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Straps and Jacts. ? Bob Fitzsiramons whipped Gus Ruhlin in New Yqrk last Friday night. Ruhlin was knocked out in the fifth round. ? Bids for 35,950 tons of armor for battleships and cruisers were opened at the navy department last Friday. There were three bids. Bethlehem and Carnegie companies each bid for one-half the armor at the same price. They wanted $490 a ton, including royalty of $45 a ton for class A armor, and $411.20 a ton for other kinds. The Midrole Steel company made a Haf. hid nf $438 a t.nn nr nn accrrptrntp "wv v* T* WWM -OO* vO"%' of $13,578,000 to furnish all the armor required. It remains with Secretary Long to decide whether he will accept one or the other of the bids or erect a government armor plant. ? A semi-official newspaper of Berlin prints in its issue of last Friday the following : "According to present orders from the powers, the middle of August will see altogether 40,500 available troops, with 162 guns, in the province of Pe Chi Li. By the end of September there will be 78,000, with 280 guns, not including the troops at Shanghai, Canton and Naukin. Russia now has 37,000, with 104 guns, concentrating in Manchuria, and 105,000 more, with 138 guns, now forming for invasion. Altogether 239,000 men, with 500 guns, will be in China within six weeks, and altogether 117 war vessels, exclusive of 21 torpedo boats, are now watching the coast, of which 70 are in the Gulf of Pe Chi Li. ? Says a New York dispatch of Saturday: Death reaped a harvest today from New York's humanity. At least 33 persons died in this city and vicinity, 30 of them from prostrations, aud three children from falls from fire escapes on which they had crowded to get some relief from the torturing heat. All in all it is the hottest continuous weather New York has ever had. Forecaster Emery said today that it surpassed in the aggregate the record of the 1896 hot spell. Thft weather bureau thermometer reached 99 at 2 p. m., and registered the same figures an hour later. This is maDy degrees cooler than the temperature the people were subjected to on the street. ? The Chinese government is showA iug evidence of nervousness, as is shown by the following edict recently transmitted to Minister Wu at Washington : " 'In the present conflict between Chinese and foreigners there has been some misunderstanding on the part of the foreign nations and also a want of proper management on the part of some of the local authorities. A clash of arms is followed by calamitous results and causes a rupture 'of friendly relations, which will untimately do no good to the world. We hereby appoint Li Hung Chang as our envoy plenipotentiary, with instructions to propose at once by telegraph to the governments of the several powers concerned for the immediate cessation of hostile demonstrations pending negotiations, which he is hereby authorized to conduct for our part, for the settlement of whatever questions may have to be dealt with. The questions are to be severally considered in a satisfactory manner and the result of the negotiations reported to us for our sanction. Respect this." ? W. J. Bryan's visit to Chicago has npaMinalltt piioiiltpH in an iinrtpr.qf.fl.nd |/l awiVUHJ I vuuavvv* mmm mw wmwv.www-? ing that he will travel almost as much duriDgthe present campaign as he did in 1896. The first inclination on his part was to avoid the making of many speeches this year; but there has been such general pressure that it is understood that he is now inclined to yield and to visit many parts of the country. No positive promises for participation in the campaign have been made for other states than New York ; but the probabilities are that he will go from that state to Maryland, where there appears to be great anxiety for his appearance. After that time he is likely to make quite a general tour of the north Mississippi valley states, including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, etc. No authorized statement has been given out to this effect; but there is no doubt that this is the present tendency?that, indeed, the plan is practically decided upon. In New York it is expected that Mr. Bryan will speak only in the larger cities. ? The following message from Minister Conger, undated, but supposed "to have been sent from Pekin on August 5, was made public on last Friday: "Secretary of State, Washington : The Tsung Li Yamen states to the diplomatic body that the various foreign governments have repeatedly asked, through the respective Chinese ministers, that we immediately depart from Pekin under suitable escort. The Yamen asked us to fix a date for our departure aud to make the necessary arrangements to so. Our reply is that we will seek instructions from our governments, and that in the absence of such instructions we cannot quit Our post, l