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ISSUESJDDRESS. Mr. E. D, Smith Discusses the Cotton Situation Fully. ' ? PROPOSES A REMEDY. He Says AU Are Fighting the Producer, and That Therefore the Farmers. Having a Monopoly Should Offer a Concerted Resistance. To the Peopla of South Carolina* We have just passed through per haps the moat peculiar year in the J growing of ootton and are passing , through now an equally Btrange one in the marketing of it. East of the MluiBBlppi an unprecedented season in the growing of ootton was experienced, a This seotlon suffered two of the seJr verest storms that ever visited the ootton belt. A frost, earlier by three or four weeks than ever visited the belt and with more disastrous results. West of the Mississlpi 1 the growing season was perhaps above the average, the gathering season fairly good; the yield promising to be in this section phenomlnally large. In the earlier glnners* reports these conditions and their results seemed to be borne out. In the later glnners' report, to the surprise of every one interested in the ootton business, the yield in the frost and storm strioken section was surprisingly large and in a like proportion the return from the favored section was correspondingly small. In addition to these surprising and disturbing facts, the New York er euanges iiiot ana wiaenea me durer- j w eaoe In the value of grades bo muoh , so that the better grades of cotton In place of oommandlng the ordinary difference of 1 8 to 1-4 percent, premium have advanoed from 125 to as high as 175 points difference. A man having spot cotton, under these conditions had no praotioal Idea of what his cotton was worth. In addition to this the board price or the future market, which in former years Indicated the value of cotton delivered In New York and in New Orleans basis middling, now has no relation whatever to any suoh relative value. To-day. for instance, January, the spot month, Is quoted in New York at 9.47 basis middling, while middling spot cotton In the same market is quoted at 10.75, and the same grade of spot ootton would readily bring 10.75 or m~ie on our local market. All this confusion is the result of the disturbing faotor of the farmers, the producers of spot ootton. demanding toe vaiue or cneir product. , Heretofore the price of cotton was fixed arbitrarily by the New York ex 1 change and the value of middling odtton and other grades was determined b? deducting the carrying chargeB from here to New York from the New York quotations. To-day the value of spot ~?on In the South Is determined entirely by the disposition of the farm# ?o sell. In the iv yV few months I have visited most of the cotton growing States, and I found throughout the South that there is among the masses of growers a dearer knowledge of the general situation and a more praotloal conception of what is necessary to meet the oondltiens for the benefit of the producer of ootton, and a clearer ^ idea of the oommon laws of business Involved In the transaction of produo* tlon and sale, supply and demand, and this is surely working a revolution in the cotton business. It is ellmi naming to a large extent the effect of gambling in futures on the value of spot cotton and is rapidly divoro'ng the gambling factor from the legitimate trade in the actual stuff. Another element whioh is tending to bring about this result Is the fact tL*t the unprecedented demand for ootton goods through the world Is enabling the mills to contract for their output on a basis where they can pay a remuneiative price for cotton and still declare a large dividend for their stockholders. The Southern mills also having the advantage of position 4 ' can pay more for the ootton at their ^ doors than mills not so favorably situated . The rapid increase In the consumption of raw ootton ii owing to the i no re ase of spindles. The rapid increase of spindles in the South and the consequent inorease in the consumption of raw ootton by Southern mills have rendered them a potent faotor In making it posslblo to maintain a higher general average for the prloe of cotton. Let no one, however, be deceived by these conditions in thinking that these oircumstanoes alone will solve the great problem that confronts the Southern people. The cotton exohanges, the ootton brokers, the cotton spinners must of necessity depend upon the margin of difference between what the cotton is originally bought at and what they ultimately a sell it at for their profit. ^j! \ Therefore, to sum up the whole situation, It resolves Itself luto this one 4 condition: That the produoer of oot ton is the one out of whom must come all the profits that are m\de by every other individual who handles his product. In other words, if the ultimate sale of his cotton in the form of raw material, or the finished product, shows a net profit of one cent or four oents per pound above that whloh he realised for it, he has gotten one oent A r four ornta, u (be oim may be. 1ms ban hie produce is