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Scraps nutl |iuis. " ? ol ? A detachment of British soldiers st recently visited a deserted Boer farm. tc In the sitting room they found a piano to which a pathetic note was attached, entreating them not to smash it, as It was a present from somebody's dear mother, and consequently a souvenir which was much valued. The hardhearted yeoman, of course, promptly proceeded to search It, and found it ^ crammed with gunpowder and caps. | The thing had been so arranged that j rough treatment would have produced J a destructive explosion. ? There Is a laDor war on in Augusta, Ga., between the operatives and cotton I mill owners. The operatives of the "King" mill struck on Monday for higher wages and shorter hours, and on Wednesday all the other mills of Au- _ gusta and the adjoining manufacturing district of Horse Creek, including the mills at Aiken, Vancluse, Granite- ic ville, Bath, Langley and Clear Water, a declared lockouts, throwing 10,000 ope- * ratlves out of employment. The indications are that the fight will be a protracted one, the operatives claiming that they will be able to last at least T six months. ? The run of the presidential train 15 from Washington to Charleston was a without accident or incident. Every n mile of the way was made on time. P The Southern railway had not only fitted out a magnificent train for the president and his party, but it had tl carefully guarded every foot of the o track to prevent accident. The superin- tl tendent and train master of every di- ti vision personally accompanied the train r through their territory, and at every t] stopping place a corps of trainmen rap- tl idly attended to the needs of the pala- tl tlal temporary presidential home. Col- n onel L. S. Brown, the general agent of s; the Southern at Washington, was per- si sonally in charge of the train from the v start. Just ahead of the train all the P way from Washington ran a pilot engine to see that the track was all right. ? The talk of the early establishment 's of peace *in the Transvaal so common g1 last week, has about subsided. The b ? ?- 4~. T?,,_ tl HOer agents in una cvuuu; auu -^.n- - rope are still claiming that Great Brit- ^ ain is on the verge of serious compli- w cations, especially on account of the re- tl cent treaty with Japan, but disinterest- b ed people do not see anything especially serious in the sltuattlon. It Is a fact sl that the prime minister of Holland, not n long ago, made a suggestion looking to the safe conduct of President Kruger l? and his official family back to South d Africa, and this suggestion was looked l? upon as having some connection with anticipated negotiations. But now the ^ idea is gaining currency that the Dutch statesman's suggestion was prompted ^ more than anything else by a feeling to T get rid of the responsibility for his not altogether welcome guests. ? The. insular division of the war de- a partment has prepared for publication n a statement giving in comparative C) form the commerce of the Philippine is- a lands for the eleven months ended No- f( vember 30. 1901 and 1900: It is shown f( that the total-vaHie of merchandise im- p ported during the 11 months ended November 30, 1901, was 327,249,813, against 322,432.474 for the corresponding time of 1900. The exports of merchandise n during the 11 months ended November 30, 1901, amounted to 323,266,180, against 321.069,566 for the same period" of 1900. j These figures show an increase of 21 g] per cent, in the imports and 10 per cent. Q, in the exports. The value of the merCI chandise coming from the United States b for the 11 months ended November 30, Ci 1901, was 31.190.075, an increase of 31.- . ? ? - U 1 U>Cl IUC LUUCi?^wiiuiii5 ft41vu V1 ^ 1900, while the exports for the period of g 1901 amounted to $4,181,407, an Increase ( of $1,768,748. if ? New York special to the Baltimore Sun: Andrew Carnegie, in an Interview, expresses his admiration of the will of jr Cecil Rhodes, but says the provisions did not surprise him greatly, as he was g somewhat acquainted with the ideas of j Mr. Rhodes. "Green, the historian, tell us," declared Mr. Carnegie, "that & the future of our race is to be found ^ not on the banks of the Thames or the ^ Clyde, but on the Hudson, the Ohio and Q the Mississippi. Lord Roseberry has ' just stated in his recent address to the students of Glasgow, that, for the sake ^ of a united race, he would be willing that the capital be transferred to Washington. He is one of Cecil Rhodes's trustees, very properly. He is e also a trustee of the Carnegie fund. There is no other destiny possible for the United Kingdom. She must look ei across the Atlantic to the children of t< her own blood and finally enter the v union as six or eight states?Scotland, t< Ireland and Wales, each one, and Eng- fi land divided into two, perhaps three." w "What do you think of Mr. Rhodes's P reference to a closer union of Ger- tl many with the English-speaking na- o tions?" was asked. "A great man has tl arisen in Germany," replied Mr. Carne- " gie. "The emperor. The only trouble v about taking in Germany at present is u that President Roosevelt and the Ger- tl man emperor are so much alike, that I w am afraid we should have to sacrifice tl one of them." s1 ? Consideration of the Cuban reciproc- cl ity bill, which provides a reduction of 20 per cent, of the Dingley rates on Cuban sugar, was commenced in the house tl last Tuesday. There had been much caucusing on this question by both C1 sides of the house: but neither side had 11 been able to fully agree upon a line of sl policy. The Democrats had called a tl final caucus to be held Tuesday night; s' but consideration of the bill having h been commenced in advance of this 11 caucus, the further party deliberation S1 was embarrassed by the record. The first test vote came up on a motion that Sl the house go into committee of the ai whole. The motion carried by a vote of 177 to SO. The majority was made up cf of 114 Republicans and 63 Democrats. l*' and the minority of 41 Democrats and 30 Republicans. Chairman Payne spoke 11 in behalf of the bill, arguing that by b? extending the reduction until Septem- ?i ber 1. 