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Scraps and facts. ? Governor Blease has granted a courteous request from Governor Craig of North Carolina, to allow North Carolina troops to pass through the state on the way to the encampment in Augusta. In his letter to Governor Craig. Governor Blease calls attention to the provision of the Constitution, which reads as follows: "No armed military force from another state, territory or district shall be permitted to enter the state for the purpose of doing military duty therein without the permission of the governor." From this Governor Blease points out that since the militia is merely to pass through without stopping, no permission is necessary; but if Governor Craig wants permission anyway, he grants it with pleasure. ? Juarez. Mexico, July 16: "I would much prefer that Huerta had remained in the presidential chair in Mexico City until we could get our hands on him," Gen. Villa said here when he learned of Huerta's resignation. "That is the only comment I care to make," he added. "I am a nMlw And do not care to express my opinion of the traitor's resignation." A military band played martial airs outside Villa's headquarters as the news of Huerta's resignation was spread about. Villa probably will remain at the border two or three days. There is speculation here regarding which Constitutionalist troops would be first to enter Mexico City. Forces under Gens. Aguilar and Obregon are nearest the goal, but Villa officials thought troops of all divisions would be represented in a triumphal entry. Villa's army cannot be moved southward for several weeks. ? Mexico City, July 15: Gen. Victoriano Huerta resigned from the provisional presidency of the Mexican republic today and his resignation was accepted by the senate and chamber of deputies by a vote of 127 to 17. Francisco Carbajal then was appointed president, and took the oath of office at the joint session of the deputies and senators. Huerta's resignation was submitted through the department of foreign relations. It was read in the house and was greeted with cries of "Viva Huerta." It then was referred to the joint committe of gobernacion. After brief consideration the committees reported, accepting the resignation in the following terms: "Article 1. We accept the resignation presented by Gen. Victoriano Huerta as president of the Mexican United States. Article 2. We call Licentiate Francisco Carbajal, minister or roreign remnuna, iu aoou*.*^ the presidency." A ballot was taken and the joint session approved the report. President Carbajal proceeded to the national palace under an escort of presidential guards, and all along the way was greeted with tumultuous cheering. ? Cotton consumed during June was 445,635 bales, exclusive of linters, compared with 4 41,157 in June last year, the census bureau announced on last Tuesday. Consumption for the ten months ending June 30, was 4,745,390 bales against 4,588.729 last year. Cotton on hand June 30, in manufacturing establishments was 1,154,407 bales compared with 1,203,470 a year ago and in independent warehouses 630,729 compared with 609,360 a year ago. Exports during June were 295,539 bales, against 223,921 last year, and for the ten months 8,767,371 against 8,403,OS a year ago. Imports were 47.010 bales, against 8,019 last year and for the ten months 22,227,413 against 210,364 a year ago. Cotton spindles active during June numbered 30,938,752 against 30,046,121 a year ago. Linters consumed during June was 26,954 bales against 25,355 a year ago; and for the ten months 254,155 bales against 251,629 last year; on hand in -* -*? ? ?i-i:?i-eesiQ manuiacTunng csiauiisiiiiirmc bales against 81,845 a year ago, and in independent warehouses 33,1 So, against 40,877 a year ago. Linters exported during June were 23,409 bales, and for the ten months, 249,966 bales. ? Thousands of national banks have already replied to Secretary McAdoo's letter asking the opinion of bankers throughout the country as to the advisability of lending government funds to banks to move crops. Many bankers urge the lending of government funds, as was done last year, when about $37,000,000 was loaned to the banks by the treasury department. Mr. McAdoo also asked a number of other questions in his general letter. He sought advice as to the best centres for distribution of the money and the localities where it would be most needed. Clerks now are busy tabulating the replies. It now seems unlikely that the Federal reserve board will be organized immediately and Secretary McAdoo will not have its advice in arranging for crop movem,mov While the three mem bers of the board already confirmed will be sworn in before July 21, it is probable the board will not be called to meet as a body until after confirmation of the other two members. It is generally believed that Milton C. Elliott, secretary of the organization committee, will bo retained by the board as legal adviser. Mr. Elliott also had been mentioned as successor to Charles S. Hamlin as the assistant secretary of the treasury. ? When its breech-locking device has been perfected at Watervliet arsenal. the great 16-inch gun. the biggest piece of ordnance in the world, which has just been shipped from Sandy Hook proving grounds, will be practically ready for service on the Panama canal fortifications, says a Washington dispatch. The carriage for this giant gun is now under construction at the Watertown, Mass.. arsenal. It probably will be taken back to Sandy Hook for tests after being mounted and will not be ship ped to Panama before next spring. Some idea of the tremendous power of this gun. destined to protect the Pacific entrance to the Panama canal, may be formed from the fact that it is 50 feet long, weighs 142 tons and lires a projectile about six feet long. The projectile itself weighs a ton and Is discharged by 665 pounds of powder. It requires eight men to carry the powder charge. This gun has a maximum range of from 22 to 23 miles, or half the distance between New York and West Point. The elevation permitted by its carriage will enable the gun to fire a projectile about 11 miles across the Pacific ocean. It has sufficient power, theoretically. to pierce two feet of the best armor at the muzzle. At 11 miles, the gun is calculated to pierce a 12inch armor plate, or any side armor float. When a shell leaves the- gun it is revolving around its axes at about 4,000 revolutions per minute and develops a pressure of 3S,onO pounds, to the square inch. The pressure to the rear on the gun and forward on the projectile amounts to 7.600.000 pounds. The projectile's velocity of 2.250 feet per second gives a muzzle energy of somewhat more than 84.000 foot tons?that is. an energy capable of raising 12 tons one foot every second. Army ordnance oHieers believe the gun will be a tremendous instrument of peace when it finally is in position on the canal. ? Fighting and bloodshed are over in Mexico, if the plans announced at Monterey. yesterday, by General Venustiano Carranza, first chief of the Constitutionalist army, go into effect. General Carranza declared his main object now would be to conduct negotiations for the Constitutionalists to enter Mexico City and establish their government without further disorder, shedding of blood or damage to property. How these negotiations would be arranged, Carranza declared he had not yet deti rmined. He was unable to say at this time whether they would be conducted through the Argentine, Frazil and Chile mediators or direct with the Federals. Cnconditional surrender, however, will be the only condition on which these negotiations will be