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Scraps and .facts. ; i ? Says a Jackson, Miss., dispatch of Thursday: Numerous conferences are 1 being held by the cotton oil manufactu- 1 rers of Mississippi with a view to con- i trolling the prices to be paid for seed. 1 The mills are now paying $16 per ton, and as the crop is 50 per cent, short, it 1 is generally believed that the price ' will advance to at least $18 within a ( few weeks. The manufacturers say, 1 however, they cannot afford to pay 1 more than the present price and that 1 they are losing money on seed pro- 1 ducts at the prevailing prices. Many of the mills are holding their oil in ex- ' pectation of an advance. It is thought two-thirds of the mills will be closed down by Christmas on account of the . seed shortage. ? Charlotte Observer, October 10: Miss Julia Jackson Christian, who has been with her grandmother, Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, at the Churcn nome ana infirmary, in Baltimore, Md., returned to Charlotte last night and will re-enter ^ the Presbyterian college. She said that 1 Mrs. Jackson's general health was good and that Dr. Tiffany deemed it advisable to defer the operation for a few days. A letter from Mrs. Jackson yesterday states that the operation will ba performed this week and that the physicians have stipulated that she must not see any of her relatives for two days previous to the operation. She writes hopefully, though fully appreci- ] atlng the serious nature of the opera- ( tion. Her relatives in this city under- ( stand that the operation will be performed Friday or Saturday?probably Saturday. 1 ? Henry Toutsey was put on trial at 1 Georgetown, Ky., last Tuesday, as a principal in the Goebel murder case. When a brother of" the late Governor < Goebel began to testify to a certain ] conversation he had had with Toutsey j while the latter was in Jail, Toutsey j arose from his seat and vehemently denounced the statement as a lie. He claimed that he had never seen the ' witness before, and as he grew more 1 violent he asserted that Goebel was not dead?that a devil from hell could not kill him. The court deputies were un- ' able to control the prisoner. It was fl- ^ nally necessary to take Toutsey back to jail, and the trial was suspended un- " til he should recover. The physicians say that the man is demented. A great many people oeneve he is merely feigning: insanity. Youtsey was still unfit to go to trial on Thursday. ? A complete list of the Protestant missionaries known to have been killed from the beginning of the Boxer movement to Sept. 5, has been received* by Rev. John R. Hykes, D. D., Chinese agent in Shanghai, as follows: In Shan Tung, Dec. 31, 1899?Rev. S. M. Brooks of the church of regular missionaries. In Chihli about June 1,1900?Rev. H. V. Norman and Rev. C. Robinson of the Church of England association. At Pao Ting Fu, June 30.?Rev. F. E. Simcox, London, Pa.; Mrs. Simcox and three children, London, Pa.; Dr. G. Y. Taylor, all of the American I/esbyterian mission, Taylorsville, Pa.; July 1, Rev. H. T. Pitkin, Philadelphia; Miss A. A. Gould, Bethel. Me.; Miss M. S. Morrill,' all of the American board of missions, Portland, Me.; Rev. B. Bagnail, Mrs. Bagnall and three children, all of the China inland mission. At Hsia-Yi Shansi, June 30.?Miss Whitchurch and Miss Searell, of the China irftend mission, England. / ? Charlotte Observer, Tuesday: One / man after another fell by the wayside J last night, and finally five men lay / doubled up in the police cells, helpless/ ly drunk. Four of them were speech/ lessly intoxicated and as limp as rags; / and the man who could talk at all needn't have told his name, for he is \ an old offender who farms his children \ to a cotton mill and debauches as an I hlarkininrrl. Serceant Baker, who 1 J finds a reason for things, said he was J not at all surprised at the condition of / the men. He attributed the cause of it N. all to the moon. At the present writ\ ing, he said, the signs of the moon are J in the head, and it is a settled fact that / when the signs of the moon are in the / head a man is not only tempted to get / drunk; but he gets drunk all he knows how. He added that, of course, the weather had a lot to do with drinking, I and a gloomy, disagreeable day gener\ ally filled the station; but the most \ staggering, knock-out results follow a \ yielding to the temptation to trifle with ^vthe moon when the signs are in the head. ? The monthly report 01 the statistician of the department of