1003, Cuba would be saved from bankruptcy until the abolition of European bounties on sugar in accordance cs with the Brussels conference. He al claimed that the susar trust would get ft nothing out of the concession to Cuba, ot and held that by September, 1903. the fa price of sugar would be reduced to its pi natural level. The Democrats held tli lelr proposed caucus Tuesday night, iat were not able to agree upon a line ' policy and adjourned with the underanding that every member was free i act as he chose. JThr ^torkrillr inquirer. YORKVTLLE, S. C.t SATURDAY, APRIL 12,1902. In spite of all efforts to prevent, Preslent Roosevelt came to South Carolina nd it seems to have been a case of eni, vidi, vici. Governor Aycock, of North Carolina, Did President Roosevelt in a speech 'uesday night: "And if a northern tate secedes we will help to drive her ack." The president laughed heartily, s did the audience; but the saying is o joke. That is the feeling of the peole of the south on the subject. A very important bill slipped through tie house last Monday while the Demcratic minority was napping. It was tie bill to extend the charters of naional banks twenty years, and had aleady passed the senate. It was after tie usual hour for adjournment and tie opposition was not looking for anytiing of importance, when there was a lotion to pass the bill under a suspenion of the rules. The Democrats ought to filibuster; but a roll call deeloped a quorum and the bill was assed 117 to 48. From present indications human life i getting to be a little more valuable l South Carolina. Recently, in differnt parts of the state, white men have een found guilty and sentenced to a ;rm of years in the penitentiary for tie crime of killing. If a few white len could be hung for murder, justice ould be redeemed to some extent, and tie life of a law-abiding citizen would e safer.?Bamberg Herald. That is the whole problem in a nuthell. The steady-going citizenship lust recognize that good order is more l the keeping of juries than of outiws. So long as Juries fail to do their uty, outlaws will continue to flourih. The speech of Major Jenkins was not rngthy; but coming as it did from the an of one of the most gallant of the onfederate soldiers it speaks volumes, he father fought for South Carolina nd lost. The son does not deny the luse for which the father fought; but ppreciates that hereafter there can be o loyal fighting except for the Amerlan union. It was tersely put and true, nd said as it was by a son who fought >r the United States as his father aught for his state, the suggestion is eculiarly impressive. Now that cotton is pretty well out of le hands of the farmers, it is begining to look very much like 10 cents, r better. The whole cotton country is etting excited over a conviction that will be practically impossible to raise lough cotton this year to put any part r tne next crop aown ueiuw i ur o ;nts, and if this year is not a record reaker so far as production is con;rned, it will be because of difficulty i supplying the necessary facilities nd because of unfavorable seasons, o far as the people of this section are ancerned, however, it will be all right they will raise plenty of corn. Italy and Switzerland are said to be lvolved in a serious diplomatic niir.r;1 as the result of the attack by a wiss newspaper on the memory of the ite King Humbert. Italy demanded n apology which was not forthcoming, nd Switzerland asked for the wltnrawal of the Italian minister, which as refused. Switzerland then broke ft relations with the Italian minister, nd Italy gave the Swiss minister his assports. There is much feeling beveen the two countries and talk of ar; but no very great probability lat the trouble will continue to that xtreme. Although we do not know that Govrnor McSweeney was called upon to ill the Charleston Athletic club in aciance what he could do with reference > the Jefferies-Fitzsimmons prize ght, it is gratifying to know that he ill not permit that event to take lace in the state. To us it looks like ie Charleston Athletic club was guilty f the most offensive gall in asking tie governor what he would do in a latter so plainly contemplating the iolation of a law that he is sworn to phold. Indeed, there was an insult in ie very request, and the governor ould have been warranted in ignoring le club altogether. However, his aniver is a proper one, and he deserves redit for it. The house of representatives passed le Chinese exclusion bill on last Monay, and the measure is now under disussion in the senate. The Renublican lajority in that body is disposed to go low about the matter. At any rate, lere is much division of opinion on the abject. Some of the leading senators old that the question should be seted by treaty rather than by law, aruing that