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Scraps and |acts. ? One bandit was killed and one injured as the result of an attempt by three masked men to hold up the gambling house of Deel & Co., last Friday night, at Neco, an Arizona border town. The dead bandit has been identified as Will Cravens, of Dog Springs, N. M. A group of gamesters and loungers obeyed when the desperadoes entered the saloon at a late hour and ordered "hands up." Cravens approached the roulette table and proceeded to fill a bag with the bank cash, amounting to several thousand dollars. Ellis drew a revolver before the movement was detected by the robbers and Cravens fell dead when he shot. The .lamnt'o 1 i vfxrf nriri uiiicr uauuuo ? fled in disorder. One of them was wounded by another bullet from Ellis's revolver. They reached their horses, which were hitched in the brush, and rode for the mountains, closely followed by a posse, which had been hastily organized. ? Being interested in the attempt ol France to choke the Sultan of Turkey till he coughs up what he has long been owing that country, the Birmingham Age-Herald has looked up the history of the island of Mitylene, the customs offices of which have been seized by Admiral Caillard to be held until they yield revenue enough to satisfy the French claims. Says The Age-Herald: "The island contains the important city of Mitylene. The island is sometimes called Lesbos, and it is the largest island in the Aegean sea, which is full of islands. In ancient times it held Ave cities. It is a very fertile island, although in places it is mountainous, producing olive oil, figs, grapes and wine. Mitylene is the chief town today. On the island Sappho was born, and Pittacus and Theophrastus, and many more worthies, who for philosophy or poetry, became distinguished in Greece, and therefore throughout the world." And yet, as The Age-Herald acknowledges, it is not poetry, philosophy or ancient history that Caillard is Interested in. He is after the shekels. ? The Russian newspapers are devoting a considerable amount of space to a serious discussion of American af fairs, and their editorials generally show an accurate insight into the subject, as is evidenced by the following from the St. Petersburg Bourse Gazette, of a few days ago: "The statesman who has unexpectedly assumed the reins at Washington is the perfect type of the American of today, and before him lies a wider horizon than any of his predecessors enjoyed. Between the United States of our day and the republic of which the history of the last century told us there is little in common. The classic land of freedom, the country which has developed its prosperity to wonderful dimensions and which has realized the boldest Utopias and the most daring theories of political and social liberty, the great transAtlantic republic, terrifies the imagination of Europeans. It is a new giant, a state which the latest events have made a world power, a state which has transformed itself to the point of unrecognizability and is bent upon transforming the whole world, proclaiming through its new chief magistrate that the world of the United States shall have due weight everywhere where economic and political questions are decided." ? Secretary Hester's weekly New Orleans cotton exchange statement, issued last Friday, shows that the amount brought into sight during the past week has been 502,424 against 419,674 for the seven days ending Nov. 8th last year, and for the eight days of November it has been 580,770 against 497,369 last year. These make the total movement for the 69 days from September 1st to date 3,422,383 against 3,530,921 last year. The movement since beptemDer ist snows receipts at an United States ports 2,412,163 against 2,469,703 last year; overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to Northern mills and Canada, 223,714 against 278,268 last year; interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the commercial year 409,506 against 473,662 last year; southern mill takings 377,000 against 309,288 last year. Foreign exports for the week have been 214,331 against 254,656 last year, making the total thus far for the season 1,708,610 against 1,748,430 last year. The total takings of American mills, north and south and Canada thus far for the season have been 801,649 against 758,622 last year. Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leading southern interior centres have increased during the week 163,882 bales, against an increase during the corresponding period last season of 10,805. Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales brought into sight thus far for the new crop the supply to date is 3,782,070 against 3,653,455 for the same period last year. ? Twenty-eight desperate convicts made their escape from the Federal prison at Leavenworth, Kansas, last Thursday. It was the result of a well planned mutiny. A new prison is b'eing erected about two miles from the old one, and some 300 convicts are being employed on the work. During Thursday some convicts managed to get hold of revolvers. They marched into the office of the superintendent and made him and other officials go along with them. Revolvers were held at the heads of the officers and the guards were given to understand that if they fired the officers would be killed. In this way the convicts succeeded in getting possession of a number of guns. Notwithstanding the threats of the convicts, one of the guards fired on the crowd and killed a convict. The convicts killed the guard. After hard work the main crowd of convicts managed to get through the wall and escaped to the country, the guards firing on them from the watch towers. Telephone wires had been cut and it was quite awhile before the post could be communicated with. Before help could come, the 28 convicts were pretty well scattered over the country. Some 200 or more short term convicts declined