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Scraps and ifacts. ? Nebraska judges have decided to postpone the fall sessions of the district courts until after the general election. The reason for the postponement is that politics is so hot in the state that the judges are of opinion that it will be absolutely impossible for the juries to return impartial verdicts. It is believed that the juries will engage in politcal discussions in the jury rooms, and that the political leaning of litigants will have more or less influence on verdicts. ? At Gretna, La., last Friday, a Negro named Jim Hawkins slapped the face of a 5-year-old white child. The child's parents complained to Policeman Miller and the policeman went -A?- Tho TJporrn rosist.ed tlll/Cl tuo 11 V. AUV v - ? arrest and was aided by several others. The policeman drew his revolver and killed Alexander and Arthur Green, two of the Negroes who were helping Hawkins. Hawkins got away, but next day he was pursued by a mob, captured and hanged without being allowed time in which to pray. Gretna is just across the river from New Orleans. ? There is to be a big Bryan parade in Chicago on October 9, and a feature of it will be a large disvision of men wearing black masks. It is claimed that although a large per cent, of the working men of Chicago are for Bryan, their employers are for McKinley, and they have to wear McKinley buttons and pretend to be for the Republican candidate, or else lose their jobs. It is this class of voters who will wear masks in the parade. The object, of course, is to prevent identification. The Republicans claim that the whole thing will be a farce, and that the maskers will be made entirely irum i/cmuui ucuci o. ? It bas developed that Mr. Bryan voted for Weaver instead of Cleveland four years ago, and the gold Democrats and Republicans have been trying to make capital of the fact; but now they wish they had never mentioned it. Senator Faulkner of the Democratic national committee, has explained the matter fully. Ex-Chair_ man Harrity and Don M. Dickerson had both figured that the Democrats stood no chance of carrying Nebraska at that time, and it looked as if the support of their respective tickets by the Democrats and Populists, would give the state to Harrison. It was, therefore, decided that it was best to request all Democrats to vote for Weaver, and it was as a good Democrat that Mr. Bryan acted upon this request. ? New York World : Miss Elizabeth Almy, who is 20 years old and lives with her sister at No. 256 West Fortythird street, has been advised by a Havana lawyer that she is sole heiress to the estate of Jose Martinez, a Spanish planter in Cuba, which is valued at $1,500,000. She and her lawyer will go to Cuba in about two weeks to take possession oi tne property, xuiss Almy returned four months ago from Cuba, where she had been visiting some cousins who live on a plantation adjoining that of Martinez, in Matanzas. While there Martinez fell ill, and Miss Almy nursed him. Senor Martinez's two sous were killed by the Spanish, and the old planter fled to Havana, where he soon died of a broken heart. He left his fortune to his former nurse, in grateful recognition of her kindness. ? The Democratic party of New York has gotten rid of John Boyd Thatcher, who was recently nominated for governor. It will be remembered that the New York Democrats endorsed the Chicago platform. Shortly after his nomination, Thatcher wrote a letter in which he said he had always been a gold man and was one yet. The letter raised a rumpus among the Democrats of the state and they rebelled. When the notification committee called on Thatcher last Saturday be explained that he had not been f -j < 4 .r lDJOrmea Oi me uaiure <ji iue pmuuruj that was to be adopted, otherwise he would have never allowed his name to be put in nomination. Under the circumstances he considered it his duty to decline the nomination and allow< somebody else, who could make the race with a clear conscience, take the lead. The New York Democrats now consider that the situation has been very much clarified. They can now nominate a straightout silver man and go into the fight with every hope of carrying the state. ? There were some lively political events in Boston, Mass., lgst Friday and Saturday. Bryan spoke in the Music hall on Friday hight. Among the auditors was a large number of silver delegates to the Democratic state convention, which was appointed to meet in the same hall on Saturday. George Fred Williams, the Massachusetts silver leader, took occasion to say that while a majority of the delegates elected to the convention were silver men, a majority of the executive committee were gold men, and it was the intention of these gold men to, on the morrow, pack the ball with gold rooters and try to run the convention. He, therefore, requested that the silver men and others favora ble to the cause, remain in the hall an night and hold the fort. He guaranteed that the men would be provided with refreshments, if no other way, at his personal expense. ' The proposition met with favor and the silver people settled down to hold the fort. During the night the gold people began to scheme also. They arranged with the owners of the hall to allow such of the silver men as wanted to go out to do so; but not to allow them to return. During the night, quite a number went out, and thus the convention became divided. Next day the gold men came up; but