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Scraps and Jacts. ? Cuba is really the only valuable territory Spain now holds outside of the home government. Spain's possessions at preseut include the Canary islands, the Philippine islands, Cuba, Porto Rico and the Lulu, Caroline and Marianne islands, as well as Fernando i Po and other small islands on the African coast. The Canaries are not, strictly speaking, colonies, although situated off the northern coast of Africa, the islands being a proviuce of Spain. Some of these are loyal; but several of them would like to take any fatinpoKlo nnnnrtnnifv tfk rphpl lawiaviv vFfv< VWM4fcj %v ? It is to be hoped that this from an exchange is strictly true : The amount of gold ordered for importation from Europe to the United States since the inflow started on February 25, has now passed the $25,000,000 mark, and part of it has already arrived. In additiou to this amount, $2,000,000 is on the way from Australia. Under these conditions nobody need be surprised that the treasury gold reserve is going up, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. It has just crossed the $170,000,000 line, and is likely to reach $175,000,000 by the end of the month. Uncle Sam is in grand shape to stand any sort of a financial slraiu which may be put upon him in the near future. ? London dispatch : Mr. Gladstone, known as "the grand old man," is dying of a caucerous growth, involving the back of the nasal passages. This melancholy truth is now admitted privately by bis son and other members of his family. A successful operation has been declared impossible. The only relief he now receives is that offered by the administration of opiates and other palliatives. The pain has continued for six months, and although it is somewhat less acute now than a few weeks ago, the strength and vitality of the patient's wonderful constitution is very greatly drained. The end, when it comes, and which is believed to be not far off, will be from failure of the heart's action rather than to the direct ravages of the mal ady, per se. ? Charlotte Observer: The Salis bury World mentions a Mormon eldei who has been operating in Rowan county, as having returned to Tennessee, saying as he left that he had made no couverts in Rowan. The Salisbury Sun some days ago mentioned one of these gentry as having flouted into that town drunk, and our Raleigh special of yesterday said that three of them bad just turned up in Raleigh, which is a great stamping ground foi them. The proselyters are perhaps attracting more attention and getting more free advertising than they deserve. The Observer has lost interest in them, their doctrines and work, since noticing, some weeks ago, a poiut made by a contemporary that a person who could be led off by Mormonism had about as well be let go, as he would sooner or later go off with anma nttior ill-ntinnul iHpft ftnvhoW. There is so much in this that we have concluded uot to spend much more ammunition on the interlopers, their words or works. ? A special of Sunday to the St. Louis Republic from Austin, Texas, says: The cotton buyers and brokers of the stale are becoming alarmed at the sit uation in their busiuess brought about by war rumors. They find it impossible to secure insurance on export cotton, either from Galveston or New Orleans, as the insurauce people will not accept the cotton with thepreseut war cloud hovering over the country. A Spanish ship now in Galvestion, in attempting to load cotton for Liverpool, has been refused insurance for fear oi seizure ou the high seas. Several foreigu firms have wired their state buyers to ship on British bottoms only, as they are considered the only safe meaDS of transportation in case of war. At least a third of the Texas cotton crop is to be moved yet and the present war scare is felt seriously in the marketing of the product. Efforts are being made looking to relieving the situation, but at present the local buyers say that the situation is critical. ? New Orleans dispatch of Friday : Secretary Hester's statement of the world's visible supply of cotton, made up from special cable and telegraphic advices, compares the figures of this week with last week, last year and in 1895, the latter the 9,901,000 crop year. It shows a decrease during the week just closed of 85,986 bales, agaiust a decrease last year of 76.865, and a decrease of 76,098 in 1895. The total visible is 4,084,342 bales, against 4,170,278 lust week, 3,475,361 last year, and 4,544,298 in 1895. Of this the total of American cotton is 3,808,342 bales, against 3,8S9,27S last week, 3,066,061 last year and 4,246,095 in 1895, and of all other kinds, including Egyptian, Brazilian, Indian, etc., 276,000 bales, against 281,000 last week, 409,300 last year and 298,200 in 1895. Total world's visible supply of cotton shows a decrease compared with last week of 85,936 bales, an increase compared with last year of 608,981, and a decrease compared with 1895 ol 459,953. ? At a special meeting of the Cape Fear Pilot's association, held at Southport, N. C., last Friday, with Captain E. A. Genison, presiding and J. K. Adkins secretary, the following preamble and resolution were unanimously udopted : '"Whereas, it appears to this body that a war is very probable between the United States and Spain, and that men of our calling can be ol valuable service to the country ; therefore, be