must luiorm you luut iu order to insure our safe departure, foreign troops only can safely escort us, and they must be sufficient force to safely guard 800 foreigners, including 200 women and children, as well as 3,000 native Christians, who cannot be abandoned to certain massacre. We cannot accept a Chinese escort under any circumstances. All my colleagues are dispatching the foregoing to their respective governments. Of the American marines seveu have been killed and sixteen wounded, among the latter Captain Myers and Dr. Lippett, who ar egetting along nicely." ? The monthly report of the statislicau of the department of agriculture, issued last Friday, shows the average condition of cotton on August 1 to have been 76, as compared with 75.8 on July 1, 1900 ; 84 on August 1, 1899 ; 91.2 on August 1, 1896, and 85.3 the mean of the August averages of the last ten years. There was an improve, ment of condition during July amounting to five points in Texas and Arkansas, 3 points in Georgia, 10 in Missouri and 1 in Tennessee. On the other hand there was a decline of 9 points in North Carolina, 5 in South Carolina and Indian territory, 4 iu Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida, 3 in Alabama, 2 in Oklahoma and 15 in Virgiuia. The impairment of condition is due iu the main to drought and continued ri lack of proper cultivation ; but there gi are extensive sections where heavy and 0, continuous rains have wrought serious ^ injury to the growing crop. While the condition in Texas is 2 points n above the state's ten year average, c' every other state still reports a condi- ai tion below such average, Arkansas being 2; North Carolina, 7 ; Louisiana, 8; ^ Tennessee, 10; Georgia, 11; South Car- . olina and Virginia, 12; Florida, 15; Alabama, 21, and Mississippi 26 points w below their respective ten year aver- al ages. The average of the different ti states on August 1 were as follows: ei Virginia 77; North Carolina, 80; C( South Carolina, 74; Alabama, 67; Mississippi, 60; Louisiana, 77; Texas, 88: Arkansas, 83; Tennessee, 77; Missouri, 84; Oklahoma, 80; Indian Ul Territory, 91. There has been some abandonment of land planted to cot- di ton, but the area abandoned is somewhat less than was generally expected one month ago, and the department will not at present change its acreage 81 figures. T - S< ?he ^orkviUe (Inquirer. " YORKVILIiBrS. C.: WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 15.1900. s" According to the press dispatches, all of the powers have agreed upon g the appointment of the German Field ^ Marshal Count von Waldersee as com- ^ mander-in-chief of the allied forces. _ ei The news from China comes first ^ one way then another ; but as we see ^ the whole situation we have no idea ^ that the trouble is going to be settled P( without a fight. V ?? /\The wearing of woman's shirt- m waists by men, is rapidly coming in- Ci to vogue throughout the country on M account of the hot weather. In pur- se suance of instructions from the mayor 80 of the city last Sunday, one hundred cc Camden, N. J., policemen appeared in ^ sbirt waists. Russia has accepted the offer of the ^ Chinese government to give her minister safe conduct from Pekin to Tien re Tsin ; but at the same time she warns y< the emperor that it will be better for ac China if nothing happens. In the ti< event the Russian minister does not ta arrive sound and well, Russia's re- m venge will be something terrible. jn y( In his special from Walhalla, August cj Kohn quoted Senator Tillman as esti- k< mating that he had "made" from 10,- th 000 to 20,000 votes for himself by his canvass in the behalf of the dispensa- nc ac ry. Next day Mr. Kohn corrected the record, saying that Tillman claims to have lost that many votes. We can to only see one object in the senator's re- th ferring to the matter at all, and that is to "stir up the boys but so far as we can, we'are willing to help spread the word. We are like Colonel Hoyt in gt that we believe our way; but what- ai ever the majority want is got to go. w ? . er *r As newspaper men who sometimes ^ feel called upon to show up the weak- ( nesses, mistakes or duplicities, as the tr case may be, of other people, it is bi natural that we should expect to be to attacked from time to time. A yellow pup even will snap and snarl when ^ forced into a corner; but really we m think our friend, the enemy, should get te up something new in addition to those a old stale, vague charges and insirua- y< tions about Merrill and the Ku KIux. ^ ^ A n nrstulsl Kq mnoVl Hj VCU tUCSC lusiuuauuuo ttuuiu wo imuvu more interesting if the gentlemen jq making them would enter into specific cj details. re 1 ? w Senator Tillman continues to re- Ci fer viciously to the number of (frunken people he saw at Yorkville on the day of the campaign meeting here. He er says there was more