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Scraps and Jactis. ? In a statement Issued from the Republican national headquarters last Tuesday, through Committeeman Josseph Manley, the national committee claims 266 votes certain in the electoral colege for McKinley, 112 for Bryan and 54 were put down as in doubt. The states conceded to Bryan are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia Louisiana, Mississippi, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. In the doubtful column are put Colorado, Idaho, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Nebraska and Utah. Everything else is put down for McKinley but Indiana which, with its 15 votes, is admitted to be in doubt. When shown this Republican claim, Mr. Richardson, for the Democrats, characterized it as only "so much boasting." He added that the Democrats also had a poll which was very different from ine ?epu?iican one, dui inai n. wouiu not be made public. ? The weather bureau's weekly crop summary of crop conditions, issued last Tuesday, says: Rain Is generally needed In the South Atlantic and East Gulf states and over portions of the upper Ohio valley, lower lake region and Middle Atlantic states, while excessive moisture, due largely to the rains of the previous week, retarded farm work over the region extending from Arkansas and Oklahoma northward to Minnesota and the Dakotas. Except where Interrupted by rains in portions of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri, cotton picking has progressed under exceptionally favorable conditions and Is unusually well advanced. In the central and eastern portions of the cotton belt, the bulk of the crop will be gathered by October 10th. Picking is progressing rapidly in Texas, except in the lower Brazos bottoms inundated by the rains of the previous week, where the crop is almost a failure. ? W. J. Bryan's attention was called, last Wednesday, to a statement alleged to have been made by one Kingman that he received $150,000 for insisting upon the silver plank of the Kansas City platform, and he said: "It is hardly worth while to deny the charge of a man who hides behind a woman whose name he will not give; but in order that the most unscrupulous Republican may have no reason for repeating the charge, I will say that It is absolutely false in every particular. No one ever offered, promised, or gave me that sum or any other sum for urging that plank or any other plank in the Vofiaoa Pifv nlotfAPm nr onv ntVior platform. I don't know anything of Mr. Kingman, but it is said that he is a cousin of Senator Cullom and I do know something of Senator Cullom. The Senator ought to know whether his cousin is trustworthy or not, and if the senator will state over his own signature that he believes what his cousin says and is willing to represent him in an investigation of the charge, I will" make him a propositon which will give him an opportunity to produce his evidence. ? Secretary Hester's New Orleans cotton exchange statement, issued last Tuesday, covers the monthly movement to the closfe of September 30: Compared with last year it shows a decrease for the month in round figures of 239,000 bales. The statement shows receipts at ports for the month, 619,986 against 788,428 last year; net shipments overland 22,532 against 63,283 last year, southern mill takings, exclusive of consumption at southern outports, 113,737 against 130,356 last year; interior stocks in excess of amounts held September 1st, 123,071 against 136,645 last year. American mills have taken during the month 155,200 bales against 236.654 last year, of which by northern spinners and Canada, overland, 38,738 against 102,792. Foreign exports for September were 346,973, showing a decrease under the same period last year of 100,842. Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leading southern interior markets at the close of September were 499,688 against 1,053,341 last year. Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales of the new crop brought into sight during September, the supply to date is 1,001,861 against 1.737,610 '.ast year. ? Wlnfleld Townsend, a Negro, was burned at the stake in Elmore, Ala., last Tuesday, shortly after davlierht. He was chained to a tree, pine knots were piled- about him and the fire was started by the victim's husband. Monday afternoon Mrs. Lou Harrington, wife of one of the leading citizens of the Eclectic neighborhood, ten miles from Montgomery, was alone In her home when Townsend entered. He seized her and threw her violently to the floor. She screamed once before the Negro clutched her throat, and Robert Nichols, another Negro, who was passing by, heard her and ran to the rescue. He found her unconscious with blood streaming from her throat. The fiend jumped through the window and fled as Nichols entered. The news spread, the dozen stores at Eclectic were closed and all joined the pursuit. Bloodhounds were secured and they followed I the trail and at 12.30 in the morning, panting and exhausted, they gathered about a big tree in front of a country store. The crowd surrounded the tree and the Negro was seen high up in the foliage. He was brought down and carried to the scene of his crime, where he was positively identified by Mrs. Harrington. A vote was taken as to how he should die and by almost unanimous vote the several hundred present decided to burn him, which