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Scraps ami .facts. ? Sometime back it was pretty well settled that the next Maryland senate would be Republican, aud that Senator Gorman would be relegated to private life. General Felix Agnu9, of Baltimore, however, who is generally conceded to be Mr. Gorman's prospective successor in the event of Republican success, gives it up now that the next legislature will be Democratic and that Gorman will be his own si ccessor. ?"Lord Beresford," otherwise Sidney Locelles, the young adventurer who was sometime ago sent to the Georgia penitentiary for forgery and afterward pardoned by the governor, is in luck again. It will be remembered that shortly before his conviction he had married a very wealthy young woman from New York, and white he was in prison she secured a divorce. After his nardon he went to the new town of Fitzgerald, Ga., and started life anew by entering the real estate and commission business. Last Tuesday he was married to a Miss Pelky, who is said to be worth $100,000 in her own right. ? Here it is again: "The report that the Mississippi floods would cut off the crop 1,500,000 bales has," says the Atlanta Journal, "caused much heavier planting than usual in other localities, especially in Texas, where a 4,000,000 bale crop is not improbable. The cotton acreage of Georgia has also been considerably increased, against the advice of the Cotton Growers' association, and in defiance of the dictates of the past experience with large crops. The press of the state has persistently warned the farmers not to go in too heavily on cottoc, and to make sure of raising their own supplies; but these counsels appear to have had little effect. Estimates of the cotton crop are yet of no value, but it is safe to say that with favorable seasons it will far exceed the crop of last year. If it does a low price for cotton will be inevitable. ? Representatives of practically all of the tobacco manufacturers in the United States, with the exception of cigar manufacturers, met in Washington last Wednesday to protest against the proposed advance of 2 cents a - 5 _ j.1 A. pouua ID lue iu.\ on luuautu wuiciuplated in the senate amendment to the tariff bill. There were present and represented about 150 manufacturers. The total tobacco output, exclusive of cigars, of the Uuited States, is about $300,000,000 annually, and of this amount over $250,000,000 was represented. General E. McAlpin, of New York, was chairman, and T. E. Allen, secretary. Resolutions were unanimously adopted which briefly cite the injury inflicted upon the trade by the frequent changes of the tax rate and protest against the adoption of the senate amendment. The meeting adjourned to present the resolutions at the Capitol. ? Writing from River Bend, Ala., to the Atlanta Constitution, Mr. P. W. Wallace says: Some time since, I read an article iu The Constitution in which mention was made of the battle of King's Mountain, and the hanging of some Tories. I am satisfied I have the best history of those events of any one living. 1 am now 70 years old, and was raised by my grandfather, John Wallace, who was wounded iu the hand iu said battle, and carried the scar to his grave and died at my home in 1847, in his89th year. I have heard him describe the battle ground and the plan of attack so accurately I have ofteu thought I could identify the very spot. I have often heard him describe the hauging of Tories. Nine were hung on the same gallows. They were hung in the night. One of them was a preacher. He sung and prayed under the gallows. I have in my possession a powder horn that was picked up on the battleground of King s Mountain by my grandfather. He gave it to me and 1 am proud of it, and proud that no Tory blood runs in my veins. ? The government's weekly crop report issued from Washington last Tuesday says: Cotton has experienced general improvement in Texas and has made rapid advancement over the southern part of the state, where squares and bolls are forming. A decided improvement is also reported from Alabama, with favorable reports from Arkansas and Georgia. Cool nights have proved injurious in Tennessee, and but slight improvement is reported in Louisiana, where the plaut is sickly and is being injured by lice. While cool uights have unfavorably atfected the crop in Mississippi, it shows improvement. In the Caroliuas the plant is small, but healthy. In Indiana and Ohio, where corn plauting has been much retarded, rapid progress in planting has been made during the week. Plautiug is well advanced iu Michigan aud continues iu Wisconsin, Minuesota and North Dakota. Cultivation has begun in southern Illinois, Iowa aud Nebraska, where plauting is practically completed. Considerable replanting is necessary iu Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky aud portions of Kansas, owing to poor stauds. Cool nights have