to join in the attempt to escape; but they cheered their desperate fellowconvicts on. The escaping crowd stole horses and vehicles from farmers and started toward the Indian territory, from which most Qf them had come. The whole country-side turned out In pursuit of the convicts and up to Saturday afternoon, nine or ten had been killed or .captured. It was believed that the entire crowd would be killed. All of the convicts were desperate fellows, skilled in the use of horses and guns, and it was not thought that many of them would be taken back to prison alive. iFlir \|orki'illc (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.T*^ WEDNESDAY, NOV'R.13,1901. If, under the conditions prevailing i this year, the south has produced eleven and a half million bales of cotIon, how will it be when another full i crop is made? The fact that George Washington ! Murray is to be appointed deputy collector of internal revenue is to be tak: en as evidence that Collector Koester's appointment was not exactly unconditional. It is hardly probable that i Mr. Koester would have appointed a 1 Negro on his own motion. Will the Columbia State please exI plain its reason for not printing its regular weekly letter from "Mr. Dooley" last Sunday. In view of the I many nice things it has said about Mr. Dooley, editorially, the fact that i it should deprive its readers of any of t his productions is rather surprising. Many of its readers, too, were no doubt fiicannntntM Warl It not been for the i fact that the Augusta Chronicle and other southern papers, printed the letter as usual, they would have thought that their genial old friend had 'taken a day otf." It was not Mr. Dooley, but The State that did the skipping. Why? A New York dispatch of Monday tells of the organization of the wholesale tea importers, jobbers and grocers, for the purpose of securing the repeal of the duty of 10 cents per pound on imported teas. Being a luxury, rather than a necessity, tea is a very proper subject of taxation for revenue purposes, and since the only beneficiary of such protection as there is under the law, is a South Carolina tea farm, we are disposed to favor the malntainance of the present duty as it stands. Will our esteemed contemporary, The News and Courier, kindly remark? Statistician Neill publishes an estimate last week in which he puts the probable American cotton crop this year at 11,500,000 bales. Notwithstanding the fact that Neill was supposed to have been badly discredited on account of his bad slip of two years ago, the figures Just published have had a depressing effect on the cotton market both in Europe and in the United States. Many Manchester spindles are reported to have been stopped until cotton prices go lower, and there is no doubt of the fact that the New York market seems to have lost much of the bouyancy that has been characteristic throughout the season up to the last ten days. While the outlook for better prices in the immediate future does not appear to be especially encouraging, it is fair to say that the situation is at least very uncertain. If it can be shown that Mr. Koester will appoint George Washington Murray to the position of deputy collector of internal revenue purely as a matter of choice over all other elligibles who could be induced to take the office, then the case against Mr. Koester will be nrottv qpHaiio Tt r\r\ tho Vion/1 it can only be shown that Mr. Koester is to appoint Murray in compliance with the conditions under which he got his own appointment, then the case will not be nearly so bad. In fact, any other individual who would have taken the position Mr. Koester holds under any conditions whatever, would have probably taken it under the same conditions that Mr. Koester may have accepted. Furthermore, among the newspapers writers who are criticising the appointment of Murray, there are right now at least half a dozen or more who would be glad to take other jobs under Mr. Koester that are not quite so good as Murray's. But such is the way of the politician. It has ever been thus and it will always be so. The president has spread dismay among the Republican organizations in Fort Worth, Texas; Clarksdale, Miss.; Decatur and Union Springs, Ala., by disregarding their recommendations as to postmasterships. At Union Springs, two Republican factions were fighting for the appointment, and the assistant postmaster, who was endorsed by neither faction, got the place on his record. At Decatur, Ala., the daughter of the retiring postmaster got the appointment in spite of the recommendation of the Republican state committee presented by another candidate. At Clarksdale, Miss., W. G. Cole was appointed on the recommendation of the Republican national committeeman, and on the strength of protests to the effect that he was a "carpet bagger" who had resided in the town less than six months, he was turned down and Anna Durham, who had held the office during the Harrison administration, was put in his place. George W. Burroughs was made postmaster at Fort Worth in spite of the machine, and the good party people generally have been thrown into a stew. Wk wish our contemporary [The Enquirer] would enumerate some of the things Mr. McLaurin has really "done" for South Carolina, and that it will make the count as large as possible.?News and Courier. For one thing, while a member of the ways and means committee of the house, Mr. McLaurin had the courage to defy ancient traditions and secure a reasonable amount of protection for lumber and rice. As one result of this step Mr. McLaurin was denounced all over the state as a Republican by people who had little other politics than an ambition for afflce. Although in their good judgment, the voters rewarded Mr. McLaurin before they began to see the practical results of the legislation on which he had risked his political future, they have since had the gratification of noting a material increase in the amount of rice produced in South Carolina along with the investment of millions of northern money in the development of South Carolina lumber ] interests. Of course, The News and Courier thinks that these things "just ' happened," and that Senator McLaurIn had nothing to do with them. The J same objection would be open to oth- ' er things that we had in view when we ' penned the paragraph that seems to ' excite the curiosity of our contempora- i ry, so as an easy one, we will point * ' * - ? ?a Aiiiiln'o 10 tne story ui oeuaiui lutuauuu? efforts to secure the government exhibit for the Charleston exposition as told in "R. M. L's." Washington let- i ters to The News and Courier. 