finding the hall still in the possession of the silver men, decided to go to Faneuil hall. A large number of silver men went there also, aud shortly after the convention was called to order, much to the disgust of the gold men, the Chicago platform was adopted and George Fred Williams was nominated for governor. In the meantime, the Music hall convention had also done the same thing, and a number of the delegates who had been shut out of the Music hall held a convention on the street and took similar action. The gold delegates at Faneuil hall bolted the convention, the gold committeemen resigned, and everything , was left in the hands of the silver ( people. During the night of waiting ( one of the silver delegates tried to get away from the hall and back, by means ' of the fire escape. He fell and got killed. The incident created much ex- 1 citement and the gold people were de- 1 nounced as murderers. After the silver ] Democrats had gotten through with ] their convention, the Populists also ( met and nominated George Fred Wil- , liams for governor. The gold Demo crats will nominate a ticket of their own. She f)orltvittc (Enquirer. YOItKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30, 1896. ? Wanted, a man who will admit that he, individually, would be hurt by free coinage. We are overstocked with individuals who are afraid that free coinage will hurt somebody else. ? The proposition of the Gaffney people to furnish the courthouse for the proposed new county, reminds us of the fellow who offered to furnish the water when the boys proposed to make lemonade. ? We don't blame the Union and Spartanburg folks for wanting a new county. They cannot make tHeir condition any worse. But in the case of Cherokee, it is different. She has something to lose. ? Some of the big life insurance companies are getting tired of the argument that in the event of free coinage their policies will be paid in depreciated silver, and are announcing that whether free coinage wins or not, they will pay in whatever kind of money policyholders may prefer. ? Tom Dixon is to make a number of gold speeches in North Carolina, and it is reported that some of the boys in Charlotte have threatened that if he goes to that cit>, they will pelt him with eggs. It is to be hoped, however, that there will be uo disturbance. The'best way is to let Mr. Dixon do as much talking as he likes. He can't convince anybody. ? Up to last Saturday, Mr. Bryan had delivered 18(1 speeches, long and short, and Major McKinley had delivered 53. Mr. Bryan's speeches aro being delivered in all parts of the country, while Major McKinley is doing his talking only at Canton. His audiences come from different points throughout the north on special trains, and it is generally believed that all expenses are being paid with Republican campaign funds. ? The story that Senator Tillman was howled down at Reading, Pa., not long ago, is not altogether true. The Reading Eagle gives the details. It was the occasion of a county fair, and among other attractions there were to be some races. Senator Tillman got on the grounds just as the races were about to commence, and was directed to the grand stand where a great crowd had assembled. When he commenced to speak, people began to crowd across the race track and ! block it against the horses. Many people in the crowd were more interested in the ; races than they were in the speaking, and at Senator Tillman's appearance they grew impatient. They listened a few minutes and then began to interrupt. Senator Tillman kept on, and the interruptions became more pronounced. At last the speaker was advised to get within the enclosure of the race track. Soon 2,000 or more people followed him there and the speaking was concluded without further interference. It was not, it seems, exactly a question of disrespect; but just a case where there were a large number of people who were more interested in something else, other than public speaking. ? The political situation in Indiana is especially interesting. Indiana is naturally a Democratic state. That is, left to itself, there is a small majority for the Democratic ticket. But in that state there is a large floating vote that is purchasable. This vote is large enough to affect the balance of power. Though such people could not live in South Carnl'"" ill Tnilionn tliflro urn n larirfi 1111 m ber of people who think it a pure matter of business to sell their votes to whoever will pay the most monoy. The price ranges all the way from to $10. Heretofore it has been tho custom of both parties to buy all tho votes they could get. This year the Democrats are short of money, and in that respect are at an apparent disadvantage; but the disadvantage is not real. Since the last election tho state has adopted the Australian ballot system. Under this system, the voter goes into a booth alone and no one else can possibly know how he votes. No matter how respectable might become the practice of selling votes, tho man who sells is not to be trusted any more than tho man who will buy. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that Indiana will go according to her natural inclination. If she is really inclined to be Democratic she will go that way, for tho voters, after selling as often as they can find purchasers, will at last go and vote as they please. Unless it can bo applied to the managers of the election, corruption money will not cut much figure. IN THE SOUDAN. One of the most important wars?real wars?now in progress anywhere in the world, is that having for its object the conquest of the Soudan in Central Africa. The war is being prosecuted ostensibly by Egypt, but really by Great Britain ; an is one of the results it is expected that a central Africa, which is now closed 1 outsiders, will pass under the doniinio of Great Britian. The Soudan forms the southern bour iary of Egypt. It is about half as larg as the United States, is supposed to have population of about 6,000,000 people, an is governed by a wild Mohammedan rul< called the Khalifa. The conquest of th country was attempted about a doze years ago by Chinese Gordon, and ho the army of Gordon was shut up in tl city of Khartoom, about 1,000 miles i the Nile, and finally starved and butel ered, is a matter that is still fresh in tl puoiic minu. The present expedition against tl Soudan was commenced last spring, consists of Egyptian soldiers, officered I the British, and under the command < Sir Herbert Kitchenor. .At the outs the force consisted of 21,000 men ; but the advance up the Nile, it has been ne essary to leave small garrisons all alor to protect the line of coramunicatir with Cairo, and the force is now reduc< to something like 15,000. .Just what the exact force of the Kh lifa is, is not known. It is estimated anywhere from 75,000 to 100,000, wild f natics, who fight with the courage of co nered tigers. They are undiscipline however, and very poorly armed. It for this reason that the British belie1 that a smaller force of well discipline men, armed with the improved weapoi of mordern warfare, can easily overcon them. It was the expectation of General Kiel enor that when he came to Dongola, tl first important town in the Soudan, 1 would have to fight a decisive batth but he was disappointed. The town wa to all intents and purposes, defenseles and surrendered without a shot. A fe days afterward a large force of Soudane: Dervishes was encountered a little fu ther up the river. There ensued a de perate battle, in which the Dervish fought with the greatest bravery; but tl discipline and machine guns of the Bri ish soon got the best of it. The kilh among the British troops only number* about 20 men while the loss of the De vishes went up into the hundreds. The opinion has been expressed th the engagement referred to, together wit the taking of Dongola, will probably er the war; but the students of Soudane character think otherwise. It has be< the policy of Khalifa, heretofore, to alio his enemies to advance far into his ten tory without interference. Sometimes 1 would not show a single soldier for week Then as the enemy became more con dent, he would suddenly pounce dov with a vast horde, and leave not a man tell the tale. Chiuese Gordon was alloi ed to get to the city of Khartoom witho meeting with a great doal of resistant and just as he was about to felicitate iiir self on the fact that he had cotnplet the conquest of the country, the Dervis es completely surrounded the city ai cut off all hope of either supplies or in itary re-enforcements. It is believed tl the same tactics will be followed in t case of General Kitchenor, and for tl: reason the general is proceeding with t utmost caution. But it will all be over in a few mont more. The conquest of the Soudan w mean the opening up to civilization of i most the whole of Africa; but in t event of the failure of the present e Pedition, it is likely that the Dark Con nent will continue to preserve its we fitting and very suggestive name 1 many years to come. MERE-MENTION. Governor O'Ferrall of Virginia, has i lied himself with the Palmer and Buc ner faction. Tom Reed and Tom Dix< are to make a number of speeches North Carolina. There was a poli cal riot at Ovestes, Indiana, last Frids About 20 men were more or less seriouJ injured. At Pittsburg, Pa., last F day, Louis Gimm rode 480 miles in 5 hours on a bicycle. The riding was oi prepared track. The Democrats a Populists of Indiana are about to fuse < a basis of 10 electors for the Democri and 5 for the Populists. If the arrang ment is perfected, there can be but lit doubt that the state will go for Brya Coney Island's famous wooden "e phant" was destroyed by fire last Frida The Waterbury Watch factoi which has been closed for several montl resumed operation last week. Lar numbers of hogs are dying in Minnesc from a mysterious lung disease. A si gle county is reported to have lost ov ?100,000 worth of hogs during the pi two weeks. The Richmond State w one of the papers that bolted the Chiea platform. It has announced that it h "gotten right" again and will suppc Bryan ami Sewail. The Now Yo Democrats have nominated ^Wilbur Porter as their candidate for goverm vice John Boyd Thratcher. Potter w originally the candidate for lieulena governor. Young Harmon Found Guilty. The trial of Mike Harmon for t! killing of young Cal Caughman to< place in Lexiugton last week. Caug man was shot on June 19 and linger* 19 days. There was but little confli tion in the testimony. It appears th all the Harmon family were suspicio of the fact that young Caughman w too intimate with Miss Florrie He mon. The young lady could only a sociate with the young man clande tinely. Young Harmon had learn* that they were to meet at the scho house. He went there and four them in a compromising position. I immediately fired, and fatally wound* Caughman. The sister hegged him shoot her also. He struck her in tl 1 