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Straps and Jacts. A dispatch from Kokomo, Ind., >^ays: After being officially dead for * 37 years, James Foust, formerly of this place, now living on a farm adjoining that of General Frederick Funston, near Iola, Kan., is here collecting evidence to prove himself alive. In the Civil war Foust had all the back part of his skull torn off by a shell and was thrown on the "dead heap." He was supposed to have been with dead comrades; but he recovered consciousness, and pulling himself out of the pile of dead, crept beyond the lines in the darkness and became lost. He was listed with the dead, and the record "dead" still stands opposite his name on the military rolls. Foust has been trying for several years to get a pension. Gen Funston's father has taken up the case. ? St. Louis Republic: A peculiar affliction has affected the thousands of Virginia crows that make their home at Arlington, and which fly over this city every morning on their way to the feeding grounds on the banks of the Potomac. An eye disease has broken out among the birds and has blinded hundreds of them. They are unable to search for food and are starving to death in large numbers. The boys of the city have picked up several of them in the streets here, and have offered them for sale to the various bird fanciers and bird stores. At the famous crow rookeries over at Arlington the poor feathered animals are dying by the hundreds. The disease resembles the common cataract, which often attacks the human eye. A number of birds were found to have a skinlike covering over the pupil. ? The last issue of the London Saturday Review says that "the expansion of the German navy is more in preparation for a contest with the United States than with Great Britain. The readiest cause for future national conflicts will be found in the struggle for V.O nor-ntlnn nf pvnloitation of the great South American Continent." The Review devotes a page to the description of the resources of South America and Germany, the hundreds of thousands of settlers in Brazil and Chili, and the inability of Germany to pursue her designs in South America without a conflict with the United States. The article concludes with the statement that it would not be good policy for Great Britain to oppose Germany's legitimate aims, and that an alliance with the United States that had for its purpose the maintainance of the Monroe doctrine "would not only be ludicrously in opposition to our own interests; but it would rightly arouse every other nation to a death struggle against a genuine Anglo-Saxon menace." -r Miss Dora B. Peters, of 34 Walton place, Chicago, saw her own heart beat ' last Thursday, and was convinced she was not suffering from a fatal malady. Miss Peters is 18 years old, and has a strong constitution, according to her physician. She was afflicted with sinking attacks and felt sure that at such times her heart ceased to beat. She visited Dr. J. G. Message, who saw that her heart acted regularly. The dif culty was to convince tne gin. mnany the physician adjusted an X-ray tube, darkened by a cloth behind her back. The fluoroscope was placed over her heart and a heavy blanket thrown over her head to shut out any light that might find its way into the room. The girl then held a mirror in front of her heart. As her eyes became accustomed to the darkness, she began to discern the outlines of her heart. Gradually it developed until she saw it clearly. For several minutes the girl watched the pulsating organ and then turning to Dr. Message, she said: "I gu?ss after all, it is not my heart that both>ers me." Henry Huffman, well-known ani/ mal trainer with the Wallace Shows, met a horrible death at Peru, Indiana, last Thursday, being killed by "Big Charley," a monster elephant, while the animal was bathing in the Mississane river. Charley wound his trunk about Keeper Huffman, and hurled him far Into the stream. The man was uninjured and when he returned he said: "Why Charley, I didn't think that of you; arn't you ashamed of yourself?" The next instant Huffman was grabbed by the big elephant and thrown to the bottom of the river and held there by the forefeet of the animal. Then with a great roar the elephant ran away. Several showmen shot at him with no effect. He broke down fences and roamed about in a big field, keeping everybody at a distance. Apples loaded with strychnine were thrown near him and he ate one. An hour later he laid down and was in terrible agony. A rifle shot finished him. "Big Charley" weighed over three tons, was valued at $10,000 and in his lifetime , had killed four men. ?Sioux Falls, South Dakota, dispatch to Chicago Inter-Ocean: Former Senator Richard Pettigrew is said to have cleaned up a fortune of $250,000 by profiting by "tips" given him by J. J. Hill, the railway man. This snug sum ? of money has been won since the adjournment of congress. Mr. Pettigrew has returned to South Dakota fairly well pleased with his ventures. When 1 he walked out of the senate chamber he is said to have been practically without 1 a dollar. Every cent that he could scrape together had been expended in 1 his unsuccessful campaign. Through a Minnesota agency Pettigrew secured options on thousands of acres of farm i land in Minnesota and Dakota, which 1 Hill told him would be penetratey by 1 his railroad. The money for the pur- 1 chase amounted to about $18,000 and ' was advanced by his wife. After congress adjourned, Pettigrew went to 1 New York, and within the last 30 days ] he sold enough of this land to bring i him a comfortable fortune, two sales 1 alone netting $30,000. Other investments have recently paid him large profits, and with the money made on the New York stock exchange, it is re- i liubly reported that he is today again worth not less than $250,000. His friends discredit reports that he will again be a candidate for the senate. ? It was given out from Washington that there will probably be few changes i aliroad, and that ambitious and time- : serving politicians need not. waste their i time bothering the president along this line. The reasons are good. Up to a few years ago the consular service was conducted with great secrecy. Al- ( though the state department required frequent reports from its representatives in foreign trade ports, the imformation received was carefully guarded from the public until after it had been secured by enterprising merchants and manufacturers from other sources through their own efforts. Secretary ] Sherman put a stop to this absurdity, and arranged for the publication of consuar reports as soon as received? ' especially such portions of these reports as were purely commercial. As the re- , suit of this arrangement, the energy j and enterprise of the consuls were greatly stimulated, and their reports : soon became of inestimable value. < Merchants and manufacturers Interested in the foreign trade began to look \ to the state department for the best and most reliable information about i new opportunities. They have followed up these opportunities with characteristic energy and enterprise, and in < large measure the result of the splendid work of the consuls, America has became the great commercial and financial leader of all competitors in most of i the foreign markets. Because of these things the president has seen proper to discourage the old custom of dividing consulates among the spoilsmen. Instead, he is determined to make the 1 tenure of the incumbents of these offices dependent upon the value of their services to the government. $ht |(orIwiUc (Inquirer. ; YORKVII.LE, S. C.\y WEDNESDAY, MAY 1,1901. Senator McLaurin's claim that there was a settlement of anything by the Civil war acted upon The News and Courier as does a red rag upon a mad bull. The Columbia State would have us believe that Senator Butler's political views are influenced by his appointment to the volunteer army. By the | same reasoning then, if the editor of The State had gotten his appointment to a consulate in Japan, he would have , been a good Cleveland Democrat to this day. We believe in an open and straight I forward fight on political principles and policies.?Columbia State. Since when? Was it not thou, O! State, that toldest us all to vote for El1 ~ ^ i? 10QO n foil rlnr* no tKot thnil icruc 111 xoao, aooui 1115 uo vnuv v.wv. knewest of what thou wert talking and that we could trust thee? And did it not afterward develop that thou had sought to deceive Prohibitionists into voting for local option and high license? j Surely, O! State, though has not for- j gotten this. And surely, O! State, < thou dost not continue to hold that thou < wast deceived more sorely than those 1 Prohibitionists who may have followed 1 thy advice. If thou hast since begun to 1 believe in an "open and straight for- < ward fight on political principles and < politics," read then again Senator Mc- 1 Laurin's Charlotte speech and show us ( wherein he has erred. ] ??? - a m a i We join with Senator Butler in ap- j proving the formation of a new Republican party in this State, just as 1 In IfiQl wo onnmvcrl tVio nlsin tn nrcnn- < ize a Populist party here?Columbia ; State. Although we do not see any special need for a new Republican party in this State, if our esteemed contemporary considers one necessary, it is at liberty to go ahead with the work of organization. What we are really needing in South Carolina is a Democratic party that will stand for all the best interests of this section. We want a live, progressive up to date Democratic partyone that will help to give South Carolina a voice in the affairs of the nation. We want a party with sense and decency enough to bury dead issues and intelligence enough to agree upon and promote live ones. We want a party i that can and will appeal to reason instead of passion and prejudice. The platform adopted at Kansas City is not above criticism; it needs some changes. There will have to be some changes in it before the Democratic party can hope to win the presidency, or exercise any power in congress, or be ! be anything else than simply a party._ of opposition to the government.?New-1"-i berry Observer. j That is as true as gospel, and it is ' recognized by all the Democrats of the ] Union except those of South Carolina. ] This platform was made without con- i suiting the people of this state, be- ( cause it was known that we would ac- . quiesce in any principle or policy that i might be agreed upon. The battle was fought upon the platform as it stood in ( every state in^he Union except South , Carolina, where but few of the people ] even read it. On the 6th of last Novem- t ber it became as dead as a herring in ; every state of the Union except South Carolina, and in almost every other Southern state the Democrats have since been studying to remedy their defects in the hope of being able to command the support of the majority of the voters of the nation four years from now. As party demands, free silver and "imperialism" are deader today even than is the Cuban annexation plank in the platform of the Democratic party in 1860. The party in South Carolina needs to be put on a warm trail like that pointed out by Senator McLaurin at Charlotte. ? Itail For ltarney Kvann. In the supereme