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Scraps and ,gact$. ? The balloon competition of the Paris exposition took place last week, closing on Friday. All previous records were broken by Comte de la Vaulx, who, within 36 hours, made *a trip of 1,304 miles, descending near Klew, Russia. ? The TrI-State Medical Society, of Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, in session in Chattanooga, has taken initial steps to secure medical legislation in these three states for the purpose of regulating or prohibiting the marriage of habitual criminals, persons afflicted with incurable diseases, drunkards and victims of harmful drugs. ? Denver, Colorado, dispatch, October 14: A huge brown mountain eagle made an attempt to carry off a small boy from the court house lawn this morning. Its intentions were clear enough; but it was not familiar with metropolitan1 life, and, in its swoop downward, the big bird struck a pair of telephone wires, was made a prisoner by county employes, and Is now a captive in the basement of the court house. The eagle measures eight feet from tip to tip. The eagle came from somewhere out of the skies, and was not observed until it came tobogganing down on an air slant with the velocity of an arrow, making straight for the boy. When scarcly 30 feet from the boy its broad wings and heavy body encountered the telephone wires that lead across the lawn to Tremont street. The bird rebounded and fell with a heavy splash, into the pool of the fountain. ? Says a Yokohama letter of September 23: The tone of public sentiment in Japan, while it partakes of the general bewilderment arising from the muddle in China, indicates quite plainly that there is a decided tendency towards joining hands with Russia, should the empire's natural allies, Great Britain and America, turn the cold shoulder to her. At the same time, it is perfectly well known that Russia's hopes are centering on an ultimate alliance with Japan, and it may be that the latter, if her Western friends forsake her, will turn to her semi-Asiatic neighbor, as the only resource for the settlement of this Eastern problem. That it will be a disagreeable and unwelcome resource goes without saying. The result of the Chinese campaign and the facilities for comparison between the soldiers of the different nationalities which is afforded, has been to awaken profound contempt for Russian soldiers on the part of the Japanese. ? Quite a large number of government employes are preparing to go home from Washington to vote and are already purchasing tickets to their respective destinations. The railroads have offered to any of the states, except New England, a rate of one fare for the round trip. Of course all the Republican employes will be especially anxious to show their loyalty to President McKinley, and while on their way home to vote they will take occasion to spend a brief vacaion at their domi-, ciles. The sale of tickets to all the Southern states began a few days ago. The heads of each department have designated some one official in each department to sign a blank form of identification for their employes, which is presented at either one of the political headquarters in exchange for an order en the railways for a reduced fare. The usual story of free passes being given to government employes is being revived, of course, and with a great deal of truth. ? Says a Washington special of th* 11th to the Philadelphia North American: All of the archbishops attending the meeting of the Hierarchy of the Roman Catholic church in America here, are for Wm. J. Bryan for president. This accounts for the absence of Archbishop Ireland, the famous prelate of St. Paul, who purposely delayed sailing from London because he did not care to come to Washington at this time and meet so many of his fellowChurchmen of different political opinions, for fear that friction might ensue. He sailed for the United States on yesterday on the Majectic, and it is commonly known among the archbishops that as soon as he arrives in this coun try he will give out a letter supporting President McKinley's administration. Although the prelates did not discuss politics, even informally, during their meeting today, the subject formed an interesting topic during their free moments. Several of them were formerly for McKinley. ? New York Sun: Friends of Sergeant Fowler, of the Forty-seventh Infantry, United States volunteers, stationed In the Philippines, with headquarters at Legaspi, have received news of him through Sergeants Barton and Zimmerman, of Fowler's regiment. Fowler is the son of George O. Fowler, of Whiteson, L. I. He served as a volunteer through the Spanish-American war and re-enlisted in the United States service on September 15, 1899. Because of his experience and marksmanship he was appointed sergeant and assigned to Company C. Barton and Zimmerman say that Sergeant Fowler has distinguished himself in battle. He shot and instantly killed a native lieutenant named Marcus and captured his sword. Lieutenant Marcus' father, Marcellus Marcus, a man of wealth, on receiving news of his son's death, organized a troop of 3,000 men and offered $100 for the left ear of any member of the Forty-seventh regiment. Since then every American killed near where the Forty-seventh is stationed has