it resolved, by this association, that we tender our service as a body and our pilot plant to the president of the United States and the secretary of the navy in case of war with Spain. We also assure the secretary of the navy that we staud ready to tender to the navy of the United States such aid and assistance as our knowledge of the coast from New York to Key West and ports on the Gulf of Mexico make possible; also iuland route from New York to Savannah. We recall with pride the great services rendered by our pilots to the Confederate states during the Civil war. ? By a vote of 95 to 2S, with 11 delegates absent, the Louisiana Constitutional convention on last Friday, adopted a suffrage plan. The session is to be of 70 days' duration, and it was agreed to dispose of suffrage before t taking up any other question. It took i 45 days to reach a verdict. The con* t vention is almost solidly Democratic, ] and the avowed purpose was to elimi- j nate the Negro from Louisiana politics. The measure adopted, by providing for educational and property ( qualifications and a poll tax, is pre- ( sumed to answer the purpose effective- < ly. At the same time, it was desired t to let in as many white people as pos- i oil.1A oml ?V>io 5a atv<nmnli?hl>H hv ex- i empling naturalized voters, as well as , those who were voters in 1867, with t their sods and grandsons. The latter clause was advised against by Senators McEnery and Caflery, who said they , had consulted the ablest constitutional j lawyers in congress and found thera . unanimous upon its unconstitutional!- 1 ty. These opinions led to its being ; abandoned; but the convention was J so hopelessly divided upon a substi tute, that it was finally decided to re- ' instate the clause and take the risk. ] (The \torluillr (Suquiirr. ] YORKV1LLE, S. C.: 1 WEDNESDAY. MARCH 30,1898. ? Print cloths declined to 2.06 cents per yard last week, the lowest price on record. ? The Atlanta Journal does not want ' war; but, all the same, it is mindful of its responsibility and is giving all the war news. ? Charlotte has been expecting President McKinley to be present at the20th of May exercises; but inasmuch as the president is likely to be busy about that time, the good people of Charlotte have , made up their minds to excuse hint. i ? It was short shift that the Chester sessions made of the case of Jim Anderson, ( the murderer of Maj. Marshall, and in fix- , ing the date of the execution of the death sentence only three weeks away, Judge Klugh shows that he knows exactly how ( to deal with such matters. Our courts | can do much to discourage mob law if , they only will. ? Some people in this section are begin- ' ing to realize now that if any other newspaper in this section is worth ?1.00 a year, The Enquirer ought to be not less than 1 ?4. But the price of The Enquirer ' continues the same ?2 for a single sub- 1 scription or ?1.75 in clubs of two or more, with our usual premiums to the club- 1 makers. ? The Spanish court of inquiry reports ' that the Maine explosion was internal, and the programme of the Madrid author- I ities seems to be to offer to leave the whole < + fn Qrhifoisj With fhp 1 understanding that any indemnity that may be awarded will be paid. Even if I the arbiters, however, should find that the explosion was external, Spain wants > it distinctly understood that, officially, 1 she had nothing to do with it, either directly or indirectly. ( ? President Hart/op, of Clenison, is sending out notices to the effect that "Fanners' Institutes" will be held in the different counties where they are desired this summer. "The object of the insti- | tutes," he says, "is to diffuse knowledge , of the most scientific and practicable methods of agriculture." It is to be hoped that tiiere has been some improvement since the institutes that were held in this county last summer. The institutes were well attended ipid were entertaining enough; but as to whether they were of any practical benefit to the farmers is a matter of doubt. Their principal object seemed to be to advertise the college, and we think it would be more becoming if this object, which is perfectly legitimate, should be frankly stated. ? We have a complaint against our esteemed contemporary the Columbia State. In its issue of last Saturday, it allows its Chester correspondent to reproduce Tit k Kxquirkk's carefully prepared circumstancinl account of the murder of Captain Marshall as his own. We arc sure that The State could not have done this inad- ' vertently, for since it has another paragraph from the same issuo of Tins En- 1 qui it Kit with due credit, it must have *t._ 11.: rn,? I M?ni lilt; <u ui'iu in mm i in- nuur is not usually an offender in this direction. In the first place, it does not use much matter that belong to other papers; but generally for such as it does use, it set 1 doin fails to give proper credit. In this ! case we do not feel that we have been ' directly injured; but we fear that The 1 State, on all sides looked upon as possessing a proper conception of the proprieties in matters of this kind, might furnish a precedent that will be looked upon as a ; justification to other offenders. I ? Tub Exquirkr has not been advo- i eating war ; but like president MeKinley, it is prepared. We would like the best 1 in the world just now to be able to give j the people of this section a daily paper; but