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Scraps and .facts. .? Charters were filed at Austin, Texas, last Friday, for the Houston Oil company, with a capitalization of $30,000,000, and the Kirby Lumber company, capitalized at $10,000,000. The first named has been organized to handle oil produced In the Texas field and is primarily Intended as a competitor of the Standard Oil company, first In Texas and afterward in the domestic and export trade. Its articles embrace /VTT,?in? lon^o nrnoruint pi uvlaiun.i iui uniimg iouuh, p>vwrv.. ing for and marketing: oil, operating pipe lines and steamships. The lumber company will take over the holdings of John H. Kirby, including more than 1,000,000 acres, embracing the larger part of the standing timber in East Texas. ? Says a Richmond dispatch of the 4th instant: Mrs. Matthew Gilmore, who, as a girl, performed the daring - deed of riding through the federal lines and conveying to Colonel John S. Mosby information that enabled mm to save the Southern army from defeat, died suddenly tonight. She was ill only 10 minutes. Mrs. Gilmore was a daughter of the late Rev. Abraham David Pollock, of Fauquier county. During the war, when a mere girl, she rode alone through the federal lines and conveyed to Colonel John S. Mosby the news that the enemy was going to make an attack upon the Confederates. It turned out that this timely warning saved the Southern army from defeat. On her mother's side Mrs. Gilmore was descended from the Lees and the Washingtons. ? Dr. William Sutherland, health officer of Bolllvar county. Miss., on last Friday gave out the following report on charbon, which has appeared in his county: "Anthrax appeared in this community about three weeks ago in virulent form and is causing wholesale destruction of muies, horses and swine. I have heard of only one case in man, but fear its effects on the people before it runs its course. The atmosphere is full of the stench from dead animals. They die so fast they cannot be buried or burnt, and it is exceedingly difficult to get men to undertake the job. The infected district is from above Gunnison, near Duson on the north to Bollivar and Benoit on the south and east to Bogue Phalia. I nver knew horseflies so numerous and they are the cause of the rapid dissemination of the disease. House flies and mosquitoes are also supposed to aid its spread. Dr. Roberts, of the experiment station, came here at my call, but can offer no remedy except the injection of the serum. I have without authority, put this section in quarantine as to animals." Senator Moore, of Bolivar county. confirms the stories sent out about charbon and says 90 per cent, of the stock in the infected district is dead. ? Philadelphia Times: Austria is the centre for the talk about a Pan-European alliance against America. The alarm wa^i first sounded by the Austrian foreign minister, Count Goiuchowski, and it is not surprising that hints of the same sort emanate from that neighborhood. The Vienna correspondent of the London Times considers the matter of so much importance that he sends his journal an article written to this text. While he thinks that the realization of such a general boycott against America is quite improbable he says it is worth while to note the fact that the idea becomes increasingly popular in commercial circles in central and eastern Europe. It does appear unlikely that such a combination could be effected. But whether it could be or not is not the question that nhmiiH muse nnxietv to the American people. The very fact that it is suggested and that single nations are ready to arm themselves against the competition of the United States ought to be enough to put us on guard. A people with whom other governments are seeking grounds for dispute, can ill-afford to parade up and down the hallway of international politics with a chip on their shoulders. Urbanity and a friendly disposition to go half way in all matters of trade should mark our foreign policy everywhere. ? Details of the alleged offense of Capt. A. S. Rowan, the burning of a Filipino town for which he is to undergo Investigation, have been received at Leavenworth, Kansas, in a letter from Private John E. Watson, Nineteenth infantry, dated Jaqua, Bohul Island, May 19. The letter says: "A native spy came into the post and walked over to Captain Rowan's tent and looked in and found it empty. But when he started to go away he saw Corporal Daly standing a few yards away. The spy took Corporal Daly for the captain and walking up to him gave the corporal a folded note. As Daly took the note to read the spy drew out a dagger and stabbed him to death. The Insurgents had planned to rush in and cut the rest of us down during the confusion that would follow the captain's death, but we cooly fell in under arms and formed a skirmish line around the post. The insurgents thought they had gotten Captain Rowan, so when the skirmish line advanced they met about 100 men in the bush. About 50 of the ~ lll/\/I n n/1 O V\A1lf O rl AfQIl cucmj nac mucu aim auuui ?. uvavu were taken prisoners who were killed while tryin?- to escape. The men caught the spy who murdered Daly. They would have tortured him to death but some men of cooler heads than the others shot the wretch In the head. The town was burned and a few Filipinos killed." ? This interesting story of a wealthy Negro is told in the Reidsville, N. C., correspondence of the Raleigh Post: "Probably the wealthiest colored man in America is a guest of his children in Reidsville. He was born a slave in Henry county, Virginia. 