agriculture, issued October 10, shows an average condition of cotton to have been 68.2 last month, 75.4 the corresponding month for 1898, and 71.6 the mean of j October averages for the last ten years. With the exception of North Carolina and Tennessee, where there is no appreciable change in condition, there 1 having been a decline during Septem- ] ber throughout the whole of the cotton ( states east of the Mississippi. This de- . cline amounts to two points in Virginia, Georgia and Alabama, three points 1 in South Carolina, four in Mississippi ( and six in Florida. Louisiana also i shows a decline of four points. On the i other hand, there has been sufficient improvement in Northern Texas to make the general average of that state one point higher than last month, and ( there is also an improvement of one < point in Oklahoma and four points in 1 Missouri. The crop in Arkansas is j about holding its own. The averages for the different states follow: Virgin- ' ia. 71; North Carolina. 64; South Carolina, 57; Florida, 63; Alabama, 62; Mis- ' sissippi, 56; Louisiana, 66; Texas, 78; * Arkansas, 65; Tennessee, 64; Missouri, i 68; Oklahoma, 79; Indian Territory, 77. j ? The most famous of newspaper cor- ( respondents, Henri de Blowitz, takes a , very gloomy view of the future. De Blowitz is generally considered the best informed man on politics in Europe, 1 and his views usually carry great 1 weight. For 30 years he has been the Paris correspondent of the London ' Times, and has frequently known more state secrets than any statesman in < Europe. This wise correspondent is < usually very calm and conservative; 1 but of late he seems to have taken the < role of an alarmist. He predicts that ! in the near future there will be a war < between all the civilized nations, a war i which In the magnitude of Its proportions and its results will surpass all of the great conflicts of the past. The na- 0 tlons, as viewed by de Blowitz, are p full of flgnt. They have ambitions and j? schemes which are so conflicting that t, a, clash between them very soon Is ev- -j [table and when the trouble starts It will almost certainly Involve all the j: powers. When the czar called the d jreat peace conference de Blowitz pre- d iicted that it would accomplish noth- ^ Ing. He now sees more signs of war e than have been visible for a long time, jc and his high character as an observer 3 has caused his prediction to receive c yery general attention. C( = t] fjodmlle ?uquircr. ; 1 d & YORKVILLE. 8. u a SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13,1900. ; = ti The publication of the bureau re- * port last Wednesday, showing1 the crop ^ condition to be 67.0, caused a decline a jf 36 points from the close of the day jjj before. The bulls were looking for a c much poorer showing, and the figures * took them by surprise. ? a Pierpont Morgan has paid 38,500 for T g i collie pup, and some of the people are raising a howl about the conditions f< that produce such "plutocrats." It does ^ look hard, and Mr. Morgan "will come c< In for much condemnation. It is no ^ barm, we hope, however, to envy the f{ fellow who has 38,500 pups for sale. & , o According to the Atlanta Journal, of j( rhursday, Rev. Sam P. Jones has been ti \ gj forced to cancel all engagements that e] be now has on account of ill-health. Mr. Jones went to Atlanta Wednesday to undergo a course of medical treat- lj meat, and it is thought that he will be 81 Cl in the hands of the doctors for several sveeks. , r h A gigantic graveyard insurance con- n jpiracy has developed in Chicago., A a: number of people who had formed a ^ regular organization are implicated, e: They have taken out policies upon objcure individuals who have since disappeared. The Insurance companies nterested have information that shows foul play, and they are investigating the matter to its fullest extent. Theri, not a great deal of change n the situation in China. The Ameri- 81 ran government has about agreed to a ^ proposition from France to the effect f( :hat certafti specified Instigators of the listurbances, must be punished, and ei that the foreigners will not only estab- ^ ish military stations on the road from Ir ei raku to Pekin; but that the forts at r( faku must be destroyed. Other measlres are to be taken to insure the safe- p: ;y of foreigners. Diplomatically, the rl dtuation does not appear especially se- 1 -ious; but there is a well defined feel- ai w ng both in this country and Europe p :hat the end is not yet. t< C There Is good reason