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Scraps and |acts. ? News from Adrianople, the invested Turkish fortress, according to London advices, is meagre, but dispatches from Constantinople say it is believed that the end of the present week will see either the capitulation of the fortress or a desperate attempt by Shukri Pasha to break through the lines of the enemy. The allies' reply to the powers regarding mediation again is delayed and will not be delivered before Friday and there is little doubt that before European diplomacy can get to work on the problem, Adrianople will be in possession of the allies. J The Turks are seemingly preparing for another attack by their fleet in an j attempt to prevent the Servian army 1 from assisting the Montenegrins in their attack on Scutari. The Turkish cruiser Hamidieh recently bombarded Durazzo and Qiovannia di Medua and probably is watching for the Greek ] transports with several thousand Ser art AM ??AAna AKaop/) T* la fflnnrtbH that the entire Turkish fleet of eighteen ; units, has been repaired and is con- ' centrated at Naghara, in the Dardanelles. It is confirmed that Austria will disband only about 35,000 reservists in Oallcia. ? New York, March 13: A steel : rocket containing Rodman Law, the "human fly," in which he intended to be shot 3,500 feet into the air, descending by a parachute, exploded this afternoon when 800 pounds of powder behind it was flred. Law was hurled twenty-five feet from his seat in the : rocket Protected by padding and a helmet Law crawled Into the rocket with his parachute and gave the order to fire. The fuse was lighted and sputtered for thirty seconds. There " was a terrific report. Hundreds of spectators saw the rocket burst into fragments. Law was hurled violently t to the ground. His hair and eyebrows t were burned off. For ten seconds he j was unconscious. Then he got up and looked around. "Darn that thing," he exclaimed. '1 thought I was going up." Panic spread among the spectators after the explosion. It seemed incon- ^ ceivable that Law could have escaped being blown to bits and several wo- r men became hysterical. His mlracu- t lous escape was explained by the fact t that the head of the rocket, on which he stood shoulder high in a hollow extension, was made of an extra thickness of steel. The rest of the rocket, g six feet in length and two and a half r feet in diameter, was blown to atoms. Law walked unassisted to a nearby * house to have his burns dressed. c ? Washington, March 12: Work on the Democratic committee list of the ??* nln+A/1 wknn tho cume was nut wmj/iticu > ?vu m?v ^ "steering committee" adjourned tonight and members expressed doubt 1 as to whether the re-organization of i the senate could take place before Fri- c day if at that time. The majority of the important committee assignments had been made, but In the work remaining to be done on lesser committees it was expected that occasion g would arise for the changing of several of the appointments already 11 agreed upon. A subcommittee ap- 8 pointed to prepare the membership of l; the smaller committees, worked until # a late hour tonight and will report to the "steering" committee at another meeting tomorrow. In the majority of cases, the older senators, who would { be entitled to chairmanships of im- , portant committees by reason of pres- k ent positions on those committees and I their seniority of service, will re- t celve the appointments but an effort is being made to distribute the balance of the committee memberships * equally. Indications tonight were that the chairmanship of the new banking and currency committee would go to Senator Owen of Oklahoma, although 1 a hard fight has been made upon this t assignment. It is expected that there a will be a lively session of the Demo- t cratic caucus before the committee llata are finally annroved. t ? Belgrade, Servia, March 11: The * Austrian government today took a step regarded as equivalent to forbidding Servia to send troops to assist the Montenegrins in capturing the Tur- r kish fortress of Scutari. The Austri- j an minister to Servia informed Premi- . er Pasith that his government objected to Servian troops assisting the siege e of Scutari, which was to become the s capital of Albania. He requested the c immedate recall of any Servian troops which had been dispatched there. The Servian premier In reply pointed out t that under treaty arrangements, Servia c was compelled to assist her allies f without regard to the future of Scu tarl. The situation is regarded as extremely delicate. Feeling here is at a high pitch over the attitude taken by a Austria. The fortress of Scutari, near j the Montenegrin frontier, has been be- _ sieged by the Montenegrins without J material success since the beginning of t the Balkan war. Its capture and in- j elusion In the kingdom of Montenegro j were the chief reasons for King Nlcholas joining in the hostilities. When * the European powers decided in prin- h ciple on an autonomous Albania in j which Scutaria was to be included, the king of Montenegro declared he would 0 enter the fortress at the head of his r troops, otherwise the reign of his fam- a ily was doomed. In the meantime the r Servian troops had completed their campaign in Macedonia and Albania, v and advanced to the Adriatic coast at Durazzo, whence, on March 7, they dispatched on board transports 5,000 . Servian troops, including artillery, to 0 assist in the siege of Scutari. It was f this activity of Servia which called ) forth the Austrian protest today. ^ ? Washington, March 13: President Wilson's advisers have hit upon solutions of two of the political problems t confronting the administration which a promised to be troublesome?what c kind of Democrats snail get piuma from the political tree and how thous- 1 ands of Democrats throughout the v country can be given a fighting chance at least to get near the tree. Within the next few days Postmaster General Burleson is expected to present for c the president's consideration a plan which will open to Democrats the 35,000 third and fourth-class postmasterships placed In the civil service list 1 recently by Mr. Taft. Mr. Burleson s said tonight that he had not yet de- j elded whether to ask the president for a revocation of this order or not. If he decides against asking for a revoca- * tlon he will then suggest that post- t masters who benefitted by the Taft ( order, be required to pass a merit test, which would be open also to others. If 1 the president took the first course ? thousands of postmastershlps would i be available at once, and if he chose j. the other. Democrats have as good a chance as Republican incumbents. 