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Scraps and .facts. ? Secretary Wilson, of the agricultural department, said lost Saturday that arrangements would be made' by the department for the thorough introduction of the camphor tree iu Florida. He added that there was no doubt that the tree would be a success there, as it had already passed the experimental stage. The department will give all possible encouragement iu the way of supplying seed and young trees, and Mr. Wilson predicts that the country will soon be producing a sufficient suddIv of camphor for its own needs. He also announced bis purpose to adopt a policy for the encouragemeut of the growth of the English walnut, the tree of which will, he thinks, do well anywhere south of Washington. ? Morning Oregonian : Representative F. M. Jones, of Bakeoven, Wasco couuty, who is the owner of numerous flocks of sheep, proposes to take 2,000 of his strong-limbed wethers to Dyea, and from that point use them to pack supplies into the gold camps. His idea is to have a pack saddle made for each wether, and load them with 30 pounds of freight, one-half to carry oats for their owu feed, the remainder with such light merchandise as may offer. He says all that will be necessary will be to point the wethers on the snow, and that they will scurry across the country on good time. The merchandise will bring in $9,000 freight money, ana tne z.uuu sneep, on reachiug Dawson, can he sold for $10 a head ; so if the scheme is successful, a nice pile of money can be made. ? Secretary Hester's weekly New Orleans cotton statement shows the amount brought in sight for the week ending last Saturday to be 1,441,585 bales, against 211,222 last year. This makes the total for the ten days of this season 182,218, against 267,478 last year. Receipts at all United States ports since September 1,115,866 bales, against 186,642 last year. Across the Mississippi, Ohio aud Potomac rivers 255, against 5,058 last year. Southern mill takings 31,225, against 29,727 last year. Exports for the ten days 25,427, against 60,935. Total takings of American aud Cauadian mills 60,929, against 67,592 last year. The total visible supply in Europe and the United States and afloat is 1,017,823, against 984,177 last week and 1,494,505 last year. Of this, 802,823 is American, against 771,177 last week aud 1,215,305 last year. ? Geueal Lougstreet has been leading a lonely life at Gainesville, Ga., for the past year, says the Washington Post. His "home is set in the midst of a well-laden viueyard in the suburbs of the city. His sons first left the paternal mausion when his wife died, and he was left with only his daughter to cheer him. The young lady soon fouud an affinity in a neighboring school teacher, and the couple eloped to Atlanta and were married. Since then the father has lived alone in the house, with but the company of a servant. It was while suffering from this loneliness that he visited Litbia Springs six weeks ago, where he met Miss Dortcb, pretty, piquaute and sympathetic. There was something in her eyes which bade him speak, and when he did so, she accepted him. General Longstreet was the matchmaker who brought Miss Julia Deut. his cousin, aud Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant together, a story which he tells with u hearty laugh. "Old men get lonely," said he, "and must have company." ? A terrible collision occurred on the Denver and Kio Grande railroad, near New Castle, Col., last Friday. One of the trains was a passenger goiug at the rate of 40 miles an hour, and the other u stock train, going 30 miles an hour. It is thought that the freight conductor was behiud time and was trying to get into the next station before the arrival of the passenger train. So terrific was the concussion that both engines, baggage and express cars, smoker and day coaches, and two cars, were totally demolished, and the track was torn up for yards in both directions. To add to the horror of the scene, the wreck caught fire from an explosion of gas and many passengers were burned to death before help could reach them. Thirty dead bodies were taken out of the wreck and over 200 people were seriously injured. Just how mauy were killed, however, will probable never be known, as it is impossible to estimate the number of bodies that were burned. The engineer of the freight train disappeared. It is thought that he jumped from his engine and took to the woods. The freight conductor tried to make his escape ; but was arrested and is now in custody. ? The returns for cotton to the department of agriculture indicate an average condition of 78.3 on September 1, as compared with 86.9 on August 1, a decline of 8.6 points. The average condition September 1, 1896, was 64.2, and the average condition September 1, for the last 10 years is 79.2. There has been a marked decline in almost all the states of principal production, the decline in Georgia being lo poiuts, iu Arkansas 13, in Louisiana 12, in Texas, Alabama and South Carolina 8, iu Tennessee 7, in Mississippi aud in North Carolina 2 points. The only exception to the rule is Oklahoma, where the conditiou shows an improvement of 9 poiuts. The drought that so long prevailed throughout the greater portion of the cotton belt has been In ? ? nn*r oa/itmnc K\r O vppcci VP 1U1IU \> CU 111 UJaUJ OVVUVllw vj VAVVWW. . V rains, which have done great damage to the crop. Rust and shedding are reported from hundreds of counties, and the statement, "No top crop" is very frequent. The averages of the states are as follows: Virginia, 90 ; North Caroliua, 95; South Carolina, 84 ; Georgia, SO ; Florida, 86 ; Alabama, 80; Mississippi, 81 ; Louisiana, 78 ; Texas, 70 ; Arkansas, 77 ; Tennessee. 