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Scraps and jrarts. ? Having become annoyed at the con- J stant strife stirred up in Tampa by the leaders of the Resistencia Union Cigar makers. 100 business men, on last Tuesday, rounded up a number of the strike leaders, loaded them on a vessel, and sent them out into the gulf.' The work of cleaning out the strikers is still going on. The business people of thei city are determined to put a stop to the! anarchy which has been giving them so I much trouble. ? A daughter of ex-Governor Jones, of Alabama, was killed under most distressing circumstances at Montgomery last Tuesday. It seems that the young lady was subject to a nervous disorder which frequently developed into snells. during which she had an uncontrollable desire to run. Ex-Governor Jones was sitting in his front piazza and the daughter was in the yard gathering flowers. A trolley car came along at great speed and the young lady made for it as fast as she could run. The car was going down grade and was not within control of the motorman. The young lady ran against the car and was quickly tangled among the wheels. She was dragged a hundred yards or more before the car could be stopped. Her body was badly mangled. Ex-Governor Jones witnessed the horrible sight. ? Great floods, caused by the overflowing of the Yang Tse, have caused the death of many thousands in China, says a British Columbia dispatch of August 6. The river has risen 40 feet and for hundreds of miles the country is a great lake with only tops of trees and an occasional roof showing. At Anking the town is flooded, some of the houses to their roofs. At Kiu Kiang, the native town is flooded and two feet of water stands in the foreign settlements. Lower .down the river towards Swu Hue. the destruction was greater and boatmen estimate that 20.000 were drowned in the district. Chong The was wiped away by floods and 10.000 drowned there and many other points have been inundated involving awful loss of life and great destruction of property. It is feared an embankment built by Chong Cheh Tung near Wu Chang would break and cause the drowning of thousands. ? New York World. August 5: Some remarkable freaks of Jersey lightning have been reported this summer, but the one that caps them all. according to hitherto truthful citizens, took place this afternoon at Bargaintown. a few miles from here, when the barn of Jacob Fultz was struck. Mr. Fultz. who was standing on the porch watching the storm, says that the lightning struck a load of hay and set fire to the barn. A hen which was nesting in the barn at the time was instantly killed. Several cat* ? " *L- t- n f on/1 tie were grazing irurn me imj^iovn <?..** they became so frightened that they ran to the other end of the yard. A minute later another bolt came, passin? along a rail fence and chased the cattle back to the haystack, shot up. knocTred off that part of the barn afire, putting the plaze out. while the heat from the second bolt hatched out the chickens on which the dead hen was sitting. ? Morristown. N. J., dispatch. 3d: Henry Rrunner, a woodman living on the north slope of the Watnong mountain. near Reach Glen, had a terrific encounter with a black eagle this morning. He was chopping wood in his yard when he saw the eagle rise near by and begin circling overhead. Picking up his gun he fired, and the eagle fluttered to the ground near by, one of its wings having been broken. Brunner walked toward the bird, expecting to find it dead or dying: but when a dozen feet away the eagle flew at him. He clubbed his gun to beat off the bird, but could not withstand the fierce onslaught and soon turned and ran. his hands and face bleeding and his clothing torn to shreds. Arriving at the woodpile he picked up the axe and with I that again attacked the bird. After! a few swings with the axe he severed the eagle's head. The bird was a magnificent specimen of black eagle, meas-j tiring eight feet from tip to tip. and weighing 2". pounds. Rrunner is laid up. ? The figures of the treasury bureau1 of statistics show that the value of the raw cotton exported in the fiscal year 1001 was more than in any previous' year in the history of the country, and; that the total value of cotton and its products exported averaged $1,000,000 for every day in the year. The total value of raw cotton exported in 1901; was $313,672,443. against $290,712,898 in i 1891. the host year ever before known; and the total value of cotton, cotton goods, cottonseed oil and meal and oth-! or products of that plant exported was $263.40:5.707. In quantity the exports of the year were not so great as in 1893, { 1S9S. or 1S99. but the price was so much1 better that the value exceeded by many; millions that of the years of the great-: est movement as measured in pounds. This brings the export value of cotton and its products above that of all j breadstuffs or a'l classes of provisions.! and only about $100,001,000 less than breadctuffs and provisions combined, j the vear's exports of breadstuffs being $273.394.618. and of provisions $196.