8 Ever since Mr. Taft Issued the order, t which, with a similar one by Mr. { Roosevelt, put every third and fourth . class postmaster in the country In the classified service, it has been subjected to a vigorous criticism by Democrats, who charged that its purpose was to keep In office through President * Wilson's administration thousands of Republicans who were not in sympa- f thy with the administration and who ? were given such protection merely to j keep the Republican political machine in working order. Mr. Burleson has f given the order serious consideration t and any recommendation he makes to ] the president Is likely to have much j weigni. ? Nogales, Arizona, March 13: Col. Kosterlitzky, commanding: the federal garrison at Nogales, Sonora, surrendered to Gen. Obregon, the rebel commander, tonight at 6.40 o'clock, after a terrific battle which lasted throughout the day. During the conflict several persons on the American side of the border were wounded. American troops were rushed here from Fort Huachuca, Ariz., and tonight 600 troopers of the Fifth cavalry are on duty along the border. Despite protests from Lieut. Col. Tate and Consul Simpich many bullets struck on the American side throughout the day. The renewed attack late in the after? noon increased the danger to residents of the Arizona town. Three non-combatants were wounded here while two American women had narrow escapes from injury, one bullet even piercing a woman's skirt while on the porch of her home. The killed and wounded in the day's battle could not be estimated. Twenty injured from both sides were brought to hospitals here but an American physician who braved the firing lines, reported many more wounded who could not be reached without danger to the rescuers. American residents here quickly gave their services as Red Cross volunteers. Nogales is set in an ideal position for defense, between two ranges of hills unning parallel north and south. The pe state troops were compelled to move through this mountainous lane and 10 svere mowed down by the flre of the sa federal rifles and machine guns. On W| the plains between the hills the attackers concealed themselves In shallow niches caused by the mountain th freshets. Here men dead or wounded th lay in the sun without attention. Twice re luring the day Gen. Obregon failed in stubborn attacks upon the defenders. 81 At 5.20 o'clock the third attempt was se made to assault the federal positions. rhls was more successful, the defend- h srs deserting the right front and extreme left trenches and fleeing to the cover of the town. This increased the (iot flre on the American side and tj, when a report reached CoL Tate that ane of his tropers had been wounded ca de hastily assembled his men. Si * ?hf ^orbvitte inquirer. s< Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkvllle ^ as Mall Matter of the Second Class. g{ wl ?~ tr< YORKVILIJB, ft. 0.t ar FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1913 ~ ? ha Senators Tillman and Smith may f0 Ight it out as between Messrs. Wes th on and Thurmond for district attor- gi, ley so far as we are concerned. Wf an ire not interested. w? ' ' th No reasonable man can blame Mr. 8i( Yilson for saying that he will receive po 10 office seekers except those he sends 8e) or. He would never be able to get fu lusiness attended to otherwise. ei{ 1 " in No use in getting excited over the ]8 rubernatorial race yet awhile. It looks jt low as If there are going to be candi- th, lates enough to give everybody a ne hanoo tn rhonna on A to thnlr llklnsr. ???? " ? tl.Il 1 # 1 mi While of course this scrambling for tjc ifflce is a little disconcerting to some bk >eople, still we do not think it comes pi, vith good grace from people who are ur ifflce seekers themselves, to complain it others for occupying that position. ' ' an The new president seems to have an rotten down to his work like he was te( >erfectly familiar with it, and without riving the slightest ground for the 0f nsinuatlon that he is not big enough ^ or the Job. ha ' * ' be The Associated Press dispatches na tublished this morning indicate that ne Senator Tillman has probably won his ag >ersonaJ flght for the chairmanship of pr he committee on appropriations, the th( tecond most powerful committee of let he senate. mi ya Wonder if those senators who are ,n| T6I rying to keep Senator Tillman out of ua he chairmanship of the co?-. -'ttee on up ippropriations consider that the genop leman from South Carolina belongs to he same tribe in which he has classed >emocratic office seekers generally? , , T! As to whether the United States will te] ecognize the Huerta government in za dexlco, cannot be stated at this time; an >ut since that government has been to stablished solely by means of aassas- rej ilnatlon, It does not seem that this rm ountry should recognize it. Not tc ur ecognize the Huerta government may ls. >ring trouble; but then it will be iheaper in the end to make the sacri- of ice. to , m , an It is beginning to look like Madero issassinated is more powerful than ^ei dadero in the presidential chair. m< fhere is very little ree-son to doubt ] hat it was the sincere desire and pur- Er K>8e of Madero to give the people a th< arger measure of liberty than they da lave been enjoying, and that it was ed lis purpose to-reform the land laws. Jut whether these were his purposes ir not, It will now be easier for the >eople of Mexico to convince them- j elves of the patriotism for which his nartyrdom is an earnest, and they 1 vill do the rest. The Atlantic Coast Line road has lecided to provide its passengers with j ree Individual drinking cups. Good. i Vill the other roads not do likewise? rhe law doing away with common Irinking cups at public places is good; , >ut still people who travel only occailonally are often put to serious in- ov :onvenlence to get a drink of water. pr t would not be so bad if the railroads st, vere required to keep cups on sale wj en; but it would be hetter if the W( ailroads would voluntarily furnish tjc :ups free. qU ' m * an About forty members of the Balti- or nore convention who voted for Wll- hli ion first, last and all the time, have m( oined in a memorial to the president WJ isking him to declare his policy with eference to recommendations by confressmen who have not been in ac:ord with the Progressive idea of denocracy. In many instances congress- bu nen who were opposed to Wilson are ,n! lrging the appointment of men who lelped them in their reactionary oper- Co itions, and the FTogTessives who bore ch he brunt of the battle aarainst such ?p; longrressmen think they should come [*' n for a little recognition, or else co what's the use?" , m , ne There Is no doubt In the opinion of p?! rhe