to Delieve that w vhen the election is over, something P1 vill drop in the Philippines; but it is u lot likely that there will be any impor- w :ant developments until after the elec- c< don. In the event of the success of w Mr. Bryan, there will probably be an tc o/Hnotmanf nrltVi Amilnol^n O esulting in the withdrawal of Ameri :an troops; but in the event of the elec:ion of Mr. McKinley, more troops? rl irobably 100,000?will be dispatched as S joon as possible, and the conquest of 01 :he islands will be concluded in short cl gi >rder. The Republicans would move d( nore energetically now if they were ja lot afraid; but ihey prefer to wait and w see what the American voter has to ir jay. In that they are wise. p< , t t Pi The Enquirer has received the first lumber of the Atlanta Daily News, a lew afternoon paper just born in the ^ 3ate City. Tne first issue appeared ast Wednesday, and contained sixteen ^ ?ages, filled with bright, fresh news, ir ;risp and pointed editorials and lots of ir idvertising matter. From the first s( si page to the last page it appears to be ivery inch a newspaper, full grown, w ready and equal to any journalist re- ^ Bponsibility that the growing city of ci Atlanta might require. Walter How- cl ird is editor, Josiah Carter managing n iditor, W. G. Cooper associate editor, P md Morton Smith city editor. All of :hese gentlemen are well-known news- ci )aper men, formerly connected with the ti Atlanta Journal. In fact they Jielped 01 to make The Journal the great paper ? that It is, and it is their purpose to try to make The News a better paper s) still. Unless there is about the new rr paper much that was put on only for a sffect, and there is no reason to think 30, it has come to take a place in At- * lanta journalism, and that place will not be much behind the highest point C( that has yet been reached. k ? n Campaign Contributions. E August Kohn: Col. "Willie Jones, cj chairman of the State Democratic ex- c; scutive committee, announces the fol- ei lowing contributions to the national ii campaign fund: Marion county $60, f' Sumter county $20, Charleston $83, c; Chester, $7, a grand (sic) total for the r< state of $170. ii MERE-MENTION. An announcement of an advance of ne-elghth of a cent In the price of rlnt cloths was made from Fall River ist Wednesday Sir Thomas Lipjn has challenged the New York racht club for another series of races jr the America's cup ..Senator tanna Is booked to make 37 speeches uring a Northwestern tour of four ays The port of Santos, Brazil, rhlch has been closed for the past Ight months on account of the bubont plague, was reopened this week..... "he comptroller of the currency has ompleted an abstract of reports of the ondltlon of all the national banks in tie United States at the close of busiess, September 5, 1900. The summary hows that the aggregate loans and Iscounts of the banks were $2,686,759,10, and the aggregate individual deosits $2,507,248,557. MALICIOUS FALSEHOOD. we, the undersigned teachers of laremont college, know the following Latements from the Jonesvllle, S. C., orrespondent of The State, of Sept. ith, to be entirely false: 1st. "After the young ladles arrived nd spent one night at the college and >oked around, they were dissatisfied nd would not be matriculated and raised to enter." These young ladles ere dissatisfied before they came. One ras heard to propose to the rest that tiey return. This was before they 'ere within 40 miles of Hickory. Miss .ittlejohn frankly said she did not ome to study and came only to have good time. She also said she would jturn anytime she wished. We undertand that one of these girls attended 'onverse college, became dissatisfied rith this institution and returned In ne week. The other young lady atinded Columbia, S. C., female college nd was not satisfied with the college, hese we understand are considered ood colleges. 2d. "The president demurred and raised to let them go." Mr. Hatton did ii refuse at any time to let them leave, tut said he would not give them his snsent for them to go until he heard rom their parents In reply to his letjrs. In this, he consulted with the iculty and acted upon their approval, lost parents, we think, would approve f this course. 