1 i The report of the United States com- i missioner of navigation, a summary of , which is published elsewhere, is especially interesting as showing the pro- i gress and growth of American ship- ' ping during the past few years. It j will be noted from this report, that | while our coasting trade shows a rap- I idly increasing tonnage, the ocean car- ' rying trade, under the American flag, , is making but little progress. Among ( the reasons for this situation some are ] quite obvious, especially the fact that because of better wages to our work- i men, it costs more to build ships in 1 America, and because of better wages to our sailors, we are unable to com pete with foreigners in the ocean car- ) rying trade. The tremendous increase 1 in the tonnage engaged in our coast- J ing trade is due to the fact that for- ' eigners are not allowed to engage in i this business. As to whether or not < foreigner competition would make coast freight cheaper, we are unable to 1 say; but it is a fact that although it j costs us more to build vessels, and we ! r?av our sailors a higher rate of wages i than does any other nation of the J World, our coasting freight rates per ' ton per mile are far less than those i of any other nation. This fact would 1 seem to suggest that if the government would only give the ocean carrying j vessels enough help to get a fair start, i it would not be a great while before J the flag of the American merchantman ( would sweep the flags of all other mer- < chantmen off the sea. 1 CHAT FROM CHEROKEE. i Death of Mm. Jefferien?Cotton Farmem Dlfleournged?To Bridge the j River. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Etta Jane, November 11.?Mrs. Ara minta Jefferies, wife of Colonel Samuel Jefferies, died at her home at Gaffney ; last Tuesday, after a lingering illness. '' Mrs. Jefferies was a daughter of Mrs. j Sarah Smith, and a sister of Mr. John J Smith, who lived and died near Smith's J ford, in York county, several years ago. : She was an examplary woman, possess- : ing all the noble traits of a Christian. J She has a host of friends all over this ; county, and especially in Western ; York, who will mourn her loss. Although she was vastly rich in this ' world's goods, yet she never forgot the humility with which her spiritual Master deported himself while in this j world, and like the true follower of Him she was, she counted it all but 1 dross that she might win Him. She 1 was literally a city of refuge for the poor and needy. From early woman- ) hood she was a devout tollower of the < meek and lowly Nazarene. < The commissioners will meet at How- i ell's ferry on Tuesday of next week, 1 19th instant, at 10 o'clock to let out the j contracts for rigging up the ferry and i operating it. for twelve months. j Cotton is opening very well since the < frosts of last week nipped It. Dr. and Mrs. Miles J. "Walker, of Yorkville, came to this side of the Broad last week. Mrs. Walker was born and raised near here, and has a host of friends who are always glad to see her. For several years Dr. Walker practiced medicine in this community, and we are proud to say, won an enviable reputation in his profession. Farmers are thinking of sowing wheat largely this fall. Many of them have bought their guano and got it home to put under their wheat and oat crops. The low price of cotton is very discouraging to the farmers, and many of them will sell out and go to other work next year, from what they say now. With continued fair weather this week, most if not all, of the cotton will open, and much of it will be picked out. Rev. W. H. White preached at Salem yesterday was a week ago. He will supply that church for the present, at least, once a month. Most of our neighbors along the creek are getting a supply of fresh fish. They catch them with baskets or nets. Very little, if any of the old style hook and line fishing is done now. The process is too slow. If Mr. W. S. Wilkerson, who is one of York county's most wide-awake and progressive citizens, as well as a county commissioner, was a betting man, he would wager any reasonable sum of money that in the near future a steel bridge will span Broad river somewhere in the vicinity of Howell's ferry, and we would be willing to go him halves. The future prospects of the counties demand it, and he is one of those far-seeing men who can calculate with almost absolute precision, that far ahead. The great reduction in the price of material for building such bridges and the constantly increasing demand for them are the two contin- 6 gencies upon which he bases his calculation. Whenever these contingencies properly meet, the bridge will be built. No doubt about that. j. l. s. - CASTLES-W1IITKSIDI0. Mart-Inge of Two I'opulnr Young l'e?|ili" of Smyrna. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Smyrna, November 11.?The Associate Reformed church at this place, was the scene last Wednesday afternoon, of an interesting social event, the occasion being the marriage of Miss Mary E. Whiteside to Mr. R. Jackson Castles, both of Smyrna. The r bride is a daughter of the late Rufus M. Whiteside, and the groom is a son of Prof. E. T. Castles, so widely known on account of his standing as an educator. The church was simply but tastefully decorated with clinging vines, ferns and chyrsanthemums, all in pretty harmony with the occasion that was to mark the happy union of two promising young lives. There was a large crowd in attendance, the people having begun to assemble some time before the appointed hour. The inspiring strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march, superbly rendered by Prof. E. Warth, announced the approach of the marriage party, which marched up the aisle in perfect step with the music In the following order: First the ushers, Messrs. J'.rown Whiteside and John Castles. Then the bridesmaids and groomsmen, down opposite aisles. These were Miss Mamie Whiteside and Hr. Arthur Whiteside, Miss Lula HcGill and Mr. Luther Whiteside. Following them came the lovely bride, eaning on the arm of her maid of hon>r, Miss Belle Whiteside. They were net at the altar by the groom and his aest man, Dr. B. N. Miller, and with arldesmaids and groomsmen standing apposite, Rev. J. L. Oates pronounced :he solemn and impressive words that nade Mr. Castles and Miss Whiteside nusband and wife. The bride was attired in a becoming traveling suit of castor brown and carried an exquisite bouquet of white chrysanthemums. The oridesmaids wore pretty fall costumes and carried huge boquets of pink roses. The groom wore the conventional black coat and made a handsome appeamnce. Immediately after the ceremony, Mr. ind Mrs. Castles took the northbound train for Mooresboro. N. C., where they were tendered a receDtion at the home af Mr. Nell Castles, brother of the STOom. The bridal presents were numerous, costly and useful. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Negro Newspaper. The Southern Sun Is the name of a new Negro newspaper, the publication of which has just been commenced In Columbia. The first issue of the paper appeared last Saturday. It Is edited by Green Jackson, a Negro lawyer. Captain Crawford Loie*. A Washington dispatch to the Baltimore Sun says that President Roosevelt has declined to commission Captain W. P. Crawford, of Chester. The charge against Captain Crawford was his alleged action in jilting Misss Rebecca Douglas, of Chester, to whom he-' was engaged to be married. The story Is that the marriage was broken off by the prospective groom without an acceptable reason. Dr. Woodrow, Moderator. The Presbyterian synod of South Carolina held Is first regular session in Charleston last Saturday and organized with Dr. James Woodrow as moderator. The election of Dr. James Woodrow as moderator is looked upon as a noteworthy event inasmuch as his former trial for his belief In evolution created such a stir in Presbyterian circles. In accepting the honor Dr. Woodrow said he considered the election a vindication of his orthodoxy. Cherokee Will Exhibit. Gaffney special of Saturday to the Columbia State: Cherokee has moved at last for a county exhibit at the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian exposition. The exposition commissioners, Colonel J. G. Wardlaw, ooiunei x. u. rsuuer ana ivxr. r reu v*. Stacy, have been working faithfully. A. mass meeting in the court house the first of the week appointed a central committee of one from each township to take the matter in hand. This committee is to assist in working the matter up and work will now begin in earnest. The people here have taken hold of the business in earnest, and judging from Cherokee's resources and the energy of her people, we confidently expect her exhibit to be creditable and beneficial. Christian Temperance Union. At the annual meeting of the ChristIan Temperance Union for South Carolina, held in Greenville last week, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. Joel E. Brunson, of Sumter; vice presidents, Mrs. J. A. Hoyt, of Greenville, Mrs. E. E. Andrews, Spartanburg, Mrs. Alice 3ary, Johnston, and Mrs. J. B. Cleveland, Spartanburg; honorary president ind organizer, Mrs. E. S. Herbert, Orsngeburg; corresponding secretary, Miss Julia V. Smith; recording secretary, Mrs. John W. Wilson; treasurer, Mrs. John B. Cleveland: press reporter, Mrs. Jus. H. White. Juhnston; superintendent mothers' meetings, Mrs. W. L. Glaze, Orangeburg; superintendent scientific temperance instruction, Mrs. W. B. Montgomery, Spartanburg; superintendent legislative work, Mrs. A. B. Mulligan, Spartanburg; superintendent Sunday school work, Mrs. W. 2. Beacham, Greenville: superintendent Band of Hope work, Miss S. H. Car- s lisle, Spartanburg. ,; Bounty Fpr Veterans. As the result of recent developments It appears that volunteers for the Spanish war, who were honorably dis- . charged from the service, are entitled? > to bounties ranging from $100 to $160. Volunteers who served in the state only ire entitled to $100, and those who vent to Cuba or the Philippines are entitled to >160. It Is not confined to ? South Carolina, of course, as all volunteers are entitled to the same bounty, the only condition being their honora- , Me discharge. The bounty, it seems, is . lue under an old law that was enacted 5 luring the civil war and which has just peen declared by the supreme court to ae still of force. There were 1,440 men n the First regiment from this state,'s 1.198 in the Second regiment, and 195 in I the heavy battery, a total of 2,831. Mr. ( W. Boyd Evans is working on the matter in connection with District Attoraey Capers, and unless there should be some slip, the distribution of this money will take place before a great ( vhlle longer. rnught Them a Lesson. Columbia State, Saturday: Judge iVatts had before him yesterday afterloon a matter involving questions of more than usual interest to the general mblic. In the case of Wm. M. Bird & Jo., against F. D. Kendall there was a 'oreclosure sale. At such sale certain 1 :ity property was bid off for $12,500. rhe bidders failing to comply, an order ! ,vas passed requiring