as we have already explained, that is < impracticable. However, our arrange- i moots for furnishing the latest news up > to (late are virtually as corn pi etc as tnose of any daily paper in the south. It is a large claim, but wo are not boasting. We have access not only to the conservative Associated Press; but we have also the service of a corps of special correspondents that covers the entire country. Understand, we are not claiming that these correspondents a re ours. Not at all; but we are in a position to get an accurate summary of all the important war news they collect up to 4 or 5 o'clock Tuesday and Friday afternoons, and so far as our subscribers are concerned, the arrangement is just as good as if we owned he whole business. And we are not im- I losing on anybody. We are paying hose to whom the news rightfully beongs all they ask for it. Now watch, [f they get to lighting, and if there is a lattle anywhere in the world on Tuesday >r Friday, and the news is printed in any >ther paper in the United States by 3 , >'clook, p. m., see if The Enquirer of he same date does not have it also. We night possibly slip up in our calculations ; jut if we do, it will be on account of some mforseen accident for which we cannot le held responsible. | ? | I ? We have no acquaintance with S. A. Chambers, of Newport; but publish what tie has to say in another column because it seems to be sensible and in good taste. r>..* ...a A a nAt oanoi^or fhof fVio romnrk.9 1X11/ wo uw IIW WUOIUVI bUMv vuv ? ....? justify the action of the mob in the least. He assumes, of course, that the Negro was guilty. Being a Negro it would not become hjm to assume anything else. But of this The Enquirer is not certain. A.s we have said before, the Negro may t>r may not have been guilty. It is easily possible that he was whipped from some :>tber motive, and the charge against him may have been trumped up to cover that motive. However, mob law is exceedingly dangerous, and the community which produces a mob of this kind has cause to be uneasy. At the same time, we are satisfied that Chambers expresses the sentiment of the better class of Negroes?the majority in this country?and there need be no fear of the actual developments of such outrages as are alleged to have been threatened. WAR WITH SPAIN. If the United States goes to war with Spain, it is not likely that the pretext will be one that can bo justified as a matter of international right; but only on the ground of moral right. The war, if it comes, will be one in which this country will have to occupy the position of having taken advantage of its superior strength to despoil a weaker neighbor. At least this is the technical aspect of the case; but as to whether there would be justification is a matter for rather more argument. If we are right honest in the discussion nf the matter, we will be forced to admit lUof riMioont /tntrinli/tnHonvi hotwfien the tuc?v United States and Spain are not the development of either the past few weeks or the past three years. They appear to be rather the culmination of feeling and sentiments that have been alive and growing ever since this country won its own independence. School children can tell of the barbarous cruelty of Cortez to the Aztecs and of Pizarro to the Incas. All men unJerstand the haughty treachery, cruelty ind selfishness of the Spanish character, *nd all the world knows that as compared with that of other civilized people, Spanish colonial government today is obout the same as it was in the days of Cortez and Pizarro. This is one thing that carries the sympathies of the great American people to the struggling Cubans, and another, it may as well be admitted, is the common repugnance to the idea of allowing any foreign government, especially a government like Spain, to continue in the possession of a great territory like Cuba so close to the United States. If we are to be honest and fair, we can't claim that we are interfering in this matter on account of present suffering in Cuba, for as a matter of fact we are indirectly responsible for this present suffering. In the first place, if the insurgent leaders had not had reason to believe that they would receive help from the United States, it is not likely that they would 1 i i. M nave ever coiiiiueiiceu me iimunciiKin. If they had not received such help, the insurrection would not have lasted six months. But still worse than this, the help has been of such a nature as to only aggravate rather than help matters. If Cuban belligerency had been recognized early during the insurrection, there is reason to believe that long before this time the insurgents would have won their independence and the terrible condition of affairs that is now prevalent on the island would have never come to pass. Further, it is likely that we would not now be confronted with such a strong probability of war. What is best to do under the circumstances we confess that we are unable to satisfactorily decide. But according to our notion, it is a fact that whatever may have been the original motives and attitude of the American government, it has made some serious mistakes involving heavy responsibilities. As already remarked, as a matter of international right, it seems that this country has no business interferring in Cuba; but since it has interferred with such disastrous remits to the poor Cubans, it seems that the