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. Scraps ami Jacts. ? The danger of twisting the lion's tail was pointedly illustrated at Alhany, Ga., last Saturday. Fred Morris, aged 10, visited Cooper's circus. Eluding the vigilance of the keepers he seized the tail of the biggest lion and gave it the severest twist bis small hands were able. With an angry roar the beast thrust its paws through the bars, grabbed the child's head and nearly pulled it off before he could be rescued. The scalp was nearly torn of! and the claws scraped the skull in a (1 A70n r\)unoo Tka io |natW, X UC V/II1IU IO OCIIUUCIJ injured. ? The last of the series of yacht races between the Columbia and the Shamrock was sailed last Friday, and the Columbia won again, making "three straight." The Columbia made the 30 miles of the course iu 3 hours, 38 minutes and 25 seconds, defeating the Shamrock by G minutes and 18 seconds. Sir Thomas Lipton, expresses himself as thoroughly satisfied with the result of the races in so far as they tested the qualities of the two yachts. He admits unreservedly that bis boat was beaten in the very kind of weather that he wauted for it, and that the Columbia is in every respect the better boat. He promises, however, to build another boat and come after the cup again next year. ? St. Louis Globe Democrat : Rural free delivery is now in successful operation in every state and territory iu the Union, and the $300,000 appropriated for the current year has been nearly all expended. Quoting Special Agent A. B. Smith, in charge of this branch of the postal department: "One remarkable fact in connection with the service is thut no single complaint in misdoing or failing to perform duty has been lodged against any of the carriers. The service has been discontinued in but two or three instances, and then against the earnest protest of patrons." An offset to the expense of the delivery is the abolition of small postoffices, which are no longer ueeded where the carrier makes his rounds. Rural delivery has come to stay. ? The Central of Georgia railroad, on last Saturday, without notice, raised the rates on cotton from Georgia and Alabama to North and South Carolina mills from 51 cents a 100 pounds to 73 cents a 100 pounds. The increase is equivalent to about $1.10 a bale. It is claimed by the Georgia farmers that the object of the increase is to make the Georgia and Alabama rates to North Carolina and South Carolina mills prohibitory in order that there might be an increase in the export business from Savannah. The rates to that city have not been interferred with. As the mills pay better prices than the exporters, the Georgia and Alabama cotton growers are the sufferers and they propose to invoke the in terference of the inter-state commerce commission on the ground that the action of the railroad is in violation of its regulations. ? This clever skit, which pokes fun at the Philadelphia dudes, is from The Record, of that city : "The Philadelphians who looked on Admiral Dewey during his recent welcome in New York, are agreed that the sailor's skill in dress has been overrated. A notorious Camden viveur and clubman goes about speaking almost contemptuously on this matter. 'I saw Dewey,' he declares. 'I conversed with him. He had his hand on my shoulder?on this one, the left?here, just above the shoulder blade. I observed him well. His gray morning coat and waistcoat were not excellent. They did not balauce, and the waist line was not marked. They cost no more than $30, I am sure. His patent leather boots were pointed, actually pointed. I shuddered when my eyes fell on them, and mentally put their price at $5. " 1 -I K,,f ,..?o His collar was goou iu sua^c, uuu lauodried with a gloss and by machinery. All collars should be laundried by hand and have no gloss, of course. His tie was made?he had not tied it himself! You can buy such ties anywhere for a half a dollar, only, of course, you wouldn't.'" ? The transport Senator, having on board the Fifty-first Iowa volunteers and other soldiers to the number of 1,750, will reach San Francisco within two or three days, unless it suffered a serious accident in the typoon which struck it soon after it left Yokohoma on October G, says a Minneapolis, Minn., dispatch of Saturday. News of a disquieting sort is brought by Colonel Charles Denby and Prof. Dean Worcester, the remaining members of the Philippine commission, who are returning post-haste to Washinginton. These men saw wreckage in the swell of the typhoon that crossed the track of the Senator. They saw the glowering storm and were caught in the edge of it. Their own boat, the Empress of Japan, a ship accounted far stauncher than the Senator, suffered damage from