court Monday. Harney H. Evans. who is charged with the murder of Captain J. J. C.riffin, was allowed bail in the sum of $2,0U0, which was put up by relatives. In a long affidavit, Evans told a circumstantial story of how ClrifTin had committed suicide. while he. Evans, was trying to prevent the crime. f ALMA MATER AROUSED. w of m Citadel Cadets Deeply Concerned About Law- be sc Bradham Incident?Faculty and Corps Promise to Come to the Rescue?Will There Be Jar an Investigation?Honor of Two Institutions vs sv at Issue?Indignant Letter From Yorkville Cadet. Sf Editor Yorkville Enquirer: to Much interest, and I must add, indig- w nation, is being manifested at this academy concerning the recent affair at the K. M. M. A. As two of our high honor men of last year's graduating >class are deeply concerned, and, as it is generally believed, unjustly slandered, we are desirous that their position be iustlv Dresented. Anywhere in this state, and, certainly in York county, p. Colonel Asbury Coward's (whose integ- r, rity is not-to be questioned) recommen- J??, ciation to a young man is sufficient to rJ insure his capability; and our superintendent is as ready now to endorse ^ these young men's recommendations, as j*' when he did endorse them at the time " of their graduation. We cannot but believe that the present story is a "faked up" one, as we know from authoritative source, that Major Bradham had tendered his res- . ignation in January, and that Captain r. Law had accepted a position in Florida ;f at about the same time, both of course, * holding to the contract to remain at the f K. M. M. A. until the end of this term. J? We also know that the salaries of , neither were forthcoming at the time when due?if at all?and certainly they , are to be lauded for remaining under .. these circumstances. y/ It is a well known fact that neither at the gentlemen were in favor wittya rv great many of the corps of cadets, on " account of their military discipline, " which was regarded as too rigid, but ^ which was only such as Colonel Steph- ? * enson had intimated that he desired in- L stituted. r" Having talked with both professors, I " know that each was interested in his work and endeavored to promote the ,, welfare of the academy. Both the corps and faculty of this academy intend to investigate the affair, and will place t. honor where honor is due, for neither " believe the facts as have been stated, to .. be the gist of the affair. " Major Bradham and Captain Law are men in whom we place the utmost con- , fidence as to their high moral character . and intellectual ability. ? I* V?a nrall In o/1/l fVioi" rciucipa 11 nuuiu uu * %*** i.v uuu vt*M? ~ the present commandant at the Hoge . Military academy is not D. B. Bernard, but a man by the name of Addison, as Q will be seen upon perusing the cata- b logue from that institution of last year. James L. Gardner, '02. fJ. Citadel Academy, Charleston, April 28, 1901. tl Note?Not having a copy of the Hoge hi catalogue on hand, upon receipt of the sc above letter, The Enquirer sent the 01 following dispatch: Sl Yorkville:, S. C., April 29, 1901. ij, Hoge Military Academy, Blackstone, Va.: fr Please telegraph name of your pres- oi ent commandant. The matter is in vi controversy. h< Yorkville Enquirer. m At 12 o'clock yesterday, we received a] an answer to the foregoing as follows: 5, Blackstone, Va., April 30, 1901. M Yorkville Enquirer, la Yorkville, S. C.: pi David Meade Bernard, commandant, in Send me papers with controversy. st E. B. Washburn, ta Prest. Hoge Military Academy. fe te It is proper to note that the error in Mr. Bernard's name, substituting a "B" of for an "M,' as published last Satur- tl" day, occurred in this office. Colonel aJ Stephenson had given the reporter the to name as "D. M. Bernard." ai The principal issue, as we understand It, is whether or not Major Bradham and Captain Law are guilty as they are p? charged. The former with assisting a tf cadet to desert, and ordering a cadet cc officer not to discharge his duty: and f0 the latter with inefficiency in the class fe room and indifference as to the welfare b< of the school. As yet, neither side of the ^ case has been fully presented. State- ca ments alleged to have been made by so Captain Law are flatly contradicted by prima facie evidence. For instance, tvhere Captain Law is reported as say- h? ing that his salary has not been paid, cc Colonel Stephenson shows a receipt in the form of a check on the bank, the fr check having been endorsed by Capt. Law and marked paid by the bank. ^ Very likely an investigation, if con- g^ lucted fairly and impartially, may get th lown to the truth of the whole matter, pc *.t any rate there can be no reasonable objection to such an investigation. The superintendent and corps of the K. M. M ? _j..j?.1 j* in,Q H xi. a., we are auviseu, cum t n, huu mv people of Yorkvllle, we think, will be ^ lisposed to see that a correct judgment di s reached. So let the^jvork go on re- in jardless of the falling of the chips. ' ?Ed. Enquirer. m , t , M ^ ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. To Manufacture Wagons?Neely's Creek Communion?Additions to the Baptist Church? |n| To Suppress the Tigers?Entertainment at the Armory?Winthrop to Go to Davidson? Co Inconvenience of Attending Court?Other th Notes. "i l) porrespondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. pi JTCock Hill, April 29.?The Rock Hill B< kVagon works is the latest improvement Fi n our city. This enterprise will be on- es y for the manufacture of one-iiorse ivagons. Mr. C. L. Wroton is president ind manager, and his brother, Mr. H. VI. Wroton, vice