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Scraps and .facts. ? J. F. Cunningham, the young Atlantian, who was recently found wounded on the streets and who claimed to have been assaulted by highwaymen, but who was charged with having made an attempt at highway robbery himself and got the worst of it, was convicted last Saturday, and sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor for 10 years. ? As to whether or not the Morgan resolution of Cuban belligerency will pass the house, is a matter of doubt. That the whole matter is within the control of Speaker Reed, there is little reason to question. Speaker Reed has been in conference with the president during the past few days; but as to what conclusion has been arrived at, will not be known until after the vote in the house. Whichever way the house votes, may be accepted as the result of the conference between McKinley and Reed. ? Arrangements have been perfected for a match game of chess between the house of representatives and the British house of commons. The game is to be by cable and each house is to be represented by five of the best players it can produce. May 31 has been selected as the day for the commencement of the game and June 1 for its conclusion. The American players have not been definitely settled; but the probability is that they will be Representatives Shannon, of New York ; Sbarforth, of Colorado; Bodine, of Missouri; Handy, of Delaware; and Pearson, of North Carolina. ? Quite a row took place in the Spanish senate last Friday. It was between the Duke of Tetnan and Seuator Eomas. The diference was over the administration of the Cuban war by the duke. After a hot passage of epithets, the two men fell to fighting with their fists and the proceedings of the senate were brought to a stop. A duel was talked of as necessary to a c ? ??' > ~c ?U? , ltn. . K,,f tka IIUt%l SUl/liriucut Ui bUC Uianci , UUK n?io | meu who bad been named as seconds decided that one bad pounded tbe otber about as mucb as be bad been pounded, and it was decided to stop at tbat. ? Charlotte Observer: The statement has been made on tbe floor of tbe senate by Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, tbat no less authorities than President McKinley and Secretary Sherman have said tbat our consuls in Cuba, wbo have recently made special reports on the condition of affairs, would be in daugcr of assassination or massacre, if their names were revealed in connection with their reports. This statement is astounding Senator Gorman, who voted for the recognition of Cuban belligerency last Thursday, says it converted him to the belief that the time had come to accord the insurgents the rights of war. The statement is so remarkable that it ought to have some confirmation from the sources responsible for it. If Senator Morgan has made no mistake, and if the consuls of the United States are really in danger, the presence of warships is certainly warranted in Cuban waters. ? Fifty million dollars, the treasure that lies in the cellars of tbe mint, were counted, bagged, labeled, sealed, and boxed within the past few months by order of Superintendent Kretz. Several days ago the superintendent began to feel the need of more storage foom, for the boxes had greatly increased the bulk of the whole mass of silver. The vaults at the mint are too small to hold the whole treasure, and it will be necessary to store $8,000,000 of the $50,000,000 in the postoffice building. Carpenters are now busy in the basemeDt fixing up the interior fittiugs of the vault. The count showed little loss. There were 50,000 bags containing $1,000 each, and each bag had its own box. The shortage was $896, about which sum litigation is pending with a former mint superintendent. fleretofore these transfers have been made on faith, but Mr. Kretz obtained permission to have the money counted instead of weighed and boxed, so that in future there can be no doubt of the exact sum in each case. The work has been expensive, but it is expected to pay in the loug run. ? One of the best stories yet heard on Governor Atkinson was told by himself to a party of admirers who were chatting with him in the parlor of the hotel at Cochran on his return from his recent visit to the chautauqua at Hawkinsville. The story is such a good one that it is worth repeating, says the Atlanta Constitution. "It was during my recent inspection of the convict camps," said the governor. "Among other places I visited were the coal mines, and in order to make a thorough inspection it was necessary to go down into the mines and see the convicts at work. Two guards accompanied me down into the mines. They showed me everything of interest and finally took me to where the convicts were at work. As we approached them one of the convicts rushed over to me crying: 'Good Lord, Bill Atkiuson as sure as I live ! I never expected to see you here. What on earth, Bill, did they convict you of doing ?' I readily recognized the man as one whom I had known since my boyhood !" ? Secretary Hester's weekly New Orleans cotton statement, issued last Friday, shows the amount brought into sight to be 27,873 bales, against 30,658 for the seven days ending May 21, last year, 25,737 year before last and 19,582 in 1894. Total movement from September 1 to date, 8,254,994, against 6,817,252 last year, 9,630,84S year before last and 7,245,608 same time in 1894. The movement