Enquirer that If the old, old rule ' >f standing by one's political friends th itill obtains to any extent, Editor W. au 3. Gonzales is entitled to appointment flV is minister to Cuba If he desires such al ippolntment. He has been a good th 3ryan man for many years, and also Jt le was an earnest and persistent work- co sr for Wilson. Whether or not he de- toi ?ires to be minister to Cuba, we do not th enow; but If he does cherish such a 0fl lesire, there Is nothing wrong about he t that we can see. However, the one hing about which we are more or all ess curious is that if the name of Mr. br Gonzales should be sent to the senate, ar low would Senator Tillman act. Would au le be big and broad enough to let the fir jonflrmation go through regardless of sp >ld scores, or would he raise a lot of pa land? se ? re Common sense should put all right T1 hinklng men on the side of President ed iVllson In that seniority fght. Wilson $1 vas chosen president cf the United wi Stated because of what he stands for. ar if any of the old time senate leaders re itand for the same things that Presllent Wilson stands for, we do not kr enow. The seniority rule is framed to lit jut men in control of the senate, and ha he one man, or maybe the few men, rrn vho control the senate, hrve as much go x>wer In a way as the president. The do jenate is further removed from the ople. To give immediate expression the desire of the people It is necesry that the senate be In full accord Ith the president. It is not In human iture for senators or others deriving eir power from sources other than e direct will of the people to surnder that power to a president or tybody else. In the fight against nlorlty, therefore the president Is rhting for the people, and we hope ! will win. The Washington correspondent of e News and Courier states that indl.tlons are that Senators Tillman and Souo onrtni-oori rival mndldBtefl r the U. S. district attorneyship and . S. marah&lship for South Carolina, rnator Tillman Is said to favor Mr. Wm. Thurmond, of Edgefield, for strict attorney, and Mr. James ! . ' ms, of Orangeburg, for marshal, hlle Senator Smith Is believed to fa- 1 ir F. H. Weston for the district at- 1 rneyshlp and Mr. J. A. Drake, of arlboro, for the marshalshlp. Alough we have no information on the bject other than is suggested, if It ' all turn out that way, we shall not i surprised, as we have always un- 1 rstood that disagreement as to pannage was the real cause of all the 1 >uble that occurred between Tillman id McLaurln. Secretary Daniels is represented aa 1 vlng Intimated especial friendship r the Charleston navy yard, and alough we are not surprised, we are 1 id to see It. While not pretending 1 y expert knowledge In this regard, i have been convinced for years that ' e military and naval experts con- _ ler Charleston the second most Imrtant stragedic point on the Atlantic aboard, with reference to possible ture hostile operations from a forrn enemy, and if there is any sense war precautions at all, Charleston the place for the greatest concern, is a fact that for many years after e Civil war, Charleston was entirely glected by the Federal government, d we have attributed this to two iln reasons. In the first place secma! selfishness has cut very conlerable figure, and in the second ice northern sentiment was a long ne coming to a realization of the :t that the Civil war really settled e question of secession for all time d that the security of the north, east d west depends as much on the pro:tion of the south as the security of e south depends upon the protection the north, east and west. Although kinds of statements to the contrary ve been made when experts have en contending for one port or one vy yard aglnst another, we have ver yet seen an objection urged ainst Charleston that really iraessed us, and we are persuaded that ere Is no good reason why the Char iton navy yard should not receive as ich consideration as any other navy ,rd in the country. It is indeed pleasS to be able to feel that the new sectary fully understands the whole sittion and that he can be depended on to see that the Charleston navy rd will be treated on a basis of its tual merits. "A Word Personal." ?e Yorkville Enquirer says: An Associated Press dispatch ofyesrday says that Mr. William E. Gonles, editor of the Columbia State, is i applicant for the post of minister Cuba. The Enquirer is guilty of careless iding. The Associated Press did not ike that statement and it would be ttrue if it had done so. Mr. Gonzales not an applicant for the post of Inlster to Cuba or f6r any other post, lite recently he declined the offices two separate, delegations proposing 1 present his name to the president < d the secretary of state, also similar < rvice by two members of the presint's official family, and he has atmpted to Interest no one in such a jvement.?Columbia State. Practically all the information The ?o.ulrer had on the subject was from e Spartanburg: Herald of last Tuesy. That paper of that date contalnthe following:: W. E. GONZALES. (Special to the Herald.) Columbia March 10.?W. E. Gonzales had no statement to make tonight concerning the report from Washington that his name had been officially presented to President Wilson for appointment as minister to Cuba. An Associated Press dispatch from Washington last night stated that W. E. Gonzales, editor of the State, had been officially presented to both President Wilson and Secretary Bryan for apnnlnf?ient as United States minister to Cuba. Because of observation extending er many years we have been im- j essed with the rarity of the clrcum- , ince of the office seeking the man thout any assistance from the man. ? naturally interpreted the informam from the Herald as the State otes. We are sorry to be guilty of y misrepresentation of Mr. Gonzales to have been the means of forcing m to make a statement that the are enterprising Spartanburg paper is unable to get him to make. ie Governor vs. Columbia City Authorities. The following Is from the Spartanrg Herald of last Wednesday mornHarrison Neeley, the negro automole driver, was fined >15.75 In the rerder's court this morning on the arge of violating the automobile eed laws. The fine was paid and ter the governor issued a pardon to e negro. The police refused to regnize the clemency granted. This is the second offense for the gro. Last Friday he was fined >3.75 r speeding: on Main street, dui a 1 rdon was issued. t Testimony was griven in the court 1 Is morning: that the negro drove the 1 tomobile througrh Main street Sat- t day night at a rrfe of about thirty- < e miles an hour. There were sever- 1 witnesses. The governor was in i e car at the time. j At a meeting of city council