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Scraps and Jacts. ? Rufus Janman, a Clover Leaf engineer, caught in a wreck near here a year ago. is wearing a new face as the result of a marvelous feat in skin graftings, says a Kokoma, Indiana, dispatch of Tuesday. In the wreck the engineer had both ears burned off close to the head, his chin and nose were torn off, his eyelids cut off and his entire scalp was torn away, not a hair being left on his head. After a year's treatment he was released from the hospital last week. For nearly 200 consecutive days Janman was on the operating table, where long strips of skin were cut from his legs and applied to his face. An occulist repaired the eyelids, making them as good as new. By degrees a new chin and nose were grown. The ears and hair could not be replaced, but a wig was given him. the long flowing locks of which concealed the spot where the ears formerly were. The engineer is now in good nealth and experiences no inconveniences from his misfortune. ? Captain Charles D. Roberts, of the United States army, has just returned to San Antonio, Texas, from a trip through Zapata county, and gives a horrible account of the condition of the poorer classes there, who, he says, are on the verge of starvation. He says: "I was on an inspection trip on the lower Rio Grande and passed entirely through Zapata county. There has been no rain there since May, 1901, and the peopie are in fearful need. Their stock is nearly all dead and they are unable to buy grain for that still alive. Hay is $27 a ton, and the people have ? ? ?I* TKn nonnlo frnm no money iu uuj n. JL itv. ? the interior of the county have moved to the Rio Grande border for water. If something is not done immediately to give relief there will be many deaths from starvation. Our people are sending money to the Boerb, to sufferers in India, and to others in foreign lands, when we have people starving to death at our own doors. As I passed Zapata men and women would come and beg for wheat which was left from our meals. The condition is horrible." Zapata county is 200 miles southeast of San Antonio. ? The.public debt statement, issued last Tuesday by the treasury department, shows that in the month of March the interest-bearing debt decreased 5,950.460. The debt on which interest has ceased decreased $2,150; the debt bearing no interest increased $1,623,313, while the casn in the treasury increased $2,494,422. The debt on March 31 stood: Interest bearing debt, $931,070,700; debt on which interest has ceased. $1,314,120; bearing no interest, $393,203,801, a total of $1,325,588,621. The cash in ihe treasury is made up of the following items: Reserve fund?Gold coin and bullion, $150,000,000; trust funds to redeem outstanding certificates? Gold coin; $334,581,098; silver dollars and bullion, $488,218,000. General fund? nr.1,1 nnin hull inn anH OPrtiflpntpH. S94. 85S.050; silver dollars, bullion and certificates, $19,698,371; United States notes, $9,987,171; other assets, $20,924,418; in national bank -depositories, $118,041,309. Total $1,236,308,408. Against this there were outstanding: Gold certificates, $334,581,089; silver certificates, $454,255,000; treasury notes of 1890, $33,963,000; miscellaneous liabilities, $85,653,030; reserve fund. $150,000,000; leaving an available cash balance of $177,856,289. ? Says a Finlay, Ohio, dispatch of Tuesday: The ghost that has made the Kimmell block on North Main street, of this eity; a4most untenable for the last six njonths is laid up with a broken leg and a sprained foot as the result of a fall from a 20-foot roof, and the inhabitants of the flat are rejoicing. Last fall mysterious rappings at the windows and doors, unearthly moans and groans in the dead o? night, interspersed at times with piercing shrieks in dark hallways set on edge the persons who have apartments In the building. Men, whose wives are hysterical either had to move or be broken up by doctors' bills, so they moved out. Rent came down because it was almost impossible to get families to remain in the building. To make matters worse persons residing in the neighborhood asserted that they saw uncanny phosphorsescent lights danc-. ***** rtKAnf r*ri 'Via rnnf onH ciHo nf tViP building on dark nights. Yesterday morning Mrs. Rose Stahlsmith, a widow living In rear apartments on the second floor was awakened by a strange rattling at her windows. She stole stealthily to the window, taking a loaded revolver from her bureau as she passed. The window rattled again, and she threw up the sash and looked out. There in the moonlight stood something in white that was unmistakably a man in bed slippers and a nightshirt, with a white blanket wrapped around him. Don't shoot, cried the ghost, beating a hasty retreat when it saw the flash of a silvered barrel. And in its haste it backed too far and dropped off the roof, alighting with a crash. Fred Peifner, a young clerk, rooming in the block, is now confined to his room with a badly broken leg and a sprained foot. ? Says a "Washington dispatch of March 31: The day on which congress will adjourn has been the subject of much guessing at the Capitol. The time of adjournment can only be a guess, open to all. The Republican steering committee of the senate and the committee on rules of the house may know what they would like