since September 1 shows receipts at all United States ports 6,613,244, against 5,121,056 last year, 7,941,151 year before last and 5,755,070 same time in 1894. Overland to the north, 861,900, against 793,406 last year, 1,021,939 year before last and 808,948 same time in 1S94. Southern mill takings, 789,106, against 771,986 last year, 773,131 year before last, and 623,609 same time in 1S94 ; northern mill takings, 1,608,340, against 1,527,546 last year. Foreign exports for the week, 56,823, against 39,130 last week. Total thus far for the season, 5,698,881, against 4,258,278 last year, or an increase of 1,440,403. Including stocks left over| at ports and interior towns for the last 1 crop and the number of bales brought < into sight thus far for the new crop, | the supply to date is 8,593,543, against j 7,127,206 for the same period last year. ( ? Prof. John Bach McMaster, of the j Uuiversity of Pennsylvania, says that ( the Cuban resolution recognizing that a state of war exists in Cuba and de- 1 daring a strict neutrality between the 1 two parties would not, if passed, < change the relations of Spain and the 1 United States. If the United States recognizes the fact of war, he says, it would leave this government in pre- i cisely the same relation to Spain and j Cuba that it already holds iu respect to Greece and Turkey. The recogni- , tion of a state of war would not give J Spain the right of searching American vessels, nor would it relieve her from liability to claims for damages to the 1 property or persons of American citi- ' zens done by Spain's armies. It would < ^ 1* r , relieve dpain 01 iiauiuty ior uamagcs i to American property done by the ] Cubans. The Cuban government, if , it were successful, would be liable for such damages done by it. If Spanish cruisers seized an American vessel, claiming it was a filibuster, they would take her to a Spanish port and she would be condemned a9 a prize. Overzealousness on the part of the Spanish, : And conflicting evidence about the purpose of a vessel, would give room for difficulties. i ?lu Horkvillf ffinqutwt. YORKVILLE, 8. C.: WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1897. ? Both bouses of congress adjourned on Monday on account of the death 01' Senator Earle. ? Now that congress has appropriated ssnnnn for the relief of Americans in Cuba, there is, perhaps, reason to hope that it will next probably set about trying to do something for the relief of Americans in America. ? Already President Johnson has begun to receive applications for dormitory room at Winthrop during the next session. This is but another indication of the increasing perplexity of an already serious problem which must eventually be solved by the erection oi a new dormitory. ? President McKinley has remitted the sentence of dismissal from the service imposed on Captain Romeyn, convicted at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, altera sensational trial, of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. The remission is on account of the long and creditable service of the captain, and the punishment has been softened to a severe reprimand. ? The principal aim of the present administration seems to be to so monkey with the tariff as to insure its being taken up as the principal issue in the next cam paign. The gold standard leaders of both factions recognize that the only way to prevent the ultimate triumph ol free coinage, is to keep it as far as possible in the background. How this scheme is going to work cannot be told certainly : there is reason to fear the probability of its success. ? Jesse Grant, a son of the late president, has obtained from the president of Mexico, a concession which includes the famous hot springs at Tia Juana, just across the boundary line, and it is reported that the object of Mr. Grant and his associates, is to erect thereon a gambling house that will cost ?2,000,000, and be the finest in the world. Every known game of chance is to be included, and there is to be a big lottery connection which proposes to operate in the United States. ? Just one word of advice to people who would not make the situation in this section worse than it really is. Let them stop croaking evil, at least until they know what they are talking about. If the world were to be drowned with water again, probably this section would not be the last to show above the surface; but when it comes to starvation, or a financial smashiiD alone any line, almost anybody with ordinary intelligence ought to be able to see that this section of the country will bo called upon to witness a good deal of suffering elsewhere before its own turn comes. ? Of the Yukon valley in Alaska, they are telling gold mining stories which seem to far eclipse anything that was known in California, even in '49. The story is that free gold is being panned out ' at the rate of from $50 to $500 a day, and a 1 perfect stream of fortune hunters is rushing into the country from all parts of the 1 world. As to how much truth there is in ' the story of such remarkable panning, is, of course, a matter of very serious doubt; ' but as the scene is rather a long distance away, it is not improbable that the details have developed considerably in the course of their travels. ? There seems to be a pretty general teeling throughout the state that the man to succeed the late .Senator Mario, is Hon. John L. McLaurin. The only