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Scraps and Jafts.
? A pitched battle between farmers
and three robbers, in which two of
the latter were wounded, followed a
daring robbery of the postofflces at
Pederlckton and Pridgeport, N. J.,
a few days ago. The three men were
captured. The robbers lirst appeared
at Pederlckton, where they blew open
the safe in the postoffiee and stole
$250 the explosion wrecking and setting
lire to the building. The robbers
fled and were not heard from for two
hours, when they appeared at Bridgeport
eight miles away. There they
blew open the safe in the postoflice,
which almost wrecked the building
and took away $890 in stamps and
money. In their flight the robbers had
a fight with the police at Woodbury,
who had been telephoned, but escaped
toward Wenoah, to which point they
were traced by the posse. The robbers
were finally penned in the woods near
by, by the posse and both opened fire.
The robbers were finally captured, two
being wounded, one having his face
riddled with buck shot and another
may die.
? Boston, March 7: Warry Charles,
one of the wealthiest and most Influential
Chinamen of Boston, and eight
of his countrymen, claimed to be notorious
"Hatchet Men," were found
guilty by a jury in the superior criminal
court today of murder in the first
degree, alleging the killing of four
Chinamen here in August, last. The
tenth defendant on the same charge,
died In his cell last Tuesday. In each
case Charles was accused of being an
accessory. The murders for which
the Chinamen were found guilty grew
out of a feud of long standing between
the Hip Sing Tong and the Le*
ong Tong, rival Chinese societies.
Early in August, 1907, a number of
strange Chinamen appeared In Oxford
Place in the heart of the Chinese quarter,
and when the signal was given
began firing. When the police appeared
they found three Chinamen dead
and a dozen seriously wounded. One
of these died. Shoy Tong was one of
the principal government witnesses
and testified that Charles was president
of the Pip Sing Tong club, which
instituted the killing.
? Washington, March 7: Bills to
establish postal savings banks that
have been Introduced by Senators
Carter, Knox and Burkett were today
considered by a sub-committee of
the senate committee on postofllce and
post roads consisting of Senators Carter,
Burrows, Bankhead and Clay.
Postmaster General Meyer was before
the sub-committee and outlined his
views on the subject. Postmaster
General Meyer stated to the committee
while the Knox bill was drawn in his
department he was not wedded to that
measure and was very ready to approve
amendments of provisions to
be taken from both the llurkett and
Carter bills. The committee and the
postmaster general were agreed upon
the plan for placing the funds to be
secured by the postal savings bank in
the various national banks of the
country at a rate of interest sufficiently
large to pay depositors two per cent
and to defray all attendant expenses.
Speaking today of the chances of securing
action on this bill Senator Carter,
chairman of the sub-committee,
said: "I have no doubt the senate
will pass a bill embodying the postal
savings principle." There will be further
meetings to discuss the measures.
? New York, March 9: Wall street
was today highly elated over dispatches
indicating a remarkable resumption
of business in the west.
The Jones and Laughlin Steel company
of Pittsiburg, has ordered resumption
of work on its new $15,000,000
steel plant at Alliquippa and the
machinery builders who had the contrncts
for tha heavv machinery have
been ordered to continue their work
with all speed. The Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing company
has ordered the working force increased
twenty-five per cent. In structural
steel they have booked orders for 50,000
tons since February 1, and the
rail mills have booked orders ir the
same time for 150,000 tons of steel
rails. Coal mines, which have been
Idle since November, have been reopened
ind are working full forces.
Lake navigation has been ordered to
commence March 15, instead of April
1, as usual. A dispatch from Omaha
says that entire confidence has been
restored in that section of the west
and a big contract just let is for car
repairing shops to cover three hundred
acres and for three hundred cottages
for the workmen. Building permits
ir. that section shew a handsome
increase over a similar activity on a
greater scale.
? The Dundee Advertiser says: "The
hope that the movement of troops
against the Zakka Khels will prove a
regular surprise' to these erring tribesmen
leaves out of account the mystic
oriental power of rapidly and secretly
communicating news over vast distances.
An instance of this strange
faculty was furnished during the Indian
frontier expedition against the
Waziris, in 1895. Seventy-five miles,
as the crow llies and ll'O miles by
mountain roads from their base at
Sheik Budin, the British troops defeated
the Waziris. Heavy mist prevented
the news of this success being
heliographed until the following day,
when, communication being opened up,
the British officer at Sheik Budin anticipated
the news of the victory by
stating He nan neen inrormeu 01 u oy
natives of the very evening of its occurence.
The most famous instance
of this sort is associated with the assassination
of Lord Mayo bv a convict
in the Andaman islands. Within a
few hours of this murder an Kuglish
official at Simla was told by his Pathan
servant that the viceroy was dead.
Telegrams announcing the news did
not arrive until the next day. How
such messages are transmitted is hidden
from Europeans, but again and
again in India, as also in Egypt during
the Soudanese campaigns, and in
.south Africa during the Boer war,
the authenticity and speed of such native
tei *graphy was proved."
? Tokio, March 8: The fates seem
almost resolved to embroil Japan and
China by fair means or foul. No
sooner does one diplomatic issue appear
to be on the eve of satisfactory
settlement than another crops up to
prolong the agony and keep the Tokio
foreign office and the Chinese foreign
board more or less busy. The Kanto,
a boundary, the Tsin-Min-Tun-Fakumen
railroad, the North Munchurian
customs and the telegraph questions- all
these have now ceased to excite
much concern in the minds of those
who can see below the surface of the
political current, but on the other hand,
as though the Chinese themselves
were determined to furnish the Japanese
opposition with its strongest arguments
in favor of a more spirited
policy vis-a-vis, the Middle Kingdom, s
Chinese warships seized a Japanese s
merchant steamer?the Tatsu Maru?
in Chinese territorial waters just outside
Macao harbor and escorted her I
to Canton on the charge that she was (
engaged in an attempt to smuggle
arms and ammunition into China. T<? "
add to their citation inseparable from *
such a course of action, the Chinese j
commander hauled down the Japan- ,
ese llag on route and ran up the Chines"
dragon ensign instead. The 1
Nnanese foreign office has demanded
the immediate release of the Tatsu j
Maru and the purishment of the official
responsible for her seizure. Quite r
irrespective of the merits of the case 1
the Japanese minister maintains that ti
the action of the Chinese authorities
in seizing the steamer and hauling
down the Japanese flag was an insult *
to Japan. Both China and Japan are \
making war preparations with fever- ,
ish haste and both are claiming that
there is very little danger of war. '
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Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkville t
as Mail Matter of the Second Class. (
YORKVILLE, S. C.: J
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1908. I
If Governor Ansel says submit, let I;
us submit; but if Governor Ansel says t
fight let us fight.
