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Scraps and ^acts. ' a ? New York. .May 28: Henry C\ Stuart of Elk Harden. Va., nephew of a Hen. "Jeb" Stuart, the Confederate *' leader, and a candidate for congress J*' on the Democratic ticket, today re- " ceiveil his trunks which were seized 11 on the arrival of the Stuart family a from Europe on the Mauretunia. Mr. a Stuart paid $1,490 to get the trunks, w that amount of duty ha\'ing been le- 11 vied on goods not contained in his dec- i1 laration of dutiable objects which n were asserted by the appraisers at $3,010. The goods consisted of gowns, 1' bolts of dress goods and a miscellan- a eous collection of goods of foreign w manufacture. Mrs. Stuart had been ? abroad for two years with her daugh- ter. maid and a governess. Mr. Stuart went to Paris in March to bring them back, mat ne iaueu to declare dutiable goods was due to the fact that he was not aware of a recent ruling of the treasury department. Before he left Paris, Mr. Stuart obtained from the American consulate there a copy of a ruling issued by the treasury department governing the admission of personal possessions of the travelers. It stated that persons who had been abroad for ^ two years might declare themselves | non-residents and would not be oblig- | ed to pay duty on their belongings, a He was in ignorance of the fact that 3 the ruling had been superseded by one made last March by Secretary ^facVeagh which abolished the twoyear limit. ? New York. May 28: Imprisonment for not less than twenty years, and perhaps for life, was the penalty imposed on Morris Kramer, a youth of 1!1 years who had been convicted of burglary, by Judge Malone. in general sessions court yesterday. The judge'took occasion to say he could jf not understand the action of the jury . which recommended Kramer to merc> and he also explained why he be- A lieved severe punishment should be p meted out to burglars' who enter e] houses at night ready to commit murder if discovered. Kramer was arrest- Cl ed with Samuel Rosen. 2J years old. tl for having attempted to rob apartments in No. 24 Attorney street on the night of April 29. Rosen, who had previously been in the Elmira refor- o: rnatory. admitted his guilt and was f< the principal witness against Kramer. 0J who Insisted on going to trial, on Wednesday Judge Malone sent Rosen 11 to prison for thirty years and adjudg- n ed him an habitual criminal. When ^ Kramer was taken before him yesterday for sentence Judge Malone said: c "The reason which actuates a jury to r< recommend mercy for a person con- tl victed of burglary in the first degree , I can neither fathom nor understand. I do not believe that such recommendation is made from deference to the rights of others, but rather from a no- js tion of sympathy for those in serious trouble. But in the midst of sympa- Cl thy there ought to be some consldera- c< tion for the righteous indignation of t< an outraged public society." tj ? They are about the prove the t( charge recently published in the Chicago Tribune to the effect that United ,r States Senator Wm. Lorimer of Jlli- ti nois, secured his seat by bribery. The v, charge was made originally by Chas. A. White, a member of the Illinois legislature apd published in the Tri- tr bune, and it made a big sensation, ft Rising to a question of personal privilege in the senate on Saturday, Lorimer denounced the charge as lies. He said that the whole thing had been tl hatched up by Medill McCormick. pro- (.| orietor of the Chicago Tribune for the purpose of ruining the prospects of a bank that he, Lorimer, was proposing it to open. He said that the Chicago pa- tl per had lied and it knew it had lied. Within a few hours after Lorimer's . speech, another big bomh was burst in Springfield, 111. State Senator Holts- tc la? confessed that Senator John Broderick, a Vading Chicago Democrat had given him $2,5000 cash to vote for Lorimer for United States senator and c< that he had afterward given him $700 j, as an amount that was "coming to him." and promised him $1,500 as his share of a "furniture deal." that was *r in progress. A warrant was at once ic issued for Braderi^k. Holtslaw's is the fourth confession of guilt in connection with the bribery charge. He 18 claimed that he had confessed In order li to ease his conscience. The first confession was made by Representative . Charles A. White, who declared that 1 he had received $1,000 from Lee O'Neal Brown to vote for Lorimer, and $900 fi additional from a "legislative jackpot" v raised for bribery purposes. White's confession was later substantiated in 81 the Cook county grand jury room by tl N. J. Beckmever. The third confes- j sion was made by Michael S. Link on , an offer of immunity, and so far. there tuuin < nlte a number of indict- f? ments. s< ? Glenn H. Curtis Hew from Albany u to New York city last Sunday morn- fi ing and won a prize of $10,000 offered n by the New York World. According to the terms of the competition, the Might n was down the Hudson river following t( the windings of the stream and the a trip was to he made in two laps with a single stop. There was no time limit except that there must be no unnec- tl essary delay at the single stop allow- si ed. The start was made at 7.03 o'clock Q in the morning under weather conditions that were perfect, and the entire " distance of 132 miles was covered in tl two hours and 32 minutes. The fastest e railroad trip over the same route was made in 2 hours and 40 minutes in 1900. There was a special train over the New York Central railroad con- i{ sisting of an engine and five cars loaded with sightseers including Mrs. Curtis. The train started with the aeroplane or a little after it. and made ti the trip a little behind, it having to ? slow up for the towns through which it passed. Curtis's first stop was made " at Poughkeepsie, which he made in d S3 minutes. It is 74 miles from Al- a bany. The stop at Poughkeepsie was only for a few minutes. The principal purpose was to let the engine cool and take on more gasoline. Because of d previous postponements of the flight, p there was no gasoline on hand. Some enthusiastic automobiiists. however, 11 who had been following the daring p aviator along the roads below, .offered t< to supply gasoline from their stores and the offer was promptly accepted. p With his gasoline replenished. Curt is Sl easily made another rise and sailed on b down the river following its windings ., until he got to upper Manhattan. His original purpose was to go on to Gov- H ernor's Island. But as the requirement c was merely that he should land on the q island and as there appeared a broad expanse of green sward along the northern shore, he decided to come down on it. The landing was made ti without difficulty. He telephoned the |, New York World of bis arrival and I hen getting under way sailed on down 11 the river to Governor's Island, thirteen e< miles away. Hundreds of thousands f, aaapmlilnfl uhiliir the VVAtW front gave him a noisy greeting. His wife arrived in the crowd and kissed v him, and this added to the tremendous e tumult. Half an hour later. Curtis f, having turned his aeroplane over to the soldiers, went to the office of the ? World and got his check for $10,000. m ? Washington. May 2s: The Hallinger Pinchot investigation ended today in a blaze of verbal fireworks. The oratorical efforts closed the open hearings and the attorneys who have been engaged in the case will prepare briefs for submission to the