drunkenness here e than at any oJ.her meeting he has at- hi tended. This is according to the re- ra ports of Mr. August Kohn. The Yorkville meeting was one of the most * sober and orderly we have ever seen in this county. We are advised that V( although the Gaffney dispensary was ta closed on the day of the meeting there, at the time Senator Tillman was s? speaking, there were several drunkards in the guard house, and when the w senator states that there was more |j( drunkenness here than anywhere else, If we are free to say that we do not be- ^ lieve one word of it. . in MURE OF THE SAME KIND. {j! At Abbeville, last Saturday, Senator jn" Tillman launched another trick that D( is evidently intended to stir his parti- I zans to more active efforts in behalf of be his beloved dispensary. ^ The senator spoke in defense of his right of free speech, and challenged gj, those who wished to deny him that right to vote against him. He said ar that although the legislature would be 'e pledged for him anyway, unless he got | a majority of the votes cast in the primary, he would not serve. ^ So far as The Enquirer is concern- at ed, we have never been disposed to pi advise any one to scratch the name of re Senator Tillman. Notwithstanding jL^ the fact that he has no opposition for the senate, we think he has a perfect as right to advocate the dispensary if he ot wants to, and not only this, he has a ght to uphold the claims of oue ubernatorial candidate against anther. The voters have a right to take is advice or not, as they see fit, or to ;sent in such manner as they may boose, any real or imaginary grievnce that he may occasion. Katber than condemn Senator Tilltan for upholding the dispensary law i a fair and statesmanlike manner, e admire him for it; but we do not pprove of the demagogy he is prac cing. We do not approve of his forts to bring Prohibitionists into intomnt. np t.n slur nrennhers. These ""v'"l'v " I lings have no bearing upon the merits [ the issue, and Senator Tillman fully derstands the fact. This challenge, coupled with a conition that leaves no sensible man free i accept it, appears to us only as aniher piece of demagogy. What senble man would seek to deny Senator illman the right of free speech ? Bnator Tillman knows there is not 3e, and consequently there is but ttle danger of his failure to get a majority of the votes cast. Of course lere are those who will scratch the ame of Senator Tillman ; but it will 3 more because of their lack of confi3nce in the man than because of any asire to deny the right of free speech. As we see it, the senator's challenge merely an effort to whoop up his ipporters. We feel pretty sure that he should fail to get a majority of te votes cast, he would find some ay to accept the senatorship all the tme. It is a wonder and a mystery why enjamin R. Tillman is so faithful to le Gary blood. We've never seen a ary or an Evans either that showed ctraordinary ability in statecraft; it have seen quite a number of both lat were hardly up to the average of le common herd. We are not disused to detract from the legitimate aims of the late Mart Gary ; but ho msible man, not even Senator Tillan, can claim that the state of South arolina owes any special fealty to 'art Gary's relatives. Not while the nator is preachiDg anti-imperalism strongly should he ever admit the >rrectness of any such doctrine as lis. AN OPEN LETTER. o Dr. Thomas Jefferson Strait: Sir?In The Enquirer of today is nrn/ln/ui/4 Thn T.antom'a rornph nf piUUUVVU X UV A^WUVVi U u ? V V a >ur speech at Chester, and by way of Iding still further interest to tbesitu30, I beg your indulgence while I kef this method of making a few rearks in reply : I am a newspaper man, doctor, takg no especial interest in politics be>nd the right and duty of any other tizen. It is my business to try and jep up with the events and help tell e public what is going on. Somenes it is disagreeable. In this J have ) choice. Whether the work be ;reeable or not, those whom I serve [pect me to be fair and honest. You came into this campaign, docr, with the statement that you told e people three years ago that Mcaurin was a Republican ; that the peoe did not believe you, but elected cLaurin anyway and turned you >wn ; that subsequent events have lown McLaurin to be a Republican, id that, therefore, on account of the rougs you have suffered, you are ititled to again be allowed to draw >,000 a year. If your story were ue, doctor, you would have a very >od case, and I would not think of ying to interfere with your scheme ; it I happen to have the record, docir, and as that record shows that you d not prophesy as you claim, there is been no other course open to me lan to publish the facts. If the facts ake against you a case of false prences, I cannot see wherein you have right to hold me responsible ; but if >u want to hold me responsible anyay, you will have to make the most ' it. But in your rage, doctor, you are clined to be too sweeping in denunations. The gentleman to whom you ifer as the editor of The Enquirer, ho was a captain in the army, is iptain L. M. Grist. He tells me that j has never seen you to know you, id that he has never spoken to you his life. I am sure that he has nevwritten a word about you in The nquirer. Whatever may have been s views as to the war, most of his com des will probably testify that he did s duty as best he could. He was not Ku Klux, and he never reported one i Merrill or any one else. But as he is had nothing whatever to do with >u, I cannot see why you have atplrpd him and will not att.pmnt, to ;fend him further than to say that in i far as he is guilty as you charge, s sins be upon me and my children. Coming back to myself, doctor, hen was it that you caught me in a 5? I would be glad to have details, you furnish them I promise to have iem published in The Enquirer in 11. I feel sure that they will make teresting reading. Anyhow, you ive succeeded in exciting my curiosy somewhat. And as toyour unwillgness to believe me on my oath I am )t in the least surprised. No, doctor, don't think you would admit your dief in any unpleasant truth against )U on anybody's oath, not even on e oath of the Yorkville gentleman ho put it into your head to try to ander Captain L. M. Grist. And again, doctor, when you say I n fighting you in the interest of Finy, you do me another injustice. I ive not fought you at all. I have erely nailed some palpable false>ods, that would have been detected j the public eveu it l had not caneu tention to them. As to what the lblic will do about the matter is uo spousibility of miue. WheD I set ie record straight my duty ended, he issue as it now stands between )u and Finley is no business of mine 11 can see, as a newspaper man or herwise. Lastly, doctor, lam not surprised at your eruption at Chester. From what some of your friends have said of your ! manhood and your own boasts on the subject, I rather expected it at York- ] ville. But after all it turns out just as previous experiences I have had with the same kind of people. Like the little animal of whose nature they partake, when hopelessly cornered, they invariably seek defense in raising a terrible smell. With all the respect to which you are entitled doctor, I am, W. D. Grist. PROBABILITIES OP PEACE. Washington Authorities Interested In the Commission to Karl Li. Says the Washington correspondent nf The News and Courier, writing tin der date of Sunday : 1 In many respects the news of Li t Hung Chang's appointment as peace envoy is the most important information which has been received from ' China since the first cipher message i from Minister Conger told of the safe- i ty of the ministers and the legation , forces. This indicates more clearly j than anything else has that the central government at Pekin at last real- ' izes the gravity of the situation and , the need for speedy action on its part, t It is regarded by officials here a slim ray of light piercing the gloom which ( has clouded the situation. State de- i partment officials believe that Li Hung Chang is the one man in the Chinese empire capable of judging the situa- * tion in its broadest bearing, and they i believe that he will do everything in i bis power to bring about an early un- ( derstanding. For the past three days . they have watched anxiously for confirmation of the Shanghai report that * Earl Li had been designated for this * important office, and at the hour of t closing yesterday they had about f reached the conclusion that there was ( no truth in the report, for nothing t then had been heard either by this government or any other in confirmation of it. When the fact of the ap- 1 pointment was made officially to them c today, they were, therefore, as much 1 surprised as they were relieved. They t regard this appointment as a good indication, looking, as it undoubtedly does, to ultimate peace. As yet nothing has been received from Li Hung r Chang on the line indicated ; but the f transmission of the edict to the Chi- t nese minister here with instructions ^ that it be laid before the authorities : will doubtless be immediately .follow- . ed by actions on the line indicated. This appointment undoubtedly strengthens the feeling of confidence ' in the good faith of the Chinese cen- i tral government and seems to give re- c newed assurance of the continued safety of the ministers. There can be no doubt that the Imperial government will now protect the foreigners, if it is , within the power of the government to do so, and recent events at Pekin 1 have strengthened the belief in the c ability of the government to give that t protection if it so desired. Yester- <] day's cable from London, which re- | ported the Chinese minister there as . reporting the receipt of telegrams ( showing a renewal of troubles in Pe- 1 kin, had a tendency to create anxiety f in official circles here ; but today's developments have changed that feeling (] to one of confidence in a favorable outcome. ? r It looks as if the Chinese emperor and his advisers had fully determined to meet the conditions laid down by c President McKinley in his reply to the t emperor's request for mediation. g THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. 