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Scraps and facts. ? Atlanta, Ga., February 11: What purports to be a plot to distribute boll weevils throughout the cotton raising districts of Georgia and South Caroling was exposed today when GovernorElect Hoke Smith gave out a letter he received telling of the details of the plan to project a plague. According tc the letter two men, one of whom is s Texan, have in their possession 100,00C live insects which they intend to distribute. The writer declared he hac promised to conceal the conspirators names but felt it his duty to frustrate their scheme. ? Columbus, O., February 12: President Taft in a letter, dated Decembei 29, 1910, read in three thousand Sunday schools in the United States today sounded the key-note of a total abstainers' movement. The letter is addressed to Sunday school pupils as "My Dear Young: Friends" and reads: "The excessive use of intoxicating: liquors is the cause of a great deal ol the poverty, degradation and crime ol the world and one who abstains frorr the use of such liquor avoids a dangerous temptation. Each person must determine for himself the course he will take in reference to his tastes an<3 appetites but those who exercise the self-restraint to avoid altogether the use of alcoholic liquor are on the safe - ? 1 XJ T? 11 a _ ana easier siue. i^i. xiu?a>u ~ sell of Westerville, O., founder of th Anti-Saloon league, also Is founder ol the Lincoln legion, which instigated today's services throughout the United States. The movement will be directed as the total abstinance department ol the Anti-Saloon league with national headquarters at Westervllle. ? Springfield, 111., February 11: President Taft today took his most advanced position with regard to Canadian reciprocity. In an address before a joint session of the Illinois legislature he warned the leaders of his party that if they should defeat the concessions contained in the reciprocal agreement now pending in congress and should persist in retaining, in these times of high prices and gradually exhausting food supply, a tariff not based solely upon the difference in cost of production at home and abroad, with a reasonable profit to the American producer, an opposition will be aroused that will know no moderation and will wipe from the statute books the last trace of a protective tariff. This announcement came on the heels of news from Washington that the reciprocity agreement had met with a favorable report in the house committee on ways and means only through the help of Democratic votes. President Taft feels WAPnlv thp onDosition to reciprocity agreement by members of his party, but he Is sanguine in the hope that they will see the "light" before it is too late. ? Eufaula, Ala., February 12: Iver Peterson, a negro about 18 years old, was lynched early this morning by twenty of the most prominent citizens of Eufaula. His body was strung up to a limb and riddled with bullets. Last night about 7 o'clock as Mrs. E. A. Hudson, a prominent woman of Eufaula, was going from a neighbor's house to her home, a negro who was identified as Peterson, grabbed her and attempted to assault her. Her screams brought several of her neighbors to the scene in a few moments and the negro fled. Peterson was captured this morning at 8 o'clock at his father's house Just in the rear of the home of Congressman Henry D. Clayton. Deputy Beverly, accompanied by a Mr. Spencer, in the latter's automobile, started with the negro for Clayton, the county seat, fearing that a lynching might result if the prisoner was left in Eufaula. At the eighth mile post from Eufaula on the Clayton road, the automobile was halted by a mob of citizens and the negro quickly rushed into the woods nearby where he was lynched. ? London, February 12: Since the beginning of the winter the chief functionaries of the British court have been busily absorbed with preparations for the coronation of George V., which will surpass in pageantry and in historical interest all former ceremonials of the character. While the ceremony of tho ernwnlncr of the klne and aueen in Westminster Abbey on June 22 will be almost identical in form with that which has been followed in the investiture of British sovereigns since William IV and Queen Adelaide, the auxiliary functions are expected to exceed in pageantry and magnificence anything that the nation has witnessed in the past. These will include the progress of the court through London the day after coronation and a visit to the guild hall with a reception with the king and queen by the city authorities there, a great naval review, a gala performance at the opera with minor celebrations and pageants, among which will be a festival or empire at the Crystal palace. Business men and transportation companies count upon an influx of something approaching 2.000,000 visitors to London during the coronation season. A considerable proportion of these will be foreigners, Americans and colonists probably predominating. Hotels expect to be able to cope with the invasion. There is every indication that the erection ol stands for witnessing the procession tc the abbey and the progress through London will be on a scale more extensive than for the coronation of King Edward in 1902. Owners and tenants are asking the highest prices ever quoted for building sites and windows, A lively insurance business has begur at Lloyds against the death of the king, any event necessitating the post ponement of the coronation and against bad weather. Dr. Davidson, the present archbishop of Canterbury, will officiate in the abbey, in succes slon to the aged Arcnnisnop 'tempie, who crowned Kins Edward. The recently appointed dean of Westminster, Dr. Ryle, who is at present bishop ol Winchester, will assist the archbishop, placing: the imperial mantle and pall of cloth of sold on the kins's shoulder, This mantle is beins embroidered at the royal school of art needlework From the end of this month to the coronation Westminster Abey will be closed to visitors while workmen are ensased preparins the buildins for the ceremony. ? Raleigh, N. C.. Feb. 11: Literally covered with shackles and ropes and surrounded by a heavily armed guard of ten men, Lewis West, the outlaw who shot to death Deputy Sheriff Mumford and wounded Chief of Police Glover in Wilson a week ago, was ushered into the state prison here this afternoon to keep him from the vengeance of infuriated citizens until trial can be arranged for in the speediest way possible at Wilson. It was Chief <>f Police Dunlap of Maxton who captured the negro last night in that town as he was eating his first meal in three days, having purchased it through pawning one of nine revolvers he carried. However, Sheriff Sharp of Wilson, whom the negro had outwitted and evaded most singularly in his own bailiwick, headed the guard who brought the negro to Raleigh. Notable in the party were Deputy Sheriff A. L. Mansfield and J. D. Monaghan of Wilson, Sheriff McGeachy of Cumberland and Mayor Parrish of Maxton. Messrs. Mnnatrhan and Mansfield knew the ne gro especially well and when they joined the party for Raleigh at Hamlet and came into the presence of the prisoner, he abandoned all effort at disclaiming his identity, exclaiming." My God men it's all off with me now." The Fayetteville officers also identified him readily. It wasn't long before he made a statement to the officers as to the shooting1, saying that officers Monaghan and Mansfield had warned him that he would kill somebody some time and now he had "gone and done it." He talked of his flight from the Wilson section