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Scraps and |arts. ? Flat refusal by Virginia's representatives to accept a new proposition from West Virginia to settle the ancient public debt dispute between the two states for $2,337,198, or less than one-third of the amount fixed by the supreme court, was made at the session of the two commissions in Washington, Wednesday. The supreme court awarded Virginia $7,182,607 as the amount West Virginia should pay towards the public debt outstanding when Virginia split Into two states. ? Assemblyman Wm. Sulzer, made a bitter attack in the New York assembly a few days a^-o, on the "political machine" which controlled both houses of the legislature when he was governor. He denounced the whole range of legislation passed at the extraordinary session. "The state primary bill," he shouted, "resembles a real direct primary bill about as much as a jack rabbit resemDies a jsckhss. X UCUUUllWV I it here as a farce and a fraud. Mr. Murphy would not permit his marionettes to pass a genuine bill, because he knew it would put him out of business. This mighty hue and cry . about the reorganization of the Democratic party is farcical. They are only putting new faces on old scarecrows to keep the crows out of their political corn fields." ? The United States senate committee on foreign relations had an experience last Wednesday that Jarred it somewhat. The committee has been seeking all the first hand information it can get as to conditions in Mexico, and on Wednesday permitted the introduction of Pedro del Vllar and Cecilio Ocon, representing the political interests of Felix Diaz, with the understanding that these two men were to give additional information on the general situation. Instead, however, of adding to the stock of information, the Mexicans made an astonishing proposal to the effect that if the United States would back him Diaz would speedily wipe out the two present opnosine factions and bring about peace. To put It mildly the senators were annoyed, not so much at the proposition as that men of the rank and standing of the Diaz emissaries should have so little knowledge of the character and temper of the American government as to think it could entertain such a proposition. ? The cause of woman suffrage was championed in the senate Wednesday, by Senators Thompson, Owen, Chamberlain and Sherman, who spoke in support of the proposed constitutional amendment to give the woman the vote in all the states. The attitude of some southern senators was indicated during the discussion when Senator Vardaman said: "Th9 negro question may compel me to vote against this amendment" Senator Thompson told his colleagues that "none of the objections raised against woman suffrage ever materialized in Kansas. Only a * ~M "? "rtiicht official DO si rew ui uic vfvuiou wuq>.? ? v tions," he said, "but when they did secure them, instead of making failures, as was predicted, they almost invariably made the best officers we had in the state. The business record of these women invariably has been good and their industrious efforts to improve schools, sanitation and morals, and to provide safe, efficient and economical public utilities for their towns have been generally approved and aided by the men of their community." ? The National Bank of Savannah has been advised that the supreme court of the United States yesterday denied a writ of certorarl to the Kershaw Oil Mill, in South Carolina, in a case in which $22,000 was involved. The decision is important to all banks in the cotton belt and it establishes *y>at u-hcn hanks lend lilt? piCCCUClll. WMMV money on bales of cotton and the cotton turns out to be llnters that the bank can recover the sum advanced. The National Bank of Savannah advanced 122,000 to J. H. C. All & Son upon 362 bales of what the bank thought was cotton, but which turned out to be linters. Suits were brought against the oil mill's "indeceit," because it was alleged fraud had been committed upon the commercial world. A United States court Judge in South Carolina directed a verdict against the bank, but a higher court granted a reversal and the bank gained its case." The oil mill company took a writ of certiorari to the supreme court of the United States, which has been denied. The decision is of great importance wherever cotton is dealt in. ?Rear Admiral Brussakis, a retired ** now Whfl OOTTl- I omcer ui iuv ******* ?? ?^ manded the German cruiser Comorant at the time of the Spanish-American war, says a Berlin cable, adds his version of Manila bay incident over which a controversy has been aroused by the publication of Admiral Dewey's autobiography. Writing of the arrival of the cruiser Comorant at Manila bay on May 9, 1898, the German naval officer says that the McCullough, an American vessel, fired a blank shot in order to attract the attention of the cruiser. The Comorant halted and later an American officer came on board and communicated to her commander that a blockade of Manila had been instituted by the American fleet. Admiral Brussakis considered that the firing of the blank shot was a proper signal and the only one under the circumstances. This statement confirms Admiral Dewey's version of the incident and disproves the assertion made by Vice Admiral von Diederichs, the ranking officer of the German fleet, that notice of the blockade had not been communicated to the Germans. Count Ernest von Reventlow, a well known naval expert, confusing the foregoing episode with the one which happened si'-, weeks later and narrated by Admira'. Dewey, accuses the American admha.1 of drawing upon his imagination for his story. ? Allegations that he testified falsely as a state witness in the trial of Leo. M. Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan _are made in an affidavit by George Epps, a iD-year-oiu uewauu;, made public in Atlanta, Wednesday. The affidavit was given out by attorneys for Frank who is under sentence of death for the murder. It alleges that Epps testified as to untruths at the behest of city detectives. The testimony given by Epps and repudiated by his affidavit concerned chiefly the movements of the 14-year-old factory girl on the day of her murder?April 27, 1913. He testified that he had accompanied her on a street car to a point near the National Pencil factory, where she was murdered, and that she had started from that point toward the factory a few minutes before the time the state contended her murder occurred. On this trip, he further testified, she had told him that Frank had made certain advances toward her. None of these statements, Epps says in his affidavit, were according to the fact. George W. Epps, father of the newsboy, in a statement said that his son had told him the story which he today repudiated before the boy ever had been questioned by detectives. Epps declared that his son's affidavit was not in accord with the facts. "He told me the story he told on the stand," added Epps, "at least two days before he saw the officers." ? Columbia special of March 4, to the Greenville News: The general appropriation bill as agreed on by the committee of free conference between the two houses of the general assembly carries a total of $2,213,657.54 and a state