terminated. It is alleged that the railroad has no legal title to this property and that the heirs are damaged by e the loss of it to their use in the sum of e $20,000. d It is not known when the case will be tried though it is barely possible e that it may be called at the special y term of Gaston superior court which is ,, to be held in April for the trial of civil cases. In this connection it is of interest to know that the Southern railway, n/iAAnJinm A oHArnOX'Q haO Q HopH t G ttULUl UII15 CO UUUI 1IV.J a, ??wo u UVVM kv e its right of way through town, having - secured it from the late Mr. Davis be[t fore the road was built in the early seventies. 8 The indications are that the trial of - this case will be a strenuous one, both t sides fighting for their respective interests with strong legal talent.?Gastonia Gazette. t . m i ?Bennettsville, March 8: Daniel C. Roper, nominated yesterday for first assistant postmaster general, was ! born and reared in Marlboro county, < He was a son of J. Wesley Roper. His 8 mother, before her marriage, was Miss McLaurin, a sister of Milton McLaurin, judge of probate. D. C. Roper graduated from Wofford college. He / taught school at Tatum and later was elected a member of the house of representatives from Marlboro county, 7 serving two years. He went to Wash? ington to accept a position with the 1 t government about 12 years ago. He has carried with him the good wishes of his home folks who are greatly 1 3 pleased to hear of his recent success. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS J. P. McMurray, Sec.?Gives notice of special convocation Mackey chapter, No. 15, R. A. M. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives notice that J. F. A. Smith has applied for letters of administration on estate of Jos. A. Smith, deceased. King's Mountain Chapter, D. A. R.? Announces production of Goldsmith's comedy, "She Stoops to Conquer," at the opera house, Friday evening, 14 th. Mrs. M. S. Carroll. Filbert No. 1?Offers white runner duck eggs at $2.50 per dozen. J. M. Stroup?Invites attention to Peters' oxfords, spring dress goods, "Royal" tailoring, groceries, etc. Idle Hour Theatre?Presents Its motion picture programme for tonight. Nothing but best films shown. Bank of Clover?Wants you to deposit your surplus with it and promises every banking consideration. Cloud Cash Store?Makes special offerings on spring coat suits and separate skirts. Sam M. Grist?Says that the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance company can stand the "acid test." Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Tells you about the lines of ready-to-wear clothing iur men iiuw uc1115 oiivttii. Palmetto Monument Co.?Suggests that when you buy a monument buy the best. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Will be glad to give you information as to the use of dynamite on the farm. J. D. Hope, Sharon?Wants to supply you with best Maine grown seed pototatoer and also wants you to see him for groceries. J. Q. Wray?Tells you that his "Wizard" sale closes Saturday and invites you to come and see him for real bargain?. York Drug Store?Can furnish you with kodaks and kodak supplies of all kinds. Thomson Co.?Calls attention to new spring clothing for men, hats, shirts, coat suits, curtain goods, etc. The embargo on liquors held in the express office was raised yesterday, and the traffic will probably continue smoothly enough from now on unless the United States supreme court shall finally hold not only that the Webb bill is constitutional; but that it prohibits the delivery of whisky in South Carolina to other than county dispensaries. The small boya and others who have heretofore been having such a great time each spring shooting the robblns as they pass over on their way north, will do well to have a care hereafter. In the agricultural appropriation bill passed this year, congress declared that all birds which do not make their home in any one state during the entire year belong' to the United States government, and provided for their protection. That means that hereafter the people who shoot robbins will (not run up against only municipal ordinances and state laws, but against Uncle Sam, and as is pretty generally understood, whatever the faults of Uncle Sam, he believes In the enforcement of his laws. The understanding is that the agricultural department will promulgate regulations under which migratory birds may be killed or captured. If need be, and that these regulations must have the approval of the president. But it is not likely that these regulations are going to permit such slaughter as has heretofore been so common. -1 ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. D. E. Finley returned to her home in Yorkville last Saturday. Mr. Finley will probably return next wee>:. Mr. D. A. A. Watson of the Clay Hill neighborhood, has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. J. B. Bell, In GalTney. Miss Margaret Drakeford of Yorkville, left this morning for New York, where she will undergo treatment. Mr. Robt. J. Smith of Gibson, N. C. spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. A. Smith on Yorkvllle, R. F. D. No. 1. Messrs. Joseph Wylle and Buster Slaughter of Hickory Grove, visited Mr. Joe Pennington on Yorkvllle R. F. D. 3, this week. Rock Hill Record: There has been one faithful worker connected with