objection ( offered is that because of his being a member of the committee on ways and means, Mr. McLaurin should not be I o..t tl.o J,,.,,'PI,at Mr Mo Luurin is at present the ablest representative South Carolina has in the house, and ; that bis position on the ways and means | committee is of Igreat importance to the ' state and to the Democratic party, there is no question; but such: things us these | should not stand in the way of his ap pointment as senator. It looks too much . like putting ability and patriotism at a discount. Whether Mr. McLaurin wants the position, or whether he would take it if it were ofTered to him, is in the light of the splendid work he is doing in the house, a matter of uncertainty. But even this fact should not be taken into considsration. From any point of view, ho is fairly and squarely entitled to the refusal )f the positiou, and it should be ofTered turn at ODce. ? "Chickens come home to roost," they jay, and whether it is true or not, there is in Senator Tillman's letter to Governor Ellerbe, published in this issue, what seems to be a striking exemplification of ;he adage. We refer to what the senator tias to say about Larry Gantt. Tillman ind Irby, it will be remembered, were originally responsible for the bringing of Gantt into the state, and it was largely upon the recommendation of Irby, who represented that Gantt could "outliethem ill (meaning the South Carolina editors) put together," that the thing was done. Now we find Senator Tillman abusing Gautt for continuing to do lust what he was brought here to do, and somehow we can't help from thinking that it is funny. ? Among the names of those mentioned as the possible successor of Senator Earle, are John L. McLaurin, J. E. Tindal, R. B. Watson, J. T. Sloan, D. J. Brabham, W. D. Evans, J. H. Carlisle and John Gary Evans. The appointment of the governor will hold good only until the next meeting of the general assembly, when there must be an election. It has been suggested that in the meantime the candidates for the long term be selected by primary election; but as to whether or not anything of this kind will be done just now, seems to be very uncertain. Already the point has been raised that the members of the general assembly, having discharged their obligation by electing the nominee of the late primary, would not be bound by another primary. We do not think, however, that if a primary should be inaugurated, there would be found many members with sufficient hardihood to ignore its recommendation. ? It is not amiss probably to say to owners of mining prospects that gold mining is just like any other business, except maybe that it involves rather more risks. An undeveloped mine is of no immediate commercial value. No man is going to invest money in a mine on the strength of mere surface indications. Under proper safeguards to himself, he may be willing tc develop at his own expense, and purchase at a price previously agreed upon, or let it alone, as the developments seem to justify ; but until he has an idea of what he is getting, he is not going to buy. If the owner of a prospect sees fit to take too risk 01 development auu me development shows up satisfactorily, a profitable sale is a reasonable certainty. On the other hand, if the development shows no promise, the owner is just where any other dealer would have been under the circumstances?out all of his labor and expense. It is incumbent, therefore, upon owners of prospects to make full use of their gift of common sense, and, under all circumstance, to guard carefully the danger of standing in their own light. BYNUM AND STATE BANKS. Hon. W. D. Bynum, chairman of the executive committee of the bolters from the Chicago platform, has been spending a few days in South Carolina, advocating the establishment of state banks of issuo as the solution of the present financial problem. In a speech in Charleston, among other things^he said: "The present national banking system cannot be made to serve the interests of the people. It would be of no advantage to communities remote from commercial centres to allow the organization of banks with smaller amounts of capital. The people of these sections are not the owners of government bonds, and even if they could raise a sufficient sum of money to purchase $2o,000 worth and start a bank, the volume of money in that locality would be contracted instead of ex panded by the operation. "It would require the shipment of more money out of the country with which to pay for bonds than would be brought in by the bank note issue. Suppose, however, instead of investing the &i5,000 in government bonds, the same would safely sustain 75 per cent, of bank note issue, thus the community would gain double the amount of loanable capital, which would materially reduce the rate of interest and still give to the banker a greater profit," From this it would appear that Mr. Bynum has a pretty good understanding of the financial question ; but as to whether or not he is sincere is another question. The principal desire of free coinage people, for instance, is the establishment of a currency system which will insure circulation sufficient for the requirements of business, while the single gold standard people are after only such a circulation as they can comract and control. State banks will fill the bill of the free coinage people, and Mr. Bynum is aware r>f that fact. He is