if we should give offense ) China, our trade opportunities will iffer. Most of the Western senators re for exclusion of the Chinese, and ly their position is not so much beuise of the desire to protect the Pafie coast, as to prevent eventual conimination of the entire body politic. is probable that the house bill will ? well considered before its final pasige through the senate. Just what might be the full signifiinc-e of President Roosevelt's remarkale reception in Charleston, cannot be illy comprehended at this time, but in lr opinion, there is no doubt of the ict that it is a good thing for the peoe of Charleston, South Carolina, and le United States. That the president's welcome was hearty and sincere is beyond cavil. He could see it and feel it, and so could the thousands of people who participated in it. There was no make believe about the occasion?no affectation, nothing overdone. All that the president said in his public speeches was sensible, dignified and worthy ol the occupant of the office he holds ?president of all the people. So far as the political effect of the visit is concerned, we do not see how it can be other than wholesome. Because the president has been welcomed as the chief executive or tne nauon anu aa u sterling American citizen, It does not follow that we should become his political partlzans; but at the same time his presence, conduct and speeches cannol fail to impress us all with the fact that in what he is trying to do, he is as liberal, earnest and patriotic as the best of us. But still this visit and the interesting incidents in connection*with it are not likely to be forgotten, or to b? considered by the average mind without leaving some effect, and as to whal this effect will be can best be left foi the development of the future. The anti-oleomargarine bill was passed through the senate as a dlstinci Republican party measure, and was fought by the Democrats as such. Senator McLaurln did not vote for the bill and in view of the way he has votet heretofore, no man will say it was be cause he was afraid. But the reasoi he did not vote for it is not difficult t< find. Although Democrat he is, It wai not because he is a Democrat. H< voted against it not because the Re publicans voted for it; but for the sam< reason the Republicans voted for it That is because he desired to promoti the best interests of his constituents The bill had its origin in the fact tha the immense butter interests of th< , north and west are suffering from com 'petition with oleomargarine. There ii no objection to oleomargarine in itself but among those who are interested ii the butter industry are hundreds o thousands of Republican voters, whili those connected with the big oleo margarine factories number only < few thousands. The Republican ma jority passed the bill to placati the hundred thousands of voter who are clamoring for the sup pression of the oleomargine competi tion. There is lots of butter made ii the south; but nothing like so much ai is made in the north?In fact hardly enough to supply the local demand And there is very little oleomargarine made in the south. There is not a grea deal consumed here. So far as our peo pie are concerned, it makes practically no difference whether oleomargarine ii taxed or not. But that is not the point The principal base of oleomargarine i: cotton seed oil, and the manufactUri and sale of this substitute for buttel tremendously helps the market for this distinctively southern product. Thi senate measure Just passed is a blov at the cotton oil Industry, and it wai for that reason rather than because^b silly partisanship, that Senator McLau rin cast his vote against it. MEKE-MENTION. Major General William R. Snafter retired, has agreed to accept the Re publican nomination for governor <J California, should it be tendered him and the probability is that he will ge the nomination John W. Starke, o Richmond, Va., who was recently in dieted for sending an obscene letter t< President Roosevelt, has been release< at the instance of the president after hi had made a confession of his guilt an< an apology Piet Dewet, brother o Christian Dewet, has been authorize< by General Kitchener to raise a regi ment in the Orange River colony t< fight the Boers A blockade distil lery was discovered in New York city i few days ago with a plant worth $20, 000 and a capacity of 1,500 gallons o: whisky daily Colonel Crowder, o: the war department, has gone to Ne%^ Orleans to investigate the alleged army post at Chalmette Bob Fitzsim mons has refused to fight Jim Jefferiei in California, and the proposed fight is off The Chinese rebellion is stil growing and the government troops seem to have their hands full Th< condition of Rev. Dr. T. DeWitt Tal' mage, who is lying critically ill at his home in Washington^ shows_ no signs of improvement Robert J. Wynne the Washington correspondent of the New York Press, has been appointee First Assistant Postmaster General John Whitehead, the maker of the famous Whitehead torpedo, died ai Flume, Germany, on Thursday. There Will Be No Investigation.It seems that Chairman Burrows, 01 the senate committee on privileges anc elections, is to have his way regarding the disposition of Senator Pritchard'f resolution designed to secure an investigation of charges made by Tillmar against his colleague. It was som< time ago stated that the committee could not immediately give the resolution consideration, as Senator Hoai would be out of the city; but that il would be