I
Dispatches indicate that business ^
is picking up in nil parts of the conn- c
try and the outlook generally is brigh- 1
tor. v
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THE grafters are in high glee Just r
now. Many of them have even forgot- 11
ten that he who laughs last laughs s
best. ?
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When people.go to the stores to buy F
cotton goods of any kind they find 1
prices high enough to suit: but that is ^
as it should be The people of the v
country want cotton goods to sell high.
Governor Ansel is a man of ability, 4
courage, patriotism, and whatever he 1
says about this jurisdiction question t
should have the endorsement of the c
people.
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The Columbia State says it does not
believe that the Hon. H. H. Evans will P
speak at Tirzah in May. We have it
straight that Mr. Evans himself has 8
said that he proposes to do so. Why e
the State should have doubts about the a
matter, we cannot understand. d
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War between China and Japan may *
seriously affect the price of cotton; 8
but we hardly think so. The experience
of the past few decades has been 8
that the various wars waged in that 1
clime have stimulated trade and in- e
dustry in all the countries not engaged. ?
Mr. Joseph A. McCullough is quoted .
as saying that his acceptance of Judge
Pritchard's appointment as receiver of
the dispensary funds will not affect his ^
candidacy to the United States senate. ^
If Mr. McCullough is correctly quoted,
we are under the impression that he is
quite seriously mistaken.
S
We shall not assume to argue the
fine points of state's rights with the
lawyers who are able to argue one side a
as well as the other; but as we see it ^
if the people would preserve the state's f
respect they will stand by the staunch, e
level-headed, courageous man, who is 0
the governor of their choice, Martin F. q
Ansel. t
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Governor Ansel is awaiting the de- 0
cislon of the state supreme court on t
the question now pending before it, d
whether the winding-up commission ?
can be compelled to pay over the $15,- v
000 authorized by the general assem- 1
bly for the purpose of prosecuting the ^
grafters. If the supreme court orders g
the payment of the money, Governor j,
Ansel will proceed in an orderly man- a
ner to get it. and if Judge Pritchard a
attaches members of the commission
for contempt the case will go on up ^
to the supreme court of the United J
States. 1
e
The principal annoyance that The v
Enquirer feels because of the dispen- j
sary complications between the state (
and Federal courts, is that the state C
will be hampered in its efforts to pun- ^
ish the grafters. The grafters will get <the
benefit of the delay and also of r
much of the feeling that has been and ^
will be occasioned by the conflict of ^
jurisdiction. In our view the question t
as to what comes of that 5800.000, ?
whether it goes to the state, the re- |
ceivers or the whisky house claim- ^
ants, is a small matter as compared a
with the importance of punishing the c
people who have brought all this j
shame on the state.
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Some days ago the Columbia State
said:
"Why was Berry B. Mobley shot to
death on a train in Lancaster county i
by Grover Welsh? There was no per- s
sonal conflict; no sudden heat and pas- <=
sion. Mobley was going to consult his
attorneys who were to defend him for f
the slaying of a brother of Welsh's.
The living Welsh, conversant with the g
general criminal history of South Carolina.
and the local history of Lancaster
county, had no reason to believe
that Mobley would be punished. And I
he had reason to believe that if he as- c
suined the role of avenger he would not l
be punished by the law. So the failure S
of the law incited Welsh to slay his t
brother's slayer; the failure of the law g
encouraged him to do so without fear I
of man-inflicted punishment. The only f
escape from feud and anarchy is \
through the enforcement of the law.
Judges cannot too frequently hammer c
that into the juries." t
We do not copy this with a purpose 1
to cast any stones at South Carolina, *
for under the same condition of facts >
of what of our states could not the t
same things be said? How cheaply 1
life is held can best be told by a coin- '
parison of our homicide statistics wun
tiie statistics of legal executions.?
Charlotte Observer. .
All the more deplorable is this situation
when every individual with a j
reasonable amount of common sense so ^
well understands that a few just ver- .
diets from juries against white offenders
of various kinds will serve as an (
infallible corrective. ,
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The Dispensary Carcass.
r
Although the tight that is waging c
around the dispensary carcass con- <
tinues full of interest, we cannot say >
that things are going as we would like e
to see them. I
What we want is absolute justice in Ithe
settlement of those accounts and
absolute justice to the men who are t|
under suspicion of having stolen thou- s
and* of dollars in connection with the J|
tate's liquor business.
As to the money that seems to have
oomed up largely as the bone of con- y
*nti??n. we do not care what becomes
it it. so that it goes to the people
\ho have the best right to It. and as ^
o the people who are under accusaion,
we do not care what becomes of
hem so they get Justice. ^
As to whether the United States
ins jurisdiction in this matter, we do
lot know. From one standpoint it
ooks as If Judge Pritchard is right ^
ind from another it looks as if he is
vrong. There are good and bad men
lolding to both views, and the only ^
vay whereby the matter can be defllitelv
settled' is through a decision of
he supreme court of the United States. J
If Judge Pritchard thinks the case
;omes within the jurisdiction of the
,'nited States, it is his duty to take \
urisdiction. He has no option or disrretion
in the matter. If he is wrong ^
hen he will be corrected by the supreme
court, and in the meantime
here is no reason why anybody not
nterested in those funds should lose ^
iny sleep.
If Governor Ansel and Attorney
Jeneral Lyon believe that the United ?
States court has no jurisdiction in the
natter, then it is their duty to fight
lie matter through the United States
upreme court. Because they are the ^
luly chosen representatives of the peo?le
of South Carolina, these officials,
Jovernor Ansel and Attorney General
-?yon, are entitled to the co-operation
>nd support of every citizen of the
tate, and whether he be lawyer or
ayman, no loyal citizen will withhold ^
hat support.