worth. Now, very man, other lhan the produoer, ^ rho handles the ootton, handles It to oake a profit out of It. The logloal situation Is to get It rom the produoer as low as possible o as to make the margin of profit b* ween him and the ultimate consumpton of bis ootton as gr*?t as possible L'herfcfcro ti e buyers of ootiou and he biokers and the mills are seeking o bear the prloe, while the produoer if ootton must raise tbe prloe. He ias the world by natural law arrayed .gainst blm; he has the beet brain ind capital employed against him, horoughly understanding the situation, getting statlstlos, studying oonlltlons. knowing just when end how 10 combine their forces to strike aim then he is weakest, and to take advantage of his ignorance and his lack if means to control the situation. Slow the work of the Southern Ootton issoolatlon Is to bring the p-oduoer of otton In the South to a like underitandlng of thalr side of the question, tnd combine their brain aDd capital ind to foroe the world to divide the profits in ootton with the man who produces it. There is no sentiment In this ihiDg; It is an entirely business light Detween the buyer and seller to maintain a profitable business. Tbe Southern Cotton assoolatlon, with this oonlltlon olear In Its mind, has done missionary work for two years, and jhe Bentiment Beems to be right inrougnouc me soum to orystauze ' tho knowledge and capital of the producer into a praotioai form for his oeneflt. This oalls for a considerable jhange and modiiioatlon of plans heretofore adopted. At Birmingham there will be an entire revision of our methods and modification of such of our plans as have been found partially praotioai ap to the present and the introduction of those that experience has taught us to be necessary. We all realize the blunders that have been made, but we also realize the absolute necessity for the continued existence )f our organization. Though there is not the same apparent enthusiasm, yet there is a deep and abiding determination in every State in the 3outh to oontlnue the work until the problem is solved. The South will continue to grow ootton for an indefinite length of time. The desire of the grower to share in the profits wli: oontlnue as long as cotton Is grown. And by a patient application of brain and capital, we will iolve the problem. In conclusion, I want to urge every nan who oan possibly do so, to attend the Birmingham convention, and give whatever aid he oan In helping to formulate the new plans of campaign for another year. Let me give a word as to the conditions in referenoe to the outlook for the price of cotton. Referring to the widening of differehocs between middling ootton and the grades above and the grades below middling, I want to warn the holders of spot ootton not to submit to any such an outrage. The faot of the business is, because of the ha.(i wAAthnr And fchn nnn??. quant Increase In the amount of low grade ootton does not warrant such a difference between the better grades and the lower grades. The brokers and those who are accustomed to sell to the mills oertaln grades of cotton at a certain number of points above quotations for the high grade, and a certain number of points below for the lower grades, found themselves unable to get enough of the higher grades to mi their contracts, and consequently the premium of these grades was advanced rapidly. And in order to save themselves, the disoount on the lower grades was made equally as great in order to make up on whatever low grades they delivered for what they lost In their failure to deliver the higher grades; and the man who is holding ootton ought not to submit to any such an outrage. If there is suoh a tremendous amount of low grade cotton, am the spinners cannot get enough high grade ootton to fill ihelr contracts, they Bhould not be allowed to disoount the lower grades to make up for their loss. L?t every holder of cotton demand for his low strict middling, good ordinary and ordinary a price reasonably relative to that whloh is ottered for the high grades. In other words, if middling ootton is worth ten cents per pound, demand 9 3 4 to 9 7 8 for strlot low, and from 10 to 1 4 off, aooordingto the.grades below this. It is monstrous for strict mldding cotton to be bringing 10 3 4 and 11 oants, aad strict low middling cotton bringing from 8 3 4 to 9 cents. The world will need all / VM* T? ?W f?V?l no J WUA Ul^U grades, Do not sacrifice tne low because they seemingly offer a piemlum on the high. E D. Smith. Columbia, S. 0., Jan. 3, 1907. Car Load of Booze. The Greenville News says on Wed-1 nesday before Christmas a solid car load of booze arrived In that olty for its people. The News says the whiskey shipments have been large during the past few days, but the shipment received Saturday was a record break- j er for this season. The express companies always make arrangements early In December to handle the Inevitable whiskey shipments for Christmas. From now on extra express oars will be pressed into service to handle the liquor shipments and also handle the increased business in other lines of shipments. George Burnham, Jr., vice president of the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Insurance Company, was sentenoed to two years In Sing Sing for laroeny. t A DE1AM OF HIA7XH. If hat It M??ans to the Storm IommI . W?mt Land. ? 