to do. and may do a good many things, but when it comes to adjourning any senator may affect the result and upset the plans of the leaders. In the house, where unlimited debate is not known, and where dilatory tactics can be prevented by the majority, the individual representative is a much smaller element in the result than is the senator. This year the task of the guesser Is much lessened by the fact that there has been no indication that the minority in either the senate or the house of representatives has shown a disposition to do more than go on record against legislation it does not approve by reasonable debate and negative votes. Senators Allen. Pettigrew and Butler would be accorded several weeks for their own use in speech-making were they in the senate, and they jointly could be depended upon to put off debate for that length of time. But they are not there, and the adjournment guessers take that fact into considera tion. Senator Patterson, of Colorado, is apparently a promising candidate for the reputation of a frequent and voluminous talker, and the guessers may well place a week to his account in fixing the date for adjournment. Taking all these conditions into consideration, the 10th of June seems to be the date on which there is the greatest consensus of opinion in relation to the time of adjournment. From the 1st to the 15th of June is a very common guess. Now and then some one places the time In May or July. Those who believe in an early adjournment refer to the fact that practically every question likely to lead to debate and which will demand the attention of congress, has been settled. The knotty problems of appropriation bills are likely to be settled in committee and are not regarded as apt to lead to unusual delay in the senate or house. ?hc \(orkviUc (Enquiw. r:::: ~ YORKVILLE, S. <6 , SATURDAY, APRIL 5,1902. It would not be at all improper for Senator Tillman to join Senator McLaurin in the request for an invest! gation by the senate of the charges that the former made against the latter. The reported candidacy of Dr. John G. Black, if true, gives Cherokee an opportunity to become a dominating factor' in the state senate. Dr. Black possesses, to a remarkable degree, all the elements of an influential and useful statesman. The defeat of J^mes K. Jones by the Arkansas Democrats, it is to be hoped, is the beginning of the end of the peanut politician of the south, and that from now, or sometime in the near future on, public men will begin to see that to maintain the confidence, respect and support of the voters they must depend upon a high development of genuine patriotism and constructive statesmanship rather than upon an ability to cajole and deceive a trusting public. In view of the law on the subject, it is difficult to conceive that the Charleston people really expect to pull off the Jeffries-Fitzsimmons prize fight at the exposition. More than anything else, it looks as if our enterprising friends are only shrewdly taking advantage of a good opportunity to get a lot of valuable free advertising. It is a fact, however, that whisky is being sold in the exposition grounds by the drink, and maybe, after all, the authorities will wink at the prize 'fight also.' Theodore H. Price is still insisting that the price of cotton will advance. He believes it will go above 9 cents in New York. Although it is too late to give widespread benefit to the south, the people down this way naturally hope to see a realization of Mr. Price's predictions. Some of them, however, are inclined to think that this wellknown speculator is again up against the game that ruined him two years ago. At that time he was attempting to manipulate a tremendous bull movement which was too much for him and the bears smashed him flat. Representative Griggs, of Georgia, who was recently elected as chairman of the Democratic congress committee, is being put down as a sympathizer with the Gorman wing of the party as against the Bryan wing. Ben Cable, of Chicago, was chairman of the National Democratic sub-committee in 1892. when Cleveland carried Illinois and Wisconsin, and there are those who believe that his placing at the head of the campaign committee now will mean his eventual selection as successor to James K. Jones aB national chairman. He is represented as still belonging to [the Cleveland school of political thought. / -X. ? The public is becoming more or less interested in the question as to who will be the first minister of the United States to Cuba. There has been talk of General Leonard Wood in connection with the position; but it is hardly probable that he will be the man, for he would hardly care to go as minister to a country that he has ruled as gover nor. General Fitznugh L,ee is a candidate for the place, and besides his peculiar fitness, there is a pretty sentiment in the idea of his going bafek to fill again in free Cuba the same position he filled in the island under Spanish rule. Then again, General Lee would be very acceptable to the Cuban people, no doubt, for to him more than any other one man, is the independence of the island due. It is being noted in many of the papers that because of the action of the beef trust in steadily raising prices during the past few weeks, fresh beef is now beyond the reach of the poorer classes. It is a fact that