1 1 1 1 I. neaa wnn ins pistui uuu tvuuuivuu u over on Caughmau's body. Miss Ha mon testified that she had been e gaged to Caughraan for seven yeat Their clandestine meetings had be< quite frequent. Most of the testimor was unfit for publication. The jui remained out on the case only aboi an hour and returned with a verdict guilty with a recommendation to me ey. There was notice of a motion fi a new trial. If a new trial is refust the case will he appealed. I LOCAL AFFAIRS. ' II 1 INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. i Reg M. Grist?Tolls you how you can n get campaign badges, buttons, etc. t H. C. Strauss?Gives you a list and de- ( scription of some of the ladies' dress , goods he has in stock, all of which he re says he will sell at the closest prices. a W. F. Marshall?Is well stocked with ] clothing and hats for men and boys, i d and shoes for women, men and boys. 3r He says that his clothing is well made, , good and reliable. He wants you to ie call on him before buying. ' in John A. Shurley, School Commissioner? < w Warns school trustees that teachers who < are not supplied with a certificate of ] 16 qualification from the county or state ip board of education, are not entitled to l. be paid for their services out of public funds. ie T. M. -Dobson A Co.?Remind you that Miss Rea, the milliner, and Misses Cora Clark and Maggie Glenn are at their ( 16 store prepared to serve customers and It friends. They announce that their stock of goods is ready for inspection, < 'J and that they are ready to meet all ; of competition in prices for the same et quality of goods. J. M. Starr & Co.?Have window glass, in spectacles and eyeglasses, crimson cloc. ver and orchard grass, chill, cure and toilet and medicinal soaps. W. B. Moore & Co.?Have a large stock >n of crockeiy which is offered at low o prices. Having an overstock of red and crimson clover they are offering it at reduced prices. They can furnish a- yon with machinery oil, Clauss's shears, razors, Rogers pocket knives, table cutlery, spoons, etc., belting and eneine fittings, and Crescent bicycles. J. J. Hunter?Claims that he is ahead in r* the competition for business and leads in the quality of his goods and in bar.' gains. 13 Louis Roth?Announces that he is selling re 3-pound cans of pie peaches for 10 cents, j new mackerel at 5 cents, and that he will have fresh fish every Saturday, is Oliver E. Grist?Offers to sell you a founie tain pen and tells you of its merits. BEATS A MACHINE. h- The family of Mr. M. S. Carroll, of the ie Carp neighborhood, have made the record ie for cotton picking this season. It was on ,. the 17th instant, and there were eight on the force?Mr. Carroll, four daughters '' and three sons. They started out to see 8' how much they could pick in a day, and w the total footed up 1,833 pounds. The se biggest days work was done by Mr. W. r. A. Carroll. He led off with 377 pounds 8_ and was followed close after by Mr. G. M. Carroll with 370. es WITH APPENDICITIS. it- Dr. William Walker, of Yorkville, has ad appendicitis, and his condition is quite ^ critical. He was first attacked on last Friday morning at about 4 o'clock ; but r* made no especial complaint until late in the afternoon, when Dr. Miles Walker at quickly diagnosed the trouble as above ,h mentioned. Dr. George Walker of the 1(j Johns Hopkins hospital, was telegraphed for immediately, and arrived on Sunday. On Saturday, Dr. Walker's condition was somewhat more favorable, and the w improvement continued through Sunday i- but on Monday and yesterday he was lie rather worse, and at the time The En8_ quirer went to press, the probability was that there would have to be a surgical operation. With or without the opera' 11 rv- ht-II.aJc AAn/4Uinn ia ovtrnniplv lion} Ul, *? ailVOl O WUUIWWII ?a t? critical, though there is still hope. ,v ut THREE MORE DAYS. Have you gotten a registration certifi' ' cate yet? If you have not, do you intend n~ to get one? If you do, you had better attend to the matter and at once, h- Under the law, the registration books nd can be kept open only three more days il_ before the election. These days are October 1, 2 and a?tomorrow, Friday and ,R Saturday. It used to be that if you knew the su,at pervisor well and he knew you well, it he did not make much difference whether you complied with the law strictly. You l,8 could get a certificate at almost any time ; jjj but don't deceive yourself with that idea now. You must go before the board in d* person, within the time prescribed by he law. Otherwise you cannot get a certifix cate. Remember?just three nrfore days?tomorrow, Friday and Saturday. If you have not got a registration certificate, by or the time the books close?1 o'clock Saturday?you will no longer be a citizen. You won't be allowed to vote oven in municipal elections. d- ROBINSON'S CIRCUS. k" The advance agent of Robinson <fc Franklin Bros.' circus was in Yorkville >n last Saturday, making arrangements for d- a visit by that wellknown tented amuse J' mom. '^y This is the same show that was engirt" nally organized by "Old John" Robinson ^4 some 60 years ago, and so wellknown all 1 a over the United States. The principal nc* difference is that it is now much larger on than over and in fact one of the biggest things of the kind traveling. e" The show was in Richmond last Friday and The Dispatch of Saturday contains an ,n* elaborate account of the performance 'e" and the menagerie, both of which are