Winthrop college since the beginning of the institution, and that Is Miss Leila A. Russell, who has been the rural school inspector of York county, under the supervision of Winthrop college, for several years, and has made good in this work to such an extent that she Is recognized as an authority on educational matters. Recently a deserved honor has been bestowed on Miss Russell. She has been made secretary of the conference of super visors, which is a department or tne Conference of Education of the south which will meet in Richmond from the ; 15th to 18th of April. This education- ' al conference will bring men together from every section and experts from ' all over the world will be there to talk on subjects pertaining to every form of education. This conference will be particularly Instructive to farmers, as two subjects that will receive special 1 attention are the co-operative credit ' system and co-operative marketing. COUNTY SUPPLY BILL. Following is the supply bill for York county as passed by the general assembly at its recent session: 1 For ordinary purposes, 4 mills; a 1 levy of 2 mills for road purposes, as provided by law, the treasurer to ap- < portion same as required by law. A 1 'levy of 1| mills to be placed by the : treasurer to the county bridge fund, to 1 be expended according to law; and in Ebenezer township a special levy of : one-half of one mill; and in Catawba township a special levy of three- ' fourths of one mill; and in York town- ' ship a special levy of 2 mills, to pay the interest on bonds issued by said townships in aid of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad and on bonds refunding same; also in said townships of Bbenezer, Catawba and York a special levy of one-half of one mill as a sinking fund to retire said bonds. The treasurer of York county for collecting and disbursing this special levy shall be allowed commissions as now provided by law; also a special levy of one-half of one mill for repaying loan to build county home, as provided for by act of 1913. The county commissioners of York county are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow a sum of money, not exceeding $20,000, at a rate of interest not to exceed 6 per cent for ordinary county purposes, and to pledge the ordinary county tax levy of said county to securfe same. For Girls' Tomato club, $375, to be paid by the county treasurer to the agent of the work in York county. The county commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $10,000, if so much be necessary, for Driage purposes, ai a raie 01 interest not exceeding 6 per cent and to pledge the special tax levy of li mills for county bridge fund to secure same. For special constable's salary and actual expenses, $1,300, if so much be necessary. ROBBED THE "AGENT." Two negroes. Major Grey and Ed Flnley, have been committed to Jail for robbing another negro, Ross Kirk, of $10 and a pistol near Tirzah one night about two weeks ago. The warrants on which the arrests were made were sworn out by Sheriff Brown on information and belief, and the negroes have talked enough to leave very little question as to the truth of the charge. There is an Interesting little story behind the incident. It appears that Kirk, who hails from Parkston, N. C? has for some time past been engaged in the Illegal business of enticing labor from South Carolina. His method was to come down in this state, get acquainted with the laborers and their local surroundings, get in touch with likely subjects and operating at night, take them to the Seaboard road at Catawba junction and from there to t Parkston. It was while Finley and a Grey were being taken to Catawba r junction, or rather just after they had 1 started, that the alleged robbery took place. They knocked Kirk down and a after relieving him of all they could f find in his pockets that was worth I while, they went back to their respec- c tive employers. v The arrests as The Enquirer under- o stands It, were made principally for ly b the purpose of getting a further line on was Kirk and his methods, and steps will frln be taken to bring him back to South shol Carolina to answer for his alleged vlo- of t lation of the labor laws. he According to one of the negroes in that Jail, on the night of the robbery Kirk Indi had represented to them when they had set out from Tlrzah, that there were whl about fifteen negroes to be picked up blaz between there and Catawba junction; low< but the robbery Incident lnterferred It with the general exodus. $14 he i pool YORK COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY he The annual meeting of the York County Bible society, auxiliary to the American Bible society, was held in the Yorkvllle Baptist church Sunday J"? evening, Rev. E. E. Gillespie, president, presiding. There was a fairly large congregation present and listened with much pleasure and profit to an able sermon by Rev. Thornton Whaling, D. D., president of Columbia Jr. Theological Seminary, from the text as found In Rev. 19th chapter and 10th ? verse, "The testimony of Jesus Is the . spirit of prophesy." Using this as a , hasis nf hia remarks the sneaker em- _ phaslzed the point that Christ was the T one Ideal pattern for mankind to follow?one who was and is beyond crit- * lclsm from any source. JJri The business session was called to order by the president and the routine ? business