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Scraps and |acts. ? Augusta, April 12: Walter Pounds and Clarence Rhodes, prosperous farmers, were found guilty today of violating th.e Federal white slave law. Pounds was sentenced to two years in the Atlanta prison and Rhodes three months in the Augusta Jail and 5500 fine. The men were charged with bringing three girls from Bath, S. C., to their plantations and detaining them forcibly. TVi n of q toman f cava an A tla ntfl , dispatch, that Atlanta's postoffice will do away with most of the negro mail I' carriers under the Democratic ad-1 ministration will mean more of a change than people outside of Atlanta can really imagine. There are now several hundred negro mail carriers in the city. It is they who distribute the mail in practically all of the downtown office buildings, and on many of the residence routes. This movement is not in any sense, however. a drawing of the color line. The carriers will lose their positions, it is understood, not because they are negroes. but because they are Republican and Republican appointees. ? President Wilson, says a Washington dispatch, is in favor of exempting labor unions and farmer's organisations from the operation of the Sherman anti-trust law. as provided for In the amendments attached to the sundry civil bill last session. President Taft vetoed the bill March 4 because of these amendments which prohibited any part of the appropriation of $300,000 being used to prosecute either farmers or organized labor. In his veto message the presi- j dent said: "This provision is class legislation of the most vicious sort. If it were enacted as substantive law, and not merely as a qualification upon the i use of money appropriated for the en- 1 forcement of law, no one, I take it, would doubt its unconstitutionality." The sundry civil bill will now be introduced in the same form, and Its ( passage is assured. , ? A giant shoulder of rock that for the past few years had prevented a mountain of earth from slipping into < Culebra cut on the Panama canal at < last has given way. and, according , to official reports received at Washington, the slide has moved into the ' canal a distance of 80 feet and is still 1 traveling. A battery of steam shovels , is now tearing away the earth and ( rock. At the end of March, 32 of these engines were working in the canal prism at that point and beside this many other shovels were engaged ( in terracing the banks and in mlscello nant.a nnsroHnni A a a rOHIllt thf> I obstacle has been so far overcome that the excavation has reached grade In all about 8,000 feet of the 10 mileB length of the cut. By October 1, 5,500,000 yards of material will have been taken out by the steam shovels when the water will be turned on and the shovel will retreat before the dredges. leaving them between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 cubic yards of material to remove. Up to January 31, last, the United States government had expended on the canal $281,702.55. ? Washington, April 11: The attention of the state department, which lately has been given to a vexatious problem arising from the repeated wounding of American soldiers and other American citizens along the Mexican border, today was directed to the serious situation resulting from the slaying of a petty officer and a sailor from the battleship California at Guayamas. Charles D. Taylor, consular agent at Guayamas, In reporting the deaths to the department, said a strict investigation was being made. The shooting was done by the chief of police of Guayamas, and as Ameri- , can sailors going ashorq in a foreign country Invariably go unarmed, offl- 1 clals here will insist that the circum- 1 stances of the slaying be probed to the \ bottom. If the Mexican authorities are unable to show that there was f provlcatlon for the attack by the arm- 1 ed police, serious consequences may t ensue, it was pointed out mai me double killing might be taken as an Inadequacy of the present government and have an influence when the United States gives further consideration to the question of recognition of the Huerta government ? Peace in the Balkans seemed as far away as ever last Saturday, according to a Vienna cable. The Allies appeared to be noglectlng Turkey, their common enemy, in their Internal strifes and their efforts to keep out of a wrangle with the great powers. Despatches from Sofia said that the Bulgarians were preparing to back up their demand for Salonica by force of arms. The Bulgarians made a formal demand for the city, which was refused by the Greeks. All of the Servian troops have withdrawn from the siege of Scutari and are on their way home, according to Belgrade advices. It is declared in Cettinje that the Servians were scared off by the blockade of Montenegro by the powers. With Montenegro and Servla in acrimoninious debate and Bulgaria and Greece at each other's throats, the Turks are said to be getting ready for another desperate assault on the Bulgarians along the Tchataldja lines. The Montenegrin situation is the m*st complicated in Europe Just now. Regardless of the naval blockade by all the powers and the land blockade by Austria-Hungary, the soldiers of King Nicholas were still before Scutari, threatening another assault. The most picturesque figure in the entangleI a Vlnhnloa himuplf Np hflfl PV - 1i1viiv so si iv1?v(w - . erything to grain and nothing to lose and is taking all sorts of chances. His tiny kingdom is pauperized anyway, and will be worth little if he fails to get the added territory' for which he is fighting. He has got all he wants out of the country and stands ready to abdicate in favor of King Peter of Servia if he looses his fight for Scutari and always there is the hope that the powers will pay him to quit. ? Naco, Arizona, April 13: Gen. Pedio OJeda, commanding the remnants of his Federal garrison of 300 troops at Naco, Sonora, surrendered to United States troops on border patrol here today, after having withstood a siege of state troops which lasted for five days and in which more than half his troops were killed. The surrender was hastened by the attack upon the Federal garrison by the band of Yaqui Indians under Gen. Alvaro Obregon, commanding state troops, who at daybreak burst in upon the little garrison across the border and fought viciously. The dead on both sides has been estimated at 200. Gen. Ojeda, true to his promise, refused to surrender to the state forces and while the fighting was at Its height this morning he attempted to ?