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Scraps and |acts. ? The farmers of Kansas will begin next week to harvest the largest wheat crop in the history of the state. Sec retary Coburn, of the state board of agriculture, says: "The crop this year will be the heaviest ever known. In 1892 Kansas had 3,800,000 acres of wheat and raised 70,000,000 bushels, an average of eighteen bushels to the acre. This year the winter wheat acreage is 4,685,819, as estimated by the growers, and the average yield will be larger than that of 1892. If the yield per acre is the same as in 1892 the aggregate yield will be 85,000,000 i L-i- rru l uuaueis. luc 1 Li gcuci di nao never in better condition." ? Says a Havana dispatch of Friday : Senor Vaccarise, a Cuban agent for a well-known grade of flour, recently bad a matter in litigation. The clerk of court called on him and said that for four centense, about $20, a decision would be rendered in his favor. He refused, and a decision was rendered against him. Yesterday the secretary ot the judge of the cathedral court called upon Yaccarise and told him that for ten centenses the appeal decison would be given in his favor. An appointment was made for another interview ; when a detective was in hid ing and arrested the secretary when he was leaving the building with the money. ? Secretary Hester's statement of the world's visible supply of cotton, published last Friday, shows the total visible to be 2,238,861 bales, against 2,378,366 last week and 4,234,613 last year. Of this the total of American cotton is 1,594,861 bales, against 3,138,612 last year, and of all other kinds, including-Egypt, Brazil, India, etc., 644,000 bales, against 1,096,000 last year. Of the world's visible supply there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and Europe 1,439,000 bales, against 2,460,000 last year; in Egypt 115,000 bales, against 139,000 last year; in India 316,000 bales, ??olnof AAA loot troor. onH in thp a^oiuou vvajwv mov jvaij muv? tw %mv United States 369,000 bales, against, 985,000 last year. ? General MacArthur cabled from Manila on Saturday that native police had captured General Pio Del Pilar. As indicating the significance of the news, General Schwan gave out the following from Washington : "The capture of General Pio Del Pilar, cabled by General MacArthur this morning, is a most important one. Pilar was regarded as one of the most active and uncompromising of the rebel chieftains. He succeeded in withdrawing his troops to the mountains and eluding the several columns that were sent out to destroy him. It was difficult to keep track of his movements and be frequently was reported as being at a number of places at the same time. That his capture has been effected by the native police of Manila, a body numbering some 400, evidences a fresh loyalty of these men to the American cause, so often impugned both by Americans and Filipinos." ? Says a dispatch of Sunday : The foreign embassies and legations in Washington are intensely interested in the developments in China and applications are frequent at the state department from them for the latest news as to what is going on. There is also a strong desire on the part of these diplomats, probably based on something broader than personal curiosity, to learn what are the intentions of the Uni ted States government. It appears that the state department has dealt frankly with such inquiries and has made no concealment of its policy of non-interference beyond a point necessary to protect American life and property. It is deemed entirely proper, however, to move along the same lines as those allowed by European nations toward the accomplishment of this object, so that where there are no entangling understandings or alliances, all the substantial results of joint action may be achieved* ? Tn onnnrdnncp with thp nrnvision.q V**"MWV ? of the Military Academy appropriation bill, the president, on last Friday, issued commissions to Lieut-Geu. Nelson A. Miles, commanding the army, and Major Gen. H. C. Corbin, adjutant general of the army. These are recess appointments and will be nominated to the Senate at its next session in December. Lieut. Gen. Miles issued his first order to-day in his new rank. It is a recital of an order from Secretary Root, informing the army of the creation of the rank of lieutenant general, with an announcement of the personal staff of Gen Miles as follows : Capt. Francis Micheler, 5th cavalry, military secretary ; Capt. Hobart K. Bailey, 5th infantry, aide-de-camp, and First Lieut Henry M. WhitDey, 5th artillery, aidede-camp. These officers composed Gen. Miles's staff as senior major general commanding, but they now have the rank of lieutenant colonels. ? Naval Constructor Richmond Pearson Hobson has been condemned by the medical survey board on the Asiatic station and recommended to be relieved