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Scraps and .facts. ? The United States senate commit tee on privileges and elections has de cided, by a strict party vote, to inves tigate the legality of the recent elec tion by which members of the Ala bama legislature were elected. Th< investigation will involve the seat o Senator Morgan. ? Congressman Turner, of Georgia was President Cleveland's spokesmai in the house the other day on thi question of recognizing Cuban bellig erency. He was, of course, oppose< to the resolution. He took the grounc that the Cuban insurgents were notb ing but a disorganized mob, and a reso lution of recognition would be a gra tuitous insult to a friendly power ? Though Senator JJrice, of Ohio, n soon to lose his seat in the senate, he ii not altogether done for as to his in fluence.in the affairs of the govern ment. It is understood that it is hii intention to become a professions lobbyist, and as such he will be jus as powerful as he was as a sena tor. It is a pity that this lobby nui sance cannot be abated. ? The Italian government is having a rather uphill business of trying t< conquer the Abyssiuians. > A big bat tie was fought at Massowah, Abyssinia March 1. On the side of the Abys sinians there were 80,000 men, while the Italians had only 15,000. The Italians lost 8,000 men killed and alse nearly all of their ammunition, artil lery and provisions. No press corre spondents are allowed with the Italiar army and but vague and unsatisfac tOry details of the battles have yei been received. The greatest excite ment prevails throughout Italy, anc indignation against the ministry is running high. ? President Cleveland has not yel taken any action on the Cuban belligerency resolution. In the shape in which the resolution passed, it is sim ply advisory. If he sees fit, the president can ignore it altogether; but if he does, the understanding is that the house and senate will pass a joint resotion, and that will have to be eithei signed or vetoed. If it is vetoed, it will be passed over the veto and have the force of law all the same. The president has been in New York for several days, and does not expect tc get back to Washington until today, when it is probable that he will convene the cabinent and take some action. ? Charlotte Observer, Wednesday : The body of Craig Kirkpatrick, colored, was found Monday afternoon in a field near Newell, by Mr. J. R. Utley and Albert Barringer. There was a pistol shot wound in the back of his head, indicating that he had been foully murdered. Kirkpatrick lived near Newell. Sunday, pistol shots were heard in the held by Mrs. Luther "d?_u? 3 ur:n r>.._i uni uci auu tt hi i ai iucj iuvu^ui, nothing of the matter until yesterday when the body was found. The last man seen with Kirkpatrick was Sam Grier, son of Mr. Melville Grier. The Observer of yesterday contained a notice of the attempted burning of Mr. Grier's barn on Wednesday and Friday nights of last week. The supposition is that Grier believed Kirkpatrick was the guilty party, and that he settled accounts with him by putting a bullet in his neck. Grier has not been seen since Sunday. Kirkpatrick worked for Mr. Grier last year and up to last Saturday, when he was discharged. ? If there is anything in the claims of the more enthusiastic free silverites, it will be the gold standard instead of the silver people who will have to bolt from the next national convention. A Washington dispatch of Wednesday to the United Press says: A prominent member of the executive committee, whose headquarters are in this city, states that the committee is confident the free silver Democrats will control the Democratic national convention by a decided majority. This committee, he says, is actively and earnestly at work, is organized in nearly every State and territory of the Union, and is in constant and regular correspondence with leadiug and ina ~:i t\ uueuimi &nvi:r .l/euiuurais iu cvcij section of the country. These reports show beyond question, the committee claim, that the great mass of the Democratic party is in favor of the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, and that the silver sentiment is everywhere growing in strength and earnestness, its advocates daily becoming more zealous and aggressive. ? Atlanta Negroes have been very much excited on account of ascensiou doctrines that have been preached in the city by preachers of their race. The preachers gave the ninth chapter of Daniel as authority for the belie! that Christ's second advent would occur ou