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Scraps and Jartis. ? Convict miners, at Leavenworth, Kansas, gave the guards a hard tussle during the past few days. There were 284 convict miners and 15 guards. The miners overpowered the guards, took their guns, and then sent word to the top that they proposed to hold out until they were assured of better food in the future. Thus the situation lasted for three days, during which time the convicts killed the mine mules for food. Finally Warden Tomlinson, with eight guards, descended into the shaft and ' demanded that the miners surrender, threatening as an alternative, a volley. The miners replied, "iou aare nui shoot." The guards fired over the heads of the convicts and there was a scattering back to positions of safety. The convicts surrendered. It developed that two of them had been wounded, but neither was hurt seriously. Warden Tomlinson announced that he intended to punish the mutinous miners with hunger. ? The will of General Harrison was filed for probate at Indianapolis Tuesday. He bequests to the Union Trust company, as trustee, $125,000 to be invested, the interest to be paid to his wife during the term of her life. To his wife he also leaves $15,000; to his daughter Elizabeth $10,000, to be paid to his wife as trustee. He leaves $10,000 to be Invested for his grandson, Benjamin Harrison McKee. To each of his grandchidren, Mary Lodge McKee, Marthena Harrison and William Henry Harrison, he leaves the sum of $2,500. Item 16 of the will reads as follows; "If another child should be born to me of my present marriage, I give and bequeath to such child the sum of $10,000. If a boy shall be born to me, he shall bear my name, and my sword and sash shall be given to him 1 * J ???? Pnccoll " PllQSpll lnsieau ui iuj ovu ..... Harrison's debts to his father are remitted. The residuary estate is equally divided among the children of Russell Harrison and General Harrison's two daughters. ? Of all the great nations, the United States have the least interest in the International Congress on Alcoholism called by the Austrian government to meet at Vienna April 9-14. While every one of the European peoples is increasingly alarmed at the growth of drunkenness, of disease from drunkenness, of crimes from drunkenness, the people of this country are growing more and more temperate. Our consumption of spirits is one and a quarter gallons per year per head of population and is about stationary, if not on the decline. Our consumption of wine is but a small fraction more than it was 20 years ago, with a tendency to decline. Our consumption of ale and beer shows only a trifling increase in the last seven years, though it has doubled since 1880. It is now only 16 gallons a year per head of population ?less than a pint a day for all persons above the age of 18 years, uur consumption of all kinds of alcoholic drinks is, relatively to the population, little larger than it was 20 years ago and no larger than it was ten years ago. Although the use of alcohol has spread, the abuse of it has decreased. The overwhelming mass of Americans are more temperate than any other people in civilization, except perhaps the Swiss. ? Minneapolis. Minn., Times: W. W. Dillard, a member of the Texas house of representatives, has packed his grip and gone home in disgust. He says he cannot retain his self-respect and remain a member of that body. His resignation has been sent to the governor and Dillard has gone home to tell his constituents all about it. He will tell them that the railroad lobby controls the legislature. He will inform them that no legislation of any character can be passed, or even considered, without the consent of that body. He will tell his horrified constituent? that when he went to the theatre in Austin and paid his way he found the boxes full of his fellow legislators who wara. tho cnoctc nf tho railroad attnr neys. The immediate cause of Mr. Dillard's resignation was the passage of a bill permitting railways outside the state to lease Texas railways not over 115 miles in length. Mr. Dillard's wrath is excusable, but he should not retreat under fire. He should remain manfully at his post and faithfully keep tab on what the railroad lobbyists and the corrupt legislators are doing. The state needs one such man in the legislature, even though he can do no more than utter a fruitless protest now and then. Mr. Dillard should withdraw his resignation and stick to the ship. If he works it right he may be promoted to congress, where the railroad lobbyist is unknown and the corporation lawyer troubleth not. ? The state department has received from United States Consul Fowler at Chee Foo and Ragsdale at TienTsin, reports intended to show the effect of the Boxer troubles in North China upon United States trade, with particular regard to what Americans lost in America, through the outbreak, rather than in the Chinese empire. A resume of trade returns in North China entire, comparing the ouarter ending June 30 last, with that ended September 30, shows an almost complete annihilation of the American import trade and in Consul Fowler's language "give a good idea of what a mob in China can do in interfering with trade." The loss was most felt in