sueCmitjiiv/m made that Iilaill to newspapermen who talked with him tudav. II" declared that the "reforms for which the Constitutionalists fought must he obtained at whatever cost." "The resignation of General Huerta and the substitution of Carbajal in itself will not cause the Constitutionalists to compromise on a single point, the principles upon which the movement was founded," declared Carranza. "If the government machinery through which those ends may be obtained is not surrendered voluntarily by the party of Htp rta. they would be obtained by force." Hecitu.se of the effort to make the installation of the Constitu tionalist government a peaceful one, Carranza said it would probably be a month before he entered Mexico City. He stated that he did not believe Carbajal was strong enough to handle effectively the reins of power passed over to him by Huerta, if the latter had left the republic for the island of Cueracao. as was reported here today from tin* United States. Carranza said he thought Carbajal or any man in the civil life would find the situation most difficult and he expected that the new president would open negotiations with him at once. Telegraph service with Mexico City would be resumed at once, he announced. In view of the situation facing Carbajal, Carranza declared it might be necessary to send Constitutionalist troops to Mexico City to preserve order and that such a situation was being prepared for. <Thf ^lotkvillf inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE. S. C.: FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1914. The need of the the hail storm sufferers is great, much greater than is likely to be supplied in full; but every little that may be contributed will help that much, and many small contributions will help much more. The different committees having charge of the various funds, will no doubt try to work together in harmony and secure as equitable a distribution as possible. It looks very much as if President Wilson has won out in Mexico without having to go to war. The elimination of Huerta, it seems, will simplify matters wonderfully. Of course peace has not yet been restored, and a final set tlement on a basis of the real sentiments of the Mexican people is probably still a Ions way off; but anyhow the situation is much better than it would have been had the United States gone to war. Congressman Finley's bill to appropriate $60,000 for the benefit of the York county hail sufferers is a proper measure. We justify it on the ground that if the Salem, Mass., fire sufferers, or the Mississippi flood sufferers are entitled to government aid, then certainly the hail sufferers are entitled to government aid. We think Mr. Finley is entitled to credit for having made the effort and we hope he will be successful in getting the bill through; but we are not looking for anything of the kind. If he fails it will not be due to anv lack of efficiency on his part; but rather to the opposition of representatives who do not believe in the principle of the thing, and who will put obstacles in the way, a thing that is comparatively easy under the circumstances. If the bill does go through then Mr. Finley will be deserving of extraordinary credit, which we are sure he will receive. Our main purpose in expressing a full and frank opinion on this proposition is to emphasize the fact that people will do well not to allow the pending bill to influence them in holding back contributions that they would otherwise feel inclined to make. Let the contributions come on. If the appropriation goes through, then so much the better, and if it does not go through then such contributions as may have been made in the meantime, will be worth just that much. How are we going to get the truth about these campaign meetings. For instance on their own account some of the correspondents say that the Ander son meeting was antl-Blease ana pro Smith, with Pollock a favorite, and describe the anti-Blease procession as a tremendous affair. Then they quote Governor Blease as saying from the stand that the procession included 89 men and 23 women, while the governor's friends had given out 600 Blease badges and were unable to supply the demand, it is indeed difficult to tell what to believe and what not to believe. The Anderson Drily Mail which has a well earned reputation for truth, has this to say in its issue of Thursday : It was a mighty good campaign meeting that we had in Anderson on Wednesday. The candidates were in good form and the crowd was in a good humor. Each speaker received enough applause to feel encouraged, and each received enough heckling to add spice to the proceedings. There was a marked absence of rancor and bitterness on the part of the It n vtirv notiOPAhl^ faot |KU)UC. ?i .? . v .t. that voters are thinking this year: they are studying the different candidates and their records and promises. There is a sincere desire to get the best man for the senate. And this is as it should be. The people are honest, and their judgment, rendered upon a fair representation of the facts and without bitterness, is the thing that all of us want. We will all tie content with that, whether we get the man of our own particular choice or not. Candidate Jennings appears to have worked himself into considerable heat at the Abbeville meeting over The Enquirer's recent editorial analysis of the 1'lan of Battle in the senatorial campaign. We are reproducing the Columbia State's report of the incident. As to whether the "Mayor of Sumter,'* is correctly reported, we do not know: but if he is correctly reported, he has contributed further circumstances to back up that which has already become a pretty general conclusion. For instance where we used the word "possibly," Mr. Jennings is made to render it prooauiy, una rruBmiuiK mui ........ disclaims any intention of going beyond exceedingly plausible speculation, is designated as "charges." We would be very much gratified to see Cedar Springs pet $.">,000; but even if we should prove what we believe to be the truth, we are doubtful as to whether that institution would ever benefit on that account. And as to retiring from the race, we just hope Mr. Jennings wont do anything of the kind?he is so interesting and he is doing so much good for his state. Price of Advertising. We are not hunting any controversy with anybody on the subject tind we are not going t>> have one; but because * 1 w.u..ni;itliins that '"I IU!II"I> .< < Illi.il. |>irr. are put :iilii.it from time to time, we want to sav a few words about advert is j tic. We know it is a fact that from time to time interested parties try to make it appear that Tile Kinpiircr chances more for advertising, especially legal advertising, than <]<> other papers of the county, and occasionally there is attempt to justify the use of other papers of less circulation, instead of The Kiupiirer. on this ground. Now, as we have said many a time before, we repeat, that we are not asking for any legal advertising or any ofticial advertising from any lawyer or official as a favor, and we are not goinn to do so. We do not look upon such things as favors. We consider it strictly a business proposition, and the lawyer or official who sends legal or official advertising to this office with the idea of getting any other return than value received on a strictly business basis, will make a mistake. Hut in this connection we want to make just one little remark, and that is this. No lawyer or official has any moral right to place any advertising of which he has the direction, on any other than a value received basis. If an official uses official advertising