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IHK M M I Kit WATCUMA.N, ljub OobwIIdated Aug. 2, 1881. Cbt Mhttbnun anl ?mtbron PubllMbed Every Wednesday, -BT OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY. 8UMTBH, a. a Ternes: ? HO per annum?In advance. Advsrtasesncstt?: Ob? Souare first Inaartion.11.10 a>try sub* ?v,uent Insertion.ft9 Contracts tor three months, or er will be made at reduced rates. ?11 communications whloh sub private Interests will be charged for ae advertisements. Obituaries and tribute* of respeets will be charged for. RAILROAD TAXES INCREASED. iV.Xl T.ss OVKIt LAST YKAIt IS OfM sii..voo,ooo. - < "inptnulb r (?evtrral Join s, ('Hair BJSn of Hie Hoard of Ihillmml \? seswora, Annuumvi the Assessments f??r Tills Year?lncrrsxc of South ?r - saaaaaaaaaujal u Ovet six Mu? ttons. Columbia. Sept. 5.?The assess? ments on railroads In South Carolina were annuonced this afternoon by Comptroller General Jones, chaliman of railroad assessors. Thn figures were determined on at a meeting of the boar** several weeks ago. but have not been made public, and there has been much concern among railroad men In regard to the mntter. Comptroller General Jones today refused to call a meeting of the board to reconsider certain assessments unless a majority of the board petitioned for a meeting and the figures have been sent to the auditors of the several counties. The assessments are Increased <?vr the n?se*?merit of l e t ye ar h\ more than eleven million, five hundred thousand dollars. Of this Increase, the Southern Railway bears over six millions, being raised from fourteen and one-half millions to twenty and one-half millions. The Atlantic Coast system, including the Charleston and Wee tern Carolina. b**ars about five millions, being increased from eleven and one-half millions to over sixteen millions. The Seaboard Air Line bears about one-half million be? ing Increased from four millions to faux and one-half millions. The* in? dependent roads, the small lines, hear an Increase of over one hundred th< u*and dollars. The exact figures sre as follow* for the two years , 19?6. * Southern Railway.$14.463.96* Wlaittc Coast Line.11.962.078 Seaboard Air Uns. 4.069,204 Independent roads. 1.73*.?69 Total.$32.040.319 1907. Southern Railway.'!.$20,625.000 Atlantic Coast Line.16.558.818 Seaboard Air Line. 4.500,000 Independent roada. 1.843.330 Total.$43.527.148 The Increase In assessment* is not. of course, based on any improvements that the railroads have made during the year, for these Improvements have not. by any meanas, been commensu? rate with the taxations, but is due to an effort to bring assessments up to the 100 per cent basis. As a result, tbe railroads will pay taxes on a high? er basis than any other corporations ??r Indlvjduils. since In many coun'les real estate and other property Is as? sessed st less than sixty p-r cent. However, this Is the year for the ra.l remds to get It In the neck Better Cotton. A Mississippi cotton merchant has said thst tbe demand f >r hattet grade* of cotton Is growing and that the best profits In cotton* production are in making the better grades The tendency In the mills Is for finer yarns and better yarns. These re? quire n?t only better grades but h. t ter staple Me stated that when or? dinary uplands 7-8 to 1 Inch w i* worth 11 8-4 cents a pound, he bad sold the ?ame> grade 1 1-4 BSSJsl staple at 12 cents Tbl? difference || In a degree ubnormal because SftpN cotton Is verv ?carce this year, the crop being shorter than unial and the demand greater. Another caus* for Increase In demand Is that th* mills working better cotton can hold Its operative* better. Tbe httteff th? yarn the easier and better th< U ok The farmer has a goes' epenhai for better profit I the direction >' Improving the quality of gag 0S*t#n. Tha mills no longer buy cotton In? discriminately, hut they carefully consider how the cotton under con? sideration will work In a mill and pay fur It accordingly ?Oreenvljle News. ILslicd April, 1850. 