been found with his left ear missing. ? Says R. M. L., in his Washington correspondence of The News and Courier: It is no secret in New York that the Republican managers are sadly disappointed, if not utterly disheartened, by the ridiculous performances in the West of Roosevelt and his Rough Rider combination. It is freely asserted that hundreds of voters^* who were roai^v tn Cnvornnr PnnoavaH ho. fore seeing him, basing their devotion upon the reputation which preceded him, allowed their enthusiasm to languish and die after seeing him and listening to one of his characteristic campaign speeches. A prominent railroad man from the West remarked to me that for a long time he had been a personal admirer of Governor Roosevelt. "Although I had never met him," said he, "I had heard of him and read of his remarkable achievements. I was also much impressed by his courage, ability and general qualities in dealing with public affairs, that I was ready to whoop it up for him to be president, or any other office to which he might aspire. Recently I attended one of his meetings in our state, and I must confess I was thoroughly disenchanted by /\ / \ his peculiar mannerisms, his erractic statements and his total lack of personal magnetism. He may be a great and able man; but he did not impress nae as such, when I last met him, and I am safe in saying that more than half of that vast audience was of the same opinion." $hc IJorkville (Enquirer. YORKVILLE. 8. ?tvX U , ' w WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1900. ? If there is much real Interest In this section in the interest of the national Democracy, it ought to exhibit itself in subscriptions to the campaign fund. Ex-President Cleveland writes that he entertains the same views on the money question now that he entertain ed four years ago. That is just about as most people would have supposed. "><Che flow of gold, which a few weeks ago was toward Europe, is now coming back. New York firms last week announced importations of about $2,500,000. It is the cotton crop principally that is turning the tide. The most heroic deed of the Spanish war was tnat of Richmond Pearson Hobson, a Southern man, and yet it looks as if the South is going to allow Hobson to be ridiculed out of his just reward. Hobson can stand it; but can the South? The Columbia State serves notice upon its weekly contemporaries that if they continue to talk back to it in the same strain that it uses toward them it will cut them off its mailing list. The more impudent weeklies, especially those which are unable to raise the State's subscription price, had better be good. At Portsmouth Ohio, last Friday, someone greeted Mr. Bryan as the "farmer President." "I am not a farmer," said Mr. Bryan. "I am an agriculturist. The difference between a farmer and an agriculturist is this: The farmer makes his money on the farm and spends it in town, while the agriculturist makes his money in town and spends it on a farm." There is good reason to hope that the next house will be Democratic. The present Republican plurality over the Democrats is only 21 and the majority over all, including five Populists and three Silverites, is only i3. It is conceded that the congressional contest is going to be close, and it is thought that the chances are in favor of the Democrats. j Coming right down to the plain facts 'n the case, are we willing that the Negro majority of Porto Rico should rule the island? Is there any more reason why the Negro majority of Porto Rico or Cuba should rule, than there is why the Negro majority of South Carolina should rule? We do not believe that Southern intelligence or Southern principles have undergone the slightest change on this subject. Colonels Bryan and Roosevelt met by accident in East St. Louis one day last week and exchanged greetings. The subject of voices came up, each asking the other how he was faring. My voice, saia rtooseveu, is as rough as the Populist platform," "and mine," replied Bryan, "is as broken as Republican promises." Quite a number of Democrats and Republicans heard the sparring and there were cheers for Bryan and McKinley. You are granting too many pardons, governor. That is what we think. Either that, or sworn juries have been making some terrible blunders. The probability is that the jurors were generally right. And, governor, it is not well to pay too much attention to the petition of judge, jury and solicitor for the undoing of their work. Verdicts are rendered under oath, in accordance with the law and the evidence. They represent the citizen's highest and noblest duty to his state?his fellow citizens. That the citizen should afterward, as a private Individual, yield to sentiments of pity and mercy, and ask for the undoing of that which his oath compelled him to do, is not only natural but commendable. But it is your place, governor, to show sterner stuff. It is the action of stern duty, rather than of pity that should command your attention. We fear, governor, that you are granting too many pardons?either that, or juries have been making some terrible mistakes. Just why, we shall not attempt to explain; but it is a fact that in the history of the country the people of South PornHno V? o t? r\t ohn\i'n on little* in vai vuna naic .uuv otivn n ov nvvtv terest in a presidential