to aid a favorite newspaper that is unable to give value received, he is taking an improper advantage of the public he represents, and if a lawyer does the same thing, he is taking the same kind i.f nrlvnntnL'C of clients. Now then to the proposition referred to in our opening paragraph. The price to be charged for legal and official advertising is iixed by law. It is fixed so definitely that any individual of reasonable intelligence, whether lawyer, printer or layman, ought to be able to comprehend it. There are records in the office of the clerk of the court, showing the price that has been paid for every advertisement that has ever been printed under the direction or authority of that office. The same is true of the office of the county supervisor, and there are newspaper files that contain all the official and legal advertising that has been printed in this county at least during the past sixty years. The records referred to will not show that The Yorkville Enquirer has ever charged one cent more for a legal or* official advertisement than the law allows, and these same records will show numerous instances where other papers of the county have charged a great deal more for the identical advertising than The Enquirer has charg ed. On the other hand these records will show very few, if any instances, where any other paper has ever charged less for the same advertising than The Enquirer has charged. As we have said, this is not a matter of controversy. It is simply a statement of fact. If any newspaper has charged more for legal advertising than the law allows, it is a matter for the grand jury rather than for newspaper disputing, and so far as we are concerned we are perfectly willing to leave it to the grand jury. That The Enquirer gets more for commercial advertising than any other newspaper in this section, we are proud to admit; but at the same time we insist that there is not another paper in the state of South Carolina that gives the advertising patron more value for his money. OVER AT ABBEVILLE. Senatorial Campaigners Bring Up New Matter. The following is from the Columbia State's report of the campaign meet ink' at Abbeville last Tuesday; The campaign meeting here today was one continuous chain of unexpected features. The governor himself afforded the first, when he gave practically his entire time to a discussion of the parole of R. A. Richey, who was convicted of assault upon his 13year-old adopted daughter. Though the governor consumed 30 of his alloted 35 minutes in reading letters ;ind other manuscripts on which the parole was based, he said this was neither an explanation nor an apology. Nor was it, he said, to be considered as a reply to anything that had been said on the stump by his opponents, though this case was the high light in the Greenwood meeting last Saturday. He did this, he said, in answer to certain reports that had been circulated in Abbeville county, and if it had not been for this, he would not have come to Abbeville today. The governor said that Richey, though technically paroled, was out on a $5,000 bond, and that he could be re-incarcerated at any time, ana would be when his health so improved that it would not impose a burden on the state to keep him in the penitentiary. Mr. Jennings added another feature when he read editorial comment from The Yorkville Enquirer to the effect that Messrs Jennings and Pollock had entered the campaign according to a carefully prearranged plan to help Senator Smith and that the selfish motive behind it was "probably money?expenses paid from some other source, and a good bonus in addition." The speaker said that :f the author was a gentlerrlan he would furnish the proof as to the prearrangement or retract it with same publicity. Mr. Jennings declared that otherwise the writer would show himself a liar. The charge about money he denounced bitterly. The mayor of Sumter offered to withdraw from the race, and in addition to subscribe $5,000 to the deaf and dumb institute at Cedar Springs if the editor will furnish proof of his assertion. Mr. Pollock, in raking through the "records" again today, mentioned an other memoer 01 tne govemur b sum. This latest discovery, according to the Cheraw candidate, is the son of the man who owned the Kingstree paper on which James L. Sims of Orangeburg, as a young man, set type. It was for this work that the governor st? strenuously objected to Mr. Sims' appointment as United States marshal. and over whic h he has gnashed his teeth on many stumps in the present campaign. This speaker today called for the first hand primary. After subjecting the governor's record to a savage grilling, he asked that all those who indorsed that record to show their hands. The speaker said about 15 shot up. When asked that all those who did not approve to raise their hands, there was a general Muttering of hats and waving of arms while the grove behind the court house echoed with applause. ? (Ireenville, July 15: T. M. Merchant, president of Monaghan millsI,. W. Parker, president of the Parker Cotton Mills company, which owns a controlling interest in the mill, and II. JO. Bates, superintendent of the mill. Tuesday afternoon met a committee representing the striking ope ratives of that mill ami talked over the trouble. The result of the conference was a mutual understanding of the attitude of each side. The mill management stated that it would let all former employes resume their work at the same wages and under the same conditions as before, and then after tin- resumption of work, would consider any petition which the operatives thought they should make. It wits stilted on good authority that the mill would resume work on Thursday morning, despite the differences of the representatives and the management. The trouble resulted from a conflict in the rules of the company and of the Industrial Workers of the World. The mill has been closed since last Thursday morning, w hen the employes of the weave room declined to make up lost time. ? There was a crowd of two thousand or more people at Anderson on last Wednesday, including many farmers, and partisanship was in evidence for both Hlea.se and Smith. There was a parade gotten up especially for Senator Smith, and lie rode at tin- head of the procession seated on a cotton bale. The parade included ten wagons carrying wives and daughters of farmers, and went twice around the public square. Just before the meeting commenced, Oovernor Blease and .Mrs. Blease appeared on tlie speaker's stand and were enthusiastically cheered. In the main the speaking was about the same as elsewhere, except that fJovernor Blease in attacking the rules said that they provided for a postponement of an election in ease of the withdrawal of a candidate. lie suggested that thenwas a plan on foot for one of the candidates in the present nice to withdraw in order to postpone the election, and he declared that if anything of that kind is attempted the result will be the warmest time politically that South Carolina has seen since Wade Hampton rode with the red shirts. Both Senator Smith and Governor Blease were cheered frequently and both received large quantities of tlowers. LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Lyric Theatre?Gives programme for next week, including several specially good pictures. Thomson Co.?Will continue its big clearance sale all of next week, and wants you to see its barguins. Kirk patrick - Belk Co.?Closes its sale tomorrow night, and calls attention to quite a variety of bargains. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Has hay wire and wants to supply your baling needs. W. \V. Jackson?Is announced as a candidate for reappointment to the office of county commissioner. It. M. Anderson?Ebenzer, is a candidate for appointment as township s j? .u.,? ?U|?rm?ui wi Him Yorkville Bargain House?Says it will give away 42-piece china dinner sets on Saturdays. J. J. Keller & Co.?Want to supply you with builders' hardware, lumber and building materials, paints, oils, etc. Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Says the last eight i ersons applying for insurance in the Mutual Benefit, are under 28 years old. Hugh T. Schockley, Spartanburg?Invites you to send for catalogue of the Hastoc school for boys. L. K. Williams. Probate Judge?Publishes citation of Mrs. Ella Scoggins, who is applying for letters of administration on estate of B. F. Scoggins, deceased. W. D. Grist, Chairman?Publishes an appeal for aid for the hail storm sufferers of York county. H. G. Brown, S. Y. C.?Gives notice of sale on salesday in August, of certain lands under tax execution. Wilkerson Merc. Co., Hickory Grove and McGill Bros., Yorkville Xo. 1 ?Sell Genasco ready roofing and will be glad to give you full information. See page four. There was very considerable interest in the case of Dr. J. E. W. Haile, of Rock Hill, charged with mal patrice. The case has been pending for quite a while and has caused a good deal of talk, as well as no little feeling. Various stories were in circulation about the matter and some of them looked very ugly. Solicitor Henry prosecuted the case with his usual vigor and made of the testimony everything that was in it; but the whole thing fell flat. The jury remained out about twenty minutes, long enough to consider everything that seemed to be entitled to consideration and returned a verdict of not guilty. Disinterested people who heard the testimony, are generally of the opinion that the jury was right; but there is still intense feeling over the matter. FOR THE HAIL SUFFERS. The following subscriptions have been received under the recent proclamation of Governor Rlease asking for help for people living in the stormstricken districts of York county: Gov. Cole L. Rlease, Columbia.? 25 00 1* M. Grist's Sons, Yorkville... 25 00 A. C. Kauffman, Charleston... 10 00 T. I>. Lash ley. Kollock, S. C.... 2 00 \V. A. Clark. Columbia 5 00 Jno. M. Williford, Yorkville... 5 00 IN THE STORM DISTRICT. A representative of The Enquirer went to Rock Hill yesterday, by way or the public road in an automobile, and again passed through a portion of the hail swept district, nine days after the storm. With the exceptions of the territory from the Peter Garrison old place to Ebenezer church, a distance of about a mile and a half, conditions showed signs of remarkable improvement. Several fields of cotton which showed no sign of green on last Friday, were beginning to put out leaves and look pretty good, and young corn that had been beaten into the ground had come out and was looking pretty good. Also new corn that had been planted after the storm was beginning to come up. But in the worst part of the hail swept belt, a stretch a mile and a half wide, there stood cotton stalks from ten to twelve inches high that showed no sign of life or promise of doing anything later. Some of the cotton and corn fields had been plowed up and were being sowed in peas, and there were signs of industrial activity all along the route. The alfalfa patches previously described as having been clipped so close " ' thoif hnvintr hbon UQPfl CIS IU OUnftrai uICT.I IIUII.-B - as pastures for geese, were coming out beautifully and showed a growth of three or four inches. The committee of the Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce had already distributed large quantities of seeds of different kinds and were still making strenuous efforts to get additional supplies. From reports it appears that many negroes have left the farms on which they were working, and although the farmers generally are recovering their spirits there is nothing to indicate that the extent of the calamity is less than has been reported. On the contrary the most conservative opinion is that the damage has been underestimated rather than overestimated. WITHIN THE TOWN ? The first wedding ceremony held in the new A. R. P. church was that of Wednesday evening, when the marriage 01 .>!!?? v> uimr uuvia v,mv>ford to Mr. Stuart S. Abell was solemnized, Hev. J. L. Oates officiating. It was a beautiful affair, one of the prettiest ceremonies ever witnessed by a large number of Yorkville friends and admirers. The church was artistically decorated in green and white. Miss Mary Starr presided at the piano and Mr. Russell McElwee on the violin, and the several selections rendered by these musicians preliminary to the marriage, were very delightful. The pretty ring ceremony was used, little Master Russell Crawford being the ring bearer. The ribbon bearers were Misses Alberta Pegram, Jean Crawford and Masters James Crawford and Mason Carroll. The ushers were Messrs. Frank C. Riddle, Dr. A. M. Harnett, J. It. Lindsay, Jr., and A. T. Hart. The bridesmaids and groomsmen were: Miss Lettie Abell and J. O. Moore, Jr.; Miss Carrie Cartwright and J. P. Moore; Miss Bessie Peg Titll] JUKI l". \> . *\ 11 K'Kt'ft, .u I w Murphy anil D. A. Bigger; Miss Fredrica Lindsay and Dr. S. O. Love; Miss Mary Curtwright and P. A. DesPortes; Miss Wilmore Logan and B. Abeil; Miss Frances Finley and X. C. McCorkle. Mrs. P. ('. Kiddle was dame of honor and Miss Louise (Suy lhe maid of honor. The bride whose wedding dress was of voile with tunics of real lace with pearl trimmings. was escorted to the altar by her brother. Dr. J. P. Crawford of Nashville, Tenn. There she was me', by the groom and his best man. Dr. K. K. Able. Following the ceremony a reception attended by numerous friends was held at the holm*. STORM RELIEF WORK. The committee designated by Oovernor Klease in his proclamation of last Tuesday, to receive and distribute such volunteer contributions as may be sent to it by the people of the state for the relief of the residents of the hail stricken districts of York county, met in the directors' room of the People's National bank of Rock Hill, yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of organizing and preparing for such work as might devolve upon it. All the members of the committee, except Mr. W. VV. Stanton, who was ill, were present, as follows: C. L. Cobb, John T. Roddey. W. B. Byers, Dr. T. N. t Dulin, R. M. Barnett, W. D. Grist. v Mr. W. D. Grist was chosen as chair- s man of the committee, and Mr. W. B. t Byers was elected secretary and treas- 1' urer, with Mr. C. L. Cobb as assistant. ? t)n motion, the chair was instructed to appoint a committe of two to take charge of the work of gathering exact C information as to the number and names of people who suffered loss, and c as near as possible the extent of the damage sustained by each. The motion d contemplated that the committee would cause to be made a complete canvass of c the storm swept belt, taking the names q of heads of families working farms, the number of plows run by each, the num- n ,?f nntton o r?r1 nt\rr\ ;i rwl I o other crops destroyed or damaged, and t such other information as may be y deemed necessary. The motion con- v templated that this work be paid for by the county, if the county board feels y warranted in doing so, and otherwise it c be paid for out of the relief funds. a Dr. T. N. Dulin and Mr. C. L. Cobb c were appointed to carry out the pur- y pose of the resolution. r All the members of the committee e expressed themselves as accepting the o duties imposed upon them, and as hold- a ing themselves ready and willing to o carry out the purpose of the governor's s proclamation to the best of their abil- n ity. p There being no further business, on t motion the meeting was adjourned, subject to the call of the chairman. v ABOUT PEOPLE } I( Mr. Prank Putnam of Yorkville, is visiting relatives in Woodruff, S. C. Mrs. L. George Grist is visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hammond, in Columbia. c Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Lewis and chil- v dren of Yorkville, are spending several j>( weeks at Montreat, N. C. Mr. S. Earle Grist has returned to Bennettsville, after a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Grist, in o Yorkville. h Dr, and Mrs. Jas. P. Crawford and children, of Nashville, Tenn., visited relatives and friends in Yorkville, this week. 11 Misses Marilla and Lucia Reid J1 Ewart and Master James Knox Ewart ? of Yorkville, are visiting relatives h and friends in Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Elmore Lightfoot of a Tampa, Fla., arrived in Yorkville last night for a visit to Mrs. Lightfoot's ? father, Mr. W. H. Herndon. 