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Scraps and |acts. ? Jacksonville, Fla., February 5: Acting upon the request of General Bennett H. Young of Louisville, Ky., commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, dates for the twenty-fourth annual Confederate reunion here were postponed from April 29, 30 and May 1 to May 6, 7 and 8, at a meeting here today, of representatives of the Veterans' association, railroad officials and members of the local entertainment committee. Members of General Young's staff and business organizations throughout the country joined in the request that the reunion dates be postponed. ? The asylum investigating committee met last Tuesday afternoon, and adjourned until iSaturday. Senator Tillman being unable to appear until that day. Governor Blease declined to appear before the committee except in reply to Senator Tinman. ?ie saia mai since Senator Tillman had made the charges it was up to him to establish his case. He recalled the manner in which Senator Tillman had on a previous occasion waited until all the testimony in a certain investigation was in, and, then after taking a high seat delivered a political harangue in the guise of testimony. The governor stated that if Senator Tillman was able to make any charges that seemed to require an answer, he would endeavor to make such answers as seemed necessary and proper. He did not think, however, that it was up to a man against whom charges had been preferred to undertake to answer those charges until some kind of a case had been made out. ? The mystery of the dead infant girl found in White's mill pond in Spartanburg, has been solved. The I mother ef-the child is Miss Fleta Pendleton, daughter of a shoe salesman ofj Durham. N. C., and the father is Clyde Caldwell Clement, of Sandy Springs, N. C. The child was born in the Presbyterian hospital, Charlotte, on December 6. Until recently Clement was at the Woflford Fitting school and the girl was attending a business college in Spartanburg. They went from Spartanburg to Greenville, and Mrs. W. M. Hodges, with whom they boarded, went down to Spartanburg and identified the dead infant. Clement was arresieu auu rouunui w jwh Miss Pendleton stated that Clement had refused to marry her until the infant was disposed of. He took the baby from her arms and she had seen it alive no more. Her statement makes it appear that Clement threw the baby in the mill pond. It is expected that Clement will probably go to the electric chair for the crime. ? A mild flurry among members of the house Tuesday, says a Washington dispatch, followed the filing of a formal demand by W. H. Parker, of Birmingham, Ala., that Representative Richmond Pearson Hobson be denied his salary as a congressman for the days he has been absent from his seat campaigning for the senate against Majority Leader Underwood. Parker in an affidavit, alleged that Representative Hobson was absent from January 19, to January 31, and protested against the payment of salary due him for that time. The protest was filed with Sergeant-at-Arms Gordon, and all of the legal talent, about the office is at work to And out the law on the subject. They have discovered a longforgotten law, passed in 1S5S, and still on the statute books, providing that: "The secretary of the senate and the sergeant-at-arms of the house, respectively, shall deduct from the monthly payments of each member or delegate the amount of salary for each day that he has been absent from the senate or house, respectively, unless such member or delegate assigns as reason for such absence the sickness of himself or some member of his family." Cloak rooms and corridors about the house chamber resounded with arguments among members who would be disturbed by a general application of the law. ? Washington, February 3: President Wilson by an executive order dated today and made public at the White House tonight, removed all restriction against the exportation of munitions of war into Mexico from the United States, placing the contending Mexican elements on a basis of equality with respect to the purchase of arms and supplies in this country. The executive order emphasized that it was the desire of the United States to be in the same Dosition of neutrality to wards the contending factions in Mexico as were the other powers. The executive order by which the exportation of arms and ammunition to Mexico is forbidden was a departure from the accepted practices of neutrality? a deliberate departure from those practices under a well considered joint resolution of congress? determined upon in circumstances which have now ceased to exist. It was intended to discourage incipent revolts against the regularly constituted authorities of Mexico. Since that order was issued the circumstances of the case have undergone a radical change. There now is no constitutional government in Mexico, and the existence of this order hinders and delays the very thing the government of the United States is now insisting upon, namely: That Mexico shall be left free to settle her own affairs and as soon as possible put them upon a constitutional footing by her own force and counsel. The order is therefore rescinded." American embassies and legations abroad last Saturday, were instructed to inform foreign governments of the above decision. Similarly, Secretary Bryan late yesterday informed the members of the diplomatic corps here. This was in line with the policy announced at the beginning of the present administration here of keeping the nations of the world informed of the developments in the Mexican policy of this government. ? asuiugiuu, rcuiutujr -i. i^nuiv^ with the right to remarry would be prohibited forever in the United States and in all places under the nation's jurisdiction by an amendment to the Federal Constitution proposed in the senate today by Senator Ransdell, of Louisiana. Enactment of uniform marriage laws for all states and territories with provision for separation without permission to remarry, would be directed by the amendment. With the states of the Union granting more than twice as many divorces as all the rest of Christendom combined, Senator Ransdell told his colleagues that the time had come for the nation itself to put down this menace to "the chief bulwark of society, the home?the marker of good citizens and the model on which every wise government is founded." "The remedy by constitutional prohibition is drastic," said the senator, "but the malady is so fatal that nothing short of it will prove efficacious. In the United States divorce is spreading with alarming rapidity It has permeated every walk of life, and is prevalent among every class of people. The total number of divorces granted in 1867 was 9,937, or 27 per 100,000 population. For forty years later, in 1906, there were 72,062 divorces. or 86 Der 100.000: thus in actu al numbers there were more than 7 times as many divorces granted in 1906, as in 1867, or allowing for the increased population, divorce had increased 319 per cent. If divorces multiply at the same rate in the future as in the past?and there is every indication that they will increase faster? then before the middle of this century we will have annually in the United States 275 divorces per 100,000 