from bis present duties and ordered home at once. It is not believed his health is necessarily undermined ; but he is suffering from long service iu tropical climates. It may not be necessary to order his retire ment. The fact that Hobson was ill caused some surprise at the navy department, which had received no intimation of his condition. A cablegram was received from Admiral Remey stating that Hobson would have to be relieved on account of ill health and asking the detail of his successor at once, as the services of a constructor were required at the Cavite naval station, where a large amount of small repair work is carried on by the navy. The department has decided to conPnnBtrlicMp Thnmna F Rulim . who is now on duly at the works of Lewis Nixon, Elizabethport, N. J. Mr. Rbum will receive orders tomorrow detaching him and ordering his departure for the Asiatic station. ? Says a New York dispatch of Saturday : Another sensational advauce took place today in wheat, prices advancing 2J to 2j; cents per bushel, making over 5 cents in the last three days. The outside speculative interest were big buyers of wheat on crop damage news from the northwest, and the professional operators, while trying several times during the day to undermine prices, met their matches and were oblige to retreat in the last hour, when the highest prices of the session were attained. Crop damage reports from spring wheat states are undoubtedly very bullish, but there is some question as to whether the advance has not been too rapid under the circumstances. July wheat went up from 75| early in the day to 77 J in the late afternoon, closing at 77}. Foreign houses also proved good buyers of the staple and the general sentiment was strongly in favor of higher prices should rain be withheld much longer from the spring wheat belt. Operations in the option market reached a total of about 5,000,000 bushels for the day, which is the heaviest business done in a year or more. She Uorlu'iUe inquirer. YOItKVILLE, S. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13,1900. ? "We have not read Senator McLaurin'8 article in Lesslie's Weekly." This is the way the Columbia State of last Friday begins a long editorial criticism of two detached paragraphs from the article. The criticism occupies much more space than would have been required for the article criticised, and perhaps if Mr. McLaurin's article bad been published in full, the readers would have found many refutations of the criticisms. But The State has never been disposed to deal justly\r even broadly with Senator McLaurin/ '? No, the Transvaal war is notfyet over. That fact is much clearer now even than it was last week. The reports of a few days ago indicated that the next determined stand of the Boers was to be made at Lydenburg, about half way between Pretoria and Lorenzo Marques, and in a territory through which the British had not yet passed. There was little reason to believe that any more effective opposition could develop on the back trail of Roberts's army; but that is exactly what has happened. As yet there are no full details ; but a London dispatch informs us that Londoners ar& disgusted. They are disgusted because the "conquered" inhabitants of the Free State have arisen behind Roberts and torn up the railroad, thus cutting off the British source of supplies and occasioning a delay of several weeks. Although General Buller has crossed from Natal into the Transvaal by way of Lang's Nek, he is still confronted by a strong force of Boers, and it appears that the whole country is still filled with bands of Boers capable of harrassing strong parties of British. The war may be close to its end ; but if this be the case, the Boers are probably going to have a sayso in the terms of settlement. ? The contribution that was published in The Enquirer last fall from Mr. D. T. Lesslieon the proper seeding of wheat is no doubt generally remembered, especially by the wheat growers of this part of the country. It caused not a little talk at the time, and there were some experienced wheat growers who were of opinion that Mr. Lesslie was probably mistaken in the idea that a half bushel of seed wheat to the acre was enough. There were others who were inclined to tne opinion mat air. Lesslie was right; but at the same time their faith wa9 not great enough to induce an experiment. The Enquirer does not pretend to know anything about wheat culture ; but it does know Mr. D. T. Lesslie, and it had no hesitation in endorsing his view. As to whether anybody was induced to act upon the valuable information he gave, we are not yet advised; but in the experience of Mr. J. W.Smith, as published in another column, there seems to be satisfactory confirmation. Mr. Lesslie's theory, and this theory is confirmed by Mr. Smith, is that too heavy seeding causes crowding and choking that reduces the