committee. which will meet July 11 to re- t' eeive them. "When I came into this '< case, a stranger to Mr. Ballinger." ex- h claimed Attorney Vertrees in closing c his address, "these were my instruc- n tions: 'So far as I am concerned there v is no bottom to this.' said Mr. Hal- jt linger: as to my sul>m*dinaies it is I; not a matter of knowledge t?ut I he- n lleve those about me are honest, hut whether they are or not. let this in- w vestigation proceed in every direction d in which it may.' Whatever your u report may he I realize fully that you si cannot save him from the injury that it has been done, hut at the same time y I know the report must be in accord- P since with the evidence and the lacts tl in this case and that his official ca- tl reer is without spot or stain " (Jlavis* p attorney. .Mr. Hrandeis. had the liist Is word. "Here wsis a man disgraced, d condemned, not only without hearing. r< without seeing the hundreds and hundreds ??f nnffes of evidence which was s; collected by Assistsint Attorney (Jener- cs al laiwh-r. hut without knowledge V (hat there was si charge against him. tl Why. why was lie sacrificed? It rests p deen in the conception which actu- w tiled Mr. I'allingcr and the man who p stood with him. and it is the coneep- ti tion of :t class of privilege, that men ti igh in exalted station must be pro cted at all cost, but a man merely n humble servant of the government, as no right if for the protection of allinger it is necessary to condemn n innocent man." The hearing >om was crowded and at the conlusion of each speech a demonstraon interrupted the proceedings. Ver ees was most bitter in his denuncition of former Secretary Garfield rid former Chief Forester Pinchot. ho. he said, conspired to accomplish le removal of Mr. Ballinger from ublic office because his was an adlinistration of law and not men." He aid Pinchot had been credited with a loftiness of purpose that he does not eserve" and insinuated that he ould "scruple at nothing to carry ut his purposes and plans." (The Morkrillc (fnquittr. m in.. I'uvtiitHee in Yorkvllle is .V iM Matter nf the Second r-lass YORKVILLE. S. C.: TUESDAY. MAY 31, 1910. That bribery business in Chicago inks like the same old story, charges, idignant denials, convincing proof, nd it is always so. Who would exect a man guilty of a crime like bribry to confess it, until he had to. Of ourse. he will deny and deny, for lere is nothing else for him to do. Pkoclk are trying to get the governr to remove the sheriff of Georgetown >r allowing Rlgham and Avant to esape. The governor takes the position fiat he has nothing to do with the tatter; that the sheriff was elected r?y le people. Somehow it does not ocur to us that the sheriff is altogether ^sponsible in this matter, not unless le men had been committed to his ustod.v without bail. Tiik Glavis-Ballinger investigation i now at an end, and it is up to the nmmittee to make its report. It is mfidently expected that the commit?e will divide along party lines and lat will leave the majority favorable Ballinger. But there is evidently lore in this thing than partisan polics or personal animosity. It looks erv much like Ballinger. although he lay have kept within the law, has be ayed the interest of the people to a iw individuals, who were after a treicndous prize that did not properly elong to them. It is regrettanie tnat le president has been sticking so ose to Ballinger. Why he has done >, we cannot understand. We think would have been the right thing for le president to kick the unworthy >cretary out from the beginning. As is, it appears that Ballinger is going > be forced to resign. The Spartanburg Herald of Sunday mtains a long interview with W. T. anes. the Union county wife murder\ a representative of the Herald havig visited Jones in his cell in the Until jail for the purpose of getting the story." The main feature of the story i a summary of the affidavits containlg the alleged "new evidence" on 'hieh the petition for a new trial is ased. and this "evidence" appears to insist for the most part of statements om certain persons that they knew Irs. Jones to be an habitual user of trychnine and that she has discussed ...Wl . ...Ilk Ikon, ? t it- SUDjtrvi ui auu iuc ? uu v??*-ni wi ifferent times. Jones is quoted as inistiug on his innocence and citing the t ts of his ability to look people cjuarely in the eyes and the contined steadiness of his nerves as evience of a clear conscience. It does ot develop that the evidence is really e\v, or important, as most of the stuff >uched on had already been covered t the trial. But some significance is nggestedby the article as a whole, and lat is the idea of an appeal from the upreme court to the general public, 11 the theory that if the public can e thoroughly mixed up on the matter, te sentence of the court will never be xecuted. TlIKRE was quite a row in congress ist week, occasioned by a refusal of majority to consent to allow the $25,1)0 appropriation for the president's -aveling expenses to become available t once, so it can be used to cover a eficiency in this year's expenses. l!ner the law the appropriation is not vailahle until July l. The shortage as occasioned by the record breaking rips the president has been taking uring the past year. Democrats and lsurgcnts were unwilling to permit he immediate use of next year's apropriation and that left the president make up a deficiency out of his own oeket. During the debate there was rune taunting of the Democrats for not eing willing to uav the nresident's ex enses when he came to visit thent, nd it was thrown up to some of the ongressmen that it was in rather uest lettable taste for them to vote gainst the payment of the hill after hey themselves had shared the hospiEilities of the president's train. The antering engendered some had feellg. The Augusta, <Ja? people, who onsider themselves as President Taft's ^llow-townsmen, telegraphed .Mr. Canon that if permitted to do so, they 'ould gladly pay the entire deficienv; hut when the matter was laid he>re the president, he declined to hear f anything of the kind, saying that he ould pay the hill himself. BIG CROP NEEDED. Jew Orleans Paper Makes Analysis of the Situation. in a comprehensive review lately of lie cotton situation. The New Or ans Picayune argues in favor of a irger production of the staple, deluring that while the speculative eletent of the market is continually aducating short crops and high prices will be a mistake for the American timers to allow these arguments to lilitate against a liberal planting. In taking this position, this paper, hieh is expert in the cotton business, eelares that th" crop of the past year as disastrously small and the sea ii ends with tin- shortest visible and visible stocks in a long number of ears. In the main the ideas of this aper are harmonious with those of le farmers in general for the reason nut the curtailed production of the ast year admittedly necessitates a irger yield for the new season, in orer to meet the actual necessities and i'<iuirements of the world. .