Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, September 09, 1913, Image 2
Scraps and Jacts.
? When asked about the Parr Shoals
robbery last Friday, Governor Blease Is
quoted as saying: "If the lawlessness
at Parr Shcals Is as reported to me,
this is only the beginning. Men need
not be surprised when they receive
punishment, if they have no regard for
the Sabbath or the God that gave it to
the laboring man for his needed rest."
? The Matteawan asylum In New
York, does not propose to have another
escape like that of Harry Thaw, If it
can be helped. It will be remembered
that Thaw stood near the gate as it
was opened for the milk man, and
dashed out as the milk man drove in.
Now another gate is being erected on
the inside of the wall, and It is proposed
that hereafter as wagons come in
the first gate, that gate will be locked
before the second gate is opened.
? The city of Hot Springs, Arkansas,
was nearly wiped out by fire last Friday.
The Are started in a negro
cabin near the army and navy hospital,
and before it could be wiped
out, destroyed something like $6,000,000
worth of property on which there
was insurance to the amount of less
than $2,000,000. Thousands of people
were made homeless, and destitution
is so widespread that it has been necMAM/1
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COOOI y IV acuu |fivfioiviig aivui mv* vwv.
Heavy contributions are being made
from Little Rock and other cities.
, ?An attempt was made at Toklo,
Japan last Friday to assassinate Moritara
Abe. director of the political bureau
of the Japanese foreign office. He
was stabbed in the abdomen and is
suffering from a severe wound. The attack
came while Mr. Abe was walking
home from the foreign office early last
Friday. He had reached a point opposite
the American embassy when two
young men ran out of an alley toward
him. One of them seized him by the
shoulders while the other plunged a
short sword into his abdomen. Both of
them escaped. Passersby came to the
assistance of Mr. Abe, who had fallen.
They bore htm to his home, where an
operation was performed immediately.
The doctors declared that the wound
probably would not prove fatal. The
motive ror tne crime is noi Known, uui
there is a tendency to attribute it to the
political excitement growing out of recent
attacks on the Japanese foreign
office and on Mr. Abe in regard to the
California land ownership legislation.
? Democratic leaders In the senate
decided yesterday to make no further
movement toward an agreement
on the administration currency bill
until It has passed the house. After
a conference with colleagues on the
banking and cuiTency committee,
Chairman Owen on yesterday secured
President Wilson's tentative approval
of the plan. It was predicted that
consideration of the bill in committee
will continue until the middle of October
before it will be possible to estimate
what support it can command
in the senate. The senate banking and
currency committee resumed hearings
yesterday wPh W. H. Allen of Brooklyn,
the only witness. At the end of
a short session, the committee adjourn
ed. Chairman Henry of the house
rules committee, called at the White
House, he said, to assure President
Wilson that his committee was ready
to Introduce a special rule if necessary
to expediate the bill through the
house. He predicted that the bill
would be passed by the house after a
week's debate. Chairman Owen arranged
late yesterday for a resumption
of the currency hearing Tuesday.
September 16, at which the first of
several financial students will be examined
by the committee.
? The high.cost of living will be
higher as a result of the action of the
National Farmers' Union in Sallna, '
Kan., in fixing the price at which I
members will sell this year's cotton ,
at 15 cents a pound. The present price
is approximately 12 cents. The ac- 1
tlon of the convention binds every i
member of the union to hold his cot- i
ton until the market reaches the
figures set In the past repeated ef
forts have been made to have a similar
resolution passed by the convention
but advocates of the proposal al- ,
ways failed to muster the necessary
votes. This year there was no opposition
to the plan. Several of the
leading cottoa growers wanted the
minimum figured at 17 or 18 cents,
pointing out that owing to tightness
of the money market and unsettled <
conditions In Europe and America,
prices of all products would soar and
cotton would bring that price if members
of the union held out. Experts i
employed by the union estimate this
year's yield at 14.074.500 bales. Last ,
year it was 14,200,000 bales and the
price averaged 12 cents. There are
nearly 2,000,000 members of the union <
who are cotton growers and, and leaders
In the movement say their neigh- f
bore who are not members of the organization
will only be too glad to
]om in noicung me crop unui n c?u i
be marketed at 15 cents a pound. The
minimum price at which cotton seed
Will be sold was fixed at 130 a ton and
members are pledged to hold out for
that figure. Last year's prices ranged
around $26. approximately the present '
market figure.
? Thaw did not go back to Matteawan
as even his lawyers seemed to
think after the Canadian court decision I
last week. When Thaw was turned out
of Jail on the writ of habeas corpus; ,
and the immigration authorities seized
him, his attorneys refused to Montreal 1
and secured a writ that calls for Thaw's i
appearance before the full king's bench ,
in that city on September 15. The writ
is a double-barreled affair, habeas cor- 1
nnnhlhlHva Offflinfit tPflnanor- 1
tatlon. The writ was obtained and i
served after the immigration authori- ,
ties had ordered Thaw's deportation.
The populace of Coaticpok was over- 1
joyed at the new turn In behalf of I
Thaw. But in connection with the mat- (
ter there was a right smart joke on ,
Jerome. With the anxiety of the case
relieved by the granting of the habeas
corpus writ, Jerome engaged in a game ]
of poker with some of the newspaper
men. It was at the railroad station
and was a penny ante affair involving 1
about $1.50 in all. A man named Mill- I
ford Aldrich swore out a warrant
against Jerome and had him arrested,
and put under a $500 bond. The arrest
delayed Thaw's deportation somewhat.
rviiioh InHltT.
1 i1uw o Ittw^cio CA^icoocu iuuvh .i.viio i
nation at the arrest and disclaimed all
responsibility for It. Thaw regarded it
as a good joke; but offered to go Je- '
rofne's bond. The man who swore out
the warrant claimed to be acting ,
through zeal as a citizen. Had It not
been for the delay caused by the ar- 1
rest. Thaw would probably have been
taken at once to Vermont. There is a
row In the town council of Coatlcook, j
the aldermen being divided on the ;
question as to whether John Boudreau, '
the officer who had arrested Thaw in <
the first place, and who afterward sued
out the writ of habeas corpus had any
right to do so.
? Completion of dry excavation on '
the Panama canal last Saturday just
ten days ahead of scheduled time, ad- 1
vanced the work on the great water ,
way almost to the final stages. Much .
digging and cleaning out remains to bt
done in Culebra cut and along the 1
route, but this will be accomplished by <
mammoth dredges floating on the sur- ,
face of the canal. An army of men will
be busy during the next four weeks re- 1
moving steam shovels and other equip- 1
ment and material, Including thirty-six j
miles of railroad track from the nine ,
mile channel in Culebra cut between
Gamboa dike and Pedro Miguel locks. '
This is preparatory to turning water i
into the channel from Gatun lake, on ,
the Atlantic side on Oct. 5, five days in
advance of the date set for dynamiting ]
Gamboa dike. The water will be Intro- 1
duced through four twenty-six men j
pipes extending underneath the dike,
and although the five day period hardly
will suffice to fill the channel to one
third the canal level, enough would be I
let in to act as a cushion against the {
explosion when the dike is destroyed.