election as they are showing in the one now in progress. The best index of general interest is to be found in campaign subscriptions. Although the South Carolina assessment is comparatively nothing, not onetenth of it has been paid. York county Is assessed at $100 and she is not reported as having sent to the state headquarters as much as one copper. By all means our assessment ought to be paid. The Enquirer is willing to put up $5, provided the public will raise the other $9.r>. We will also take pleasure in acknowledging and turning over to County Chairman Brice, all subscrlp Mons that may be sent to us. But If anything is to be done It must be done quickly. The time In which the money can be used to advantage, except in the payment of debts that may have al-eady been incurred, is rapidly drawing to a close. We have with the compliments of the author, a copy of Rev. J. D. Bailey's sketch of the life and career of Colonel James Williams. This pamphlet was published In 1898, and contains 91 pages, printed In large clear type. The story Is well and truthfully told and is very interesting reading. There is lots of valuable Revolutionary history in it. .Although a patriot, a fierce fighter and without a drop of cowardly blood in his veins, Colonel Williams Is shown to have had his faults as other men have. There were jealousies and bickerings between himself and other Revolutionary leaders, especially Sumter, Hill and Lacy, and it Is made pretty clear in the sketch that if he had carried his point the battle of King's Mountain would never have been fought. Colonel Williams was anxious to take the army that had been raised against Ferguson over in the'"NinetySix district for the purpose of wiping the British and tories out of that neighborhood. In his efforts to accomplish this, he did some things that he ought not to have done, which things have laid him open to severe criticism. But he is not to be condemned by this generation. He gave ample proof of his sincerity and devotion to the cause of his country. On account of less Sferious differences than he had with his colleagues, other leaders like Bloody Bill Cunningham joined the tories and British. Notwithstanding bitterness that grew out of the proposed NinetySix expedition, which bitterness was sufficient to keep Colohel Williams out of the council of war that was held Just before the battle of King's Mountain, and notwithstanding the fact that Colonel Williams had an independent command that would have followed wherever he was inclined to lead, he joined in the attack and did his full duty, laying down his life in the moment of vie tory. The memory of Colonel Williams is entitled to be held in the highest honor and esteem. Rev. Mr. Bailey's pamphlet, too, is entitled to wide circulation. It can be read with interest and profit by hundreds of people otherwise well informed; but who know too little about the revolutionary history of this part of the state. The price of the pamphlet is 35 cents. It can be , obtained by sending that amount to Rev. J. D. Bailey, Cowpens, South Carolina. FARM LABOR! The farm labor problem has grown to be a most perplexing one throughout this section, and so far as The Enquirer has information, nobody seems to even have in mind a satisfactory solution. In the hearing of the writer the other day, a prominent and successful farmer of the county made this remark: "I have been working Negroes for more than 50 years. I have worked them as slaves and I have worked them as freemen; but in all my experience, I have never seen them so trifling and unreliable as now. Make a contract with a family, and nine cases out of ten, by the time you have given out all that Is coming to them they pick up and leave. Tou can put them in jail; but what good will that do you? And with rare exceptions white laborers are no better." * This complaint is common throughout the whole country. Near the towns, the situation is worse than further out in the country; but further out in the country it Is bad enough. One serious cause or effect?we don't know which?is the increasing liquor traffic. Quantities of Illicit liquor is sold in all quarters of the country. The venders are disreputable Negroes and whites, and the business is debauching the AAunln r VY IIUIC LUUIIll J. There should be some remedy for this situation. We are unable to make a suggestion that will cover the case. What is to be done? MERE-MENTION. The 51 men under Captain Deveraux Shields, recently captured by the Filipinos on the island of Marinduque, have all been rescued Field Marshall Count vdn Waldersee started from Tien Tsin to Pekin last Sunday. Bishop Chas. B. Galloway, president of the general board of education of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, has issued a call to one and a half million Methodists in the South, to assemble in their places of worship on the night of the last day of the year to hold an old-fashioned watch-meeting as a fitting climax to the Twentieth Century fund movement. The fund now amounts to $1,100,000 The Democratic national committee has announced its desire to have a meeting of every Democratic club in the United States on October 27 There is but little change in the Pennsylvania coal strike situation Hogan Sealey, treasurer of the Galveston relief fund, acknowledges