1 t The United Stater* Ih Willing to Accept the i German Field MarNhal. V It is authoritatively stated in Wash- 1 ipgton that the United States govern- x ment will accept Count Von Walder- j see as the commander of the international forces in China if the necessity exists at the time of bis arrival in that s country for an International army to ? begin a campaign. o On Friday evening the Berlin cor- c respondent of the Associated Press had g another interview wjth Count Von _ waiaersee wno, aitnougn near uu, looks much younger. His step is vigorous aud springy. His hair is h closely cropped and an iron moustache contrasts with a ruddy complexion. a Evidently he is undertaking his im- a portant missiou in China with spirit r, and energy. He expressed regret at ^ being unable to talk freely about his campaign plans, but said : a "I am busy makiug preparations for a my departure and have been confer- t ing at length with the minister of war n and with Count von Schlieffen, chief t] of the general staff. A list of officers . composing my Chinese staff was submitted to Emperor William, who ap- c proved it. Some 30 German officers ti will accompany me. General von t Schwartzkopf will be my chief of staff a and Colonel Barongay will be chief j quartermaster. ^ Yielding to patent reasons, I gave up the idea of going to China by way of San Francisco. 1 shall start from v Genoa on August 21, sailing by the o Sasehon, and expect to arrive at c Shanghai on September 22. There I c shall establish preliminary headquarters and complete ray staff from the ? contingents of the other powers. One 1 reason for this change is that I can be better reached by telegraph while on , the way." ' MERE-MENTION. n The unprecedented heat in New s York was broken last Sunday by a c cooler wave. Two white men jj were murdered by Negroes near Sa- ^ vannah, Georgia, last Sunday. Emperor William and President McKinley have had a friendly exchange *of notes over the action of the United ti States iu accepting Count Von Walder- t see as commander-in-chief of the allied j forces in China. At Slatington, Pa., last Wednesday, eleven omnibus passengers were killed by a collision 1,1 with a passenger train at a grade a crossing. Nine persons who sought v refuge from a storm under a tree near t New York city last Sunday, were i struck by lightning and several of ^ them will probably die. It is reported in London that President Steen, 0 of the Orange Free States, has com- e mitted suicide. LOCAL AFFAIRS. IXDKX TO NKW ADVERTISEMENTS. [I. C. Strauss?Says that his stock of ladies' shoes must be closed out, and to accomplish that end he is ottering ?1 shoes at 75 cents; $1.25, $1.35 and $1.50 shoes at $1.00; $2.50 and $2.75 at $1.50. Also offers silk bosom shirts at 39 cents. He wants to close out his straw hats , and all summer goods regardless of price. Says to see his line of men's ! shoes, and reminds you that he sells Hamilton-Brown shoos. W. D. May field, Columbia, S. C., Candidate for Railroad Commissioner?Sets forth his position, and makes some very sensible suggestions as to what the commission should do. W. II. McCorkle, Probate Judge?Gives notice that William Sadler has applied to him for letters of administration on the estate of Maggie Wilson, deceased. * CANDIDATE MAYFIELD. In another column Candidate VV. 0. May field advertises his claims for ,he office of railroad commissioner. This is a new departure in South Carolina campaigning, and although it s natural that we should endorse the dea, we rather think Mr. Mayfield has vaited too long for the best results. Sad his card been inserted in the palters several weeks ago, the people vould have had more time to consider ,he various propositions be lays down. There are no doubt those who will ,ry to make prejudice against Mr. Mayfield on account of this departure, ind for this there is at least one pretty ;ood reason. This advertising business, in connection with a state can/ass, is pretty expensive, and tests a :andidate's confidence in even his >wn platform. During the present campaign we lave received more than a dozen leters from different candidates asking or free notices and . pleasant* mention >f alleged great things they claimed o have performed. The object of hese notices, of course, is apparent. It s legitimate; but because