yield to a greater extent than if the seeding had been too light. Both extremes have to be guarded against, of course ; but there is much more danger of over than under seeding. The correct settlement of this question is obviously of very great moment to wheat growers, and The Enquirer will be glad to have further reports on the subject. It is altogether likely that a discussion, backed by actual experience, will be of much value in next fall's sowing. Mr. Lesslie, it will be remembered, is od record as holding that a half bushel of seed to the acre is really too much, and that especially in the case of small grained wheats, the seeding should be less in proportion. ? It certainly looks now as if the long expected division of China is on the point of culmination ; but as to just how events are going to drift is information that does not yet belong to the general public. As far back as two years ago, the general situation pointed so conclusively to the existence of a thorough understanding between the United States and Great Britain, that few well informed people could louger entertain doubts on the subject. Afterward there developed reasons for . believing that Japan also was a party to the combination, and when theSamoan treaty was signed, Germany also seemed to settle upon the general policy indicated by the other nations mentioned. Then it appeared that these countries had an understanding that promised antagonism and opposition to what seemed to be the determined purpose of Russia, assisted by France. There was reason to look for the coming of the irrepressible conflict along these lines. When the American fleet was sent to the Philippines, after the Spanish war, it was given out officially that the object was to guard the coast against blockaders. Shrewd guessers, however, figured that there was a still deeper game in view, and that the movement had for its object readiness for the pending conflict over the partition of China. But after all, is there to be a war at this ; time ? We feel pretty certain that the next year or two will witness the com- I plete division of China among the Eu- ' ropean powers with a large share of ( interest for the United States; but | somehow, everything points to the < suspicion that there has been a new < agreement and that the division is to " ammammKaUaJ nAAAnfiilltt . Vm 1 f TT' fl ^ uc autuiupiiaucu pcauciuuj > uuw nv will see. There is not much longer to ] wait for developments of a most interesting nature. MERE-MENTION. A Manila dispatch of a few days ago speaks of the discovery of^a hidden repository containing all the archives of the Filipino government, including a number of letters from Dewey to Aguinaldo. Upon being asked about the matter in Detroit last Friday, Admiral Dewey said he had never written a letter to Aguinaldo in his life; that when he wanted Aguinaldo he sent for him. The Colorado Democrats have endorsed Bryan and reaffirmed the Chicago platform. ^ Cairo dispatch announces an estimate of the Egyptian cotton crop this year as likely to prove about the equivalent of one million American bales. A dispatch of Thursday says that General Buller made a demand on the Boers at Lang's Nek to surrender unconditionally. They sent a curt refusal.a fight between street car strike^B and a posse comitatus in St. Louis, last Sunday, four strikers were killed. Tbe posse was armed with repeating shot guns.-"At"''No credence is to be attached to trorfeport that Mark Hanna is to retire, from the chairmanship of the Republican natumal executive committee. Pinion Adams, a Negro, was lynched aJL Columbus, Ga., last Saturday for rape. It is claimed that United States secret service agents are following the Boer enoys who are now traveling througbt the north in the interest of the Transvaal government. The Republican national executive committee meets in Philadelphia to day to make preliminary arrangements for the assembling of the con vention. -Auditor Hammond, who has been examining into the affairs of the Southern Mutual Building and Loan Association, of Atlanta, finds that concern behind to the amount of $280,000. Mrs. W. E. Gladstone is dying. Sixty-eight miners were killed by an explosion in a coal mine at Glouster, Ohio., last Saturday. There was a panic on the Berlin bourse last Saturday by reason of a ten per cent, drop in coal and iron stocks. A London dispatch of Monday tells how the Boers killed, wounded and captured the fourth battalion of the Derbyshire regiment at Rood- j eval on June 7. The prisoners are . supposed to number 500 men. James R. Keene, the wellknown New * York stock operator and sportsman, is , said to have bet $25,000 that Bryan . will be the next president.