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^cvups ami .facts. ? The commission which has been detailed by the home mission hoard of the Southern Baptist conveution to make an investigation of the condition of the properties of the board located in Cuba, will leave Atlanta next Monday morning for Havana. It is com posed of Dr. I. T. Tichenor, who is corresponding secretrry of the home mission board; Hon. Porter King ami Mr. Greeu Adair. In the event that Mr. Adair finds it impossible to go, Dr. E. L. Conuolly will go with the commission. ? The Spanish officers in Havana nave ueeu icuiuviug Buuo government ammunition against the protests of the American evacuation commissioners. Let the commissioners say what they would, the Spaniards would pay no attention to them. Now it is reported from Washington that Secretary Long has ordered several naval vessels to get in readiness to sail for Havaua, and the probability is that hereafter when the evacuatiou commissioners make suggestions, those suggestions will receive due consideration. ? Duriug the course of a trial at Woodward, Oklahoma, one day last week, a witness admitted to the presiding judge that he had a revolver in his pocket, and the court fined him $25. The local paper says: "When the judge fined Tom Word for carrying a gun, every other man in the courtroom sat erect and smoothed his coattails down to hide his armament. When a recess was taken every man made for the nearest outlet and 'hid out' his battery. Best estimates place the number of guns in the courtroom at the time at about two wagon loads." ? Fourteeu is the number of Negroes who were killed as the result of the Harperville, Miss., race riot, referred to in The Enquirer of Wednesday. According to the report at that time, the number killed was 10. Afterward four more bodies were found in the woods aud swamps. On Wednesday, it was reported that the balance of the Negroes who had fled to the swamps had made good their escape, aud although there was still a great deal of excitement in the vicinity, there was every reason to believe that the riot was at an end. ? A tragic accident that might have resulted in the death of 200 people, occurred on the Pennsylvania railroad last Tuesday night. When the train reached Susquehanna, it developed that the engineer, Henry Kingsley, was dead. The fireman had made the discovery. Although the traiu had beeu making unusual speed for 20 miles or more, the fireman noticed nothing wrong ut.til the engineer failed to sound his signal for Susquehanna. The fireman went over to the engineer's side of the engine and found Engineer Kingsley with his head crushed. The engine was stopped at once. It is supposed that the engineer was killed by projecting timbers at a coal cnuie. roriunaieiy me roau was a double track. Otherwise there would have been a disastrous collisiou with one of the passiug traius. ? Old Geronimo, the celebrated Apache renegade, who up to a dozen years ago was the terror of Arizona ; but who has since that time been in the custody of the United States, is at large. He made his escape last week. With a dozen or more members of his baud, he had been on exhibition at Omaha, Neb. While beiug returned to his reservation under a guard of soldiers, he suddenly broke aud rau for it. The soldiers were afraid to leave :be other Indians, and Gerouimo made good his escape. At last accounts he had not been re-captured, and there is much uueasiness lest he get together again another band of murderous Apaches and begin auew his career of terror. Geromioa is 70 years of age; but is still active in body aud as full of hate for the whites iu heart as he was in his younger days. ? Loudon Saturday Review: The facts on which the Fushoda dispute is based are very much deeper than is generally supposed. At first sight it would appear that the French were grasping at a shadow and disregarding the substance iu pertinaciously laying claim to an apparently barren and unproductive spot while neglecting the fertile district of Bahr el Ghazal. But this is by no means the oa.-e. Fashoda is a point of incalculable value to Frauce, aud it is correspondingly important that we should frustrate her designs in that direction. It is her cherished project to make a railroad from east to west Africa, iu order to divide the continent and thus prevent the joiuing of two British spheres (north aud south) by direct communication. With 5?