17 enlightened aoul who hag lever given tht matter serious ' thought, has soma oonoeption, some deal of heaven. There be many, to whose imagination the representation ippears dim, Intangible, lmmansurkble, but an elysium of grandeur, j rlohes and indolenoe. Humanity ( ttrlving for the loy it longs to reaoh , n the beyond, hopes to attain all t things denied and sought for through- k iut life. To the lonely, starving 1 isart, heaven means love, satisfying 1 ineffable love. To the poor, weary * ind overburdened, freedom from toll , ind trouble, to the wavfarer. earth ward and without where to lay his ( head, the hope of home with Its com- j forts and delights. To the obsoure, < but deserving, the "poor in spirit," , reooguition and the promise of reward , richly fultilled. To the shepherd ( out on the bleak hll'sldes, searching . for lost ones, guiding them into the \ kingdom, It is the sheltered fold from t which his llook shall never stray. To ] the storm-tossed, soul broken by -*or- j row, and vreoked by hardship too , heavy to be borno, heaven means? ( rest?one long, sweet, peaceful, ever- ( lasting rest. What a balm for the , weary and heavy-laden, what a oure for Ills and a mictions. v People often wonder, and express } concern about the heavenly home, , and what It Bhall be like, but for me, j lays a deeply pious but terribly a M ct- t 3d soul, I shall not oare what abodes . others may ohoose among the glories ( 3f the celestial city, my own little re- , fuge has long been prepared and is c awaiting me. Years ago, in a time j Df heart breaking anguish, I was per- ^ nit ted to behold it, as one may look g jpon a beautiful ploture from afar fi and through years of a rtllotion and in j times of deepest trial, it come to me t i living reality, a soiace, a joy ana a ( glorious hope that shall be realized when the gates are opened for me. I j aave no desire for the mansions of ( pearl and orystal, a marble palaoe, r whose steps lead down to golden itreots, possess no oharms for me. I a would not wish to dwell near the * glittering, jeweled gates, where multitudes throng the way. It may * ins before I shall be permitted to ] tee the great white throne, or to hear . ihe sweet, gentle voloe of The Lamb )f God. j It takes an eternity to see and en , ioy the beauties of heaven, and so In , ihat time of waiting and of preparation, 1 shall have a little, retreat where my soul shall rest, frse from pain, from toll and sorrow. It is a little, quiet nook, nestled within an arm of the hills, that embrace the < .green pastures. There Is no Bhelter ( or roof, for none Is needed; the ( warmth of heavenly sunlight makes j It one long summer day. The ether ] above Is as blue as sapphire, and the ( verdure of the hills and valley soft j and shimmering as the rarest velvet, , strewn with myriad scented fljwers of wondrous beauty and bloom. In , the distanoe echoes the song of birds/ , and the musloof children's voices and above all hovers the pure spirit of pe&oe and sweet repose. Into this lltt.e seoluded valley I shall enter some day, when I have earned the heavenly rest. Then indeed, will be happiness and rejoicing, when the (eliolty so long desired shall be attained. There will be no burdens, no heartaches, no tears, nothing but rest and peace forevermore. This, then, is my earthly consolation, my sustaining hope, dream of heaven. Government and Private Enterprises. As usual, the postofflce department report* a deficit, and the public Is busy guessing where the retrenchment ax will fall. It is plain that somebody must pay more for postal facilities than heretofore or the gap between rcoelpts and disbursements will continue to turn up each year. The proposal to Increase rates of postage on second olass matter Is met with the argument that periodicals stimulate letter writing and are feeders for the postal matter paying first class rates. The Spartanburg Journal says a novelty of the situation Is the proposal of a private party to take over the entire postal servloe, and run it as a private enterprise. As figured out in detail the scheme Is based on the theory that the government hand- < ling of the postal business is wasteful, the department extravagant and graft eaten. Just at this time when it is seriously proposed to Increase the activities of the general govern ment it is a matter of moment to have the business ability of this important department of public service challenged with the assertion that it oould be run atone-half the present cost to the people for postage. The farming out of privileges In order to secure improvement is a leap into unoertanttes and not to be thought of until after other