the receipt of contributions from October 1 to 12 inclusive, amounting to $198,552. This includes $125,000 received through Governor Sayers and $21,621 received through Mayor Jones. Amount previously acknowleded was $781,043, making the total to date xne largest cargo tnat ever went out of Galveston, and believed to be larger than any previous cargo from the gulf, is that of the British steamer Irada, which cleared Saturday. She has on board in round and square bales the equivalent of 26,40u square bales. She also carries 24,000 bushels of wheat and 2,000 barrels of flour. The cargo is valued at $1,381,312 The intercession of the Princess of Wales, says a dispatch from Copenhagen to The Daily Telegraph, has secured the liberation of some Danes, who were compelled by the Boers to fight against the British and had been imprisoned at Simonstown, Cape Colony M. V. Powell, for seven years grand president of the order of Railway Telegraphers, has 1 been expelled for conduct unbecoming i an officer and a member. Lyman J. i Gage says, "It is my honest opinion I that Bryan, with his perverse ingenul- i ty, could debase the money of the i country and destroy its credit even 1 with a majority of the senate against ] him." Over 125 new cases of yel- , low fever have been reported in Ha- < vana since October 1 The battle- ] ship Wisconsin made a speed of 17 knots an hour on her trial trip off the i coast of California last Friday The Chinese are willing to allow some of the prominent instigators of rebellion to be punished; but are trying to shield others. This arrangement does not suit the Germans. They want to name the victims President Kruger is still at Lorenzo Marques, awaiting a ship to take him to Amsterdam. Shipments of mining machinery from Chicago to South Africa have been resumed The Boers continue to harass the British armies in the Transvaal. Many of their raids are successful Captain Leary, former governor of Guam, just returned, denounces the opponents of the government's Philippines policy as traitors and says that If he had his way he would hang them every one. SEED OUT OF SIGHT. Oil Mills Shut Down Until Prices 6et Within Reason. Says a Charleston special of October 10, to the New York Commercial: Four or more of the largest cotton seed oil mills have closed. At the beginning of the season the market price for seed was $12 per ton. Later, the quotation ranged about the $17 mark. This latter price was set by the Atlantic Cotton Oil company, which operates four of the largest mills in the state. Since then the price has bounded past the $20 quotation and there is a chance that it will go still higher. Years ago the farmers emptied cotton seed in the gullies, and now the seed bring 30 cents a bushel. The manufacturers claim that when the seed is bought for $20 a ton, anywhere from $2 to $3 is lost in the transaction. There is no expected advance In the price of crude or refined oil, and all mills buying seed at $20 are engaging in speculation. According to some of the mill men, refined oil can be bought in New York $2 cheaper than it can be manufactured by the mills paying $20 a ton for the seed. "The situation is a serious one," said a manufacturer to The Commercial correspondent today. "The policy which some of the mills are pursuing of paying $20 a ton for seed is destructive. The cause of the large advance is two-fold. First, there is the late season and the opening of ten or more mills in the state. The new mills are anxious to get business, and most of them are buying at $20 or thereabouts. "The demand and price of the proHunt nf tho sppH?viz! hulls, meal, oil and linters, are not of a nature to warrant the safe buying of seed at $20. The mills are simply cutting each other's throats, and it seems impossible to reach any agreement whereby the price can be regulated." A. C. Phelps, secretary and treasurer of the Atlantic Cotton Oil company, when in Charleston the other (lay, said his company, which owned and controlled four of the finest mills In the state, was not able to run them on account of the high price of seed. Two ran for a time, and then were closed, and it is not known when they will be reopened. The company instructed its agents not to buy until the price dropped to $17, as it was not clear how the mills could be operated to pay with the seed so high in price. The oil mill men say it is business suicide to try and manufacture oil with the price of seed at $20. They are waiting for a decline, although at the , present there is not much indication that the farmers will be willing to sell for a lower figure. % + m??????? ALLIES AT TIEN TSIN. Existing Conditions May Breed Serious Quarrels. With the general belief that this city is to be the military centre and base for the winter, all the powers are now engaged in a general scramble for buildings, says a Tien Tsin cable of Sunday. Anything that has a roof is now valuable, and every building in the foreign concession which the bombardment left capable of repairs, is being put in shape for either barracks or store rooms. This condition of affairs has made the situation delicate, and In some instances there have been some sharp interchanges over the possession of premises. The Americans have not gotten the best of the deal. The foreign city of Tien Tsin is