64 years ago. By ownership his name would be Edward Abingdon: but, like many others of his race, he preferred that of his slave father and took the name of Edward Dillard?'Dr. Dillard,' as his friends style him. he having been a successful druggist in Chicago for several years. He made his escape from slavery in 1863 and made his way to Pittsburg, where he made $2.50 a day shoveling pig iron, and lived on 30 cents a day until he saved up $1,400, when he bought a horse and cart and began peddling coal, working in the day and studying at night. He went to Chicago, and opened a drug store. He employed a capable drug clerk, whose duties were to wait on customers and teach the proprietor the druggist's art. His establishment was burned in the great Chicago fire, but he was saved from the loss and made a little better off by an Insurance policy of $10,000. He again opened up in the drug business, but soon sold out for $22,000 cash. He J then went to Australia and embarked | in the cattle business. In the meantime he had purchased, years before, a piece of suburban real estate, then near, but now in the heart of the city of Chicago, and for which he recently refused more than $200,000. He also owns a valuable estate in Australia. The other day he deposited with a Danville bank two drafts on the Melbourne (Australia) bank, for $37,000. When he took his departure more than 37 years ago, he left behind him a son and daughter, and his mission to this country was to find them. They had not heard from him for years. He found both living in Reidsville, and they are to receive a goodly share of his fortune. 'Dr.' Dillard says he will not return to Australia, but will dispose of his holdings there and henceforth live in his native state. He is an unassuming and wellmannered colored man, and speaks of his old owners and their relatives with veneration, as 'marster' or 'mistress.' He says that the greatest fault of his race is that they do not know the value of a dollar." She ||orkriUc (Enquirer. YORK VILLE, S. C.? WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1901. Referring to our comment on a red ink advertisement The Yorkville Enquirer says: "The idea that a bright colored red ink advertisement could lend to the effect of an advertisement may appear absurd enough; but nevertheless it is a fact that this very thing has made itself the subject of a ten line editorial paragraph in The Journal. If then the editor of The Journal has been so perceptibly Influenced by such a simple expedient, how much more are the less callous readers of The Press and Banner likely to have been affected." The argument is ill founded. The red advertisement did not call forth our paragraph, but the boost given it by the Union Times. The red advertisement itself provoked only a smile at rural and provincial newspaper ideas. Thanks for "callous."?Spartanburg Journal. With The Journal this seems to be a case of can't or wont see the point. If the red ink advertisement elicited the boost of the Union Times and the boost of the Union Times provoked the Journal's smile, then it logically follows that The Journal's smile is traceable back to the red ink advertisement, and it is not impossible that the business office of the Abbeville Press and Banner has received one or more requests for copies of the paper under discussion. If so, this fact, along with the controversy of The Times, The Journal and The Enquirer, is to be charged up as among the results of the advertiser's notion. There was no Intention of being offensive in the use of the word "callous." A correspondent of the Spartanburg Journal writes that paper as follows: It has been a long time since the Fourth of July in Spartanburg was so generally observed and by recreations so varied in character. The street railways must have done a tremendous business, the cigar trade must have been unusually good; boys and girls did a lot of courting, from the way they were paired off, especially around the suburbs of the mill towns under the shade trees. In fact they were having a good time generally, so it seemed to one just taking in the situation in common. The main feature of the day was in the grove on Kennedy street, where seats were arranged and a stand erected for the speaker, Senator John L. MCL,aurin. XNODoay was aDusea; not. one time did he use the name of his enemies, but stated his views on the issues of the day that he regarded of more importance than personal abuse. I had heard that McLaurin was a radical, so gave him my undivided attention that I might catch some expression that would be evidence or convincing. I must candidly confess that had I never heard such a charge I should naver have thought of such a thing by his speech; but I am convinced of one thing, and that is, that his views and policy are in advance of the ordinary mind and will not be appreciated just now as they should "be by the people most affected thereby. Education along the line of political economy is a thing greatly needed, and such speeches as McLaurin's ought to and will get the people to thinking and acting for themselves. I am no candidate for office?never was and never expect to be?so am not afraid to express