As to what Judge Pritchard meant \
>y appointing as receivers, the mem crs
of the dispensary winding-up
ommlssion. we do not know. It seems
o us that lie might have found others I.
rho would have suited the purpose
ust as well, and it would have been
nore appropriate, in our opinion, had
ie found his appointees in another b
tate. At any rate, we think more of
Jessrs. Murray, McSween and Patton, h
or having refused to accept the ap- ^
ointment, and it is rather creditable ^
o Messrs. C. K. Henderson and B. F. ^
irthur that they resigned from the
i-inding up commission without wait- 0
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ng to be asaea 10 ao so. ^
We have believed all along- that
here was more behind the taking of
his case into the United States court
han the mere matter of collecting the .
laims. ir
We believe that much of the ob- n
truction with which Mr. Lyon has met
n the senate is more criminal than
lolitical. There is good reason to be- h
leve that the people who are under k
uspicion of being grafters have powrful
friends at court, (in the house
nd senate), and much that is being n
lone under the guise of right, justice, c]
conomy, etc., is really being done for e,
he purpose of harboilng people who j
hould be punished. p
But there is no reason why anybody e,
hould become excited about the mater.
The governor and attorney genral
will continue their best efforts,
nd the law will eventually be estabIshed
by the supreme court of the p
Jnited States. How long this will be, t]
here is no telling; but the suspected w
rafters may be depended upon to n
riake good use of the delay that i. 'oe- p
ng occasioned largely for their bene- f(
it. very probably.
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" ? epki ATAD
10 ocn/Mwn. D
iuccessor to Late A. C. Latimer Chosen ^
On Eighteenth Ballot. ^
After eighteen ballots, the general
ssembly on last Friday afternoon a
greed upon Hon. Frank B. Gary of si
Lbbeville. as the choice of the majority e'
or United States senator to fill the unxpired
term of A. C. Latimer, deeased.
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The news was received at The En- \\
luirer office within a short time after
he election: but too late to be printed .
xcept in the last six or seven hundred 11
opies printed. h
It was evident from the beginning e
hat Mr. Gary was the strongest canlidate:
but he had very considerable
pposltion that preferred almost any- t<
iody in his stead. The opposition made p
arious efforts to stampede the major- p.
ty to different other candidates and to
lark horses, and finally run in John C.
Shepherd of Edgefield. This had the
ffect of driving some of the anti-Gary
eaders to his support and a short time
.fterward he was elected with 79 votes v
, majority of one. The last ballot was j
s follows:
Gary. 79: McLeod, 32: Mauldin, 11;
Valker, 24: Wilie Jones, 2; Ira B. S
ones, 4: Coker. 1; D. T. McKeithan, 1. n
.'otal vote cast, 154; necessary to
lect, 78. K
For Gary, Earle, Efird. Griffin, Harey.
Hough, Johnson, Laney, Toole, Ar- h
lold. Bailey, Ballentine, Bethune, Boyd, j,
Irantley, T. S. Brice, Cannon, Carey,
Jaeson, Carwile. Clary. Courtney, c'
'roft. Culler, Derham, Dingle, Dixon. IV
. B. Dodd, Douglass, Dowling, Epps,
larris, J. P. Gibson. W. J. Gibson, fi
Jlasscock. Goodwin. Hall, Hardin, Harnun,
Harris, Hinton. Hughes, Hydrick, s
ohnstone, Kirven, Lester. Leitner, Lit- o:
le. McColl, McKeown, Mann, Miley, 5
Jiller. Morrell, Nichols, Norton, Paterson,
Richards, Richardson, Saye,
Scarborough, Scruggs, Sharpe, Shipp, c<
Slaughter, D. L. Smith, J. E. Smith, T
Itillwell. Stubbs. Thomas, Todd, p
""ompkins. Berner. Wade. Walker.
Vannamaker, Wimberly, Woods, Wy- "
he, Yeldell?79. r<
For Walker?Senators Walker, Bass,
lardin. McGowan, Townsend, A. G.
trice, W. D. Bryan, Clinkscales, Cox,
)ick, Doar, Frost. Gause, Gyles. Kella- "
tan. Legare. Niver, Parker, Sawyer, r<
randerHorst. Wallace, Wiggins, You- fi
aans?23. .
For Maudin?Senators Brlce, Brooks,
leattie, Cothran. Greer. Harley, Harrion.
Hemphill, Nesblt, Nicholson, K. P. n
imith?11. ,.
For Wilie Jones?Senators Weston,
tucker?2.
For Ira B. Jones?Williams, Cos;rove,
Jones, Robinson?4. ,
For Coker?Ayer?1.
For D. T. McKeithan?Hollidav?1. sl
For McLeod?Senators Bass, Bivins, a
ilack, Blease, Carlisle, Christensen, n
Mifton, Crouch, Gibson, Graydon, Kely,
McKeithan. OUs, Rogers, Sinkler, h
Sullivan, TaiDert, Kaysor. Kepreseniaives
Aull. Banks, P. M. Bryan, Carri- *(
ran. J. H. Dodd, Fraser, Kershaw, ,
jaw son. McMaster, Reaves, Sellers,
spivev, Tatum. VonKolnitz. Wingard,
Vhaley?34.
Immediately after his election the j*1
ommission of Mr. Gary was signed by
he governor and attested by the pres- j"'
dent of the senate and speaker of the
louse. Mr. Gary went to Washington
esterday to present his credentials and d
ake the oath of office. It is understood
hat he is pledged not to enter the prinary
for the long term.
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? New York. March 7: Justice o
'lark, today in the supreme court, 'J
granted an order permitting the ^
Knickerbocker Trust company to re- a
time operations March 26 next. This w
s a result of four months labor by a 0
r<
ommittee of depositors on rehabita- j
ion plans. The reopening of the q
Knickerbocker will release to the we!- si
are of the community assets aggre- ?
aiting $46,370,620. The suspension n
?f the company, resulting from a two ].<
lay's run last October, involved the '<
avings of nearly 20,000 depositors, s
aused the sensational death of its c,
resident, Charles T. Barney, and fi
recipitated such unsettlement of pub- rt
1c confidence that the panic of 1907 u
esuited. Granting the resumption or- fi
ler has reflected a smart advance in ci
ecurities on the stock exchange.
LOCAL. AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
fines D. Howell, Hickory Grove No. 1
?Offers a prolific variety of King's
Improved cotton seed for sale at 7!?e
a bushel f. o. b. cars.
!, W. Ferguson. Catawba?Is In the
market for a 8, 10 or 12-b. p. Toaer
engine.
!. W. McKnight, Admr.?Gives notice
that on April 19, he will apply to the
probate court for final discharge as
administrator of estate of W. T. McKnight.
dec'd.
. U Williams & Co.?Are showing new
styles of Beacon $3 shoes in tan, vlcl,
patent and gun metal leathers, and
say they are the best.
I. W. White?Off err. various pieces of
real estate?farms and town property
for sale. Money furnished on
easy terms.
. W. Dobson?Has fine seed Irish potatoes
at lowest prices. He sells D.