such bidder to . ihow cause for such noncompliance. Dn hearing the return to this order, 1 fudge Gary held such return Jnsuffln'ent, and enjoined such bidder from jidding at the second sale and from > itherwise Interfering therewith. At / :he second sale the property brought > 18,000. The plaintiffs in the forecloslre suit thereupon moved for judgnent against the first bidder for $4,500. he difference between the highest bid it the first sale and the highest bio at he second sale. The matter was argued by Mr. J. S. Muller for the first jfdder and by Mr. Allen J. Green for he plaintiffs in the foreclosure suit, rudge Watts decided for the plaintiffs md held that they were entitled to udgment against the defaulting bidler in the sum of $4,500, and that no leparate suit against such bidder was lecessary. Judgment will be entered iccordingly. IcMtltutlon In Clarendon. Manning Times: The condition of he county is indeed, distressing. We lave had talks with a number of men vhose business has taken them to the mmes of many people in this county or the purpose of collecting debts, inu iney icu us tnai a very large num- j )er of people are in a destitute condi- , ion. They did not make enough to pay j heir debts, and many farmers, col- ( red and white, are right now without ? orn enough to last them to the end ( f the year: in some cases not enough A orn to last them through this month, j Che result of this condition is causing j nany to hide out what little they have \ nade to keep their debtors from taking t t for advances made during the sum- c ner; some have become so demoralized \ hat they have left their homes and rops, to seek employment in order to ;eep the wolf of starvation from their C loors. If what we were told is true, 1 t is a lamentable condition, and one ? vhich will take the most careful man- c gement to stave off a famine. The * luestion to solve now, is how to tide ^ ver this fearful condition: the mer- * hants must necessarily be in desper- ^ te straits. If they cannot collect from f hose they advanced, they cannot con- t inue advancing because their contin- 1 ting to advance depends entirely upon 0 heir collections to meet the demands 2 gainst them. If they fail to meet I heir obligations those from whom hey secured the means to advance will v iscontinue, and leave the merchants t a a helpless condition. 1 0 LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. C. Strauss & Co.?On the fourth page talk to you about the coming cold weather and your needs of heavy clothing, blankets, quilts, underwear and shoes. They say they can save you money and sell you good goods. Riddle & Carroll?Say that Swift's "Premium" hams are acknowledged the choicest hams put on the market by an American packer. C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Tell you that Thanksgiving Day is coming and inform you that they have everything necessary for your Thanksgiving dinner from fruit cake ingredients on down through the whole list of necessities. T. .W. Speck, The Jeweler?Wants everybody to see his goods before buying wedding presents. He gives especial attention to repair work of all kinds. Sally Kelsey, Fort Lawn, S. C.?Offers employment to ladies, at $20 a month. House, L. B. 8?Wants to lease a house in Yorkville, during 1902. M. J. Barnett, Administratrix?Announces the sale of the personal property of J. Lee Barnett, deceased, to take place on December 6th. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Offer a bargain in chewing tobacco. They have fertilizers for wheat. They want you to try Nunnally's candies. John B. Williams?Says that people know to come to his store when they want the choicest of groceries. He has fresh Imperial oats, cocoanuta and mackerel and white fish. OF COMMON PLEAS. Because of the uncertainty as to the constitutional status of the jurors drawn to serve during: the approaching term of the court of common pleas, only a few new cases have been docketed on Calendar 1. The list Is as follows: Samuel W. Mitchell vs. Jos W, Leech, et al. G. W. S. Hart for plaintiff and Finley and Brice for defendant. Rufus M. Allison vs. Robert M, Whitesides. G. W. S. Hart for plaintiff and Finley & Brice for defendants, W. N. Ashe, Jr., vs. C. & N.-W. railway. W. W. Lewis for plaintiff and J. H. Marion for defendant. The M. C. Mayer Grocery company vs. Grist Cousins. Thos. F. McDow for plaintiff, and W. B. McCaw for defendant^. SCHOOL OF THE TEACHERS. The first meeting of the recently instituted school of instruction for the teachers of the public schools, was held in Yorkville last Saturday in pursuance of the plan adopted at the annual meeting of the York County Teachers' association. The meeting was held in the graded school building, with Prof, J. C. Daniels in charge as principal, assisted by Profs. J. K. Owens and E. W, Hall. The attendance was very good, the following teachers being present: J. A. Tate, G. L. Kerr, E. Macomson, G. S. .Bryan, John E. Carroll, Mary Jc Witherspoon, Belle Kennedy, Ollie El der, Margaret Daniel, Sudle Allison, Janie Ford, Mary Crosby, Cora McRae, Buena Horton, Iva Love, Maggie Lindsay, Annie Watson. The work of the day was generally quite interesting, and both faculty and teacher-pupils, went through the exercises with enthusiasm. The next meetr ing of the school is to be held at Rock Hill-4yjx>' Saturday. ^ ABOUT PEOPLE. T P Tohnoa trnoo to Wlnnahnm next Sunday. jj"Mr. Paul R. Bratton, of Charleston, Is In Yorkvllle. Mrs. P. M. Grimes is visiting friends and relatives in Baltimore. rrj- W. F. Spencer, Esq., of Rock Hill, was in Jforkville Sunday. Mr. A. W. Whitaker, of Charlotte, was in Yorkville, last Sunday. ^Aliss Bessie Williams, of Winthrop college, visited her parents in Yorkville last Saturday and Sunday. VMrs. Anna Wilson and Miss Floraaee Wilson returned to Yorkville, last week, after spending sometime in Spartanburg. blisses Marie and Alta Fewell, of