the half-spent force of its gale. The sailors said they believed the Senator was in the midst the tvrihnnn. The next dav a life boat and a spar were seen Heating on the frothy sea over which the typhoon had swept. I should certainly not wish to cause needless alarm," said Colonel Denby, "hut I am forced to admit there is cause for some apprehension for the fate of the Senator. It would not be well to say at this time the transport is lost, for that would perhaps cause needless anguish to the friends and relatives of those aboard it, but it is well the meagre truth we know should be made public." A telegram of Monday stated that the Senator had arrived safely at Sau Francisco. ? Secretary Hester's weekly New Orleans Cotton Exchange statement, issued last Friday, shows a decrease in the movement into sight, compared with the seven days ended the same date last year, of 14S,000 bales, a decrease under the same days in year before last of *27,000 bales. For the 50 days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate is behind the 50 days of last year 1 S3,000 bales, and ahead of the same days year before last 21,000 bales. The total movement for the 50 lays from September 1 to date is 2,'250,1)5(5 bales, against 2,439,010 last year, and 2,235,851 year before last. The movement since September 1 shows receipts at all the United States ports of 1,428,670 bales, against 1,- i 756,886 last year; interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the commercial year 517,583, and against 349,491 bales last year. Foreign exports for the week have been 184,289 i hales, against 255,686 last year, making the total thus far for the season 956,675 bales, against 916,531 last year. The total takings of American mills, north and south, and Canada, thus far for the season, have been 526,702 bales, against 424,208 last year. Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leading southern interior centres have increased during the week 87,375 bales, against an increase during the same period last season of 219,590. Including stocks left over at the ports and iuterior towns from the last crop, and the uumber of bales brought into sight thus far for the new crop, the supply tn date is 2.875.854 bales, against 2, 707,176 for the same period last year. $hc Horkritlf (Enquirer. YORKVILLE. S. C.: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25,1899. ? John 1). Rockfeller, the oil king, and Andrew Carnegie, the iron king, are engaged in an interesting war against each other's dollars. For several years past Rockfeller has been engaged in buying up the most productive iron mines to be had in different parts of the country and, where necessary, building railroads for their development. Not long ago he offered Carnegie all bis holdings of this kind of property for $50,000,000. Carnegie refused to buy, and immediately Rockfeller commenced trying to secure the contracts to supply the furnaces that Carnegie is supplying with iron ore. The fight has already waxed hot, especially on the great lakes, where Rock feller has pretty nearly secured a monopoly of the ships most suitable for carrying iron ore. Carnegie now has in course of construction seven large barges, and by the end of next year expects to be in a position to give Rockfeller sufficient amusement. ? To the great disappointment of the Atlanta people, Admiral Dewey, on last Saturday, canceled his engagement to visit that city on Brumby Day?yesterday. He gave as a reason the advice of his physician, who thought that his nervous condition was not such as to warrant such a trip ; but the real reason is evidently based on other considerations. Iu the first place the celebration was originally gotten up in honor of Lieutenant Brumby. The preparations have been of such a nature as to indicate that the presence of the admiral would put the lieutenant on a back seat. The admiral was not willing to this. Then there has developed quite a quarrel between the Atlanta city officials and and the state officials as to which should have the precedence in the admiral's entertainment, and the admiral has no desire to get himself mixed up in any such row. When it became known that Admiral Dewey had changed his mind about going to Atlanta, the committee immediately decided to substitute Admiral Schley; * J ?: ? I o?ui?? nn uui Auuiuai OUUICJ aiau ucuuuvu uu the ground that he had an engagement that would take him through that section about November 1, and he did not like the idea of making two trips so close together. Neither was he willing to detract from the honors that would otherwise go to Brumby. There seems to have been a bad mess of the situation all around. ? The GafTney Ledger prefers a serious charge against