proved unfavorable in the Ohio valley. TeunesnnH p?cf jrnlf sfufps ? Here is what "El Diaro de la Marina," the leading newspaper of Havana has to say about the attidude of the United States toward Spain on Cubau question: "We see in the American newspapers evidence that there are certain socialists in the United States not sufficiently alive to the importance of advice, 'Don't monkey with the lion's tail.' These classes are remarkable for the eagerness with which they invade jurisdiction in affairs which like the Cuban war, are exclusively the affairs of Spain. The persistence with which they recognize the belligerency of the insurgents is crazy and ridiculous. The important conservative interests of the United Slates should not forget that the palieuce of Spain may soon become ex hausted. The Spauish government has given abundant proofs of its good will by ignoring the many inconveniences that have been caused by the resolutions in congress. Those interests ought to be thaukful to us for our abnegation. We have suffered. But in case the sword should he unsheathed, Spain would certainly not be the heaviest loser in the fight. Spain has Sent 200,000 men to Cuba to settle a domestic difficulty. What would she not do in the event of a foreign war with the nation which for a century has abused our patience by ignoring Spanish honor and chivalry ? President McKinley should consider this carefully, and if he is to deal with us as enemies, let him take the advice of an enemy and no longer trifle with us." $hc \torkviUr (gnquhcr. YORKVILLE, 8. C.: SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1897. ? The only trouble with the "advance agent of prosperity" is that he is just four years ahead of his show. The Bryan aggregation is billed for 1900. ? Almost anybody can publish some kind of a newspaper; but to publish a sure-enough newspaper requires energy, enterprise, labor and cash, all of which must be applied literally. ? A Democratic attempt to bring up the Cuban recognition resolution in the house, last Thursday, was thwarted by Chairman Reed. This evidently means that Mr. McKinley is not yet ready to act on the question. ? In following the tariff bill from the house to the senate, Mr. McLaurin will have another shot at that measure, and if he succeeds in mixing the senators up somewhat worse than would have been the case had he not been there, nobody need be surprised. ? Elliott Danforth, chairman of the New York Democracy, is out in an interview in which he says he has just made a tour of the entire state, and, as the result of it, he is satisfied that the party is now ready to come together again in a solid phanlanx on the Chicago platform. ? The Greenville News, of Friday, seems to have worked itself almost ill over a fear that there would bo no primary for the nomination of United States senator. By publishing Mr. McLaurin's letter of acceptance, however, the other papers managed to escape the anxiety of such disturbing suspicions. ? Writing to the Greenville News from New York, A. It. Williams, who was something of u McKinleyite himself at the last election, says that "tens of thousands of men who voted for McKinley are aching for a chance to vote for Bryun." The Enquirer has belie red all the while that these folks would live long enough to learn better. ? It was at 1.40 p. in. last Tuesday that Governor Kllerbe tirst positively announced his intention to appoint Hon. John L. McLaurin to the United States senate, and the news was being read in The Enquirer on the streets of Yorkvillent 4 o'clock the same afternoon. The tirst paper in the state to get out with the news was the Charleston Post, and the second was the Yorkville Enquirer. ? Although people generally seemed to be satisfied with the appointment of Hon. John L. McLaurin to the United States senate, this fact does not change the desirability of holding a primary for the guidance of the general assembly at its next session. There may be others who desire to go before the people for this office, and if so, it is their right to be allowed the opportunity. ? Secretary Tompkins, of the state Democratic executive committee, is reported as saying that a primary for the nomination of a senator will probably be held about September 15. John Gary Evans, aud a lot of others, have been spoken of as probable candidates; but there is very good reason to anticipate that when the time comes, there will not be nearly so many entries as most people seem to think. McLAUKIN ACCEPTS. Proud of the Appointment; But Wants a Primary. Columbia Record, Thursday : Governor Ellerbe has received from Hon. Johu L. McLaurin, the following letter of acceptance of the appointment as United States senator : Dear Sir: Your notification of my appointment to the senate of the United States to till the vacancy caused by the sad death of Senator Earle, has been received. The pride and pleasure