of the effort >f the candidate to make capital for limself at the expense of the publisher, he notices invariably go into the vaste basket. But Mr. Mayfield has struck the ight idea. He can get his views beore more people by advertising in the lewspapers than by any other possible vay. After all, there is nothing obectionable or immodest in the plan, t is in order to advertise their views hat candidates go on the stand, and f they can advertise more effectively d the newspapers, then it is to the lewspapers they should go. BRIGHTER AND BRIGHTER. The value of Loan and Savings tank stock is 100 per cent, greater han it was at this time last week, and ' any points higher even than when he sun went down Monday night. This is a fact because of the businessike proposition that was made yesterlay morning, and in part because of he good judgment of the stocklolders in accepting that proposition. Mr. McClain owed the hank $22,100?$10,000 secured and $12,000" un- 1 ecured. Under the threatened bankuptcy proceedings, it did not appear ! hat this debt was worth more than me-third its face. Mr. Lyles offered" 1 he bank people $18,000 of first mort;age bonds of the Sutro Mill company 1 md the personal bond of Mr. T. B. tlcClain to the amount of $4,000 for he debt. He explained that the first nterest payment in January next 1 vould fix the value of the bonds at 1 00 cents on the dollar, and that he 1 vould pledge his personal assistance ' n disposing of the securities at that I trice. He went on to show how each I ubsequent payment on the first mort- 1 ;age gave additional value to the secnd mortgage, and he was so frank, ' lear and explicit.in all that he had to ' ay, that every stockholder was fully 1 onvinced of the entire practicability 1 f hi? admirable plans. All the stock- 1 olders agreed to the proposition. * ' ' ' - - - t- J ^ LI .. .J AM AMntifVAi) AllDOUgn COUSlUtJI amy ucujuian^u t first, the stockholders of the bank ( re beginuing to show signs of having ' ecovered their heads. They got a ' andsome proposition from Columbia ? few days ago that practically guar- ( mtees to the depositors every cent of I heir money within a very short time ( ow. This proposition contemplates ? he reorganization of the bank under ? he present charter, but with new offi- 1 ers. The only hitch is as to the mat- f er of appraising the present value of he stock of the present organization 1 s it now stands suspended. The ' iyles proposition, however, helps 1 hings wonderfully, and there seems I o be but little reason now why the f /hole complication cannot be worked s ut to the entire satisfaction of all con- 1 erned. Just one more little lift in the ase of the bank, such as Mr. Lyles < ave the Sutro mill, will set every- 1 hing right again. ( Reorganization of sutro. : It may now be stated almost as a j ositive fact, that the Sutro Cotton ? lill, which for the past two weeks has e tood in imminent danger of insolven- f y, will be saved to its enterprising and i ighly deserving owner, Mr. T. B. [ IcClain. ? Mr. Wm. H. Lyles, the well knownjs lolumbia lawyer and financier, ha9 c aken charge of the reorganization of c he mill's affairs, and the reputation of z Ir. Lyles, together with the fact that, 1 fter all, the problem does not appear v o be a really difficult one, both give v sstirance of success and solidity f /here there has heretofore been reason j o fear destruction and loss, not only I o the creditors of Mr. McClaiu and I Ir. McClain himself; but to the town r f Yorkville and the community gen- t rally. i The careful and comprehensive plan \ that has been drawn up by Mr. Lyles is so simple that it does not admit o the least misunderstanding. Accord ing to the plan of Mr. Lyles, the Sutr< mill property, including the mill prop erty and the houses of operative! that belong to Mr. McClain, are to b< subscribed to the capital stock of th< Sutro Cotton mill company, practically all of which capital stock is to remaii in possession of Mr. McClain. ' The Sutro mill is to be capitalized at 180,000, of which $30,000 is to bi first mortgage bonds, bearing interes at the rate of 6 percent., and $50,00< in capital stock. The $30,000 of bond are to be substituted for mortgage now resting upon the mill and mil property, and all unsecured indebt as! n ?n t/* Lo nnnnoad k?r o klnnlrn CUUCD3 IS IU UC OCUUIOU UJ a utituau second mortgage of the balance of Mr McClain's outside property, with stocl certificates as collateral. From what it has done in the past and in the light of present conditions it is estimated that the Sutro mil ought to be able to clear at least $10, 000 a year ; but under the plan pro posed by Mr. Lyles, even if the net in come does not exceed $5,000, it wil be practicable to pay interest on th< bonds and also extinguish more thai ten per cent, of the principal eact year. It is assumed, with