the president of Winthrop college. It says : "President Johnson, of Winthrop Normal college, writes the governor that the college has been compelled to turn off 200 applicants for lack of dormitory room. And yet we happen to know that scholarships are still being offered and girls already matriculated in other institutions are being persuaded to violate their contracts with (those institutions and go to Winthrop. How is this?" No reliable self-respecting newspaper would make a charge like this unless it were in a position to support the same with incontrovertible facts. This may be a fact and it may not be. We are admitting only the possibility, not the probability. We have too much confidence in President Johnson to suspect him of being capable of anything of the kind. But this paragraph is going the rounds of the state press, and in the absence of personal information as to the conditions involved, there are hundreds of people who will be unable to conceive of any reason why it was written except because it is true. Facts?names and dates are in order. Since the above was put in type, we note that President Johnson says that the extent of Winthrop's offense was to notify a young lady who stood seein a competitive examination for a Winthrop scholarship and afterward went to Limestone, that the scholarship had fallen to her by reason of the failure of the young lady who stood first to take it. And this is magnified into a wholesale persuasion of young ladies to "violate their contracts" with other in.-titutions to accept free scholarships in Winthrop ! ? Mr. D. A. G. Ouzts has divulged < some interesting information regard- s ing the transactions of some of the dis- ( pensary officials, since his dismissal, ^ and we wish to know if Mr. Ouzls . knew of these things before his dismis- 1 sal. He certainly deserves no credit ' for allowing a spirit of retaliation to J actuate him in making such revelations j as have recently appecH in the pub- , lie prints. We are forced to believe that the dispensary management has been in the hands of men who have 1 had au eye single to the main chance, < and we know since Ouzts dismissal 1 that our suspicions are correct. But , surely Ouzts deserves no credit for j molrincr nnhlie what the nublic have I g already suspected, and we do not attach very much importance to any 1 statement that Mr. Ouzts may make.? I Murion Star. Right, right, every word of it. Ouzts deserves no credit and he should get none. His reward is revenge < against the former pals who let him drop, and he is paid. That the dispensary management seems to be in i the hands of men who have "an eye < single to the main chance" seems to be i true; but let the people of the state i keep their eye "single to the main chance." The main chance is not i whether Ouzts is of the same kind, i There seem to be no doubt of that, i Because honest and competent men i have not yet bad control of the dispensary does uot prove that there are no honest and competent men to be bad. The machine can be honestly managed, and the main chance is to get the men who are capable of doing it. There are such men; but right here we want to warn the geueral assembly that it will never find what it is looking for among volunteers. This fact has been abundantly proven. Honest, capable men for such work as this can only be secured by conscription. WHEAT AND OATS. Reports from various parts of the county during the past ten days or two weeks are to the effect that the farm ers have been plowing like in the spring time, and they are still at it. The oldest citizen does not remember to have seen the like before. In a nutshell, the situation is this. People of even ordinary foresight see that 7 cents cotton this year means a tremendous crop with lower prices next year. The part of prudence, therefore, requires that other arrangements be made while it is yet time. As a rule, the farmers are preparing their lands well. The two-horse plow is being used to an extent that has never been known in this section, aud the disk harrow seems to have come into recognition as being as indispensable as the plow. Most of this work is in preparation for wheat and oats. The reports indicate the sowing of a larger acreage of oats than of wheat; but the acreage of wheat bids fair to be much greater than it was last year, notwithstanding that last year was something of a record breaker. All this argues well for good times next year. There is plenty of good land in this country that is never more than half worked. All the wheat that is likely to be put in will not appreciably diminish the available acreage for other crops. The work done in wheat sowing this fall, will leave the farm forces as free in January as if