myself. I do oelieve there are just lots men among us that are afraid to come out boldly for or against a measure until they know how it will strike the majority?afraid they will lose a vote. How we do need statesmen Instead of coat-tall swingers and mud-slingers! All this is very sensible and it indicates that the writer is a man of intelligence: but in our view he is worrying himself unnecessarily. We have seen the time when we feared that the general public did not know as much as it ought to know about such matters, and afterward been very much gratified to leurn that our fears were unfounded. The people of this state are not as hnflrwnrrt as mnnv of our better read people seem to think, and really do think. They are fully capable of taking In and considering Senator McLaurin's views at their full value and in putting a proper estimate upon Senator McLaurin himself. "Do not allow a man to be placed upon any committee, precinct, county, state or national, unless he Is a believer in the Kansas City platform. If a man opposed to the Kansas City platform is sent as a delegate to any convention, he should be bound by instructions and should have associated with him a sufficient majority who are sound on the platform. If a man objects to instructions leave him at home; no Democratic delegate will object to an expression from the voters whom he seeks to represent.?W. J. Bryan. From the foregoing it would appear that Mr. Bryan sometimes writes without taking into consideration a possibility that his readers might attempt to do a little analyzing on their own account. "If a man objects to instructions, leave him at home." That sounds very well. If Mr. Bryan means "Instructions" from the rank and file of the party, we agree with him; but he must not expect the rank and file to take "instructions" from an individual. Yet he is evidently presuming on that very thing, when he gives Instructions himself. The rank and file had little to do with the making of the Kansas City platform. Mr. Bryan made It for the most part. There has not since been much indication that the rank and file endorses that platform. There is little reason to believe that this platform gets general endorsement now. Not WlUlHlOIlUJUg, IIUncYcl, nc i? with all the arbitrary assumption of an autocrat that whether we believe in the Kansas City platform or not [we are not even assumed to have the right to disbelieve] we must see to it that no man who is not a believer must be chosen to any representative position. We must set up before men of honest, intelligent conviction, hypocritical ignoramuses who might be willing to pledge themselves to anything in order to secure preferment. Out with such stuff! The time has been when we believed it impossible that Mr. Bryan could say or do anything that savored of the demagogue; but no one else would have effrontry to tell people to act without knowing, thinking or approving. For those who approve it, the Kansas City platform is all right; but from our understanding of that instrument, we think that unless there are some very material amendments, the Democratic party may as well disband. It will certainly never get another commission to run the government because a majority of the people of this country have too much sense. Dr. j. Win. Stokes. Thousands of people all over South Carolina who were well enough acquainted with the 4ate Dr. J. William Stokes to appreciate his character as a man, citizen and patriot, realize that in the untimely death of this gentleman, South Carolina has suffered a distinct loss that will be more or less severely felt. It cannot be said with truth that Dr. Stokes was what is known as a brilliant man; but he was pure, able and patriotic, and the one great aim. of his life was to merit the love and esteem of his fellow citizens of South Carolina by conferring upon them practical benefits that would add to their happiness. He thought of this more than he did of his own advancement or personal advantage. Coming into politics during an era of prejudice and abuse, the like of which had never been known in this state before, and which, it is hoped, will never be known again, Dr. Stokes suffered severely at the hands of smallsouled scribblers, who, by silly apologies for ridicule, succeeded in bringing him under the contempt of many of the unthinking people of the state. But ' notwithstanding all the things with whirh he had to contend. Dr. Stokes accomplished much in his comparatively short public career, and left in the hearts of his people the foundation of a monument that will grow taller and taller as his true character and abilities are better understood and appreclatated. It is a conceded fact that while Dr. Stokes had much opposition in his own ! district and at his own home on his first election, this opposition had long i since disappeared, and that there was every reason to believe that had his < life been spared he would have contin- ] ued to represent his people in the halls i of congress for many years to come. ' It was because he measured up to all I the requirements of a thoroughly efficient representative that Dr. Stokes i won the general good opinion of his I people, and it was through the practi- i cal nature of his patriotism that he i won claims to the gratitude of the peo- l pie of the whole state. His most nota- i ble achievement probably, was his sue- I cess in