affairs were taken up, lnrilud- 2P ing the solicitation of new members, ? ' the report of the treasurer; election of th* officers and trustees, and election of a .? life member was attended to. Dr. .. J Whaling was elected as the life mem- ^ ? ber, and the following officers elected: President, E. E. Gillespie. Vice Presidents, Revs. T. T. Waish, ae" J. L. Oates, Rev. T. P. Burgess, J. H. * Machen, Henry Stokes. Secretary, Mr. S. M. McNeel. Treasurer and Depository, Dr. D. L. Kllf Shieder. Jgl Executive Committee, one from each ,, church?Messrs. J. S. Brice, R. E. Montgomery, W. B. Moore, J. D. McDoweil and U G. Grist. A committee of one lady from each church was appointed to solicit addi- d, tional members. The following ladles f J; were appointed: Mrs. Geo. W. S. Hart, th , Miss Willie Wllllajna^ Miss ^Belle Ken - neny, imsa uuve waixer, j?iro. a. r>. ?ri8t- sa him WITHIN THE TOWN ? The local express office has been fire, delivering no whiskey to consignees susj since last Friday, because of orders er I from Superintendent Sadler. den ? Young people of Yorkville have 'nte been working for some weeks rehearsing Goldsmith's delightful comedy, ble. "She Stoops to Conquer," which is to T be presented In the opera house next of t Friday night under the direction of the c?8* King's Mountain Chapter Daughters thei of the American Revolution. The play ven Itself is too well known and too well T approved by time and tradition to call was for description, and the cast of char- Post acters as published In the notice in mM another column is a sufficient guaran- pret tee of the pleasant and satisfactory mur manner In which It will be presented. 8081 ? The "Idle Hour" theatre gave its opening entertainment to a crowded house last Friday evening, and came fully up to expectations. The house was O comfortably and conveniently arranged, the pictures were good and well Is t handled, and everything was entirely star satisfactory except that there was und hardly standing room for the big au- slon dience. This, however, was a situa- sent tlon that could not be foreseen and s'on which the management will undoubt- the ^ if Ot?A paniir. Wa! euiy ihuviuc iui 11 uicic am iw?i rences. All the promises that have ?cej been made for the theatre are being adv fully realized. 'or,c scri ? The second debate of the series nor of three between the ninth and tenth rj> grades of the Yorkville graded school, lega took place Friday afternoon at 1.30 p. and m.. In the auditorium of the school building. Misses Mary Fant Herndon, narr Martha Marshall and Jennie Caves or debated on the affirmative side of the question of woman suffrage for South elg Carolina, while Messrs. Henning Ad- 24 j icks, Thomas Quinn and Robert Fin- be , ley of the ninth grade, upheld the 8ee(j negative. The eighth grade, acting as bea, a committee, decided in favor of the bus] negative and of Thomas Quinn and 30 . Jennie Caves as the best individual aha] debaters. A committee consisting of cast Rev. B. E. Gillespie, the Rev. Henry bee) Stokes and Miss Leslie Wltherspoon, biac rendered its decision in favor of the bus] affirmative, and of Miss Jennie Caves 28 t and Miss Mary Fant Herndon as hav- pou ing made the best debates. An inter- 8ha] esting feature of the exercises was the wbe carrying of a pennant with "votes barJ for women" thereon, by the foremost beej young women debaters as they enter- bar, ed the hall. busl per SHAKEUP IN LIQUOR . Jfea, The mall order -liquor business Is all per tied up as the result of the Webb law. pou, which is now In effect, and dry terri- e(jf tory is steadily growing drier and dri- corr er, pending proceedings which will poU] eventually bring about a judicial in- 8hu< terpretaton of the situation. el; , During last Wednesday the South- 2j t ern Express company instri cted its agencies in all the non dispensary ^ r counties to deliver no more whisky per until further orders, and its agencies be , In the dispensary counties to be ex- bolt ceedingly careful to whom it delivered cucl liquor, and whether the liquor was for busl personal or unlawful use. Per As a result of the express company's per orders, liquor began to pile up in the per express offices all over the state, and poul there was a sensational stampede 80 among the people who had been or- 8hal dering the stuff to know what the seed matter was. The situation furnished p0U1 columns and columns of matter for be 3 the newspapers, and along with lnfor- iong mation as to the exact facts there bus! were many wild and aggravated state- per ments very well calculated to make per people who did not know anything, be- per lieve almost nnvthinc. r?rm? For one thing there was a story to 8hal the effect that all unknown to the g^ar Washington correspondents, and ev- p0ui erybody else, there had been tacked on be 5 to the Webb bill an amendment apply- shal Ing solely to South Carolina making pias unlawful shipment of whisky to this ei; i state except to counties in which there bust were dispensaries. Interested people poUi telegraphed Senator Tillman and Con- be 4 gressman E. Y. Webb, both of whom shad replied to the effect that the Webb law unsi does not change the status in this state bust at all?that any person entitled to re- poui ceive liquor from without the state 48 $ before the passage of the law is en- i0pe titled to receive it still?the only ma- mel< terial effect