this fall's work has been entirely wasted, and then every farmer in the countv will be in a position to calcu late that with a surplus of wheat, oats and corn, there is no possible danger of his making too much cotton, no matter what might be the price. As The Enquirer sees it, the situation seems to be getting right. STRUGGLE FOR POWER. In almost any given group of people discussing the Philippine question or the Transvaal question, there will be found those who hold conflicting views, and in all fairness it may be said that there may be as much honesty and sincerity on the one side as on the other. From the standpoint of right, as interpreted by the principles of the Christian religion, there is no justification for either the Transvaal war or the Philippine war. The principles of the Christian religion do not sanction bloodshed at any time or under any circumstances, and in that view of the case no Christian nation is justified in any war, even against savages. Again, the Philippine war is distasteful to many Americans, because it is in direct opposition to what they have always considered the established traditions and the manifest destiny of this country. In the first place they look upon the Filipinos as fighting for what they considered dearer than life; and in the second place this enterprise involves a complete departure from the Monroe doctrine which prescribed that Americans should not mix up with the artuirs 01 ioreign nations, nor allow foreign nations to interfere with American affairs For obvious reasons, the general principle of the Monroe doctrine commends itself to Americans who love peace and quiet rather than bloodshed. At the time the doctrine was promulgated, it was really necessary to ensure the preservation of the republican form of government with which this country had fairly begun to experiment, and to a greater or less extent it has served its purpose in preventing the encroachments of European pow ers on American soil. The most notable failure of it was in allowing Great Britain to swindle Venezuela out of a part of her territory. ( But the Monroe doctrine is now lead. It began to sicken with the seizure of Hawaii, and it expired with the purchase of Spain's title to the Philippine islands. Proof of its death s to he found in the fact that we alow ourselves to quibble with great Britain over the Alaskan boundary, [f we were us loyal to the Monroe doctrine as in the old days, Great Britain would have received an ultimatum in the Alaska boundary case before the tjuarrel bad been on six weeks. But we, ourselves, are responsible for the death of the Monroe doctrine. Having gone ipto quarters of the world to which we had voluntarily renounced any rights, we naturally invite the greater antagonism to a policy that would kepn others out. of OUarters which we had reserved for ourselves. Conditions now, however, are very different from those under which the Monroe dotrine was laid down. Then America was illy prepared for aggression ; hut pretty well prepared for self defense. We were in a very good position to keep foreigners out of this country ; but were very poorly prepared to oppose foreigners on distant shores. It seems to have then been a case of do as you could, and we are consistent now in that we are still pursuing the same policy. Discussion of the Philippine question usually brings out hundreds of irrelevant side issues. The only thing that ought to figure is the question of moral right; but we are sorry to say that this neither is nor can be a factor. The most desirable trading centre of the world from ancient times, and which promises to continue such for many generations to come, is eastern and southern Asia. It is from here that all European countries draw their greatest wealth, and on account of this all are engaged in trying to get the advantage of the others. In the hands of a weak power the Philippine islands do not cut much of a figure; but in the hands of one of the world powers they constitute the key to the situation. Under the circumstances, if the United States did not take these islands, whichever of the European nations that should prove the strongest, would. And that is why this country is deluging the Philippines with blood. We want to be in a position to command our share of the spoils. And it is the same thing in the Transvaal. Before the .discovery of gold Great Britain would have never dreamed of throwing away the blood and treasure that would have been necessary for the conquest of the Transvaal. The gold output of the Transvaal in 1898 was $50,230,880. It is estimated from the most reliable data that the gold output of the Transvaal will continue at an increasing ratio for generations to come. 