good reason that the bonds ought to sell at par to day ; but there is no reasonable ques tion that they will become easily wortl 100 cents the day of the payment o the first year's interest. Each paymen of the annual amount due on the bond; adds that< much to the value of th< capital stock, and it is fair to estimate that within five years, or less, Mr. Mc Clain will have paid all of his creditors secured and unsecured, and the stocl will be worth one hundred cents oi the dollar. As the situation now appears, then are no especially difficult obstacles it the way. It remains to get all of tb< creditors to accept the proposition but no trouble is anticipated here The mortgage creditors will generally be made even safer than they wen before, and the claims of the unsecur ed creditors, heretofore of doubtfu value, in view of pending liligatiot that promised to destroy this splendid property, ought to be worth their ful face value. ITHIN THE TOWN. ? The idea of a union depot foi Yorkville has been suggested. Th< practicability of the matter is referret to the railroads. There is no doub of the desirability. ^/Mr. S. L. Hobbs, lessee of the ic< House that was destroyed at the depo fire, say he in ready to institute a big fire sale of ice. He claims, however that the ice was not even scorched. ? The Sutro Cotton mill starts uf again today after having remained idle for a few day last week. Tht sale of some warehoused cotton last Saturday embarrassed the situalior somewhat; but the mill now has tb< money with which to push operations and the necessary cotton will be ai hand from now on. But little delay it anticipated on this account. ? The Lyles plan for the reorganization of the Sutro mill's affairs appears to be fair and so simple as to at onc< commend itself to the favorable-consid eration of all who are interested. Thai the proposed new mortgage bonds will be better secured aod more easily negotiable than any of the present mortgages on the mill property, is quite clear. As to whether anybody in York ville, except creditors, will invest, bas not developed. Indeed it is not expected, for just at this time there is oo money here for this or any other purpose. But to find money for securities such as is offered in this $30,000 ivorth of bonds, is not difficult. XT n* V* A /I i A 4-W fi A A n ? i.1 Ul Wituoiauuiu^ tuc pcuuiug uuau;ial troubles, with bankruptcy staring lira in the face, lawyers attemptng to prevent bim from shipping yarn* ind the necessity of undergoing a telious surgical operation upbn himself, Mr. McClain did not allow the Sutro sotton mill to stop until a few days igo, and only then after the last availible pound of cotton bad been spun. \.nd these things are not all. Pressed or money on every hand, he saw that svery mill operative got every cent of lis wages that was due up to the very ast minute. In order to pay his opeators Mr. McClain sacrificed the tele)hone exchange he owned at Camden it much less than its actual' value. It teems that in the case of a man like hat creditors could afford to wait, rhere is no danger except in Mr. Mcclain's unexpected death, and his very ife is insured for the benefit of his ireditors. ? Under existing circumstances, rhe Enquirer feels warranted in. iromising that the South Carolina ind Georgia Extension people will srect a creditable passenger and Voi rrK f efotion of Vofb-tiillo Wo Ka%ro I VlgllV cvul ivu av A w I n timv* I? v UU* v lot been so advised by the railroad leople; but make the statement on tbe issumption of tbe justice of the proportion. The present depot site was lonated to the railroad company by utizens of Yorkville, and these citi;ens were at the time promised a landsome passenger station, together villi suitable offices and sufficient varehouse and platform facilities for reight. The promise was never comilied with. The buildings which lave been doing service at Yorkville lave not been creditable to either the ailroad or the town. It is presumed bat the buildings and contents were nsured for pretty nearly all they were vorth, and the railroad people have , do reasonable ground for neglecting f the depot matter any longer. We - have no idea that the railroad people > will make any attempt to evade their ' - plain dutv in.tbe matter. ( 3 /AfcOUT PEOPLE. J Miss Kate McConnell, of Chester, is J visiting friends and relatives in Yorkf ville. j X^Mr. W. O. Hobbs returned to his ^ home at Tampa, Fla., on last Monday . night. Misses Willie and Lee Williams s leave this morning for a visit to Ashet ville. , 3 Mr. A. M. Grist is in Yorkville from 0 Newton, Mass. He will be here for a mnnl h ^Mr.Wm. L. Wallace, of King's Mountain, N. C., spent a few days in " Yorkville last week with relatives and t friends. Kaster Willie, the four year old son r. W. T. Moore, had his left arm broken last Friday as the result