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Straps and Jarts. ? Francis A. Cook, captain of the Brooklyn, Schley's flagship in the battle of Santiago, was the principal witness before the Schley court of inquiry last Monday. Captain Cook reviewed the whole story of the Brooklyn's conduce and represented Schley as enthusiastically brave and patriotic. He took the responsibility himself for having given the order that led to the Brooklyn's famous loop. His testimony was favorable to Schley throughout. ? Miss Hellen M. Stone, the American missionary who was recently abViv hri^nnds In Bulgaria, has not yet been released. Mr. Dickerson, the American consul-general at Constantinople is convinced that this crime was instigated by ex-members of the Macedonian committee and he is trying to secure their arrest. The department at Washington is disturbed over the phecedent that will be established by the payment of ransom money, and regards the situation as a serious problem. The Russian government is said to be doing all it can to assist in the release of Miss Stone. ? A report has been received by Mr. Powderly, commissioner of immigration, in regard to the registration of Chinese residents of the Hawaiian islands, which was completed last June. The total number registered, 28,925, exceeded the estimated Chinese population by about 6,000. There were 17,482 on the island of Oahu, 3,907 of whom were found in the city of Honolulu; but as many persons traveled to the capital of the islands to be registered the figures for that place are not accurate as showing permanent residents. The others were distriDuted as follows: Island of Hawaii. 4,644; Island of Kauai, 3,418; Island of Maui, 3,348, and Island of Molokal, 33. The total expenses amounted to $21,o?3, or 72$ cents for 'each person registered. ? Philadelphia Record: Plowing through a sea of snakes was the novel experience of Captain Robinson, of the Easingwold,- which arrived yesterday from Java with a cargo of sugar. Captain Robinson stated that in crossing the Indian ocean the vessel ran into a mass of snakes, the like of which he oqur in him venrs at sea. The reptiles formed a belt 15 miles long and over two miles in width. The snakes were of all sizes, averaging about three feet in length. They were feeding upon an unknown substance, evidently brought to the surface by a volcanic upheaval. The snakes were first sighted on the morning of August 6, the vessel being about 43 miles southwest from Ceylon. For two hours she plowed through the sea of snakes, many of which were taken on board and proved to be of an unknown species. ? Says a Montgomery, Ala., special: i Deihocratic aspirations for the lucrative offices in the gift of the new dis- > trict judge has been checked. The places include three clerkships, three referees in bankruptcy and a dozen or more commissionerships. Being approached in the interest of his party associates, Governor Jones, Just appointed judge, promptly made answer: "The ; president is a soldier and a gentleman. He has tendered me an important office, overlooking all partisan consider- ' ations. It would be Indecent under all the circumstances for a Democratic appointee of the president to turn out Republicans and substitute Democrats in their places. No gentleman would think of such a thing." The governor has also declined to write letters of endorsement for Republican applicants for office, saying he had no reason to believe the president desires advice from him on that subject. ? Rice culture is regarded as no longer an experiment in southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas. Although all records for drought and heat in those sections have been broken this season, more than an average crop of rice has been saved by the irrigation systems, says the New York Evening Post. The average yield per acre has been increased, and the average quality has been greatly improved, and new varieties have been developed. Many yields are phenomenal, while a produce of 10 to 20' barrels per acre is common. Domestic Japan, the outgrowth of sowing imported Japanese rice in local soil, developed an improved seed, taking the first place in the American market. Lands two years ago were selling slowly at 55 to $15. Today such land is selling much faster at $20 to $50 per acre, and immigration to the rice belt is quite active. The growing of rice is regarded as the safest and surest cerea.' production, as it is also the most profitable, rice having the largest use and market of all the grains. ? Says a Manchester dispatch of October 13: The local market is nervous and unsettled owing to the state of cotton. The Liverpool stock statistics show only a two weeks' supply for the needs of Lancashire, and the quantity at sea is much smaller than at the same time last year. The Lancashire spinners, as a rule, have bought lightly, although last week they purchased more freely than usual. The prospect is, however, that the rest of the month will prove an anxious and harrassing period, with part of the machinery stopped and the turnover unsatisafc- : tory. The advance in cotton well nigh : precludes negotiations until a steadier state of things shall have been established. Not until then will it be pos- j sible to do business in