tonight < was decided to send the governor a 1 py of an opinion given bv City At- I rney Edmunds, in which he holds < at the governor has no right to de- < and the remittance of a fine for an ] tense against a municipality after had extended executive clemency. As will be understood by what has i ready been published there is an out- 1 eak between the city of Columbia ] id Governor Blease. The governor's itomoblle driver was arrested and ted $3.75 for alleged violation of the eed limit ordinance, the governor ild the fine, pardoned the negro, and rved notice that the fine should be mitted. The fine was not remitted. ie governor's "chauffeur" transgressagain, was re-arrested and fined 5.75 for the second olTense. This fine is paid, another pardon was Issued, id there was another demand for the turn of the money. Just what it all means we do not iow. Nobody could tell from stories ce that above, or any other that we ,ve seen; but it goes against cornon reason to assume that the foreilng story gives an idea of what is >ing. For one thing, while it is made to appear that "Harrison Neeley" is the J alleged offender against the speed limit, that idea is absurd. Harrison Neeley is only an employe of the gov- b. ernor. and as the governor himself was in the car on both occasions, it is the governor who is the real offender if there Is a real offender. If Harrison Neeley had been arrested for exceeding the speed limit while driving the car alone, and the case had been proved against him, we do not bfelleve the M governor would have interfered further than to pay the fine and take it out of the negro's wages, as any one Y else would nave aone. but. wun ine governor In the car, if the speed limit was being violated, the responslbilty lay not with Harrison Neeley; but with the governor, and that responsibility SI the governor Is assuming as ho should do. w It is hardly to be assumed that Governor Blease would undertake to raise a. big row for $3.75, and therefore there' must be something else behind it all. What is it? Frankly we do not know; Ja but under conditions as we understand them to exist, we are not at much loss for a reasonably plausible explanation. Every citizen of every town that has K speed limit ordinances understands that there are certain people who pay P* no attention to such ordinances. They ?o as they please. Stand on the streets ^ nf Columbia if you will, with a stopwatch in your hand and wait, and while you will And that most of the public automobiles and many of the private cars keep well within the speed limit, many other private cars disregard such regulations entirely. And they get away with it, for it is not the pr rule of municipal officers to enforce ov ordinances without fear or favor. es As to whether Governor Blease was an violating the speed limit on either the a first or second occasion, we do not pa know; but whether he was or not we sp :an very readily understand why in th rtew of the fact that the matter is .1 overlooked In the case of other Co- pr lumbia "big bugs," the police should ed oave the gall to try to discriminate en igainst him. It was quite natural that ft he should assume that the proceeding gn was personal, and as a matter of fact go It so looks. hi] There may be those who do not w? igree with this reasoning; but if so of It is because they do not understand to the fact that the governor is not liable to arrest?that no one can arrest him ha >n any charge; unless such charge has du >een preferred by a majority of the da louse of representatives. fa! If as a matter of fact, the governor thi lad been driving his own automobile inj ind had been exceeding the speed limit fa: :o the capacity of his car, It is certain en that he could not have been lawfully lni irrested. and the arrest of his chauf- be 'eur therefore, while the chauffeur is. ca iperatlng under the instruction of the ha jovernor Is only a subterfuge. of We do not want to be understood as git mggestlng that If the governor were W1 eally violating the ordinances of the ;ity of Columbia wilfully and without reason, he is to be upheld. On the con:rary such conduct would be small and inj :ontemptlble beyond expression. Br But If it be the purpose of the gov- v" jrnor to compel the city of Columbia :o at least recognize him as entitled to ivery privilege that any other indlvldial In the city is allowed to enjoy, he ed s engaged in a good work, and If his nurnoap onlv bp to settlp the nuestlnn is to whether or not he has the right 8? ind power to pardon municipal of- lnj 'enders, that purpose is no less laud&r be t>l6' ' MERE MENTION ' V?' S ha The British steamship Lugano went thi ishore on Ajax reef, off the Florida bu joast, Sunday. The 110 aboard were jhi taken off by the steamship Rescue.... ^ Seneral Sir Robert Baden-Powell, cr- 8(> fanizer of the Boy Scout movement, is w{ low engaged in organizing the Girl > Scouts A British motor cab com- an pany has patented a process of making j^i i cheap fuel for automobiles to take en the place of petrol or gasoline. The an lew fuel will retail at five cents a gal- jni on less than petrol......A Chinese jaj ipium and gambling joint at Trenton, N. J., was raided by the police Sunday light and after a hard fight eight Chilamen were arrested... .Dr. Frederick , FYanz Friedmann, a noted German ihysician, and discoverer of the tur- to Je-culture, an alleged tuberculosis re< :ure, is inoculating patents with the fh ?erum in New York The police of 1 Brooklyn, N. Y., early Friday morning Pi> irrested a gang of five Black Handera ati n the act of taking money from a vie-. *e, Lim whom they had intimidated by a , lomb explosion in front of his store. ,... Secretary of State Bryan won his be Irst diplomatic victory last week by w nsisting to President Gomez that he . nust veto the amnesty bill passed by die Cuban congress, after it had been ad innounced that the president would lai sign the law, allowing the president to 'ree numerous prisoners and even to jrant pardons to persons under charges pr One of the express companies ta: loing business at Milwaukee, is taking of imall packages and charging express Be ates and delivering the package thj through parcel post at a less rate. A wl package recently expressed at Mllwau- of tee and a charge of 40 cents made to Til Detroit, was delivered at the Detroit lin ?o8tofflce with 22 cents parcel post be itamps attached An Illinois leg- as: siatlve committee is making a rigid rel nvestigatlon in Chicago of the social th< ;vils, and especially the relation of ] ow wages paid by mercantile estab- ex ishments to girl workers as a con- mt :ributlng cause to loose morals al. rhe Delaware and Lackawana railroad en sompany is making experiments