3d. "une of them?Miss Llttle)hn?managed to get away and reirn." The facts are she caused coniderable merriment among the studats by her ridiculous behavior. Miss Hames even disapproved of her saving without Mr. Hatton's consent, nd promptly informed him whose onr action In the matter was to send a jrvant to request her return, until she ould hear further from home. iUl. XltlLlUU tltLCU, ill tuio UiailCl, IU" rard these girls as most parents would ave expected him to do. - / We wish to further state that the tain statements of said letter are false nd misleading. Mr. Hatton acted with [msiderable forbearance In this matir, and in a way that thoughtful parnts expect of one in his position. [Signed] ' Cecile J. Bidez, Ree8ie T. Warren, A. Louis Seaole, Augusta S. Rickman, Annie L. Love, Agnes Sherer, Marth Hinkel. Held in Slavery.?The following tory told by the Joliet, Illinois corresondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, ?ads like a yarn that has but a slight )undation in fact: For more than 40 years Wade Crowdr, colored, his'wife Matilda and his aughter, Sallie, have been held slaves 1 this glorious land of the free. Crowdr'B story, as told by himself and corjborated by his wife, is as follows: 'I was born on Marse Crowder's lantation in Mississippi, on the Pearl ver, about 50 miles south of Granada, did not know I was free until a week go, and neither did any of us. We alays worked picking cotton on the lantation, and nobody ever came to >11 us that we were free. Marse rowder had about 75 colored pebple orking for him. If we tried to get ast the patrolers they would catch s and take us back to the master and e would get a whipping. One day.last eek my wife didn't pick her share of jtton because she wasn't feeling very ell, and the Negro driver gave her a irriKla V\gq T-To nrKinnn/1 Vtor 111 ?* Akji\j n ll^i btu ie clothes stuck to her back. That iade us mad and we planned to run vay. Twelve of us were In the party." Crowder and his wife's daughter arved here at 1 o'clock yesterday, teve McCorkle, one of the leading colred citizens of Jollet, took them In barge and to his home. A long teleram was sent by McCorkle to Presient McKlnley, stating the facts as retted by Crowder. The colored people in also retain counsel to begin action i the United States courts to secure, if ossible, what is due these colored peole in the shape of wages. inntor McLaurln In Wanliington. Washington correspondence Charles>n Post: Senator John L. McLaurln, f South Carolina, was among the disnguished Southern people in Washigton last week. He came to Washlgton for the purpose of looking after >me matters of importance to his concituents pending before the executive epartment. The senator is pleased ith the political outlook, and although e did not go into any extended discission on political topics while in the !4?. Via Avv\M/\nnA<4 Vl1o Vllillof +VlO f Pa1a_ liy, lie CAyicoocu mo uc-icl mai uuivel Bryan would be elected president, he South, he says, of course, will be ractlcally solid for the Democratic cket, and he believes that the Demoratic gains in the congressional elecons will be sufficient to give the Demcratic party a good working majority 1 the coming congress. Senator Mcaurin says that but little political discission is heard in South Carolina Ince the close of the Democratic prilaries. The state being sure for Bryn and Stevenson by a very large ma>rity, he says the people of the state re turning their attention to business, he state, he says, is in a very prosperus condition, and the outlook for the atton crop is very good. As is wellnown, the South Carolina senator is ot in complete harmony with the >emocratic platform, being an advoite in the senate of the foreign poliy of the present administration. Nevrtheless, the senator is a Arm believer 1 Bryan, and is earnestly solicitous ir the latter's election to the presideny. The senator, it is understood, will ?turn to South Carolina from Washlgton. LOCAL AFFAIRS, cc Ti INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.. lo Torkvllle Buggy Co.?Wants you to *? make hay while the sun shines and dr strike while the Iron is hot, and come _ to them for Bpeclal prices on a Yorkvllle Buggy. M. J. Walker and others?Give notice that the Dr. Wm. Walker tract of St land, on the northwestern outskirts fri of Torkvllle, and the Dr. Wm. Walker qi; residence on Main street, Torkvllle, M will be sold on salesday In Novem- " ber. th York Drug Store?Calls attention to a of new stock of lamps just received, and or say they have the best lamp ever 8a made at the price. They also have a . supply of hand lamps. p YORK'S TAX ASSESSMENT. ?c The aggregate of taxes assessed by ~ Auditor Boyce against York county, El and turned over to Treasurer Neely for w collection, amounts to $96,062,371. This s* Includes the taxes on all real estate, personalty, railroads, telegraph, ex- ri1 __ an press, insurance companies, etc. The total Income tax assessed on citizens dc of the county Is $272.25. The assess- W( ments against the different townships h? are as follows: Property. Polls. to Bethel $ 4,028.062 532 T1 Bethesda .... 