a satisfactory j .111s: ucuiciiiu liuin uie laiye muia | markets has been fairly encouraging, but the advance asked put an end to the negotiations. China inquiry has ' fallen off considerably. Buyers are i generally in a position to wait until the prospects as to future values take more j definite shape. Trade with the Levant and South America continues restrict- : ed. ? Says a Richmond dispatch of Oc- , tober 12: John O'Brien, superintendent | of the erecting shop of the Richmond Locomotive works, was instantly killed i by a stray bullet this morning. By i whom the shot was fired is a mystery, i O'Brien at the time of the shooting, , was standing at the main door of his ] shop, consulting with a man named : George B. Myers, of Cincinnati, O., in I regard to work, and the gate watch- < man. Myers and the watchman tell < the same story in connection with the i tragedy. Meyers' statement is as fol lows: "I approached Mr. O'Brien In w regard to getting a job. He asked me se where I was employed last, and I re- at plied with the C. and O., at Cleveland, rl At that moment I heard something pop pi like a match. Mr. O'Brien threw his m hand up across his breast and began tt to fall. The watchman and I caught him and helped him up. Several men in the shop rushed to our assistance and carried him to the storeroom. He died before he reached the storeroom, and R never even murmured." The mystery a( of the death Is where the shot came p, from, as there was no one passing at p( the time. The bullet entered the heart, ^ passed through the body and lodged In n the back. It was of 32-callbre. ? p( Ilic ^(otlnullc (Enquirer. ? ? cl YORKVILLE, S. C.r ir U WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1901. h n P1 There is talk in Washington to the effect that Senator John L. McLaurin may be tendered a cabinet portfolio as n a recognition to the south. ? tl Senator McLaurin is suffering considerable misrepresentation at the p hands of Washington correspondents v, of South Carolina papers. Most of p these correspondents are sending their f( papers assumptions rather than facts, r The most truthworthy Information S( about Senator McLaurin is to be found tl in the Greenville News and Columbia oi Record. ni ? ? hi It is now reported that Mr. George cl Johnstone's lightning-like acquiescence oi In the Jones proposition was made not so much for the purpose of "saving R the state" as for the purpose of saving ol the Third congressional district, he if having decided to become a candidate ft for the seat that will become vacant hi on account of Mr. Latimer's aspirations to the senate. it If there are any people who have c< been allowing themselves to be lead In- " to the belief that the Charleston expo- a< sition is to be in any sense a failure, 'r ? til ~.~1I J|?? id I lie J Will UU well IU tuillllicutc UIOu busing their minds. There is reason to ei believe that the show will fall some- rj what short of the expectations and ** desires of the Charleston people; but m still it will be the biggest thing of the kind that has ever been held in the south. , . R "In the mountains along the line be- a< tween the counties of York, in South st Carolina, and Cleveland, in North Car- w olina," it is noted, "there is an area of te about 15 square miles so filled with dense underbrush that a man might p< hide from hundreds of persons for ol weeks." It is an ideal country, for tc Angora goats, and a few flocks of them r would clean it up thoroughly in a year or two.?News and Courier. ei The land can be bought cheaply, the b' goats would not cost a great deal, and the probability is that such an enter- aI prise would pay handsomely. The situation is up to the folks who desire to ** go into that kind of business. Should the Democratic candidates for the senate withdraw in favor of s? Hampton there need be no apprehen- te sion that other men would step into , their places. To do so they would have to put themselves in the position of ra purposely and specifically attempting si to defeat Wade Hampton?and that is S something that would not be forgotten by the people.?Columbia State. p By this, then, we are to understand, ^ that it is Colonel Jones and the Colum- sc bia State who are to name the next w United States senator. No other can- 111 dldate is to have the right to run, and tc the people are not to have the right to pi express their choice. We do not believe it is possible that General Hampton can be a party to such an arrangement. 8' He certainly would not have been 20 ^ years ago. w is The farmers of Marion county met r last Monday to take action concerning the low price of cotton seed as dictated by the oil trust. This movement on the part of the Marion cotton growers ought to be supported by the farmers cenerallv. and in a resolution that was la adopted they urge co-operation. The R] cotton seed oil trust is the one that . ought to be as easily whipped as was the bagging trust and if the farmers ?