\ big crop would sell not only at itisfactory but at paying prices beiuse every iiale of it will t?? needed, fiih a short crop coming on top of ie crop failure of last year famine rices will he experienced but as alays happens under such conditions, rotits. instead of being equitably disibuted. will accrue to a comparaVely few people, the balance being left to suffer the results of disastrously small yields, which no amount of high prices can make profitable. Moreover, another short yield coming on top of the scarcity of the past season would demoralize the spinning industry of the world. The Picayune believes therefore, that there is every incentive for farmers to repair the damage done by the cold weather of April and the backwardness of the season generally. Nothing is to be gained by a short crop, while a good crop is certain to sell at paying prices. The mere planting of a large acreage does not insure a good crop, but the careful cultivation of a reasonable acreage does help materially to produce the best results. It would, therefore, be ill advised to permit early discouragements to cause an abandonment of any of the normal cotton acreage as long as it is possible to replant. While the season nas Deen oacKwuni miu mcic u?n k>^.. a notable absence of sufficient moisture. it is still early enough for these adverse conditions to change. A big cotton crop is absolutely needed, no matter what the speculators may say. and there never was a time when there was a greater certainty that a big crop would prove profitable. M ERE- MENTION. Dr. Robert Koch, the famous German bacteriologist. died at Baden Baden, Germany, Friday, aged 66 years. Dr. Koch in 1882 announced the discovery of the tuberculosis bacillus The new battleship South Carolina has established a new world's record for big gun shooting. With her forward turret 12-inch guns she made sixteen bull's-eye hits out of sixteen shots at a moving target In four minutes and fifty-one seconds The New York Herald's and Atlanta Journal's good roads touring party, including fivty or more starters, will leave Atlanta, Ga., on June 6, and it is expected that the run to New York will be made in seven days. ....Although strenuous efforts were made to raise the French submarine Pluviose, which sank in the English channel Thursday in 100 feet of water after a collision with a passenger steamer, all efforts failed owing to the swift undercurrent wnicn moveu mc vessel from its first resting place.... Louis Stall, a young giant, fell into the cofferdam of a caisson fifty-feet underground in New York, Saturday. The cofferdam was full of boiling water and Stall was finally rescued after swimming in the place for fifteen minutes. He was fatally injured.... J. C. Hunter, a white man, was convicted at Savannah, Ga., Saturday morning of the murder of his wife and two other women. Hunter was sentenced to be hanged June 10..... There will be a double hanging in the Fulton county, Ga., jail, at Atlanta, Friday, both of the condemned men) being negroes, one convicted of murder and the other of criminal assault. ... .Six large factories were destroyed by tire at South Minneapolis, Minn., Saturday morning, entailing a loss of $1.750.000 Geo. W. Thomas, said to be one of the most desperate post office and express robbers In the coun- j try was arrested at Marlborough, X. Y? Saturday, where for four years he has been living on a farm and one of the most highly esteemed citizens of Ulster county. Thomas is wanted in Virginia for "baggage check" robberies Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany is suffering from what is feared to be bloodpolsontng In his right hand. ....State Senator Holstlay of Illinois, who was indicted on a charge of perjury on Friday in a state house furniture deal, confessed Saturday that he sold his vote for Lorimer for $2,500, and later got $1,500 from the "jack pot." Harry W. Walker. Jean M. Voelker and James F. Halligan. codefendants of Ohas. R. Heike, secretary-treasurer of the American Sugar Refining company, on trial in New York on charges of customs frauds, pleaded guilty Friday and confessed to their parts in the frauds Governor Hughes of New York, has called an extra session of the New York legislature to meet June 20. The body only adjourned last week........ Two deputy sheriffs were perhaps fatally shot from ambush, in Clay county. Ky.. Friday, while looking for a murderer in the mountains B. W. Eblen, a wealthy citizen of Henderson. Ky., was shot to death by his ? ii'.. ~ TIw. oiuf/Ioroau alun win* till r I iua\ . i IIV uiuiuvt voo u.wv fired two shots at a negro woman. She then surrendered to the sheriff The street car men of Albany. X. Y., went on a strike Friday Jesse Matson, a negro, who killed a deputy sheriff, was lynched by a mob near Exmoor, Ala.. Thursday evening J. C. Napier, a wealthy negro of Nashville. Tenti.. on Friday declined a diplomatic appointment tendered by Mr. Taft. . . .Two students of Brown university, Providence, R. I? have been expelled from that institution because of stealing articles from the pockets of students who left their coats in the gymnasium. The thieves were caught by an electric device which gave a warning in an adjoining room Ten persons were killed and forty more or less seriously injured in a wreck on the Lehigh Valley railroad near Wllkesbarre, Pa., Saturday. The wreck was caused by a broken rail. .. Ten thousand live fowls were roasted in a New York poultry warehouse tire Suturday night At a "peace festival" held by negroes near Calhoun, La.. Saturday, nine negroes were shot, three of them fatally, in a free-for-all tight among the factions present.... Mr. Roosevelt and party are due to arrive in New York from London on June ISth Beef, lamb and pork have dropped two cents a pound on the Chicago wholesale market within the past two weeks Mrs. Elizabeth Richmond, proprietor of a hotel, was convicted at Cambridge, Mass., Saturday, of murdering one of her boarders. She was given a life sentence Lieut. Adolph Hofrichter, of the Austrian army, has recently been Hied by court martial on the charge of murder, and rumor has it at Vienna that he has been convicted and sentenced to be hanged. Hofrichter is an ambitious officer and is alleged to have sent poison to ten officers of the general staff, his idea being that if these were removed, it would accelerate his own promotion The Great Northern railroad has given orders for 12,(100.liOn feet of lumber to enlarge and strengthen its system of snowsheds in the Cascade mountains of Washington John W. Herroii of Cincinnati. (?.. the father of Mrs. Win. Tal't. is seriously ill The fighting bet wen the government forces and insurgents of Nicaragua continues with unabated fury. In a battle on Sunday the government soldiers were mowed down with machine guns in the hands of Americans who are lighting with the insurgents. The body of Alma Kellner, Syears old, who has been missing from her home in Louisville. K.v., since December 8. was found in the cellar of a parochial school in that city Monday morning. The body was wrapped in a piece of carpet... .Three men were killed in a freight train wreck on the Mobile and Ohio railroad near Meridan. Miss.. Monday. . . .The navy department will send J'Mi bluejackets to Hluetiehls. Nicaragua, to look after American interests. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. John J. Hunter?Is announced as a candidate for recommendation for reappointment as auditor of York county. Victor Cotton Oil Co.?Has unbolted meal for sale. T. M. and H. E. Ferguson?Will buy all the veal calVes, turkeys, chickens and geese offered up to next Monday. W. O. Johnson. King's Creek, S. C.? Announces the opening of the Piedmont Springs hotel on June fst, and invites you to spend your vacation there. J. C. Wilborn?Has three tracts of land for your consideration today. Kiddle Auto Co.?Reminds you that u Icj ih.cJruhlo tit Iihyp nil pytrn tire and other accessories when you go automobillng. See it for your needs. Loan and Savings Bank?Offers its services as a safe depository for your funds and cordially invites your accounts, whether large or small. J. L. Williams & Co.?Say that Zeigler Bros.' oxfords for ladies are there in all styles, at $3.00 and $3.50 a pair. They will satisfy. Herndon & Gordon?Have fruit jars and cans and advise you to put up all the fruit that you can possibly can as you can always use as much as you can. First National Bank. Sharon?Points out the whys and wherefores that should cause you to save at least a part of your earnings against the coming of old age. Yorkville Buggy Co.?Suggests that you overhaul and repair your grain binder before y.ou need it, and offers to do the work for you. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Tells you that you wouldn't strike a woman and suggests that you see it for cream freezers, ice picks and shavers, lemon squeezers, etc. Winnie Davis Chapter, U._D. C.?In vites the York county confederate veterans to a picnic at the court house next Friday. Thomson Co.?Makes a special offering of towels, sheets, white quilts, lace curtains, ladies' gauze vests and domestic cotton goods. National Union Bank. Rock Hill? Asks how a reduction of 10 per cent in your income would affect you and makes a suggestion that is worth your consideration. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Talks about shoes and oxfords for men. women and children and tells you that you cannot buy shoes and oxfords cheaper or better than from it. J. Q. Wray?Has some real special offerings in domestics and also on low cut shoes for ladles' and children. He wants you to remember him for groceries. A Sharon correspondent sends the information that Sharon recently shut Hickory Grove out in a game of baseball by a score of 3 to 0. The correspondent is anxious that the news be published, saying that he will gladly pay for it if necessary. It gives us pleasure to comply with the correspondent's request, and to inform him that no paper ever charges for such items. Any paper is glad to get news of this kind, the only requirements being that it comes from responsible people, and that it comes promptly. An item occurring since the previous issue of a paper and not published in the issue following is getting old. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? How many people will the census enumerator show in the town of Yorkville? Some guesses put the figures at close to 2,r?00 and claim they will not go over this figure. ? Mr. Thos. W. Speck has become an automobile owner. He has purchased a Hrush runabout from the York Furniture company. Miss Marie Moore is also driving a Brush machine. lilt* IMI'UIIIUI lov? ll nci mm id progress today, but very little interest Is being manifested. John R. Hart, Esq., Is being voted for, for re-election as mayor without opposition, and scattering tickets are being voted in some of the wards with different names as aldermen. ? The Winnie Davis Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy have arranged to entertain the Confederate veterans of York county at a dinner in the court house next Friday, June 3, at 12 o'clock. The ladies are making great preparations for the occasion and they hope to have a large attendance of veterans at their dinner. It goes without saying that all who come will be glad of it. ? There was an unusually large congregation at the First Presbyterian church last Sunday, the attraction in addition to the regular service being the music of the organ and the choir. Mrs. James A. Page of Clover, played the organ with admirable skill and ability, and a rendition of Ave Maria, in which Miss Lilla Herndon of Yorkville, joined the accompaniment, was something high out of the ordinary. The whole service was very much en joyecj ny an present. about"people. Mr. J. E. Stroup of Davidson college, has returned to his home in Yorkville for the summer. Mr. \V. M. Kennedy of Yorkville, has been quite sick for a week, hut is able to be up again. Rev. and Mrs. K. E. Gillespie and children of Yorkville. are visiting, relatives in Gulf, N. C. Miss Grace Whisonant of Wilkins\ ille, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. P. White in Yorkville. Miss Julia Titman of Lowryville, spent several days this week with Miss IJlla Herndon in Yorkville. Mrs. M. J. Ingold and Miss Mary Brooks Inman of Yorkville, left this morning to visit relatives in Randiemati, N. <J. Miss Annie Ashe of f'hicora college. arrived in Yorkville last Saturday to spend the summer with her mother, Mrs. S. C. Ashe. Miss Nellie Moore, returned to her h??me in Yorkville on Saturday from Carson-Newman college, Jefferson City. Tenn. Mrs. William Caldwell of King's Creek, spent several days in Yorkville last week, the guest of her sister, .Mrs. J. N. o'Farrell. Mrs. D. M. Castles and four children, of lakeland, Fla., arrived in Yorkville last night. to visit her brother, Mr. Ceo. \V. Williams. Mrs. S. X. Johnson is critically ill at her home on Charlotte street, Yorkville. There seems to he hut small hope for her recovery. Miss Amelia Kennedy has closed her school at Albertville. Ala., and returned to her home in Yorkville to spend her summer vacation. Miss Helen Thaeker. who has been attending the Columbia college, has arrived in Yorkville to spend the summer with her parents. Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Thaeker. Mrs. I). K, Kinley and sons. Masters Rob. States and John, who have been spending the winter in Washington, returned to their home in Yorkville this morning. Mrs. W. F. Robertson and sons Masters Fred, Julian and William of Wil miiiKloii, N. <".. who arc on their way to ChattiinooKU. Teiin., stopped over in Yorkville and spent several days this week with Mr. and Mrs. (1. \\\ S. Mart. The name id' a York county hoy is found in the list of those awarded scholarships by the university council of Columbia university in the city of New York. Mr. Harvey Hatcher Hughes of Yorkvllle No. 1, was awarded a scholarship in English. He is a master of arts graduate of the ['Diversity of North Carolina. Editor A. M. Carpenter of the Anderson Daily Mail spent Saturday night at the Shandon hotel, arriving on the 9 p. m. train from Blaeksburg and returning Sunday morning. He was here as secretary of the Anderson Chamber of Commerce to try to persuade Col. Lewis that Anderson is the best town in the state, about which the First Regiment can spend its summer encampment. Mr. Carpenter was deliehted with Yorkvllle. what little he saw <>f the town, coming from the depot and along the "Oreat White Way." He said he had no idea that the town was so pretty, and he was also impressed with the number and appearances of the business houses. But he could not be induced to remain over a day. He insisted that it was absolutely necessary for him to get back to Anderson. LOTS OF FINE CORN. There seems to be no question of the fact that there is more corn growing throughout York county at this time than has ever been known before. This is the report that comes from farmers in different localities, and people in Yorkville, who have business about among the farmers say the same thing. It must be so. There was more corn raised last year than during the year before. It was raised according to the directions of the co-operative demonstration branch of the department of agriculture and in imitation of the Williamson plan. Some farmers tried to follow Williamson