also aware, nowever, that if he can get the people divided on the question the relief that would be offorded by either scheme would be post-1 poned only so much the longer, and in j view of the gentleman's past conduct, we have an idea that this division and postponement is the principal end that he is now driving at. MERE-MENTION. The Virginia state campaign was opened last Friday with silver as the principal issue. President McKinley has decided to attend the Nashville expositfon. The executive committee of the National Sound Money league, met in Chicago last Friday and made arrangements for a campaign of literature scattering. The general assembly of the Northern Presbyterian church met in Kagle Lake, Indiana, last Friday. The ?avel of the moderator was presented by ex-President Harrison. Thomas A. Edison says that motor carriages will <onn lie cheaper and more plentiful than bicycles. William R. Ross, age 15 years, committed suicide at Stockton, N. J., last Sunday, because he could not| stop tbe cigarette habit.'" The first train on the Yazoo and Mississippi railroad, since the flood, arrived at Greenville, Miss., last Sunday. Senator Mallory, of Florida, took oath of office on Monday. Yesterday was fixed as the day for taking up the tariff bill in the senate for its final passage. Congress, which was called in extra session for the especial purpose of passing the tariff bill, has now been deliberating on the matter for ten week and two days. General Miles, who recently went to Geece to study the war, has been ordered to be in London not later than June 15, to take part in tbe exercises in honor of tbe sixtieth anniversary of Queen Victo ria's accession to the throne. The attendance at the Nashville exposition last week aggregated 50,000. The estate of the late President Hayes has just been forced to pay the sum of $7,500 to Mrs. Addis M. Smith, on account of damages sustained by her in a runaway accident caused by a dog belonging to the Hayes estate. Many of the patriotic Greeks who went home from various points of the world to fight for their country, find themselves in a destitute condition, without employment and without means to get back to the places from whence they came. The Italians who have for sometime past been trying to conquer the Absysinians. have at last decided to give it up as a bad job. Christ church, in Savannah, Ga.. of which John Wesley was the third rector, was destroyed by fire last Saturday. TILLMAN AND SIBLEY. Rotli Are Expected to Be at the Tlrzah Emcampment. From the Columbia Reccord. The anuuul Alliance encampment this summer at Tirzah, in York county, will be the greatest ever held there. The crowd will be euormous, for people from five or six counties are already planning to attend. All the congressmen and senators from this state the olficers and others have been invited to attend and make addresses, and most of them will do so. It is unofficially announced, but ap pareutly upon good authority, that Senator Tillman will attend this encampment and deliver a most notable speech there?a speech such as he has not delivered in South Carolina siuce 1890, not even in the exciting and soul-stirring campaign of 1892. The Record's informant said that Tillman would welcome this great gathering of the tillers of the soil, the yeomanry of the state, the backbone of the Reform movement as a "silvern opportunity" to make such a speech as he realizes there is a necessity of, from a Reform standpoint. He continued : "The Reform phalanx needs solidification, with possibly some changes of alignment. This has been talked of in a quiet way, there being two conflicting ideas at work as to how that process should be carried on. Everybody knows Tillman is an aggressive fighter, and he will not wait until his campaign in 1900 for re-election to commence propagating his ideas as to solidification. "I have reason to believe the senior South Carolina senator will be at the Tirzah encampment aud make a speech then which will ring through the state more powerfully than even his speech at Bennettsville eleven years ago. He is a trash-mover "'hen he gets starteu, and some lively developments may be expected this summer. "The other idea of which I have spoken may not have an active, open propaganda, for its chief adherents think it is like a snowball rolling down hill ?it gets bigger as it goes." Ex-Congressman Joseph Sibley, of Pennsylvania, the millionaire who had the courage of his convictions and espoused the cause of silver despite hid money and his residence in the ''effete east," has accepted an invitation to make a speech at Tirzah, and doubtless silver leaders throughout the state will go there to bear him. His fierce denunciation of Cleveland in a speech in congress several years ago is still remembered in this state, where plain talking is'appreciated. Speeches by two such men as Sibley and Tillman will make this year's encampment the most notable in Tirzah's history. CHASED BY SPANIARDS. A British Fruit Steamer Han a Narrow Escape From Capture. After being twice chased by Spanish guuboats and passing through a perfect storm of shot, which splushed in the water across the vessel's bows, the British fruit steamer Ethelred arrived at this port after a five days' run from Port Antonio, Jamaica, says a Philadelphia dispatch of Sunday. When the Ethelred left here on May 12 it was the intention of Captain J. D. Hart to