prices of beef have advanced considerably of late, and that fact is of very considerable significance. It is hard on beef consumeis of all classes and especially on the beef consumers of the poorer classes. We have no doubt of the fact that it was the beef trust that raised these prices and brought about the present situation, as is alleged; but somehow it occurs to us that it ought not to be difficult to find a remedy for the trouble. Had the agricultural people raised just lots of cattle and had enough of them to suppiy the demand, the price of beef would have hardly been advanced. Until cattle becomes plentiful again there will not be much of a decline in the price of beef, and until beef does decline, cattle raising ought to be a pretty good business. Of course nobody likes to pay high prices for anything; but if this reported act of the beef trust only results in making our people raise more cattle than they have been raising, it will be a blessing in disguise. If our people do not com- f mence raising more cattle, prices of beef will continue to advance even if the trust should desire to hold them y where they are. It does not look as if the investiga- o tion of Captain Christmas's charges of bribery in connection with the Danish West Indies negotiations, are going to amount to much. A careful reading of Si the full text of Captain Christmas's alleged secret report, seems to give the idea that the fellow was a mere advent q A ? ?t- ? fKa nAf(nn fViof if lurer, WUU cuiltcitcu uic nvnu.i, ? there were no commissions to be had in connection with the sale of the islands, there ought to have been, and, having failed to get a share, he tried to stir up odor in order- to prevent the full con- ^ summation of the undertaking. In Denmark it is claimed that he is new representing the party that has all along been opposed to the sale. Within the past few days a number of pa- j, pers have stated that Christmas tried to get them to take up his cause before he applied to Mr. Richardson, and that A they refused because they did not have any confidence in his representations. It may be that there is some foundation of truth down at the bottom of Chrlstmas's story; but so far there have Ji been no developments to indicate anything of the kind. SOUTH CAROIJNAv^EWS. J. It I* Up to Jeffrlen. The only bid made'ror the JeffrlesFitzsimmons prize fight last Tuesday, the last day on' which bids were to be y received, was that of the city of Charleston, and the bid was 75 per cent, of the gate receipts or a guaran- ^ tee of $26,000. The cluu agreed that the contest would be held between May 15 and June 1. Fitzsimmons promptly accepted Charleston's proposition; but Jefferles hesitated, stating that he did not believe the fight could be pulled off in Charleston because of hostile laws. The two fighters are now engaged in the usual newspaper quarrel incident and necessary to such occasions. _ a l-nymeni 01 rcnuuim. Columbia special of Wednesday to The News and Courier: Every year, al- ^ most as soon as the legislature adjourns and the appropriation for pen- L sions becomes available, such questions C) are "constantly asked as, when will the S) money be paid out? Why should the w poor old soldiers and widows be kept 0l waiting so long for their money when they need it so badly? etc. etc. These ^ and various other questions can best A be answered by the simple statement ^ of the amount of work necessary be- ^ fore this fund can be disbursed. The S( various county boards are supposed to p meet on the third Monday in January c) of each year to pass on all new applica- s, tions and revise the old list of pensioners. It is necessary in every county to |a have several meetings before they can c] get their reports in proper shape to C] send in to the state pension board, and ^ even after they are received here every mail brings in belated applications from n the chairmen requesting that they be n, added to their rolls. This is not the fault of the boards, but is due to the fact that the applicants for pensions are often unacquainted with the time the board meets, or have had difficulties in getting witnesses, etc.; in many cases the boards hold their reports back purposely, hoping to get all the applica- ti tions in at once. The state board re- ^ quested that all the reports should be a' in by March, but the last one has just come In, and therefore it was impossi- b< ble to call a meeting of the state pen- tl sion board before. The state pension P1 board, when it meets, has to consider each new application, which is neces- ai sarily, a slow and tedious process, and t( also hear appeals, etc. It is quite likely P1 iney win De in session several uaya mw year, as the number of applications is r( very large. After their work is over the ai pension clerk then has to prepare the dl pay-rolls for the clerks of court of each 1)1 county and, as there are over 6,000 names, this of itself takes some little time. It is the desire of the state pen- t sion board to pay the pensioners just a' as soon as possible, as they are in con- P stant touch with them and know just c( how great is their need of this help and S1 every expedition possible is used. *r ~ /N?ere-mention. / ' tl is believed in Washington that nGeneral Nelson A. Miles is soon to be pi placed on the retired list and it has q been suggested