of a fall from a window. '? .XSlisses Mary Moore and Mayrae ^ Lyles and Messrs. Starr Mason and 1 Wm. P. Harrison returned Saturday from a visit to Fort Mill. Mr. R. N. Plaxico returned yesterday from Clinton where be has been visiting his brother, Rev. W. A. M. Plaxico, who is down with fever. Mr. and Mrs. C. Henry Smith gave the young people a delightful lawu party at their residence, five miles south of Yorkville, last Friday night. * s^^lrs. A. Frank Woods left on yes,'teWay morning for Abbeville, Miss., in answer to a telegram auuouucing the serious illness of Mrs. J. E. Crossley, f sister of Mr. G. H. O'Leary and Mrs. t Woods, of this place. I 3 Says the Rock Hill correspondent B of the News and Courier: The vacaucy occurring in the graded school on account of the resignation of Mr. J. < Porter Hollis, who resigned in order to take a normal post-graduate course, has been filled by the election of Mr. Jennings K. Owens. Mr. Owens is one of the boys of whom Rock Hill is proud and his selection meets with * unanimous approval. Union correspondence of the Col umbia State: Whilst Mr. W. W. t Dixon, a prominent lawyer, was taking bis morning nap, a Negro stepped in and asked him if he wanted some wood cut. Mr. Dixon said no, and wanted to know why he was still standing there, the Negro leaving in 1 the meantime with his gold watch, i which Mr. Dixon would like to re| cover. The Negro has eseaped the j police so far. < Rock Hill Herald, Saturday : Captain W. L. Roddey's condition has so far improved that be was able to go to the summer home of Messrs. W. C. r Whitner and W. J. Roddey, on the 5 Catawba, where he will doubtless con1 tinue to improve. This is a delightful t home with broad piazzas in the midst of a primeval forest, and looking ? k .nnnh on OTtonQIUO nnOnin(T Pllt J lU1UU6U "" V.-. through the woods, a beautiful view of the Catawba for perhaps a mile is I obtained as it pours its torrent toward , the seu. It is an ideal spot and the home is delightful for its cool situation i and quietude. All the inmates are I charmed and will spend the balance . ? of the summer there. 9 5 If there were no other facts upon k which judgment could be based, the ? fact that Sir. Wm. H. Lyles has un; dertaken the Sutro mill reorganization ought to give all the assurances that [ one would desire. Mr. Lyles is one of . the ablest lawyers in the slate. He is 3 not exactly a man "who has never lost a case but he has won some fa mous cases that few other lawyers 3 cared to tackle on account of their dif5 ficulty. This is not a law case exactly ; but Mr. Lyles is as much at home in finances as in law. While he would " be justified in taking a law case that ' he had no hopes of wiuning, he could not with justice to himself take such . a case in finances. The presumption \ , is that be fully understands what be is doing, and that means tbut Mr. McClain is going to win. , s/depot burned. i Tim Yhrkville freight and passenger . depot of the South Carolina and Geor gia Extension railroad, was destroyed by fire last Sunday afternoon* between 6.30 and dark. The fire was caused by lightning over the telegraph wire. The- fire had been burning for some 10 minutes or more before the fire was discovered, and it was at least a quarter of an hour after the discovery of the flames before the sounding of the alarm that brought out the fire department. The fire department resnonded verv auicklv after the alarm, reaching the scene of the fire within five minutes or less ; but owing to the . distance from the depot to the standpipe, and the long stretch of hose that ^ was necessary from the nearest fire plug, the streams that could be brought to bear did not prove to be very efficient. The depot building burned up practically without hindrance. The department, however, was able to save a nearby warehouse that would v have otherwise been consumed. Messrs. S. L. Hobbs and Starr M. Mason, and Rey. J. B. Bozeman were among the first to reach the scene. They all live at Mrs. Mason's, about . 200 yards away. Says Mr. Hobbs: "While we were sitting in the piazza there came a sudden sharp report like that made by a rifle, only much louder. We discussud it and decided that it was electricity ; but could not decide certainly where it was. Some 10 or 15 minutes afterward, as we were walking in the cemetery, we noticed a flame issuing from the top of the depot at a point where the telegraph wires enter, and we hastened across to do what we could. We managed to get into the office and save the books, papers, tickets, telephone and telegraph instruments, and in fact everything there was on hand worth saving. Then we had some Negroes to break open the wareroom, and with hplr> nf others who had begun to arrive upon the scene, we pitched a lot of meal and various other articles into a car, which was rolled away. Pretty