'He Just ai SUMT NEWSPAPER COM PETIT!OX, Torktlllr l'nqulror lins Soin,> Very Things to Say About News- j I wipers hi <.? ncral?Thought* a it i Prompt? ?I by tji< Failure of Its Lat e-t Itlval. Yorkvllle Em^lrer. Because of the recent suspension of the New Era. various contemporaries have seen proper to comment on the newspaper situation "in Yorkvllle." as tin y s<%> it. and although fill of thes, e >n 'neat-* have been noted with more or lev* Interest, we do not see proper t . analyze any of them, ex? cept in ? geaffsl way. because to do s? would only be to invite profitless eontroven ? As is pretty well understood, the Bn jir? r is not much given to contro I v.-r.-y, especially as to matters which might sean to concern its particular private Inter.sjts, There are people who have wondered from time to time how we have been willing to lot cer? tain obviously untrue stat? meats go unchallenged, and how we could con? tinue to pursue the even tenor of our way in the face of manifest attempts at Injustice. To try to claim that our silence with reference to the situation refer? red to Is to be construed as evidence of Indifference, would be taken as a confession of an utter lack of human Instincts, and the makers of The En? quirer would not llk? to be considered as having made such a confession, be? cause that, would put them In a v- ry f?l^e position. The late L. M. Orlst, who presided for so long over the destinies of The Rmiulrer in times of storm and peace and throughout good report and evil report, used to teach thOJSJ who were to come after him, that their sole luty was to the public. "You are," he said "Individuals in the service of the public. As Individuals the public cares no more about you than it does about any other individuals. It has no con? cern with your private grievances. If you have any. and It does not care to bother with them. All It asks of you Is honest, faithful, Intelligent service, snd so long as you give |t this kind of service If will support you. If Indi? viduals or other newspapers say un? true things of you, the public will be? llow the?e things only In so far as they may be borne out by your con? duct, and-^hat Is about all you can ex? pect.'* Along the *an?e line this unusual)} levl lo-.ided "Id gentleman also used to ro j "Th?' secret of the successful pub llcatlon of a county newspaper in vo'.ves the same prlncipb s that com? pel permanent success in any other vocation. You cannot rely upon per sonal f. iendshlp or personal admira? tion, and much less upon the favor of politicians. There Is such a thing as friendship; but very few men ever have any considerable number of real friends?friends who will contlnu? constant through adversity as well as prosperity and the politician needs you only so long as you are able am willing to serve his varying Interests Therefore your one reliance Is on the ? whole people. There are all kinds o people, of course, and tholr sent! ments and allegiances are constantly chanting, rising and falling like th waves of the sea: but in this countr> the majority is constantly Btrivlng to ward that which Is highes?'and best and so long as you stand for that which Is fair, Just and upright, you *\'J1 find yourself surrounded by In vincible support." As to why the different newspaper ventures that have been attempted In Yorkvllle have failed, we do not can to discuss further than to say thai they were unable to secure the sup port of a sufficient number of the right kind of people. All of them could have been kept going had those who believed In their necessity bee willing to furnish the absolutely es sentlal financial assistance; but no ne of them could have ever realized th* expectations of their sponsors un til thwy reached a position where the> could honestly claim that their living was coming from In front rather than from behind?that Is until the? arere able to exist In comfort on their 1' gltlmate earnings. And this will be IflH ef all similar efforts here and -ls? where. As to whether there is "room In Y ?rkvl!le" for two nurh papers as the Enquirer |? a mstter of very Utle eon cm to the publishers of this paper or to thos^ who nr#. satisfied with It. The peopl*. who want another paper, go mj&i care whether there will be I m for the Enquirer or not. and Ihey ask no more odds of the En Bjglrtf than the Enquirer ask** of them. nf course, as to how competition, or more properly speaking, opposition, nffec;? the Enquirer, Is another mat? ter. It takes off some subscribers, and