Scraps and |arts.
? Information came to the state department
last Saturday of the shooting
of Charles B. Dixon, United States immigration
inspector, at Juarez, Mexico,
by Mexican soldiers. Mr. Dixon went
over into Mexico after a negro witness
in a white slave case. It is stated that
the negro gave the Mexican soldiers
whisky and told them to look after
Dixon. The soldiers captured Dixon,
and were escorting him to the outskirts
of the town. Believing he was
to be summarily executed, Dixon ran
" "1 anMlors ahot him In the Small
of the hack, the bullet passing entirely
through. Two Americans Went over to
Juares to look after Dixon and both
were arrested. Shortly afterward,
however, all three were released and
the state department at Washington
notified the Mexican government that
all parties concerned in the outrage
must be arrested and punished at once.
Arrests have been made in accordance
with the demands of the state department,
but the end of the affair is not
yet.
? San Francisco, July 26: "After
the Panama canal is opened, the battleship
fleet of the American navy
will be as much in the Pacific Ocean
as in the Atlantic." This was the
declaration here today of Secretary of
the Navy Daniels, on his arrival from
Los Angeles. "The fleet probably will
pass through the canal next April,"
continued the secretary, "and, of I
course, its presence in the waters will
mean the establishment of a naval
base with dry docks and all the other
equipment necessary to maintenance
of a fleet. I am here to examine the
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sues suggested ror a ury uw? uu
Francisco Bay. My thought is to get
a comprehensive idea of the topography
so that when the reports of
experts are submitted later, I shall be
able to read them intelligently." Secretary
Daniels told the women of the
San Francisco Civic league that whatever
the opinion of individuals about
the wisdom of women suffrage, "we
may as well get ready for the inevitable.
for women are going to vote.
Only last month." he continued. "Illinois
gave them the ballot for all except
constitutional offices, and the
present generation will witness complete
woman's suffrage in every state
in the Union. And when it comes,
the constitution will not be broken
and the home will not be dethroned."
? Washington. July 27: Confronted
by apparently Irreconcilable differences
among Democrats of the
house banking and currency committee
on the pending currency bill, the
administration tonight changed its
plans for getting the measure through
the committee and the house. The
scheme of Chairman Glass to take
the unfinished bill out of the hands of
committee Democrats and send u to
the Democratic house caucus which
failed on Friday, was abandoned after
Chairman Glass today conferred with
President Wilson. The bill will be
kept in the conference of the committee
Democrats this week, according
to the new plan, and they will be
forced to vote on the essentials of the
measure. The administration supporters
believe they will be able to
outvote the so-called insurgents 10 to
4, or 11 to S. Representative Ragsdale,
who offered the Henry-Ragsdale
amendments to the bill, Representative
Burkley of Ohio, Representative
Eagle of Texas, and Representative
Neeley of Kansas, are the
four members listed as doubtful. If
the disagreement of these four cannot
be disposed of by discussion and argument.
they will be voted down. Then
the administration will decide wnai
further course to pursue with the bill.
The administration forces apparently
were encouraged today and advanced
the belief that the president, desspite
the unhappy outlook, would be
able to get his bill through both ends
of the capltol. practically unchanged.
? The Balkan peace conference Is expected
to open at Bucharest tomorrow,
but meantime serious fighting continues.
The Greeks refused Bulgaria's
rquest for even a three days' truce and
after heavy fighting, have gotten
through Kreflna Pass, defeating the
Bulgarians at Simekle, capturing three
siege guns and driving the Bulgarians
back on UJuma. The Greeks claim
they annihilated the whole left of the
Bulgarian army and that they have
forced the Bulgarians back along the
Struma valley to DJuma, on the Bulgarian
frontier. Unless peace speedily,
is negotiated another great battle is
likely to occur at Struma. No news
has been received of fighting on the
Servian frontier, but the large numbers
of wounded men arriving at Belgrade
Indicate severe engagements. The c neert
of the nowers seems as poweness
as before to adopt any united action j
against Turkey. The Porte, however,
has disavowed the action of its troops
in penetrating old Bulgaria, and no
further advance of Turkish troops has
bpen reported. The Turks claim their
spoils at Adrianopie consisted of 150
guns, 50,000 rifles and 1,000,000 sacks of
corn. There are frequent reports of
atrocities and massacres by the Bulgarians
and Turks. Izzet Pasha, the
Turkish commander-in-chief, reports
that Bulgarians murdered 200 Ottoman
soldiers who had been taken prisoners
near Klziley Eniaje, wnue an buuuosion
of Turkish massacres of Armenians
at Malgara and Rodosto comes
from Constantinople in a report that a
number of Moslems have been sentenced
to death or to long imprisonment
for Implication in the massacres.
? Despite senatorial criticism of
the probable reduction in parcel post
rates and the Increase in the size of
packages, Postmaster General Burleson
on last Friday, announced he
would issue the final orders at once,
putting the changes in effect August
15. The announcement came after
the wisdom of making the changes
had been subjected to a searching
review before the senate postofflce
committee in the presence of Postmaster
General Burleson. Chairman
Clark, of interstate commerce commission,
explaining why the commission
had sanctioned the proposed
changes, said he believed the postmaster
general had ample power under
the law to make the changes.
"I am convinced that the postofflce
department ought to, can and will extend
the parcel post until it will carry
all packages up to 100 pounds,"
he added. So urgent did Senator
PrlBtow and Bryan attack the proposition
that the changes .would result
in Increased profits for the government,
that little was said about the
power of the postmaster general to
make such changes. Later in the day
Mr. Burleson demonstrated his determination
not to allow his plans
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final order putting the new regulations
in force on August 15. At the
hearing, Chairman Clark of the interstate
commerce commission, defended
the commission for giving its concent
to the new regulations. Another
meeting of the senate postofflce committee
was called for Saturday. At
that time Senator Bryan will urge a
favorable report on the bill to repeal
the authority of the postmaster general
to make changes of the nature in
question. Senator Bristow will support
this movement. Senator Hoke
Smith, Swanson and Chilton will oppose
It. Senator Bryan announced
Friday night that if he were defeated
In committee he would renew the
contest on the floor of the senate and
would do so in time to prevent the
postmaster general's order going into
effect on August 15.