securing free delivery of mail 1 along star routes in South Carolina, a 1 convenience and benefit that is as yet 1 enjoyed by no other state in the union, i The doctor was also an earnest and 1 persistent worker along with others In I behalf of rural free delivery; but the < free delivery along star routes is an 1 achievement, the credit of which be- ' longs to him alone. ' In addition to his character as a pa- ' triot and statesman, Dr. Stokes was an ' earnest, hard working, practical Christ- I ian. He lived his profession and his re- ! liglon had the sincere respect of all 1 who knew him. As we have previously remarked, in < the death of Dr. Stokes, South Carolina has lost a great and good man?a man , who may well be taken as a model by , which other public men should be ; measured. ( MERE-MENTION. . England has arranged to add three 1 immense battleships and six new cruls- 1 ers to her navy President and Mrs. > McKinley left Washington Friday for a < short visit to their home at Canton < There were 30 deaths from heat In ' Washington during the first three days ' of July Comptroller Dawes, of the ! treasury department, has tendered his 1 resignation in order to enter the Illinois 1 senatorial contest in a Fourtn 01 ' July speech at Chicago last Thursday, Eugene V. Debs denounced the supreme court of the United States as the tool of unscrupulous capitalists Richmond Pearson Hobson says he expects to live to see tne day when the Fourth of July will be celebrated by all the nations of the earth Mrs. Carrie Nation is still smashing saloons out in Kansas The navy department has sent two recruiting parties south to drum up recruits for the navy. The recruiting of farmer boys from the west last year has resulted so satisfactorily that the navy department is desirous of continuing work in the same direction General Wood is much better, but his condition continues serious. President McKinley has issued a proclamation opening up certain government lands in Oklahoma for settlement on August 0. Thousands of people surround the borders of the land awaiting the day of opening to join in the rush for claims Pierre Lorilard died in New York Sunday. He is reputed to have possesed a fortune of $25,000,000 A number of Japanese t warships will be present, says a Yoka- 1 hama, Japan, cable, in addition to the f four American warships under Rear \ Admiral Rodgers, at the unveiling July c 14, at Kurlhama, of the monument to \ commemorate the landing there of ? Commodore Perry, July 14, 1853 1 The financial secretary of the London t war office, Lord Stanley, In the house g of commons last Monday, In an answer r to a question, gave the total number f of Boers killed, wounded or made pris- d oners, from the active commands re- 1 cently, as follows: March, 1,472; April, s 2,434; * May, 2,640; June, incomplete, c 1,538 A temperature of 108 degrees 1 is reported from Maryville, Kansas, c This record was made on Monday 11 The official reports to the bureau of t vital statistics of death from heat for z the week ending July 6, show that the t actual numbers for five, burroughs of a greater New York was 989 James t G. Stone, consul general at Cape Town, a has resigned because the salary of his s office was insufficient for his support. \ SOUTH CAROLINA NE\*\/ t Death of Dr. J. Win. Stokes. A, C Dr. J. Wm. Stokes, representative In c congress from the seventh district, died g at his home near Orangeburg last Sat- 1 urday morning, at 5 o'clock, after a e long illness. t Delegate* to Mining Congress. ' Governor McSwe'eney has received 1 several requests to appoint delegates to r the International Mining association, which meets at Boise City, Idaho, July 23 to 25. The promoters of the conven- c tlon ask for 30 delegates to be appoint- r ed. Governor McSweeney has announc- r ed the names of some who are authorized to represent the state, and oth- r er names will be added as they are 8 suggested to the governor by parties interested. Those already named are Alonzo Her, of Union; Dr. James Mcintosh, Col. Jos. Y. Culbreath and O. M. r Jamison, of Newberry; W. B. Smith 8 Whaley and Colonel Wilie Jones, of 1 Columbia; Augustiii T. Smythe, of Charleston; Colonel John B. Cleveland, 1 Mayor A. B. Calvert and Hon. V. C. West, of Spartanburg; Major Jas. F. r Hart, Yorkville; Colonel John L. Black, Blacksburg; and Mr. A. C. Latimer, of Belton. / The Late Joseph LeConte. / ^ Columbia correspondence News and ^ Courier: Prof. Joseph LeConte, whose t death was announced in The Sunday t News, was one of the most distinguish- i ed scientists of America. From 1856 to ( 1869 he was a professor at the South 1 Carolina college, and in 1869 he left ^ here to go to California, where he has r been engaged in the great university I since that time. He was succeeded at ii the South Carolina college by Dr. Jas. * Woodrow. Dr. LeConte and Dr. Wood- 1< row, perhaps the two greatest profes- s sors of science who have labored in this p state, were close personal friends and t admirers of each other. During the fl war Dr. LeConte was in charge of the v Confederate laboratories at the Fair o grounds here, and when he left here for I other work he was succeeded by Dr. B James Woodrow. Dr. LeConte has vis- t ited South Carolina often in recent f years and came hefe especially to see 1 his daughter, Mrs. R. Means Davis, e Mrs. Davis went out to California last n month to