- JKA Wash- ! ington dispatch on Monday-says the . United States has joined with the . European powers in demanding the nt?nnunn!Mn n f f Ua KaVA.I1 T f IQ |ln_ ^ SUJJJJ1 CSS1UU U1 IUC l/UAOl O. XV 10 MU . derstood that the Chinese government has been given a time limit with the undeistanding that unless the boxers are suppressed the powers will step in with armies sufficient to do the work. Most of the reports from China are colored with the idea that Russia is playing a game that is distinctly flavored with sinister designs. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. At Orangeburg Tomorrow. The state campaign opens at Orangeburg tomorrow?Thursday. Due West Female College. The fortieth annual commencement of the Due West Female college is to be held on June 20. Escaped From Patent Cage. Six Negroes, confined in a patent cage in the Laurens jail, made their escape last Saturday night. One of the bars of the cage was partially > cut with an old case knife and broken . with a heavy piece of timber. The prisoners got to the ground on their blankets. One of the escapes, John 1 Coleman, is a desperate character. < Must Have Commissions. 1 The attorney general has given out 1 an opinion in which he holds that I county boards of dispensary control , are without authority unless the mem- ^ hers hold commissions from the gov- . ernor. Up to this time none of the 1 newly appointed members of county 1 boards have been commissioned and I consequently all are without authority. < Railroads Subscribe Liberally. < A committee of Cbarlestonian's ; went to New York last week to see the railroads in behalf of subscriptions 1 tha Smith dftrnlina and Inter- 1 state exposition. Mr. Samuel Spencer, 1 representing the Southern, Coast Line < and Plant System, subscribed $40,000. < The committee had a promise of $2,- ] 500 from the Clyde line, and expected ? to get quite a number of other heavy subscriptions. . J Will Go to South Dakota. j Columbia correspondence Charleston Post: Senator Tillman will hardly ^ be with the boys through the game J this summer. He will go the first i campaign meeting?at Orangeburg? j but, as he thinks his political fences y are in satisfactory condition, he will . go out to South Dakota and help Senator Pettigrew in his campaign for 11 re-election. Pettigrew has been a ^ thorn in the flesh to the Republicans, c ind they are making a desperate effort :o beat him. Senator Tillman may at;end some of the meetings in this state 0 show his gratitude, as he expressed t ; but he will not get into half the counties. He will aid in the national Democratic fight in states other than South Dakota. 1 Call For Help. Rev. G. H. Waddell, superintendent >f the Epworth orphanage, has sent cut to the preachers, the following appeal for help: Deaf Brother: This s the 6rst time during this conference year that we have felt obliged, because cf our straightened circumstances, to make a general call upon the churches for help, through the preachers. Nothing short of a real need would make me trouble you at this time. Our receipts have been rather larger than usual; but our expenses have been much heavier. Our 100 children need your help, your sympathy and prayers. [ am sure that it will give your congregations a real pleasure to contribute to this important work of the Master. A.nd it will doubtless bring the Father's blessing upon them and their homes. Please read this letter to your congregation and ask them to help us quickly. Send cash contributions to Rev. G. H. Waddell, superintendent^ Columbia, S. C. f Nothing Personal. \ Washington correspondence News andCourier: Take Senator Tillman and Senator Hanna, for instance : Neither ever spares the other in the course of political debate ; nothing is too severe for Tillman to say of Hanna, or Hanna )f Tillman. They got at it good and sard on this armor plate question ; but ifterwards they went off and had a ;ood laugh together, for Hanna had carried his point and was happy, while Tillman had saved a naval station for South Carolina and thereby secured manimous support, or practically that, for re-election to the senate. All of ;he active Republican debaters seem :o take pleasure in aiming their shafts )f ridicule at Senator Tillman, and yet ihere is no man on the Democratic side Evith whom they are so chummy. Senv1 itor Tillman is irresistible. No mater bow hard the others may try to get Pad with him over the biting, sarcastic things he is so foud of saying, the Senitor from South Carolina will not alow it. Information For School Teachers. For the information of the school :eachers of the state, Superintendent jf Education McMahan has prepared the following: "Trustees shoul^atjf overlook the fact that the lavy^ftJrbids \ contract with a teacher who does not hold a certificate to teach, issued within two years by the state board of education or by the board of education }f the particular county in which the teacher is to be employed. By neglec:ing this law teachers and trustees lave gotten themselves into awkward consequences. A