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Scraps and ^acts. ? The president, on last Friday, sent a message to congress pointing out the imperative necessity of a Pacific cable connecting this country with the Philippine, Hawaiian and Guam islands. Such communication, be says, should be established so as to he wholly under the control of the United States whether in time of peace or war. ? The army appropriation bill wm completed last Friday by the housr committee on military affairs, and by dint of pretty severe cutting of enormous items, it was brought down to $79,034,372. It is framed on the basis of an army of about 100,000 men, and contemolates the enactmeDt of the Hull bill for the increase of the army or the retention of volunteers and regulars up to that number. . ?.- -r-The North Carolina house of rep. resentatives has passed a resolution recommending the impeachment of Judge W. L. Norwood, of the Twelfth judicial district. Judge Norwood is charged with being a habitual drunkard, and with being publicly drunk on more than one occasion while in the discbarge of the duties of his office. The impeachment resolution was adopted by a vote of 62 to 31. This is said to be the second time in the history of North Carolina where it has been ueoessary for the general assembly to institute proceeding against a circuit judge for drunkenness. ? With the thermometer stauding at zero, three culprits were placed in the pillory for an hour at the New Castle jail yard, says a Wilmington, Delaware, despatch of last Saturday. On account of the intense cold, the men were well covered with blankets; but when released they were so benumbed that they could scarcely stand. Upon being thawed out, two of the three, together with six others, were sent to the whipping post. One man, convicted of murderous assault, received 40 lashes, another 20, and six others 15 lashes each. The back of the man who reoeived the 40 lashes was badly cut, blood trickling from the wounds. ? General Guy V. Henry the military aovprnor of Porto Rico, has de J cided that all the boys and girls on the island must put on clothes. Heretofore little boys and girls of from 1*0 to six years of age have been allowed to run about the streets naked. This has been especially the case among the poorer classes. General Henry considers that bis order is in the interest of morality. It will also, no doubt, redound at least to a limited extent to the interest of the cotton trade. The enforcement of the order in the Philippines later on will also tend in the same direction. The Porto Ricans are said to be very well able to cloth their children?at least most of them are ; but they have not considered it necessary. As far back as the history of the island is known, it has been the genera! custom for young children to run about naked. ? It is estimated that the population of the Philippine islands numbers 10,000,000 people. Of these, about half are more or less civilized, and the balance are in a semi.or wholly barbarous state. The leading races are the Tagals and the Visayas. These are the two races that have made the most trouble for Spain. Aguinaldo is a Tagal. His people number about 2,000,000. The Visayas number about 3,000,000. As to whether the Visayas are now fighting agaiust the Americans has not yet been fully established. They fought Spain, however, and it is likely that they will co-operate with Aguinaldo. Most of the population of ** - ? r,,~ ?~ ^ 1?A "?"* Aot /?? Dili 7nr] luanua is lagm, uuu iur mu^ factor among the islanders. The missionary work of the Spanish clergy has been chiefly among the Tagalsand the Visayas, and as they came into relations with foreign teachers, the have picked up much that has tended to their elevation. ? The United States gunboat Nashville, bearing the body of General Calixto Garcia, steamed into Havana harbor at 1 o'clock iast Thursday afternoon, the guns of Morro Castle and the American squadron saluting her. The solemn booming announced the arrival to the expectant city. Everywhere householders and ships lowered a thousand flags to half-mast and black streamers soon surmounted the Cuba banners. The company of the Eighth regular infantry, with the regimental band, were lined up to receive the coffin, which, draped with the Cuban flag and bearing a wreath of flowers, was carried on the shoulders of the members of the Junta between the saluting rauks of regulars and the hearse. The silent crowds, with bared UrvAsJr* mofnkor) tf\ tho ruin<J nf f hP ucrauo, uiai vuvm iv ??iv funeral dirge to the palace, where the body was deposited iu the muuicipal chamber, guarded by details of American and Cuban troops. On the order of General Ludlow, all official flags were kept at half-uiast until after the public funeral, which took place on Saturday. Thousands of people, in addition to the Cuban aud