of the law being to put a per little more responsibility on common be 5 carriers in connection with the ques- sour tion as to whether the liquor they car- miih ried was for legitimate or illegitimate per 1 use. 14 1 But the express companies are not seed jxactly satisfied with this off-hand in- oats, terpretation of the law. It under- bush 3tands very well that when the matter Pour gets into the United States court, the tons Federal law will have to be construed onlo In connection with the state law and per from the peculiar manner in which Pour the state law now reads, there might 60 1 irise conditions that will prove seri- shall jus. Therefore they propose to take gree no chances. barr Richmond and Jacksonville liquor p0ur nouses are moving: to compel the ex- shall press companies to take their liquor mati ind deliver it as heretofore, and people el; p ire app' lng to the justices of the su- bush jreme court to compel the companies bush :o deliver liquor that has been con- per signed to them. As to what the final 21 b jutcome of it all will be, cannot be shall mticipated with a great deal of cer- toes, Alnty. bush The wholesale liquor dealers who bush supply the mail order demand for 11- 32 p juor in the dry territory, having applied be 2 :o Judge Waddell in the United States mati listrlct court at Richmond for a tern- el; r jorary injunction to restrain the ex- bush jress company from refusing to ac- per 1 :ept liquor shipments, and it is ex- per jected that this proceeding will serve shall o settle the law in connection with shall he matter. shall , hum WATCHMAN ASSASSINATED pou? Sam Smith, the negro watchman at be 4i he York Cotton mill was found dead nips, it his post of duty last Sunday bush norning when the day man came to be 3( lis relief at about 7 o'clock. be 21 The body of the old negro?he was be 5( ibout 65 or 70 years of age?was shall ound in the boiler room of the mill, othy le had been shot in the throat with a bush< harge of No. 6 shot from a shotgun, pouni yhich had been fired at a distance of 50 p< nly a feW yards, and he had evident- 60 p< een dead for several hours. The in one side of his face a great h< ged around by a few scatter! :s, indicating the close proxlml he muzzle of the gun with whi had been killed, and no evider there had been a struggle. All t cations were that the murdei slipped up behind the old neg le he was probably sitting, a :ed away. Death must have f< ed in a very few moments, was known that Smith had dra^ wages during Saturday, and th jsually carried his money in a sm ket book. It was known also tt was the owner of a Smith & W< Hammerless pistol that he used nection with his duties as watc 1. He also carried a bunch ofke : unlocked various doors about 1 Seach of the dead body failed dose any of the things mentlone in the side pocket of the inner coats he wore, was found a I co pouch containing three ten di bills?$30 that the old fellow w generally known to have. I kets had evidently been rifled rything of value that the assasi been able to find, jury of inquest was empaneled oner i^outnian during tne aay a e was an investigation Into 1 umstances. The record of 1 chman's clock showed that Sml gone his round at 3 o'clock, a witness testified to having heard >rt like that made by the dischar t gun some time after 3. He w sure at the time he heard It tl noise was that of a gun, and pro r would have thought no more matter except for the subsequt elopment of the Tact of the mure that the murdered man had e1 tly been shot with a shotgun, here came out some more or 1< :!flc testimony as to a difflcu : the old negro had had with t te men about two weeks befoi there was no evidence of clrcui tees that seemed to connect 1 ged difficulty with the murder. is known that the watchm le his headquarters In the boi n of the mill and that he made 1 nds from there. People who w< >osed to speculate about the mat nulated the theory to the effi : the assassin sneaked about 1 er room until Smith started on id of inspection, after which 1 issin went inside and secret self probably behind the boile n when the old negro came Da made himself comfortable by 1 the assassin took aim at the u meeting old man and flred. Anol :heory to the effect that the mi ?r may have approached from t rlor of the mill building throu engine room, Is hardly less plau he coroner's Jury and the offlc* he law are still working on t !, and it may be some days bef< e Is a report in the shape of lict or otherwise, he bunch of keys referred to abo found yesterday morning on : in a pasture between the cott and the town of Yorkville, havl tumably been left there as t derer was going away from t le of the killing. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ne of the most important genei s enacted by the general asseml he one to establish a unifoi idard of weights and measui er the supervision of the comm ier of agriculture, and in a not: : out to business people, Comm er Watson promises to enfoi law to the letter. Commlsslor lSuii is preparing to send out r a to merchants and manufactur< ising them of his intention to < :e the law to the letter, which pi bes penalties of not less than more than $50. he following under the act are t .1 and uniform standard weigl measures in this state for t and purchase of the followl led products of the farm, orcha garden and articles of merchs : Apples, green, shall be 21 bus per barrel; apples, dried, shall >ounds per bushel; apple seed sh 10 pounds per bushel; blue grt [ shall be 14 pounds per bush is, dried, shall be 60 pounds i nel, beans, green, in pods, shall pounds per bushel; beans, gre< 1 be 21 bushels per barrel; beai or, shall be 46 pounds per bush s shall be 60 pounds per bush kberries shall be 4S pounds j tiel; blackberries, dried, shall tounds per bushel; bran shall be nds per bushel; broom corn se 1 be 42 pounds per bushel; buc at shall be 50 pounds per bush ey shall be 48 pounds per bush ', net, shall be 200 pounds i ?' aV.o 11 ho RA nnnnrla T CI } tOUUlO OllUIl WV WW FVW..VW t iel; cabbage shall be 60 pour bushel; cherries, with stems sh 56 pounds per bushel; ch< without stem, shall be 64 pour bushel; corn, shelled, shall be [ids per bushel; corn, in ear, shuc shall be 70 pounds per bush i, in ear, with shucks, shall be nds per bushel; corn, green wl :ks, shall be 100 pounds per bus corn, green, with shucks, shall >ushels per barrel; corn, maturi i shucks, shall be 5 bushels p el; corn, pop, sha oe 70 pour bushel; corn meal, unbolted, sh 18 pounds per bushel; corn me ed shall be 60 pounds per bush imbers shall be 48 pounds i iel; chestnuts shall be 50 pour bushel; cement shall be 80 pour bushel; coke shall be 40 pour bushel; charcoal shall be ids per bushel; coal, stone, shall pounds per bushel; canary se 1 be 60 pounds per bushel; cloi ., red and white, shall be ods per bushel; cotton seed sh :0 pounds per bushel; cotton se< ; staple, shall be 40 pounds p iel; flax seed shall be 66 pour bushel; flour shall be 196 poun barrel; flsh shall be 200 pour barrel; gooseberries shall be ids per bushel; grapes, with ster 1 be 48 pounds per bushi >es, without stems, shall be ids per bushel; horseradish sh 0 pounds per bushel; hickory ni 1 be 50 pounds per bushel; ha terlng, shall be 8 pounds per bus lominy shall be 62 pounds p iel; Hungarian seed shall be ids per bushel; hemp seed sh 4 pounds per bushel; land plasl I be 100 pounds per bushel; lin acked shall be 80 pounds p iel; lime, slacked, shall be irlo nor himhol! liaulds shall gallons per barrel; melon, canl , shall be 50 pounds per bushi nn, cantelope, shall be 2 J bush< barrel; millet, German, seed sh; 0 pounds per bushel; millet, Ml i, shall be 50 pounds per bushi ;t, Tennessee, shall be 50 poun bushel; orchard grass seed shall )ounds per bushel; osage oran shall be 33' pounds per bushi , seed, shall be 32 pounds p lei, onions, matured, shall be ids per bushel; onions, top be , shall be 28 pounds per bushi ns, button sets, shall be 32 poun bushel; parsnips shall be ids per bushel; peas, dry, shall )ounds per bushel; peas, gree 1 be 30 pounds per bushel, pel n, in hull, shall be 2} bushels p el; peaches, matured, shall be ids per bushel; peaches, drl? I Ka OK nniiriflc nor hlloVlA] ' l I UC id \J I^UUtlUU pci k/uw**v?| I- V ? jred, shall be 36 pounds per bus ears, dried, shall be 26 pounds p lei; plums shall be 64 pounds p iel; pie plant shall be 50 poun bushel; potatoes, Irish, shall 1 ushels per barrel; potatoes. Iris I be 60 pounds per bushel; pot sweet, shall be 50 pounds p el; potatoes, sweet, shall be ! els per barrel; peanuts shall 1 ounds per bushel; pork, net, sha 00 pounds per barrel; quince ired, shall be 48 pounds per busl aspberrles shall be 48 pounds pi el; rye seed shall be 556 pouni bushel, redtop shall be 14 pouni bushel, rye grass, Italian, see be 20 pounds per bushel; sai be 4 pounds per bushel; sa be 50 pounds pe~ bushel: sori , molasses, shall be 12 pounds pi n; sorghum seed shall be i ds per bushel; strawberries she 8 pounds per bushel; salads, tu kale, shall be 30 pounds p< el; salads, mustard, spinach, sha ) pounds per bushel; turnips sha \ bushels per barrel; turnips sha ) pounds per bushel; tomatoi be 56 pounds per bushel; tin seed shall be 48 pounds pi el; velvet grass seed shall be is per bushel; walnuts shall 1 )unds per bushel; wheat shall 1 )unds per bushel. . J r** ire LOCAL LACONICS Military Inspections, ty Adjutant General Moore has anch nounced the dates of his inspectlor lCe appointments, which In this localltj he will be as follows: Company K at For) er Mill on April 11; Company H at Rocl to Hill on April 14; Company Land headnd quarters at Yorkvllle on April 15, Death of James A. Hogue. vn Mr. James A. Hogue, eldest son ol iat Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hogue of th< aU Beersheba neighborhood, died sudden iat ly in Norfolk, Va., last Thursday, an< >8. was burled In Beth-Shlloh cemetery oi "jn Sunday morning. Mr. Hogue was for I. morlv a citlxAn of Yorkvllle: but mov >y8 ed with his family some years ago fo he Camden and since then has been en to f?ased in construction work, with Cam t(j; den as his headquarters. The bod: of was taken to Camden, and after funer ;o. ai services there, was brought to York ol_ vllle Saturday night. The deceased ii raa survived by a widow and several chll fls dren, and also the following sister of and brothers: Mrs. J. B. Atkins, Mr 5in W. S. Hogue, Mrs. J. E. Carroll, Mr Jesse Hogue, Mrs. Milton Stewart by Mrs. W. E. Gettys. Th? Canning Industry. be "It Is just impossible to' measure ii [tb dollars and cents the value of the agi n<j tatlon that has so far been waged ii [ a favor of the development of the can .ge ning industry," said a level heade* rag citizen to the editor of The Enquire