that General Leonard e; Wood may be his successor as com- jc manding general of the army The if foreign newspapers are again printing oi most encouraging predictions of early tl peace in South Africa The house of a representatives is considering the ques- ir tion of government construction of war vj vessels. The labor unions are in favor as of the proposition because the govern- ei ment always pays wages high in excess tl of the wages paid by private Individ- a] uals and corporations New York ei butchers are threatening to organize a m combination to fight the beef trust that as has its headquarters in Chicago fc A Pretoria dispatch of April 1 says tnat tt 39 British soldiers were killed in a rail- fc road wreck at Barberton, Transvaal vj colony, on March 30 Dr. Thomas Dunn English, the well-knowiy com- t\ poser and author of "Ben-Bolty/died at pi Newark, N. J., last Tuesdayy^/Atkinta oi business men are encouraged to be- ol lieve that a United States/sub-treasury tt will be established in their city a The German emperor's American-built ei yacht. Meteor III, sailed for Germany tt on Tuesday..It is claimed that cer- w tain farms in King's county. Colorado, C yieldfed two tons of shelled corn to the r< acre, last year...yyA Negro man was m lynched on th^streets of Rome, Ga.^ sc a few days ago, for criminal -c^sgoult, at 2,000 citizens participating... .^v^liss n< Helen M. Stone says she will go on the S< lecture platlorm and remain there until al she pays back the money that was w given up by individuals and the govern- b< ment on account of her ransom It is reported from Washington that sa there is but little prospect of the pass- aj age of the ship-subsidy bill because of gl thevoDposition of western Republicans, iz . ...y^The postmaster general has been hi notified by the secretary of state, that bi on May 20, Ouoa will become a foreign ai country Tampa, Fla. reports hav- I ing shipped 3?,340.OU0 cigars since Jan- hi uary 1, the largest shipment within the I same period in the history of the cigar cc business of Tampa. en -OCAL AFFAIRS, an do NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. so ictor Cotton 01) Co.?Give notice that after April 15th they will not exchange meal for cotton seed at present rate of exchange. C T pera House?Announces the produc- Le tion of "The Facts in the Case," and, da other specialties, by the Bon Ton Dra- X] matic club, at the opera house this (Friday) evening. usan J. Hambright, Adm'x.?Gives no- D< tice to debtors and creditors of the estate of Or. J. P. Hambright, deceased. . E. Grist?Wants you to kn<>w that v" you can easily find something to read V.] by going to the York Drug Store. ^ [ary J. Hunter, Clerk of Board?Gives notice of order of county commissioners to road overseers to call out their J hands for road work. th [. C. Strauss & Co.?Continue to talk to about their line of beautiful and stylish millinery stock, and claim that they can suit anybody in quality, /. style and price. They also have more words of praise in regard to their stock of dress goods. H. Witherspoon, Yorkville?Wants 25. some information about a spotted ] calf that either strayed or was stolen ls from his lot. . M. Grist?Tells you that you can put M .-nit a fira lust atnrtlnc with a TJtica OX fire extinguisher, that would only be a practice event for the Are depart- Y( mtnt, if you waited long enough for the department to arrive. hi Dhn B. Williams?Has a lot of nice M lamps in stock, and also has something to say in regard to canned goods, including star ham and corned fr beef. Ai M. Heath & Co.?Say that they are ve now ready to serve their customers be and friends in every department of their big store, and call especial attention to dress goods, millinery, M clothing, shoes, etc. m ork Drug Store?Again tells its friends Qf that it has recently received 100 lbs. of Lowney's bon bons and chocolates. . P. Lowrance & Co.?Tell the people Pa who have horses and mules that theX condition of work animals can be imv^( nroved by the use of Jockey animal , food. ln . P. Pursley, Clover?Invites your at- ea tention to a number of articles that ra are seasonable just at this time of the year. _i_ cf PRISONERS IN JAIL. fr The following prisoners are irr Jail si' waiting trial on the charges men- w oned: ~ " J. Reuben Steward, murder; James M indsay, murder: Sol Dorsey, murder; Ai FilHam Walker, grand larceny: Dock ar anier, murder; Kelly Gist, grand lar- V my: Ed Reld, robbery from the per- M >n: Henry Love, assault and battery L< ith intent to kill; Will Tlgue, violation ln f dispensary law; Abe Jones, viola-, M on of the dispensary law: Henry Tl reen Wylie, rocking railroad train: J. manda Beatty, infanticide; Randolph w eard, witness In Lindsay murder case; di euben Lindsay, burglary and larceny: ni ee Kirkpatrick, burglar?1 and larceny; th reedom Hughes, burglary and lar- H my; Ned Threat, violation of dlspen?ry law; Titus Lynn, housebreaking; Till Hampton, breaking in box car and 1 irceny; Luke Choat, abandonment of lei filld; Maggie Stroud, malicious mis- C< lief; Sarah Jane. Jtfoote', malicious in lischief; Henry Brice, assault and bat- E: >ry with intent to James Knox, joking railroad train; Bascomb Ken- "W edy, burglary; SanP Fair, murder. id pe no AIID OP EQUALIZATION. M ar The county board of equalization has ^ een in session during