also some advertising; but up to id Fear not?Ix-t ?11 the ends Thou Aln ER. 8. C . WEDNESj this time the divide has never be-n sufficient to materially orlpple this paper. The principal sufferers from oppo? sition in the past have been adver? tisers and they have suffered princi? pally because they have been com? pelled to pay double price for results that had previously been secured at a single cost. For instance, the York Enterprise had possibly 1,000 circulation to the Enquirer s 1.200. Of the Enterprise's 1.000 maybe five or six hundred were bona fide, or paid for, and all but less than 800 were also subscribers to the Enquirer. The conditions in the caws of the Yoeman and New Era were very much the same, except that the Xew Era had a much smaller total circulation and a very much fewer number of subscribers who were n<'t also subscribers to the Enquirer. The advertiser in the Xew Era would hardly have reached more than 150 subscribers who were not also reach? ed by the Enquirer. But with it all. It is not for us to say whether or not there should be competition, or oppoaltlon. The field is open, and we 4are not sorry that such is the case. Somebody has sug? gested that if there Is not room for two, it is a question of the survival of the fittest. We See it that nay and We are glad that this is the situation. Otherwise, there would be little sat? isfaction In the effort to publish a su? perior paper. CONSECRATION OF BISHOP. tW Rev. \V. A. fiuerry to Ik* Made Bishop Coadjutor?Ceremonies Will Take place In Trinity Church. Co? lumbia, Sunday. September 15. Columbia. Sept. 6.?The Rev. Wil? liam Alexander Ouerry. a former South Carolinian, now chaplain of the University Of the South. Sewanee, Tenn., who was elected bishop coad? jutor of the Protestant Episcopal rti QOSSs Of South Carolina, will be con? secrated at Trinity Church. Columbia, on Sunday. Sept. 1T>. The Right Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle. of the diocese of Missouri, the presiding bishop of the American church, has signified his intention of being present at the consecration. It is hoped by the church people that the beloved bishop of this diocese, the Right Rev. Ellison Capers, will be aMe to be present at this ceremony. The consecrating btsjjops will be th<' Right Rev. Thomas F. Oailor. of Ten neeaae; the night Rev. Charles F. Weedi Of Florida, ana the Right Rev Theodore Du Hose Brattnn. of Missis? sippi Other bishops who will prob ably be present are the three from the dioceses in North Carolina, J. B ChSSlre, Of th.* diocese of North Caro? lina; Robert Strange, of East Caroli? na, and Julius M> Horner. Of the dio? cese of Asheville. Bishop Oailor will preach the sermon at the consecration services. The Revs. W. B. Gordon, president of the standing committee of the dio? cese; Dr. John Kershaw, of Charles ton; A. R. Mitchell of Greenville, and H. J. Mlkell will be the presbyters on this occasion. KITjTiFJ) HER HUSBAND. Wealthy Cleveland Woman Under , Arrest for Murder. Cleveland, Sept. f>.?With a wom an detective standing guard Just out side of her bed chamber and two po licemen patrolling the front of the house, Mrs. Charlotte Phillips today Is virtually under arrest at her home where her husband, J. J. Phillips was shot to death early Monda> Chief of police Starnberger has sworn out a warrant charging the woman with murder in the second degree, but the woman's condition has prevented the serving of the warrant. The authorities admit that the evi denCS upon which the warrant w sworn Is purely circumstantial i would not warrant an Indictment un a less the arrest brings out further In formation. The woman's friends de nounce the police action as outrage ous. The Hdltor. An editor Is a millionaire wltho money, a congressman out of a.job, king without a throne. He construe without hammer or a saw, builds railroad without rails or spikes, farms without a plow. He runs butcher i?hop in the journalistic worl and deals out brains for < ash or cre< it. He love- those who advertise wi him like a brother. The editor is teacher, a lawyer a preacher; h studs forth truth to SOVe souls an Kets p?st himself. He heals the Wound sdi cares for the dying, rescues th perishing, and then starves hlmse when a ham sandwich of