after the shooting, evading the officers through hiding in the swamps. West tells the officers that he is a member of a regularly organized band of thieves and has given them names of his associates. He claims that he does not know that he shot either the deputy sheriff or chief of police, claiming that there were five negroes in the house at the time of the shooting, any one of whom might have fired the fatal shots. These were Dave Young. Wade Williams, Mathew Mebane, Bob Simms and Stetson or Ed Nelson. The last two named are now in the penitentiary for safe keeping, Dave Young be, ing the only one still at large. West is ' almost a giant, six feet two inches tall, 1 a light mulatto, having also a strain of r Indian blood. He has served several L terms on the Cumberland county chaingang and escaped from the South Carolina penitentiary some time ago. He carries two flesh wounds caught in > his narrow escapes from arrests. ; (The \(orkiillr (fnquirrr. I Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. r YORKVILIE, S. O.: r ! ! TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1911. > Young men contemplating matrimoI ny will save a dollar by getting mark ried before July.?Newberry Observer. , How come? The hitch between Governor Blease , and the judiciary committee of the . house, is about what was to have been I expected under the circumstances. I I As to whether or not there is any> thing in that Atlanta story of a plot to I poison the cotton fields of the Carolinas and Georgia with boll weevils, of course we are unable to say; but the story carries a striking suggestion of what may happen at any time. i ? ? i The general assembly has headed off the appeal in the merger case, and now we have a right to expect the Southern railroad to get busy in fixing up the lines Involved. Some of these lines. I particularly the old Three C.'s, need to be worked on, and this need is urgent. I The new notaries public bill does not [ give any guarantee that a man's head will not be chopped off very shortly after he has paid his two dollars. The constitution provides that notaries i public hold their commissions during [ the pleasure of the governor, and it may be that the next governor will not like Governor Blease's appointees any better than Governor Blease liked the appointees of Governor Ansel. Pity that the constitution had not said during "good behavior" instead of "at the pleasure of the governor." On the Canadian reciprocity question, President Taft is a Democrat and Mr. Cannon is still a Republican. As to just how far reciprocity with Canada will affect people down this way, we do not know; but we imagine that if our southern farmers were up against the proposition of having the price of their products reduced by competition with Canadian products they would not relish the idea. Tariff for revenue only is a mighty nice thing in theory, and it would be a nice thing in practice if it could be made to bear on all alike; but when the tariff reduces the price of the farmer's products and leaves the price of all the things the farmer has to buy "out of sight" it does not seem fair. It looks like the farmer is being discriminated against, and discriminated against with a vengeance. However, both political parties are badly divided on this question. As we see it, the greatest trouble that Governor Blease is going to have in the matter of bringing his controversy with the supreme court to an issue, is to find a lawyer who will accept and act on the governor's commission to a special judgeship. It is the supreme court that has the final interpretation of the meaning of the constitution in the matter, and as the ; supreme court is already committed in i a measure to the constitutionality of the act in dispute, it will hardly change its view in the present situa, tion. And although law is law, everyI body knows also that human nature is human nature, anrl where is the lawyer of sufficient knowledge and exi perience to qualify him for appoint, ment as special judge who would array himself against a local bar and the su, preme court, merely for the purpose of ' deciding a matter like this? Maybe 1 such a lawyer can be found; but we ' are not so very sure about the matter. ; But there is another thing as we see It, i this row promises to make the appointment of special judges more rare | than it has been heretofore. In view of the governor's clear intimation, as to what he will do, the probability is that the supreme court will go a little [ slow about making its next recommendation. We beg leave to be permitted to call the attention of our friend, the Ander! son Daily Mail, to the fact that if The , Enquirer is blind to the point in the two office controversy in so far as it " relates to the position of school trustee, it has plenty of company in the character of "bettor lawyers than the editor of The Enquirer." Senator LeGrand G. Walker, for instance, is genI erally reputed to rank with the best in | the profession, and Representatives ' Mower and Gary are also said to be able lawyers. Senator Mauldin is only a layman like the editor of The Enquirer, but has the advantage of a long and distinguished experience as a law-maker. As to Representative ' Brown we can say very little for we do not happen to know a great deal about him by reputation or otherwise. Anyhow, the report of these gentlemen made last Friday sustains the position taken by The Enquirer in toto, and under the circumstances we think we have no occasion to feel badly cast down on account of our friend's pretty severe criticism. Referring to what the Mail had to say about this controversy having arisen out of partisan politics, we have no hesitation in saying that we believe that is true. But The Enquirer is not, never has been, and we hope never will be, partisan. We have to discuss and deal with partisans: but we try to do it in a nonpartisan manner. Understanding as well as we do that we cannot have things as we would like them, we always try to take them as they are. We do not always do this because we want to, maybe; but more because we are so firmly persuaded that right always prevails in the end, and that it is foolish to build on other than a firm foundation. So far as this matter of holding two offices?a trusteeship and another office?is concerned, we know that among those who inveigh against it are many who, if they were in the position of the other fellow would, like him, hold until shaken loose. Possibly we belong to that class also; but we don't think so. Nor do we belong to the class that will contend for what it does not believe to be right merely for the purpose of getting advantage over the other fellow. This Is not intended as a reference to our friend, the Mail, because we know it is not that kind. If it were we could not be friends. But all these considerations properly come up in a matter like this, and we espe ciany aesire 1101 10 utr uuauuuciaiuwu. We are not carrying any false colors, and we do not want anybody to think we are. The Enquirer has no other motive for standing for right tha-1 because it is right, and while we are human enough to appreciate the support of all good people in this same position, we would not be understood as seeking, asking or accepting the favor of those who may occasionally find us in line with them, but who do not earnestly, conscientiously and consistently strive to the same end. Pretty high ground that maybe; but that is exactly the way we feel about it, and as has already been made plain, it is the only explanation we have to offer as to why we have said what we have in regard to this