only proper thing now is for it to go ahead and make Cuba free. MKRB-MBNTION. Orders were issued last Friday for the painting of all the warships black. On Saturday, however, the color was changed to dull lead, as this is believed to be more difficult to see. It is claimed Unit America has literally scoured the foreign markets and purchased all the desirable ships and munitions that are for sale. a movement 11:1s oeen siarieu throughout Spain to raise a war fund l?y means of private subscriptions. The Spanish elections have been held with the result that the present government? Sagastu's? will have a majority in the next cortex. The Associated Press says that it was stated in Havana on Sunday that (Jcneral Blanco had received a cipher cablegram from Spain instructing him to "prepare for war." The Amaznuas, recently purchased from Brazil, has been named the "New Orleans." The total number of lives lost in the Maine explosion was 2">0. All the bodies but 88 havo been recovered; but only 01 were identified. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad territory was badly Hooded last week and many bridges were destroyed. A train went into a stream near Newark, Ohio, and 20 out of the 30 passengers aboard were drowned. The big banks throughout the country are growing exceedingly cautious about the lending of money. PRESIDENT TO CONGRESS. rells About Destruction of the Maine. IT IS ALL SOFT AND MILD. 'I Do Not Permit BIyself to Doubt That the Sense of Juatice of the Spanish Nation Will Dictate a Course of Action Suggeated by Uouor and the Friendly Relations of the Ttvo Countries." ii)6 message 01 toe prcsiucuv miu reference to the Maine court of iuquiry, etc., was read in congress last Monday at 12 o'clock. Both houses listened to it quietly, and there was no opposition to its being referred to the wommittee on foreign relations in the senate, or the committee having charge of Cuban affairs in the house. It was the common belief, however, that the president would shortly afterward follow this message with another dealing with the subject of intervention. The full text of the message on the Maine disaster is as follows : To the Congress of the United Slates: For sometime prior to the visit of the Maine to Havana harbor, our consular representatives pointed out tbe advantages to flow from the visit of national ships to the Cuban waters, in accustomiug the people to the presence of our flag as the symbol of good will and of our ships in the fulfillment of the missiou of protection to American interests, even though no immediate need therefor might exist. Accordingly on the 24lh of January, last, after conference with the Spanish minister, in which tbe renewal of visits of our war vessels to Spanish wa? ? ? ? JJ-nmianlnrl t ho wrb was uim;US5CU aim v?v peuiusular authorities at Madrid and Havana were advised of the purpose of this government to resume friendly naval visits at. Cuban ports, and that in that view the Maine would forthwith call at the port of Havana. This announcement was received by the Spanish government with appreciation of the friendly character of the visit of the Maine and with notification of intention to return the courtesy by sending Spanish ships to the prtcipal ports of the United States. Meanwhile the Maine entered the port of Havana on the 25th of January, her arrivnl being marked with no special incident besides the exchange of customary salutes at ceremonial visits. The Maine continued in the harbor of Havana during the three weeks following ber arrival. No appreciable excitement attended her stay. Oil the contrary, a feeling of relief and confidence followed the resumption of the long interrupted friendly intercourse. So noticeable was this immediate effect of her visit that the consul-general strongly urged that the presence of our ships in Cuban waters should be kept up by retaining the Maine at Havana, or in the event of her recall, by sending another vessel there to take her place. At 40 minutes past 9 in the evening of the 15th of February, the Maine was destroyed by au explosion, by which the entire forward part of the ship was utterly wrecked. Iu this catastrophe two .officers and 264 of her crew perished, those who were not killed outright by her explosion being penned between decks by the tangle ol wreckage and- drowned by the immediate sinking of the hull. 1 l K.. 1'rotnpt assistance was reuueieu uj the neighboring vessels anchored in the harbor, aid being especially given by the boats of the Spanish cruiser Alphonso XII and the Ward line steauier City of Washington, w hich lay not far distant. The wounded were generously cared for by the authorities of Havana, the hospitals being freely open to them, while the earliest recovered bodies of the dead were interred by the municipality in a public cemetery in the city. Tributes of grief and sympathy were offered from all official quarters of the island. The appalling calamity fell upon the people of this country with crushing force, and for a brief time an intense excitement prevailed, which, in a community less just and self-controlled thau ours, might have led to hasty acts of blind resentment. This spirit, however, soou gave way to the calmer processes of reason and to the resolve to investigate the facts aud await material proof before forming a judgment as to the cause, the responsibility, aud if the facts warranted, the