they did. ? Says a Washington dispatch of Tuesday: Favorable news has reached Washington from the European chancellories indicating that a complete agreement as to China is within sight and that, too, on the basis of the propo sltions laid down by Secretary Hay in his note of July 3, and the subsequent notes treating of that subject. The accord of Russia with the United States is more complete than was anticipated at first, and the reports show that all of the European nations probably are placing themselves in a position of the opening made by the United States and soon will be ready to begin negotiations for a settlement with the'Chinese government. The Russians have given notice of such purpose, and while the text of the French note on this subject referred to in the day's press dispatches has not yet reached the state department, the officials are satisfied that this is correctly reported, and France, like Russia, is ready to negotiate at once. As for Germany, either the position of the government has been misunderstood, or it has sustained a change of mind. Possibly the former is the case; but, however that may be,, it is quite certain from the advices which have reached Washington today, that the German govern* ment, upon careful inspection of the plans for a settlement projected by the United States, finds therein nothing inconsistent with the German aspirations. Therefore, it may be expected that Germany too, will be prepared soon to join in this common movement toward a settlement. It may be stated that altogether the prospects of an adjustment of the Chinese difficulty without resort to formal war, are very much brighter than they were one week ago. ?Ut ^(orkviUc (Enquirer. RKVILLE, S. C.: | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1900. Three thousand acres of land were sold before the court house door in Anderson last Monday for $41,400. % + * The action of the Negro Republicans in quietly ignoring their white brothers in the leadership of the party, was the most striking feature of the convention last Wednesday night. There would have been lots of trouble saved to the state if the whites had been relegated to the rear from the first. ? To a farmer who does not know all about wheat, that article by Prof. Newman, published in another columh, ought to prove very valuable. For instance, we have no doubt that many a farmer has killed wheat and corn seed by putting cotton seed meal next to the grain and believed ever after that he ought to have made a good crop because of his liberality in the use of fertilizers. There are many little points like this that are to be learned from time to time as we go along. According to The Christian Herald, the pressing need for contributions for Indian famine sufferers has about passed. Recent rains have helped the situation in the famine districts, and although there is still much distress, conditions are on the mend. The Enquirer will continue to forward such subscriptions as may be turned over to it for the purpose; but from such information as Is obtainable, we would say that from now on, unless there are renewed calls, such charities as have been going to India, might be applied to better advantage in other directions. In today's issue, on account of its historical interest and value, especially to the people of York county, we reproduce Rev. Robert Lathan's most excellent sketch of the battle of King's Mountain, fought between the American patriots and the British forces? tories arid regulars?on October 7, 1780. The sketch was prepared originally for The Enquirer, and afterward published as a pamphlet, in which form it has served as data for nearly all the historians who have since written on the subject. The cut of the monument is made from a photograph that was made for The Enquirer a few months since, and the description is. as published in this paper on the occasion of the King's Mountain centennial. The inscription comes from the same source, and since it has been printed, we have discovered an error in the name of Colonel Williams. The colonel's name is published "John:" but it ought to be "James." We notice some speculation as to who will be Senator McLaurin's successor. Senator McLaurin's sinning, we believe, consisted in adhering to Bryan's expressed opinion that the Paris treaty of peace should be ratified. This newspaper agrees with Bryan in that opinion, though differ ing from him In other matters. Senator McLaurin, we presume, voted for the ratification from conviction. At any rate he did not favor throwing away the valuable islands which we had acquired. He did not want the government to dishonor the soldiers who won such a glorious victory. He took the proper view of the whole situation, and voted for the right, regardless of what his political enemies thought. Believing that McLaurin acted bravely and rightly in the ratification of the Paris treaty, this newspaper expects to support him against the field in the next election. We know very little as to his strength, or his popularity; but we believe that a majority of the people favor expansion, and that they will stand to the man who has the courage to vote for the right, and face the unjust clamor which was* raised against him at the time. Expansion is good Democratic doctrine. The Democrats have annexed all the territory which this country has acquired, except Alaska and the