-; 938.87$. ? The failure of the conference be-' tween the Amalgamated association | representatives and officers of the United States steel corporation seems to have left nothing else for it than that! the steel workers strike. President; Shaffer, of the Amalgamated asociation. on last Tuesday, issued the fol-1 lowing: "Rrethren: The officials of thei United States stee' trust have refused to recognize as union men those who are now striving for the right to or-j ganize. The executive board has au-! thorizel me to issue a call upon all Amalgamated and other union men in name and heart to join in the movement to fight for labor's rights. We must fight or give up forever our personal liberties. You will be told that you signed these contracts, but you never agreed to surrender these con-1 tracts to the United States steel corportion. Tts officers think you were sold to them just as the mills were: contracts and all. Pempmber. before you agreed to any contract you took an obligation to the Amalgamated association. It now calls you to help it in this hour of need. Unless the trouble is settled on or before August 10. 1901. the mills will close when the last turn is i T)..AfV,?-on fVilo lo irmut" <-?" IIUU lid > . Iiiriuicii, *.???.-. a? the call to preserve our organization. We trust you and need you. Come and help us and may right come to a just cause." ? The monthly report of the statistician of the department of agriculture, issued last Monday, shows the average condition of cotton on July 2.r>th to have been 77.2 as compared with 81.1 on the 2.".th of the preceding month. 76 on August 1. 1900. 74 on August 1. 1899, and a ten year average of 84. This was an improvement of conditions during July amounting to 6 points in (leorgia, five points in South Carolina, two in Alabama and Mississippi and eight in Virginia. Op the other hand there was a decline of 19 points in Missouri. In in Arkansas and Tennessee and IS in Oklahoma and Indian Territory. 12 in Texas. seven in Florida, four in Xorth Carolina and two in Louisiana. The impairment in condition is largely due to drouth, but in a portion of the eastern section of the cotton belt it is attributable to the prevalence of excessive rain during a large part of the month. While the condition in Mississippi is | five points above the state's ten year average, every other state reports a condition below the average, Virginia being one, Louisiana two, Alabama tree. Texas seven, Georgia eight. South Carolina and Florida nine, North Carolina 17, Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi 16 points below their respective 10 year averages. The average condition of the different states is reported as follows: Virginia, 86; North Carolina. 73; South Carolina, 75: Georgia. 78; Florida, 79: Alabama, 82; Mississippi, S8: Louisiana, 82: Texas. 74: Arkansas, 69: Tennessee. 70: Missouri, 71: Oklahoma. 78: Indian Territory, 75. <?hc diorkriUc tfnquim. YORKVILLE, S. C.: SATURDAY, AUGUST 10,1901. . We do not see anything in Senator McLaurin's reply to the Democratic executive committee that seems to require further elaboration just at this time. Anyway, we shall leave it to the consideration of the public for a spell. The Spartanburg Truth carries this motto in its title line: "God pity the fool who seeks to build his paradise on the ashes of him whom he would destroy." It sounds very much as if our esteemed contemporary is invoking mercy for the idol of its soul?Senator B. R. Tillman. Don't take the paper out of the postoffice five years, and then refuse to pay for it. "because you never suDscribed for it, anyhow." This is plain thievery. pure and simple. You could have refused it fobr years and eleven months ago.?Matton Journal. 1 Yes. we told you to stop it four years and eleven months ago; but you would not do it. At a loss for anything else to say, in view of Senator McLaurin's reply to the state executive committee, The News and Courier refers again to the fact of Senator McLaurin's vote in favor of the Philippine treaty after having spoken against it. Senator McLaurin explained that was a case of having changed his mind after having been convinced that he was wrong, thus committing an offense of which The News and Courier nor its compatriot, The Columbia State, are never likely to be guilty. When these contemporaries are convicted, it only causes them to redouble their protestations and excuses. McLiiuriii'N Reply. We do not think that there are a great many people in this state who really believe any of the slanderous accusations that have been made against I Senator McLaurin by his enemies; butj still the senator's thousands of enthusiastic friends have reason to feel very much gratified at the convincing power) and clearness with which he has pre-; sented his case in his reply to the state' executive committee. Referring to this overwhelming pa- ( per, some of the senator's enemies have taken occasion to remark that it con-i tains nothing new: that it is merely a threshing over of old straw. In a meas- j ure this is true: true in the same meas- j ure in which the senator's enemies had ' again piled up their old straw before ( the thresher. Yes. it is the same old j straw that should have gone to thei manure heap originally, and which, if. the senator's enemies had the slightest; s?