% ifioii' din hou/iKtui no/) fr*r?m IIJIO UUJCVl iU ?IVW OIIV IJUOVUVUIUVU itvoi Meuelik concessions to build a railway right across Abyssinia, the line being already iu construction. It is essential to the scheme that this liue should be carried through to Fashoda. But it is easily esseutial that we should retain Fashoda, both for the prevention of the plan?which would be a severe blow to British interests?and for the establishment of that Cape to Cairo communication which will give us supremacy in Africa. The issues at stake are so vital to both countries that a conflict between them is more seriously threatened than most people) are disposed to think. ? Londou Daily News: Here are a few statistics to which the letter of the czar gives a temporary interest. We are near the end of the century, and this is a record of the number of years devoted to warfare by each of the great European powers. The gravity of the campaigns are not taken into account; it is simply a question of the shutting or the opening of the Temple of Janus. The power that has been most constantly at war has been Turkey?38 years of it, as agaiust 59 of peace. One is rather surprised to find that the second on the list is Spain, and a good second, too, with 32 years of warfare, not counting her last fatal campaign. Then comes France with 27 years, Russia with 24, and Italy with 23, before we reach our own country with 21. Germany, not counting Prussia, follows with 14, Sweden with 10 and Denmark with 9. There has been more warfare, at least less continuous peace, than one would, at first hand, have supposed. 5"hc \(orl;nUr (fuquirrv. YORKVILLE, S. C.: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2y, l?y?. ? "Who will core for Johnny Private now?" asks the Columbia State. Will The State please inform ns who has been caring for Johnny Private? ? According to the New York Journal, the next house will he composed of 170 Republicans, while the Democrats and Populists will number 187. As to the correctness of this estimate, we are rather dubious than otherwise. ? The more wheat raised in York county this year, the less trouble there will be next summer in*turning it into cash at the highest market price. The roller mills can make all the flour that will be needed for home consumption, and there will be dealers who will pay cash for the surplus yield. ? Our esteemed contemporary, the Rock Hill Herald, is after us again with the followiug : The faoetiousness of The Yorkville Enquirer will not serve to excuse that paper for not only its "littlenessbut its constant display of prejudice. It poses as the guardian of all the interests as well as spokesman for all the communities in York county, and yet, whatever credit it may have given I)r. Crawford, who deserves much, it persistently nogleeted to give Rock Hill the credit it was entitled to, while it sought to make the impression that the wise scheme of improving our highways was a proposition that had its birth in The Enquirer office, and that some gentleman who told The Enquirer about it, "agitated it privately and through The Enquirer." The Herald's "smallness" is only equaled by The Enquirer's "littleness," for, like The Enquirer, we remember some things. We remember that when The Enquirer whs "agitating" this very Rock Hill scheme, it sought to impress upon its readers the importance and effectiveness of co-operating in an undertaking of this kind by referring to a stone wall around a graveyard that the neighbors bad succeeded in building by putting their shoulders unitedly to the wheel. We had here an object lesson in real road building by the town and country people co-operating; but it did not suit The Enquirer's purposes to give this side of the county credit for anything, and it has not done so recently. In The Herald's first article, we saw only another outbreak of its persistent and long continued policy of making prejudice agaiust The Enquirer. The point it tried to make was so sil'y and had so little basis of fact, that we did not consider it worth while to discuss it seriously. We have never been able to foresee any benefit in a policy of prejudice, and if we have ever felt any prejudice against any section of York county, we are not aware of it. We gave the Rock Hill people as much credit for road-building enterprises as ever The Herald did, and we do not remember to have exhibited any prejudice against that "side" at any time. In writing up the Charlotte road, we used only such facts as were necessary to tell the story, and we did not as^ i rx IqL'Q ???**? /iriwlit f n niircpluiN for what has been Hone. We only hope that the Rock Hill people and the Yorkville people and the people of all other sections of the county, will continue to build better roads whenever and wherever they can, and the more good roads that are built the better we will be pleased. In the meantime the editor of The Herald might employ his abilities to better advantage iu some other line than in attempting to stir up anew sectionul strife which all healthy-minded people have had reason to hope is rapidly being buried. SHOULD BE MUSTERED OUT. The statement in the daily papers that the officers of the first regiment have made peace with each other and that all ure now pulliug together to have the regiment retained in service, is significant. In the opinion of The Enquirer, the retention of the regiment now, after all that has occurred, would be a lasting shame and disgrace to the state. This opinion is based upon the record of facts as developed since the outbreak of dissension in the regiment. Let us review the case. According to reports from Jacksonville, published at the time, the muster out movement was engineered by then Lieutenant Colonel Tillman. The men were tired and sick of wholesome discipline, and Tillman told them