islands which we took from Spain. There is neither sense nor reason in the Democrats throwing away the best work of the Republicans, and even if Bryan was elected he would not favor so foolish a proposition.?Abbeville Press and Banner. This has the ring of good, sound sense. Senator McLaurin is one of the few representatives that this state has had in Washington since the war, who considers right and the welfare of his people above party expediency. All along he has worked consistently and fearlessly for South Carolina, and about all the opposition there ever developed against him comes from small, disaffected, selfish snappers who are unable to appreciate true breadth and patriotism in a real statesman. There are thousands of people who would like to have the senator's place for the money and honor that .are in it, and there are many who really believe that they could render a great service to the state: but in our opinion there is not much probability of a change. The voters of South Carolina have learned lots in the consideration of Senator McLaurin s character and ability, and there will be time during the next two years to learn a great deal more. LIVING AT HOME. We wish every farmer in this country would read, study and profit by the little story that is published in another column about the achievements of Mr. W. S. Wilkerson. For years The Enquirer has preached the live at home doctrine, and it has given hundreds of facts to bear out the correctness of its theories: but there has been nothing that comes closer to the point than this showing of Mr. ^ilkerson. Wheat worth $450 \ 1 OK oiia>v >vui in Hay worth 250 Oats worth 125 Sorghum worth 140 Cane seed worth 75 All this with three plows, ran primarily for the cultivation of 25 acres of cotton and 25 acres of corn. Of course, without the "side" crops mentioned, there would have been a larger acreage of corn and cotton; but probably much less profit. To produce these side crops has required intelligent hustling, we have no doubt; but what Mr. Wilkerson can do, others ought to be able to do, and as the farmers of this country drift more in this direction the greater will be their prosperity. VALUE OF FARM LANDS. To get at the actual value of farm lands in this county, at any given period, is a rather difficult undertaking. There enters into Jhe question the matter of supply and demand, productiveness, value of crops that can be raised. distance to market, condition of roads and other considerations; but speaking generally, the tendency is upward. In the hearing of the writer, a few days ago, a farmer of experience and means that he had dug out of the ground, made this remark: "It would be my advice to those who want to buy farm lands to buy now. I believe the day of cheap lands Is over in this country. That is my observation. Vnrminc land is annreriatiner in value every year. The appreciation is so gradual that it can hardly be realized; but it is positive and steady, nevertheless. The time is coming, and it will not be a hundred years from now, either. when ordinary lands that are at present to be had at $10 an acre, cannot be bought for $100 an acre." We agree in the main with the opinion here expressed. We have tried to get some actual statistics to bear out the theory: but have been unable to collect anything that is conclusive. In a general way, .however, we would observe that the prices of farm lands seemed to strike rock bottom about 1889 and 1890. During the depression prevailing from 1892 to 1895 or 1896, lands, like other commodities, were unsalable; but since 1896 prices have been steadily stiffening to such an extent that land which would have brought only $8 an acre only ten years ago, will now as readily bring $12 or $15. The writer undertook to get some light on this subject by investigating the records in the office of the clerk of the court. The information is to be found there; but to get it in satisfactory shape would require, weeks of patient labor. However, with comparative ease, two cases that bear on .-the point were found. One in the case of a plantation of 589 acres, which sold in 1896 at $5 an acre. The land was not mortgaged. It was a straight sale. Negotiations are now in progress where an individual is trying to buy 150 acres of that land at $15 an acre. The land is in Bethesda township and the appreciation is not due to extraordinary conditions of any kind. The other case Is of 193 acres, that were bought on credit on December 27, 1890, at $13 an acre. The purchaser has been working the land ever since and has about got it paid for. He could sell today at $20 an acre; but would not think of accepting any such price. Probably other instances could be cited if we would take the trouble to look for them. It is hardly necessary. One has only to look about him to see that farming land in the hands of the right kind of men is valuable property, and that it is steadily becoming more valuable. GOOD ROADS MEETING. What the Chester People Are Doing to Get One of the State's Greatest Needs. Chester Lantern. The Good Roads society met Saturday, according to appointment. The special business before the meeting was to near and consider the report of a committee appointed at a previous meeting "to devise a plan or plans for building permanent roads and keeping in repair all the public roads of the county." Following is the report of the