6,825.869 764 m Broad River .... .. 5,041.85 462 m Bullock's Creek .. 4,226.07 522 Hf Catawba 27,809.347 1651 Ebenezer 7,490.678 559 Wl , Fort Mill 8,365.514 565 bj King's Mountain .. 6,962.539 621 be York .... 18,501.194 863 ed $89,251,121 6539 P* sh CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. The proposed constitutional amend- i ment relating to the bonded Indebted- pa ness of certain incorporated towns to ca be voted for at the general election ga next month is as follows: to Add to the end of Section 7, b, Article VIII this^provlso: Provided that . the limitation imposed by this section or and Section 5, Article IV., of this con- l0< stltution, shall not apply to bonded In- ne debtedness* incurred by the cities of nl Columbia, Rock Hill, Charleston and Florence, where the proceeds of said .. bonds are. applied solely for the pur- u chase, establishment, maintenance or ar increase of water-works-plants, sewerage systems, gas and electric-light w< plants (where the entire revenue arls- se lng from the operations of such plants sc or systems shall be devoted solely and be exclusively to the maintenance and op- .. e rat ion of the same, and where the In Question of Incurring such Indebted- be ness Is submitted to the freeholders K and qualified voters of such munici- Fj pality, as provided in the constitution er upon the question of other bonded in- in debtedness. ' M , ar THE COTTON MARKET. The local cotton receipts have con- C< tinued unusually heavy during the present week. The bureau report had c0 but little effect on the local market, si Often, during the week, as many as a w: dozen cotton wagons could be seen on the street at the same time. The rere celpts yesterday were somewhat lighter than on several previous days. It was th probably because of the unpromising fo weather. The Associated Press story m CO of Thursday's developments on the New York cotton exchange, Is as fol- & lows: th Much activity prevailed on the cottpn DJ exchange today. Liverpool advices showed that the English cotton trade us was even more surprised by yester- w] day's bureau report than was the cot- & ton trade of this country1, the Liver- Jc pool decline being 12@15J 64th, or the hi equivalent of 20 points more than the hi decline in the American markets yes- C. terday. Trading here this morning ur started at a decline pf 5@15 points; but Sfi the market immediately became very M strong and enormously active, prices M advancing 14@22 points from the lowest, the trade being Influenced by estimates pointing to a less heavy move- n ment of the crop the remainder of the Y? week, also by the forecasts of cold Ct rains over the bulk of the cotton belt, t0 an Increased demand for spot cotton in PJ the South for export as well as for ? home consumption (although at lower prices), and by more encouraging news ne from the cotton goods markets of this W) country. Later the market became less inactive in view of recent tremendous clearances with Southern markets, fl- *e: nally showing an Inclination to yield. *? The trade was nervous up to the very m( close of business with the markets finally very steady at a net advance of ? 3@8 points. \A "HOT TIMES." Tco The Negroes had a jubilee of pistol of practice on Mr. Wm. Dobson's place, auout 2J miles northeast of Yorkville, w last Wednesday night. One Negro was w< shot in the hip; but not Injured seri- ously. + Tim ? A JLIie UU(;ai91Ull Ui Llic: 5ai.iiciui5 r* ao a gp frolic given by a Negro named Wither- w< spoon, the Negro undertaking to re-imburse himself by selling apples, candy J* and* peanuts. After the 'festivities" were well in cc progress, the light was suddenly ex- th tinguished, and realizing that a raid ra had commenced on his stock of candy and apples, Wltherspoon whipped out his revolver and commenced firing. He cri blazed away five times, and before he lol concluded a number of brick yard Ne- an groes, who were among the invited ^ guests, joined in the fusilade. They wl blazed away promiscuously, and in or- a8 der to escape the bullets the unarmed bo Negroes in the room, women principal- el ly, piled themselves upon the floor. For the space of three minutes the scene m( was a regular Modder river affair, em- Cei