'Even at the present rate, within the next 25 years, the Transvaal government would be the richest on the face of the earth. Great Britain sees this. She recognizes that wealth controls everything, and that is why she wants the Transvaal. It has already cost the Americans many lives and millions of treasure to accomplish what they have accomplished in the Philippines, and it may be that they will expend many more lives and many more millions before they complete the task. England has sent, or is preparing to send, into the Transvaal, the largest army she has ever put in the field at any one time in all her history. She is calculating on heavy losses, and she may or may not meet them. But like the United States, she has counted the cost and is fully prepared to make all the sacrifices that may be necesssary to secure the tremendous material advantages so plainly in sight. MERE-MENTION. White labor unions refused to participate in a street parade in Montgomery, Ala., last Saturday because black uuions were not invited. The Dewey house committee has selected the building at No. 1747 Rhode Islaud avenue, Washington. Captain Oberliu M. Carter has not yet been transferred to the penitentiary. His lawyers have up a quibble that will take the case to the United States supreme court, and the probability is that Carter will again be released on bond. Eugene Eason, a Kansas City, Mo., newspaper man, has been captured by the Boers and the state department is negotiating for his release. President Andrade, of Venezuela, has agreed to leave his country for his country's good. Distinction ok Doctrinks.?It seems thut nothing can disturb the i-.-t.i_ \r,. \V | remit IK a IMC rijuiiiui iiiiu ill ami. Bryau. He was speaking at Fiuley, Ohio, last Friday, when all at once there came from the audience vociferous hisses. With scarcely a pause he said : "I am glad there are Republicans here. It is the first time I have met men who came to hiss rather than to listen, and it is encouraging to know that this is the only answer that they can give to our arguments." "Never mind the hissing," said a voice. It is only from hoys." "But," said Mr. Bryan, "what of the futher who sends a hoy here who does not know more than that? Let him hiss." [Laughter.] "Maybe you think we can't," cried a hoy. "No, the hoy is mistaken," quietly observed Mr. Bryan. "What we can do is Republican doctrine; the Democratic doctrine is what we ought to do." [Applause.] Milking: It Warm. Evangelist Leiteh is "raising Cain" over in Greenville. "This hellish thing called society," and "hypocrites and she devils," are among his choice expressions. LOCAL INDKX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. II. C. Strauss?Calls especial attention to his stock of ladies' and misses'jackets and capes, and boys' and men's ready made clothing and hopos in a few days to give away a handsome piece of crockery with each $1.20 cash purchase. W. B. Moore A Co.?Announce that they have the superior grain drills, rotary plows, disc and cutaway barrows, and can make it to your interest when you want to buy furniture if you will call on them. They are selling 12 pounds of the best coll'ee for $1. James M. Starr A Co.?Make their last out 1 fnr fortili'/nr nnlfis. ami advise VOI1 of their ability to till prescriptions correctly. Renter?Wants a one horse farm near Yorkville. WITHIN THE TOWN. The dynamo for the Sulro mills has been received. The price of cotton of yesterday ranged from 7 to 7}.. Mr. G. E. Thomas has purchased that portion of the Adickes land lying to the east of King's Mountain street and road on the northern outskirts of Yorkville, and containing about 125 acres. The purchase price was $25 un acre. It is Mr. Thomas's intention to build on the lund ; but as to whether he will do so at once, he has not fully decided. It is the general opiuion of those acquainted with the value of real estate around Yorkville, that he has made a good trade. PRISONERS IN JAIL. In addition to a number who are out on bond, the following prisoners are in jail awaiting trial on the charges mentioned, at the next term of the court of general sessions: William Oates, criminal assault; Frank Brown, violation of the dispensary law; James Garrisou, grand larceny; Will Young, housebreaking and larceny ; John Scales, assaulting an officer ; John Bratton, burglary and larceny ; William Barnett, riding mule without the consent of the owner; Will Jaggers, murder; Plato White, transporting contraband liquor in the uighttime; Columbus Robinson, concealing stolen property ; Giles Darwin, violating the dispensary law. All the above are Negroes except Plato White, who is a white man. ABOUT PEOPLE. Rev. Dr. S. A. Weber has been on a visit to Yorkville