matter of holding two 1 offices. Jury Service. The changes in the Jury law that are now under consideration, especially that change which contemplates a material reduction of the number of exemptions from service are being watched by the public with increasing interest. There has been a great deal of agitation of this matter of exemptions from jury duty during a great many years past, and the proposed changes are in line with the purpose of that agitation. Of all the exemptions that have heretofore obtained that of school trustees was probably the most unwise, because it included such a large number of people who were especially and particularly fitted for this kind of service, and whose exemption greatly weakened the list from which possible jurors were to be secured. There are certain objections that might be urged against the service of ministers of the gospel on juries; but these objections are probably outweighed by the reasons that make the service of a minister desirable. i Theoretically, the sole purpose of a trial and the sole duty of the attorneys in a criminal case are to establish the guilt or innocence of a defendant; but practically it does not work that way. It is rarely the case that the state seeks to convict an Innocent man even though circumstances may be such as to make conviction a matter of little difficulty. On the other hand, it is still more rarely that an attorney for the defense is willing to consent to a verdict of guilty no matter how guilty he may know his client to be. As a general thing ministers of the gospel are men who will seek to do : only that which is right. They will ] nna no pleasure even m tuiiuciumug , the guilty; but their sense of duty will ' compel them to be guided by the law and the evidence. Attorneys for the I defense, especially where they have bad cases, will naturally be disposed j to challenge ministers and the state will naturally prefer to get as many ministers on a jury as possible. We do not see any good reason why physicians should be exempted by law any more than men of other professions. It occurs to us that it would have been better to leave this to the discretion of the presiding judge. It is true that the physician's work is very Important, and It is true that his freedom to go and come may sometimes mean life and death to somebody; but the fact is this Is the exception rather than the rule. Physicians find time to play, time to recuperate, time to go on vacations, time to die, time to be sick and time to do other things just as other people. They make good jurors and there is no good reason why they should be exempt. Newspaper men generally have highly esteemed the privilege of being exempt from Jury duty, and most of them will find this duty as irksome as other people. There are reasons why they will generally be challenged by one side or the other in almost every case both criminal and civil. One of these reasons and a sufficient one, is that it is their business to find out all they can about the merits of almost every controversy and in most cases they have as much original information as the lawyers. What they learn is generally given to the public, and how they stand is a matter of public record. Therefore in nine cases out of ten, the lawyer on one side or the other will keep them off juries. But taken all together, we think that this wholesale wiping out of exemptions is in the line of reform in the administration of justice. It makes available for jury service the best intelligence and experience of the state, and puts on juries brains and character that will often prove equal to the best of those qualities to be found either at the bar or on the bench. It is true that in bad cases there will be a tendency on the part of those representing those bad cases to challenge the best men on the jury, just as there has been heretofore; but with a larger percentage of the best men in the jury boxes and on the venires, discrimination against them will soon become so annarent that the practice will work out its own correction. In the interest of a better administration of the law. we sincerely hope that the measure looking to the abolition of wholesale exemptions will not fail. ? Columbia special of February 11, to the News and Courier: Governor Cole L. Blease today, in a statement to the press, makes it plain that he is not going to let the special judgeship matter rest where it now is. He sent yesI terday a special message to the general assembly, in which, following the report of the house judiciary committee, Governor Blease, "stands by his guns," as the saying goes. In the meantime the senate judiciary committee has made no report to the senate, i Governor Blease, in his message asks i that something be done. Today he i gave out the following statement: "The i judiciary committee violated the con- i stitution and statutes by having on i their sub-committee a brother of a justice of the supreme court. The oth- ; er two members are known of ail men to be two of my bitterest enemies, and, of course, from them I could expect ( nothing. I have asked the legislature to do something, and if they don't I shall meet the issue fair and square." ; Governor Blease's reference to the i 1** - - < ? * - r> r\ f commuiee IS IU IVH. rruun r>. viai.? ... Abbeville, who is a brother of Associate Justice Eugene B. Gary of the su- < preme court bench. The sub-committee's report was presented by Mr. H. | K. Osborne. The senate Judiciary i committee has made no report to the i senate. The committee had a report i drafted but did not present it. The i chairman, Senator Howard B. Carlisle < of Spartanburg, stated today that the report would not be presented this i week and would "rest for a while." ( LOCAL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. C. F. Sherer?Has a house on Wrlghi avenue for rent. Desirable location \V. M. Kennedy?Has all kinds of garden seeds, onion sets, seed potatoes Also school books and supplies. J. A. Tate, C. C. C. Pis.?Gives notice of sale of certain lands involved ir the suit of Walter B. Moore against John Crawford, Mack Crawford and others, said lands lying on Fishing creek in York county. Clover Drug Store, Clover?Tells yoi to be careful of the seeds you plant and suggests that the best suited foi thio oopf Inn n ro Wnnrl's uaaHq Qot it for school books, school supplies magazines, etc. National Union Bank. Rock HillWants you to let it loan you the money that you will need to rur your farm until the harvest time. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Recommendi Elwood wire fencing as the mosi scientifically made and strongest 01 all wire fencing. Loan and Savings Bank?Tells you that money in the bank is the kej to success and points to its recorc of ten years as a guaranty of its security and safety. Thomson Co.?Continues its clearlnf sale this week, and says that th< number of customers visiting tht store proves that real bargains art being offered. City Meat Market?Asks you to remember it when you want fresh meats of best quality, including stal fed beef, pork, sausage. J. L. Williams & Co.?Call your attention to their line of patterns of $11 made-to-measure suits for men. J. M. Brian Co.?Can furnish you with seed Irish potatoes, choice coffees, etc. R. J. Herndon?Explains the difference between a "commercial" and a standard piano, and leaves the decision with you. Star Drug Store?Sells Landreth's garden and flower seeds and recommends them as being thoroughly re liable. J. M. Ferguson?Wants you to see him for Purt or 90-day seed oats. Purina horse and chicken feed, beel scrap and oyster shell for chickens Also has seed Irish potatoes. Kirkpatrlck-Belk Co.?Makes special offerings of cotton piece goods and domestics and quotes prices for you to consider. Editor Clarence H. Poe of the Progressive Farmer, who has been touring the world for the benefit of the readers of his splendid paper, writes from India that he expects to be home nexl month. Mr. Poe's letters are being read with great interest by thousands of admirers, and all are looking forward with pleasant anticipation foi the book he proposes to issue shortly after his return. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. P. D. McCord of Camden, spenl Sunday with relatives in Yorkville. Miss Eva Good of Hickory Grove, is visiting friends and relatives in Sharon. Dr. T. N. Dulin of Bethel, has beer seriously ill for some days past with blood poisoning. Mrs. M. E. Jones of Nacogdoches Tex., is visiting in Yorkville, the guest of Mrs. W. H. McConnell. Mrs. Laura Russell and family have moved from Yorkville to Charlotte, where they wlli make their home. Mr. I. W. Johnson and Mr. Jno. R. Hart of Yorkville. are In Charleston this week attending meetings of the Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons and the Grand Commandery Knights Pemplar of South Carolina. SUGGESTED NEW COURT HOUSE There have been published certain allusions to an alleged plan on foot for the building of a new court house for York county at Yorkville. The first Intimation we have had oi the proposition came from the Fort Mill Times some weeks ago, and recently the Rock Hill Herald and the Rock Hill Record have published protests against the Idea. As to whether or not there is really such a plan on foot, we have no Information. We have not heard of It from sources other than those mentioned and have not been able to run dowr the "they say" who has been given as authority. The people who have been publishing the information, it seems to us should give us something more definite before they begin protesting too vociferously, lest they lay themselves liable to the suspicion of erecting a man ol straw for the sole purpose of knocking him down again. We are inclined to think that a few thnnsnnrl anllnrs mie-ht hp Invpstpd Ir the court house to advantage in the installation of*a steam heating plant, and we think also that a fireproof vaull might be installed in the office of the county treasurer to advantage; but il there is any general demand for the erection of a new court house, we are not aware of the fact. It is not improper to state, however that if the county of York should desire a court house building that would be more in keeping with the wealth and progress of the people, The Enquirer would hardly be found among the objectors. At the same time it will have to be admitted that the presenl building is fully equal to any present practical need. BOYS' CORN CLUB. The Boys' Corn Club of York Count} will meet in the court house at Yorkville, on Saturday, February 25, at 11 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of getting under way for the contest of 1911 The meeting will be called to ordei by Mr. J. W. Quinn, superintendent ol education, and will be addressed by Mr. Barton, district agent of the demonstration work, Mr. Blair, county agent, Prof. Nivens of Winthrop collect, and possibly by Prof. Ira W. Williams, who is to be present if he can. n *-t o i r*-? nnrlont Ifom n f tho i^av'c business will be the election of a president and secretary of the club for the ensuing year. The boys, of course, will choose their own officers from among their own membership. It is desirable to have as good an attendance as possible at this Februar> 25th meeting, and every boy in the county who desires to join the club and who has not already done so should at once notify Superintendent of Education Quinn, or Mr. John R Blair, county demonstration agent. Every boy coming to the meeting or February 25, should bring ten carefully selected ears of corn to be entered into a seed corn competition. This corn will be thoroughly and carefully examined by the experts for the benefit of all the boys, and three prizes, one of $2.50, one of $1.50 and one of $1.00 donated by The Yorkville Enquirer will be awarded for the three best specimens, the exhibitors, ol course, keeping possession of the exhibits. Of course, it is not to be understood that the boys who failed to be at this meeting on February 25, shall be barred from participation in the contest ol the year; but it is espeecially and particularly desirable to have as large an r* V* nAOoil.b, nnrl U In iiiiriiuciiit'c as puooiwiv auu it 10 iiujicu that every section of the country will be well represented. NEGRO HOMICIDE. There was a killing at a negro dance near Tirzah last Friday night, which although at first having the appearance of having been the result of an ordinary fracas common to such occasions, is now looking as if it were the outcome of a cold-blooded conspiracy of unusual brutality and heartlessness. Will Barnett was the victim, and Sam Fenvell and George Webh are charged with responsibility for his death, the first as principal and the second as accessory before the fact. The killing occurred sometime during Friday night, and was reported to Deputy Sheriff Quinn shortly after 12 o'clock Saturday morning. George Wehb is the man who brought the news to Deputy Sheriff Quinn. He came with a story to the effect that Will Barnett was dead out on the ground near a house at Tirzah; but as to who killed Barnett, or how he came to his death, Webb professed to know absolutely nothing. He merely wanted the deputy sheriff to come down, take charge and look into the matter. Accompanying Webb to Tirzah, Deputy Sheriff Quinn found the dead body af Will Barnett as described, but the few negroes about profeesed complete , Ignorance as to how Barnett may have been killed. They knew he had been p shot: but as to whether his own hand l or the hand of somebody else, they pretended not to know. ! Sorely puzzled as to how to proceed, ti Deputy Quinn at length found the head n of the house near where the body lay. G , He is a negro preacher, and after some b [ questioning he gave out the informa- A t tion that there had been a dance in r j his house; that while the dance was in fi . progress a row developed, and during ' the row Barnett was shot. p . Deputy Quinn was unable to get ^ t heads or tails of the difficulty; but . from some Intimations thrown ou oy , one of the negroes, who seemed to q ' know more of the matter than he was ^ ' inclined to tell, Deputy Quinn arrested George Webb and brought him to I Jail. | At the Inquest some new and interesting facts were developed. Some ne- _ groes testified that while Barnett was " . in the house, George Webb, who was . on the outside produced two pistols, and at the request of Fewell gave him p one. It came out that one of the pis; tols belonged to Barnett, and that . Webb had borrowed It from him some J days previous; that Webb told Fewell, u that he, Webb would start trouble with . Barnett, and "when I do it, you let ' ; him have it." With this understand- 8 J ing the two went into the house, two tl j women beean scuffling with each other 0 for Barnett's hat. Webb mixed in and . Fewell blazed away with his pistol, " | striking Barnett in the heart and pro- ft I ducing a wound from which he died e in a few minutes. Some of the Important facts in con nection with the afTalr were worked r out by Magistrate Glenn, who hannen- o i ing to overhear one negro tell another c that Deputy Quinn had arrested and Jailed the wrong man, pushed the fel- n low further and made him