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y Scraps anil .facts. ? Hereafter, when ithe treasury department estimates the average wealth of the people of the United States, the inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands are to be taken into account. This will probably slightly lower the average. The secretary of the treasury has issued an order that in making up the per capita calculations for 1900, the figures shall include also the population of Alaska and the Indian Territory. The calculation made a month ago showed that every man, woman and child in the United States has an average of $27.82 in cash, no account being taken of real estate or personal property. The statistics of the treasury show that the people of the United States are growing richer every year in average individual holdings of cash. ? The Washington Post, of Saturday morning, prints a story that the executive committee of the Democratic national committee will probably meet in Washington in January to deliberate. The purpose of the meeting will be to shelve Mr. Bryan as a possible candidate for the presidential nomination in 1904. Should the publicity which the meeting should give to the movement not be desired, the work will be done through the mail by correspondence between the members of the committee. Of the thirteen members only three, Johnson, Walsh and Dahlman, are favorable to Bryan's renomination. All the rest may accurately be shown as believing it unwise again to try to win victory with Bryan as the standardbearer, even George Fred Williams having wavered in his devotion. ? The search for the kidnappers of young Bdward Cudahy is still on. The police are satisfied that Pat Crowe is the man wanted; but Crowe is not to be found. A new development is the receipt of another letter from the kidnappers. The letter was received on December 22; but was not given out to nwvoo until loot SlinrtflV. It is in the same handwriting as the original letter demanding the ransom, and reads as follows: "Cudahy, if you value the boy's life at the price of a bullet you will withdraw the Reward at once. And let well enough alone, if You Don't do this we will finish the Job with a Bulet, If any man whether (Jilty or Innocent is ever arrested A Bullet will close the Boys mouth. You w*11 think of this warning when it ia to? lute." Mr. Cudahy says he doea not propose to withdraw the reward. ? The Chinese plenipotentiaries, says a Pekin dispatch of December 30, have been unexpectedly ordered to sign the preliminary joint note, and have notified the joint envoys to that effect. The Chinese themselves, were greatly astonished at receiving the imperial instructions. Neither Li Hung Chang nor Prince Chung had expected success in persuading the court under ten days. The emperor's instructions are to agree tally to the note, but to endeavor to gpf the best terms possible, particularly in the matter of limiting the nup*ber of legation guards and also/<fs to the 1 places where these are X) be located. The plenipotentiaries are instructed to endeavor to limit th^ number of army posts along the -tfne of railway to as few as possible and finally to request the powers not to destroy the forts, but merely to disarm them. ? The United States government has formally recognized the responsibility of the mosquito tor the transmission of yellow fever and malarial diseases, says a Washington dispatch. This fact is indicated by the issuance of a geneftil order by Major General Wood, at Havana, directed to post commanders, reciting that the chief surgeon of the nf fiiha Vine rennrtpd that ucptt* ViUVWI. V* * it is now well established that malaria, yellow fever and filial infection are transmitted by the bites of mosquitoes. Therefore, the troops are enjoined to observe carefully two precautions. First, they are to use mosquito bars in all barracks, hospitals and field service whenever practicable; second, they are tl- destroy the "wigglers" or young mosv<toes by the use of petroleum on the wai,^ where they breed. Permanent pools pU(](iieg are to be filled up. To the ou..?rs are t0 be applied one ounce of kerosemto eaCb 15 square feet of water twice a rn^th, which will destroy not only the yo ng. but the old mosquitoes. This does injure the drinking water, if drawn L.-,m below, and not dipped out. Protection thus secured, according to the order, be?,use the mosquito does not fly far. see~, shelter when the wind blows, and thus each community breeds its own mosquitoes. ? Says a New York letter of December 29: From the doors of the notorious Haymarket, New York, as last Sunday morning dawned, there emerged four young and pretty Salvation Army lassies. With no protection save their uniforms, and their soft-worded greeting, "Won't you help buy a Christmas dinner for the poor?" they had spent the hours since 8 o'clock the evening before mingling with the fallen creatures that gather in the dive. No word of insult had fallen on their ears. They had talked with drunken blasphemers, they had mingled with drink-excited dancers, they had approached thugs from whom even the police shrink, but the spirit of Christmas enshrouded them with a sanctity that ribaldry dared not penetrate. In the entry way sat sweetfaced Cadet Annie, her tambourine outstretched, and many were the coins Hung into it, though never before had an appeal for charity been heard in the dive, unless perchance to save from Potter's field some poor unfortunate who had paid the wages of sin. Within the three other lassies circulated among the revelers. As a loud-voiced Negro banjoist sought payment from the dancers for his music, Cadet Sarah followed with her tambourine. The