with sa; vireless telegraphy in the movement >f its trains The city of Guajlmlullla, Gutemala, C. A., was destroyed iy an earthquake last Saturday. No ietails as to loss of life have been sent ~ >ut Six persons were killed and lundreda were hurt at Irvine, Scotland IlJ Holiday, by the explosion of a dyna- by r.ite factory. Many houaes, churches to< ind other buildings were destroyed by :he shock Secretary of the Navy ful Daniels is preparing to make an early th< /isit to aill the navy yards on the At- thi antic coast Women of Massachu- cr< letts, who wear hatpins of undue _ ength, without point protectors are to )e subject to a fine of >100, according e(j :o a law now effective... .A woman of op :he underworld told District Attorney t|0 Whitman in New York, Monday, that en ihe had paid as high as >20,000 for _ police protection. She gave the names >f several police captains and inspec- Jj? tors as recipients of the graft JJii Since October 15, the price of stocks >n the various stock exchanges of the co1 country, have declined a million dolars. ?' . # . ac is ? Lexington, March 12: A. V. Lee, an the young baggagemaster of the Sea- _r Poard Air Line railway, who, a few weeks ago, shot and killed Conductor ~ W. L. McNeill on a passenger train near Swansea, this county, and who Pas since been confined in the Lexlngton jail, was released from custody 8? late last night, his bond having been ch arranged in the sum of >5,000. The case "e tvill probably be called for trial at the June term of the court of general ses- c? Hons. Young Lee left with his father this morning for his home in Savan- N. iah. fr< ? m hO ? Lancaster, March 12: Postmaster 50 Hunter of this place today received from the postofflce department a re- l? juest that he prepare and forward to ve the department a map which will be a!< i guide to them in the selection of a thl site for the Federal building for Lan:aster, which was included in the ap- >propriation for public buildings re- vii ;ently passed by congress. coi * th< ? Col. T. B. Butler of Gaffney, is said be :o have announced his intention of wi ;rying next year for the office of lieu- sic enant governor. ed ocax. apraxas. sp. , pro NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 K" C. Riddle, Supt?Announces the the production of "Thomson of the Vhr-. mu sity" at Clover opera house on next pro Friday, benefit of piano fund. flci osana Allison, Filbert?Warns all _ persons against employing or har- bee boring her son, Joe, who is a minor. t0 le Hour Theatre?Presents an at- jn tractive moving picture programme oio for Monday night the cConnell Dry Goods Co.?Invites at- in tentlon to a big line of mnslin un- as derwear and offers these goods at low prices. pul ork Supply Co.?Is prepared to fur- poi nish you with all kinds of fertllis- qu ers, seed potatoes, garden seeds, etd. mii jieder Drug Store?Suggests that hui you purify your blood by taking jun Nyal's sareaparflla compound. thr jannon-Smarr Co., Sharon?Talk of goods, varieties, prices, etc. Satisfaction or your money back. '. H. Herndon?WHl take orders for jh( chrysanthemum plants grown by , Mrs. Herndon. irkvllle Hardware Co.?Wan to to bee supply you with tools and dynamite gro If you expect to do any ditching. Yoi imes Bros.?Have mules and horses on hand for the man who yet ex- 811 pects to buy. ed irroll Furniture Co.?Sells Uncle HI- the ram's varnish for renewing furni- Do< ture to Its original coloring. ? trkpatrlck-Belk Co.?Invites you to _ . its millinery and dry goods opening next Tuesday and Wednesday. wh ilmetto Monument Co.?Makes a wo: suggestion as to the cost of monu- Dat ments suitable to your requirements. :,ac lomson Co.?Announces its annual ?de spring opening of millinery, dress th goods, clothing, etc., for next Tues- tru day and Wednesday. See page four. _~v oud Cash Store?Talks about Its line the of Thompson's glove fitting corsets, Tu, which It Is showing in variety. ^ cur The government has been nowise nu> ematiire in the matter of assuming ^ rnershlp of the robins. These Inter- cor ting birds have been growing scarcer woi d scarcer each year for more than J?r . .. . - tee Bciiciauuu, turn it any nuvc ou itu .ssed over on their way north this the ring, the writer has not heard of In em. cor , . wo One of the most Important road als oblems of which we have any knowl- In ge Involves the Improvement of the Tic osslng over Allison Creek so as to i ve the Bethel people a reasonably 100th way Into Yorkvllle. The Alll- cot n Creek hill and the Johnson branch oth II are the only obstacles now In the Pn ay to the opening up a large section the the Bethel territory to easy access Soi Yorkvllle. ?or Tho farmers throughout this section ve been very much disappointed ne< irlng the week, especially on Mon- con y morning when a rain had been lulling for several hours, In spite of lnt( e fact that everybody had been look- Lai ? forward to a beautiful day for ter rm work. There has been a consldSOU able amount of farm work done dur- sou g the week; but If the weather had ern en right since last Sunday, practl- reh lly the whole of the country would Ne, ,ve been torn up by now. The rain flel Wednesday night did not help the bor uatlon; but rather delayed the time len everybody can get down to work, yoi nor ABOUT PEOPLE P?r Lai Mr. J. T. Brown of Gaifney, Is visit- pec g the families of Messrs. Geo. W. era own and M. J. Moorhead In York- mil He. coll abc WANTED TO KILL NEGRO Unless the negroes who were arrest- 110 recently for the attack on the negro Jjer ugiauuii ttgem, xvn n, near iiiihui ^ back on what they have been tell- tak S about themselves, their case will ent disposed of without much difficulty. mo One of the negroes has told all about pri, e affair. " He says that after Kirk eve d been knocked down and robbed fre' Call ere was a proposition to shoot him; of it the other raised objection and ey left Kirk for dead. Kirk heard all e__ at was said, so it is stated, and as ta] on as his assailants left, got up and ?nt away. f ? There is a good deal of feeling ln long the farmers against the negro jogJ rk, for the way in which he has been wii ticing laborers out of the country, w_. d consequently there is but slight wol dignatlon against the two negroes in wjj II on account of their crime. hlg " yea TAX COLLECTIONS. ^ Tax collections have been about up 601 the usual standard this year, the :eipts being unusually heavy during e latter part of February, and drop- "Pc rig off to a lighter volume upon the it! taching of the 7 per cent penalty af- C. < r March 1. ! C ^ 1. There has been a straggling' line of lated tax payers during the past two ch< ieks, coming across with the regu- Yoi assessments, with the 7 per cent raH ded; but