fcfock Hill, visited Mrs. N. J. N. Bowen, on East Liberty street, Sunday and Monday. Mrs. J. C. Elliott, son and daughter, came over from Lancaster on Friday on a visit to Mr. Elliott and remained over at Captain E. A. Crawford's until Monday. They will probably not move to Yorkville until January. Mr. Frank Happerfield does not intend to remove to Gastonia, as has been published in one of the Gastonia papers. He will have charge of a marble yard there in connection with one here, and will divide his time between the two places; but will continue his residence in Yorkville. /^WtTHIN THE TOWN. xne wilier hub ueeu turiieu uii liic public drinking troughs for the first time since the glanders scare last summer. ? The chrysanthemum show at the residence of Capt. R. T. Stephenson, last Friday afternoon, was largely attended and it proved quite a success. ? There is to be a game of football ?ame at the baseball pary this (Wednesday) afternoon at 3 o'clock, between the K. M. M. A. and N. C. M. A. teams. ? The Victor Cotton Oil Mill will run night and day, and will employ about 25 men regularly. If certain freight long since due from Chicago, arrives In time, the mill will begin operations before the end of November. Messrs. Glenn & Allison's handsome new omnibus arrived in Yorkrllle last Saturday and has been in ase since. It is the handsomest vehicle jf the kind yet seen on the streets of :he town. ? Notwithstanding the decided improvement that the town council has made on East Liberty street, by gradng down the hill approaching the S. 2. & Ga. Ex. depot, there has been not i little criticism. Although the criticism is natural as to whether it is varranted is quite doubtful. With a 'ew notable exceptions, the taxes annually collected for street work have >een spent on temporary improvements hat have hardly lasted over a period )f two or three months. The work now jelng completed at least has the merit if permanency. J?UllllllK lilt; lei 91 IttU OUlUIUd) lights, people living along Congress ind King's Mountain streets have been listurbed by drunken roysterers whose 'un takes the shape of racing their torses at top speed, while they yell like vild Indians and fire their pistols. iVhether there is more than one ofender cannot be definitely stated; but he noise is enough for half a dozen, rhere has been considerable complaint in account of the circumstance related, ind if the offender is caught he will irobably be sobered up a bit. ? Most of the commercial travelers vho are coming to Yorkville these imes, are telling discouraging stories >f trade conditions in most parts of the state. In some quarters, pnrtlcu- . larly along the northern tier of couiwC ties east of York, the situation is posf-' tively distressing. Lancaster county has been hard hit and so has Kershaw, Chesterfield, Darlington, and Claren- 1 don. Although trade is not up to last year's average in Yorkville, according to the reports of the commercial men, business is much better here in proportion, than at many of the more important points. PRISONERS IN JAIL. The following prisoners?15 in number?are in Jail awaiting trial at the approaching term of the court of general sessions on the charges mentioned: Reuben Stewart, murder; Will Jones, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature; James Lindsay, murder; Sol Dorsey, murder; Rufus Lindsay, larceny of live stock; Giles Darwin, robbery from the person; Will Worth, housebreaking and larceny; " t -t ohHuntinn' Osnar J iVIUIlI UC DUUMiat I, M.WUV.W.V.., Jeter, violation of the dispensary law; i John Barber, grand larceny; Henry Green Wylie, rocking railroad train; Jim Bratton, forgery;- Will Walker, housebreaking; James Knox, rocking i railroad train; William Thomas, assault and battery with intent to kill. As to whether or not any of the ' above prisoners will be tried will probi ably depend upon their own desires in the matter. Notwithstanding the ques. tion as to the constitutionality of the juries, the determination of this isue, if it should be raised, will hardly be i disposed of until after all who may desire to be tried have been accommodated. The three murder cases mentioned are all of a serious nature. Reuben i Stewart is charged with having killed i a woman at the works of the Catawba , Power company. The case against him is an ugly one. Jim Lindsay killed ' another Negro at Bethel. In his case there is an element of self-defense; but , as to Just how much self-defense there was will have to be determined by the facts as developed. Sol Dorsey killed another Negro at the works of the . Charlotte Brick company on Catawba river. YORK COUNTY. As a rule, people are not disposed to appreciate things they have and are accustomed to, as highly as they are things they think they would like to have. This, probably, is one reason , why the people living in the territory . known as York county, give but little thought to the hlgn average of citizenship here prevailing, or the numerous o^voniooaa hv whlrh WA flTP iidiui ai au?anvut}bu -?j ? ? ? surrounded. The Enquirer would not have any. one to think tnat it has only Just discovered the fact that York is a great 1 county. It has been sincerely believing that way for nearly a half a century, I and becoming more and more convinci ed of the correctness of its belief with each year. We have been constrained 1 to make the foregoing observations, , however, on account of certain remarks , that have been made in the presence of the reporter recently, each seeming ' to further emphasize facts so generally realized, but maybe indefinitely appre elated. Speaking on Monday afternoon of last week of the auction sales that had taken place during the day, T. F. Mc? Dow, Esq., said to the reporter: "Twen, ty-eight dollars an acre for farm lands! Just thinks of it. That gives an idea of the estimate in which our home people hold York county dirt, and it seems , to me that