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?rrajj$ and Jacts. - h ? A passenger train on the Macon 0 branch of the Southern railway, ran r< into a washout near McDonough, Ga., u last Saturday night, and wa9 complete- lJ ly wrecked. The wreck caught fire and the entire train, with the excep 11 tion of the sleeper, was destroyed. ^ Thirty five people, including all the 0 members of the crew and all the pas- ^ sengers except those on the Pullman ^ car, were killed. The washout is said tn houo hppn hv a n.lnnrihnrat. n vw MW,V wvv"* ^ ? ? - ? ? The Chicago Times-Herald, pub- ? lishes a crop report prepared by Snow, = the crop expert, who has just completed a two week's trip through the states of Minnesota, North and South Dakota. He declares the situation a national calamity, and claims the wheat failure the worst ever known. He estimates the Dakotas as promising ? only 20,000,000 bushels each, and Min- i nesota 35,000,000, a total of 75,000,- ! 000, agsinst 200,000,000 last year and 3 225,000,000 in 1898. ? And even the trade of the burglar is sometimes useful. When the Republican state treasurer of Kentucky left his office to the Democrats, the treasury vault was locked, and there was no information as to the combination. The matter gave considerable annoyance, and last week the new treasurer employed Frankfort machin- ^ ists to open the doors. They worked c< three days without apparently getting b< any nearer to their object than when vj tbey commenced. On Friday it was tj decided to send for Frank Simmons, . a convicted burglar serving a term in the penitentiary. Simmons called for c< the usual material used in safe blow- a ing, and in less than an hour from the tl time he commenced work, the doors |s of the vault were wide open. ej ? The despatches published yester- m day morning threw but little new ^ light on the situation in China. Grave fears are entertained as to the fate * of the force that Admiral Seymour U1 took to the relief of Pekin. There is, Y as yet, no word from the fierce battle st that was expected between the 2,000 internationals, and the 20,000 Chiuese in the vicinity of Tien Tsin. This cc battle, however, is probably over by 1>< this time. The Grand Duke Alexis, high admiral of the Russian navy, has fa left St. 'Petersburg for China, to take ai command of the Russian forces iu Eastern waters. The czar has ordered nJ that his Siberian armies be placed on as a war footing, and the British are th - / i. a sending re-imorcements irom maia. The United States government is _ rushing forward every available man who can be spared from the Philippines. So for as is known, all the American , missionaries are still safe. ? The Milwaukee Daily News, of ?' last Sunday, quotes Hon. W. J. Bryan di on the Philadelphia platform as fol- tt lows: "The Philadelphia platform is U] the best evidence thus far given of the m deception attempted by the Republi- , can party. Taken in connection with the speeches made at the convention, sc it shows that the Republican party's tc platform of 1896 was a deliberate w fraud, as far as the promises of inter- 5, national bi-inetaliism were concerned ; Q| that the party's attitude on the trust . question is insincere, and that the par- P ty is not willing to state its attitude on m the Philippine question and invite the tt judgment of the people. Nothing ct was more manifest in the convention w than the military spirit, and yet the :l) convention did not dare endorse the . demand of the president in 1898 for a 111 standing army of 100,000 men." ai ? Should the troubles in China ? spread and continue for any length of time, the trade in tea and cotton goods might be seriously interfered with. The tea trade does not seem to be in ti imminent danger, since the disturbances are in northern China, while the tea producing districts are in the south, gi Pekin and Tien Tsin are about as far U from the great tea centers as it is from ei Boston to Jacksonville. In the mat- ei ter of the cotton trade, however, the ei situation is morfl RerioilS. The bulk of of American shipments of cotton goods a; go to Shanghai, whence they are trans- ol ferred to New Chang, Tien Tsin and Chee Foo. These- cities are in the ct heart of the district that is now dis- ki turbed by the Boxers. Already the fo effects of the disturbance are being di felt. The active Chinese demand for hi cottons that existed a month ago has ui been cut, shipments' are being held rt back, and some houses look for cancel- fo lations. m ? New York Sun : Echoes of the hi Boxer troubles in China are being to heard in New York's Chinatown. Of the Chinese who come to this country T only a very small proportion have any in intention of making it their permanent w abiding place. To them the American ai is still a "foreign devil" to be despised hi and hated, though regarded with a ol salutary fear. Of course, any indica- m tion of ill feeling toward the Americans bi would bring down swift