*? Kah/Iaf u? Ith hid umri'Il ail usn uic uuium ...... band of faithful Federals. The fire 1 from the enemy was demoralizing ] and Ojeda and his men scattered, running to the railway tracks which separate the two border towns. Not even then did the firing from the < rebels cease and Gen. Ojeda shouted to ( the American soldiers, watching the firing from a distance. Capt. H. A. 1 Sevarts, Company A. Ninth U. S. 1 cavalry, ran at once to his assistance, j The American officer grasped the , Mexican general by the arm. Together they ran through the hail of 1 ieaa 10 wnere an auiumuunc noo waiting. Capt. Figueroa of the Federal garrison, with 15 men, remained behind to cover Gen. Ojeda's flight. One by one, he and his fellows died in the barracks, surrounded by a horde of yelling, slaughtering Yaquis. When the Indians burst in the windows and doors and crawled through shell-made apertures in the building there were no living soldiers to greet. Gen. Ojeda before leaving the Sonora town, spiked his cannon and burned all supplies. Little was left for the victorious rebels. Personally leading his small group of men. he went from building to building, wrecking and destroying everything which might have been useful to the rebels. Not until his ammunition had become exhausted, however, did the Federal commander give the word for flight. Slxty-flve wounded from both sides were hurried to this town and placed in the army hospital. The dead remained piled in the streets and lying in the buildings as they fell. Forty-five wounded Indians picked up in the streets of the Mexican town told what the Yaquis had accomplished. Prevented from anticipating in the night attack which had been ordered against the Federals by Gen. Obregon, because of their superstition of death in darkness, the Indians at daybreak wildly hurled themselves against the|' Federal fortifications, forcing the 1 Ighting and winning the battle which fnded the five days' siege. "There is tionor in this defeat," said Gen. Ojeda ifter he had safely reached the Amercan side. "I have only one regret ind that is for Capt. Flgueroa, who refused to surrender with me." When told of the captain's death, Ojeda wept t>itterly. "Oh, had I but thrown myself in flames and died as he did." :ried the white hair-?d soldier. "We ire ready to drive the Huerta soldiers out of Guama*. and the state will be ours," exclaimed Gen. Obregon after the bloody victory. "My men deserve the credit," boasted the Faaul chief lust after the fighting. Jiu ^lorluilU (gnquirrr. Entered at the Postcfflce In Torkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILL.5, 8. C.i TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1913 Don't make fun of religion unless you are sure of your audience?then don't.?Atlanta Journal. Yes, that is good advice, and people who follow It may have the assurance that they will escape making fools of themselves. Dr. Mary Walker, who makes a claim that cannot be readily disputed, that she Is the original woman suffragist, says that all women have to do to establish their right to vote Is to exercise that right. There Is nothing In the declaration of Independence or the constitution, she declares, which denies the right of womdn to vote if they so desire. There Is pretty good sense in this. Through long years of unbroken precedent the political gunners had gotten the "range" of the president, and President Wilson being the first president to realize the full significance of the situation, has stepped out of range, rhat Is about all, except that we do not think that the political gunners will be ible to get his range again In a way hat will enable them to hold him up. If "the people" could be made to unlerstand what a slim show they really itand at the hands of the legislatures ind congresses, the row they would nake would sound nrore like one big lolse. While occasionally there arises i strong man who really stands for the >eopIe, the rule Is anything else. The rreat majority of representatives become mere retainers of rival leaders vho are working only for their personil interests. t To see a strong, able-bodied man, vith or without means. Idling his time iway, Is about as pitiable a sight as here Is. Men should do something bet:er than Idle, and If they are unable to jet the kind of productive employment hey like they should take the kind hey can get. There is more wealth In :he country now than there was In the period following the war, and It is ?asler for bums to live off of other people, but idling should not be tolerated. People who will not work should not be mcouraged. The gang that usurped the governnent of Mexico after the assassination >f Madero, is claiming that except for :he delay of the United States In givng recognition, the present revolution vould not have follov/ed. We are not nclined to doubt the correctness of this proposition; but we have no censure for :he government of the United States on iccount of its alleged dillatorlness. On :he contrary, we sincerely hope that the LJnited States government will never sanction the crime of the murderous idventurers who committed this dastardly deed in the name of "politics." Today is the anniversary of the Tlanic disaster. The ship struck the 'atal iceburg at 2.15 on the morning of \pril 15, 1912. According to plans anvarol wnmpn widows of the brave men who lost :helr lives when the great ship went lown, left Boston on Sunday for the purpose of strewing flowers on the fatal spot at the exact hour of the catastrophe this morning. Among the women are Mrs. Jaques Futrelle, Mrs. Henry B. Harris and Mrs. George rhorne. The captain of the vessel on which they sailed, had agreed to reach the spot exactly at the hour of the accident. When the Louisiana crowd combined with the Michigan crowd and oaiim a? many i cpi cociuan TCO ao mcj wu<w muster from sugar producing states, igainst the ways and means committee's sugar proposition last Friday, they found that they could muster Dnly fifteen votes against 85 votes that stood for the upholding of the president's programme. It has been feared, or at least thought possible, that the folks who want to protect 3ugar, might unite with the wool people and embarrass the Democratic programme; but up to the present time, the caucus progressives have not developed anything that seems caltrulated to add to the alarm along this line. The dispatches from the Balkans Indicate that after all the brave fighting that has been done by the Allies igainst the Turks, the Allies are likey to turn against each other and they may lose the fruits of their victories, rhe Bulgarians and the Greeks are properly to be credited with the greatest achievements, the Bulgarians at Lule Burgas, Adrianople and along ine Tchataldja lines and the Greeks at various places, notably Salonica; but now the Bulgarians are turning envious ?yes at Salonlca, and threaten to try :o take It from the Greeks by force, [t will be too bad If the two strongest >f the powers should by destroying each other, lose all the fruits of their victories even to the restoration of Turkish power to what it was before the war was commerced. Yes, by all means give us free raw sugar as soon as possible. It may hurt the Louisiana cane growers and th,e ivestern beet growers; but if so they ;an find other means of livelihood and the country at large will be benefitted. The matter of a few dollars a year saved to each family is not of nearly so much importance as the principle Involved. If we Insist, for instance. t>n the protection of our sugar and ivool. then other folks have that much more right to claim protection for their shoes, Iron, machinery, and a tundred other things. If we give up 0 our sugar we can, with, that much better grace, ask each of the- others to give up something. The protective tariff has heretofore been operating so disastrously to the south for the reason that the south has had so little to protect. The south has been paying all and getting back but little. Speaking of that big verdict against the Columbia State, we desire to suggest consideration of the question whether after all }t Is any more a threatened blow at the freedom of the press, or further development of the damage suit Industry. Our own view of It is a little of both. People in this section have seen the growth of the damage suit Industry from small be ginninga 10 large proportions, ana me more observant have realized the alarming extent to which testimony has departed from the truth to the end of carrying a point. Most men of means sufficiently large to tempt the damage suit operatqrs are as much concerned lest they lnadverently give some ground for a technical opening against their possessions as is the lucky