for several days. He leaves for his home morning. Cards are out for the marriage ol Mr. R. E. Barron and Miss Lottie B. Fewell, of Old Point, on November 1, at Ebenezer church. Rt. Rev. Ellison Capers, bishop of the South Carolina diocese, visited the Church of the Good Shepperd last Suuday and officiated at both moruing and evening services. Four candidates were confirmed at the night service. He preached two capital sermons during the day, on the duty of the Chris tian to his God and his family aud to society. He left on Monday for Rock Hill. Rev. Edward S. Reaves has tendered his resignatiou as pastor of the Yorkville Baptist church, to take effect November 12. The resignation was reluctantly accepted and the understanding is that Mr. Reaves will accept the pastorate of the Baptist church at Statesville, N. C. Mr. Keaves nas been pastor of the Baptist churches at Yorkville and Fort Mill since September, 1897, and is highly thought of not only by his own congregations, but by the people of the two communities generally. His departure from Yorkville will be a source of considerable regret. The Baptist congregation here has not yet made its arragements to secure a new pastor. GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY. The board of jury commissioners, consisting of Treasurer Neely, Auditor Boyce and Clerk of Court Wylie, on yesterday morning drew the followiug petit jurors to serve during the first week of the next term of court of general sessions, which will convene in Yorkville on Monday, November 13, with his Honor Judge O. W. Buchanan presiding. J. L. Keemster, York. W. A. Garrison, lObenezer. J. H. Milling Catawba. \V. J. Faris, lObenezer. T. 10. Brandon, Bethel. T. M. I latum, Bethesda. Jos. A. Smith, York. J. T. Wilkersoti, Bullock's Creek. K. A. Jackson, lObenezer. J. (). Moore, Bethesda. A. B. Cowed, lObonezor. \V. 10. Ferguson, York. It. M. Brattou, Broad Itiver. Boyce Karris, King's Mountain. It. H. White Broad Itiver. K. B. Kiddle Bethel. Jonathan Buice, Broad Itiver. It. 1*. Harris Fort Mill. W. W. Stanton Bethel. It. Y. Williamson Fort Mill. L. J. Bumpkins, lObonezor. J. J. Karris, Bethel. J. S. Jones Bethesda. J. W. Harris Fort Mill. C. Ij. Armstrong Fort Mill. W. C. II utehisoii, Catawba. t 'lit IIWI 111. ?? . >> . I llll, lit*wis (J. Grist York. .1. Ii. Jackson Bethel. W. II. I lick tin Bothosda. <>. L. SurriUI, Bullock's Creek. W. T. Siimrr Bullock's Creek. J. B. Scruggs, Catawba. A. Ii. Iiinolterser Kbcnezer. Suni ucl Wil Iilord I'atawlm. I). ( . Howell, Bullock's Crock. DISTIIiIiKllY TO CHAINGANG. Lee Huffman and William Dixon, two Negroes who have for a number of years past been successfully engaged in the illicit liquor trutlic, made a quick trip from one of the line distilleries to the chaingang last week. It was Huffman's custom to make frequent trips to the North Carolina line for whisky, bringing back on each trip various quantities runging from one to 10 or 1"> gallons. Constable Seoggins had information of a trip on which Huffman started last Friday, and, accnmnnnied bv Sheriff Logan, went up to meet him. The sheriff and constable run upou the returning buggy a short dislauce this side of the line. Huffman and Dixon were in the buggy. When the officers appeared, Dixon made a move as if to jump and run for it; put up- t pnreutly be changed bis mind and c waited for capture. Neither sought to make auy trouble for the officers. The buggy contaiued about eight or * nine gallons of whisky in a keg and i several jugs. The whole outfit was c quickly taken to Magistrate John A. * McMuekiu who, ufter listening to the 1 facts, sentenced the two Negroes to the j chaingang for 30 days each. After the , sentence, they were brought to York- g ville and the next morning they were J hustled oil' to the public works. . ( LOCAL LACONICS. ( Until January Int. 1809. ? The Twice a-Week Enquirer, i filled with the latest and most reliable ( news, will be furnished frotn the date ? f of this issue until January 1, 1900, for 38 cents. t Lncklinrt Road Chartered. i A charter has been issued to the j Lock burl Railroad company for a road t 15 miles long. John C. Carey is [ires- ( idenf. The line is to run from Lock- J hart mills to Oi ls' crossing. All I lie j stock is taken. < Tenement Ilurned. J A tenement house on the Adickes property, just purchased by Mr. G. E. < Thomas, was destroyed by fire on ' Monday morning at aliout 8.30 o'clock. ( It was occupied by Mr. Bradford. The house was worth about $100. There was no insurance. i The Old Hall Place Ilurned. I The old Hull residence, ten miles ? east of Yorkville, on the Thome's ' i ' | Ferry road, was destroyed by fire last Monday morning at about daylight.