none of these have been ge tax payers. at ( it 1b not practicable yet to state ap- ren oximately the aggregate amount of ?ucr' ices that will be refunded on account jou, the storm in King's Mountain and to ithel townships 'ast summer, except y0, at it will prob. bly foot up somelere between $3,000 and $4,000. Most an(] this money has been refunded. ab0 iere is nothing in the act to fix the peo lit by which all applications must to filed; but it is reasonably safe to waj sume that no more taxes will be abo funded on account of this act after jntf e first of next July. tow [t is probable that the number of j^r. ecutions that will issue after to- e0j >rrow will be about the same asusu- wer That a large number of double 0f tries will be included goes without wjt: ^ng- witi ? in WITHIN THE TOWN nilU -The Easter openings are to be the I*!!'1 iture of the dry goods business is j*1? irkville next week, as will be noted the advertisements being printed lav th01 iay* gi v< -The Idle Hour Theater is coming con Ily up to expectations In that only yor b best pictures are being shown, and jj.-' b nightly attendance Is on the In- bly ?aBe- . botl -There is considerable interest In It c b proposed presentation of the com- In y "She Stoops to Conquer" in the run era house tonight and the expecta- con m is that there will be a large audi- thoi ce in attendance. to i -Mr, Frank E. Smith is anxious to ?n ve the new court house located on Pay i property on West Liberty street. A on': v days ago he offered to give the Pas urt house commissioners in consld- Pay itlon of the sum of one dollar, a plot the land 200 feet square, or full two e*P res if necessary. The proposed site Pay just across the street from the jail the d within three hundred yards of the weJ esent court house building. Alr -Mr. James L. Michie of Darlington. I1?? and high priest, and Dr. O. Frank irt, of Columbia, grand secretary of : e Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Ma- :? ns of South Carolina, visited Mackay * apter, No. 15, of Yorkville, on Wed- ? sday evening and conferred the P >yal Arch degree on a class of three ., ndldates. thj? -The continuation of that C. & Uev -W. train which now comes down pay >m the north and remains seven yea urs in Gastonla, on through by abo wling Green, Clover, Yorkville, jt l ithriesvllle, McConnellsville and m0i wrysvllle to Chester, would be of not ry great benefit to the people all |Pg >ng the line and The Enquirer hopes ^ec at the railroad people will be able ser see their way to do what is desired, ben -There has been a considerable re- ed /al of interest in the proposed new Yor urt house since the adjournment of Ch? 6 general assembly, and people have seci en talking site during the past week for th much animation. The commls- tior iners met last Tuesday and employ- posi Edwards & Proffitt of Atlanta and add ' 11 f irtanburg as architects; but the site iblem was not settled because of ^ nerous complications. The T>oard Is r~7Z Session again today wrestling with Y< site problem. Although there is ch speculation as to what will 'bablv be done, there is nothing ofal to give out as yet The boys of the high school have = n competing during the past week select representatives to participate the coming field day trials with ver; but owing to the bad weather 1,e. question of precidenoe was settled 0 clc only three of the proposed events follows: One hundred yard dash? ? wis Grist and Robert Flnley; shot Yes t-?Carl Gauldln and Lewis Grist} Conl e vault?Lewis Grist and Tom brln Inn. The other events Include: half ante e run; 220 yard run over low dies; 440 yard run; running high op; running broad Jump; discus At 1 ow; one mile run. 22m pub! LOCAL LACONIC8 Murder at the Mill. Llthough the officers of the law have R< n working on the case of the old ne- v'ce ? who was assassinated out at the c rk Cotton Mill last Sunday morning, ' the week, they have not yet secur- se information that seems to warrant o'cic m In making an arrest. ateU wn in Georgia. (las Leila A. Russell desires the ilicatlon of the following In order ,t The Enquirer's readers may see /-w at is being done in rural school (I rk down In Georgia. It Is a dis- j ch of March 5 from Dal ton: For j ih school In the county to have a monstratlon farm" is the plan of board of education and the school |Yfl steea of the various districts. Fully enty-flve of the trustees attended '* meeting of the board of education ?r ' esday, and in a resolution, indorsed *,on plan and pledged themselves tose- '?1r" e the land necessary for the de- wl" nstration work. The meeting was enthusiastic one, resulting in nging about a determination to "~? nblne school work with Industrial _ rk, promoting both branches. A ma- HA ity of the trustees present volun- Iff red to give a plat of ground to their iooIs to be cultivated by the pupils, reby giving them actual experience "V\ progressive farming. The boys' Mos n club work, and the Industrial Tor rk done by Miss Lois E. Carswell You o came in for hearty indorsement the resolutions adopted. . . ik Eradication Work. Jr. Ray Powers, professor of veter- be f ry science at Clemson college has 6 it out the following: "Three more V-b1 inties together with portions of two styii era will be released from Federal Lr&ntine on or about April 1, 1913. O is marks another Important step in beat i eradication of the cattle ticks from N ith Carolina. In July, 1907, Clem- this i college veterinary division, in co- to b (ration with the U. S. department of '(culture, began this work in Oco>, Pickens, Greenville and Anderson J inties, and these counties were re- * sed from Federal quarantine in < 9. In 1910, the work was pushed ?? o Greenwood, Abbeville, Union, ?? jrens, Spartanburg, Cherokee, Ches- . and Tork counties. All of these inties, with the exception of the ithern portion of Abbeville, the ithern portion of York, and the east- T portion of Chester counties, were IZE ;ased from Federal Quarantine in the 2. In 1912, work was extended Into tlty wberry, Saluda, Lexington, Fair- the d, Lancaster, Chesterfield, Marl- We o, Darlington, Florence and Lee Pho intlea About the 1st of April 1913, Nlti release of Marlboro, Darlington,, can rk, that portion of Lancaster county Cott th of the Waxhaw creek, and that izer tlon of Chester county north of the 8EI icaster & Chester railway Is ex- "W ted. This will place above the Fed- Ear 1 quarantine line about 8,700 square "W es?one-third of the state. Clemson Seet lege has expended in this work S< >ut 345,000 and the U. S. department L agriculture has expended a slightly i O per sum. With the exception of O 0, which was appropriated by New- W ry county In 1912, no appropriations will re been received from other sources. the present rate of progress it will *' e ten or twelve years to free the Ire state, although this could easily ___ accomplished in twelve to eighteen nths if each county would appro- ** ate funds for co-operation and If |V|I ry stock owner would assist by elng his own premises. The tick tses South Carolina an annual lose oire about 31,000,000. Under present con- _ Ions it will take at least ten years to , , dicate the tick. Figure out the to1/vaa ?Ill ?Via Thft iuo0 iiiai win uwuui uciuic LLICJ uwas ~ ~ eradicated and then consider the ??