that there was no longer any opportunity for them except to go to Havana to do garrison duty, which would include the digging of ditches, etc. A majority of the men were induced to sign a petition to be mustered out and Lieutenant Colonel Tillman carried that petition to Washington. That the officers of the regiment did not want to be mustered out was quite natural. Their pay is good and even if they went to Havana they would have no ditches to dig. The city is full of dark eyed Cuban and Spanish beauties, and there is an abundance of wine and of rum. The prospect was anything hut displeasing, especially to those whose tastes might run in the direction indicated. That the officers, should feel aggrieved at Tillman aud the privates delighted with him, was natural. But take the next step. In causing the unmerciful flogging of Negroe9 to try to make them confess to a theft of which they were suspected, Colonel Tillmau was guilty of an unmilitary use of bis authority which caused indignation throughout the state. When the officers preferred charges against Colonel Tillman, they only did their duty. It may be that they were prompted by no higher feeling than revenge. There is now reason to fear that such is the case. But no matter what may have been the motive of the officers, Colonel Tillmau should have been courtmartialed. However, let us here quote what Tillman is reported to have said about the affair at the time. The quotation is from the news columns of the Columbia State: <lThe whole thing is a hatched up affair, directed against me by officers who have lost their jobs?largely by meu who uever before made so much money in their lives. I understand their scheme, and I am reudy to meet them. Most of tbcm will be court martialed on far gftiver charges than have been brought against me." Then, after this, follows the death or ine lamented uoiouei aisiou, wuu, by the way, had, with becoming dignity, held aloof from all the disgraceful dissensions that had occurred. And since Colonel Alston's death, it develops that Lieutenant Colonel Tillmau has been appointed his successor. In the same issue of the newspapers that give this news, .s the statemeut that the officers have decided to let bygones be bygones, aud all are pulling to have the regiment retained in the service. We are told also, and this we do not believe, that most of the men have "changed their minds and are willing to remain." Now, what does it all meau ? If it was true a mouth ago thnt the soldiers would go to Havana only to do garrison duty and dig ditches, it is true now. Then why remaiu in the service ? If Colonel Tillman was solicitous for the men a month ago, why not now? If the commissioned officers were so bitter against Colonel Tillman a mouth ago, why not now? Is it possible that the reason Tillman raised his dissensions was because he was not colonel; and is it possible that the only grievance of the commissioned officers was, as Tillman intimated, the threatened loss of their jobs ? If the regiment is retained iu the service now, it would certainly look that way. If it is true that the officers have decided to let hygones be bygones, we are glad. In the circumstances there is nothing to be gained by the courtmartial and punishment of some of the officers who may be so richly deserving of punishment. That is, if the regiment is to be mustered out of service, for then the state will try to forget the rottenness of the whole miserable business. If the regiment is not mustered out, then, of course, all this rottenness will continue. So, as we have said before, the honor of the state requires that the First South Carolina be mustered out on the date uppointed?November 10. If it is not mustered out, it should be reoffieered by men who have not compromised themselves. THAT EDGEFIELD LYNCHING. Lynch law is always deplorable ; but, notwithstanding there are occasions when the wisest, most prudent und conservative citizens find it difficult to decide what is the best thiug to be doue. There was such an occasion iu Edgefield last Tuesday. Mr. August Kohn, of The News and Courier, was on the ground at the time of the lynching. He had reason beforehand to expect that it would probably take place, and he went there to report the proceedings. Almost everything that was said and done I AKooi?wofinn ant] hearing, and from his plain unvarnished story it is difficult to tell whether the lynching should be condemned. It appears that there was a large section of territory occupied exclusively by Negroes, with the exception of a single white family, and to get rid of that family some of the Negroes resorted lo assassination. That the safety of the community demanded the punishment of the guilty party does not admit of argument. Neither is there any dispute that the proper way to mete out that punishment was through the regularly constituted courts. Rut it appears also that the entire community is under the domination of a few Negro leaders, aud there was no reason to hope that the real truth could ever be developed in the courts. With the moral element eliminated, and this is too often the