comnnseri of the various ronressions to the powers, and what Is known locally as the "extra concessions," lying to the southwest between the Victoria Gardens and the mud wall, and south. The American concession was surrendered several years ago, and In the present situation the Americans are keenly feeling its loss. The English and German concessions are probably greatest in area, the British, however, having more and larger buildings than any other. There is today not an unoccupied house in -Tien Tsin and the powers are drawing the concession lines very closely. As was cabled the Associated Press early in September, the Americans were compelled to give up to the Germans a large tract of land and several very large warehouses filled with commissary supplies. The property was in the extra concession and only occupied under sufferance. It was understood when the German commander consented to its occupancy by the Americans that it would be given up on demand; but the demand has caused the American army officials no little embarrassment and inconvenience. As a result the American forces are now scattered. The Fifteenth infantry, Colonel Moale, commanding, and at present senior American officer at Tien Tsin, is located in the buildings and compound of the American Methodist mission. A quarter of a mile further down the Taku road, is the camp of the Third artillery, in the compound of the property of a Mr. Drew, an American. The marine battalion is quartered in the buildings in the British concession, the officers occupying several houses on Victoria Terrace. The commissary and quartermaster depots are on the Bund, in the old Tien Tsin hotel. The presence of such a large number of troops in close contiguity, the conflicting customs and national prejudices, make Tien Tsin a very delicate and interesting place just at present. The whole atmosphere Is charged with ] the tenseness of local conditions and the nicest diplomacy Is constantly being called into play to smooth over lit- c tie eruptions and the friction natural to such circumstances. Two events of this week, which are pregnant with j possibilities, have been pleasantly adJusted and have left no apparent trace of feeling. One was the killing of Cor- C poral Hughes, of Battery D, Third artillery, and the wounding of a private of the same battery by a French sen- j try. The whole affair was unfortunate; but an Investigation disclosed that the sentry was not to blame. It appears that the Americans were out after dark and had been drinking. They had been halted by a sentry on the French pontoon bridge, and disregarding his challenge they tried to rush him. One of .the men fired his revolver, discharging four chambers, when the sentry fired, killing Hughes. He was attacked f>y the second American, whom he bayonetted, inflicting a slight wound. The other instance was a slight tilt between the British and Russians. The former had posted a guard over j a pile of wood and hoisted a British flag. A Russian guard, according to report, made an attempt to seize the wood, also hoisting a flag and threatening to cut down the British colors. General Campbell happened to be on the scene at the time unaccompanied. Seing the gravity of the situation, he asked an American officer to assist him, explaining that he feared that the two guards, who were Indians of the' Bengal Lanciers, might precipitate trouble. The American consented to remain while the generaj sought the Russian commander. Admiral Alexieff immediately recalled the Russians when the matter was explained to him, and he apologized for their action. It is reported all the men were punished. CLEVER YOUNG BANK THIEF. How a New York Boy Made Way With Over $100,000. New York, October 12.?At this writing, the town does not know whether his name is Schrieber or Shrieber, but it does know that considering his years and his opportunities he is a remarkably clever bank thief, and it feels, in a measure, the admiration for him which it always feels for the successful money-getter. This junior bank clerk, a mere boy, stole from the bank in which he was employed, an amount equal to J the entire capital and surplus of the in- ' stitution. He was neither cashier nor 1 bookkeeper, but he "got there" Just the ( same. Everybody has heard the story ' of the chap from the West whom the policeman found weeping on a corner 1 of Broadway very early one morning ' and who said that he wept because, ? though he had "blown in" twenty-odd thousand dollars in the last three days 1 not a blame soul in town knew it. ( Young Schrieber or Shrieber, has ( "blown in" more than five times that J amount in the last two years without * attracting any particular attention. 