While the cut is being cleared of rail- 1
way and equipment, drilling and blast- i
ing will be going on at the bottom of i
the channel, loosening up rocks and j
earth for the dredges that soon will be
clawing away through water. On Au- 1
gust 1, 998,000 cubic yards remained to (
be taken out of the "theoretical canal ,
prism." and since that time the steamshovels
have reduced the amount to ap- 1
proximately 650,000 cubic yards, which l
is left for the dredges. Six of the i
shovels will be continued, however, in |
removing material from the east and
west banks near Culebra to lessen the 1
danger from slides. The destruction of
Gamboa dike will leave only one such
obstruction along the canal route, the
dike over which the railroad crosses
the Gatun locks and which can be removed
at any time. The last barrier
on the Pacific side, the Miraflores dike,
was dynamited just a few weeks ago,
turning Pacific tide water into a channel
5,000 feet long, 500 feet wide and 41
feet deep. Dredges are now navigating
this channel, and on the Atlantic side a
big suction dredge steamed on Gatun
lake up to a point near the Gamboa
dike ten days ago. Small vessels probably
will be able to pass through the
canal from end to end by Oct. 10, and
the water way should be ready for
shipping proper early in December.
<5hr \|orhriUr (Enquirer.
Entered at the Postofllee in TorkvUl*>
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
TORKVULE, . C.t
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1913.
And now It is beginning to look an
If Japan is going to provoke another
war with China.
The Charlotte city council still has
that one thousand dollars it offered as
a reward for the arrest of people whose
Incog Is being generally respected. Nobody
wants that reward.
. Suppose your name was Summers?
And you were to run for the legislature?
And get elected?
And the newspapers should print
your name as Simmons?
How would you like It??Anderson
Dally Mall.
The Enquirer was among the offenders.
Inadvertently we clipped an Anderson
dispatch saying that Mr. "H. C.
Simmons" had defeated Mr. Thackston.
Mr. Summers will please accept our
apologies.
The Anderson plan of having a big
hin^kboard on which to announce sale
offerings is a good one; but it is a back
number as compared with a little notice
in The inquirer for this county, or
the Dally Mail or Intelligencer for Anderson.
It is not a bad idea, however,
to use both methods.
It may be that the tax on cotton
gambling will depress prices, but we
are inclined to think that if it does so,
it will be the fault of the farmers. It
seems to us that in the absence of the
daily game of bluff on the exchanges,
if the producers will now really make
an honest effort to hold their cotton,
the buyers will have to keep bidding
until they make a price calculated to
tempt the producer.
When the news that the senate had
agreed upon the Clark amendment to
tax cotton gambling contracts at the
rate of one-tenth of a cent a pound, the
gamblers pitched in to selling: cotton at
a rate that soon put the price down $2
a bale. At least It was claimed that
the decline was because of this Clark
amendment. And we would remark
that If this Is really true, It would
Beem rather an argument In favor of
than against said amendment.
Now that It seems practically certain
that there Is to be a prohibitive tax on
cotton gambling on the exchanges, we
will see what we will see. There are
those who hold that this gambling is
absolutely necessary to maintain cotton
prices at a proper level and there
are others who hold the contrary. If
the proposed law goes through, it may
disorganize the market temporarily,
but somehow we feel pretty sure that
things will right themselves again be
lore a greai wmie. auc oiveipuui c*change
will continue to do business in
the meantime.
There is developing throughout
North Carolina a strong sentiment
against the election of lawyers to the
legislature. The old, old argument that
It was desirable to have in each delegation
a man who understood law, and
who could speak, is being met everywhere
by the claim that good statutes
are a matter of common sense, rather
than of smartness in technicalities,
and that lawyers who do not go to the
legislature as employees of corporations,
become such employes as soon
as they are able to demonstrate that
they are of enough force to be of value.
Of course a general movement like this
is said to be calculated to work injustice
on some, for among the legal pro
cession are men who are as straigntforward
and patriotic as are the followers
of other vocations; but nevertheless
It would be better to have no
lawyer representatives at all than all
lawyer representatives.
The controversy between Mr. Rembert
and the Anderson Intelligencer is
no quarrel of ours; but as It Involves
men who are under public consideration,
It is a matter of news. We did not
publish the Intelligencer's original article,
because we had no Inclination to
Beek a controversy. The Pee Dee Dally
published the original article from the
Intelligencer, and very properly published
Mr. Rembert's reply. The Intelligencer
also published the reply, except
the last letter of Mr. Rembert,
with reference to which it says in a
note: "There were other enclosures in
Capt. Rembert's letter, but as the above
Is in direct response to what we published,
we saw off here." We do not
see anything wrong with that, especially
since the new editor having had
nothing to do with the original publication,
did not care to give circulation
to a further personal attack to which
anacK ne wouia nave ieit uuuiiu iu allow
a reply. From the Intelligencer also
It appears that Mr. Thackston's letter
was not published In full. Mr. Rembert
having added this note: "This Is
not the entire letter, but only so much
is refers to article." Now comes Mr.
Beard back at Mr. Rembert In the
Pee Dee Dally, and his letter Is also
printed today.
The arrest of Attorney Jerome at
Sherbrooke, Canada, on the charge of
gambling has come up for a good deal
of newspaper comment, some of It serious.
some of it humorous. As to the
motives of the arrest, we know nothing.
Although a great deal has been
said on both sides it is impossible to
Jeclde what to believe, whether the
man who swore out the warrant was
actuated by zeal for the law, or was
merely trying to embarrass the other
side. But according to our view this
begs the question. We belong to the
school that believes that law should be
enforced for law's sake. It is possible
that Jerome's offense Is common, even
In Canada; but as to that we do not
know; but whether or not it is common
it is right and proper that he should
have been arrested. He had no right to
violate the law and there is just as
much reason why he should have been
arrested as there would have been why
a negro crap shooter should have been
arrested under the same conditions.
The man who will violate law himself,
whether he be lawyer or layman, has
absolutely no regard for the rights of
others and he should be brought to
hnnlt whenever nossible.
It is pretty self-evident that If the
courts sustain the contention of Comptroller
General Jones as to the taxability
of non-taxable bonds when held by
banks, the banks will be unable to hold
the bonds. Taxes In Yorkvllle are
pretty close to 2 per cent, and a bond
bearing 5 per cent Interest, If taxed,
would therefore net only 3 per cent.