and condign w punishment, so the residents of Pell 2, and Doyer streets content themselves T with making matters unpleasant for di their fellows who are known as Mo r( Bin Tong or the No-Queue Club, whose object is to foster Occidental ideas, in K token of which the members cut off e( their pigtails and wear American co clothing. Since the Boxer outbreak la the Mo Bin Tongs have been insulted a and derided on the streets of China- P town, and two of them have been hurt tr by missiles thrown from windows, tl Every morning groups of UDinamen ai block up the narrow streets of the ei quarter, while they listen tosomeEng- e: lish-speaking Oriental reading the news p of the day from China and expressing is their satisfaction at every hostile action al on the part of the Boxers. ? It is now pretty clear that la Quay's resolution to apportion repre- A sentation in the national convention w among the states on a basis of four r< delegates at large and one delegate for ai each 10,000 votes cast in the next pre- e< ceeding general election, was a bluff. T It seems that Hanna and the adminis- it tratiou were opposed to the nomina- b< tiou of Roosevelt for vice president. Roosevelt did not want to be nomina- u< ted for various good reasous. Piatt tl wanted Roosevelt out of his way in si New York politics, and Quay wanted b to defeat the administration plans. t< For these reasons the two famous pol- cs itieians worked in conjunction. Han- ei na depended upon the votes of his n northern supporters, consolidated with b le southern delegates, to nominate fo ice president whom he pleased. Whei e wa3 convinced of the actual statu f the situation, Quay introduced bi ^solution. The southerners saw tha pon the passage of this resolutioi ueir influence in the future conven ons was done for, and they began t< lake terms with Quay. They agree< fiat if Quay would withdraw the res lution they would vote for vice presi ent as might be agreeable to him 'he resolution was withdrawn, an< tiis is the story of how Roosevelt wa ominated against his will and to th< reat discomfiture of Senator Hanna. <?fhe ^(orkeiUc (Inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. Crt'' <\ y WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27,1900. The price of wheat continues t< >ar. July contracts closed on th< hicago market last Saturday at 8* ?nts, an advance of 41 on the daj efore, 12 cents higher than on the pre ious Saturday, and 22 cents highei ian three week ago. It is claimec mt the advance is due to natura auditions rather than to speculation principal feature being the fact thai ie Dakotas and Minnesota, whicl ist year harvested 200,000,000 bush s of wheat, will this year harvest noi lore than 75,000,000. Flour has riser om $1 to $1.25 a barrel, and there ii s yet no apparent weakening of th< pward tendency. It looks as if oui ork county farmers have this yea: ruck it just about right. One of the most serious evils in thi; >uutry is the weakness of men in pubj office. Too many of them think mor< : their chances for re-election than o scharging their duties fearlessly ant ithfully. Whenever a serious crisii ises, immediately the officer begins t< icillate and speculate as to what eours< 3 should pursue, and bis conduct is it influenced so much by what is righl i by what effect his policy will have upot ie largest number of voters. Too offer man's entering politics loses his indi duality and all independent manliness Wiunsboro News and Herald. The criticism is a true bill; but doe.? jr contemporary get at the meat o ie situation ? Is it the people or tb< Bceholder who is to blame ? W< islike to think there is no such i ting as a man who can be a mat der any and all circumstances le know that such men are scarce it there are some. We've knowr >me. We know some now. Electior > office canDot change a real man. A eak man elected to office will stil a weak. A strong man elected t( Bee will remain strong. If the peo le want strong men iu office thej >ust elect strong men, instead o loroughly good fellows, who, like institutionally mean ones, are gener eak. When people rely upon theii idgment instead of their sympathiei i the selection of candidates, thej re not likely to be disappointed ir ssults. TURMOIL IN CHINA. lie Confusion Seems to Grow Worse Con founded. If China is not now at war with tb< reat powers of Europe and the nited States, it would puzzle the av age layman to distinguish the differ ice. As yet none of the great pow s have officially proclaimed a state ' war. All are proceeding, however i if there is no need for a declarator purposes. The story that Admiral Seymour's >lumn of 2,000 men had entered Pe in appears to have had no bettei undation than mere speculation. A spatch of Monday says that there is been no definite news from the col cnn for 12 days. There have been imors of heavy fighting between reigners and Chinese about forty iles east of Tien Tsin, and at Shang ii it is assumed that