methods have failed. Barne<l to Death. The Augusta Chronicle says Hugh, the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J M. Glover, who reside at 1013 Emmet street died Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'olock from burns received as a result of his olothing having caught fire. The little ohild went out on the front poroh of his father's rcsidenoe Wednesday afternoon a little before 3 o'clook and in some way he obtained a matoh. It was struck by the ohild and his olothing was ignited. The blaze soon spread over the whole dress. The ohild died almost by the time rnedioal aid oould be summoned. HOW TO PLANT CORN. rHfi WILLIAMSON PLAN GIVEN IN A PEW WOllDS. The Formula Which May Revolu- 1 tionize Agriculture in South CaioUna and Xnrlch Farmers. t Wa have published frequently the ormula for the "Williamson plan" or iho way devlsad by Mr. K. Molver Williamson, of Darlington, to make ive ears of oorn grow where but one trew before, The formula as given heretofore has been a little long. The 'ollowlng has been prepared for the Jolumbla State by Mr. James Henry Etloe, Jr., as the most concise form In whloh It oan be given: Break land In winter one-fourth leeper than common; lay off in sixloot rows, leaving live Inch balk. When time to plant break out balk with scooter, following In same fur*ow on this ridge. Ridge them with tame plow, going deeper; run oorn planter with Dixie plow, with wing taken cff. Plant as early as possible, ifually about the middle of March. Drop oorn grains every six Inches. LJse no fertilizer Give tlrst working with harrow or any plow that will not X)ver plant. Second working with 10 >r 12-inoh sweep on both sides of hlant. Thin after this working. Corn should not be worked again intil sufficiently stunted, so that It will never grow large. When It Is ibout 10 to 12 lnebes hicrh Dut on far- < illizer. Mix 200 pounds ootton seed rieal, 200 pounds acid phosphate, 400 pounds kalnlt. Put half In old sweep urrow, on both sides of every other xilddle. Cover by breaking out mldile with turn plow. One week later ireat the other middle In the Bame ivay, fertilizer and all. In a few davs tide corn In hrst middle with lb Inch iweep. Put all your nitrate of soda n this furrow, If less than 160 pounds s used; If more, put half. Cover with >ne furrow or turn plow, then sow ?eas in middle broadoast, at rate of a Dushel to the aore, and hnish breakng out. Lay by early. More corn is ulned by late plowing than by laok )f plowing. No hoeing is neoessary ind middle may be kept clean until ;lme to break out by harrowing. For 50 bushels to the aore leave italks 16 inohes apart; for 76 bushels, .2 Inches; for 100 bushels, 8 inohes ipart. Do not pull fodder; do not out tops; et peas and pea vines die on land. value id fertilizer to laud is worth j nor# than forage. ( Every farmer In this county should five the plan a trial. f The IncroAHed llu?t of Living. ' 1 The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says j 'Interviews with olty housewives ] wrought out the facts that nine-tenths )f them are struggling with theprob- | em of how to make a ten-dollar weok- ' y lnoome oover a twelve-dollar weekly j rxpense. The cost of food, fuel, cloth- ] leg, rents, house furolshlDgs, helps, , and all items of household expense , has lnoreased to suoh proportions that { the problem of making tbe earnings , cover the actual neoessary outlay is beoomlng a serious one in every com- ( munity. It is claimed that the uni- : formity of the price-scale of all food j products all over the United States lends color to the chargo that there is a strict agreement among corpora- , tlons whloh handle them. All kinds of testile fabrics have advanced 20 to , 50 per cent In price during the last five years, and the statistics of the department of labor and commerce show an Increase in the cost of foods alone during the past ten years of 50 per cent. The Increase of rents In attributed to the Increased oost of labor and building material?not to increased values of real estate. It Is shown by the government's figures that the cost of bacon has advanced 43.5 Der cent; potatoes, 43.1 per cent; eggs, 41.8 per cent; dry and plokied pork, 31.1 per cent; fresh pork, 30 per cent; flour, 29,3 per cent, and corn meal 28.6 per cent. These are the articles selected by the bureau of labor as the staples of a workingman's bill of fare. The lnorease in the price of bsef has been even greater than the figures here given, and other items of diet have increased accordingly.0 Nearly Lynched Him. Timely police interference only saved Frank Gallo, of South Boston, from lynching at the hands of an an ferry mob, when he was caught in the alleged act of cutting off a little girl's braid in front of the Theatre Oomlque, In his pockets were found five braid*, including one that Margaret E. Quln lan, aged 15, identified as her own. A pair of keen shears were also fcund. Gallo ol&lms he is a barber and that he came by the braids honestly. The cry of "Jack the Sulprer" was taken up by the crowd on Trcmont Row when the little girl found her UAIm MAO A A ?