and others tried to follow the agricultural department. Both classes did better than they had been in the habit of doing and both were thoroughly well pleased with the result. j\s one 01 me ouiroines ui moi e cui 11, those who were so fortunate as to have it, found things easier than they had been finding them. They had a taste of what it means to have plenty of corn in the crib, instead of having to buy it from the merchant and they liked the experience so well that it decided them to go further. Most of the corn this year Is receiving even better attention than last year. Both the government demonstration and Williamson plans are being followed. Perhaps it is not fair to say that the Williamson plan is being followed literally. Only a few are carrying it out exactly; but many are imitating it with sufficient accuracy to give better results than heretofore, and they are using more fertilizer than ever. One of the best fields of corn that has been reported to The Enquirer is about five acres, belonging to Mr. J. M. Williams of McConnellsville. Our informant described it as being in a thoroughly well prepared and highly fertilized field and from three to four feet high all over. He said that it was further advanced than any corn he had seen anywhere, and "it does look beautiful." USE OF SOUTHERN POWER. Thp mfiphlnppv t>mimrnr>nf c%t thp great hydro-electric station of the Southern Power company at XinetyNine-Islands on Broad river has now been tried out and within a very short time will be carrying a full load. Connection with the system will be had at four points, Clover, King's Mountain, Shelby and with the line going to Greenville. The capacity of the station is approximately 24,000 horsepower. With this station in operation?the first and only one outside the Catawba valley?and with the Catawba Great Falls and Rocky Creek, plants running, the Southern Power company will have approximately 100,000 of hydro-electrical horsepower available for commercial use. Those who have visited the Xlnety-Xlne Islands station declare that it is one of the most interesting of the plants owned and operated by the Southern Power company. In this connection, the following from the last issue of The Wall Street Journal of Xew York, the most conservative and influential of all financial publications, headed "HydroElectric Power Widely Used in the South." will be of interest: "In the application of hydro-electric power to manufactures over a large territory, the south has probably made as good a showing as any other part of the country. A single plant, that of the Southern Power UMiijmnj nan iiww 111 wj;ri duwn uvci 800 miles of transmission lines with more than fifty sub-stations, 80 per cent of whose power is used by cotton mills. "The territory over which the lines spread lies in fan-like shape with the center near the border between North Carolina and South Carolina, in the Piedmont district, from north to south the points served by current from Greenville, S. C.. to Greensboro. X. C., are 200 miles apart by rail. From east to west the distance is about half as great, with Monroe. X. C..,on the east and Hickory, in the mountain regions, on the west. Within this distance there are three main electric trunk lines, each of which serves not only the larger towns, but even the smaller industries which come within reach of the company's lines. "The capacity of such a power outfit as this to attract capital and to build up industries has been proved in various ways. Among other things it has guaranteed a permanency to th? development of manufactures of which probably no other single factor could have assured. It has helped to locate industries under climatic and agricultural conditions which will go to keep down the cost of living for fuel and food. Farming in the Piedmont district has long been of a self sustaining kind. With the growth of a manufacturing population local markets have been provided, whereby trucking and the ordinary rotation crops have been much more profitable than hitherto. Power has laid the basis for profits in every district which is in any wise dependent on hydro-electric service." THE NEW FISHING LAW. Following is the fish law which is now effective. It will be well to observe carefully the provisions of this new law which are very strict: Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of South Carolina. That for the purpose of classification the following fish shall be known as game fish, viz: Jackfish or pickerel, pike, black bass, or pond trout, striped bass or rock fish, warmouth, red-belly, robin, bream, copper-face or bald-face bream, banded bream, yellow-belly perch, sun perch, redfin trout, or yellow perch, rainbow trout, speckled trout, flyer, crappie, rock bass, goggle-eye and white perch. Sec. 2. That hereafter no person shall east, draw, fasten or otherwise make use of any seine or drift net, fyke net of any other description, or use any other appliances for the catching of game fish, except hook and line and ordinary bait, or by spoon, or by artificial fly. or by phantom minnow, or by aruuviai UUII. i "i > section the party so violating shall be fined twenty dollars ($2(1) or imprisoned thirty (30) days for each offense: Provided, That this section shall not apply to such person or persons as are catchlnp same fish with a net or other appliance for the purpose of stocking a pond or other stream not for commercial purposes: Provided, also. That any or all persons engaged in catchins same fish for the purpose of stoeklns a pond or stream must notify the nearest game warden or trial justice of Ins or their purpose to so catch the tish: Provided, further. That the sellins or exposlns for sale of any game tish between the tlrst day of March and the first day of November, of each year, shall be prima facie evidence I that such fish was not caught In manner permitted by tills act. Sec. 3. Should any game fish taken by net or other appliance w fishing for other fish than game I they shall be immediately returnee the water from whence they came. Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful to p on the streams of water of the s in any manner whatsoever for the ) pose of taking fish. The muddyln; streams or .ponds, or the introduc of any substance which results in 111 ing the fish sick, so that thev ma> caught, is hereby declared to be pols Ing in the sense of this act. For vi tlon of this section the person so iating shall be fined five hundred lars ($500) or imprisoned six months. Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful to in any private pond or stream witi the permission of the owner or f the banks of a navigable stream w nut the permission of the owner of land: Provided, That such pel must be in writing should the ov not be within one mile of the p where person or persons may caught in the act of s<? fishing. Sec. 6. No navigable stream of state shall be obstructed by dam otherwise unless there be provide flshwnv In same. For violation of section the person or corporation violating- shall be fined not less t twenty-five ($25) dollars for each that such obstruction shall exist w out said flshway in same after ha^ been notified In writing by any pei or game warden that such obstrue exists. Sec. 7. Any non-migratory fish, cept game fish, may be caught at time or In any manner not prohib by this act. Migratory fish may caught In accordance with such law now exist or may hereafter be enac Sec. 8. For the violation of any vision of this act, not otherwise ] vlded for. the person or persons so fending shall, upon conviction, be ed not less than ten dollars nor n than one hundred dollars, or be inif oned for not less than ten days more than thirty days, and for the lation of any provision of seetio the person so offending shall, t conviction, be fined not less than dollar nor more than one hundred lars, or be imprisoned for not less t one day nor more than thirty days, term of imprisonment to be in pro| tlon of one day for each dollar of fine imposed, but In no case to exi thirty days, and the fine to be not than one dollar, nor more than five lars, for each fish taken, but in case to exceed one hundred dollar;Sec. 9. Such parts of Sections 525, {>32 and 535, of Volume II, of Code, and such other acts and part acts as conflict with any of the pr slons of this act, are hereby repei Section 10. Any fish caught conti to the provisions of this act shal sold to the highest bidder, and money transmitted to the state tri urer to the credit of the game pro lion iunu, UI1U any linen i;uuci.im der the provisions of this act shal paid to the state treasurer to the c it of the game protection fund, shall be paid out by the state tr urer on the warrant of the Fish Game commission of South Carolin Sec. 11. That all acts or part acts inconsistent with this act be, are, repealed. Sec. 12. That this act shall take feet Immediately on its passage approve by the governor. Approved the 23d day of Febru 1910. LOCAL LACONICS. Until January 1, 1911. We will send The Yorkville Enqi from this date till January 1, 1 for $1.22. Charged With Depot Breaking. J. Frank Pruitt was last \\ brought from Newnan, Ga., by Dei Sheriff F. E. Quinn, and lodged in on the charge of having broken the Smyrna depot some months When Pruitt left the state, he was der bond on a liquor selling charg York's Railroad Mileage. At the request of the comptrc general, Auditor Hunter has furnls that official with the railroad mill of York county, a total of 102 ir and eight hundred and seventy-e one thousandth's of a mile as follov Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta 22 Georgia, Carolina and Northern 7 Catawba Valley 1 South Carolina and Georgia Extension 43 Carolina and North-Western... 27 102 Killed In Texas. Blacksburg special of May 29, the News and Courier; News Just reached here, through some t grams, of the murder of James Dar of San Denito, Tex. Mr. Darwin about 40 years of age and was the ( son of the late Elsie Darwin of Wc ruff, S. C. His mother, Mrs. Sallle I win, is living here. The family is of the most highly respected in state. Mr. Darwin leaves two lb sisters, Mrs. P. C. Hundley and I Leila Darwin of Clifton, S. C. F the telegrams received it appears 1 he was killed by some Mexican lal ers. One has been captured, but others have escaped into Mexico, was stated in a message that the M lean government had offered a rev. of $500 for the arrest of the esca slayers. Mr. Darwin was married < a few months ago to Miss Eloise Br< of this place. Sh,e was one of the n popular young ladies of the town, is expected that the body will brought here for burial. York County Letter Carriers. The annual convention of the \ County Letter Carriers' associat was called to order in the court he yesterday by John M. Smith of Clo president, with a record attendance out of the 38 carriers in the cou being present. The carriers were i corned to Yorkville in an appropr address by Mayor John R. Hart, this address was responded to i happy manner by Carrier E. W. mer of Rock Hill. D. C. Clark, 1 reproseiueu inc okuui ^aiuiuu a. ciation at the National conventior Rochester, N. Y., last summer, gav? interesting account of the proceed! of that convention, and some apt priate resolutions were passed. T Included a resolution endorsing commending the efforts of Congr< man Finley In behalf of the rural ( rier service and especially endors the record of the congressman as ranking Democratic member of committee on postofflce and postroi Officers for the ensuing year v elected as follows: John M. Sni Clover, president: J. M. Simpson, tawba, vice president: John VV. Mi Yorkvllle, secretary and treasurer R. Stephenson, D. C. Clark, S. C. C ton, committee on finance; R. T. C ties, B. R. T. Bowen, L. B. Ashe, c< mittee on credentials. Delegates to next state convention to be held Newberry, were elected as follows: M. Faries, C. C. Halle, \V. T. Sims, J \V. Miller, with the following all nates: J. R. Stephenson, R. T. C tics, VV. M. Matthews, S. C. Clinton resolution was adopted providing t the annual convention of the con association be hereafter held in Yc ville on May 30, of each year. Cherokee Falls Church Dedicated. The handsome new I'nion church Cherokee Falls was on last Sunt solemnly dedicated to the service God with exercises appropriate to occasion. This building has recei been completed at a cost of about 000, through the joint efforts of mill management and the Assoc! Reformed, Baptist and Methodist nominations, the strong church mi bership among the operatives co-op ating most liberally and credital The morning service was conducted Rev. J. Ij. Gates of Yorkville, who d ing his six years residence at Hick Grove, gave a considerable part of time to Cherokee Falls. Rev. S. Bailey, pastor of the Baptist church Oowpens, and also closely identi! with the mill congregation at Chero Falls for many years preached in afternoon, and Rev. Geo. L. Kirby, p tor of the Methodist church of Blac burg, and now in charge of the w his church is doing in the mill cong gat ion, preached at night. There \ a large attendance at all the servh and the congregations included mi visitors from Bethany, Hickory Gr< Blacksburg. Gaffney and surround points. The church holds about people, and it was tilled to its cap; it.v. After the morning service, the i tire congregation was invited to d tier in the lower story of the build the and many enjoyed the excellent spread that had been laid out for them. The be new church, recently completed at a hlle cost of $7,000, is two stories high, and fish, so situated at the side of a hill that I to both stories are entered from the street level. The church auditorium ois- takes up the upper story, and the lower tate story is to lie used as a schpol room. )ur- The lower story is of brick and the upX of per story is weather-boarded. A feattion ure of all the services Sunday was the iak- splendid music. Prof. R. J. Herndon r be of Yorkville had been employed to ion- train and practice with the choir for n|a- some time previous and he led the vio- singing with his cornet, with results dol- that came.in for the highest approval. (6) Cherokee Kails is widely known as a model mill community. Messrs. J. C. fish Plonk and R. P. Roberts, the responsilout ble managers gave much attention to rom the character of their help, as well as ith- to the religious and moral surroundthe ings, and as the result the community rmlt averages .up into an unusually high , ner class. The people are taking much inlace terest in church work generally and be are commendably proud of the religious, social and intellectual progress this that is so noticeable in the village, i. or ______ d a this SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. i so ? Mr. F. H. Hyatt, of Columbia has han entered the race for governor. oh*' ?Columbia, May 30: In no uncer" tain terms the State Farmers' Union nng today expresses itself upon the cotton "o" tare act recently enacted and which won wag today attacked in the courts. The Union says that it wishes protection ~ from the buyer, but does not want to r' \ be in the attitude of imposing upon I11. the buyer. The ruling on the consti? ?? tutionality of the act has not yet been 8 *9 made :ted. pro- ?Spartanburg, May 28: In an alpro tercation between Tom Cannon and of- E. B. Dean in the rear of Ray's pawn An- "ihop. Cannon drew a pistol and flroore e(? at Mr. Dean. The ball went wide )rjs. or Its mark. The police arrested both nor parties under the charge of dlsordervio derly conduct. They gave bond n 6, promptly. The matter will be aired ipon In police court Monday morning. The one officers tonight could not find out anydol thing concerning the nature of the :han trouble. The shot was fired about 10 the o'clock, and, being In the heart of the por- business sect'on of the city, created a the great deal o.' excitement. E. B. Dean ?eed is a well-known livery stable man of less the city. Cannon works at Ray & Co.'s do!