< will start now they can master the sit- d< uation. A meeting of the cotton grow- a, ers might be held in Yorkville at an early day, so as to put York county in p line for the fight.?Rock Hill Herald. t* The settlement of this auestion ought to prove an easy proposition, te Cotton seed are worth not less than 25 if cents on the farm. Farmers may fix oc that price by paying it, as many of cs them are no doubt willing to do. Un- b< less the oil mills are willing to pay ti< more for cotton seed than they are ci worth for cow feed or as a fertilizer, it es is well not to sell the seed to the oil of mill people at all. of fo An effort is being made to prejudice fe anti-Tillmanites against the proposi- tr lion that the Democratic candidates for the senate withdraw in favor of Wade Hampton, by intimating that in making the suggestion Colonel Jones ti< acted as a mere catspaw of Tillman. A pt sufficient answer to this is that to our knowledge two opportunities have been given Tillman to declare himself on the subject and he has failed to do more th than express his acquiescence in the js choice of any Democrat the members of .. the party might name. It would seem that something more decided in the P? way of endorsement would have been th forthcoming if Colonel Jones were or merely carrying out Tillman's policy. . It would be rather awkward if he 111 should take it into his head to urge co Hampton's nomination before the other in two conservative candidates made up ar their minds to retire in his favor.?Columbia State. a This thing is growing funnier and ca funnier. We have heard the fewest number of expressions on this thing ti( that did not carry the idea that the Y( Jones suggestion originated not with (^c him so much as with Tillman and Gon- co wiles. The fact that Senator Tillman ^ has not declared himself is not consid- be ?red to be of especial significance, ex- Pl iept maybe he has realized of late that the voters of the state have a say so in aI the matter. The State's suggestion of ^ hat might happen In the event Tillman iys his say before the "two Conservtlves" get from under, would be too dlculous for anything did it not exemify so much faith in the power of Tlllian and so little In the independence of te voters. Novel Proceedings In Order. A dispatch of a few days ago said lat being dissatisfied with President oosevelt's plan of distributing patron?e In the south, Senator Hanna is preiring a proclamation in which he prooses to wash his hands of the whole uslness and resign from the chalrlanship of the party. People who have been watching the olitical kaleidoscope as it has been irning In Washington during the past sew weeks are warranted ?n ihe conusion that in all their recollection ley have never seen the like. Although we do not pretend to have ny definite understanding of the sltation, we think we are beginning to ither some slight Inkling of the meanig of it all. It is a well understood fact that olonel Roosevelt came out of the panish-American jvar as a candidate >r governor of New York, and lookig beyond that to the presidency of le United States. The politicians who ad control of his party machinery did ot regard him with favor for either ositlon. They objected principally on ccount of the fact that they recogIzed in him a positive, determined lan who would insist on giving orers from the tnrone instead of taking lem from the powers in the rear. About the fact that the New York .epublican machine objected to Rooseelt as governor there is no question, latt already had another man slated ir- the place, and he did not- want oosevelt anyway. In this case, as imetlmes happens on rare occasions, le rank and file of the party Insisted n the nomination of Roosevelt, and ot daring to take the risk that would ave otherwise been involved, the madine acquiesced with all appearances C sincere grace. The presidency was the next step, oosevelt was estopped from reasons [ personal friendship with McKinley, for no other reasons, from standing ir this nomination last year. It was Is purpose, however, to stand for the omination four years later. The pollclans were afraid. They foresaw the inger of a repetition in the national invention of what had happened in ie state convention, and to hedge jainst it they brought about the nomlation of Mr. Roosevelt as vice preslent thus putting him in what is gen ally understood to be a political burring ground. It was against Mr. oosevelt's wishes; but those who reember the circumstance very well aderstand how it was he could not ;lp himself. The political machine that Mr. oosevelt found at his back upon his ^cession to office, having been conructed without reference to his views, ishes or desires, was totally unadap:d to his purposes. All places of im>rtance having already been disposed ' by promise at least,-he had nothing > gain through appointments for the :ason that appointees would consid their obligations due not to him; at to the machine with which they id their original understandings. To 1 intents and purposes then the posion of the president was very much ie same as if the inner material of his irty machinery was composed of a DStile political element. That the Dresident should desire a ly-so in the appointment of the lieu.nants who are to assist in tne carryig on of his administration is natuil, and it is also natural that he lould bend every effort to securing a icond nomination at the hands of his irty, and an election by the people, rom the foregoing it is easy to gather >me idea of the embarrassment of the hole situation as well as of the treiendous efforts that