? Washington special of July 25, to
the Cincinnati Enquirer: When Pres-I
ident Wilson sent to the senate todayl
Ho nomination of A >*mA R. Patter-I
son. of Oklahoma, to be register of
the treasury, It was worse than dropping
an asparagus bomb of the antiquity
of one sent Andrew Carnegie
in New York the other day, among
the southern Democrats. Patterson
is a negro, and therefore 'nuflf said.
He was recommended by Senator
Gore, who was one of the Wilson
managers in the last campaign, and
an original Wilson man. Ke hails
from Muscogee, the home of Senator
Gore, who declined to say whether or
not he Joined in Senator Gore's recommendation.
Southern fire-eaters,
who feel very keenly about negroes
holding public office, were incensed at
Patterson's nomination by the president?such
men for example, as Senator
Vardaman of Mississippi, who
wears his hair long; Senator Tillman
of South Carolina, who fought for
many years to keep Dr. Crum. a negro,
out of the Charleston, S. C., collector
ship and became President Roosevelt's
bitter enemy as a result; Senator
Clark of Arkansas, who belongs
to the old school of southern whites,
| who can tolerate negroew only as
servants. There Is absolutely no
doubt that the nomination of Patterson
will be opposed bitterly, and
| likely, in the end, be defeated.
Among (he house Democrats on me
Oklahoma delegation, great Indignation
was expressed. "Alfalfa" Bill
Murray almost jumped half of his
drooping mustache, which hangs
like spring garlands from his upper
lip, while he tried to contain himself
and not speak disrespectfully of
the president. For publication he
said it was a "a political mistake."
Representative Davenport of the
same state, while admitting that Patterson
was a capable man, declared
that a white man should be appointed
to the office, which is an important
one, and pays $4,000 a year.
Most of the employees in the offices
are white people.
?he Atorferillc (inquirer.
Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle
as Mall Matter of the Second Class.
YORXVUXE, 8 0.t
TUESDAY, JULY !>9, 1913.
"Ah, there! Get there! Stay there!"
sums up me aim, purpose uuu an^u?tlon
of the average office holder.
The two great issues* in South Carolina
are taxation and education. The
tax system is in very bad shape and It
needs to be improved in order that
there may be improvement in the educational
system.
Get Ideas from the other fellow if
he has any; but act according to your
own judgment. This disinclination of
Individuals to decide things for themselves
makes more non-entities in the
world than any other one cause.
It looks like Congressman Ragsdale
*? * A- ? ??a uu
is going1 10 oe overpowtrtru as iu ma
currency amendment. We regret this;
but at the same time, we are inclined
to give him credit for having made a
good fight.
The best way to avol 1 serious disappointment
with regard to the benefits
to be derived from the passage of
the pending tariff bill, is not to expect
too much. We hope for ? good deal of
benefit of course; but we frankly do not
feel like making any great big promises.
It looks to us that In refusing to pay
a bill of the attorney general that the
legislature had especially authorised,
the comptroller general Is assuming
just a little more discretion than properly
belongs to him. It is all right for
the comptroller to keep strictly within
the law; but It does not seem proper
that he should go beyond the law.
The promoters of the conference for
common good say there will be no pol
itlcs In the movement. There are lots
of people over the state who think
otherwise. Of course we Bhall not suggest
politics so long as the promoters
of the movement say- it is not so; but
if there is really to be no politics, we
are led to wonder what anybody expects
to accomplish anyway. We are
not to be understood as raising any objection,
understand.
President Wilson still refuses to allow
his attention to be detracted from
the greater questions of tariff and currency
reform by the disturbances in
Mexico. Of course if the president desired
to be swept off his feet, there
would be no difficulty about the matter;
but it is evident that he does not.
If there are those who really think it
the duty of this country to adjust mat
tera In Mexico, it will be the right
thing for them to hurry through congress
the pending reforms after which
the country will be in a position to
take up this other matter.
It requires a perspiring effort to get
on to the real merits of that military
quarrel. Governor Blease charged that
Gen. Moore drew double pay at the
Aiken encampment, and Gen. Moore
says that although he had a right to
the pay, he did not draw it, because of
the smallness of the fund. The News
and Courier criticises Gen. Moore for
ordering the Orangeburg and other
companies home, and Gen. Moore insists
that he has done no such thing It
seems that there has been quite a lot
of misunderstanding about the whole
matter, and there is in it all, more or
leBs emphasis of the necessity" of sticking
closely to the written laws.
Yielding to the persistent activities
of Congressman Lever in that behalf,
the agricultural department has about
agreed to an arrangement under which
it proposes to establish in this state a
co-operative system of live stock development.
The plan relates to both
cattle and hogs, and the work it is understood
will be established under the
general supervision and assistance of
Hon. J. A. Banks, of St. Matthews,
president of the state Agricultural and
Mechanical Society, and one of the
best informed and most progressive
live stock breeders in the state. Mr.
Banks was formerly a member of the
ways and means committee of the
house, and is now a member of the
senate. He is a man of lnrce mean*
and has not only a broad and patriotic
conception of the benefits to be derived
to the state through the development
of the live stock industry; but is
willing to do what he can to assist in
this very important work. The understanding
is that the agricultural department
is to send a thoroughly qualified
agent to confer with Mr. Banks,
and after plans have been formulated
and agreed upon, the Interested public
will be advised further.
Commenting on a recent order of the
war department providing for the discharge
of employes who fail to pay
their debts, the Greenwood Journal remarks:
"We see no reason why the same
rule should not be enforced in smaller
governments. There is no reason why
Greenwood, for instance, should not
preemptorily discharge any man in its 1
employ who fails to meet his obliga- i
tions." I
This old debt problem has been with
us since the beginning, and it will
probably be with us to the end. We i
have no unfavorable criticism of the >
war department's order, nor do we dls- j
agree with the Greenwood Journal. |
But we do not see much of a remedy in 1
either proposition. On the countrary
we are rather coining to the view that
the responsibility for bad debts rests
almost as much with the creditor as
with the debtor. Bankers do not get
stuck often, simply because they use
excellent judgment, and others should
be as careful as bankers. If a man Is
willing to pay but can't, leave him
alone and he will come. But if he be
of the dead beat kind to begin with,
don't credit him. Give him charity. If
necessary; but not credit.