discussed at a meeting today However, no reference was made to the subject, and when Senator Bailey was asked if it had been referred to, he replied in the negative in such a mannei as to suggest that he regarded the whole matter as ancient history. Mr Simmons, who chatted lor perhaps hall an hour with Senator McLaurin on the floor of the senate chamber this afternoon, expressed the opinion that the matter would be dropped in deference to views of Chairman Burrows and others. The senate heard one echo ol the Tillman-McLaurin fight today however, when the body agreed to the change of the senate language in debate. Senator Tillman claims he made no direct charge against his colleague but the wording of the resolution sc thoroughly covers his case that it is regarded by many as containing a second nointed rebuke* The resolution provides that "no senator in debate shall directly or Indirectly, by any form of words, impute to another senator ot to other senators, any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a senator; no senator In debate shall refer offensively to any state in the Union."? Washington special of Tuesday to the Charlotte Observer. A Joke on the Judge. Columbia Record: At Newberry last week, Judge Gary rendered a decision declaring that excess charges by railroads, where passengers fail to purchase tickets, are invalid. An appeal was taken, and the question will come up before the supreme court. The very day the decision was rendered Judge Gary had to go to Abbeville, and he did not have time to buy a ticket. When the conductor came around he demanded 25 cents excess of fare. "Why, I have decided that such charges are illegal," said the judge. "Can't help that, judge," said the conductor, as the judge paid over the money and took a receipt. The judge is more firmly convinced that his decision is right, because when he went to get his rebate check cashed the office was closed, and he is carrying it about with him yet. LOCAL AFFAIRS. 1 - . t NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. I i J. S. Drakeford, Chairman?Gives notice that applications for the position 1 of dispenser and propositions for the rental of a room for the dispensary 1 must be filed with the county board < ; of control on or before April 15th, at i , 12 o'clock, noon. . J. A. Howe?Informs the public that 1 on Tuesday next, he will open a bar- ] bershop in the room over the Loan 1 . and Savings bank, and solicits your , patronage. 1 Gordon Brothers?Have a lot of wheat 1 strawr and corn stover that they want < to sell at a low price. ] ; O. E. Grist?Tells you where you can ] get the latest books and magazines. C. J. C. Hutson, Clerk?Publishes an { ' nffloial nntine in tha matter Of D. W. : Hicks, bankrupt. ; H. C. Strauss?Asks that parties con- . templating going to Dallas, Texas, to the Confederate re-unlon, to commu- 1 nicate with him at once. His party will have a special car from Chester through to Dallas. [ Enquirer Office?Wants to recover a ladies' amber puff comb, lost Wednes- 1 day morning, t A. M. Grist?Again calls your attention r to the advantages of having a Utica fire extinguisher In the house. York Drug Store?Prints a pointed chapter on prescriptions and asks 3 that you test its claims at short . range. Riddle & Carroll?Invite your attention 3 to a new coffee that they are introducing, which they claim is unsurpassed in cup qualities. They sell 4J ' pounds for a dollar. 1 H. C. Strauss & Co?Announce the arrival of their spring stock of Reed's i shoes, and tell you about them. They j also have some interesting things to say about their straw hats for men, 3 boys and children, as well as other i goods. . C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Call your attention to a lot of hams that they have just received, and also tell you about Jockey animal food. 5 ^ WITHIN THE TOWN. t ? The cotton receipts continue light. s ? Court convenes next Monday, his honor Judge Watts presiding. 5 ? Local business men say that not'< withstanding the alleged greater scarcl1 ty of money, trade Is every bit as good f as during the same season last year. e ? There is no especial alarm or con cern about the smallpox situation. If * any new cases have developed in town, - the people have not been sufficiently - interested to talk about them. 5 ? Mr. J. A. Howe gives notice in an other column that on next Tuesday, he - will open a barbershop in the room i over the Loan and Savings bank. Mr. s Howe has been living in Yorkville for i the past five or six years, during which . time he has held a responsible position i at the York Cotton mills. He is wellt known to many of the people here and - Is generally held In high esteem. He f said yesterday that It Is his purpose to s give the people the best service in his power, and to build up, if possible, a s successful business. He Is thoroughly i competent to do what he has in mind lv and will no doubt meet with liberal sWort. ^ t * /\ ADOUT PEOPLE. ^' Mrs. M. V. Davis, of Clover, was in f Yorkville, Wednesday, on business. Mr. James F. Glenn, of Sumter, was up on a visit to relatives this week. - C- M. Kuykendal and family have returned to Yorkville from an extended , visit to relatives anfc friends in Rock I Hill. . f Mr. W. M. Allison, manager of the ? )dry goods department of the Henrietta j Cotton mills store, at Henrietta, N. C., { was in Yorkville this week. y?Mr. Wm. P. Camp returned to RJchj -mond on Friday, where he is employI ed as stenographer and bookkeeper s with