levy of six mills is imposed on all taxable property in the state to raise the funds appropriated. The house gave in on everything except the $30,000 for a new dormitory at the state institute for the deaf, dumb and blind at Cedar Springs, $10,000 for a tuberculosis hospital, and $12,000 for additional dormitory at Winthrop college. The free conference committee cut the building fund for the common schools from $30,000 to $20,000, this was under a compromise that the school item for $45,000 for the support of needy free rural schools to be expended under the county boards of education should be put back as passed by the house Int stead of cut to $32,500 as changed by | the senate. The item for high schools was put back to $60,000 as placed in by the house. On all other important items the house conferees gave in to the senate and sustained the action of that body in striking from the bill the items for new buildings at the state colleges as passed by the house. The $10,000 for the militia maneuver camp was cut out and the maintenance of the militia cut from $20,000 to $15,000 as passed by the senate. The free conference also struck out the provision of $4,000 for traveling expenses for circuit judges which had been inserted in the senate. The report was read in the senate and adopted by that body at 2 o'clock. The house had recessed for dinner and received the report this afternoon when it reconvened at 3.30 and it followed the example without discussion and the bill was sent to the [ engrossing department for engrossing. I As adopted the free conference report | is a great victory for the senate and sustains the attitude of Chairman Hardin, Senator Alan Johnstone and other members of the finance committee in cutting out over 3300,000 as passed by the house and reducing the state levy from seven to six mills. The free conference committee took several days, from Friday until this afternoon to agree and adjust the differencea The committee consisted of Senator Hardin, Johnstone and Appelt, and Representatives Dick, McQueen and Sapp. lb; -liorln'iUc ?t?quiw. Entered at the Postofflce in Torkvllle as Mail Matter of the Second Clara. YORK VIULE, S. C.? FRIDAY, MARCH 6,1914. The occurrences in the house Wednesday night seem to be suggestive of warm times next summer. It is said that a systematic campaign of newspaper advertising has drawn over 500,000 additional workers to the Chicago churches. _ It is now pretty well settled that there tire going to be at least a dozen candidates for governor, and there is not much reason to doubt that Senator McLaurin is to be one of them. However able and truthful the report of the asylum Investigating committee may be, it will have to be admitted that It barely touches the charges made in the letter of Senator Tillman upon which it was based. The state colleges need more buildings and the state needs many other things; but the poor taxpayers who have to foot the bills should not be rushed too rapidly. They need time in which to earn the money. The mention of Dr. Moffatt as a prospective candidate for the senate from Abbeville county has added very considerably to the number of people who have been advised as to the manner of man the doctor is. And the information is worth the while of the peoplefof the state too. mere win De ujepuies iical duiuuici over the question as to who is entitled to the credit for the lopping of that $300,000 of the general appropriation bill, and the reducing of the state levy from 7 to 6 mills, and while we do not propose to try to settle the dispute now, we will venture the suggestion that the taxpayers will be found to be duly appreciative. In reply to questions with reference to the death of William S. Benton, the British subject in Mexico, Sir Edward Grey, British foreign secretary, made it plain to the house of commons on Tuesday, that the British government does not intend to push the matter now. He said that while the British government had tried to secure satisfaction through the United States government it does not hold the United States government responsible. The policy of the British government would be to let the matter rest for the present, and take it up again at the proper time. Mr. Hartwell M. Ayer, founder and editor of the Florence Times, one of the leading afternoon papers of South Carolina, has sold his controlling interest in the property to a stock company that has recently been formed to take it over, and Mr. James D. Evans, an attorney of Florence is to be the active head of the paper hereafter. According to a dispatch in the Greenville Piedmont, the new development came about as the result of dissatisfaction with Mr. Ayer*s attitude as to certain local matters. It is said that Mr. Ayer's retirement from the Times has caused considerable comment and surprise in Florence. There is a controversy going on in the Columbia State between Col. W. W. Lewis of Yorkville, and Adjutant Gen. W. W. Moore over the refusal of the comptroller general to pay over certain funds that Col. Lewis seems to think should be appropriated for the use of the First Regiment headquarters. Comptroller General Jones has refused to pay the money because Gen. Moore refuses to O. K. the bill. Gen. Moore says there is no warrant of law for turning the money over to the First regiment headquarters. Col. Lewis says Gen. Moore does not know what he is talking about and that he is incompetent anyway and Gen. Moore says that Col. Lewis is messing with something that is none of his business anyway, and suggests that if Col. Lewis is not satisfied with the attitude of the comptroller, he is perfectly free to take the matter into the courts. Gen. Moore also gives it as his opinion that Col. Lewis is grooming a candidate for the adjutant general's office, and is trying to start something mainly for the purpose of helping that candidate. South Carolina is after its best men for public offices and we know of no state more in need of them.?Charlote Chronicle. Maybe there is something to the above paragraph and maybe it is only a thoughtless fling. But let us consider it seriously a bit. Among the fundamental axims to which most people subscribe in times of serious reflection, are that "the people of every state in this Union are fully capable of self government," and "under a truly representative government it is unreasonable to expect the selection of executive officials very far removed from the average of citzenshlp." Now maybe South Carolina has in her private life thousands of citizens who are superior to the best she has in public life. No doubt she has. But how is she going about an intelligent selection of citizens from private life unless those citizens come forward in some way to show the people their quality? As a matter of fact the people are confined in their choice of officials to those in public life, and so it should be. Every man of reasonable opportunity for observation probably understands the danger of placing power in the hands of an untried man. If it is a fact that the people are capable of choosing their officials, then it will have to stand to reason that they have exercised their choice in accordance with their judgment. Of course it must be admitted that the people can