- , Mr. Bob Guuldin, the preseut owner of the property, was living in the I building. I Oliver Road Plow. 1 The county commissioners have added a big Oliver plow to their road working plant. The plow is the Iarg- * est made by the Oliver people, and to [inll it requires from six to eight mules. It is especially adapted to grading work on highways and railroads, but , it is also staled that some of the west ern farmers use the sume plow for ag- 1 ricultural purposes. Timber on King'* Mountain. The reporter is informed on reliuhle [authority that there is, or ought to be, ( a considerable quantity of valuable timber on King's Mountain battle- i [ground. Such was the case a year or , two ago. The saw mill men were 1 looking on it with longing eyes, "and I do not know," said the reporter's . informant, "some of those fellows , might have cut that timber and converted it into lumber. There are some i saw mill men who ate not very particular about such matters." C. & N-W. Railroad Stock. At an impromptu meeting yesterduy the county board of commissioners , agreed to take $3 per share for York county's stock in the Carolina and 1 North-Western railroad. This action was taken in answer to an inquiry from Mr. Thomas H. While, who wanted to know what the county would i take in the event he should desire to buy. Mr. White does not obligate himself to lake the stock at the price offered ; but will take it if the recent purchasers should want to buy it. "Rattlesnake'* Master." The plant which Dr. Miles Walker mentioned recently as being used by Mike Sellers, of Union county, as u specific for snake bite, is to be found in York county. Mr. W. A. Youngblood, of the Clay Hill section, has been familiar with the plant for years, and has brought Dr. Walker a specimen, which the doctor recognizes as the genuine article. Mr. Youngblood has not seen the plant tested for snake bite ; but is merely familiar with it as a reputed specific. Dr. Walker has reset the specimen that was brought by Mr. Youngblood in his garden. Bridge Over Broad Klver Burned. . Charlotte Observer, Sunday: The Southern trains on the Air Line were thrown out of schedule yesterday and last night by the burning of the bridge over Broad river, between Blacksburg, and Gaflhey, Friday night. The bridge was 200 feet long, and 50 feet i high. The fact that it had been bum- 1 ed was discovered yesterday morning at (5 o'clock by the son of the ferry- , man, who lives close by. He went at j once on horseback to Blacksburg, to I notify the operator, and thus prevented | any train due before daylight, from plunging into the river. The tire occurred, it is thought, ahout 3 o'clock. , It was supposed to be the work of an , incendiary. Captain Ryder returned .< from the scene last night. He has a I large force of hands at work rebuild- 1 ing the bridge. Iu the meantime the trains run by Blacksburg and Gatfuey. { ! ROCK III Lb HAPPENINGS. Organization of the Commercial Cluh Well | Umler Way?Marriages on the Programme? Ihih Hurdette and Colonel i llacon. | Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. I Rock Hill, October 23.?Mention was made last week of the new but-i- t ttess organization which is being formed here. The mass meeting spoken of t elected a president and secretary and 1 appointed u committee upon by-laws, sj Since that time tiiere have bpen sever- \ al meetings and the movement is be ginning lo assume more (lenmte pro- i portions. At a recent meeting a brief, f nut thoroughly comprehensive set ol by-laws, etc., was adopted, and a n board of governors elected. This was not done on the spur of the moment; h but a nominating committee was given three days for deliberation. The result v of that deliberation, I think, shows that our business men are in earnest b about this, and they will endeavor to c make "The Commercial Club of Kock it Hill," do for out town what the "Man ifaclurers' Club of Charlotte," has lone for that eity. A social feature is not to be domilanl and yet it will piay an important turi in the work contemplated. A uite of rooms will be fitted up aud hat iu a manner in keepiug with the lignity of the organization. These vill be kept open both for the enjoy nent of social intercourse, the enteruinmeiit. nf visitors In the citv. and or business purposes. The oUicial osier at preseui is: Jno. G. Auderlon, president; VV. J. Roddey and R. ^ee Kerr, vice presidents; VV. A. ?ressley, secretary ; J. J. Hull, J. M. Jherry, D. B. Johnson, Dr. T. A. Crawford, R. T. Fewell, O. S. Poe, Jr. Sidney Freidheim, Juo. R. Barron and V. H. Greene form a board of goveru>rs, with tbe president as chairman, mil the vice presidents as members sx-uilicio. Tbe city will put on wedding attire bis week. Oue of our most cbarmng young ladies?Miss Florence Lee tfauce?will, on Thursday, eveuing at he First Presbyterian church, wed oue )f the city's foremost young business nen, Mr. Paul Workmau. The mariage will be a brilliant atfair and will, >e followed by a reception at the resilence of the bride's brother, President [). B. Johnson, of VViuthrop college. On Wednesday evening, in Chester, )ur esteemed townsman, Mr. Wm. J. Jherry, will be married to Miss Boulware, and on Friday evening there will 3e a reception at the home of tlie 7 room's brother. Mr. J. Milton Cherry. 