American military escorts, were in attendance, and the occasion fully demonstrated the love and veneration iu which the patriots held their dear general. ? General Otis had another victory to record this morning, says a Washington dispatch of Saturday, aud though the action before Caloocau did not result in as heavy a loss to the American side as the battle of last Saturday night aud Suuday morning, ll is oenevea to nave oeen quite ao nuportant in results. Caloocan is on the line of the railroad connecting Mauiia with Malolos, the insurgeut capital, and it may be that this capture of the first named town will make it possible to advance rapidly by rail upon the insurgent headquarters if it shall be deemed necessary to force the fighting and undertake the capture of Aguinaldo. The officials here were encouraged today by General Otis' quotation of the opinion of credible persons, Filipinos, it is understood, to the effect that Agninaldo no longer has the power to keep the insurgents under his lead, and this points to ao early submission of the insurgents to the American government. None will be allowed to come to Mauiia, however, until they have laid down their arms for good. As for Aguinaldo, it is now believed that he will refuse to the last to muke terms that would meet with the approval of General Otis, and that when the insurrection falls through, he will make his escape to the continent, rather than remain in Luzon. ? On the morning after the news of the battle of Manilla this week reached Speaker Reed, he turned to one of the members of the house who is noted for his strong evangelical convic tions, and is also somewhat inclined toward the expansion programme, with this comment: "Well, I see that you have got 4,000 less Filipinos to convert to Christianity than you had yesterday. At that rate they will not last more than six months, and the spiritual work of preparing idem for the other world should begiu at once and be prosecuted with zeal." She ilorkriilf (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, 8. C.: WEDNESDAY, FEB'ARY 15,1899. ? Mecklenburg county, N. C., is agitating the question of a bond issue in behalf of better roads. That is the way the work should be done. ? Senator Allen proposed in the senate, a few days ago, the re-affirmation of the policy and principles of the declaration of independence; but the senate was not disposed to commit itself along that line just then. THE NEW ISSUE. Annexation, expansion, imperialism. This now, in addition to the money question, is the most clear cut issue between the Republican and Democratic parties. The new issue has been made by the Republicans, cautiously at first; but now that their purposes can no longer be concealed, they stand boldly committed. That it is the purpose of the Republicans to hold the Philippine islands there is not the slightest reason to doubt. Whether they intend to annex them to the United States, or hold them as a province under arbitrary government after the manner of Spain, is a question of development. The probability, however, is that the Spanish plan will be followed. The principal points involved in the new issue is moral right under the American declaration of independence and the constitution or tne unneu States. Also the increased danger of endless complications with foreign countries and tbe necessity for a standing army similar in size, equipment and servility to tbe great armies of Europe. Tbe excuse for a large army, of course, is increased responsibilities in the newly acquired islands. The object of it, however, is the creation of a much "stronger" home government than has yet existed, and the control of certain tendencies of liberty in our own oountry that are regarded by Imperialists as "vicious." The Imperialists have full sway now. They are not talking much ; but they are acting. They may be expected to continue this policy. They are playing their game, too, with remarkable shrewdness. Already it begins to look as if their designs are all but accomplished. The next presidential campaign will, I in all probability, settle the future fate of the country. It will decide whether the United States are to continue a free republic, or become, to all intents and purposes, a military despotism. Mr. Bryan and other Democratic leaders fully understand the situation. They have already sounded the alarm from one end of the land to the other,! and they have told the truth. But the question is will the majority heed the warning, and the answer is at the end of the next presidential campaign. ? Senator McLaurin is unfortunate in having made up bis mind at the last moment bow be would vote on the peace treaty. He has had a strong pull with the president, and we give him credit for having used it on a number of occasions tor the interest of his people; but the fact that the president