Negro was passed by and homeless women and hardened roughs gave their money to make poor families happy. When the lassies left their pockets were weighted down with nearly $500, but their hearts were light, for many an outcast whom they had bidden to the feast had promised to come on Christmas Day to the Salvation Army barracks. ? Former Secretary of War Alger has ^ resurrected the army beef scandal in an article that he has written for the North American Review, attacking General Miles. The substance of the ai article, with inferences to be drawn & from it, are about to this effect: Because the administration had no confl- u dence in the capacity of General Miles, r< it did not send him to take charge of & the war against the Spaniards. The successful termination of the war with- pi out the assistance of General Miles, oi v left the general in a very vicious frame ^ of mind, and he gave expression to his ^ spleen by making insinuations of job- w bery in the commissary department. ? Although hundreds of witnesses had testified without saying anything a against the integrity of the war depart- p ment, it remained for Miles to insinu- h ate that "embalmed" beef had been a furnished "under pretense of experi- t ? " rnu1'- ?? nnnrorrontaH rP- o meill. 1 HIS wao ail uu t* wi. ? w flection against the secretary of war c and especially against Commissary a General Eagan. The wrath that was aroused in General Eagan was righteous; but the general made a mistake v and brought trouble upon himself by h expressing that wrath. The fact that b all subsequent investigations failed to i show anything crooked in Eagan's n transactions previous to or during the war, is to be taken as evidence that c Miles lied maliciously. In conclusion, " General Alger complains at congress t( for having promoted Miles, while it did I p nothing for Shafter, who had conducted s the only campaign of the war to such a g successful conclusion. b <?hc \|oiiuillr (f nquivcv. J ^ II ^ | ^ ~~ I" YORKVILfcE, S. C.: ^ WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 2, 1901. " The successful kidnapping of Ed- 01 ward Cudahy and the collection of $25,- f< 000 ransom for his safe return to his parents, has started an epidemic of jrfdnapping throughout the Northwest. Quite a number of cases have been reported recently. 'J _ hi Although the Chinese government ^ has accepted the very hard term* proposed by the powers as preliminary to y< peace negotiations, it is pot well to consider that the trouble- las been set- 111 tied, or even that it is in process of set- ^ tlement. Only a very small percentage a] of the people of-China have yet been aroused to t>e actual significance of fa the situation so far as it affects them, ** and wljofi the whole nation begins to w understand it, we may look for trouble. jjj / Q Former President Cleveland writes to the New York World that he thinks ai the people of the United States should ^ adopt a more direct method of electing the president, that they should provide for a longer term of office, and also " that the president should be allowed only one term. Although it is pleasant to hoDe that there is not much chance of another term for Mr. Cleveland, we have no hesitation in saying that all t<. the suggestions outlined strike us as ^ being very sensible. ^ * * ' tf Edward O. Dean, a South Carolinian from Spartanburg, is in serious trou- L ble in New York. He was a nurse in ^ Bellevue hospital. Not long ago a pa- ? tient named Louis Hilliard, died under . peculiar circumstances, and investiga- ^ tion has led to the belief that he was probably beaten to death by Dean and two other nurses. The nurses are charged with murder. Dean was formerly a newspaper reporter. He has tl many friends in Spartanburg and v Charleston who believe that there s must be a mistake somewhere, and 1 that the full facts will show the situa- a tion to be less serious than it now ap- f( pears. v The following is from a letter to The News and Courier, in which August v Kohn undertakes to give legislators o some hints that he thinks they need: h It is a noteworthy fact that the t greatest talkers and those who are ^ most persistent in their talk for econo- _ my, or to be plain, those who were classed in the "three for a quarter" o circle, are most often left at home, f There are not over three or four of ^ those who were always bleating for economy and cutting other people's 0 diaries and appropriations in general a W*K have been returned to the house, r and t.ese are men who are recognized . as being sincere, but not knowing better. The People generally recognize the t demagogue, it is not long before t he is left at .0me and retired from h the public service L For the benefit 01 those who are not 1 aware of the fact, we beg to remark a that August Kohn is ont 0f the wise ^ men of his day and generaj0n. "The Commoner" is the name 01 w. 1 J. Bryan's newspaper. In a circuur a recently sent out he states that he ii will not, or does not desire to, inter- , fere with the business of any newspaper. For this assurance, The Press and Banner is very grateful, and will > therefore hope to do business in the t future at the old stand. Mr. Bryan is ? attempting to do what so many newspaper men in South Carolina have signally failed to do?that is, to publish r a successful newspaper at one dollar a c year. We believe that the first dollar newspaper was published at Anderson, in this state, in 1852. In 1853 the Inde- 1 pendent Press was started in Abbe- r ville. After a struggle against fate for j ar time the Southern Rights Advocate, at Anderson, went the way of all the 1 earth. The Independent Press was * saved from death by abandoning the