accompany her, but he was arrested as he was about to go on board. As it was his invalid daughter was a passenger. It is supposed that ageuts of the Spanish government in this city had notified the Spanish authorities at Havana to watch for the Ethelred in Havana waters. The first encounter with the Spanish cruisers occurred off Cape Maisi on the trip down. Just after dusk on Sunday evening, May 16, a gunboat, without any lights, shot out from under the Maisi capes, and, crowding on all steam, steered directly for the fruit vessel. After steaming for an hour without gaining an inch, the gunboat turned a searchlight on the other vessel. All steam was crowded on the Ethelred, which was beginning to show the Snauiards a clean pair of heels, when a small white cloud of smoke belched from the cruiser's side, and a second later a solid shot cut the water a half mile ahead of her bows. Then came a second and third shot, each uearer than the others. Captain Israel kept on his course, and after auother hour's hot chase the Spaniards dropped from the race, The second chase happened last Thursday in almost the exact spot iu which the attempt to hold the vessel up occurred. Just as the Ethelred rounded Cape Maisi an immense Spanish gunboat, of the newest type, started out from under the cape and gave chase. For two hours the chase was kept up, enlivened now and then by a solid shot throwing up a sheet of spray just ahead of the swift vessel's bows. It begau to look as if the Spaniards meaut to chase the Ethelred clear to the Delaware capes, when another steamship was sighted, and the big gunboat sheered off and gave vigorous chase to the newly discovered vessel. I | LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. J. Ilunter?Has received a new lot of Wylman <fc Co's. oxfords of different styles and is offering children's, misses and ladies' shoes at reduced prices. H. C. Strauss?Is offering white silk parasols at 50 cents oh the dollar?just half price ; ladies' slippers and low-cut shoes at three-fourths the usual price, lace curtains at from 10 cents upward, ladies' shirt waists at from 20 cents upward, men's work overalls, work shirts, men's drawers, gents' dress shirts at from 25 cents to 5150, and a big lot of handbags and trunks. Grist Cousins?Have provided themselves with a delivery wagon and customers can give their orders to the driver and which will be promptly filled at lowest prices. They have "strained honey and Heinz's pickles. J. Palmer Moore, Guthriesville?Has lost a bay mare filley about which he wants information. J. M. Starr & Co.?Are prepared to supply you with potatobug, bedbug, tly, crow and hawk poisons, millet seed and stationery. D. Hutchison, President?Eleventh annual statement of the Savings Bank, of Rock Hill. J. H. Miller, Cashier?Report of the condition of the First National Bank of Rock Hill on the 14th of May, 1897. Joseph Wylie <fc Co., of Chester?Advertise for a medium size black mare mule, which has strayed or been stolen. W. B. Moore &Co.?Tell you about their stock of crockery, glass and chinaware, icecream freezers, croquet sets, hardware, fine pocket cutlery, Clauss shears?which are warranted?tobacco of different grades and paints for all purposes. JUNE WEATHER. Our Chester weather prophet has sent his predictions for June. The signs, he says, indicate a dry time of it, and he hopes that they will prove incorrect. His predictions are as follows : Froin 1 to 4, windy and cool with pro-1 bably some showers. From 5 to 9, warm er with local thunder showers. From 10 to 14, windy and unsettled. From 15 to 20, hot and dry. From 21 to 25, warm and windy, with some appearances of rain. From 26 to 30, windy and changable. FELL FROM HIS TRAIN. Mr. Hugh McClure, a freight conductor on the Ohio River and Charleston railroad, had a narrow escape with his life last Saturday afternoon. Shortly after the train left Newport, Conductor McClure attempted to ascend from a flat load ol lumber to the top of a box car and, as the result of a sudden jerk, was thrown to the ground with considerable violence. Nothing was known by the train crew of the accident until after reaching Tirzah, when Conductor McClure was miased, and the crew of a special that was on its way to Camden, was requested to look for the miasing man. When found, Conductor McClure was in an unconscious condition, and investigation showed that his shoulder blade was dislocated. He was carried to Rock Hill, and on Sunday was taken to bis home at Blacksburg. He is now getting along as nicely as could be expected; but will very probably be laid up for several weeks. ABOUT PEOPLE. Representative Epps was in Yorkville last Saturday. Judge Witkerspoon left Yorkville last Saturday for the purpose of convening court in Beaufort on Monday. Miss Addie Williams, of Yorkville, went over to Rock Hill on Saturday to spend about two weeks with friends. Mr. W. Charlton DuRant, of Mauning, is spending a few days in Yorkville, the guest of the family of Mr. W. B. Steele. The state convention of King's Daughters met in Charleston last week. Miss Beckham, of Rock Hill, was elected a member of the executive committee. Miss Mary Gribbin, of Winthrop college, spent Sunday in Yorkville, the guest of Miss Minnie Cody. Mrs. J. W. Betts, who has been seriously ill for many weeks past, and who is now at the home of ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Lesslie, of