be deceived and buncoed, and it must be admitted that they are often deceived and buncoed; but all the same it is difficult to conceive of a much better way of making selections than we have, and as for getting better men, the situation is tied up until strate their qualities, the better men come out and demonOf the numerous published accounts of that remarkable scene on the floor of the house Wednesday night, we consider that of the News and Courier the fullest and most satisfactory we have seen, and for that reason we are " ? ?i muA AKoarv. reproducing iu iuc vumwire wuoo?.er had an admirable story, and we put It in type yesterday; but discarded It because of the more comprehensive detail in the News and Courier's report. All of our readers, whether partisan one way or the other or strictly non-partisan, are reminded of the almost impossible task of writing an absolutely correct account of an occurrence of this kind; but we do not hesitate to say that in our Judgment there is as little bias in Mr. Kohn's reports as any reporter we know. The merits of the matter we do not propose to discuss further than to say that if aggravating taunts are any justification for Governor Blease's conduct, then the governor is more than Justified. But different people will look at the whole thing in different ways, and v/e do not see that it is up to us to go beyond doing the best we can to present the facts. Wonders never cease in American law. Miracles never cease in decisions handed down from the bench. Here, for instance,' is a judge in Pennsylvania, trying the case of a man who entered his neighbor's garden and stole a head of cabbage. The judge decides that it was not larceny of personal property at all, and hence not a basis of criminal action; but that cabbage heads are real estate, and that the neighbor's remedy is to bring action contesting title. It is to marveL We have eaten garden truck?turnip greens and lettuce for instance?which tasted like real estate, but we never dreamed that to steal it was not theft. And after a cabbage head is eaten what good is the title? Who would employ a lawyer to defend a title in a case of that kind? If it had been a franchise or an election that had been stolen, it would not have been so surprising if the law had let the culprit go free; but who would ever have thought that the science of judicial hair-splitting would Anally be able to contend and determine that a cabbage is real estate? Verily, to a layman the law is a strange and wonderful thing.?Anderson Daily Mail. There is nothing the matter with the law. The trouble is with the peo pie who will permit themselves to be imposed upon by a judge like this. MERE-MENTION. Rev. Dr. John Wesley Hill and Rev. J. C. Hogan, prominent preachers of New York state, engaged in a flst fight at Hartford, Conn., Monday night. They had gone to Hartford to take part in a debate on Socialism. A special election to name a successor to Senator Johnston, will be held in Alabama on May 11 There was frost as far south as Miami, Fla., Monday A bill has been introduced in the legislature of Massachusetts to prohibit the tango, lame duck, Argentine, chicken flop, bunny hug and grizzly bear dances in public S. U. G. Rhodes, one of the Wuo? \'ircr5 n I o lodalatnr.Q Qftnt 11 n for bribery in connection with the election of a United States senator, is criticaly ill at the state prison Mrs. Catherine O'Neill died at Hartford, Conn., Tuesday, at the age of 106 years. Her husband died sixty years ago In New York up to Monday night at 12 o'clock, 45,000 income and 15,000 corporation tax returns were filed with the collector of internal revenue for that city The 7,500 national banks of the United States have a combined capital of $1,009,884,675, and outstanding circulation of $753,168,838, according to a statement issued by the treasury department on February 28 The worst storm of the winter broke over eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, Friday morning. Railroad and surface car traffic was paralyzed, telephone and telegraph wires were torn down anfforlno- a m rvn cr tho nnnr WAS most severe Gilford Pinchot has become a citizen of Pennsylvania and announced himself as Progressive candidate for the United States senate against Senator Penrose Lincoln Beachy, the aviator, while "looping the loop" at Santa Barbara, Cal., Sunday, lost control of his biplane and with it fell 1,600 feet, but managed to right himself 40 feet from the ground and escaped with slight injuries Physicians in Philadelphia a few days ago vaccinated 1,800 persons. Policemen guarded the city block while the doctors were at work. King George of England, has offered a cup for the winner of a series of yacht races to be held during the Panama-Pacific exposition. The census bureau will soon issue a bulletin giving the indebtedness of the forty-eight states of the Union. On June 30, of last year, the total Indebtedness of all the states was $342,9&1 000 nn innrense in ten vears of 1107,342,000. In Iowa the debt, less sinking fund assets, is only three cents per capita Dade City, Fla., has passed an ordinance which seeks to put the muzzle on "knockers." The ordinance provides for not less than fifteen days in prison and fines of $25,00 to $200 for "whoever slanders the title of any property in Dade City," etc Said Pasha, for many years grand vizer of Turkey, died at Constantinople, Sunday An "army of the unemployed," including twentyfour companies of ninety men each, left San Francisco, Tuesday, proposing to march to Washington. The "army" has all the officers of a military regiment. except a paymaster The Cologne, Germany, Gazette, a semiofficial publication, created a sensation in Germany, Tuesday, by publishing a statement from its St. Petersburg correspondent to the effect that Russia is preparing for war with Germany Marcel Rodureau, 15 years old, is on trial at Xantes, France, charged with the murder of seven persons on September 30, last More than 400 cases of typhoid fever are reported from towns along the Richelieu river in Canada Joseph W. Harrison, a New York banker and a director of the United States Express company, is authority for the statement that the company may liquidate and go out of business Adolph Segal, a Phila delphia promoter, has been forced into bankruptcy. His liabilities total $2,$93,731, and his assets are given at $150 The Geographical Society of Washington, at its banquet on Tuesday night, presented a gold medal to Col. George W. Goethals. chief engineer of the Panama canal. The presentation was by President Wilson Bishop Thomas Bowman, the oldest bishop of the Methodist church in the United States, died at Orange. N. J., Tuesday, aged 97 years So great was the indignation at the acquittal of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Little, charged with the murder of J. J. Van Cleave, that Judge Land, responding to public demand, on Tuesday at Shreveport, La., issued an order forever barring from jury service the twelve men who composed the Little jury The school board of Boston has put the ban on schoolboy athletic contests which take them away from their homes over night Arizona-grown long staple cotton of the Egyptian type, of the 1913 crop, was sold on the Liverpool market a few days ago at 23 1-3 cents a pound. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS J. W. Dobson?Will furnish Indian Runner duck eggs at 60c a dozen. R. T. Castles, Smyrna?Can furnish Batt's prolific seed corn at $3 per bushel, from his third crop. Fred Smith, Tirzah?Has milk cow for sale. Eighteen lots In Yorkville, for rent or sale. J. M. Smarr, Hickory Grove?Has onehorse farm for rent. Mrs. Flnley Clark Whiteside;??Requests Enquirer subscribers on her club to please pay up. First National Bank, Yorkville?Says that progressive people today carry very little money, but do business through the bank. It wants your business and will help you to keep your accounts straight. Lyric Theatre?Programme for afternoon and tonight. Specially good two real picture tomorrow, and also a _ good comedy. _ First .National ?anK, tsnaron?Again calls attention to the parcel post advantages with a bank account. York Furniture Co.?Asks prospective piano buyers to call and see a Lester instrument it has in stock. A. D. Dorsett?Sells Carhartt overalls and says they are the. best. Flour at $2.50 to $3.00 per 106 pounds. M. E. Plexico & Son?Are ready to do your garden plowing whpn you want it. Livery and draying. Carroll Bros.?Ask you to see them for fertilizers and also have something to say about buggies. James Bros.?Continue to find York county homes for their mules, and ask you to see them. Yorkville B. & M. Co.?Talks about the growing popularity of Melrose flour, and also talks about farm hardware. Royal Pressing Club?Solicits your cleaning, pressing and dyeing work. Ladies' work a specialty. Sherer & Quinn?Have all kinds of feed for horses and mules. New lot S. C. cabbage. Carroll Furniture Co.?Remind you that spring cleaning is coming, and ask you to see them for odd furnishI v\tra Kirkp.atrlck-Felk Co.?Invites attention to the big lines of spring goods that are now arriving, and wants you to see them. Thomson Co.?Is showing new spring dress fabrics, and talks about madeto-your-measure clothes for men. Some of tho weather wise express the opinion that the recent severe cold will help to hold back the budding of the fruit trees until after the danger from frost is over. Mr. R. T. Castles of Smyrna, was one of the York county farmers who were sufficiently interested in Jerry Moore's famous com yield to get some of the seed. He has been planting Jerry's seed for three years, and says that the com is the best he has ever seen. The Rock Hill Herald calls our attention to the fact that the bill providing for a commission form of government in Rock Hill, provides in case it shall be ratified by the voters, for the election or three commissioners ror one, two and three years, Instead of two, four and six years. Thirteen hundred and seventy-seven marriage licenses have been issued by Probate Judge L. R. Williams since the enactment of the marriage license law which went into effect July 1,1911. At $1 each this number means $1,377; three-fourths of which goes to the general school fund of the county, and the other fourth as a fee to Judge Williams. MUNICIPAL REGISTRATION Up to yesterday afternoon, thirtythree voters had been registered to vote in the approaching municipal election. The list is as follows: / G. W. S. Hart. O. E. Grist, ' ' W. J. P. Wylie, A. M. Grist, W. O. Harshaw, W. D. Grist, W. W. Ferguson, M. W. Beach, J. E. Stroup, R. C. Faulkner, D. E. Boney, W. B. McCleave, C. A. Boney, S. L. Courtney, D. L. Shleder, Charley Herndon* W. H. Herndon, S. K. Lowry, J. G. Sassi, Geo. W. Brown. B. F. Smith, F. C. Riddle, D. M. Murray * M. W. White, II R Porter. P. W. Love, J. D. Stewart, D. T. Woods, C. H. Hart. O. H. O'Leary. J. E. Hart, Rev. J. H. Machen, A. T. Hart, The total municipal registration last year was only 177. This number can be largely increased. YORK'S SCHOOL FUNDS The financial condition of York county's public school system is still far from what the more earnest and intelligent promoters of educational development would like; but nevertheless the figures for the year ending June 30, 1913, as compared with the figures for the year ending June 30, 1903, show progress that is far from discreditable. Leaving out of consideration the revenue that came from the sale of liquor under the old dispensary regime, the increase in the school fund during the past ten years has been 163 per cent, and if the dispensary funds of 1903 are included, the increase still amounts to 121 per cent. The receipts for 1903 were as follows: Poll tax, 35,722.45; special levies, 34,826.40; constitutional school and other 'sources, 318,736.30. The receipts for 1913 were as follows: Poll tax, 37,549.21; special levies, 324,803.15; constitutional 3 mill and other sources, 344,803.15. Total for 1913 377,160 51 Total for 1903 29,285 15 Increase in 10 years 347,875 36 By reason of the additional special levies voted during the past year, the county will get more state aid this year than heretofore, and it is estimated that the total income for the schools will mount up to something like 390,000. WITHIN THE TOWN ? Fertilizers are moving quite freely, especially on clear days, and the indications ar that the sales this year are to be quite large. ? The building of the new court house and the new home for the First National Bank of Yorkville, will make things lively around the Congress and Liberty street crossing during the next fjw months. ? There is more or less talk going on looking to the selection of municipal candidates to be voted for at the next election. Besides mayor and wardens there are also to be elected one or more school trustees and a commissioner of public works. ? The "Silence of the Dead," a foreign lilm in four reels drew a somewhat larger attendance than usual to the Lyric, Wednesday night. It was a fiction drama based on a domestic tragedy; and included much Intensely natural scenery in France and northern Africa, Those who attended the show found it very entertaining. ? To secure a municipal registration certificate it is necessary to exhibit to Mr. C. A. Boney, the town supervisor of registration a state registration certificate and receipts showing the payment of all past due taxes. Those who have no state registration certificates have two more days, the first Mondays in April and May to apply for the same. ? Postoffice Inspector W. D. Kahn has stuck up a notice in the postoffice in which he asks for proposals for suitable premises for a postoffice for a period of from five to ten years from May 1, 1914. He wants not less than one thousand feet of floor space, and with it light, heat, water, sewerage, safe or vault, and a complete equipment of postoffice furniture. ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. George R. Grist of Laurens, is visiting relatives in Yorkville. Mrs. J. B. Bratton of McConnellsville, is critically ill with pneumonia. Mr. J. W. Kirkpatrick of Yorkville. returned Wednesday from the northern markets. Mrs. Brevard Springs of Charlotte, is the guest of Mrs. T. F. McDow, in Yorkville. Mrs. Elton Wilcox of St. Petersburg, Fla., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. John F. Vnnnffhlnnrt nt Vnrlcvill<?. Miss Maggie Smith of Linwood college, is spending several days at her home in Hickory Grove. Mr. W. N. Biggers of R&mah, and eight children are down with measles. Mrs. Biggers who has had measles, is the only member of the family who is able to be up. Mr. James E. Biggers of Ramah. was in Yorkville, Wednesday, and while here told The Enquirer that there was more sickness in his neighborhood, principally measles and grip, than he has known for years. Mr. R. A. Caldwell of Gastonia, whose serious illness with double pneumonia, was mentioned, is now able to sit up half a day at a time, and unless there are unforeseen developments, he will soon be restored to his usual health. Mr. T. A. Mills, carrier on Fort Mill R. F. D. route No. 2, took a dose of morphine last Sunday in mistake for quinine, and had quite a narrow escape for his life; but prompt attention with the proper treatment soon relieved him from danger. Mr. W. R. Biggers of the Ramah neighborhood, who was taken to Baltimore some weeks back for a surgical operation, is home again; but in a more nervous condition than heretofore. He has lost the use of one arm from paralysis, and is suffering in tensely with his back. Mr. L. T. Nichols, general manager of the Carolina and North-Western railway, spent a few hours In Yorkvllle last Wednesday between trains, Mr. Nichols said that general business conditions have not been especially favorable to railroad prosperity for quite a while; but still the C. & N.-W. is working along as best it can, and the management continues hopeful of the future. Mr. Nichols, by the way, has been guiding the fortunes of the C. & N.-W. in one capacity or another for more than twenty years, and notwithstanding numerous and almost insurmountable obstacles, has attained results that are really remarkable, considering all the circumstances. DISTRICT TRUSTEES Following is a list of the trustees of the various school districts of the county as obtained from the office of Superintendent of Education Carroll: Oak Ridge, No. 1?John H. Steele, H. J. Zinkler, S. L. Patterson. Bethany, No. 2?John W. Pursley, R. L. Ferguson, J. L. McGill. Bethel, No. 3?J. W. Jackson, E. N. Miller. South Fort Mill, No. 4?J. F. Lee, L. M. Massey, Boyce Bennett. Catawba, No. 5?R. W. Patton, W. F. Rhodes, W. J. Cornwell. Bethesda, No. 6?>3. C. Byers, R. M. oncflnlH HnrHAtl JJI ULIUII, MlUilOUblU UV*UV?? Belmont, No. 7?J. *B. Fewell, T. J. Steele, W. C. Faris. York, No. 8?It. F. Carroll, J. E. Fewell, G. R. Wallace. Wilkerson, No. 9?W. S. Wllkerson, J. J. J. Robinson, J. Buice. Blairsville, No. 10?J. A. Maloney, J. E. Latham, S. L. Blair. Yorkville, No. 11?W. R. Carroll, chairman. R. C. Allein, secretary. Rock Hill, No. 12?Dr. J. R. Miller, chairman; C. K. Chreltzberg, secretary. McConnellsville, No. 13?J. F. Ashe, J. O. Moore, J. M. Love. Ogden, No. 14?W. H. Dunlap, W. C. Pearson. W. M. Newsom. Bullocks Creek, No. 15?J. E. McAlliley, J. C. Kirkp* trick, E. M. Bankhead. Olive, No. 16?T. C. McKnight, S. V. Aycock, H. C. Gourley. Piedmont, No. 17?A. C. White, J. F. Faulkner, R. S. Quinn. Broad River, No. 18?E. D. Darwin, J. F. Whitesides, W. P. Whisonant. Beersheba, No. 1!)?A. E. Burns, H. B. McDaniel, J. L Hemphill. Sharon, No. 20?W. P. Youngblood, D. A. Whisonant. Filbert, No. 21?J. J. McCarter, A. J. Parrott, W. B. Keller. Bowling Green, No. 22?R. L. Quinn, T. J. Patrick, E. M. Adams. Point, No. 23--A. C. Harper, B. J. Currence, J. J. Stewart. Dixie, No. 24?B. R. Smith, R. N. Whitesides, Felix Quinn. Clark's Fork, No. 25?Jeff D. Whitesides, John A. McGill. Riverside, No. 26?W. H. Jones, S. t> Sutton R S Tnrrence. * Concord, No. 27?T. M. Martin, C. C. Blalock. G W. Martin. Fort Mill, No. 28?R. F. Grier, chairman, W. B. Meacham, secretary. Bethesda High, No. 29?R. C. Caveny, J. L. Aycock, Adger Huey. Forest Hill, No. 30?J. D. B. Currence, R. El L. Ferguson, Fred G. Cook. Allison Creek, No. 31?E. M. Williams, W. M. Bigger, W. M. Campbell. Ebenezer, No. 32?J. R. Neely, E. H. Garrison, W. T. Nichols. Delphos, No. 33?J. Cameron, T. C. Dunlap. Turkey Creek, No. 34?W. R. Latham, J. L. Stephenson, R. S. Moore. Tirzah, No. 3&?T. M. Oates, J. M. Campbell, F. E. Smith. Newport, No 3G?J. A. McFadden, R. A. Jackson, J. A. Hayes. Clover, No. 37?Jas. A. Page, Dr. E. W. Pressly, W. T Beamguard. Hopewell, No. 38?W. E. Good, W. T. Dowdle, M. M. Jones. Gold Hill, No. 39?W. H. Windle, W. P. Epns. Ulf>Lrr\fir llrnve No. 40 J. S. Wil kerson. Dr. W. A. Hood, W. T. Slaughter. Santiago, No. 41?E. W. Pursley, T. A. Brown, J. E. Diggers. Latta, No. 42?R. E. McFarland, Jas. L. Moss, J. W. McFarland. Elastview, No. 43?R. M. Anderson, C. C. Hope, F. E. Clinton. Smyrna, No. 44?Dr. B. N. Miller, R. M. Wallace, R. J. Castles Friendship, No. 45?J. J. Hoke, R. H. Cornwell, F. W. Gryder. Catawba Junction, No. 46?Dr. G. W. Hill, J. T. Faris, W. H. Spencer. Sutton's Spring, No. 47?S. T. Ferguson, R. E. Mcl.ure, R. B. Hartness. Miller. No. 48? J. M. Brice, E. R. Shannon, M. A. McFarland. Cotton B'?lt, No. 49?E. M. Dickson, Lesslie Smith, J. W. Smith. Mt. Holly, No. 50?C. D. Reid, J. E. Oates. J. A. Williford. Guthriesville, No. 51?J. C. Bell, J. W. Moore, Mason Bratton. Lesslie, No. 52?T. F. Lesslie, J. W. Boyd. W. S. Boyc'l. Union. No. 53?S. N. Stacy, T. P. Youngblood, S. E. Sturgis. Mpw Zinn. No. 54?J. F. Smith. W. A. Nichols. W. M. Wallace. LOCAL LACONICS To Police County and Detect Crime. Item 10 in the York county supply bill has been changed to read as fol- , lows: "Item 10. Twelve hundred, ($1,200) dollars, if so much be necessary, may be used by the sheriff in policing the county and in detecting crime and enforcing the law by special or regular constables, in the discretion of the sheriff, the same to be paid out on verified accounts approved i by the board of county commissioners." Crimson C over. Mr. E. C. Falls, an experienced crimson clover grower of the King's Creek section, said yesterday that this has been a rather bad season for this crop. He has a good stand in places; but , generally the crop is disappointing. He says, however, that there are going to be enough gcod stands throughout J the county to establish the value of crimson clover, and more will be sow- ' ed next year. There is no danger of ' the black eye hat would have been caused by a genjral failure. i Rock Hill Commission Bill. The bill to allow Rock Hill to vote on the commission form of government which passed the house over the governor's veto on last Friday night, was on Wednesday passed by the senate by a rate of 31 to 1, the dissenting vote being cast by Senator Sharpe. Before the vote on the bill, Senator McLaurin announced that the governor had vetoed the bill originally merely for tne sake of consistency, and had no objection to its passage over his veto. County Commissioners. The county board of commissioners held its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, paid a number of claims and gave audience to committees on road propositions. Bethel and Clover people desire some work done on the Bethel road out of Clover, and the board is considering the matter favorably. Delegations from Yorkville and Rock Hill made argument for the improvement of the lower Yorkville ana mock till! roaas, Bomeumea uuieu the Air Line or direct road. The upper road was not represented, and no positive action was taken in regard to