d suicidal policy of sending out a week- { ly newspaper at one dollar a year. In the last half century a great many lo- r ! cal newspapers have tried to print their papers at a dollar a year: but up to this time we have heard of no man who has been able to publish a paper at such a price as gave satisfaction to any r considerable number of its subscribers, and we have heard of no such one-dol- 1 lar paper that greatly enriched the " publisher. The field of South Carolina ii journalism is full of the graves of dollar newspapers, and the financial world, as far as we are informed, knows very little of the editors of such b newspapers. The editors of a good newspaper at a dollar a year have very r often found their mistake in the course ' of a few months, and transferrecb-their a valuable publications to other aspiring individuals. Some towns, in a given time, have had more editors than hotel ^ keepers. Ordinarily a man might/tfiake f nearly as much money pitching straws e r gainst the wind, as trying to print a 3od local newspaper at a dollar a year, forking for a "dollar" and printing the largest circulation" is often a very 1 nprofltable experiment, and they are )cks upon which many a venture has one to destruction. From our own lew point, there is nothing more unrofltable than printing a good newspaer at a dollar a year, except the effort f trying to kill out a competitor, fhen an editor commits both these listakes it is only a question of time 'hen his eyes will be opened and he ill know better.?Abbeville Press and lanner. All that The Press and Banner says bout trying to print a successful local aper for a dollar, is true. We assume, owever, that it refers to Mr. Bryan's ttempt only as a text. With all the rnited States to draw upon and with uch a circulation as he is bound to seure, Mr. Bryan can print such a paper nd make a fortune out of it. English cotton manufacturers are ery much worried over the prevailing :?ono linn hlA to ifcU price VL wuu.1, cw.v. ecome reconciled to the situation, 'he Textile Mercury, of Manchester, in ;s issue of December 30, says: "One effect of the present conditions an hardly fail to be a great increase i planting next spring, in spite of any ttempts to prevent it. Should a deermined and combined effort on the art of the American cotton states re-i trict production so as to maintain ( irices at tne present level, this will imply invite competitors in otneriands o enter the held of cultivation." What the farmers of this country /ant above all things else, is high riced cotton. They have it now, and t is evident that The Textile Mercury jjderstands how ther &ot it. The h?pe f The Mercury th.it these high prices ill stimulate heavier planting this pring, is unfortunately, only too well rounded. It is difficult for most people ) know a good thing when they have :, and it is natural for cotton farmers i ) argue that if a few bales of ten snts cotton are good, many bales are etter. The danger of competition, on ; le other hand, is slight. For competiirs in other lands to seriously disturb le cotton farmer of the South, en- , -enched as he is in his position by nowledge and experience, is almost ut of the question. The South need ?ar only itself?not outsiders. ANNOUNCEMENT. The firm of L. M. Grist & Sons, pubsl??rs of the Yorkville Enquirer, ?retofore consisting of L. M. Grist. W. '. Grist, and O. E. Grist, now includes . M. Grist, the change dating from jsterday. The improvements that have been lade on The Enquirer, during the ist four months, show for themselves, ad it is not necessary to mention them irther than to say that the mechanical icilities of the paper are unequaled by 1 lose of any other weekly or semi- ; eekly paper in the state. The faclli- < es are equalled or excelled only by he News and Courier and Post, of j harleston; The State, of Columbia; 1 id The News, of Greenville. < We are not unmindful of the fact j lat the high position The Enquirer i icupies is the reward that the i itelligent. appreciative people, of Ynrlr? ille and York county have seen fit to ;stow for earnest, persistent efforts to irve them faithfully and conscientijsly in a capacity that is often most ifficult and trying. We are grateful, 10, that those whom we seek to serve ave not seen fit to impose upon us ex eme penalties for such serious mistkes as we have been unable to avoid. The policy and purpose of the firm of i. M. Grist & Sons, as now constituted, ill be the same as heretofore, the pubcation of the best paper in South Carlina for the best constituency in the ' 1UVI1. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Some thinkers on the subject hold to lie view that the world is growing rorse, and others believe that it is teadily and surely becoming better, 'he subject is too vast for our mind, nd we shall not attempt to discuss it, or the reason that we feel assured that ,re would not be led to a satisfactory onclusion. But better or worse, this is still a good ,rorld to live in. When we look back ver the past, all of us who have been ere as long as 35 or 40 years, are able o review individual and public trials, ribulations and triumphs. We can see loating behind us a panorama of lost pportunities, mistakes and occasions or which we. proved too small to be of ienefit to ourselves and others. Some f us?those who may have honestly nd sincerely tried to do their duty? nay also be able to recall here and here some meritorious act of which hey have a right to be proud, and in he general summing up we will probacy find that whatever may be the ethral status of the world at large, we nd each of us, are largely what we lave wrought for ourselves. The century just closed