population, or one divorce for every live marriages. If the United States were to write in the Constitution an amendment prohibiting absolute divorce, it would not be taking such a radical step as might at lirst be thought, but would be following a beaten path. Our own state of South Carolina?all honor to her?forbids divorce. It is absolutely orohibited in Italy, Spain, and to two-thirds of the population of Austria-Hungary, while the Ijatin-American countries of Mexico, Argentine Republic, Brazil, Peru, Chile and others have similar laws. While many excellent people are divorced and some of them make new homes, the inevitable trend of divorce is to break up many more homes than it builds up. and to materially reduce the number of children. When marriage is dissolved the true home ceases to exist; the parents and the children are separated; and the sweet ties that bind father and mother to their offspring, and to each other, are broken forever. As long as the Romans of old looked upon marri age as sacred, and held the sanctity of the home inviolate, their arms were invulnerable, and Rome became mistress of the world. But with the accumulation of colossal wealth came great laxity of morals; marriage became a jest, and child bearing a useless burden. The luxurious Romans lost all respect for female chastity; the heroic virtues of their early years were forgotten, and the empire fell, the victim of luxury and disregard for the binding effects of marriage. Shall not. the United States take warning from Rome's example?" ihr ^Jothrillr inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mall Matter of the Second Class. TORKVILLE, S. C.: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6.1914. The senate on Tuesday, passed the bill providing for the medical inspection of school children, and sent the same to the house. This bill is the result of several years of agitation by the state medical association, assisted by the Columbia State and other newspapers. As finally passed it provides for an inspection fee of 25 cents to be paid out of the school funds, where the parents are unable to pay. It is expected that the house will pass the bill and that the governor who has all along been opposed to it, will veto it. In the view of the governor the bill is entirely unnecessary. He holds orwnncr nthor thincs that Its DrinciDal effect is to add to the power of the doctors over the people, and he does not think that the legislation should be resorted to, to contribute to that end. Also he holds that the use of the school funds for the purpose of paying the examination fees is unconstitutional, and he does not see how the courts in the event of a test, can uphold such a proposition. It is practically certain that if the governor vetoes the bill it will be passed over his veto, and the Issue is expected to figure in next summer's campaign. Commenting on the editorial which appeared in the Times last week with reference to the action of the commissioners for the new county court house The Yorkville Enquirer has the following in its Saturday issue, to which we do not care to reply further than to say that neither The Enquirer nor any of those who have opposed the commission has shown that the taxpayers of the county will lose $16,000 and probably as much as $20,000" by designating the site of the old building as that of the new building.?Fort Mill Times. It has been published that the commission was offered $16,000 cash for the present building and site. If the commission keeps records the fact should be on its minutes. If the commission does not keep records, the fact can be proved by oral testimony. The commission has been presented with an offer of a free site executed in due form. The difference between a free site and $16,000 is exactly $16,000. If site, it would under the terms of the the commission had accepted the free site it would under the terms of the $16,000 offer, been allowed to use the present building until the completion of the new building. In building on the present site, it will be necessary to rent quarters for the county offices, and provide a place for the holding of court until the new building is completed. The rent is bound to cost something, and that something should properly be added to the $16,000 that the commission threw away when it refused the offer for the present site. There are other amounts that could be added with as much reason as the amounts stated. But the thing has been done, the legislative delegation has refused to act, and there you are. If those who would have things differently have any way to help themselves we do not know how they are going about it. The feature of the senate proceedings this week has been the personal controversy between Governor Blease and Senator Niels Christensen, of Beaufort. Governor Blease and Senator Christensen are bitter political enemies of long standing, and each has struck the other many hard blows that were meant to kill politically. In a recent message Governor Blease referred to Senator Christensen as a trustee of a negro school. Senator Christense rose to a question of personal privilege, and stated that Governor Blease had once been a candidate for the position of trustee of a negro college. Governor Blease denied this, stating that he had taken the trusteeship at the desire of friends who want ed him to look arter expenditures 01 the state's money. He went on to charge that Senator Christensen's father came into the state leading negro troops against Confederate soldiers. The Beaufort Board of Trade passed resolutions expressing confidence in Senator Christensen and resenting Governor Blease's charge as unfounded. Governor Blease produced a telegram from the war department showing the record of the elder Christensen in the Federal army, including his command of negro troops. The senate considered the matter in executive session, and attempted to keep the matter off the Journal by referring it to the judiciary committee. Governor Blease demanded to know whether or not his messages were to be suppressed in this manner, and as the result of some parliamentary fencing on Wednesday morning, the senate decided that the whole controversy go into the Journal. Senator Christensen preferred a request that the whole matter be printed. Many of the senators took the position that because of the purely personal nature of the controversy it had no business in the Journal. Others held that it was the Constitutional right of the governor to have his messages printed in the Journal, and as to what he said in those messages was a matter between the governor and the people. There was a lot of bitter feeling in the whole matter; but the final action of the senate seems to have been based on correct parliamentary practice. We are in receipt of a copy of an interesting message that Governor Blease has sent to the general assembly with reference to the refunding of the state debt, and containing a transcript of the proceedings of the sinking fund commission in connection with the borrowing of money last summer to pay the expenses of the state government. The message includes 51 pages, and is for the most part an explanation and vindication of the governor's position in connection with the whole matter. There are things in