It seems to us that if there is one
branch of the public service wherein
strict obedience to tne letter ana spirit
of the law is more desirable and necessary
than another, that branch Is the
military service. And we would be
glad to see a change. We do not feel
Inclined to take any sides In this controversy
that has been going on between
Governor Blease and General
Moore, because we have a feeling that
neither of these officials are entirely
right or entirely wrong. The fact of
the business is that the militia arm of
the government has never been run In
strict accordance with the law, and It
is not being so run now. This requirement
for instance, that a company
shall not be entitled to transportation
or pay in connection with an encampment
with less than thirty-eight
men is not new. As to whether
any company has ever been passed on
encampment with less than thirtyeight
men we do not know; but we
think it can be established that it has
been a common thing for companies to
show up at encampment with less than
thirty-eight men and afterward fill in
the quota by borrowing from other
companies that have more than the requirement.
This, of course, is Irregular;
but it is only one of many irregu
iarities. Every company In the state
includes some first class military material;
but at the same time most of
the companies have a number of men
who are here merely for the purpose
of filling up the gaps, and evading the
law. We do not doubt that Gen. Moore
has stood for more or less of this in
times past, and It is a fact that the
majority sentiment of the officers stooc
for It all the while. The officers of
course, do not prefer this kind of
thing; but they are willing to take it
rather than have no company, and the
efTect is all the same. Of course, It
would mean a good deal of hard work
to put the national guard on a basis of
thorough efficiency; but common sense
teaches even those who have no
knowledge of military matters that a
half way ground here is worse than
nothing. It is our opinion that if GovDlao
OA on/? rfnn MnAro WAIllH HA
the best thing for the military service
they will get together and Insist that
hereafter the whole business shall be
conducted on a strictly military basis,
according to law, or not at all.
WORK OF CONGRESS
Present Extra Session May Run on to
December.
That the present session of congress
will run into the next regular session,
which begins in December, Is the opinion
expressed by Speaker Clark. Other
house leaders, while somewhat
more optimistic than the speaker,
placed the date subsequent to October.
The tariff debate in the senate, the
currency uusvunaiun in uuui uuusco, and
the double lobby investigation are
expected to occupy the attention of
congress for not less than two months
and possibly until the first of Decern*
ber.
When asked what his prediction
would be regarding the wind-up of
the present session, Mr. Clark said,
"11.69 o'clock on the morning of December
1." He said that from what
he has heard as to the number and
length of the speeches which have
promised for the senate debate on the
tariff, that body will hardly get
through with the bill until after September
1. By that time the senate
probably will have the currency bill .
and the debate in connection with '
that may be prolonged, according to
Mr. Clark.
Representative Underwood, majority
leader of the house and chairman
of the ways and means committee,"
looks for the final passage of the tariff
bill by September 15. Mr. Underwood
does not believe there will be any serious
obstacles in the way of a speedy
agreement on the tariff bill when It
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with all of the changes proposed in
the senate and does not regard any
that have been made by the finance
committee as offering any great difficulty
of adjustment. .
"I tio not believe that congress can
adjourn before the middle of September."
said Mr. Underwood. "I think
that the house will have passed the
currency bill and will have agreed to
the tariff bill by that time. Whether
the session continues later, depends
upon the course the senate adopts
with respect to the currency bill."
Representative Finis J. Garrett of
Tennessee, the chairman of the house
lobby invest'gating committee, was
not as sang.une of an early adjournment
as Mr. Underwood. "When the
house committee is able to proceed
with the lobby probe it will undoubt- i
edly take weeks to cover the ground,
in fact, the investigation may taae
months," said Mr. Garrett. "The resolution
under which the committee is ,
acting is very broad, and while the
committee will exercise discretion as
to the scope of the inquiry, we propose
to do the job thoroughly. That
it will take us a long time there can
be no question."
"Nudity Would be Better."?Absolute
nudity in women is preferable to
the present fashion of dressing, according
to Rev. Stephen A. Nettles,
editor of the Southern Christian Advocate,
which publication In last
week's issue strongly denounced what '
the editor calls "sensuality in woman's |
dress."
Mr. Nettles says: "Somehow it seems !
that many women love to display their
forms; it has gone so far that in some ;
cities, laws have been passed forbidding
the appearance of women upon the
streets in certain styles of dress.
"Really, we believe it would he mor- !
ally far better for the women to follow
the custom of many African tribes. |
who are robed in nothing more than
beads of perspiration, than to wear (
these suggestive dresses that many are ,
now adorning their bodies with.
"Let the press and the pulpit and
the city councils and the state legislature
and the truly modest women of
our land do all in their power to avert
the destruction being called down up- '
on our country by these devilish custumes."
Mr. Nettles says he believes that
"one of the chief sources of this degen- ,
eracy of modesty in our women Is
found in the bathing custom and costumes."
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The Call to Preach.?"Too many
persons who see the sign 'P. C.' in the ,
Heavens think it means 'Preach Christ' '
when it means 'Plow Corn.'" said Vice
President Thomas R. Marshall last
Sunday in addressing 20,000 persons 1
who had gathered at Moose Heart. 111., '
to attend the laying of the cornerstone
for a $5,000,000 Industrial school and 1
home for orphaned children and the 1
aged. The institution is to be erected
by the Loyal Order of the Moose.
"Out of the superior educational (
advantages of today," Vice President
Marshall said, "one unhappy corollary
has developed. A vast army of per- ,
*ons whose labors would make for na- 1
tion have conceived themselves fitted
for fancied nobler pursuits, and thus 1
he progress they would have made in 8
the work they are fitted for, is lost."
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8
Enquirer Office?Will pay reward for
return of ladles' fancy back comb,
lost last Friday on road while out
driving.
Thomson Co.?Offers ladies' and children's
trimmed hats at 98c and 48c
each. Also invites attention to a
variety of dress goods, hosiery, etc.
Cloud Cash Store?Cuts prices on
nil slimmer eoods. including em
broideries, laces, lawns, etc. Men's
straw hats, 25c each.
Klrkpatrick-Belk Co.?Has a few ladies'
and misses' dresses and offers
them at greatly reduced prices to
close out the lines.
Bank of Clover?Will give $5 in gold
to the party selling the first bale of
1913 cotton on the Clover market.
W. D. Grist?Asks for return of pair
of eye-glasses lost Saturday morning,
between residence and office.
R. M. P. Robinson, Yorkville?Has a
black male shoat, taken up Saturday,
that he wants the owner to call
for and pay expenses.
York Supply Co.?Can furnish you
oyster shells for chickens. Also
has seed crimson clover, and also
has all kinds of feed.
McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Is "closing
out all oxfords at cost, and is showing
oxfords in all leathers.
Yorkville Banking & Mercantile Co.?
Gives you a tip to see it for all that
is good in groceries. New shipment
of Melrose flour Feedstuffs, etc.
J. M. Stroup?Now ofTers a new line
of Arrow Brand shirts and collars.
11.50 shirts at $1; $2 shirts at $1.50
Arrow collars, two for 25c.
Palmetto Monument Co.?Wants your
order for monumental work, If you
are willing tc pay a fair price for
the highest grade of work.
Sam Kassler, Manager?On page four
announces a special sale to begin
July 31, and gives prices that will
interest close buyers of dry goods.
Royal Pressing Club?Wants to find
blue serge coat sent out to wrong
party by mistake.
The Filbert picnic comes next Friday.
Sutton's Spring school is to have a
picnic on August 16.
COUNTY 8CHOOL MATTER8
Filbert school district No. 21. is the
pioneer country school district of York
county in the matter of voting bonds
for the purpose of building a suitable
school house. Last Friday, by a vote
of fifteen to three, the school patrons
of the district voted for an Issue of
$1,250 6 per cent bonds for a school
building.
School district No. 53 hs.s been formed
by a division of Filbert district No.
21. The new district Is that portion of
No. 21 lying east of a line running
from the George Thomas place notheast
to Allison creek bridge on the
Lincoln road.
Philadelphia school district No. 33,
recently voted to Increase Its special
rvnwinofta ffAm 0 f A
IHX levy IUI OUllVUI put yvocu kivm M vv
4 mills on the dollar. The vote was 22
In favor of the increased tax to 2
against it.
On July 1st, the beginning of the
new scholastic year, the various school
districts of the county had about $11,000
to their credit with the county
treasurer.
THE SPEAKERS AT FILBERT
There is every prospect of a tremendous
crowd of people at the Filbert
picnic next Friday and arrangements
are practically complete.
Chairman Clark, of the committee.on
invitations, said this morning that up
to the present time he has acceptances
from the following prominent officials,
and prospective candidates who have
been Invited to speak:
Hon. Chas. A. Smith,
Hon. M. L. Smith,
Hon. John Q. Richards,
Hon. George R. Rembert,
Hon. John L. McLaurin,
Governor Cole L. Blease.
Congressman Flnley has Indicated
his Intention of being present; but owing
to the condition of his health wl!l
not attempt to make a speech. Dr. J.
G. Clinkscales and Richard I. Manning
have been Invited; but up to the present
time neither has been heard from.
Senator E. D. Smith replied to the invitation
committee; but was in doubt
as to whether he could leave his official
duties in Washington. Governor
Blease wrote Chairman Clafk that he
would be present unless prevented by
sickness or other contingency that
could not be foreseen.
THE ALFALFA MEETING
The Yorkville Alfalfa Growers association
is expecting to have an important
meeting on Thursday, the principal
purpose of it being to get matters
in shape for the big start to be made
this fall. Mr. Sam M. Grist, secretary
of the association, has been
trying to secure the presence of Mr.
J. M. Cherry, the most extensive alfa'fa
grower in the county; but while
Mr. Cherry is very much Interested, it
is doubtful as to whether he will be
able to be present. He writes as follows:
"Dear Sir: I beg to acknowledge
your kind favor of the 23d instant inviting
me to attend a meeting of your
association on the 31st, and make a
talk tn vour membership. It would
give me much pleasure to attend this
meeting, and render what little assistance
and encouragement I might, but
I am expecting any day now a call out
of town on business, which will take
me away for a few days, and it Is almost
sure to come between now and
Thursday. Should I happen- not to be
called away, I will try to come over.
"I am very much Interested In alfalfa
growing and my experience so far
is quite encouraging. I really believe
It Is the key to diversified farming we
have all been talking about so long,
and that we all know is so necessary to
successful farming. Strive to get each
of your members to plant at least one
acre, and to plant it strictly according
to directions from some one who knows
from experience, and he is almost sure
to succeed; and when once he succeeds
he Is not apt to ever quit It.
"Prof. A. O. Smith of the agricultural
department I understand will be
with you on Thursday and I know no
one better able than he to give full
directions for growing alfalfa.
"Thanking you for your invitation,
and wishing your association much
success, I am, Yours very truly, etc."
ABOUT PEOPLE
Miss Anna Lewis of Yorkville, is
visiting friends in Chester.
Mrs. Manse J. Moorehead of Yorkville
is visiting relatives in Gaffney.
_ ^r- Mrs. Hi. W. Cummlngs, of
uoiumbia, are visiting the family of
Mr. Jno. C. Dickson of Yorkvllle, No. 1.
Miss Lllla Bell Hahan of Rock Hill,
Is visiting Miss Maggie Smith In
Hickory Grove.
Mr. W. I. Barber, of Yorkvllle, left
yesterday for a visit to relatives at
Westminster.
Miss Wllma Hart of Wardmalaw
Island, Is visiting the family of Mr
S. W. 8. Hart in Yorkvllle.
Mr. R. B. Clarkson of Columbia, Is
visiting Mr. Walter Barron in Yorkvllle.
Miss Jennie Beard Mackorell of
STorkville, Is visiting relatives in Lancaster.
Mr. W. A. Jackson of Columbia, spent
several days last week with relatives
ind friends near Yorkvllle.
Mr. Manly Milborn and sister, Miss
Slowlse, of Union, are visiting R. E.
ind J. W. Gwin on Yorkvllle No. 5.
Miss Lesslle C. White, of Yorkvllle,
is spending- a few days with Miss Hattie
Galloway on Yorkvllle No. 4.
Mrs. C. J. Youngblood of Yorkvllle. ,
is spending a few days with relatives
and friends in Hickory Grove.
Mr. D. E. Flnley Jr., of Washington,
D. C., is spending some time at his
home In Yorkvllle.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. H. Calhoun, of
Clemson college, visited Hon. and Mrs.
D. E. Flnley, in Yorkvllle, last week.
Mrs. F. L. Mull and Miss Elsie Barnheart
of Albion, 111., are guests In
Yorkvllle of Mr. H. J. Mull.
Miss Sadie McClaln, of Columbia,
has been spending some days with the
family of Mr. W. E. Ferguson, In Yorkvllle.
Mr. Earle Grist of Bennettsvllle, is
sDendlng his vacation in Yorkvllle
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam M.