70; Missouri, 81; Indian Territory. 93; Oklahoma, 95. ? Chicago Chronicle : Two cowboys rode into Sioux City the other day from Sheridan, Wyo., a distance said to be about 2,000 miles. They rode all the way upon their bronchos for the purpose of letting the secretary of agnculture know the power and endurance of those little beasts. The speed attained was about 20 miles a day ; but that was not so remarkable as the fact that no feed was carried or ob tained for them during the entire trip The bronchos picked their own fodde where they could find it along thi way, and at the end of the trip the^ appeared as fresh as when they start ed. The secretary's idea is to demon strate the advantage the Americai broncho would be to European cav airy. It is doubtful, however, if th< military people of Europe will tak< kindly to the bucking broncho of th< west. They are very fond of largi and showy horses in the cavalry aeros the water. The idea of the cavaln there seems to be force, both in tin men and beasts. It is the sword arn of the service, while with us it hai become largely a collection of mount ed carbineers. The proud cavalrymai of the German and French armiei would never consent to bestride th< shaggy and lean little bronchos whicl are found so efficient in our westert plains. ?he itmluillr (fuquiw. YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 15, 1897. ? The Columbia Register is authority for the statement that W. W. Dixon Esq., of Union, will be a candidate next summer, for the Democratic nomi nation of adjutant and inspector general ? The News and Courier's annual tradi review made its appearance last Satur day in an eight page supplement fillet with facts and figures showing that dur ing the past year, the aggregate busines of the city of Charleston has amounted tc $75,000,COO, or about $8,500,000 more thai the previous year. It is a wonderful showing geuerally for the "City by th< Sea" ; but it is only fair to state that th< story contained in the columns devoted to the review, creditable as it is, is uy u< means all that is worthy of remark. The enterprise and liberality of The News anc Courier itself, is a handsome finishinf touch to the city's proud achievement! for the year. ? We note 111 a recent issue of our es teemed contemporary, The Rock IIil Herald, the statement that "Next M011 day is salesday at York." It used to snj "Yorkville courthouse." We have reason to believe that The Herald also takes a secret pleasure in the proposition tc change the name of the town of Yorkville There are several good reasons why ; bill for personal reasons we do not care tc mention them, just now. It is our recollection, however, that when the postmaster general sometime back changed tin name of Rock Hill to "Rockhill," The Herald did some good kicking, whicl was highly commendable, and whicl had our fullest sympathy. We wisl to say, however, that we do not take The Herald's fling as representing anything but The Herald. We do nol believe that the good people of Rock Hill would take any pleasure whatever in the humiliation that would resull in the success of the ignorant vandalism that would change Yorkville's old and honored name, and although we confess that we have no definite idea as to the result of next Friday's election, we cannot believe that a majority of the peoplt of the town will endorse such a proposition. Were there a full registration wt are certain that the thing would ho voted down. ? In the News and Courier of Monday, appears an interesting interview with Mr Thomas R. Curtis, of Charleston, witl: reference to the present magistrate system in this state. Mr. Curtis seems tc have studied the matter, and from the way he talks, there is no doubt of tin fact that ho is familiar with the subject The main point he makes is that magistrates have too much power and two little salary. In other words, it is extreme ly difficult to get competent men at the prices that are paid, and, as the result justice often sutlers. It is contended thai the mistakes of magistrates may be cor rected by circuit courts; but this, sayi Mr. Curtis, is rather poor consolation Suppose the victim is a man who is una ble to give bond, and is wrongfully con victed just after the adjournment of tin court of general sessions and sentonced tc 30 days in the chaingang. In 99 cases ou of a 100, he would serve out his sen tence rather than wait three monthn i> jail for justice. Such cases have happen ed often; but as to whether the remedy lies in raising the requirements as to tin competency of the magistrates or the es tablisliment of countv courts, is a oues tion. We are inclined to tbe opinion tha the county court system is the thing. I is claimed that this is too expensive* but somehow, we are not inclined to think i would prove any more expensive thai the present arrangement. However, jus tice is cheap at any price, and if countj courts will promote the ends of justice they should be established. MASSACRE OF THE MINERS. The cold-blooded massacre of peacefu miners on the public highway, up ii Pennsylvania, the other day, is well cal culatcd to raise a storm of indignatioi throughout the civilized world, llat such an occurrence been reported fron some European country, even Russia, i would have been sufficient to have mad I ho l.liwwl nf A nipriciitm linil r hilt llJlvilll occurred in America, it ought to at leas make Americans think. The big strike throughout the coal re gions has been one of the most rcmarka hie the country has ever seen. Hereto lore, all big strikes in this country hav been marked by turbulence and disorder In the present case, however, the striker . have been quiet and law-abiding through. out. Several injunctions bad been issued i* against them by judges, acting as the e creatures of the big corporations, and * these injunctions were obeyed. To cap the climax, the strikers were enjoined from even marching in peaceful proces. sion along the public highway, a right 5 that is supposed to be inherent with every i citizen. 