at the re eeipt of such a distinguished honor is saddened hy the thought that our state has lost one who, to uiy mind, was the ideal representative of the culture, intelligence and refinement of southern civilization. With a profound consciousness of the responsibility involved and an honest determination to represent as far as I ain able the interests of the entire people of the state, I accept your appoiulmeut. I desire, however, to say that I be lieve that United States seuators i should be elected by a vote of the peo- ' pie ; and as the constitution debars us ] that privilege, I sincerely trust that i the Democratic state executive com- < mittee will, at its convenience, order a primary, and give every Democrat the i chauce of having a voice in the selec- ; tion of one to till this, the highest < oOice in the gilt of the people. I If I am selected, I will have the < proud consciousness of knowing that I I am, in fact, truly the representative of < the people, the whole people of South ] Carolina. It is peculiarly gratifying I to we to receive this appointment at j your hands; but had rot the exigen- I cies of the situation in the senate de- < manded the immediate appointment of < one somewhat familiar with the situa- < tion, I would have requested you to t hold the matter of appointment iD * abbyance until a primary election is 1 ordered, which I hope the executive i committee will see proper to do and < other candidates see fit to enter. i I shall at every meeting insist upon 1 no one voting for me merely because < I have been appointed to the position, i I resign an office but little inferior in dignity and honor. If I am to be con- t tinued in the senate, I want it to be < given me in an election where every t citizen, however bumble he may be, I can have an opportunity to say so at \ the ballot box. Nothing could give me more pleas- ] ure than represent South Carolina in < the seuate chamber of the United ( States, after a free expression from the j people themselves. ? John L. McLaurin. j . t , i BUTLER IN REPLY. The Ex-Senator Sharply Answer* Tillman's Letter. Ex-Senator Butler has given out to the press the following in reply to Senator Tillman's recent statemeut: I observe in the "modified statement" of B. R. Tillman, published in The News of the 23rd instant, he lugs my name into his labored effort at vindication. The statement from beginning to end is more in the nature of a "confession and avoidance" than a vindication. Expletives and slanders, his favorite weapons of controversy, will not satisfy an inquisitive public, which is getting down to a more serious form of inquiry. He says "when these stale slanders about rebates under my administration were put into circulation by the newspapers, and taken up by General Butler in the canvass three years ago, I met them promptly and vigorously at Union and elsewhere, and last winter I joined with Governor Evans in asking that the legislature should appoint a committee to look into the .dispensary's management and set the charges of corruption at rest forever." This is very general, evasive and erroneous. In the first place, the "stale slanders" were not "taken up by General Butler" by anything derived from "the newspapers." Here is what occurred at Uniou : I had received a communication from a gentleman in unarieston, not a newspaper man, iu forming me that by the terms of the whisky trust agreement, every member of the trust was bound to pay a rebate of 7 cents a gallon to all who purchased 1,000 gallous or upward, that is to say, was bound under the trust agreement to pay back 7 cents on every gallon, thus bought;.that the Mill Creek Distillery, ot Ohio, was a member of the trust, and therefore bound to return this rebate; that as Governor Tillman, as chairman of the board of control, and understood to be the sole responsible head, had purchased large quantities from the Mill Creek Distillery, he ought to have received large sums from the Mill Creek Distillery running up into the thousaudsof dollars. This is substantially the information I received from an entirely reliable, experienced source. This comraunicatiou got into The News and Courier and can be found in the tiles of that paper of that date, before I had an opportunity to use it on the stump, in this way: At a meeting preceding the oue at Union, I do not now remember where, Mr. Kohn, the correspondent of The News and Courier, asked me if I had any manuscript I expected to use, I would let him have it in advance, so that he could make a copy at his leisure and thereby save him the labor when sending off his dispatches. I gave him the memorandum fur nished me as above stated, enjoining I him not to publish it until I had em- | braced it in some subsequent speech, i Mr. Kohn, through inadvertence I sup- i pose, forwarded it to his paper, aud it i was published before I had an oppor- s tunity to refer to