cotton piece goods and the cessation of this class of imports, says the consul, must have been keenly felt in the Southern states. Probably no country in the world, Consul Fowler states, surrereci as mucn as am tne unuea States, for the strife covered practically entirely the American field of trade. In compiling the statistics the amounts indicated by gallons, or pieces are set out in Chinese money, so that an estimate of the total actual value of the losses sustained is not easily available, but the comparative tables indicating the greatest increase in our trade with China ever known, at the beginning of IStaO, and setting forth the most serious losses to it at the end of the year, are sufficiently impressive to serve the purpose. At Che Foo. which, compared with the immediate northern ports, and peaceful, there were more riots and tumults than ever before, and the various American mission losses prob ably will total $150,000 in gold. After June 15 the imports at Che Foo ceased, all commercial transactions being nil. The effect of the Boxer movement is shown to have been felt much earlier and more seriously at Tien-Tsin than at Chee Foo. Ships loaded with Oregon lumber reached Taku and were unable to land their cargoes, thus entailing an enormous loss upon the American lumber trade. At Ism Chwang, which saw less fighting than Tien-Tsin, the trade was almost completely wiped out. The only foreign power that interfered there, it is stated, was Russia, that government seizing the port as early as August 4. On August 12 it had control of the custom house. The total collection of duties for all China during the quarter ended September 30 last, showed a loss of 2,459,591 hiakwan taels, as compared with the same period of 1899. The figures submitted. Consul Fowler points out, do not fully show American losses, for immense quantities of merchandise ? 1nnrfo anH W6rc I1C1U Up in vanv/uo jk/vi bw, which must be worked off before importations can begin. The losses to the cotton trade alone are estimated at over $3,000,000. She ^loiiu'illf ^riiquirrr. VORKVILLE, S. C.: SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1901. Unless Great Britain backs down it looks as if she will have to fight Russia. The policy of Russia seems to be to push and push until she gets everything in sight. The present situation is too strained to last much longer. The census of Porto Rico has just been issued by the war department, in a handsome volume of 441 pages. The volume contains complete statistical information about various subjects of more pressing interest, a number of engravings and much descriptive flatter. To those who may be interested in Porto Rico now or hereafter, it will be a valuable volume. Count von Waldersee has refused to interfere in the quarrel between Great Britain and Russia. As commanderin-chief of the allied armies, he would have probably made an effort to smooth over the difficulty; but upon learning that each side was operating under direct instructions from its own government, he decided that the matter did not properly come under his jurisdiction. Of course, The Enquirer believes in advertising; but if it had not, it certainly would now. As the result of a recent notice in Newspaperdom, holding this paper out as a model, requests for exchanges are being received from all parts of the country, especially throughout the North and Middle West. And some of the editors, it is pleasing to note, have the business instinct that induces them to enclose stamps to pay for extra copies. The dispatch from United States Consul Fowler, giving an idea of American losses in China on account of Boxer troubles, gives an eloquent illustration of Southern interests in foreign affairs. The Transvaal war had a depressing effect on cotton values because of the diversion of British attention from the trade; but this effect was nothing like that produced by the Chinese troubles. It is true that we have to look for the principal cause of the decline of about three cents in the price of cotton. And still there are those who want to hold that we have no foreign interests that are worth governmental supervision. The production of tobacco in the United States is now about 725,000,000 pounds, of which about half is consumed in this country. The crop has nearly doubled since 1870. It was first taxed for war revenue purposes in 1863. Since 1870 the revenue from the tax has not fallen below $25,000,000 annually. In 1900 it was $59,000,000. Since it was first imposed, in 1863, it has paid revenues amounting to about $1,200,000,000. The tobacco and cotton farmers do not get so much consideration from the government as the protected manufacturers, but they make a great deal more money for it.?News and Courier. Is it not a fact that The News and Courier, a few years ago, violently opposed a proposition to give the cotton farmers of the South some consideration from the government in the shape of a bounty on cotton? Such is our recollection. Then The News and Courier is evidently content with the unselfish support that the tobacco and cotton raisers give the government. At least we do not feel at liberty to construe its comment as a complaint. Although this section is still voune in the cotton manufacturing