committee: We recommend to the proper authorities: 1st. To prepare a list of all persons liable for road duty of six days or a $2 commutation tax, now already imposed by law, and to collect this tax through the treasurer's office with the general tax either in cash or certificates properly countersigned that said person liable for the tax has worked the six days, or so many full days on the road during the fiscal year, and the remainder, if any, in cash. 2d. To establish a repair force for road maintenance in each township, to be under a roadmaster employed by the year. This force is to be kept at work all the year unless weather prevents. Each township force is to be supplied with a team of two mules, one wagon, one small road machine, one plow, and such other necessary implements as the county is able to furnish. 1 rPV?o+ tOAiintif oKnnl/1 omnlntf fhn U. J. IlUk 111U WUUIJ Oil v/ U in tllipiuj L11C service of an able civil engineer of experience when such shall be needed, to direct all permanent work as well as to instruct the several township roadmasters in their work. If the county should undertake to macadamize the main public roads or do any other permanent work which would require a long time to complete, then to employ J an engineer during this time, that the work may be more thorough and durable, 4th. That the county board of com- 1 missloners make a levy of one (1) mill for permanent road work, and that the chain- gang be used for permanent work only, and that said board pur- "! chase, or make arrangements to secure the use of necessary road machinery for permanent road work. 5th. That the proper authorities apply to the penitentiary authorities for 15 or 20 convicts, in their discretion. The report* was discussed item by ' item, and adopted. It was moved and adopted that the committee making these recommendations be continued to present the matter to the county authorities, and also to secure any legislation that may be necessary. Following are the members of the committee: T. C. Strong, R. Brandt, J. H. McDanlel, J. M. McGarity. J. C. Kirkpatrick. J. M. Wise, W. B. Crosby, B. A. Ragsdale. A recommendation was adopted that ; the county ask the legislature for the ' right to retain all convicts from this county for work on the public roads. The meeting then adjourned to meet 1 Monday, November 26th, unless sooner 1 called by the president. COMMENDING THE MILITIA. i GeneraT Floyd Is Pleased With the Conduct i of the Georgetown Campaign. ; Adjutant General Floyd, on last Wed nesday, issued the following general j order, which explains Itself: 1. With the profoundest appreciation 1 of the extraordinary promptness with j which the volunteer troops of the state responded to the call of the governor ] in the recent threatened riot at Georgetown, the alacrity with which they j moved to the scene of the disturbance, is a subject of gratification to the gov- ! ernor, the adjutant general's department and to every worthy citizen of ] our state. 1 2. It is a subject of pride and congratulation to the whole state to see ! such evidence of the improvement of , the volunteer service and to witness j it gradually, but surely reaching the standard of efficiency that bespeaks 1 absolutely the safety and peace of the commonwealth whatever the emergency. 3. Special mention is due Captain H. Y. Wilson and the officers and enlisted 4 men of the Sumter Light Infantry, who, in the short time of 45 minutes ( from receipt of orders, were on the , train 37 strong, speeding away to their destination. * 4. Special notice is equally due Major Henry Schachte and the officers and ( men of the 1st battalion, of Charleston, for great promptness and dispatch with which three companies of the battalion, the Sumter Guards, Captain Hyde; the Washington Light infantry, Captain Cogswell, and the German Fusiliers, Captain Schroeder, the detachment from the German Artillery, and the Naval Reserves, Lieutenant George . S. Legare, 180 strong in all, with rifles and additional armament of Gatling gun and Hotchkiss, were, in less than 1 three hours, en route for the scene of danger. 5. Great credit is alike merited by the local companies of Georgetown, at ' and near the city, composed of the 1 Georgetown Rifle Guards, Captain S. M. Ward; the Imperial Guards, (cavalry), Captain B. O. Bourne, and all the forces are entitled to the fullest praise 1 for promptness and coolness, as well soldierly and gentlemanly bearing 1 throughout the trouble. The governor ; also desires to note with pride the timely offer of Captain Black, of the Governor's Guards, (but recentlv organized), of the readiness of officers and men to obey his call. They remained in the hall about 40 strong un- ' til notified that their services would ' not be needed. He also apreciates the tender of the sendees of the Richland Volunteers, Columbia, Captain W. N. Kirkland. MERE-MENTION. A Fort Worth, Texas, dispatch of October 3, says the latest report made of cotton damage in the state by high * water, places the loss at 20,000 bales. : As an electioneering scheme, Rennhlienns thrmie-hmit thp crmntrv nrp making contracts containing a provlt- ! ion to the effect that they are to be void in the event of the election of Bryan There is a lively municipal campaign in progress in Atlanta , Ex-Senator Hill is campaigning in Virginia Immense treasures were stolen from the palace of the Pope of