-nse of decency they would certainly j consign to the manure heap now. But there is no reason to hope that this is the end of the fight. The orlgi-! no! assault having been based upon de-! signing malice, it is not to be even hop- J ed that the assailants will be deterred i from their purposes by what is to thein siifh n cnntemntilile thing as truth.! They are after Senator McLaurin be-, cause of his marked ability, because of, bis lofty patriotism, because of bis re-; fusal to bow the knee to unscrupulous ( ringsters, because be knows no master except the sovereign Democratic voters I of South Carolina. In considering the case of Senator i I McLaurin. we are minded of a certain1 fable of a wolf and a lamb in which the i senator may be likened unto the lamb and the wolf to the political ringsters. Ac-cording to the story, the wolf met the lamb in a field, and at once decide upon having a mess of fine mutton; but desiring to give what he was about to do at least the appearance of justification, he set out in this wise: "Oh, hoi my fine fellow, it is you who have j been eating the grass from my pasture; j what do you say to that?" "I beg your pardon, good sir," replied the lamb; but up to this time I have never eaten any grass. "Well," continued the wolf: "but you have been drinking water from my spring." "Pardon me again, sir: but up to this time of my life, my mmners miiK nas iurnisnea my uniy food or drink." As a matter of justifition, the wolf was completely estopped; hut instead of giving up the case, he replied: "All that may be true, my young fellow; but I will give you to understand, here and now, that although you have the best of me in facts and arguments, I shall not allow you to deprive me of my dinner;" and straightway the lamb was devoured. Up to this time Tillman and his henchmen have never been able to convict Senator McLaurin of eating grass from their pasture or drinking water from their spring, and they will neveri be able to do so; but as to whether they will be able to devour him or not, will lepend upon whether or not truth and justice are still the prevailing elements in the hearts of a majority of the people of South Carolina.. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Sam M. Grist?Tells you to insure your ginning system and that he is prepared to place your risk in an entirely responsible company, and says he is in a position to handle all kinds of fire insurance. I. W. Johnson?Tells you about Dixie mixed pickling spices, and says that they are mixed in just the right proportions. He has shrimp and lobsters in cans. Rev. James A. Boyce, President?Due West?Gives valuable information in regard to Due West Female college. J. Q. Wray?Says his mid-summer sale is still on and that he is offering a great many bargains that you should examine before buying. T. W. Speck?Talks to the ladies about his line of Carlsbad tableware, and says he can sell you just a little lower than anyone else. York Drug Store?Wants the ladies to call for a free sample of talcum powder that it is Introducing, and which Is fine, so it says. v ? ? r WITHIN THE TOWN. ^?*The Belmont, N. C., and Yorkville colored baseball teams, have been playing a series of games this week. The first game was played Wednesday, the second Thursday, and the third was appointed for yesterday afternoon. ? The summer school for colored teachers has been in progress In Yorkville since July 22 with Prof. W. P. Andrews, of Sumter, as principal. Sixty-one teachers have been enrolled, and the daily attendance averages about 25. The school seems to be doing very good work. ? Catot Johnson and his wife, colored, were before U. S. Commissioner Hart last Tuesday afternoon on the charge of having attempted to cash a money order belonging to Hannah Webb, colored. The testimony showed a strong probability that the Negroes really had reason to believe that the order was intended for them, and Commissioner Hart dismissed {he case. s/Mr. G. H. O'Leary has tendered his resignation as a member of the board of alderman. In his capacity as president of the Tavora Cotton mill, he will be brought into business relations with the town about water and lights, and under these circumstances he feels it is hardly proper that he should continue as a member of the council. ^ The stockholders of the Tavora Cotton mills met on Thursday, pursuant to notice, and organized by the election of directors as follows: G. H. O'Leary, B. N. Moore, W. B. Wylie, II. A. D. Neely, R. J. Herndon, W. G. White, U. W. Eddy. At a subsequent mooilni? nf tho rHrf?rtnrs. Mr. G. H. O'Leary was elected president, but no other officers were cnosen. It is proposed to start the mill so soon as a competent and satisfactory superintendent can be secured. Til J,MAX SAYS IT IS A LIE. The Columbia State of yesterday contains an interview with Senator Tillman, in which the senator discusses various matters political, and in the interview appears the following: Senator Tillman at this junction