%/! 4UA ma aU s ? liaii wan k jub auu hid uiuu hi4.u in ohase of Gallo. Patrolman Tlghe heard the uproar and arrested the man after a hard tight in the mud and slush, the crowd fighting to get at his prisoner and beat him, The police believe Gallo Is the man who for a year past has been terrorizing young girls by snipping off their braids in the midst of orowda of shoppers. Kan Him Down. Sheriff Corley, of Lexington, has arrested John N oore, oolored, who is wanted in North Carolina for killing a white man at Gastonla. The negro tried to esoape from Sheriff Corley by running aoroas the toll bridge over Congaree river into the olty of Columbia, ;but the sheriff was too qulok for him, and the negro is now in Lexington j all waiting for a North Carolina offloer. A HUMAJI MO*STAR defused Decent Barlsl for tbe Wife He Had Abased. Every onoe In a while we run upon I brute olothed In a human form. A dispatch to the Augusta Ohronlole from Washington, Ga., says the deballs of the traglo death from burning of Mrs, Charles Elliot near Aonla, In this county, twelve miles from Washington, were brought to the city Tuesday night by neighbors of the lead woman, who had come to Washngton to get a cotllu and engage a nearse after the positive refusal of Jharles Icillot to provide a decent burial for the remains of his wife, for whose death he was Indirectly responilble. The horrible acoldent which cost | the faithful young wife and mother ler life occurred Wednesday night , tnd death ended her sufferings Friday evening about 8 o'clock. For the , faithfulness and loving devotion of i young wife and mother on t e one I land and the cruel Indifference and leglect of a husband and father on bhe other, the clroumstances surrounding this case are * ithout a parallel in the history of Wilkes ojunty. While Charles Elliot *as off on a irunken spree Wednesday night, Mrs. Klliott wrapped her four little ohild ren up as comfortably as possible for tihe night. After this was done there was not enough bed clothing In the louse to proteot lior own body from bhe severe cold, so she wrapped the ast bed (jullt In the bouse about bar ind laid down In front of the wood ire to keep warm until her husband's return. While down before the tiro isloep the quilt which covered her eaught alire from a spark and produced horrible burns on the face and body )f the unfortunate woman. There ( was no one living near enough in the lelghborhood to hear the agonizing erles cf Mrs. Elliot and her four children were too young to offer her any isslstanoe, the oldest being iust 5 rears old. In this oonditlon, Mrs. Elliot renained until the return of her hus- ( land, in an Intoxicated condition, ibout 4 o'clock In the morning of the ii xt day. Even after Mr. Elliot reburned and found bis wife in such a lerious oonditlon he made no effort to ieoure medloal attention for his wife. Late In the afternoon of the day fob owing the aooldent some of the neighbors learned of the affair, and upon bhelr own initiative the best medloal attention that the community afforded was Beoured. The shock to the young woman's lystem was too severe, however, and ine succumbed to death Friday, leavng four children, the oldest of whom a 5 yens and the youngest four months. During the whole time subsequent io his return to his home at 4 o'clock rhursday morning and the time of lis wife's death, Elliot manifested lttle ooncern In the matter and would lit In one corner of the little room with an air of total unconcern while several neighbors and a physician were working heroically to save his wife's life. lie made no effort to seaure provisions for his children In the meantime. Fuel, provisions and clothing were all furnished by the neighbors. Following the death of Mrs. Elliot, Charles Elliot was asked concerning the funeral arrangements, when the coolly replied that he had spent his last cent for two gallons of whiskey for Christmas and was not able to take care of the remains of his wife. "1 will attend to the burial aB soon as I get able," he Is reported to have remarked. Taking the children In their own er no more In the matter, the neighbors of the oommunlty have taken the affair In their own hands and nave by private subscriptions among themsel ves raised 925 for defraying the bnrial expenses of Mrs. Elliot. Tne remains were taken to her old home in Lincoln county Saturday for intern ent at Llncolnton Saturday afternoon. Mohhaku at See. There has been washes up on the beach at Castle Rock In the north of Ireland, a bottle containing a message from several members of the orew of the steamship Huronla, which disappeared in the spring of 1902, to the effect that she was sink lng fast. The message, however, gives no location. This Is he second t.lnoe the Huronlan has been heard from slnoe she sailed from Glasgow on Feb ruary 11, 1902, for St. JJins, N. S. The Huronian belonges to the Allen line. She v<as ilrstvreported overdue in Maroh, 1906, and whea nothing had been heard from her by the Ut of April, all hope for her was given up. In spite of this, however, the British ftdmirtltiv. t.Hfl rAnnaafe r\t fr.) i no/n v??