this has reference > the force under Admiral Seymour. About 3,000 foreigners, cooped up in ien Tsin, were at last accounts havig a desperate time of it. The city as surrounded by the regular Chinese :my, which was bombarding with Bavy artillery. On last Friday a force ! about 600 American and Russian larines attempted to relieve the city ; at was repulsed, and arrangements ere made to renew the attack with ,000 men, all that were available, his attack was to have been on Sunay ; but the result has not yet been jported. The big battleship Oregon left Hong long on Sunday forTaku and expect1 to make the trip of about 1,50C liles in six days. Japan is landing irge numbers of troops at Taku, with view to marching on Tien Tsin and ekin, and Russia is hurrying hei oops at Port Arthur to the scene oi le trouble as rapidly as possible. Tht athorities at Washington are repres oted as being engaged in making as stensive war preparations as were in roeress at anv time duriue the Span h war, and the same news comes fron: II the various European governments In the attempt to relieve Tieu Tsir ist Thursday, it is reported that foui merieans were killed and seven wen ounded. The total foreign casualties sported up to to Tuesday was 300 ud it is claimed that the Chinese kill i already aggregate several thousand he Chinese army is represented as be ig well drilled and armed with th< est modern weapons. Official representatives of the Chi ese government in Washington anc le various European capitals still in st that it is all a mistake, and they an egging the different governments noi ) land any more troops in China be ause of the danger of causing a gen ral uprising. These pleas and rep esentatious, however, are receiving ut little attention. r LOCAL AFFAIRS. a S INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. j5 H. C. Strauss?Announces a discount of 1 20 per cent, on all the goods in his store, a except staple goods. This discount comes off the prices of shoes, clothing, and every thing else except as indicated. , James M. Starr & Co.?Offer you fly kill1 ers, cabbage worm killers, and wheat weevil killers. . J. S. Brice, Chairman?Notifies candidates to pay their assessments and sign the Democratic party pledge on or be1 fore the IGth day of August, 1900. s Manager, Greenville, S. C.?Wants live ^ hustling agents to canvass for a premium life insurance company. The Yorkville Buggy Company?Lets you know where to gets buggies, harness, wagons, whips, robes, harrows, plows, shingles and the stag brand paint. R. M. Anderson?Is announced as a candidate for magistrate in Ebenezer township. W. ?. Wilkerson?Is recommended by voters for appointment as one of tbe cominisioners for York county. The York Drug Store?Announces that t the bicycle contest will close on June t 30. A few dozen fruit jars are offered at f $1 per dozen. 1 YORK'S TAXABLE PROPERTY. Auditor Boyce has completed his abstract of the real and personal property of York county, as returned to him for taxation. The figures, by : townships, are as follows : ) Realty. Personalty. , Bethel, 8 224,070 $ 94,175 ? Bethesda, 319,530 99,435 5 Broad River, 204,150 99,610 , Bullock's Creek 354,330 78,830 ' Catawba 837,890 655,080 - Ebenezer 297,970 116,805 P Fort Mill, 308,180' 187,865 , King's Mountain,.... 289,360 234,230 1 York 560,805 381,270 1 Totals $3,296,285 $1,947,300 ' As compared with last year, the k personalty shows a gain of $15,298, 1 and the realty shows a gain of $100,138. The comptroller general has not 1 yet furnished the figures as to railroads, 1 express, telegraph, Pullman cars, in3 surance, etc. * t r PETIT JURORS. r The following petit jurors were drawn yesterday to serve at the ap{ttoaching term of the court of general 3 sessions, which convenes on July 16; ' Judge Benet presiding : f David Lindsay, Fort Mill.* 1 W. P. Boyd, Bethel 3 J. D. Rowden, Ebenezer.* ) G. T. Setzer, .Ebenezer* 3 John H. Steele, ;..Bethesda^ 3 W. J. Miller, ....Ebenezer* l W. D. Shurley, King's Mountain.* i Samuel McCall, King's Mountains i John Stephenson, Fort Mill.' . 07 E. Bass, .V.Fort Milk. J. 1). Smith, Bethelr R. S. Adams, King's Mountain., T. E. Castles, Broad River* J. M. Ferguson, York* f R. T. Allison, York, J. M. Templeton, King's Mountaipr ' J. Edgar Poag, Catawba* } W. B. Williams, York. T. H. Lesslie, King's Mouutain^ J. A. Ratteree, Bethel* i H. M. Lineberger, Catawba* J. W. Ouinn, Broad River* ' J. A. M. L. Stewart, Ebenezer., ; J. A. Westbrook Catawba*C. S. Westmoreland, Broad River* S. S. Neely, Ebenezer* ) J. M. Smarr, Bullock's Creeks . D. J. Biggers, King's Mountain* L Paul T. McNeel, York* 1 W. G. Steele, Ebenezer* , J.S.Turner, Bethel.J. W. Patrick, Bethelr* S. H. Love, Bethesda. , J. N. Huey, .Bethesdar J. M. Seagle, Ebenezeiy f John L. Osborne Fort Mill SEEDING OF WHEAT. Id view of the interest that has beeD occasioned on the subject of wheat scediog, the reporter made it a point last Saturday to ask a number of