'v Mr. and Mrs. G. W. White of p Yorkville, spent Saturday and Sun- d day in Monroe, X. C., with Mrs. " White's brother, Mr. S. A. Warlick. d Mr. W. Hi. Walters and family of Ka- K napolis, N. C., are in Yorkville visiting e the families of Messrs. G. W., J. H. and v C. P. Sherer and other relatives and 1 friends. e Miss Mozelle Inman of The Enquirer staff, returned to her office yesterday ' after an absence of two weeks during J which she has been visiting relatives ?ir?rl frionrla ir? Mnrth Pnrnllnn ' "" 0 Mr. Harry C. Smith of Charlotte, y who has been on a visit to northern cities, is spending a few days with a Messrs. F. E. and B. F. Smith in q Yorkville, before returning home. n Messrs. A. L. and Ernest Smith, t Mesdames E. L. Farmer and E. R. ' Russell. Miss Aileen Farmer and n Martha Russell, left for their homes s at Little Rock, Ark., yesterday, after e spending a month with the family of v Mr. Jno. E. Carroll in Yorkville. Miss Louise Lilly, daughter of Mr. " and Mrs. J. C. Lilly of Filbert, won the $5.00 prize recently offered by Kirk- jj pat rick-Relk Co., to the person writing the words, "See Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.'s ^ Shoes" on a postal card the greatest _ number of times. Miss Lilly wrote the words 1,626 times on her card. _ a The following young people of York- tl ville chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. t< Wheeler Willis are attending a house w party at Piedmont Springs: Misses c, Mary Henley Willis, Miriam White, ti Louise Quinn: Messrs. Joseph and Mc- ? Cain Nichols, Carroll Grist, Percy b Berry. Miss Annie Lee Adams of Clo- ti ver, is also a member of the party. g Mr. William Moore, a Yorkville If boy, who about five months ago, join- a ed the United States navy, Is in York- ti ville, for a visit to the family of his n father, Mr. W. T. Moore. Mr. Moore b has completed the course of train- ti ing on the training ship Franklin, and now wears the stripe of an able tj seaman. He was allowed the present tl visit home on acount of good con- d duet and at the expiration of his time, ^ will go back to Norfolk, where he will ? probably be detailed to the battleship Kansas. FINLEY AND STEVENSON The congressional candidates on p, last Tuesday, opened the canvass of () the district at Chesterfieeld. The y following report of the first meeting n is from the Columbia State: The opening guns in the Fifth district congressional race were fired at Chesterfield court ho-use today, when A D. E. Finley, the incumbent, and his n opponent, W. F. Stevenson, spoke to n a small but interested audience. Owing to the fact that the farmers are delayed in their "laying by" work, a the attendance was small. T The meeting was called to order by ^ Al. J. HOUBn, me county cnciii muu. The Rev. J. L. Tyler of the Methodist ? church offered prayer. Mr. Fin ley spoke first. He told his a hearers of his record in the state tl legislature and senate and of his 16 s< years' work in congress Mr. Finley is vice chairman of the committee on tl postottices and post roads. He told si of his part in the work of the present v congress, giving an extended account X of the work of the committee of ci which he is a member. He twitted his opponent with the possible post- b office situation in Cheraw, Mr. Steven- ei son's home town, if Mr. Stevenson ti should be elected to congress, and <J Mr. Pollock, who is a candidate for i' the senate, should also be elected. Mr. tl Pollock's home is at Cheraw. Mr. tl Finley pleaded for party unity and a explained his vote on the Panama M canal tolls, claiming that standing by ti the platform adopted at Baltimore tl was of greater importance than stand- " ine by President Wilson. |\ Mr. Stevenson began his speech J1 with a pleasant and yet telling refer- " ence to some postofflce situations . with which, he said. Mr. Finley was ^ not dealing very successfully. Mr. Stevenson discussed Mr. Fin- ^ ley's record, severely taking him to task for his opposition to President w Wilson and the Democratic party in 11 the matter of canal tolls. He also criticised Mr. Finley's attitude in the . matter of mileage for the members J! of congress. Mr. Stevenson declared , his opposition to the continual yearly jl appropriations of large sums of money for creeks and river. He declared that he will work faithfully for good roads and at all times be inter- (( ested in everything which will be to the best interests of the people of the ' Fifth district. Mr. Stevenson reviewed his work 'ei as a legislator, telling of his work on cj several investigating committees and ., of his loyalty to the Democratic par- ., ty. ' n Several times Mr. Finley interrupt- ;l eil Mr. Stevenson, and every time Mr. f, Stevenson came back with it reply ,, which calico forth laughter and ap- Kl piu use. w . fl ATTENTION, VOTERS! w Every Democrat should vote in thp ei primary election, which will he held P this year on August 25. In order to vote, under the new rules, ,< every Democrat must go in person anil I. place his name upon the roll of his Democratic club, and he must enroll his name in fidl?not simply giving his .s, initials, hut enrolling his full name, H The last day for enrollment is Tuesday. July 28, 1914. Do not wait until the last day to enroll. You may he sick s that day, or the secretary may not he V found, or something else may happen ^ to prevent you from getting your name on. Enroll now. hi There is an erroneous impression jj' among some that a registration certificate and tax receipt are required in or- di der to enroll. You do not need a registration certificate or tax receipt. If you live in a town that has been sub-divided into two or more club dis- tl ricts, enroll in that sub-division in t'hich you live. In all other cases, mall towns, villages, and in the counry. enroll in the club whose voting lace is nearest to your residence, cat u luted by the nearest practicable oute. You are entitled to enroll and vote: If you became a resident of South Carolina before November 4, 1912; and If you became a resident of your oun?v before May, 1914; and. If you became a resident of your club istrict before June 25, 1914. Temporary residence out of the state, ounty or club district does not dislualify you. If you are properly enrolled, and novo from one club district to anothr, even though it be in another couny, within sixty days of the primary, ou can return to the club district ii rhich you are enrolled, and vote. If you come within the rules, go to our club secretary, or the person in harge of the roll, and