the Hayes's Lithographing Co. x , Dr. James L. Hannahan has been in ? charge of the prescription department 1 of the York Drug Store this week, ow' ing to the absence of Dr. John B. Bowen at the Charleston exposition. I v^virs. ivancy j. uienn was siriciten Oith paralysis last Wednesday night , at about 11 o'clock and her condition Is so critical that she was not expected to live through yesterday. Mr. W. J. Caveny, of Rock Hill, was Yorkville, Wednesday, to go before the board of county commissioners In behalf of the opening of a new road In Bethesda township, in which he is interested. ,^Mr. Wm. M. Kennedy was up town yesterday for the first time since he was so severely injured by being thrown from a vehicle. He is able to walk with the help of a stick and hopes to soon be entirely recovered from his injuries. Mr. J. A. Ratteree, of Bethel, was In yorkville, Thursday. He reported that j ne and several of his neighbors sold j their cotton Wednesday at 9 cents. 3 There were about 115 bales in the lot. J According to his information the cot; ton has been pretty well cleaned out of ; Bethel townshin with the exception of " 200 bales or such a matter. [ ^JThe following Clover people went to ( Qjie Charleston exposition this week, , ? going down Tuesday night and return- , 3 ing Thursday morning: Captain W. B. ! ' Smith, Dr. J. W. Campbell, Messrs. N. S. Wilson, A. D. Dorsett, I. A. Clinton,, 1 3 T. M. Caldwell, Sam McCall, W. li. i Stroup, Lee Brison, Mr. and Mrs. W. ; E. Morton, Mr. and Mrs. Hope Sifford. THE MISSIONARY 1'NION. : The Woman's Foreign Missionary \ Union of Bethel Presbytery, held its ( \ third annual meeting In the Yorkville s Presbyterian church last Tuesday and ' Wednesday, in accordance with previous announcement, and the exercises > were unusually pleasant, interesting > and profitable. The various churches in the union were represented by del, egates as follows: t Chester?Mrs. J. J. Stringfellow, Mrs. Sallie Hemphill, Mrs. A. W. Klutz, Mrs. Julia Campbell, Mrs. Green, Miss Mary Gaston. Hock Hill?Miss Sallie Gibson, Mrs. James White, Mrs. Frel Mobley, Miss s lieulah Barron, Miss Carrie Adams. Lowryville?Mrs. E. L. Guy, Mrs. A. H. Atkins, Mrs. John Hope. Catholic Church?Miss Jennie Ragsdale, Miss Mary MeCrory. Pleasant Grove Church?Mrs. C. G. i Brown, Mrs. Mary Wylie. Lebanon Church?Miss Laura Kirkpatrick. Mizpah Church?Mrs. Sam McAfee. Blacksburg Church?Mrs. J. M. Guyton. Mrs. Frank Moore. Yorkville?Mrs. J. J. Hunter, Miss Elise Moore. Missionaries?Mrs. J. G. Hall from Cuba, and Miss Lizzie Moore from Japan. The exercises were opened on Tuesday afternoon with prayer by Rev. W. G. Neville, and after the enrollment of members, Mrs. A. H. Atkins responded, to an address of welcome from Mrs. S. j M. McNeel. s The feature of Tuesday night's meet-. s ng, which was largely attended, was in address by Rev. S. C. Caldwell, of Heath Springs. Wednesday morning was taken up with devotional exercises, hearing resorts from the societies, the executive lommlttee and the treasurer, after which Miss Beulah Barron read a paper >n "Our Opportunities," and Mrs. S. McAfee a paper on the "Results from Work of Woman's Missionary SocleLies." The exercises of the morning were conducted with an interesting adJress from Mrs. J. G. Hall on Cuba, in the afternoon, Mrs. Kirkpatrick read a paper on the "Training of Our Children for Missionary Work," and Miss Moore delivered an address on Japan. At the popular meeting, Wednesday night, Rev. D. N. McJ-aughlin, Df Chester, delivered an address on "Our Personal Responsibility." During Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. S. M. McNeel entertained the delegates, Introthpr with renrpsentntives from the various local missionary societies, at a reception at her pretty home in Yorkville. Refreshments were served and the occasion was greatly enjoyed by all present. All the delegates were the recipients of pleasant attentions at the hands of the Yorkvllle people, especially the members of the local missionary societies, whose guests they were, and taken all in all the meeting was quite an event socially as well as otherwise. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. The county board of commissioners held their regular monthly meeting in the office of the supervisor last Wednesday. All the members were present, and as there was an unusual accumulation of routine business to be transacted, the proceedings required pretty much all day. An Important incident of the day's proceedings, was the final consummation of the compromise that was entered into in 1891, between the county commissioners of York county and the holders of the bonds Issued in aid of th.e Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad. By the terms of this compromise, W. K. Blodgett, owner of the bonds placed in the custody of the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust company $35,300 worth of these bonds, with the understanding that if the townships regularly paid interest on the remaining bonds for a Deriod of ten years, then, at the end of that time, the trust bonds, together with the coupons attached, would be turned over to the county commissioners for cancellation. The ten year period was up last fall, and the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust company wrote to the county commissioners and demanded a fee of $500 for acting at stakeholder. The county commissioners refused to pay this fee. Then the trust company demanded $50. This was refused also. At