Under this situation there would be
nothing for the banks to do but to get
rid of the bonds by selling them to individuals,
within or outside the state.
It Is very generally understood that
but few individuals return bonds for
taxation whether they are taxable or
not, and while of course South Carolina's
act making a bond of this state
non-taxable could have no effect in
another state, that is a matter of small
consequence as tax dodging is about as
common In other states as this. If the
contention of the comptroller general
Is sustained in the proceedings now
pending It will make a very consider
able difference In the matter of tax receipts
In the case of towns, school districts,
counties and the state at large.
But what is to be sought more than
anything else is right and justice.
Would it not be great if the people
could really elect representatives and
other officials who would make just
and equitable laws and then honestly
try to enforce the same? Theoretically
every public official is working only for
what is right and just, and some really
do that; but all men of intelligence
know there is much buncombe in this
kind of thing. In conversation with the
writer a year or two ago, Senator J.
Arthur Banks of Calhoun county, at
one time chairman of the ways and
means committee of the house, said:
"Although everything that Is done here
is done in the name of the people, as a
matter of fact the people stand no more
show in these legislative halls than a
yellow dog." This was not said for
publication, or with any idea that it
would be published. It was merely an i
expression of the honest conviction of
a broad minded, intelligent man, which |
conviction came about as the result of
years of experience. We believe what i
Mr. Banks said was true, and we know <
that there are thousands of other rea
sonably well informed people who i
know it is so. Those who know it is so t
include folks who have "worked" the
people through the legislature, and (
people who have sought to work for ]
the people in the legislature. But where i
is the remedy? It is easy for a blatant
demagogue to take up a proposition
like this, declare himself the champion j
of right and justice, get elected and go |
to the legislature and enlist under the i
banner of some slick leader who main- j
tains an organization for the especial j
purpose of working the dear people. If (
there is any practicable remedy in
sight, we do not know about it. If the i
people really knew they would straight- (
en things out; but how are they to be
Informed? Of course education is a
remedy, and some progress is being
made in that direction; but improvement
is slow, dreadfully slow.
Mayor Gaynor, who is just completing
a term of office secured by the
backing of Tammany hall, has been
nominated by his friends as an independent,
and has accepted the nomination;
but as to whether he can be elected
again remains to be seen. Tammany
probably is the most remarkable polit-,.
leal organization in tne unnea estates,
and has a great Influence on the politics
of this country. It was originally
organized about one hundred and
twenty-five years ago to oppose the "So- |
clety of the Cincinnati," an organization
that had dominated affairs for several
years previous. The Society of the Cincinatl
was along "aristocratic" lines, j
and had made itself very obnoxious to
the "common" element. Tammany was (
strictly Democratic and for a number
of years it gave the city a good clean ^
government. As a matter of fact, it is .
claimed to this day and with quite a ,
lot of Justice that New York has al- ,
ways been and still is the best governed
American city. But while the government
as a whole was good and still {
is good, corruption and graft are the ]
rule throughout the controllers of the 1
organization. That is, the few who manipulate
the many?the people who $
pose as the power behind the throne, 1
and nominate and elect figure head of- 1
ficials who are supposed to get what ,
they can by means fair and foul, and
divide with the big folks in the back- {
ground. Of course how there could be
"good government" under conditions <
like this is past comprehension; but it
is not to be understood that the gov- *
ernment was actually good, only rather
that the per centage of corruption was .
smaller than in most other American
cities. Also the graft has generally been
collected from those engaged in dishon- 1
est vocations, and as a rule honest, unoffending
citizens who did not mix up
with the aforesaid dishonest people c
were guaranteed all the protection to
which they were entitled. The principal
exceptions were when such a citl- 1
zen happened to become innocently <
complicated with a crook with a Tammany
pull. In that event the innocent
man had to suffer. But Tammany has j
had hard luck from time to time. The '
most notable explosion was in connec- '
tion with the exposure and prosecution 1
of the Tweed ring, shortly after the
Civil war. Tweed was the big boss who i
had robbed the city directly of millions. 3
Then there have been numerous other
investigations, the latest being in connection
with the murder of Rosenthal 1
by grafting Police Lieutenant Becker. 3
Of late, too, there have been certain
other outward occurrences to ruffle the i
smoothe course of Tammany's sailing. j
Men who had hitherto been good Tammanyites,
and who have been elected to
positions of power and responsibility, 1
decided to serve the public rather than 3
Tammany. Whether it has been a mat- 1
ter of conscience, may be a matter of <
opinion; but the fact remains that dif- i
ferent men have rebelled against Tammany
and given their allegiance to
public weal. Many people look upon
Sulzer as one of these, and many others
consider Gaynor in the same light.
As to what are the real facts is largely
a matter of surmise. '
, t , <
r>f thn Pnrr Shoals
Power company's hydro-electric plant (
on Broad river, 13 miles above the
confluence at Columbia of the Broad '
and the Saluda, is being rushed night
and day by the contractors, the J. G.
White Construction company of New (
York. The substation at Columbia <
is nearing completion. Designed to
impound water sufficient to form a
lake 12 miles in length and 2,400 c
acres area, the dam is to have a crest t
length of about 2.200 feet, is to rise -5
35 feet above the mean low water
stage, and will have a thickness at
the base of 45 feet, battered on the <
down stream face to 10 feet. I
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Robinson & Wilson?Offer their services
as well drillers.
Union Mercantile Co.?On page four
emphasizes the fact that its remodeling
sale closes Sept. 20 and offers
a variety of special bargains.
Thomson Co.?Talks about new goods
now arriving, and invites the ladles
to see the new coat suits and coats.
Men's tine clothing.
Cloud Cash Store?Now has a comnlftio
llnp of shnwi for men. women
and children, in all styles and at
all prices.
Kirkpatrlck-Belk Co.?Asks the ladles
to see its advance showing of coats,
coat suits, skirts, etc., and notice
the special prices. Miss Burke prepared
to do millinery work.
York Supply Co.?Says that Vulcan
turn plows are best. They have disc
and drag harrows and field seeds.
W. H. Herndon?Has Tarbell cheese,
best quality; hams at 17 1-2 cts. A
uew lot of brooms.
McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Is showing
a new line of ready-to-wear hats
for ladies, misses and children.
T. W. Speck?Gives you a tip on how
to get up in the morning In time to
get to work or catch your train.
J. M. Ferguson?Suggests that you
Join the ranks of progressive farmers
and sow cover crops. He has the
right field seeds.
Clover Mutual Building and Loan Association?Now
has its eighth series
open and invites you to take shares.
Palmetto Monument Co.?Has superior
facilities for handling monument
work and wants your orders.