3 In disobeying this injunction, the striks ers will not bo seriously blamed by fair3 minded men; but it was here it seems * .. . .. - . ,.i_ .?? A mat me irouuiu \>i? uuuiiiivuv^u. <?. ? j' great squad of hired fufflans had, for 3 days, been on duty as deputies to assist in . the "enforcement" of the law, and these i deputies had been backed up and coached s by the mine owners until they wero ready J for any deed of blood, no matter how dia1 bolical, to earn their money and teach a 1 lesson to the downtrodden slaves who had assumed to assert their manhood. Then the next step. Here approaches an unarmed crowd of peaceful men into : what might be fittingly described as an ambush, set by officers of the law. There are a few words of preliminary talk, probably in the nature of coarse bulldozing commands, and then, without other warning, murderous volleys at the defenseless strikers, who fall around the roadside like sheep, and who are killed by the deputies as, panic-stricken, they - run?just for sport. Heretofore, in conflicts of this kind, strikers have generally been the aggressors. Whether justified or not, they commenced such violence as has occurred, 7 and at once lost the sympathy of law* abiding citizens. At least it has always ' been so claimed. If this is true, then it is time there is a reversal of such results. ' In this case the strikers havo borne provocation after provocation, and even 3 after sustaining a murderous assault, have not made the slightest attempt to transgress the law in obtaining vengeance. 3 * .L!- !- ? Mo. Alio ail Ulia in America?uwi m ./? ?.?? * son and Dixon line?the boasted home of 1 the purest liberty in thought and action, ' and the highest development of civiliza5 tion in the world ! The Enquirer does 3 not claim to be a prophet, nor the son of ' a prophet; but in this circumstance we 3 see less justification than had the British 3 soldiery when they shot down armed American patriots at Lexington, and it is ' not unlikely that the eventual results 3 may be just as important. We do not look for revolution. We pray that there will be no more bloodshed. But we hope I that there will be a speedy end to "government by injunction," and that the chains of tyranny with which northern capital is so rapidly binding northern labor, will be dashed to the ground never to bo welded together again. (JUMPERS ON THE MASSACRE. Miners Hail as Much Itlght on the Road as the President. President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, on last Saturday, ' after bitterly denouncing the killing 3 of the men near Haselton, as a brutal 1 murder, said : i "The men were marching in the t public highway. They had as much , right to march to Latimer or any other . place in the public highway as the L sheriff, or the governor of Pennsylvania or the president of the United States. ' The mine operators, in the madness ol their supposed power and in their eft. * A AiKilniiA la K/tn llO HQ IICU/I 1 lllliroc iUI I IU CUOIUVC/ myui j uufb uovu ' and courts to give the color of law to I the most flagrant violatiou of the cout stitutional rights of the people. Slier, iffs and deputies, taking their cue from their superiors, have carried out this ( policy and killed men exercising their lights under the constitution of the law. ' "In his published explanation Sheriff ' Martin makes an effort to secure the favor of our native Americans by repeatedly emphasizing his statement . that the miners he killed were foreign, ers. It may be true that these men i were not native Americans, but they . were the men brought here by the , greed and cunning of the mine operators, and so long as they submitted to being starved no word as to their for; eign birth was heard ; but this cry of * foreigner is like a cloud of dust raised to obscure the crime. The miners ? will win their humane and heroic struggle ; they deserve to win; their 1 conduct has challenged the admiration of their friends and sympathizers." MERE-MENTION. The Cuban insurgents have cap* lured from the Spaniards the fortified - town of Victoria de los Tunas. The - Republican senatorial campaign in Ohio . was opened at Burton last Saturday. Tho a candidates were Hanna, Foraker and Charles Foster. Quite a number of * cases of yellow fever have broken out in t New Orleans; but as yet there have been - no deaths. The authorities are reprcsent) ed as not standing in any special fear of an epidemic. The steamer South Coast arrived at Port Townsend, Wasb7 ington, last Saturday, from the Klondike, 2 with 2(5 passengers and 8300,000 in gold - aboard. Seven tramps were killed in . the wreck of a freight train, at Van But ren, Arkansas, last Sunday. Presi dent McKiniey returned to wasmiigioii on Monday to attend a cabinet meeting ' called for Tuesday. A cyclone passed t through a number of Texas towns on 1 Monday, killing some 1"> or 20 people and . destroying a large amount of property. 