has favored him and that foolish remark of bis that McKinley ought to be re-elected without opposition, will create the suspicion that his vote was flavored with a desire to please the administration.?Winnsboro News and Herald. T f \T** TVT/?T .o n*?5 r* io 1 ho oli/tlr rtnli 11_ XI iUl ITlViJBUI iu id Vuv diiva |/viivt cian that many of the newspapers would have their readers believe he is, then he certainly had foresight enough to appreciate the construction that would be placed on his change of position in regard to the peace treaty. It is a fact that the Democratic position was, at best, only a matter of party policy that could not hope for practical results, for had the treaty not been ratified at this session, it would certaiuly have been ratified at an extra session that would have been called immediately after the Fourth of March. So good a Democrat, and such a determined opponent of imperialism as Mr. Bryan, has all along [been advising the ratification of the | treaty as the best thing that could be doue. So long as only temporary partisan advantage was involved, Mr. McLaurin stood firm ; but with the renewal of hostilities, the issue, in bis opinion, was of a very differeut nature, and his duty, as he saw it, was to his country rather than to the senatorial leaders of bis party. Wa believed all along that it would be best to make the Republicans shoulder all the responsibility in this matter, and we have such a feeling yet; but because Mr. McLaCirin has thought differently, is no reason why we should be "suspicious" of him. If, however, whether early or late, the senator bad come to the conclusion that it was his patriotic duty tt> vote for the ratification, and then not had the courage to do his duty, he would have been an object of suspicion. ' And in this same connection we beg to call attention again to the fact that Mr. McLaurin did not say that McKinley should be reelected without opposition. He was misquoted on that point, and tbe proof is a matter of record. The senator is unforfortunate, if uufortunate at all, only in that there are so many newspapers, that either misunderstood him tnemselves or would have him misunderstood by the people, whose interests he is trying so hard to subserve. ? The Chicago Chronicle seems to thoroughly understand the Philippine situation. It sizes the matter up in ti.is way: "The responsibility, of which it is now so fashionable to talk, does not rest upon the United Slates senate. The cause lies farther back. Eighteen months ago the president of the United States declared in a communication to the United States congress that territorial aggression would be a crime against the moral law. If that declaration bad been adhered to we should not now be face to face with a long, wearisome inglorious war against tribes of Oriental savages?a war to avenge American soldiers who have fallen as a consequence of a policy which contemplated territorial aggression. If William McKinley bad not made a complete volte-face?if be bad not adopted that policy which be once denounced?there would have been no fighting at Manila last Sun[day. The mischief was done not at j Washington, but in Paris; not in the senate chamber; but in the rooms of the iuternational peace commissiob. The president had his ear to the ground. He fancied that he beard the currents of destinv flowing through the hearts of the people. Away went his scruples about territoral aggression ; the moral law was no longer binding." OUTLOOK IN CONGRESS. Summary of tb? Bunlneas to Bo Dlaposed ol Id the Next Three Week*. The house will have little or no time during the remaining three weeks ol the session to devote to anything except appropriation bills, says a Washington dispatch of Sunday. Yet there are a number of measures of great importance which will press for consideration. Much pressure is being brought upon the committee on rules for another day for the passage of the public building bills, to which the house last week devoted two days in committee of the whole, and this request will probably be acceded to; but hardly during the coming week. The announcement of Chairman Cannon that there was no time to consider the steamship subsidy bill and the Nicaragua Canal bill settles the fate of the former. The friends of the latter are to try a Sank movement by attempting to attach -the canal bill to the sundry civil bill now under consideration. As it will 'be the only chance the bill will have at this session, its supporters will make a desperate fight. Time must be given for the consideration of the bill for the government of Hawaii; but it also, for the present, must give way to the appropriation bills. Five of the great annual budgets still remain unacted upon by the house, and as they are the most important of the appropriation bills, it will require practically all the remainder of the