Shieder Drug Store?Has fountain pens
at |1 to 22.50 that will give entire
satisfaction. Full line toilet articles,
writing materials, etc.
twinK 01 ^luver?auuuiia your cnecaing
account and advises you to pay
all bills with checks.
J. M. Brian Co.?Has moved its store
to the Nichols building on East Liberty
street and is ready to serve you.
Louis Roth?Will open his restaurant
for business on September 10th.
Crops are pretty good throughout the
county, notwithstanding, and if cotton
brings a good price, farmers will
not fare so badly.
According to our view of the matter
the Parr Shoals robbery is first of all
another illustration of how easy it is
for thieves to make a big haul and get
out of the country by means of an automobile.
It is up to the lawmakers to
try to provide some means of meeting
the new problem.
The Enquirer has procured and will
print at an early date an authentic
story of the building of the Panama
canal. The Btory will be Illustrated
with half tones, and it will be worth
while in giving our readers full and
comprehensive information about this
stupendous enterprise.
As to the extent to which the canning
business has progressed, The
Enquirer has no definite information;
but of one thing there can be no dispute,
and that is, that for every can j
of tomatoes canned by reason of the (
GJlrls' Canning club agitation, that t
would not have otherwise been can- ,
ned, the county is Just that much bet- j
ter off, |
In the circuit court this week is an- ,
other of the numerous cases that go to |
prove the necessity and justice of the .
adoption of the Torrens system. Land ,
was sold Under a decree of partition.
After the land was purchased and be- (
fore the purchase money was paid, the ,
purchaser paid a lawyer to look up the
title and was told that the title was ,
good. Then later on certain plaintiffs (
living in another state came forward,
complained that they were not made .
parties to the suit, and demanded of (
the purchaser their share of the Jfcr-L
chase money. The purchase moneyKad
already been paid out by the court to
the known heirs, and as those heirs do
not happen to be financially responsible,
the original purchaser of the land
Is called upon to answer the plaintiffs,
tf the court holds that the plaintiffs
have good title, the defendant will be
forced to make good their share, and
otherwise the defendant will still have
to pay attorneys fees. Under the Torrens
system none of this could have occurred.
The state would have looked
up and guaranteed the title, and even
though the unserved plaintiffs might
have brought suit for their alleged
rights, the defendant purchaser would
not have been required to answer or defend.
The state wou'd have been responsible
and would have made good,
paying such verdict as might have
been given out of a kind of insurance
fund raised for the purpose.
I '
EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS.
Superintendent of Education Carroll
das recently completed his annual re
('V? t IV tlic Diuic Dupv? D< . ...0 ,
details'as to the status of the public <
schools for the year ending July 1,
1913. Statistics in this report show ,
gratifying progress as compared with 1
the year ending July 1, 1912, and this 1
is especially true as to financial conlitions,
which are as follows:
1912 1913
Dash on hand ,...$11,671 03 $11,672 58 1
Deficits 299 54 2 5 24
Poll tax collected. 7,272 25 7,549 21 1
i mill constltut'al 24,834 51 27,203 54
Dog tax 1,904 02 2,102 86 .
Special tax 22,812 70 24,803 16 ?
f^or Scnool bonds s,u3b id
State aid for High
schools 2,500 00 2,580 00
State aid for
Term extension 1,550 86 2,300 00
State aid for
Libraries ... 55 00 80 00
Dther sources ... 7,544 88 7,950 92
Total revenue for
schools 879,118 23 $90,615 41
Paid for Teachers'
salaries....$52,756 57 $56,661 02
Paid for other
purposes 15,516 69 22,281 81
The figures as to the creation of new
listrict8, enrollment, average attendmce,
etc., are no less gratifying. These
Igures are Included in the following
comparisons:
1912 1913
Mo. Districts 49 52
Special Tax districts... 34 36
Mo. white schools 88 80
Mo. negro schools 90 86
Enrollment.
Whites 5,330 5,345
Megroes 6,268 6,743
Increase.
White enrollment 15
Megro enrollment 475
' Average Attendance.
Whites 3,596 3,670
Megroes 3,463 4,012
Average Terms In Weeks.
Whites 23.5 24.4
Megroes 13.8 15.2
Sulldlngs erected 7
:ost Bldgs. erected jZ3,uoo 00
Special tax districts
for current year 45 *
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WITHIN THE TOWN
? Mrs. Mattle Jenkins is having lum- *
ter placed for the erection of a cottage a
>n Charlotte street.
? Up to Saturday night the Victor ^
Cotton Oil Co. had ginned eighteen *
>ales of the new cotton crop.
? The J. M. Brian company has mov- s
>d Into its storeroom in the new Nich- j!
>ls building on East Liberty street.
? A number of boys from Chester C
ame to Yorkville last Friday afternoon *
o engage in a baseball game with the 8
forkvllle team. The Chester lads did
iot play nearly so well as the famous c
Chester Collegians, and the Yorkville J1
toys had no difficulty in winning 13 to
4. Finding: themselves outclassed, the
Chester boys turned the game into a
farce after the third inning, but after
the eighth inning when they made one
run they succeeded in getting three
more runners over the ruhber, bringing
their score up to 4. Qaulden of Yorkvilple
was in good form although he
had pitched the day before, but when
it was seen that Yorkville had a walkaway
he retired from the pitcher's box
in favor of Logan who held the Chester
boys to a few scattered hits. Bigham
who started pitching for Chester, was
knocked all over the diamond, and retired
in favor of Johnson who shared
but little better fate. This, the boys
say is the last game of baseball to be
played on the Yorkvllle grounds this
year, since most of the college boys
leave Yorkvllle this week and the
Graded school boys are interested in
football. The batteries In Friday's game
were: Chester?Blgham, Johnson and
Brice; Yorkvllle?Gaulden, Logan and
Nichols. Umpire, B. F. Smith.
TAXING THE BANK8.
Although Judge Prince threw out the
case of the Loan and Savings Bank,
People's National Bank and National
Union Bank against Auditor Love, the
banks decided to pick their dints and
try again. As soon as possible after
the first restraining order was thrown
out, Auditor Love was served with another,
and the outlook is that the fight
Is on good and hard. It involves not
only the question as to whether nontaxable
bonds can be taxed in the
hands of banks; but Incidentally Comptroller
Jones' whole scheme as to bank
taxation.
It is a test proposition as much as
anything else. The banks want to settle
the matter once for all. So far as
Auditor Love is concerned, he has
nothing to do with the matter except
to obey the orders of his superiors, his
Immediate superior being Comptroller
General Jones. But he Is coming In foi
a lot of annoyance and extra work.
The restraining orders have hampered
his business, and there is no telling
when he will he able to turn his books
over to Treasurer Nell for the collection
of taxes.