farmers as to the custom each had been following. So far as the inquiries went, the replies indicate a bushel to the acre as the general rule, and but - few have ever devoted much thought to the subject as to whether this is too > much or too little. * Mr. T. L. Carroll, who lives three miles east of Yorkville, says that a half bushel to the acre is his rule. He sows ) in October on good land, and the , wheat generally stools out well and > gives a good stand. He thinks a half bushel to the acre is enough on good 5 land, and that, as a general thing, on . poor land a pint is too much. He L does not think that wheat should be > sowed on poor land at all. Mr. G. R. Wallace, who lives on the 1 Charlotte road, four miles northeast of I Yorkville, believes in three pecks to the acre. He has been following that ; as a rule, and thinks it is about right. Never having tried a half bushel, to i the acre, he does not know whether it ' is enough or not; but this fall proposes ( to make an experiment on at least one ( half acre. He will use a drill for > wheat hereafter. i Mr. J. C. McKnight, of Lominack, ; six miles southwest of Yorkville, is a ! bushel to the acre man. He has been ' following the rule largely as a matter i of habit; but has about arrived at the i conclusion that a bushel is too much. One year he remembers to have sowed ! wheat that had been soaked and swelled, at the rate of a bushel to the acre. The number of grains was, of course, * much less than if there had been no I swelling. That year bis harvest was at the rate of twenty bushels to one f sown. This and other similar pointers ! have about convinced him that he [ should not seed so heavily. , Mr. E. D. Land, of the Beersheba . neighborhood, believes iu a half bushel i to the acre. He got the rule from his grandfather, and has followed it all his ' life with satisfactory results. In the ^ case of small grained wheats like the , Ripley, a half bushel is too much and he sows less. Mr. L. C. Neill, of Zadok, had been in the habit of sowing from a bushel to a bushel and a peck to the acre. Last year he sowed only a half bushel . to the acre and was so disappointed in j the result, that he will not try it again. - He thinks that a bushel and a peck is 5 oetier tnan a nusnel. ^ Mr. P. B. Neill, who lives about four miles west of Yorkville, believes in from three peeks to a bushel. He has r little faith in a less quantity. Mr. James Gordon, of the Fodder neighborhood, has been in tbe babit c sowing three pecks to the acre, but be lieves tbat a half bushel is enough 01 good land. Mr. J. M. Brice, of the Lominacl neighborhood, sowed various quantitie last year, ranging from slightly lea than hulf a bushel to the acre to i bushel and a peck. The land is abou the same quality and the yield on tha where the seeding was heavier is no ticeably poorer than on the other. Mr. James B. Wood said that he di< not pay a great deal of attention t< TT I . I wneat growing, ne nas Deen in i>ui habit of sowing a bushel to the acre His brother, Mr. Thomas Wood, how ever, sowed seven bushels of wheat 01 14 acres last year and got a yield o about 126 bushels. "It is my observa tion," said Mr. Wood, "that a bushe of wheat to the acre is too much." ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. R. S. Withers and family, o Blacksburg, are visiting in Yorkville. Mr. Robt. A. Jeffreys, of Spartan burg, was in Yorkville last week visit ing relatives. Mr. John A. Neely and family, o Rock Hill, are visiting his father's fam ily in Yorkville. Mr. H. R. Neal, Jr., who was recent ly shot by John Westmoreland, is abb to be up and about. XMrs. Williford and children, are vis iting at Henrietta, the guests of Mrs W. M. Allison. X^Iessrs. Moffatt and Barron Kenne dy and Lowry Jenkins, are at hom< from Erskine college. W. W. Lewis, Esq., went to Char leston last Friday to attend a meeting of the board of visitors of the Citade academy. ^Supervisor Culp came to Yorkvilh yesterday by way of Wright's ferry being unable to cross the river at eithe: Thome's or Neely's. Cashier Harrison, of the Loan an( Savings bankyi"eft last MondSy*^(or i short _pleasure and recreation trip\t< Bultfmore, Philadelphia and othei eastern cities. He will probably returi about Saturday. XCharlotte Observer, Saturday : Mr T"^V 1 _.u- r? JO". ?j. l^OUSUU, WUU 19 BbCIJUgl apuci iVi Abbott & Stephens, will leave in a fev "days for Washington, where he ha! Secured, through the good offices o -Congressman Finley, of South Caroli Da, a position as clerk in the censui department. After his departure, Mr .Join Allison, of baseball fame, will fil the position of stenographer at Abbot Stephens's. ^-Columbia State, Saturday: Th< inany friends in Columbia of Prof. B 'Lv Jones, until recently principal o Tfie Laurel street branch of the Colum Jjia city schools, will be pleased t< .know that he was yesterday notified ?f his election as superintendent of th< graded schools of Yorkville. Ther< jwere 