will be required ? work out the problems that are now resented. As to whether there is any truth in le story that Senator Hanna is to regn the chairmanship of the national epublican committee cannot be stated ith certainty; but such a development easily probable, as is also a complete ^organization of the entire machine. "A Plain Cute of BuNlneas." Basing its remarks upon the para*aph on the subject that appeared in st Wednesday's issue of The Enquibr, the Charleston News and Courr, in its issue of last Friday, takes :casion to advise us of some of the )ubts it entertains as to the wisdom id propriety of the ship subsidy proisition. Elsewhere, in this issue, lese remarks are reproduced in full. In the first place, our esteemed conmporary seems to be of opinion that foreigners are able to carry our :ean freights more cheaply than we in carry them ourselves, we ought to i entirely satisfied with the situaon and not go taxing-ourselves to seire still lower rates. Then again, our iteemed friend is worried at the idea taxing the farmers and other people South Carolina and of other states r the benefit of the comparatively w people who will be engaged in the ansportation business as the owners ' ships. In the consideration of this quesan we would be glad if our contem >rary could leave the ship owners, as 1 Individual, entirely out of it. Alough it is true that the shipowner is ie inan who is to get the subsidy, he merely an incident to the transacsn, and it is no fairer to say that the sople are to be taxed for his benefit an it is to say that the money spent i the Catawba river bridge was for e benefit of the builder who had the ntracts for its erection. The buildg of the bridge was a public benefit id so also will be the development of merchant marine under the Ameri.n flag. The illustration comparing the situajn to the hauling of goods between ^rkville and Atlanta and Charlotte ?es not apply to the conditions under nsideration. If the railroads are luling goods cheaper than they can : hauled otherwise, then we should itronize the railroads; but if this wn were able to own these railroads, id by so doing keep all the money ; at is paid for freights here, it is clear that this community would derive is more benefit than it is now deriving:. W A dollar saved is a dollar made. A er dollar sent out of Charleston is lost to vii the city. Sent out of South Carolina it nc is lost to the state. Sent out of the United States, it is lost to the entire country. That dollar has the greatest Ti value to the people of Charleston so ! long as it remains in the city. Their CI interest in it is larger inside than out- at side of the state and smaller outside da than inside the United States. Because tu of the amounts sent out of the country po for ocean freights our business balance ce for the year ending last December was ch nearly $200,000,000 less than It would th have been had we been able to carry Ie< these freights ourselves. This loss fell st; rM Aft imnn i U n TT?lf A/1 Cto f no o n V? r uivoi. iicavu^ u^uii nic uiuicu la ico ao iiu a whole, Including the various parts Ri thereof down to Charleston and York- Dl vllle In proportion to the amount of tr< business Industry and enterprise going on In each place. 1 We have here outlined what we con- da fess is our main contention in behalf of m, the subsidy proposition; but this is not in nearly all. It is our belief that if the te government shows its willingness to en assist, individuals will speedily put into T1 the transportation business sufficient or capital and ability to force the foreign- ce ers to reduce prices and that we will ur get control of the world's carrying pe trade at a much more rapid rate than he will otherwise be the case. This ob- W] ject, in our opinion; is not only war- th ranted by the immediate financial ben- de eflts already suggested; but it is also pc warranted by the position ot prepared- to ness and security in which we would re find ourselves in case of war distur- flc bances abroad. be We would be glad, if we were able, ac like our friend The News and Courier, It to remain complacently content at the ( idea that the only effect of the sub- ar sidies that are being paid by the fool be foreigners is to give us cheaper freight qj rates. But someno'w we have a sus- ^ m picion that these foreigners are not so yc foolish as our contemporary seems to consider them and that their object looks rather beyond our convenience c m and accommodation. Until The News ns and Courier made the suggestion we certainly never tnought or them in tnis light. m M HOODTOWN NOTES. th *" T1 The Cotton Croif?Not Mncli Corn? , be The Sowing of Small Grain?School Meeting. dj CorresiK>ndence of the Vorkrille Enaulrer. Hoodtown, October 14.?The estimate th of the cotton crop has been lowered considerably since I wrote last. The late cotton will probably not turn ofI more than a good half crop. The ear- p( Her planting is much lighter than was .. thought before picking began. The crop will probably be not far from that t0 of last year, or probably lighter on gray ya lands. The weather has been so fa- co vorable for picking that most of the farmers are pretty well up with their co picking. pi Some corn is being gathered. What is< was left on the low lands