it too, that are of sensational interest, as showing pretty clearly some very questionable proceedings on the part of certain state officers. It will be remembered that when the legislature at its last session put the governor on a committee with Comptroller Jones and State Treasurer Carter to borrow money to run the state, the governor protested most bitterly. He told the legislature that these men were his personal and political enemies, and that there was no possibility of his receiving even courteous treatment at their hands. He begged that either he be left off the committee or other men substituted for Jones and Carter. Through a combination of circumstances, however, it became necessary for the governor to act, notwithstanding his previous determination not to do so. Pursuant to resolutions of the commission, the governor affixed his signature to certain notes with the understanding that Comptroller Jones and Treasurer Carter wore nlsn to siern. Later the govern or w<4& informed that the notes had been signed. After that there developed new complications, and the notes came back into the hands of the chairman of the commission blank except for the signature of the governor. On one of them was discernable a part of the signature of Mr. Carter; but microscopic examination showed no other marks. The inference was that after Messrs. Jones and Carter had signed their names, somebody erased those names by the use of acid. The notes are now in the possession of Governor Blease, and it is to be very clearly understood from the message that one of the names is beginning to recover from the effects of the acid or whatever may have been used to blot It out. The governor shows too, that he got along with less borrowed money and got It on better terms than heretofore. Another matter of special interest in the message is an explanation and vindication of the reasons actuating the governor in refusing to sign the refunding bill of 1912. As stated in his veto message at the time, he thought the act should carry the same provision that had been carried in previous acts with reference to tax exemption. The provision referred to stipulates that so much of the capital of banks as may be invested in state bonds shall be exempt from taxation. His idea was to ensure the floating of the bonds at or above par. There were those who held that a simple provision that would make the bonds non-taxable in the hands of individuals would answer the purpose. As showing that he was correct in his original position. ormrornnr oitoc T11H Prinze's cent decree in the case of the Loan and Savings bank of Yorkville and the National Union bank of Rock Hill. , 9 The East and West Road. Although the construction of a first class road from Yorkville to the Cherokee line is an eminently desirable proposition, from all we have seen or heard in connection with the matter up to the present time we have not been inclined to give it very serious consideration. This proposition had its origin at a recent meeting of the Yorkville Board of Trade, or at least it got its first publicity there through a resolution introduced by Mr. J. A. Tate, and duly adopted to about this effect: "Resolved, that we ask the delegation in the general assembly to provide $10,000 a year for five years to build a first class road from Yorkville to the Cherokee line." Following the action of the Board of Trade, a meeting of certain citizens, especially invited, was held in Yorkville, last Monday, to further consider the matter, and as the outcome of this meeting a committee was appointed to go to Columbia to confer with the legislative delegation. Among' me questions mui were innmated in the meeting Monday, was the route of the proposed road; but one of the gentlemen present, wisely warned against the raising of any such issue, because it was clear to him and others that a thing like this would cause the meeting to quickly break up in a row. There are at least three more or less plausible routes to the Cherokee line from Yorkville?one is by way of the Adair's ! ?rry road and King's Mountain battleground; another and more direct route is over the Howell's Ferry road by way of Hickory Grove, and still another is over the Sutton Spring road by way of Sharon and Hickory Grove, or lower down by way of Hoodtown. And it is too plain for anything that the selection of any one of these routes to be improved by taxation imposed upon the whole county, would not only raise the biggest kind of a row among the people living on the other two roads; but would set the whole county to kicking as well. Of course, it is as plain as the nose on one's face that the only way to get good roads is to build them, and the only way to build them is to pay for them: but also it is a peculiar characteristic of York county people, that they "do not care how you divide 'em so you divide 'em even," and there is in this proposition a whole lot that seems to lose sight of the proposition of dividing 'em even. Right here, as has been pointed out before, is the principal basis of discord over the distribution of the benefits of the chaingang. There are more than one thousand miles of public road in York county, and the chaingang has never built as much as ten miles in a single year; but assume that the chaingang could build ten miles a year, and it would take at least one hundred years to give all the roads a fairly equal showing. To be sure there is as much reason why the county should spend ten thousand dollars a year on a road from Yorkville to the Cherokee line as there is why it should spend $12,000 or more, as it is doing on the road from Yorkville to Clover, or on the road from Yorkville to Rock Hill, as it proposes to do; but if anybody thinks it is possible to double present expenditures under the present unequal basis of operations without raising a kick that will fall but little short of a general explosion, all we have to say is. let them try it. Legal Advertising. Senator Carlisle of Spartanburg, has introduced and secured a favorable report on a bill that will prove of especial and particular concern to most of the newspapers of South Carolina. His proposition is to require that no newspaper shall be allowed to charge more for official legal advertising than it charges for ordinary commercial advertising. Under the statutes that have obtained in this state since the newspapers were first used for the publication of legal matters of whatever nature, the rates to be charged for such notices have been specifically fixed, and as a general thing these rates have been considerably higher than the newspapers have been able to secure from commercial advertisers. At the present time for instance, the rate for legal advertising is one dollar per inch of brevier measure for the first insertion and 50 cents per inch for each subsequent insertion, and these rates are universally charged by newspapers that are glad to get 10 cents an inch "flat" for ordinary commercial advertising. Our impression is that in the old days when the rates for legal adver tising were first established by law, there was a provision that the newspaper must not charge these rates unless it made the same charge for other advertising of the same character. This statement, however, is made mainly on