Lesslie, is showing but little if any signs of improvement. OVER AT ROCK HILL. Rock Hill is an especial centre of interest this week, and is entertaining large crowds from the surrounding country and neighboring towns, the principal attraction being Evangelists Sam Jones and George Stewart. The excursions of last Sunday were well patronized and carried a great many people. The Rev. Sam had not arrived, as was generally expected; but there was not a great deal of disappointment. Rev. Mr. Stewart did some preaching that seemed to be entirely satisfactory. Yesterday was the day of the bicycle races, and quite a number of people went from Yorkville and other points along the lines ot railroad. The races had not been completed at the time at which it was necessary for The Enquirer to go to press, however, and a detailed account cannot be given until later. The services in the tabernacle are being held twice a day. The railroads are giving reduced rates, and on next Sunday, the 0. R. & C. road will again run special trains. SCHOOL MATTERS. The county school board has about completed arrangements for the establishment of the proposed school book repository, which will be opened in Yorkville about the first of July. The list of school books adopted for use in this county is as follows: Holmes's Readers, Swinton's Word Book. Tarbell's Lessons in Language, Hansell's U. S. History, Montgomery's Beginner's History, Chapman's History of South Carolina, Curry's Southern States of the American Union, Maury's Geography, Robinson's and Wentworth's Algebra; Webster's Dictionary, Riverside Literature, Graphic System of Writing. The above are from the list adopted by the state board, and their exclusive use is protected by the following provisions of the statutes: "It shall be unlawful for any teacher drawing public money, to use any book not prescribed by the state board of education, without the consent, in writing, of said board." Superintendent Shurley will not keep on sale any books other than those mentioned. RUNAWAY ACCIDENT. A serious runaway accident, which came near being accompanied by fatal results, occurred on the Main street of Yorkville yesterday morning, the scene being from the store of Messrs. Beard A Carroll, to the Jell'erson street crossing. Messrs. H. D. Kennedy and Mr. L. F. Ashe, of the Philadelphia neighborhood, were loading a wagon at Messrs. Beard it Carroll's, when the horse, in some unaccountable manner, became frightened and started up the street at full speed. Mr. Ashe, who has only one arm, jumped out and escaped without injury. Mr. Kennedy did what he could to stop the horse until one of the lines broke, after which he was helpless. At W. E. Fer guson's corner, somebody tried to stop 1; the horse by getting in the middle of the e street, and the animal suddenly darted y down West Jefferson street, overturning d the wagon and throwing Mr. Kennedy v out on his face against a stone. t Mr. Kennedy was knocked almost in- r sensible, and although no bones were t broken, he sustained a frightful gash o about the right cheek bone. He was taken to the office of Dr. R. A. Bratton, 1 who carefully dressed his wounds and i gave him such other attention as his con- a dition seemed to require. He was able to s go home a few hours later; but the prob- > ability is that he will be confined to his 1 home, unable to work, for several days. THE NASHVILLE REUNION. Considerable interest is being manifest- r ed by the Confederate veterans in the pro- * posed reunion in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 22. So far, Major Hart, who is interested in the matter in behalf of the Micah Jenkins Camp of Confederate veterans, has a list of about 35 or more who intend to go from this section, and others are reporting every day. Just what arrangement will be made for the trip from here have not been fully decided upon. The Seaboard Air Line people has offered to send a special car here, to leave by the 0. R. <ft C., on the morning of June 21, and get to Nashville by way of Catawba Junction and Atlanta, on the morning of June 22. % The distance from here to Nashville is 538 miles, and the best rate, so far offered, is one cent a mile each way. It is possible that this is bottom figures; but, all the same, there is plenty of time yet in which | to perfect arrangements, and Major Hart will not commit himself until he sees further. In the meantime, all the veterans in this immediate section who intend to take in the re-union, will do well to advise Major Hart of the fact, as the larger the crowd the better the accommodations mntt ItA AOAIira/1 lunt juajr uo oovuivu* i HOMICIDE IN GAFFNEY. ? Mr. Robert Ownes was shot and killed in Gatfhey City, last Sunday, at about < noon, by Mr. Charles Jaggers, who claims that the act was accidental. < The shooting took place in the teut of a ' flying trapeze, which was being operated by Owens with Jaggers as assistant. Ac- i cording to the testimony developed at the ' inquest, the two young men wore point- < ing their pistols at each other in fun, I when the weapon of Jaggers was discharged with the result stated. i Jaggers is the young man who got into i a difficulty in Yorkville some weeks ago, shooting Mr. Church Carroll through the ' ear, and whose case was compromised < without investigation by the authorities. 