was consid- nc erably damaged by the late freshets. The bread questiph will probably ue w quite a serious one next year, as so In many depended or^ the low lands for j|( corn. V. There will likely be more wheat sown here than usual, also a good deal of M oats will be sown. Several drills will M be put in operation in this and adjoin- w ing neighborhoods. Mr. Wm. A. Latham has bought one, also Mr. B. L. "8 Jenkins, of Borax, one, and probably th others. ar The school house at Shady Grove is to be put in good repair for the winter session which opens Monday, Novem- trj ber 4th. Mr. Horace Haffner, of Ches- Ni tor county, has been selected as , teacher. The question of having a special ,u school district laid oif, is being agitated th here. A meeting of the patrons of the se school and others; interested will be held at Shady Grove next Saturday aftm'nnnn of 9 o'olrtoL- fn Vioiro fVio moffor i15 VViilUVli U k U V V1V/V.1V IV 11U T V. lil V lUUVkVi discussed and explained. wi The sacrament of the Lord's Supper al? will be administrated at Shady Grove , next Sunday services at 11 o'clock. ?'! Mr. H. E. Hood recently cut a volun- Hi teer peavine from his field which lh weighed 20 pounds, and had nearly 300 aj( well developed pods of peas on it. It was of the black variety. Although there were not a great qu many peas sown here, the crop is gen- m( erally good, and quite a nice lot of . peavine hay has been saved. Voce. se MEETS WITH APPROVAL. wl Prominent Fort Mill Man Sny? FInIi- w' InK Creek Hill la a Dlasrrace. fu Editor Yorkville Enquirer: ^ I am glad to see two subjects agita- . ted in your paper of today, namely the Tirzah road, especially the Fishing creek hill, and the loop at the old Sam Barron place. I hope you will include fir with the above, the hills on each side of Jn the branch between the Wallace place th and the Robinson place. These places ^ have long and sorely tried the patience ^ and forbearance of our people. They are disgraceful to our civilization, and j1( I am glad that you, Major Hart and the an others were so badly shaken up on the occasion of your visit to the re-union. te] I know of no place where our chain- TJ gang could be more profitably employ- , ed, and I hope the agitation will continue until these places are fixed and well fixed. I am very truly, J. W. Ardrey. i(1< Fort Mill, October 12. 1 Pa MERE-MENTION. no Tl" On account of the recent death of an the Ameer of Afghanistan, there is a fear of complications between Russia ^ and Great Britain. The dead Ameer re< was a friend of England but as to where the sympathies of the new Ameer will be placed is not yet known The ? on i physicians who attended President McKinley for a week, have made out a e bill for $100,000 A gas well struck n0 at Velascb, Texas, three weeks ago, no has been flowing unchecked ever since Be at the rate of 6.000,000 cubic feet a day. on A bill will oe introduced in con- In* gress to pay to Mrs. McKinley the sum co1 of $50,000 and a pension of $5,000 a year. ^Cl General John R. Brookes, com- * manding the department of the east, mc is asking for better coast defenses on wc the South Atlantic. He especially ed urges the need of more men Pat ^ei Crowe, who is wanted for the kidnap- ca' ping of young Cudahy, has advised the chief of police of Omaha that he will m surrender if the $50,000 reward tnat is ^lli outstanding for his capture, is with- fai drawn.. ..Johann Most, the New York c'01 anarchist has been sentenced to the P?: penitentiary lor one year for publish- his ing in his paper an alleged seditious sal article the morning after the assassination of President McKinley It ac' reported from Louisville that Henry ; atterson will be a candidate for govnor of Kentucky this year with a ew to trying to get the Democratic ( imlnation for the presidency in 1904. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ] Ilinan Gone Went. Spartanburg special of Saturday to i larlotte Observer: United States Senor B. R. Tillman was in the city to.y on his way to the west on a lec- ] ring tour. He refused to discuss the ilitical situation lor publication, expt to intimate that McLaurin's iances for re-election were- smaller nn HP I an cvci uciuic. ocuaiui iiiuuau o :ture itinerary will embrace the ates of Kansas, Nebraska and Okla- j ma. Some of his subjects are, "The ice Question," "The South Carolina ispensary Law," and "The State Conol of the Liquor Traffic." ( 'lmpnpcr In a rouble. The Spartanburg Journal, of Saturiy, contained the following announceent: The Journal appears with readg matter somewhat curtailed this afrnoon on account of a strike of the ' itire mechanical force of the office, le strike was the result of a refusal i the part of the management to acde to a demand of the typographical lion for a scale of wages nearly 40 , :r cent, higher than that which has iretofore prevailed in the office, and hlch would without doubt bankrupt e business in a short time, if we un;rtook to pay it. It has also been Imissible to change any advertisements day. We expect in a day or two to construct the office force with an ef:ient set of non-union men and will i fully prepared to serve the public iceptably. In n Qneer Xnnie. Columbia correspondence of the News id Courier: The newspapers have sen spelling the name of Mr. Leumas lalock, as if It were Loomis. An intiate friend of the family says that the >ung man's name is not and never ls been Loomis; but that this spelling is grown out of a mistake in the ime. Mr. Blalock, it is said, was imed Leumas, which is simply Sam(1 spelled backwards. The Leumas ems to have been converted into Loois, which was not the name given r. Blalock by his father, and although e correct spelling has been given in lie News and Courier recently, it has j (en changed. The name is so unusual id the method of getting the Leumas r spelling Samuel backwards so unlual in the giving of names that it is ought worthy of comment. rlzer'N Way. . ... ... 