klndne WOnld J?rk him from the Jaws death.?Exchange. ist at be thy Country's, Thy God's ai DAY. SEPTEMBER NO ROLL WEEVILS IN STATE. Government Expert Talks of the Pt St. Washington, Sept. 4.?F. H. Chit tenden assistant entomologist of the department of agriculture, today gave It as his firm belief that there is not a boll weevil east of the Mississippi, with the exception of the State of Louisiana. So far as the pest being found in Laurents county is concern? ed, Mr. Chlttenden does not think there is a remotest possibility of euch a thing. "I heard of a pest in South Caroli? na and els. where in the South." Mr. Chlttenden said, "but I am satisfied it is not the Texas boll weevil. So far the pest has not been discovered any? where east of tue Mississippi, with the exception of Louisiana." When asked if it were possible that the weevil could have been carried to South Carolina in cotton seed secured by seed crushers there from Texas and other States in the Southwest he said: "There is only one chance in 8 million for such a thing to happen, it cot 11 ?>niy occur through some per? son knowingly and wilfully carrying the weevil from its preset.? location :n the Southwest to the other States in he s-outh. There is not the least n( oesslty for the people in South Caro? lina to beome worried over what they think is the genuine boll weevil, for I am satisfied it will not be found to be such upon a careful examination." FRANCE FACES HARD PROBLEM. The. Situation in Morocco is Growing Serious. Rails, Sept. 5.?While there has not been any more fighting at Casn Blan ca since the fierce engagement of Tuesday, the seriousness of the gen? eral situation In Morocco and the pos? sibility of its leading France into dip? lomatic difficulties' with the other powers of Europe, notably Germany and Great Britain, to say nothing of the ^apparently growing necessity of increasing the size of the French force on the Moroccan coast, is oc? cupying the attention of the French people. The call to convoke parliament to discuss and decide what course the nation should pursue is becoming more insistent. There is a growing feeling that the important decisions in the matter of France's policy in Morocco should n.?t be left entirely to the members of the cabinet. The seriousness of the fighting of Tuesday has brought home to the French people a realization that Franc may be only at the threshold of a protracted campaign that may easily prove costly In lives and money, The situation is now ref-rrel to at "war." and no longer, as heretofore, as an "expedition of pacification." Germany is watching the progress of events in Morocco more closely ev? ery day, and It Is Intimated in Berlin that under the Algeciras convention France Is approaching the bounds be? yond which she should not go without first obtaining the special permission of the powers. The exodus of Europeans from Tangier continues. Native advices received at Tangier declare that 20.(ton hostile Moors have concentrate^ not far from Casa Bianca, and that 10,000 Kabyle tribes? men have mobilized near Alcabaza. Spain is preparing to send rein? forcements of men and sh'os to Mo? rocco. One Spainsh Kattleshlp, the Emperador Barlos V. arrived at Tan? gier today. THOUSANDS OF ARMED .1APA NFSE ASSEMBLED ON MEXI? CAN BORDER. Budapest. Hungary, Sept. 10.?Cut sands of Japanese veterans are in Mexico States bordering the United States equipped with arms and secret? ly organised to be in readiness to gather and invade this country on short notice, was the statement made by T. R. Guermsey, editor of the Mex? ico Herald of the City of Mexico, who is spending the summer her". According to Mr. Guermsey, Mexi? co's liberal Immigration policy has enabbd the Japanese t<> flock Into that country In lar^e numbers. PENNSYLVANIA COURT DE? CLARES TWO-CENT RATE ILLEGAL. Philadelphia. Penn., Sept. 10.?In the common pleas court Judges Will son and Aubenrled today handed down a decision in favor "f the Penn? sylvania Railroad, declaring the two cent fare law unconstitutional. The decision cv rs five hundred pages and deals .it length with the rate question, not only in Pennsyl? vania, but in general. It Is believed the decision rendered today win have wide effect in the consideration of similar cases over the country. out!) mJ Truth's." TUE TRU 11. 