it would be difficult to conceive of a better advertisement for York county." Mr. McDow had especial reference to the sale of a tract of land at Bowling Green. Having recently had occasion to ride over a considerable area in the northern part of the county, Mr. J. S. Gladney remarked in conversation: "I claim to have seen a great deal of the southern farming country, including many large establishments in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and 1 elsewhere. I have seen many finer . country homes than are to be found ML I York county: but never have I seen anywhere so much general prosperity, so many independent, well-to-do farm i establishments as are to be seen along the roads in York county. Why, on my trip, I saw any quantity of cotton piled up around gin houses and country residences, hogs were surprisingly common, and it seemed as if everybody nas cattle. Yes, sir, it is a great country." Prof. Jennings K. Owens, of Rock 1 Hill, was in forkville last Saturday assisting at the first session of the central division of the county normal school. During the afternoon he made a social call at The Enquirer office, and in the course of the conversation he remarked: "Don't you think the teachers who were out today were rather above the average in point of intelligence and efficiency?" The reporter could not see why such should be the case, and Prof. Owens continued: "Well, my work has carried me about not a little and brought me in contact with a great many teachers, and I have no hesitation in saying that if my observations are worth anything, the average in intelligence, efficiency and personal appearance, is higher in this county than in any others of which I have any knowledge." F. P. McCain, Esq., who has been about the county quite a good deal since locating in Yorkville, said the other day: "I have lived in every section of the state almost, on account of the itineracy of my father who, you know, is a Methodist preacher, and the thing that has struck me most during my residence in York, is the apparent superiority of the county population in the points of general Intelligence, ma- i terial wealth and notions of comfort. I have never seen anything like it except in a portion of Colleton county and in Anderson county: but I am persuaded that the general average in York county is much higher than in either of the j other counties mentioned." In a casual conversation with Mr. R. L. Davinney, a farmer whd lives about four miles southwest of Yorkville, last Saturday, the reporter asked: "Did you make corn enough to do ] you?" "Not quite," was the reply; i "but I'll fatten my hogs on sweet pota- j toes and bridge my mules over to the ; next crop on wheat after my corn < gives out. That is, of course, unless corn gets cheaper." Feeding mules on | wheat is not a very common practice in Ua onn t V? ItlC OWUll t. A conversation with Mr. H. I. McCaw, official stenographer for the Sixth circuit, Saturday, drifted into a discussion of the distressing agricultural conditions existing in Clarendon, Darlington, Kershaw, parts of Lancaster and other portions of the state. "We have an advantage in this county," said Mr. McCaw, "that makes anything like a total crop failure almost impossible. I refer especially to our variety of soils. There are the blackjack, the sandy, the red and the mulatto lands, and no matter what kind of seasons we have within reasonable limits, we are bound to make fairly good crops in some sections." "The salvation of this country has been on account of our cotton mills." said Mr. T. R. Cox, last Saturday. "We have no timber resources, and being without coal are unable to utilize our iron, and the cotton mills have solved the problem for us. We have a great agricultural country, it is true; but we were in a bad way until the cotton mills began to come." It is proper to say that although the foregoing composes what appears to the reporter to-be an interesting symposium on the subject discussed, the whole thing is to be taken so far as the different speakers are concerned as a chance coincidence. It was not until all the material developed that the idea of writing the article occurred to the reporter, and although different gentlemen named are quoted without authority, the reporter does not think that any of them will seriously object to the use that has been made of their remarks. a LOCAL LACONICS. Formerly of Yorkvllle. Mr. Abner A. Porter died in GalTney City last Friday in the 89th year of his age. Mr. Porter was a cabinet maker by trade and was for many years a citizen of Yorkvllle. I'ardon Kefmted. Governor McSweeney has refused to pardon Walker Robinson convicted in York county of the violation of the dispensary law and sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or serve three months on the chaingang. No Longer Nece??ary. The statement with reference to the discontinuance of the public road near Mr. J. L. Moss's, as published in The Enquirer last Saturday, was not exactly clear. The road referred to is a portion of what was known as the Delphos and Tirzah road, and the part to be discontinued is that leading from a point near the residence of Mr. Moss and intersecting with the Landsford road near the residence of Mr. H. Massey. When there was a dispensary at Tirzah this road was used a great deal by people living in the southern and southwestern part of the county; but since the removal of the dispensary it has pretty well grown up in grass and weeds. Hence the discontinuance. Chafngaiifr Moved. The work of moving the chaingang from the Culp bridge to the Yorkvllle and Tirzah road, was commenced yesterday. The camp will be established on the "Wilson" land, on the north siae or rne roaa aoour iour muea caoi of Yorkville. During the next few weeks the convicts will be employed in doing a lot of ditching on the county home farm, with a view to bringing into cultivation some rich