is full of lesons that may be learned in whole or n part by all who have the disposition .nd dilligence to study them. These essons all teach the duty of the individual and community in the new era low crowding upon us. and in so far as ve avoto. the mistakes and wrongs that hey point out, we will find them helpful n our future efforts. Just as each now hour presents new iroblems and opportunities, so also loes each new day, year and century, md just as honest effort and endeavor s always timely and in order, it is es>ecially so in this beginning of the ast century that will be required to ound out the second millenium that v li i nave passeu since uiui giunuua lay when men began to live not only or themselves, but for their fellow nen and God. REMINISCENCES OF YORK. In accordance with previous anlouncement, we commence today the e-publication of Dr. Maurice Moore's Reminiscences of York," first published a The Enquikkk during the early part f 1S70. The writer of these papers was a iright and intelligent old gentleman of iscrimination and learning, ripened by 0 years of familiarity with the scenes nd events of which he writes. The reminiscences go back to the beinning of the century and deal with he habits, customs, superstitions and very day occupations of the people who lived in this section in the days when most of the county was still in original forest, when deer was as plentiful as partridges now, and when the weekly stage coach was the principal means of communication with the outside world. The papers deal principally with events occurring in York and Chester counties, and include much that is of more than local interest about the early history of the town of Yorkville. They can be read with pleasure and profit by both young and old, and if afterward thou snmo rJav will, no doubt, become valuable for reference. COTTON MOVEMENTS. Hester's Report Shows Northern Mill Takings Have Decreased 350,892 Bales. Secretary Hester's weekly New Orleans Cotton exchange statement, issued last Friday, shows for the 28 days of December an increase over last year of 308,0W. For the 119 days of the season ?hat have elapsed the aggregate is ahead of the 119 days of last year 60?000 bales. The amount brought into sight during the past week has been 339,650, ^gainst 255,398 for the seven days ending this date last year; and for the 28 days of December it has been 1,611,696, against 1,302,742 last year. These make the total movement of the 119 days of the season, from September 1 to date, 6,430,847, against 5,822,402 last year. The movement since September 1 shows receipts at all United States ports 4,469,664, against 3,905,353 last year; overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada, 665,104, against 807,105 last year; interior stocks in excess of those held at the end of the commercial year 724,523, against 326,489 last year; Southern mill takings 571,556, against 583,455 last year; foreign exports for the week have been 182,876, making the total thus far for the season 3,129,605, against 2,500,887 last year. Northern mill takings and Canada during the past seven days show a decrease of 17,050 as compared with the corresponding period of last year, and their total takings since September 1, have decreased 350,892. The total takings of American mills, north and south, and Canada, thus far for the season, have been 1,629,000, against 1,996,816 last year. Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leading Southern interior centres have increased during the week 45,295. Including stock lefi over at ports and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales "brought into sight thus far for the new crop, the supply to date is 6,553,381. MERE-MENTION. The clerks of the registry department of the Chicago postoffice threatened a strike on Monday because of overwork; but the trouble was averted by the discharge of the ringleaders It is estimated that 25,000 deaths have occurred in a single state of India from bubonic plague Pekin dispatches say that the Chinese government will accept the peace terms proposed by the powers; but it is quite probable that there will be a great deal of delay The Yaqui Indians are still at war with the Mexican government The Bell tplenhone ?neonla- Site?experimentingwith cable transmission between Key West and Havana. The experiment is considered to be fairly successful The Salvation Army, at Cleveland, O., fed 1,500 poor on Christmas day The Boers, on the 21st, captured two wagons containing Christmas luxuries for Lord Methuen A Cape Town dispatch says that a squadron of yeomanry that has been following the Boers from British town, has been lost The mayor of Bismarck, South Dakota, has been arrested for keeping a gambling house A mail pouch, containing $100,000 in negotiable paper and an unknown amount of money, was stolen from the Wyandotte, Michigan Central passenger station last Friday. A Negro named George Fuller, was lynched near Marlon, Perry county. Arkansas, last Satnrday night The Wannamaker fight against Quay in the Pennsylvania'legislature is still in progress, ana it 11 not at an certain that Quay will be efected, although the chances are in his fivor The London and Globe Finmce corporation, of London, failed last Saturday, carrying with it a number a other big financial institutions, and caising a serious business crisis...Empcor William has under consideration i purpose to visit the United States sooi. He will probably take in the PanAmerican exposition at Buffalo A London dispatch denies a recently :ublished story that the British govrnment intends to make use of R^roris in the war against the Boers The question of the purchase of he