7 Condition of the Crop. , Iu response to a telegram from the Atlanta Constitution relative to the condition of the cotton crop in this state, Manager Duncan, of the State j Alliance Exchange, on last Friday, j sent the following from Columbia: "There has been a decided decline of at least 25 per cent, from the indica1 tion in July, as a result of the August 1 drought. There is no August or top i crop except in a few favored sections, t In all the middle and lower counties e fully 50 per cent, of the cotton crop is , open and very nearly gathered, and it ] is rapidly being put upon the market. In the upper or Piedmont section, the cotton, while late, has also heen badly damaged by the August drought. I do not think this crop will exceed the " last year's crop, in the number of bales o made. The increase in acreage will . only counterbalance the bad crop ins lluences." LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. C. Strauss?Tells you what he is doing and preparing to do in the way of selling you good clothing at low prices. He is now in New York looking after a stock of dress goods and notions. T. B. MeClain?Has two steam engines for sale?one 7 and one 12-horse power. He says that both are in perfect order. Grist Cousins? Havo received a stock of I fresh candy, "Rich and Ripe" and oth er brands or tobacco, ana can sen you a good collar pad for 25 cents. They say that they are pleased at their constantly increasing trade. J. M. Starr it Co.?Are prepared to supply you with lamps and lamp fixtures, machine and kerosine oil, 12 boxes of good matches for five cents, cooking soda at five cents, crimson and red clover seed, and orchard grass. G. H. O'Leary?Is ready to sell you parlor, bedroom, dining room and kitchen furniture, oak bedsteads which were purchased by the car load, carpets, rugs, window shades, mattings?all in full lines ; gasoline vapor cooking stoves, the well-known Noble cooking stoves, and a cheaper grade of cooking and beating stoves, saddles, harness and Western buggies. R. J. Herndon?Wants you to visit his model grocery, where he fissures you that fresh and seasonable goods are arriving daily and that fair dealing and close"priees are considerations. J. A. Tate?Reminds you that he is the local agent for the saie of the celebrated Columbia and Hartford bicycles. Hart A Hart, Plaintiffs Attorney?Give notice to absent defendant in the case of I). A. Matthews plaintiff, against John W. Good, defendant. J. R. Logan, S. Y. C.?Advertises real estate to be sold by him as the property of the Hydraulic and Reduction and Mining company, at the suit of W. W. Castles. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. J. B. Dickson is cierKing ior i?ir. It. J. Ilerndon. Miss Fanny Miller is quite ill at her | home on East Liberty street. Mrs. M. M. Neely, of Edgmoor, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. H. A. D. Neely. Mr. H. C. Strauss left last Thursday for New York to buy a stock of dress goods and novelties. Miss Susie Brian, of Yorkville, is visiting at Hickory Grove, the guest of Miss Mattie Bell. Messrs. \V. B. McCaw,"T. F. McDow and W. W. Lewis are at Gatfuey, attending Cherokee court. Rev. and Mrs. J. Walter Dickson and two children, of Columbia, are visiting Mrs. Dickson's father, Mr. J. R. Schorb. Mr. II. Q. McElwee, of Baltimore, Md., has been spending a few days with the family of his father, Mr. S. A. McElwee. Miss Mary Jo Witherspoon, a recent graduate of Winthrop, left last Friday to take charge of a school at Halseli, Chester county. There is a family at Mrs. R. C. Moore's boarding house from New Orleans. They came here on account of the yellow fever scare in the Crescent City. Mrs. II. C. Moore and little son, who have been spending the summer with the family of Mr. W. A. Moore, left last EriHuv fnr their home in Texas. Mrs. R. E. Knox, of Blackslmrg, accompanied by her daughter Miss Lucy, visited friends and relatives in Yorkville last week and returned to Blacksburg on Monday. Lesslie Aberuathy, who took part in the Clover races last Wednesday, was from Rock Hill, instead of King's Mountain, as stated in Thk Enquikkr of Saturday, and j'ouug Hutchinson's given name, which was not stated, is Eugene. Many friends of Chief of Police P. W. Love, were glad to see him out on the street again yesterday. As a result of his long seige of fever, including a relapse, he is looking pretty well used up; but it is hoped that he is now 011 his way to speedy recovery. ELECTION NEXT FRIDAY. An election on the question of surrenderi ng the present charter of the town of Yorkville, and accepting incorporation under the general incorporation act, has been ordered by the town council to be held at the council chamber, in the court house, next Friday. The polls will be opened a 8 o'clock a.m., and closed at 4 o'clock p. ni., and the only people entitled to vote will be the legally qualified voters of the town of Yorkville. The material differences between the present charter and the proposed new charter, are : The present charter limits the tax levy for ordinary town purposes, to 20 cents 011 the ?100, while under the proposed new charter, the limit is extended to ?1.00 011 the ?100. The present charter provides that inteudant and wardons must serve without compensation, while under the new charter, intendant and wardens may vote themselves such salaries as they may think proper. The present charter provides for a term of office of 0110 year only, and the proposed new charter provides for a term of office of two years. Under the present charter, government is under the administration of an intendant and lour wardens, while