the matter. Mrs. D. B. McCarter Dead. Mrs. David B. McCarter died at her home seven miles northwest of Yorkvtlle Tuesday morning following a long illness. Pellagra is supposed to have been the cause of her death. Mrs. McCarter, who before her marriage was Miss Elvie Quinn, was seventyfour years of age and had been a resident of the community in which she died, practically all her life. She was for many years a member of Bethany A. R. P. church, at which the funeral services were conducted on Wednesday morning, by her pastor, Rev. W. P. Grier. The deceased is survived by her husband and two daughters, Mrs. Jas. Ferguson and Mrs. William Falls, both residents of York county. Death of J. B. Wilkie. Mr. J. Baxter Wilkie died at the home of his parents in Hickory Grove yesterday morning at 6 o'clock of tu berculosls alter an illness or tnree months. The funeral service took place In the Baptist church of Hickory Grove this morning at 10 o'clock, the services being conducted by Rev. J. H. Machen, the pastor, assisted by Revs. Pressley and Hardy, and the Interment was In Hickory Grove cemetery. The deceased was a son of Mr. W. G. and Mrs. Laura J. Wllkie. who with one sister. Miss Ella Wilkle survive him. Mr. Wllkie was 32 years of age, and was a member of the Hickory Grove Baptist church, being a member of the board of deacons of which he was clerk. He was never married. Fur Bearing Animals Scarcer. Mr. J. R. Deas, of Filbert R. F. D. No. 1 was In The Enquirer office on business Wednesday, and as a matter of some Interest, he was asked about his luck in the trapping business. Mr. Deas will probably be remembered by many of our readers as the most skillful trapper in the county. He is a farmer and a hard working farmer at that, by occupation; but still he has fairly earned the reputation suggested. He got his knowledge and skill mainly from books and papers, and by personal experience. In reply to questions he said that he had not been doine a great deal of trapping for several years, mainly because fur bearing animals have grown scarcer and because the price has declined. During several seasons he captured large numbers of minks, one winter taking as many as twenty-five in two weeks. Then the skins were worth from three to five dollars each. He has never taken an otter, he says. He caught one on Allison Creek, near Hand's mill a few years aero: but his chain was not strong enough and the otter got away with his trap. Mr. Deas says that musk rats are growing scarcer than they use to be, and as their skins are worth only about 60 cents each, they are not worth wasting time on for commercial purposes. He says that" there are about as many weasels in this section as there are minks, and he used to catch them very frequently: but their skins are not very valuable. He has never run upon a skunk, which is a very beautiful little animal with a highly prized pel* and which was formerly more or ltss abundant in this locality. He has caught an occasional 'possum in a trap: but has never been able to take a coon. Mr. Deas is of opinion that fur bearing animals generally are scarcer than they were several years back; but if prices were better, he could still get some profit as well as pleasure but of trapping during that portion of the winter when there is little else to be done. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8 ? Spartanburg, March 4: While going through a negro settlement In the rear of Kennedy street late last night, Steven Kirby of Pacolet, a cousin of Representative Kirby of this county, was assaulted and left in an unconscious condition. He was taken to a local hospital, where it was found that he had sustained a fractured skull. He died this afternoon at 5.15 o'clock. The police have arrested two . negroes whom they suspect of being connected with the assault. ? Gaffney, March 4: A case of statewide interest, which is fixed for trial on March 9, will be that of J. H. Buice vs. the Limestone Printing and Publishing company. This is the case which was brought by J. H. Buice against E. H. DeCamp for damages for publishing certain matters against him which Buice claims were false. The late George A. Rembert, of Richland, was of counsel for plaintiff in the case. Mr. DeCamp has employed Butler & Hall and G. W. Speer, of the local bar, and Attorney Robert Welch, of Columbia, to represent him. The alleged false statements were made in the Gaffney Ledger some time last year. Buice the plaintiff, was appointed by Governor Blease as one of the supervisors of registration for Cherokee county some time ago. ? A. D. Oliphant, house reporter for the Columbia State, on Wednesday night apologized for his personal difficulty with Representative W. S. Rogers, Jr., of Spartanburg, after the house had adopted the minority report. ui nits uuiiiiiuiiee nidi niveou^ttitru nits affair and reectjed the minority report. The minority report would have required the giving of a reprimand to Mr. Oliphant. C. C. Wyche, the Blease floor leader, made a strenuous effort to have the minority report adopted, and Representative Irby of Laurens attacked the local paper In his argument in favor of punishment for Mr. Oliphant. In his statement, made on the floor of the house, Mr. Oliphant said he was sorry that the incident occured, but felt that he was resenting a personal insult. His apology was directed to the house and not the Spartanburg member. The galleries and members applauded the statement of the reporter. The matter was discussed for some time and was another of the exciting incidents of an extremely tense legislative evening in the house. ? Columbia, March 4: The senate tonight sustained Governor Blease in his veto of the medical inspection bill and thus the act fails to become law. It provided for a mild form of medical inspection of the school children of the state. This is the second time the legislature has passed a medical inspection law and the governor's veto has been sustained. The house and senuie ovenuue me tuvcmui a vciu on the portions of the county supply bill. The senate killed all second and third reading bills on the calendar tonight carrying the two-cent rate bill and other important measures, but the general assembly was unable to adjourn sine die as expected. The appropriation bill was sent to the governor but the senate, seeing the possibility of getting away, even if the ! bill were returned was unlikely until late, decided to return tomorrow morning at 10.30 o'clock, after remaining in session close to the midnight hour tonight. Important bills that died on the calendar under the motion to kill all second and third reading bills include the Charleston high license measure, the compulsory education bill, the Fortner bill as to whites teaching in negro schools and 90 other measures of lesser importance. HOT TIMES IN THE HOUSE Governor Blease Denounces Alleged Misrepresentations. FIST FIGHTS NARROWLY AVERTED Feeling Outraged at the Columbia Record's Report of the 8peechea of Meters. Stevenson and Barnwell, the Governor Goes on the Floor of the House to Answer in Person and the Outcome Grows Exoiting. News and Courier, Thursday. Columbia, March 4.?Perhaps the most remarkable scene ever enacted on the floor of the house of representatives