Grist
Misses Mary and Annie May Harshaw
and Miss Maude Love, of McConnell8ville,
are the guests of Miss
Wilma Scoggins in Hickory Grove.
Mr. J. D. Witherspoon of Westminster,
visited his parents, Dr. and Mrs.
J. Hi. Wltherspoon in Torkvllle, Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. Jno. C. Dickson of Yorkvtlle.
No. 1, and Miss Annie L. Dickson, of
Columbia, left today for Asheville,
N. C., to spend a week or more with
friends.
Miss Mary Henley Willis, who has
been spending the past month in the
mountains of North Carolina, has returned
to her home in Yorkville.
Miss Nellie Hart and Master Thos.
Speck, who have been spending several
weeks in Washington, D. C.. returned
to their home? in Yorkville
last night.
Information from Mr. W. M. McConnell
who is at Lake Saranac, New 1
York, is to the effect that he is gaining
rapidly in weight and is getting along
nicely.
Information from Deaconness Gadsden,
superintendent of the Church
Home Orphanage, who is in Switzer
land Is to the effect that her health la
not Improving as was hoped. She is
expected home In a few weeks however.
MURDERER CAPTURED
Rob Johnson, the negro who killed
his wife Eula Johnson, on Magistrate
R. L. A. Smith's place, near Hickory
Grove, on July 12, and for whose arrest,
delivery and conviction Governor
Blease offered a reward of fifty dollars,
was lodged In the county jail last Sunday.
The negro was captured at Hickory,
N. C., by Jack Cousar and Henry Leech
two Hickory Grove negroes who were
put on the fellow's trail by Magistrate
Smith, and who did some first
class work in their efforts to uphold
the majesty of the law.
Immediately after the murder and
the disappearance of Johnson, Magistrate
Smith went to Columbia and laid
the whole matter before Governor
Blease, with a request for assistance. :
The governor promptly offered a reward
of fifty dollars that Magistrate
Smith suggested would be desirable,
and on his return to Hickory Grove,
Magistrate Smith made arrangements
with Cousar and Leech to do what
they could.
Taking up the trail at Hickory Grove.
Cousar and Leech followed Johnson up
to King's Mountain, and then over Into
North Carolina, and succeeded in getting
a straight tip that the man -they
wanted was at Hickory. Their money ,
had given out In the meantime, however,
and they had to return home:
:but taking a new start last week they
went direct to Hickory, and after some
shrewd and careful hunting, Anally got
a sight of their man on the outside of
a negro restaurant.
Johnson saw Cousar and I^eech
about the same time they saw him, and
ran Into the restaurant. They followed:
but Johnson had disappeared. The
proprietor insisted that he had not
seen Johnson; but Cousar and Leech
would believe nothing of the kind. A
crowd of negroes gathered and became
threatening; but the Htckory Grove
negroes stood their ground. Finally
the Hickory negroes admitted that
they had seen Johnson, but claimed
that he had gone up town. One of the
Hickory Grove negroes started in the
direction Indicated; but the other,
armed with a shotgun, remained at the
restaurant. The Hickory negroes telephoned
the police that armed negroes
were making trouble at the restaurant,
and asked them to come and make arrests.
Cousar and Leech held their
ground and upon the arrival of the police,
explained what they were there
for and backed up what they said by
exhibiting Magistrate Smith's warrant.
On reading the warrant, the policeman
pronounced it all right, and
said he would take a hand himself. He
assisted In searching the restaurant,
and as the searchers approached the
loft, Johnson showed himself and surrendered.
Cousar and Leech were allowed
to bring him on to Yorkville.
The murder with which Johnson is
charged, appears to have been particularly
savage and brutal. The young
negro woman to whom he had been
married less than a year, left him. He 1
went to the house In which she was
staying and asked whether or not she
was going to live with him any more, 1
and when she told him to go away, he '
shot her dead with a pistol. Two women
In the house were witnesses to the '
shooting. |
WITHIN THE TOWN
? A number of Ancona mill villagers '
are taking much interest In the pigs
that they are raising for slaughter next
fall and winter. Some of them have
fine hogs in prospect.
? Mr. John James of Yorkvllle, has
purchased the Lowrance place near
Yorkvllle. This was formerly the property
of Mr. Walter Rose. There are
sixty-five acres In the tract and the
purchase price was $1,250.
? Information from several members
of Co. "L." now on encampment at Anderson,
is to the effect that they are
having a great time. They say that
their duties are very light and in spite
of the hot weather they are enjoying
the outing immensely.
? Mr. Alonzo Rose of Yorkvllle, yesterday
sold his house on Main street to
Mr. J. A. Tate. The purchase price has
not been made public. Asked yesterday
as to what he Intended to do, Mr.
Rose said that he had not fully made
J up his mind. He has no Idea of leaving
Yorkvllle at present, and since he
has several pieces of property In Yorkvllle,
will probably live on one of them.
"The deal yesterday is the sixtieth real
estate trade I have made since I have
been married," said Mr. Rose. He also
said he did not care to make the purchase
price public. "It Is of no Interest
to any one except the purchaser
and I," he continued, "but you might
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say inai ll is quilt: suubiui-iui} tu uum of
us." C
? There was some little excitement
at the Zlon Methodist church, colored, t
of Yorkvllle, Sunday night, when Sher- t
man Sanders, one of the members of g
the congregation, grasped the pastor, v
B. J. Arnold, by the arm and ejected p
him from the pulpit. Arnold has been d
pastor of the church for the past six o
months, and for the past several weeks Is
the congregation has appeared to be I
dissatisfied with him. Last Monday he
was arrested on a warrant from Lancaster
charging him with obtaining
money under false pretenses. Hearing
of this charge, the trustees of his
church met and decided that he should
sever his connection with the congregation
until some disposition had been
made of the charge against him. Sunday
night the services were being conducted
by Sherman Sanders. Arnold
accompanied by another preacher
named Carter, came to the church
rather late, and Arnold immediately
took charge. He gave out a hymn to
the congregation and began reading it
line after line when Sanders informed
him that he (Sanders), was In charge.
Arnold paid no attention to Sanders
and continued reading. Sanders then
grasped him by the arm and escorted
him from the rostrum. There was some
commotion among the congregation
and it was deemed best to dismiss the
assembly. Arnold lives in Yorkvllle,
and at present Is here. The trustees of
the negro church intend taking up the
matter Immediately in order to arrive
at some conclusion as to Arnold's relation
to the Zion Methodists.