length the trust company proposed that it would send the. bonds if the commissioners would agree to pay the fee of a notary for getting up and forwarding evidence of the receipt and cancellation of the papers. This proposition was agreed to, and the bonds have been received ready for cancellation. They include $1.500-for York township bonds, $1,800'of Catawba township, $3,600 of Ebenezer, and $1,700 of Cherokee. The contract between the commissioners and W. A. Barber, president of the Carolina and North-Western railroad, with reference to the standardgauging of that line by January 1, next, on pain of the forfeiture of the sum of $500, was signed by both parties. The old question of straightening the McConnellsville and Rock Hill road was taken up again for final disposition. It developed that all the land nwnera nlnnc the rrmto with one e*r>en tion, had agreed to donate the rights of way required for the straightening prj> cess. This exception refused to donate or sell at a figure that seemed reasonable to the petitioners. The petitioners proposed that they would pay for the right of way at such price as the commissioners should agree upon as being Just and equitable, and it was decided that the matter be settled by condemnation proceedings. The overseer question, as it stands in the light of the new road law, was taken under consideration, and after discussion it was decided that on sections where all the available material for the position of overseer had paid the commutation tax, overseers would be employed for four days, at the rate of one dollar a day each, and paid out of the commutation tax belonging to their respective sections. THE JENKINS SWORD. The presentation by the president of the sword that admiring South Carolinians recently purchased for Major MIcah Jenkins, was a leading incident of "President's Day," "Wednesday, at the Charleston exposition. After the monster parade, one of the grandest that Charleston has ever seen, the procession brought up in and around the auditorium at the exposition grounds, where a number of addresses were delivered by Capt. F. W. Wagener, Governor McSweeney, Governor Aycock, of CJorth Carolina, Mayor Smyth and President Roosevelt. At the conclusion of these addresses, ex-Governor Hugh S. Thompson approached the president with the sword in hand and spoke as follows: ' Mr. President?On behalf of South Carolina friends of Major Micah Jenkins, I have the honor to offer you their greetings and to ask that you will present a testimonial of their regard and ssteem to your gallant comrade in arms in the war with Spain. That war was worth all that it cost in blood, in treasure, if for no other reason than that it aroused a spirit of patriotism which cencnted anew the bonds of union among aur once divided people. When the smoke of battle cleared away, and honars and rewards were distributed, :he people of South Carolina saw J with just pride that Micah Jentins had won the laurel leaf and :hat in recognition of his services le had been promoted, on your recomnendation, from a junior captain to najor. His gallantry vividly recalled nemories of his heroic father, Brigadier leneral Micah Jenkins, whose name ind fame are dear to South Carolinans. It was the son of this sire of whom you said that he was a gentle ind courteous South Carolinian, upon vhom danger acted like wine. "In action he was a perfect game cock ind he won his majority by gallantry n battle. In token of their regard, lome of his friends have made this leHl otticer's cavalry sabre which has seen fashioned with rare skill and aste. Upon one side the scabbard >ears a nalmetto tree and an inscription ihowing by whom and why it is given, ind that it is presented by you; upon the other is an extract from the history of the Rough Riders, in which you commanded Major Jenkins. "Mr. President, the men and women of South Carolina who greet you today, have come to testify by their presence their esteem for your character, their admiration for your achievements and their respect for the office which you fill?the highest in human gift. They will be animated by sentiments of nride and Datriotlsm as they see one native of their soil who is honored by the chief magistrate. These sentiments I know will stir the breast of Major Jenkins; but he will be inspired to another sentiment, not less noble, which none can share with him?a sentiment of gratitude that he receives this sabre from the hands of his beloved commander, under whose eyes hq fought and whose warm commendation he won for efficiency, for soldiership and for gallantry in action. "Permit me. Mr. President, to hand this sabre, with the request that you present it to Major Jenkins." In handing the sword to Major Jenkins, the president said: "Major Jenkins, nothing could give me greater pleasure than to hand you, my old friend and comrade, whose courage I saw again and again, and whose courage was of a temper that made it indifferent what the trial was, to hand you this sabre. I am glad to do it, as a guest of South Carolina, as the president of the United States, but gladder to do it as your old friend and comrade." Then stepping back, President Roosevelt. swinging his right arm above his head, yelled: "Three cheers for Mlcah Jenkins," and led in the yells that made the great building tremble. Major Jenkins, who is a slender, soldierly man, who may yet be called young, was smiling modestly as he was being addressed by the president. He was dressed in the uniform of a major In