-? >- vi> w j I wmw * vv| vt\/u v? V> -# era, ordered the orulsor Thames to search for the steamer, anci li. the l\t ter pert of Apill the cruiser Csllona was ordered to the N >rtu Atlantic to help the Thames iu this work. The search was kept up b> these two orulsers untl1 well luto Ma:? hut no traoeof the lluronlau was ever found. A report from Montreal, dated June 17, said that on June 2, a bottle was picked up forty tlvo milos east of Halifax, containing the following note wnuen on a scrap of paper: "Steamer II uronian turned over Sun lay night In Atlantic. Small boat, fourteen of us," The Increasing number of railroad wrecks promises to decrease the supply of "popular young railroad men.'. The latest typewriting reooH Is said to he 300 words per minute. The operator it we suppose a woman. e % \ . Y GETS A RESPITE. \ ft. A. ADAMS HAH A CHANCE FOR \ PARDON. Governor Hey ward Give* Him a Hew Le.se Until Bis Case Can Be Heaid R. A. Adami, tbe Walterboro man layer, whose oaso has oocupted more lime In the oourts than any other capital case in years, will not be hanged Friday, as his death warrant stipulated. Governor Heyward Wednesday respited him until February 22, at the requestof the board of pardons, in order that late petitions in his favor, which are now in the hands of the oourt oftlcers, may be exam.ned by the board. The Columbia Record says Messrs. Gruber and Ftshburne, the Waiterboro attorneys who have attrscted statewide atteutlon by their hard tight for Adams' life, are oontilent that when the members of the pardon board shall have given due consideration to the petitions recently s?oured in Adams' county thev will recommend at least a commutation to 11 'e Imprisonment?possibly a full pardon. The respite given their client Wednesday Is due solely to their own iguorance of the procedure of the executive offices when the petltious are tiled. The papers arc first sent to the judge and the solicitor, that they may indorse upon tl.e records their recommendations as to the disposition of the petition for pardon or commutation. Then the papers are tiled In the executive otitic 3B until the board of pardons meets. The board has uniformly deollned to consider petitions without expressions from the trial judge and the solicitor who prosecuted the oase, and the governor has Just as consistently refused to take action upon suoh petitions until they shall have passed through the hands of the board. The petitions and other papers In the Adams oase did not reach the exeoutlve utilcers until Sunday. Following the usual custom, Governor Heyward Immediately forwarded them to the solicitor The latter being out of the state, it was Impossible that he should examine the paper decide upon his recommendation and return them In time for the board of pardons to take action In the c'.se at the meetlDg which convened Wednesday. The papers are still in the solicitor's hands. In view of these l~ots, and being disposed to give the <"rr!emned man every ohance, the b ard of pardons unanimously parsed & resolution requesting Govern r FToyward to order Adams respited int.I February *22. Between that tlm? and now It is hoped that the papers will have been received in oorrect form and the tinal recommendation of the board deolded upon. Former State Senator Peurlfoy was there Wednesday to innpir h?fn** board in opposition to ihe petitions, should these come up When informed of the olroumHte loei ho (aid that he would not obleot to a respite until the papers could be had. In this case the action of OoverLor Hey ward was simlliar to that in the Henderson case, which is frcrh In the publia memorv. Stole Jewelry. With $75,COO worth of stolen jewelry in their possession, LUbrlel Hit and Louisa Louys, about whom a veil of mystery has been thrown by the New York police, have esoaped and are now being sought in all the large cities of the oountry and in foreign ports. Beyond admitting that tbe robbery took place on D^oember 6, the police would disclose none of the details. It was at hrst reported that Its scene was In one of the larger hotels, but Investigation proved this story to be without foundation. Captured Kilioii Still. An lllloit still operated by an eighthorse powor steam engine, was destroyed by Slate Constables Hayes, Hoy and Jenkins, In York County, Wednesday morniog. The constables who made the raid are under Chief Fant, In chargo of the Spartanburg division. The still had a oapaotty of eighty gallons per diy, nod was the tinest of the kind ever captured by the officers. York la a prohibition county In name. Geo. S. Hacker & Son The Largest and Most Complete ? Establishment South. Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moldings, Building Mi'crial. Sash, Welgl t3, Co Bardw&re rand C laos. , Hardware & Ready-Mixed Paint i Charleston, S. C,