? Things have been happening at the
Ancona mill since Cannon & Company
took charge out there, some three
months ago, and in a few weeks the
mill will hardly be recognizable.
Among other Improvements will be the
addition to the mill building, which is
now well underway. The addition is to
be about 300 feet long and the width
of the old mill. It is to be one story
high and is to have a concrete
floor with a top dressing of maple,
and is to be covered with
the usual style of mill roofing. Besides
the addition to the mill, a large
water tank or standpipe is now almost
completed. The tank or rather tanks,
there being two, one of 50,000 gallons
capacity above and one of 10,000 gallons
capacity suspended underneath, is
supported on iron work about sixty
feet high, making the total height of
the tank about 85 feet. It Is understood
that the 50,000 gallon tank Is to
be used for fire purposes, and the 10,000
tank for drinking water. The water
supply is to come from two artesian
wells which are to be bored a
short distance from the tank. A portion
of the old warehouse that stood southeast
of the mill has been torn down to
make room for the new addition to the
mill, and it is understood that a new
warehouse Is to be built at the other
end of the mill, between the boiler
room and the mill offices. Another improvement
is the relaying of the Southern's
spur track from the main line to
tne mm. xne oia iracn nau iu uc mw
ed from its old bed about 100 feet, in
order to make room for the south end
of the addition, and the track has also
been extended out toward the offices in
order to reach the site of the new
warehouse -that is soon to be built A
complete rock crushing plant is in
operation crushing stone into rubble
for use in the foundation walls and for
flooring the addition. When the building
Is completed, It is understood that
500 Draper looms are to be added to
the mill's equipment, and as one man
can handle eighteen to twenty looms,
this will mean an addition of about
twenty-flve hands for these machines
alone, and as the 600 looms will require
more yarn, of course more work? ?
ho noodod in the sninning de
partments. Altogether the additional
machinery will probably require an
addition to the working force of sixty
or more. Another noticeable feature
about the mill village Is the number
of new people who live there and the
absence of others who have been there
for varying periods. As one man expressed
it, "This is a good place to
live. There is'nt any rowdyism on the
hill now. and everybody seems to be
happy and contented."
LOCAL LAC0NIC8
Magill vs. the Southern.
'The verdict for (8,000 awarded by
the York county court to Samuel T.
Magill against the Southern railway
was affirmed last Friday by the supreme
court in a decision by Associate
Justice Watts. This was an action
brought In the court of common pleas
for (20,000 damages for alleged personal
injuries.
Automobile Mishap.
Messrs. J. P. McMurray and Latta
Massey, of Yorkville, figured In an automobile
accident last Friday that
came near being serious. While tney
were driving along the King's Mountain
road near the F. C. Riddle place,
the machine skidded, overturned and
threw both occupants out. Mr. McMurray
sustained several slight bruises,
and Mr. Massey escaped unhurt. There
was very little damage to the machine.
Death of J. H. Lucas.
John Henry Lucas, formerly of
Yorkviile, died at his home in Rock
Hill, Saturday, following a fourth
stroke of paralysis, aged 72 years, and
was buried In Rose Hill cemetery.
Yorkville, Sunday morning, the funeral
services being conducted by Rev. Henry
Stokes of the Methodist church. Mr.
Lucas is survived by five sons and
three daughters, as follows: John M.;
Philo and Leonard Lucas, Mrs. A. B.
Walton, Mrs. Mamie Stewart and Mrs.
Minnie Huddleston of Rock Hill; J. Y.
Lucas of Yorkville and Chas. Lucas, of
Rowan county, N. C.
Bethel Township Conference.
Next Thursday, July 31, is the date
:>f the proposed conference to be held
in Bethel township for the purpose of
considering township or neighborhood
Jrganizatlon. The meeting Is to be held
it the church, convening at 1.30 p. m.,
ind according to the call published by i
Dr. Adams, all the people interested
ire invited. From such information as
rhe Enquirer has gathered, there Is i
considerable interest In the subject all
>ver Bethel township, and people else- (
vhere are watching the movement i
vith more or less concern. Lunch will
Je served on the grounds.
Charged With Grave Offense,
fienrce Rlalr a voune neero twenty- '
ive years of age, Is in the county Jail
:harged with a grave offense that is
illeged to have been committed last
Saturday afternoon. His accuser is a
roung white girl, who told her parents
hat the negro accosted her with Imiroper
proposals while she was on her
vay home from a visit to the family of
dr. J. T. Feemster, The young girl
icreamed, ran home and informed her
>arents. The negro was arrested without
difficulty and committed to Jail. He
vas afterward taken to Rock Hill as a
urther precaution; but was brought
lack. The negro denies all evil lntenions
in connection with the matter.
)ath of Enlistment.
With the general discussion of miliary
matters, apropos to the service of
he national guardsmen and the oranlzatlon
in South Carolina, the oath
vhich every man Is required to take is
ertlnent, being as follows: "I, ,
o hereby voluntarily enlist as a
f Company " Regiment
rational Guard of South Carolina, and
do solemnly swear that I will bear b
true faith and allegiance to the United
States and to the state of South
Carolina, and that I will support the
constitution thereof, that I will serve
the state of South Carolina faithfully
in its military service for the term
of two years, unless sooner discharged
or I cease to be a citizen thereof;
that I will obey the orders of the
commander-in-chief and such officers
as may be placed over me, and
the laws governing the military forces
of the State of South Carolina, so
help me God." 4-. , ,
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Mr. W. L. Pursley, mayor of Filbert,
waa in Yorkville this morning, andi
speaking of the big picnic to be held In
his town next Friday, said that while
he had no reason to expect anything
but the best of good order bad thought
proper to arrange for the protection of
visiting automobiles by setting aside a
special place for them. There will be
a special guard over the automobiles
that take advantage of the arrangement,
and owners will be expected to
pay a fee of ten cents to cover expenses.
"Of course," said Mr. Pursley,
"It is up to the automobile owners,
whether they will take advantage of
our special arrangement or not; but It
has occurred to me that there Is more
or less risk in leaving exposed on such
an occasion from $600 to $2,500 worth
of property In the shape of an automobile,
and It might be a good idea to
provide for the protection of people
who want to be protected."
MERE MENTION
A New York bridge commission estimates
that a proposed bridge across
the Hudson river will cost $42,000,000.