case, a murder trial is usually only a question of legal science. Flora all the facts that have : been published in this case, it appears that, so far as the witnesses were concerned, there would have been but ' little moral restraint upon their testimony at the trial, and from a "scien ' litic" standpoint, it would have been an easy matter for almost any jaekleg lawyer to have secured their acquittal. The ideus here suggested are not very pleasant for contemplation ; but it is likely that they are very close to those which passed through the minds of the Edgefield mob. In the crowd at Edgefield there was no doubt the usual per cent, of ruffians, always present ou sucn occasions; nui from the testimony of Mr. Kohn, the act appears to have been that of representative responsible men, after calm and careful deliberation. These men, of course, took a fearful responsibility upon themselves, and although their action is hardly to be justified before the laws of the land, they have to offer as a halm to their consciences what seems to be at least a very strong case of self-defense. FRENCH TROUBLES. Looks Like Another Revolution Is About ' Due. The cable dispatches of the past few i days have been showing up a threat- 1 ening state of affairs in France. The ( trouble is not due to the quarrel with England about the occupation of Fashoda; but is another outbreak of that same old Dreyfus trouble. The chamber of deputies met on Tuesday, and the occasion was the sigual for a demonstration that bad long . been brewing. It will be remembered that some time ago the French cabinet agreed to submit the Dreyfus case ' to the court having jurisdiction over matters of that character, for revision, i Since then the two parties in France huve been growing more and more ex- ] cited, until an outbreak on the re-assemhling of the chamber of deputies was looked upon as a matter of course. The Parisians have a way of collect- 1 in'g in great mobs for the purpose of expressing their feelings. In anticipa- < lion of trouble Tuesday, the police, on Monday, issued orders forbidding cries of "down with" anything. But these orders amounted to nothing, as subsequent events developed. Opposing mobs were on hand Tuesday as expected, and they upheld their respective sides with "Long live M. Brisson," and "Long live the army." M. Brisson was the prime miuisler and representative of the revision sentiment. The army, of course, is against Dreyfus, aud opposed to revision. The crowds surged through the streets raisiug a big hullabaloo, and coming in frequent contact with each other, the result being riot. All day the police and soldiery were busy trying to preserve order. It was not considered desirable to use any more force than was absolutely necessary, and the principal method the police used to disperse the mobs, was to ride into them from side streets. Several times there were exciting fights with fists and clubs; but nobody wus seriously hurt during the day. Shortly after the assembly in the the chamber of deputies, Paul Deroulede, leader of the anti-Dreyfusites, made a speech in which he called upon the ministry to put an end to the trouble that was dividing the people by the revision preceedings. General Chanoiue, minister of war, made a speech in reply, and concluded with the announcement of bis resignation. Then amid a great uproar, the chamber voted lack of confidence in the cabinet, aud shortly afterward the body adjourned in indescribable confusion. The people are not at all interested in the quarrel with England. In fact it is understood that the British de- ( mands for the withdrawal of Major Marchaud from Fushodu lias beeu ac- , ceded to; hut the feeling that the ^ Dreyfus trouble will speedily lead to a ?I Lx.? ?- n H/\? ?ir nnf AtiUr in JCVUIUIIUH IS VCi^ OU UUV VMIJ IU Paris, but throughout the world. GOLD inLTNlJGGETS. < ( Farmers Well Along With Their Work? , Big Wheat Crop Promised. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enauirer. Gold Hill, October 26.?The peo- I pie of this community are generally < well, and the farmers are just moving < up, gathering corn, sowing oats and picking cotton like it was worth some- 1 thing. ] Charlie Graham is as happy as if ] cotton was worth ten cents a pound. 1 There is a new girl baby over at his t house. i If sigDS amount to anything, the matrimonial cart will soon be on the t way. A number of youngsters are < making ready to "jump the broom." < I suppose Newport and Fort Mill J forgot to except Gold Hill in their cot- I ton picking challenge. There are some i youngsters here who do not allow them- ] sefves to be outdoue in this line. They < have gathered large oat, cotton and s corn crops, and are now ready to take 1 Thanksgiving, Christmas or about any- i *V?ir%nr olcQ that HAmDC Q Inn (Y 11,1 "fe vlo,/ ?"?