it. I Mr. Kohn afterwards told me he had I informed Governor Tillman it had J been published without my authority. Notwithstanding this information, J Governor Tillman having the opening speech at Union, made this publica* I tion the text for a violent, coarse, i vulgar attack on me, stirring up the i passions of a few ruffians and black- t guards in the audience, and then, 1 when I got up to reply, the ruffians 1 attempted to browbeat and howl me . down. When the excitement was at i its height aud trouble seemed immi- t nent, Governor Tillman, as usual, left t the stand and sought a place of safety, t In the course of his ribaldry aud vitu- ( peration he denied having collected { the rebates aud endeavored to take s refuge from the awkward dilemma in I ' - * i'..... J l\tr tiilILM M/V At 1 WHICH DC IUUI1U UIUJSCW uy laisiug uu. j er and false issues, having no relevance \ to the rebate question. When I re- < plied I said, among other things, that < there were but two alternatives, either f Governor Tillman had collected the ] thousands of dollars of rebates from i the Mill Creek Distillery and not ac- c counted for them, or had been guilty of s a grave and censurable dereliction of ollicial duty in not collecting the rebates i and turning them into the state treasury for the benefit of the tax payers. f No charges were made, but a sim- c pie inquiry which any taxpayer had a 5 right to make, and auy honest man would have invited and answered dispassionately and frankly. There was jo occasion for such an outburst of coarse ribaldry and unseemly passion. The controversy stands today where t was left off at Union nearly three pears ago, except that the suspicion of crookedness in regard to the rebates has been intensified by a remark which jovernor Evans, bis friend and coaborer in the dispensary business, is charged with having made to Mr. Mixon, late chief dispeuser, to the effect that "BeD Tillman had lined his pockets with rebates." And turther, >y recent intimations and suggestions >n the same line from some of Governor Tillman's closest, and as is generally supposed, most confidential, per tonal aud political friends. JN'ow the simple aud only question as to this 3rancb of the dispensary management, evolving hundreds of thousauds of iollars to the tax-payers, is, were the rebates of 7 cents per gallon collected 'rom the Mill Creek Distillery and jther whisky dealers, and if not, why 30t ? Governor Tillman cannot sidetrack ,bis momentous issue by tirades of ibuse against newspapers, and any ind everybody who chooses to exercise their rights us free and uuterrified citizens. It is the duty and business of newspapers to inform the public of current events, and it is the business and duty )f liberty loving citizens to hold every public official to the strictest accountibility for bis official acts. The newspapers have never, and can never, mpair the official integrity of any lonest official. The official himself nay becloud and besmirch his own -eputation by evasion, irritability and passion under legitimate criticism aud inquiry. ; The stench from the dispensary scanials has reached the acute stage, and ts founders and promoters owe it to themselves and to the people of the state generally, to probe it to the bottom, let out the foul effluvia or "hush." l'bat is what Governor Tillman has re:ently advised the United States senite to do. Legislative committees are very good hings in their way, when they are iu ;arnest; but when men have said "the lorse was 16 feet high," they will scarcely turn rouud, eat their words ind admit the horse was only 19 hands ligh. If the whisky dealers who have sold whisky to the state could be irought into court and forced to testify some reputations would be much bet:er or worse off. It is about time the people in the state were taking matters in their own lauds. Stop listening to twaddle and jonsense, aud have a general overhaulng of their affairs. Prejudice aud lassion and resentments may be very laudy weapons for charlatans and lemagogues to boost themselves into iffice, but they are getting to be very jxpensive luxuries. Taxes which were promised a few years ago to be reduced lave been increased, aud are likely to >e still further increased if a halt is lot called, and the taxpayers have to lay the piper while the demagogues iauce. Public offices were promised to be educed, but they have increased iu lumbers and the taxpayers have to lay the sularies while the increased ifficeholders dance. This, I say, is jetting to be a pretty expensive luxlry, especially when considered in the iglit of the falling off iu revenue from he phosphate royalty and other sources which helped to meet public ixpenditures. It was promised that the dispensary svould pay a half million a year into die state treasury, and ought to have lone so under honest, proper management. What a pitiful showing has Deeu