under the new charter, it will be under the administration of a mayor and six aldermen. Under the present charter, oi/ia.mon oro tn he selected Illliijui nuu cuuviiiiuu i*iv ? ? from any portion of town, while under the new charter, the town council, if it desires, may divide the town into six wards and require the election of one warden from each ward. These wardens, however, are not to be elected by the voters of the respective wards; but by the voters of the town at large just, as will be the mayor. And the dividing lines of the wards will be subject to change at the pleasure of the town council, every two years, just previous to the next succeeding election. The matter of wards, number of councilinen, term of office, etc., are of very littlo importance. The only points of difference that are worth real consideration, are the features of the new charter | which increases the limit of the tax to 10 mills, and which allows mayor and aldermen to decide what portion of the annual income of the town they are entitled to I as compensation for their services. Now, no matter how much twisting and turning there may be by interested parties, the foregoing covers, and covers correctly, all the material differences between the present charter and the proposed new charter. It is a fact, also, that the present charter expires in the year 1!HX), and when it does expire, the general incorporation act will become the fundamental law of the town. But there will be no necessity for an election. Pursuant to law, the government will just drift from the present charter to the general incorporation act. It is not likelv. however, that the general incorporation act will be the same then as it is now. It has already undergone considerable improvement since its original passage, and before two years will no doubt be improved still further. For instance, as originally passed, the tax levy for ordinary purposes was limited to $2 on the $100. As the result of amendment this is now $1 on the $100, which is still an extraordinarily high limit. All amendments which have been made, or which may hereafter be made, will apply with equal force to the town of Yorkville, and the longer the town delays taking incorporation under the act in question, the more perfect and satisfactory that act is likely to he at the time it supplants the present charter. Not only that, with two years before the town is forced to surrender its present charter, it will itself have ample opportunity to secure such amendments to the general act as may appear to be desirable. Now then, just a few words as to the present agitation. There is not a particle of doubt that when the town council decided upon submitting to the citizens of the town the question of surrendering the present charter and adopting the general inonrnnration act. thev did so under a most blissful misapprehension of the facts. Their alleged reason was the fact that they had borrowed 8750, and that the party holding the note was not willing to let it stand unless it shall be backed by the alleged greater security offered by the general incorporation act. The council was under the impression that if this act should be adopted, they would at once be clothed with all the powers and privileges which it confers. The unquestionable fact that in the event of the adoption of the new charter there would have to be a new council to enforce its provisions, did not occur to any of them. Neither did it occur to them that this note of $750 must necessarily be paid out of the tax collections of this year, and if allowed to run over to the next council, it will not be a legally binding obligation on the town, whether the said next council be elected under the present charter or the proposed new charter. If the council had realized beforehand the predicament in which it has placed itself, there is not the slightest reason to believe that this election on the question of surrendering the present charter and adopting the new one, would have ever been called. Then there is another thing. The council realizes it now; but did not realize it until after it had fastened its foot. The fact developed the other night in the public meeting. In answer to a question by Dr. Wm. Walker, Warden Moore said, in effect, that in ttie eveni 01 uuuption of the new charter, its provisions would not be enforced until the term of the present council expires. This, of course, can be easily managed. Upon finding that it could not exercise any authority under the new charter, the present council also learned that before an election could be held, there must elapse at least three months for the purpose of another general registration, and in the event the people declared for the proposed new charter next Friday, by delaying official application to the secretary of state, statu quo can be maintained until the term of the present council expires. But under no circumstances can the new election take place within loss than 90 days. This crumb of comfort, however, did not dawn upon the wisdom oi the council until after the election for next Friday had been called. In order to make the matter perfectly clear, we state frankly that tlio adoption of the general incorporation act does not give the present council, as now constituted, a single power or privilege that it does not now possess. Members of it have said that their attorney has advised them differently; but in the public meeting in the courthouse, Attorney Brice stated positively that this was a mistake. The principal effect of the adoption of the general incorporation act