Danish West In- ! dies by the Unite States, is still under discussion. The.irice proposed is $3,000,000 Sevee snow storms and lowering temperture are reported from : St. Joseph, Mo.,ind Denver, Colorado. Bishop Gabway announces' that . the Twentieth Century educational fund raised by he Methodist Episco- 1 pal church, Soth, ' during the past 1 year, amounts t<$l,400,000 The Phil- < ipine commissio will recommend that congress make rovision for 600 Amer- 1 ican teachers a salaries ranging from i $75 to $100 a moth. Senator McKurin's Politics.?The < Greenville Ne'S thinks Senator Mc- j Laurin is moi popular now than he was a year ao.?Aiken Journal and ( Review. i To be exacf The News should say that Senator fcLaurin's political doc- < trines are moi popular than the~y were t a year ago. lis an inference that he * is more popvtr individually and offl- t cially. t It is his stad in behalf of the treaty with Spain ai his doctrines of expan- * sion that brcght him into disfavor with the doinant element in South Carolina. Sim then it has oeen shown ^ 1 - mnane nf ta nvoeirlpn tir> 1 ret mrm i p-n J J "* vw ft vw.%.v.?vau> vvv...^w.0.M and in other vys, that these doctrines j are held by large majority of the rank and file f the citizenship of the 1 country, incMing a very large contingent of Imocrats in South Carolina. C It remainsto be seen whether Mr. McLaurin iao be slaughtered simply because he as the manhood and independence ? think for himself. That is the progmme we know, but it may not be carrii out.?Greenville News. _ c Industrial Kurd of 1900. The secrary of state, in his annual ? report, shov that for the year 1900, the following aounts have been subscrib- E ed to manucturing enterprises in this (' state, outsij of cotton mills: Wool products an building materials, $442,000; iron fonlries, $15,000; loom har- v> ness, $20,000: farm tools, $50,000; ice, E $50,000; mucifce, $10,000; water power ii development, 1,200,000; gold and kaolin b mines, $1,067,0; telephone exchanges, d $766,500; builog and loan, $1,355,000; t< cotton seed ohnd bone fertilizer, $4u,- r< 000. Total dhrsified industries $5,4ui,- ci 000, against {938,320 last year. Total si cotton mills ;795,000, against $5,794,000 b last year. p > ?.QCAL AFFAIRS, it . t index to new advertisements. n d H. C. Strausbs & Co.?T*lk of the busl- ? ntss done last yea' by Henry c. v Strauss, and say that the new firm r will keep up to the aotch. They mentlon hosiery, hat*, winter clothing, t blankets, quilts ladies' shoes. _ T. W. Speck, The Jeweler?Talks to you r about watch, clock and jewelry re- g pairing and jays he will give all work s entrusted ? <> him his careful and ^ prompt afebtiom b Lowrance, Williams & Co.?Tell you of Gail Borden's condensed milk, Cox's s gelatine, .olives, snowflake crackers, E and Baker's cocoa, which they say is I reco/aized as the best cocoa. Riddle & Carroll?Talk out in meetin' of t their reputation for keeping the best ? Vn??l/villD on/1 C0ILCC LU UC 1UUUU 111 *Vixv?*.iv, uitu r make some strong claims for the >] Princess brand of roasted coffee, g They also claim to have the best g roasted coffee in town. They want you to try their Mocha and Java blended coffee. Whisonant, Castles & Co., Hickory Grove?Tell you that they have had a prosperous year, and eitend the compliments of the season, They talk of January bargains, and of some tardy people who owe them. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Etfiend thanks to old and new customers, and say they feel especially proud of the confidence placed in them by their customers. They make promises for the year 1901. W. M. Kennedy, Agent?Extends his New Year greetings to his customers and friends for the liberal patronage given him. He says he has the substantial of life and wants you to come and see him. Sam M. Grist?Says it is his purpose to merit a part of the insurance business of this community during this year, and asks for a part of your business. He can also furnish you with any kind of a bond. Glenn & Allison?Say they have had a house-cleaning of mules and horses and that Mr. Glenn has gone West for another supplf, and that the new lot of stock will be in on Friday. They want you t# remember their iron-bound guarantee. Loan and Savings Bank?Tell of their increased banking facilities, and express their thanks for past patronage and extend the compliments of the season. They solidt your business. A. Y. Cartwright, Surgeon DentistSays his office is upstairs in the Cartwright building, opposite the express office, where he will be glad to serve you from 9 a. m. lo 1 p. m., and from 2 to 5 p. m. BORROWING PAPERS. The following is clipped from The Enquirer of 1870, h which it had been j republished from the Charleston Courier. it had a shar| point then that has not since been apjreciably dulled, and is deserving of pitollcation again: ' . Ever since the piblication of the first newspaper the woild has been bothered with neighborly people, who borrow tne newspapers, anu cvci amuc mat tunc the victims of these neighbors have < bee devising means of ridding themselves of the nui^nce. The method resorted by a subscriber of The Courier,v J we think, is a good one, and can [ scarcely fail to have a salutary effect. 