session to put them through and consider the conference report upon the other appropriation bills as they are brought iu. This will undoubtedly prove to be the case ii the opposition shows a disposition 10 debate the various propositions as they are brought into the arena. And this 6eems altogether likely. During the earlier part of the session the opposition was passive ; but it seems to have been aroused by the debate on the army reorganization bill, and witbiu the past week has become quite aggressive. The threat of an extra session appears to hold no terrors for the Democrats and Populists; indeed, some of them would apparently welcome it, especially if it were called to increase the size of the regular army. The promised effort on the part of the committee on military affairs to get immediate consideration of the army reorganization bill promises to be the most important feature of the proceedings of the senate during the present week. Lines are divided very sharply on this bill, and the contest over its consideration will be both fierce and stubborn. The Republican members of the committee mauifest a strong determi nation to press the bill regardless of all other measures, and their first effort will be to secure consent from the committee on appropriations to set appropriation bills aside until the army reorganization bill can be disposed of. They argue that it is useless to proceed with the appropriations, especially those for the army, until they know how large the army will he. They also urge that there is far greater necessity for legislation increasing the size of the army than for the appropriation of money to meet the government's expenditures. The Democrats, uot only on the military committee, but throughout the senate, will resist any effort to get the army bill through. They say, howitidu will nnt I rv to nrevent con sideration of the bill. In speaking od this point Senator Jones, of Arkansas, said : "If the Republicans want to take the responsibility of filibustering against the appropriation bills and of throwing them over to another congress, I, for one, am willing that they should do so." Continuing, be said that he did not believe that the army bill could be passed if it should receive the exclusive attention of the senate , for the remainder of the session. "As I look at it," he said, "if the programme for taking up the army bill to the exclusion of the appropriation bills is pursued, both army bill and the appropriations will have to fail. I do not believe the seuate will agree to the passage of the army bill thi9 session. So far as I am informed, we ou this side are willing to grant a temporary increase of the army ; but I do not believe many Democrats would consent to the permanent increase of the standing army. OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY. Wbat the Filipinos Say of tba Fighting: at Manilla. The Filipino junta at Hong Kong, ChiDa, on last Saturday, issued the following statement of the fighting around Manila : "A Manila steamer has arrived here with (be American censored version of the fighting, which is utterly false. The Americans commenced hostilities by the treachery of General Otis, simultaneously by land and sea. . Aguinaldo possesses a signed guarantee from the American commissioners that there would be no hostilities on their part. Hence the Filipiuo troops were resting, and many of the Filipino officers were at the theatre on Saturday night and were arrested shortly before the outbreak. "The bombardment of the defenceless towns of Malate, Paco, Santa Ana aud Malabon caused frightful slaughter among the women and children. It is estimated that 4,000 of them were killed. "The Filipino forces, whose loss was comparatively small, tenaciously held to their positions. "The conduct of the Americans in the suburbs was outrageous. They compelled the inhabitants to leave their houses and then shot them down regardless of sex. "There is a reigu of terror at Manila. Civilians are shot in the streets without being challenged. "The Iloilo commission arrived at MaDila at the invitation of tbe Americans and when they were starting to return the Americau soldiers were looting and pillaging. "Aguinaldo sent commissioners to inquire of General Otis the reason fot the hostilities, oQeriug summary punishment if tbe Filipiuos .were found to be at fault. He received no satisfaction. "The Americans are apparently determined on a war of extermination, similar to their doings in Carolina io November, violating the rightsof mankind and of civilized warfare and com mitting a monstrous outrage of civilization. " "There is no doubt that the action . of General Otis will be a political move to influence the vote of the United States senate, fearing an exposure of the corruptions at Manila, i "Four vessels are leaving Manila tc bombard Iloilo." ' > ^ t TOO MUCH WEAR AND TEAR. , That la Why the Hero at Manila Will No) Be a Candidate For the Presidency, i Washington Uor. News an<fC6urler. , Rear Admiral Dewey, Henry Watterson's candidate for the presidency, declines to enter the race, as appears from a Washington dispatch to tbe New York Herald, inspired by a personal letter received by Judge Brawley from the hero of Manila. The UoruM u?vfl oRpjjc Admiral Dewev will not accept a nomination for the presidency. This has been the opinion of his closest friends here for sometime, and they have not hesitated tc say from their knowledge of the man that nothing was more improbable than > that he would allow himself to be drawn into the field of politics. Confirmation of this view of the most positive kind has lately come to my > knowledge. A friend of Judge Brawley, of South Carolina, who is an intimate friend of Admiral Dewey, telle me that on his recent visit to this city ' the judge showed him a letter lately received from Dewey, in which the admiral said that he would uuder no circumstances be a candidate for the presidency ; that his training bad been on other lines, and that his temperament was such that he could not endure the strain, and that much as he appreciated the sentimeuts of friendship and confidence which led to the mention of bis name in connection with that office, he begged his friends not to consider it a possibility. I saw Judge Brawley just as he was leaving the city, and asked if he would have any objection to giving the letter for publication. He said that he could not with propriety do so; that while he did not consider it of such confidential nature as to make it improper for him to show it to any of his friends, he was unwilling to make it public. He had not enjoined secrecy upon any of those who had read the letter, Judge Brawley added, and if the fact that such a letter was received became known through them, he would leave it to them to determine the questiou ol propriety involved. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. ' Synopsis of the Proceedings of Hoase and Senate. The discussion of the dispensary question was commenced in the house lust "Friday and showed much difference of opinion, with the tendency strongly in favor of local option, or, at least, county control of dispensaries. Mr. Dean's bill to allow fruit growers to manufacture the products of their orchards into braudies provoked an interesting discussion. Mr. Dean's argument was that if people will use intoxicating liquors, and experience shows they will, it is desirable to utilize the home product as far as possible, in preference to sendiug thousands of dollars into other states. Cilizeu Josh Ashley, of Anderson, advocated the bill with much earnestness. He said that he himself had manufactured thousands of gallons of peach brandy of a better quality thau was to be had nowadays. He disclaimed any desire to make any more ; but plead that the fruit growers should be permitted to thus utilize their fruits rather than lose them altogether. Messrs. McGill, McCullough, Wolfe, Robiusou and others opposed tiie bill as fraught with evil. They pointed out bow it would make a brothel of every fruit orchard, and put a premium on drunkenness generally. When the proposition finally came to a vole, it was killed 56 to 20. > Mr. Effird's resolution to submit to the qualified voters the questioo ol amending the constitution so as to provide for biennial instead of annual sessions of the general assembly, was discussed and passed its second reading 77 to 32. The resolution must bave a two-thirds vote, which is 83. The chair, however, held that this was necessary only on the third reading. It was believed on Friday that among the absentees there were enough advocates of the resolution to give the two-thirds required by law. Mr. Blease's resolution to fix the terms ol members of the legislature at foui years instead of two, was also passed to a third reading. The fate of these two propositions is likely to be identi 1 Utftl. FERTILIZER TRUST FORMING. A Big Combination With Capital Amounting to *20,000,OOO. Baltimore Despatch to the New York Sun. It is generally recognized that a con solidation of the fertilizer interests wili soon take place, combining plants intc a trust of $20,000,000 capital and ar annual output of from 800,000 to 1, 000,000 tons. The central office wil be in New York. The principal firm* named are the Bradley Fertilizer com pany, the. Leibig Manufacturing com pany, (operated by Standard Oil inter ests,) the Lister Fertilizer company and the Read Fertilizer company, o New York; the Armour Fertilize! company, Chicago; the C'roker Fertili zer company, Buffalo ; Graftime & Co. Baltimore, and the Tydert Allen com pauy, of Philadelphia. There art about fifteen other smaller companiei i named. W. H. Bowker, of the Bowker