president and superin- )e; :endent of agencies. A site within the de jity limits, in the Oakland section of Fi Rock Hill, has been secured. The erec:ion of the buildings will be com- ot nenced at an early day. There was a great congregation pres- de ?nt at the Neely Creek communion ser- st ,'ices Sunday. Rev. Lee Oatespreached iai i very excellent sermon. The pastor, Rev. Oliver Johnson, announced that ar here had recently been six accessions 1 :o the membership, two being from Ti Raptist churches. an As a result of the protracted meeting n the Baptist church, recently closed, sa luring which Rev. Mr. Roper, of Spar- b? anburg, delivered a number of very effective sermons. A class of six was bap- an ized by immersion in the church last light. Mr. Roiier, in his arguments, ~ SmnAnforrno of immprsion ' IflU AIM ill UlC IIII|IV/I taiivv v* is a means of salvation. He hap awak- Di >ned quite an interest in this city and ne here will be others to seek membership El n his church. An association having for its avowed an ibject the suppression of the blind tirer traffic in this city, will be organized Hi oday. More than 100 names have been tei ippended to the subscription list. "The District School," a rather hunorous production, illustrative of the whool days of "ye olden time." will be ' presented in the Armory Friday night vi< >1 this week. A number of the students C'l ire the gray-haired "fathers of the Jo lamlet." They will be expected to act he part of the bad boys sit school, and Se 10 doubt will be adepts in this kind of ,vnrk. There, too, will be the straight- dr "aced. dignified fop of the village, the aitt of ridicule for all sensible boys, so i'he complaining, whining girl student, an he sweet, country maiden, with whom ill the school boys were delighted to Di 'all in love. The prim, conceited miss ith freckled face and" hair the color sunset. The gawky, Illiterate, illannered, "devil take me if I care" >ys and girls will all be there. The holarship includes such pupils as Ire- ' >11 Jones, E. B. Mobley, A. H. Greene, J. Hull, and "Big John" McFadden, id an assortment of school marms of irious ages and a number of our city rells. There is no more beautiful spot than ir own Laurelwood with its wealth of iring beauty and fragrance. The sexn, Mr. Devinney, says the cemetery as never in more excellent condition. Prof. Buist, who has been a very sick an, was able to be out of bed Saturiy. It is perhaps not generally known, 1 it it is true, that Captain A. E. Smith, this city, who served as a soldier of ie Confederacy in a North Carolina giment, was one of the detachment of orth Carolinians at the battle of honnollnrovUlo urVin firaH nnnn oriH ortally wounded Stonewall Jackson, his. of course, was a case of mistaken entity. Captain Smith was a mere >y then, but he was a gallant soldier, id one of the regrets of his life is that } was a member of that ill-starred de.chment. Though he is not conscious ' having done wrong, as he did his lty in firing upon what he believed to ; the enemy. Winthrop's annual outing will probily be at Davidson college this year, ie 12th of May having been fixed as le time. The Winthrop beauties spent day at Davidson two years ago, and ir this reason it has not yet been dermined that they will repeat their sit so soon. Now that we have direct illway connection with Sumter, it ould be a stroke of good policy to take ie girls to that beautiful city. The movement here looking to a purlase of the water and light plants of ie Rock Hill Water, Light and Power >mpany, and the erection of a sewer rstem, appears to languish. The suc;ss of an election on this subject would ivolve an expenditure of perhaps $95,i0?$60,000 of this amount to be in mds, and $35,000 to be carried as a irt of the floating indebtedness of the ty?therefore, many of our citizens are sposed to go slow. They realize the ;nefits to be expected from municipal vnership. but will hesitate to plunge ie city into a maelstrom of indebtediss, as they say. Therefore, their attude may prove to be that of the man ho is penny wise and pound foolish. The streets of our city are dull and nesome today. The farmers are at Dme preparing for their corn and cot?n crops during this season of glorious inshine. The oat and wheat crops ok fairly well on red lands that were ell prepared and liberally fertilized, n sandy lands the present condition of >th crops betokens failure. Early )rn, too. where it has ventured above ie ground, is yellow and sickly, and ill perhaps not' amount to much. Mr. W. T. Poag, of Gaffney, was in ie city today. He has a fondness for Is old home and that longing may )fne day bring him back to the land ! his forefathers. The grippe epidemic seems to have ibsided after a campaign lasting nearthree months. Our club women have all returned om Greenville. Mrs. A. E. Smith, of ir city, was elected to the office of ice president, and she is worthy of the anor. She is one of the Dudleys, of Marlborough, a woman of fine intellect id splendid intelligence. Work has been commenced on the jilding to be erected on Main street by ir. J. S. White. The first brick was Id this morning. The building will be 'actically three stories in height, havig a great cellar, and will be two ories above the ground. It will coniin two storerooms, each 30 by 100 et, and the upper story will be devod to offices. So far we have been unable to hear ' any dissatisfaction on the part of le mill laborers in this city. If they e to engage in the threatened strike 1 the first of May, they have been able i keep the secret well. All our mills 'e running on full time, with the ex ption of the