1 It is said that Jaggers and Owens had i bad several more or less serious quarrels I previous to the shooting, and there are those in Chester who know both parties, ] and who do not fully .believe the story ] that the killing of Owens was altogether a matter of accident. 1 The unfortunate young man who was i killed, was a son of Mr. James Owens, < formerly of Yorkville, and bore a good 1 character in every respect. He was about | iy years 01 age. ma uuujf uucii m Chester by his father on Sunday night, and was buried on Monday, the funeral being attended by a large number of j relatives and friends. Young Jaggers was committed to jail in Gaffney City, and at the approaching tertn of court, which convenes next Monday, will be tried on the charge of mur- ' der. Mr. Thomas B. Butler has been 1 retained for his defense. j ROCK HILL'S MILLS. ( While over in Rock Hill last Saturday, ( a representative of The Enquirer got , some definite information as to the "troubles" of the local cotton mills. _ I A n/iA^inn fn onma Af tllA n 11 morflllQ ir /VVVUIUIU^ IAS OVIUO Vi VUV uu??vaw?.w .. responsible and more or less ridiculous rumors that have been in circulation for sometime past, especially since the unfortunate Globe mill was put into the , bands of a receiver, the Rock Hill mills ' generally have been in a bad way. As ' the result of conversations with responsi- ] ble and reliable business men who are in . a position to know, and do know exactly what they are talking about, The En- 1 q uirer is in a position to tell a some- 4 what different story. That the Globe mill is in a pretty bad 1 ! fix, financially, is^true. Nobody seeks to deny the fact. As the situation is to be seen now, those who went into the enter- 1 prise originally made a mistake. It will 4 be remembered that the machinery is 4 second-hand, and at ihe time it was put 4 in, was old and badly worn. But the 4 mistake of those who put up the necessary money to get the mill in operation, 1 etc., was principally in their inability to 4 foresee the present depression in the price ' of goods. At that time the mill was able * to run at a reasonable profit. A large 1 portion of its capital, however, was bor- 1 rowed, and to pay heavy interest charges with inferior machinery in a season of * depression like the present, has been f rather too great an undertaking. Still, J when the situation begins to brighten up, > as everybody believes it will before a 4 great while, it will no doubt be found that 4 its affairs are not nearly so desperate as 8 has been generally supposed. < The case of the Standard mill is very Tf hoo tioon mnlfiiiir mnnflv 1 all along, and it is making money now. f The application in the United States court i last week for the appointment of a re- ? ceiver, turns out to be more than any- t thing else a piece of spite work. The ? mill owed some money to a chemical t concern. There was a slight misunder- ? standing as to terms and amount, etc. I When the matter was straightened out to his satisfaction, President London sent r his check. By the next mail he received i a letter acknowledging the receipt of the s check, and in the papers of the following tday, it was announced that the chemical c dealers had applied for the appointment ( of a receiver. The circumstance was \ something that the mill men could not 1 well understand, and as the result of a i telegram threatening a suit for $50,000 damages, the chemical dealers were glad 1 to stop proceedings and called it square, i As to whether they will gel off at that has 1 not yet developed. The Standard mill i has on hands goods to the value of many s thousands of dollars, it is right now run- T ning on profitable contracts, and as one t of the gentlemen from whom The En- i quikek gets its information, says, "it is 1 not only not 'busted but it is not going to 'bust* until you see the cotton mills s and other enterprises generally in this t country going down like a row of blocks." 1 The Hock Hill factory is shut down for <; the present, and with the exception of a d probable short run of 10 days or such a I matter, will likely be shut down for the I next three months. But the significance i of this fact is rather different from that v naturally attributed by irresponsible ru- c mor. This mill commenced operation 1(1 c years ago, and much of its machinery is t old and worn. The power arrangement I is also antiquated. With a comparative- s y small expenditure, it is possible to ffeet a saving of something like $3,000 a 'ear in coal bills alone, another thousand lollars is to be saved in insurance, and vith the introduction of new machinerybe main purpose for which the mill is low shut down?it is not thought likely hat the mill will have seriously suffered m account of its temporary suspension. Both of the new mills?the Arcade and Manchester?are running full time, payng expenses, getting in new machinery ind proceeding generally in remarkably itrange contrast to the ever-flying rumors vbicli appear to hit them as often and as rnrd as the older established enterprises. ABOUT SHEEP RAISING. Km i-miiU nf tlift rftpfttit. namirranh in The Enquirer to the effect that he has i flock of nearly 200 sheep, Mr. J. Edgar Poag, of Rock Hill, has been talked ibout a great deal, not only in the papers >f South Caroliua; but in those of adoining states, and most of what has been iaid has been calculated to awaken interest in sheep raising generally. But it should not be thought for a ruinate that Mr. Poag is a crank