remedy due. This course necessarily recommended itself from the outset to the executive, for only iu the light of a dispassionately ascertained certainty could it determine the nature and measure of its full duty iu the matter. The usual procedure was followed, as in all cases of casualty and disaster to national vessels of any maritime state. A naval court of inquiry was at once organized, composed of officers well qualified by rank and practical experience to discharge the onerous duty imposed upon them. Aided by a strong force of wreckers and divers, the eourt proceeded to make a thorough investigation on the spot, employing every available means for the impartial and exact determination of the causes of the explosions. Its operations have been conducted with the utmost deliberation and judgment, and while independently pursued, no source of information was neglected and the fullest opportunity was allowed for a simultaneous iuves-i ligation by the Spanish authorities. The finding of the court of inquiry was reached after 23 days of continuous labor, on the 21st of March, instant, and having been approved on the 22d by the commander-in-chief of the United States uavul force ou the North Atlantic station, was transmitted to the executive. It is herewith laid before the congress, together with the voluminous testimony taken before the court. Its purport is, in brief, as follows: When the Maine arrived at Havana she was conducted by the regular gov XT** i tn o*hi/?h CMJIIJCIIb |MIUl IU MUl/J A1U. A) vv Tf 4.iVM she was moored in from five and onehalf to six fathoms of water. The stale of discipline on hoard and the eomlition of her magazines, boilers, coal hunkers and storage compartments are passed in review, with the conclusion that excellent order prevailed and that no indication of any cause for an internal explosion existed iu any quarter. At 8 o'clock on the evening of Feb ruary 15th everything had been reported secure and all was quiet. At 40 minutes past 9 o'clock the vessel was suddenly destroyed. There were two distinct explosions, with a brief interval between them. The first lifted the forward part of the ship very perceptibly ; the second, which was more open, prolonged and of greater volume, is attributed by the court to the partial explosion of two or more of the forward magaziues. The evidence of the divers establishes that the afterpart of the ship was practically intact und sank in that condition a very few minutes after the explosion. i ne lorwara part was completely demolished. Upon the evidence of the concurrent external cause the finding of the court is as follows : "At frame 17 the outer shell of the ship, from a point 111 feet from the middle line of the ship and six feet ahove the keel when in its normal position, had been forced up so as to be now about four feet above the surface of the water; therefore, about 34 feet above where it would be had the ship sunk uninjured. The outside bottom plating is bent into a reverse V shape, the afterwing of which, about 15 feet broad and 32 feet in length (from frame 17 to frame 25,) is doubled backed up in itself agaiust the continuation of the same plating extending forward. At frame 18 the vertical keel is broken in two and the flat keel is bent into an ungle similar to the angle formed by the outside bottom plates. The break is now about six feet below the surface of the water and about 3C feet above its normal position. In the opinion of the court, this effect could have been produced only by the explosion of a mine situated under the bottom of tlie ship at about frame 18 and somewhat on the port side of the ship. The conclusions of the court are : The loss of the Maine was uot dut to negligence on the part of uny of the officers or members of her crew. That the ship was destroyed by the explosion of a submariue mine, which caused the partial explosion of two 01 more of her forward magaziues, and that no evidence has been obtainablt showing the responsibility of the de struction of the Maine upon any per son or persons. I have directed that the finding ol the court of inquiry and the views 01 Ubis government thereon be communi cated to the government of her ma jesty, the queen, and I do not permil myself to doubt that the sense of jus (ice of the Spanish nation will dictate a course of action suggested by honoi and the friendly relations of the iwc governments. It will he the duty of the executive to advise the congress of the result and in the meantime deliberate consid eration is iuvoked. William McKinley. Executive Mansion, March 28, 1898 OBSERVATIONS BY A NEGRO. He Hum Sensible Idea* of the Relation* o White nnd Colored. Editor Yorkvlllc Enquirer: I have read with horror the inhnmar utterances of the Negro, Walter Beard who wishes that war would come anc call all the white meu out of the country so he could "paint every stump in th< country red with the brains of their babie! and ravish their daughters for pastime.' Judging from his language, one is com pelted to decide that he is nothing mori than a brute of the lowest species anc unworthy the breath he breathes, ant much less a placeamong the living. Anj man whose morals render him capable o using such language respecting the life o children and virtue of women and girls has degenerated from the status and dig nity of a man to the common level of ar uncultured dog. In case war is