belished with cursing, yelling and cry- tr< ing, the like of which probably neither Briton or Boer ever heard. The wounded Negro is Aaron Wil- jj0 liams. He says that when the shooting th commenced he hid behind the door, and an at the first opportunity bolted out of to the house. As he left someoody shouted, "There goes the d?n rascal that (jj; stole your apples," and there came af- of ter him a shower of bullets. The bul- ta! lets whistled to the right, left and over- ed head. He felt a sharp sting in the hip; but kept on running until he got home, jj( when he learned that he had been bo wounded. ra Dr. Walker went on Thursday and th dressed the wound The fellow was not seriously hurt. He is getting along re, all right. ov . th WITHIN THE TOWN. jjj ? Ijfrom Captain W. B. Moore, The w Enquirer learns that about 25 members Or of the Jasper Light Infantry have in- foi dicated their intention of going with ed , yg the company to the State Pair. Some eight or ten honorary members?orig- co inal Jaspers?will go also. The com- ] rnpany expects to leave Yorkville o lesday, October 31, and return the' fol wing Saturday. It does not expec participate In the competitive prlz 111; but will take part In the.paradi - Notwithstanding the unpromisin eather conditions yesterday mornin* e special sale advertised by H. C rauss, was largely attended by peopl did the country. Tuere were als lite a number of local shoppers ou r. Strauss said yesterday, howevei at he expected a still larger numbe visitors today and Increased crowd i Monday. He Is making prices, h ys, that are bound to bring the pec e who hear about them. - mere ict iuu mueu uiiug ui pioiui ?ing on about the streets at night. -A lady makes a complaint to Th mquirer in regard to a matter 1 hJch the public is entitled to relie: te says that on no less than thre (Terent occasions she has had the hoi bly disgusting experience of bein >lt upon while passing before th tors of stores fronting on the side alk. She knows of other ladies wh ive had the same experience, and sfa inks that something should be don make such occurrences less frequen ae trouble grows out of the habit c en who go Into stores with thel ouths full of tobacco, rushing to th >ors at Intervals to deluge the side alk. Innocent pedestrians who pae r as the discharge takes place, ge ifouled. The young lady was inform i that The Enouirer had no power t it a stop to the nuisance of whlc ie complained. THE CLOVER LEAF. The Enouirer is in receipt of a ne1 tper just established at Clover, an lied the "Clover Leaf." W. A. Dy rt is publisher and Harold Hay, edJ r. The printing Is done In Charlott* r the same concern that does mot the printing for the bdlance of ou cal contemporaries, and the genen sws service Is Identical with that fui shed by the other papers. The loci ;ms, Including mentions* of prospec ve advertisers In the current lssu< e as follqws: Robert Clinton was in Yorkvllle lai eek on business The position c cond assistant teacher of the Clovi hool, spoke about in last Issue, ha en awarded to Miss Pansy Traywlcl ....Mr. I. J. Campbell, of Bethel, wa town Friday Robert Clinton ha tught the Moore house and lot o Ing's Mountain street Messn ilres and Jackson have sold their li\ y and feed stables to Mr. John Rot son and a Mr. Dorsett, of Tlrzah.... lss Lena McCall Is home again froi i extended visit to Cnarlotte HeH .Hay and Mr. J. D. Gwin attend 1 the Presbytery which met at Mc mnellsville last week. Mr. J. V, .ckson, we. learn, is recovering froi severe illness. Mr. Jackson has Dee nfined to his* room All summer ibscrlbe for the Clover Leaf. Yo 111 not miss the 25 cents for thre onths Mr. Meek Bamett was i wn Friday... ? Mr. Will Jackson ha turned to nis work in Ciastonia. r. John Stacey is selling tobacco fo e Peerless Tobacco Works, of Bed rd City, Va..... While Rev. Mr. Boze an was nere Saturday and Sunda nducting the communion services c e Baptist church, he received a tele am from uarllngton, S. C., statin at his mother was quite sick Mi ick Bigger was in town Saturday.... r. Bradley Barnett, of Bethel, gav i a call Friday Mr. Jas. Falh bo has been traveling In Texas an rkansaS, is at home for awhile...'