person teaching without a certificate with a view to standing the examination and winning i certificate, and then being able to tt-onr fV>o aopnmnlftfpd aftlnru. has heen nore than once disappointed in securng certificate and salary. The only lafe course for teacher or trustees is to bllow the letter of the law, and not to ittempt to make a contract unless at ;bat time the teacher holds an up-to-, late certificate of qualification, record3d and approved hy the county superntendent of education, whose appro/al of every pay-warrant must he obtained before any money can be drawn, i certificate expires in two years from ,he date of issue. Before the expirition of this period the old certificate nay be renewed by the board that granted it, only, however, in case the lolder attended the summer school (if ield in the county) or rendered to the itate board of education an acceptable excuse for not having attended, [f a certificate is not renewed withn the two years, its holders is in no setter position than one never having aeld a certificate. A certificate may )e obtained by successfully standing in examination, opportunity for which s offered only three times a year? the dates are third Fridav in June, last sveek of the summer school in a county, third Friday in October. For some years there has been a regulation of the state board seeking to remove from the trustees the temptation to let personal interest influence the selection teachers. The legislature itself, at its last session, enacted a similar but more stringent provision. This is now the law : 'No teacher shall be employed by a board of trustees of any school district who is related to a member of the board by consanguinity or iffinity within the second degree, without the written approval of the board of education of the county, nor unless a majority of the parents or guardians of the children attending the school for which such teacher is smployed, request such employment in writing.' " sV ? Varrlage at Kbenezer. Rock Hill Herald, Saturday : The marriage of Mr. T. Valdora McFadden Df our city, and Miss Pearl, a lovable daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Poag, was solemnized at the home of the bride in Ebenezer last Wednesday oight, a number of the relatives and friends of the contracting parties being present. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. H. Thornwell, the bride's pastor. The only attendants were two winsome little flower maid2ns, Misses Annie Roddey Miller and Eloise Steele. Miss Mattie Smith presided at the organ. After the marriage an abundant wedding supper was served. Mrs. McFadden will be jordially welcomed to Rock Hill. The couple will have their home at the McFadden residence on Hampton jtreet. Redding in Rock Hill. rThere was a pretty wedding Wedlesday evening at the residence of Mr. V. Brown McFadden, when Miss Innie, the eldest daughter, was given n marriage to Mr. Will H. Hope, a lopular young salesman. The house vas beautifully decorated and. a iountiful wedding supper was spread md all went merry. The presents vere numerous and some of them very :ostly. LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. C. Strauss?Announces that on next Friday, June 15th, he will inaugurate a grand 20 per ceDt. discount sale which will last until June 23d. He quotes a few prices and says every sale will be cash. Globe Telegraph College, Lexington, Ky. Advertise that young men with fair education and good character are wanted to learn telegraphy, railroad accounting and typewriting. R. W. Whitesidos?Is announced as a candidate for the office of supervisor of York county. J. P. White, Manager?Says that there will be a game of ball this (Tuesday) afternoon between Charlotte and Yorkville, at the park, beginning at 4.30. Also a game between Camden and Yorkville tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon at the same time and place. York Drug Store, Registered Pharmacist. Prints the list of ladies and number of votes cast for each one up to June 12. Jas. M. Starr A Co., Leading Druggists.? Let the teachers of York county know that they are welcome at their store, and say that they have delightful ice cream every day. Also soda water flavored with pure fruit juices. Lowrance, Williams A Co.?Mention a list of choice things and quote prices at it ? ~ of thair wli mil luey nm; uo uuunucu ?? >uvi> store. Also mention fruit jars, snuff, tobacco and cigars. WITHIN THE TOWN. / Mr. J. A. Latta lost a mule from colic last Friday night. <^Ir. McClain has been having considerable trouble with his dynamo during the past two weeks. It is probable that he will have to buy a new one. \^ensu8 Enumerator Witherspoon is getting along with his work in Yorkville quite rapidly. He is not allowed to give out any information as to the count, and people are, of course, guessing at the population of the town. The