Chicora, (the old Rock ill mill), which is now largely owned { non-resident purchasers. It is exacted operations will be begun during ie present spring. The new court house project is of >urse a dead one. This community r the past two weeks has, however. It a very sore need of the court house iing nearer this city or a better arnged schedule over the S. C. and Ga. xtension road, by which our citizens in go to Yorkville and return without much personal inconvenience, not to iy anything of cost. At the term of iurt before the present one, and at lis term, it seemed that about oneilf of the citizens had business at the iurt house. It would have paid the ilroad handsomely during the last eek to have run a special train daily om Rock Hill to Yorkville and return. Mrs. M. W. Newton, of Virginia, or inizer of the W. C. T. U. in the South, ctured in the city several times last inday. her object being to organize e union in Rock Hill. For this purise a meeting of our women was callI to be held this afternoon in St. hn's M. E. church. A four-year-old daughter of Mr. and rs. C. C. Fincher, who live on Mr. W. , Moore's place in Bethesda township, as fatally burned last Friday while ;r mother was absent about domestic ities. The child died Saturday morns' General Floyd has been chosen as seor orator on the occasion of the Meorial Day exercises at Ebenezer on ay 13, and Mr. Wm. Banks has been losen as junior orator. 1 PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL. eresting Programme at the Closing Exercises Last Friday. rrespondence of the Yorkville Enauirer. Delphos, April 30.?The school at is place, generally known as the 'hiladelphia High school," which has 1 en under the efficient management of of. G. L. Kerr as principal, and Miss die Kennedy as assistant, closed last iday night with appropriate exercis- ( . The program was as follows: ' primary grades. Recitations.?Earnest Carson, Stan- 1 y Jones, Wilson Hollis, Harley Gaulrv ? j? r*\ ( n, tiarry uevinney ana uimeiiw irland. ! 'Little Helpers."?Ruth Davidson, 1 tie Jones and Ola Garrison. j 'Some Famous Patriots."?Carl Gaul- ' n, Lindsay Devinney, Springs Moore, owe Turner, Gary Jones, Robbie Dun- 1 p and Andral Gari*lson. 'Little Mimics."?Hessie Devinney ] id Clara Alexander. 'Honesty is the Rest Policy."?Lyles j lrner, Harry Moore, Baxter Carson, j id Jimmie Benfield. "An Every Day Occurrence."?Lind- ' y Devinney. Clara Alexander and < imroru uarrison. Like an Indian."?Jimmie Benfield id Clarence McFarland. 'How They Teased Ned."?Earnest trson and Harry Devinney. 'The Everlasting- Talker."?Leila tnlap, Clara Alexander. Bessie Deviny, Katie McFarland and Estelle Mchaney. 'Susie's Lesson."?Harley Gaulden id Katie McFarland. 'The ltoyal Tarts."?Lottie Dunlap, irry Moore. Estelle McElhaney, Baxr Carson and Laban Jones. 'Valedictory."?Bessie Devinney. UPPER GRADES. 'Getting Up a Picnic."?Estelle DaIson, Lena Moore. Sophia Turner, urence Garrison, Willie Gaulden and hnson Carson. 'Who Works the Hardest?"?John ott and Florrie Moore. 'Sailing."?Walter Gaulden and Anal Garrison. 'Another Arrangement."?Jessie Carn. Rodney Scott. Cleveland Dunlap d Marion Harshaw. Strategy."?Mamie Devinney. Ida inlap, Mary Scott and Annie Jones. 1 Judge Brown's Watermelons."?An nie Scott, Webb Moore, Cleveland Dun- J| lap and Frank Latimer. "The Burglar Alarm."?Webb Moore, Marion Harshaw, Rodney Scott, Jessie Carson, Estelle Davidson. T "Leaving Jonah."?Beatty Carson, Dan Moore, Banks Carson and Sue Moore. "A Happy Family."?Dan Moore, An- , nle Scott, Florence Moore, Gray Moore and John Scott. "Absent Mindedness."?Luther Davidson and Banks Carson. "Brudder Jones's Sunday Sermon."? c J. Webb Moore. & A prize was offered to each of the three classes of the upper grades, for the one who got the most head marks. ? The prize of the first class was awarded c to Miss Estelle Davidson. In the second and third classes, there was a tie T between Lena Moore and Mary Scott, of the former, and Florrie Moore and John Scott of the latter class. Hence ? five prizes were given instead of three. Space will not permit me to go into details and describe every scene. Sufflee it to say that the pupils all did well, much to their own and the credit of their teachers. Prof. Kerr is a graduate of Erskine college and has only been teaching one year; but we feel sure that if he makes as good a success of everything he goes at as he did as a teacher, the world will have no reason to complain. He * has remained over with us for a few C days in order to see his many friends fj and bid them good bye. He leaves this . morning for his home at Coddle Creek, N. C. Miss Kennedy, who, for four years has had charge of the primary b department, needs no words of praise, a as the love and respect that her pupils have for her testify as to her worth as P a teacher. x. o 060EN NOTES. i! Early Planted Cotton May Not Come Up?Dr. u Weber Failed to Get to Antioch?The Sick s List?The Enquirer and the Mails?Other " rl Notes. i Correspondence of the Yorkville Rnauirer. Ogden, April 29.?A considerable part c of the cotton crop in this section was ^ planted before the recent heavy rains, and there is a difference of opinion s among the farmers as to whether or not t it will come up. The ground has been e so thoroughly packed by the heavy l rains that it will be hard for the seed to germinate and come through the hard F crust that has formed on the surface. Some of the seed have rotted, but it is generally thought that there is sound seed enough for a stand. If the weather gets warmer and we have a lighi i shower of rain within a few days, we may get a stand. Otherwise It