..Mi >e Adams had the misfortune to ge s foot bruised right badly Saturda ' a falling piece of lumber Mr. J Lilley; of Filbert, was in town Sat day Mrs. Rachel Currence die iturday at the home of her stepsor r. Brenard Currence, of Bethel r. W. E. Morton is in Boston thi lek on business. He is accompanie r Mrs. Morton Chief W. J. White r is on the streets again after a se re attack of jaundice Mr. I. ? tmpbell and Mr. Fin Brawley, of Gas nia, spent Sunday in the city. r; A. Y. Cartwright, of Yorkvllle, wa town Monday Watch for W. I roup & Bro.'s ad of specialties 1 xt issue Mr. D. A. Matthew is in Yorkvllle Monday on busines; Rev. W. A. Hafner, of Bowlln een, filled the pulpit of the Presby rlan church Sunday night Loo! r J. R. Barron and Co.'s announce ent in the next issue. STORY OF BURIED TREASURE I'he Fort Mill Times, of Wednesdaj ntains the followlne interesting stor a large sum in gold that was hidde: am the Yankees by Captain S. E hite and others at the close of th ir: About the middle of April, 1865, th ink of Charlotte, (N. C.), had In it ,ults $40,000 In gold and silver. It wa prehended that General Shermai >uld raid the city and capture th aney, and the cashier and teller tool to the country In four boxes for saf eping. They became nervous am turned to tne city, where they toll 1. J. Harvey Wilson, a director o e bank, that he must make some ar ngements to take> care of the specie lonel Wilson called to his assistance iptaln S. E. White, of this place io was feeble from sickness and re lilting at his father's home in Char :te. These two procured a vehicl id brought the money to the oli hite mansion just outside Fort Mill lere was difficulty in finding utensil th which to bury the treasure; an< they did not want to arouse any dy. Captain White took a fire shov and going to a secluded spot on th intation did tue best he could to se ete the boxes in a branch. Nex irning, fearing that he had not sue eded in his work on account of ex :me darkness, the captain went to in stigate and found that he had failei cover the boxes entirely. Having i tter tool to work with, he moved th' xes and hid them so he though ey could not be found; but the labo d want of sleep rendered him unfi return to Charlotte with Colone llson, who had started to return oi rseDacK. Aiier pruceeuing a aiiur 3tance on his Journey, some soldier Ferguson's command wanted t ke the colonel's horse, and he return to the White mansion, where Cap In White and the soldiers had an al [ cation about the horse. Captaii >bert Fullwood, a venerable neigh r, walked to the captain's side ant lsing his cane told the soldiers tha ey could not deprive him of man; ,ys and that they would only get th rse over his dead body. This feebl sistance would probably have beei ercome by the soldiers; but jus en Captain John Mills rode up at th ad of his cavalry company, and see ? the situation, called to Captaii hlte and asked if he was in trouble 1 receiving a reply Captain Mill rmed his men for action and dispers the mob. But they had a mean re nge, for that night they burned th hite ginhouse with over 100 bales o tton. During the past two years Captaii n White has received three letters pur- 4 1- porting to come from some one in :t Charlotte, telling him treasure was hide den on his place, and offering to And It ^ for a certain consideration; but no reply t " was vouchsafed, for the captain knew g that In July, 1865, Colonel Wilson and _ other directors took the money back to Charlotte. However, on Captain ' White's return from western North 1 e Carolina, It was found that during his o absence someone had dug around one t. or two pillars in the cellar at the mansion, which has been for sometime un- ? ?. ' occupied. It is supposed that his corr respondent took advantage of his ab8 sence and searched on his own account e for the treasure. It Is needless to say that the fellow had his work for nothing. It is not known whether the writer of the three letters Is a white man 8 or a Negro. E V/MYSTERIOUS FIND. s v ' n Tlreexhlbltion in Yorkvllle a few , r j : k.. .v, J utt^o ttfiu, UJ. a uuuiuvi ui uiu cjusuouf e Spanish and Portuguese coins by a ~Negro named Fred Wallace, has aroused g considerable interest not only here, but * e wherever the story Is spreading. The i_ incident Is interesting, not only be? cause of the value of the coins; but ^ e also because of the mystery that sure rounds their possession. t* The coins were first heard of In York- , ville on Tuesday. The Negro was nere ;r with them. He had them in an old ? purse. Just how many there were cannot be stated definitely. A number 18 of prominent citizens were allowed the !t privilege of looking at them; but the ~ owner appeared to be rather suspicious * 0 like. He appeared to feel as if someh body might be coming; He would allow the examination of one coin, and would reach out his hand