M. Ferry's garden seeds and says
they never disappoint.
'orkville Monument Works?Wants
you to see it about a head stone or
monument for departed relatives.
'irst National Bank?Tells you that
chasing dollars is business?not for
the dollar itself but what you can do
with it. Four per cent paid on savings
deposits.
"ork Drug Store?Calls attention to
its complete line of toilet articles, including
extracts, colognes, soaps, talcum
powders, etc.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill?Says
it is able and willing to take care of
its customers at all times and wants
you to see it for what money you
will need.
'ork Furniture Co.?Prints a partial
list of the various kinds of goods it
carries and assures its customers of
a fair deal at all times.
'orkvllle Hardware Co.?Has a full
line of farm hardware and wants you
to see its stock before you buy anything
in hardware.
'homson Co.?Makes special offerings
for Wednesday and Thursday of this
week, including seasonable goods.
Walter Rose?Has large shipment of
choice varieties of cabbage plants,
t'. E. Ferguson?Will receive a shipment
of cabbage plants tomorrow?
Wednesday.
lOuis Roth?Offers several varieties of
seed Irish potatoes by the peck.
Special prices on sacks.
In addition to the names mentioned
y the Rock Hill Record in connection
ith the senatorship, we have al:io
eard of Messrs. J. E. Beamguard of
'lover, and W. B. Wilson, Jr., of Reck
[ill being discussed as probable canidates.
A movement has been started ir
partanburg to follow the lead of Anerson
in the adoption of a curfew
rdinance. The ordinance is said to
ork well in Anderson and a number
f Georgia cities and towns, and it is
laimed that there is great need for it
1 Spartanburg to keep the boys out
f the pool rooms.
The sales of improved plows and of
gricultural machinery of various kinds
ave been the largest this season ever
nown in this Immediate section. The
:arcity of labor has caused the more
regressive farmers to give more and
lore attention to the agricultural mahinery
question, and the results genrally
have been satisfactory. The
emand for the best and most approved
lows, especially, is greater than has
ver been known.
THEY ARE PLOWING.
Thousands of acres of York county
oil have been turned up during the
ast week and everywhere throughout
le county farmers are pushing their
-ork with an impatient eagerness that
lay be explained in part by the long
eriod of Idleness that has been enjrced
on account of the weather.
Quite a number of the farmers comlenced
plowing as early as Monda/
f last week. The ground was pretty
et, and the situation was somewhat
oubtful; but because the work was so
lr behind they pushed on with it,
nyway; by Tuesday plowing became
till more general and by Wednesday
verybody was at it. Most of i,he farlers
pushed right on through the week
nd made a full day of Saturday as
ell as the other days.
Many farmers have been busy durlg
the long seige of bad weather
auling out their fertilizers; but othrs
have preferred to leave this work
ntll later on. when the roads get bet?r,
redoubling their efforts with the
lows in the meantime for fear of
lore rain later on.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mrs. Iva Raines of Blythewood, is
Isiting the family of her father, Mr.
, C. Dickson on Yorkville No. 1.
Mr. Chas. W. Smith of the Straussmith
company, left yesterday for the
orthern markets to purchase spring
oods.
Mr. J. F. Ashe of McConnellsville,
as been subpoenaed to serve as a petit
jry in the United States district
:>urt which convenes in Charleston on
larch 17.
Rev. E. E. Gillespie was unable to
II his appointment at Reersheba last
unday afternoon, because of the death
f Mrs. M. B. Dowry, a venerable memer
of his congregation.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Tillman of Lanister
came over to Yorkville last
hursday on a visit to Mr. and Mrs.
? B. Davidson. Mr. Tillman left yesirday
for Cheraw. Mrs. Tillman will
?main for a more extended visit.
J. C. Chambers, Esq., of the Sharon
eighborhood. has been confined to his
ome during the past two weeks, as the
?sult ??f injuries sustained in a fall
*om a wagon. His left leg was badly
ruised, and the bone was probably
actured. He is some better; but does
ot hope to be out for a week or two
et.
SPECULATIVE MARKET.
Yesterday's developments in the
peculative market were reviewed in
n Associated rress aispaicn ui iasi
Ight from New York as follows:
The cotton market was quiet today,
ut showed a generally steady underlie
and closed steady at a net adance
of 6 to 15 points. Sales for the
ay estimated at 125,000 bales.
The market opened firm at an adanee
of 8 to 13 points and during the
arly session sold 12 to 15 points net
igher on the active months as a reult
of covering and some moderate
ull support which was encouraged by
igher cables, good English spot sales,
bullish Hritish board of trade report,
amors that considerable sales hud
een made out of the local stock and
sports of rains in the west central
elt. Offerings increased at the udance,
however, owing to the absence
f aggressive buying and during the
liddle session the market reacted 6 or
points from the top under realizing
nd local bear pressure, but rallied
gain toward the close, with last prices
ithin a point or so of the top on the
Id crop months. There were further
sports of delayed crop preparations,
ut new crop months were relatively
uiet and easy. It is rumored that
iles of 8,000 bales have been made out
f the local stock to Georgia mills
hich will take the cotton at the rate
f 500 bales per week beginning April
U. The reduction in the German bank
lie at the close of last week was conidered
a favorable feature, and bulls
laced some stress on a reported derease
of 20.000 in the number of idle
"eight cars in the country since Febjary
1st. Southern spot markets were
nchanged to 1-16c higher. Advice?
om Fall River claimed that further
urtailment by spinners was expected.
Receipts at the ports today 19,486
j " 1
bales against 15.935 last week and 33,- in
987 last year. For the week estimated
100,000 bales against 105,503 last week
and 107,956 last year. Today's receipts cc
at New Orleans 4,913 against 8,083 last al
year and at Houston 3.463 against 5,249 1T1
last year. .
PLANT CORN. jj
We desire to bog our farmer friends
Di
to consider well the corn question this
year.
It
As has been pointed out there was '
very little wheat and oats sown last
fall, and not much more this spring1. *
Corn is to he the main reliance to
feed the stock next fall and in many ^
cases it is to be the sole reliance. ^
People who have tried the Williamson
plan have been convinced of its ^
complete practicability; they have seen ^
that under this plan corn can be made
ci
at a very considerable profit.
gi
It is all right to plant some cotton.
Every fanner should plant as much as c<
he thinks he can cultivate successfulri
ly without neglecting his corn; but cj
corn should have the first considerate
tion. .