of South Carolina was witnessed tonight. The governor of the state was literally pulled out of the house with his coat off ready for the affray. He was mad through and through and made freqnent use of the lie and whatever occurred to him. There came near being two real fights. The main attack?and it was red-hot until it sizzled?was directed against Mr. W. F. Stevenson, who stood his ground and made it plain that he did not apologize for anything he had really said in the debate on the asylum issue. After the sizzling message delivered from the speaker's stand by the governor in person, and when he was retiring from the hall, Mr. Stevenson wanted to meet him and tell him that he wished tp make it plain that he had not apologized, for he had nothing for which to apologize. Friends thought there was to be a fight, for the challenge had been made, and the governor pulled off his coat, and friends pulled at him and Mr. Stevenson. and the governor was literally carried out of the house and down to the executive chamber, while Mr. Stevenson was held. He said he had no idea of picking a fight, but that he could take care of himself. "Jumps On" Barnwell. Besides Mr. Stevenson the governor harbored a protest against Mr. N. B. Barnwell, of the Charleston delegation, who had also been quoted in connection with the debate on the resolution relative tq the asylum investigation. At one time he said he would attend to Mr. Barnwell later on, and referred to him as a "Haakellite." After the Stevenson issue Mr. Barnwell arose and asked for a ruling as to whether the speech of the governor was really a message, as he understood from the Constitution that a message should be either upon the "State or conditions of the state or upon expedient legislation." and that the speech was neither. Thereupon the governor said: "Cowards always hide behind technicalities." Mr. Barnwell, who had been standing at his desk, immediately started for the governor and said: "Well, we will settle this right now." The governor seemed willing and Mr. Barnwell was fast getting towards the speaker's stand; in fact, he was on the steps when he was tugged back by his friends, and soon fifty members were around trying to quiet things. Mr. Barnwell returned to his seat upon the persuasion of his friends and both he and the governor agreed that tney would De wining 10 meet eacn other at any time and "handle it." How It All Cam* About. The fur flying incident waa something like this: Several days ago Mr. Kirby of Spartanburg, a stanch supporter of the govrnor, offered a resolution asking the present investigating committee to make a specific report as to whether or not the charges made in the Tillman letter about the asylum were true or not, and stating that the committee had not made a full and frank report. If the committee did not make this supplementary report then a new report was asked on these specific questions. Mr. Nicholson offered a substitute for the Kirby resolution, that the comihittee be heartily thanked for its report and the spirit of its findings and be dismissed from further service. This substitute was today idopted after long argument. Mr. Stevenson made the main argupnent in defence of the original report, and it was in this speech that he said the things about which the contention arose. The local afternoon paper published a skeleton of the speech, and it seems that certain parts of the speech quoted Mr. Stevenson incorrectly or without explaining that what he said was from the record of the testimony and not his direct statement. Some time after the house met the governor appeared on the floor and the sergeant-at-arms announced: "A message from the governor." The formal announcements were made and Speaker Smith presented the governor, who. with the newspaper in hand, mounted the rostrum and lit right into things. Tells Governor, "Sit Down." Some one said "sit down," and half a dozen members made a dive for the man who had cried "sit down" to the governor, and the visitor was hustled out. Then Mr. Pringle Youmans wanted to know if such things were really "messages." and he and the governor had a set-to, but the governor finally apologized to Youmans, saying that he had misunderstood his purpose in making the point of order, and in this the governor said to Mr. Youmans: "Why can't I deliver a personal message to the house as your cousin, Woodrow Wilson, does?" Mr. Youmans insisted that he was not related to President Wilson. But the Youmans incident passed off altogether pleasantly, but with the governor's temperature about 106, judging from his language. The whole thing was so unexpected that no special preparation was made for a stenographic report of the extraordinary message, but the very best obtainable stenographic report is given. It is not altogether full, but was made by a disinterested stenographer on the speaker's stand and gives a pretty good idea of the text of the lurid events. Governor Starts In. "Now, Mr. Speaker," said the governor, "I read from the Columbia Record the speech of the gentleman?no. I won't say gentleman, I can't say that, I will say from the member from Chesterfield. I hope that will soak in. I mean it. and I am responsible for it as Cole L. Blease, in this place and anywhere else. He stood here and he stated things false as the hinges that swing the gates of hell, and I will prove it. That is why I am here. I read from the argument from the gentleman from Chesterfield:" Here he read an extract from the Record's report of the speech today and said: "This is the North Carolinian who was beat by 'X' Gunter, and who while speaker of this house >>tw it reprrsvmauvc ui iuc ocauuaiu Air Line." Mr. Stevenson then got up quietly from his seat and said: "I am prompted to say I have not yet read this report in the Record and do not know whether I am correctly reported or not. Read it again?" he asked. The governor read the extract again and remarked: "If you don't like what I say " "Lied On Me," Says Blease. "Mr. Stevenson undertook to argue with the governor about the report and then the governor said: "You lied on me; I never cast a single aspersion on this woman." Mr. Stevenson went on to explain that all he attributed to the governor was to read extracts from the official record and he could prove it by Mr. Kirby, the author of the original resolution. "I have reached the point tonight," said the governor, "where I will not allow people to He on me. 1 have taken It before this because I was in a fight and for others and a cause, but I ^ am sick and tired of it and it has got to stop." Mr. Stevenson remarked that he was not to be bullied. He knew what he had said and he stuck to the official record and that was all, and he could not understand what the governor was reading anyway. When Mr. Stevenson said he was not ^ to be bullied the governor said some- ^ thing about meeting him or getting a beating himself, and if he got licked he would take his medicine, but he wanted people to quit lying on him. Mr. Stevenson wanted the governor to point out what he was objecting to. The governor read again: * Governor Reads Again. "We found that Governor Blease in September aent for Dr. Babcock to get clear of Dr. Saunders. We learned that