volunteered some remarks about a recent charge in the Yorkville Enquirer: "I noticed the other day in The State a dirty little lie about me clipped from the Yorkville Enquirer. The whole thing was a lie; but then that paper couldn't publish anything about me that wasn't malicious or false. All that story about my taking or being offered money was nothing but a lie. They told another lie when they quoted me as berating the intelligence of my audience. What I did was this: "I told them that I was glad to have the opportunity to address an audience j that was off the railroad and In the j backwoods. I meant by that, people who live so far in the country that they are cut off from the sadvantages in I the way of mails and the like. And I j also told them that the reason I was] glad of this opportunity was because I could meet the people who had always been among my stronghold supporters and they could meet me." If it be true that no collection was taken up with which to pay Senator Tillman's expenses and that he did not, after publicity was given to the matter, direct that the money be used for the erection of seats, we have done the senator an injustice. All that we pub-' fished, was on authority that we had ] reason to believe was good, and we do . . 1- ~~ ,<oocnn tn ft 1 nut ,Vt*l IlclNC UlUVli ICOfVn IV v?vv*<v? ... . We arc still trying to get at the facts, j however, and if we find that after all j the story was without foundation, we; will say so. In the meantime, we dO| not feel the least rebuked because of( Senator Tillman's denunciation, be-: cause it is a well-known fact that the' senator is frequently very economical j withjthe truth. rp / A FORMER YORK Sl.AVE. The following from the Atlanta Daily; News, is possessed of some local inter- j est here: The attention of the members of thej Negro race, as well as those who do not: biVieve that full opportunity is offered; the Negro to prosper, is especially directed to the life of Peter Posted, who died at Hopkinsville, Ky., the other day. He was once a slave. Thirty-seven years ago he was tried for having no visible means of support. He was! turned loose. When he died he was worth half a million dollars. Posted was born 60 years ago in York: district. South Carolina. He was aj slave and belonged to Elijah Posted, who sold him in 1S58 to P. J. Glass at Richmond, Va. Mr. Glass brought him to Hopkinsville. At the beginning of the civil war he ran away from his master and joined Company H. Sixteenth regiment, United States Colored i Volunteers, at Clarksville. Tenn. Hej returned to Hopkinsville. where he was, mustered out in 186G. With $2!",0 capital he started a small, grocery store two years later. Since! that time he prospered in a remarkable degree. He was one of the largest real | estate owners in the city, and held j much bank stock, turnpike stock and, other securities. His handsome threestory brick business block stands on i the site of the little frame building in j which his business career began. His, dwelling is one of the finest and most beautifully furnished in Hopkinsville. He was a believer in the higher edu cation of his race. All or ins cnwuren are graduates of Fiske University. He pave liberally to colored charities and educational institutions. There is a capital lesson in the life of Peter Posted. The Posted family referred to formerly lived in Yorkvllle, and included anions Its members two preaeners and a school teacher. Elijah Posted, owner of the Negro referred to above, formerly taught school in the McConnellsville section. Some of the older Negroes remember Peter Posted. He was a yellow Negro, and lived in Yorkville during the enlior years of his life. POI NTY COMMISSIONERS. The county board of commissioners held their regular monthly meeting in the office of the supervisor last Monday. all of the members being present. The principal business before the board was the consideration of the question of repairing the Catawba river bridge. It developed that only one bid was submitted as the result of the advertisement for proposals, and that was by Mr. George H. Crafts, of Atlanta, the original builder. He offered to furnish labor, material and supervision and do the work for $1,375, or if the county would furnish the timber and labor, he would furnish the iron and supervision and do the work for $790. After due consideration, it was decided to accept the last proposition and give Mr. Crafts $790. It is understood that by doing the work with the chaingang, the county can save at least $500. Mr. Crafts proposes to begin work on or about September 10 and complete the job within 45 days. A number of petitions were submitted asking for the opening of new roads in different sections of the county: but the board laid down the proposition that it would not consider such petitions until the petitioners should come to them with rights of way already secured and .satisfactory guarantees ior tne construction of bridges without cost to the county. A suit brought by Mr. J. R. Jenkins against the county for damages sustained by his son, Charles M. Jenkins, and his horse, by falling through the