Rome last Tuesday, by burglars , The population of Arkansas, accord- , ing to the recent count, is 1,311,564 The American sugar refining companyhas reduced the price of sugar to 5.70. &T" A meeting of the leading rice farmers, millers and others who are in- , terested in the culture of rice, was held in Beaumont, Texas, last Monday, to consider a proposition which is practically to control the domestic rice , market of the United States. The meeting was held at the instance of . Anderson Herd, of New York, and C. C. Dusen, of Crawley, La. Mr. Herd j represents a syndicate of New York j capitalists which he claims has a capi- ] tal of $75,000,000. Mr. Herd, in explain- , ing his purpose, said the purpose of the i company is to contract with the rice farmer for all of his rice for four years to come, with an option to extend ( four years more if desired by the com- j pany and to pay a stated price for the rice during the existence of the i contract. The farmers are inclined to sign the contract, and Mr. Herd says that already over 90 per cent, of the rice farmers of South Carolina and Georgia and Louisiana, have agreed ; to the nlnn. tvr "Negro Disfranchisement the Par- 1 amount Issue." was the subject discussed by several speakers at a mass 1 meeting of colored people in Cooper I Union, New York, Wednesday night. 1 It was conducted by the Colored Citi- 1 /.ens' league. The hall was filled and 1 about half the people present were 1 white. Resolutions were passed pro- 1 testing against the disfranchising of Negroes in Southern states: calling on 1 congress to reduce the representation 1 of each state to a proportion of votes 1 cast, asking congress to pass laws for the enforcement of the thirteenth and fourteenth and fifteenth amendments 1 to the constitution and a "force bill if necessary," protesting against lynch ing; asking the president to use mill- ' tary force to prevent lynching; pledg- 1 ing the meeting to oppose the election 1 of Mr. Bryan and favoring the election i of Mr. McKinley, by way of "rebuke to 1 recent Tammany police methods." i ? i LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDKX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Louis Roth?Tells of new crop buckwheat flour and maple syrup to match. He also has Norfolk select oysters. Fork Drug Store?Makes a very special offer on fountain syringes, and also tells about their supply of hair and tooth brushes at low prices. F. O. Allison. Tirzah?Wants information about a setter dog that has strayed or been stolen. Latta Bros.?Want 20,000 bushels of cotton seed and want them quick, at the highest market price. MONAZITE IN DEMAND. The following letter published in the last issue of The Manufacturers' Recard, should be of interest to owners of monazite deposits in this section: Consular Service, U. S. A., Berlin, Sept. 11. Editor Manufacturers' Record:? Knowing your devotion to Southern manufacturing and commercial interests, I venture to apply to you in the following circumstances: Some years ago when I was at Frankfort, the monazlte deposits in North and South Carolina came into prominence as a source of the thoria, which is used so extensively in the manufacture of Incandescent mantels for the Auer-von Welsbach gas lights. I obtained samples of the monazite sand from several parties in the Carolinas and submitted them to different German chemists for analysis with excellent results. About that time the Brazilian monazite sand came into vogue, and as it was easily obtained In large quantities, it took a prominent hold on the European market. But the Brazilian monazite sand is now under a single control, with the result that its price has advanced until there is in Germany a real demand for a supply from another and independent source. I am applied to by Messrs. Zeitz & Bruno, No. Ill Chausseestrasse. Berlin, manufactures of the highest grade of Welsbach mantels, who wish to be put into relations with the owners of the best Carolina deposits who are prepared to export their product in quantities. I have not these addresses at my command; but a short paragraph in The Manufacturer's Record would undoubtedly give the matter a start, or If the addresses are known to you, would you kindly send them to me and greatly oblige. Frank H. Mason, Consul General. ? OWNERSHIP OF GAME. The following communication of J. R. Hamilton, Esq., of Chester, to The News and Courier, will probably receive pretty general endorsement throughout this section: It would facilitate the protection of our wild animals and birds If, in addition to the present laws, 'it were clearly defined to whom these belong, whether to the state or to the landowner, in or over whose land the same are found. At present the game is assumed to be the property of the state during the close season: but anyone's property during the open season. Under such conditions the farmer who ventures to prevent the destruction of the game and birds of any kind on his land must rely on the laws of trespass, of posting, etc., difficult to prove, to detect and to enforce. In the game and bird life on the land he has no part or title by statute law and only a qualified right by common law. It will surprise some of your readers to learn that this inconsistency exists In the English law, while by the Scottish law the game on the land is the absolute property of the landowner. As a consequence violation of the game laws in Scotland are comparatively rare, while In England they are more frequent. Our statutes as to game and other birds are very numerous and scattered through the volumes of our Revised Statutes. Some of these laws can be repealed with adyantage and the remainder, after being well sifted, should be consolidated into one general law for the whole state, keeping in view the necessity of saving from destruction the birds and game now remaining on the land. 