1 Among his associates in the Tenderloin, ' who were very fond indeed of him 1 while his money lasted, he did manage ' to get something of a reputation as a ( "high roller;" but the city of New ? York was practically unconscious of 1 his existence, and the fame of his wine suppers did not extend half way to the 1 village of Ellzabethport, 12 miles off, 1 where he was a thief six days In the week and a devout Christian the seventh day. He bore such an excellent reputation there that a local detective put on his track six months ago by a bank official who somehow had conceived a dislike for him, reported him "all right," without taking the trouble to watch him. At the same time he was lavishing money and jewels, on a woman of the Tenderloin, wagering large sums on the races and "opening wine" with gamblers and sports. He masqueraded as "the rich Mr. Hart," and his "wife" i rolled about town In a handsome < broughman and was one of the best 1 dressed women In New York. To his t mother he gave the $15 per week which 1 was his salary at the bank. He was a t good clerk. The state bank examiner visited the bank regularly and reported i everything "o. k." On a recent visit i he even complimented the bank offlc- 1 lals on the excellent manner In which J the accounts were kept. Schrleber or ? Shrleber, though neither bookkeeper or < cashier, had access to both books and < cash and he "fixed things" for the bank ( examiner. ( In August he went away on his va- 1 cation and he has not come back yet. c The bookkeeper took the trouble a few ( days ago to add up the individual led- 1 ger accounts to see If they balanced 1 with the general ledger, and discovered I that "Willie" had removed the entire 1 capital of the bank, which was $50,000, and another $50,000 besides. The dlrec- < tors say they will make good the loss 1 and the depositors will not suffer. In \ some places people don't put such blind t connaence in a man juhi ueuuuoe uc i goes to church every Sunday; but in ^ New York and vicinity men with that habit are so rare that they are very highly esteemed, and opportunities for peculation are offered them which the wicked long for in vain. Judge Benet On Concealed Weapons. Laurens correspondence of Columbia State: The final presentment of the grand jury was handed in Thursday afternoon, and in commenting upon the various presentments therein contained and before dismissing the body, his honor, Judge Benet, took up and discussed at length the penalty for the pernicious practice of carrying concealed weapons. There were during the past year 247 homicides in this state, the vast majority being victims of the handy pocket pistol. The tendency is appalling when we think of the 250 or more lives to be thus ended in the next 12 months. It is a violation of the law in this state to carry concealed weapons; but who will undertake to prosecute a case now, as the practice has become so general that even officials and jurors are not uncommon violators of this very statute. As a possible remedy a legislative act is suggested which will make it unlawful to own, i carry, buy or sell pistols unless they * are of a certain size?too large to carry A in the pocket. The law guaranteeing t the right to bear arms has been construed by some courts to apply to the \ vest or hip pocket pistol. It is obvious t that a remedial measure should be urg- a ed by all lovers of law and Christianity. These remarks by the Judge occa- t sioned by reference to the matter, were ? no doubt called forth by the generous t character of the murder cases being ' tried here this week, in which the no- a torious pistol always came in as the ? means of execution. t LOCAL AFFAIRS. " INIIKX TO NEW ADVEKTISEMKVTH. V ,'arl H. Hart?Wants patrons of the' 111 Spartanburg steam laundry, to leave d< laundry at Mr. W. M. Kennedy's ni store. ohn R. Hart?Has lost a pointer dog and otters a suitable reward for its return. f< !. H. Baldwin & Son, Columbia, S. C.? a Want fine Jersey butter, and say they will pay full price lor weekly ship- fj ments. a as. M. Starr & Co.?Have 600 pounds of bluestone and want to sell it to c' wheat growers; also phosphate, pot- b ash and amraonlated fertilizers, red ci and crimson clover and orchard grass V seed. They have Just received a new 'Bl line of lamps. V. B. Moore & Co.?Have the agency for the high grade Carpenter organs, E and say it is a good article, fully w guaranteed. They also have Domes- E tic sewing machines, steel ranges at g( 537.50, stoves, furniture, barrel churns grain drills, rotary plows and offer a Gaffney carpets and art squares at e old prices. 11 f THE GAME SEASON. I The game season is almost here, and o lere is the law: 1. Act of the general assembly ap- b >roved February 21, 1898: It shall not '] >e lawful for any person in this state g setween the first day of April and the . Irst day of November, in any year lereafter, to kill, or injure or pursue 1 vith such Intent, any partridge, quail, o voodcock or pheasant, and any person I ound guilty of so doing shall be deemed s ruilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- . riction shall be fined not more than $20. 2. Acts of 1898: It shall be unlawful or any person or persons to destroy or ob the nests of any birds named in his act, under penalty, etc. 3. Act of general assembly, Februtry, 1900: It shall be unlawful for any I lerson to sell or offer for sale, or ship a >r export, any partridge or quail for j ;he space of five years from the ap- , >roval of this act. Any nerson viola- 1 :ing this section shall be guilty of a 1 nisdemeanor and upon conviction shall ie punished by a fine not exceeding $30, c' )r imprisonment In the county Jail for j i period not exceeding 30 day$. . 