industry, it seems that experience has already been sufficient to make it realize fully the inevitable fluctuations to which the business is subject. The past ten years have witnessed periods of inflation and depression. The inflation of a year ago seemed to be out of all reason; but it was hardly more marked or abnormal than the present depression. It is a tendency of human nature to rush to extremes. As times improve, individuals, in their imagination and action, are inclined to rush on ahead and go too far. It is the same as times appear bluer. The disposition is to exaggerate the situation until it appears bluer than it really is. People need to be more conservative. Although cotton mill stocks will not sell for as much today as they would three months ago, they are hardly less valuable?especially where there has been proper management. It would be well then, if people would hold themselves more stiffly to the rack, and guard against the development of panicky impulses. Cotton manufacturing is just as important as it ever was, and in the nature of things it cannot be a great while before it will again be just as profitable. If there were no other troubles in the way, national greed alone would be sufficient to make impossible a satfactory settlement of the Chinese troubles. There being no equitable rule upon which to base demands for indemnity, each nation seems to be trying to outdo the other in the amount of its claims. The United States has indicated that it will be satisfied with a modest $25,000,000, while Germany thinks she should have $80,000,000, and the other powers have named figures which in the aggregate go far above any other sum that has ever been required of any other nation. While the powers are not exactly quarreling among themselves about the indemnities demanded by each, the inequitableness of the whole thing is so clear that dissatisfaction is manifest. All China 1 "* -1 -_ XI.. -i nas 10 ao unaer me viiuuuiauuivca, a.uu she is doing it, is to leave her persecutors to defeat their own purposes by quarreling among themselves. There are a great many papers that seem to think Senator McLaurin will not enter the next campaign. He will certainly do so. This is his style, and it will be a small matter to him whether re-elected or not.?August Kohn. That is the most level-headed comment we have seen in connection with the present McLaurin discussion. It indicates that Mr. Kohn knows the senator, and is not afraid to tell the plain truth. Senator McLaurin is the only South Carolina representative in congress since the war who has dared to have convictions of his own and to express them. He feels absolutely certain that the policy he advocates is for the best interest of South Carolina. He knew before he took his position that most of the newspapers would be against him, because all of them had been pleading an opposite doctrine. He knew that he could not even depend upon a majority of the newspapers to fairly state his views and principles. Almost any kind of a coward will fight bravely for even a bad cause when he knows that he has plenty of backing. But only a brave man will stand up for a wise and righteous cause without support. McLaurin's position shows manhood of a kind that is seldom seen in these times. As to whether he can be re-elected we do not know. It is not impossible or improbable; but of one thing we feel assured, that if he is not re-elected no man in South Carolina will have fewer personal regrets over the matter than Senator McLaurin himself. He will, as Mr. Kohn has said, have had the satisfaction of having disseminated his doctrines far and wide, and he will rest content in the assurance that his state will ultimately see that he is right. There are not many men of whom this can be truthfully said; but like Henry Clay, John L. McLaurin would rather be right than be president. THE LION AND THE BEAR. The friction between Russia and England, with a possibility of hostilities in the near future, unless an'arrangement is agreed to, has created a great deal of apprehension throughout the world during the past ten days or two weeks. The present trouble is not understood to be the result of a new quarrel; but rather of a manifestation of the same old jealousy, rivalry and suspicion that has existed between the two countries all the while. 'The friction now up grows out of a dispute as to the right to a side track at Tien Tsin. The merits of the ques- i tion are not clear. Russia claims the side track and so does Great Britain. Great Britain had possession and for a time resisted Russia's advances. Russia, however, persisted, and it is understood that at this time both nations are standing guard over the bone of contention, while the diplomats are trying to,settle tne quarrel. As to the extent to which the United States may be involved in this dispute or its developments, it is not safe to say. All along this country has been pursuing a policy of non-interference ' except for the protection of American interests. The recent order under which General Chaffee must leave for 1 the Philippines, is probably based to ' some extent upon a desire to avoid being mixed up in complications. From the general tone of the dis- I patches from