3 f The Rev. Robt. J. Burdelfe, natiotiilly known as "Bob Burdette," will lecture at Wiolbrop college Friday evening next. This is the hrst nuoil)er of the exceptionally iiue Star Course which the committee of the above institution has proyided for this year. Colonel Ja9. T. Bacon gave his lecture?"An Old Mau's Krunky Kaleidoscope"?at the college last Friday evening and was well received. BKTHKL BRKEZKS. Corn Yield Very Good; llut Cotton Crop Short?Heavy Seeding; of Small Grain? Personul Note*. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Bethel, October 23. ? The corn crops of this section have been partially gathered, and the farmers generally express themselves as being very well pleased with the yield, considering the prospect atone time. * Cotton is still holding its own at about one-half a crop, and it js about all open. Farmers of this section are sowing more oats this fall than for several yearn. n ??; tuu get ? v.?Kj it will go along ways toward making up the shortage in the corn crop. From the preparations being made, I am satisfied there will be mure wheat sown than was last year, and the preparation of the land to receive the seed is much better. The general health of this section is very good. Mrs. Jane Barnett and family moved to Gastonia today, at which place they make their future home. Gastonia'a gain is Bethel's loss. Rev. Mr. Arrowood preaches at Chapel every Sunday Afternoon. He will preach on next Sunday at 3 o'clock at Oak Ridge school house. Mrs. M. J. Dulin is visiting friends aud relatives in the Bowling Green section. Mr. John J. Nichols returned home on Saturday from Greenville, where he has been serving as a juror in U. S. court. Birds are mere plentiful this fall than for some seasons hack. Messrs. Ross and Robert Clinton, of the Bank's High school, Rock Hill, paid a flying visit their home on Saturday, returning today. Mr. Haskell G. Stanton will clerk for Messrs. Glenn & Riddle during the year 1900. P. E. C. SHARON SHAVINOS. Notes About People?Development of the Cattle llusiness?The Small Grain Crop? Communion Services at the A. K. P. Church?Kemoval of the Chalnganff. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Sharon, October 23.?Mr. S. M. Scott, who has been seriously ill, is able to be up and about again. There have been several cases of diphtheria in this neighborhood ; but no deaths from the disease. Mr. J. A. Byers has been on the sick list for some time. He is now able to attend to business. Mr. Ed Poag, of Rock Hill, shipped 115 bead of cattle from this place to Richmond, Va., last Saturday. This is the largest shipmeut ever made from Sharon ; but from the present outlook Lbe collection of beef cattle for shipment promises to develop into an important business here. Mr. VV. L. Hill is erecting a large barn for feeding cattle. Mr. R. M. Sherrer has just completed one. The Kennedy Brothers have for some time been engaged in cattle feeding for market. A lively interest is being taken in small grain just now. Already a great many oats have been sown and also some wheat. The small grain crop promises to be larger than for a good many years. The corn crop is very light except sn bottom lands, where it is One. Not more than a half a crop of cotton will i?e gathered in this section this year. Cotton brought from 7 to 7.57J here last Saturday, and cotton seed brought " 1 A 1 ? - Ct/\ MMnta n kllnkol TOIll ill] IU <SU tTUia u uuouci. Quite a number of young people n'eut from here to Lockhart Shoals yesterday to attend a meeting conduced by Rev. J. S. Grier. The Sharon congregation are adding wo rooms to their parsonage here. A communion meeting is to be comneuced at Sharon A. R. P. church next Thursday night. The pastor will be issisted by Rev. B. H. Grier, of Vorkulle. Mr. J. H. Sherrer will soon move nto the house recently vacated by the amily of Mr. J. H. B. Jenkins. Mr. R. M. Sherrer and family have ooved to this place. Mr. \V. H. Warlick has also moved ere. Mrs. Rudolph Brandt, of Chester, is isiting her sister, Mrs. J. H. Saye, Rev. J. H. pixon went to B'acksurg last Thursday to commence a ommunion meeting in the Presbyterin church there. The chaingang, which*has been do