'If you make game the property of the landowner, every farmer will become "his own game keeper, and will soon find out the profit there is in having a good head of game on his land, and under the same law will be able to protect the insectivorous birds that protect his crops. Give the farmer's game and birds the same protection as his property, and the law gives his stock and barnyard fowls and he will do the rest. FARMING THAT PAYS. Wheat, $450; oats, $125; straw, $125; hay, $250; sorghum, $140; cane seed, $75. Total, $1,165. That is the value of the side crops -aised by Mr. W. S. Wllkerson, of Hickory Grove, this year, with three plows. Mr. Wilkerson is one of the largest land owners in' western York and has a number of renters. He runs only three plows himself, however, and the figures quoted represent what he has realized without counting his cotton or corn. Mr. Wilkerson plants both cotton and corn, of course. With the same three plows he cultivated about 25 acres of each, and the prospects are as good as are those of any of his neighbors. But everybody raises cotton and corn, and it is the showing of these side crops that is especially interesting. In a talk with the reporter, Wednesday, Mr. Wilkerson gave the figures as estimates only. The estimates may be taken as very nearly correct. They are rather under than over; but if there is any dispute Mr. Wilkerson has the exact figures at home by which the matter may be settled definitely. In the opinion of Mr. Wilkerson, $200 will cover the entire expense of making the crops mentioned, and he thinks he can fairly say that they represent a clear profit of nearly $1,000. While he was talking he told of u cropper who cut $12.20 worth of crab grass hay?sold the hay at that?off * * * - " -11 "it- ? ...U aa ^ ii rt si Katkn a siUDDie neui. xne nucai uuu fertilized liberally, and it was the fertilizer that caused the grass to grow so luxuriantly. The grass sold for enough to pay for the fertilizers that had been used on the wheat. That portion of the wheat field that had not been fertilized, yielded no crab grass that was worth cutting. "Speaking of hay, though," said Mr. VVilkerson, "I can give you an experience that ought to be interesting. Last fall, Mr. H. W. Thomson and myself went shares on some wheat i nd oats, on means grass land. We sowed JO acres?ten acres in wheat in November and ten acres in oats in February. The means grass grew up with the wheat and oats and when the grain reached the milk stage, we cut grain, grass and all for hay. At the first cutting we got three-fourths of a ton to the acre, worth $16 a ton, and at the second cutting of grass alone, we got half a ton to the acre, worth $12 a ton. From the two cuttings we got hay to the value of $18 per acre, and there Is still another cutting, though, of course. It will not be of as good quality as either of the first two." PRESBYTERY AT TIRZAH. Rev. B. H. Grier, pastor of the Tirzah and Yorkville churches, has published in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian the following letter of information to delegates to presbytery, which meets at Tirzah on the 30th instant: < Dear Brethren: You are to meet with the good people of Tirzah in your fall session on the 30th of October, the time being Tuesday after the fourth Sabbath of the month. We are looking for a full delegation and have homes enough for all who come, with bread enough and to spare. The last meeting of presbytery at this church was In the spring of 1873. The personnel of the presbytery has undergone a great change, and the congregation too will be found1 to be almost new. Nor is this to be wondered at when you remember that the period of time since the last meeting covers almost a generation. We hope the meeting will be as much enjoyed as the older people tell us the meeting in '73 was. We write to invite the brethren all to come and also the elders who are appointed as delegates. The Three C's train going east arrives at Newport about 10 o'clock, a.m. Delegates who come down on that train Tuesday morning will be In time for the opening session of presbytery: The train going west arrives at 4 p. m.. and delegates coming on that train ; will be met Monday afternoon. The brethren who come to Rock Hill on the Southern railway will have to lie over several hours. Those who come from Charlotte will reach Rock Hill about 9 a. m., Monday, and those who come up from Columbia and other I points, arrive at 8 a. m. The train for Newport and Tlrzah leaves Rock Hill in the afternoon at 3.40. We want all the delegates from lines of Southern railway and east of Rock Hill, on the Three C's, to come on Monday". Those who come on the Three C's Tuesday , morning from points west of Tlrzah will reach the church in time for the opening session. Now will every delegate, minister and elder, send me a card by the 27th of October?mail to me at Yorkville? that I may have them assigned