guesses range from 2,000 by the more conservative people, up to 4,000 by those who are more enthusiastic. It is quite likely that the 2,000 mark will be exceeded. ^The York Drug Store has installed for the entertainment of its customers a Regina music box. It does not work except with a nickle in the slot; but when it gets its nickle it exhibits marvels of mechanical ingenuity, and renders music that is simply perfect. The instrument is a very ex pensive one, having cost several hun.drecj^oliars. Its like is not often seen nTa town of this size. In the games with Union last Friday and Saturday, the Yorkville baseball team beat, and was beaten. The nnnrn of the first came was 10 to 5 in favor of Yorkville, and of the second, 11 to 9 in favor of Union. Manager White is very well satisfied with the work of his team. He thinks that it outplayed Union both days; but he does not care to offer any excuses for having lost the second game. He promises to clear up that matter when Union comes to Yorkville. The boys had a hard, tiresome trip of it through the country both ways. They did not reach Yorkville until Sunday morning at 1^3 o'clock, having traveled all night. The town council held a meeting last Monday night to discuss various matters of importance that are now pending. The principal item of business transacted was the division of the council into committees, each charged with general responsibility for matters coming within its province. The committees are as follows: Waterworks aud Fire Department?Q. H. O'Leary and G. W. Williams. Streets and Lights- S. M. McNeel and W. M. Propst. Police and Ways and Means? T. C. Dunlap and W. B. Moore. Mr. Moore had not yet been qualified as aldermen, having been out of town on ?Vio nofiouinn of hot.h mpptinps. The iuu vvvwwivm ~ ? ? 0? coudcII adjourned Monday night to hold another meeting last night. FROM A SINGLE GRAIN. The number of possible stalks of wheat from a single grain of seed was the subject of an interesting controversy in a small group of farmers that bad collected in the court bouse yard one day last week. As the result, there has developed some information that ought to be worth something to peowho are not already up on the matter. Some one remarked that he had seen as many as a half a dozen stalks to the grain. Still another claimed that he had seen twenty, and a third held that as many as fifteen is possible ; but scouted the idea that a single grain could yield any more than that. The age and experience of the gentleman were such as to carry weight, and when Mr. Joseph W. Smith, who lives about five miles northwest of Yorkville declared that he had that very morning counted 86 stalks that bad grown from a single grain of wheat, there was a sensation. By unanimous consent the crowd wanted to make Mr. Smith custodian of the knife. Upon realizing that the doubts of the party were sincere, and not fancy- 1 ing the idea of being the butt of sughr incredulity, Mr. Smith promised to substantiate his assertion by bringing < to town the identical stalk to which he had referred. The Enquirer heard of the controversy ob Friday, and at our request Mr. Smith brought his proofs to this office on last Saturday afternoon. He came in with three bunches of wheat that looked as if they might together aggregate a third of a bundle, and here is the report had to make: ' "When I went back home, I found that the chickens had been into that 86 stalk bunch, and had eaten several pleads off, so I just let it go and commenced looking for others. Here is one bunch with 63 heads on it, another with 74, and this one, you see, has 97. I have washed all the dirt out of the roots and anybody call tell that each bunch is from a single grain." I Mr. Smith turned the three bunches < over to the reporter and they are now to he seen by any one who may be ' sufficiently interested to call at The Enquirer office. I During the conversation with Mr. 7 Smith last Saturday, the reporter got I out of him also some very interesting ! information as to the quantity of seed 1 that should be sown to the acre. "I ( have six acres of wheat," he said. ( "Four acres of it are on red land, and j two acres on grey land. That on red i land is generally acknowledged to be I the best anywhere in the neighborhood ; but that on the grey land is not | so good, principally because the grey j land is not so well adapted to wheat. , Rut. thn mnot imnnrtonK thinnr ia in . the seeding. Up to year before last I < practiced the bushel to the acre idea ; but as I bad been noticing for quite a while, the much better results that were beiag secured by my neighbors^ Messrs. John and W. L. Caldwell, who ' each sow only half a bushel to the acre, I finally worked up nerve enough to try it also. It is the very thing for any sized seed upon any kind of land, except if the seed be smaller, the quantity to the