will be to give the next council power to levy additional taxes up to 10 mills, and the power to vote salaries for its members. Even Major Ilart, who appeared as the special advocate of the position of the town council, threw discredit on the new charter when he said he would be willing to see taxation under it limited to 3 mills on the dollar by amendment. He thus admitted that the tax'ng power under it was too great . _>e entrusted to anybody, much less the present council. A bird in hand being worth two in the bush, 1 4 " 4/x*"f kan twn anu since iu? nnvu U1U uiuic ....... ..... years in which to secure this and other desirable amendments, it will be well enough not to be in a hurry about adopting this charter in its present raw state. In the meantime, wo venture that there can be gotten a council of thoroughgoing business men who can and will administer the aflairs of the town better, and who will accomplish more improvements on a 2 mill tax, than the present council can accomplish with a 4 mill tax, and they will do it without any compensation too?either of free water rent or pickings. And another thing. About that $750 on account of which there seems to be worry. An effort has been made, by at least one member of the town council, to make it appear that there is a disposition on the part of the opposition to repudiate it. That is all bumcombe. Business men recognize that whether it was necessary to borrow it or not, and no matter what may be its legal standing, the presumption is that it was used for corporate purposes, and it is a moral obligation. If it is repudiated, therefore, it will be repudiated by the present council, for the present council either has or will have the wherewithal to pay it, and no effort will be made to prevent?unless it should try to shove the amount on to the next council, which it has no right whatever to do. LOCAL LACONICS. The Enquirer Until 1st of January, 1898. The Semi-Weekly Enquirer will be sent to any address, from this date until the 1st of January, 1898, for 64 cents. Working on the Receipts. Treasurer Neely is busy working up his tax receipts, preparatory to commencing the collection of taxes on the 1st of October. Promise vs. Practice. The town council promises, in the event the people vote for the new charter, not to levy over two mills; yet according to the statement made by Iutendant Lowry in the courthouse the other night, the "previous" council, which is virtually the present council, must have spent soinebing over four mills in a single year. No Occasion For Alarm. If the promise of Intendant Lowry to enhance the value of Yorkville property 20 per cent, had been made two years ago, it would have given cause for alarm ; but not so now. At a recent session of the general assembly, an act was passed to prohibit the assessment of town property at a higher rate for municipal than for state and county purposes. Cupi<l Punned Sentence. Charlotte Observer, 12th: M r. Walter Kimbrell, of Fort Mill, S. C., stands arraigned at Cupid's bar on the charge of stealing. lie plead guilty, and was sentenced to a life of happiness with Miss Esther Sledge, a daughter of Mr. James Sledge, of Steel Creek, whom ho did promcditatedly remove from her father's house to his own, Friday. Will Outdo All 1'reviouit KflTortM. Superintendent Gordon, of the chaingang, says he is going to outdo all his previous ellorts 011 the Charlotte road. In previous experiments he has been handicapped, more or less, for want of suillcient material ; lint here he will have an abundance and there is 110 reason why the work cannot bo done in exact accordance with the most approved plans. The only serious drawback now apparent is the smallness of the convict force, as compared with the size of the job. So far as the rock is concerned, it is doubtful if a larger quantity was ever collected for (lie same number of miles on any road in the state outside of an incorporated town. In all, before the haulling is completed, there will bo over 7,000 loads. Caught Between Bumpers. Rock Hill Herald, Saturday: Dave Logan, a colored brakeman on a Seaboard Air Lino train, while coupling cars at Catawba Junction, last Monday night, had the misfortune to have his left arm caught between bumpers, crushing the bones so seriously that amputation became necessary, and tins was successfully performed by I)r. G. W. Hill, of Catawba, assisted by Dr. Ashcraft, ol Monroe. Better Go Slow. The people of Yorkville have two good years and over under their present charter yet, if they will just hold to it. The new charter does not confer a single advantage; hut several generally admitted disadvantages. It will be bettter, therefore, to stay on the outside until these disadvantages are removed, rather than voluntarily go into a snap which it is much more easy to avoid. It is not a good idea to cross a bridge before it is reached. Get a New One. Citizens who expect hi vote in the town election, next Friday, should not fail to come to their places of business with their town registration certificates in their pockets. Let them look up their certificates at once, and if they find that they have been misplaced, they should at once apply to Town Supervisor Clawson with proper affidavits and get new ones. This is a matter that should he attended to at once. Front October 2. Mr. E. B. Beard predicts the first frost of the season on October 2. According to an almost infallib' rule, says Mr. Beard, frost occurs just 9C uays after the hollowing of the first katydid. The katydid this year announced his arrival on July 