1907. New i. KIGIIT TO DEFEND ONE'S HOME. Supreme Court Affirms Decision in (he Case of Allen Emerson. Who lias Escaped From .fail. The supr< me court yesterday af flrmed the decision of the lower court in the case of the State against J. Allen Emerson of Anderson county, who was sent up for life for che mur? der of ThOt. Drake in August. 1906. The case is of unusual interest be? cause of the fact that Emerson is now at large, having escaped from the] Anderson jail about two weeks ago while the appeal was being reviewed. Large rewards have been offered for his capture by the Drake family and the Anderson authorities and it is believed that he is hiding in tin- moun? tains <?!' North Carolina. The decision of the supiene- court is clear and outlines with remarkable clearness the law of the state as to homicides for the invasion of a man's family circle. Emerson was sal 1 to hav?. been Inttmat? **lth Mrs. Belle Bailey, a Uaught"r of Thos. Drake, and one night when in her room kill? ed Mr. Drakr while the latter was at? tempting to force his way Into the room, it was brought out that Em? erson hail entered the house armed ami shot Drake when the latter open? ed the door. A plea of self-defense was enter d and after the jury brought in a ver dietof guilty, an appeal was made on J the admission of testimony and also I on the charge of Judge Gary, who cit? ed an Alabama case in which a man killed the husband of his paramour and the judso of that State said that the plea of self-defense would not hold good. The supreme court holds that a man when violating the home of an? other cannot put up the plea of self defense when the parent or husband discovers this violation and is kille 1 in resenting it. The very act of the defendant, the court says, such that the man affected would lose all con? trol of his reason and should he kill the defendant he could only be tried for manslaughter. The Emerson case attracted great attention at the time of the trial and this decision by the court will doubtless be widely read.?The State, Sept 7. A GUILTLESS CRIMINAL. Woman Pardoned After Serving Loagj Term for Crime Which Her Hus? band Forced Her to Commit. J Madison, Wls? Sept. T.?After serv? ing slxte? n years in the State's pris? on. Mrs. Willvlmina Baeher was set at liberty today by a pardon granted by the governor. At the age of sixteen she married a widower named Baeher because her parents told her to do so. Baeher was thirty years her senior, and the girl became, a household drudge. One night a traveler, Michael Sells, stop? ped at the Baeher home for the night. Baeher, who was a grasping man. re? solved to put Sells out of the way. and told Wilhelmina to poison his food. She did so, Sells dying the next day. Confronted with arrest, Raeher blam? ed his wife and when she was accused of the crime she pleaded guilty on her husband's advice and received a life sentence. Soon after she entered the penitentiary her husband killed himself, driven to do so by remorse for his act. FRISCO BRIBER SENTENCED. Vice President of Pacific States Tel? ephone Company Goes to the State Penitentiary. San Francisco. Sept. 4.?Louis P. Glass, vice president of the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph com? pany, convicted of having bribed Su? pervisor Lonegan to vote against granting a franchise to the Home Tel? ephone company, was today sentenced by Superior Judge Law lor to five years imprisonment in the State prison at San Quenttn. UPRISING IN CHINA. Natives Revolt and Kill Local Magis? trate in Fi Shlng Province. Hongkong, Sept. 7.?A serious up? rising has occurred in Fl Shing dis? trict. Hundreds of natives are revolt? ing. At Young ("how. a local magis? trate and his entire family were kill? ed. Four regiments of troops have been sent to the scene. KILLED BY BURGLARS. Woman's Head Crushed and Man's Throat Cut. Bvanston, Ml., Sept. 7.?The body of Mrs. Frederick M. Fish was found in bed today with her head crushed. By her side lay her husband, a wealthy retired broker, with his throat cut and gasping for breath. He will probably die. Neighbors are inclined to be? lieve that burglars committed the crime. E SOUTHltO.V, Established June, IBM ieries-Vol. XXVII. No 7 