Fertilizer company, who is named as prob able president, says : "As there are sc many stockholders in our company, 1 cannot speak for its attitude iu regarc , to joiniug the combination. I canmoi say personally whether or not I shal i enter upon it. The advantages offeree for a fertilizer trust are economy ir transportation, manufacture and sell i ing. The plants utilize essentially tbt same materials. The fertilizer iudustrj . is the industry of the coming century i I believe a combination would resul . in better service to the agricultural in tercsts at no higher cost to the farm . ers." , An officer of one of the leading fer i tilizer companies who has made i lOOrOUgU SlUUy ui luc ouifjcui, ao . kuowledged that a consolidation of ih< northern fertilizer companies bad beet under consideration aud said that tht i opportunities for economy by cousoli I dation are greater tbau in most indus . tries. For one thing, he suggestec that the factories in each district sup ply the trade in their own district ami * save freight on shipments to distant districts. Iu closing be said : . "If such an organization could bt brought about upon comprebensivt and conservative lines, it would obvi c ously be as much for the interests o the farmers who use fertilizers, as foi the manufacturers who produce them.' AFTER A WEEK'S FIGHTING. , How It Looked Id and Aroand Mauili Last Sunday. It is now known that the Filipinc i loss is fully 2,500 killed, with wound ed vastly in excess of that number > and thousands are held prisoners, sayi i a Manila dispatch of Sunday. A1 . this has been achieved at the cost o 65 Americans killed and 257 wounded i There are two Americans missing anc i unaccounted for. i No fewer than ten of the native vil lages have been surrendered or beei . captured. Several have been destroy ed because their bouses harbored men frequently disguised in female attire , who shot from windows and roofs a i the American troops. Many rifles anc a ton of ammunition have been seized As might be expected, there has beet i looting in the outskirts, but it has no i been general and has been done in di i rect violation of orders. The only incident that has broket the quiet of the day followed the ar rival of the German first-class cruisei i Kaiserin Augusta. When she salutec Admiral Dewey this afternoon a re i port spread rapidly that the Araeri can war ships were bombarding Mala i bon. To-day crowds visited the scenes o: last week's figbtiug. All the roads from the city were thronged witt vehicles. But beyond burned villages and the new mounds in the fields thert was little to be seen. A close inspection showed that most of the enemy's dead had remained at their posts tc the last, as their bodies were usually surrounded by empty cartridges, while in the trenches, wherever there were no dead, there was little and often'no ammunition. Among the distinguished prisoners captured in Manilla since the outbreak of hostilities are Captain A. G. Eseamildo, Aguiualdo's private secretary; Capl. E. P. Veraguth, Colonel Martin De Los Reyeys and Senor Tomas Del Rusario, a member of the so-called Ftllipino congress in session at Maloins. A few miuor Filipiuo officials are in custody. Senator McLaurin and the Treaty. Washington correspondent Greenville News : Seuator McLaurin is receiving hundreds of letters from all over the country, and particularly from South Curolina, approving bis vote for * -? - r .1 the treaty, l saw a uumoer 01 ioeir this morning and the city of Charleston, through some of her most active business men, is the most numerously counted, an influential paper there to the contrary. He told this correspondent on Sunday night that he was going to vote for ratification, and if the president had known it bis sleep would have been much sounder for everyone regards it as a mighty cluse shave for the administration. It is now officially declared that legally we are yet at war with Spain until the cortes ratifies our treaty, which w assigned today and will be sent across the waters at once. This decision settles the point raised about the power to keep the troops still in service until the army bill becomes a law, and incidentally provides for the pay of officers and men. LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. C. Strauss?Is still offering winter f goods at summer prices. He also announces a cut in the prices of shoes. On or about the 8th of March, a representative of Edward E. Strauss & Co., the great dealers in tailor-made cloth ing, will be in Yorkville, at the store of H. C. Strauss, to take the measures of persons who want made-to-order clothing. C. P. Lowrance?Claims to have the best , grade of flonron this market , , Dr. C. M. Kuykendal?Is prepared to ? supply you with the Globe Phosphate Co's. fertilizers, and offers low prices > for large lots. He claims that anti-ferment is