13 applicants for the position anc 4he election of Mr. Jones is flattering to him. The place is a good one, anc Jfie young teacher's friends predict foi him a most successful administration. - Mr. W. S. Gordon, of Fodder, whc cut himself with an axe several weekf Ago, is now able to move about slowlj 'on crutches. His knee is entirely stif afid he is badly crippled. As to wheth er he will recover the use of his kne< joint remains for the future to develop Mr. Gordon has been suffering greai pain from rheumatism ; but at present he is more comfortable. "/The county board of education hai uot yet completed the work of grad ing the papers in connection with th< recent examination of teachers, except as to those papers which are entitlec to first grade certificates. First grad< certificates have been awarded to th< following applicants: Misses Agnei and Bessie Sherrer, Blairsville; Mis* Emma Glasscock, Harmony; Misf Elizabeth Faris, Belmont; Wm. S Chaplin, Rock Hill.Rev. J. C. Johnes returned last Sat urday morning from the mountains 01 Western North Carolina, where, as the guest of Mr. Herbert Tripp, of Blacks hunr. and in nnmnanv with Rev. Mr, rDi ? 1 ? Boyd, of Blacksburg, and Mr. Robinson, of Spartanburg, he spent five days among the trout streams. He reports that trout were plentiful and not over shy, and the party bad a lot of fine sport. There was some shooting, too; but game is rather scarce in the neighborhood at this season as compared with the early fall. During its stay the party camped out, did its own cooking and thoroughly enjoyed the situation. TALKED ABOUT JAPAN. An interesting feature of Children's Day exercises in the Presbyterian Sunday school of Yorkville, last Sunday afternoon, was a talk by Rev, Samuel R. Hope, of Lowryville, a missionary to Japan, now at home on a short visit. Rev. Mr. Hope, it will be remembered, left for Japan in September, 1892, and has been doing missionary work in the Flowery Kingdom evei since, his last location being Toxushii i ? ?i .i i J - : ma, ana ne nas evidently oeen uuiug a great deal of serious work. So one would judge from the marked change that has taken place in his persona] appearance, during his absence. When the people of Bethesda hade him farewell in September, 1892, he was little more than a pale face boy, with raven black hair and wearing a heavy dark moustache. Now the moustache is gone,the hair is iron gray,and his deeply tanned face carries, to a striking extent, that pleasant, earnest, benevolent expression characteristic of those who consistently devote their lives to Christian work. There were no pretentions to oratory, or other embellishments in Mr. Hope's address. It was a plain, practical talk, covering a great deal oi ground and giving a considerable amount of interesting information. He told of the extent of Japan'from Kamchatka on the north, to the American Philippine possessions on the south, and covering all the variations ol climate from the frigid to the torrid zones. He spoke of the characteristics of the people, and especially of theii ?f tendencies with regard to religion, i- The Roman Catholics established their form of Christianity in Japan several hundred years ago, and when an effort i was made to stamp out the faith s through persecution, thousands of s converts chose death rather than rei nounce their belief. It is so today ; t but stiil there is among the people a t strong prejudice against Christianity, - and a tendency on the part of the government to discriminate against it in 1 schools and elsewhere. The Japanese 3 take more quickly than any other b Eastern nation to the material im. provements of foreigners. They un hesitatingly adopt everything foreign i that appears to be better than their f own way of doing things ; but still they have a strong feeling against the 1 foreigner himself. They are jealous of the spread of foreign influence, and the anti-foreign feeling is daily grow ing stronger and stronger throughout the empire. In conclusion, Mr. Hope said that Japan offers a great field for . missionary effort, and he was of opinion that there was promise of more f successful work in the immediate fu' ture than had ever been accomplished in the past. 3 Mr. Hope's talk occupied but little over half an hour in its delivery, and - from the close attention he received, it was evident that his hearers greatly enjoyed what he had to say. 3 WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The best time to pay that $2.50 street tax, is before it amounts to $3. I The price is moving toward the $3 limit daily, a ? The idea of engaging Rev. Sam , Jones to deliver a lecture in Yorkville r next fall is under consideration. The j Rev. Samuel never fails to draw a ^ crowd, and it is not likely that there } would be an exception in the case of S Yorkville. ) Dr. M. W. White has purchased from Miss Janie Robinson her house ' on King's Mountain street, and Miss rf Robinson has purchased from Mrs. C. 3 J. Ribinson the latter's house on South f Congress. The transfer of titles was - made last week. 3 ?