declared between Spajr and the United States, there will be Ief at home enough men of both races of i higher type than Walter Beard, to bun down and shoot down all such fiends. I ravishing women and girls is the benefi that he or any other man hopes to derive from the war, his life will pay the forfeit and that in short order. I am a Negro of the purest type, wit! no visible trace of the blood of any othei race coursing through my veins; but 1 have no sympathy for any Negro who is not content with remaining on his owr side of the plantation. What I say nntr one I say unto all. I am satisfied that 1 voice the sentiment of the better class o: Negroes of the United States of America There are ranks and files among us a.? among all other races, and I only speah for the better class?not for thieves, murderers, cut-throats and rapists. I have no respect for any Negro wbr will steal, lie, murder and commit rape, seek entrance into white society, molesl their homes or to act in any way to relied discredit on his own race. And vice versa. What I say unto one I say unto all, Epbriam should not envy Judah and Judab should not vex Ephraim. The better class of Negroes is not avers to law and order, peace and dignity, eithei municipal, county state or national; bul there have been committed some crimes so heinous and offensive in their character to the better classes of both races, as to stir up summary vengeance on the theory that tho perpetrators of these crimes were not worthy of consideration at the hands of the duly recognized and constituted law. Respectfully, .S. A. CHAMHKRS. Newport, S. C., March 25. ST. PAUL ECHOES. Sign of Spring? Representative JoIiiihoii'k Condition?Debuting Society Reorganized. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. St. Pa in,, March 28.?Tho fact that the farmers are busy in tho fields and that Allison creek is lined with lazy little "niggers" fishing for minnows, indicate that spring has come once again. Occasionally whispers of war are heard in this section, but they do not create any special excitement. Tho numerous friends of Representative II. E. Johnson will be pleased to learn that his conditions is still itnprov[ iug. The Post Oak school, in charge of Prof. 11. F. White, is getting along nicely. The debating society, organized by Prof. John A. Barron a few years ago, has been re-organized and the first meeting will be on Friday r.igbt, April 1. The subject of debate is, "Resolved ; that it is never jus tillable to ten a lie.? Reports from Cuba indicate that starvation and disease are playing havoc with the Spanish army. LOCAL AFFAIRS, t c INDEX TO NEW ADVEKTISEMENTS. h C. E. Spencer?Adds to the real estate he c is offering for sale the Louisa C. Mas r sey (O'Leary) house and lot in York- 1 ville, and the W. S. Creighton place? j, 133 acres?adjoining John Hamel in York township. He has sold the Bishop Sandifer place, nearTirzab, in York 8 township. i VV. W. Lewis, Attorney at Law?Has \ money to loan on improved real estate a in either town or country. Herndon'8 Opera House?Frank B. 1 Rhodes' "Merry Makers" will give an c entertainment on Tuesday and Wednes- 1 day nights, and a matinee on Wednes- , day afternoon. D. E. Boney, Business Manager?Lets you know that the first number of The { Insurance Record, the organ of the t Pornlinn Tipnpvnlfint association, has i been issued and that much information . with regard to the association is presented. He also desires to secure the services of several up-to-date insurance I solicitors. His office is at Rock Hill. i W. W. Lewis, Administrator?Gives no- | tice to debtors and creditors of the estate ( of F. A. and Mrs. Mattie K. Gilbert, , deceased. Grist Cousins?Offer a collar at $1.20, cotton harrows which were so popular last spring, Avery Georgia Ratchet plow stocks at 75 cents, Mattocks at 50 cents, ] rakes at 25 and 50 cents, potato diggers , at 50 cents, and lawn mowers at $3.50, the wholesale price of which was $5 last ( spring. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. J. Mason Ferguson visited friends , and relatives at Lowrysville last week. Mrs. T. S. Bratton and children, arrived in Yorkville Monday, from Fort Nio- , brara, Neb., on a visit to relatives. Mr. R. A. Crowell, of Albemarle, N. C. came to Yorkville last Saturday after his little daughter, Estelle, who has been spending awhile with her grand parents, 1 Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Lowrance. I IN THE SUPREME COURT. The supreme court, last woek, filed de! cisions in cases which went up from this county as follows: Jane C. McKenzie, respondent, vs. Stanhope A. Sitford et. al., as executors, etc., appellants. Modified. Opinion by , Y. J. Pope, A. J. I dissent. See within: , Eugene B. Gary, A. J. J. F. Wallace et. al., trustees, respond , euts, against Win. J. Langston et. alM ( trustees, appellants. The court being equally divided, the judgment of the , circuit court must stand affirmed under the constitution. Opinion by Mclver, C. J. Ira B. Jones, A. J., concurred. Y. J. Pope, A. J., and Eugene B. Gary, A. J., dissented. r PRICE OP COTTON. I As the result of the war clouds during the past few weeks, May futures in New York declined up to last Saturday nearly I half a cent?41 points. The first really encouraging re-action , since the decline commenced was on r Monday, when there was a gain of 14 j points from the opening, May closing