| t that the ticks could be eradicated Va'j twelve to eighteen months and thi* bl 3 prevented. The sum that the tick Mat 1 cost our farmers In two years Opg uld free the entire state. What ?la< aid you think of a business man 0 would sit down and calmly allow Floi business to lose $100 or $500 each lD ,r if he could easily prevent it? Ev- Mrs one says "Poor Business." Now 1! at is your opinon of the farmers of Mrs ith Carolina who are sitting down rsel] 1 calmly allowing their business to 1 N sapped of $1,000,000 each year?a Mar i that could easily be prevented? >or business?"?that doesn't express H. "BE A N.-W. Schedule. Chester Lantern: Tuesday morning ong distance 'phone message was elved by one of the business men of jster from Mr. O. H. O'Leary of A "kvllle, stating that the C. A. N.-W. f\ way had recently put on a passen- * m. train running south on the main ! from Lenoir to Castonia, arriving Gastonla at 10.25 o'clock. This train III lains at Gastonla, until about 5.30 ; ock in the afternoon and then rens to Lenoir. Mr. O'Leary was anxs for the business men of Chester for co-operate with the citizens of case kvllle, In having this train extend- ever to Chester at twelve o'clock noon A J I would leave here in the afternoon mos ut four o'clock. He stated that the ishe pie of Torkvllle were very anxious It h have this improved service, as it best i for the convenience of the people tall, ve Yorkville and to the commercial C< ;rest of the business mer. of that mor n. The matter was referred to James H. Glenn, secretary of the nmerclal club, and he immediately PA] it over the matter with a number prominent business men here. He h others then took up the matter h the C. A N.-W. railway officials trying to get the passenger train Bnded to Chester. It cannot be deflsly decided yet whether the train be extended to Chester or not. Col. hols is out of the city at present his attitude Is not known. Howr a statement to this effect is au- this rlzed: "That the matter would be took 3n the full consideration and a of d ference between the citizens of we 1 kvllle and Chester with the C. A mat! W. railway officials would proba- if y be held. The road Is anxious 10 give oldh York and Chester all the service for an, provided it would pay the road, times past when such a train was + Vt aARaIqIq ronnrf fViof If lonlroH lite uiiietais i utai ai iuenvu siderable of paying. However, a rough Investigation will be made And see if such a train cannot be put Tool through this summer. Should It well , of course the railroad will be time r too glad to continue it, but from for t experience such a train has not kno< ed." It is not yet known whether nies railroad can stand the exDenslve TTnlr eriment of a train that does not w It will be recalled by many of and business men that when 52 and 53 'e first installed on the Seaboard Line railway that very few people d them, but after the people became ustomed to the trains these two Ins now carry as many passengers and out of Chester as any trains t come here. They have served esially to increase the trade from the tern section of the county. It Is to sincerely hoped that the C. & N.-W. ' way officials will see fit to extend i train to Chester at once. It Is be- * ed that such a train would now . For within the last two or three rs the conditions in the country jJL.j ve here have improved remarkably, i 8 believed that a three or four ]f rjths' trial of this train before *a's Y long enough. It takes the travel- P public some six or eight months to ome accustomed to the new train Vy /ice and to fully appreciate the Jv efltB and conveniences to be derlv- ~Pa from it. The Board of Trade of ' kville and the Commercial club of P*?" ister are doing all in their power to jre any possible improved service * the two towns. With the co-opera- J i of all the business men it may be TiTV1 sible that this new service will be ed hnd made permanent \?h? Cotton ParM. mo bus l r - JL See jrkvllle, March 14.?Cotton 12| cts. 21 ** " Serial gotices. 7K2? YV Open York Mill. sv. Henry Stokes will preach at fund York Mill, Sunday evening at 7.30 ' . tfikhf rjrf.'Kl . * .. ... 21 v CackLpl Cackle I ^. .. . , ^ the hens are all cackling when fed key's Laying Tonic. It sure does Ff I tZi ? '?1 ?1--..- " j; A Box 8upper. Y J Bullock Creek, Saturday, March If 1, beginning at 7 o'clock p. m. The lie Is invited. School Improvement Asso. AFP] At Hickory Grove.,, . ^ 3v. J. H. Machen will conduct s<!r- furniture, a at the Hickory Grove Baptist With a C rch next Sunday, at usual hours. beautiful ?? of the wc ;PhiUd^ph\a. forreflnl* (rvices Sunday afternoon, at 8.30 and It giv >ck. Communion service lmmedl- We hav / after the service. 1-2-Plnts, Henry Stokes, Pastor. 85 Ct?, ar Long WS] nlture. 1 MONEY TO LOAN. with resu! N First Mortgage on Real Estate. THOS. F. McDGW, Atty. CARJ t. f. WARNING Y son JOE, aged 10 years, having left me without my consent this J 3 notify all persons against hiring fk tarborlng him, on pain of prosecu- a* to the full extent of the law. Inlation as to the boy's whereabouts , mmm be appreciated. m J ROSANA ALLISON, f It* Filbert, S. C. Jnclin UnAoYtnoar life wort ltd III I WIIUVI WVMI nerve, me be supplle re are offering the Largest and the If you 1 t Complete stock ever shown in blood Is 1 kvllle. begin takl i will be surprised at the , Nvsl's EXTRA QUALITY, ' the PRICE 18 LOWER in many ances than the cheap garments to ound elsewhere. "'J" " OWNS?High Neck, Low Neck, 'l 0? a b0 hape Neck, Empire and all other i es in Cambric, Swiss Hull, at \Lfi 48 OTS. and Up. ftJflM ORSET COVER8?All styles, and . ltlful patterns?At 19 CTS. O TROUBLE to show you through line, even though you do not want >. uy at the present time. \A/ McCONNELL'S xtst .1 . vantage t WHO UNDERSELLS? &! *? !>! that you ^ " look ue o FERTILIZERS I DRY GO< he season Is on now for PERTIL- *n a ve IRS. We are prepared to supply 9.?, M trade in all grades In any quan- otapiea from One Sack to Carloads. Prom en wh0 Standard to< the Highest Grades. ? a ?tr sell Guano, Acid and Potash, Add Men, Woi >gphate, Kainlt, Muriate Potash, ate Soda, Cotton Seed Meal. We GROCER give you an attractive price on Gur Jin on Seed Meals, also other Fertll- SS ?8 Bfi g I lows an CD IRISH POTATOES? re sell Red Bliss, Irish Cobbler, ***" JJ ly Rose. Real nice seed. en. 8peclal Te have Slmpkins' Prolific Cotton 2"?