made! ivj. u. jbutlek. Bland on Democracy.?"Silver Dick" Bland says: "The money question will be a more intense issue in 1900 than in the last campaign. The people will begin to realize more than ever that they need bimetallism. They know it now, and I believe an jlection today would result in victory for the Democratic presidential candilate. Any man who voted against Mr. Bryan is not a Democrat. It makes no difference how many Jefferjonian cradles he was rocked in, if he Failed to stand by the Chicago platform he is not a Democrat. There is ao compromise to be made with the aolters. There is no disposition to prevent them from coming hack into die party ; but they should understand ffiat in order to be Democruts again hey must do the coming back themselves. I see no more reason for compromising with Palmer and Buekner ;han with the man who voted for McKinley. The principle is the same. Baa Nothing More to Say. At the conclusion of the hearing of she Vandercock case recently, Judge Bimouton announced that he would tllow 10 days for the filing of addi;ional briefs. Attorney General Barler does not care to say anything 'urther on the subject. In a letter to Tudge Simonton, on Wednesday, he innouuced the fact as follows: "Dear sir: I have concluded to file no further brief or argument on behalf of he respondents in the Vandercock :ase. However, in view of the rule jiving me the reply, I beg to ask that should Mr. Bryan file an additional >rief on behalf of the complainant, ^ou will allow me sufficient time in vhich to reply to it, if a reply is leemed necessary. I do uot want to lelay the decision, and if Mr. Bryan iles a brief aud furnishes me a copy, F shall reply to it immediately, if at ill. I have forwarded Mr. Bryan a :opy of this letter so that he may be ipprised of my claim of right to reply." "ire In Winsboro. Thi* residence of Mr. O. D. Willi brd was destroyed by fire last Tueslay. The building was valued at ?3,500 aud was insured fo $2,500. LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISE WEN I"S. T. B. McClain?Again tells you of the merits of Masury's railroad paint. It is, he claims, not the cheapest paint; but the best. Grist Cousins?Talk to you about the Monarch bicycle and tell you why it is the best, and that it does not requires | repair shop to keep it in order. Besides being the best, they claim it is the fastest, and refer you to the recent races at Rook Hill. Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Offers you 50 cents novels for 10 cents, and *25 cents novels for 5 cents. She also hits Golden soap at 2 cents, toilet soap at 1 cent, whisk brooms for a nickle, men's and boys' straw hats at low prices, bath and carriage sponges, cheap picture frames, mirrors at 10 to 50 cents, and last, but not least. an pletrant stock of millinery. J. A. Shurley, Superintendent of Education?Gives notice that an examination of applicants to teach in the free public schools, will be held in the courthouse in Yorkville on June 26. C. E. Spencer?Offers the Isabella Steele ( house and land, and the J. C. Dickson residence for sale. L. Geo. Grist?Says that the fire insurance written by him for the month of May aggregates now 321,GOO. C. E. Spencer?Offers tracts of land for sale in each of the townships of York, Bullock's Creek, Broad River and Kiug's Mountain. DAVIDSON COMMENCEMENT. Invitations are being sent out for the i sixtieth commencement of Davidson college, June 6 to 10. J The invitation is very neat, being gotten up in plain script throughout, and containing no ornamentation except the college seal originally suggested by P. S. i Ney, reputed to have been the famous marshal of Napoleon. The graduating class consists of sixteen members, including Mr. E. Meek Williams, of York. The exercises commence on June 6 with a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. J. , M. P. Otts, of Alabama, and close on the 10th with a grand concert and reception by societies and fraternities. ABOUT PEOPLE. Clerk Wylie has been confined to his home for several days by illness. Miss Bessie Young, of Union, is in Yorkville, the guest of her aunt, Mrs. S. M. McNeel. Mrs. R. S. Adams, of Bethany, is critically ill, and her friends and relatives fear that she cannot recover. John Lindsay, the 18-months-old son of Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Pressly, of Clover, is seriously ill with dysentery. "Of course I am going to the Nashville re-union," said Captain W. B. Sinitb, to the reporter, a few days ago. There is hardly anything that I enjoy more, and I will continue to attend every re-union as long as I live, provided I am able. Mr. Ed K. McClain, of Houston, Texas, is in Yorkville for a few days, having come over from Charlotte, where he is making his headquarters with his parents. He expects to return to Texas within about a week. ACCORDING TO JAGGERS. The Spartanburg Herald has interview- i ed Charles