at 5.90. The rise of Monday is thought to be due more largely than anything else to the pacific turn in the complications ' between Washington and Madrid. The close yesterday, Tuesday, was slightly lower than the opening ; but it is not thought that this fact is especially sig nificant of new developments. There is very little cotton being sold on the Yorkville market at this time. The best price of which we have any knowlf edge of having been paid within the past week, was 5g. From this the figures range on down to about 5j. , ? BIG COTTON FIRE. 1 The warehouse of the Clover Manni facturing company, located some distance 3 from the factory, was destroyed by fire 9 last Saturday night at about l'Z o'ciock, ' along with some 400 bales of cotton. The factory bad closed down at about 3 10 o'clock as is usual on Saturday nights, 1 and when the fire broke out the people 1 in the neighborhood generally, except ? the watchman, were asleep. When the f discovery was made, the flames bad alf ready made considerable headway, and it , was only with the greatest difficulty that - any portion of the contents of the ware* i bouse was saved. Altogether there were in the warehouse l between (500 and 700 bales of cotton, and t of these about 75 were saved uninjured, i some 200 were gotten out in more or less t badly damaged shape, and about 400 are f a complete loss. t The real origin of the fire is unknown ; j but there seems to bo some reason for , believing that it was the work of an incendiary. However, the loss is fully eovi ered by insurance, and the principal disr advantage to the factory people will be [ that of trying to get together again as i desirable a lot of cotton at the price now i prevailing. ' TO RAISE CABBAGE. j. "I have heard a good many people complaining of their poor success at raising ' cabbage," said a gentleman of Yorkville . to the reporter a few days ago, "and I cau | give you a pointer that will help them around their difficulty." The reporter asked for the pointer. "I have never been able to do any good ^ with cabbage myself until last summer," ^ the gentleman continued; "but now I have the receipt. However, I don't want to claim it myself. It belongs to Mr. 1. A. McFarland. "Tom, you know, was raised up in the mountains and knows all about cabbage. . I was talking to him one day last summer, and complained that my cabbages were not only doing no good as to growth ; but that the bugs and worms were eating them up." " 'The hugs and worms have nothing to I do with it,' Tom said. 'The trouble is you have not worked them right. When I you raise cabbage you've got to dig. The best thing to work them with is a mattock. Dig up the ground around them to a depth of live or six inches every time you work them, and I'll guarantee you will get some fine cabbages.' "I tried Mr. McFarland's plan shortly i alter that, and within the next three or . four days, I noticed the plants taking on new life and shedding the bugs and worms. I gave them several other work! ings of the same kind, and the result was that I got the first really successful crop of cabbages that I have ever raised." ANDERSON TO BE HANGED. Jim Anderson, the Negro who murdered Policeman James K. Marshall, of Chester, was fount! guilty last Friday evening as indicated in the dispatch to The Enquirer, and was sentenced byJudge Klugh to be hanged on April 15. The prisoner not having procured counsel, was defended by Messrs. J. IT. Mar- i ion and Arthur L. Gaston, who had been appointed by the court for the purpose. | Just why, of course, it is not worth while to surmise; but in anticipation of the fact < that counsel would have to be appointed, i upon the arraignment of the prisoner, or I rather just a short time previous, most of i the members of the bar absented them- I selves from the courthouse. < The case against the prisoner was as 1 already outlined, and the trial consumed | he entire day. Anderson maintained a ool indilFerence throughout the trial, ,nd when he took the stand in his own lefense, stoutly maintained that he had lever been in Chester in his life until trought there. Ho denied, of course, all cnowledeo of the murder. The prisoner's mother?Hagar Roberton, of Rock Hill?accompanied by her msbaiid, the step-father of Anderson, vas present during the trial. Upou the Lunouncement of the verdict, the mother hrew her arms around the neck of Anlerson and burst into transports of grief, rhis incident was the first thing that leemed to have any effect on the prisoner, fie broke into tears and begged for mer;y; but upon being asked if he had anyhing to say why sentence of death should lot be pronounced against him, again protested his innocence. There whs a lurtre crowd of country aeople in town during the day, and also many town people flocked to the courtlouse, packing the building. The verdict >f the jury and the sentence of the court were entirely satisfactory. IT BROKE UP THE CLUB. It Is extremely gratifying to the publishers of The Enquirer to know that their eflbrts to give the latest news up to date are meeting with appreciation. It has always been our custom to get l here first with the news; but in ordinary times this is not so noticeable. In the first place there are a great many people who do not know news when they see it, and there are others who, though desirous of keeping themselves informed, are usually conteut to wait