The French chamber of deputies
by a vote of 450 to 69. has voted its
approval of the government's $1,000,000,000
budget for the fiscal year 1913.
Ex-Governor M. R. Patterson
was caught In a raid of an underworld
W-, 4k* ?m
tow it uy uic yuuuc ai meiupiiiB, 1 trim.
Friday night Wm. Henry Lee, a
publisher of Chicago, who died several
weeks ago, left an estate of $200,000.
and his administrators canhot And that
he has any living relatives Two officers
of the Prussian army fought'0
duel to the'death with swords at Landau,
Wurtemburg, Friday, because one
of them had criticised the other because
he had allowed his daughter to
dance the "turkey trot" Governor
Sulzer of New York, says that his life
is in danger because of the fight he is
making against the power of Tammany
Hall. The governor says he will
fight until either he or Chas. F. Murphy
bites the "political dust."... .Sixty
mutinous convicts, with a guard to
each pair, have been transferred from
Sing Sing to the state prison at Auburn,
N. Y H. Otto Wittpenn, exmayor
of Jersey City, has withdrawn
from the gubernatorial race of New
Jersey, in favor of Governor Fielder, at
the request of President Wilson
Bahoub Hassan, a young Servian, was
deported from Philadelphia, Saturday
and will return to his home in Servla.
While working in a Cleveland, O., tobacco
factory, it was discovered that
he was a victim of leprosy, hence the
deportation Governor Tener, or
Pennsylvania, has signed the Richards
marriage license bill, which provides
for medical examinations of candidates
for matrimony Mrs. Ella Flagg
Young, aged 68 years, head of the public
school system of Chicago, has tendered
her resignation because of friction
with members of the school board.
Pressure is being brought to bear on
Mrs. Young to withdraw the resignation
The 150th anniversary of the
birth of John Jacob Astor, founder of
the Astor fortune, was celebrated in
Walldorf, Germany, Friday. The father
of John Jacob Astor, 1st, was a butcher
Four towns of 8chuyklil county,
Pa., have cases of smallpox, the result
of a recent visit of a circus
Great schools of whales are to be seen
almost dally along the coast of Delaware
and New Jersey.......Two New
York egg commission men plead guilty
to making false claims against the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad for breakage
In transit. Friday, and were fined
$11,000 The total of business done
in the Philippine islands during the
fiscal year ending June 30, was $333,000,000.
The foreign trade totaled
$156,000,000 Judge Geo. W. Hays.
Democrat, was elected, governor of Arkansas
by 20,000 majority, in last Wednesday's
special election. He was opposed
by a Progressive and a Socialist.
......F. M. Smith, known as the "Borax
King," and head of a $200,000
string of corporations, has been forced
*? v,?with lln
into lnVOIUIJlttiy inuuut^v,, ......
bill ties of $156.000 The mayor of
Cleveland, O., Is trying to induce the
department stores of that city to sell
city 41 per cent bonds over their counters
In denominations of $5, $10 and
$25 Howard Elliott, president of
the Northern Pacific, has been elected
president of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford system, succeeding
Chas. S. Mellen, resigned..... .A gang
of convicts at Newton, N. J., who were
very restless during rest hours, have
been contented since being given a
baseball outfit and allowed to play the
game after work hours Geo. W.
Rlehl, a jeweler of New Orleans, was
shot to death on the streets of that city
Thursday, by Miss Augusta A. Edwards,
a stenographer who claimed
Riehl had ruined her life The police
of Indianapolis, Ind., are now allowed
to go on duty in their shirt
? -? ?l.? li..t TJo.
sieeves on acuuuiu ui mc
vised figures place the number of
deaths in the Blnghampton, N. Y?
overall factory fire last week at forty.
Frank Burnslde, an aviator, reached
an altitude of 12,950 feet at Bath,
N. Y., Saturday, the highest altitude
yet attained by an American The
railroad managers and the railway
workers of the forty-two eastern railroads
have signed agreements to abide
by the ruling of a board of arbitrators.
The hearings are to be held in
New York, probably in September
A Pennsylvania railroad towerman
ditched a fast passenger train at Burnham,
111., Saturday to avert a head-on
collission with another passenger train.
No one was seriously injured on the
wrecked train Governor Tener of
Pennsylvania, has vetoed more than
400 appropriation bills passed by the
last legislature, carrying appropriations
of $21,000,000 Two Italians,
wanted In Italy for crimes committed
eight years ago, one of them a murderer,
were arrested at Shamokin, Pa.,
Saturday J. Warren Jenkins, under
sentence of death at Cheyenne,
Wyo., for wife-murder, has fallen heir
to $25,000... .Saturday afternoon more
than 100,000 non-militant suffragettes
gathered in Hyde Park, London, and
made a quiet and orderly appeal to
parliament for votes for women. The
Buffragettes walked to London from all
parts of England The Cuban congress
in special session, has given permission
for the prosecution of Representative
Arias and Senator Morales,
for the murder of General Rlva, head
of the national police, a few weeks
3'Kn nPAOO.
ago. ine ueienutiiiio vuuiu w
cuted only by special act of congTess.
....The new revolution in China which
bids fair to rend the republic to pieces,
is being largely directed by Dr. Sun
Fet-Sen, who engineered the revolution
of 1911 against the Manchus
Sovernor West of Oregon, has ordered
the seizure of all liquors shipped into
that state in violation of state laws
ind of the Webb law Governor
Hall of Louisiana, has filed suit against
the New Orleans Dally States for
(100,000 damages, the suit growing out
if statements published by the paper
n connection with a 900,000-acre land
leal to which the governor was a party
A house at Fayetteville, Ark.,
vas struck by lightning five times
vlthin one hour Saturday. The fifth
jolt jarred the house from its foundations
Fifty persons were Injured,
iome seriously, many of them women,
>y an explosion in a celluloid factory
it Arlington, N. J., Friday evening....
? The postofflce department last
Wednesday announced the appolntnent
of George C. Gunter, of Selvern,
Uken county, S. C., as rural carrier
or that section. Gunter will succeed
tfrs. Rosabelle Gunter as rural carrier
or that route. Mrs. Gunter at the
>resent Is the only woman In theUnltd
States acting as a rural mall carrltr.
More than a year ago the postofIce
department decided It best not to
lave women as rural mall carriers and
ill lost their jobs except Mrs. Gunter.
is there was a big squabble on for the
ob she held, Mrs. Gunter has only Just
een displaced.