iy* said to be up to date. T? There will be only two exhibitions in 19? this county?the first at Blacksburg on ?e Thursday, October 15, and the second at )tH Yorkville on Friday. October 16. Robn" inson's circus never fails to bring an imer m en8e crowd, and it is probable that on l8t the 16th, there will be more people in 88 Yorkville than at any time since the last K? visit of this same big show, in 1889. las . >rt COTTON GIN BURNED. Mr. S. L. Davidson's cotton gin buildF* ing, which was located a short distance ir? from Bullock's Creek church, was de'tts stroyed by fire last Friday afternoon bent tween 12 and 1 o'clock. The fire caught in the roof from a spark from the engine. There was btit little water available and no ladder with which to reach the point he of danger. The building was as dry as ik tinder, and within a very few minutes it h- was completely wrapped in flames. M| By hard work, tho gin was saved; but 4 1...* "">t! ?11 Til ft Iago in/ilnrla/1 t A rt rOQQ I ul 14 bales of cotton, a quantity of cotton ug soerl,and some machinery, in all aggreas gating something like ?1,000. The building and machinery were first class in k " every particular, and Mr. Davidson, of lS" course, was the heaviest loser. " Of the burned cotton, five bales belonged to Mr. John McSwain, one bale to ?' Mr. H. F. Ilorton, two bales to Wash >d Powell, colored, one-half bale and the seed of two bales to B. L. Jenkins, and ?d tho balance to colored croppers whoso to names w ere not reported to us. ie ei THEY RAN SIX MILES. r. Big Negro, little Negro?out they shot n. from Mr. J. H. Riddle's hitching lot last >s Saturday morning, and at racehorse " speed darted up the street, disappearing between The Enquirer oifice and the y residence of Mr. .1. W. Dobson. There was something about the circum^ stance to excito interest, and quite a number of people speedily collocted to see r* what it all meant. Some of the curious ar people followed on down Madison street id f<?r some distance, when they met the runners coming back, tho big Negro hold ng the little Negro by the collar and givng him a serious lecture. He was sayug: "Oh, yes, dog gon yo'. When yo' wan,er runaway frum yo' dad, all yo' gottei lo is to light out ; butcher better not dc t, fur I'll ketch yo' every time. Guess go' think yo' dad kin run some too, dou'l po'? and yo' will stay at home next tim< won't yo'? Hey?" Upon inquiry it developed that the boj aad run away from his father near Tirzal ind got a start of about a mile before th< )ld man knew he was gone. Then thi old man started in pursuit, and the rac< lasted to the finish at the place indicatec ibove?a distance of about six miles. ATTACKED BY A COW. Mrs. W. D. Chambers and her little four-year-old son, Oscar, had a narrov ascape with their lives down on Mr. T B. McClain's farm, on the southwesteri outskirts of Yorkville, last Monda; morning. The source of danger was Jersey cow, which, heretofore gentl enough, suddenly became murderous. The cow had been tethered out in th field near the house, and taking her lit tie boy with her, Mrs. Chambers went, a she had often done before, to change tb animal to a fresh range. Almost as soo " 1 ~ ? J A KAI as ilie rope was uuueu, wau a man wi low, the cow rushed at the child. Mrs Chambers pulled at the ropo with all he might; but was unable to ;hold the infu riated animal, and the little boy wa knocked over. Then the fury of the coi seemed to increase. Mrs. Chamber fought to save her son and the cow turne< upon her, knocking her down. Mrs. J. A. Hogue, who lives severs hundred yards away, saw the desperat encounter, and impulsively started to th rescue. In some way, probably as th result of Mrs. Hogue's efforts, the atteu tion of the cow was distracted from he victims, and picking up the child, Mrs Chambers ran with it to her house, th cow following and still bellowing madl} Mrs. Chambers was bruised from hea to foot, and the little boy was badly ci about the head, face and body. The ir juries of Mrs. Chambers are not thougt to be especially serious; but those of he son are. At last accounts, though Di Bratton had hopes of the little fellow1 recovery, it was thought possible that h might die. CORDWOOD FAMINE. There is a regular cordwood famine o about this place. The fact has been nc ticeable for several weeks. It is difticu to get good dry pine cordwood, even fc cooking purposes, and the situation j becoming somewhat annoying. The Enquirer began making inqu ries into the matter soveral days ago, an among other things it was suggested t the reporter that the cotton mill peopl are taking about all the wood that is bein offered : but this is a mistake. Upon ir quiring of Mr. Ashe, it develops tht although he has been offering to bu wood in any quantity for weeks, he ht not been able to get from people aroun Yorkville more than 50 or 60 cords, a told. "We are buying most of our woo down the O. R. A C. railroad, about Kei shaw," said Mr. Ashe, on Monday. "Th people about here don't seem to have to sell. Just what the trouble is I do n< know ; but I think it may be that rigl now they have no good dry wood o hand. The situation is somewhat pei plexing, too. We had been calculatin on using wood for steam purposes; bi unless things begin to show up differen ly?that is, unless there is someguaranU that we will be supplied with woodshall make arrangements to use coal it stead. Mr. Morrow, at the roller mill, is als finding it, difficult to keep himself