Allison creek bridge, was compromised. The accident occurred several weeks ago. Young Mr. Jenkins was carrying the mail over the route from Yorkville to Yorkville. by way of Bethel, Zeno, Point. Clay Hill, etc. The bridge appeared sound enough, but broke through with the horse, throwing Mr. Jenkins off and injuring him badly. The horse was skinned up considerably and afterward died, as the result of the injuries. Mr. Jenkins brought suit for $100, and after investigating the circumstances, the hoard decided to compromise for $65. which amount was: accepted by the plaintiff. DOIT THE FILIPINOS. Dr. T. Sumter Bratton, captain and assistant surgeon in the medical corps United States army, is back in Yorkville, after an absence of nearly two years in the Phi'ippine islands. He arrived last Tuesday, accompanied by Mrs. Bratton, who has been with him during the past few months. The doctor is looking well, feeling well, and | glad to get back to the states again, and while he does not want any more Phillipines in his If he can help it. is talking quite interestingly to his friends about our new possessions in the far east. The reporter had quite a long conversation with Dr. Bratton on Thursday, and took occasion to ask him about many things that are more or less imperfectly understood in this part of the world, and about which the politicians, who know as little themselves, are determined shall not be made clearer if they can help it. In answer to tne first question asked him, Dr. Bratton said: ' You published a letter from Captain Sawyer last summer. I knew nothing of that letter until I saw it in The Enquirer: but I read it with much interest, indorsing every word of it. I thought of writing you to that effect at the time; but didn't. It occurred to me that if they would not believe Captain Sawyer they would not believe me either. and I had just as well let it alone. But Sawyer was right, and he came about as near telling it all in a single letter as any man well could." "What is your deliberate opinion on the subject of whether or not the United States government made a mistake in taking possession of these islands?" "Speaking from the standpoint of a Democratic American, without regard to politics, I will say that it might have! been better for us if Dewey, after des-! troying the Spanish fleet, had weighed j anchor and sailed away; but Inasmuch j as he did not do that, it afterward be-j came our bounden duty to retain pos-| session and restore order and quiet, j We owed it to the civilized people there whose protection we had taken away: we owed it to ourselves: we owed it to humanity. To have shirked our plain duty under the circumstances, would have been the most despicable coward-*! ice. Of course to you peopie nere, wnu know nothing about the situation, it may have been all right: but if such a course had heen pursued and you had afterward become cognizant of all the circumstances, you would be ashamed | to acknowledge that you are a part of this government." "Are the Filipinos not capable of governing themselves?" "I'll not say that: but I'll say I would , prefer not to have them govern me: and ' there are few foreigners in the islands who would like to be governed by them. There are among the Filipinos a small per cent, of wealthy, intelligent, accomplished. educated people, who are easily capable of conducting almost any kind of a government: hut there are other difficulties in the way. The race question is more aggravated there than it has ever been in the South. There, are the Tagalogs. who have open giv-i log us so much trouble under Aguinal-i do. and then come the Macabeebees, | their mortal enemies, and also the fierce! Tgorrotes, who are both savage and for-j midable. The Tagalogs and Tgorrotes; might possiblv get along together by agreeing to disagree: hut between the, Macabeebees and the Tagalogs there! will be war for generations yet to come, j The Macabeebees were friendly to the Spaniards and they are friendly to the Americans: hut they are hereditary en-? emies of the Tagalogs. and the relations of these people with each other, are marked with constant assassina- j tions. I shall not pretend to say which, of the two people are better: but there can never be peace between them ex-I c-ept under the guarantee of a stronger* power than theirs. "What about the present conditions in the islands? Is it safe for individuals to go about the country unarmed?) "It is not at present safe for any American to leave any of the towns without being armed. Of course, in the towns where the troops are station-{ ed. it is safe enough: but as general thing it is not safe for an American to go into the interior alone.; t>u? nf his assassination are pood, and the fact as to who! did it is next to impossible of establish-" ment. The people will not tell on the murderer. In a case like that, it was the custom of the Spaniards to make an example of a whole neighborhood, and they were able to preserve very good order: but the Americans cannot do that. If one is assassinated?and it occurs quite frequently?but little is done by the authorities. There is nothing