is doubtful. Very few have planting seed 1 enough to plant twice. c Those who have bottom lands, say c that they are washed so as to be prac- ? tically of no use, at least for this year. The people of Antioch were expect- fi ing to have the pleasure of hearing Dr. \ S. A. Webber preach on the third Sabbath; but owing to the inclemency of . the weather, he failed to get here. Our 1 pastor, Rev. W. H.'Airail, was on hand, c however, and preached a very instruct- s ive and impressive sermon. We hope (1 Dr. Weber will arrange so as to preach for us sometime soon. * Our sick list is not so long as at my \ last writing. Mrs. D. L. Evans, Mrs. s Sarah Campbell and Mrs Samuel Foag about make up the list now, I believe, 2 and all of these, I learn, are convales- a cent. c Dr. and Mrs. Jordan, of Smith's, vis- . ited Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Kidd last week. In the early part of the year The En- r Enquirer, was always a day behind v time in getting to Ogden; but for the last month or so, it has been coming in on time. We are very grateful, and hope it will continue to do so. We un- t derstand, however, that when it does f fail to come on time, that it is not due r to any negligence on the part of the publishers. r We are glad to again get the Sunday ? onUnnl loooAn fmm the firv F!VOTTTTIIOR. r I have heard severai express them- t selves as being pleased with it. Pleased with the result of the dispen- f sary election in Rock Hill? "S. K. J." felt more like throwing up his hat and shouting over that election than he ever did over any election. All praise to the good people of Rock Hill who said "No p dispensary." a Mrs. S. E. Steele received news a few weeks ago of the death of her brother, e Mr. George R. Ashcraft, in McKinney, p Cleveland county, Ark. He died on the 28th of March from the effects of grip, . and leaves a widow and six or seven children to mourn the loss of a devoted S husband and a loving father. He was A about 49 years of age. The deceased c was born in this state: but when about 15 years old. he moved, with his father and the rest of the family, to Arkansas, o His father died in about a year after j they went out there. He (the deceased) stayed a few years after his father's s death, and then returned to this coun- P try. In the year 1888 he again moved to p Arkansas, where he remained until nis death. The deceased was well known in this community and has many " friends here who learned of his death with much regret. s. k. j. s NEWS FROM CHEROKEE. a tl The Roll of Company K, Fifth S. C. Cavalry?In T the Interest of Cowpens Memorial Park? a o Other Notes. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. n Etta Jane, April 27.?Mrs. Cansada u Edwards has given me the roll of Har- s) lan's, Company K, Fifth regiment S. C. . cavalry, Butler's brigade, which she found among the papers of her father, & John W. Smith, deceased, who was a L member of that company during the war. There are several names on it from York county, among them Lieutenant Ed Moore, who was mortally wounded at Cold Harbor, May 30, 1864, and died afterwards. All, or most of the casualties, are noted on the roll. s< Among the York county names, as pri- iu rates, I find Carothers, Crawford, Guy, vj Goore, Lindsay and Sadler that I recognize. On the roll there are 127 names " from first to last. The paper is well w worn, but every name and note is per- r fectly legible. q Our people have been greatly hindered in their farm work by the rains. In tl some cases cotton seed is reported as fr rotting in the ground and corn planted nearly a month ago hasn't come up yet. Sweet potatoes are also rotting in the bed and Irish potatoes are a bad stand in most places. President W. T. Horton, of the Cowpen's Battleground Memorial association, has issued a call for the associa- tl tion to meet at Gaffney, the 6th of May a, it 12 m? to take the necessary steps to nave the grounds converted into a na:ional park. The association has pur- te hased the land on which the battle was tl pought, and proposes, as soon as it can lo so, to erect a suitable monument 1 r,f SI which took part in that battle. in In beautifying the grounds and erect- pj ng the monument at Cowpen's battle- . ground, it is hoped that the Sons and Daughters of the Revolution and other nc patriotic citizens throughout the state, ind even the adjoining states, will see y( :hat there is no lack' of funds to make . he sacred spot appear as creditable as in ts historic importance demands. In 15 )uying, surveying and working out the Sp grounds, the association has gone as "ar as the funds in hand will admit. They must have more to prosecute the ac vork to a finish, and it only remains for dii he patriotic citizens to come to the fe lelp of the association and enable them o finish it without delay. Will they do Kl t? At its organization the association ey tnly proposed to purchase the land, and in hen to improve it as the means at its lisposal would justify, and be it said ? o the credit of President Horton and (-( lis co-workers, they have performed ' hat self-imposed duty. ce Rev. J. P. Marion will preach at Sa- . em on May 5 at 11 o'clock a. m. j. L. s. fci -OCAL AFFAIRS. < 1NDKX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. . W. Speck, The Jeweler?Tens you what to do with your watch when it exhibits signs of a tired feeling. He also repairs all sorts of jewelry. ] as. M. Starr & Co.?Talk about their stock of elegant box papers, and mention a few special brands. They also want parties who purchased fertilizers to at once give them their note, imon Moeller, King's Creek?Warns all parties against