*? *??? ?? ? From inquiries that are being made for seed, there is reason to believe that the wheat acreage sown this fall will ] be larger than usual. Splinter. j Dispensary Figures. The dispensary report for the quar- ' ter ending September 30th, shows a cash balance of $74,059.97 for the ( quarter. The gross profits on mer- ? chandise sold during the quarter are $07,469.04; discounts on whisky purchases, $4,552.22 ; contraband seizures, 1 $4,407.62 ; permit fees, $0 ; profit from * beer dispensaries, $8,294.09; total gross profits, $84,729.59. Losses: Supplies, | $26,372.55; constabulary, $11,089.92; , breakage and leakage, $208.57 ; freight and express charges, $15,S12.10 ; labor, $3,397.50; express account, $5,062.28 ; 1 total expenses, $64,641.53. Net profit 1 for the quarter, $20,088.04. i LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Tells you where to go if yon want any of the articles mentioned in the list she prints. Grist Cousins?Announce a reduction in the price of Oliver chilled plows?one dollar on some sizes and fifty cents on other sizes. They have disposed of their agency for the sale of the Rabcock buggy and harness to Glenn A Allison, and will discontinue dealing in buggies and harness, so soon as two open buggies and several sets of harness they now have on hand are disposed of, and which they offer at wholesale cost for spot cash. L. R. Peck?The manager of the Southern Optical company, of Charlotte. N. \j., wm ne ai me i'urisn noiei on >veunesday, November i>, for the purpose of adjusting glasses to defective eyes. He will remain for one day only. The Gansoti Dry Goods Company?Reminds you that their great bargain sale is in progress and present a large list of attractive offers to the buying public. They also announce second millinery opening for next Friday, November 4, and promise a brilliant display and lowprices. Louis Roth?Has just received a lot of seasonable goods in the eating line, embracing buckwheat flour at 5 cents a pound, codfish in one pound blocks at 10 cents, unpitted cherries at 20 cents a Eound for pies, celery salt at 15 cents a ottle, nice mackerel at 10 cents each. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. In all there are 35 cases docketed an Calendar One for trial by jury at [he approaching terra of court of common pleas. These include 25 cases that have been passed over from two to eight terras. The cases docketed since the last term of court are as follows : Green Sandift-r aguinst True & Klutz. J L. Lindsay against W. B. Fewell. J. F. L. Patrick against R. R. Allison and J. M. Brian. J. W. Bludworth agaiust W. N. A.she, Jr. Jos. M. Sims against O. R. & C. railroad. Julia L. Lowry against The Home Mutual Fire Protection of South Carolina. Herudon Bros., against H. E. and 3. N. Johnson. Mary F. Feemster against O. R. & J. Railway company. H. F. Forbes agaiust D. J. Forbes. F. E. Clinton agaiust D. J. Forbes? wo cases. PROSPECTUS NEXT WEDNESDAY. The prospectus of The Yorkville Enquirer for 1899, will be published iext Wednesday, and itr will iuclude jffers to clubmakers that will be as iberal as those of last year. During the present year there has )een an unusual amount of hard work )n The Enquirer. The management ias spared neither labor nor expense n trying to make the paper as good as t is possible to publish in this section, ind as the result, considerable progress las been made. It is not the policy of The Enquirer to go backward, and ts subscribers will be safe in expecting is good, if not better, service duriug 1899. To the clubmakers we beg to say that he demaud for The Enquirer now is atber better than at this season for ieveral years. There are quite a num>erof families who are not now getting he paper, but who want it; and the )remiums that will be offered next week'will be of sufficient value to pay or the time aud trouble of seeing all ,hese families. So let the clubmakers ?et to work now. The premium list .0 be published next Wednesday will lot be a disappointment. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. A. S. Withers is visiting rela,ives and friends in Charleston. Messrs. S. L. Meachnm aud W. S. VIcMurray, of Fort Mill, have been in Charleston ibis week participating in he fall festival bicycle races. Mr. J. H. Coltbarp, of Fort Mill, is i farmer who has always been a successful wheat grower. He can, no loubt, give many of his neighbors /aluable pointers on the subject. Judge Witherspoon went to Chareston on Tuesday to attend the Fall 'estiva! exercises. He represents York county on the Confederate re union committee. Corporals Crawford Moore, Will Whituer and Privates Edwin Withers, Lewis Ferguson, Todd Lowry and Philip Moore, Yorkville soldier boys, lave returned to Columbia to be mus,ered out of service with the First South Carolina regiment. Coronaca correspondent of the Greenwood Index : "Our school at this place jpened with a flattering attendance in Monday, October 3. Mr. James B. Kennedy, of Yorkville, is in charge ,his year, haviug been the seccessful ipplicant for the position as principal. \Ir. Kennedy comes highly recommenled to us and has made a good impreslion on our people during the few days le spent among us prior to the openng of the school. RECEIPTS NOV-TAXABLE. The internal revenue department las again changed its mind about the axation of receipts for money paid, rhis time it says receipts are non-taxalle. The question was presented