- pawn shop. 1 no ?Columbia State, Friday: The fer' tllizer movement as shown by the tag 5~*. tax receipts will probably aggregate th? {250.000 In receipts at the treasurs n' er's office or about $43,000 more than ov'" last year's receipts on the basis of 25 l'ed- cents per ton. The tag tax received rafy to date is $212,050.03. which is $41,1 P? 545.91 more than to the correspond1 ing date last year. The figures for last year to March 29 were $170,504. nnl 1^. The total for the last fiscal year , (1909) in tag tax receiDts was $202. 1 741.31. From May 20, last year, to j the end of the fiscal year the receipts were, therefore. 132,237.18. It is j probable that this year's receipts from now until the end of the fiscal Qf year will equal If not exceed last n(j year's receipts for the corresponding period. By adding last year's receipts after May It will be seen that this and year's receipts will probably reach the $250,000 mark. As the tag tax Is ary 25 cents per ton the amount turned in' to the treasurer's office represents nearly 850,000 tons. "In my opinion," said J. Frazer Lyon, who handled the fertilizer tax in the office, of the state treasurer, "the reason for the increase in the fertilizer sales as shown by the oi^r tag tax farmer 'n South Carolina is now using more fertilizer for the small crops, that is the grain crops, corn and so forth. I have not. *pu e(* a general disposition to Increase tv *he fertilizer used on the early fall jail .?ro?)S " u into ?Columbia, May 27. Bob Jones ago. will not leave the state penitentiary utl- before September 18, unless he is pardoned or paroled by Governor Ansel. Capt. D. J. Griffith, the superintendent of the penitentiary, has ruled filer that Jones's sentence did not expire ihed until September. Bob Jones was con?age vlcted for the murder of the three files Pre3sleys in Edgefield county, and has ight been at the state penitentiary for over vs: twenty years. There is a rule at the penitentiary which allows a prisoner .600 one month off for each year during good behavior. Jones was sentenced .938 to serve twenty-five years In the peni[590 tentlary. The trial judge deducted the four years from the sentence 1.500 which Jones spent in the Edgefield '"250 county jail during the trials and the J? subsequent appeals to the supreme .878 court. It was the contention of Bob Jones that he would leave the penitentiary on May 18. and tfipt the one to month that he is entitled lo because has of good behavior would be deducted ele- from the four years spent in Edgewin field jail. Superintendent Orifflth has was taken a different view of the sltua>nly tion and has concluded that one >od- month should not be deducted from )ar- the Edgefield term, as Jones was not one at that time a prisoner at the penlthe tentlary. Bob Jones was disappointing ed when he found that he would not vfiSS lou vo f ho nrlann nn Maw 10 Di?onor. ?V ?.i?v rom ailons had been made for his recepthat tion in Augusta. Upon leaving prison jor- he will settle near the little town of the Harlem, in Richmond county. [ex? ?Columbia State, Monday: Involv ard nearly $2,000,000 and of equal in.ped terest to farmers, merchants, cotton }niy buyers and men engaged in all lines own of business in South Carolina, is the [,08t case which will probably be heard It during the week before Judge DeVore I be ln the matter of the cotton tare act of 1910. At the recent meeting of the American Cotton association held in Charlotte, N. C., the matter came up ork for discussion and it was mentioned ion, there that the result of the decision >use of the South Carolina courts will be ver, awaited with interest. The supreme 31 court justices recently refused to hear inty the case and referred it to the circuit vel- court. It will eventually come up beiate forfe the supreme court on appeal, it and is thought. The cotton tare act of n a 1910 provides that six per cent shall Co- be deducted for tare on cotton. The who amount heretofore deducted has been jso- 20 pounds, which is the standard in i at other states. Upon habeas corpus i an proceedings, a local cotton buyer havings ing been arrested technically, the case m>- comes before the courts. Cotton men hey say that the loss to the farmers would and be nearly $2,000,000 should the act ess- hold, because it would in the end be ar- the farmers who would lose the addiung tional tare in the lower price that the might be paid in this state as other the states have the. 20-pound rule. It is ads. figured that the 10 pounds difference .'ere on a crop of 1,200,000 bales at the iith, price of 15 cents would make this loss Ca- to be borne by those in this state who Her. engage in the sale of cotton. The far: J- mers vigorously pressed the bill, howlln ever, before the general assembly. as" ?Columbia State, Saturday: The the ^Iusler Builders' association of South I Carolina was organized at a meeting F of 14 contractors and contracting firms, held in Columbia Thursday. At the meeting a number of matters of as_ importance were oiscusseci. 11 was ^ decided to hold the next meeting in Columbia on July 14 of this year. The . ... following officers of the association irk- were elected: J. J. Keller, Rock Hill, president: Wm. Otis. Columbia, vice president, and E. R. Heyward, Columbia. secretary and treasurer. The , at meeting was called to order by J. J. jav, Keller. The motion was made that of members be enrolled, and the followthe answered to the roll call: J. J. ifly Keller & Co.. Rock Hill: Jno. J. Cain, $7". Columbia; H. E. Longley, Florence; the Johnson & Matthews Contracting late company. Florence: T. B. Haynes(je worth, Florence; Palmetto Eleciric ?m. company, Florence: B-0 Electric ,er- company. Columbia: Columbia Lumbly. ber and Manufacturing company, Copy lumbiu; VV. P. Tennant, Florence; ui- McClamrock Marble and Tile comory pany, (Ireensboro. X. c.; W. B. Guihis marin & Co.. Columbia: Ebaugh & I). Ebaugh. Greenville: Galllvun Bulldi at ing Company, Greenville: G. G. Ray, lied Charlotte. X. C. It was decided that kee the officers, as elected, act as execu- i the tive committee and tinance commit- , as- tee. or in any other capacity as may ks- be found necessary, until the next ork meeting of the association. The obre jet t of the association is to foster the , vas interests of those engaged in the con es. structlon of buildings and other strueiny tures. and. as stated, to reform abuses >ve, relating to the business and to secure i ing freedom from unlawful and unjust 1 500 exactions. It is the purpose of the