4. Section 424 generql statutes: If r my person, at any time- whatsoever, * shall hunt.or range on any lands what- 1 soever without the consent of the pro- j jrietor, every such person so offending t shall forfeit and pay the sum of $10 for svery such offense. c 5. Section 424: That when the own- * irs of land shall prosecute for any un- I awful hunting on his or her lands, the s >ath of such owner shall be sufficient t svldence to convict the offender. THOSE MYSTERIOUS COINS. 1 Since the last issue of The Enquirer, j some new and accurate information B las developed about those gold coins r ecently discovered by Fred Wallace, >f the Clark's Fork neighborhood, in ^ lis pig pen. c Mr. R. M. Wallace, of the same j leighborhood, and who is reliable, was r n Yorkville last Friday. He gave c some additional pointers. 1 The coins were really found in the j llg pen, as ciaimea Dy me jwegro, in ^ >ne of his stories, and the clrcumstan- c :es of the finding are substantially as r ilready related. Mr. Wallace went to ^ :he place last week and found several c nore coins, Including some "bits"? marters and halves. His search was s thorough, he thinks, and it is probable f :hat the entire treasure has been re- r :overed. In all there are now 26 coins, t ind their intrinsic value is somewhat j n the neighborhood of $200. ^ According to Mr. Wallace, the pig- j. ien was built about the decayed stump of an ancient chestnut tree that $ tell to the ground many years ago. The j jhestnut stood near the side of the j Adair's Ferry road, about ten miles ^ !rom Yorkville. It is remembered by t >lder citizens of the neighborhood, and r :hey also remember that the trunk was f lollow. From the size of the tree, Mr. 5 SVallace thinks it must have been 150 >r 200 years old, possibly older. The v jold of course, had been deposited in r :he hollow trunk years before. 5 * s t SIGNS OF THE TIMES. t Whether the times are as good as we c would like to see them or not, they are e lertalnly better than they have been * n the recent past. This may not be a :he case with everybody; but it is so s with many of the farmers in this coun- a :y. y "A mortgage is seldom paid." The t writer heard a well-known local busl- 1 less man say this once, and the say- a ng struck him with force. The busi- I less man explained that while the debt t night be transferred from one credit- c >r to another, it was an exceptional a ?ase where the debtor succeeded in r retting it cancelled entirely. The con- r lltlons of the past dozens years or so 1 lave certainly not been propitious for ^ lebt paying. Instead of growing small- a sr, most debts have grown larger. A I arge per centage of debtors, especial- J y among the agricultural classes, have e ieen unable to keep down interest even. 1 But this year is a record breaker. t "There have been more mortgages I canceled in this office during the past 1 :wo weeks, than during any other two 1 weeks of my incumbency." So declar- ^ ;d Clerk of the Court Wylle when ques- r :ioned on the subject last Monday. He f was unable to give any figures as to a he number or amounts of the mortga- * jes satisfied; but he is impressed with v :he correctness of his observation. 1 Vlanv real estate mortgages of longj itanding and numerous chattel mortgages of this year and the few years jreceedlng, have been wiped off the j; ecords with the word "satisfied." ) Mr. Wylie says that as a general ij hlng, most of the mortgage payments ire made during the last two weeks of v December. Farmers wait until then to ^ nake sure whether or not they can pay /c ind at the same time leave themselves n a condition to conduct their opera- v Ions through the next year. As to s vhether liquidations will continue .hrough from now until January at c he same pace that has already been c let, can hardly be stated with any decree of certainty; but the payments n hat have been made up to this time c ire none the less encouraging as In- ^ Heating improved conditions, compared /C vith preceding years. j /\WITHIN THE TOWN. B ? Last Saturday was pay day at the ^ fork Cotton Mills. -/HThere is too much promiscuous fir- v ng of pistols about the street at nighty t jt^The big brick kiln at the York brick S iVorks is now red hot through and A. hfough. r ^Quite a number of Yorkvllle people vill go to Gastonla tomorrow to see v he Sells-Forepaugh circus perform- J ince. v ? Treasurer Love opened the town tax looks last Monday. The best time to 11 ;et a receipt is before the penalty at- F aches. l! s^The ladles In the postofflce present- ti d the engineer of the Carolina and tforth-Western passenger train with a V >ouquet of flowers last Saturday morn- b ig ror naving Drougni me man in uu me Friday night. ^The Carolina and North-Western lall train was on time Friday, Saturay and Monday. They are using a ? ew engine. -The K. M. M. A. cadets received leir uniforms last Saturday. The uni>rm Is cadet gray trimmed In black, nd is quite handsome. -Quite a number of shoppers came om Unferent sections of the county to ttend H. C. Strauss's three days' spelal sale and their presence helped the usiness of the town generally. Trade tjqtinues good. Henry Brice shot Theodore Rawllnan last Sqnday afternoon. It happend in the York Brick Works enclosure, loth parties are Negroes. Rawllnson ras begging Brice for whisky and Irlce got tired of it. He told Rawlinon to shut up. Rawllnson persisted, nd Jerking out his revolver, Brice blaz- . x d away. The bullet went into Rownson's thigh. Upon hearing of the afair