to a home, and may have a conveyance af the station to meet them. The station nearest the church is Newport: but delegates will be notified at what station to leave the train. This will be determined by the convenience of the' family, who entertains the delegate. You will, brethren, find it to your own comfort and our pleasure, to comply with the above request. . WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Trade has been fairly good this week. ? The South Carolina and George Extension needs a new passenger depoc. : ? There are twenty-five boys at the K. M. M. A. now, with new applications still comine in. The work of the school Is progressing smoothly. ? The promptness of the southbound Carolina and North-Western mall train, in reaching Yorkville, used to be proverbial. It has nut been so prompt of late. ? Mr. McClain is advised that his new dynamo will probably be here within the next two weeks. He will then give the people an electric light that will be equal to the best^hat is enjoyed anywhere. ^ ? By appointment of the town council, Messrs. G. H. O'Leary, G. W. Williams and O. E. Grist have been constituted a committee to revise the rules and regulations governing the fire department. *7^ ? A local cotton buyer estimates that , Yorkville's cotton receipts up to date ar* somewhat In excess of the receipts ud to the same date last year. Cotton continues to come in quite freely and the market continues better than most of ns competitors. N6 ? It has been the custom of the local police court to fine the parties to a fist fight indiscriminately, regardless of the question as to who was the aggressor. It has been on the theory > that there could not have been a fight unless both parties had been more or less to blame. Mayor Willis has changed this Inequitable custom, and tries to dispense even-handed Justice. There was a fist-fight last Monday between two horse-traders. One smashed the other's face and knocked him into the middle of last week. The police arrested both 'belligerents and required each to put up $5 to secure his appearance on Tuesday. The man who got the licking failed to appear. The other man appeared with witnesses and showed that his antagonist was drunk and so insultiner that there was nothing else to do but give him a thrashing. The mayor ordered that the 55 of the man who did not appear be forfeited and that the other man's money be returned. THE DUST OF COL. WILLIAMS. There Is a hitch in the proposed arrangements for the removal of the remains of Colonel James Williams from the Mintz farm to King's Mountain battleground. It developed In an unexpected quarter, and how It will be adjusted has not yet been decided i upon. / The land on which the tones of Col.onel Williams lie, belong to Mr. D. D. Gaston, of Blacksburg, and as a matter of courtesy to Mr. Gaston, the King's Mountain Chapter of D. A. R., thought It proper to ask his permission for their removal. As there was no reason to expect any opposition, arrangements proceeded pending the reply of Mr. Gaston, who Is now somewhere in Virginia, engaged In railroad work. A reply was received from him a few days ago, and it is to the effect that the ladies are welcome to remove the remains If they will give assurance that they will erect over them a monument to cost not less than 5300. The suggestion has not been received favorably by the members of the D. A. R.?at least not all of them. One ex pressed herself to The Enquirer in about this wise: "We do not contemplate the erection of a monument a? present. We hardly think it approprK ate. The erection of, a monument to an individual participant in the battle would tend to detract somewhat from the meaning of the monument that has been erected to all. We had contemplated the interment of the remains of Colonel Williams in a brick grave, or probably, better still, in a receptacle constructed of native granite, covered with a slab, lying even with the surface of the ground and bearing an appropriate inscription. That was our plan for the present, and we will hardly consent to the terms prescribed by Mr. Gaston?not just at this time." There was to have been a special meeting of the D. A. R. in Yorkville yesterday afternoon, to consider the situation in connection with new de- A velopments; but up to the time it was ^ necessary for The Enquirer to go to press, nothing definite had been agreed upon. Several of Colonel Williams's descendants have" indicated to the D. A. R. that the organization may do as - ' it sees proper with the remains of their ancestor, and this fact will probably give the ladles the upper hand from a legal standpoint. But in view of these v unexpected complications the remains will not be removed next Tuesday as was intended. THE SAM JONES LECTURE. The Rev. Sam P. Jones came to Yorkville last Tuesday night and delivered his lecture according to programme. It was a good lecture, and the audience was well-pleased; but the church debt - i committee is, as the expression g>es, "In n ViaIa '' TV?a tiaoolnfa ntAiut a At in a jiuic. iuc ncic iiui sufficient to pay expenses. The contract with the lecturer was ? that he should be paid $150. The entire door receipts amounted to only < aboftt $110, and Mr. Jones generously knocked $50 off his bill, settling with the committee for $100. But it was not the fault of the committee, nor of Rev. Mr. Jones, that the lecture was a financial failure. At least, the committee so holds. The blame falls on Mr. E. F. Dougherty, manager of trains for the South Carolina and Georgia Extension railroad, 4 and the facts, as they have been given to the reporter by Mr. S. L. Hobbs, of , the' committee, are about this way: Having learned that the committee had not made arrangements for special trains for the occasion, Mr. Dougherty volunteered his assistance and ^agreed to run trains from Gaffpey and Rock Hill. He gave the committee a schedule of leaving and arriving times at the various stations, and also fixed the ^ rate of fare.' Then, by his instructions, the committee printed bills and advertised the matter extensively. Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Dougherty ordered that four tickets be reserved foV himself on Tuesday night. At about 6.30 o'clock he advised the committee that on account of the unpromising aspect of the' , weather, the trains would not be run. It is a fact that during Tuesday af-' 4. ternoon a number of reserved seat tickets were sold to different people in Yorkville on telephone applications from Hickory Grove, Sharon, Rock Hill and Tlrzah. It is also a fact that quite a number of people were at the different stations named previous to the scheduled leaving time, expecting to come to Yorkville to the lecture. t Some few of these after they learn- % w ed that the trains would not run, made their arrangements otherwise and came by private conveyance. The majority, of course, had to put up with their disappointment. How many people were thus disappointed cannot be f definitely ascertained; but Mr. Hobbs ' , , estimates that the number was at * least 100. i As to what, if anything, the commit tee will do about the matter, has not * . . yet developed: but there seems to he \ good ground for a suit against the rail- * road for expenses and damages. As ; seen at this end of the line, the con- . " duct of Mr. Dougherty appears to have \ been most shameful; whether he was * i,f acting in his individual capacity or In ^ behalf of the railroad. I - ? , THE NEW YORK MARKET. | October cotton futures closed quiet and steady on the New York market last Thursday afternoon at 10.32van advance of three points over the opjening. ? % An Associated Press dispatch of Thursday night gives the history of the day's operations on the cotton exchange as follows: Bull opinions predominated in today's cotton market, and as these views were backed by substantial orders, improved apace. Jhe opening was steady with prices unchanged to four points higher. By midday the advance had been increased to 9 to 11 points, while at the best figures of the j day, a net rise of 10 to 13 points was apparent. The close was steady with prices 3 to 7 points above the final prices of yesterday. The conclusions of the trade and the public were found- V ed upon bullish cables and disappointing information bearing upon the crop \ condition. Liverpool advanced in t sympathy with yesterday's improvement here and later displayed impatient strength of its own on a scare of foreign' shorts following reduced crop estimates from the south and claims that cotton shipped by Manchester spinners' representatives In the interior of the belt would not reach the English mills in the time allowed. Buy- .- J ing orders were cabled to our market J and helped to strengthen bull convic- -M tions. News from Texas to the effect that the damage to the crop In the t/ state by the recent floods would reach 400,000 bales, gave additional strength to the market in the early afternoon. * . Firmness in southern spot markets, es tlmates for small receipts at leading towns tomorrow and a forecast for wet s weather over the central and eastern sections of the belt, were bull influences of no small importance. Near v p the close selling for profit broke the * market several points; but in no way * . weakened the feeling in general. Trading was brisk throughout the session. * about people: f e i Mr. John R. Ashe is out of town for ? a few days. . (Miss Marie Carroll spent last Wednesday and Thursday in Gastonia. ? i Jf Mr. p. A. Browning, of Greenville, matriculated at the K. m. m. A., Tues- 1 day. Mr. and Mrs. D. Harrison are''visit- . ing their daughter, Mrs. Fred Nims, at Fort Mill. " ^ Miss Norma Strauss, orf^harleston, ' is visiting her brother and friends in Yorkvllle. Mrs. Mary Thompson, of Riverside, . \ is visiting her grand-daughter, Mrs. m. W. White. Mrs. M. W. White returned from an extended visit to relatives at Riverside, last Thursday. , / Mrs. R. Moultrie Bratton, of Brat- ' * 3j tonsville, is visiting relatives and I friends in Yorkvllle. fl Mr. Job F. Carroll, who has been in I Savannah, Ga.t for sometime, is spend- I Ing a few days in Yorkvllle. fl ^Mr. w. M. Kennedy, Jr., will leave I Monday, for Atlanta, where he will Jfl complete his course in dentistry. 0 XMrs. Wilson and daughter, Miss May, JPi who have been visiting Miss Bessie iiarron, returned home yesterday. Mr. John L. Davies, of Blacksburg, was in town this week, shaking hands with many of his old friends. Mr. T. P. McDill, of Hickory Grove, was in Yorkville, Wednesday. He says the people of his section appear to be in better spirits than he has known for years. . j Thomas F. McDow, Esq., returned from Gaffney Tuesday night. He went there to assist in the defense of Dr. Smith, charged with mal-practice. Dr. i j