1 For many monthi our friend was both- ( ered by a borrowing neighbor, and for many months lie bore his affliction with Christian fortitude. At length he became desperate, and finally hit upon * the following eipedient: He came to 1 The Courier ofllce and ordered The Daily Courier lent to his neighbor. This was done, and at the expiration of i a month the neighbor aforesaid called < at this office, and stated that the paper was being gent to his house, when J he was not a subscriber. He was told that Mr. ? (t\ic neighbor where he had been in the habit of borrowing I the paper) had ordered it sent to him, 1 and that the subscription price would be paid by him (Mr. ). The eyes of the bore were opened, and that man 1 has since been a steady subscriber of The Courier. Ee never again borrowed a paper. s /THEY CAUGHT EIGHT. A good old fashioned "fair-andsquare-run-it-down" rabbit hunt, by a party of Yorkville young gentlemen and ladies was a feature of the holi- ( day amusements, that is probably entirioH tn ocnpninl mpntinn for such snort i is not as common In this section as it j might be. ] The hunt took place on last PrWajk < There were ten in the party as follows?" ^ Dr. J. D. McDowell, Messrs. Will yvl\- , lis, Meek Williams, H. C. Glenn, M. L. 1 Carroll, J. R. Hart, and Misses Hulda ' McNeel, Diisy Hart, Claude Moore, j Blanche Lindsay and Amanda Claw- ] son. All were mounted on good horses. '< The preliminary arrangements ineluded the sending ahead, early in the ( morning, of a pack of 23 hounds in I charge of the most skilled and expert 1 local colored hunters, and later, about * 9 o'clock, the hunting party proceeded t to the grounds previously selected in i the vicinity of Philadelphia church, c four miles south of Yorkville. The party arrived at the grounds and t the colored beaters were not long in 8 starting the rabbits to moving, and 1 the fun soon began to grow fast and furious. All of the ladies proved to be expert horsewomen, and they followed the hounds in a way that showed they e were not afraid. Some of the races r lasted half a mile or more, ending occasionally in a get-away;" but more ^ L'reauently in a fair catch out 1n the >pen, or running the quarry to earth ^ n a hollow stump or a rock pile. Eight rabbits were bagged up to 3 { j'clock and then the party began to :hink of the return home; but not until ifter it had repaired to the spring near ^ ;he church and enjoyed a sumptuous | linner, made up of the following menu: fi ?ried Chicken. Cold Turkey. 11 Salmon Salad. ? Pickles. Cranberry Sauce. * Locust Beer. Jl Curkey Sandwiches. 11 Ham Sandwiches. Walnut Sandwiches. ^ 'eanut Sandwiches. Hogshead Cheese. Stuffed Eggs. c: Beaten Biscuit. Stickies. ? Black Fruit Cake. White Fruit Cake. Jj Chocolate Cake. Caramel Cake. 11 Cocoanut Cake. White Cake. Jheese Straws. Cheese. Crackers. p Cheese Dates. Nut Dates. Coffee. p Oranges. Bananas. WITHIN THE TOWN. \\ ? The bells tolled out the depard-g entury last Monday night. p; ? The officers of the bank and postffice observed yesterday as a holiday. ? "The Strange Adventures of Miss Irown," at the opera house tonight, fr Tuesday.) w Dr. A. Y. Cartwright, surgeon dentist, tc emoyed his office yesterday from the ^ [uykendal building to the brick build- d< lg recently purchased by him and now ti< eing fitted up as an office, and resi- th ence. The doctor has not been able ni 5 have his work of remodeling and ot snovating pushed as rapidly as he cal- tv ulated on account of the prevalent ne larcity of skilled workmen, and it will e ten days or two weeks before his es lace will be fixed as he intends to have ti< t. In the meantime, he is Just d 'nS he best he can. ? An interesting watch meeting vas leld in the Methodist church last Ion" lay night, There was a large coif1"6;ation in attendance. Services fere onducted by Rev. A. N. Brunson, vho ras assisted by Rev. W. G. NeWe* loth miniiters made interesting o the congregation. The watch ?on" inued from 10 p. m., to 12 o'clock, dth n intermission of 10 minutes for sjcial ntercourse, and was closed on the troke of the midhight hour by the inging of the long meter doxo SY'he participants all felt very rich enefltted by the service. ? The local firemen enjoyed an o; iter upper last Monday night, as the ruests of the town council, that pdy laving tendered the compliment p a oken of the town's appreciation o the aithful service of the members o the olunteer department in protectim the roperty of the corporation agalnsPre- E L*he white firemen were entertain ! at c 1. L. Hobbs & Co.'8 Parlor restauant, t ind the colored firemen at the Prt idly \ Ud Hall. The occasion was qute a } ileasant one all round. The flrfncn 1 *111 hold their annual meeting id.the :ourt house next Friday night forithe mrpose of electing a chief and qher j ifflcers to serve during the ensdng 'ear. , .1 ? The audience that assembled iijthe f >pera house last Friday night wasone ( >f the largest and most intelligent jhat j forkville has turned out to a pla} in , lulte awhile. The remarkable nov4 of ( vhich the play is a dramatization, fiad ( )een generally read, and the desiri to t lee the stage production was accrd- , ngly all the greater. The ccm^ny j vas a good one and so was th* pay; ^ )Ut neither came up to uie eip?ui- r Ions of the audience as a whole Sbme { >f those present enjoyed it imrrsnaely, dthough not perfectly. These were , )eople who had not only read Qto Vfa.d- ( s; but who had acquired a comjreHen- \ live insight into Roman mannes *nd , :ustoms as they obtained duriig the ime of Nero. The parts of Petonlus, , Jlaucus and Chllo Chilonides were , landled with artistic ability tlit was { :apable of being appreciated |y any ] ludience, and they were^all thobughly ( m joyed. The part of Peter, so far as , icting goes, was very well hand'sd; but i lot nandled quite well enough to dis- , dpate a sacreligious flavor thai seems :o be inseparable from all attenpts to ( leal with such subjects in piays and lovels. The whole play sufferal, too, from a lack of the necessary stage settings and scenery. Hie ccmpany claimed to be amply provided with these and of