^? 1 1 and Pope's Prolific. faction, or eed Corn for sale. rti andreth's Garden Seed. \hni nion Sets, White and Yellow, ne horse to sell at a bargain. e are overstocked on Flour. It pay you to help us unload. 3RK SUPPLY COMPANY. Fiah WHOLESALE AND RETAIL - P Alar rs. W. R Herndon wound e\ rs Choice Chrysanthemum Plants my trade For Sale? good tlmt lease, In giving your orders, state than Elgt ch of these varieties you prefer: recommer nksgivlng Queen (White). those whc ly Dimple (Yellow). day windl Is (Yellow; took prize for the best sells for < loom in 1912). 1 BIG BEN id Dean (Pink). jgye] awa (Golden Amber). Alarm Cl< * Hawk (Garnet ! Bell tl,e] D. Appleton (Yellow). lg a 34. ence Pullman (Cream; took prize mjttent al 1 1912). able Thi . Herndon (white; took prize in j aj80 j ***- . .. . lower pri< . Wheeler (Bronze). f* Rrr m ie Prockett (Pink). o deliveries will be made before _ ... ch 30; but orders can be sent In I. W. .. Plants will be delivered at W. ' TTTTtTZ \mA\T?a /v.?4 a 4 L/Uil 0 DkUl Of U1 UUV ail LOOKHAVEN." Phone No. 68. W. H. HERNDON Sale s to the COST Satui : Monuments ?j THI Each Individual can determine i himself the amount, but In all OFF a It should be sufficient to finish CLC y detail of the work perfectly. nor fonument of the largest size and . t elaborate details, If poorly find, Is a perpetual disappointment. LAC i better to take a smaller one of Ql./ material and perfect in every deome to see US, If you want a me- BEF lal that will SATISFY. _ : ? _ J. ' LMETTO MONUMENT CO. JOS. G. SASSI, Proprietor. YORKVTLLE. S. C. AC DITCHING If you expect to do any ditching Spring, come and see us for the DlaceB vo, 5 you may need. The modern way 1n * itching is to use DYNAMITE, and h"",, Tr. will be pleased to give you lnfor- thA y Ion as to how to do the work. But we ? ou prefer to do the work in the alz vou _ fashioned way, come and see us a(for^ to SHOVELS, SPADES, turTmaW PICKS, MATTOCKS, hardlv an BAR IRON FOR CROW-BARS, [,fPPJ h,,t AXES, HANDLES, ETC. toSanh a then, too, If you need other Farm jf . Is or Supplies, It will be Just as member t to remember, that you can save ii_G of FI s and money, too. by coming here tnn if th. your HARDWARE WANTS. We "airs sv we have the goods and the qual- ni^oi^ tr and our Prices are Just Right? 1 to YOU and Fair to US. ?h'cmK 'hen you need Mule Millinery come let us supply your Spring outfit. YORK Yorkville Hardware Co. ti ? I -MULES- EMr. Farmer, Just a word: We are re of the fact that the 1913 Mule IU| on Is very nearly over; but please amber, That every day In the year BIG 1 will And us at our place of busl- . ?The Stroup Stables?and that 'fLp will be prepared to supply you ? ? i anything you may need In either JES or HORSES. We will always Th" 1 leased to have you call on us and De re you that we will always be In Ju8t nov tlon to give you a SQUARE DEAL 1 trade or In a straight sale. tne *Ur ISES other e have a nice bunch of Horses, yym If you want a Saddler or Driver, j gjyyy can probably meet your require- gdyl-Ka ts as to quality and price. Let us v you, please. Regular AMES BROTHERS, ERY ? SALE ? FEED STABLES (jL I YORKVILLE - - 8. C. (____ WANTED a few Small, Fat HOGS. E. & T. M. FERGUSON. A 3N OF THE VAMITY" be presented In the Clover i House, FRIDAY, MARCH pupils 6f the Clover High iroceeds to go to the piano B. C. RIDDLE, Supt. f It > ."H" in "/C * . th e Hiram's . ARNISH LIED WITH A CLOTH I methlng new in Varnish for No Brush Needed?Applied loth. It brlngB out with a lustre the original coloring tod. It Is an ideal dressing blng old and faded furniture es a lasting finish, e Uncle Hiram's Varnish In Pints and Quarts, at 40 Cta., id $1.00, and a Little Goes a rs. Try it out on your Pur- ? rou'll be more than pleased Its. lOLL FURNITURE CO. HOOD WILDER ;or of rich, red Mood makes h Hying. Materials for all ntal or muscular forces must id by the blood. lovA onv avMon^a that vnnr Impure, now Is the time to Ing A 8arsapariMa Compound ; and enriches the blood. It umatlsm, Bolls, Pimples and tf Skin Troubles at 50c and ttle. lier Drag Store -NYAL STORE ? HY NOT? iTRATE YOUR BUYING? e you will And It to your ad0 do so?and feel that with we have, and Oar Prices will find It to your Interest to ^ ver. Our lines In every de- ^ are the largest and most that we have ever had. JDS AND NOTIONS? .rlety of New and Novelty well as a strong line of the WALK-OVER SHOES for . care?a superb dress shoe; ' ong line of other Shoes for nen and Children, and Hats, and avmrthUkf Mae. IFS, HARDWARE? es of Heavy and Fancy Gro1 complete. Genuine Oliver d Repairs. Pooomoke and t Fertulaera, ' rders and Phone Orders glv I attention. Remember every nake?It la for You . 8Kb Your Money Buck. mon-Smarr Co. n SHARON, 8. C. ? t-Oav m Clocks VE THEM. You have been e Alarm Clocks that must be rery 24 hours. I now offer a Reliable Alarm (Took (a > keeper) that WU1 run more it Days with one winding. I id this 8-day Alarm Clock to > want to be rid of the every Ing. It Is a good one and It 1 inly $2.50 ALARMS? rybody knows that Big Ben >cks are as good as the best m and they are guaranteed. -hour clock, steady or lnterarm and thoroughly dependi price Is $2.50 Each, have other Alarm Clocks at 308. e for Waterman "Ideal" and mcky Carve" Fountain Pens. SPECK, The Jeweler Closes rday Night E "WIZARD" 8ALE ENDS rURDAY NIGHT. HAVE J TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF E 3PECIALLY LOW PRICE ERING8 ON 3H0ES AND >THING, HAT8, DRE83 >DS, UNDERWEAR, H08If, EMBROIDERIES AND 1E8, ENAMELED WARE, i88WARE, TINWARE ETC.? KE THI8 8T0RE A VISIT "ORE 8ATURDAY NIGHT. 0. WRAY idak It iDAK will add much to vour In life. It will help you to cord of things seen and the u visit from time to time, sars to come help to bring >ur memory the pleasures of .go. See us about a KODAK furnish you with Just the rant and at a price you can pay. A KODAK is such a lly made and perfected picng machine that there is ything to making good plcthe subject you want to phond "pressing the button." already have a KODAK, rehat this store carries a full LMS in all sizes. And then, re are any KODAK supplies you may want, we will be > get them for you Just as the parcel post can bring iyway, see us for a KODAK. : DRUG STORE. rF, REXALL STORE HOUR THEATRE ONDAYi TWO-REEL FEATURE Harem Captives' a a Fine Old Picture, and particularly Interesting r on account of the promicoorded to the Turks in East, Reds of Fine Pictures o Be Shown, Including? HTM FIRST, Faroe Comilem Film. Prices, 5 and 10 Cents. THAT HABIT.