the past three gg ays listening to the various protests lat have been entered against the acon of local boards in raising assess- rg lents and which had not already been gg cted upon. All of the members of the county w, oard were present at the meeting and jn ley gave their work careful and R, ainstaking consideration. ^ The protests growifig out of the re- Qr ssessment of the property of the , nvn of Rock Hill engaged the greater art of the board's attention. jn Captain L. M. Davis was on hand to .'present the city board of assessors, jg nd the different individuals who were rQ Issatisfied with the action of this oard represented their respective con- ^ tntlons. co Although the hearing was long and th >dious there was nothing unpleasant ar bout it. Protests were entered and ^ rosecuted in good spirit and the board msidered them judiciously from the th :andpoint of equity and justice, leanig decidely however to the views and R pinions of the respective assessors. gg As has already been explained, It was g0 le desire of the Rock Hill people to cj, laterlally raise their assessments, eseclally in order to be able to meet M xed charges and floating municipal ce icpenses within the 10 mill levy al- tj, wed by the city charter, and to avoid, co practicable the necessity of adding n the thr? e extra mills allowed by j0 le recent constitutional amendment. le, t the same time it was also considered to nportant and just that the assessed alue of the city property be equalized je s far as possible. To accomplish the ^ ads suggested, a board appointed by le city council had made a special ppraisement of all the taxable prop- ; 'ty of the city, and working in harlony with this board, the board of city o, ssessors appointed by the governor, wi illowed behind, equalizing where it lought proper and listing the property m( >r taxation at 60 per cent, of the fo alue fixed by the appraisers. QU As was naturally to be expected, the vo boards put down many pieces of 0f roperty at higher values than their ne tvners thought were just for purposes ta ' taxation, and this brought about ^ ie numerous protests referred to. In Wi number of cases the protesting prop- sh ty owners succeeded in showing that f-n iGc ie appraisements made against them ea ere inequitable, and in such cases ce: aptain Davis promptly recommended di< ^-adjustments. The total appraiseient as made oy the city board of as ssors was materially reduced; but ; the time this is being written, it is at practicable to get exact figures. ? 3 far as could be learned yesterday, ? 1 parties to the hearing were very wi ell satisfied as to the action of the ? )ard. go "What our local board was after," tei lid Captain Davis, "was to raise our ca mraisement to an aggregate that will an ve us sufficient revenue and to equal-.irq e the burdens as far as possible. We ^ we had a great deal of hard work; en it we have done the best we could, mt id I believe we have done pretty well, da do not think that the county board sit] is hurt us much, and taken all in all, th( am very well satisfied with the out- mt ime. There is one thing on which we ? in congratulate ourselves, I think, ha id that Is that much of our work Is Pr ne for all time. There wont be nearly of much trouble hereafter." Ms DOLT PEOPLE. Messrs. C. E. Spencer and W. W. T iwis returned from Charleston Thursy afternoon. an Mr. Moffatt Kennedy arrived at home th< ednesday morning from the Atlanta ref mtal college. In* Charlotte observer, April 2: Mrs. Eled Griffith left yesterday for York- ? lie to visit relatives. of Miss Bessie Williams and Josle Camp, Wlnthron colleere. are In Yorkville. a visit to relatives and friends. ' Miss Beulah Grimes, came up from e Columbia Female college last week, spend a few days with her father's ve mily. ? ^Ir. Jos. F. Wallace and Dr. A. T. ers irtwright will go to the Confederate sc' union at Dallas, Texas April 22 to ***' Th Mr. William Camp, of Richmond, Va., on In Yorkville on a visit to his mother, an rs. M. E. Camp and other relatives le? id friends. rel Mr. G. L. Suggs, of Enquirer, was in kn )rkville Wednesday, accompanied by w' s son, Master J. W. Suggs, and by aster Alec J. trigger. Pa Mr. Pack Williams is recovering ? om a severe illness with pneumonia. co t one time last week his condition was rel iry grave; but he is now believed to ini i out of danger. mi Mrs. W. O. Rawls was summoned to ov cConnellsville last Thursday by a th essage announcing the serious illness ra her mother, Mrs. W. R. Conrad. She ofl ent down shortly after noon, accom- an inied by her children. ini Dr. T. B. Hough, of Newport, was in be arkville, Wednesday, for the first time wl quite awhile. He is anxious for the wi .rly establishment of the proposed ru-. of 1 free delivery route that is to run ^ it fsom Rock Hill by way of his T>Ii >me. is< Quite a number of persons have gone Di om Sharon and vicinity to the expo- (J tion at Charleston this week, among ha horn are the followinlng: Dr. and Mrs. w< H. Saye, Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Swann, to isses Belle Plaxco, Minnie Palmer, th gnes Sherrer, and Masters John Good ob id Willie Ratchford. cli Charlotte Observer, April 3: Miss th ary Erwin, a daugnter of the late F. th ;e Erwin, was married- at her home is Steele Creek township, last night to wl r. J. M. Byers, of Rock Hill, S. C. ;le ceremony was performed by Rev. pl< M. Byers. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Er- da In, of Charlotte, attended the wed- of ng. Mr. and Mrs. Erwin spent last wa ght at the Central Hotel and leave T1 is morning for their home at Rock ch ill. . . th . : hi; ABOUT MICAH JENKINS. lie The following from the Washington he tter of Wednesday to The News and to jurier will, no doubt, be of especial na terest to most of the readers of The or stquirer: T1 Representative Elliott called at the ali hite House today to confer with Pros- isl ent Roosevelt relative to a bill now Sr ending before congress to place Major _ icah Jenkins on the retired list of the ne my with the rank of captain. The esident expressed the deepest inter- pr t in Major Jenkins and showed the er armest regard for him, and Indicated s willingness to aid congress in duly tj cognizing the gallant and meritorious m( rvices of Major Jenkins during the th >anish war. The president alluded f0 1th pride to the fact that Major Jenk- a s was the only captain in the Rough m, iders regiment who had been promot- co 1 to the rank of major upon his rec- ne nmendation. th The president again alluded In the e]{ ost pleasant manner to his forthcom- ex g visit to Charleston, and he was pr ually delighted to hear that Major ou nfclns will oe in Washington tomor- pr w to appear Defore the military com- pr lttee of the house in connection with to e bill for his relief, which was under, _ nsideratlon by that committee. From ^ e conversation between the president id Colonel Elliott today it was evi- fa nt that Major Jenkins would hav^ w en provided w.th a commission in w< e regular army without delay but for de e fact that he has passed the age lim- ke which allows him to enter the active an rvice. In addition to having a hand- IoJ me sword presented to him by the WJ tizens of South Carolina, at the hands mi the president of the United States, ar ajor Jenkins is in a fair way to reive an honorable position on the re- at ed list of the army at the hands of ngress. * de President Roosevelt's interest in Ma- pe r Jenkins is shown in the following un tter, written by Governor Roosevelt, th( President McKlnley, at the request tQ Congressman Elliott, urging Major nklns's appointment to a position in TJ. e army: de State of New York, tjr .Executive unamoer, Albany, N. Y., December 17 1900. To the Honorable William McKinley, ^ esident of the United States?M>< jar Mr. President: It is a pleasun?^xo NJJ rite as warmly as I know how for. 25 ajor Micah J. Jenkins, of Young's Is- be nd, South Carolina, late of my regi- ed ent. Major Jenkins is an applicant r a staff position, preferably in the evi lartermaster's department. Major glr nkins is the son or a Confederate th< neral of that name. He is a graduate .. West Point and a more gallant man ver trod the earth. Among the cap- an Ins of my regiment I singled him out str r promotion as major for distinguish- g.ir gallantry on the field of battle. He is the oniy captain thus promoted. I rev all never forget the joyous courage fiei id soldierly proficiency he showed nei iding his men at San Juan. I very ou, rnestly recommend him and hope sinrely that this gallant American sol- dis jr may ne given tne position that he fin eks. With great regard, faithfully pr, urs, Theodore Roosevelt. g. " hu WITHIN THE TOWN. Co - Next Monday is salesday for April, bui The approaching municipal election res 11 be held on May 7. lar By taking up afresh at this time the fivi od work chat was done in the ceme- noi y last summer and fall, that spot fiai n be very much benefitted before the sat rival of the long, hot days of the com- for iafimmer. tal ^CJie Micah Jenkins camp of Confed- in ite veterans will hold an adjourned the >etlng in the court house next Mon- $55 y. The principal subjects for con- of leration will be in connection with as. ? reunion at Dallas, although other Vic itters may be considered. nes The Bedford Telephone company cee s stretched a telephone line from the; bet esbyterlan church to the residence 1 Mrs. Jas. Mason, In order that Mrs. 1 ison, who Is confined to her home < th rheumatism, may participate in i ^Services held In the church, spme of i..e older graded school ys ran off on the first day of April d Superintendent Daniels has had ' ?m doing guard duty during recition hours since. The boys are try- j f to figure It out whether they fooled i teacher or the teacher fooled them. At the instance of the county board ( commissioners, Supervisor Gordon s given out a contract for the paint- | j of the court house. Messrs. J. J. tiler & Co., are doing the work and ey expect to have It completed before i approaching term of court con- 1 nes. J It has been arranged that the teach- I i and pupils of the Yorkvllle Graded tiool who desire to do so, will go to ' e Charleston exposition next week, lere will be no exercises of the school 1 Friday or the following Monday, ] d the arrangement contemplates Lving here on Thursday night and turning Monday afternoon. It Is not own yet just how many of the pupils 11 go. {superintendent Daniels and of. Bryan will have charge of the rty. - It has developed recently that the urt house is badly In need of certain pairs. It seems that when the buildI was last painted, some holes were ide in the tin covering of the spire