strike frontier miner that his claim will be Jumped before he can collect sufficient force to protect It. A few years back these damage suit forrays were confined solely to railroad and other corporations; but of late there have been spor&dlc attempts against Individuals and it seems that only a few successes are needed to make operations of this kind more common. Of course, It Is not to be suggested for an instant that newspapers should not be sued or mulcted for damages, nor should such a suggestion apply to corporations or Individuals; but It Is well to remember that this kind of business is subject to very serious abuse, not to say outrage, and there is need for an arousing of the public sense of fairness and riBUi in legai u IU ine uiuiier. The Yaqul Indians, so prominently mentioned in the dispatches In connectlon with the lighting In northern Mexico, are an interesting people. They are generally characterized as a blood-thirsty, savage crew of which the earth should be quickly rid; but that is mainly the Mexican view and the view arises out of the fact that the Yaquis constitute the sole surviving original opposition to Spanish conquests. Cortez was unable to subdue the Yaquis, and all his successors have been trying the task in vain. The Yaquis inhabit the hot, arid regions in the northwestern part of Mexico, and in their own country they continue to hold the mastery. They are brave, tenacious fighters who never know when they are whipped. Through generations of training, they are able to live for days with but the sn^allest allowance of food and water, and collected from sources that would furnish no sustenance what-' ever for the ordinary man. For instance, it is said, that turned loose amid the rocks and fastnesses of the native wilds of the Yaqui, one Yaqul Indian can start out on foot, unarmed and without food and lead a hopeless uuaoc iui a. uuacii hicaiuiii ouiuici ot mounted, armed and equipped, and if you give the Yaqui a repeating rifle with twenty-five cartridges, at the end of three weeks he will hatfe killed all his pursuers. Several times the Mexican government has sent large, wellequipped forces against the Yaquis to pursue the tactics of surrounding a large area of their country and closing In capturing such as may be caught in the round-up. In this manner several hundred Yaquis have been caught from time to time and the government would send the captives to far ofT Yucatan, at the extreme southeast corner of the country. There are several thousand Yaquis in Yucatan now unaer guara; but it is a frequent occurrence for the Yaquis to escape as individuals or in bunches and make their way back to their old home in the state of Sonora. But although the Yaquis are a source of terror to the Mexicahs, all except the higher class of them, well disposed Americans of courage and standing, can go into the Yaqul country with comparative safety. COTTON IN THE DELTA. How the Flood Situation Haa Been Met by1 the Planters. News of the first break in the levee system between here and Memphis has, all things considered, been taken very calmly on the cotton market, prices actually declining on the dispatch telling of the event. Some cotton men were of the opinion that the break had occurred at a point where it would do least harm, and that it would serve to relieve the strain farther down the river, where there is a richer cotton country; still all of the water from the break will find its way hnnlf Intn the Mlaclanlnnl rlvpp hpnpp the relief afforded the levee farther down will be of only a temporary character. Even If there should be other breaks, some consolation is found in the fact that the present flood has come out of only one river, and will probably run off much more quickly than if all the other tributaries of the Mississippi were on the rampage, and were being fed by melting snows and ice. An early overflow, which runs off quickly, is not dreaded in the Delta to the extent that an overflow which comes later in the spring, and remains until the middle of June. Cotton planters in the Delta lose no time after the overflow goes down In planting their crops. The seed. is sown in the rich deposit left by the water, even while the ground is yet muddy. The hot sun, striking the seed, quickly germinates it, and cottnn lo 11 n tn n otnnrl almost hefnre the water has entirely receded from the land. I have seen cotton planted In the early part of June make as much as a bale to the acre when the season happened to be a late one. Even without an open fall, the cotton planters In the Delta, In overflown years, manage to make a quarter of a bale to the acre, and by using the "bolly" apparatus on their gins, can increase the yield considerably more. If the cotton planters felt assured that the high water would run off In time for them to plant, they would not care much whether it overflowed or not, because, as a rule, their places are richer and more fertile after the high water has come and gone than they were before. In many respects. me Mississippi is iiKe me j>i:e, anu enriches whatever it touches, except in the lmjnediate locality of the break, where a deposit of sand is usually left. Notwithstanding the flood situation, regarding which some sensational reports have been sent out, bearish sentiment has been much in evidence in the local market. The political situation in Europe; the favorable turn In the weather, enabling; planting; operations to progress rapidly in all parts of the belt; and the absence of any strong bull support in this market, have all combined to encourage activity on the short side of the market. May contracts, which sold as high as 12.62 last week, have sold at 12.36. At that level, European spinning interests, which have been out of the market for some time, were rather free buyers, particularly of the new-crop months, which are attractive on account of the discount at which they are selling.?New Orleans dispatch to New York Post. ? Superintendent of Education Swearingen on yesterday paid out $31,645 state aid to 126 high schools In forty-one counties of the state; also $13,940.94 to 63 rural graded schools in seventeen counties. LOCAL AFFAIRS. ? NEW ADVERTISEMENTS v Shannon-Smarr Co., Sharon?Sells the 8 Hall-Mark shirts for men, $1, $1.50 C and upward. See them. D. M. Hall, Yorkville No. 1?Has a big j, lot of cotton seed for planting for h quick sale. .. B. C. Riddle?Invites the public to see "Thomson of the Varsity" at the Bethany high school Saturday night * J. H. Wltherspoon?Tells you about a P ball game on the local grounds next " Friday afternoon and a track meet f on Monday afternoon. Carroll Bros.?Suggest that you save ?j money by buying at the right place. Call special attention to farm tools, * including corn and cotton planters. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Offers 200 tJ I l./ll.ol nW/ir/lo all loathaca fl pairs ui iauico vA?vt uo, at 98 cts. a pair. * Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Offers a variety a of bargains in staple dry goods and a few specials in silks. A word in a regard to millinery. o York Supply Co.?Guarantees John k Deer corn planters to do perfect tl work, and also offers drag harrows w and guano plows. oi Palmetto Monument Co.?Wants you tl to see It for a monument or head- c< stone before you buy. H R. M. Wyatt, Smyrna?Will decline all it heavy blacksmith work because of 1* . his inability to get competent help. p< S. M. McNeel, Admr., etc.?Calls on w persons indebted to or having claims tl against estate of Sarah Jane Mc- ai Adams, to make settlement with him. hi City Meat Market?Is ready to furnish tl you with choice stall-fed beef, fresh tl lot of boiled and cured hems and b< breakfast bacon. Chickens, calves, tl butter and eggs wanted. p T. W. Speck?Will be pleased to show 8] buyers of presents a nice line of ai sterling and plated silver ware, and q cut glass in neat patterns. fl Shieder Drug Store?Is ready to fur- w nish house cleaners with essentials ir for thorough work with the least 1? amount of labor. Acme varnishes, fi Bank of Hickory Grove?Publishes its w statement showing condition at the e: close of business April 4th. a Thomson Co.?Wants you to remember its April sale which opens tomorrow for ten days. Savings of 10 to 25 per cent. Loan and Savings Bank?Insists that you save a portion of your earnings c< for use In your old age. It wants to tl helD you build up such a fund. te Cloud Cash Store?Is showing a big line of white oxfords for ladles end misses. Also black and tan oxfords v for ladles, gentlemen and children. Rev. T. P. Burgess?OfTers his horse _ and buggy for sale. The horse is 5- K years old. _ J. C. Wilborn?OfTers 111 acres, near Sharon, known as the Wylle place, for sale. L Farmers in different sections are re- t( porting damage to the oats by the Hessian fly. Aj The way the prisoner* plead guilty In front of Solicitor Henry, Is suggestive of what the coon said to David ei Crocket when he aimed his unerring rifle: "Don't shoot; Til come down." c The doctors of 8outh Carolina assemble this week at Rock Hill for the annual meeting of the South Carolina r Medical association, to be held today, Wednesday and Thursday. A large at- c tendance Is expected and an Interesting programme has been prepared. t! The arrest of the two white men out In the neighborhood of Hickory Grove recently, while making a liquor ex- . curslon Into that section, may con- y< tribute a little to the future well-being of the community; but from such information as is to be gathered, there is still some strenuous work to be done. The liquor sellers have been ;? coming In generally on Saturday " nights. Negroes and whites who were c' advised in advance would be gathered ra waiting for the coming liquor, and "" ,the business of retailing out five or ten gallons in pints and quarts was Y only a matter of. about half an hoi#. From then on through the balance of Y the night and much of the next day K there was quarreling and fighting and m shooting of pistols around the negro ft quarters and in the public roads. The ,cl thing had grown common, and unless a] really strenuous means are used to put . a stop to such proceedings In the fu- 8< ture, it will be difficult for quiet, law- jj, abiding people to live in the neighborhood. The remedy, of course, is in the u court house. . j Ask the average farmer who has gl tried it, whether nitrate of soda as S1 fertilizer pays on corn, oats and cer- tl tain other crops and he will at once tl say yes, and begin to tell of the wonderful difference to be noted on crops p so fertilized, compared with crops on which no nitrate of soda was used, p Then ask whether it is possible to pay e] $60 a ton for the nitrate of soda and ^ still get a profit, and while some farmers wl!l maintain that they are quite sure that some profit still remains, p( nf Vior? nrlll onrotfth tholr Vtourla an/9 fl _ nally admit that they are not sure. e^ And Indeed there Is some doubt about q, the matter?considerable doubt. That ^ nitrate of soda acts on oats and corn e: as does a drink of whisky on a thirsty toper there is no question, and it does ^ the crop more substantial good than cj the whisky does the toper; but at J60 n a ton for the nitrate of soda it is a serious question as to whether there is w any profit in the transaction for the y< farmer, and right here is where lay oi one of the great ideas of the late Dr. -y Knapp. He held that with a little time and intelligence, farmers could get far more profit from nitrogen produc- bi ed naturally than they could from the commercial article. In this connection a we are reminded of a story that Ira ui W. Williams told the writer a few ir years ago. One of the first counties In m which he began his demonstration work was Fairfield, and one of his first efforts in that county was to get about a< a dozen farmers to agree to sow In u the fall an acre each of rye, vetch and f crimson clover, with the understanding that the acres were to be turned c< under in the spring. The breaking of w the ground and the sowing v/ere done e( according to specifications, and everything moved nicely until spring when n the owners of all the best acres refus- pi ed to plow under. They said the crops tl looked so promising and profitable for ty hay that they were unwilling to take ~ f lnolnn- n?Knt Ihnv olrna/lir M tut? * larv ui iuoui(^ ??uui n?v/ ? > vuu^ ? had. In other words, they were un- e( willing to give up what they counted as a sure thing for an uncertainty. . And that is the trouble with many 81 fanners. But nevertheless Dr. Knapp's al idea is beginning to take hold. Not long ago The Enquirer told of the fln- tl est five-acre patch of crimson clover st in the state, on the farm of Mr. J. G Burge, near Yorkville, how Mr. Burge s< made 90 bushels of corn on one acre b< last year and how he proposes to turn al all the clover under this spring and tc see what it will do. He has an idea tl that he ought to get 150 bushels of 0, corn to the acre, but as to that, of q, course, there is no telling. One thing b< is certain and that is, he will have a C( very large amount of nitrogen in his tl soil to begin with and it will be so pi stored as to be properly available all tl during the growing period of the corn s, and its cost will be far less than that of the commercial commodity. The js result or tne experiment win ue wu.11.11- ja ed with very general interest. m tl ABOUT PEOPLE tj Mrs. O. W. S. Hart of Yorkvllle, is spending several days in Charleston. Miss Georgia Wltherspoon of Co- bi lumbia. is spending some time in la Yorkville. in Miss Jane Atkinson of Lowryville, la is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. M Fergu- Q' son, in Yorkvllle. vl Miss Minnie Whiteside of Hickory ^ Grove, is spending several days at Llnwood college. jjj Mrs. Robert Wltherspoon and i8 daughter Miss Helen of Yorkvllle, are ^1 spending several days in Charlotte. tj( Miss Mary Eunice Grist has return- as 3 to her home In Yorkville, after a Islt of several weeks in Bennettsville. Mr. Claud Smith, and Misses Emily fright, Annie Williams and Ethel till of Clover, visited Miss Carrie artwright in Yorkville this week. Mrs. S. L. Courtney has returned to er home In Yorkville, accompanied by er mother, Mrs. Rickenbaker, after a isit of several weeks to Lake City. Rev. T. P. Burgess of Yorkville, ho1 since September, 1911, has been astor of the group of churchs includ>g Beersheba, Ramah. Allison Creek nd Beth-Shiloh, has accepted a call ) the church at Crawfordvllle, Ga., nd will leave for that place during lie latter part of the present month. Ir. Burgess and family have made lany friends In Yorkville and iroughout the county during their gsidence here, and there Is much rerot at the!!: departure from the town nd community. Kors Kalamanis, a young Greek, bout 23 years of age, who has been onnected with the local Greek candy iU. ^ 41 l.Jl. lui Liit? paoi nine luunins, ieii lis morning: for New York, where he 'ill take prsBage on Saturday for his Id home in Sparta. He is going for le purpose of joining the army of his auntry in the fight against Turkey, [e intends to go first to Sparta to vishis parents,' whom he has not seen 1 nine years, and will afterwards reort for military service at Athens. He 