the very beat to he had; t>ut could not use then an account of , the smallness of the siage. Proper scenery is very essential1 to the satisfactory production of such a classic play, and that the play was as good as It was under the circumstances, speaks well of the ability of the players to makgthe most of difficulties. / ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Julia Titman, of Lowrysrille, is visiting Miss Lizzie Lowry. Congressman Pinley came down from Washington during the holidays. Mr. J. M. Darwin, cf King's Creek, was in Yorkville on business last Monday. ^Mr. Samuel L. MilUr. of Columbia, wa? in Yorkville several days last week. '"Miss Lutitia Jones, of Lowrysville, is visiting the family of Mr. W. H. McDonnell. Messrs. Sam and John Blair, of Blairsville, are visiting relatives in STorkville. yMrs. Sophie Goode and daughter, Sophie, of GafTney, are theguests of Miss Anna McPheeters. Miss Sallle Wray, of Shelby, is visiting the family of Mr. Jimes Q. Wray, jn East Liberty street. --Mrs. Walter W. Miller, and Miss Barron, of Rock Hill, visitel the family of Mr. L. R. Wj^^ms^h^tjWee^^^^^ lyings, is in Yorkville for afew days, the gruest of Prof. R. A Dcoson. Mr. Frank Dusenburj a student of .1 ihe S. C. college, was i giest of his uncle, Dr. Saye, at Sharin, ast week, pi Mr. D. W. Hicks returnee from Hen-re rietta, N. C., on Sunay last. MrsJal Hicks and children will ietarn 'home on Friday. . ' fly Mr. Gus Deal, of BLcksburg, hasui been spending a part ojthe Christmaim holidays in Yorkville, tp guest of Mrjth R. L. Parish. I hi Mr. Thomas McCollui of Pleasanlfo Valley, Texas, is visitirj relatives anj re friends in Yorkville andficinity, and I the guest of Mr. L. R.iVilliams. ! sh Mr. Mackorell and faijly havemovi m into the Dr. Walker Ijuse. on Mm re 3treet. Mr. J. M. Fergiion has movfl m into the Gilbert house.jnd Mr. H. t. se Beard has moved intohls own rel- rl< fence on South Main sieet. / Dr. Butler Dobson is down frm In L^n^hburg, Va., on hiahmual holi4y he /islt to relatives and fr.?n|s. He caie ra :his time more especially <n accounjof the illness of his aged radher, win is tn ecovering from an attacj of grirfat th :he residence of his brottnr. Mr. JaV. dt Dobson. Dr. Dobson wif femain 4ly th i few days. f I Mr. T. M. Whisonant, D.tthe firiof up tVhisonant, Castles & Cj., Hlcbry po 3rove, was in Yorkville Monday on gi juslness, and in a remarkaily goodiu- th nor over the prosperoui ^ar thai his to jopular firm has been eioying.jMr. ad iVhlsonant says that'lhes merc^tile ch justness nu.? ueexi unuaua.^ guuitiui- j ng the past year, and hethinkethat wi ilmost everybody has beerinore tf less to irosperous. He says tbstilthou^ his th irm is very well satisfied vith wrat it ias done, it will set out tfe yeafto do l great deal more. The gneralprosrects, he thinks, are good. I Th RURAL FREE DBLVERf. ] The question of ruratfre delfery is tio ixciting a great deal of iterest hroughout this section, aid majy peo- Fa ?le are inquiring as to hotf theiervice 00 g to be procured. The Enquer ad- R" Iressed a letter to the irst afsistant S lostmaster general on tie sutject re- Ro ently, and in reply reeived along Joi dth a pamphlet deicrlbhg thj opera- W. ion of the free rural deliver} in the no ection where it has been established in he following circular letter ofjinstru> ?oi ions: j j iow to obtain rural jbee ielivehy. for Present a petition, adfressi to the tal rst assistant postmaster genial, sigi- f0r d by those who desfre the servise. 'his petition shoi/ld be agnei only by ir eads of families, and siouli mentbn up he number In each famdy. it should inf et forth the nsture of thf counrj me rhere the delivery is deiired whetier ensely or sparsely popuhted/the prini its ipal avocations of the pepple, tin but haracter of the roads, and the dis- jl0) inces which, inder erdstiig condiions, each patrm has t? trivel to reeive his mail, and shotld be aceom- ted anied, wherevtf possible, ly a rough Ah iap indicating be route or route* >pro- } osed. } I This petition, when properly signed, the hould be sent ? your representative in fL ongress, or t< one of four seiators, J ith a request that he eadorse thereon 7^ 'Ann?viK. tinn nf fla.'oAm-rite lo a vvUiimiclivfc?,,w VI tju ovnivc ttonJ, and for wad the petition to the de- ivjr. artment. vll' CONDlTICSS OF TJtE SERVICE. rial It must be lorne in ?ud that the in- ctlr >ntion of coigress in authoring the <ejj ee delivery if mails in rural districts I as not to ^ant a subirban delivery (nc ) cities inchded in the free delivery :uii ;rvice. nor to establish i village free iiSh jlivery. Tie purpose of the rural free 3: jlivery sysem is to give postal facilies to thosi who haye none; to carry Le nu^la djly to remote rural commu- the ties, the 'esidents of which wouldw herwiae lave to travel from two tc* M reive mile* to receive their letters an<J T1 iwspapers . , jcou] The roacU must he good. This is ary sentiaj p-e-requislte to any investiga^ire on. No Pute can be established thai beer ? [ [ f l l J s iess than from 20 to 25 miles in ? eagth, or which service serves less hin 100 families. The route must be so arranged that he carrier will not be required to travel i >ver the same ground twice on the fl i&rne day. ^ J Those desiring delivery must be ^ )repaned to putB\\at their own ex- * jense, at some i*venient location Thich can be reached by the carrier ^ irlthont dismounting from his buggy, _ 4 impropriate and secure boxes for the j tceptlon of U. S. mails. i Rural carriers are not required to de- .1 K'er mail to houses standing back J !rom the main road. The service is one i if mutual accommodation, and the pa- J rons are expected to meet