suj plied with wood. The price that is bein paid, $1.25 a cord, seems to be satisfactor enough ; but somehow there are but fe' haulers who appear to be interestet With such a large and pressing deman as now exists, it seems that the woo business should take on a healthy boon CAME BACK TO DIXIE. That was a wonderfully alluring stor that was told by the Negro, June Mooi on his recent visit from Liberia to his ol home in this county. It made many < the Negroes feel that if they could just g< to the African promised land, their eartl ly troubles would be over. Indeed, tb story was calculated to make some peop] wish that they could find a white man country that was as good as the one d< scribed by June. But it now develoj that June did not tell it all. Here is tb other side, as related by a New Yor dispatch of last Saturday: Among the passengers whom thestean ship Waesland, from Liverpool, lande here today were six colored people wb were overjoyed at finding tbemselvi again in the United States. They wei Taylor Smith of Forest City, his wife an two children and two friends, and the all bad a sad story to tell of the wan misery and hunger suffered by the soutl | em Negro colonists who sailed from Si vannah on the Laurada last March to tr I their fortunes in the black republic, L beria. From the day they landed i Monrovia, Smith said, until their depar ure, they were unable to get an hour work of any kind. Twenty-five acres < ground were given them by the Liberia | government, nut there were no houses t shelter them or their families. Soon aftf their arrival the rainy season began, an with it came a deadly malarial feve called by the natives "John Bull fever, which carried away 40 of the newcomer among whom was one of Smith's chi dren. The disease was still doing il deadly work when he left for the Unite States. Smith stated that nearly one-ha of the 202 persons taken to Monrovia o the Honsa, which left Savannah som time before the Laurada, were dead an buried long ago. Luckily for him h took with him 8800, which enabled hir to return home. When he left, ol friends, half naked and crippled by dis .i ui,i u:? ease, nouoiea oui mw- mo mm m* mu un what they all felt would be a last farewel President Cheeseman of Liberia and th missionaries did all they could for th unfortunates, but the returned colonisl said, like everybody else, they had ver; little money, no food and no work fo them." OLD MINING OPERATIONS. The reporter has been able to gathe somo additional information about the oli time mining operations in the northeast ern portion of York township. Th principal source of intelligence is Mi James Turner' who lives a short distanc from the old Wilson mine, and who i probably tho oldost male resident of th neighborhood. Mr. Turner was in York ville last Saturday, and when approachec on the subject of tho early miuiug opor ations, talked interestingly. "The first I can remember of the Wil son mine," he said, "was when I was little boy 11 years old. Tho mine was be ing worked then, and from tho best in formation I have, the work must hav been commenced along about the time : was born. If that is the case, it was 7 years ago. "Tho first man to work there," contin ued Mr. Turner, "was a man by th name of Gasaway Wilson. He was fol lowed by others, and from all reports the mine was generally considered a very rich one." Asked about the early appliances, Mr. Turner said that the ore aud water were taken out of the mine by means of a > "whim." The whim is a primitive horeei power arrangement, consisting of a vert tical drum, upon which winds a rope that ) goes down into the mine through a pulley. On the one described by Mr. Turner, r there were two bucket?sone for water 1 and the other for ore. The arrangement ) permitted one bucket to go down while 3 the other came up. The power was furn3 ished by an old blind horse; but the 1 contrivance seemed to answer its purpose to the entire satisfaction of the miners. The process for reducing ores was very tedious. In those days they had no pow5 erful iron stamps such as are now used. ^ In their place they used wooden stamps, '* shod with iron, and the work of crushing a the ores was necessarily very tedious. f The harder ones, Mr. Turner says, could a not be handled with much satisfaction 6 until after they had been burned. The method of doing this was also primitive. 6 The first step was to construct a log pile " just as they do to heat rocks for scalding 8 hogs. The ore would be kept on the flre 6 until no more heat could be applied, and n then it was usually found soft enough to I- yield to the wooden stamps. These, by u the way, were located at a little waterr power down on Allison creek, a short i- distance away. s Mr. J. G. McNulty, the wellknown v mining engineer of this place, is also s interested in mining properties out in 3 this same neighborhood, and is now operating what is known as the "Turner" il mine. Speaking of the old miners a day e or two ago. he said that although they e had only the crudest of appliances, there e is no discount on the fact that they uni derstood their business. The shafts were ir sunk with thorough knowledge and i. judgment as to exactly what it was dee sired to accomplish, and with all the r. progress that is supposed to have been d made since that time, it would be difflit cult to find, even now, an engineer who I could do his work more scientifically, it ?1 . )r ABOUT PEOPLE, r. Mr. Zimmerman of Charlotte, spent