Policeman Rose went in search of Jrice. * I saw his feet sticking out f the bushes," says the policeman, and I ordered 'hands up.' Throwing >oth nis hands above his head, he said, ['d put my feet up too, boss; but I can't ;et 'em high enough.' " Brice was beore Mayor Willis Monday morning on he charge of carrying concealed weap>ns and shooting firearms on Sunday, le was convicted on both counts and entenced to pay a fine of $10 or go to he cdialngang for 30 days. P SAD DEATHS. Two sad deaths have' occurred In forkvllle during the past few days, lire. H. T. Williams died at her home, Lt 11 o'clock Sunday morning, and Mrs. f. R. Gardner died at her home on 'forth Congress street at 3.30 o'clock iilonday afternoon. Mrs. Williams was Miss Julia Blvens, laughter of Mr. H. P. Bivens, of Waxlaw, N. C. She was married to her lusband in May, 1895, and since then las lived at Waxhaw, Chester, Winns>oro and other points to which the busness of her husband?cotton buying? > ook him. Mr. and Mrs. Williams :ame to Yorkville two months ago, and vere just getting comfortably settled lere. The death of Mrs. Williams is ittributed to puerperal-fever. She gave >irth to a daughter on Sunday of last veek. Fever developed on the followng Tuesday with a chill, and the end :arae as stated. It was very sudden. Sven Mrs. Williams did not realise the lerlousness of her condition, and was lot willing to have her husband tele- { rraph for her people. Mrs. Williams vas Just 24 years of age, her birthday ccurring during this month. She ^ eaves three little girls. She was a <> nember of the Methodist Episcopal ? * :hurch and deposited her letter with .;. Trinity shortly after taking up her res- ' dence in Yorkville. The funeral took >lace on Monday afernoon, the servi:es, in the absence of Rev. J. M. Steadr nan, being conducted by Rev. Dr. S. A. iVeber. There was a large concourse ?f people in attendance. v Mrs. H. F. Conder, of Charlotte, a \ ister of Mrs. Williams, attended the uneral, as also did her father and her nother-in-law from Waxhaw. Her wo brothers, Messrs. L. T. Bivens, of < v donticeilo, ua., and F. G. Blvens, of iVesson, Ark., were unable to reach lere in time. Mrs. Lula E. Gardner was the third laughter of Dr. and Mrs. James M. jowry, and was born in Yorkville on ruly 20. 1855. She had all the educaional advantages that money and cul- ' ure could give, and when she reached * naturity was one of the most accom- ^ dished young ladies of this section. >he was married on November 10, 1875, o the late Captain J. R. Gardner, with vhom she lived happily until the pre- ; nature death of her husband a few 'ears later. After the death of her msband, Mrs. Gardner devoted herself ' v o the raising of her children?two laughters and a son?giving them evry advantage that her slender means vould permit. Her work was well done ind it was. with pardonable pride that I ihe was enabled to look upon the re- t, ult. Her health began to fail several rears ago, and since that time her life , las been one of great physical sufTerng, borne with admirable fortitude 1 md Christian resignation. A trip to a Baltimore hospital recently resulted in ' emporary relief; but a permanent iy ure of her disorder was beyond the kill of the physician. Death came - i ather suddenly?too suddenly to adnit of the mother's last wish?to again I . ook upon the face of her only son, who .( vas in attendance on the Citadel acad- ^ my. Mrs. Gardner's children are : disses Mary and Maude and Master ? . ack. Her father is living. Her broth- 1 irs and sisters are Mr. J. E. Lowry, of , # forkville; Mr. John E. Lowry, of Colimbia; Mr. T. S. Lowry. of Tampa, "la., and Mr. S. A. Lowry, of Memphis, Tennessee; Mrs. W. T. Matthews, of lickory, N. C., and Mrs. Joseph O. Valker, of Yorkville. It was aranged that the funeral should take iiace yesieraay i-iuesaayj anernuun, it 3 o'clock, from the Church of the Jood Shepherd, of which the deceased /as a communicant. Rev. J. C. Johnes, .1 he rector, officiated. V- ABOUT PEOPLE. j Mr. G. W. S. Hart spent yesterday a Greenville. SMr. Edward Thomas, of Sharon, was n Yorkville Monday. ; Miss Daisy Mays, -of Charlotte, is * { isiting Miss Addie Williams. t^Mr. Elwood F. Bell, Jr., of Hickory .! irove, spent Tuesday in Yorkville. Capt. and Mrs. E. A. Crawford are 1 isiting relatives in Bethesda town- i hip. j * Rev. John H. Simpson, of Hickory j Jrove, gave The Enquirer a pleasant ; all yesterday. j Mr. Sam M. Grist left Monday after- ^ loon to resume his insurance work at ? Jreenville. 1 (Thos. F. McDow, Esq., has gone to j Jharlotte, to attend the Clarkson- I doore wedding. Mr. Walker Latimer went to Chester | donday night on a visit to his brother, dr. Carl Latimer. . j Miss Bessie McConnell, who has been j isiting in Chester for sometime, re- '*> urned home last Monday. ^Prof. R. J. Herndon returned from ,ockhart Saturday. He will probably U/VMA MA?*AMA1 ri'ftfllra ciuaui ucic iui ocvciai ncvao. Mrs. Rudolph Brandt, of Chester, lsited the family of her father, Mr. ohn L. Rainey, near Blairsville, this reek. Miss Bertha Stahn, of Chester, is visling in Yorkville, the guest of Miss 'annie Parish. Miss Stahn has recent/ return from an extended European rip. Captain W. B. Moore has gone to Wilmington, N. C., for a day or so on uslness, leaving his old reliable Mr. v