March 5, and that he would again ascend to heaven accompanied by 144,000 living Christians. Hundreds of Atlanta Negroes have been holding meetings and praying for weeks. They were ready on Wednesday for the ascension and many ol them believed that they would go to heaven ou Thursday. A cablegram from The Christian Herald, of London, however, put a different phase on the mnHnK Tf f Virtf f U aha V?n/1 I .nan U Luaitci. At oaiu luai tuci c uau uttu u mistake in the calculations. The ascension will not take place for 7 years and 7 days yet, or on March 12, 1903 "These additional 7 years and 7 days,' says the cablegram, "are the covenanl week mentioned in the last verse o: the ninth chapter of Daniel." Man} of the excited Negroes were ver} much disappointed at the news; but they accepted it in good faith, anc decided to wait the 7 years and 7 days when they confidently believe thai they will be among the 144,000* ? A terrible railroad wreck occur red on the Southern railroad, ir Twiggs county, Ga., last Saturdaj night. It was the dastardly work o unknown fiends who sought to senc dozens of men to eternity in the hop< of being able to steal a few dollars from J their dead bodies. The wreck oceur: red at Stone creek, which is crossed by a trestle 400 feet long. The miscre- H ants removed a rail. When the train came along, it jumped the track, went bumping along on the crossties, and then fell off into the water below. ? B There were about two dozen people j f on the train. Only three were killed outright; but nearly all of the others were more or less seriously injured. A ' freight train came along shortly after1 ward and also went down into the B yawning gulf. The engiueer escaped ; ^ j but the fireman was killed. . The j wouldbe robbers got nothing. Their work of death was not so complete as they had hoped, and they were afraid ^ to veuture out. Several bloodhounds were brought to the scene of the wreck for the purpose of hunting up the 9 wreckers. The hounds circled about 9 and found the backtrack of the mis creants as they were coming to do their work; but lost the trial on the 9 railroad track. So many people had 1 been passing as to render the scent ol t confusing. "Charles Nelson, a notori- uj - ous scoundrel of the vicinity, is sup- cc posed to be the leader of the gang oi that caused the wreck. 5 F > Ike Horkrille (Enquire*. ? ? g< ? Jt YOltKVILLE, 8. C.: 91 _ fo t FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1896. ' - 10 ? For many reasons tne prooaouuy 01 , war between the United States and Spain -?1 j appears much greater than was the prob- ^ i ability of war between the United States and Great Britain on the Venezuela ques- h tion. In the case of the United States and ' Great Britain, one country was afraid and M the other was very glad of it. In the case , of Spain and the United States, however, ou , neither party is afraid. Of course, the ^ United States can overcome Spain without much effort; but that fact will not serve ga t to prevent an outbreak of hostilities. In of fact it will tend to the very opposite effect. Almost bankrupt, realizing that it is be- ^ yond her power to conquer the Cuban ' rebels, and being highly sensitive, it is not til unlikely that the Spaniards will court war th ' with the United States rather than otherwise. It would be no disgrace to them to . be overcome by a country as powerful as : this, and at the same time such a contiu gency would afford a splendid excuse for Cc r their failure to conquer their revolted dependency. The Spanish ministry appears C. to be about desperate enough to take this . view of the case, the people are in the vj, proper frame of mind, and under the cir- th cumstances, the United States is warranted ] in looking out for squalls. N< , , in FROM SMITH'S TURNOUT. jj Oat Sowing Still Progressing? A. Good School tei Teacher?Supplies Instead of Cotton. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Tt Hi Smith's Turnout, March 3.?The past , week was a week of oat sowing. Today the wind is blowing. Our lands will soon get in order again. The highways are now to get their working. Some have already worked their sections. The health of this neighbood is moder- , atcly good at this time. The measles . J have about run their race and made al pretty good time, though we are thankful P1' that we all got along as well as we did, with thanks to him that doeth all things . for the best. M rs. Darby is teaching our school for us. We have had her services for three years past, and the children all like her very much. She is one of the best teachers we 8 j have. The farmers in this section are not going pit all cotton this year. They don't want to mt raise cotton at 4 and 5 cents per pound ; I and from past experience, we can't alford jea to buy corn and meat and grow cotton at far any price that we are likely to get. If } nr*lTT q fow Viaci tlinaa dvHpIpu i\n hnv_ f.hftv foi could succeed; but when the great body J*0 of planters have to depeud upon the corn growing States, some accounts will go unpaid. The trouble will not stop here. The farmer who fails to make cotton He enough to pay all his contracts is put down 1 as a dishonest man ; that he will not Y< pay his debts. No allowances are io be V? made for him, so, brother farmers, let wl us all go for the largest corn crop duriug vil the year '96 that has ever been made in rnj York county. If we will grow our corn Pr and raise our bacon we will be able to pay our debts and retain our credit, or, in nu other words, reclaim it. We are glad to th< see our editors contend for justice for all an classes of our people before the law. mi n. l. s. . ? > CO 1 Rottenness In Edgefield. 'hi The Edgefield grand jury, in its re- < port, brings to light a great deal an 1 of rottenness that has been going on jie 1 in that county for several years past. ve t Special investigation was made as to Sei ! the collection of delinquent taxes, and po i the grand jury was enabled to collect wl numerous receipts throughout the th ' county from parties that had been Co marked on the books as nulla bona, ' non est, etc. The peculations in a ein- M & gle township amount to $1,500, and in ar f the whole county there are something lo: ' like 40 townships. It seems that it has Pc 1 been the habit of many of the consta- 'n t bles to collect delinquent taxes, give j? ' the parties from whom the taxes were . 1 } collected proper receipts, pocket the j?1 1 money and mark the return to the sheriff as no good. The grand jury r - also find? shortages to the amount of f l several thousand dollars for which the tb f county board of commissioners is re- e8 f sponsible, and recommends a thorough ^ I investigation of the affairs of the whole ga i county. A: *OCAL AFFAIRS INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. C. Strauss?Tells of the styles, size and prices of towels, doilies, tablecloth fend napkins which he offers for sal< amongst which wouldbe purchasers ar likely to find bargains, rist Cousins?'Talks about Monarch aui Defiance bicycles. , H. Miller, Cashier First National Ban! of Rock Hill?Condition of the bank o February 28, L896. irfi M. <fc L. Goo. Grist, General AgentsHave something to say with regard t the Mutual Reserve'Fund Life associa tion. atimer's Bazaar?Talks about Reed' shoes, white goods, millinery bein closed out ai cost, fancy groceries, Irisi potatoes, onion sets, N. O. molasses flour etc. T. F. Marshall?Is now receiving an< opening his spring stock of goods including shoes, clothing, hats of aiffei ent styles, shirts, collars and underweai cravats, umbrellas, etc. . M. Grist?Wants to sell a 25-lbs. Mon arch at a bargain. He claims that it i in good condition and will sell it cheap ANCIENT NAMES. While rumaging about in the clerk' Bee the other day, the reporter cam pon Book A of the county conrt recordi mtaining the minutes of the organizatio ' the first oourt in this county after tb evolution. The date is January, 178< * 4U ive justices OI toe peace whbuiuku m iurt, and their names, together with tb imes of the first grand jurors, will prov at least passing interest to the preset sneration. Here is the list: Justices: William Bratton, Williar ill, David Leech, John Drennan, Jame 'ilson. Grand Jurors: Robert Johnson, Sr obert Leeper, Sr., Robert Adams, Joh ariee, Sr., Matthew Bigger, Thouia lack, Sr., John Anderson, James Wil m, Warren Beaufort, Joseph Lane; rilliam Minter, Frederick Hambrighl 'illiam Copeland, Captain Wm, Byen >bn Venable, James Ross, Captain Job; bambers, Samuel Moore, Philip Sandj rd. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. John R. Ashe, of Kershaw, is ii wn. Mrs. Jas. Tiddy is visiting friends a arle's, N. C. Miss Jeanette Davidson is visiting Mn r. T. Dunlap, in Charlotte. Mr. William Banks, of the Rock Hil erald, was in Yorkville this week. Judge Witherspoon and Stenographe cCaw are in Lancaster this week. Mr. Isaac McFadden, of Smith's Turn it, visited friends in Yorkville this week Miss Fanny Pierce, of Newport, visitei r. L. R. William's family this week. Mr. Felix H. Dover, of Grover, N. C. ,ve The enquirer a can on maa; last week. MissSallie White, of Chester, is vlsitinj e family of Dr. W. G. White, in thi ace. Mr. R. Cahusac Moore is visiting rela res and friends- near Smith's Turnout is week. Miss Jennie Price, of the Zaflok neigh >rhood, visited Mr. Jas. Tiddy's familj it week. Mr. Donam Witherspoon returned las onday to the South Carolina college, a ilumbia. Miss Bessie Ramseur, of Charlotte, N , is in Yorkville visiting Miss Mar: art. Mrs. N. B. Bratton, of Gutbriesville iited friends and relatives in Yorkville is week. Mrs. Sam'l P. Pierce and children, o iwport, are visiting the Misses William! this place. Mrs. Cole, of Hickory, N. C., and Misi ina Healan, of Blacksburg, spent yes -day in Yorkville. * rhe Enquirer had a pleasant call or * " * 3 If- % T? lureaay irom jur. w. a. buu ha. ju ood, of Hoodtown. The many friends of Mr. J. A. Ratch -d are elad to see bim on the street ain after a severe illness. VIrs. Sallie Griffith will have charge o s dress-making department of Love J ay's store, at Gastonia this season. VIr. Jos. Miskelly has moved with hii nily to Rock Hill, where he will be em >yed by the Rock Hill Buggy company Vfiss Bessie Barron is expected horn* is week after an extended visit to rela es and friends in Alabama. Miss Bessie McConnell returned hom< it Saturday after a two weeks' visit U ends and relatives in Bethesda town Sr. George T. Schorb went over t< >ck Hill Wednesday to deliver a fin< ino that he had just sold to a business in of that city. Hiss Laura Grier, after spending severa ys with the family of Rev. B. H. Grier t on Tuesday last to visit her brother'! nily, Rev. R. Livy Grier at Steel Creek Hisses Hattie and Lilla Crenshaw, wb< sometime past have been running i arding house in Chester, have returnee Yorkville, accompanied by Miss Lilli jrndon. LOCAL LACONICS, i Will Ride a Wheel. lev. Dr. T. R. English, formerly o >rkville; but now of Hampden Sidney i., has decided to become a rider of th< ieel. He placed an order with a York le agency a few days ago for a first clasi ichine. eparing to Finish. The town council has made arrange jnts to complete the work of crushing 9 big pile of rock on East Madison street d will use the crushed rock wherever i iy be needed most in different parts o ivn. The labor will be performed bj nvicts obtained from the ehaingang foi e purpose, at convenient seasons. Ih a Handsome Aflalr. Mr. \V. B. Moore has just purchasec d received from Now York an elegan arse. It is one of the most handsomi hides of the kind that has ever beei en in this section. It is now in the re sitory of the Carolina buggy company aere it is being admired by all who taki e trouble to go in and see it. >unty Candidates. Among the visitors to Yorkville or onday, were several gentleman win e generally supposed to be candidate r the various county offices. The re irter heard of two or three new aspirant addition to those already supposed t< i in the field, and was still further con med in the originally expressed opin n that the campaign is going to be quiti rely. anfcfera of Real Estate. From information secured at the offlci the clerk of the court, it appears tha ere have been more transfers of rea tate during the last month or six weeks an during any similar period at thi me season of the year for a long time n unu8ally large number of chatte B mortgages is being recorded; but as yet t the liens are not coming in so strongly, I though there is no doubt of the fact that a many are being given. < 9 Will Be Discontinued. f Unless somebody agrees to succeed Mr. < L. R. Williams as postmaster, the post J d office at Fodder is to be discontinued on 1 March 14. f ^ Of Interest to Pensioners. i n "There won't be any more meetings of ' _ the pension board under the present law," 1 o said Mr. Jos. F. Wallace yesterday in answer to a question oi the reporter. "We 1 am lust waitinir." he continued, "until we t g can (jet a correct oopy of tbe new law, and < b then such action will be taken as seems to j, be required in the premises." The legislature is expected to adjourn tomorrow, j and it will be only a few days now until Z the veterans will know exactly what has r, been done in the matter of pensions. He Is Remembered Here. l" The Augusta Chronicle, of Monday, * contains a paragraph to tbe effect that Hugh Costello died in Augusta, on Sunday, from tbe effects of a pistol shot s wound inflicted at a gypsy'camp, the week before, by a man named Avery, j Hugh Costello was the name of the gypsy ^ who was mixed up in tbe horse swapping 0 case at Yorkville some