Jaggers as to the killing of Robert Owens in Gaffney, last Sunday. . Jaggers talked freely, and in the course i of the interview gave his reason of the matter as follows: I "On Sunday morning early, Bob Owens i and myself were shaving and making ] preparations to take a walk with several friends who had already congregated < round about and waiting on us. There was some whisky in the crowd and I i took one drink. No one was drinking to ( amount to anything, and everything was i peaceable and orderly. After awhile Bob Owens picked up a brace of pistols and i pointing theni at the fireman of the engine for the flying jenny, said: 'Now dance.' Then I got hold of the pistols, 1 and turning to Bob said: 'Now, you dance.' Then one of the pistols suddenly i went off and Bob shrieked out, '0, God, I'm shot!' He staggered and fell, and a i crowd of us hastened to pick him up and lay him on a cot near by. He lived but a short time, and never spoke again. The j ball hit him just a fraction above the | heart. We never had a quarrel and have > been good friends since boyhood. Wo | were just having a little fun with the , pistols, and it was all accidental." < * ! AVINTHROP COMMENCEMENT. , The annual commencement exercises of I the Winthrop Normal and Industrial college are to take place June 0 to 8 next. Invitations to the exercises have just been issued and they are the handsomest to < make their appearance from any institu- < tion hereabouts this season. Inclosed in a square envelope of parchment are the five cards containing the invitation. They are of parchment tied together with a < silk cord. The engraving is beautiful. The regulation script has been abandoned i and the cards are written in a ladies' chirography. The first of the pages repre- ] sents an envelope which has been torn < open; the contents are close by and bid l the recipient attend the exercises. Briefly expressed the following is the i programme of all the exercises: Bacca- i laureate sermon, Sunday, June 0, 8.30 p. in.; joint meeting of the literary societies and recital of the pupils in reading, 11 a. I m., Tuesday; annual concert and recep- i tion, 8.30 p. m., Tuesday; meeting of alumnae, 11 a. m., Wednesday; com- ! mencement exercises proper, 8.30 p. in., .< Wednesday. 1 The officers of this year's graduating < class are as follows: Misses Rosa Oliver 1 Dantzler, president; Mary Elizabeth Hel- 1 lams, secretary ; Kstelle Walterene Rich- t unison, historian; Texie A. Young, j prophet; Lucy Mary Riser, poetess ; J Nellye Gary McFall, lawyer. The other i mem hers of the class are: Misses Laura < Corwin Bellows, Gillie Bristow, Flora 1 Leith Chapman, Georgia Anderson Charl- * ton, Metalia Margaret Conner, Nellie t Louise Cochrane, Bessie E. Floyd, Ella r Mackey, Lillian Murphy, Mary Adams ? Roach, Helen Charlotte Tompkins and i Mary Joe Withers;mon. < a TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. \ In another column, Superintendent of t Education Shurley, announces that an 1 examination of applicants to teach in the 1 public schools of York county will be 1 made in the courthouse at Yorkville, on 2 Friday, June 25. The rules under which c certificates will be awai'dcd have been I adopted and promulgated by the state board as follows: c Section 15. There shall be but two f grades of teachers' county certificates? i a lirst grade and a second grade?the lat- i ter being divided into Class A and Class L 1J. This is not to ail'ect third grade cer- i titicates now outstanding. s Section 16. To obtain a first grade teach- c era' county certificate, the applicant shall stand a written examination on first grade questions prepared and furnished to the county hoard of education by the state board, and shall make a general average of not less than 80 per cent., and not less than 80 per ceut. on any one branch. The county board may also impose oral tests in reading and language. To obtain a second grade teacher's county certificate, the applicant shall stand a written examination on questions prepared and furnished to the county board of education by the state board, and also such oral tests in reading and language as the county board may impose. To an applicant standing an examination on first grade questions and failing to obtain a first grade certificate, a second grade certificate, Class A, shall be issued if the applicant makes a general average of 70 per cent., and not less than 45 yer cent, on any one branch ; and, if the applicant makes a general average of not less than 50 per cent., and not less than 40 per cent, on any branch, a second grade certificate, Class B, shall be issued. In estimating for a second grade certificate on first grade questions, algebra need not be included. If it would be to the applicant's advantage it may be included. To an applicant standing an examination on second grade questions, a second grade certificate, Class A, shall be