The man w.'ao has plenty of corn
gi
and very little cotton is in better shape
than the man who has a pretty good
sized cotton crop and very little corn
in proportion. ?'
It is easy to calculate how cotton
I pays best. Almost anybody can make c<
j figures to the credit of cotton and to
I the discredit of corn. **
But the man who always has corn ni
enough and to spare, is generally **
ahead of the game. 171
Consider the corn question and consider
it well. "
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WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The street sprinkler was at work
? se
yesterday.
? Mr. P. W. I>3ve found the plow
he advertised for the other day. Mr. R. ,
T. Allison had it.
? Gardening work has commenced In
sc
good earnest and the mule and plow ^
are In strong demand.
? Are you registered to vote in the ^
municipal election? Big things are ^
being done with the town's revenues
these days.
? People who would have a voice in
the government of the town must get
registration certificates. And they
should not wait until the certificates
come to them. n'
? The macadamization of Congress aI
street from Madison to Jefferson Is ^
about the best work that can be done ^
in the way of public improvement for
Yorkville just now. M
? Superintendent Barnwell of the ^
water, light and power department, aI
has contrived an electric sign for his
office that attracts lota of attention. ?*
Seen from in front the sign shows a
streak of light chasing through the
lamps around a board. A side view hi
gives the appearance of the rising and D
fulling of a great elastic tongue of D
flnme.
? At a congregational meeting last R
Sunday morning, the Associate Re- H
formed church of Yorkville committed ^
itself to the proposition of erecting a C!
new house of worship on a new lot to
be hereafter selected, building and lot fn
to cost $10,000. The money is to be
raised by subscription in installments, n(
extending over a period of five years. r'(
bt
LOCAL LACONICS. dl
to
Supreme Court Decision. jn
R. Andral Brntton et al., respondent,
vs. Catawba Power company, appellant.
Affirmed. Opinion by Eugene
B. Gary, associate justice.
ci
Special Election In No. 23. w
The special tax election in Bethel co
township carried recently with only tr
four votes in opposition. The total m
vote, however, was small. In the first ar
place, most of the voters of the district w
favored the tax and in the second place g(
quiie a number who would have other- cc
wise voted were without registration g(
certificates. UJ
C. <L N.-W. Reduces Wages. til
Chester Reporter: Owing to the th
stringency of the times the C. & N.-W. nc
railway has ordered a ten per cent th
reduction In all salaries exceeding fif- re
teen dollars a month. This reduction to
is effec tive in the case of officers March th
1st, and with all others April 1st. This th
curtailment is intended for six months m
only, it being hoped that by that time Qf
business will have so improved as to jt
justify a return to the former scale. th
Dr. J. Mit Sadler Dead. T1
Rock Hill Record: Dr. J. Mit Sad- er
ler, a former York county man and th
very well known in this city, died at wl
his home in Montgomery, Ala., Sat- of
urday night and was buried at Union- sa
town, that state, yesterday afternoon, fo
Dr. Sadler was the last of three broth- er
ers, all having died within the past six- se
teen months. The others were Mr. Ru- th
fus Sadler, who died here in Novem- J?c
her, 1906, and Mr. Oscar Sadler, who wl
died some time in 1907. Mr. Sadler's of
friends here will be grieved to learn th
of his death. T1
Death of Mrs. Bailey. 111
Mre. J. S. Bailey died at the home of (-)1
her brother. Mr. J. N. Russell last Fri- ^
day night of heart failure. Her death
was quite sudden. The deceased was
the eldest daughter of the late J. Y.
Russell, and was the widow of the late
J. S. Bailey to whom she was married
in 1869. She was in the 79th year of
her age. She is survived by one sister,
Mrs. O. W. Sadler, two half-sisters,
Miss Carrie Russell of Blairsville and ^
Mrs. James Castles of Eureka, Texas, ea
and one-half brother, Mr. J. N. Rus- oli
sell of Blairsville. Mr. Russell McCon- sc
nell of Chester is a grandson. The
funeral took place at Bullock's Creek E'
on Saturday, the services being con- to
ducted by Rev. J. B. Swann. se
te
Attempted Safe Blowing. be
Burglars made an unsuccessful at- 18
tempt to blow open the safe of Mr. J.
M. Williams in his store at McCon- th
nellsville last Friday night. Discovery so
of the attempt was made Saturday
na ming. Examination showed that
two holes had been bored near the <*o
combination lock; but that the work mi
had evidently been interrupted at that jjj
point. Two pairs of shoes and several 0f
other articles were missing from the of
store. Somebody came for Dr. Love ?'
Cr
in the early morning, and called at his
gate. It is thought that this is what of
frightened the burglars away. Four a
strangers had been seen about McCon- "J'1
nellsville the day before?two togeth- a.
er at different limes, and suspicion at-|th
taches to tliem. |th
I nu
Cork In Fairfield. en
There is a enrk tree in Fairfield a
county. The Enquirer had never heard *p
of such a thing in tills state before; ja
but tlie tree is certainly there and it is Tl
a whopper, three feet through. Mr. W.
\V. lJlair of Hlairsville, York county,
has for some time been engaged on a >l',
building contract at Woodward's. He
was home on u visit a few days ago, _
and he brought into The Enquirer of- Ee
fice a specimen from the cork tree, a w"
sh
section of bark several inches long and tjan
inch and a half through. It looks is
'
te good commerciat cork. Mr. .Blair
lid that from the best information he
>uld get the tree.was get nut along
sout 18T.0, or a few years" before by a
an named Youngvllle. The bark has
?en stripped from the tree from time
i time for quite a distance up. The
ee Is an evergreen and very beautiful,
cunded Dr. Stephenson.
Rev. R. M. Ste.venson .in Associate
eformcd Presbyterian: "A few
eeks ago I acknowledged through
iur columns the kindness of one
ranch of my pastoral charge. Now
ask a little space to perform a slmlir
duty toward another of my!
lurches. Brother Philips wrote last
eek of a valentine party at his
ome. I suppose I may calj mine a
Washington's birthday party, as it octred
on the 22nd of February. The
sod people of Bethany sent over a
agon load of groceries, consisting of
>rn, Hour, meal, hams, sugar, coffee,
ce, eggs, butter, potatoes, chickens,
leese, baking powders, etc., also
>me money, and a quilt from the
adies Aid Society. We are deeply
rateful for this and many other eviences
of good will on the part of this
mgregutlon."
ome of the Benefits.