/Colonels Davis and Stephenson j have given out to Messrs. Keller & t Logan, a contract for extensive repairs on the King's Mountain Military ; Academy building. The contractors . are making their arrangements to comf mence work at once. They have no doubt of their ability to put the propj erty in first-class repair by September. , -^Tbe board of trustees of the York i vflle graded school has elected Mr. R. 1 A. Dobson, of Yorkville, assistant > superintendent, vice Mr. Jennings K. I i-\ ?t? J i; a . . M. uwens, wuu ueciiueu 10 buccal. an. Owens bad not applied for the position of assistant superintendent, and bis election by the board was without solicitation on bis part. Mr. Dobson is a recent graduate of Furman. He has bad experience as a school teacher and is capable of filling the position most acceptably. , ? Lightning played considerable havoc at the central telephone station during a thunder storm last Saturday. Miss Susie Hill, the efficient "central," was shocked, almost stunned, by the flash, and quite a large number of "drops"?more than half?were burned out. The report was very loud, being distinctly heard in all parts of town, and many people in the immediate vicinity of the central station were badly frightened?more so than Miss Hill, who quietly resumed her work within a few minutes after the incident. ? The idea of trying to make the income from the waterworks pay operating expenses is all right; but to attempt to get from this source money sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds, is carrying the matter a little too far. It is like a man trying to lift himself by bis bootstraps. The bond burden was voluntarily accepted by all the people for common protection i and benefit, and it rests equitably I upon all the property of the town. To ask water consumers to bear this burden alone in addition to wear and i tear and operating expenses, is to imi pose upon them double taxation. ? The town council of Yorkville , and the consumers of public water, i are still wrestling with the perplexing i water problem. The matter is receiving earnest and intelligent considera tion from every point of view, and al, though no satisfactory settlement ' seems to have been reached, there is no doubt about the fact that the town is making educational progress in the ; principles of municipal ownership. But i it is not an easy problem?this thing i of the equitable distribution among a I portion of the citizenship of conveni iences tbat are derived from taxation of the whole municipality, without t more or less injustice^ At least so it i appears in the absence of a careful con: sideration of the whole Woad question. ) All the perplexity in VSforkville has grown out of the use 6^ water for - domestic, business, industrial and hor, ticultural purposes, etc. It impossible > that the original object of thev water - > ?. J il. ?J:? ?^^o piUDl ttUU UJB SUlTUUUUlUg BBUUil.IV/ua have been lost sight of to a greater or less extent in view of these secondary , considerations. The water plant was erected for fire protection only, at a cost F of about $20,000. The idea of municii pal conduct of a general water busi) ness was never anticipated, and as a matter of fact the municipality has not i since procured authority to engage in p such a business. With the construcF tion of the plant, it developed that I there most be arrangements to keep i the standpipe full of water, otherwise there could be no guarantee of fire protection. This condition requi that the pumping station be constt ly" in charge of a reliable man, con: tent to keep everything in order, i this, of course, entailed expense, was assumed, as a matter of course, t all this expense?interest on the ho and operation of the plant?sho be borne by all taxpayers who v, supposed to derive equal benefit, der this arrangement then, it wc be merely a question of a standi full of water, ready to protect pr erty against fire, a regularly i ployed pumpman, idle it was to hoped, 99 per cent, of his time; being paid full wages, in order to h assurance of his services when neec and all at the expense of all the t payers. In these circumstances idea of selling water to private c sumers was a very natural devel ment. With the water plant i pumpman at a fixed charge, and pi tically no additional expense exc for wear, tear and fuel, whether plant was kept in constant operal or allowed to stand still, taxpayers course, would welcome any arrai ment that would operate to save pense. The prospective consumer ready paying his share of the ta for the maintenance of the plant i standstill, could easily demand t water be furnished at as nearly act cost as possible. For instance, he f for the tapping of the main, and a over and above the cost. He paid bis piping and plumbing,'-subject his fellow taxpayers to no burden that account, and, in