lat a few days ago, and he went on t< ,b- 8&y> this agitation is kept up untl of the people are thoroughly aroused ;nt there will be no estimating the futur jer economic effect on the country. It ii irj. true that the canning Industry receiv ed a black eye many years ago whei ;gB quite a number of people went into it l'ty and found that they were unable t wo make a profit; but there should be n< re; discouragement on account of that What our people should do, is to taki he care of home consumption?domesti consumption. If everybody cans enougl an of otherwise wasted products to sup ler Ply them through the season whei his such things have to be bought fron 3re the stores, the money saved would b ter enough to make a tremendous differ BCt ence In our annual balance spent Th he whole thing, trifling as it may appea a to some, is of tremendous economi ;he importance." :ed i ck 80UTH CAROLINA NEWS :he ?Columbia, March 10: The forty in- first annual meeting of the Stat th- Teachers' Association of South Caro ir- Una will convene in this city Thursda: :he and will be in session during Frida gh and Saturday. Every section of th si- state will be represented and the con vention promises to be the best th ;rs South Carolina teachers have ever helc :he The meetings will be held in the Co >re lumbia theater with sessions of auxll a iary bodies held in the halls of th legislature. The state house will b ve, headquarters for the teachers. 1 * ? Spartanburg special of March to the News and Courier: Telegram and letters of encouragement from al parts of the state led Dr. John C Clinkscales, professor of mathematlc at Wofford college, to make the un conditional announcement today tha he would be a candidate for governo next year on the platform of com ral pulsory education. His friends hav Uy assured him that they will at one form a practical organization to con res duct his candidacy. His announce is- ment has aroused sincere enthusiast! Ice in Spartanburg, and local politician is- declare he will be a formidable candl ce date. Students of the Wofford Fittini ier school tonight organized a "Clink io- scales Club" with officers from ai in parts of the state. One hundred an< >n- four boys took a pledge to use the! re- influence to elect Dr. Cllnkscales gov <5 ernor. he ? Mr. W. P. Caldwell, a Columbl ltB correspondent of the News and Cou he rler, sends that paper the following ng under date of last Friday: That form r[j er United States Senator John L. Mc [jj. Laurln will be In the race for gover ih- nor in 1914, is believed by those whi he have been watching recent politics aU events. Mr. McLaurln has made n< ,qa definite announcement of his plant eP but it Is generally understood that h< )er will offer for governor next year be Mr. McLaurin's criticism of the legls 9n lature, "as the product of a campaign og' conducted upon a low plane o ei' thought, nearly every man the produc eP of a bitter factional fight," brough )er forth a bitter denunciation from Rep he resentative J. J. Evans today, who de 20 nounces Mr. McLaurln "as a chea ,ecl demagogue and a politician unworth; ,k_ of the support or thought or consid el- eration of intelligent men." He als< ei! denounces him as a "Standard Ol )e^ Democrat." It Is believed that if Mi )er McLaurln finds enough encouragemen l(j8 that he will undoubtedly be In th all race for governor. He Is at presen 3r. state senator from Marlboro county. ids ?Columbia, March 8: The fertilize f>6 tax for this year over that of 1912 ha increased 830,082.20. The tax for 191 e1; was $110,528.70; for this year $140, <4 608.90. The tax Is for the fiscal yea ith ending March 6. The enormous in crease In the sale of fertilizer is attrlb be utable to the diversification of crop in South Carolina according to i )er atofAmanf ma/1/* hv Afifi <'.1 Q llthfVrl * o laiciuvu w uiuuc #/ WMV ids The movement to dissuade the farm ers of the state from planting the! al? acreage wholly In cotton has gained li el; popular favor, because of the educa 'sr tlve campaign waged. Instead of plant lds ing the whole acreage of the state li lds cotton, the agriculturalists are sowlni oo ^rain> principally corn. Colonel Wat 22 son, state commissioner of agriculture b? commerce and Industries, said that hi ed had been conducting an educativi r?r campaign to persuade the fanners o the state to reduce their acreage li * ' cotton; that, while the results had no been entirely satisfactory, he was san '?r guine that a state-wide movement ii lds on foot to diversify crops, and tha lds the results are rapidly making for i ld? more comprehensive system of farm 48 ing. g,8/ ?Aiken, March 8: April 23rd ant 6q 24th have been definitely set by Gen ji eral B. H. Teague, commander of th< t South Carolina Division, United Con federate Veterans, as the dates of th< h' 1918 reunion to be held in Aiken " General Teague has so notified Mayo: 48 Gyles and the city council, in a com i] munication addressed by him to th< r mayor in response to a formal invi ' tation signed by the mayor invitlni the South Carolina veterans, througl 4q General Teague, to hold their am jj. nual reunion here this year, ant , asking what dates would best suit ih< "jT veterans. Gen. Teague states that h< 8jg chose April 23d and 24th with the enc ajj in view of suiting the convenience oi l8_ as many veterans throughout the statt 8i. as possible, and because