2, and. consequently, frost may be expected on the date mentioned. Last year the katydid made his announcement on June 23, and the frost came along on September 23, just 90 days thereafter. Getting Some Backbone. After the developments of the town meeting the other night, proving the truth of all The Enquirer has had to say with reference to the proposed new charter, it was a natural expectation that the town council would call off the election. This the council would no doubt have done, hud it not had reason to fear that, by such action, it would lay itself under suspicion of boing, as ex-Warden Pegrain sometime ago suggested, some what "wishy-washy." The Cane Agalnitt T. H. Alien. T. H. Allen, the well-known distiller, was before United Slates Commissioners Hart and Trescott, yesterday, for a preliminary hearing on the charges of "bribery" and using "too much material." The bribery case was not sustained by the evidence, and was promptly dismissed. The prosecution soon discovered also that it would be unable to make out the "Ux? much material case" and bad it continued, pending an application for a new warrant covering a longer poriod of time. Town Registration. No citizen will bo allowed to vote in the election next Friday, unless ho is duly registered. A state registration certificate will not answer; but only a special town certificate. These were issued to only 141 citizens. Something like a dozen of these have either moved out of town or died, and the total number of citizens who will be entitled to vote is reduced to about 130. There are quite a number of citizens, including several large taxpayers, who, not being registered, will not be allowed to vote. With such important issues as are at stake, it would be much better if the registration were full; but since the council has seen fit to force the matter at this time, the situation must be accepted as it is. Court at GafTney. In the court of general sessions at GafTney, la:t week, Mr. E. K. Bolue was tried on the charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. The case grew out of the recent difficulty at Blaeksburg, in which Mr. Belue shot Mr. J. A. Thomas, of Sharon. The jury returned a verdict 01 not guilty. Sum Cole, colored, was tried on the charge of murder. There was a mistrial, the jury standing two for acquittal and ten for manslaughter with a recommendation to the mercy of the court. Upon the advice of his attorney, Cole then plead guilty of manslaughter and was sentenced to two years and one day at hard labor in the state penitentiary. J. B. Bell, Esq., assisted in the defense of Mr. Bel lie. The other attorneys were Messrs. Win. Monro and T. B. Butler. Sensible Road Talk. Rock Hill Herald : Isn't it about time some effort was being made to complete the work on the highway leading to Smith's Turnout? Too much has been done to allow this important movement to fall through. The road was impassable in places last winter and will be again, and Rock Hill may be a permanent loser. However friendly our country friends may be to our little city, however, much they may desire to trade here, they will not travel often over such a road as the Old Saluda was last winter unless compelled to do so. Competion is too strong, other markets would be only too glad to capture our trade, to warrant our business men in turning a deaf ear to an appeal to have the wo^k completed. They have much to lose. The farmers can go elsewhere, as they threaten to do, and it cues appear that another strong effort should be made to tiuish the road before the bad weather sets in. Slightly Mixed. Intendant Lowry wants the new charter so the town can borrow between ?2,000 and $.'1,000 payable in $o00 installments. Attorney Brice says positively that the new charter will not admit of such a transaction. Warden Moore wants the new charter in order to secure the payment of ?7o0 already borrowed. The now charter cannot possibly go into effect until after the taxes pledged to secure this sum have been collected, and if the note referred to is not paid out of the approach- ( ing tax collections, it cannot be held to be .. i:~.. fntnro collections, nor can It lltJIJ ???J , the obligation be legally transferred to a future council. However, Messrs. Carroll, McNeel and O'Leary have agreed to take np this note upon adequate security, I which agreement should relieve all fur- i titer anxiety on thepartof Warden Moore. Warden Parish wants the new charter in i order to niise $2,000 by the only method by which the new charter will allow it to i be raised?an increase in the tax levy. Intendant I.owry and Wardens Moore I and McKlwee, (a majority of the council 1 as now constituted, or a tie in a new conn- * oil provided all these gentlemen are re- < elected, and all of the other members are < with Warden Parish) have publicly prom- i ised that they will not increase the levy over 2 mills, and so Warden Parish's reason for wanting a new charter goes glimmering. Warden Propst not having seen any reason why the present charter should * be surrendered, has not attempted to make one, and, consequently, does not now labor under any especial embarrassment in regard to the matter. All With Only 92,000. The town council is doing some tall electioneering just at this time. They are holding in abeyance a proposition for the macadamization of Lincoln street for about two-thirds of a mile.- They are promising the people down East Madison that this street is to be macadamized ottfon oi\y 1 Lntt Koim mil/fhait* I Jg lii on ajr j auu iuoj uavv umvi^uu vmv?