The contention of the banks seems to
be that since the bonds In question are
non-taxable and that under the rules
for assessing banks, taxes are paid on
only fifty per cent of capital, surplus
and profits, these non- taxable bonds
should be subtracted from the 50 per
cent on which taxes are actually paid.
The comptroller general admits that
the bonds are non-taxable in the hands
of individuals, but holds that since the
statute specifies how bank capital must
be taxed, when these non-taxable bonds
become a part of a bank's capital they
are taxable under the law providing for
the taxation of bank capital. That is,
they are not taxed as bonds; but as
bank capital. He holds that the Brown
Consol bonds are not taxable under the
same rule for the reason that there is a
statute which speclllcally states that
they may be held as a part of the capital
of a bank without being subject to
taxation. This contention was urged
Dy ABSiHtam Attorney uencmi ljuiihnick
and was virtually sustained by
the court in its ruling: last Friday.
In the new proceeding it is understood
that the attorneys for the banks
will still contend for the non-taxable
quality of the bonds in question, and
will urge that the auditor be required
to recognize the bonds returned as nontaxable
and deduct the amount pro
rata from the shares of the stockholders.
In other words, the understanding
Is that there will be an effort to claim
for the shareholders as individuals,
that which they are denied as a corporation.
,
in mis connection 11 is nui iu ue understood
that the banks of York county
are acting differently from the banks
all over the state. The banks generally
seem to be following the rule of cutting
capital and surplus in two, subtracting
the holdings of non-taxable bonds
from the balance, and submitting the
remainder for taxation. It is not to be
understood, however, that there is any
Effort at concealment. The blanks on
which bank returns are made are made
up so as not only to provide for an
Itemized statement of all resources;
but they call for a complete enumeration
of all the stockholders and the
number and value of shares held by
;ach. Formerly .the stockholders could
nave their bank shares entered on
their own returns; but under the law
is it now stands, the taxes on bank
shares are paid by the bank itself. In
the outcome of the cases before the
fork county circuit court, all the banks
>f the state are equally Interested; but
so far as we have information the
nanks named are assuming all the exnense
Involved.
ABOUT PEOPLE
ur. f. u. Williams or coiumDia, viated
in Yorkville this week.
Mr. B. W. White of Filbert, is with
the York Furniture company.
Misses Helen and Nancy Witherspoon
if Yorkville are spending some time
it Saludn, N. C.
Miss Gaynelle Boone of Gastonia, is
the guest of Miss Marie Pegram in
Forkville.
Miss Elizabeth Barron of Columbia,
Is visiting friends and relatives in
iforkville.
Messrs. Howard White and McCain
Wchols of Yorkville, left today for Ersclne
college. Due West.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Starr of Yorkville,
are spending several days in
Thester.,
Mr. B. P. Barron of Yorkville. left
vesterday afternoon for Clemson oolege
to resume his studies.
Mrs. R. F. Mllholen and children of
^esslie, visited the family of Mr. J. M.
tVilliford in Yorkville this week.
Misses Agnes Moore and Bessie Malon
of Yorkville, are spending several
lays in Rock Hill.
Dr. B. G. Black has returned to Yorkville
after an absence of ten days in
Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Berry of Rock
3111, spent Sunday In Yorkvllle, with
tfrs. Hattle Berry.
Mr. W. L. Williams of Yorkvllle, left
Saturday for a short visit to New
fork.
Mrs. N. J. N. Bowen of Yorkvlle,
ipent several days In Rock Hill last
veek.
Mr. Robert Alleln has taken a posllon
with Mr. E. B. Lowry, cotton buyir.
Mr. D. E. Flnley, Jr., left yesterday i
ifternoon for Washington, after severil
weeks' visit to Yorkvllle relatives.
Judge Geo. E. Prince of Anderson,
vho Is presiding at this term of the 1
drcult court, spent the week end with i
elatlves and friends in Clover. I
Mrs. J. R. Porter and family of '
Ipartanburg, arrived in Yorkvllle, Sat- <
irday night, and will make their nome
it this place.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Sowell of Van
Vyck, are the guests of Mrs. Sowell's
nother, Mrs. J. C. McKnlght on Yorkllle
No. 4.
Mr. T. P. Moore, Jr., of Charlotte,
topped over In Yorkville for a few
lays this week, on his way hack to
Hemson college.
Misses Wilmore Logan and Winnie
'rawford, of Yorkville, left yesterday
or Sharon, where they will teach
chool.
Miss Georgia Burke of Baltimore, has
rrived in Yorkville and will be In
harge of the millinery department at
Cirkpatrick-Belk's again this season.
Messrs. J. R. Logan, Robert and La-'
mar Glenn and Ganson and Karl Wll- I
Hams of Yorkville, leave this afternoon 1
for Clemaon college. I
Judge S. E. Stephenson and wife, of \
Covington, Tenn., are visiting the fam- 1
lly of Mrs. W. J. Stephenson, four miles !
west of Yorkville.
Misses Georgia and Annie 'Wither."ioon
of Yorkville, have been visit!"
Miss Zula Stephenson at her home on
Yorkville R. F. D. No. 6.
Mr. A. Cody who has been quite sick
at his home in Yorkville for several
weeks with a carbuncle, is said to be
much better this morning.
Mrs. Edward Mitchell has been seri
ously ill at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. J. Robinson at the
county bridge in Bullock's Creek township.
During the past few days her
condition has been critical.
Miss Evie Lazenby of Baltimore, who
has had charge of the millinery department
of the Thomson company for the
past several seasons, has returned to
Torkville and will be in charge of this
department again this season.
Rev. E. E. Gillespie and Mr. R. E.
McFarland are representing the First
Presbyterian church at the meeting of
Bethel Presbytery, which convenes
with McBee church in Chesterfield
county.
Miss Mary Eunice Grist returned to
her home in Torkville last night after
spending a week at Piedmont Springs.
Mr. Percy Berry of Torkville, left
yesterday for Ithaca, N. Y., where he
will enter Cornell university.
Mr. R. B. Lindsay of the Delphos section,
sustained a severe gash in his
right leg not long ago as the result of
the slipping of an axe from the hands
of a negro boy who was engaged in
cutting a tree. He has since been confined
to his bed; but is getting along
as well as nnu'ri he exneeteri.
Mr. H. J. Thleker, president of the
Winyah Lumber company of Georgetown.
with Mrs. Thicker and sons,
Forrest and Anton, are in Torkvllle
for a few days, enroute home by automobile,
after a tour of the North
Carolina mountains, having stopped
in Yorkville for a short visit to Rev.
Henry Stokes, a former pastor.
Charlotte Observer: Friends in the
city will be interested in the engage- !
ment of Miss Hamilton Henry, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Henry of
Chester, S. C.. to Mr. William C. Miller
of Statesville. which has just been announced.