enroll. If for ny reason the secretary or person in harge says you cannot enroll, demand our right. He is not the judge of your ight to vote?it is his duty to let you nroll. If you are refused the privilege f 111,,,. w> K.w.L- oo-nin wltVi o call. ble witness and demand your right nee more. It won't hurt to give the ecretary written notice of your detiand. If you are again refused, apeal to the county Democratic execuive committee. It is the duty of every white man fho is a Democrat to enroll and vote.. Enroll today, and go to the polls on he 25th of August, and cast your bal)t. HUMORS OF THE COURT Ordinarily one would not look to a lose, hot court room, where everybody fears long faces and where that tired eeling is common, for humor; but everless there are from time to time ashes of fun that smash the monotny for brief intervals, and provoke earty laughter from all present.. The present court of general sesions has been marked by many such lumorous incidents, some of thepi beng so funny that for a minute or so he hot weather was forgotten in the earty laughter. All these witticisms re not remembered long. In fact ardly any of them are. But here are few: An old negro witness was being exmined the other day by a prisoner fho was his own counsel. The witness roceeded to tell his story, while the efendant-lawyer would break in with, Now, didn't I tell you," or "didn't I o so-and-so." Finally the old witne^ ot tired of it: shook his head, stamp d his foot angrily and said, "Nigger, fhy don't you tell de truf." It was not he question that was funny, but rathr the way it was asked. In another case a negro testified that certain woman was physically unable i) attend court. There being some oubt in the minds of counsel, the nero broke out with, "Boss, if dat 'oman an move a peg, I'll come and work fer , ou all de year fer nuttin!" "How much whisky had you drunk?" sked the lawyer of a witness who laimed he was not drunk on a certain ecasion. "Oh. just a little drink or wo?about a pint," coolly returned the fitness. "You were raised in a comlunity where they make whisky?have ! een it all your life, haven't you?" askd the lawyer. "Yes, sir," returned the . fitness, "I was raised on a bottle." "What was Mr. Blank's size and how luch would he weigh?" asked the rosecutor of a case, the other day." Well, suh, I don't know. He was a ttle man like you, but"?and the wit- | ess wagged his head gravely and said i calm but decisive tone: "Tattle men feighs 'powerful' heavy sometimes." ( It is a known fact among lawyers , nd others who have had experience \ hat it is almost an impossible matter ( a prove a scene by means of a picture rhen a negro is the witness. Such a , ase occurred recently. Several pic- ( ares of the house and yard of a negro ho was a very important witness, had j een taken. The negro was called upon ( ) identify his premises by the photo- ; raphs. He took them in his hands. ( >oked at them, turned them around nd then repeated the action. His feaLires showed that he was puzzled. Flally he said: "Yas, dat's my house, ut I declar' ter goodness, hit ain't setn' right." A man was called on to testify as to ie character of another. He declared he other man to be dangerous. "How o you know: did you ever hear of him urting anybody?" he was asked. "Yes, Ir," stammered the character witness, he hu?hur?hurt me!" GENERAL SESSIONS. The court of general sessions was ngaged all of Tuesday in hearing the ?stimony in the case against Dr. J. E. lf. Haile of Rock Hill, charged with ml practice. The closing arguments nd Judge Moore's charge took up the reater part of Wednesday morning, fter a deliberation of about fifteen linutes, the jury returned a verdict of ot guilty. The next cases taken up were those gainst J. Ed Turney and Thad E. urney charged with the killing of J. 1. Wells and Pink Dover on the night f May 5. Although there were two indictments gainst the defendants, one for each of he men slain, by agreement of counel both cases were tried together. Thos. F. McDuw, Esq., represented j le defense and Solicitor Henry, asisted by John R. Hart, Esq., of York- j iile and C. Fred McMillan of King's lountain, N. C., conducted the prose- , ution. ( Not in the last few years has there een a case tried in the court of genral sessions for York, that has at acted as much interest as this case. ( wing to the fact that all the parties ( lvolved are more or less prominent in | le north-western part of York county. , ie case has caused much comment j nd citizens of all parts of King's | lountain township to the number of , ivo hundred or more were on hand for j le proceedings. There were friends of le dead men and of the defendants on and at all stages of the case, and lere were many who were friends of , nth parties. Many people from the section around ling's Creek and King's Mountain and ther sections across the state line ere present. Numbers of boys, 16 to r < years of age as well as older men. ere there. A great many of them had ever been to the county seat before, hich fact taken in connection with . le tremendous extra pressure of lay- 4 ig by time in the crops, emphasized '. le intensity of their interest. There ppeared to be very little partisanship, , owever, as about the most that any of j iem careu to say was an i warn is 10 . s*e justice done." The bijr crowd was too much for the : mporary court room. It tilled the { ^ats, desks, all available Moor space nd blocked up the doors and windows. ' single small electric fan was unliial to the task of keeping an appre- 1 iable air current stirring, and the . lace was hot and stutTy beyond exression. Collars and cuffs melted J ipidly, shirt fronts went ringing wet, nd because of the unbearable discom- . at Wednesday afternoon, his honor ' ot only ordered a short recess but 1 uve everybody permission to remove 1 leir coats, which permission was ' eely taken advantage of by jurors, ' itnesses, lawyers and others. After the arraignment of the prisonrs both sides exercised great care in 1 ieking the jury. The defense excused s leven as follows: R. W. Lowry, J. C. Wells. J. N. Mc- \ ill. I). D. Wright, W. T. Youngblood, j T. McAbee. A. It. Smarr, J. A. MIn- ' r. J. It. Quinn, D. T. Woods, H. C. 1 loore. 21 The prosecution excused: W. I. Bri- 1 m. J. D. Clark, B. M. Currence. w, T. r ...1 11 A Punrqn t (MIIIHuaiu, w. .-A. vvffM... The venire was Anally made up as illows with John S. Sandifer as forelan: H. Simril, J. M. Smarr, W. M. etzer, It. W. McPonnell, R. P. Carnes, R. Harper, Quinn Wallace, J. S. andifer, J. X. Hogue, W. T. IJfjon, T. . Lambert. J. A. Mills. A. A. Lockridge testified that he had fen summoned to the scene of the illinK by a son of Jim Mark, at whose nuso the tragedy occurred, about one clock. Roth Wells and Dover were pad; Wells's back pocket was turned ronK side out and Dover's watch was line and his hands were folded on his reast. Wash Harlow, was at the scene of le killinK when it occurred. Wells, he < said, had had trouble with J. E. Turney at the home of Well's brother a week before the killing in regard to a charge against Tom McCarter of selling whisky. Wells had drawn a rock on Turney and had driven him away. Turney went off cursing, he said. The witness told practically the same story he told at the inquest. He heard the shots but did not investigate. He slept beside a pine tree until nearly 2 o'clock when he got up, viewed the bodies of the slain men and went on home. A grilling cross examination resulted in a statement to the effect that he did not investigate the shooting because he thought probably tb shots came from officers who were after Dover and Wells. M. M. Paris, who