visit her parents and to at- s tend a wedding in the family, and was a near her distinguished father at the a time of his death. b Still MlarepreaentInN; McLanrln. -Greenville News, Thursday: Referring to the story that he had opposed c the appropriation for the Charleston exposition on the ground that that the passage of the hill would have added ^ too largely to the prestige of Senator ' Tillman, Senator McLaurin denounced the report as an infamous lie. He said: . "I never heard the story before; but anyone who makes that statement utters an infamous lie." It was reported that he consulted Speaker Henderson ^ and Senator Hanna with a view of defeating the appropriation. "I never mentioned it to Senator Hanna, except to ask him to help it through. It is true I was not prominently identified tvlth the original effort to have the appropriation passed. Senator Tillman, ^ as a member of the committee on apP propriations, Introduced the bill the ^ first day of the session and took charge Df it in the senate. Mr. Latimer was c Its recognized sponsor In the house, enl Congressman Elliott, in whose district . Charleston is, was allowed to have but ? little to do with the measure in the (louse. But the statement that I opposed the appropriation or wanted to see it fail, or endeavored to secure its ^ - ? 11 failure, is untrue in every senae m mc word." Uolnmbia and Charleston TUeri. si Columbia special of July 6 to Green- j, k'llle News: Governor McSweeney to- ^ 3ay in speaking about the dispensary p situation in Charleston and the action h >f the state board o^directors, said that Chairman Williams had called on him u ind that the governor and the board were in thorough accord as to what C) was to be done. The governor, talking f( ibout Columbia blind tigers, said in ef- ^ feet: "If the police force of the city Q1 Joes not make an effort to stop the i'- tj icit sale of whisky the profits from Co- jc lumbla will be taken away and an 8, imount sufficient to employ contables t, to enforce the law will be used. The r| emainder will be turned over to the Q] county and the city will get nothing." rhe governor thinks the police here a *e ^ lot doing their duty. The Charleston ^ police make raids constantly and, al- n :hough it has been charged that they were fake raids, that remains to be tj shown. The policemen in Columbia, ir However, pay no attention to this mat- w ter at all and unless more activity is ^ Jlsplayeci it may De tnat tne cny win r( ose all of Its profits. The whole mat- r} ler will come up again at a meeting of B the state board of directors on the 16th w nstant. It is said that then some t( startling revelations will be made as to a Charleston and the constabularies' t( Jealings with the blind tigers. It Is intlmated that the constables are openly tj said by blind tigers and that proof can ue produced. It is not charged that t? inythlng of the kind is done in Colum- y >ia, though a very thorough investiga- ^ ion is to be made all around. But the p( >oard and the governor have the power B :o withhold profits and that fact is par- tj icularly interesting just now. hi I'o Ite-OrKnnizc the Alliance. n Columbia State, Monday: The timeltl 'or the annual meeting of the state Al-' 01 lance is rapidly drawing near, and rom present indications it seems that dgorous efforts are to be made to thor>ughly rejuvenate the Noble Order vhich has figured quite prominently in South Carolina affairs in recent years. Che meeting is to be held in Colum>la as usual, and the sessions will berin on the fourth Wednesday in this nonth?the 24th instant. Owing to thei act that the state capitol is now unlergolng remodeling, the hall of the louse cannot be used as usual, and the ession will be held either in the city ouncil chamber or in the county court louse. Senator Alexander, of Oconee ounty, Is now tne president or tne ailance, Railroad Commissioner Wilborn teing president of the national organlation. There will be several matters o be considered this year. One will be i. proposition to proceed at once with a horough reorganization of the sub.lliances. To this end it is proposed to elect a wide-awake state organizer, vho will be paid a good salary and who vf 11 be required to give his whole time o the work. It is also proposed to hoose earnest congressional district irganlzers. The salary of the state organizer will be paid from the funds on land belonging to the State Alliance exchange, it is said. The farmers of he state have been gradually losing inerest in the Alliance organization, irobabiy because class politics have lot been much in evidence in the past ew years, and at present many of the uballiances are practically dead. Some if the members think that the Alliance un on basic principles can in this pelod be of Incalculable benefit to the arming classes, and they wish to see it evived. It is not unlikely that some iction will be taken at this meeting ooking to the good roads movement. Apropos to the coming meeting it may >e said that as yet no date for the anlual encampment at Tlrzah has been ettled upon. It will, however, take dace sometime in August, and the Clemson faculty's farmers' institute vill, as last year, be one of the chief eatures of the gathering. Much good esulted from last year's Institute. Congressman Talbert and others will be nvited to deliver addresses. Inother Woman's Baby. Greenville News, Tuesday: Mrs. L. V. Harris, of Fairfield, Anderson couny, had a peculiar experience aboard he southbound fast mail Sunday norning. Shortly after the train left Charlotte, a strange woman asked her o care for her baby a few minutes, 'he woman never returned. Mrs. Har1s had been on a visit to relatives in lock Hill and was on her return home n Anderson county. She said to a lews reporter that after leaving Charatte about 11 o'clock Saturday night he was rather tired and sleepy and iaid little attention to who was on the rain. She noticed, however, as she [rst took her seat, a handsome young /oman with a small baby in her arms, ccupying a seat Just in the rear of her. lefore the train had gone very far, frs. Harris said that this woman came o her and asked her to watch her baby or a few minutes until she returned, 'his, Mrs. Harris very kindly consentd to do, thinking, of course, the wonan would return for the child in a hort time. The baby was then asleep nd was not noticed until it awoke bout half an hour afterwards and egan crying. Mrs. Harris quieted the hild and waited patiently for the reurn of the woman who had left the aby in her charge. Upon reaching ireenville Mrs. Harris says that the .'Oman had not yet put in her appearnce. She took the baby in her arms ogether with a grip that had been left n the seat and got off the train to pend the remainder of the night here, efore leaving for her home on the 9.40 !. and G. train. She was met at the epot by her husband, who had come ver from Anderson the afternoon beare. Mr. Harris notified the policernn of the lost baby. He said Sunday lorning Just before leaving the city hat he had a number of applicants ar the child, but that he didn't care to ive him up. The little fellow was bout a year old, with brown eyes, imples in his cheeks and apparently ossessed of a very sweet disposition, 'he valise which Mrs. Harris brought rom the train with her was found to ontain a number of fine baby dresses, milk bottle and everything necessary ar a baby's toilet, harleston's Striking Machinists. News and Courier, Monday: Aside pom the clashes which have occurred etween the striking machinists and tie new men brought here to work in tie Southern Railway shops there has een much interest on the part of outIders to know just how the strikers ave been able to keep in touch with tie movements of the railroad comany. In this connection many stories ave been told of tlie ease with which le strikers have learned of the nonnionists' movements. Every special -ain sent to Charleston has had its iming known to the strikers long be>re it ever crossed the state line. The ead men of the order are kept thorughly posted on all labor matters and ley lose no time in notifying the >cal machinists whenever a train tarts in this direction. The regular alns coming in over the Southern lilway are met by squads of strikers r their friends, who stand around and irefully scrutinize the face of every lale passenger who alights. The other ay the railroad appealed to a city lagistrate for authority by which lese people could be kept away from le station. The magistrate refused to iterfere and gave as his reason that it as a matter for the police. The police epartment has jurisdiction at all railiad stations and complaints from the lilroad should be acted on by Chief oyle. The strikers deny that they ent out merely because they were told ) do so and when they had no grievnce against the company. They con ;nd that the grievance has been a big ling and they acted in justice to lemselves when they quit. A case in oint, however, will be a matter of invest. One machinist, a member of the nion, said before the strike was orered to take place that he did not exect to go out, as he had no grievance, [e said that his salary was as high as lat of the men In the shops who held Igher positions and he had absolutely 9 reason for quitting. He said he lought he would stick to his post. The ther men told him that unless he struck he would not be allowed to return to the shop with them, provided they came out victorious from the fight. They said furthermore, that In the event of winning, they would go on another strike If he was permitted to return to the shops with them. In view of all this the machinist struck. The railroad has announced in positive terms that the strikers will not be allowed to return and the man who did not want to strike, but who was forced to, is out of a Job. Another story talked of yesterday concerned the effort made by the railroad to get in a number of machinists unknown to the strikers. It was said that two machinists had been sent here, dressed In the regulation "dude" outfit. They moved from the train with the unconcern of English tourists, but the strikers "copned" them out. The ruse did not fool the strikers, and they thought it a clever piece of work on their part. ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. Work on the Water* Hill?The Road Prom Rock Hill to the Bridge? Other Notes. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Rock Hill, July 8.?The roller mill in this city, which has been doing a fine business, has closed down for a week or ten days in order to repair machinery. Several of the enterprises in this town paid very handsome dividends during the present month. Among them were the Arcade and Manchester cotton mills each of which paid a semiannual dividend of 4 per cent. A congregational meeting will be held at the Presbyterian church next Sunday, to call a pastor. Your correspondent has had no intimation as to who would receive the invitation. Mrs. J. B. Ferguson and Mrs. T. B. Reid are both sick at their homes near Edgmoor. The rock crusher recently purchased by the county, is at work near the Waters hill stockade. The machine seems to be doing very fine work, and the convicts are now engaged in blading the broken rock on the bed which has been thrown up for a distance of nearly a mile and a half. The force of the stockade was augmented today by the addition of two law-breakers who were sent there by Mayor Waters for 30 days each. Ernest Massey, colored, one of the convicts, is an old olTender and was sent up for very indecent behavior on the streets. He ought to have been given a year, and would have been if the mayor had had the authority to send him up for that length of time. W. L. Merritt, white, the other convict, was sentenced for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. A warrant was also lodged against him in Magistrate Beckham's court, the charge in this case being driving another man's horse without permission. It seems that he made a trip to the North Carolina blind tigers, and stole the horse for that purpose. At a meeting of the county commissioners to be held in this city on Thurs day, of this week, it is reported that an effort will be made to change the proposed new road from Rock Hill to the river bridge, via the state farm, and > thence direct to the river, to a route ' that will run from the old Berry house in Oakland, via. the Matthews mill pond to Dutchman creek, and thence by the old Neely's ferry road to the river. Such a change would be a mistake, as your correspondent believes the commissioners will conclude after Tiding over the grounds, and examining the conditions. The commissioners are advised to go slow in this matter of changing the road, (if any road is to be built). There is something back of 1 this which the commissioners will un- ' derstand later on. Two young white men by name, Walter and Fred Hansom, were before Magistrate Beckham today, charged with killing and carrying off three 1 chickens belonging to an old neighbor. : They were given $5 or 20 days on the 1 chaingang for the annoyance. They ' will appeal to the higher court. 1 The Musical club of this city, gave a 1 royal reception to a number of their 1 friends at the home of Mrs. B. M. Fewell, in this city, on last Friday night. 1 It was an affair of much eclat, but it [ was nevertheless, homelike in the hospitality so lavishly dispensed. Now and then, your correspondent ' meets a farmer who says that his farm prospects have Improved considerably, but usually the cry is that there has been no change in the unfavorable condition. The extremely hot weather following the protracted rains, has had a bad effect. Much vegetation has been scalded and there will not be much outcome, it is feared. Trade conditions are as satisfactory as usual at this time of the year in this city. The merchants are not busy. They are doing a fairly satisfactory business, however. There were no Fourth of July casualties, but the North Carolina whisky dealers had a fine trade from this section, and the glorious Fourth was made less glorious in many instances, by the too free use of the ardent. Killed By a Cannon.?Mrs. Emma Ryley, 57 years old, was instantly killed yesterday afternoon while sitting in her room on the third floor of 122 Morris avenue, Newark, superintending the packing of a trunk which she was going to take to Europe tomorrow. A slug of lead, weighing three or four ounces and of irregular shape, tore : through the inside blind of the open window and after passing through her head, buried itself in the wall. Mrs. Ryley's daughters, Clara and Fannie, were in the room, and another of her six daughters was in an adjoining room. The mother was sitting on a low bench near the window, darning a stocking when the missile crashed through her head. The daughters screamed and a physician was called in. ine ponce learneu inui luur uuyo ? had been tiring a cannon at the corner . of Bank street and Morris avenue, and 1 that Josepn Ruduman, 17 years old, i was the owner of the cannon. They J found the cannon in the yard of the jj house occupied by Rudmann's father, John B. Rudmann, at 387 Bank street, 8 and took it to police headquarters. It 1 was 18 inches long with a calibre of i one and a half inches. The slug was a piece of lead pipe pounded together. A general alarm was sent out early in the afternoon for tfie arrest of Rud- ( mann and his companions and all four . were locked up last night and paroled until this morning.?New York Sun, 1 5th. ? LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Jas. F. Hart, Atty. at Law?Gives notice of sale under chattel mortgage, of one dynamo, now located in the Sutro mill building. Sale takes place at the mill on July 20th. F. P. Venable, President?Gives Information of interest in regard to the University .of North Carolina. The fall term begins September 9, next. VY . D. OIIIIIII /IgCIIV?MMCO IIUUVC VI the sale of a lot of cotton saved from . a Are at Clover. The sale will take place on Tuesday, the l6th. J. Q. Wray?Telis about his stock of white goods, which he is now offering at and below New York cost. . . J. F. Pursley, Clover?Tells