acre should be less. Why, if you could get a stand like that 97 head bunch, a gallon to the acre would be enough. But it is just this: Put a half bushel to the acre on good land and it will stool out and give you all the stand the soil can carry, and if you put it on poor land, it will still get everything there is there for it?no more and no less. If you sow more than a half bushel to the acre on good land you will crowd it so badly as to prevent the best results." Before be left, Mr. Smith stated that he had, during the morning, harvested forty dozen bundles of oats from onethird of a bushel of seed, sown on onethird of an acre of land. He was satisfied that the oats would yield a bushel to the dozen ; at the rate of 120 bushels to the acre. THE SUMMER SCHOOL. The York County Summer school began its work in the graded school building, last Monday, with 27 teachers, from all parts of the county, in attendance. Mr. J. W. Thomson, the principal, was on band at the opening, and also Miss F. L. Saunders, the instructor in drawing ; but Miss A. A. Dunbar, Mr. Thompson's assistant in the regulur branches, did oot arrive until yesterday morning. Most of Monday was consumed in the preliminary work of organization. Those present were divided into two sections, the first section consisting o( the teachers who attended the school last year, and the other consisting of teachers w ho have not previously attended. About half a dozen elected to repeat tbe course of last year with the newcomers, and this is to be permitted. Tbose wbo decided to go on will receive a more advanced course. Mr. Thomson announced that .the daily sessions would continue from 9 a. m., until 1 p. m. He also said that be would expect prompt attendance and faithful, painstaking work ; that nothing else would be accepted as satisfactory. In connection with drawing, each teacher i9 to take three other studies of bis or her choosing, and at tbe 1 close of the school there is to be a strict examination on the branches ' chosen. Those who pass succssfully this examination will not have to be examined on the same branches at the regular public examination. Those wbo fail to pass will, of course, still have the right to try at the public ex amination, and all will have to stand 1 at the public examination on branches not included in the summer school course. The roll of teachers in attendance on'the school, as it stood yesterday morning, was as follows: , Bessie Atkins, Buena Horton, Belle Bailey, \y. S. Hutchison, Mattie Bell, Emma Lathan, < Annie Barber, Mae M. Moore, Helen Barber, A. J. McFarland, Bettie Beasley, Sue L. McFarland, I W. A. Bolin, Ardelle Mills, Susie Brian. Minnie Palmer, Ada C. Bradford, Janie Rawls, Florence Cody, Anna Steele, Ophelia Davidson, Annie Wallace, Mary E. Erwin, Virginia B. Watson, I Nannie Ferguson, Annie D. Watson, Rossie Ferguson, Alice W. Woods, Mavme Gourlev. Susie White. Mary E. Hart," Mattie White, ( Mrs. E. Whitesides, Mary Witherspoon. There will be no further admissions 1 into the school after today except for special reasons. i ABOUT PEOPLE. , Mrs. P. R. Bratton, of Charleston, is ( visiting in Yorkville. Miss Anna Spann has been visiting relatives and friends in Rock Hill. Miss Hattie Daffin left Monday for 1 her home at Thomasville, Ga., to spend < the summer. 1 ,/Miss Jennie Wylie, of Chester, is ( viSitiug in Yorkville, the guest of Mrs. ( W. Brown Wylie. *T II, T1 I , 1 / T _ I ,/ miss iNeine romes, principal 01 ijevlfrt college, Talbotton, Ga., is visiting I her sister, Mrs. John M. Hope. i J. J. Smith, of Clover, was in j Yorkville on Monday. He still has on his hat band, "Jenkins's Brigade, S. C." as he wore it to Louisville. /Miss Laura Parish returned home Yesterday from Couverse college, having stopped over for a week in Gaffney, with ber father, Mr. C. G. Parish. I Governor McSweeney has appointed j Senator W. B. Love, of York, to be a delegate from this state to the National Prison association of the United States, ( which is to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, 1 September 22-26. i Mr. G. L. Riddle, of Zeno, returned home last Saturday from Hot Springs, | Ark., where he has been during the , past four weeks for the benefit of his . health. He appears to have been very much benefitted by the trip. Congressman Finley and family re- ' turned from Washington last Satur- i day, and for the present are boarding with Mrs. VV. B. Wilson on North Congress street. It is their intention to move into their own home across the way when certain repairs have j/een made. iSaptain Iredell Jones, of Rock Hill, has consented to serve with Mr. G. W. 3. Hart, of Yorkville, as a York pounby member of the South Carolina Inber-State and West Iudian exposition executive committee. These gentlemen are well qualified to look after the interest of the enterprise in York, and also of York's interest