as- I ac- soeiation to encourage the formation < en- ol organizations of employes in the ' in- building industry in every county in 1 ing the state." i COTTON ACREAGE GREATER. Looks Like the Average Increase is 3.3 Per cent. ^ The Memphis Commercial-Appeal <?f yesterday contains its first cotton crop report of the season as follows: Reports from correspondents of the Commercial-Appeal under date of May 25, show that the acreage planted to cotton this spring exceeds that planted in 190S about 3.3 per cent. It is estimated that 88 per cent of the total area had come up to a stand on this date, planting except in isolated Instances being completed. The cold weather of late Anril ne cessitated considerable replanting In the Atlantic states. Alabama and Louisiana, but this has been completed and most of the cotton is up, although in these states there are a few complaints of irregular stands. * Although lacking a few days of being as far advanced, the crop and lield conditions compare favorably with last year and with an average. The acreage report by states with B the percentage of the cotton that has w come up, is as follows: North Carolina?Increase 2 per cent; cotton up 91 per cent. South Carolina?Increase 2 per cent; cotton up 95 per cent. Georgia?Increase 1 per cent; cotton up 90 per cent. * Alabama?Acreage unchanged; cotton up 80 per cent. Mississippi?Decrease 3J per cent; cotton up 94 per cent. Tennessee?Increase 4 per cent: cotton up 80 per cent. Arkansas?Increase 5 per cent; cotton up 85 per cent. Louisiana?Increase 2 per cent; cot- # tttn nrt iil nor f>ont Oklahoma?Increase 5 per cent; cotton up 75 per cent. Texas?Increase 6 per cent; cotton S up 90 per cent. WINNIE DAVIS CHAPTER U. D. C. 1 Last Regular Meeting to Arrange For Dinner to Veterans Next Friday. Written for The Yorkville Enquirer: Fortunate indeed were the members . of the Winnie Davis Chapter U D. C. who were able to be present on last Friday afternoon when our historian, Miss Lesslie D. Wltherspoon, entertained the chapter at her beautiful home on North Congress street. The house was tastefully decorated in red M and white sweet peas and the delicious ice cream and cake were in the same colors. This was the last meeting of the chapter, as we always take a vacation of three months during the summer. Our president, Mrs. W. G. White, being absent on a trip to Richmond, the V chair was filled by our vice president, Mrs. W. E. Faulconer. No literary programme had been prepared for this occasion, as we expected to need all our time in making arrangements for the annual dinner to the veterans on the 3rd of June. If those dear old men, could have heard the plans and how we talked of fried chicken, ham, etc., everyone of them would make a special effort to be present on that day. . Whetl organized in 1898, we only had a small membership, now there are 44 names on our roll and there will be 44 well filled picnic baskets on the 3rd of June, so we are hoping that every veteran in York county will be here on that day. While we were making these ar- J rangements, Miss Wltherspoon passed ' around photographs of a great many of the Confederate generals, and also many souvenirs of the war. Some of these she had collected herself, but most of them were a present to her from her aunt, the late Mrs. Fannie Witherspoon Mason. One of the most unique of the souvenirs was a beautiful fan made of Confederate bills. Some of the plans for the future: First, we have on hand a movement to mark every Confederate soldier's grave in our cemetery. Next, we pro- . pose before very long to present to our graded school handsome portraits of some of the Confederate generals. The first two to be purchased, will be those of Hampton and Lee. Mrs. W. H. Herndon, Sec. Yorkvllle, S. C., May 30, 1910. t Contract System Best.?"All the roads are worked by forces employed directly by the county supervisor, either convicts or hired labor. A road gang goes over a piece of road, and puts it into good condition, and then goe3 on to another piece of road. The force employed is small, and there is a great deal of work to do. The re sun is rnai a roaa is rareiy given attention more than once a year. A road soon begins to go down, after being * put into good condition. A little work, at the proper time, would keep it in good condition, but it is impossible, under the present system, for the road to receive this little attention at the time it is needed, and as a consequence, by the time the county hands get around to it again it is in about as bad condition as it ever was. "We should have a system of maintaining the roads by private contract. We would get better results, and at less expense, than under the present system. The force employed by the county, whether convicts or hired labor, should be employed exclusively in putting roads into good condition, and then after a road has been put into good condition, its maintenance should be given out by contract. Until we get that system we will never have decent roads and we will continue to throw away many thousands of dollars every year."?Anderson Daily Mail. ? i Brandeis Comes Out on Top.?Louis D. Brandeis, attorney for L. R. Glavis, probably comes out of the Ballinger investigation mess with more credit than anybody else. All the power of officialdom?and in Washington that Is something tremendous?was employed to cast contempt upon him, but in vain. He showed courage, good sense and skill. Stenographer Kerby's disclosure regarding the Lawler memorandum came in time to vindicate the persistent cross-examination which Secretary Ballinger declaimed against and evaded. Brandeis is a rathtr young Boston lawyer who before taking up the fight on Ballinger and the interests apparently behind his appointment and work had made an enviable record of public service. Among other excellent measures In several states, the Mas&chusetts sav ings DanK insurance law was uireciu clue to Erandels' efforts. He prosecuted for conservation In much the same manner and spirit as Charles K. Hughes five years ago prosecuted for the big life-insurance companies' policy-holders. He does not appear to be { a demagogue or muck-raker, and so we wish him well.?Charlotte Observer. Report of the Ginners.?In their first report#of the present crop, the National Ginners' association yesterday gave the condition of cotton as 80.2, and an Increase in acreage of 1.10 per cent. The acreage and condition by states to May 28, follows: States. Condition. Acreage. Alabama 81 3.605,000 Arkansas 80 2.370,000 Florida 84 250,000 Georgia 70 4.800,000 Louisiana 7? sna.uwi Mississippi 75 3.200,000 North Carolina .. ..SO 1.470.000 South Carolina .. .. 78 2.565,000 Tennessee S2 750,000 Texas X4 10.500,000 Virginia ? 110.000 Average SO.2 Total average .... ? 32,566,0,to ? Georgetown special of May 2.s to New:* and Courier: An alarming report is being circulated here hearing on the mystery of the killing of Mrs. Ruth Crisp Righani at Murrell's Inlet last September. A statement is said to have been made by a relative of Avant to the effect that Avant confided to him a short time ago that tin- 1 killing of Mrs. Righam was a deliberate act on his part: that he was hired by Bigham to murder Bigham's wife and expected to be paid well for Ihe deed. Avant Is said to have slated that as he fired the fatal load into the ( back of the unsuspecting victim, tears of pity were flowing from his eyes, rhat such a statement has been made by Avant's relative is authoritatively tnnounced.