bottom land that is now comapratively worthless, and after this work is completed the work on the road will be taken up in earnest. In the meantime, the county board of commissioners will welcome an Increase in the amount of voluntary subscriptions that have been made up to this time. f Railroad Agent In Trouble. Columbia Record: The Port Mill Times, ot Mst week, stated that Mr. R. V. Macon was no longer agent of the Southern railway at Fort Mill. Upon investigation in railroad circles, it was found that the auditor had discovered, on a recent visit to Fort Mill, that Agent Macon was short in his cash to the amount of $935. This was the cause of the change, and Mr. Mason is no longer agent at that place.. The railroad company will not be tne loser in this case, as Mr. Macon was bonded by the Fidelity Assurance and Casualty company, of New York, for two bonds?one for $1,000 for the Southern railway and another for a like amount for the Southern Express company, and so the assurance company will conduct the prosecution. Mr. Macon on is now out on a $1,000 bond, with three of Fort Mill's prominent merchants?Messrs. T. B. Beck, L. J. Massey and J. T. Young, as bondsmen. The trial will probably take place at Yorkville, next week. Mr. Macon has employed Mr. W. B. Wilson, a prominent attorney of Rock Hill, to defend him. Mr. Macon took charge of the Fort Mill office about 18 months ago, when the telegraphers went on a strike. He went there from Blythewood. No trace of the missing money has been found and Mr. Macon cannot show how he came up short in his cash. Further investigation will probably throw more light on the subject. He was well thought of by the people of Fort Mill, and it is hoped the matter will be straightened out satisfactorily to both parties. MERE-MENTION. Senator Hanna is in favor of the ex penditure of $750,000 for the erection of a monument over the late President McKinley It is reported that the president will make no more important appointments until after the meeting of congress General Joseph Wheeler is a director in a new company that has just been organized for the manufacture of a new kind of a firearm Paymaster Stevens, of the United States army, was robbed last Sunday of $4,800 in bills. He had $5,000 in a grip, and the robbers left him only 200 silver dollars. He discovered his loss at Pensacola, Fla., and thinks it occurred at Atlanta A bill has been introduced in the Georgia legislature to prohibit the granting of divorces in the state Major Waller attacked k a force of Filipino insurgents in their stronghold at Sojton, a few days ago, and after two days' fighting routed them, killing 26. Two marines of the attacking forces were killed M. C. D. Borden has demoralized the Fall River print cloth by selling goods at 2 15-16th against the combination price of 3g cents Chairman Payne, of the ways and means committee, is preparing a bill that is intended to practically wipe out all the special revenue taxes that were imposed on account of the Spanish war The figures of the recent census show that there are 1,800,000 more males than females in the United States. Colniultlis'a IIIr Gin Mill. Columbia State, Saturday: At last the big distillery of the Richland Distilling company, erected here on the banks of the Congaree river, is running at its full capacity. Work on this plant wtis commenced late last spring, and it has been pushed along from the very start. Messrs. Wilson, Block and Farnum, wno are the principal parties interested, feel that they have a model distillery. The plant in fact is said to be one of the most valuable and up-todate this side of the Ohio river. The plant has been erected at a cost of about $100,000 or more and the machinery and equipment is modern in the smallest details. The plant grinds 300 bushels of corn a day and the dally output is 3,000 gallons of corn liquor. The tanks in the distillery each hold 1,500 gallons. The pay roll per week amounts to over $1,200. The grade of liquor manufactured is said by experts to be as good as any that can be bought anywhere, the mountains of North Uarolinn not o*opntpd The aim. ply is furnished to the state dispensary. Four government officials are at present stationed at the distillery. On Monday an additional officer will go on iuty at the warehouse. v Exponltlon Activity. Says a Charleston dispatch of SunJay: Exhibitors and concessionaries ire coming to Charleston in large numbers and during the past two days a hundred carloads of exhibits have arrived here for the exposition. Tonight Mr. S. C. Meade, president of the New Fork state commission, and four other members and employees of the commission, reacned Charleston by the N'ew York vJyde liner Comanche, and tomorrow twelve members of the advisory board of the architect in chief, Mr. Gilbert, will reach the city from STew York. The New York commission las come to inspect the New York state building, and Gilbert's board for he purpose of advising with the archi:ect as to the last few finishing touch;s on the marvelous work he has done. Architect Huston, of the Philadelphia mliding is here also to receive the luilding from the contractor. It is eady for the Liberty bell, which it will liciici uuiuig lilt? tr AjJUSl liui J. lviurti han 2,000 men are now employed on he exposition grounds and the Midway ity is going up like magic. The housng commitee of the woman's departnent has already secured more than 0,000 lodgers for exposition visitors In >rivate families and boarding houses, rhe usual rate for lodgings will be 51 a lay and for lodgings and breakfast 1.25. Nearly every nouse in Charleson will be converted for the exposition ?eriod into a house of entertainment nd the sentiment of the community is gainst every attempt to exact heavy oils of the visitors. "The railroads have greed upon low rates, 30 per cent, ower than the rates made for Buffalo nd the city council will pass an ordi