Discussing the cotton situation in a
mversation with the reporter yesterly,
Mr. J. Frank Ashe, president of
le York County Farmers' Union rearked:
"Well, they may claim what
ley will about our having put the
ilnlmum price too high; but I am
rmly convinced of the fact that had
not been for the Farmers' Union and
ic Southern Cotton association, the
'eater part of the present crop would
ive been sold somewhere between
>ven and nine cents. Everybody
tows now that had it not been for the
'ganlzatlon among the farmers prices
ould have gone to smash last fall,
s lo just how much of the financial
lueeze was caused through an effort
discredit the administration and how
uch was directed at the price of cotn,
I am not prepared to say; but one
ling Is certain, there has been no
nw/1 T /In nnt
LI11C ctUHJIIfc lilt; laimcio auu x uu .? V
ilieve there is going to be any."
eath of Mr?. M. B. Lowry.
Mrs. Martha Bratton Lowry, died
her home in Yorkvilie last Saturday
KTht at about 11 o'clock, after a long
id tedious illness. The deceased was
le widow of the late Capt. J. Thomas
awry, to whom she was married in
148. Her husband died June 7, 1895.
rs. Lowry was a daughter of the late
r. John S. Bratton of Brattonsville,
id was the last survivor, but two of
urteen children. She was 83 years
' age. She leaves one brother, Mr.
. B. Bratton of Brattonsville, and one
ster, Mrs. Agnes Harris of Columa.
Her surviving children are Rev.
r. T. M. Lowry of Knoxville, Tenn.;
r. M. J. Lowryy and Mr. J. Eugene
awry of Meridian, Miss.; Messrs.
obt. B. and R. Kirk Lowry and Miss
attie B. Lowry of Yorkville. Mrs.
awry was of the highest type of
hristian womanhood, and her long
Te has been one .of great usefulness
all things that make for good. The
ineral took place last Sunday afterion
at 4 o'clock, from the Presbytean
church, of which she was a memjr.
The funeral services was conlcted
by Rev. E. E. Gillespie, the pasr.
A large concourse of people was
attendance.
*
he Next Senator.
Rock Hill Record: The Record
arns, but cannot vouch for its aciracy,
that Senator J. Steele Brice
ill not stand for re-election in the
iming campaign. This rumor, if
ue, is interesting, in that it would
ean that a serious fight is going on
nong the county Democrats. Otherise
there would be no reason for
rnator Brice to retire, unless of
iurse, he has personal reasons for
jtting out of politics. It is generally
iderstood that he has made an en
rely acceptable senator. Of course,
iere are many in this county who do
>t agree with him on the liquor quessn,
but it seems to us that is the very
ason why York county should seek
keep him in the senate. Naturally,
e dispensary' crowd can see very lit?
good in J. Steele Brice. Many ruors
are floating about as to the names
those who would succeed Mr. Brice.
is said that Capt. W. H. Stewart of
lis city, will be in the race, as well as
tios. F. McDow of Yorkville. Dr. Josih
H. Saye of Sharon is also mensned.
That Dr. Saye has in him that
hich would qualify him for the office
senator all will admit, but at the
me time the "politicians" have it in
r him because he had a new road law
lacted for York county in the recent
ssion of the legislature. It seems to
e Record that Dr. Saye can afford to
before the people on this law?
hich is intended to take the question
good roads out of politics and put
e issue squarely before the people,
iere is hardly anything more importit
than the question of good roads,
f course there are plenty of people in
is county who want good roads, if
mebody else will pay for them. Dr.
lye's new law compels all the people
contribute.
SENATOR GARY.
ime Facts About the Successor of
Mr. Latimer.
Mr. Gary was born at C'okesbury,
ibeville county, March 9th, 1960. His
rly eductaion was gained in the
d Cokesbury Methodist Conference
hool, after which he graduated from
nion college, Schenectady, N. Y., 1881.
e was married to Miss Mariah Lee
vans, June 6th, 1887. He was elected
the house from Abbeville in 1890,
rvlng ten years continuously, the latr
portion as speaker. He was a memr
of the constitutional convention of
95. He is a trustee of his home city
hools and was a member of the board
hich located and established Winrop
college. He is a prominent Matt,
being high priest of Heparian
tupter No. 17, Royal Arch Masons;
xt master of Clinton No. .'1, Accepted
-ee Masons; a member of Columbia
mmandery Knights Templars, and a
ember of Onier Temple of the Mys:
Shrine. He has two brothers on
e South Carolina bench, E. B. Gary
the supreme court, and Ernest Gary,
the circuit court. He is a nephew
that picturesue fighting man of the
nfederacy, Gen. Mart Gary, who tiged
so prominently in the redemption
the state from radical rule. He is
cousin of former Governor John Gary
,'ans of Spartanburg, who is a cani.'i?
tlm l.>nir turrn of United
ates senator. Mr. Gary is pledged in
is election not to enter the race for
e long term, which explains why
ne of the long-term candidates have
tered this race. Mr. Gary was never
regular judge, but he presided as
ecial judge at the memorable trial
Lexington of Lieutenant Governor
mes H. Tillman, nephew of Senator
llman, for the murder of Editor X. G. '
nzales. Mr. Gary was defeated for '
utenant governor by Tillman. He '
is defeated for governor in lHfti) when
cSweeny was elected.
" * 1 1
-It has been announced that John I
e Hydrick of Woflford college is the i
nner of one of the Rhodes scholar- 1
ips at Oxford. England, university, i
le scholarship is for two years and I
valued at $1,500. i
LYON SAYS IT IS OUTRAGEOUS.
What the Attorney General Thinks of
Judge Pritchard's Action.
On being .shown an Associate Press
dispatch announcing the acceptance by
Joseph A. McCollough of Judge
Pritchard's appointment as receiver for
the dispensary, Attorney fSenernl Lyon,
who was in Augusta at the time, said:
"I regret exceedingly that there is
a person in the state cf South Carolina
who would accept an appointment as
receiver at the hands of Judge Pritchard."
Then taking up the genera!
situation Mr. Lyon said* "So far as
Judge Pritchard undertaking to enjoin
any one from bringing suits otto
in any way interfere with the fund
Involved is concerned I will state that
I instituted proceedings in the supreme
court of South Carolina for the purpose
of compelling the commission to
disregard Judge Pritchard's injunction
and to pay into the state treasury
for the use of the attorney general's
office the sum of $15,000 which was
appropriated for the purpose of certain
criminal proceedings and prosecutions
of persons connected with the
late dispensary.
"Judge Pritchard's order will most
certainly be disregarded by me if it
undertakes to in any wise restrain or
direct me in this or any other proceedings
I may deem it advisable to
institute.