London, it appears that 1 there is really not much danger of ! war. Great Britain seems to realize ! that she is in no position to cope with 1 Russia and she is disposed to back 1 down. Russia, of course, will continue her policy of aggression until she ' carries her point or knows the reason ; why. ! THEY CAUGHT HIM. i Contrary to an impression that pre- 1 vails among a great many uninformed people, there are but few newspapers that will knowingly publish as facts, stories that have no foundation in fact. It is often easy to impose upon news- ( papers, especially upon the big dailies. ' The dailies pay for their news by the ) Inch, or by the column, as the case ( may be, and they often buy it from ^ correspondents about the character or reliability of whom they know nothing. This fact enables unscrupulous , men to sell downright lies as news. ( Frequently it is only necessary for . them to invent an unusual story that will sound more or less plausible and telegraph it to such papers as they think are likely to buy. But sometimes these fake correspondents are caught up with. The following dispatch of Tuesday from Mobile, Aln., . recites a case in point: The story of the burning of fio Negroes at a turpentine camp in Baldwin county, sent out from Mobile on March 10, being wholly an invention ami 01 possible damage to this part of the , country, the Mobile Chamber of Commerce requested a newspaper in the 1 North, which had published the item. ; to give the name of the inventor of the . sensation. The paper gave the name of a Mobile newspaper man, adding that he was not a regular correspond- i cut, and that he had been ordered nev- t er to send another line to that paper. The information obtained by the Chamber of Commerce was laid today before the Mobile newspaper employ- s ing the man in question, together with the Chamber's condemnation of reports of such character, and the writer of the turpentine camp tire story there- 0 ? f upon resigned from the paper with which he was connected. It is to be hoped that the example that has been set by the Mobile Chamber of Commerce will be emulated by others. The method pursued was exactly correct. No newspaper likes to be imposed upon, and it no doubt gave the management of the paper that was imposed upon in this case, great pleasure to exnose the man who had imposed upon it. When misrepresentations like this occur, the thing is not to abuse the newspaper; but furnish it with the truth and the matter will be straightened out. THE BRITISH AND THE BOERS. The Exact Meaning of the Rejection of Peace Terms Is Not Clear. t The conference of the Boer com- ' manders and the members of the Boer i government which has been held at 1 Pletersburg, the present seat of the ( Transvaal Republican government, has finally rejected the terms of peace of- 1 fered by the British government. 1 Whether this rejection expresses confl- 1 dence on their part or merely despair < remains to be seen. Knowing the difficulty of campaign- < ing in the winter season, now close at i hand, and being probably well informed of the way in which the British troops are suffering from disease, the 1 Boers may believe that they need con- ' tinue the war only for a short time ( longer to obtain better terms than < those offered. The fact that the Brit- ( ish government should have receded 1 from its first position of uncondition- 1 al surrender so far as to negotiate ' terms, appears to. have encouraged ' them to hold out. General DeWet is said to be the prln- " clpal obstacle to peace, which means : that so long as the Free State; burgh- 1 ers keep up the struggle, the Trans- 1 vaalers, to whose assistance they came, cannot in honor withdraw. The 1 northeast part of the Orange River colony is still unconquered, and the news that a commando of 800 men un- 1 der Commandant Fourie, east of i Bloemfontein, had evaded the British 1 forces, shows that there are others be- i sides General DeWet in the field. 1 The southeastern part of the Orange 1 River country is being entirely devas- 1 tated by the British column which Is ' moving through it, in the same way as i another : column traversed the south- ' western part. The object is to inter- ' pose a wide desert zone north of the Orange River to protect the Cape Col- ' ony against any further irruption by DeWet or some . other enterprising commander. Farm burning by way of reprisal is reported to have begun in Cape Colony, ! where the invading commandoes are 1 still roaming, pursued by the British, ' and are said to be receiving recruits ! from the Dutch population. ! In addition to the trouble the Boers ? are giving, there is the ever present I danger of the bubonic plague finding Its way into the interior, in which case ' the British troops-as well as the native population would jspfTer, and the hor- 1 rors of the war w#uld be still further a?r?rravntPd The: British losses from ' disease and battle during February * were exceptionally heavy, being nearly 1 800 officers and men. 1 Now that the -fighting is to be re- * sumed, the prospect of peace will de- * pend on how soon the larger army can wear out the smaller by what the English papers describe as the process of ' attrition.?New York Sun, Wednesday. ' < t \ UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS. 1 ? < Official Programme For the Annual Re-Union to j be Held May 8. < .Charleston, S. C.,- March 11th, 1901 y General Order No. 52: I. The Seventh Annual Reunion of the South Carolina Division, U. C. V., will be held at Columbia, S. C., com- . mencing May 8th, 1901, at 8 p. m. A large attendance of Comrades is expected, and the good people of Colum- ( bia will do all in their power to make ? the occasion pleasant and profitable. ? II. Railroad rates on the most econ- ^ omical basis have been secured. j III. Miss Elizabeth C. Teague, of ? Aiken, S. C., has been appointed spon- ^ sor, and Miss Annia Norwood, of j Greenville, maid of honor, for the di- ? vision of the current year. f IV. All camps, regiments and bri- t gades of the division are earnestly re- s quested to appoint, each, one sponsor, \ and as many maids or honor us they j see fit. A most beautiful and uppre- t elated feature of our reunions has been | the mine-line of the daughters with i the old veterans, and it Is hoped that (] each organization will do Itself the ?. honor 6t being represented by a spun- i 3or. When sponsors and inaldR are re- j ceived by the convention, each will f march in, carrying their ejunp, regl- j mental or brigade banner. ,1 V. Each camp wiil please la Iiih its i :amp banner and come Into the eon t vention hall with tin? same. ,, VI. The Ladies' Confederate Memo j rial association, of Cnhiiiildu, have | lsked the division to parllolpalo In lbs solemn memorial services or Mnv loih. ind the invitation lias been aeesplsd | The division, with lis or will move ? jut to tiie eeinelery, where Hie (ilbule x will be paid to (lie dead, n Details of tin* parade will be an v lounced hereafter. t'aplaln \V. I>. n Starling, the eoiiimaiider of the local ( .'amp ilampion, No. .'INJl, I'. C. V., Is v innounced as grand marshal of I lie ,, !>arade. r C. I itvinic W Al.lv Kit. ('onid'r. S. ?'. IHv.. U. <'. V. t| Jam us <5. IIoi.mks, d AdJI. Ilen'l., Chief of SlatT. s N. It. Camps that have not paid n heir dues for two (2) or more years ft ire nol In "good standing," and are | ad entitled in delegates. a p A Swkmt Vioi.ict.?"Newspaperdom," it i New York newspaper for newspaper- T nen. uses Tiik Yoiikvii.i.k Enquiuku n is one of II model weekly newspapers, en.. I'liiiiiilliin.iii l.vt well deserved. We a hint never seen any weekly lnut came o ?ny where near beintf as clean and as b lear cut and as concise as Tim KnqiiitKit.?(Jreenville News. ii A ii lit 111>< >x Scare. tl Court was adjourned in Marion coun- P< y Wednesday because of the appear- w ince of smallpox in one of the hotels. n LETTER FROM CHEROKEE. S li Work of the Court?Mining Operations in Broad River Township?Benevolent Act of War c Times?Casualty List From Gaines Mill. d Correspondence of the Yorlcrille Enquirer. Etta Jane, March 18.?Our new county can't brag on anything like being sne of the most peaceful, law-abiding counties in the state, since it has only 3ix cases of murder awaiting trial at * the next term of court in June. Of 1 course these are the accummulation of ^ crime since the October term of the 1 court. At the March term they were f put off on account of the ill-health of e some of the lawyers. Two of these a cases come over from the October c term; one was a mistrial and the oth- c sr an appeal for a new trial. Judge ^ rownsend found very little to do at the 1 recent term of the court and none of * the jurors were held longer than three ' days. 1 Farmers are making arrangements to plant all the cotton there is any pros- 1 pect of getting worked. The guano r bills, however, will be somewhat less than in former years. c Rev. J. P. Marion expects to hold * communion at Salem the first Sabbath r In April. 1 Our friends, just across the river in e York county, are doing some exten- a 3ive mining, and have raised a auan- 0 tlty of ore that has proved to be of an fl exceptionally fine quality, and we un- c derstand that the work will be push- v ed in other sections too, notably that * of the Smith mines on Broad river and r Guion Moore creek. These mines have 1 been worked heretofore to great ad- 1 vantage and the work yet to be done " will doubtless prove as remunerative ^ as in days gone by. We hope so at * least. Western York and Eastern ' Cherokee are no doubt the Klondike of * the Piedmont section. s Miss Agnes Wylie closed her school ; at this place two weeks ago. 1 From an issue of The Yorkville Enquirer in January, 1863, we copy f the following, which may be read with Interest by several of your older read- ? ers: "Colonel R. G. McCaw has depos- s Ited a sack of salt at The Enquirer ? office, and another at the store of Dar- t win and Jefferys, in Yorkville, with in- t 9tructions to dispense the same to c needy families, in quantities to meet c Immediate wants." Also from an issue 1 of The Enquirer we copy the list of 1 casualties in the then companies from I York district, belonging to the 12th S. t C. Regiment, in the battle of Gaines' r Mill, Va., June 27, 1862: . ? Company A?Capt. W. H. McCorkle. r Killed?Privates N. S. Camp J. G. J. t Estes; wounded?Lieut. John T. Park- c cr, slightly: Sergt. J. C. Chambers, c mortally; Corporal John W. Lindsay, r Jangerously; Privates