s last Sunday in Yorkville with friends, e Miss Janette Davidson is teaching school in the Bullock's Creek neighborhood. Mr. Harry R. Smith left last Saturday n for a visit to friends and relatives in Co) lumbia. It Mr. Leroy Morrow of Gastonia, spent >r seyeral days this week in Yorkville on is business. Mr. B. W. Metts left yesterday for [- Washington, D. C., where he goes to d attend college. o Miss Maude Metts returned home last le Saturday from an extended visit to friends g in Augusta, Ga. i- Mr. B. K. Belew of Blacksburg, was it in Yorkville last Saturday and gave The y Enquirer a call.. is Mrs. Douglas Harrison has returned d from a visit to ber daughter, Mrs. Fred II Nimms in Fort Mill. Mr. J. M. Ferguson is able to be out d again after being confined to bis bed for r- several days by illness. ie Mrs. Dr. Hannahan of Winnsboro, is it visiting the family of her father, Dr. )t J. R. Bratton, in this place, it Miss Lillie Ratchford has returned n home from a visit to relatives and friends r- in Rock Hill.?Rock Hill Herald, g Mr. L. F. McClain and wife of Taylors it ville, N. C., visited friends and relatives t- in Yorkville during the past week. ?e Contractor E. B. Evans expects to move -I his famil> this week into one of the coti tages on the grounds of the York Cotton mills. K) Mrs. Agnes Harris of Columbia, is vis> iting relatives and friends if Yorkville, g the guest of the family of Mrs. Elizabeth y de.Loach. w Miss Amelia Kennedy and Messrs. 1. Wm, M. Kennedy, Jr., and Howard d Caldwell left Monday for Due West to d resume their studies, j. Miss Nettie Melton returned to her home in Chester last Saturday alter an extended visit to the family of Mr. Jas. y A. Watson, on Cleveland avenue. I LOCAL LACONICS. )f Until January 1897. 3t The Twice-a-Week Enquirer will i. be furnished from this date to January ie 1st, 1897, for 52 cents. [e Next Meeting at Clover. 's Mr. W. N. Elder requests The En). quirer to announce that the next quaras terly meeting of the York county Alio liance will be held at Clover on Friday, k October 9. Either Mr. Duncan or Mr. Gaines is expected to be present and i. make a talk. d Good Selection* These. 10 Governor Evans has appointed com^ missioners for the state and federal elec<3 tions. The commissioners selected in iy this county are as follows: State: A. W. ti Gladden, McCotinellsville; D. C. Clark, J" Yorkville; J. M. Taylor, Newport. Fed~ eral: P. M. Burris, McConnellsville; j. T. W. Boyd, Leslie; J. E. Beamguard, it Clover. J" Drowned at Lockhart. Lockhart Shoals is getting up a reputan tion as a regular death trap. We are o informed that no less than four people >r have been drowned there during the past d summer. The last victim was a young r? white man named Lynch. He was 9) drowned on the 18th instant, while sein1 ing. His body was recovered after re^ maining in the water about 20 hours. |j Discovered In Time. n There came very near being a cotton gin e fire on the premises of Mrs. R. J. Dun a lap. 3$ miles south or YorKvnie, on csun? day. When the hands at the gin knocked j off work Saturday night, they left a coal i- of fire against a cedar post. They were n not aware of the fact, of course. The fire ' smouldered through the night and next ? day burst into a blaze, which was com^ municated to the roof of the engine house, y The situation was discovered before the t fire made any considerable headway, aud there happening to be plenty of help at hand, the flames were easily exr tinguished. rl LETTER FROM ZADOK. e . Progress of Cotton Picking?Mr. Walker e Gets a Bale to tlie Acre?They Will 8 Study Medicine. e Correspondence 01 ine lomme lwiuuci. Zadok, September 27.?News is a little 1 scarce in this section ; but all the same I reckon that a few lines will not be amiss if for nothing else than to let the people 1- know that "Sut" is neither married nor a dead. People in this community are getting - along well with the cotton picking, and 1 e think that in about two more weeks we [ will have the crop pretty well gathered. 7 The next thing is to know whether it is best to sell now or wait for better prices. - This, many believe, depends on the ree suit of national politics. Some say that if Bryan is elected, the price will go down i, for awhlie, and that if McKinley is elected it will go up. If the size of the crop has anything to do with the ma,ter, it looks as if we should be getting better prices now. However when the 8 cents notch is reached, it is my advice to "let her go." Mr. Emmet Walker is the most successful cotton raiser in this neighborhood. He has already picked four bales off of five acre and expects to get still another. * If there bad been a good season, he thinks ho would have gotten 10 bales off the five acres. A jl our farmers should devote their attention to improving their farms as Mr. Walker has done, and then they will get ^ along better. The typhoid fever, which has afflicted so many families in this neighborhood, has about run its couree. It is hoped that it will not come amongst us again. Some of our young men who do a great deal of visiting seem to have gotten very much interested in the neighborhood of Smyrna. I don't know what their object is, but the understanding is that they are candidates for matrimony, and I know of no better place they could go to. Messrs. Hugh G. Brown and Jesse C. Parrott of this Neighborhood, left last Saturday to enter one of the Baltimore medical college. Both young tnen