addition, he p a rental for the use of the wa Every cent of this rental, tberef that is over aud above the actual < to the town of furnishing the water uses, is just that much oil'the bill t non-users of water would have to j for maintenance in the event tb were no private consumers. Th< fore, provided the revenue equals wear and tear and cost of pumpi the consumer is not takiug any vantage of the non-consumer. On contrary, "the non-consumer is relie of burdens he would otherwise h to bear. The real problem before town council then, after the standf is filled with water and kept full uot hetweeu non-consumer and c Burners; but among the consuir alone. The first duty is keeping standpipe full of water; and the n is to require consumers to pay a j proportion of the expense. That I latter duly can best be accomplisl through means of meters there is question ; but as to whether, in viev all the surrounding conditions, it the part of wisdom or equity to mi individual consumers bear the ac lional expense of buying or rent these meters, raises a new questi For instance, the present minim water rate for domestic purposes, $ year, is high. It represents a prii pal of $100, which ought to dig j equip a first-class well. All const ere of water have already been greater or less expense, and althot the convenience is great, many of th are doubtful about following the m ter any further. It is quite possi that some will prefer to rely entir upon their wells rather than buy i ters and pay for water by the gallc not for reasons of dissatisfaction, 1 from considerations of economy. Ei consumer thus lost will increase amount of operating expenses t! will have to be made up from ordi ry taxation, water consumers aud n consumers, beneficiaries of the wa plant and non-beneficiaries alike. . these things are receiving the cons eration of the town council. Tl body is giving the whole subject mi careful thought than it has ever ceived before. It is studying the m ter in all its details from the stai point of business fairness and equi and the people of the town may r assured that it will make no mistafe except honest ones, which may be c rected in the light of further expi ence. 11. f .inAWirtfl lA^VAIi UA\A/11 avo* Until January 1st, 1901. The Twice-a-Week-Enquirer, i ed with the latest and most relia news, will be furnished from the di of this issue until January 1, 1901, $1.04. Sprouting In the Field. Although, so far as The Enquir has been able to gather, all the Y< county wheat grown this year v harvested without unusual efforts, account of the rains of the past t weeks much of it is now sprouting the shocks. Reports to this eff have been received from different s tions of the county ; but there is sufficient information upojcu.wluch. base an estimate of the' extent of t damage. Eight Thousand From One. Speaking of the 87 stalks of whi from a single grain, exhibited by I J. W. Smith, Mr. John W. Simril, Clay Hill, told the reporter the otl day a story that is along the same lii "Mr. John M. Spratt, of Fort Mill, my authority," said Mr. Simril. "1 told me that Mr. Fred Nims, I belU it was, counted about 8,000 grains oats as coming from a single grail At fifty grains to the head, Mr. Smit ornin of wheat should have vield r> ~ ; * 4,850 grains. Damage by High Water. The unusually heavy rains of 1; Friday night raised the water cour in all parts of the county and did mi damage to bottom corn and to terrac We have reports from Crowder's, B verdam, Big Allison, Little Allis< Bullock's, Clark's Fork, Fishing a Turkey creeks, and the story is eve where the same, except the damage the Turkey Creek and Beaverdi bottoms seemed to have been m< severe thau elsewhere. Generally l water was higher than it has previo ly been at any time this year. Going to Greenwood. , 'The Yorkville baseball team was leave last night for Greenwood to pi the team there today, tomorrow a Friday. It was intended also, if i red rangements could be made, to tackle mt- the Piedmont team on its home ipe- grounds next Saturday. Manager ind ^k'le '8 working to strengthen the home team by the addition of several new men, including a first-class catch- " bat er, the latter to take the place of Dr. nds McDowell, who is unable to leave his uld practice during such expeditions as rere the present. The team has accepted ttq an engagement to play in Gaslonia on July the Fourth against such other team as the committee may provide. }'Pe From Enquirer to Rock Hill. ?P' Messrs. J. W. Simril and W. A. em- Youngblood, of the Clay Hill section, be were in Yorkviile Monday to see Coobut, gressman Finley about the proposed avft star route from Enquirer to Rock ~~~ Hill, it appears tnat attnougn ire led? offices of Concord and Indian Hook ax* have been established, it will be nectbe essary to have more red tape unwound on- before the mail route is in operation as |0p. desired. The proposed new route and however, '8 very necessary. It will ruu