to be done but insist that greater care be exercised. Tt is more than likely that hereafter in those localities where the civil commission has established civil government, the native authorities will be held responsible for all assassinations and T think this will greatly help to lessen the evil." "What about the intelligence and civilization of the average Filipino as compared with the average southern Negro?" "Having no education whatever, he does not compare favorably with the Negro in the matter of civilization: but he is much more intelligent than the Negro. Given equal educational opportunities. the Filipino will outstrip the Negro rapidly. They make capital mechanics. artisans and skilled laborers, being able to do perfectly anything at which you put them. They also make good house servants if treated kindly, being quick and willing: but to treat them harshly is dangerous. They will patiently wait their opportunity and cut your throat, with as little compunction as you would feel in killing a chicken." "From the standpoint of architectural excellence and general wealth, how does the city of Manila compare with say the city of Atlanta?" "There is but little similarity, of course. Manilla, you know, is an old walled town, that has grown far beyond its walls. There are numerous magnificent palaces, pretentious business houses of all kinds, and other evidences of great wealth, far beyond the idea that seems to be commonly prevalent in this country. "What about the rural population as compared with ours?" "It won't compare with ours, of course. The people are simple, semisavage and unambitious. Each family has its little hut to live in and devotes such time as it cares to to the production nf hemn coDra. etc. To erlve you an idea of the simplicity of these people, let me tell you of an incident that occurred once as I was traveling along an interior trail with a detachment. Some of the men had opened a can of tomatoes, and having disposed of the contents, threw the empty can into the doorway of a Filipino hut. The grandfather, grandmother, father, mother and children came out to examine the thing closely, all having been excited to the greatest wonder by the red label on the.can." "What about the social conditions among the higher class of Filipinos? "I can say very little on this subject. The higher class of Filipinos has had but little to do with the Americans. General MacArthur undertook to give a reception or two, but the attendance was slight. Here is a source of great trouble. The Tagalogs had the idea of establishing a monarchy in order that there might be a nobility, a privileged class. They care absolutely nothing about the masses except to use them as taxpayers and burden bearers, and it is because the Americans stand in their way that they hate our people so cordially," "Do you think that the Americans will ever succeed in restoring complete order in the islands?" "O, I have no doubt of that. I can see signs of great progress since I have been there, and it is getting better constantly. There is but little organized resistance now; but the trouble is we can't catch them. They have a good system of outposts, their fellow countrymen are friendly, and whenever a detachment of -? mol/no Ite onrawrnnr>(i In a VUI II UU|? uiunvo JVO ? neighborhood, the insurgents make for the jungles. They are little better than brigands, and in a few years more, I think all resistance will be overcome. A great many schools have been established and hundreds of American school teachers are at work on the young Filipinos. They are bright, ambitious and glad of the opportunity to go to school Education is really the solution of the Filipino question. When this is accomplished the rest will be easy." Dr. Bratton told a little of some of the fighting he saw. He was at the taking of the Boeave forts on the island of Cebu in 1899, and also witnessed the taking of Sudlon Hill, on the same island. The regulars did some good, hard work here, and as usual the volunteers got the credit in the newspapers. "What about the commercial possibilities of the Philipnines?" the reporter asked in conclusion. "The opportunities for money making are good, according to my judgment. Not so good, of course, as they will be later on when the work of pacification has been completed: but still very good indeed. Big British commercial houses control most of the business now: but I see no reason why the Americans should not take it away from them. There is much money to be made out of sugar and hemp raising: also hardwoods. that abound everywhere, and neither is the great mineral wealth of the country to be left out of consideration. It is a great country, capable of being indefinitely developed, and if it .does not eventually pay us back more than it has cost or cam cost, my judgment is badly at fault." ^^BOUT PEOPLE. nir. Sam V, Wallace left for Florida i last Wednesday. ^-ftlrs. C. J. Robertson and Master Joe Hart are at Cleveland Springs. Mr. I. W. Johnson will be one of the| local cotton buyers the coming season, j ^viiss Jessie Fewell, of Rock Hill is visiting friends in Yorkville