issued if the applicant makes a general average of not less than 80 per cent., and not less than 50 percent, on any one branch ; and, if the applicant makes a general average of not less than 70 per cent, and not less than 45 per cent, on any one branch, a second grade certificate, Class B, shall be issued. ( ROCK HILL RACES. The bicycle races at Rock Hill last Tuesday, under the auspices of the Rock Hill Athletic association, were largely attended, and were a great success financially and otherwise. The result was as follows: First Race?One mile, open for professionals. Entries: A1 Newhouse, C. B. Jack, W. T. Huffstetler, C. D. Coburn, Eugene Fant. Won by A1 Newhouse with C. B. Jack second. Time, 2.20J. Second Race?One-half mile, open. Entries: Fred Scbade, Griffin Halstead, A. W. Clark, Fred Oliver, Lonnie Caldwell, W. J. Hand. Won by Schade with Halstead second. Time, 1.28}. Third Race?One mile, open to North and South Carolina riders. Entries: W. A. Coleman, V. R. Patrick, Fred Oliver, Lonnie Caldwell, W. J. Hand. Won by Oliver with Patrick second. Time, 2.58}. Fourth Race?Two miles, opep. Entries : Fred Schade, Grilhn Halstead, A. W. Clark, Fred Oliver, Lonnie Caldwell. Won by Halstead with Schade second. Time, 5.24. Fifth Race?One mile, open to city riders. Entries: W. J. Hand, W. C. White and J. C. Witherspoon. Won by White with Hand second. Time, 3.10. Sixth Race?One mile, open. Entries: Fred Schade, Grifflu Halstead, A. W. Clark, W. A. Coleman, V. R. Patrick, Fred Oliver, Lonnie Caldwell, W. J. Hand. Won by Halstead with Schade second. Time, 2.32., Seventh Race?Two mile handicap for professionals. Entries: A1 Newhouse Eind C. B. Jack, scratch ; W. I. Huffstetler, 240 yards; C. B. Coburn, 260 yards; Eugene Fant, 300 yards. Won by Huffstetler with Coburn second. Time, 4.38. Eighth Race?Five mile handicap. Entries: Griffin Halstead aud Fred Schade, scratch; A. W. Clark, 30 yards; W. A. Coleman, 280 yards; V. R. Patrick, 260 yards; Fred Oliver, 230 yards; Lonnie Caldwell, 300 yards; W. C. While, 320 yards; J. C. Witherspoon 380 yards. Won by Schade with Halstead second. Time, 12.10. The last race was decidedly the race of ?i,ii n iaflitimed that the world's record for five-mile handicap, which is said to be 12.14, was broken. Patrick beat out from the2(i0-yard mark. Oliver, however, who had dropped out on the 5th lap and taken a short rest, set pace for him for a lap and a half. For this the scratch men entered a protest, and the referee had to disqualify Patrick for aclepting pacing. This gave the race to Schade as being next to finish, with Halstead second. Patrick appealed to the national racing board, and the prizes will be held pending the decision. , RICHARD HARE. Mr. Richard Hare died at his home at CornwelFs, Chester county, last Wednesday afternoon, of general breaking down incident to the infirmities of old age, and was buried in Yorkville on Thursday morning, the funeral services being conducted from Trinity Methodist church. Mr. Hare was a native of Ireland, having been bom in Belfast, on May 30,1813. In 1822, when he was 9 years of age, his parents emigrated with him to St. An tlrews, Canada. Later the family moved to the United States, resided six months in Boston, Mass., about a year in Winsted, Connecticut, something: like three years in Newark, N. J., six months in Charleston, S. C., and in 1826 they located in Yorkville, of which place Mr. Hare was for many years one of the leading citizens. By trade, Mr. Hare was a brick mason, jtoneinason and plasterer. He understood each branch of his business to a perfection that is seldom excelled, aud as .-ontractor erected many of the buildings which have long been looked upon as andmarks in Yorkville. Among these ire the Baptist High school bu ilding, the McClain building, occupied by H. C. struuss; the Nichols building, occupied jy W. Adickes; the Lindsay buildings, >ccupied by James M. Starr, John J. tfuuter, the family of Dr. J. P. Lindsay, md the Ganson Dry Goods Company; he Rose building, occupied by the Three Three C's hotel; and did the brick-work md plastering on the Graded school buildug and the county jail. He worked on an ixtension to the courthouse mauy years igo, and was general supervisor of the vork when the building was rebuilt after he tire of a few years ago. At one time le owned all the lots on the east side of ving's Mountain street from the Baptist ligh school property down to the lot of dr. C. E. Spencer, and the house now ocunied by Mr. W. H. Quinn was originally >uilt by him for a home. In addition to extensive operations as a outractorand builder, Mr. Hare was also or many years engaged in the marble busness. Although as occasion requir ed, he sin ployed help, he did most of his work iimself, and specimens of his handiwork 11 monuments and tombstones are to bo een in all of the older cemeteries of the ounty. These specimens are some times