employing Jack Smith, colored, and his wife, Mary Smith. . P. Lowrance & Co.?Say that they are offering bargains in canned pie peaches, and also in tobacco, he Loan and Savings Bank?Tells of the protection you can get by depositing your money at that institution, middle & Carroll?Tell of the superior quality of Swift's "Premium" hams, and ask that you try them. [. C. Strauss & Co.?Tell a story with a moral and also tell you of new millinery which they will receive this week. THK EXPOSITION* As has already been announced, the 'ork county commissioners to the 'harleston exposition, will hold their rst meeting in the court house next londay. A postal card from Maj. A. H. White rings the information that not only re the various sub-commissioners exacted to meet with the commissioners n that occasion; but that the public enerally is invited to be on hand. He esires a full and representative meetng from all parts of the county, and rges every individual who may be conidering the idea of making an exhibit, r who desires full information as to iow to proceed in the matter, to come o the meeting for full information. It is pretty well settled that York ounty will be represented in a way. i'he commissioners and sub-commisioners will see to that; but if the couny is to be properly and fully represented as it should be, then there must be, learty co-operation on the part of tfie >eop!e. THE K. M. M. A. Since the somewhat sensational shake ip last week, the work of the K. M. M. L has been progressing smoothly, and here is a general feeling on the part of ill concerned that the unpleasant devel>pments. mentioned in the last issue of L'he Enquirer have resulted for the ;ood of the school rather than othervise. It seems, however, that the dismissed >oys were not willing to quit without loing as much malicious injury as posiible. The Columbia State, of Saturlay, had a story to the effect that "25 of he 40 boys," had left the institution vith the dismissed professors, and that lome of these followed Major Braham is a sympathetic "escort." The State dleged that it got the story from one if the dismissed cadets; but published t for "what it was worth," to the indig lation of many Yorkville people who rere better aware of the facts. The State, of Sunday, contained a tory from Its Yorkville correspondent o the effect that Captain Law had Inormed the correspondent that he had lot received his last month's pay. The eporter called the attention of Colonel Jtephenson to this statement, and In eply, the colonel assured the reporter hat he has Captain Law's receipt in ull. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Blind tiger liquor is still to be had a Yorkville, but there is not an abund.nce of it, and it is not to be had as asily as it could be gotton from a disensary were there one here. ? There is a movement on foot wherey it is sought to bring the stores toether on an early closing agreement. ls yet, however, no definite hour of losing has been generally agreed upon. ? There was a small blaze in the roof f the home of Mr. W. D. Grist, last londay morning. The fire was extinuished by neighbors before the fire deartment, which answered the alarm romptly, could arrive. The damage, hough quite insignificant, was covered y insurance. ? The police made six arrests in wamptown last Saturday and Sunday n charges of vagrancy. Some of the ccused paid fines and others accepted he alternative of getting out of town, he war on the vagrants has begun, nd its success will mean a thinning ut of the tigers. ? Greenville business men have sublitted a petition to the city council rging that arrangements be made for treet sprinkling at once. They base leir petition on the damage that their oods are sustaining from the dust. It i the right thing and by all means aringements should be made here also. ViuST AS EXPECTED. Nmwrthstanding the excitement that ;ems to have been manifested In Coimbia on the subject, nobody in Yorkille has been thinking seriously that' le prisoner in the Oxford, Miss., jail ho claimed to be M. R. Reese, was >ally the man who was wanted by the DUth Carolina authorities, and when ie following dispatch was received om Columbia last Monday morning, it irnished no occasion for surprise: Columbia, S. C., April 28.?Newbold legraphs from Oxford. Miss.: "Wrong an. Looks nothing like Reese. Will rite from home." It cannot be denied, however, that ie incident has furnished considerable nusement to many people in this seeon. Some read with more or less invest the long-winded reminiscences of ie Williams's murder and the Reese icape as republished in the Columbia :uie, ana an were uuic l<j occ wu- ? or in the claims of the Lancaster peo- I e as to who was and who was not en- t tied to credit for the location of the s jtorious escaped convict. t Since the escape of Reese from the 1 ork county Jail, he has been "caught" t different parts of the country from 1 to 20 times, and Sheriff Logan has c ient several hundred dollars in rail- t ad fare, telegrams and postage on his t count. "Still," said the sheriff Mon- v iy, "I would like to, pay that $200 I of- I red for him. The man who brings a ?ese to me will certainly get the mon- e . I want to keep him just one night 1 the jail here, and let a penitentiary p lard come for him and take him to o >lumbia." b rhe trouble with the Mississippi offl- v rs seems to have been entirely due to s at outstanding reward. The $500 of- t red by the governor and the $2uu of- t fered by the sheriff?$700 in all?is calculated to make them think almost any stranger might be the right man. TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded in the office of the auditor during the month of April: BETHEL. Sidney Quinn to Willie B. Flanagan. 