for It before giving up another. The coins ranged * in s}ze from a $2.60 gold piece, up to d something less than a $2df gold piece. Some were English, some were Spanish I- and some were Portuguese. People who saw them estimated that there t were 18 or 20 of them. All were much ir thinner than American coins of correll syonding denomination. The dates ranged from 1784 to about' 1755. The reil porter saw one of the first named date. No one else recalls an earlier date. The f 5? coin seen by the reporter had on the , I obverse side a medallion and the ingcription, "IOANNES. Y. D. -G. PORT ? ET. ALG. REX." On the reverse side, & was the Portuguese coat-of-arms. The ^ '* . t. date was 1734. This coin was about an , a inch in diameter,- and quite thin as a compared with American gold coins. n The mintage however^ showed up clearp_ ly and sharply. The owner of the coins was not disposed to give out much Information n as to how they came Into his posses["* sk>n. He told the reporter nothing;. .1 but to several other gentlemen, he said / T. that he foimd the money In his pig pen. n His story was that on going to feed n the pig he saw something bright In the ? trough. Further examination showed ,e the bright object to be a gold coin, n There was on the coin a mark of the , -s pig's tooth. Indicating that the animal * had rooted the gold from tne ground. >r_ Investigation led to the discovery of several other coins lying about, atS& y with a mattock the Negro claimed to >f have uncovered the balance. This Is the story as the Negro told if; f but during Wednesday and Thursday the few straggling coins were magnie fled into a keg full, aggregating in val3, ue many thousands of dollars. The acf tual value of the coins exhibited by the ?j [*? Negro was not less than $100, and it y may have been as much as $200. r. From such information as the re porter has been able to gather, the pig d pen story is not to be accepted as fib- < l' solutely reliable. It can be stated ah a a fact that Wallace told one gentleman > d of his neighborhood that he found, the ./ money In the forks of the road, and to i ; another gentleman; he stated that he got It from the fork of a tree. These stories, taken In connection with the s peculiar action of the Negro, generally 1. Indicate that while there Is no doubt of ' n the fact that some long hidden gold has 3 been unearthed somewhere In some g manner, the exact facts as to Its re cpvery is still a matter of mystery- ./ k Wallace lives on Clark's Fork, wlth" in about a mlie of Scogglns's mllL ABOUT PEOPLE. ' tpir. W. B. de Loach spent Wednesr, day in Oastonia. y uMr. B. N. Moore has been Charlotte 4 n the past few days. t j. ^Mlss Lizzie Lesslie, of Clover, is vise lting Miss Florlde Bowen. y^Mr. Frank Lindsay has taken a poe sltlon with W. B. Moore & Co. 3 ^Miss Ophelia Davidson is visiting her q Bister, Mrs. W. T. Dunlap, in Charlotte, e v"Mrs- Fred Kirkland and children, of k Camden, are visiting Mrs. Walter B. ^ ? Moore. a ^Mrs. Mary Campbell, of Clover,, is ; f visiting her daugnter, Mrs. A. T. Cart- 1 - wrlght. g rMajor James F. Hart and wife visited friends in Bullock's Creek township - this week. " l^Mrs. J. C. Blair and son, John, of I Blairsville, called on friends in town I. this week. 8< ^-Misses Susie White and Ardelle Mills, * of Fort Mill, spent Friday with Mrs. . N. J. N. Bowen. e 1 Mrs. Julia E. Elam, of Mecklenburg - county, Va., is in Yorkville, visiting * relatives and friends. I 1 Mfn. Paul G. McCorkle and little son, . I - of Charlotte, have been visiting Mrs. j 3 B. N. Moore this week. ' 1 Miss Maude Gardner returned home ^ last Tuesday, after quite an extended r visit to relatives In Virginia, t iMiss Carrie Nelsler and Mrs. R. Lee 4 Kerr, of Rock Hill, spent Thursday In ? town with Miss Addle Williams. g Umt. Geo. W, S. Hart spent several a days this week In Atlanta, Ga., return lng on Wednesday, and Is now In Gaff ney. j Miss Amanda Boatwrlght, who has . been visiting her sister, Mrs. C. *P. 3 Lowrance, left this week for her home 1 in Alken. ? Mr. Job F. Carroll, who came up from e Savannah a few days ago, on a visit n to relatives In town, is at his fatht er's home near Yorkville. R Mrs. M.J.Clark, who has been spend~ lng the past few weeks in Yorkville, left Wednesday morning for Dandridge, s Tenn., where she will make her home - In future with her daughter, Mrs. Fain. There was a delightful entertainment ^ ^ at the home of Mr. Jeff Whitesides, near Hickory Grove, last Tuesday n evening. The guests came from Hlcko