the volunteer cavalry of the United States army and handled the sword as if he had been accustomed to using a sabre. In accepting the blade he said: "Mr. President: In the SpanishAmerican war I had the honor of being the only representative from South Carolina in that peerless volunteer regiment, the 'Rough Riders.' My state, with her gentle, soft-voiced, glorious women, and her sons, almost without exception of soldier extraction, has always demanded of her representatives a-field that they come back with their shields or be brought back on them. With these reflections to start with, and later on the privilege of serving with that thousand, picked from ten thousand gallant fellows who strove to form what was to be the 'Rough Riders,' and brigaded and dlvisioned with the flower of the American army?the United States cavalry?it might well have been expected that the single South Carolinian would do his duty. Ii I have measured up in any manneto the standard of these high privileges, it is to me a matter of lifelong thankfulness. Your prompt and generous recognition of the little that fell to m> lot to accomplish?a recognition thai was as quickly extended to the soldiei from Arkansas as to the soldier from New York?has now been followed on the part of my fellow-citizens by the gift of this beautiful sword. From time immemorial this form of testimonial has always been especially gratifying to its recipient. It is to me. Grateful to me as is this beautiful offering, my fellow citizens have added much to their gift by their graceful thoughtfulness in requestiMkyou, my late colonel, to present "In accepting this sword, sir, I wish to expreM to my fellow citizens through you, Jny'deep apnf<wation of the high (honoi1 they h4v"e this day conferred up*6n me, -anjl t^ assure them that thir sworn irorji now on, wnnner, m hand or that of my son's son, will be consecrated to the service of South Carolina and the- United States: for thank God! that service in the event of war is evermore the same. I have fought with the sons of Hood and Wheeler, with the men in blue, and again I say thank God for our reunited country: the greatest, most magnificent. best beloved country on the face of God's green earth?'the home of the free, the land of the brave'?the United States." I.OCA1* LAGONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer Prom now until January 1, 1903, for s Si.42 In advance. General Hampton Dead. Major James F. Hart received a telegram yesterday afternoon, announcing the death of General Hampton during the morning. * Fruit Not Killed. Mr. R. M. Barnett, of Bethel, was in Yorkville, Thursday, and said that although the fruit had missed a mighty good chance. It was not all killed. He made an examination after the coldest night this week, and found lots of fruit in good healthy condition. vConrt Below Affirmed. The supreme court has affirmed the court below in the case of W. Brown Wylie, C. C. Pleas, against the Commercial and Farmers' Bank of Rock Hill and others. This is the case in which Major A. H. White, Mr. A. E. Smith, V. B. McFaden and others were sued on the bond they gave to secure the payment of checks drawn by R. Lee Kerr, receiver for the Rock Hill Cotton mill. y For the Dallus Re-Union. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Strauss have arranged to chaperone a party to the *' -? Mr QtraiiQQ Via a nr. L/uuas icuiuviii mi* MbiMww ? ranged to secure a tourist Pullman from Chester and return, and would dke to have the party made large enough to fill the car. The programme Is to leave Yorkvllle, Thursday night next, by way of the Narrow Gauge, and take the Pullman at Chester on the following morning. With such a party as Is being collected, the trip promises to be a most pleasant one for all concerned. Wnnt a New C'onnty. Columbia Record: The question of the a new county, to be composed of the present counties of Newberry, Union Laurens and Fairfield, is being agitated a good deal by the people of these counties living In and around the point where Newberry, Union and Laurens join. No definite steps have yet been taken, however. The county seat of the proposed new county would be Whlimires. ^Taking Whitmires as a centre, the county would be bounded by Newberry, Laurens, Union, and probably Fairfield, and the extreme eastern point would probably reach nearly to the southwestern corn of Chester. As has been stated, no definite steps have been taken, but the people of the section to be embraced by the proposed new county want to get nearer a court house and are agitating the question a good deal among themselves. Nurrow Kuciqie. Mr. J. J. Nichols, of Bethel, met with a serious mishap last Friday, that came very near having a fatal termination; but which, It is hoped, will have no worse effect than a few days of uncomfortable soreness. Mr. Nichols had been to Mr. Joy's blacksmith shop for the purpose of having some work done on some "irons," and was returning home by a near cut. The foot log was gone from across Beaverdam, and he undertook to get over by way of a small birch that had been cut down across the creek, some ten or twelve feet above the water. In some not altogether accountable way, he missed his footing and fell, the "irons" across his shoulder striking him in the back of the neck and producing injuries very closely akin to paralysis. He realized the danger of remaining on the spot; but as n*no nrt Koln virf+Vifn nail ha man* aged to make hla way home with difficulty, and sent for