'as not at all Inclined to agree with le suggestion that the war is about t end; but said that from letters he as received from his father, who lough 70 years of age, is fighting in le ranks, the real crisis is only just eing reached. It seems-certain that lere are going to be additional comlications over the division of the ^oils and the outlook is that Greece nd Bulgaria will have to settle the uestlon of supremacy on the battleeld. "I have been ready to go all the -hile," says Kalamanls, "but now that ly father and mother write that un 3s I come to them and go to the ront I am no son of theirs, I shall alt no longer." Kalamanls says he xpects to return to Yorkville as soon s possible after the war is over. CALENDAR ONE. At a recent meeting of the York aunty bar, there was an. agreement lat the certain cases on Calendar 1 be iken up in the following order: Monday, April 21? No. 22. Texanna Stewart et al. vs Western Union Tel. Co. No. 57. R. T. Dunlap vs. Southern y. No. 66. Andy Sherer vs. M. A. Mcarland et al. Tuesday, April 22? No. 28. Edna White vs. Seaboard Air ine Ry. no. z3. J. u. Steele & sons vs. <jaiwba Press Brick Co. Wednesday, April 23? No. 12. City of Rock Hill vs. C. S. [ay 0^ al. No. 63. W. B. Seaiy vs. Frel Mobley. No. 76. Edwarl Jackson vs. Southrn Ry. Thursday, April 24? No. 68. J. B. and R. E. Fewell vs. atawba Power Co. No. 74. W. EL Reese vs. Southern ailway Co. No. 79. White, White & Warner vs. uff Jewelry Co. FYiday, April 25? No. 80. David A. Moore vs. Victoria otton Mill. No. 81. Julie Weatherspoon vs. Connental Casualty Co. WITHIN THE TOWN ? There was a slight fall of snow ;sterday morning about daylight. ? The old Palmer house, on East Librty street, next to Mr. Geo. W. S. [art's residence, and one of Yorkvllle's Id land marks, is being torn down. ? The Yorkville track team will not tiallenge the winners at the Rock Hill leet for the reason that all the records lade at the Rock Hill meet were far elow the records already made by the orkvllle team. ? The First Presbyterian church of oravuie, nas lei a contract to j. ?i. ieller & Co., for the erection of a lanse on the lot recently purchased om Mr. W. O. Rawls, next to the lurch property. The building will cost pproxlmately $6,000. ? The ladles of the Methodist church ;rved a bountiful dinner to the pubc in the old Rose hotel yesterday, and ulte a number of people attendant pon court, as well as the towns-peole, took advantage of the occasion to et an unusually good meal. A sub:antlal sum was realized to help swell le fund that is being raised to repair le Methodist parsonage. ? On account of the heavy rain of rlday, the York County Fair In the pera house did not come to a close rlday evening,' but the second and last thibltlon was postponed until Saturay night. Although the weather was nfavorable, a fairly good-sized audllce was present and the opinion of eople who saw both shows, was that le exhibition of Saturday night was /en more creditable than that of hursday night. The Tlrzah brass and was again on hand and furnished ccellent music, which did much toard making the show a success. The . D. C.'s were well pleased with the ish returns from the fair and quite a eat sum was realized. Miss Catherine [. Paul, the director of the fair, left esterday for Chester, where she will rganlze a fair similar to that held In orkvllle. ? Mr. Leonard Castles of Filbert, was idly cut and bruised as the result of runaway accident In Yorkville, Satrday afternoon. Mr. Castles was drivig out of the lot in the rear of the homson company's store, when his orse became frightened and ran out ;ross me cemeni siuewuiit. ur. ^tines was thrown out of his buggy in ont of I. W. Johnson's store, his head >mlng in contact with the buggy heel, with the result that he sustaln3 an ugly gash across the top of his ead. His hands and arms were also linfully bruised. The horse ran up le street and was stopped in front of le store of the Yorkvllle Banking and [ercantile company and was uninjurI. Mr. Castles received prompt and efL-lent surgical attention and within a iort time after the accident he was ble to drive home. ?The law requires, or tries to require, le town council to publish an itemize%1 atement of receipts and expenditures i order that tax payers may be able to >e the uses to which their money is jing applied, who is getting the same rid what for. The members of the iwn council are under oath to obey le law. The Enquirer has more than ice heard the intimation that The Ennlrer is interested in this matter only ?nonno nf tho ommint It PYnAPtfl to TP ;lve as advertising. No one has had te courage to make such a charge in rint over his signature, and of course lere is nothing for The Enquirer to ty but that the intimation is conjmptlble. But even if this intimation i true, what has that to do with the ,w in the matter or the oath of the ; lembers of the town council to obey te law? The Enquirer desires to say lat it is not interested in the publicaon of these reports from any other i andpoint than to see the law obeyed, i would like to see the law obeyed 1 ecause it believes in government by 1 ,w. The Enquirer does not charge or 1 itimate that any of the town's money I being improperly expended. The En- I jirer does not charge that any indl- i Idual who is getting the town's money i not giving value received. But The nquirer does imlst, however proper , ay be the uses to which the revenues i ' the community are being put, there < no higher or clearer right of an in- i vidua! than to have specific informa- t on as to just how the money he pays 1 i taxes is being used. i CIRCUIT COURT. A The spring term of the court of generai sessions convened yesterday morning with Hon. F. B. Gary, pre- ra siding, and Solicitor J. K. Henry rep- cr resenting the state. The attendance generally was limited to witnesses, ju- ri< rors and others having actual busl- la ness. cr B. F. Childers, W. B. McGill, S. J. a Bell, R. C. Caveny and W. B. Ander- Ri son, chosen for service as petit jurors, h< were excused by the court, and W. B. lit Moore, of the grand Jury, was excused ca from further service on that body at sc the present term. It Because the grand Jury had already been pretty fully instructed as to its ar general powers and duties, Judge or Gary did not deem it worth while to ty go into the matter again in detail; di but at the same time he did desire the in grand Jury to realize that it in a large dt measure was responsible for the civic se and social well-being of the county t)i during the term of Its service. The fact that there were nineteen persons In Jail awaiting: trial on various charges, his honor said, showed that there was something radically ja wrong with the orderly conduct of the county's population, and he was in- fl< clined to believe that one of the most 01 obvious reasons of this situation was g( the Indiscriminate sale of blind tiger liquor. Take a man filled with stuff hardly deserving of the name of whisky, and he is at all times ready to get fa out his blue steel revolver and com- <n mit any crime that can be thought of, and If the grand Jury desires to accomplish something to reduce crime, a it can do no better than devote Itself fa to the elimination of the Illegal liquor tr traffic. His honor was of the opinion m also that Ignorance Is the cause of re much of the lawlessness from which in the country suffers, not only In York a< county, but in the state at large, and re it is up not only to the grand Jury but c< to all others who have the welfare si of their fellow men at heart to exert y< every Influence to advance the cause of w education. pi