you something about groceries, and says that at his store you will find a good variety of choice edibles at the right prices. J. J. Keller & Co.?Tell their friends of Ruchter's paints, hardware, tools, building supplies, screen doors and undertaking supplies. Riddle & Carroll?Offer for 10 days to sell Middleton's choice Ceylon tea in pound boxes at 75 cents a pound, and say that this tea is usually sold at $1 a pound. H. C. Strauss & Co.?Talk to their gentlemen friends about being well dressed, and invite them to come and see them about being well dressed at. a * low cost. James M. Starr & Co.?Tell of the good qualities of velvet talcum powder, and say It is a perfect sanitary powder. They have other talcum and toilet powders. John B. Williams?Talks about his ci-' gars and tobacco and names over the different brands which he has in his stock. RESOLUTIONS. After completing their month's work last Saturday the teachers in attendance on the summer school held a special meeting and unanimously adopted the following resolutions: , 1. That our thanks as members of the summer school of York "cdunty;1 for the session of 1901 are due our pre-' ceptors for their patient and skillful in-, struction. i. That it is our ardent wish and request that the same corps of teachers, if available, be alloted to those of us who attend next session. , . .. 3. That we tender our sincere and heartfelt sympathy to Prof. J. W.' Thomson; and while we would not intrude upon the sanplty of his grief, we would beseech for him the consolation nf tho nivlno nnmfnrt^r the: confederate monument. Since the publication of the list last Wednesday, Captain W. B. Moore, of the Jasper Light Infantry, reports the following additional subscriptions to tne York County Confederate monument fund: J. S. Brice * 25 00 Robert Witherspoon 2 00 : John Caldwell 1 00 T. J. Bell, Savannah 1 00 John F. Gordon 5 00 H. Fay Gaffney, Gaffney.I 00 Up to this time Captain Moore is very well pleased with the manner in which people are meeting the call to erect a monument to the Confederate soldiers of York county. The undertaking has met with unanimous approval in all parts of the county and so soon as all the different committees get down to steady work, it is expected that subscriptions will begin to come in with sufficient volume to make short work of the task. J * ' 'f> ^ " a suit against the woodmen. A damage suit that promises to be interesting has been instituted against the Woodmen of the World, and three of its members at Hickory Grove,, by' Mr, S. W. Mitchell, for 115,000. The suit has grown out of alleged injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff during initiation on the 22d de- of March last. The individual members being sued are Messrs. J. W. Leech, S. W. Leech and D. A. Whisonant. The plaintiff nrtmnlolno that no fho fOQlllt ftf milch handling by these defendants he has been injured to the amount named. G. W. S. Hart, Esq., represents the plalntifT and D. E. Flnley, Esq., represents the defendants. The reporter learned yesterday that Mr. Hart had drawn up and served the complaint in the case; but there were no papers on record' and as both attorneys were out of town no definite details other than have been stated could be secured. As one of the results of the suit, should it come to an issue, it is expected that some of the secrets of the Woodmen will be exposed to publicity; but as to this, it will probably be better to await developments. ^^BOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Thos. J. Bell returned to Savannah last Saturday. Mr. John Plaxco is hauling up his wheat crop, preparatory to threshing. ^Congressman Finley went to Orangeburg Sunday to attend the funeral of Dr. J. William Stokes. ^Mr. W. Mason McConnel, the popular clerk at J. Q. Wray's store, is off >n a month's vacation. Mr. H. H. Beard and family went up :o Piedmont Springs Monday afternoon \ :o remain about two weeks. ^Misses Edith Draffln and Miss Louise rhompson, of Riverside, Lancaster \ :ounty, are visiting In Yorkvllle, the v quests of Mrs. M. W. White. Rev. B. H. Grier preached his farewell sermon to his Yorkvllle congrega:lon Sunday morning. He and his famly expect to leave for their new home n Laurens county next w?pk.Mr. A. F. McConnelL-r^ports having leard the first katydid of the season 3undav nlerht. According to a DODUlar aelief the first frost of next season ihould occur within ninety days. rMr. Samuel R. Moore, of Washington, D. C., is In Yorkvnle for the summer. VIr. Moore is connected with the gov. rnment engineering department. J. S. Brlce, Esq., was recalled to Due tVest again last Sunday on account of he illness of his mother. Mrs. McCaw eceived a telegram Monday night statng that Mrs. Brice was dying. Mr. Ross Love, who lives near Sharon, has a better cotton crop than at. his time last year, and also a good :orn crop. As a reason for having such i fine prospect for cotton Mr. Love says, le does not undertake to cultivate nore than he can handle. ^Misses Willie and Lee Williams ex>ect to leave Yorkville on Thursday for l visit to Rutherfordton and Chimney *ock, N. C. Miss Willie Williams will >e absent from H. C. Strauss & Co.'s itore for a month. Says a Seneca special of July 8 to the Columbia State: Rev. W. G. Neville >reacned two fine sermons yesterday nornlng and last night to a large congregation in the Presbyterian church.