tell enough o [ to lead to a pretty good grasp of the tl whole story. Except for this informa- q tion. it is thought probable that Fewell, the negro who fired the pistol shot. 8 ' would not have been connected with the killing and Webb would have Ween p left in a position to show that ne was a entirely innocent of any complicity In i tb<? affair. ^ The dance at which the killing occurred took place In the home of a ne- c ' gro named Wade Whltlock, and a clr- g , cumstance that amused Denuty Sheriff [, , Qulnn very much, especially after he c had gotten a better understanding of <} the facts was that George Webb, the r neero who first Informed him of the ^ killing, used the dead negro's buggy v and mule to bring him from the scene 8 j of the killing to the Jail. n i WITHIN THE TOWN. tl ? St. Valentine's day is being observJ ed In the exchange of pretty and ten, der missives. ?There was a fall of snow last Sat- n ' urday afternoon that came down In n large, wet flakes for about half an n hour; but which melted almost as rap- a Idly as it reached the earth. ? The Associate Reformed congre- a t gation has purchased the Mrs. E. A. b Crawford lot on the corner of Con- tl i gress and Madison streets for the pur- k pose of erecting a new church thereon. The purchase price is $4,500. It c , is the purpose of the congregation to f< , put up a handsome church building as t< soon as possible. n SI , ?At a congregational meeting held > at the Yorkville Baptist church last n Sunday morning, resolutions were r( , unanimously adopted to the effect that the church would at once take steps ' looking to the building of a parsonage n on the west end of the church lot, fac- w lng Cleveland avenue. It is the hope c 1 of the congregation to begin building d J within a few weeks. g I . i ? As the result of the special sales a that have been on In dry goods during the past two weeks, business has expe- a rlenced a wonderful picking up, and 0 trade has been far better than during , January, Large numbers of people I . have come to Yorkville from different h [ parts of the county to Investigate the offerings that the merchants have been t< [ making and generally they have been a t pleased with what they have found. y h ? Miss Mamie Lee Grist, for the past v ' eight years the popular and efficient c "Central," at the local office of the |, Piedmont Telephone company, was ,j ' married last Sunday afternoon to Mr, Albert B. Hammond of Columbia. The |, 1 ceremony took place at the home of the a I bride's mother, Mrs. L. G. Grist on fl 1 King's Mountain street, and was per- 3 1 formed by Rev. E. E. Gillespie in the tl presence of a few relatives and close friends of the young people. Mr. Gaines r Hammond, a cousin of the groom, acted n ! as best man, and Miss Frances Grist, g sister of the bride, acted as maid of 8 ! honor. The young people were the ? f recipients of quite a number of hand- f, some and valuable wedding presents. a After the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. {j r Hammond left on the southbound C. 1 & N.-W. train for Chester, from which s place It was their purpose to take a a 1 short trip to Florida, after which they a t will return to Columbia, where Mr. b Hammond holds a responsible and w f well paid position with the Southern c ' Railway. I, ? Following is Representative Mc- C Dow's bill amending the act creating 8 ! Yorkville school district by changing F I the time of the holding of annual meet, ings and authorizing an increase In the f' , levy to 5 mills on the dollar, instead of S , only 2 mills as now. "Section 1. That K j Section 4, as amended in the above en- tl . titled act he fuether amended so as to w read as follows: Section 4. The w ' board of trustees created pursuant to 1 the third section of this Act shall, be- ei *?*ua a oAfVi rr tWCCH mc lot uaj ui Apin auu uic aviu -day of July in each year, call together, C , in annual school meeting, the voters t1 resident In said school district, at [ which meeting the trustees shall sub- f< mit a full report of their transactions 9 for the previous school year, and their [ estimates for the expenditures neces- ti , sary for the ensuing school year; and c r on the day of said meeting, or at some day subsequent to the time appointed tl ) for the said meeting (in case the same tl for any reason should not be held), ' three managers, appointed by said a trustees, shall open a poll at the court r< house in Yorkville, in said district, not d later than 12 o'clock m., and to be kept rr \ open until 5 o'clock p. m., at which is | election the qualified voters of said ri ' district shall vote for or against the Z' ' assessment and levy of such local tax P upon all taxable property within said s< ^ school district as the trustees may d , have recommended for the school year n ' commencing 1st day of November fol- if ' lowing, which shall not exceed the sum ci ! of 5 mills on the dollar in any one ti " year; and it shall be the duty of the tl ' chairman and secretary of the board a1 of trustees to certify to the amount so voted, or recommended, to the county a j auditor of York county, who shall V forthwith assess the same for collec- ti tlon, and deliver his warrant to the oi ; treasurer of said county for the col- t< , lection at the time other taxes are col- t< [ lected: Provided, That any tax voted ; to be levied at the first election herein q [ provided for under section 2 of this , act shall be certified by the county superintendent of education to the audi- U *....nt,, ...V, it aholl IUI U L 1 Ul l\ tu UIllJ, >VllUOC UUV.T IV UIIU.. I be to assess the same upon all taxable property In said school district for Im- ? mediate collection, and he shall deliver ? , his warrant to the treasurer to col- ' lect the same within thirty days from : the date of the delivery, and subject j* , to the usual penalties prescribed by ? , law against taxpayers making default ' in payment. Sec. 2. This act shall L take effect upon approval, and all acts '' and parts of acts in conflict with the . provisions of this act are hereby re- {' pealed." ; ti LOCAL LACONICS. si Miss Terry at 6.30. a] , The hour for the appearance of Miss pi Ellen Terry at WInthrop college, has been changed from 7 o'clock tomorrow si to 6.30 o'clock. Quite a large number c I of seats have been sold for this enter- ci ! tainment. pi ?^ w P 1 ?The amended jury law as it passed hi i the senate last Friday provides for only the following exemptions: State di officers, members of the senate and the gi house of representatives, during the hi sessions of the general assembly, mem- in bers of the senate and the house of m i representatives of the United States, c( i judges and Justices of any court, coun- gl ty auditors and treasurers, clerks of tl court, sheriffs and their deputies, coro- 01 ners and constables, the marshals of fii the United States and their deputies, counsellors and attorneys at law, post- tl masters and deputy postmasters, and e: those actively engaged as physicians w or licensed pharmacists. in ASSOCIATE JUSTICE DEADLOCK. 'ifteen Ballots to Yestarday and No Election. Up to yesterday, there had been flfeen ballots for associate justice and o election. Since the withdrawal of [ruber and Bonham, the voting has een running about even between lemmlnger, Watts and Fraser. The esult of the voting yesterday was as allows: 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Yaser 48 47 47 lemmlnger 51 54 54 Vatts 53 53 54 'otal vote cast 156 154 155 lecessary to choice .. 78 78 78 SAVAGERY IN MEXICO. 