"I regard the entire proceeding as
without precedent and as a most outrageous
disregard of the rights of the
state of South Carolina. It is founded
unon no sound authority. His
conduct in appointing receivers on
the day before the motion for the appointment
of receivers was to be heard
in accordance with the formal order
which he passed was a most wilful
disregard of the rights of the state,
and we were thereby denied our day
in court.
"As to his criticisms, in his former
decree, of my bringing the mandamus
proceedings In the supreme court of
South Carolina to compel the commission
to disregard his injunction
and pay into the state treasury the
appropriations made for the prosecu tion
of the criminals, the proceeding
in the supreme court was in accordance
with the practice and law in
South Carolina, . and if this had not
been so the court would have refused
to assemble and hear the same.
"The result of this proceeding cannot
be foretold. It would, no doubt,
be as useless to explain the purpose
of this proceeding to him as it was to
explain the law and the facts in the
case in which he has assumed Jurisdiction.
I am most careful as to the
opinion the learned Judge may entertain
with regard to this proceeding.
It is not surprising that he regards any
move on the part of the state to protect
her rights against those who
would despoil her as unwarranted.
"His conduct has been most unseemly
and the state of South Carolina
must look to tie United States supreme
court for the preservation of
its sovereign powers.
"I am extremely gratified to knowthat
Messrs. Murray, Patton and McSween,
members of the state dispensary
commission, have refused to accept
the receivership offered them,
and that their patriotism cannot be
shaken by the hope of any reward.
"I believe we will finally be successful
in the defence of the state, but
whatever the result we will defend
her to the last extremity of the law.
Knowing the righteousness of our
cause. I believe we will succeed."
Columbia. S. C.. March 8.?When
Attorney General L,yon was snown
the press dispatches as to the threatened
attempt to have him attached
for contempt on account of the strictures
of Judge Pritohard, contained
in the interview given out by him In
Augusta, Ga., last night, he said:
"It is not surprising that these harples(referring
to the liquor lawyers)
should wish to have me attached for
contempt. This wail is probably
caused, not from any disregard which
may have been shown the learned
judge, but more probably from the
prospect of being kept for a long while
from plundering and feasting upon
the revenues of South Carolina. The
attorneys' fees and costs of the various
satellites of the court may possibly
be $50,000, or more. It is, therefore,
not hard to understand the cause
of the wail, nor their unseemly haste
to have the court take action with the
manifest purpose of circumventing
the governor when he advised the
legislature to act and protect the revenues
and autonomy of the state.
"I repeat again that 1 will use every
lawful means to save the state from
the possibility of such plundering and
will proceed in the courts of the state
to checkmate the liquor houses that
have fed upon the state whenever it
may be proper to do so, any orders of
the United States circuit court to the
contrary notwithstanding."
JUDGE PRITCHARD IN CHARGE.
Affairs of Dispensary In Hands of
Winding-Up Commission.
News and Courier:
Ashevllle, March 7.?Following the
appointment of temporary receivers as
announced last night Judge Pritchard
today named as permanent receivers
of the fund of $800,000 in assets left by
the late dispensary of South Carolina.
Joseph A. McCollough of Greenville: C.
v HcnHorann nf Aiken, and B. F. Ar
thur of Union. In the same order the
receivers were directed to take charge
of all the personal property now in
charge of the commission appointed by
the state to wind up the dispensary affairs,
including the money in banks,
and to give bond in the sum of $25,000
each. The members of the commission
were directed to turn over such property
to the receivers and all persons were
restrained from bringing any suits to
enforce claims or in any way to interfere
with the possession of the court's
agents.
Following this formal action came
the formal notice by D. W. Rountree of
Atlanta, of counsel for the commission,
that its members would refuse to deliver
the property to the court and announcing
that it was desired to appeal
the question of the court's jurisdiction
to the supreme court of the United
States as quickly as possible. He expressed
his willingness that the court
should, on such failure to obey, attach
some offending members, expressing
his willingness to waive all preliminary
writs in order that a writ of habeas
corpus might issue from the highest
court. This offer did not, however, appeal
to counsel for creditors, and they
objected to skipping any of the legal
steps, and also claimed that as imprisonment
for contempt was a criminal
matter, counsel could not waive his
clients to jail. Mr. Rountree stated
that there would be a refusal to obey
the court's order, with all personal respect
to the judge, in order to raise the
issue of jurisdiction, whereupon Judge
Pritehard remarked that he would, if it
would convenience counsel, go to Columbia
to hear the matter.
Prior to appointing the receivers the
' ? - A/vmnanv
court COIlsonuiueu me yy iisuii if?"j
case and tlte Flelschmann company
case, and later directed that each should
give $7,000 injunction bond, $f>00 of this
having already been given by the Wilson
company. In case of appeal on
writ of error by the commission an appeal
bond of $1,000 is to be furnished
by the defendants.
Messrs. Henderson and Arthur, two
of the commissioners who were named
as temporary receivers by the court
Friday evening, stated that they would
accent, while Messrs. W. J. Murray,
chairman, and Mr. John McSween, declined
to accept, and no reply was had
from the fifth member, Mr. Avery
Patton.
These statements indicate the status
of the dispensary case this evening,
and unless there is action on the part
of the state or commissioners it will be
unchanged until the 6th of April, when
the defendants will make answer and
the court will appoint the special masters
who will take evidence to support
the claim of the complainants that
money is justly owing them, and that
there is a scheme to delay payment in
order that banks which hold the cash,
and in which some of the commissioners
are interested, may profit by the
use of the money, and also the claim
that there are deep and dark schemes
involved. The masters will also hear
the counter charges of the commission
that complainants and others have
swindled the state out of hundreds of
thousands of dollars by over-charges
ind by conspiracies with members of
the old commission, and that on account
of such frauds the whisky men
owe the state money instead of being
creditors. At the hearing some weeks
ago the court announced that if it appointed
masters it would have all 4
charges probed to the bottom, and It Is
believed that with the aid of the formidable
powers of the court things
sensational will develop.
CHRISTENSEN URGES ACTION.
Senator From Beaufort Wants an Ex- ^
tra Session Immediately.