time ago, a full j account of which appeared in The En0 quirer at the time. He was a big, strape ping fellow who frequently advertised his e fighting qualities, and the probability f seems to be that he is the man who was killed. n A Core For Warts. (8 "I have a sovereign remedy for warts on horses, which, If you will publish it, will be of great value to a great many q people," remarked Mr. S. A. McElwee to a reporter a few days ago. "You must just make a paste of cobalt and common r molasses, wash tbe wart thoroughly and 1 apply the paste every 24 hours. I have j* known the remedy to be tried in dozens ' i*f mom #nrf T havA nfivflr known it to fail. Unless tbe wart should happen to f be where it will be rubbed by the harness, 1 the horse need not even lose any time 1 from work on account of the treatment." t B It Is Comiiiff. c It is settled at last that Yorkville is to ? it have a town clock. The town council has 1 made good its promise and placed an or* t ' der with tbe Howard Clock company, of t New York, for a first class timepiece that ? 11 is to cost $350. The.clock is expected I to reach Yorkville within the next few t r days. There are to be three dials, each i to be about six feet in circumference, and 1 - the striking arrangement is to be connect- 1 ed with the bell that is already in the i i clock tower. It is the intention of the f council to have the clock put up by local ^ jewelers, and it is hoped that everything i 7 will be in readiness before next court. ^ Business Is Booming. ( * "The Carolina Buggy company has 8 9 shipped six car loads of buggies during 1 the past week," remarked a gentleman 8 who is in a position to know, to the report- * '? er a few days ago. The statement was ' quite interesting, and the reporter took 8 occasion to follow the matter up. As the T 7 result of inquires, he learned that the * business of the company is better right 1 ' now than it has been at any time in its 1 previous history. During the past three 8 months the torce of bands has been dou- ^ ' bled, and is still increasing, orders are 1 7 coming in by every mail, and the man- ? agement is more enthusiastic than ever * before. _ t f BETHEL BREEZES. a 3 J] Sensible Sermon?Interesting Meeting at Concord?Mrs. Boyd and the Burglars? ^ The Sick?Anxious About That Spring? # Andrew Jackson and Old Man Dobson. ^ j Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. y Forest Hill, March 4.?A few- weeks ago, some wag remarked that "unless a a . fellow had a mackintosh overcoat and the s 3 measles, he was not in the fashion in a Bethel township." We are glad to say t< f that this remark, so far as the measles are j v concerned, is no longer true, and we hope 0 that the balmy weather we are now c 3 having will continue, and that the mack. intosh overcoat will not be needed again a . this spring, except to shield its wearer n j from the gentle showers sent from heaven v . to refresh the earth and give life and vigor s to the growing crops. h 3 There has been more work done on the f, ) farms up to this date than was done last s . year by the middle of April. Carlyle says that labor is religion. The man who tl ) has a farm to work and is taking advan- h 3 tage of the propitious season we are now j 3 having, to turn up the soil and fit it for tl 1 the planting of a crop is serving bis God g, , perhaps more acceptably than he would tl i be by singing psalms and hymns and f< spiritual songs in the most magnificent i( ^ temple ever erected by man. "Six days ti j shalt thou labor and do all thy work," a i and a man is sinning more by not work- r, ing the six days than he would do by h not keeping holy the seventh, for God 0 has emphasized the six days by placing u j. them first in the commandment. We n are proud to say that the farmers around c ' here are not laggards, and their fields u ' show it. tl 9 If there is truth in the old saying that the h turtle dove does not call to its mate until t< after spring has opened, Mr. James Pettis a says that we may congratulate ourselves v r that it is now here, for he beard a turtle dove cooing to its mate yesterday. Friend ^ Jatnes had better mind how he talks f about the doves cooing, or it might lead 7 some to think there was more cooing l p going on than between the doves. Tennyson says, you know, that "In the spring a deeper iris forms upon the c , burnished dove. 1 In the spring a young man's fancy lightly t turns to thoughts of love." a 9 Quite an interesting religious meeting 1 1 is now going on at Concord church. Rev. d Harris and Ligon are