After the retirement of the grand ai Jury, Harrison Alsbrook, a negro boy sj of about thirteen, plead guilty to the 01 charge of grand larceny and was sen- n tenced to eighteen months in the state lo reformatory. fll John Cureton plead guilty to the bl charge of larceny from the house In m the night time, and was sentenced to T five years In the penitentiary or on the m chaingang. st William Jones, charged with car- al breaking and larceny, was the next of- b< fender brought before the court. The y, clerk read the Indictment charging the t negro with breaking Into a Southern t railway car, taking therefrom some hi sugar, flour, lard, bacon and other rl a hnit hofnro tbo 1 nn Ct potulnfrno ? - QVVMW, V V*?V ?V4?Q of articles was completed, the defend- s] ant broke out with: "Boss, I pleads 0i guilty to taking some of dem things; \v but dat's too much. I was hungry and tti jest took a little flour and lard." The aj negro went on to claim that he was te unable to work, because of fits and g< this accounted for his petty thieving, hi The defendant denied breaking Into Cc the car, Insisting that he found the $f door open, but failed to convince the ti solicitor, who decided to put the mat- in ter up to a Jury. w The next case was that of Ed Finley pj and Major Gray, charged with assault e< and battery with Intent to kill, the al- w leged assault having been made upon tt Ross Kirk, the "emigration agent" re The negro, Ed Finley, told practically ri the same story in the court room yes- w terday that he told at the time of his U) arrest several weeks ago, as printed in 0i The Enquirer. It became clear yester- 5] day that the negro, Finley, had no part h( in assaulting the agent and the charge against both parties was changed to one of robbery. b< Guilty as to Major Gray and not nJ guilty as to Ed Finley, was the verdict f0 of the Jury. Gray was sentenced to , _ eight years in the penitentiary. The agent, Ross Kirk, was remanded to p tall tn au/flif trial at a latar riata ui The first case taken up this morn- \ ing was that of Will Jones, the negro w charged with car breaking and rob- w bery. While Detective Coley was tes- $] tifying for the state, the defendant fell fv to the floor in a fit, cursing and groan- <j, ing, and four strong men were required a to hold him in his frenzy. As Boon as he realized the negro's condition, cc Judge Gary declared that he would not ir think of sentencing a prisoner under ra such circumstances, and after ordering ]a a mistrial, instructed the sheriff tore- C( move the defendant and give him all C( proper attention. s< L. E. Bolin, white, and Lonnie Hall, 8t colored, plead guilty to the charge of ^ riot, and were each sentenced to pay jj a fine of $35 or go to the chaingang pi for a period of thirty days. jr John Moesteller and Tom Ledbet- w ter plead guilty to the charge of trans- g, porting and selling liquor, and are to ai be sentenced later. T The cases against Tom Moss, charg- tj ed with disposing of property under pj lien, and Robert Mclnnls, charged with assault and battery with intent a, to kill, were continued. M Ttio nflvt naao tnlron tin wan that of _ the state against Oscar Jennings, bj charged with larceny. charged with larceny. The Jury re- cj turned a verdict of not guilty. OI Son Gregory, alias Will Gregory, M was convicted of arson and recom- jy mended to the mercy of the court. cc The grand Jury will probably be dls- jc charged this afternoon. tc LOCAL LAC0NIC8 Mr. 8. M. Boyd Dead. Mr. Samuel M. Boyd died at his ~ home In the Neely Mill settlement, Yorkvllle, last Sunday morning at 171 about 1 o'clock, of Bright's disease, after a tedious illness extending over Si several months. Mr. Boyd was in the in 62d year of his age. He is survived by pi his widow and seven children, as fol- Cl lows: Lindsay Boyd, Mrs. Florence b( Brandon, Miss Fannie Boyd, Ross, fe Craig, Davis and Lewis Boyd. The _ funeral was conducted at the home at tr 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon by Rev. c< Henry Stokes, and the Interment took pi place in Rose Hill cemetery, Yorkvllle. v< Pi DOCTORING THE TARIFF. q Democrats Still Stand Firm Behind n J i. UI noBiuoni. pi Persistent efforts to put cattle and Q sheep on the free list, to cut the duty ce on swine and to otherwise alter the lei ways and means committee's tariff re- pc vision bill, were defeated In the house p< yesterday. The Democratic leadership T1 fight for the bill as reported was pilot- to ed by Representative Francis Burton th Harrison of New York, In the absence tv of Representative Underwood, the majority leader, who Is 111. On the g~ senate side of congress the tariff re- G( visionlsts were Inactive. The agrlcul- c* tural schedule was before the house ,h caucus all afternoon and there were fv some lively speeches. Many of the new members of the house gave their views, but each time there was a test, f:f the committee was overwhelmingly _ sustained. 5 Representative Logue of Pennsylvania, a new member, precipitated the biggest fight of the day with an amendment to put cattle on the free ~ list. Cattle and sheep now are dutia- "i b!e at 10 per cent and swine at $1.60 a te: head. Representatives Raker of Call- Pe fornla; Russell of Missouri; and others m urged against free cattle, declaring Pr it would destroy the cattle raising in- c? dustry In their states. Representatives of Kinkead of New Jersey and Curley of "0 Massachusetts, contended that free a? cattle would make a broader field of to supply for the Independent packers as oh against the so-called beef trust. te< Representative Curley declared that the United States might soon cease to Ml ?> 1r\r\A XTn on M tho D6 UC Uil CA^/Vl IC1 VI iUUU. AAV WMIW ?' Argentine Republic, with a population of of only 9,000,000 as against 92,000,000 th In the United States, exported more no than five times as much beef and meat ?U products as the United States and that du tariff protection In America could PO only benefit the "trust." Representative Garner of Texas, a E. member of the ways and means com- mi mlttee, said cattle last year raised a Dr tariff revenue of $1,200,000 and that r?! the rate had been so adjusted In this ??i bill that It would raise $500,000 the to first year. If the cattle were trans- tui ferred to the free list, he added, the rest of the tariff would have to be thi idjusted to meet the loss of revenue, thi Representative Klnkead of New th< Jersey, forced a roll call, the first thi dnce the bill has been before the cau- ell :us and the free cattle amendment So vas rejected 73 to 122. Representa- oh :ive Burke of Wisconsin, unsuccess- eff 'ully sought to reduce the duty on ua swine from $1.50 to 75 cents a head, set motion by Representative Klnke&d ni put sheep on the free list was voted ai >wn 62 to 98. b< An attempt to raise the proposed ol tes on barley made by the Demo- B ats from Wisconsin and Minnesotta h< as also unsuccessful. tl< The last fight of the day was on e< :e. Representative Lazaro of Louis- ai na, offered an amendment to in- in ease the proposed duty of one cent tfc pound to a cent and a half a pound, a epresentative Thompson of Okla- ti una, moved to place It on the free w it Both amendments were lost. The cl .ucus had. got down to the wheat ti horiulA at tha tlma of adlournmant. W was taken up yesterday morning, tl Republican members of the ways tl id means committee split yesterday ai 1 the question of submitting minori- fc schedules on wool and cotton. The ti scussion foreshadowed a lively fight ai the Republican caucus next Thurs- B ly night over the question of pre- b< nting Republican tarlfT measures at w lis congress. ? , 0 , fli MERE MENTION si Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo st week sent a request to the port of- 8j :ials of Philadelphia that they at ice hand In their resignations "for the . >od of the service." No charges were K ade, but the action was taken In or- ci it to put In officials of the Democratic ^ ilth Mrs. Katherlne McDonough a ied in New York last Thursday, fol- a wing a slight blow over the eye with A nursing bottle in the hands of her In- ? int child. The slight Injury caused a: aumatic meningitis.... .The govern- p ients of Peru and Brazil have officially a icognized the new Chinese republic ft i the family of nations.....The Can- Ci llan government has awarded Its Eu- gj >pean mall contract to a steamship k >mpany and increased Its mall sub- a dy from $600,000 to $1,000,000 per t ?nr Hmvor PlavalonH PaPfr/tnll a ealthy young motorist of Phlladel- w ila, is spending three months in Jail Q L Norristown, Pa., for violation of the 8I jeed laws and running down a man b i a public highway The birth- b ite of France during 1912, was the i( west since 1861. According to official p pures for 1912, there was only one & Irth to every thirty families Four a en were killed at Pensacola, Fla., on 0 hursday, by the explosion of an am- g ionla boiler in an ice factory Tbe 8i rlkeof street car workers in Buffalo, n 'ter continuing for some days, has fl jen settled The home of Rev. W. 8j 7. Wilson, an anti-saloon minister, at & olono, 111., was dynamited early on tl hursday morning. Tne minister and fl Is wife were Injured slightly Pat- h ck Cudahy, a Milwaukee meat pack- r| *, advocates a law prohibiting the fl aughter of veal calves, and also fav- n s the admission of beef and live-stock h ito the country free of duty. He says h tat during 1911, 8,000,000 calves, aver- 6l ping 70 pounds weight, were slaugh- ti red in the United States Chlca- s, j capitalists are planning to build a Dtel twenty-one stories high and to e< >ntain 2,240 rooms, at a cost of about 1,000,000 There is an adminlstra- r on movement on in Washington, to e icrease the working hours of clerical a orkers at least an hour a day. At w resent government clerks are suppoe- p 1 to work from 9 a. m. to 4.30 p. m., \ 1th one hour for lunch The first b iree months of 1913 have been the i3 iost disastrous to ships for a like pe- n od in fifty years. The total losses a as more than 37,000,000. During Jan- ri iry one shipping agency reported loss fl uurnage ui am sailing veuueia ant' w .0 steamships... .The battleship* Ida- a > and Minnesota went Into the League w land dry dock at Philadelphia on Wednesday night of last week, and )th were thoroughly scraped of baricles, repainted, refloated and started r Mexican water Saturday morning, 1? ....In the early eighties Dr. Edw. S. 11 igley of Glen Ellyn, I1L, loaned Chas. ? roelich $700 with which to complete h Is college course. The latter went to tl ustralla. A few days ago the doctor H as Informed that Froellch had died tl lthout heirs and left him an estate of e: [,000,000 One man was killed and vo seriously injured Friday by the arallment of a Union Pacific train by C( snowdrift near Cheyenne Wells, CoL ...The Interborough Rapid Transit * >mpany of New York, last week filed ll l the register's office of that city, a H iortgage for $300,000,000. This is the tl rgest mortgage ever recorded in this P )untry The State Conservation h rmmisslon of New York, last week * sized 190 quarts of frogs' legs in cold ;orage plants and restaurants a 7m. Dato, 18 years old, was killed at ,'oboken, N. J., Friday, while taking C sirt in a make-believe duel for a mov- fi ig picture. His antagonist's pistol * as of the "unloaded" variety A $ mg of twelve alleged yeggmen were tl rrested in Philadelphia last Friday, a he officers also secured a large quan- fi ty of nitro-glycerine and burglars' tl iraphernalia In the Sllesian dislet of Germany, 100,000 coal miners r< re threatening to go on a strike c Irs. Charles 8mlth of Danby, N. Y., P at Friday became the mother of five ibies Roy Root and Ray Root, trin brothers, are in jail at Union Hill. ^ ia?n?a<1 fV? qooouU on<1 KoHnrv Hnlv iCLl gCU fTllll (MHKkUlb MtlVI V*><^ a ie of the boys Is guilty, but the police ~ mnot say which one Is the guilty par The annual session of the _ >ngre8s of the Daughters of the Amer- K an Revolution convened In Washing- . >n yesterday 80UTH CAROLINA NEW8. J ? Stanyarne Wilson has sold out his p partanburg property with a view to cl oving to New York. it ? Governor Blease has appointed im J. Nichols of Spartanburg, to sit P the supreme court In the disbarment 81 -oceedlngs against Barnard B. Evans, a hief Justice Gary being disqualified P ;cause of his relationship to the dendant tl -Judge Sease has granted a new ? lal, nisi, in the case of Black vs. the b olumbia State, the condition being the ... aintifTs consent to a reduction of the >rdict from $20,000 to $5,000. If the ? aintiff agrees to the reduction, the ~ ise will go on to the supreme court, therwise it will go to another jury. la -It was definitely stated last Sat- it day that Dr. 8. C. Mitchell, for the r, ist four years president of the South n arollna university, had decided to ac- jr ipt the presidency of the Medical Col- d ge of Virginia. The salary of the new >sitlon is $5,000 as against $3,500 in the )sitlon that Dr. Mitchell will give up. lie real reason of Dr. Mitchell's going E Virginia, however, is very probably it le antagonism that has developed be- m reen himself and Governor Blease. tl ? Columbia Record: Col. Oscar W. It ibb received a letter from Brig, h an. A. L. Mills, on the staff of the hi ilef of staff, in behalf of the chief of e division of military affairs, not!- ft ing him that his bond of $10,000 tr is been approved and that his apilntment as United States disbursing deer for South Carolina has been proved. Col. Babb, who is assistant ljutant general, was recently apilnted to the position by Governor ease. ? Columbia special of April 14 to reenville Piedmont: "I do not lnnd to come to your meeting. I exct a white wash from your com- e( Ittee, and would be very much surised Indeed if anything else should ~l me of it. If the trustees are lovers vj negro education and want to up Id Mitchell, they can do so." The p< ove was written by Governor Blease c? C. E. Spencer, who had invited the ief executive to attend the commit- _ a of organization that met yester- cc y to investigate the charges that Dr. jy Itchell had introduced a resolution t0 fore the faculty of the University re South Carolina to the effect that gn e diplomas of the graduates should ta t be sent to Governor Blease for his 0* ;nature. The committee that con- m icted the investigation was com- w; sed of Superintendent of Education eI1 E. Swearingen, D. R. Coker and C. ag Spencer. According to the testi- co any of each member of the faculty, th \ Mitchell never had Introduced a sp solution before the faculty not to ex nd the diplomas of the graduates ti the chief executive for his signa- 51, re. Hi -An error crept into the repbrt in ar e Columbia Record of Saturday of li? 3 results of the investigation into E: 3 statement of Governor Blease sh at It had been said Dr. S. C. Mitch- ha , president of the University of li\ uth Carolina, had introduced a res- th ition into the faculty meeting to the U] ect that the diplomas of the grad- sn tes of the university should not be ex it to the chief executive for his sig- ail iture. One of the paragraphs of the rtlcle read: "At the meeting of the jard of trustee? In the governor'? See sometime since when Governor lease introduced the resolution which e alone voted for, that the reelgna- * on of Dr. Mitchell should be request1, he assigned a? a reason for hi? ilmus to Dr. Mitchell that he was formed on reliable authority that le university head had presented such proposition to the faculty. On moon of Mr. Swearlngen, a committee as appointed to examine Into the large." Governor Blease denies iat he "has any animus against Dr. [itchell for not presenting him with le diplomas for his signature;" that le only grievance he entertains gainst the head of the university Is , >r the signing the Peabody resolu- ' on that was Investigated sometime go. In this connection, Governor lease said: "I am fighting Mitchell, ecause he is in favor of taking the hlte people's money to educate nero teaehara and T nrnruuw tn lr??n ghtlng him until he comes out of tat college, regardless of clrcum? tances. ... I care nothing about gnlng the diplomas, as I stated to le board, and I care nothing about gning them this year." ? For the third time In his reign, Jng Alfonso, of Spain, narrowly esiped last Sunday being the victim of n anarchist's attempt against his life. 