* street-working-plant down near the old Narrow Gauge depot as if to commence work there at once. They are no doubt holding out promises of wonderful improvements in other sections of town, and everything is conditioned upon the people voting for the proposed new charter. And all this work the council promises to do with a 2-niill levy ! If there was any reason for believing that any one of these undertakings would be completed with a 2-mill levy, the people would be justified in giving the council half a dozen new charters. But common sense says the work can only be done with bonds, and that is another question that had better be considered in connection with a new council less sanguine aud less anxious. Why This Snap Judgment? Since under no circumstances can the proposed new charter take effect until after there has been a general registration; since a general registration wopld not delay the change, provided the people are willing for it, even a day ; and since there are a large number of citizens aud taxpayers who are not registered, why does the town council insist upon forcing this issue at this time? Is it afraid to allow the people full and free expression? Is such action worthy of uieu who claimed to be the chosen representatives of the whole people? There will have to be three mouths' of registration before a new council, to administer the new charter. can be elected. This special election, however, can be postponed until after the books have been reopened for say a month, thus giving full opportunity for registration without causing the delay of an hour in securing the alleged benefits of the new charter. Will the town council dare permit a full and free expression on this subject of changing the charter, aud the houored name of the towu ? Will you, Intendant Lowry ? Will you, Wardens Moore, Parish, McElwee and Propst? If not, why not? WAIFS FROM WAKKtiN'S. Cotton Crop Sliort?Fro true ted Mooting at Antloch?The Temperance People?Other Notes. il.? " ? ^urreuiwuucucc ui tnc luiknuc au^iuiu* Warren, September 3.?The clouds liave all vanished and the sun has sent her beaming rays upon our cotton fields until they Are white with the fleecy staple, and we are making the best use possible of the nice weather we are having to gather it. Owing to the continued wet weather and the drouth following, our cotton crop will be cut off considerably, although a great many are of the opinion that they will make more to the acre than Tifley made last year. Chinch bugs have returned to some of our com fields and taken up their old trade; but they are too late to do much damage. 1 Our protracted meeting at Antioch is now in progress. It is being conducted by our pastor, Rev. J. Barr Harris. He expects Brother Attaway to come on Monday to assist him in the work, which will continue until and through next Sun- , day. Our temperance meeting, on last Saturday night, was a grand success. The following is'a condensed programme of the meeting: 1. Prayer by Rev. J. B. Harris. 2. Roll call and minutes of last iqeeting read. 3. Responsive Scripture reading. 4. Select reading. "The Liquor ProbJem," by Miss Bea McFadden. . Recitation. "The Model Boy," by Master Johnnie Davis, . Select reading. "Saved by a Kind Word," by Miss Lizzie Hopper. 7. Recitation. "One Glass More," by Miss Bessie Newsom. 8. Recitation. "The Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine," by Miss Lou Strait. 9. Recitation. "The Man Who Drinks," by Mr. Boyd Roach. 10. Recitation. "Why Horace Signed the Pledge," by Miss Ida Scoggins. 11. An address bv Rev. J. B. Harris. Appropriate songs were sung for the occasion. Ten new members were adde& to the union, and the people seemed to be greatly revived in this great work of temperance. The dry weather has almost completely killed out the turnip crop in this section. The farmers in this section are gathering an abundance of peas this fall. They are also gathering the peavines and storing them away for future use. They are excellent feed for cows and horses. Mr. Robt. Conrad has been quite busy the past week extracting the sweet juice from the cane and converting it into molasses. He will get plenty of work to do, as his is the only mill running in this section. Mr. Will Neely has been suffering considerably the past week from blood poison in his hand, but is thought to be better at this writing. Mr. T. K. llates's family have nearly all had something like chills, or malaria, but are now better. Mrs. Reeky Isom, of Rock Ilill, visited relatives here last week. Mrs. Molly Stewart, of Charlotte, N. C., visited friends and relatives here last week. Mr. A. L. Neely is all smiles. It is another girl, and, of course, the tiuest in the state. Mr. E. F. Seoggins has gone over to Rock Hill to attend the Presbyteriau high school at that place. s. k. j. ZAUOK ZIZZAUS. nomlltloii of tlie Crop*?Schooln Cloned? Hiy Time at lleeritlieba Last Saturday. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Zaiok, September 1.'}.?The Zadok people have been up and doing this dry weather. We have enough fodder saved to make another crop, and are now outraged in mowing hay and picking cotton. Farmers in this vicinity were in unusually good spirits up till about four weeks ago, as the cotton looked then as if it might rival the yield of the famous west. Hut since the dry weather set in, there lias been a considerable drop off, and prosperity looks as if it has decided not to cast inchor just yet. I do not want to discourage anybody, for really there is no occasion to. A few weeks ago it looked as if we were to make the biggest crop auy