this week, j Mr. W. H. Gwinn, of Greenville, has * X'Awl?Tf{lla fti?? anvorol i neen visiting m iuik>mic days. j'Mr. W. B. Wylie's family and Miss Amelia Kennedy are at Piedmont Springs. Mrs. Jane E. Jackson, of Zadok, is spending a few days in Yorkville with relatives. Mr J. C. Brandon and sister, of Bethel, visited the family of Mr. L. vV. Louthian this week. Mr. Frank Carson, of Gaffney, has been visiting friends in Yorkville during several days past. J^Mrs. Janie Parish and son, Master Jefferys. are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. L>. Cauthen, at Blackstock. >1^r. C. F. Williams, U. S. A., arrived Trom Fort McPherson last Tuesday to spend a few days in Yorkville. Messes Nellie and Jennie Russell, of the Blue Hill section, visited the family of L. W. Louthian on Tuesday. Mrs. E. J. Louthian will leave on next Wednesday, the 14th, on a visit to relatives in Watauga county. N. C. | Jf Mrs. Agnes Moore and son. Mr. Phil- j ip L. Moore, of Smith s Turnout, are the' guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Gordon. Mrs. W. T. Dunlap and children, ol Shelby, arrived in Yorkville on-Wednesday night on a visit to friends and relatives. iC Miss Jennie Hart, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W.! S. Hart, returned to Washington a few days ago. Prof. Robert J. Herndon and son,' Master Robert, Jr., returned from the Pan-American exposition Monday. Prof. Herndon says it is a great show. jcMr. John B. Williams returned on Thursday from a visit to friends at St. Matthews. He was accompanied by the children of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. CasUes. ^ Rev. Thomas Lowry, of Knoxvllle, Tenn., is a guest of his brother, Mr. Robt. B. Lowry, on East Jefferson street. Mr. Lowry will be here for several days. Mr. John D. McNeel formerly of this place and a son of Mr. G. L..McNeel, who is now practicing law at Montgomery, Ala., arrived in Yorkville on yesterday morning on a visit to kin dred and rrlends. Edgefield correspondence Columbia State. Monday: "Rev. R. W. Anderson left today for Charleston to fill the pulpit of Grace (Episcopal) church during the absence of Rev. J. Wilmer Gresham for six weeks. Rev. Mr. Anderson will be remembered as a former rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd. Yorkville. Clover Review: The congregation of Hethany and Clover, on last Sabbath, voted their pastor, Rev. R. M. Stevenson. a vacation for the month of August. This was rather a surprise to Mr. Stevenson, and since he could not make satisfactory arrangements for leaving home this week, he requested us to say that he would fill his regular appointments for next Sabbath. yDr. T. S. Bratton, who has just reTurned from Manila after a stay of about two years in the Philippines, brought with him quite a quantity of fine cigars with which to remember his friends, and he has not forgotten The Enquirer staff. He left with us a box of Manila cigars of the finest quality made, the retail price of which in this country is about 50 cents each. It develops that Dr. Bratton is a great admirer of Senator McLaurin. He says he has never met the senator personal-^-" ly. or had any relations of any kind with him; but from what he has seen personally, he is sure that the senator is exactly right with regard to the Phil-*, ippine islands, and as a token of his esteem he will send him a box of those fine Manila cigars. Dr. Bratton has a month's leave of absence, and will spend the time in Yorkville, after which he will go to Fort Clark, Texas, to which post he has already been duly assigned. President Barber and General Manager Nichols, of the Carolina and Norths Western railroad, were in Yorkville on Thursday on business connected with that property. Their business was with Serator Brloe, attorney for the York county board of commissioners. President Barber explained that he and his associates had made an arrangement with a construction company whereby, in consideration of the pledging of all the securities of the road, the nstructlon company Is to broaden the gauarx and extend the line. Certain parties lip Winnsboro have acquired about 300 shares of the stock, and they have written that they are opposed to the proposed transfer to the construction company, and will begin proceedings to break up the contracts, while remaining open to propositions in the meantime. Mr. Barber stated that the construction people were adverse to the ' idea of incurring a lawsuit of this character, and that the general situation is embarrassing operations. He wanted to know whether or not the York coun-?^ ty commissioners are in sympathy with the Winnsboro people. Mr. Brice assured Mr. Barber that the York county ty officials have no hostility towards I the plans of the present owners of the road, nor any sympathy with the alleged scheme of the Winnsboro people. I.OCAL LACONICS. Recent Denthx. Mrs. W. P. Wylie died in Rock Hiil on Tuesday and was buried at Sharon on Thursday. Mrs. Sallie Hayes died at Blairsville on Wednesday, and was buried at Bullock's Creek on Thursday.