James Blair, I slightly: R. Chambers, R. L. David- j 3on, slightly; J. A. M. Estes, severely; ? I. S. Faris, slightly; Jacob Flack, dan- c ?erously; J. A. R. Hall, slightly; B. P. t R. Huey, severely; J. G. Love, severe- t ly; J. N. McEhvee, severely; William J McPalmer, mortally, (since died); Wil- c liam E. Lewis, slightly?17. s ("Company B?Captain Miller. Kill- 1: cd?Privates E. A. Nichols; wounded? a Captain Miller, slightly; Privates Al- t (red Doster, mortally; James M. Clark, v severely; Thomas N. Spencer, slightly; v lohn Dowdle, slightly; R. W. Smith, a slightly; R. L. Martin, slightly?7. v "Company H ? Captain Erwin. h Wounded?Corporal J. C. McKay, mor- 1 lally; J. F. Miller, mortally; J. B. t Steele, slightly; Sergt. A. M. Black, se- n /erely; D. F. Simpson, severely; M. C. S VfcCammon, severely; J. Shillinglaw, s severely; W, W. Richardson, severely? c >. Missing, S. P. McCulloch?1. In the i egiment 16 were killed and 133 wound- n sd. Col. Dixon Barnes was slight- e vounded. h , . h V NEWS FROM OODEN. ' 8 lecent Deaths?Much Sickness In the Neigh- k borhood?Other Notes. 11 Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. n Ogden, March 18.?There were two rri lad deaths in this community last veek. Early Thursday morning, Mrs. ^ rulla A. Kidd, wife of Mr. J. H. Kldd, ifter suffering for several days from p ^rip and malaria, entered peacefully j nto the sleep of death. Mrs. Kidd was s; ibout 53 years old, and lived within a J-J ew hundred yards of her birthplace a intll her death. She was loved and re- S ipected by all who knew her, and will J ? ?? *1 ? In fUo nnmmnnltv t( Jt* greany misscu m iuc ^ She has for many years been a devo- f] ed member of Antioch M. E. church; tl n fact ever since the church was built. Cl drs. Kldd leaves a husband and three ^ lauKhtcrs?Mrs. R. E. Crltlln, Mrs. E. tl '. Workman, and Mrs. R. K. Conrad. f< rwo sisters and one brother survive s< ler. They are Mrs. T. W. Scoffglns, t| llrs. Jane Neely ami Mr. T. K. Rates, tl 'uneral services were conducted the 's lay following her death by Rev. W. H. j| Vrlall, at Antloeh church, after which |g be tutermeut took place In Rethesba tl emptor,v. A largo congregation was >1 roonl at the funeral services ami it?la 1 to pay their last respects to the 4,1 leparteit one. v/ I,ant Monday, tun 1Mb Instant, the ^ IItie three tuoutbs' old t?ahe of Mr. " in! Mrs. W. S. I'erclval was taken ery III. Every I hliiR thai human skill 1" ml loving lienrts ami liamts could do, vv ran done for the little one; but at I "clock Saturday afternoon. Its spirit w uok Its lllKbl to the upper ami better H< rorhl. On Sunday morning Ibe body f the babe was laid away In Its last tl cstltiK plaee lit llethesda cemetery. b There Is a great ileal of sickness at ci Ids place now. Or. Win. Rove, who 'e ocs nearly all of the practice In this 1?J ed Ion, says there has not been as rc inch sickness since the veur 1S92. W leasts. T. K. ami 10. L. Hates. J. J. n( Minlap, Samuel Strait, S. 10. Steele, tr ml Mr. William Hasten ami wife, and us rnlmhly el Iters, of wiiem 1 have no ht iforiualleii, are new mi the sick list, th 'here are a ureal many who are Just 1>? covering from allaeks ef grip. SI Newton MiiOhaney, a very well to do Hi ml quite respeelalile colored citizen hr I' this ceiiiinunlly. Is conllned to Ins pti eil with a severe attack of grip. I1" Uev. W. II. A rial I preached a very IS! npresslve sermon Sunday c\ citing at lo ntloeh, from (he texl: "laird revive ut ly work," llaliakuk, IIrd chapter and ch art of the second verse. The sermon pe as delivered as an Introductory lo the to teetlng which will begin on the iilh mi labbath. Rev. Mr. Truesdale, of Coumbia, will assist In the meeting. Small grain is looking very promisng. It was damaged some by the reent cold spell; but I don't think the lamage will prove to be very great, esiecially if no more hard freezes follow. s. K. J. MERE-MENTION; The New York cloakmakers are conemplating another big strike The ubonic plague is still spreading at Jape Town.......The Maryland elecion bill having for Its object the disranchisement of 50,000 illiterate votrs of the state, has passed both houses .nd is now up to the governor Japtain John R. Erwin, a prominent itlzen of Charlotte, died in that city Wednesday of fatty degeneration of he heart There have been more han 500 applications for chaplaincies n the army. The army reorganizaion bill provides for 23 chaplaincies. A furious gale and blizzard swept he coast of New Foundland Tuesday light, wrecking considerable shipping. A seat on the New York stock exchange was sold last Wednesday for 52,000. This is the highest price on ecord Two plots to assassinate he czar of Russia have been discoverd during the past few days There ire conflicting stories about the health if President Diaz, of Mexico. One itory has it that the president is criti any hi, ana anomer nas it tnar ne is veil It is stated that Adelbert Hay, J. S. consul at Pretoria, proposes to esign because his salary is not equal o the present high cost of living in the fransvaal capital During last week !,215,000 cigars were shipped from rampa, Fla Reports of the pendng conflict between Russia and Engand have had a marked influence on he markets of the world..!..The