12 3-5 acres: consideration, $200. BETHESDA. |r* R. A. Steele to John H. Steele. 310 acres: consideration $5,025. CATAWBA. Mary J. Mangum to J. B. Johnson. Lot, $85. A. and J. Freidhelm to P. C. Poag. Lot, $50. A. and J. Freidhelm to Richard Poag. Lot, $35. J. B. Johnson to Mrs. Sue H. Steele. _ Lot and building, $900. EBENEZER. J. M. Cherry to Rock Hill Land and Townsite company, and James M. Cherry to the Trustees of the Winthrop Normal and Industrial college. One lot; consideration, $2,400. Rock Hill Land and Townsite company to the Trustees of the Winthrop Normal and Industrial college. Lot; *1 OCA u;uoiuciaiiuur ^ FORT MILL. W. Brown Wylie, clerk of the court, to Dr. T. S. Kirkpatrick. 467 acres; consideration, $4,203. D. S. Wilkerson to W. B. Meacham. Lot; consideration, $300. KINO'S MOUNTAIN. Elizabeth L. Smith to Harmon Alexander. Five acres at $29.88. S. M. Faris to J. B. Smith. One lot in Clover; consideration nominal J. F. Pursley to W. L. Pursley. Interest in 300 acres of land; consideration, $300. YORK. Margaret E. Johnson to R. Andral Bratton. 187 acres; consideration, $3,000. Thomas Johnson, Jr. to Dr. W. G. White. Lot at $43. Francis Newton to J. C. Comer. Eight acres; consideration, $60. /^TKUESTING SOCIAL EVENT. The first spring entertainment of the Yorkville German club, given last Friday night, was largely attended, and a delightful success from start to finish. It consisted of a reception in the opera house from 10 to 12; supper at the Parish hotel from 12 to 1, and dancing from 1 to 4 a. m. During the reception the young people amused themselves with euchre games. The dancing was led by Mr. I. W. Johnson, Mr. R. L. Parish and Miss Amelia Beckham, the following couples participating: Miss Josle Sadler and Mr. C. Robinson; Miss Mary Lyles with Mr. J. W. Rawlinson; Miss Alexa McLure with Dr. R. M. Steele; Mrs. L. C. Harrison and Mr. J. L. Johnson; Miss Sarah Gladney and Mr. Frank Dobson; ^ Miss Annabelle Gladney and Mr. Bob Johnson; Miss Linda White and Mr. Latta Parish; Miss Amelia Beckham and Mr. Joe Robinson; Miss Laura Parish and Dr. .Tas. T,_ Hanahan* Miss Fannie Parish and Mr. E. B. Hanahan; Miss Blanche Lindsay and Mr. M. L. Carroll; Miss Rose Lindsay and Mr. George Hart, Jr.; Miss Isabelle Erwln and Mr. John Cunningham; Miss Charlotte Erwin and Mr. Geo. W. Williams; Miss Lutie Betts and Mr. J. E. Lowry. The lady guests were as follows: Miss Josie Sadler, Miss Amelia Beckham, Mrs. L. C. Harrison, of Rock Hill; Miss Alexa McLure, Miss Mamie Lyles, of Chester; Miss Lutie Betts, of Maryland; Miss Lindia White, of Virginia; Miss Annabelle Gladney, Miss Sarah Gladney, Miss Isabelle Erwin, Miss Charlotte Erwin, Miss Laura Parish, Miss Fannie Parish, M.iss Blanche Lindsay, Miss Rose Lindsay, of Yorkville. The gentlemert were: Messrs. Herbert Dunlap, Joe Rawlinson, C. Robinson, James Beckham, Morris Cobb, Chas. Cobb, John Hardin, Creighton, ^ Owen, Mobley, Rock Hill; Sam Leard, John Stephenson, Sam Flenniken Carl Latimer, Frazier, Pleasant, of Chester; Dr. Chas. Lipscomb, Dr. Humphreys, D. Claude Ross, of Gaffney; F. Dobson, J. L. Hannahan, I. W. Johnson, Geo. H. Hart, Carl Hart, Latta Parish, J. E. Lowry, M. L. Carroll, Geo. W. Williams, P. T. McNeel, Bob Johnson, John Cunningham, of Yorkvllle. X The chaperones were Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Willis, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Gladney, Mr. and i?irs. T. W. Speck, Mrs. E. C. Hanahan. CIRCUIT COURT. In f he case of Elizabeth P. Gaulden vs. the Imperial Insurance company, which was being tried when the last issue of The Enquirer went to press, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $870. The next case taken up was that of N. A. Slattery vs. W. B. deLoach, a suit for the settlement in. a transaction amounting to $290. The defendant's showing satisfied the jury that all obligations to the plaintiff had been dis charged and the verdict was to that effect. In the case of the Commercial and y Farmers' Bank vs. Edward Fewell, the rerdict was for the defendant. In the case of the Carolina National Bank of Columbia vs. the Commercial md Farmers' Bank of Rock Hill, there was a consent verdict for the plaintiff n the sum of $5,299.51. A motion for a new trial was granted ii the case of G. W. Brooke vs. W. L. Hill. The last jury case was that of the Ftoddey Mercantile company against Marcissa Bratton, Samuel Moore and )thers. This case grew out of a warrant of attachment issued under an agricultural lien held by the plaintiffs, rhe main point in the case was based ipon the fact that the lien under which he 1900 crop was seized, included secu Jty for a balance that had been carried over from the preceding year. Jnder the statute, it seems, an agriculural lien can only be made to cover mpplies to be furnished, and that it :annot be used to secure old balances. U the time the defendants signed liens o cover the crops they were to make in 900, they owed balances on their ac- *""" ounts for the previous year. These lalances were included in the amounts o be furnished during 1900. It was vitfi the consent of the defendants. lefendants' counsel claimed that this rrangement could not be carried out ven with the consent of the defendant. ffie testimony showed, however, that irevious to the issuance of the warrant f attachment, the defendants had irought the plaintiff sufficient cotton to t ipe out the old balances and had con- j ented to the application of the cotton o this purpose. The court held that his fact had disposed of the old bal