conducting it. I b am told that it will continue until next - Sunday night, possibly longer. Services G are held every day?morning and night, c May much good be done in the name of a > Christ. t! > Some party came to the residence of n s Mr. Davidson Boyd on Saturday night p last and attempted to break in by raising ii 9 a window. Mr. Boyd's wife and mother p > were the only persons at home. When \\ they discovered the burglars Mrs. David- tl - son Boyd got a pistol and shot at them. 9 There were three of them. They came g back after awhile and tried it again; n but Mrs. Boyd again shot at them, and no \ b doubt by her coolness and courage saved a t the house from being robbed. Every b 1 lady should learn to shoot. I would be t( , in favor of a law that would allow all the v B ladies to carry concealed weapons; but I . whether they carry them or not, they e 1 ought to be able to use them if necessary, o ind a good Smith & Wesson should je kept in every house. I Dr. T. W. Campbell has been having ] sbills. He is also suffering with a very i sore band. Mrs. Campbell has been luite unwell with a pain in her foot. Billy Campbell is still confined to his 3ed. He bears his long confinement like < i hero. Billy is truly a noble boy, and it : s to be hoped that he .vill be speedily < -estored to health and spared to along ,ife of usefulness. Mrs. Dr. Bigger has recovered from the neaslee; but the doctor informs me that < ;heir baby boy is now quite sick with jatarrh of the stomach. Mr. Jasper Anderson, while fixing a i ivagon bed, had the misfortune to break >ne of his ribs or knock it off from the areast bone. He has suffered a great leal with it; but si ill keeps going. Jas is >neof the kind that "never says die." Dr. Bigger says that there is not a case >f measles now among the whites in his ; Dractice. There are a few cases still among he Negroes. Mr. John Timberlake has been quite 11 for two weeks. He is still very feeble. One of our most popular young men has ihaved oft his moustache, and some of the jirls are taking on a good deal about it. People are asking every day whether Mr. Wallace is going to fix up his mineral ipring. I believe it would be quite a reiort this summer, and hope Mr. Wallace will have the matter attended to. In a corner of Dr. T. W. Campbell's irchard may be seen some rude stones, luch as our grandfathers used to build ibimneys of. There is nothing remark ible about this pile of rocks to attract >ne's notice, and the passing stranger vould note them, if be noticed them at ill, to simply remark that at some time a :abin had stood here. Little would he 1 bink as he sat watching the lazy lizzards , hat the warm sunshine had coaxed from heir winter's nap, and that now lay baskng on the top of a flat rock, that he was fazing on historic ground, and that perlaps on that very stone, upon which the izzards are lying, one of the most illusrious men ever born in South Carolina >nce sat, while he puzzled his brain over lome mathematical problem, propounded A! /I nAy)nw/tnn A tifUn /V QUlliC OICIU V/1U puuaguguu TTUV niciucu be birch in the schoolhouse that more ban 100 years ago, stood on this identical , ipot, and of which those rocks formed )art of the chimney. I say that be would lot dream that he was at the spot where Andrew Jackson, the hero of New Oreans and the iron willed president of the Jnited States went to school. Yet such s the fact. Dr. Campbell says that his ather told him, and he got it from those vbo lived at that time and went to school vith "Old Hickory," that Jackson once vent to school there. He boarded with 1 Colonel Howe, a brave Revolutionary 1 oldier, and whose house was about half a , nile from Dr. Campbell's present resilence. The teacher's name was William )obson. Many of his family still live in fork county. He was a man of thorough ducation and a famous teacher in his day, amed alike for bis learning and for the insparing manner that be used the birch, le bad, I am told, been a captain in the American army, and I think commanded , company at the battle of King's Moun- ( ain. He bad lost an eye; but whether in be army or in some other way, I am un- ; ble to say. The men called him "One Dyed Bill Dobson.'