Ruslian press does not seem to look for var. It is described as sneering at England. . # ^ - * Lm Seen By August Kolin. Columbia correspondence of News md Courier: It has been a long time ilnce there has been such a political itir as that occasioned by the publicaion of the relationship between Senaor McLaurin and the Democratic cau:us. Almost without exception "the iaily and weekly newspapers have tacen up the subject and have more or ess political ginger in them. Senator UcLaurin says in his only formal noice taken of the matter: "The statenent that I requested my name to be itricken from the Democratic caucus oil is absolutely false. I merely stated hat I felt a delicacy in attending the :aucus on certain questions where I iiffered widely from my party, as it night embarrass their deliberations." Hr. Jos. K. Ohl, who gave the first mblicity to the matter, insists thatSenator McLaurin's name is not now >n the Democratic caucus rolls and hat this result was brought about afer a conference between Senator dcLaurin and Senator Jones, Demo:ratic chairman. The way things tand right now a great, many would Ike to see the campaign open right .way. There are a great many papers hat seem to think Senator McLaurin irlll not enter the next campaign. He vill certainly do so. That is his style, nd it will be a small matter to him vhether re-elected or not. He will lave the satisfaction of having dissemnated his doctrines far and wide, and o him that means a great deal as natters now stand. Those who think Senator McLaurin will not have a coniderable backing, no matter how many aucuses he is not in or how "progressve" his views may be, are very much mistaken. All of this agitation, howver, has emphasized the talk about lis opponents in the next primary, for ie is not going to haVe the pleasure of / oing back to the senate, without oposition, that Senator Tillman enjoyed, 'here are already what might be nown as "certain" candidates. The st begins, in the order of being recogized, with Congressman A. C. Latiler, of Anderson. He will be In the ace. Another candidate, who already tands out in the open arena, and who as good occasion for his race, is Sentor D. S. Henderson, of Aiken. It is radically certain that Colonel Wilie ones will enter the primary in reponse to the many requests that have een made for him to run. This, theresre, puts in the race at the jump, Sen- 1 tor McLaurin, Congressman Latimer, enator Henderson and Colonel Wilie ones, and if there is one in that quar;tte who is slow at politics and who i without his strong and ardent riends, it is not known here. But tiere promises to be more than four andidates, for rumor has it that jrmer Governor John Gary Evans and olonel George Johnstone will enter le race. It is more than a year be>re the fray actually begins, but that ?ems to be no bar for the newspapers nd people to discuss the prospects of le campaign. It is not at all likely uit the dispensary will be the leading isue?it certainly ought not to be in le senatorial contest, as it has herejfore been?and In the meanwhile, it i not a bud idea to keep up with what le state constables are doing throughut the state. nillolul Divorce In SpartanburgSpartanburg special of March 19 to tluutu Daily News: In an order in 10 court of common pleas yesterday, mlge James C. Klough, circuit judge, radically granted a divorce. As is ell-known this state has no divorce w of any kind. The only possible ay of dissolving marital bonds is to t a Judge of the higher courts to set nut* mr u^> cement ui muiiiu&c un it' grounds of non-compliance. Ohas. carman, a young white man, appear1 in court today asking that an alged marriage between himself and la Padgett, made in 1892, be annulled, citing that he was married to the oman when he was so intoxicated as S >t to be able to make a valid con- ? act; that he had not recognized her i his wife, and had not lived with ;r. The woman was not present; but rough her attorneys agreed to the >tition, confirming the statements, le says Dear man was drunk at the o tic of the ceremony; but she thought would ratify it when sober. Both ii iriles have been married to other lilies since the alleged marriage in It Ivutmnu was once prosecuted X r htKuiuy. Judge Klough said that it ider I he circumstances he would dene the contract Invalid because the o ill loner was incapaole of making a v ntracl and because the contract was X t ratified by compliance. fi LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. C. P. Lowrance and John B. Williams? Give notice of the dissolution of the firm of Lowrance, Williams & Co., by the withdrawal of Mr. wnliams. The business will be continued by C. P. Lowrance under the nrm name of C. P. Lowrance & Co. W. W. Lewis, Trustee?Gives notice of the sale of stock of goods belonging to the estate of S. L. Hobbs, bankrupt. Sealed bids will be received up to 12 o'clock on Saturday, March 30. W. R. Carroll, President and Treasurer?Gives notice of a meeting of the stockholders of the York Cotton mill on Tuesday, April 23, for the purpose of voting upon the issue of $75,000 of first mortgage coupon bonds. B. L. Jones, Superintendent?Announces the appearance of the Schubert Symphony club, at the opera house on Thursday night, April 4. Loan & Savings Bank?Cashier Harrison issues a statement of the condition of the bank on March 21. H. C. Strauss & Co.?Talk to the young men who wish to be well dressed; to the ladles about new spring dress good, and also about the latest creations of the milliner's art. J. Q. Wray?Says he has made a big cut in chinaware, and wants you to see what he has to offer before you buy. He offers plates at 25 cents a set. Beard & Carroll?Say that to get rich milk you must feed your cow rich feed, and say that cotton seed hulls and meal makes a fine feed for milk cows. T. W. Speck?Asks you to see his stock of sterling and plated silverware. chinaware, cut glass, etc., ana says he can give you c)ose prices. . The Enquirer?Announces that its next serial story "An Humble Hero." will appear soon. This Is a- story of . unusual Interest, and is full of -.humor, wit, pathos, etc. It will hold the interest from beginning to end. The Enquirer?Says' that it has a well equipped Job printing plant and solicits your job printing. , Louis Roth?Announces that he will have a fresh shipment of Wlnyah Bay shad today. # w. FUNERAL OF MR. ASHE. The funeral of Mr. John R. Ashe, an account of whose tragic death appeared in the last issue of The Enquirer, took place on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. It was first intended to have the funeral in the morning; but.Messrs. Jefferys and John, the two sons who were at the Citadel, having failed to make w connection at Chester, did not arrive in time and the exercises were postponed until the afternoon. The church was crowded with people, including most of the representative population of the town, personal friends of the deceased and of his family, and a large number of factory operatives. Rev. W. G. Neville conducted the exercises. After prayer, he talked briefly, stating that it was not his province to eulogize the dead or to inniitra into 1 o miratarSao' Kilt rath. II1V{UII t IllkV VJWU O IIIJ0WI ICO| UUV A Ukller to afford comfort and consolation to those upon whom the sad blow had fallen with especial force. The remains were followed to the grave by nearly all of the members of the large congregation, and the obsequies throughout were unusualy sad and impressive. There was also a noticeable absence of unnecessary ostentation. ... WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The late Mr. John R. Ashe carried life insurance to the amount ot 520,000. There is reason to believe that his estate, exclusive of the life insurance, is quite a large one. X- The fire alarm was sounded last Saturday night on account of a blaze in the upper story of the old Wheeler coach factory. Those who first arrived on the scene found a pile of burning trash, which they quickly threw out. The flames were thus extinguished. It was suggested that the fire may have been caused by parties who went into tire building to gamble. A\The building occupied by the Drakeford Newspaper company was the oc caslon of a fire alarm, Thursday, shortly after noon. The firemen responded promptly, and reached the spot before the flames had time to make headway. The fire originated from a defective terra cotta stove flue, over the kitchen, and was communicated to the shingles. The firemen were as careful as possible; but were unable to avoid a certain amount of water damage. The flames, however, were extinguished with but trifling loss. ? ? The residence of Mr. W; O. Rawls, superintendent of the waterworks, had a narrow escape from destruction by fire last Monday. Fire broke out In the ceiling overhead, through a defective due, and had made considerable headway. Mrs. Rawls was alone. Although the big pump and the reservoir from which the publio water supply comes is located within 50 feet, there was no provision for such a con- y tingency. After some quick thinking, Mrs. Rawls finally succeeded in attaching a piece of hose to the pipe through which the steam boiler hs fed, ?' ind thus got a stream with which to cut out the fire. Adequate fire protection will now be provided without further delay. ? The Schubert Symphony club, of Chicago, is to play in the opera house m the evening of April 4, under the ni.onfrps r?f thp Ynrkvfllp flrnrlp*! ichool, and divide the proceeds with hat institution. The Schubert people iave been here before, and they capti ated their audience. There are six of hem?two gentlemen and four ladies? A l11 artists. Mr. Goodeval Dickerman s a "wholesale dealer in laughs," and dr. I. H. Lidy is a violin soloist who anks about the head of the list in his irofession. The work of the lady quarette is all that could be exacted by he most critical. Superintendent ones hopes that there will be a large .udience, especially on account of the chools; but at the same time he feels ssured that no patron of the enteralnment will have occasion to regret lis or her attendance. ABOUT PEOPLE. Col. W. H. McCorkle is again at his tllce. Mrs. M. J. Ingold Is visiting friends 11 Gastonia. ^ Treasurer Neely is busy writing up is tax executions. There is no appreciable improvement 1 the condition of Judge Witherspoon. Messrs. S. L. Miller and W. A. Metts, f Columbia, have been up to Yorkille this week. [Dr. C. F. Williams has been ordered rom Fort Screven, near Savannah, to