the authority of tradition handed down to us through previous generations, and although there is no question cf its reasonableness, to establish its absolute correctness, would require more labor than we care at this time to give to the subject. So far as The Enquirer is individual- 1 ly concerned, we care very little about whether this bill passes or not, as we practice the very principle it embo- ' dies. We have never charged the full rate prescribed by law for legal ad- vertislng, and we have invariably made it a rule to give to the commercial advertiser the same rate we ' 1 nn-n 1 n/1vrnrtlanr A Ion wn CAttVl U1 LUC IC^ai aur?iwovi. ?i allow the legal advertiser the same ' rate we allow the commercial advertiser. It is a fact however, that many ] newspapers charge the full legal rate for legal advertising of whatever nature, and we know of many instances where newspapers, through ignorance, if not design, have charged more for such advertising than the law allows them to charge, notwithstanding the fact that every bill rendered for such service must be submitted under oath. As to what may have been Senator Carlisle's purpose in introducing this ; Kill WA An r?/\f lrnnnr Hut WA dft nf it hesitate to assert that there is a grea t deal to be said on both sides of the question. J.t is a fact that the legal rates for advertising have been the basis of not ' a little abuse and much graft; but the subject is one that is difficult of com- ' prehensive explanation to the public, only a small portion of which has a , comprehensive practical knowledge of the newspaper advertising question. Presumably, of course, the key to * the value of newspaper advertising is value received; but there enters into that question so many different con^ siderations that conclusive argument is practically impossible, especially in the case of interests that do not want 1 to be convinced. ( One of the greatest abuses that has grown out of the official advertising ( question is the practice of public offl- ( cials and others in using their prerog- i ative in the placing of such advertis-1, iner to support newspapers in which { they may be interested, or to coerce' ] newspapers that may be unfriendly to 1 them. For instance, it would be easy g to cite many cases where newspapers r have been established in this state by I politicians on the theory that they could be supported by the official aft-1 vertising controlled by such politicians, and in such cases of course it is j not difficult to assume that the public j is made to pay for a great deal of advertising that is entirely unnecessary. ' The only effect tha.t Senator Car- ' lisle's bill could have on a case like t this would be reduce the amount of f other people's money available to politicians for use in supporting such -y newspapers. a However, the proposition that a newspaper should be entitled to j charge more for an official advertise- j ment than for a commercial advertMe- t ment is not without merit. The ne- ( cessity for absolute accuracy in connection with ar official advertisement is very great, and consequently there Is often much responsibility. For in- g stance, under the law, certain advertisements must be published in a spec- ^ ified manner, and any deviation from that specified manner might cause se- < rious complications. Again, in the case of some of these advertisements it is * necessary for the publisher to make . proof of publication, and this involving additional trouble, should carry ^ additional compensation. f A case in point has come within our recent experience. Some months ago I the editor of The Enquirer was summoned as a witness to prove the publication of a legal notice that was pub- ( lished in this paper in 1904. Notwithstanding the fact that he was able to 1 furnish a copy of the paper containing r the notice, he was subpoenaed to three different terms of the court to testify s' to the one fact of publication. When finally the editor was about to be t sworn for the defense a few days ago, t the attorney for the plaintiff announced that he would admit the fact that the notice had been published. The amount received for publishing the j advertisement in the first place wae P $9, and the editor would have beer glad to have forfeited that sum to es- ? cape the trouble and annoyance tc s which he was unnecessarily subjected But as we have stated, we are nol t concerned whether Senator Carlisle'* 3 bill becomes a law or not. We look upon legal advertising jus' as we do commercial advertising, as ti. j strictly business proposition. We feel f that we are giving value received to ' advertisers whether their business be 2 legal or commercial. We feel pity if no': . contempt for the official who would try to bribe or punish us by means o:r official advertising, and if the com merciai advertiser thinks he can punish us more than he will punish himself by withholding his business, he is h welcome. We say this in the light of j our knowledge of the commercial quality of the advertising values wo have to offer, and with full apprecia- 1 tion of the fact that people who look c upon money spent for advertising a* -j subsidy or graft, cannot possibly com #4 t Vw, AnAnAmt/> onilnHnouu nf Atl r ' position. a According to our view, as we hav-3 s stated, advertising, whether legal or J( commercial, is purely a business proposition, involving the fundamental 11 principle of value received, and we do not see how we can look at the matter j from any other standpoint and maintain our self-respect, or the respect of 11 those who have confidence in our in- 5 tegrity. v / ? Columbia special of Tuesday to t the Charlotte Observer: The senate is divided on the question of primary re- 0 form. Tonight the special committee a made a majority and minority reports ? on the Nicholson bill. In presenting j the minority report. Senator McLaurin said: "We do not think it wise for 1 legislative enactment to determine g the qualifications of membership to a p political party. If we set that ex- i ample, why could not congress also prescribe qualifications as to who a should be entitled to vote in the case c of United States senators and cor- / gressmen? Each house is the judge of the qualifications of its own members and, if congress were to say that only 1 those entitled to vote at the general v election should vote in any party pri- t mary for United States senators and , congressmen, we would have a condidition of affairs in South Carolina not p pleasant to contemplate. Further, we p do not think the general assembly t should appropriate funds from the state treasury to pay the expenses of P a political party." The majority re- b port recommends certain changes in t the present law including a complete , enrollment, books to close 15 days J before election time and other re- P strictions in the primary. It is prot- h able nothing will be done toward re- n forming the primary at this election. Senator Sharp also signed the mi- n nority report. s LOCAL AFFAIRS, JEW ADVERTISEMENTS Lyric Theatre?Gives programme for tonight, tomorrow, Monday and also for Tuesday. The Last Days of Pompeii, Feb. 16; special for Feb. 28. Yorkville Bargain House?On page 4 reminds you that tomorrow is the last day of its inventory clean-up sale, and wants you to