for 18 or 20 miles through a terrirac" tory that now has but the poorest of mail facilities, and by all means it the should be established. Lion A Jersey Gold Mice. i, of The Enquirer has, from time to ig6. time, published statements of facts ilex. lustrating the remarkable rate of in. crease that seems to be peculiar to a " Jersey cattle; but this from Mr. J. xes Frank Moore, of Bethesda, seems more it a remarkable than any statement that bat has been previously published on the Ual subject. In May, 1894, Mr. Moore >aid purchased a Jersey cow that was 23 . months old. Sinoe then the cow has ee dropped seven heifer calves. Eleven 'or calves have been dropped by these -ing seven, and five have been dropped by on the eleven. The herd, including the ays original cow and two heifers sold for ter beef, has multiplied in 6 years to 23 head. Mr. J. F. Moore still owbs three c>re' head; Dr. VV. M. Love has three; Mr. * :?8l <p e. Moore three; Mr. D. L. Black " he two; Mr. J. S. Sandifer three; Mr. F. hat D. Davidson two; Mr. J. Mc. Moore pay four; Mr. N. J. Johnson one. The iere original cow has a tested record of four gallons of milk a day. And this 3r?' record has been equaled by several of her progeny. iog, ??? ad" MKRK-MKNT10N. the ^William S. Jennings, a cousin of ved Wm. J. Bryan, bas been .nominated for ave governor of Florida by the Democrats the of that state. The Russian min ister of foreign affairs, Count Murrieff, died suddenly at St. Petersburg last > 10 Friday. Dr. Nicholas Senn, of lon* Chicago, has been selected as chief of . lers the medical staff of the Kansas City the convention. The staff is to consist of ext one physician from each state and tert ritory. Abbas Hilmi, khedive of Egypt, is visiting in London. *Ex,e Governor W. S. Taylor, who is now a bed fugitive from his state, claims that the no Republicans will carry Kentucky for , v of McKinley next fall by a majority so is large that the Democrats will not dare ake to count it out. ^'Roosevelt will Idi- not resign as governor of New York ing on account of his nomination to the on. vice presidency. Mrs. Dewey, wife um of the admiral, is arranging to build ~ ? 8 a a summer residence a short distance aci- from Halifax, Nova Scotia. The ind government cf Morocco has called im- upon Europe to arbitrate its quarrel at with France. Schedules in the lgb assignment of Price, McCormick & em Co., have been filed. They show liatat bilities of $12,698,591 and actual assets * ble of $12,469,921. ely ne- AT THE CHURCHES. m ; I . bu,1 THE CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. REV. J. C. JOHNES, RECTOR. aat Services this afternoon at 6 o'clock. na- t on- BAPTIST. ter REV. J. B. BOZEMAN, PASTOR. aii Prayer meeting on Thursday evening at lid 8-30 o'clock. bat ASSOCIATE REFORMED, ore REV. BOYCE H. ORIKR, PASTOR, re- Prayer meeting this afternoon at 5.00 iat- o'clock. jJ" PRESBYTERIAN. REV. W. G. NEVILLE, PASTOR. Prayer meeting this evening at 8.50 >ww, o'ciock. or Brj. TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL. rev. j. m. steadman, pastor. There will be prayer-meeting this evening at 8.30 o'clock. an- Serial Jtotitts. ble ? ? ate Blackberry Balsam, 25 Cts., tor for Dysentery. YORK DRUG STORE. Don't Suffer! Don't be sick ! Get well! I give absent EE treatment any distance. If you are sick, >rk don't delay! It might cost you your life, yas Thousands are being cured daily by this on modern science. All diseases treated - * wo without the use of medicine. Write today in for free instructions. Address Prof. N. L. Davis, Texarkana, Ark. ec. May 30 w 3m* no to* ' he * . Beware of Ointments for Catarrh Bat That Contain Mercury, Ar. as mercury will surely destroy the sense of of smell and completely derange the whole ler system when entering through the mucous Qe> surfaces. Such articles should never be jg used except on prescriptions from reputap?e ble physicians, as the damage they will do )ve is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive irom them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, ? manufactured by F. J. Cheriy & Co., * Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is I ? taken internally, acting directly upon the le<1 blood and mucous surfaces of the system, * In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internal- - . ? ast ly, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. ses Cheny & Co. Testimonials free, ich Sold by druggists, price 75c. per bottle, ses. Hall's Family Pills are the best, eaon, ud ? ru. mJ fy?? . . >a \ OBITUARY. irp \ , Dren?Near Balloon, June 14th, 1900, De ESSIli CURL, daughter of Mr. A. A. us* and Mrs. J. K. Bellinger, aged 2 years, 10 months and 10 days. At his home, in Bullock's Creek township, on Sundav, June 17, of paralysis, to Mr. JAMES 'McALILLEY, aged 06 ay years, 5 months and 7 days. He was a I native of Chester county; but bad been living in York about thirty years. A ar- widow and several children survive him. . V