.' The boys, behind his iack; called hiin "Old Dobson." It maters not bow he was called, be had the act of teaching his scholars, and years fter "Old Hickory" had gone to school'to lim, Dr. Campbell's father studied surveying under him. It's a pity that we are unable to gather nything more of Jackson than the mere act that he went to school here. At that ime he was nothing but a rough Irish oy with perhaps nothing remarkable bout him to distinguish him from his chool fellows, all of whom have passed way, with reputations that did not exend beyond the neighborhood, while the rish boy lives in history as an immortal f earth, and statues of marble and brass ommemorate his greatness. ? No doubt, at that day^ Colonel Howe nd Captain Dobson were considered great len by the side of the freckled face boy rho would have felt honored by their mile of approval. They, alas for fame, ave passed away and the green moss has 3r years grown over unpretentious the labs that mark their graves. I can't quit this theme without telling tie tale, as told to me by Dr. Campbell, of ow the boys barred "Old Dobson" out r% L.n ? Ua ;? /r. v^iwnpucji any a 110 |jvu it ajuijll oviuu vi , ae old people long since dead. The ( :hool house was built of logs notched in, ^ ae top logs extending out about three ( jet on either side. Well, the boys on the ( ist day of school wanted Old Dobson to reat. The treat in that day and time was | gallon of whisky. This he positively ' efused to do, so they caught him and tied ( is hands and feet and hung him over one f the logs at the end of the schoolhouse , ntil he was nearly dead. Still he would ot give up. So they carried him to the ^ reek and tied him hard and fast to a sapng, and then bent it oyer and ducked tie old fellow in the freezing water till at ist he gave up and gave them the money ( j send after a jug of whisky. Then they II got merry and the whilholm victim /as the hero. x. ( ? ] ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. 'he Athletic Association Means Uuslness? Malicious Mischief?Work at the Arcade Mills?Other Notes. 1 Orrespondence of The Yorkvllle Enquirer. Rock Hill March 3.?The attendance t Wintbrop college continues to grow. ' 'he last arrival there is Miss Bigham, a aughter of Mr. Jno G. Bighatn, of-Rich- I urg. J The workmen in the dye rooms of the * rlobe mill are short each a suit of working 1 lothes. It is necessary for these to keep t n extra suit on bands at the mill. When 1 hey went in to go to work on Monday lorning, it was found that some one, 1 rompted by the authur of evil, had gone 1 ito the room and cut their clothing to i eices. Even those pieces already small re re cut smaller. There is no clue to t he guilty parties. ] The Rock Hill Athletic association is etting ready to enliven matters this sum- i ner. At their last meeting, Mr. J. S. < Vhite, who had been elected secretary t nd treasurer, explained that he would i e away so much that it would be better t ) put in that position some one who ( ,'ould be here regularly. Mr. W. A. c leffner was elected. Mr. White was t lected vice president. Over 3700 worth t f stock has been taken. A charter has been applied for,, and those interested are going "to get a move on 'em." They expect to have a local meet during the meeting ol the Pythian conclave in May, and on July 4, will expect the world at large. The track will be a quarter-mile j course, and will be kept in the very best order. The site is in Oakland, not Car from the street car line. This will afford convenient transportation to lookers-on. Work is progressing favorably at the Arcade mill. Mr. R. T. Fewell is pushing matters as fast as proper attention to every detail will allow. The boilers are in position now. Mr. M. L. Moore, of Concord, N. C., has been selected as superintendent. He will oome to Rock Hill abont 'L- ' U TTr.H1 TViof LUU itlLltJr pun U1 1>U1S I11UI1I?U< v/uvu vu?? time, do positive engagement for hands will be made* This mill has the advantage of a beautiful location. The building itself is well built, and with the cottages, the hillside, the branch and the lake form a composite not often enjoyed in the ar- rangement of factories. The authorities of the Standard mill appointed Mr. J. A. Green superintendent, temporarily, in the place of Mr. James Loid, who has just left. a. s. , ' * MARKETABLE BUTTER. Messrs. Grist Cousins Give Some Valuable Information on the Sahjeet. Editor op The Enquirer: With V your permission, we will furnish some information to the subscribers and readers of The Enquirer in which many of them are interested. .Our subject is butter, its preparation for market in such a way as to command the highest price, grade uouaiueruu. We will preface our remarks with the statement that since we have been in business we have been very m uch perplexed as <4 to how to handle this very important and necessary commodity with satisfaction