'hree shots were fired at the king that Fternoon In the streets of Madrid by native of Barcelona, Rafael Sanches llegro, who was Immediately overowered. King Alfonso owes his eaipe to his own courage, quickness nd skilled horsemanship. Accomanled by his staff, he was riding . long the Calle de Alcala, returning rom the ceremony of swearing In rerults, when a man sprang from the idewalk and seised the bridle of the lng*s horse with one hand, presenting revolver point blank with the other, he king, realising the situation, with apldlty dug his spurs Into his horse rhlch reared violently. His quickess saved his life. The bullet. Intend of burying Itself in the king's reast, struck the horse In the neck ut so close was it that the king's sft hand glove was blackened by owder discharge. Before the asillant was able to pull the trigger gain, a secret service man sprang upn him. The two men fell to the round, locked in each other's arms .ruggling furiously. The assassin lanaged to free his revolver arm and red two more shots In rapid succeslon, but the officer knocked his arm side and the bullets flew harmlessly trough the air. At the second of the rst shot the king's staff forced their orses on the sidewalk and made a Ing around the assassin who fought ercely In the grip of four police* len before he was overpowered and andcuffed. King Alfonso, as soon as e saw that the man had been securd, raised himself In the stirrups, lrned to the crowd, gave a military ilute and shouted In a ringing voice: Long live Spain." He then dismount* d and reassured his staff, saying: It Is nothing, gentlemen." Then up ose a mighty roar from the wildly nthuslastlc masses, which rolled long In .great waves of sound, all the 'ay In which the king rode to the alace, cool, collected and smiling. . spectator, a pensioned royal halerdler, pushed forward so lmpetuousr to offer his congratulations to the lonarch that he was mistaken for nother assassin and arrested. He was eleased as soon as the mistake was lscovered. A young Frenchman who as standing beside Allegro was also rrested, but it does not appear that he 'as connected with him. President Pleased With Tariff Law. -President Wilson expressed the view i an open talk with newspaper men. lat the tariff bill meets with the gen* ral approval of the country; that no ealthy business need be Interrupted; hat while In most cases the coat of mill k. I?? - Jl-A-t- -* ???B "hi iiui uc lujiiicum^iy reauueu, tie consumer will at once feel the benfit of the reduction of the sugar duty. The president said the main reason )r the sugar reduction was that the onsumer deserved it He declared that arrangements by rhlch the prices are fixed would surer be impossible when a truly compet:lve situation was created and that tie public would get the benefit very romptly In the case of sugar, because e knew the competitive elements 'ere ready to contest President Wilson said he didn't see ny ruinous cuts In the bill. When It was suggested that many >hlo Democrats In congress felt that refe wool would be ruinous to the roelen Industry, Wilson said he didn't eel that their fears were justified by he facts, and asked if he thought the ugar factories could operate under ree sugar. President Wilson thought hey could. The president said he hoped to open eclproclty negotiations with various ountrles as soon as the tariff bill was assed. The Wilson 8pirit In New Jersey ? few Jersey, the former prolific "mothr of trusts," Is outdoing herself in proressive legislation. The legislature of that state has anno a a nmuea moinerg pension tw." Indigent widows will be assisted i holding their families together by nanclal aid from the state. The new law provides that widows rlth children under 16 years of age hall be paid by the county treasurer a ension of 99 a month for the first hild; 96 for the second, and 94 per lonth for each additional child. Application for the granting of these enslons are to be made through the tate board of Children's Guardians and re to be passed upon by the common leas judge in the different counties. It is a curious and uncomplimentary ict for the face of men, that while enslons have been urged and advocati for all sorts and conditions of male Ipeds, the proposition to pension mothers," who are the most valuable sset of society and the most hardly sed and Imposed on burden bearers, is sldom or never heard of. The world will never bo really civil:ed until it recognises and undertakes l some degree to relieve the ultimate asponslbllity that '.s thrown on so jany women by luckless or worthless >en to provide for and protect the chilp?n ?PnlnmhlA Reenrd. Liquor and Domestic Happiness.? rInking, by an overwhelmin* majory, is the cause of the wrecking of lost homes whose affairs come under le Chicago court of domestic relations i the past year. Three thousand, six undred and ninety-nine cases were eard this year. Following are the causes of domestic 'ouble, as tabulated by Judge Gem.111: Liquor, 42 per cent Immorality, 14 per cent. Disease, 13 per cent 111 temper, 11 per cent. Wife's parents, 6 per cent Husband's parents, 1 per cent Married too young, 4 per cent. Laziness, 3 per cent Miscellaneous, 6 per cent "More than $150,000 has been collect1 and turned over to dependent wives nd children during the year," said jdge Gemmill. "Perhaps the best feaire of the court's record Is that reconlations have been brought about in 50 sr cent of the cases of separation that ime before it" ? While the good people of this tuntry are trying to abolish the deadweapon, a frightful addition Is said have been made to the efficacy of a volver by a French Inventor. A nail but powerful electric light is &tched to the mechanism of the pistol ' ordinary size. By use of lenses and irrors the glare of the circle of light hlch the lamp throws is bright lough to be clearly seen in daylight ralnst so dark an object as a lightlored suit of clothes. The centre of e circle of light, marked by a black ot, by arrangement of the lenses, Is actly where the bullet will strike. ius, all one has to do is to place the ack centre of the blazing circle of rht over the heart of any adversary id pull the trigger. At night the rht Is said to be shockingly strong, cperlments with the new weapons ow that perfect greenhorns, who Lve never used a revolver In their res can shoot far more accurately an experts using an ordinary pistol, p to sixty yards one cannot miss a lall bull's eye, day or night, while tremely accurate shooting is pos?le for a hundred yards.