I THOUSANDS DIE OF THE PLAGUE ! Victim* \mul>. r< (i Three-quarter* oC a .Million in Four Months. Washington, St-pt. 6.?The enormous task that the public lualth ami ma? rine hospital servic- has in k< eping the plague out of the Philippine* ami the United States is shown by the great increase of that disease in for? eign countries during the past three or four months. That the* plague vic? tims from April to August possibly ex? ceed three-quarters of a million Is re? garded as highly probably, though, for lack of exact figures in many Ori? ental lands, stu b assertion cannot be absolutely proved by the figur b avail? able. In?ia alone shows 126.so.", caves, of which {0,000 escaped death. The fig? ures for India represent the true state of affairs, and hint at the tremendous extent < f the plague throughout the Orient, for in India alone, in that sec? tion of the globe, is there an accurate compilation of health statistics. The reports from other countries as pub? lished by the murine hospital service are Incomplete and consequently do n< t tell the whole story. For instance, in one city in China ten deaths daily, are estimated. In two other placi I mentioned in the report it Is an? nounced that the plagu? exists. The Japanese report 1.049 easea with 105 deaths in the course of two months in Formosa, while Tokio reports two cases and Yokohama 21. Perda, Egypt and Arabia ar<? infected, while Cape Colony has six cases and four towns in Au tralia had seventeen case? all told. The remarkable thing is that the Philippines have escaped, while only a few cases are taken from the ships at Honolulu. The disease has made its appearance through sidling vessels on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America, but the interesting thing about it is the small percentac,-, of deaths from the disease on ther South American continent. Rio Jancrio, in Brazil, for Instance, reports nine? teen cases, with four deaths. Three deaths were reported from Callao,. Peru, and from Trujillo fifty-fouir cases, resulting in twenty-two deaths, were rep >rted. For the entire coun? try of Peru one hundred and six e as en were reported and fifty deaths. This Is a larger number of deaths than oc Icurred in any of the other South American countries. TIIK PLAGUE IX FRISCO The Public Health Service Assumes Charge of Situation. Washington. Sept. ."?.? Py direction of President Roosevelt the public health and marine hospital servief" has assumed charge of the measu - vo stamp out the plague In San Fran? cisco. This step was taken today up? on the request of the mayor of ' San Francisco, who added that the city would do all that Is possible towardi providing funds to carry on the work. Acting promptly on telegraphic in? structions from Oyster Bay. Sugeon General Wyman promptly issued the necessary orders and notified the mayor of San Francisco that the corp? of service officers already on duty there would be augmented and addi? tional measures taken to prevent the BpVead of the disease. THREE CREMATED IX A FIRE. Hotel at Clc\eland Springs, Xortls Carolina. Burned. Charlotte. X. C, Sept. I.?Fire ear? ly this morning destroyed the hotel at Cleveland Springs. X. C. and threes people were burned to death. They are Miss Faith, of Bllenboro, X. C.r and two colored women employed by the hotel. The loss is about $25.000; with 110,000 insurance. Little was? saved by the guests. Lightning start? ed the fir<-. FRANKLIN TO BE HANGED. Slayer of Orangchurg Officer OOSSV* vtctcd of Murder. Orangeburg, Sept. I.?Pink P"isisTI lln. the negro, who, on July 29, shelf and killed Constable Henry Valer.l?.f . who was seeking to arrest hirn. wa> tried in the Court of General Session! today and convicted of minder. Hr was sentenced to be hanged the date of his execution being fixed for the 25th of October. Franklin's wife. .<etf Franklin, who was placed on trtfcfl with htm as an accessor) to the kilt - Ing, was acquitted. Ratty Hig BwlMfcngs Burned r?? <tk (?round?immense Monetary boss. Filton. X. H.. gept 7 The Shaker settlement, which S/as established! over a hundred years ago, is being: swept by a fire which broke our earr> today. Help has been summoned fron? neighboring places, but there is little hope of saving any of the lWy hfsx buildings.