to those who had it to sell, (by paying them a reasonable price for it) and a profit to ourselves. We well knew that we could only handle a very limited quantity if we d epended on the local demand as a . means of disposing of it, for the reason that probably tbree-fourt^isof the families In Yorkville* either have the "homeraised" article' or engagements with ** near-by farmers to supply their needs. To dispose of the surplus was and lis t where the trouble comes in. We tried shipping it to a Charleston produce dealer, and received for the first lot sent him 2i cents a pound less than cost. He said the grade was poor, and that the packing was worse. We tried again, with no better results, and then we went to work to investigate and have concluded ? that both the butter-makers and ourselves are, in a large measure, responsible for the failure to secure satisfactory results. They, because the butter was not up to requirements, and we, because it was not packed properly and shipped to the right dealer. We now know how it should be packed, and we propose to try in*this article to tell how it should be made. First, the milk shoiftd never be churned?only the cream. Skim the milk care- ^ f ully?the morning's milk in the evening an/l the avaninor'a milk in the morninrr. and while it is undergoing the ripening process be sure that it does not become scalded?scalded butter is not worth more than 6 cents on a market where it is to be sold on its merits. When the cream is being churned use as little warm water as possible. After ^ the churning take the butter off and wash it in cold water, putting it through two or three courses, or until the water runs off jlear and you are sure that not a particle of milk has been left in the butter, because if any milk is left, it will spoil the butter inside of three days. Next, work all the water out. Next, comes the salting process, and if you have complied with all the other conditions,, you may Tail here. First, take your salt and pulverize it as fine as possible, by rolling it with a rolling pin?the finer the betternod add one ounce of salt to 16 ounces of butter. After you have added the salt the two will weigh one pound. Now for the closing instructions: Make it into L6-ounce packages?not 15 or 17?and use i mould. Do not, under any circumstances, put more than one pound of , butter in a cake intended for market. Do not use any coloring matter of any kind. It does not increase the market value of your product and is liable to injure the consumer. If your cow makes fellow butter you are to be congratulated; but if she makes white, let it remain white. Cow peas, wheat bran, peameal ind vines, fodder and shucks make the * J best butter; but if you have no peameal 3r peas use bran and cotton seed but use ;he latter as sparingly as possible, especially during cool weather, as they impart to the butter that property which causes it to stick to the roof of the moulh; 30 says the professor in charge of the dairy department at Clemson college, and * be ought to know. In conclusion we will say that if the foregoing instructions are carried out, and we don't see why they they can't be, there will be a wonderful improvement in the quality of butter offered for sale in York County, and we are persuaded that every surplus pound can be handled by the merchants at a much better price than ;hey have been heretofore accustomed to pay. Gbist Cousins. ^ Yorkville, S. C., March 4,1896. HUODTOWN NEWS. Farm Work?Oats All Right?Lockhart as a Cotton Market?The School Started Again?First Death From Measles. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. .j? Hoodtown, March 4.?At this time last pear, but little farm work had been done aere; but now the evideuces are to be teen on every h&nd, that but little time ... Kaon inat. /inrincr the fair weather of iOO WOM 4VWV __ he past while by our industrious, hornyjanded sous of toil. Oats, which were thought by some to aave been killed in the germinative stage, * jy the recent cold snap, seem to be comng up to a good stand. Wheat appears somewhat' backward, is it is making but little signs of verdure ret. Lockbart mills seems to be the "comng" cotton market for this section of sountry. Already there has been quite "? in influx of cotton from here to that apidly developing centre of industry; md if they continue to give fair prices, loubtless, it will materially reduce the re:eipts at the smaller towns, and some of he larger ones as well, which have not he advantage of a cotton factory. School opened at Shady Grove this