1 'ederal Soldier* Murder Innocent Old Non-Combatant*. Mulata, Mexico, via Presidio, Tex., 1 'eeb. 9, via Marfa, Tex., Feb. 12.?In ' he recent fight near here between lexican federals and the Insurrectos nder General Ortega, In which the ormer were forced to retreat, an As- ( Delated Press correspondent was with he Insurrectos. The bodies of the four Id non-combatants whose deaths are ild to the federals were found In a i arm house near Mulata. They were 1 Jucevio de La Cruz, Cruz Samaneijo, ] >ecederio Oarrasco and Matlas Car- , aseo. One of the men was 90 years 1 Id, another was blind and another a ripple. All were white haired. This ] lornlng the insurrectos found those i Id men with their hands tied behind ] heir backs lying riddled with bullets. >ne was slashed across the face by a ] abre. i Several Americans viewed the bodies, hotos were taken and several signed n affidavit describing the incident, 'his sworn statement will be sent to Washington. A dramatic Incident followed the dlsovery of the four murdered men. A < overnment soldier had been found lyig wounded In the field. He had been ared for and fed. When the mur ered men were found several insurectos made a rush for the plaza In lulata to get revenge hy killing this rounded soldier. In the crowd was a on and a nephew of one of the aged lartyrs. Like crazy men they ran yelling into fie plaza and dragged the soldier into fie street. Many argued against him, ut others maddened by the sight of fie butchered old men drew their plsjls and declared they would kill any lan that tried to stop them. At that loment Ortega, the insurrecto comlander, rode into the plaza and called halt "My children," he said, "I have had home laid in ruins and a wife and abies driven naked and starving into fie hills, and I am not yet ready to ill an unarmed wounded man." The rage faded from the eyes of the rowd and only one, the son, stepped orward to take the soldier's life. Or;ga drew his pistol. "It would break ly heart to have to kill a comrade," he aid, "but we shall not be murderers." The wounded soldier was picked up, lumbllng his praises in terror, and emoved to a shanty. In the two days' battle the federals ist ten to twenty men and the prounciados lost one man killed and one rounded. The dead man, Hilarlo Sanhez, was shot while batterine in a oor of a house with the Scotchman F. . McCombs, to get a squad of sol lera. McCombs entered the house alone , nd drove the federals out, killing one ] f them. McCombs Is the soldier of , artune who has earned the title of El Mabel among the lnsurrectos. His j ome is In Seattle, Wash. , During the entire fight the insurrec- , as forced the fighting. The federals , dvanced along the road to within 500 ards of the town. When fired on they , alted and for two days did not ad- ( ance. Their two field guns and ma- , hlne guns were kept playing upon the isurrectos lines, but did no serious < amage. ] A battle line was formed with the , ifantry on the left of the Rio Grande | nd the cavalry guarding the right < ank. A flanking party of sixteen in- ( urrectos drove in the infantry and ( tie cavalry was driven in three times, j The battle started at 10 o'clock Febuary 7 and lasted to 9 o'clock the ? ight of the 8th. The federals had J 00 soldiers in the field and the in- j urrectos mustered about 200 men. ( luring the second day's fighting the j sderals were completely surrounded ( nd were driven back each time a sorie was attempted. In the evening Ortega made an inpection of the different detachments ( nd found that their ammunition was , lmost exhausted. When the federals egan their retreat the lnsurrectos ] rere not able to halt them, but gave , hase for several miles down the road. ( n the official report Gen. Luque and , !ol. Dorantes claim that only seven oldiers were killed. The Associated , Yess correspondent was present when j svelve soldiers in uniform were dug up ( rom their graves and several other , raves were not counted. Five more . raves were rouna at anoiner apui anu i tiree dead men, including one captain, rere brought into Ojinaga. These men , rere wounded and died on the road, 'wenty-flve dead is a conservative ( stlmate. The federals had about fifty ] len missing when they returned to { (jinaga, but it is known that at least . ivelve deserted. Bullets frequently j >11 among the American soldiers and >deral officers guarding the American Ide of the Rio Grande. Capt. Williams, commanding the roops, may make a report of the inident to Washington. The insurgents announce their intenlon of capturing Ojinaga as soon as * tiey get a supply of ammunition. Coyame, thirty-five miles from Ojinga, is surrounded by a band of insurectos under Emilio Salgado, who has 1 emanded the surrender of the govern- J lent stores and archives. The town ' i garrisoned by a small company of 1 urales and a company of armed citi- 1 ens. Salgado could easily capture the ' lace, but says he will give the garri- { an an opportunity to surrender in or- 7 er to avoid the accidental killing of on-combatants. Five boys, all Amer- * an citizens, were captured by Mexi- ] in rurales yesterday while bathing in le Rio Grande. The rurales shot at ( hem and compelled them to wade * cross the river and surrender. The boys were released this morning 1 fter being locked up all night. Capt. I Williams, commanding the American f roops at Presido, was on the point . f ordering the commander of Ojinaga J i release the boys when they returned ) Presidio. ? ANNON OPPOSES RECIPROCITY, s rges Illinois Legislature to Consider t Well Before Endorsing. ^ o ill TCoVvriiarv 11 Sfnte t enator Bailey of Danville, made pubc today a letter from Speaker Can- z on, in which the speaker strongly op- 1 oses reciprocity with Canada. The t peaker's followers In the senate and a ouse, according to the Danville sena- I >r, will put up a hard fight on the I oor when the Canadian reciprocity a ?8olution is offered next week. Fol- r wing Is a text of Speaker Cannon's (tter: t "It is represented in Washington a lat you are about to consider in the t ate legislature, at Springfield, a res- t lution endorsing the commercial t greement with Canada, which is now J ending before congress. r "That proposed agreement provides jbstantially for free trade between anada and the United States in agriiltural products, the farmers' finished I roduct. It includes, In addition to I heat, barley, corn, potatoes, dairy t roducts. eggs, poultry, etc., cattle, u ogs and other animals on the hoof. b "Of course, free trade in these pro- a nets is by Itself one-sided, because we 1' Ive Canada an immense marKei ior ? ?r farm products, both in theory and o i fact, while she affords us practically c ) market for farm products. Of o )urse, if there can be any advantage r Iven us which will compensate for a le burden of competition thus placed q i our farmers, we should be able to o nd it in the terms. s "I have not found it so far and I note n lat the Canadian envoy, Mr. Fielding, ii cplains to the mother country that, n hlle Canada is gaining a large market 1 i the United States, the United States n s not to gain market enough in CanIda to interfere with English trade, since few reductions are made on our products that would seek a Canadian narket and these reductions are small- i ;r. "I note, also, one discrimination. Pood animals on the hoof, such as our rarmers have to sell, come into this country free of duty, but on the meats manufactured from these animals, , there is a levied duty of a cent and a quarter a pound. "I have no time to enter into a complete analysis of the proposed agreement, but I send you, under separate 2over, copy or ine president s message containing the