come. Thomson Co.?Uses pages 5 and 8 to tell you about the big Mill-Syndicate sale which opens tomorrow for ten days. Bargains in all kinds of winter and early spring goods. Cloud Cash Store?Is showing new ready-to-wear dresses for ladles, misses and children. New percales, calicoes, curtain stviss, etc. Kirkpatrlck-Belk Co.?For Saturday and Monday offer special values in many departments, including blan*i ?An/1a oViAna ntn rwcio, ut coo 5WUO) uitvvu, v Fork Supply Co.?Wants to supply you with cow feed, and also supply your table with all kind3 of groceries. W. R. Carroll?Has two-horse farm near Yorkville, for rent; a mule for sale, and wants to supply you. First National Bank, Yorkville?Suggests a bank account for your girl. It will teach her how to save, forkville Hardware Co.?Can supply you with needles, shuttles and bobbins for all makes of sewing machines. First National Bank, Sharon?Points out some of the advantages of a checking account and invites you to start one with it. J. W. Smarr, Hickory Grove?Has taken up a brindle heifer calf and wants the owner to come for it. rrustees District No. 13?Give notice ' of meeting of voters and taxpayers to be held at McConnellsvllle, Monday, February 16. I. J. ivener CC to. /vsk jtuu 11 yuu expect to paint this spring. They want to supply you with the paints. Tames Bros.?Express themselves as highly pleased with the business they are doing and the quality of mules demanded on this market. A. D. Dorsett?Says he is the up-town grocer and solicits your patronage for all kinds of good groceries. Carroll Bros.?Sell Corno chicken feed and recommend it to poultry raisers. They sell fence wire In all widths. The Kandy Kitchen?Invites you to buy your candies and fruits from it. Good qualities and low prices. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Asks you to come in and see the new lines of spring goods. T. C. Wilborn?Offers several attractive real estate propositions for your consideration today. BILLS BY YORK MEMBERS Among the new bills introduced In :he house by York members on Saturlay, were the following: Mr. Sanders. A bill to amend the aw relating to magistrates and their :onstables, their powers, duties, jurisliction, salaries, etc. Referred to comnittee on offices and officers. Mr. Sanders. A bill to amend the aw with reference to the comDensa ion and salaries of county officers. Referred to the committee on offices ind officers. Mr. Haile: A bill to authorize townihips to raise funds for road improvenent. Referred to committee on roads iridges and ferries. CIRCUIT COURT When The Enquirer went to press ast Tuesday, the court was engaged n the case of Abner B. Harten against >V. G. White and J. J. Plexico, et al. rhe case took up the greater part of ruesday and Wednesday. The jury reurned the following verdict: "We find or the defendant." In the case of David A. Moore vs. Victoria Cotton mill the jury returned l verdict for the defendant. A motion for a non-suit was refused n the case of Ernest Thomasson by lis guardian Hamp Thomasson against he Ware farm, and the court is now n^aged in trial of the case. ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. W. F. Marshall of Yorkville, is pending several days in Winnsboro. Miss Katie Lewis of Yorkville, is dsitine- relatives in Shelbv. N. C. Mr. Robert Witherspoon has return>d to Yorkville after a visit to Sunjter. Miss Lula White, daughter of Dr. A. W. White, is ill with pneumonia. Mrs. J. M. Starr of Yorkville, is visting relatives in Charlotte, N. C. Miss Rose Lindsay has returned to ier home in Yorkville, after a visit to riends in Clinton and Laurens. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Jordan of Rock Till, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. '. S. Mackorell, in Yorkville. Mr. Aubrey Willis of New York, is dsiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. 3. Willis, in Yorkville. Miss Beatrice Milholland of Lesslie, las taken a position with the Piednont Telephone Co., in Yorkville. Miss Mayme Darby of Lowryville, 'isited her sister. Mrs. J. H. Witherpoon, in Yorkville, this week. Miss Alberta Fegram has returned o her home in Yorkville, after a visit u iciaiivcs in vjaoLuiua. Miss Fannie Chandler of Mayesville, s visiting her grandmother, Mrs. W. I. Steele, in Yorkville. Mr. Edward Gettys of Yorkville R. I*. D. 4, has a position with the Carroll furniture company. Mr. J. H. Carroll of Yorkville, vlsitd his brother, Mr. W. R. Carroll in Charlotte yesterday. Mr. Carroll is lowly improving. Mr. and Mrs. J. White Ware and litle daughter of Gastonia, and Mr. and Jrs. James Adams of Bowling Green, ire the guests of Mrs. Susan Wallace, n Yorkville. Mr. A. M. Erwin who has been livng at Sharon for a number of years, ormerly as teacher; but more recenty in the employ of the Hill Banking nd Mercantile Co., has moved to 'iedmont, where he will engage in lusiness. WITHIN THE TOWN ? The First National bank people lave taken up the question of erectng their proposed new building on the orner of Congress and Liberty streets, ^hey have begun to consult with arhitects, but have not yet selected one. "he desirability of having basement ooms has become quite apparent; but is the sewer is only 5 feet below the urface of the street at this point, it ooks as if basement rooms may not >e practicable. ? Mr. J. L. McManus, manager of the ..yrie, has purchased the Airdome noving picture outfit from Messrs. .lcF'adden and Lindsay, and when the varm weather opens will operate the tirdome in connection with the Lyric heatre?using the Lyric auditorium luring the day and on rainy nights nd the Airdome on clear nights. Speaking of the matter yesterday, Mr. rlcManus said: "I came here to esablish a moving picture business, to ;ive the people of Yorkville the best ossible service the patronage will ustify. I am not seeking a monopoly, .nd had no such purpose in view in onnection with the purchase of the lirdome. It has been established that utdoor shows have the advantage of he indoor shows especially in warm : weather, and I have all along realized hat unless I could purchase the Airome, I would have to get a similar ilace somewhere else. There are other ilaces to be had; but the owners of i his place were willing to sell at a irice that made it to my interest to < my. I am not exactly inviting compe- 1 ition; but I have not the slightest ob- ; ection. I am inclined to think that if i roperly managed, two shows can live ere as well as one, and if both are i ot properly managed, the one that is i rnnaged best will stay. When the pring weather opens, I propose to use ! the Airdome on pleasant nights, and the Lyric in the afternoons. The price of admission wll continue at 5 and 10 cents, as low as anybody has ever been able to make for first class service in a town of this size, except when I put on extra features at extra expense, when I will have to ask such admission as the circumstances seem to justify." DOWN IN COLUMBIA Since the last issue of The Enquirer, the editor has been on a hurried visit to Columbia, the first he has made to I that place since the occasion of the corn show a year ago, and although the considerations of the trip were more personal than professional, in accordance with habit, and for convenience in filling space that would otherwise call the scissors into requisition, will drop in a few paragraphs covering some facts and impressions e-rr\ TirVlUo Qtt'Q V In the first place the trip was not a particularly comfortable one. The C. & N.