was also with Dover and Wells the night they were killed said the party were drinking and had a gallon jug of liquor which he, Paris, had gotten from Wells. The witness said he and Dover had started to his father's house a distance of about six and one-half miles from his sawmill, meeting Wells and Harlow on the way. They had gone back to Mack's house because Wells wanted a match. Paris and Harlow remained in Faris's buggy while the other two went after the match. Some one called the wit 1 nt"?? ctnu wiien lie ^ui wimiii icu ictv of the men the shooting began. He ran around the house, got in his buggy and drove off. He had no pistol and did not know who killed Dover and Wells. The old negro Jim Mack, told almost identically the same tale he told the morning of the inquest. He returned home about 11 o'clock from Peeler's mill and heard loud talking and cursing in his yard. Wells asked him for a match. While searching in his house for a match there came a knock at the door. Soon after he opened the door the firing began. He saw Turney, senior, shoot twice, and saw two flashes of fire from the rear of the house. He sawtwo men fall. He did not see Thad Turney in the cluster of men about) the buggy in the yard. He asked the defendants if they were going to see whether the men in the yard were dead or not, and Mr. J. E. Turney said, "No, you go." He went back toward the house and did not know whether the Turne-ys went home or not. He did not know when Mr. Thad Turney got his lantern which was in the house, but it was gone next morning. Deputy Sheriff Rhodes of King's ? -1? vr A mountain. i>. (.esiiiieu niixL iic uau discovered a still on a branch a quarter of a mile from Jim Mack's house, two days after the homicide. He also fourd a keg of mash near the house of Wash Harlow. He did not of his own knowledge know whose property the still qnd mash were. The defense introduced several witnesses to testify as to the character of the deceased men. The testimony of J. Ed Turney was about like this: About an hour and a half before sundown. I left home with my son, Thad to go fishing on Clark's Fork four miles away. We put our mule up at Jim Mack's stable and went to the creek. We caught sixteen catfish and an eel, and about eleven o'clock, as well as I could guess, came back to Mack's house having no idea of any trouble or of meeting any one. My son was in front and we had a lighted lantern and came up the path in front of Mack's house. When we approached the house I heard some one say, "Give me your Klin, l warn 10 snoot mai ugni oui. Thad went to the house after his laprobes and went to turn my buggy around; the buggy being between the corner of the yard and Mack's wagon. Two men?J. K. Wells and Pink Dover?walked to the buggy and another man was at my back. I said, "stop boys, I'm not bothering you." The men were cursing and Dover got between the wheels. The man behind me had a pistol and said "stop, damn you!" I dropped the shafts I was holding and he fired. I then fired and he ran around the house still firing. When he fired the second time from the back of the house I was about twenty-five yards from Wells and Dover, firing at him. When I came back to the buggy I saw two men lying there, and my son asked me if I was shot. The whole affair occurred in a few minutes. Neither :>f us said anything to the men. Thad was standing about twenty feet from the fallen men when I returned to the buggy. The witness said his son had no pistol and that he did not know who carrie'd the baseball bat out to the stable. Thad Turney got his laprobe after the shooting. Both men hitched the mule to the buggy and reached home about 1 n'clnck Thnrt Tiimpv fniind a watch and chain dangling from a nut that holds the buggy top down, the following morning. The defendant was never nearer the dead men than at the buggy shafts. He carried a pistol on the fishing trip for fear of mad-dogs. The witness admitted having trouble with J. K. Wells a few days previous to the homicide. Wells had drawn a rock on him. However, he bore him no malice. On cross examination the witness admitted having carried a pistol on a fishing trip about two weeks previous. He did so because of mad-dogs. He did not recognize the men until they got up to the buggy. Wells held a stick in a threatening position. He never did recognize M. M. Faris. Thad Turney had told him going home that night that he, Thad, had killed the men. Mr. Turnev said that uart of the road home was very rough. He did not know where his son was during the shooting, hut presumed he was in the negro's house. He said he knew nothing of the knife lying under Dover's leg, of Wells's pockets being wrong side out, or of Dover's hands being folded on his breast. , When court adjourned Wednesday ?vening, Mr. Turney was still under cross-examination. Thursday Morning. Thad E. Turney took the stand in his jwn defense. He said he was 24 years >ld and a man of little education. He lad a lantern in his hand, coming toward the negro Mack's house, and heard some one say: "I see a light; I aelieve they are damned spies; give me four gun and I will shoot the damned ight out." The defendant said he went into the louse to get his laprobe. He heard :ursing and upon going to the door leard three or four men coming toward lis father's buggy. Some one said to his father, "Stop, lamn you, hands up." As soon as the ;ommund was given the firing began, rwo men were shooting. The defendant ran out into the yard ind grabbed the baseball bat. He had he stick in his right hand a lighted antern in his left. The man who was shooting at his father ran around the louse, his father following. Two men, one of whom had a stick, ind the other what appeared to be a (nife or pistol, took a step toward his 'ather. The witness said he was at the side and back of the men and did not (now whether they saw him or not. He (nocked the first man down, jumped ver him and struck the other. Seeing he first man rise to his feet, the witless struck him again. Witness said he struck in defense of lis father, whose fate he did not know intil he saw him come back to the mggy. A ff?r thp flifflmiltv urhlnh nnnnrraH n a few minutes, the defendant went to In- negro's house and got his lantern, lelped his father with the hitching and >oth men drove home as rapidly as lossilile. The witness denied touching' the lodies of the fallen men at any time tnd said he had not been back to the icene of the killing. He bore no malice to any of the four nen?Paris. Harlow, Wells ar.d Dover, ie did not know any of them. He had ound a watch on the nut of his buggy op next morning. .Mr. Andy Quinn had idvised him to keep it as it might be iseful evidence. The defendant had no notive in going to Clark's Pork except o fish. He denied a statement made on he stand yesterday by George Weaver, hat he (Turney) had told Weaver that .Veils could not treat him as he had reated J. K. Turney, that he (Thad) vouId kill him. On cross examination the witness laid some ten or twelve shots were ired. His father was forty feet away rom the buggy when he struck the debased men. He did not think the men ver saw him. A number of witnesses for the state, estitied as to the good characters of .Veils and Dover. Attorney C. Fred McMillan of King's dountain, made the opening argument or the state, and in a vigorous speech if thirty minutes recited the case to the Jury, and denounced the defendants as being dastardly murderers. Thos. F. McDow, Esq., for the defense, followed Mr. McMillan, and In an I able manner presented that side. He f reviewed the testimony of the state's witnesses, and claimed that the killing, which was to be regretted, was in selfdefense. John R. Hart, Esq., concluded the arguments for the state and asked for a convjction as to both defendants. Following Judge Moore's charge which was concluded at 4.15, the in- A dictments were given to the Jury. A There was a monster crowd around the w court house until 6 o'clock, but when it ^ became evident that agreement would be delayed the crowd dispersed. Supper was taken to the Jurors after 8 . o'clock and about ten o'clock prepare- m rations were made to convert the ' >rv room into sleeping quarters. At 11.15, however, the foreman announced that a verdict had been agreed upon. Judge Moore was summoned and received the following verdict in each case: "Not guilty as to J. Ed Turney; guilty of manslaughter as to Thad E. Turney. Sentence was deferred pending a mm ion lor a. new irun. The first case taken up this morning was that against Geo. Barnes, a ne- # gro, charged with assault with intent to ravish. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty of simple assault and battery, and the defendant was sentenced to thirty days on the chaingang. When The Enquirer went to press at one o'clock, the court had begun the case of W. L. Jackson charged with w incest. The entire Jury was drawn voir dire. The testimony will be begun at the afternoon session and the case will probably consume the balance of the day. LOCAL LACONICS Enrollment at McConnellsville. The enrollment at McConnellsville up ^ to July 15, was 74. The total vote at the McConnellsville box two years ago was 119. For Federal Relief. Congressman Finley Introduced a bill in the house last Monday, providing ^ an appropriation of $60,000 for the relief of the hail storm sufferers in York county. The bill was referred to the proper committee and Mr. Finley will H,i n'hot ho rr>n tn ?rot it thrnunrh. as aoon as practicable. The difficulties in the way, however, are very great. Contract for Bethany Church. Mr. C. W. Spencer of Gastonla, has id been awarded the contract to build the new A. R. P. churh at Bethany. The W contract was let at the Shandon hotel in Yorkville, Wednesday afternoon, and there were a number of bidders. The contract price was not made public. Work on the new structure is to ^ be begun in the next ten days. Julian S. Starr of Rock Hill, is the architect. President S. C. College. Pr. William Spencer Currell, formerly a resident of Yorkville, but for the past twenty years head of the department of English in Washington and Lee university, has been elected president of the South Carolina university, to succeed Dr. S. C. Mitchell, resigned. Dr. Currell was born in Charleston 56 years ago, and has attained much dls-" tinction as an educator. Yorkville friends have been urging him for the position for several years, and are very much gratified at his final selection. * New School House. A new school building is being constructed at Cotton Belt, four miles west of Yorkville. Mr. W. T. Beam| guard has the contract. The building is a three-room structure, built ^ according to the Clemson plan, and ^ will be completed during August. A need for a new school building has been felt for some time as the enroll ment ut Cotton Belt is rapidly increasing. Clark-Black. Miss Lindsay Clark and Mr. Artnur Black were married at the Presbyterian manse in Yorkvtlle, A Tuesday night. Rev. E. E. Gillespie officiating. Mrs. Black is the eldest J daughter of Mr. D. C. Clark, carrier on Yorkville R. F. D. No. 1, and the groom is a prominent farmer well known throughout the county. The young couple have many friends who M extend best wishes to them. Wylie-Bridgea. Miss Mary Wylie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wylie of Hickory Grove, was married to Mr. Roland Bridges at Hickory Grove, Wednesday afternoon, Rev. B. G. Pressly, pastor of the A. R. P. church at that place, officiating. The bride is a graduate of the class of 1914 in the Hickory ? Grove Graded school, and is known to a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Mr. Bridges has for some time past been agent for the Southern railway at Hickory Grove, and is a young man who enjoys the f^ar\ont onH i.ulnim nf nil thp neoole A of that town. ' MERE-MENTION The liner Michaonael rammed and sank the steam pilot boat New Jersey, Wednesday. The crew was rescued Leaf tobacco sales in North Carolina for the month of June aggregated 171,008 pounds, an Increase of 79,000 pounds over last year Housewives of St. Paul, Minn., have started a boycott on meats The ^ national convention of the Federation W of American Motorcyclists is in session in St. Louis. Motorcyclists from all parts of the country are riding their machines up to the convention... The Raleigh, N. C? Bar association has endorsed Chief Justice Walter Clark of the North Carolina Supreme * court as associate justice of the United States supreme court, to succeed the late Justice Lamar Two English suffragettes whipped Thomas Wood, secretary of Scotland, and with horsewhips on Wednesday. They were arrested By a vote of 132 to 123 the congress on Tuesday abandoned its "mileage reform" pro muj? tVio milo. gramme. 1 ills llicaiia mat. vita uiiivage allowance for congressmen and senators will remain 20 cents a mile. ^ By the will of former Con gressman Clardy of St. Louis, each of his sons is bequeathed a goldheaded walking cane with the hope "that they may find no more use for them than I did." All the senators concerned in the charge of misuse of official letter paper in connec- w tlon with the Gold Hill mine in North Carolina, have been exhonerated by an investigating committee...... The United States gunboat Sacramento has been ordered to Guatanamo to await developments in the revolutions now going on in the dominion republic and Hayti The U. S. battleships Missouri and Illinois are now anchored in the Thames river. London, England, where they will spend a week Two Russian aviators were killed by a fall from their machines near Otchakov, Rus sia, this week Women of San Francisco will soon launch a new Democratic daily newspaper in that city. Charles Eastow, former chief of police of Lake City, Fla., committed suicide by poison in Valdorsta, Ga? on Tuesday Mrs. M Bessie J. Wakefield is for the second time on trial, charged with the murder of her husband at New Haven, Conn. She was sentenced to electrocution as a result of the first trial, but secured a new hearing Frank T. Robison of Connellsville, Pa., has a house cat that is mothering a wild cat. The wild cat was given to. Robison when only a few days old and he gave it to the care of his house cat which nurses it along with her own kittens Gregory Rasputin. a monk, known as the "Richellen of Russia," because of his influence with aL - ?*"?U f.itnlliF o* .1 KKo/1 hv ? lilt* C2ar? laiauj oia i/uvu wj u woman on the streets of Pekroosky. Siberia, Monday. The assasination caused a tremendous sensation throughout Russia, as Rasputin was recognized as the "power behind the throne." Nancy, the 2-year-old daughter of R. R. M Carpenter, a wealthy citizen of Wilmington, Del., was drowned Monday by falling into a fountain on her father's lawn Wm. Waldorf Astor, the wealthy New a Yorker, who became a citizen of " England several years ago. In the hope of being able to buy an English title, had such a violent quarrel with one of his sons that the son will probably be disinherited. The quarrel was the result of a witty remark, aimed at the elder Astor by the wife of ^ the son Justice Lurton who died at Atlantic City, N. J., Sunday, was buried at Clarksville, Tenn.. Wednesday.... The annual convention of the Benevolent Order of Elks Is in session at Denver, Col.