Mary Baker Blackburn was slated for hfer position and that it was desired to have Dr. Saunders resign. Babcock then offered his resignation, if they put the weight of a feather upon Dr. Saunders. "At first the committee didn't know ~ I what they were hitting at. Later they saw wnat tney were aiier. "What did Governor Blease think was the important matter in the entire Investigation? You will see that half the pages devoted to the star chamber session of December 12 show efforts to % cast aspersions upon one of the noblest ladies in South Carolina. She graduated with first honors. It was shown that the trouble in the asylum was that they were all men, trying to cast reflections on one of the women of our state. "Does anyone mean to say that when the committee investigated these reflections upon a woman and swept them away they didn't do their duty?" 4B> The two latter paragraphs were read and credited to Mr. Stevenson, but the newspaper report indicated the paragraphs to be part of Mr. Barnwell's reported argument, and later the governor admitted that he had read from the wrong place in the paper, as he was so mad about the whole report Again the "Lie." Mr. Stevenson secured the floor and read from the official evidence. Mr. Stevenson added: "I quoted the record. You were present when the record was read. I said Dr. Babcock said he was sent for by you and that the ^ governor waa out or town, etc." '1 only referred to the part which waa stated by Dr. Babcock in your preaence that day. That ia all I stated about that, and I said to bring that into thia report would be injecting politics and reaching conclusions." ? The governor said hotly: "The man w who said that position waa offered to Dr. Mary Blackburn lies." Mr. Stevenson: "I quoted the record." Governor Blease replied: "I accept your statement" Mr. Stevenson: "Governor, I I-ead the very words right there." Governor Bleaae: "Mr. Stevenson, your committee refused to report on the very matters that would have been covered by that" Mr. Stevenson: "Governor, the statement I made was in reference to that very matter, and we did not go ? into that phase of the contention, be- w cause that was a firebrand, and would have divided this house. The statement which the governor made should be withdrawn." 8ays Heard Himself Abused. The governor went on to say: "Mr. ^ Speaker, I will do the gentleman Jus- ^ tice. If I have ever done a man an Injustice I don't know it, and if I ever went back on a friend I wish I was in hell. If It is so, Mr. Speaker, I will turn this to a message. Oentlemen of the house of representatives. I have stood on the outskirts of your house and heard my name called in sarcasm, ridicule and abuse. I have said nothlng, except once or twice, to attempt In my feeble way to dictate to some friend of mine some feeble reply." Mr. Stevenson: "If the governor will permit, until today, I have never referred to him." Mr. C. C. Wyche: "I think the gov- ernor ought to be allowed to present his message. Speaker Smith: "The chair will not recognize any member. The Constitution provides that the only ground, which the governor himself realizes, he can be present in the house is as follows: (Reads from Constitution). The chair realizes his excellency, the governor, is here for that purpose, and for that purpose he ;?as the right to communicate his message." "Insults" and "Apologias." Governor Blease continuing: "Mr. Speaker, the member from Chesterfield has stated that he has not during this session endeavored to reflect upon the governor. Tou, gentlemen, know &r whether that statement is true or not; he makes it as an honorable man and I must accept it. If a man insults you and comes and apologizes for the insult you must accept it or you will prove yourself not to be a gentleman. If a man does you an injustice and apologizes he has done all he can do. It is your duty to accept his apology. When I picked this paper up and read it tonight and saw the injustice that had been done me in it, I would not sit still, and I made up my mind to W come on this desk and say what I had to say regardless bf circumstances or results. The member from Chesterfield has stated that paper possibly has not done him justice, and that he has been quoting from testimony. "Now, gentlemen, I did not seek this * matter. The senior senator from South Carolina saw fit to reflect on my friends by attempting to say we had attempted to sell certain property, which my friends kept from being: sold. Billy Irby and Howard Moore, both my good true friends, stood on this floor and fought to sustain my veto, and it was sustained by a very small margin. Those who are opposed to me, men like Mr. Kibler and Mr. Belser, the authors of that bill, fought to force it over my friends. Now as to that committee, why didn't they And " that Blease, instead of trying to sell that property, was trying to keep it from being sold? i n^) auiu Dicuac ut&u uueiiipieu iu oust Dr. Babcock from the asylum, when the records will show that Dr. w Babcock resigned to me. and I told him to hold on. They said I was trying to oust Dr. Saunders, and Dr. Saunders, herself, came to my office and asked if she should reapply. When the board of regents met they tried to put Dr. Saunders out, and 7 said to the board of regents, 'Gentlemen, don't you put Dr. Saunders out,' and the board of regents, at my request, retained Dr. Saunders. Dr. Babcock would have been out on his own resignation, and Dr. Saunders would have been out if it had not been for Governor Blease. "Now, it could have been very easily said that Governor Blease and hla satellites, as Tillman calls them, were not trying to sell that property. They could have found that Dr. Saunders would have been turned out the first f day of July, but Governor Blease is the man who stepped in the breach and said keep Dr. Saunders in this institu tion. rnai is ine testimony. .\one 01 these gentlemen on that committee will deny It. "Now here, on the floor of this house, in discussing a resolution introduced by my friends, and discussing a substitute offered by a member who was not my friend, but in discussing that resolution they took me up and made me a personal issue in this matter, trying to hold up to the people of South Carolina that the governor of this state had attempted to oust Dr. Babcock, and to smirch this woman. "Now, gentlemen, I did not propose to rest under it. When I picked this paper up I could not stand it. You will remember I was painted as a buzzard flying across the state, on each of my wirgs was marked 'graft, perjury and corruption.' I was painted in the papers standing with one arm around a blind tiger and another arm around a murderer. I took it because ^ I was making a tight for my friends, ^ and I knew if I went down my friends would go down. My friends can take care of themselves tonight, and I don't propose to take it any longer. "I have taken enough, and this is the point. If the house can't protect ^ me. I will protect myself. If you can excuse a little newspaper reporter from slapping a member of your house when the Constitution of your state makes it a heinous ofTence, certainly you can excuse me from standing at the bottom of the steps, and beating I won't say it; I have too I