-W. was a little late; but managed to make the connection at Chester all right. Trouble developed later. One of the driving rods of the engine broke about twenty miles below Chesr ter, and although a new engine was secured within a hour or such a matter, the train, having lost its right of way, was subjected to other delays and did not reach Columbia until after 12 o'clock, when it should have gotten there before 9< A part of Wednesday morning was spent in the lobbys of the capitol, about the house of representatives, in the senate chamber, and in the engrossing department. Qf course, one should not go about the engrossing flpnartment without calling upon So licitor Henry. No matter how busy he may be, he is always glad to see his friends, and when the editor called Wednesday, he was as pleasant and agreeable as usual. However, he did not fail to try to make it appear that there is some work about his engrossing department task. In fact, he left the impression that the forty days in the engrossing department are as strenuous as a whole round of his three times a year circuit. On being asked whether or not it was his intention to run for congress this summer, Mr. Henry said that he was inclined to think he would not, unless there was some special reason why he should do so, and he is aware of no such reason at this time. In the senate they were debating the question as to whether the record in the Blease-Christensen controversy should go into the Journal. Previously in an executive session, the senate , had attempted to bring the whole matter in the Judiciary committee; but i during the morning, Governor Blease sent in a message demanding to know what was to be done in the matter, and the whole thing came up again. Senator McLaurin led the fight in favor of putting the record in the Journal, and although it was clear that a majority of the senators were averse to anything of the kind, the experience and ability of the Marlboro man, ! backed by the strength of his contention prevailed. The majority by which the action of the secret session, was reversed in open session was overwhelming. The editor talked some with Senator Beamguard and with Representatives H&ile and Hutchison; but did not happen to run across Mr. Riddle or Mr. Sanders. Mr. Haile told what had been done about the chaingang Drooosition. It was the original in- i tentlon of the delegation to give Bethel township four months' work before ' going to the Yorkville and Rock Hill road; but it appears that after a big delegation from the Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce came down, that intention was reconsidered. Also Mr. Haile stated that the delegation had ' decided to do nothing about the court house site. He said that the petition 1 movement had been started too late j and the delegation did not feel war- ] ranted in acting on a petition of only about 550 names. With reference to j the proposed 1 mill tax to build a road to the Cherokee line he was not in- 1 cllned to express himself, as he had j not had time in which to consider the , matter. Senator Beamguard was con- j siderably perturbed about the proposition. He had telegrams protesting ' against it. Personally he felt that he ] would like to make the experiment to j see whether the contract idea is better J than the chaingang system, but then , there was the bue-aboo of increasing t taxes. During a previous visit of the editor to Columbia about two years ago, he felt that the odor of the political atmosphere was so distinct in its nature as to not admit of confusion. Then the house and senate were overwhelmingly against Governor Blease, and all the leader of either house had to do to pass or kill any proposition, was to j throw out an intimation asT to the at- , titude of the governor. The situation ] admitted of the passage of legislation ' in which the governor had no concern on this basis, and some such legisla- ] lion was so passed. But now the thing < looks different. There are overwhelm- f ingly hostile majorities in both houses ( but there is considerably more doubt 2 now than there was then "as to what ( the people might think about it." Gov- * ernor Blease has defiantly emphasiz- i ed the promise that during next sum- t mer he is going to take to the people e every issue that is being made and t insist that the people judge between j himself and the legislators. The ma- < jorities therefore appear to be more ' conservative than they have been. r Of oonrsp thp editor heard auite a t lot of politics, as to who would be candidates for governor, how Smith would beat Blease for the senate and how Blease would heat Smith?how one of the Smiths would have a walkover for governor, how Manning is the man, and again how it will be McLaurin. Also there was talk of Stevenson, Sapp, Ragsdale and Strait for congress. Some had it that Steven- a son would certainly run, and others s had no idea of such a thing. There ? were suggestions that both Strait and >] Sapp would run from Lancaster, and s that Ragsdale of Fairfield, would try ^ it again; but of all that was said there J, was very little that was definite. I, Governor Blease was on the job as n usual. He got down to his office at j about 9 o'clock, quite a while before ^ the legislature went to work. He in- a formed the editor that he had ap- c pointed Capt. A. M. Black coroner, at * the request of Mr. Haile, and talked n some about the legislature. He was not at all pleased about the passage af the medical inspection bill to which c he is opposed. He indicated his pur- f pose to veto it; but did not expect j1 anything else than that it would be ^ passed over his veto. He said, how- n ever, he was satisfied that the use of, V the school funds for such a purpose is " unconstitutional, and he hoped that s somebody would take the matter into s the courts. The governor put In a good portion of the legislative day on the floors of the house and senate observing developments. In a conversation about the warehouse bill and other matters, Senator McLaurin told the editor that he felt pretty sure the senate would pass his measure at his session. He said that the new banking and currency law looked to him as if it had been made especially to fit the warehouse plan; that it certainly removed the most serious problem that had heretofore confronted him?that of financing the cotton. He went on to say that Texas has adopted what was virtually his original bill, the one that was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court, and he also stated that there are now in Columbia some gentlemen from Kentucky, who are seeking his aid in the preparatioh of a bill, similar to the South Carolina bill, but especially intended to provide for the warehousing of cotton. LOCAL LACONICS. Capt. Black Coroner. Governor Blease, on last Tuesday, appointed Capt. A. M. Black, of Rock Hill, to be coroner for York county, vice L. W. Louthian, deceased. Capt. Black is a Confederate veteran, well ?? A? #..11.. Known in me euumy, nuu iuu; petent to discharge the duties of the office in a creditable and