on the sheep piestion, for a crank he certainly is uot. \ more matter of fact, practical citizen ban Mr. Poag is met within this section anly at rare intervals. Some slight illustration of this fact is to be found In a conversation the reporter had with him at the time be flrat incidentally mentioned his big flock of sheep. "I would not advise anybody to go into *heep raising as an exclusive business," he said. "While sheep can be raised as profitably here as they can be raised anywhere, the thing for this country is cotton and corn. These crops are the basis of all successful farming. Sheep raising is anly an important incident. Almost any farmer, however, will find it profitable to raise a greater or less number of sheep, and generally he will find that it costs more to do without them than it does to raise them. It is a small business, it is Lrue; but it pays a larger per cent, of profit than almost any other business that a man can go into." "How About the losses on account of jogs?" the reporter asked. "Ob, that is a greatly exaggerated bugaboo," Mr. Poag replied, somewhat contemptuously. "Of course some dogs will kill sheep if they get a chance; but it is a rare thing that I have ever lost any sheep on account of dogs, and the dog ioes not do nearly as much damage as he jets credit for." "Then I frequently hear something of i disease called rot. What of that?" the reporter asked next. "Nothing but a cold,'.' Mr. Poag said. "It does not amount to much. It is easily cured, often with a little tar on the nose or other simple remedy. Of course sheep require more or less attention ; but not so much as other kinds of farm animals." Continuing, Mr. Poag observed that the principal end of the sheep is the market, [f it reaches the market in a firstclass condition, it will bring a good price that .?111 ? *U? A Tf wild. y&y.-.itUV IH130I n uauuov/iuo pmiivi ?? it does not reach the market in a firstclass condition, whatever trouble and expense here may have been in the raising, will jo for nothing. LOCAL LACONICS. Room at the Top. Up to the present writing, Gaffney City bas seven lawyers and is looking for more. [julte Popular. A passenger on the northbound O. R. k C. train, counted 11 buggies at Tirzah is he passed that place last Saturday afternoon. The First Watermelons. The first car load of Florida watermelons, en ?oute for New York, passed over the C., C. & A. railroad last Saturday. The Enquirer Until 1st of January, 1898. The Semi-Weekly Enquirer will oe sent to any address, from this date until the 1st of January, 1898, for $1.18. To Succeed Earle. The Laurens correspondent of the Sreenville News mentions D. E. Finley, Esq., of York, as a suitable successor to Judge Earle. Sew Doctors. Drs. Charles R. May, of Yorkville, and Henry F. Alexander, of Fort Mill, are iraong those who successfully passed the jxamination before the state board in Columbia last week. [ntendant of Tlrzah. At an election last week, Mr. W. T. Massey was chosen as intendant of Tirzah for the ensuing year. The election was juite close, Mr. Massey defeating the ather candidate?Mr. R. L. Wycoff? by a tingle vote. Cherokee Court. There has been a slight misunderstanding as to the date of the convening of uourt in Cherokee county. The first Monday after the fourth Monday in May s the way the statutes have it, and that is aext Monday, May 31. reachers' Examination. There is to be a mid-summer examinaion of applicants to teach in the public ichools. It will take place during the atter part of June, and its especial object s the accommodation of college students >vbo desire to teach during vacation. All jthers, however, who may desire to do 10, will have the same right to apply. )rders Ahead. The Enquirer has it straight that the ifork Cotton mills have orders right now tnnra com than th?u nan fnrniah Hnr ng the next three months, running night ind day, and at prices which, to "big hings," insure a handsome profit. Times ire pretty dull, it is true; but the end of he world has not quite come to the cotton nanufacturing business yet. )l?pUcet the Wheelbarrow. Messrs. Grist Cousins have just received ind placed on the streets for the accoionodation of their customers, a handKinie delivery wagon, of the quality and tyle so familiar in large towns. It is irawn by a good horse and takes the dace of the "nigger and wheelbarrow," vhich have heretofore been doing the deivery work for the firm, tullding Up Rapidly. Leslie station, five miles east of Rock dill, has grown to be quite a village durng the past fev. years. Hopewell Presbyterian church is being completed, and a lumber of new residences are to bo seen cattered about the immediate vioinity. rho citizens about take quite ajpride in he little village, and are confident that ts progress has just begun. / Plllln* In IIia T?>out1MM / The statement made in The Enquirer ome time ago that the King's creek tresle was being filled In was incorrect. There has been a gocd deal of filling in >f trestles between Lancaster and Canilen, and work of this kind is now in (rogress in North Carolina; but as yet letween Yorkville and tilacksburg, nothng has been done. As to exactly what rill be done in the case of the King's reek trestle has not been definitely deided. In some places Ihe trestle is niney feet high, and it will average 75 feet he whole distance. Coder the circumtances it is a question as to whether it is / i i f i