Senator Nells Chrlstensen, .than
whom no man in the state has done
more to expose the rottenness of the
state dispensary management, hus given
out the following interview on the 1
present situation:
i ne issues involved in ine cunie?i
now on between Judge Pritchard and
the state of South Carolina are two
parts local and one part national. If
he is upheld by the supreme court at
Washington, South Carolina will lose
from (50,000 to $100,000 in costs of a
receivership and her investigation of
the dispensary grafters through her
own 'winding-up commission' will be
thwarted. But the large effect of such ft
a result will be a curtailment of the
rights and powers of the state, a phase
of the situation that is of vital national
interest.
"It has been suggested that by submitting
to Judge Pritchard and accepting
his appointment, the 'winding-up <
commission' could have carried on the
same work it is now doing and avoid
a contest with its Incident delay; that,
barring the swallowing of state pride,
the desired result could be obtained
under Federal jurisdiction. Such is
not the case. In the first place, the
expense of Federal Jurisdiction would
be many times that provided by the
state. But more important than the
money Involved is the consideration i
that the masters appointted by the
Federal court would not be charged
with the duty of investigation that has
been placed on the 'winding-up commission'
by the legislature.' That is the
crux of the whole situation.
"The appeal to the Federal court was . - *
made by Fleischmann & Co., of Cincinnati.
When Mr. Lyon and myself,
then members of a legislative inveetigatlng
committee, went to Mr. Julius
Fieischmann in Clncinpatl and urged
him to make a full statement of the
transactions of his firm with the South
Carolina dispensary he refused. He
said that he would rather lose the account
(over $50,000) than submit to A
an investigation. Others have since
taken the same position with the
winding-up commission,' which has
taken the place of the legislative investigating
commission.
"The legislature of South Carolina
can make the. outcome before the Uni- <
ted States supreme court certain by
legislation that will further define the
status of the 'winding-up commission'
and the fund it is administering. The
attorney general urges that an extra
session be called to consider the matter.
The governor has the matter under
advisement. He will assume a
very grave responsibility by refusing,
as on him would then be placed the
blame, should the issue go against the
state. If the extra session be called
the legislation would certainly be enacted.
South Carolina's representatives
must today, as they have always
done in the past, stand unflinchingly
for state sovereignty. Legislators who
would bow the knee to such usurpation
as is here proposed, would be
overwhelmed at the polls in the prl- ^
maries next August/'
MERE-MENTION.
General Stoessel began his ten year
sentence at the fortress of Sts. Peter
and Paul near St. Petersburg op Saturday.
The general Is In bad health.
It is hardly probable that the czar will
commute the sentence of the general. ^
At Clark, La., 600 people are home
less as a result of a Are on Friday
which destroyed a large lumber plant
together with a large number of cottages.
The property loss was $100,000.
August W. Machen, convicted in
1905 of grafting charges in the posti .
office department at Washington, has
been released from prison at Moundville,
W. Va., after serving three yearsand
one month Twelve persons
were killed and forty-three injured in
a head-on collision at Samara, Russia,
Saturday Noda Soy, a brewing
town of northern Japan, was visited by
a fire last week which destroyed $2,500,000
worth of property Ell wood
T. Hance, a former postmaster and vice g
president of the Union Trust company '
of Detroit, Mich., committed suicide
Friday on account of financial troubles.
A petition containing 40,000 names
will be presented to President Roosevelt
asking for the pardon of Captain
Von Schaik of the ill-fated steamer
General Slocum A baby hippopota- ^
mus was born in the Central Park zoo,
New York, Friday. It weighed sixty
pounds... .United States Senator RedHeld
Proctor was buried at Proctor, Vt.,
last Friday afternoon The army
pay bill, providing for increases in the
pay of officers of from 5 to 25 per cent,
and an average increase of 40 per cent
in the pay of enlisted men, passed the
United States senate on Friday
Mrs. Virginia Campbell Thompson, for
thirteen years postmaster of Louisville, a
Ky., died in Washington last Friday....
Charles M. Schwab has purchased the
famous Potosi mine in the Santa Eulalia
district of Mexico. The purchase
price is reported to have been $8,000,000
The Western Maryland Railroad
company has been placed in the hands
of a receiver The state of '
Mississippi will install a cotton compressing
plant at the state convict
farm. It is also probable that a cotton
bagging plant will be installed... .The
recent German campaign in East Africa
is alleged to have caused the death of
75,000 natives by starvation Mrs.
Mary Harris Armor of Georgia, known
as the "Joan of Arc of Temperance,"
opened a local option campaign in Philadelphia
last week The Westinghouse
Air Brake plant at Pittsburg has
suspended work for an indefinite time
on account of lack of business... .The
total annual business of the Deutsche
Bank of Berlin last year amounted to
$22,875,000,000. The total deposits are
$119,000,000... .A woman, 76 years old,
Hqo roonn11v hpcnin aiilf fnr HIvnrpfl
from her eighth husband The coal i
mines throughout Indiana are being
worked to their fullest capacity in anticipation
of a miners strike about April
1st....... In a Pennsylvania railroad
tunnel at Baltimore on Saturday, four
men lost their lives and nine were so
badly overcome that they had to be
sent to a hospital. The cause of the
disaster was escaping gas Heavy
falls of rain have caused much
damage to railroad and other property
throughout northern Indiana
during the past few days Suit
has been tiled against the Southern ^
railway at Asheville, N. C., by the In
terstate commerce commission for violations
of the safety appliance laws....
The Atlantic Coast Line railway has
satisfactorily settled its differences as
to wages with its operating employes.
....Bloodhounds assisted in the arrest ^
of two negroes suspected of murder at
Hattiesburg, Miss., on Friday... .New
York hanks held $39,135,975 in excess
of the 25 per cent reserve rule on Saturday
last.
Tii.i.max on Pritchabd.?"A lot of
rascality," Senator Tillman said, "has
been charged against some of the purchasing
agents of the state in their
liquor transactions with whisky dealers,
and I hope Judge Prltchard will A
locate the wrong.
' Many people have a misconception
of the dispensary question in South
Carolina. The "tate did not go into
the whiskey selling business for profit,
but, with the example set by the
United States government of procuring
large revenues from the manufac- 1
ture and sale of alcoholic products,
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and the license provided for in all
the states, South Carolina simply
sought to control the sale of liquor In
this way, and wanted only incidental
revenue enough to protect itself
against loss."
Senator Tillman also said he was
glad the settlement of the dispensary
board mix-up was to be handled by
the supreme court of the United States; j
that he saw no reason for the state
avoiding any indebtedness, whether
contracted by 4he dispensary board
or in some other way. He does not
consider that the state of South Carolina
is being sued, because an appointive
board has no sovereignty even
though a creature of the state.? "
Washington special to The News and
Courier.

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