efficient manner. The Creech Bill. The Creech bill requiring the cotton mills of York county to Install seweraee has been killed. The York delegation not relishing the idea of a member from another county attempting special legislation from this county, had the bill referred to it and made an unfavorable report, which unfavorable report was adopted by the house. The merits of the bill have not been considered. The Filbert Spur. The spur road from the "North and South" road from Allison Creek to Filbert has been completed, the finishing touches having been put on yesterday. It is a real good job at a lighter grade than the railroad except within a few hundred yards of the creek. The Clover people say that they believe they will be able to make it to Yorkvllle in twentv-flve minutes bv automobile. Installation at Clover. Rev. A. A. McLean, formerly of the Oklahoma Presbytery, was installed as pastor of Clover and Bowling Green churches last Sunday in accordance with orders of Bethel Presbytery. The services were held at Clover In the morning. Rev. Robert Adams propounded the constitutional questions and preached the sermon, Rev. J. M. McLain charged the pastor, and Elder M. S. Lewis charged the people. In the afternoon at Bowling Green, Rev. McLain preached the sermon, Rev. Robert Adams charged the pastor, and Elder Lewis, the people. One Mill for Road Work. A committee consisting of Messrs. T C. Wilborn, A. L. Black, W. S. Wil. ..rann J. W Save and J. W. Kirk Patrick, went down to Columbia Tuesday and Wednesday as representatives of the road meeting held in Yorkville on Monday to confer with the legislative delegation in an effort to secure the levy of a one mill tax annually for five years for the purpose of building a first class public road from Yorkville to the Cherokee line by the contract system. A representative of The Enquirer has talked with members of the committee, but has been unable to gather from any of them any Intimation of having secured a great deal of encouragement from the delegation. It is a fact that members of the legislative delegation feel that they would like to see a sufficient trial of the contract 'system to demonstrate whether It is the equal of the present system or better; but when It came to the proposition of levying an additional special tax of 1 mill, the conversation generally grew rather awkward. As to what it will do in the matter the legislative delegation has not said yet. Riddle-Pursley. At the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Pursley of the Crowders' Creek section, Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock, Mr. Joseph Springs Riddle of Clover R. P. D. No. 2, was married to Miss Macie Ruth Pursley, the Rev. W. P. Grier, pastor of Crowders Creek Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, performing the ceremony. The room In which the ceremony was performed, was prettily decorated with ferns and pink carnations. Miss Ida Pursley of Gastonia, presided at the organ and Miss Helen Galloway of Linwood college, sang "Constancy." The bridal party entered the parlor in the following order: The groomsmen, Messrs. Sam Matthews of Clover, and Hugh Pursley of Gastonia; the bridesmaids, Misses Martha Riddle and Wilma Adams of Clover; the dame of honor, Mrs. W. J. McGill, the maid of honor, Miss Ida Pursley, sisters of the bride. Next the groom with his best man, Mr. T. H. Riddle, and then the bride in the arm of her father. Immediately ifter the ceremony a reception was .endered the bride and groom, after which refreshments were served. Many landsome presents were given to the iride. For the present Mr. and Mrs. Riddle will reside with the family of Mr. R. B. Riddle at Zeno, until their lew home now in course of erection, s ready for occupancy. m6re-mention. Henry Carter Stuart was inauguratid governor of Virginia on Monday... Dol. Goethals, in command of the Calal Zone, has promised Commander rcuuensuii ui me cruiser i^enver, urai lis ship will be the first to pass through he Panama canal, and that the event vill take place next month Henry VI. Pindell, the Peoria, 111., newspaper iditor, who was recently appointed and :onfirmed as ambassador to Russia, las declined the appointment. Presilent Wilson expressed his regret at VIr. Pindell's action Deep sea divers have been trying for the past few lays to explode the wreck of the iteamship Monroe, in order to recover lodies of the dead. The ship lies in Ifteen fathoms of water, and the div?rs have had little success in their (fforts. The vessel will be blown up o clear the path of navigation V caucus of house Democrats on Tueslay night by a vote of 123 to 67 went >n record as being unfavorable to the :reation of a house committee on wonan's suffrage The taxation offl:ers of Cuyahoga county, Ohio, are rying to collect personal taxes from folin D. Rockefeller to the total of ;12,000,000 on an estimated personal >roperty of $900,000,000.... .The lower louse of the New Jersey legislature, >y a vote of 49 to 4, has passed a resilution providing for a constitutional imendment extending the right of sufrage to women....The district counts of the provinces of China have ?een dissolved by President Yyan Shi Cai. This dictatory action is regarded is another step toward the suppresion of any semblance of popular govrnment in China A fire in the wholesale district of Philadelphia, ruesday, burned five hours, and detroyed property valued at $285,000... Vdvices of Tuesday from Haiti, are to he effect that 300 men of the rival evolutionary forces were killed in the lattle at Gonaives. Gen. Oreste Zanor proclaimed himself chief execuive A 2-year-old-boy was recent- i y sent by parcel post from Stratford. )kla., to Wellington, Kan. The post- ' .ge on the child was 18 cents Ac- 1 ording to a report made public by a '< Jew York society for improving the ondition of the poor, there are 331,000 nen out of work in that city i i ? Greenwood Journal: W. H. Airail, ] harged with embezzling about $257 \ rom a Sunday school and two secret I rders at Ware Shoals, has been re- < eased from jail under a $500 bond, i lessrs. John O. Davis, W. L. Free- i nan and other prominent citizens of 1 Vare Shoals signed the bond. It is 1 nderstood that an effort will be made I o settle Airail's case out of court. As l tated before, he has made a confes- ' ( ion. 1 TO TAX FUTURE CONTRACTS Senator Tillman Seeks to Regulate Market Gambling. Senator Tillman on last Monday introduced the following bill to provide a revenue tax on agricultural products, where sold for future delivery: "Section 1. All contracts for the sale and delivery of unmanufactured agricultural products of the United States, where the amount contracted for shall ^ be 15,000 or more, and the date of such i delivery be fixed at 30 days or more distant, shall be evidenced by a written agreement signed by the principals or their agents, and all contracts ^ . not so reduced by writing are declared to be in violation of public policy and f J subject to the penalties hereinafter set ^ forth. "Sec. 2. The party who shall sell /I and contract for future delivery agri- . cultural products as provided in the foregoing section shall affix to the written contract of sale revenue stamps to be purchased from the internal revenue collector of the United States, which stamps shall evidence the payment to the United States of an amount equal to 1 per centum of the ' value of the products contracted for, the said value to be computed upon the basis of the price at which the purchaser has agreed ii good faith to receive the said product. Upon the delivery of the contract to the purchaser ^ the vendor shall cancel said stamps by writing his initials in ink across same. "Sec. 3. No assignment of contracts herein provided for shall be valid unless made in writing by the parties thereto or to their duly authorized agent, or agents, assignee or assignees before the products contracted for _i_ ? 