McAOOO 18 ON
Secretary of tho Treasury Calls Trick
of New York Banks.
Chairman McAdoo Issued a statement
last night flatly charging that
the decline of government two per
cent bonds to 96J, a new low record,
was due "almost wholly to what appears
to .be a campaign waged with
every Indication of concerted action
on the part of a number of influential
New'Tork city banks to cause ap-prehension
and uneasiness. about
tnese oonas in oraer 10 neip mem in
their efforts to defeat the currency
bill.
Banks throughout the country own
almost entirely $730,882,130 of the
two per cents. Their market value
today was approximately $30,000,000
less than when the banks bought
them. Almost the entire isjue is
used as security for national bank
notes. At the present time, however,
the discrepancy between the market
value and the issues of notes against
the bonds is covered by what is
known as the Ave per cent redemption
fund, deposited by the banks with the
treasury to care for retirements of
national bank notes.
Secretary McAdoo announced it was
not b Is intention to require the banks
to charge off the present depreciation
below par, but that the banks might
continue to put In the bonds at par
in their statements to the comptroller
of the currency at least "until some
material change in conditions should
compel . the adoption of another
course."
' In his statement. Secretary McAdoo
declared two per cents were worth
par?notwithstanding their decline in
the New York market and continued:
"The idea seems to be that the
country banks which hold about "twothirds
of the two per cent bonds, and
use them as the basis for their circulating
notes, may be Induced to
unite with the New York city banks
In opposition to the bill if they can
be made to believe that the proposed '
currency measure is going to injure
these bonds, and cause losses to the
banks. This, of course, is unfounded.
"Meantime, it is folly for any bank
to sell government two's at a sacrifice
because of any apprehended legislation
adverse to government bonds,
as no such legislation will result. In
the 124 years of Its existence, the government
has kept faith scrupulously
with its creditors, and it is not going
to change its honorable character
now. If the necessities of any bank
oblige it to sell bonds at depressed
prices, that, of course, is another matter?a
matter solely for the bank to
determine."
The secretary said that not only
had nothing occurred to impair the
value of the two per cent bonds, but
that the amendment already adopted
by the banking and currency com
mittee or the house enhances their
intrinsic value.
"1. Because the banks and all
other holders of two per cent bonds
are given a privilege, not now possessed,
of exchanging the two's for
three's without the circulation rights,
at the rate of five per cent per annum
of their holdings, present or
hereafter acquired. So long as they
do not make the exchange, they may
retain or sell and buy the two per
cent bonds and exercise the circulation
privilege attached thereto.
"2. At the end of 20 years, the
government will pay at par and interest
all two per cent bonds, which
at that time, remain outstanding. In
view of the fact that the two's have
no due date, and are payable after
1920 only at the option of the government,
the definite promise of payment
at the end of 20 years, is distinctly
beneficial to the holders of the
two per cent bonds."
The secretary spoke with amusement
of the grave statements sent
out from New Tork to the effect that
if the currency bill shall pass and
government deposits are put in the
Federal reserve banks, the two per
cent bonds now used to secure deposits
will be thrown on the market
and their value thereby impaired.
As only $18,900,060 of the two's out
srros ooo 1 ?a
ui a luiai ui #iou^O^IOV . aiv UBCU
lo secure government deposits, it can
readily be seen how trivial this is. If
these bonds are not used to secure
deposits they can be used for additional
circulation.
"Nearly all of the price is marked
by the banks. If the price is marked
down, it is because the banks themselves
are putting pressure on the
market and depressing the value of
their securities. The fault is their
own. It would seem the part of
good sense and good business not to
do it" The secretary expressed the
hope that the process if continued,
will be carried to a point where the
department will have to take action.
"There is and always has been, a
narrow market for the two per cent
Just as there is for many inactive, although
high-grade corporation bonds,
and everyone knows how easy it is
to put up or down the quotations for
such bonds.
"The department has, because of
its relation to the banks and its necessarily
Important part in the financial
affairs of the country, a deep
interest In the welfare of the banks,
in the stability of the financial situation
and in the continuance of the
prosperity now being experienced by
the agricultural and industrial enterprises
and general business." For
these reasons the secretary, said he
had hoped that the banks would not
consider a suggestion from him impertinent.
In conclusion the secretary said
that "there is not going to be any
financial trouble and that the large
crops now In prospect are going to
be moved without difficulty; and that
the powers of the department will
be exercised in their greatest amplitude
for the protection of the business
interests of the country.
mcLiunn in ?naenon?in a private
letter to an Anderson friend, Senator
John L. McLaurin, now spending: the
summer at Hendersonvllle, N. C., advises
that he will be In Anderson the
latter part of this or the first of next
week while the encampment Is In progress.
Senator McLaurin has many friends
in Anderson county and when In the
United States senate always grot a fine
vote here. Since the published rumor
that he would be a candidate for governor
of South Carolina, there has
been much favorable comment on his
prospective candidacy and no doubt
while he Is here he will ease his friends
by a definite answer as to whether or
not he will be In the race.
Anderson friends of the senator believe
that if he enters the race the
other candidates had Just as well withdraw,
as it Is conceded that he will get
votes from all factions and would
make an Ideal compromise candidate.
Anderson county voters are not taking
to the candidacy of the announced
candidates?Richards, Manning, Rembert
and the two Smiths, Mendel and
C. A. Smith. The announcement In the
Intelligencer a few days ago that Mc
Laurin would probably make the race,
was received with delight in Anderson
county and should he offer, which now
seems certain, it is believed that he
will walk away with the votes of Anderson
county.?Anderson Dally Mall.
-?Columbia, July 27: Acting Secretary
of War Breckinbrldge has written
Governor Blease that it was solely
the latter's power to say whether
or not the Bamberg, Orangeburg and
Barnwell military companies sent
home from the encampment of the
Third regiment in Aiken last week,
because of falling below the required
quota of men, should be given an opportunity
to encamp with the Second
regiment here next week. Tb 3 governor
immediately addressed a letter to
the captains of the three companies
asking them to notify him at once If
they desired to, whereupon he would
issue the necessary orders. The Second
regiment goes into camp next
Tuesday on the state rifle range near
this city for nine days' Instruction.
The company of United States regulars
who were at Aiken have already
arrived and gone into camp preparatory
to the gathering of the state
militia.