the best for troubles in the bowels and stomach, and his fertilizers the best for cotton and corn. i AHUiii rturuEi. ' Mr. B. M. Dobson got orders last Saturday to go to Columbia and report for duty iu the. railway postal service. He is now at work on the Carolina and North-Western. ANOTHER HOMICIDE. Monroe Love, a Negro, was shot and killed last Friday night by John Falls, j another Negro. The shooting occurred at a party on John M. Tbomassou's place, about 8 1 miles north of Yorkville. " John Falls and Tom Tate got into a difficulty in the yard at the house where the party wus in progress, and several other Negroes mixed up in the . affair. Love went out iuto the crowd r with the purpose of doing what be f could to quiet the disturbance, aud it r was while actiug in the capacity ol peacemaker that he was killed. Coroner Brian held an iuquest last > Saturday, and the facts just menj tioned were developed. The jury found that the killing was done by - John Falls and that William Falls wa? * an accessory before the iaut. > The Falls Negroes disappeared im mediately after the shooting and neith I er of them has been arrested.. It it l thought that they have gonq to North I Carolina. ' . 1 . FOR THE GREAT RE-UNION. The reports of the various committees appointed to solicit subscription of provisions, etc., for the Confederate re-union, to be held in Charleston, are not all iu yet. Last Saturday was the day fixed by Judge Witherspoon for the committees ' to make their first reports of progress That day was fixed so far io advance > of the time by which contribution* i would be actually required, only in ' order that there might be still plenty ' of time in which to take such otbei I steps as might be necessary hereafter, And it seems as if there is going to be I a considerable amount of work to be L done. Judge Witherspoon received several ' reports on Saturday, and still other? ' on Monday; but h9 yas not yet heard f from all the committees. Some report* r show fairly satisfactory results in the ' collection of butter, eggs, chickens, cash, etc.; but all ask for more time. The weather conditions during the t past few weeks have been so bad tbal it has been impossible for canvassers tc > stir around much. This has been the principal drawback. The reports re i ceived show that there is plenty of in | terest in the matter, and also a verj f general feeling that all the differeni sections of York county should dc 1 their full duty. When seen about the matter ot ' Monday, Judge Witherspoon said tbal 1 he would withhold his report of thii county for the present. He is satisfied ' that York can make a first class show t ing in the contributions, and be it 1 very anxious that she shall do so. > A SUNDAY BATH. L There were three of them in the party. They had gotten togethei ( somehow last Sunday morning; bul . just how does not make any difference r They were trying to keep the fin I warm, and the task involved not t little shivering on the part of all three Finally, one of the gentlemen arose to go. He sought to excuse himsell f with the remark that it was time foi i him to go home and take his bath, i "What I" exclaimed one of the othei > gentlemen; "you are not going to bathe luuaj . j "Oh, yes!" replied the first speaker, , "I bathe all over every morning, no matter bow cold it is, and more than ' that, I bathe in cold water." ' Both the others expressed doubt, 1 and by way of emphasis, the bathing ( gentleman challenged : "Well, you just come with me; and I'll bet you a quarter that you will see me in a tub of cold water within 10 minutes." "Well; but what is the use in going home?" remarked the gentleman in whose room the conversation took place, "I haf a bath tub, and I baf towels and I haf cold water, and I gif you a quarter to see you take a bath." The matter had goue too far uow to admit of a backdown without embarrassment. The hath tub was filled with water and soap and towels were luid out, and iu the maliciousness of his heart thegentlemau who had agged on the torture, threw open a side door to the weather. The gentleman who had bantered and been bantered, proceeded to carry out bis contract, and as soon as be was stripped, one of the others flirted some water down over his back. It brougnt not only snivers; but a yell. Then the other two fastened the door aud went back to the fire, leaving the bather to finish his ablutions as rapidly as possible and making him beg like a good fellow before they admitted him again, with chattering teeth, shivering limbs and blue lips, back to comparative comfort. The story was told to the reporter as strictly true. It is not necessary, probably, to mention names, because one way as well as'anotber, it,illustrates the stubborness of buman nature and man's inhumanity to man. ANOTHER SAD BLOW. Miss Mary, the second daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Barron, died at the home of Miss Daisy Williams, last Saturday afternoon, of typboid fever. Miss Mary, it will be remembered, was stricken with fever about a week before the death of her father and mother, and it was deemed advisable to remove her to the home of ber nrmain Mia* Williams, in order that she might be assured of the attention ie was impracticable for her to receive in connection with the sick at home. She has had the best of care all along at the bands of Miss Daisy Williams, her sister, Miss Bessie, and other ladies ; but the fever had its way and finally claimed from the distressed family its third victim. The deceased was a beautiful young miss, aged about 17 years. In health she was bright and cheerful, of sweet aud lovable character, with every pro nise of a happy and useful future. In her illness she was patient and hopeful; but at the same time sweetly resigned. Many loving hearts were cruelly torn by her sad and untimely death. ? / < r The ftineral services were conducted at the Williams residence, on last Mouday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, byRev. B. H. Grier. A number of friends , and sympathizers braved the snow aud freezing weather to be present at , the services; but it was not deemed , advisable for the ladies to go to the - interment. This sad office was per formed by gentlemen friends of the % i family. i LOCAL SMALL TALK. The cold suap has produoed almost a water-famine. Many small private aurmlv ninpu havA been bursted. and it wurr* j r*r . # ? i wilPtake many days to repair all the ) damage. The peace treaty is still a subject of discussion amoDg embryo statesmen. The learned dissertations around some ) of the local warm places are of such a . ualure as to make the average United > States senator bide bis bead In sbame. i Allowance, of course, is always made i for tbe fact that the senators do not ' discuss questions like this on their ' merits; but are governed either by . party policy or private interests. > Tbe northbound Carolina and Northi Western train failed again to arrive on time last Monday. It did not leave Chester until between II and 12 ' o'clock. The trouble was on account I of a frozen turn-table in Chester. But i when the train did come it brought > the mail, aud there are some folks in town who are heartless enough to wish that tbe Chester turntable would freeze s every day. i ' Some of tbe folks ' who have been > priding themselves on not wearing i overcoats, now assert that circum stances alter cases. There were no services in *ny of the ' churches last Sunday except at the t Episcopal. > This is a very good time for people who are not satisfied with themselves i along that line, to test their ability to I keep their temper. Weather like this i is almost as trying as dyspepsia. I Chief of Police Love tried a trip to - tbe country in a sleigh last Sunday; i but the experience was not satisfactory. . Tbe snow was not compact enough. During Monday and yesterday sleighing was fine. * 5 The graded school was cot in session on Monday. Cashier Harrison, of the Loan and ' Savings bauk, stated on Monday, at ' noon, that it was the dullest day the k bank has had since he has been con' nected with it. Up to 12 o'clock there ! was practically no business with the r outside public. The local stock of rubber shoes is at a low ebb. The previous wet weather cleaned up everything except a few 1 odd sizes, and the snow stiffened up the demand considerably. Both Mr. 1 H. C. Strauss and the Oanson Dry 1 Goods company have found it neces1 sary to telegraph for new supplies. Tbey expect to be ready to meet the demand by today, unless the trains continue unreliable. A pair of Glenn & Allison's horses ran away through the snow last Monday. The horses had been left alone with their harness on but not bitched to a vehicle. They made a wild race down Main street; but without accident. COLDEST ON RECORD. mL- A' 11 !%*% Mull a 11 u no rpUaa 1 UU ItJJIUW Will/ 19 UOUW..J with tbe declaration that "Its the coldest weather that baa ever been felt in this section," is not to bunt. He bas been beard to make his assertion even when tbe thermometer registered as high as 15?. He often talks when be does not know what he is talking about; but he is entitled to go up bead now. Yesterday was the coldest day on record iu this section for at least 45 years, and how much longer is a matter of guess work. Tbe reporter gets this information direct from Mr. J. R. Schorb, tbe government weather observer at this point. Mr. Schorb has been giving his constant attention to such matters for more than a generation. He has all the necessary instruments and appliances to keep up with the weather in all its changes, and he attends to his busiuess thoroughly. In answer to the reporter's question yesterday, he looked at bis government