the depart- 1 nent half way in affording facilities 4 or its establishment. \ form of petition. ) As an indication of the form of apilication which meets the requirements if the department, the following petiion, upon which rural free delivery vas established, from South Whitley, Vhitley county, Indiana, on October 2, 899, is cited: i South Whitley, Whitley Co., Ind., May 13, 1899. iMrst Assistant Postmaster General, Washington, D. C.: Tne undersigned petitioners would how that they are residents of Whitley punty, Indiana, south of the town of iouth Whitley, in said county, in a htckly settled farming community; hat farming is the leading avocation f residents of said community; that he roads are graveled and in good conlition over the proposed route, and hey ask for the establishment of rural ree delivery of mails for said commulitj over the route described as folnufl' Starting at the postofflce of South iyiitley; thence southwest to Webb's corners, a distance of 2 miles; h?nce west 1J miles to Klnzie's corieas; thence south 1 mile; thence east miles; thence south 1 mile; thence .vest 2J miles; thence south 1 mile; hence east 1J miles; thence south 2 of i mile, and return to Reelhorn school louse; thence east 22 miles to Lee's ;orners; thence northwest along the Goshen gravel road I miles to South tThitley, the point ot st^rtirg, making u toial distance of tweuti-two (22) -dies. A map of said route is attachj hereto. Signatures: . (Endorsed.) Fort Wayne,- Indiana. t> the Superintendent Free Delivery, Washington, D. C.: jl herein enclose, with my recommenition, a petition for rural free delivery | the vicinity of South Whitley, Phitley county, Indiana. I am thorughiy familiar with the facts stated, fie location, density of population, and be occupation of the inhabitants interred, and can state that the prayer of ie petitioners can with propriety be anted and the route established. J. M. Robinson, M. C. * Indianapolis, Indiana, irst Assistant Postmaster General, Washington, D. C.: I am pleased to recommend favorae consideration of the petition for the tablishment of a rural free delivery ute at South Whitley, Whitley coun, Indiana. I am advised that the ute is a feasible one, and am glad to icommend its establishment. Charles W. Fairbanks, United States Senator. method op procedure. Upon receipt of a petition, forwarded id endorsed after the above model, a lecial agent is detailed by the deirtment to visit the location indicated, > map out a route or routes, and to sect rural carriers, to be apointed by le department. In all such cases the lvlce of the representative in contire poftmaster from hose office it is proposed that the ruil free delivery should start, is sought ad obtained. Rural carriers give a bond in the sum 9500, with two sureties. Each bond squires a 50-cent revenue stamp to be fixed thereto. < Carriers are paid by warrants, directissued by the treasury department son certificates forwarded by the postaster. Their rate of pay is fixed by le department, and includes horse re, but not necessary tolls or ferriage, r which a senarate account must be ndered. One or more substitute carriers iould be provided in each case, who k ust give bond In the same sum as the gular carrier and who alone are peritted to carry the mails in the ab- H nee or disability of the regular car- 'I sr. v J Accounts of service must be rendered I the name of the regular carrier, and Jt f must pay his substitute a proper pro I ta for the service rendered. I All rural carriers are under the con- i ol of the postmaster from whose office 4 e service is established, and It is his x ity to report any derelictions upon ^ eir part. Rural carriers will take with them on their rounds, a supply of stamps, stal cards, etc.; will be authorized to ve receipts for money orders, and, If e patrons of the delivery so desire it, inclose the orders, when granted, in I dressed envelopes confided to their arge. instructions are in preparation, and 11 shortly be Issued, authorizing them register letters, giving receipts for a same. , fc LOCAL LACONICS, e County Alliance. . President Elder requests the publica>n of an announcement to the effect e at a meeting of the York County j rmers* Alliance will be held in the J urt house at Yorkville next Fridafy. a*'-1 ck Hill Municipal Candidates. J So far three candidates for mayor of S >ck Hill are announced. They are / hn G. Anderson, J. J. Waters and^ J. Cherry. C. H. Bronson Is an-/ unced as a candidate for aldermaip Ward 1. 7 tton Mill at Hickory Grove. i gentleman from Hickory Grove Anms the reporter that British capiists have offered to put up JlOaOoo the building of a cotton mill tliere tne Hickory Grove people would put $50,000. According to the reporter's ormant, the offer yields the manage- j nt of the mill to the local people!. On a face the offer is quite interesting; J t our informant did not know just v much importance to attach to it. e matter will probably be investigafully. M "? iwilv?rv. eople living in Catawba and Besda townships, are working for a 2 delivery mail route to supply the ntry between Rock Hill and Guth- TB iville, by way of Mr. John Starr's, jfl S. E. McFadden's and Brattonse. This territory is not possessed of il facilities equal to those existing in er portions of the county, and a free very route will be of great convenie to them. In the event they shall to get a free delivery route estabed, they will probably try for an ortry star route with the free delivery mgement that prevails elsewhere in CollvGliOIIM. tie tim-. fixed by law in which taxes Id be collected without penalty, exd on Monday. The tax office has fl|| i quite crowded during the past few