are hard and persistent workers, and their friends are assured that they will meet ,, with succsess. But. LETTER FROM UNION COUNTY. Sunday School Convention?Low Water Interferes With the Schedule of the Steamer?Disease Among the Milk Cows?Want to Name the New County Gad berry. Correspondence oI the Yorkville Enquirer. Etta. Jane, September28.?York county was well represented at the North Pacolet interdenominational Sunday school convention at Salem yesterday. On account of the low water in Broad river, the little steamer is not making its regular trips to Lock hart Shoals. It is stated by old people that fbe river has been the lowest this summer it has been for a long time. The criminal docket at Union this term of the court is the heaviest it has been for a good while. The present solicitor's term of service expires with this court. He has made an efficient officer. Asa compliment paid to him by some of his admirers, they say, "The chaingang is burated now." The communion meeting will begin at Salem next Saturday, Octobers. The Lord's Supper will be celebrated next Sabbath, Rev. W. R. 0 wings officiating. Miss Ola Estes, who has been very low with brain fever is getting well. Dr. J. F. McCluny treated her case. There is a disease in this section among the cattle?especially milch cows?that has a variety of names, such as anthrax, Texas fever, splenic fover, and distemper, that has been quite fatal; many ot them have died. The writer has the only one living that he knows of that has ? survived the attack. Dr. 8am Foster treated it by boring the horns, splitting the tail, and giving it turpentine, Qil and salts. Had the animal died, we conld not have told whether the doctor or the disease killed her. It is now well and eats as hearty as ever. Esq. T. M. Littlejohn has lost a great many and so have others of our friends and neighbors. Petitions are being circulated for the election looking to the formation of a ' ' new county from parts of Union, Spartanburg and York counties. Several in this section want to call it Gad berry instead of Limestone. J. L. s. BLACKSBURG BUDGET. The Weather?Recent Death*?The New County Movement?Birthday Celebration. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. 4 Blacksburg, September 29.?We are ai^ain getting a little relief from the dry weather which has prevailed so long. A gentle and most welcome rain began to fall last night, and there is indication of more this morning. The length of the dry season through which we have just passed is almost unprecedented in this section. Vegetation has ceased to grow, * and there is a general scarcity of water. The wells, and springs are not entirely * t--i 41 J ? ?-A UKa. ary, out mey uu nut yiciu tun uuoral supply that our people are accustomed to. The farmers have been blessed, however, in gathering their crops. About two-thirds of the cotton crop has been picked, and corn is being gathered as fast as possible. After an illness of several weeks, Annie, the bright and much loved babe of Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Darwin, was taken from them on Thursday night, the 17th instant. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of all of our people; but their chief comfort is the fact that' their precious babe is free from sickness and suffering and forevever at rest. Mrs. Nicey Byars, the wife of Mr. Mac Byars, after a lingeriug affliction of several months, died on Saturday evening, the 27th instant, at the home of Mrs. James Martin, near here, aged about 50 years. She was a daughter of the late John Moore, and in all of the relations of life, as daughter, sister, wife, mother, neighbor and friend, she acted well her part and when the summons came for her to enter upon a higher and better Ufe, she was willing and ready to go. She was tenderly nursed and skillfully ministered to during her illness; but, after all, death was a relief (jo her. He remains were interred in Mqunt Paran church yard, in the presence of many of her friends and relatives. At the request of certain citizens or Gaffney City, a meeting was held here in the council chamber in the interest of the new county, of which Gaffney will be the county seat, and also the proposed road from this place to Gaffney as a branch of the O. R. A C. road. There was a good number of our prominent citizens present, and Gaffney was represented by Messrs. A. N. Wood, W. H. Ross, L. Baker and R. A. Jones. Dr. J. G. Black was made chairman of the meeting and Mr. E. A. Trescott, secretary. By request, Mr. N. W. Hardin gave a brief history of the inception and progress of both movements, ana meir connection wun each other, and troin that, I gathered that there are seven townships, aud parts of townships that are asked to form the newcounty. The citizens of Gatfney have bound themselves in a bond of $15,000, which was presented at last night's meeting, to build court house ana jail in 12 years, and they also agree to furnish their new city hall which is a more suitable building for all public uses until the county buildings are erected. Also, to grade the roadbed from their town to Broad river. The children and friends of Mrs. Win. Jones, met on Saturday last at her home and celebrated her ,78th birthday. A bountiful dinner was provided by Mrs. Jones for the occasion, and was enjoyed by the crowd of 25 or 30 persons assembled. Mrs. Jones is the mother of 12 children?all living?and all present except one, and from her appearance bids