to the iepartraent by the Bank of Lancaster. That institution had been paying noney to depositors upon receipt of a written acknowledgement of the iraount to be paid. The deportment at first held that eceipts for money wero non-taxable inder the law. Then it changed its nind and said such receipts were taxible. It went further and notified he banks that they would be held iccountable for the revenue tax on all the unstamped receipts for which they had exchanged money. As the result of this ruling, Cashier Thomson, of the Lancaster bank, went to Washington and argued the matter with the commissioner. The proposition involves a very fine p.oiut. The revenue law clearly does not contemplate the taxing of written acknowledgements by one individual to another for money paid. A receipt for a deposit, or a portion of a deposit, is clearly on the same footing as any other receipt. Still such a receipt can be used in a manner that will facilitate the evasion of the stamp tax act; but at the same time, if the department , holds that receipts given to banks are subject to tax, it will also have to insist on a tax in the case of receipts given by one individual-to another. So in the case of the Lancaster bank, the department ruled that the receipts were non-taxable. How long this ruling will stand, or whether there will be another change, is a question ; but according to the wording of the law, it is safe for the banks to act on the theory that a written acknowledgement of money paid is not subject to the revenue tax. LOCAL LACONICS. Circuit Court. The fall term of the circuit court convenes next Monday. Not SttleHtlay. Although court convenes next Monday, salesday does not occur until the Monday following. October Front. There was a heavy frost yesterday morning, and old people say that the J * 1 ?1 * U in (lay was luc cuiucai tucj icujcuiuu iu October for quite a while. In Memory of Lafayette. The children of the Yorkville graded school (white) have contributed the sum of $3.40 toward the erection of the proposed monument to the memory of General Lafuyette. Accident to Mr*. Qulnn. While driving a flock of geese from one part of a field to another, last Wednesday, Mrs. Felix Quinn, of Zadok, accidentally stepped into a ditch and broke one of her legs. Cottages For Operatives. The York Cotton Mill company is making arrangements for the immediate erection of 15 or 20 new cottages for the accommodation of the additional operatives who will be required upon the completed increase in the capacity of the mill. Death of Miss Owens. Charlotte Observer, Thursday : Mrs. Alice Naile received a telegram yesterdar announcing the death in Chester, S. C., of Miss Luella Owens, her sister. Deceased was 30 years of age. The funeral will take place today in Chester. Mrs. Naile will go down this morning to attend the funeral. Examining the Records. Mr. E. E. Poag, as a special expert appointed by the grand jury, has been engaged this week in making a thorough examination of the books and papers of the various county offices. 1 t-?- A .L. A tie Will mane nis report iu iue giauu jury next week, and the grand jury will incorporate the report in its final presentment. Arbor Day. There are many places on the streets of Yorkville where Arbor day?third Friday in November?can be celebrated with advantage. Elms suitable for shade trees are said to be scarce ; but if notified along about now, we feel pretty sure that Messrs. I. T. Parish or T. A. McFarland, will manage to provide as many as may be needed by Arbor day. Hobbs-Gwlan. Mr. S. L. Hobbs, the efficient agent of the South Carolina and Georgia railroad at this place, was married on last Wednesday, at the residence of the bride's father, near Olive, to Miss Mabel, daughter of Mr. 0. J. Gwinn. The ceremony was performed by Rev. E. S. Reaves. Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs are at Mrs. Mason's for the present; but will shortly take up their residence in the pretty home recently purchased by Mr. Hobbs on the eastern outskirts of Yorkville. The young couple have the sincere congratulations aud best wishes of numerous friends. Address at Xeely's Creek. Greenville Mountaineer: Hon. Jos. A. McCullough has received through Editor J. J. Hull, of Rock Hill, an invitation from Walnut Camp, Woodmen of the World, Rock Hill, to deliver an address on Thanksgiving day at Neely's Creek cemetery, on the occasion of the unveiling of a monument to a dead member of that camp. Walnut Camp has about 200 members, and the six camps in York county and two in Chester are expected to take part in the ceremonies, making it the occasiou for quite a large gathering. Mr. McCollough will accept. CliUl Cure Tragedy. Rock Hill correspondence of the Columbia State, Wednesday: News of a sad tragedy comes from Edgemoor. Mr. P. M. Blanks, a respectable farmer of that section, purchased yesterday afternoon a bottle of chill cure from Mr. Sidney Robinson's store, taking it home with him. This morning he administered doses to his wife and four children. The effect was uulooked for. Mrs. Blanks died this morning; the oldest boy, aged 6, died