11 ? I aiiu.ii nave uccii ucuvcicu. a iutiucu further. That no assignment of a contract shall be valid unless the principals thereto or their agent or agents, assignee or assignees, shall afilx and W cancel in the manner prescribed in the W preceding section, revenue stamps which shall evidence the payment to the United States of a tax of ) of 1 per f cent of the value of said products , computed on the same basis as set forth in the section 2 of this act "Sec. 4. Any person, firm, or corporation making or assigning a contract for the future delivery of agricultural products, where the gross values of such products amounts to $5,000 or more, and the date of such delivery is 30 days or more distant, and shall neglect to affix and cancel revenue stamps as herein provided, shall upon con- it viction in a court of competent Jurisdiction pay a fine of not less than $200 or be imprisoned not less than 60 days for each offense or both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. ? "Sec. 5. Contracts provided hereun- ^ der may be canceled by mutual agreement of the parties thereto, and the evidence of such cancellation shall be made in writing across the face of the contract and signed by the vendor and vendee, their assignee or assignees, agent or agents. At the time of such cancellation, there shall be affixed revenue stamps evidencing the payment to the United States of a tax of i of 1 per cent as provided in the case of said contract. "Sec. 6. Wherever agricultural products contracted for under the provisions of this act are made deliverable _ in the state in which said products "W were grown, or in any other state which produced according to the last census 10 per centum of the product contracted for, then the tax payable on such contract shall be 1-20 of the amount hereinbefore fixed for the original contract and assignment or as- ^ signments ^thereof., "Sec. 7. For tne purpose 01 mis aci, lint cotton In bales, wheat, corn, oats, rye and other grains In their usual commercial packages shall be deemed unmanufactured agricultural products, but flour, butter, lard and dressed meats shall be deemed manufactured products and not subject to the provisions of this act. t "It shall be the duty of the secretary of agriculture to prepare and promulgate a list of unmanufactured products within the intent and meaning of this act: Provided, however, That no unmanufactured agricultural product or contract therefore, shall ?e 0 taxable under the provlsons of this act unless the total value of such product in the United States as shown by the latest census report shall exceed $10,000,000 in value. "The secretary of agriculture is further authorized and directed to construe said census reports and promulgate necessary rules which shall be binding as a declaration of the intent and purposes of this act, until legally revised or changed. "Sec. 8. Wherever any state has es- 1^ tablished by law a system of grading, Inspection and warehousing of agricultural products and the department of agriculture has heretofore or does hereafter establish official standard _ grades, to determine the quality or * value of such agricultural products, when the secretary of agriculture is authorized and directed upon the application of said state to send such ex pert or experts as may be necessary to the state, for the purpose of establishing the grade and quality of the agricultural product, where the value of such product in the United States according to the latest census report exceeds the gross sum of 110,000,000. "Sec. 9. The secretary of agriculture is hereby empowered to promulgate the rules and regulations under which his department is prepared to co-oper ate with any state which may undertake by law to classify, grade or otherwise determine the quality of unmanufactured agricultural products as ? set forth in this act. w "Sec. 10. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? The State Sunday School convention will meet at Anderson on next Wednesday for a session of three days. ? W. K. Tate, for the past four years state supervisor of elementary schools, ^ has resigned to accept the chair of rural education in the George Peabody College for Teachers at Nashville. Tenn. ? In the municipal election at Gaff- _ ney on Tuesday, John Q. Little lead John Littlejohn for mayor by a vote of 255 to 234. .Hester the third mayor- ^ alty candidate, received 76 votes. A second election will be held nextTues- J? day. ? Representative Stevenson has secured the passage of a bill through the house permitting state banks to invest their capital in the securities of the regional reserve banks, and do such other things as may be necessary to qualify for them for admission in the new national banking system. ? Columbia special of February 6, to ^ the Charlotte Observer: Charles Car- ? roll Sims, candidate for governor, tonight denied published reports that he would retire from the gubernatorial race. He said he would stay In the race to the finish. "I never thought It necessary to deny the statement of ^ Senator Tillman that I was a Haskelite," said Mr. Sims. "It is absurd. I followed General Hagood in his fight against Haskellism." ? Greenwood Journal: Charged with embezzling about >257 of Sunday school, Woodmen of the World and Red Men money at Ware Shoals, W. H. Airail was brought to Greenwood*. Friday, from Alta Vista, Va,, by Special Deputy W. L. Freeman. It is understood that the young prisoner does not deny taking the money, having stated to Sheriff McMillan, that he spent only small amounts at a time, and did not realize until it was too late how large a sum he was short. No effort has been made by him or his fam- e ily, it is said, to give bond. An effort # may be made to compromise the case. ? Columbia, February 4: After flatly refusing to consider a number of amendments which would have altered the purports of the bill, the house this morning by a vote of 80 to 16 passed on third reading and sent to the senate the Stanley-Mixon-Hunter meas- ^^ ure, providing a straight two cents pasenger rate on all railroads in the Btate. The principal amendments which were rejected were by Mr. Sanders exempting roads of 40 miles or less in length from the operation of the bill, and by Mr. Belser, providing that roads of less than 20 miles could charge 3 cents and between 20 and 40 miles 2J cents as at present. Mr. Bel- * ser's argument was that the bill would be unconstitutional if it required small lines to operate at a loss, as he thought it would do. He pointed out the value of these roads to the rural districts. After little discussion the fill was passed.