Miss Henry is one of Chester's
most attractive and popular <
young women, while Mr. Miller is a j
prominent young business man of i
Statesville. ]
Mr. Paul N. Moore of Yorkville, who ;
recently stood a civil service examlna- :
tion for the place, has notice that he is J
on the eligible list for appointment as |
assistant in the cotton marketing divi- ]
slon of the department of agriculture. ,
There are thirty men employed in the
particular work referred to, and the position
carries a salary of $1,800 to
$2,000.
LOCAL LACONIC8
Death of Moms Bryant.
Moses Bryant, a well known negro,
who has been renting from the Hon.
D. E. Flnley, died at his home near
Yorkville last Thursday, aged 62 years.
Moses was born a slave of the late
Sheriff Brian, and lived In the community
all his life, on good terms with
the white people, who generally held
him In good report.
To 8tudy Roadbuilding.
Rock Hill Record: Mr. D. P. Lesslle,
supervisor for Catawba township; Mr.
John F. Williams, supervisor for
Ebenezer township; Mr. W. W. Miller,
county engineer, and Mr. Thos. W.
Boyd, county supervisor, left last Wednesday
for Terre Haute, Ind., where
they go to inspect roadbuilding machinery
and material. ;
Died Natural Death.
Coroner Louthian , was called to
Rock Hill last Saturday, to investigate
the death of Jim Key, a 25-year-old
negro who had died suddenly. It was
not considered necessary to hold an
inquest over the body, however, since
there was no testimony to show that
the negro came to his death from
other than natural causes.
Circuit Court.
The second week's sitting of the
court of common pleas convened yesterday
morning. The following Jurors
were excused: J. W. Moore, J. T. Roddey,
D. M. Parrott. The first case
taken up was that of Dr. John I. Barron
vs. John S. Bratton, and this
morning the Jury returned a verdict
for the plaintiff in the sum of $92.92.
The court is now engaged in the case
of J. B. Fewell vs. Catawba Power
company. This action will occupy the
attention of the court during the next
two days and possibly longer.
Funeral of Miss Wylie.
The funeral of Miss Alice Wylie who
died at Hickory Grove last Friday, took
place on Saturday, and was an unusually
solemn and impressive event. The
people of the town turned out almost ?
to the last Individual, and there was a i
large attendance from the surrounding i
country. Six upper grade school boys
acted as pall bearers and six girl 9
friends and classmates followed lmme- *
dlately behind the hearse. Then came a
a long train of sorrowing relatives,
friends and acquaintances. The services 1
were conducted by Rev. J. L. Oates, 1
assisted by Rev. H. B. Hardy.
a
The Chester Road. t
Because of the scarcity of tax money J
In Bethesda township and the fact that
there are more miles of road than can
be worked with the means at hand, v
that part of the north and south road r
in Bethesda township has been suffer- ^
Ing considerable neglect. Of late, how- j
ever, Supervisor Perclval has had the t
holes filled up, and is arranging to p
give the road a scraping from one end
of his jurisdiction to the other. Also F
overseers will be provided with split v
log drags, and the road will be put In
as good shape as the state of the township's
finances will admit.
Picnic at Besrsheba. c
A neighborhood crowd or tnree nun- i
dred or more people attended the Beer- ^
sheba school picnic last Saturday. The y
picnic was held to mark the finish of a c
successful session of the Beersheba 0
school which has been under the dlrec- *
tlon of Mr. W. M. Mitchell. The fol- a
lowing gentlemen made short talks d
mostly along school Improvement lines: I
Superintendent of Education John E. '<
Carroll, Prof. J. H. Witherspoon, Stan, a
hope Love, J. L. Strain, J. C. Wilborn. a
A bountiful basket dinner was served t<
and the crowd did not leave the picnic ii
grounds until rather late in the after- ii
noon. ? tl
Rally Day at Philadelphia. I,
The third quarterly conference and a
rally of the Yorkville Methodist charge e
was held at Philadelphia church, four "
miles south of Yorkville, last Saturday. 8
A large number of people, members of Ji
the Philadelphia church and others, as- 11
Bembled at the church in the morning. *
Notice had been given that Prof. J. G. o
Clinkscales of Wofford college would
address the gathering, but Prof. Clink
scales was not present, Rev. Henry ?.
Stokes having received a message from Pj
him saying that he would be unable to A
attend. Rev. T. C. O'Dell, presiding "
elder of the Rock Hill district, made ?j
the address of the day. A basket din- P.!
ner was served on the grounds, and J
the opinion of the majority of those in P.
attendance was that the rally at Phil- dj
adelphia was quite a success and of
much benefit to the neighborhood.
Fire at Clover. b]
What was locally known as the Per- c.(
81'
y Dover dwelling, a two-story frame ai
juilding, at Clover, and owned by the n<
Clover Cotton Manufacturing Company fa
,vus destroyed by fire yesterday, jj|
he fire being discovered at about 11.30 fc
>'clock, after it had gained full head- Je
vay. The building was occupied by B
Mr. W. H. Hagans and family. There 01
vas no one at home except Mrs. Ha- fu
fans at the time and she was engaged
in preparing dinner, and knew nothing
of the Are, which originated in a
closet In one of the front rooms, until
it burned Its way through the weatherboarding
and roof and was noticed
by neighbors, who gave the alarm.
The mill fire department responded
promptly and succeeded In extinguishing
the tlames before the building
was entirely consumed. The
building was valued at $2,000 and was
Insured for $1,500. There was $500
Insurance on the furniture, and In
view of the fact that most of that on
the first floor was saved. It la not
thought that Mr. Hagans' financial loss
will amount to a great deal. While
the Are Is charged to "rats and matches."
that explanation Is only given b#-'
cause of the lack of more definite information.
FIR8T GINNING REPORT.
i \ 2 * * 4 ' 1 '
Breaks All Records for Cotton Up to
Date.
The greatest quantity of cotton
ever ginned in the period prior to
September 1, was reported by the census
bureau yesterday when it was announced
794,00# bales of the growth
of 1913 had been put out from the
ginneries throughout the south since
the beginning of the ginning season.
The heavy glnnlngs for this period
of the season are the result of an early
maturing of the crop and of an effort
of the farmers to beat the boll
weevil, in the opinion of census bureau
officials. .
All states reported an Increased ginning
for the period over last year's
totals for that time with the exception
of Texas and North Carolina. Last
year to September 1, there had been
ginned 5.4 per cent of the entire crop;
In 1911 the quantity was 6 per cent
PAMAH #KA*M file A aWAwrfk A# 1 Q 1 9
V/UllUIl iiVIll UIO 51 \J TT Ul VI A V AW
ginned prior to September 1, amounted
to 794,006 bales, counting round as
half-bales, the census bureau announced
today In Its first ginning report
of the season.