1 Greenville News: Last spring the ;lzer Manufacturing company offered ree prizes to residents of the mill wn of Pelzer for the cleanest kept ' ird and most attractive garden. The impany furnished the seeds and a mmlttee of Ave ladies living In the < ace have inspected the several prem?s and gardens each month, taking >tes and preparing for their report, hich was to be made on October 1st. accordance with the recommenda- 1 >ns of the report, the prizes were varded as follows: First prize, $25, 1 rs. Nellie Nelson; second prize, $15, rs. Robert Cobb; third prize, $10, Mrs. 1 '. A. Fowler. The competition has 1 id the effect of arousing quite an ac- : ;e spirit of friendly competition ' nong the ladles of the town and has J ade it wonderful.y bright and atactive. cliolson Hotel Darned. Chester special of October 12 to Combia State: The alarm of fire at 7.30 is evening, came from ward 3, and it 1 emed fully one hour before the citins of the city could be aroused as to ! ? whereabouts. The Are department ' as out in full force. A second alarm tout an hour later showed that Nich- i son's hotel was in Aames. Mr. H. S. eyman, chief of the Are department, i -es near the hotel and at the Arst ] arm he went at once to the scene, on e second Aoor and succeeded in : lenchlng the Aames. He held the Aire- 1 en in readiness, however, for half an ^ iur and then dismissed them. The 1 cond time the Are broke out in the 1 Ird Aoor just above the closet in tiich it was Arst discovered and in tiich It had been impossible to do any < fective work. The water was plentl- i 1, the Aremen brave and active, but < e Are spread through the dry and avy timber until the entire frame- 1 irk was enveloped in Aames. It was ] e hardest Aght the Chester depart- < snt had ever encountered, and'the I st destructive Are since the city put ; her splendid waterworks. Nearly all p fnrnltnrp was snvpri. Thp nronertv 1 d recently been bought by Mrs. T. K. < mnlngham, of Lancaster. She sus- i ined a heavy loss, as she only carried j ),000 Insurance, $6,000 on the building ; d $4,000 on the furniture. Nothing ' t the walls of the popular old hostry are now remaining. I ie Cn?e of Blalock. 1 Washington special of Saturday to 1 e Greenville News: Mr. Capers, Dr. 1 isor, and Dr. Clayton saw the presl- 1 ;nt today to urge the appointment of J alock as collector. The president 1 ve them to understand that he did t t think he could appoint Mr. Blalock. I ie whole matter is at present held up 1 d will not be absolutely decided until xt week. It is understood that Dr. * ayton is the president's choice. The J ;eption of the gentlemen above nam- { , at the White House, was most cor- i il and emphatic. To one of them he c Id, "I will not appoint any man to a J deral office in the south that I would j t appoint to the same office In the a rth." In his conversation with these a ntlemen he made his position clear s J -l. I? * v. ^ ? me cuiureu miuuuuu hi uic ivhu?- r f language: "If a white man and a I lored man were applicants for an ofe and I was absolutely satisfied that ? colored man was mentauy and y >rally better fitted for the office, I uld not hesitate to appoint a color- s man, but I would not so appoint him a :ause he was a colored man; but be- N use he was the best qualified man for o ; place. It should be a question of A :rit and character." If Mr. Blaloek P Is in receiving the appointment its 3 lure will be for reasons beyond the "V itrol of any of his friends or sup- t rters. Senator McLaurin gave him ' i endorsement and these gentlemen j / they were made to understand that j] loever might be appointed must be p L-eptable to Senator McLaurin. t LOCAL AFFAIRS. hi ti< NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ea 2. E. Spencer, Attorney?Wants to loan money on Improved York county farms, at 7 per cent, per annum. ti: L. M. Grist?Offers two stoves for sale. u, One using coal and the other using Kerosene for fuel. ta W. B. Moore, Manager?Wants olds for cc the fencing, oak posts and buildings tli now on the race track grounds in Yorkville. P. O. Box 131, Yorkville?Wants to sell five shares of Clover Cotton mill w stock. o Vork Implement Co.?Wants you to-'A know that they still have a few Hoo- J< sier grain drills, and say that they vi are the best. They also have some- p, thing to say in regard to the Deere disk plow. " H. C. Strauss & Co.?Publish the third M and last chapter on the subject of n, buying goods by the mail order systern. They present some strong arguments against foreign buying. er C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Tell of the re- ot celpt of a fresh supply of elegant fancy cakes and crackers. I. B. Walliams?Talks about molasses U' and says he has two articles that are in sure to please molasses eaters. He 0, also has fresh candies. Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Makes P' some pointed remarks in regard to ei what wives say of life insurance. He says that not one widow has ever re- . fused to accept the money offered to them by the Mutual Benefit Life In- w surance Company of Newark, N. J. a! Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Tender their thanks to those people who have paid store and fertilizer accounts, and they vi call on all parties owing them to pay p< by November 1st. They want to sell fertilizers, tobacco, etc. W. M. Kennedy, Agent?Advertises the ei arrival of new and seasonable goods, el and also invites you to see his cloth- q, ing samples and get his prices. ,? W. B. Moore & Co.?Say that the past week their sales of floor coverings has w been the largest since they begun pi business. They have two carloads of ol furniture for your inspection, and also make some remarks about hard- ai ware, pocket cutlery, paints, etc. tl York Drug Store?Gives some informs- in tion in regard to eyes, and says that w it is prepared to fit your eyes with suitable glasses, and guarantee sat- *r Iqfoptlnn R ? ol THE ROCK HILL ROAD. The interest in the proposition to repair the Rock Hill road between Yorkville and Tirzah extends much further jj( than there at first seemed to be reason U1 to anticipate. S( "People away down on the Thorn's y Ferry road, beyond Tirzah, have been jj( talking to me about the matter," said Mr. N. A. Simril to the reporter on w Saturday, "and some of them are talk- p( Ing as if they would be willing to help. "The most serious drawback in the g way," continue Mr. Simril, "is an uncertainty as to the exact extent of the B movement. If the work, or the bulk D of it is to be put on the Fishing creek hills, the poor house hills, and the b hills this side of the John Wallace place, I am sure that we will get much B help that we were not. looking for orig- g Inally. I understand, of course, that these hills are to be the main object of B attack; but some of the people to whom B I have talked seem to be a little doubt- B ful on this point." So far as the reporter can gather, the Yorkville people who are aiding the g subscription, have no other idea than that the bulk of the proposed work B 3hall be done on the hills mentioned. It is generally realized that these hills g form the most serious obstacles to travel along the road and although it is de- W sirable that every foot of the road be put in first class shape, there is no need to think of improving the comparative- B ly level stretches until the hills are done away with. about people:. Mrs. Hattle Berry has taken a posl- B tlon with J. M. Heath & Co. Sallle Griffith, of Charlotte, Is visiting the family of W. W. Lewis, B Esq., In Yorkvllle. Mr. John M. Hope returned last week after an extended stay In Atlanta, Ga. Colonel R. E. Allison, of Lancaster, came over to Yorkvllle on a short visit, last Saturday. Mr. John B. Ross, was In Yorkvllle Monday having come on a flying visit from Gainesville, Ga. ^Ilss Annie Clarkson, of Charlotte, returned home on Monday, after spending sometime with Mrs. Thos. F. McDow. Rev. J. S. Grler, of Sharon, left yesterday afternoon for Memphis, Tennessee, expecting to be gone for four ar five weeks. Mrs. Kershaw and Miss Kershaw, who have been visiting Mrs. W. B. de B Loach, returned to their home In Camden yesterday. They were accompanied by two of Mrs. deLoach's little sons. Mr. Ellas Inman, of Bullock's Creek, left for New York last Monday to secure treatment for a cancerous growth jnder his left eye. The sore has been giving him trouble for a number of ? vears. He was accompanied to New Vnrlr hv T\r Rromlov nf T^lplrhnrt Mr. J. Cope Elliott, for some years aast engaged in the livery business in Lancaster, arrived in Yorkville Monday :o take charge of J. M. Heath & Co.'s itable at this place. Mr. John H. Est idge, who has been in charge of the itable since last spring, will continue lere for awhile until Mr. Elliott gets a g rood grasp of the business, after which le will probably return to Kershaw, dr. Elliott will move his family to forkville as soon as he can nerfect the lecessary arrangements to do so. J^Jock Hill correspondence of the Coumbla State: Cards of invitation are >ut for the marriage of one of Rock -fill's favorite and most accomplished laughters, Miss Laura Matthews Ruff, vho on the evening of the 23d, will wed dr. Edward G. Jones, of New Decatur, Via. Miss Ruff is the daughter of Mr. ind Mrs. A. Fletcher Ruff, of this city, ind has from childhood been a univer- , al favorite with our people. The ;room is a South Carolinian, being a I lative of Liberty Hill. For some years le has resided in Alabama. ^ WITHIN THE TOWN. v The work of the Ladies' Auxiliary'S/ ocietv in the cemeterv is ouite notice-f an .ble. fo #. sk ? The side track from the South Car- w] Una and Georgia Extension road to the toi /"ictor Cotton Oil mill has been com- Ini frt ileted. It approaches to within 25 or 0 yards of the Carolina and North- jt Vestern at a point very convenient for tic ransferring