in the enterprise. The marks of the graduating class of South Carolina College were posted Saturday.. "Highly distinguished" indicates an average of between 95 and 100, and "distinguished" indicates an average of between 90 and 95. Mr. J. H. Witherspoon, of Yorkville, is highly distinguished in law and civics, and Mr. R. L. Parish, "also of Yorkville, is distinguished in civics and political science. L^Ir. W. 8. Gordon, who was so severely injured recently by being accidently cut with an axe, bus been having a painful time of it. Several times it was reported that !tia life was in danger; but that was hardly correct. However, he is on the mend, and will probably be able to be out in a short lime ; but it is likely that he is going to have a stiff knee. Congressman Finley thinks that the Democratic party is in a good position to win in the elections this fall. He says that the attitude of the Republicans to all important legislation that has been considered by congress, during the session just closed, has been consistently wrong, while that of the Democrats has been consistently right. He holds this not as matter of opinion, but as a matter of fact, and be does not thiuk it will be very difficult to so convince the country. LOCAL LACONICS. Until January 1st, 1901. The Twice a-Week Enquires, filled with the latest and most reliable oews, will be furnished from the dale of this issue udtil January 1, 1901, for $1.12. Charlotte's Baseball Boys. Charlotte Observer, Sunday : W. T. Bartlett, who will play second base for the Charlotte team, arrived here last evening from Maryville, Tenn., and is quartered at the Leland. McMakin and Shaw were the battery for Yorkville against Union, in Union on Friday, and Yorkville won the game4 10 to 5. The first exhibition game of the season will be played in Yorkville on Tuesday next. As the Yorkville team is a strong one and Charlotte will be without the services of Oldham, Meade and Burnette, it need not cause surprise if Yorkville continues her winning streak. Burnette will not report until Wednesday ; Oldham until Saturday, and Meade not until the following week. On Tbursdav and Fridav Char lotte will play Cheraw at Cheraw. The Catawba Power Company. Columbia State, Saturday: The . much-talked-of and important Cfetawba Power company obtained its charter from the secretary of state yesterday. The corporators are Dr. W. Gill Wylie and R. H. Wylie, of New York, and Wm. C. and F. C. Whitner, of Rock Hill. The principal place of business is to be Rock HUl. The capital stock is to be $100,000. The officers are W. Gill Wylie, president; W. H. Wylie, vice president; and F. C. Whitner, secretary and treasurer. These, with W. J. Roddey, constitute the board of directors. The charter sets forth that the purpose of the company is "to develop the water of India Hook shoals on the Catawba river, in the county of York in the State first aforesaid, by the erection of a dam across said river at that point for the generation of electric power and to transmit it to neighboring cities or towns, and to use, lease or sell the same for manufacturing, lighting, beating and other purposes." No Sunday Mall. There is a Sunday train on the South Carolina and Georgia Extension railroad all right; but there are no Sunday mails any more, and unless special arrangements be made it -is not likely that there will be. There was a mail car on for the first Sunday trip last week ; but on last Sunday it was missing. Inquiry develops that the reason is because of no connections to the south. The postal route runs, from Marion toKingville, and the Sunday train only to Camden. This leaves a gap of 30 miles between Camden and Kingville over which there is no train. The mail clerk upon whom the northern Sunday run would fall is therefore held at Kingville. The difficulty can be obviated by a special clerk to run out from Columbia on Sunday or the making up of special pouches in Columbia for Lancaster, Yorkville and other points that may desire them. There is no chance for mail from Charleston except the Southern put a v Sunday train between Kingville and Camden. It is understood that so far there is no special desire for Sunday mails along the route except by a few people in Yorkville and Lancaster. Rock Hill and Camden are supplied frrvm nlVior onnrpoo At King's Mountain Battleground. Messrs. Geo. T. Schorb and W. W. Boyce made a trip to King's Mountain battleground last Saturday. Mr. Schorb had a commission from The Enquirer to take some photographs of the monument and surroundings, and Mr. Boyce went along for company and to see how things look in the vicinity. He reports that the work of the chaingang from the road to the monument and around the monument s quite satisfactory. He had heard statements to the effect that the new monument had been badly defaced by irandals. He was gratified to find that