proposed agreement and schedules. The agreement to me, and to many others, seems substantially to aeny protection to all agricultural products, treating them as raw material and to accord protection to all who use such products, in whole or in part as a basis for some manufacturing or finishing process. "My object in writing to you is to Buggest that if any effort is made to Becure action, by resolution or otherwise, endorsing this proposition, while It is pending before congress, it ought to be done only after a most careful examination. "There is a marked difference of opinion among Republicans In the national house and in the senate touching the wisdom and the Justice of the proposed agreement as a whole. The Democrats In the house of representatives have held a caucus in regard to the matter and have resolved to support the agreement in the house, on the ground that while it is not all they deBire to accomplish, it is a long step forward In the direction of free trade under the guise of reciprocity, their position now and in the near future being1 for tariff for revenue only and against protection. That is not, as I understand, the position of the Republican party, as set forth in its platforms and outlined in Its policies, and for one I cannot agree with the Democratic caucus. "I am, with respect, etc. (Signed,) "J. G. Cannon." POWER TO APPOINT JUDGE8. Senate Judiciary Committee Is Divided on Question. In the senate yesterday, message No. 11 from Gov. Blease, referring to the right of the chief executive to appoint a special Judge, came up on a report from the Judiciary committee. The minority report is signed only by J. R. Earle, who introduced in the senate ast Saturday a bill extending the powers of the governor on such appointments. This bill also receives a divld;d report, the minority being signed by Senator Earle alone. The minority report of the Judiciary :ommittee on message No. 11 says: "Report of the minority of the JuJiciary committee on the governor's message No. 11. i "The undersigned dissent from so much of the report of the majority of the Judiciary committee as holds that section 2743 is constitutional. The conflict referred to in the message is is to so much of the said section as confers upon the supreme court the power to nominate or recommend and compels the governor to commission the person so recommended. That part of the section is as follows: " 'The governor, upon the recommendation of the supreme court, or the chief Justice thereof if the supreme court be not in session, shall immediately commission as special ludge such person learned in the law is shall be recommended, etc.' "Is this conferring upon a Judicial tribunal or officer the power of appointment? And is that a purely executive function? "The last sentence of section 6, article 6 of the constitution, is as follows: 'The general assembly shall provide by law for the temporary appointment of men learned in the law to hold either special or regular terms pf the circuit courts whenever there may be necessity for such appointment.' "This is a mandatory provision tvhich must be exercised with respect !o and in consonance with every other provision of this supreme law. "Section 14, article 1, is as follows: In the government of this state the 1 egislative, executive and judicial powers of the government shall be forever separate and distinct from sach other and no person or nersons exercising the function of one of said lepartments shall assume or discharge :he duties of any other.' "The foregoing extract from section 2743 seeks to confer a paramount power to appointment upon a judicial tribunal or officer, thus combining executive and judicial powers, which 1 Is in conflict with the section of the I ^institution last quoted. "J. R. Earle, "For Minority of Committee." The report of the judiciary commit- 1 tee on governor's message No. 11 is is follows: ! "Governor's message No. 11 having Peen referred to the judiciary committee we beg to report that we have carefully considered the same and make the following finding: j "Section 6, article 5 of the constitution of 1895 undoubtedly gives the legislature the right to provide by law for the appointment of judges to hold , special or regular terms of court, whenever there may be necessity for such appointment.' i "The legislature has done this in ( section 2743, volume 1, code of 1902. "In our opinion this section is constitutional. We understand that a bill has been introduced amending this section and hence we will make no re- ( port as to its wisdom, but will pass jpon the bill when it comes before us. "J. L. B. Carlisle, , "Chairman Judiciary Committee." ( TRUSTEES ARE OFFICERS. \ . I Commission Appointed to Investigate ' the Matter Makes Report. i i The commission to which was refer- j ed the governor's recent message with i eference to school trustees and raising :he question as to whether public of- i Icials who were holding the addition- ; l1 place of school trustees were doing j io in violation of the constitution lubmitted its report last Friday. The commission consists of Senator SV. L. Mauldin, chairman, Senator L<eJrande G. Walker, T. P. Brown, Geo. S. Vfower, Frank B. Gary. The committee reports that after due leliberation it Is of the opinion, generilly speaking, the trusteeship of any nstitutions of learning of the state is in office of trust, the holding of which jrecludes one from holding another >fflce of trust at the same time. The committee says that Senator Tillman is violating the constitution in lolding to his office as United States lenator and trustee of Winthrop; that Tohn G. Richards is railroad commlsiloner and trustee of Clemson college ind Is holding one or the other of the >fflce8 in violation of the constitution, md that Robert McFarland should not >e a trustee of the South Carolina university and probate judge of Darlingon county at the same time. Hon. W. J. Roddey, Hon. J. E. Bra;eale, Hon. Wilie Jones and Hon. B. R. Tillman are reported as serving as rustees of Winthrop without commislions, and Hon. John G. Richards, Jr., Ion. Cope D. Mann and Hon. B. H. tawl are reported as holding positions is trustees of Clemson without comnissions. On the question as to whether life rustees of Clemson, under the Clemlon will, the commission prefers not o commit itself, but recommends that he attorney general make a test of he matter in the cases of the Hon. Uan Johnstone and Hon. B. R. TilLnan. ? Columbia, February 10: Governor ilease tonight signed the notaries rnblic act. The act provides that the erms of notaries shall be at the pleasire of the governor; that the fee shall ie $2, instead of $3.25, as heretofore for . commission; that two members of a pgislative delegation shall recommend or notaries; that a notary shall recrd his commission with the clerk of ourt. This, in brief, was the bill recmmended by the free conference comnittee. The members of the general ssembly have been besieged with reuests from their constituencies to btain commissions. The office of the ecretary of state is busy issuing comnlssions. Today was the date named n Governor Blease's message for the lotaries to go out of office. More than ,000 went out, but many were recomlissioned within the last few days. J MERE-MENTION. Federal Judge McCall at Memphis. Tenn., Saturday, declared saloonkeepers, barkeepers and others who sell liquor Ineligible to citizenship in the United States. In part he said: "No man can support the constitution of the United States and of the state of Tennessee and uphold the laws of both as they are required to do under oath in securing