freight. sti -^Including the case of the little fe( aughter of Mr. E. B. Beard, there lul live been three new cases of diptherla n Yorkville within the past few days, tj0 he other two having- developed in a sw ttle son of Mr. W. D. Grist and a llte daughter of Mr. John M. Hope, he anti-toxine remedy was used in ich-case. - There was a large and discrlminang audience at the opera house Sat"day night on account of the presen.tion gf Thelma by the Aiden Benedict impany. Because of the narrow stage le company found it impracticable to ?e its scenery and settings; but neverleless gave a capital performance, hich was very much enjoyed. - Mr. B. H. Woods, license man for 5hn Robinson's circus, was in Yorklie last Friday and Saturday making -eliminary arrangements looking to le coming of the show on October 31. r. "Woods secured county and town :enses, and made contracts for hotel id livery stable accommodations, the ectlon of bill boards, and transacted ;her business. -The local cotton market was quite i-ely yesterday, 8 cents and over beg paid freely. During the morning le seller got a bid of 8.15 with the -ivllege of trying the market. Anoth* buyer offered 8.25 to buy; but the vner of the cotton having promised > give the first bidder another show, as unable to close. The cotton sold * : 8.15. -The board of trustees of the York ille Graded school on Monday, sussnded work for a week because of a . tse of diptheria. Tnis action was taki on the advice of Dr. J. D. McDow1, a member of the board. Upon injiry the doctor said to the reporter: The case developed in the school, and e decided it would be better to sus?nd now rather than take more series chances of an epidemic. If tnere re to be any other cases on account of lis case, they ought to develop wlthi five days from the time this case as discovered. The patient in this istance is a little daughter of Mr. E. . Beard, and the case, in the ooinlon f Dr. McDowell, is quite serious. THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENT. The subscriptions to the fund that is sing raised for the erection of a monment in Yorkville, to the Confederate >ldiers of York county now aggregate 16.05. A number of additions have sen made since the last acknowledgelent, and on Monday Captain W. B. [oore, chairman of the committee, reDrted the list as follows: PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, v flnmmltlppmon W R Moore $ 362 00 y Committeeman Perry Ferguson 6 00 y Committeeman E. A. Crawford 31 00 y Committeeman John E. Carroll 11 60 y Committeeman J. Darby Smith 34 60 y Committeeman R. N. McElwee 16 60 y Committeeman J. H. Saye 16 00 y Committeeman N. B. Bratton 24 60 y Mrs. J. J. Hunter, president Winnie Davis Chapter,. Daughters of the Confederacy 45 75 y Committeeman J. R. Hart 25 00 y Committeeman R. C. Caveny 21 00 orest Hill School 18 35 y Committeeman D. E. Boney 11 00 [cConnellsvllle School, Miss Elder 13 70 ' NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS, y Committeeman D. E. Boney: T. M. Whlsonant... 3 1 00 W. F. Dye 1 00 J. K. Allison 50 J. N. McDlll 1 00 J. T. Smith 1 00 D. J. Smith 1 00 y Committeeman W. B. Moore: Mrs. M. J. Clark 3 2 00 Mrs. M. C. F 1 00 y Committeeman Capt. W. B. Smith: W. B. Smith 3 6 00 Geo. L. Riddle 6 00 Z. M. Neil 6 00 J. P. Pursley 1 00 F. E. Clinton 1 00 J. L. McGill 1 00 Captain W. T. Jackson .... 1 00 J. W. Sparrow 1 00 J. E. Jackson 1 00 R. H. McCully 1 00 W. J. Mullinax 1 00 J. J. Smith 2 00 A. M. Wallace 1 00 J. B. Robinson 1 00 Mrs. J. P. Lawrence 1 00 M. L. Smith 1 00 H. L. Wright 1 00 J. M. Smith 1 00 W. P. Smith 1 00 W. G. Oates 1 00 C. B. Mendenhall...'. 100 J. E. Beamguard 1 00 H. P. Jackson 1 00 y Committeeman, Rev. J. B. Swann: H. Hafner ..../-. * 3 00 Mrs. J. B. Swann 1 00 J. B. Swann 2 00 Sam Blair 1 00 J. C. Kirkpatrick 1 00 J. O. Gwlnn ."..... 1 00 Wm. Hayes 1 00 M. E. Good 1 00 W. S. Plexlco 1 00 y Mrs. J. J. Hunter, Daughters of the Confederacy: Mrs. Robert Herndon 3 25 Mrs. W. W. Jenkins 25 Mrs. W. B. Moore 1 00 Mrs. J. H. Estridge 25 Mrs. Geo. Lowrance 25 Mrs. M. W. White 50 Mrs. L. R. Williams 50 Mrs. Withers Adlckes 25 Miss Leslie Wltherspoon... 5 00 Mrs. B. N. Moore 1 00 Mrs. M. H. Metts 50 y Committee R. W. Whitesfdes: Julius A. Hope $ 1 00 Jno. Ramsey 1 00 M. E. Plexico 50 R. F. McKeown 1 00 A. Y. Childers 50 Mrs. R. J. Love 25 R. W. Smith 50 J. S. Hartness 25 Jeff D. Whltesides 1 00 J. E. Lathan 25 W. T. McKnight 1 00 D. E. Boheler 1 00 R. W. Whltesides 1 00 W. W. Whltesides 50 M. J. Wallace 1 00 J. E. Castles 50 R. T. Castles 1 00 Cash 25 W. W. Castles 50 Total to date * 716 05 ,Cnrioti* Find. pr. Miles Walker has come Into possslon of a curious object that was und on the Allison place on the outIrts of Yorkville r> few days ago and ilch the doctor thinks is a shark's oth. It Is shaped like a saw tooth, 3J ches across the base, and 5 inches )m base to point. That It Is a tooth ere seems to ue no doubt. Although xmJa.mama ? MMA/tnnn nof r?4 fo HUB UiiUClgUIIC it I7IUI.CBO U1 JJV.H m, all of the details of natural conruction down to the fluted surface for e passage of blood vessels and a perrt enamel are preserved to an absote nicety. How the tooth ever heme petrified and how it ever came to e place where it was found are quesms that cannot be satisfactorily anered.