er the clock tower, and the water at has come through this when It Ined has caused the plastering to fall from the celling of the front portico, id from the auditorium. This is beer repaired and it is probable also that fore the work is completed, there II be a new coat of kalsomine on the ills and a heavy matting on the floor titg"courtroom. -All arrangements have been cometed for the presentation of the prom?d entertainment by the Bon Ton ramatlc club In the opera house this 'riday) evening. The young people ive spent a great deal of time and srk on this entertainment with a view surpassing, if possible, the best ot eir previous efforts. In view of the Ject, the benefit of the Athletic assoition, and the delightful reputation of e club for making its entertainments oroughly enjoyable to everybody, it quite probable that the opera house 111 be crowded to its fullest capacity. - John Smith, the colored barber, who ead guilty before Mayor Willis a few .ys ago, of selling whisky in violation the town ordinance on the subject, is re-arrested by Sheriff Logan on mrsday afternoon, on the same arge. The sheriff got information at Smith had contraband liquor in s possession, and accompanied by Po:eman Love, made a search of his tuse. He found a case that had come Yorkville by express in the fictitious ime of H. H. White and which had lglnally contained three gallons, lere were still two gallons in the case, I in pints. On a hearing before Magirate Barron yesterday morning, nith was discharged as not guilty. - Messrs. J. M. Heath & Co.'s milliry opening was the attraction among e ladles yesterday. Quite extensive eparatlons had been made during seval days previous, and the show that is presented was highly creditable, le ladies began to arrive early In the arning, many taking advantage of e handsome conveyances provided r their accommodation, and there was continual stream of visitors pretty uch all day, including many from the untry. The display Included all manr of hats and bonnets, trimmed In e latest styles and of all degrees of iboratlon?some simple, plain and inpenslve and others ranging up in Ice to the limit of the most prospers customers. The show was still in ogress when The Enquirer went to ess and the number of visitors seemed be showing a steady increase. - Tiy acquisition of the Are wagon s>nade desirable a practical reormzation or re-disposition of the fire parfcment, and at a meeting held on ednesday night, some important steps ;re taken to that end. It is the unrstandlng that the wagon will be pt at Glenn & Allison's livery stable, d that it will be in charge of a divis- i 1 of twelve men with Dr. A. Y. Cart ight as foreman and Mr. Brooks Inin as assistant The three hose reels e to be distributed In different parts , town, One near the Tavora mill, one the head of Congress street and the ( tier In the vicinity of the Southern i pot, with not less than three men es- | cially assigned to each. It will be i derstood that the Are wagon and i e hook and ladder truck are expected < answer all alarms, while the hose i ;ls will be governed by circumstances. | lere are now about 60 men ir. the Arc i partment and the question of cut- I ig down the number to 30 or 40 is be- | j considered. i f^he ginning plant of the Victor Cotl Oil company, together with about 1 "bales of cotton, all of which but one 1 lungcu iu iiic wuiupaiij, nao ucouvjby fire in short order last Tuesday 1 ening between 7 and 8 o'clock. The ' l was in operation at the time and 1 i fire is supposed to have originated ' her from friction or a match. At 1 y rate, the operatives saw a sudden 1 eak of flame dart from a running 1 l into the press and within a very ! v minutes the whole building was [ rcely aolaze. The oil mill and gin- J ry employees fought the fire vigorsly while the engineer sounded the t itress signal with his whistle. The i i department answered the alarm ; amptly, and within a remarkably i srt time ran a line of hose thirteen e ndred feet long, from the corner of c ngress and Madison street to the r rning building. The gin was al- a idy pretty well burned down; but the I ge flouring mill, only about twenty- ( e yards distant, was smoking omi- s jsly and threatening to break out in t mes also. It is probable that the S ,-ing of this building is due to the ef- t ts of the fire department. The to- ) value of the burned property was r the neighborhood of J1.500, on which 1 (re was insurance to the amount of I 0. The only outside loss was a bale C cotton belonging to Mr. S. W. Thom- f Mr. T. R. Cox, manager of the C :tor Cotton Oil Co.'s plant, said Wed- a (day that the company would pro- J d shortly to erect a still larger and v tor ginning plant than the one that ? las been destroyed. He also spoke In lighly appreciative terms of the work jf the firemen and of the public in trying to save the company's property. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From now until January 1, 1903, for (1.46 in advance. I'he Fruit Crop. The blossoming fruit crop has liad a ;lose call during the past few days, but there Is no reason to fear that ?c has Koon corlnn a 1 v I n 411 rorl Murder* at the Dam. There are now three Negroes In Jail awaiting trial for murders committed^ it the dam of the Catawba Power company. Besides these, several other murderers have escaped. Carried It Awar^ Dr. J. H. Witnerspoon is very anxious to find a spotted heifer calf that disappeared from his lot on last Monday night. Unable to find any tracks in the vicinity, he is of the opinion that the calf was stolen and that the thief carried it away on his shoulders. The doctor is not so anxious about the calf as he is about getting some evidence against the thief who carried it olt. Tax Collection*. The tax books closed on Monday evening and Treasurer Neely has since been busy figuring out net results. The total book, exclusive of "additionals," called for $93,963.66. The total collections footed up $91,673.58, leaving a balance uncollected of $2,290.08. The total number of receipts in the book at the beginning was about 10,000. . pf these 8,577 were Issued, leaving between 1,400 and 1,500, including "additionals," hot taken up. Vaccination Prevents. There is only one case of smallpox out at the York Cotton mills at this time, and although vaccination lias been quite general, the residents of the mill village are giving the matter but little concern. Speaking of the matter yesterday, President Carroll said that if everybody would promptly submit to vaccination, we would have no more smallpox. "The father in a family of thirteen took smallpox out at our mill some weeks ago. Next day ail of the' members of the family except the two smallest, were successfully vaccinated, and all escaped except the two smallest. These had smallpox." ' Convention May 1. Columbia special of Thursday night to Greenville News: The state Democratic executive committee tonight ordered the state convention to be held in Columbia on May 21, at noon. During the day quite a number of the com-, mittee suggested that it would be a good idea to hold the convention in Charleston in view of the exposition then being at its best, the cheap rates and the general desire to go to Charleston. The exposition authorities acted upon the suggestion made in good spirit by members of the committee and extended a formal Invitation that the convention meet in Charleston. Before the meeting of the committee'those Vho: advocated the exposition idea thought that the proposition would be ' overwhelmingly adopted and gladly accepted, but when the committee met constitutional objections were made and the expected support faded down to seven votes as against 21. Some of the members thought that if the delegates went to Charleston they would devote all of their time to seeing the great sights of the exposition rather than fool with the convention. At ail events everyone said a good word for tiie exposition, want to go there and testified to its greatness, but could not see their way clear to accepting the invitation so quickly in response to the suggestion of committeemen. Burglarised St roup's Store. A phone message received here early yesterday morning, announced that the store of Mr. J. M. Stroup, at Zadok, had been burglarized the night before, and that the indications were that the burglars had come in this direction. Policeman Hose began an investigation of the matter, and within a short time learned that two Negroes who work on Mr. John Plaxfco's place, south of town,, were at Sherrer's beef market at an early hour, spending coppers for soda water and cakes. Later in the day the sheriff, accompanied by a posse, went down to Mr. Plaxco's and arrested one of the Negroes, Bert Neely. He had on his person a watch, pistol, pocketbook, pocket knife, cigars, tobacco and other articles. He made but little hesitation in telling a story to the effect that during the previous night he and another Negro, named Will Boyd, took 30me tools from Mr. Plaxco's shop and made a raid toward Zadok. They at Ilrst tried to get into the store with -the augur, but finding this work too slow, they managed to make the Job easier by prizing open a window. Neely remainid outside and watched, while Boyd went into the store and helped himself CO wnai ne waniea. rncy tuierwaru made a division. During the recital of lis story, Neely was asked as to whethsr or not it was he who made the previous attempt, some weeks ago, to enter :he same store. He denied any knowl;dge of the other circumstance. Boyd ilso was on Mr. Plaxco's place when :he officers approached; but he saw :hem coming and managed to slip away inobserved. The officers think they ,vill capture him later on. Social Function In Rock Hill. Rock Hill special of April 3, to Atlana Journal: Tne Girls' Cotillion Club," in organization made up of Rock Hill's :harming young ladies, gave an Easter jerman in Friedheim's hall, Monday svening. The hall was elaborately decorated ror the occasion. There were a lumber of guests from out of town, imong whom were Miss Margaret Tayor, of Arkansas; Miss Clio Cope, of Charlotte, N. C.; Miss Connie Witherpoon and Miss Meta Jones, of Lancas ci , miaa r i antes run, ui uauiicj t Hisses Flora and Rosa Johnson, of .'harlotte; Miss Mabel Axdrey. of Fort Hill; Miss Corrie Mobiey, Miss Hariette Banks, Miss Marie Fewell, Miss Jzzie Hall, Miss Jame Massey, Miss Lddie Rawlinson, Misses Mae and Ada )'Bryan, Misses Amelia and Pride Jeckham, Misses Cadie, Fannie and ,'arrie Freidheim, Misses Annie, Hattie .nd Llllle Stevens, Miss Maud Stewart, Hiss Lillian Massey, Miss Frank Hallo* k-ay, Miss Nellie Lee Boykin, Miss Josie ladler, Miss Edna Hull, Miss Pauline