naturalization papers and at the same time engage in the unlawful sale of liquor in a state where its sale is prohibited." The United States senate, Saturday, passed the Joint resolution locating the Panama canal exposition at San Francisco.... Ex-Mayor Bettls of College Park, Ga.. committed suicide Saturday. The pistol bullet went through his head and slightly wounded his wife, who was standing nearby Archbishop John Ryan of Philadelphia, one of the most prominent Catholic prelates of the United states, died Saturday afternoon, aged 80 years Thos. A Edison, the inventor, celebrated his 64th birthday Saturday.... V. Mr. Roosevelt In an address at Grand Rapids, Mich., Saturday, declared himself iq favor of the election of United Stated senators by direct vote of the people, and In favor of reciprocity with Canada A circuit court of Mississippi has rendered a verdict giving a white woman 816,000 damages because she was sold a berth in a sleeping car on the Alabama and Vicksburg railroad, In which three negroes also occupied berths. The suit was brought to test the "Jim Crow" law... .Nathaniel Morris killed James Russell at Cordele, Ga., Friday by hitting him behind the ear with an Inkwell. The boys were students at a business college and fought about a trivial matter... .Baron Albert Roths vuiiu, a HICJUUCI ui Hie ittmuUB linn OI bankers of that name, died at Vienna, Austria, Saturday Alarming reports as to the health of Emperor William are being circulated at Berlin An unconfirmed rumor reached Washington Saturday, to the effect that a transport carrying the Seventh cavalry to the Philippines has been wrecked * at sea and the regiment drowned.... Dr. W. D. Judkins was fined >100 at Shreveport, La., Saturday for violating the prohibition laws by writing whisky prescriptions A wireless telegraph message was received at San Ftancisco Thursday night from a ship at sea 4,492 miles distant. That is the longest distance yet covered - by a wireless message William Koehn, a boy bandit, plead guilty to six indictments at St. Paul, Minn., Saturday and was sentenced to serve sixty years In prison A general strike of 200,000 coal miners in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, is threatened, unless a 4 per cent Increase in wages is granted The German machinery hall at the Brussel's exposition collapsed Saturday and three persons were killed. A large number were injured Mrs. Clara Barton, the venerable founder of the Red Cross is seriously ill at Glenn Echo, Md A family of seven in the Ghetto district of New York was asphyxiated with illuminating gas last Sunday morning. | SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The proposition to appropriate $10,000 a year for three years, to advertise the state of South Carolina among the people of the middle west has been killed. ? The Joint resolution providing for an investigation of the work of the dispensary winding-up commission has been passed. ? Governor Blease sent up the follow- , insr to the sreneral assemhlv lost Frl day as message No. 12: "The report of your Judiciary committee on my message number 11 is not at all surprising, as you will note In said message, I said I hoped that the committee would act upon the matter not according to their political views towards the chief executive or their personal feelings towards the supreme court Since sending in my message many strong lawyers have congratulated me on my position and one who is considered the equal of any member of the bar in South Carolina, if not the superior, says I am correct; and once again, I request of you to repeal that portion of the act giving the power to the chief justice or associate justices to dictate to me who I shall appoint on the bench. Now, gentlemen, I am serious about this matter; I have asked you to avoid a conflict; it is up to you. I know my duty and when the time comes I am going to do it, as I was elected to do. I have no relatives in your body, but I hope I have some political friends." ? Columbia State, yesterday: The proposed last week of the general assembly witnesses a deadlock in the race for associate justice of the supreme court, which will increase that body by one member. So far the Joint assembly has been unable to elect, and it is the opinion of many that there will be no election for several days yet. The deadlock is on, there being three excellent candidates who are running the proverbial neck and neck for the honor. Judge Memmlnger, Judge wans ana air. rraser are an wnnin a hand's grasp of one another, so far as votes go, and those who are in a \ position to know aver that there will be no election unless one of them quits the race. On the other hand, the friends of all three gentlemen state that they will stand pat to the last. The withdrawal of W. B. Gruber and the subsequent withdrawal of M. L. Bonham placed upon the race a complexion of undoubted complexity and to some, perplexity. Gen. Bonham's friends?as did Judge Gruber's?stood by their guns until the last, and according to some, the three remaining candidates will be in the race as they now stand unless the predicted dark horse comes In and runs away with the coveted prize. The two houses will meet today at noon, as usual, and proceed to ballot again for the Justiceship, but from what can be gathered there is small likelihood of an election being secured today. The assembly is expected to adjourn Saturday night and it is argued by many that tnere will be an election before that time. Many local bills are to receive attention, and with the election of the additional judge aanglng over them, interference of lome consumption matters is not to the liking of the members. The last ballot Saturday resulted: Watts 53, Memmlnger 51, Fraser 45. ? There were 205 persons murdered In South Carolina last year. There were 86 persons convicted or murder luring the same period and there were L03 found not guilty and there was no bill found against 16. There were 311 louses entered last year by criminals. J Df this number 233 were convicted and fl >1 were found not guilty and bills were * ilscontinued against 25. These crlmnal statistics are taken from the anlual report of Attorney General Lyon which has been sent to the general aslembly. The report covers the work of :he office during the year. The report iontalns a statement of cases pending ind disposed of in the various courts. itate and Federal, showing the status )f same, some of the opinions given by :he attorney general's office, a finan:ial statement showing the disposition >f appropriations made for the office, "eports of the circuit solicitors and :rimlnal statistics. "I desire," says the ittorney general, "to call the attention )f your honorable body to the difflcul:ies attending the collection of some of :he corporation license tax eacn year md respectfully refer you to remarks riade upon this subject made in my ast annual report. Some plan should >e adopted to both facilitate and Injure the collection of taxes under the orporation license tax act." A review >f the proceedings instituted against he city of Augusta to require the >roper flshway to be erected or to have he dam demolished is given in the re>ort. The report shows that lnjunc- \ ions were obtained in the Richland :ounty court against eight, "social w dubs." As to the case of H. H. Evans, he attorney general has the followng to say: "This is an Indictment igalnst H. H. Evans, formerly a dl ector of the state dispensary, chargng him with accepting rebates for his >wn use and not for the benefit of the itate. It is my purpose to dispose of lis case during the ensuing year."