until it suits their convenience. But most intelligent people want the hit* at news, and they want it while it is news. They do not consider that news, like wine, improves with age. They recognize that time is always passing, and that information which may be of value today may next week not be worth the lime it takes to read it. There are a great many of the intelligent people referred to in all parts of York county, we are very much pleased to be able to state, and Mr. R. W. Smith, of the Clark's Fork section, told us on Monday of a nest of them in his neighborhood. "Especially while this excitement is on," he said, "we wanted to keep informed as to the latest news, so we organized a club and arranged that one of us should go over to the station each day to gel a daily paper with the latest news. But it was not long until we found that the news in The Enquirer was not only up with, but ahead of the dailies, and we broke up ine ciuu." We confess that we feel encouraged. We have known all along that the news we have been furnishing was from three days to two weeks ahead of any county paper, and that of late?on Tuesdays and Fridays?we are anticipating the dailies hy 12 or 14 hours; but until Mr. Smith told us about it, we were not aware that people generally appreciated the fact. ROLL OF HONOR. Following is the roll of honor for the Yorkville graded school for the month of March: Ninth Grade.?George Hart, 97; Jno. Jenkins,97; Harry Spann, 96; Jack Gardner, 95; Moffatt Kennedy, 94; Will Williams, 93; Mack Schorl), 90. Eighth Grade.?Alma Walker, 98; T. C. Dunlap, 97 ; Barron Kennedy, 96; Annie Smith, 94; John Ashe, 93; Bessie Williams, 92; Jetferys Ashe, 92; Elizabeth Hunter, 91; Ethel Latimer, 90. Seventh Grade.?Nellie Schorb, 99; Hallie Withers, 96; Straussie Walker, 94; Sadie Waters, 93; Louise Lowry, 93; Tallulab Neville, 93; Nannie Grist, 92; Gladys Withers, 90. Sixth Grade.?Maggie Robinson, 99; Lottie Bell Simril. 98; Mary Williams, 98; Anna Spann, 97; Willie Waters, 96; Heury McClain, 96; Bertie Smith, 96; Lowry McClain, 94; Joe Alexander, 93; Hazel Grist, 93; Raymond McClain, 92; Han>let Carroll, 92; Earle Morrow, 90. Fifth Grade.?Anna McCaw, 99; Philip Hunter, 99 ; Catharine Hunter,98; Lilla Herndon, 97; Beulah Grimes, 96; Gerald Lowry, 94; Robert McCaw, 94; Marion Grimes, 94; Keene Dobson, 93; Carrie Beard, 93 ; Marion Woodward, 93; Eunice Grist, 92; Elise Latimer, 90. Fourth Grade.? Joe Hart,97; Lenora Williford, 97; Glenn Allison, 96; George Cartwright, 96; Mary Dobson, 96; Edna Horton. 96; Marion "Logan. 96; Bedford Moore, 94; Mary Walker, 94; Mamie L. Grist. 93? Beulah Long. 91: D. Wyatt Neville, 91; Monroe Willis, 91; Mary Brian, 90; DeLeon Walker, 90. Third Grade.?Oren Abernatby, 99; Fannie Barron, 98; Marie Moore, 97; Virginia Neville, 97; Leon White, 97; Charlie Berry, 96; Helen Lowry, 96; Jennie McClain, 96; Frank Riddle, 95 ; Lillian Withers, 95; Robert Herndon, 94; Julia Smith, 94: Olive Walker, 94; Quay Williford, 91; Ed Alexander, 90. Second Grade.?Bessie Pegram, 99; Winnie Crawford, 99; Rozella Abernathy, 99; Mildred Abernathy, 99; Clarke Wardlaw Adickes, 99; Mary Hope, 99; David Logan, 99; Mattie May Neville, 99; Wheeler Willis, 99; Earle Grist, 98; Willie Jenkins, 98; Corinne Jones, 98; Wilmore Logan, 98; Ottinan Rose, 98; Claude Walker, 98; Maxie Waters, 98; W. G. White, Jr., 98-; Lerta Woodward, 98; Arthur Hart, 97; May McClain, 97. First Grade.?Edward Finley, 99; Louise Dobson, 99 ; Fredrica Lindsay, 99; Edna McClain, 99; Mary Starr, 99; Carrie Cartwright, 98; Mary Cartwrigbt, 98; Tristiam Easterling, 98; Nannie Hope, 98; Samuel Latimer, 98; Jessie Baber, 94; Aubrey Willis, 93. BACK FROM NEW YORK. Mr. H. C.Strauss, who left for New York on Monday of last week with the intention of being away not less than two weeks, returned to Yorkville last Saturday. Mr. Strauss's early return under the circumstances naturally created much surprise ; but when interviewed by the reporter on last Saturday afternoon, he explained the situation in a way that was entirely satisfactory. "Well, you see," said Mr. Strauss, "I did intend to remain rather longer than usual; but after I got there, I got information that induced me to change my mind. The war talk and feeling were running so high that everything was demoralized. In fact, business had quite a panicky look on it, so much so that I considered it would be a good idea to wait awhile. "I'll give you an idea how it is. On the way north, I struck up with a merchant from .High Point, N. C. He told me that he was going to buy an unusually large stock. We got to New York on Tuesday, and lie told me on Wednesday that he whs ready to go home. At my hotel, I met another merchant from Connecticut who had come to New York also with the intention ol' buying a big stock ; hut the outlook was too much for him. Ho went home without buying anything at all. It was the Mime way with hundreds, and it was the dullest time in the city I have ever seen. "To illustrate how slack business is, I'll give you a little incident. Among others, I had a small special order for a customer down here at home. I bought the goods during the morning, and when I went back to my hotel I found a letter countermanding the order. I at once hurried back to the house at which I had puri-hased the goods; but found I was too late. The order had already been shipped out. In ordinary times, you know,