This compared with 760,935 last
year to September 1, 771,297 bales In
1911 and 353,011 bales in 1910.
Round bales Included in this report
numbered 7,584, compared with 7,434
(or last year.
Sea island bales included 430, compared
with 232 for last year.
Ginning by states to September 1:
States. 1912 1913
Alabama 44,525 12,824
Arkansas .. .... .... 2,200 81
Florida 2,966 1,832
Georgia 72,622 34,626
Louisiana 7,566 1,724
Mississippi 2,027 442
North Carolina... ... 188 674
Oklahoma 4,943 323
Bouth Carolina .. .. 7,272 4,260
Tennessee 1 9 ......
Texas 649,694 674,249
All other states .. .. 4
JEROME GET8 BY.
Canadian Officials Take Cars of Now
York Lawyer.
William Travers Jerome waa acquitted
at Coatlcook, Canada, last
night, on the charg of having gambled
on Thursday last, on the station
property of the Orand Trunk railway
there, while waiting for the immigration
authorities to pass on the case
of Harry K. Thaw. In discharging
him the court apologised for the humiliation
to which he had been subjected.
A country lawyer, Joseph Beaulne,
tod an 80-year-old Justice of the
peace, James McKee, so mixed up the
hearing In the case against Jerome
that District Magistrate Henry Mul,-ena,
who had come from Sherbrook
by automobile, 23 miles for the purpose,
refused to preside, and adjournment
was taken until last night. For
15 minutes counsel wrangled and
hurled suggestions of crooked work.
Jerome smiled, the crowd In the court
-oom alternately stamped and hissed
ind Magistrate Mulvena declared that
tie had been brought there under false
pretenses.
Jerome had come to Coatlcook
Irom Montreal on an understanding
:hat his case, set for hearing on
rhursday, September 11. had been ad- 1
ranced and that the justice of the
peace, McKee, who signed the orlgilal
complaint, had agreed that Magls:rate
Mulvena should preside.
Accompanying Jerome was Samuel
racobs, one of the most eminent lawyers
of the Dominion, who had been
-etained by the state of New York
n the Thaw case.s When the crowd
ammed Its way into the little court
oom about 4.30 o'clock neither side
vas able to produce any formal state nent
from Justice McKee that he had
LUthorlzed Magistrate Mulvena to sit,
he complainant, Milford Aldrlch,
:ould not be found, and John Anirews,
the constable who arrested
erome, was missing.
Complications arose as soon as
Magistrate Mulvena asked whether ;
fustlce McKee had formally author- <
zed the magistrate to preside.
"No, not formally," said Hanson,
olnt prosecutor. "Last night he said |
le would sit, today he said he would i
lot"
Beaulne arose. i
"This case cannot proceed," he said |
imphatlcally. "I represent the com- ;
>lalnant, Aldrlch, and he Is not here.
also represent justice and the crim- (
nal code." I
Attorney Jacobs urged that the trial ]
hould proceed and demanded that i
he missing constable and complain- j
mt be held in contempt of court <
"That, cannot be done," replied ?
Magistrate Mulvena, "for the court Is (
lot sitting." I
As Lsauine ana Hanson couia not {
.gTee as to who was in charge for i
he prosecution, the magistrate ad- j
ourned the hearing until 7 o'clock, |
irglng the lawyers to settle their dif- ,
erences in the meantime.
The trial lasted less than an hour |
rhen the magistrate, addressing Je- \
ome, said: "Sir, you are discharged." j
erome thanked the court and spoke j
iatteringly of his reception in Canala,
and added that he had not atributed
his arrest to the thinking
eople of Canada.
Jerome's friends cheered and the {
artisans of the other side answered >
- ith cat calls and hisses.
i
Weakness of the Juror.?A farmer '
rom the country who is sometimes {
ailed on to serve as a juror, spoke a 1
arable the other day when he said he j
>ad never been able to understand the
ction of some Jurors. "Sensible men 1
rill give a verdict agalflst almost any *
orporatlon when they would not think J
f such a thing as between two citl- j
ens," he said. "A Juror's duty is to [
nake a decision according to the law j
nd the evidence, but this Is seldom ?
one where a corporation is involved, j
Viotrn hoopH irnnH men r?n A lurv AAV? '
Dh, well, the company is able to pay It '
nd the man needs It' It's sickening J
nd sometimes I feel as If I never want f
0 be on a Jury again." There Is noth- 1
ig new in this, but how to remedy It %
1 the question. A member of a Jury in '
his county some time ago is authority '
or saying that one man on the panel, 5
i a case where the plaintiff was suing E
corporation for $2,600, actually argu- *
d that he be given $50,000 and he E
leant every word of it. It was a case 8
rhere the man's prejudice was so ?
trong he could not overcome It. If a 1
jror will heed what the court says in 8
:s charges and has good sense, he will 8
enerally plumb the line if he can get D
Id of his prejudice.?Greensboro Rec- 5
rd.
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ti
? Columbia special of September tl
to Greenville Piedmont: The su- U
reme court today declared the act of r<
912 provided for the refunding of fi
le $5,500,000 bonded debt of the tl
ate, constitutional and legal and de- T
ared that the sinking fund was at ti
rt nanmr siti + nr Ai/luiotlQ A# ai
UCi IV Vtti 1 J VUV VIIC |/l VfioiWMW V* O
le act. The suit was brought by W. n
r. Ray, a tax payer, to test the vail- 0
ty of the act and Governor Blease c!
i his return asked the court to set fl
le act aside. All of the points raised b
f the governor were overruled. The b
jurt said that membership in the ti
nking fund did not constitute a sep- c]
*ate office and declared there was n
j fraud or irregularities in the re- T
inding act of 1912. The effect of the C
vision is to sustain the contention 1
' Comptroller General Jones and o'
irmer Attorney General Lyon and re- Ij
cts the contention of Governor tl
lease in the position he has assumed p
l the actions of the last Binking ol
ind commission. p
MERE-MENTION.
F. Drew Camlnett! was found guilty
on the first count of the indictment
against him In the famous white
slave case, at ban Francisco, Friday.
He Is liable to a sentence of fire
years in prison and 15,000 line.......
Col. Theodore Roosevelt will leave
New York on October 4, for a visit
to South American countries. While
away he will travel through the
Amazonia forests of Brazil
Odessa, rslkolavor and Hostor.' Ira
portant cities of southern Russia, are
i seriously threatened with epidemics
|ot cholera..investigations by the
interstate commerce commission, following
the fatal wreck of Tuesday of
last week, go to show that both trains
had disregarded danger signals previous
to the accident Wm. Felgs,
son of a Cincinnati, O., millionaire,
alter having stolen his father's $6,000
automobile, was given a choice of the
work house or joining the navy. The
young fellow tried to enlist but Secretary
Daniels rejected the appilioitfoo,'
intimating that the navy could not
be used as a dumping ground for undesirables.