Dr. Dulin. He was up Monday; but is still quite sore. I.aw In the "Knot. Magistrate Anderson, of Ebenezer, was in Yorkvllle, Wednesday, and in the course of a conversation spoke of the lawless condition of affairs among the Negroes at the works of the Catawba Power company. "The place has been named the 'Knot,' " said Mr. Anderson, "because it is so hard. There are now three murderers in Jail trom there, and although I cannot say exactly how many, I am sure that several have gotten away. There is a burying ground a short distance below the dam, and up to this time there are seven or eight graves. Rumor has It that the fishes have gotten some of the Negroes who have been killed there; but how correct this is I cannot say. However, there is no doubt of the fact that It is a tough crowd. The Negroes come here from everywhere, and many of them are no doubt escaped convicts and fugitives from justice. . I believe the Bitution is improving somewhat from the standpoint of order, but the place is still deserving of being called 'the Knot.' " Train Hm Narrow Escape. Fort Mill Times; There was considerable excitement for a few brief moments at the Southern depot here Monlay morning and a sudden pallor spread over a number of faces of those who were quick enough to grasp the situation. As No. 33, the southbound fast mail, dashed past the ' depot at about a 50-mile rate, the agent and others observed from the bunches of fire as large as a. water bucket leaping from under one of the cars, that something was seriously wrong. With a quick perception of duty the agent -threw up the red board, but the engine had already passed under the white signal. The agent then ran out and signalled to a flagman, who was luckily standing on the rear platform, and in the meantime a freight train on a siding, blew the danger signal. The train was brought to a stop about a half mile down the track. On investigating, the trainmen were amazed to find, that owing to a box becoming heated under one of the Pullman cars, an axle had been wrenched in twain right at the box and some of the parts were striking the track in bounds. It was only a matter of moments when there would have been a most disastrous wreck and a matter of wonder that it had not already occurred. The crippled car was side tracked here and the passengers transferred.. The .train wps . crowded with passengers. One of the cars in rear of the injured car, carried President Roosevelt's body guard, a company of soldiers from Washington. Ovations to the President. TVio nrcalilpnt nnH nnrtv snent ThurS day until 2 o'clock, at Sumerville, S. C., resting and examining the tea farm there. Tne time of the arrival of the president's train at the various stations on the homeward trip had been duly advertised, and great crowds of people had gathered at every station in South Carolina. It is estimated that there were five or six thousand people at the station in Columbia, where the train stopped for 20 minutes. The president made a brief acknowledgement of his welcome, and shook hands with the people, men. women and children. He showed by words and actions that he was as glad to see them as they were to see him, and that he deeply appreciated such a generous welcome at their hands. There was another big crowd at Winnsboro, and a stop at Chester, where the president spoke and indulged in promiscuous handshaking for 10 minutes. The crowd contained several thousand people. President Johnson, of Winthrop college, had telegraphed to Summerville, asking for a stop at Rock Hill in order that the girls might have an opportunity to see the president. For some reason there was no answer, and the young ladies were not brought down to the depot. However, a great crowd of people collected, and the train slowed up to give them a view of the president, who stood, bareheaded, on the rear platform of the observation car, smiled and waved his handkerchief In response to the continued cheering with wnich he was greeted. There was a stop and a speech at Charlotte, and at several other places in North Carolina as far up as Greensboro. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. McSweeney Settles It. The Jeurles-Fitzslmmons prize fight will not be held In Charleston. Governor McSweeney gave the exposition authorities and representatives of the Athletic club an audience on the subject last Monday night, and at Its conclusion told the Charleston people that the fight could not take place because it would be In clear violation of the constitution and laws of the state. He went on to say that If an attempt were made to pull the fight off, he would instruct the sheriff to stop it, and in the event the task should prove too much for that official, he would call out the state militia. Mrs. Roosevelt's Reception. Charleston dispatch of April 8: Mrs. Roosevelt's reception at the St. John hotel tonight was the most brilliant affair in the recent social history of this city. The St. John, or the old "Mill's House," as it is still called by Charlestonians of the old regime, was in antebellum days the scene of many notable gatherings of the ultra-exclusive socie??Ar\lo Knt moriv VDOrq tVlP hfl 11 - jycuplt, UUl IVi J vu.* M .... ~ room has been deserted. The hostelry has been brought to Its former standard # with the advent of the exposition, and the first lady in the land was tonight the cynosure of all eyes at the most notable reception in this city in forty years. Indeed this was the first president's wife to whom a reception has