* The Winthrop Scholarship. ^ Miss Nannie F. Grist, daughter of Mr. Sam M. Grist, of Yorkvi'.le, has been awarded the vacant York county scholarship which was sought by 32 young ladies in a competitive examination recently. We Will Send The Enqpirer For one year to two or more subscriat 41 7K oarh nrovided the two or more names are returned and paid foi?fwhen the names are entered. The Enquirer will be sent from this Issue to the first of January, 1902, for 72 cents In advance. Am Seen l?y n Xelghlior. j Winnsboro News and Herald: Up In J York county a school district Is In the greatest squabble on account of thv election of a teacher. The trustees elected one teacher, and then the patrons signed a permit for another to conduct the school. The question to be decided, therefore, Is who is supreme, the trustees or the patrons. The former are of course, and whenever patrons try to take their authority from them a squabble must result. The best way to run a school is to turn it over to a few and let them run it. The fewer, the , better. k^rnndert In England. r Rock Hill Herald: Tom Steele, a Rock Hill darkey, who was once in tne employ of The Herald and later a porter at the Carolina Hotel, is stranded in Manchester, England, where he must have gone on some tramp vessel. He is a good, reliable boy, and wants return to his old home, but the following extract from a letter received from him by Mr. G. H. Greene will explain why he cannot: "Manchester, England, July 26. Mr. G. H. Greene, Dear Sir: I am in England, where there is no colored people and I have a very hard time to earn a living. If you will write a let- ^ ter to me I can be sent back home. I mean by the consul. I have no birth papers to show where I come from and the consul will not send me home. T . was in London last April. I tried to find Rev. Sprunt's brother, but the place is so large I couldn't find him. I can't make money enough to come home if I stay here 50 years. Indeed, a black man is treated just the same as a white one. We all are the same, but I reached England on March 23d, 1899, and I only saw two colored men." slValli of Mr. David Premily. 'Associate Reformed Presbyterian: This beloved young man died on last Monday morning at 6 o'clock. He had 1 ? ?nJ.toiit, fnlllnirfftr nwka. Was IJCCli giauuanj iuiHuo ??? able to ride out in the evenings until about a week ago. He died with tuberculosis. Mr. Pressly was connected with the bank and was making a fine reputation as a business man. He was genial and pleasant and very courteous to his customers. It is needless to say that he was very popular., Mr. Pressley had charge of one of tlie largest Sunday school classes in our school. The pupils were loathe to give him up as a teacher. He turned over the class with regret to nis brother, Mr. Paul Pressly. On last Saturday Mr! Pressly took a decided change for the worse. Telegrams summoned Dr. E. W. Pressly, of Clover; Dr. E. H. Pressly, of Birmingham; Mr. John Pressly, from Statesville; and Prof. Grier from York county. The funeral took place Monday evening at 5 o'clock, Rev. O. Y. Bonner conducting the exercises. Many friends were present, testifying to the worth of our young friend. The remarks of the pastor were tender and touching. Unusual sympathy was manifested by the people. A life full of promise is cut off in young manhood. I'liieht of ('ntnn'lto River Farmer*. /Charlotte Observer: The farmers who own lands in this county along the Catawba river are considerably worr^d this year about the matter of taxes. Despite the fact that their bottom land has been ruined, in many cases permantly destroyed, they have to pay the same rate this year that they paid last year. In other words, for land that is now perfectly barren, washed to hard clay or covered under beds of sand, they are called upon to pay the same taxes that they paid upon these lands when they were in a high state of cultivation and yielding fine crops corn. The worst feature is that the land is gone, at least for generations. It looks rather hard that following ho Iaoo nf hair fine hnttnm lands these farmers should be required to pay taxes upon a valuation which they once had; but no longer possess. The Catawba river farmers made an effort to have their taxes levied this year upon the existing condition of their lands; but so far they have not been successful It was suggested to the board. In view the serious losses sustained along the . river, that a special board of assessors ? be appointed to examine the river farms ^ and fix the tax rate according to the damage as they found it; but the suggestion was not acted upon. It is a fact that scarcely any corn is raised this year in the once fertile and productive valley of the Catawba. A farmer who owns land there was in town yesterday and reported that the Catawba river bottoms were again under water: "but," he added, "it doesn't matter?we have no corn or other crops to hurt." * IleMtriictlve Storm at BlackNliurir. Blacksburg special of August 6 to the Greenville News: Last night, about 8 o'clock, this section was visited by the most terrific electrical, wind and rain storm in years. 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