he realized jg that later* in the month many peoplt be would be deterred from attending or ?e account of the business necessity of arft. ranging for the first of the month "I April 23d and 24th fall this year or gg Wednesday and Thursday, which, ai he pointed out, will eliminate the neai7 ceBsity of any of those who may be da opposed to doing so, traveling on Sun5Q day, either coming to Aiken or returnbe ing home from the reunion. General lottop tn fhp mavor and cit\ 'g' council is as follows: "Your commu' nication of the 3d instant, extending g0 through me an invitation of your city A council to the Confederate veterans, 'g the sons of veterans and our lady atL' tendants, to hold our next annual re~ union in the city of Aiken, has been er received, and I hasten to reply and |g cheerfully accept the invitation sc u heartily tendered. Personally, and as ij commander of the division, I appreciate most heartily this invitation of my ~ home town, since there are large communitles In the state more able to Q? open their doors to us who have been ,.j recreant in their attentions to the Confederate veterans of South Carolina. April 23d and 24th, next, would er be suitable dates for holding the reunion, and if they accord with the pleasure of the city council, I will sc J(j order it." ge ?Columbia special of March 10 to It the Charlotte Observer: Chief of Pog lice Cathcart this afternoon ordered er served upon Harrison Neeley, Govern>0 or Blease's negro chaufTeur, a surnill mons to appear in police court tomorr row morning to answer to the second er charge against him of exceeding the ill automobile speed limit as set down in ill city ordinance. The first charge was ill preferred against the negro Saturday es and immediately after the negro was l- convicted and sentenced to pay a fine sr of J3.75 the governor issued a pardon 7 for him. Saturday night, it is charged, )e the negro was seen by officers driving >e up and down Main street at a fast speed and today the summons was Issued for his appearance In court to answer for his second offense. It Is said the governor was tiding in the car Saturday night. When the chaufi feur was fined Saturday, the governor's r private secretary, Mr. John K. Aull, t paid the fine. The governor was quot: ed In the Columbia Record as saying * that If the fine was not remitted, he would pardon every person convicted In the police court and would sue the city for the recovery of the fine. The ' police authorities have asked City At torney Edmunds for an opinion as to : whether the governor's pardon of his 1 chauffeur, in that it is of a person con1 vlcted in a municipal court, is consti" tutlonal, and Mr. Edmunds has stated " that he will give the opinion in a few r days. "If the Columbia police author* itles do not discontinue persecuting " my negro chauffeur because they are f politically unfriendly to me, I will take * over the police force, and institute a " system of metropolitan police and de8 clare the city under martial law." This " statement was made by Governor 8 Blease this afternoon. Some seven or eight witnesses will appear in court ' tomorrow morning when the gov* ernor's driver Is arraigned on the second charge. The governor will probably be a witness, as he was riding In the car when the officers saw the 3 speeding automobile Saturday night * The governor further stated today: "I 1 would not violate one of the ordl' nances of the city of Columbia, nor 3 would I allow my negro chauffeur to r do so. If he is guilty of an Infraction ? of the city ordinances, he should be I punished." The governor gave as his '? authority for martial law If he so dee sired, a special act passed by the gen9 eral assembly allowing the governor " to take over the police force of a city. ? Joe Sparks, Columbia correspon? dent, writes the following to the Auq gusta Chronicle under date of March 9: For twenty years whisky was the g battle song of the politicians In South c Carolina. Now In this good year 1913 ^ It seems as if compulsory education Is . to be made the slogan. It was left for n John Q. Clinkscales, "honest and jovln al John," the college professor and e man of the Woodrow Wilson type, to . sound the bugle for the new fight He e has announced definitely that he will r make a fight for the governorship of c South Carolina on the compulsory education plank. Like thousands of citizens of the state, he realizes the great importance of education. John C. Clinkscales Is professor of mathematics of Wofford college. He has " spent thirty years or more In the school room. There is not a better ' known or a better liked man In the y state. He Is a fighter. He is a scholar. * and has always been a close student of government affairs. To know him " Is to like him. Here Is another secret , about him. There Is not a better story teller In South Carolina. Another feature Is that there are few people In * this state who have not at one time ? or another been within the hearing of the voice of John Q. Clinkscales. He Is a man that will hold his own with 8 the best of stump speakers. The cams palgn will be held during the summer II months of 1914, and to date seven canJ. dldates have announced for governor, s There are several other*: tied just - around the corner. They will come ,t hopping into the ring before the preer ent year has passed Into history.. John - G. Richards, Jr., of