A steamship arriving
in Philadelphia last Tuesday, brought
twelve brides-elect from Italian ports.
They were met by the twelve grooms
ana ail were shortly afterward married...-....Revelations
of graft of a
most sensational character and leading
directly to Tammany Hall and Chas.
Murphy, are being brought out by
a suit for an accounting between
partners, n ow under way at Wyack,
N. Y. The alleged graft was in the
payment of money in connection with
contracts on the new water supply
system now under construction
Nine miles of New York's four-track
subway was put out of commission
last F riday morning, by a three-inch
rainfall the previous night, flooding
m? waoie oi me auuwuy iu & uttyiu ui
three feet Frank A. V&nderlip,
a leading banker of New York, is authority
for the statement that $8,000,000
a week for the next Ave years,
could be profitably invested in the
United States in the development of
the electrical industry..... .Fully
<5,000 men, lead by Uovernor Hays,
turned out in Arkansas last Thursday
and Friday for two days' work
on the public roads of that state
A. W. McCormlck. superintendent, and
H. L. Stephenson, vice president of a
cattle and land company, have been
forced to pay $10,000 to a freebooter
band in the state of Chlhauhua, Mexico,
for their liberty Although
the English government has declined
to make an official exhibit at the Panama-Pacific
exposition, it Is probable
that an extensive exhibit will be made
by the business men of the empire.
Last week In an all-day efficiency
test of gasoline motor pumps
for fire purposes, electric motors
pumped 8,000,000 gallons of water
from the Hudson river. The test was
witnessed by 1,200 firemen from all
parts of the country and the prediction
was made that gasoline motors
would replace steam on fire engines.
The total enrollment of the
Catholic parschial schools of New
York Is now 140,000 William
Brldieman, aged 86 years, died at
Pittsburgh, Pa., Friday, after a contlniinni
fait nf flftv.nl* (inva .
Under a primary election law recently
enacted by the state Of Pennsylvania,
there is only one qualified voter
In Guntlnfdon county, and the
choice of a sheriff Is entirely in his
discretion.,.., .Jackson Turner, a negro,
Is under arrest at. Ashevllle, N.
C., charged with the theft of 9240
worth of eggs from a wholesale
house The banking house of J.
P. Morgan * Co., has announced its
withdrawal from all financial connection
with the New York, New
Haven ft Hartford railroad
Riley Shepard, aged 84 years, and the
father of twenty-nine children, died
Friday at Noblesvllle, Ind. He is survived
by twenty children, 126 grandchildren,
68 great-grand children and
four great-great-grand children ,
Thos. E_ Watson, charged with ^endlna
obscene literature through the malls,
is to be tried In the Federal court
which convenes at Augusta, Ga., during
the latter part of October......
Wm. Travers Jerome, counsel for
New York state In the Thaw case, was
locked in Jail at Coatlcook, Canada,
Friday, charged with gambling on
railroad property. He was later released
on |600 ball Bank examiners
on Friday reported a shortage
of 9120,000 in a Fort Worth, Tex.,
national Danx. xne vice president. 01
the institution has disappeared
A crazy school teacher at Degerlock,
Germany, on Friday, killed his wife
and four children, eight other persons
and wounded ton, besides setting
lire to the village of Muehlhausen in
four places. He was arrested after
exhausting his ammunition, One
Philadelphia cold storage has 3,000,- '
000 dozen eggs in cold storage and
another has 1,000,000 dozen. Under
a Pennsylvania law these eggs must
all be marketed between November 1st
and December 31st, next In the
International rifle match at Camp
Perry, O., Saturday, the Swiss team
won first place, with France second,
and America third.... . .A Mexican ,
ii a a l.lil. J 01
army ueuiennai ntu uuuu ai ?u
Paso, Tex., Saturday, by customs officers,
as the Mexican crossed the International
bridge ferry at toe American
custom house with a rifle
rhe auditor of the senate "lobby"
committee, after auditing the books of
the National Association of Manufacturers,
reported that during the past
ten years Mulhall has been paid a
total of $245,000 for influencing leglsatlon..
.... John Bills and his four-oar--old
daughter, who disappeared
from Boston some time ago, have
Jeen found at Tokohama, Japan. A
friend of Ellis' wife, recognised his
IkenesB in a moving picture and
is was thus traced to his retreat
? Columbia, September 5: Three
nen, each armed with two revolvers,
ate today held up a deputy sheriff and
n/n nmnlnvoa t\f tha T CX. Whit A
Construction company at Parr Shoals,
wenty miles from here, and took
rom them $18,000 In currency which
tad been Intended to meet the payMil
of the company, which is bulldng
a huge power dam there. Tolight
700 employes of the company,
ogether with the sheriffs and deputes
of four counties, with bloodhounds
Lre hunting for the robbers. J. C.
Foyner, the deputy sheriff, resisted
he bandits and was shot, the bullet
aking effect In the thigh. His wound
b not serious. The robbery occurred
ust after Paymaster M&har, with
Yed Bultman, assistant cashier, and
deputy Joyner had taken the money
rom the express office at Parr Shoals.
Co reach the construction company's
ifflce, where the money was to be distributed,
they had to go down the railray
track through a rather deep cut
Is the three were passing a box car
rhlch was standing on. the railway
rack, a trio of men, their faces
lacked to disguise them, stepped out
,nd covered the money bearing pary.
Deputy Joyner reached for bis
un and the robbers opened Are. Joynr
fell, shot through the thigh, and
he others, realising the futility of reistance
with their assailants In so
tronsr a position, yielded. The rob
ers took the sack containing the
noney and made off Into the woods,
he White Construction company has
ffered a reward of |600 for the capure
of the three bandits, but so far
he officers are without a clue. SherT
Miller, of Lexington county, who
eturned to Columbia at 11 o'clock
rom the scene of the chase, said that
he bandits had not been captured,
he bloodhounds, he said, lost the
rail in a small creek near the contraction
camp. The fund stolen was
lade up of $3,040 in gold, about $13.00
in currency and $500 in small
hange. Columbia police were notled
tonight to watch for an automoUe
stolen this morning at Spartanurg.
There was a rumor tonight
lat the robbers had escaped by mahine
and there may be some conection
between the two instances,
he package containing $16,000 left
olumbla at 1 o'clock on train No.
3, arriving at Parr station about 2
clock. The robbery occurred hardr
twenty feet from the station. "The
ring was pulled oft like it had been
lanned for 99 years," said one of the
fflclals of the company over the telehone
tonight.