Kershaw, was e among the first to Indicate his feelings e toward the office. Mr. Richards is a * member of the railroad commission - and has served twelve years In the n house. He is well known throughout a the state, and in the days when whls ky was the battle song Mr. Richards g stood for prohibition. He was first - appointed a member of the commie>1 slon by Governor Ansel. Mendel L. d Smith has served several terms as r speaker of the house of representa tlves. He is an able man, a capable speaker, and stands high on secret orders. Mr. Smith Is an excellent apeaxer, nas a commanaing appear" ance and numbers his friends by the " thousands. He has not announced the planks in his platform. Chan. A. Smith Is the present lieutenant governor. He " Is a well known business man, and an 1 advocate of prohibition. His platform ; has not been announced. R. L Man? ning is well known throughout the state. He is a resident of Sumter, and , an able business man of great execu' tlve ability. R. A. Cooper has made a " most excellent record as solicitor in 2 the Eighth circuit He is able and win j make a hard fight Thos. H. Peeples : is "the boy attorney general." He has not been In public life long enough to show whatever ability he may have. " He has two years in which to demon[* strate how much law he knows. He ' was the first candidate In the field. It " is generally believed that Geo. R. Rem, bert, member of the house from Rlch. land, will be a candidate. Lowndes J, * Browning, of Union, who made such a * fine record as chairman of the ways f and means committee of the house in 1912, will very probably enter the race. He is a successful farmer, and Is one r of the best known men in the state. b > ? 2 Justice Gary 8tops Drouth.?The re' straining order issued by Chief Jusr tice Eugene B. Gary in Abbeville In " the case of D. F. Collicutt of Co" lumbia and W. W. Atkinson of Ker8 shaw, against the Southern Express 1 company, has been sent to Columbia. * Douglas McKay, representing the ex' press company, and John J. Earle, r representing the petitioners, returned H /?< ? vaotorr)ov txHHi tha nrHpp IU IIJC V,*CJ J W?vw? Ul*J WW * v? *MW ' which restrains the express company ' from refusing shipments of whisky 11 for personal use. The order effects all * the shipments of whiskey that might " come into the state and as soon as It '' was signed, the general counsel of the p company was notified in order that the p rule might be rescinded. This was 1 done, It was said, to avoid litigation * and whisky shipments will be delivered 1 as usual within this state unless the " supreme court rules otherwise. The ? hearing will be held April 15, the first 1 day of the term, unless the court Is 1 called together sooner.?-Columbia " State, Sunday. ! What ths Wholesalers Are Afraid Of. 3 ?Wholesale liquor dealers in Rlch. mond and Petersburg last Saturday B applied to Judge Waddlll cf the United L States district court, for a temporary p injunction to restrain the Southern . Express company from refusing to ace cept liquor for shipment to points in . South Carolina The proceeding is the r first attack upon the constitutionality j of the Webb-Kenyon bill, which passed . both branches of congress over Pres1 ident Taft's veto. On the ground that ? the South Carolina dispensary act of I 1896, which taken in conjunction with I the Webb-Kenyon act, threatens every t employe with fine and Imprisonment, ? should the carrier undertake to for[ ward liquor shipments to any point in , that state, the Southern Express com! pany in Richmond has, since March 5, , refused to accept further consignments. The South Carolina act des[ ignates as contrabrand all liquor not , purchased from the state dispensaries, . while the Webb-Kenyon act forbids , the shipment of liquor into other states . to be used or disposed of contrary to , the law there provided. 1 . ? ' Operation of the Webb Law.?"There ' is no amendment to the Webb bill or ' any part of the bill which forbids the r shipment of liquor Into South Caroll' na or any other state when that commodity is shipped In conformity to state laws." This was the state[ ment made In Washington last Fri' day to the State correspondent by 1 Representative E. Y. Webb, of North 1 Carolina, author of the Webb liquor bill, when asked specifically whether or not the enforcement of this law would forbid the shipment of liquor ' Into South Carolina. Mfnuia Inn. ? Mn TTTaKU nnnflnnoH x ma iaw, iai. *t cuu v>uuiuiuvv?, 1 "only makes more perfect the enforcement of the present state laws by throwing safeguards around them in such a way as to render them less 1 liable to be violated, but in a state 1 like South Carolina there is nothing that will prevent the shipment of liquor there so long as the state permits It. There need be no fear that the dispensaries will suffer or that any private person will suffer so long as the state law is not violated." Senator Tillman said: "The Webb law is in effect, but not In language, the same measure that I introduced in the senate 16 years ago, but on which I failed to get a favorable committee report. It simply provides that liquor shall not be shipped Into any state In violation of the laws of that state. This will not affect the shipment of liquor to the dispensaries nor to private parties in South Carolina, except for uses which are at present unlawful."?Columbia State.